US Virgin Islands: Gang shootout kills tourist
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S Virgin Islands — A 14-year-old Puerto Rican tourist was killed in front of her horrified family when she was caught in the crossfire of a gunfight attributed to warring gangs on the U.S. Virgin Islands. Gov. John deJongh identified the slain tourist as Lizmarie Perez Chapparro from Puerto Rico, who was struck by a bullet as she rode with her relatives on a packed "safari bus" that ferries tourists across the three-island territory. The girl and her family arrived in St. Thomas aboard the Carnival Victory, a Carnival Cruise Line ship that departed Puerto Rico's capital of...
Published on Tuesday 7th of September 2010 05:00:50 PM
Carnival cruise ship lists, 60 passengers hurt
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GALVESTON, Texas (AP) -- A cruise ship operator says dozens of people were hurt when one of its vessels listed during a maneuver to avoid a partially submerged buoy that was adrift near Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Carnival Cruise Lines says the ship, Carnival Ecstasy, had to make a sharp turn to avoid the buoy Wednesday afternoon.
Published on Tuesday 7th of September 2010 05:00:50 PM
Bomb hoax delays cruise ship off Florida
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MIAMI (Reuters) – A Carnival cruise ship was held off the Florida coast for several hours on Sunday while authorities searched the vessel and arrested a drunk passenger on bomb hoax charges, the Coast Guard said. No explosives or hazardous materials were found and the ship, the Carnival Sensation, was allowed to dock at Port Canaveral on Florida's Atlantic coast Sunday morning, Coast Guard petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Evanson said. The ship carried 3,470 passengers and crew and was headed back to Port Canaveral after a three-day cruise to the Bahamas when a passenger reported hearing another passenger make...
Published on Tuesday 7th of September 2010 05:00:50 PM
Obama Float in German Parade Rattling Liberals
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A carnival float featuring upside down US President Barack Obama makes its way through the crowd during the "Rose Monday" parade in the western German city of Duesseldorf. Huge effigies of US President Barack Obama and bankers made up as zombies from Michael Jackson's famous "Thriller" video starred in Germany's biggest carnival procession I guess the International honeymoon is over for the D.I.C. (Dunce In Chief)
Published on Tuesday 7th of September 2010 05:00:50 PM
Giant Obamas, 'Thriller' bankers at German carnival (HaPPy Pres__ent's Day!!)
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COLOGNE, Germany (AFP) – Huge effigies of US President Barack Obama and bankers made up as zombies from Michael Jackson's famous "Thriller" video starred in Germany's biggest carnival procession here on Monday. More than a million people braved the snow to line the route of the seven-kilometre (four-mile) parade, where revellers traditionally poke fun at current events and enjoy tonnes of sweets hurled from the travelling floats. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's alleged night with a call girl was rewarded with a huge figure showing a beaming premier surrounded by breasts. Obama's controversial Nobel Prize was also the butt of...
Published on Tuesday 7th of September 2010 05:00:50 PM
Seven-year-old Rio carnival queen bursts into tears
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A seven-year-old has broken down crying as she took the controversial lead of a Rio de Janeiro carnival parade. Julia Lira became the youngest drum corps queen in memory, but her role has sparked much debate in Brazil. A judge had earlier over-ruled objections from a child rights agency that said it was inappropriate given the carnival's sexual focus.
Published on Tuesday 7th of September 2010 05:00:50 PM
Caption This Picture from Drudge (Carnival in Rio)
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Published on Tuesday 7th of September 2010 05:00:50 PM
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