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Switzerland is building in the NEAT Gotthard Base tunnel, which is the world’s longest train tunnel, with 35-mile long parallel tracks crossing the Alps. The tunnel should become operational at the end of 2016. Take a look at some of the amazing photos.

Hiker Kyndall Jack, who disappeared March 31 in the Cleveland National Forest in Southern California, was found alive April 4, a day after her friend Nicholas Cendoya was found.

Lets all hope this is a joke and not real. If this is real this kid is a rich troll who is pissing off a lot of people. Apparently this 17 year old has enough money to launch stacks of money into the air with a balloon or use gold plated staples. "Itslavishbitch" is an internet troll who has amassed 90,000 followers on Instagram. He claims it is all real and if that's the case then he flaunting way to much and he needs to just stop. This is starting to get ridiculous. Just look at these photos.

Google Street View is giving the world a rare glimpse into Japan’s eerie ghost town, following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami which sparked a nuclear disaster that has left the area uninhabitable. The photo technology pieces together digital images captured by Google's camera-equipped vehicle and allows viewers to take virtual tours of locations around the world.

A diffused unexploded World War II bomb was found in Berlin, Germany on April 3. Rail services to and from the capital were disrupted and residents were evacuated from their houses following the discovery of the unexploded 100 kilo bomb near to the rail tracks of the Hauptbahnhof.

There's nothing like dying to get a fresh perspective on life, at least that's what one 22-year-old recently learned.In a theatrical act of soul-searching, Chinese student, Zeng Jia, staged her own funeral in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province on March 30.

"I feel so good after coming out of the coffin," Zeng told China Daily.

Exxon's Pegasus pipeline was shut after the leak was discovered March 30 in a subdivision near the town of Mayflower, which spilled thousands of gallons of crude oil in Arkansas. The leak forced the evacuation of 22 homes, and clean up has begun.

I am sure you have heard the story of your grandparents walking barefoot in the snow up hill both ways. Well that's nothing compared to what 14 year old Chinese boy Yu Qiyun and his little sister have to do to get to school. They have to commute to a school 20 miles from their home in a village in the Hunan Province. The children must climb 66 feet up old wooden ladders on a steep cliff with a 230 foot pit below them. They do this all with heavy back packs on as well. Yu says he wants to get his education so he can get a good job to earn money to eventually build a road for his village and family. Check out the short video clip below

White House photographer Eric Draper shares an intimate look at the 43rd president of the U.S. from his forthcoming book, "Front Row Seat." Eric Draper worked behind the scene and took some interesting photos of the former president.

Life Magazine celebrates Brigitte Bardot the French icon with a series of rare mostly unseen photographs, most of which never actually ran in LIFE magazine — made by Loomis Dean in 1958, when the young Bardot was conquering movie audiences around the globe.

The Construction of the One World Trade Center will be completed this year. The building will be not only the tallest in New York but in the entire United States. Its no surprise the view will be amazing but you have to grasp how amazing until you see it. The Observation Deck on the 100th-102nd floors was open for a preview on Monday to a handful of lucky people and the pictures are fantastic. Here are just 3 examples of the beautiful view from the new One World Trade Center which will officially open to the public in 2015.

As if the fact that her songs are all about going out and partying and getting drunk of her bootay and dying young isn't weird enough (although they are ridiculously catchy), the chick is legitimately off her rocker. Her latest confession? That she's drank her own pee. DRANK. HER. OWN. URINE. The twisted popstar told BBC 1 radio that sipped on the smelly stuff on film for her MTV documentaryKe$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life. "I was told drinking my own pee was good," Ke$ha said. "Somebody tried to take my pee away from me and I said, 'That is mine!' So I snatched it up and took a chug and it was really gross so I don't do it anymore." What?! What do you mean you don't do it anymore!!? That's so not ... normal Ke$ha. But really, it wouldn't have surprised me if she said that actually enjoyed the taste of her own fluids by the barrel. The woman does have a bit of a urine fascination -- after all.

The Crochet Coral Reef (CCR) is a project by the Institute For Figuring, a non-profit Los-Angeles based organization that pioneers creative new methods for engaging the public about scientific and environmental issues by putting people and communities at the core.

The new smoking WARNING: Smoking can cause death by falling from a great height. Don't be like this guy! Crazy smoke break.

According to Shanghai Style File, the toddler's parents thought it was pretty funny. The Chinese toddler and his mum were spotted on Easter Sunday in a Shanghai park as she actually handed her tot a cigarette… then lit it for him … then smiled on as he smoked it… then laughed as he rolled on the ground when he felt sick. What do you think?

Dallas Wiens married a fellow burn victim Jamie Nash on March 30 in the same church where his face was melted in an electrical accident, the Dallas Morning News reported. In 2011, Wiens received the first full face transplant ever performed in the United States. This Story has a beautiful ending.

Namie is a small town in Japan that was abandoned after tsunami and Fukushima nuclear plant fail in 2011. At the invitation of local officials, Google recently deployed its camera-equipped vehicles to Namie to create a street view map of the deserted town so residents can see their abandoned homes, and the world can witness the remains of the disaster.

Here are some highlights from the White House Easter day celebration. There are some nice family photos of President Barack Obama and his family as well as a bunch of kids enjoying the Easter holiday. Looks like everyone at the white house had a fun Easter celebration.

Google has announced the beta version of Treasure Mode for Google Maps after finding Captain Kidd’s 315 year-old map in a September 2012 expedition. The digitized version of Kidd’s map has since been released to the public and it allows anyone to explore his long-lost treasure map (be sure to check out the ‘telescope’ feature). They have invited the whole world to come together and help them decipher the encrypted symbols of Kidd’s buried secrets. Let's go!

More surveillance please! Researchers at Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering have created Cyro, an autonomous robotic jellyfish that’s roughly the size and weight of a grown man, for the purpose of underwater surveillance. The 170-pound Cyro prototype and a smaller, hand-sized “RoboJelly” robot were created as part of a project funded by the US Navy. Cyro is modeled after the lion’s mane jellyfish, and measures five feet and seven inches long.

The slide took out a huge chunk of the Whidbey Island hillside. It extends about 500 yards across and down 700 yards into Puget Sound. One home was destroyed and at least two dozen others are threatened. Most of the homes are vacation properties.

Back on March 18, Lindsay Lohan finally took a plea deal for a lockdown rehab facility in her lying to the cops case. But she had one condition: She wanted permission to take Adderall while she’s drying out. Sources for TMZ say La Lohan has been using the drug for years and is convinced she needs it to function. Interestingly enough, she was first prescribed the medicine (used to treat ADHD, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder) while behind bars back in 2010, which caused all sorts of controversy. For her recent plea deal, LiLo said she wanted to take her Adderall while in rehab, or she’d take her chances with a trial. At the time, lawyer Mark Heller assured her she would be able to hold onto her prescription security blanket while she’s in her court-mandated lockdown rehab. Despite, you know, not being eligible for the few lockdown rehabs that actually exist. Ironically, I could use a little Adderall myself to help keep track of the increasingly confusing details of this mess. Nah. Just kidding. That's what coffee is for.

Prince never worked with or knew Michael Jackson, but he may still testify against the tour promoter who both hired and was supposed to supervise Michael’s doctor, Conrad Murray, because that’s how the American justice system works. The late Michael Jackson and Prince could finally cross paths as MJ’s mother Katherine has plans to use the Purple One as a witness in her wrongful death lawsuit against promoter AEG. Michael’s kids, Prince Michael I and II and Paris, helped along by Katherine, are suing the promoter for $40 billion in damages. (Yes, billion with a B.) According to documents obtained by TMZ, Katherine has a list of over 100 witnesses she plans to have testify, including Prince, who allegedly had bad experiences with AEG in the past.

Shain Gandee, star of MTV’s ‘Buckwild,’ has reportedly been found dead in West Virginia some 30 hours after going missing. Local news station WCHS reports that Gandee and his uncle, 48-year-old David Gandee, were found in Shain’s car along with another unidentified person in Sissonville, West Virginia on Monday, April 1. (Yes, we’ve taken into account that it’s April Fool’s Day, but if this is a joke, it’s a sick one involving a lot of otherwise credible sources. So we’re assuming this is sadly true.) The Gandee men were last seen Sunday when they were last spotted leaving a local bar at 3 a.m. They told fellow patrons they planned to go four-wheeling after the drinks, but didn’t tell anyone where — and they didn’t come back. ‘Buckwild,’ which features several good ol’ boys and girls from West Virginia, is known to profile the antics of Shain, who’s referred to as a “redneck McGyver” and who built a swimming pool inside a dump truck in the show’s first episode. MTV picked up the series for another season in January, but this news coupled with the arrest of another cast member, 24-year-old Salwa Amin, for felony drug possession may nix those plans.

During Sunday's NCAA men's Basketball game, Kevin Ware of the Louisville Cardinals suffered a gruesome injury breaking one of his legs, in the first half of the game against the Duke Blue Devils in Indianapolis, Indiana on March 31st, 2013. Ware broke his right leg in two places, as he landed awkwardly with all of his weight on the leg during an attempt to block a shot from the other team. The injury is said to have looked a lot more shocking than it actually appears. The player is in recovery, and even though it will take him a year to fully recover he stayed positive and very courageous throughout the process, telling his team to focus on winning the game. The reaction from the teams and the audience was very emotional. Some players and even the coaches were crying as the audience was also in complete shock. 

The author: "My uncle was struck by a fleeing vehicle a year ago while throwing spike strips. My father and I realized we had the opportunity to save lives." This is what they came up with.

Since the new North Korean leader Kim Jong-un came to power there's been a lot of tension with South Korea. The North has been throwing threats at the South, including the recent declare of entering a "state of war"! There's even a leaked plan of American troop targets, situated in South Korea. The main concern for U.S. is that if South Korea (their ally) gets attacked they will have to get involved. China and Japan are also very concerned, but so far nobody has crossed the line, and this might all just be tough talk. Hopefully there won't be a repeat of war, and the new leader will calm down with his macho issues.

El Hierro is a the worlds first self sustained island, located Southwest of Spains Canary Islands. It is completely renewable energy self sufficient. The fundings from European Union and Spain helped build hybrid power stations that produce energy solely from water and wind. The beautiful volcanic 104-sqare-mile island holds 10,500 people, and is quite an incredible project.

A reigning pope and a former pope faced each other for the first time in at least 600 years on Mar. 23 when Pope Francis traveled south of Rome for lunch with his predecessor, pope emeritus Benedict XVI. Francis, who was elected on March 13, flew by helicopter to the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, where Benedict has been living since he abdicated on Feb. 28.

On March 21st 2013 Believers from across Thailand traveled to Wat Bang Phra in Nakhon Pathom province, a monastery near Bangkok, to attend Thailand's Magic Tattoo Festival, to have their bodies adorned with tattoos and pay their respects to the temple's master tattooist. They believe the tattoos have mystical powers, ward off bad luck and protect them from harm.

Photo journalist Chris Arnade has created a moving and gritty series call Faces of Addiction, a collection of candid portraits of individuals living in Hunts Point in the Bronx, struggling with their drug addictions, each with their own tragic tale of violence, rape, abuse, poverty and crime. Many of these New Yorkers live in homeless shelters, derelict buildings and even crack dens and whilst they are aware of their choices in life and standing in society, all of them are grateful for the small things that they do have. Through his photography and story telling, Chris has given them a platform for expression and handled their often heartbreaking stories with a gentle and restrained dignity.

Europeans might be a little confused on winters icy grip. The snow should be thawing as spring time temperatures should have started to come by now. Its hard to tell if its Christmas time or Easter time in Europe. London is going to remain below freezing temperatures on this Easter Holiday. Even though its not your typical spring time weather some people ventured out to the beaches and are enjoying the weather anyway.

When Katelyn Norman, a brave 14-year-old girl from LaFollette, Tennessee who suffers from cancer, was deemed too ill to attend her prom, her friends decided to bring the festivities to her hospital bedside instead.