Bradley Brooks

Neymar set to become latest attraction in Europe

ctpost.com — It might be in one of the dozens of television commercials or on billboards by sponsors that make him by far the best paid athlete in Brazil. Or in his appearance in the popular soap opera that puts him inside the homes of tens of millions of people.

Education woes seen as Achilles' heel of Brazil

bigstory.ap.org — SEROPEDICA, Brazil (AP) - There's a storage room just off a veterinary lab at a Brazilian university that gives students more experience than many can handle: Skinned pigs and cats, disembodied cow livers, intestines, brains and the other detritus of years' of dissections.With the department's incinerator long on the fritz, the formaldehyde-drenched mass of animal carcasses and organs grows by the day.The situation at the Rural Federal University in Seopedica is not an anomaly.

Spying on The Associated Press

nytimes.com — The Obama administration, which has a chilling zeal for investigating leaks and prosecuting leakers, has failed to offer a credible justification for secretly combing through the phone records of reporters and editors at The Associated Press in what looks like a fishing expedition for sources and an effort to frighten off whistle-blowers.

Govt obtains wide AP phone records in probe

bigstory.ap.org — WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has secretly obtained two months of telephone records of journalists for The Associated Press in what AP's top executive says is an unprecedented intrusion into newsgathering.Prosecutors took records showing incoming and outgoing calls for work and personal numbers for individual reporters, plus for general AP offices in New York, Washington and Hartford, Conn.

Govt obtains wide AP phone records in probe

m.apnews.com — MARK SHERMAN Published: 3 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news.

AP IMPACT: Cars made in Brazil are deadly

news.yahoo.com — SAO PAULO (AP) - The cars roll endlessly off the local assembly lines of the industry's biggest automakers, more than 10,000 a day, into the eager hands of Brazil's new middle class. The shiny new Fords, Fiats, and Chevrolets tell the tale of an economy in full bloom that now boasts the fourth largest auto market in the world.

AP IMPACT: Cars made in Brazil are deadly

bigstory.ap.org — SAO PAULO (AP) - The cars roll endlessly off the local assembly lines of the industry's biggest automakers, more than 10,000 a day, into the eager hands of Brazil's new middle class.

AP IMPACT: Cars Made in Brazil Are Deadly

abcnews.go.com — The cars roll endlessly off the local assembly lines of the industry's biggest automakers, more than 10,000 a day, into the eager hands of Brazil's new middle class. The shiny new Fords, Fiats, and Chevrolets tell the tale of an economy in full bloom that now boasts the fourth largest auto...

AP IMPACT: Cars made in Brazil are deadly

miamiherald.com — The cars roll endlessly off the local assembly lines of the industry's biggest automakers, more than 10,000 a day, into the eager hands of Brazil's new middle class. The shiny new Fords, Fiats, and Chevrolets tell the tale of an economy in full bloom that now boasts the fourth largest auto market in the world.