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<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/superheroes-help-fans-self-image-143155350.html" target="_blank">New study</a> suggests that superheroes influence man’s
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And meanwhile <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alexander-ragir/brazils-street-superhero_b_1898256.html" target="_blank">a real superhero in the streets of Brazil</a>.</div>
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Elections are coming up in Brazil and <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/world/superheroes-james-bond-and-obama-vie-for-votes-in-brazil-20120917-262kb.html" target="_blank">a few familiar names are running for office</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/detomaso/" target="_blank">Tom Poulson</a>'s LEGO birds.<br />
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Colored pigeons during the <a href="http://www.labiennale.org/en/art/" target="_blank">Venice Biennale</a>, by
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