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United States: First space tourist set for roundtrip voyage to Mars 2018

According to financialexpress.com, “A multi-millionaire investment tycoon and space travel enthusiast is planning a privately funded 501-day round trip mission to Mars in 2018. Inspiration Mars Foundation, a nonprofit organisation, led by millionaire Dennis Tito – the world’s first space tourist – will hold a news conference next week to announce the mission, for a January 2018 launch.” Read Article

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Video of Canadian tourist,Elisa Lam, in elevator before murdered in Los Angeles

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Health advisory: Salmonella Outbreak linked to Foster Farms

As reported by foodpoisoningbulletin.com, “On Thursday, a 12-state Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 124 people over the last eight months was announced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Although health officials in Washington and Oregon have linked the outbreak to chicken produced by Foster Farms of Livingston, Calif., the company has declined […]

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Colorado’s Arapahoe Basin: 15 people survive avalanche

A Michigan family is grateful to be alive after surviving an avalanche Saturday at Colorado’s Arapahoe Basin. An avalanche “in-bounds” was reported Saturday just before 3 p.m. in West Montezuma Bowl. That is on the back side of Arapahoe Basin. Read Article

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Bridger Peak Montana: skier caught in avalance injured

A 26 year old skier was caught in the slide, seriously injuring his leg. No one else was swept up in the avalanche. The victim was skiing in a group that included two off-duty Bridger Bowl Ski Patrol members. They dug him out and called for help at around 2:45 p.m. Read Article

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Canadian Tourist’s body found on top of hotel in Los Angeles

Police said late Tuesday that a body found in a water tank on the roof of a downtown hotel near Skid Row is a Canadian tourist who had been missing for nearly three weeks. Read Article

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Hawaii to build Asteroid Terrestrial Impact Alert System

The announcement of the decision to build the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Alert System, or Atlas, on Hawaii was made after the meteorite crash in Russia on Friday, and the close encounter with the 50m-diameter asteroid 2012 DA14 that swept to within 27,350km of Earth. Read Article

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Female Canadian tourist gone missing in Los Angeles

As reported by nbclosangeles.com, “Homicide detectives are investigating the disappearance of Elisa Lam, a Canadian tourist who was last seen in downtown Los Angeles on Jan. 31. Lam, 21, had been staying at the Cecil Hotel on Main Street. Surveillance video released by the Los Angeles Police Department showed her entering the hotel’s elevator and […]

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Orlando Florida: Man detained in DUI death and injury of tourists from Scotland

The Orlandosentinel.com reported that about six months after a crash killed a Scottish tourist and injured his wife, Orlando police arrested the 45-year-old driver and charged him with DUI manslaughter. The tourists, Peter and Isobel Doherty, were sitting at a bus stop outside the Mall at Millenia when police say they were struck by a […]

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Argentina: nurse dies after contracting Influenza A in the United States

She spent several days in intensive care and contracted the flu virus in the United States. She died on Friday, as reported by the Ministry of Health of the Province of Buenos Aires. The woman, 39, remained in the clinic Rossi de La Plata from Jan. 28 to be affected by the virus. Read Article

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