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MOUNT VERNON, Washington, EE.UU. (AP) — Las autoridades del estado de Washington se esfuerzan por encontrar una solución temporal al desplome de un puente en una carretera interestatal, un accidente que, milagrosamente, sólo dejó tres heridos.Sin embargo, sea cual sea la solución, no llegará a tiempo para lidiar con el intenso tráfico por el feriado del Día de los Caídos en las Guerras.More...

A giant statue from Chile's Easter Island on Saturday found a new home in a small tsunami-devastated Japanese town where it will become a symbol for its recovery.The new statue, with coral eyes and a stone hat, was erected near the town's shopping area, where makeshift stores now operate after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami destroyed almost the entire town.The three-metre (10-foot) Moai statue is a gift from Chile, which pledged to supply a new statue to the fishing community of Minami Sanriku after the town's original was destroyed in the disaster."We can see the Moai in this town every day from now," said mayor Jin Sato, quoted by Jiji Press news agency."It will be a big symbol for the recovery."The town's link to Chile, some 17,000 kilometres (11,000 miles) away, dates back to 1960, when a 9.5 magnitude earthquake struck the South American country and killed more than 1,600 people.The quake also sent a tsunami hurtling across the Pacific to Japan, where it claimed 142 lives -- more than a quarter of them in Minami Sanriku.Decades later, after a visit from the Chilean ambassador, the Japanese town marked the connection by installing a replica Moai statue in a coastal park which local residents named Chile Plaza.When the huge tsunami waves again swamped Minami Sanriku two years ago, the statue was toppled along with hundreds of buildings and its head was knocked off.About 800 people were killed or missing in the once picturesque town, among nearly 19,000 nationwide.After Chilean President Sebastian Pinera promised a "bigger, more magnificent and more beautiful" statue, the new Moai arrived in Japan on Christmas day last year.It was exhibited in Tokyo and Osaka before being officially handed over to Minami Sanriku on Saturday.Copyright (2013) AFP. All rights reserved.More...

Today is Towel Day! Don't forget your towels, hoopy froods! More details on how to celebrate at the Towel Day website. Open thread below...

Con un gol en los últimos minutos del holandés Arjen Robben, la escuadra alemana del Bayern Munich se proclamó campeona de la Champions League en el estadio de Wembley, luego de vencer 2-1 al conjunto del Borussia Dortmund, logrando de este modo vengarse de la final fallida del año pasado.Con este nuevo título, el cuadro bávaro consiguió su quinta estrella del certamen, habiéndolas obtenido en 1974, 1975, 1976, 2001 y 2013. Mientras que el equipo del Dortmund se quedó con las ganas de su segunda, luego de haberla ganado en 1997.More...

Not everything about the British Columbia election result was surprising. Anyone who understands our voting system could have predicted that about half of the votes cast would be "orphan" votes - votes that don't count toward the election of any candidate.And they would have been right. Of the 1.6 million British Columbians who cast ballots, 48 per cent voted for losing candidates.More...

As part of Telefilm Canada's Not Short on Talent project, 40 short-film filmmakers from across Canada traveled to the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, where their films were highlighted in the market. The Huffington Post Canada is pleased to share diary entries from a selection of these filmmakers, who describe their experiences at Cannes as Canadians on the rise in the industry. Here is Marie Clements with the final entry in our Cannes Diary series. Also check out previous entries from Kyle Thomas , Jacquelyn Mills and Moira Sauer.Day OneMore...

STOCKHOLM - Les émeutes ont fait tache d'huile dans la nuit de vendredi à samedi dans d'autres villes suédoises et ont continué pour la sixième nuit consécutive dans les quartiers pauvres à forte population étrangère à Stockholm, où la tension semblait s'atténuer.Des véhicules et des bâtiments ont été incendiés dans les villes moyennes d'Uppsala, d'Oerebro et Linkoeping.More...

Since the beginning of the year, more than two dozen anti-gay hate crimes have occurred in the City of New York. This number alone has rallied not only the gay community, but also elected officials, community organizers, and faith leaders throughout New York and across the country. In the wake of these heinous attacks that culminated with the murder of a 32-year old gay man, Mark Carson, one moral authority in a city that is home to millions of Catholics has remained eerily silent in the face of such tragedy. This silence is a testament to the passive homophobia that defines Catholic Church teaching and comments from the institution's hierarchy regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. This silence must be shattered: Cardinal Timothy Dolan must condemn these acts of hate.Like it or not, the reality is that Catholic teaching on the topic of homosexuality is based largely on ignorance and fear. To deny this reality is to deny the very essence of truth, because truth demands that we be willing to see what is in front of us rather than to live among falsehoods. The characterization of gay people by leaders such as Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop Cordileone of San Francisco, and Bishop Murphy of Rockville Centre, have demonstrated that they have allowed fear to drive their views.More...

A poorly written DSM criteria set is useless. The essential prerequisite to an accurate diagnosis is that different clinicians can agree on whether it is present or absent in a given individual. If the definition lacks precision, different people will interpret it in their own different and idiosyncratic ways.The DSM-5 definition of Autistic Spectrum Disorder has two fatal technical flaws that make it impossible to interpret and use reliably.More...

Playing in the Champions League final for the third time in four years, Arjen Robben was not just facing Borussia Dortmund. He was also facing his own previous failures, looking for redemption as much as victory. He got both at Wembley Stadium. Thanks to the Dutch attacker's game-winning goal, Bayern Munich defeated Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in a scintillating final.With Dortmund starting energetically at the offensive end and Roman Weidenfeller denying Robben in the scoreless first half, the 2013 Champions League final looked as if it would be remembered as another dark night in the 29-year-old's illustrious career.More...