Hundreds of thousands flock to Rio de Janeiro's gay parade

Rio de Janeiro's military police estimated some 900 thousand people crowding the famous Avenida Atlantica in Copacabana to celebrate and call for an end to homophobic violence and discrimination. October 12 is...

Raw sewage threat to booming Dubai, sewage stinks, close to tourist beaches

The ever growing Dubai has not sufficient sewage treatment capacity, so wild dumping from collected sewage from home septic tanks became big business for truck drivers. " Down on the beach next to the Dubai Offshore...

GALVESTON: Bolivar Heartbreak, "We Are Going to Drown" - Last Call

AT LEAST 23 people are identified as "missing" from the Bolivar Peninsula, many presumed drowned, as tragic tales emerge of abandoned cars and lifts that never arrived.  In all, over 200 remain unaccounted for...

9-Foot Dolphin smacks boater till he likes it

"NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- A leaping 9-foot dolphin knocked a woman unconscious and injured another boater as they traveled in the Intracoastal Waterway near New Smyrna Beach.Norman Howard said he and his wife were...

Will Aliens find carbon footprints?

Alien Zlog and his side kick Asbo are back and on the look out for our carbon footprints. They find the ‘higher ups’ frown upon the footprints of the ‘lower downs’, especially when they are ‘holidaying’. Asbo visits the beach to find out more. Zlog and Asbo...

The last untouched bay area in Brazil

Camamu  is the third biggest bay in Brazil, right after Todos os Santos in Salvador and Guanabara in Rio de Janeiro and the only that is not attached to a metropolitan area or a big harbor. The bay carries the...

PopKomm, IEFTA, MIPCOM, MOFFOM, CMJ, SMPTE, Highlight October's Media and Ent...

Billboard hosts its Regional Mexican Music Summit, through October 8 in Los Angeles, where regional artists, concert promoters, retailers, sponsors, managers as well as record label, digital/mobile entertainment,...

Galveston Victim Remembered: "Gail's Voice was Shaky with Fear"

FREE SPIRIT Gail Ettenger, 58, a native of New Jersey stayed put at her home in the Bolivar Peninsula, but as water rose, she rang a friend, "Oh, oh, I screwed up this time." Her friend recalls, "Gail's voice was...

Where are the Birds?

"Beaches once thick with birds quiet thanks to Ike"" GILCHRIST, Texas (AP) -- One of North America's renowned bird migration and bird watching areas is strangely silent. Blame Hurricane Ike. "We had...

Three years later,Virginia Beach family still seeking answers in daughter's d...

If anyone knows anything about Shellie's murder please contact Detective Tucker with the Virginia Beach,VA Police Department  Mr & Ms. Carson are overwhelmed daily buy Shellie's death. Ms. Carson is dealing...

Monks sue Virginia Beach over permit denial

" VIRGINIA BEACH – Va. Beach City Council Tuesday night August 26,2008 consider a request by Buddhist monks for a two-year extension to find a new home. Neighbors complain the temple in Pungo is causing...

Evacuate the Coasts - For Good

    Before humans arrived on the scene nearly 100,000 years ago, the earth experienced climatic changes at somewhat regular intervals.  Ice sheets expanded and melted, droughts and floods ravaged...

Rangel pays IRS, says he is target of GOP 'guerrilla war'

"WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Charles Rangel wrote six checks for about $10,800 in back taxes and then penned an open letter to New Yorkers on Friday, saying he has done nothing dishonorable and is the target of a GOP "guerrilla war." ...

Break a leg taken literally

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Houston's post-Ike supplies coming, officials say

"HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- Federal supplies of food and water will be available to Houstonians affected by Hurricane Ike on Monday, an official said Sunday after Houston's mayor voiced concern about the aid. ...

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