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• What is the secret behind Gisele Bundchen’s success?
I came along right from Brazil. I was having a good time, excited to have a job — it was refreshing. It's what people thought they needed at the time.
• Fans line up to see ‘Rent’ one last time
From Broadway to Brazil After the final performance on Sunday night, “Rent” will have played 5,124 performances and 16 previews, making it the seventh longest running show in Broadway history.
• World’s deadliest delicacies
In Brazil, Peru, Cuba and other countries, it's used to make breads, ground into pastes and fried into cakes. Also like ackee, it can have undesirable consequences if not washed and prepared properly; the root vegetable contains enough cyanide to kill
• Amazon deforestation rises sharply
SAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazil will combat rising deforestation in the Amazon by sending extra federal police and environmental protection officers to areas where illegal clearing of the rain forest jumped dramatically last year, officials said Thursday ...
• Stem cell experiment lets diabetics forgo insulin
This photo released by Dr. Julio Voltarelli, left, shows Voltarelli, and Dr. Richard Burt, right, from Northwestern University School of Medicine, outside Sao Paulo, Brazil, with a patient who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. The patient, who ...