From the Mayan calendar and a runaway planet called "Nibiru,"

A major blizzard that has hammered the Midwest,

Some experts say that's a dangerous path that could allow governments to use positive public perceptions as an excuse to ignore problems.

A beauty queen who caimed this year's Miss USA contest was fixed has been ordered to pay the pageant organization $5 million for defamation.

Operations at the International Airport of Mexico City were suspended on Tuesday due to a fog bank in the area causing zero visibility.

When you talk of Guadalajara, you are essentially talking about the 450 years of history which have made it what it is now.

The epicenter of the quake was located 61 kilometers east of Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas

We all want to live happy healthy lives.

The person responsible for the elephants forced to drink vodka, partially recessed with hot water, to reduce the impact of the intense cold Siberian, then were transferred to a heated garage

Two elephants belonging to a Polish circus toured regional Western Siberia, in western Russia, had to eat dozens of liters of vodka to survive the weather, 40 degrees Celsius.

The incident occurred in the province of Novosibirsk (West Siberia), when the truck they were riding animals there was a fire, which were removed by the same but spent much time outdoors.

The person responsible for the elephants forced to drink vodka, partially recessed with hot water, to reduce the impact of the intense cold Siberian. Finally, they were transferred to a heated garage.

"They began to roar as if they were in the jungle. Perhaps, they were happy," said the official Russian news agency RIA Novosti.

As with humans, alcohol can make animals feel warmer, but actually lowers your body temperature, according to scientists, but officials said the elephants that action saved their lives.

A local government spokesman said the two animals were only a mild frostbite on the tips of his ears, but his trainer, was taken to a hospital where he received medical care for suffering hypothermia.

According to preliminary investigation, the fire truck could result from a failure of the heating system.

Elephants, 45 and 48 years and five tons each, are owned by a Polish circus toured Russian cities. The director of the establishment said that both animals are well and that may participate in all functions.

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The SMN detailed in recent report that a high pressure system covering the center and southeast of the country, also maintain low temperatures this morning in the east, center and west of the country

The passage of the cold front number 15 states north and northeast of the country, could cause snowfall Saturday in Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua and Durango, said the National Weather Service (NWS).

He noted that this phenomenon is associated with a jet stream with abundant Pacific moisture flux, causing cloudy with light to moderate rain, falling temperatures and moderate to strong winds in the northwest and north of the country.

The National Water Commission (Conagua) recommended as sea Gulf of California extreme caution by wind and rain
 
He explained in his recent report that a high pressure system covering the central and south of the country, also maintain low temperatures this morning in the east, central and west.

Anticipated temperatures below five degrees in the states of Mexico, Aguascalientes, Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nuevo Leon, Puebla and Queretaro.

In addition to San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tlaxcala, Zacatecas and in the mountainous areas of Morelos, Oaxaca, Veracruz and Mexico City.

While in Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosi, Chiapas and Oaxaca will winds over 40 mph.

In its forecast by region, said the North Pacific will sky partly cloudy, chance of rain with snowfall or sleet in Sonora and Chihuahua, very cold in the morning and night, plus West and Northeast wind 25 to 40 kilometers per hour.

Moreover, the Central Pacific show clear to partly cloudy weather, warm temperate temperatures and frost in highlands and variable direction winds 25 to 40 mph.

For the South Pacific is expected to clear sky partly cloudy, fog in the mountains of Chiapas, warm to hot temperatures and variable direction winds of 25 kilometers per hour with gusts of northern 25-40 kilometers in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.

Under similar conditions, the Gulf of Mexico will continue with clear skies to partly cloudy, with a low chance of rain and fog patches and a warm temperate east-southeast wind 25 to 40 mph in Tamaulipas and Veracruz, and Northeast 20 to 35 mph in Tabasco.
 
To the apron area of ??Campeche is expected Sunny to partly cloudy, warm temperatures and a northeast wind 25 to 40 mph.
 
North Mesa will have partly cloudy to cloudy weather, with minimal chance of rain or sleet snowfall, cold temperatures in the morning and evening as well as temperate and warm daytime west and southwest wind 30 to 45 mph with gusts.

Also in the Central Mesa prevail partly cloudy to clear skies, cold temperatures in the morning and night frosts in the highlands, and temperate to warm during the day and prevailing wind west 20 to 35 mph.

In its forecast of rain, the agency said Conagua moderate rain persist with isolated showers in Chihuahua, while in Baja California, Baja California Sur, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas be limited to light rainfall.

The maximum temperature recorded in the last 24 hours he was in Arriaga, Chiapas, with 35.5 degrees, and the lowest was recorded in Bassaseachic, Chihuahua, with -6.4 degrees.

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NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — A shooting at a Connecticut elementary school Friday left 27 people dead, including 18 children, an official said.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still under way. Another official, speaking on condition of anonymity for the same reason, said the gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown was killed and apparently had two guns.

A law enforcement official in Washington said the attacker was a 20-year-old man with ties to the school and that one of the guns was a .223-caliber rifle. The official also said that New Jersey State Police were searching a location in that state in connection with the shootings. That official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the source was not authorized to speak on the record about the developing criminal investigation.

Stephen Delgiadice said his 8-year-old daughter heard two big bangs and teachers told her to get in a corner. His daughter was fine.

"It's alarming, especially in Newtown, Connecticut, which we always thought was the safest place in America," he said.

The superintendent's office said the district had locked down schools in Newtown, about 60 miles northeast of New York City. Schools in neighboring towns also were locked down as a precaution.

A dispatcher at the Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps said a teacher had been shot in the foot and taken to Danbury Hospital. Andrea Rynn, a spokeswoman at the hospital, said it had three patients from the school but she did not have information on the extent or nature of their injuries.

State police said Newtown police called them around 9:40 a.m. A SWAT team was among the throngs of police to respond.

A photo posted by The Newtown Bee newspaper showed a group of young students — some crying, others looking visibly frightened — being escorted by adults through a parking lot in a line, hands on each other's shoulders.

Mergim Bajraliu, 17, heard the gunshots echo from his home and raced to check on his 9-year-old sister at the school. He said his sister, who was fine, heard a scream come over the intercom at one point. He said teachers were shaking and crying as they came out of the building.

"Everyone was just traumatized," he said.

Richard Wilford's 7-year-old son, Richie, is in the second grade at the school. His son told him that he heard a noise that "sounded like what he described as cans falling."

The boy told him a teacher went out to check on the noise, came back in, locked the door and had the kids huddle up in the corner until police arrived.

"There's no words," Wilford said. "It's sheer terror, a sense of imminent danger, to get to your child and be there to protect him."

The White House said Barack Obama was notified of the shooting and his spokesman Jay Carney said the president had "enormous sympathy for families that are affected."

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MEXICO CITY, Mexico, in December. 13, 2012. - The Committee on Constitutional Issues of the Chamber of Deputies approved all the opinion of Educational Reform.

Out of 41 stocks to be discussed at the particular adopted six.

Removed the power that gave the president to appoint the head of the National Institute for Educational Evaluation. It was established that the official designated by their own members.

In addition, members of the Governing Board of the Institute, may be reappointed once, with a maximum of 12 years in office.

After a break of 16 hours, the Commission on Constitutional  had session Thursday and fully endorsed the constitutional amendments to Articles 3 and 73 in education, submitted by the President.

It was established with the creation of the Professional Teacher Service, whose income subject teachers through competitive examinations?

"Whether it was in the public domain for a long time, the famous sale of seats and other things, well, surely today we have a lock because, already embodied in the Constitution and is certainly an obstacle to those old practices "said the deputy PRD, Julio Cesar Moreno, president of the Commission on Constitutional Matters.

The autonomy of the National Institute for Educational Evaluation. Creating a census of schools, teachers and students who made ??the INEGI next year.

And the implementation of full-time schools, 6 to 8 hours of day. The opinion was referred to the plenary of the House of Representatives for discussion at the meeting on Tuesday.

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