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Before, you could just blame the weather, and the buck stopped there. No longer. Rio de Janeiro weather forecaster Luiz Carlos Austin predicted driving rains for New Year's Eve, just days after downpours killed more than 70 people in the area. His warning failed to deter the millions of revelers--or the clear skies--from hitting Copacabana ...

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