Mexico City Explosion Kills 25, Leaves 100 Others Wounded

25 people died and at least 100 others were injured when a great explosion at the the headquarters of Pemex, in Mexico City occurred.

The explosion was reported to be in the basement garage of the auxiliary building, a busy commercial and residential area just before 4 p.m and next to Petroleos Mexicanos’ 52-story tower. The skyscraper complex was immediately visited by Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to supervise rescue activities.

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At least 30 people remained trapped in the debris while rescue dogs were sent to look for them. “It shook the building, and then we were evacuated”, said a man who was on the ground floor.

“An explosion took place in the B2 building of the administrative center,”/”Regrettably, they have confirmed 14 people dead and 80 injured.”, Pemex tweeted yesterday. Today, Mexican authorities confirmed 25 people dead and 101 other were injured.

Pemex first said they were evacuating because there was an electricity problem, then it said there was an explosion but the problem was not determined.

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Most of the people injured were treated at local hospitals with broken bones, sources said.

Director General of Pemex, Emilio Lozoya Austin extended his condolences to all the families of the workers who have lost their loved ones at this accident.

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Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Twitter Pictures

 

Millions of people crowded the streets of New York City Thursday to watch the 86th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the biggest event in the city since Superstorm Sandy caused significant damage in the region.

Helium balloons took over the streets of New York, and this is how people shared their views on Twitter:

 

#MacysParade via @todayshow

Santa Claus makes his first appearance of the year at Macy’s magical parade studio. Via Today Show.

‘Elf on a shelf arrives. #macysparade #whyimthankful via @todayshow‘

To infinity… and beyond! #macysparade #buzzlightyear. Via @tuckerbaileyco

Ahoy there, Sailor Mickey! #macysparade. Via @NadiaNeophytou

Spiderman swinging through the sky as we report live from the streets! Via @1010WINSNewYork

Spongebob! Perfect day for a parade. Via @JenMaxfield7

Kung Fu Panda. #NYC #macysparade via @johndeguzman

Kermit arrives at 34th street. #macysparade via @todayshow

Hello Kitty balloon kicks off the #macysparade! Via @peoplemag

#MacysParade via @todayshow

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Millions Without Power, 40 Dead as Result of Sandy: Complete Coverage

The scale of devastation of super storm Sandy is big, as at least 40 people have been killed and authorities struggle to restore the power and transit of millions.

President Obama declared disasters in New York City, New Jersey and Connecticut and promised the government will do all it can to help local authorities cope with the damage. The President is scheduled to visit the damaged areas in New Jersey on Wednesday.

Michael Bloomberg, mayor or New York City, said assessing the scope of a once-in-a-generation hurricane that killed at least 40 people, swept homes into the ocean, flooded large swaths of coastal areas, left millions of people without power and crippled transportation.

It is not possible to put a value on Sandy’s devastation but insured losses alone will run from 7 billion to 15 billion dollars.

This historic storm, which made landfall at 6:45 p.m. ET Monday, put a wall of water up to 13 feet high at the Northeast coast.

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Details of the devastation from Sandy to the New York City Area:

-20 deaths across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut blamed on Sandy.

-Dry ice is being distributed this afternoon and evening in Orange and Bergen Counties in the following locations:

• Rockland County: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m., Boulders Ball Field, Pamona Road, Pamona, NY
• Orange County: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m., Orange County Government Center, 40 Erie Street, Goshen, NY
• Bergen County: 5 p.m. – 7 p.m., Bergen County Office of Emergency Management, 285 Campgaw Road, Mahwah, NJ
• Orance County: Town of Mamakating Town Hall, 2948 Route 209, Mamakating, NY

-Restoring Power and Mass Transit are the priorities says Mayor of New York City.

-Limited bus service will resume this evening on a Saturday schedule. Free fares on those buses.

-NYSE opening tomorrow Wednesday after Sandy.

-All East River bridges are now open.

-Alternate side parking and parking meter rules are currently suspended.

-2.4 Million New Jersey households without power, say Governor Christie.

-It will be 7-10 days for path trains to resume service, says NJ Governor Christie.

-Health Officials in Connecticut say water quality may have been compromised by sewage backups or pollution caused by Sandy.

-New York City schools closed Wednesday.

LaGuardia Airpor flooded.

The intersection of First Avenue and Brielle Road in Manasquan, N.J.

Sand and debris covers the streets near the water in Atlantic City, N.J., Oct. 30, 2012. Sandy caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses.
AP Photo/Seth Wenig

Foundations and pilings are all that remain of brick buildings and a boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., Oct. 30, 2012, after they were destroyed when a powerful storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the East Coast on Monday night.

Dozens of trees fell in Astoria, Queens. (Oct. 30, 2012)
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A boat blocked Metro-North tracks near the Ossining station. (Oct. 30, 2012)
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2,200 feet of the Atlantic City boardwalk is gone. (Oct. 30, 2012)

Storm surge engulfed a police car under the FDR Drive. (Oct. 29, 2012)

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Photos; New York Remembers 9/11 on 11th Anniversary

A flag flies over the National September 11 Memorial before observances marking the eleventh anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/John Moore, Pool)

 

A person stops to read names in New Jersey’s memorial to the 749 people from the state lost during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, as One World Trade Center, now up to 104 floors, looms in the distance across the Hudson River, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in Jersey City, N.J. Americans paused again Tuesday to mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks with familiar ceremonies, but also a sense that it’s time to move forward after a decade of remembrance. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

 

Firefighters carry a flag as friends and relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center attend a ceremony marking the 11th anniversary of the attacks at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/The Daily News, Todd Maisel, Pool)

 

Friends and relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center attend a ceremony marking the 11th anniversary of the attacks at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

 

An American flag is inserted in one of the of names engraved at the north reflecting pool at the World Trade Center Memorial, during the 11th anniversary observance of the attacks at the World Trade Center, in New York, Sept. 11 2012. (AP Photo/Mike Segar, Reuters, Pool)

 

A New York City Police officer salutes a flag hanging from the One World Trade Center building, during ceremonies for the 11th anniversary of the attacks at the World Trade Center, in New York, Tuesday Sept. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/John Moore, Pool, Getty Images)

New World Trade Center Images Released

World Trade Center 1 is now nearly built up to its 1,368-foot roof. New Renderings came out this week for the WTC Site.

The new images—the first in more than five years—aren’t dramatically different from the past renderings, but show some changes to the design of the building that have been made in the past few years by its owners, the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, and the Durst Organization.

Among the notable changes: the recent removal of the casing around the tower’s 408-foot antenna mast (which angered the building’s architects and sparked debate over whether its height will actually be counted as the symbolic 1,776 feet it sought to achieve at the top of the mast) and a revamped base. The base was tweaked when a prior design for the glass ran into manufacturing problems.

Another point of note in the renderings: They don’t include 2 World Trade Center and 3 World Trade Center, towers planned by developer Larry Silverstein. Both require tenants to proceed, although the base of 3 World Trade Center is being built out in the interim.

World Trade Center new pictures

One World Trade Center from inside the World Trade Center Transit Hub. Picture by @WTCProgress

Construction on the 103rd floor.

Today’s Best Pictures; The Enterprise makes Intrepid landing; Waves in Australia & More

The space shuttle Enterprise is lifted by a crane onto the USS Intrepid, June 6, 2012, in New York City. Upon the Intrepid, the space shuttle will be on display for viewing by the general public. NASA’s space shuttle program came to an end in August, 2011, after 30 years of service.

Sightseers brave treacherous conditions at Bronte Beach on Wednesday in Sydney, Australia. Wind speeds of up to 127km/h were recorded last night as Sydney was lashed by wild weather caused by the arrival of a low pressure system. A high tide and a large swell is heightening the risk of sand erosion at local beaches on the New South Wales coast.

This combo picture made on Wednesday shows living statues depecting an Apache Indian, a sand man, Elvis Presley, a matador, the invisible man, the newspaper man, a bronze sweeper and Charlie Chaplin near the Puerta del Sol square. Since the beginning of the economic crisis in Spain, the number of living statues has increased in Madrid. Spain has the highest unemployment rate in the industrialised world, with 24.44 percent of the workforce idle, according to the national statistics office Ine.

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Photos: Queen Elisabeth II Jubilee

Left to right, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Price Harry wave to the crowds from Buckingham Palace Tuesday, June 5 in London. The royal family waved to well-wishers from the balcony, capping off four days of celebrations in honor of the Queen’s Diamond Jubillee.

The Red Arrows fly over fly in formation over Buckingham Palace and huge crowds on the Mall to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in London on Tuesday.

The crowd is escorted down The Mall during the Diamond Jubilee carriage procession following the service of thanksgiving at St.Paul’s Cathedral on the Mall, Tuesday in London.

Queen Elizabeth II travels by carriage to Buckingham Palace with Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Charles, Prince of Wales after a lunch at Westminster Hall on Tuesday, in London. For only the second time in its history the UK celebrates the Diamond Jubilee of a monarch.

Britain’s Prince Andrew, Prince Charles, Prince William, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince Harry are pictured on the steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral after a thanksgiving service to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, in central London, Tuesday. Four days of nationwide celebrations during which millions of people have turned out to mark Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee conclude on Tuesday with a church service and carriage procession through central London.

Crowds gather in The Mall as they watch the Diamond Jubilee Concert on Monday in London, England.

Fireworks illuminate Buckingham Palace during the Diamond Jubilee Concert in London, on Monday. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II made a regal appearance at a star-studded diamond jubilee concert without her husband, Prince Philip, at her side after he was hospitalized hours earlier.

Jessica Simpson Makes A Mint On Baby Pictures

Jessica Simpson’s fashion empire just got another big bump. Of the baby variety. The new mama to baby Maxwell not only had a happy Mother’s Day, but a lucrative one as well, as she announced plans Monday morning to expand her already billion-dollar business (no, really) even further, setting her sights on the style of the baby-bumping set, making good on her promise to launch a maternity line.

As if that wasn’t enough, E! News has confirmed that Jess and baby daddy Eric Johnson have finally sold the first photos of their darling daughter to the highest bidder. So which magazine made them an offer they couldn’t refuse? And just how much are they making from the shots?

Looks like the lucky winner this time around is People magazine, as sources confirm that the glowing parents have accepted a deal to publish the first photos of their baby girl for a cool $850,000. Not a bad chunk of change for baby’s first photo shoot.

Meanwhile, as for that other baby of hers — Jessica Simpson Maternity — unlike her last major undertaking, this one won’t take nine months of gestation.

Instead, the 31-year-old unveiled the everyday line today, and vowed to have the debut collection — which features maxi dresses, leggings, printed tops, blazers and a generally 1970s vintage feel–in stores by this fall.

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