Space ships and castles clog Rio as Carnival rolls
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Space ships, galleons and castles on wheels clogged Rio de Janeiro's streets on Sunday as the city prepared for Carnival's climax.
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Even the pouring rain couldn't put a damper on this country's famed carnival as tens of thousands of revelers took to the streets Saturday, dancing to the sound of samba drums on the second day of the annual celebration.
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Actors posing as Portugal's royal family joined the fictional King Momo at the start of Rio de Janeiro's Carnival celebrations on Tuesday to mark 200 years since the court's arrival in Brazil.
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pioneering bid to win a $10 million (5.6 million pounds) prize and prove that space is open for business. space travel as ordinary as a Caribbean cruise.
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One short flight for man, or the start of a long voyage for rich men. That&#39;s one way of looking at Monday&#39;s historic jaunt of the revolutionary spacecraft SpaceShipOne, which crossed the brink of space for the second time in six days.
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Thrill seekers are plunking down six figures to ride rockets that haven't even been built yet, and a new airline called Virgin Galactic promises to be up and soaring in the next three years. Still, the budding space tourism industry faces a myriad of safety concerns &#151; in the sky and on the ground &#151; that must be resolved before any paying passenger takes off.
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Underworld figures fixed the results of Rio de Janeiro's carnival parade this year, according to Brazilian police. Press reports suggest that top criminals used bribes and a hitman to buy and intimidate members of the carnival jury.
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Last week's spectacular barrel rolls by SpaceShipOne looked a lot more frightening than they were, the project leader says. Also: There was a forlorn face in the crowd.... Sponsors line up behind effort....  New Mexico wants a spaceport.... and more. By Dan Brekke.
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At Maker Faire Austin, the crew behind the giant Star Wheel put together their bike-tech-powered carnival ride for the first time outside of Burning Man.
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The space program is rife with rituals, charms, lucky numbers and other defenses against bad karma &mdash; not just disaster but also weather problems.
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Now that weâve got tourists blasting into space, we have to give them somewhere interesting to drop their disposable income. Commentary by Lore SjÃ¶berg.
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Dancers dolled up in feathers, flamboyant performers and elaborate floats filed through west London Monday as the Notting Hill Carnival -- Europe&#39;s biggest street party -- pumped up the volume on its Caribbean rhythms.
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Police raided Rio de Janeiro's City of God slum looking for attackers who wounded two officers early on Wednesday, just hours before the winner of Rio's otherwise peaceful Carnival was to be announced.
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By Andrei Khalip RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Tributes to Brazil'sillegal lottery bosses in this week's Rio de Janeiro Carnivalhave triggered a probe into whether Samba schools glorifycrime, the city prosecutor's office said on Friday.
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Rocket geeks are flocking to the X Prize Cup "rocket festival" this weekend in New Mexico. On show are rockets, robots and planes, as well as a flying lunar lander, courtesy of game designer John Carmack's Armadillo Aerospace.
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Science & environment: Space imaging gives the lie to Brazil's recent 'great achievement' of halting rainforest destruction
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Rich and poor alike flocked to Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome on Monday night to gape at the fantastic Carnival parades -- but they saw them from different points of view.