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Brazil Carnival 2013: Vibrant Colors on Parade (PHOTOS)
A performer from the Beija Flor samba school parades during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) Perfect weather greeted Carnival's revelers on Tuesday as Rio de Janeiro's samba schools competed for the title of the year's best in an all night parade at the city's famous Sambadrome. The over-the-top floats, heart-pounding percussion and nearly nude samba dancers of six elite schools paraded in competition, while six other schools also performed....
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Carnival Cancels 12 More Cruises on Troubled Ship
The cruise ship Carnival Triumph has been floating aimlessly in the Gulf after a fire erupted in the engine room Sunday, Feb. 10 knocked out the ship's propulsion system. (Getty Images) HOUSTON -- Carnival Cruise Lines has canceled a dozen more planned voyages aboard the Triumph and acknowledged that the crippled ship had been plagued by other mechanical problems in the weeks before an engine-room fire left it powerless in the Gulf of Mexico. The company's announcement on Wednesday came...
Upton: I Got Frostbite During My Cover Shoot
This image provided by Sports Illustrated shows the cover of the magazine's 2013 Swimsuit Edition featuring Kate Upton, which will launch across multiple platforms on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Sports Illustrated, Derek Kettela) Frigid temperatures and skimpy bikinis don't mix, as model Kate Upton learned during a prestigious photo shoot. On Tuesday morning, Upton told The Today Show she in Antarctica for the cover photo of Sports Illustrated's 2013 Swimsuit Issue. Clad in only a swimsuit bottom and a...
Couple Killed on Around the World Trip
Peter Root and Mary Thompson (AP Photo/Jerry Root) LONDON - A British couple cycling around the world and chronicling their journey in a blog have been killed in a road accident in Thailand, Thai police said. Peter Root and Mary Thompson died Wednesday when they were hit by a pickup truck on a road in Chachoengsao province, east of Bangkok. The couple, both 34 and from Guernsey in the Channel Islands, left Britain in July 2011 and had cycled through...
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