Health authorities in northern Brazil are dealing with a wave of vampire bat attacks that are infecting humans with the deadly rabies virus. In the last two months, 23 people have contracted rabies from bat bites and have subsequently died.

Brazilian authorities say this latest outbreak is unusually serious, blaming deforestation in the Amazon region for the attacks.

A gang of Brazilian prisoners spent months planning and toiling to dig a tunnel in attempts to ensure their freedom. Little did they know the tunnel would lead them right into the prison yard.

The prisoners at Timoteo prison in southern Brazil, dug out of their tunnel, which took 67 men several months to complete, just 12 inches shy of the main perimeter wall.

Danielle George - All Headline News Staff Reporter

Rio De Janiero, Brazil (AHN)- Rio legislators votes to end enforcement of speed limits in parts of the crime-plagued city in order to protect residents. It is unclear whether Mayor Cesar Maia would approve the legislation.

An 80-year-old Italian retiree, who lived alone with seven cats and was adopted by a family, after placing an ad in the classifieds begging for company, skipped out on them, leaving behind a dentist's bill for $2,860.

Since taking off, Angelozzi has sent the family two checks to cover the cost; checks later discovered to be stolen from another family that had also taken in the con artist.