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05 Sep 2011 22:27

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U.S.: Texas, California wildfires threaten, destroy homes

  • 476 homes burned in Texas east of Austin since Sunday; Gov Rick Perry canceled an appearance at a forum in South Carolina in response
  • 800+ homes threatened by fire in California; officials are unsure how long it will take to contain the fires, caused by a plane crash on Sunday source
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07 Feb 2011 11:13

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World: Rio de Janeiro’s famous carnival props lost in massive fire

  • It looks really funny until you realize the context: Rio de Janeiro’s carnival-building section of town, Samba City, just had a huge fire where lots of stuff got destroyed. Costumes, giant props: They were almost all destroyed. (Nobody was hurt, though.) “We are heartbroken,” said League of Samba Schools president Jorge Castanheria. “Everything was practically ready for the carnival.” It happened so close to the event, which draws hundreds of thousands of people each year, that they may not be able to get everything ready in time. source
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14 Aug 2010 17:56

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World: How many wildfires are currently blazing along in Russia?

  • 368 a satellite said so; blame the worst drought in years source
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21 Jun 2010 10:35

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U.S.: In Arizona, a huge wildfire is reaching disaster proportions

  • 5,000 number of acres the wildfire covers
  • 748+ number of properties affected by the fire
  • no not a single bit of the fire is contained source
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15 Jun 2010 12:05

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Offbeat: NO!!!!!!! Touchdown Jesus burned down! GAAAAAAAAH

  • This may be the saddest video ever. Touchdown Jesus, a large statue visible on I-75 in Monroe, Ohio, was destroyed by a lightning strike last night. Damage has been set at $700,000 – $300,000 for the statue itself and another $400,000 for damage to the ampitheater. Stupid acts of God, ruining great things. source
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05 Jun 2010 12:59

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World: Tight quarters lead to high fatalities in Bangladesh apartment fire

  • 116+ killed in the fire in densely-populated Dhaka source
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19 May 2010 12:06

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World: Despite riots, Thailand’s situation not as deadly as it could’ve been

  • 30 number of buildings that were set on fire
  • 52 number of people that were injured in the riots
  • five number of people that were killed source
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12 Apr 2010 11:13

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U.S.: In Manhattan, a huge blaze leaves a neighborhood reeling

  • seven alarms on the massive Lower East Side fire
  • 250 firefighters were needed to put the blaze out
  • 60 families no longer have a home this morning source
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27 Mar 2010 14:25

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Biz: GM recalls a bunch of vans, but you probably don’t own one

  • 5,000 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans have been recalled
  • 1,300 are being used by rental fleets and are no longer being rented source
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22 Mar 2010 12:04

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Politics: “Fire Nancy Pelosi”: The GOP’s day-after health care hangover

  • Might as well try to use your momentum. The Republicans, still smarting from the health care loss, have used the opportunity to turn GOP.com into this atrocity of a Web site seemingly designed to reflect the anger of whoever designed it. Art is emotion, of course, but Nancy Pelosi behind a fire-heavy background may be a bit much. source
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