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| SAO PAULO – A city in the state of Sao Paulo approved a law that will make it easier for obese people to board buses. People with a certificate from a medical doctor stating that they are obese will be able to bypass turnstiles to get on public transportation throughout the city of Santa Bárbara d'Oeste.
Gabriela Pezzo is unaffected by the new law (Photo: terra.com.br)
| SAO PAULO – A video showing 60 restaurant patrons being robbed in Sao Paulo was made public Wednesday. Civil Police released the video hoping somebody might recognize the assailants who forced the diners to the floor and robbed them.
Pinheiros SP Restaurant Robbery (Video G1 SP)
| SAO PAULO – A resident of Campo Limpo Paulista got quite a scare on Thursday morning, when leaving for work, he came face to face with a jaguar in his garage. Frightened, the resident went back inside and called the Municipal Guard (GM) and firefighters.
Jaguar in Garage (Photo: G1 SP)
| SAO PAULO – State government health officials announced today, that as of Friday, there will be aggressive enforcement of the new law banning alcohol sales to minors. There will be sweeps in bars, restaurants, nightclubs and beach kiosks. Violators are subject to fines of up to R$87,00 reals ($47,000 USD) as well as other sanctions.
Sao Paulo Now Bans Alcohol Sales to Minors (Photo: terra.com.br)
| SAO PAULO – An Englishman was arrested on Thursday afternoon at Congonhas Airport in Sao Paulo trying to board a flight with cocaine hidden in his digestive tract. Federal Police (PF) detained the man in the departure lounge as he was waiting to board a flight to Rio de Janeiro.
Pure Cocaine in Digestive Tract (photo: G1 Sao Paulo)
| SAO PAULO – A disc jockey died on-air Monday morning during his daily show on Educadora FM Iacanga, in the interior of the state, 392 km (244 miles) from the capital. Jeltro Pereira Barbosa, 68, known as Delporã on the radio, had a history of heart problems and had survived triple bypass surgery.
Delporã died on air (photo: educadorafmiacanga.com.br)
| SAO PAULO – The Canadian company Bombardier unveiled a replica of the Sao Paulo Monorail which will, when opened in 2013, link Vila Prudente to Hospital Tiradentes, in the East Zone of the state capital. The model will be displayed through tomorrow at the Business Fair on Rails, held at the Expo Center North.
Sao Paulo Monorail (photo: terra.com.br)
SAO PAULO – The cuisine chef at the Grand Hyatt Hotel was arrested this morning after the Civil Police (PC) found about 100 kilos of food beyond the expiration date at the property, located in the South Zone of the city of Sao Paulo.
Grand Hyatt Sao Paulo (photo: hotelchatter.com)
SAO PAULO – An endangered cougar appeared at the Arvaré Municipal Campground in Sao Paulo Thursday. Frightened campers called the Fire Department. It took authorities five hours to capture the beast, which leaped from tree to tree in a bid to escape its pursuers at the Costa Azul resort.
Cougar in Arvaré (photo: terra.com.br)
SAO PAULO, Brazil – A resident of Jaragua, in the Northern Zone of Metropolitan Sao Paulo, found a cougar in the backyard of the family home early on Thursday. The family dog helped to contain the animal while the firemen came to the rescue.
SAO PAULO, Brazil – Police rescued a kidnap victim on Sunday after a passer-by reported finding an SOS message written on a piece of toilet paper. The victim wrote the message then threw the paper out of the space where she was being held captive hoping somebody would find it and turn it into police, reported O Globo online.
| SAO PAULO – The story of 93-year-old twins, who died hours apart, has inspired the inhabitants of Sao Jose dos Campos, a small city 97 km from Sao Paulo, according to the site Vnews. Zilda Maria de Jesus dos Santos and Jose Ferreira Neto, 93, were twins. They were born on April 24, 1918 and died on Sunday in a span of just six hours.
SAO PAULO - An unusual race on Sunday morning rocked the Southern district of Sao Paulo. The first Race of the High Heels attracted some 150 participants vying for a U.S. $580 prize in the parking lot at the Morumbi Shopping Mall.
SAO PAULO, Brazil – The director of a Walmart store, located in Vila Leopoldina in the Western Zone of the city of Sao Paulo, was arrested by Civilian Police (PC) late on Friday.
SAO PAULO, Brazil - Authorities reopened northbound lanes of Immigrants highway SP-150 after Thursday's mega-crash. On the advice of the toll-road operator, Ecovias, police released traffic onto the roadway at 11:30 am Friday. The highway was closed since 12:50 pm on Thursday when 270 vehicles became involved in a pileup, apparently because of poor visibility due to heavy fog.
SAO PAULO, Brazil - The Federal Police (PF) arrested a Nigerian man Thursday morning with cocaine while he was going through security at Guarulhos International Airport. The man tried to catch a flight to Doha (Qatar) with nearly five kilos of the drug hidden in lollipop packages inside his carry on luggage.
SAO PAULO, Brazil - A pileup involving about 50 vehicles, including cars, buses and trucks, completely blocked the Highway of Immigrants. According to the toll road concessionaire that operates the highway, Ecovias, the accident occurred at km 41 in Sao Bernardo do Campo at about 12:50 pm Thursday, reports O Globo Online.
| SAO PAULO – Federal Police (PF) at Congonhas International Airport in Sao Paulo arrested a 20-year-old Irishman on Wednesday with cocaine hidden inside his body. According to PF, the young man boarded a flight to Brussels, with stops in Rio de Janeiro and Lisbon, while hiding 72 capsules of cocaine weighing 830 grams in his stomach.
Cocaine in intestinal tract (photo: O Globo)
SAO PAULO - Six people, including a lawyer, were arrested by Civil Police (PC) in Aracatuba early on Tuesday, accused of belonging to a drug trafficking group operated by the First Capitol Command (PCC) gang.
SAO PAULO, Brazil – A Bolivian couple has been arrested allegedly utilizing slave labor in a sweatshop they owned on Three Rivers Street in the Bom Retiro neighborhood of the capitol. The man is 34-years-old and his wife.
