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(CNN) -- Robbie Rogers became the first openly gay male athlete to play in a pro American sporting match Sunday when he took the field for Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy during a rout of the Seattle Sounders. Not to be overlooked in the landmark moment is Rogers' prescience. In remarks to ESPN before the game... | NEW: Galaxy provide historic moment as Robbie Rogers takes field for 13 minutes in rout . Rogers becomes the first openly gay male athlete to compete in Major League Soccer . Former winger for U.S. national team came out in February as he announced retirement . NBA player Jason Collins has not played since he came out ... | 964ff99f1630531c77e2eb2c8c6afb032ce9aa03 |
(CNN) -- Being a green employer isn't just good for the environment, it could also help a business attract the best and brightest staff. Going green in your office is easy, say the authors of 'True Green @ Work'. The 2006 Hayes Best Employer Survey showed that nearly 75 percent of 20-year-olds will not apply for a job ... | Authors of True Green @ Work offer 10 tips for greener office life . Many are simple to archive, but small steps can make a big difference . Joining your workplace environmental committee a more progressive step . Click here for more ways to go green in the office . | 63d36757c06541c06a22d13a5d5d6dd952b8e281 |
(CNN) -- Adam Wilson posted two messages on Twitter on April 15. The first one, "GO BADGERS," might have been sent by any University of Wisconsin-Madison student cheering for the school team. The brain-computer interface allows people to compose a tweet by focusing on the desired letter. His second post, 20 minutes lat... | Doctoral student develops a way to post messages on Twitter using mind . Brain-computer interface uses electrical impulses generated by thought . Twitter simpler than e-mail, and format is good fit for new technology, prof says . Development could be a lifeline for people with paralysis, "locked-in" syndrome . | c7c93a87fa2b755f3b44bfed8760319f9ad1c3d1 |
Washington (CNN) -- The Libyan military has been pounded by coalition airstrikes neutralizing its air capabilities but it is still able to fight and maneuver on the ground, U.S. officials said. The Libyan Air Force has been grounded after five days of operations by the coalition forces. More than 160 Tomahawk missiles ... | Gadhafi's elite ground forces are well-paid, well-equipped . Those troops fight within cities, where coalition can't easily get them . | 73af1f20097ef52f16422443aeefa053bd757bf4 |
(CNN) -- Two U.S. spacecraft are set to crash on the moon Friday. On purpose. And we're all invited to watch. An artist's rendering shows the LCROSS spacecraft, left, separating from its Centaur rocket. NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite is scheduled to drop its Centaur upper-stage rocket on the luna... | A NASA spacecraft is set to drop a rocket on the moon at 7:31 a.m. ET Friday . Four minutes later, the LCROSS probe will follow and crash onto the lunar surface . The LCROSS probe will relay data back to Earth about water vapor in moon dust . The debris plumes will be visible through midsize backyard telescopes . | 02bcf4a693c5d7ee6ca36f9a525978eaac91dcc1 |
Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israel's government rejected a Qatari offer to re-establish trade relations that would have allowed the Gulf state to provide aid to Gaza, two senior Israeli government officials said Thursday. One official, who did not want to be named citing the sensitivity of the matter, said there had been "tenta... | Israeli officials say Qatar offered to re-establish trade relations . Qatar wanted to provide economic aid to Gaza . Israel fears any aid would bolster Hamas, officials say . | 527b6039c9417ec0dff3d5d0d771fcc95fb9fd5f |
Las Vegas (CNN) -- After six days, 3,250 booths and 20,000 new products, a few interesting trends bubbled up at last week's Consumer Electronics Show. There were plenty of generic 5-inch smartphones, cheap tablets and ginormous televisions, as well as prototypes of fun, futuristic technology like the 20-inch 4K tablet ... | 20,000 new products were showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show . Helpful technology for seniors and emergencies was big on the show floor . Many companies planned Kickstarter funding campaigns for their products . The massive show wrapped up Friday in Las Vegas . | 984a2f2c1c7e505eedd02abe2553ccdd125f9bff |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Paramedics were called to Lindsay Lohan's Los Angeles hotel room when she did not wake up from a nap Friday morning, but the actress "is fine," her publicist said. Lohan joked about the incident in a Twitter posting early Saturday: . "Note to self.. After working 85 hours in 4 days, and being up al... | NEW: Lohan jokes about the incident on Twitter . Lohan was napping after "a grueling schedule the past few days," her publicist says . "Liz & Dick" producers call 911 when she didn't return to the set . She "is fine, but did suffer some exhaustion and dehydration," publicist says . | c7674636d77bc5cbf04d778ba213058ef7edcafb |
(CNN) -- Eight mass graves were uncovered in northeastern Mexico Wednesday, holding at least 59 bodies, the Tamaulipas state attorney general's office said. Authorities found the graves during an investigation into a report of the kidnapping of passengers from a bus in late March. The investigation led them to the town... | Authorities discover eight mass graves in northern Mexico . At least 59 bodies were recovered . The local governor and the president of Mexico condemned the violence . | 10d4ffd0b60a0131ff2e88fa54be6c96ed44b0c4 |
Editor's note: Peter Bregman is chief executive of Bregman Partners Inc., a global management consulting firm, and the author of "Point B: A Short Guide to Leading a Big Change". He writes a weekly column, How We Work, for HarvardBusiness.org. Peter Bregman says you can't make your luck, but you can control how you'll ... | Peter Bregman: So much of our lives is ruled by luck . Bregman says we can't control luck but can decide how we react to it . He says studies show you can change your results by changing your mindset . | d700a463b82eeba1c6ccbfed8347fd87974e71f9 |
London, England (CNN) -- The British government has apologized and offered compensation to hundreds of people who suffered the effects of thalidomide, a drug once prescribed to pregnant women that later was linked to major birth defects. Thalidomide sufferers and campaigners hailed the move and said it was long overdue... | There are currently 466 people in the UK whose expectant mothers took the drug . Drug, prescribed from 1958 to 1962 for morning sickness, linked to birth defects . Also affected babies from Kenya to Peru to Japan, most of the cases in Germany . Health minister: UK government creating a $32.5M fund to meet health needs ... | 5de722be3bf4c9bb5c8d3125e6ff881a37de9b69 |
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- The Los Angeles District Attorney's Office asked police to do more investigative work before a decision is made on whether charges will be filed in the domestic violence case against singer Chris Brown, according to a spokeswoman for the DA. Chris Brown attends a party saluting music pr... | NEW: L.A. DA's office wants more investigation of Chris Brown case . Police: Brown turned himself in after woman accused him of attacking her . Police haven't named woman; sources say it was girlfriend Rihanna . | 7d84704eae7b9e4190891ffd73d430854a359018 |
Osh, Kyrgyzstan (CNN) -- The first U.N. aid plane arrived Wednesday in Uzbekistan to help the thousands of people who have fled ethnic clashes in neighboring Kyrgyzstan, officials with a U.N. Refugee agency said Wednesday. The cargo plane carrying about 800 lightweight tents will add to a growing effort to try and aid ... | Red Cross: Scope of humanitarian crisis 'immense' UNHCR spokesman: Kyrgyz govt. says not a spontaneous interethnic clash, but provoked . UN Refugee Agency airlifted aid to Uzbekistan Wednesday morning . Death toll at 179, Kyrgyz news agency reports; Red Cross estimate is higher . | 7a70375590452392984bc849d8d41a32e46ae004 |
(CNN) -- Roger Federer secured a record-equaling seventh Wimbledon title to dash the hopes of Andy Murray and a partisan Centre Court crowd. Federer made it 17 grand slam titles to his name after a two-and-a-half-year drought and matched the haul of American Pete Sampras at the All England Club. The Swiss will return t... | Roger Federer wins his seventh Wimbledon title beating Andy Murray 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 . Federer matches Pete Sampras' Wimbledon record with his latest victory . Murray suffers his fourth defeat in major finals as his loss is felt by partisan crowd . Federer has now won 17 grand slam titles and regains the world No. 1 rank... | 7b8fea9c212bf8e4cad1e2c6d3d3a6043df2c11e |
Kabul (CNN) -- On the outskirts of Kabul, behind a high wall is a building that used to serve as a school classroom. On the outside, painted on the dusty gray walls, are murals of brightly colored animals. Inside on the worn-out carpet sits a family, huddled together. Masoma smiles shyly as we enter the room. The 25-ye... | Family of seven addicted to opium seeking treatment in Kabul . Two children, aged just five and seven, breathed in family's smoke . Masoma, 25, took up the drug after losing her husband . Mother, brother and sister also used drug to dull the pain of death . | 6766ce6434df00cae9d021e67af25770e70360be |
(CNN) -- As Iran rushes ahead with its nuclear program, some foreign policy thinkers urge Israel to accept that it must live with "incomplete" security. On Monday morning, 200,000 Israeli children spent the morning in bomb shelters rather than classrooms, as rockets from Gaza barraged southern Israeli cities. That woul... | Israel reported 90-plus percent success in fending off incoming rockets . David Frum says the "Iron Dome" system is useful for defending against Gaza militants . He says an Iranian nuclear weapon would change the calculation . Frum: Partial security isn't enough when the threat is mass annihilation . | 5f212d16131052386e3ff15c315d5ed808b20635 |
(CNN) -- The mother of "Modern Family" star Ariel Winter is denying allegations that she abused the 14-year-old actress. "It's all untrue, it's all untrue," Chris Workman told People about allegations in a court document relating to guardianship of Winter. Winter, whose real name is Ariel W. Workman, stars as Alex Dunp... | Young actress on "Modern Family" is under temporary guardianship . Ariel Winter, 14, is in the care of her older sister . Petition alleges she was the victim of ongoing physical abuse, insults and deprivation of food . | d63de37ce8566fc29c90867b34adc87f15ef35ac |
LA PAZ, Bolivia (CNN) -- Heads of South American nations lent support Monday night to President Evo Morales of Bolivia, who says opposition leaders are trying to overthrow his government. Indigenous people from El Alto, Bolivia, take part in an anti-U.S. demonstration in La Paz on Monday. Confronting their first crisis... | NEW: Bolivian president to return home to approve negotiations with provinces . South American nation have met to discuss violence in Bolivia . At least 30 people killed during past week of protests . Violence is centered in the eastern province of Pando . | b817f72285bc5e826ad3b3831c5379b93a4e878e |
(CNN) -- It's time for those of us who are good men to start acknowledging the role that male socialization plays in domestic and sexual violence. As good men, we must begin to acknowledge and own our responsibility to be part of the solution to ending violence against women and girls. What is a good man? A good man is... | Anthony Porter says most men respect women and honor the women in their lives . He says male attitudes enable some to lash out at women . Men are taught not to express their emotions, Porter says . Men who treat women as property or as objects help enable violence, he says . | 8d953db24917108da74a063c657f2169f123a267 |
(CNN) -- Rapper Lil' Wayne may avoid jail time on an Arizona drug charge, according to a plea deal that was announced Monday. The only problem is the rapper is already in jail. Lil' Wayne is currently serving a year in prison in New York for gun charges. But he appeared in an Arizona court Monday via video. The rapper,... | Lil Wayne pleads guilty to drug charge . Already in jail for drug charge . Rapper may get 36 months probation for Arizona case . | 132a63e6f1bc2628886a71b986c3fa952a791a99 |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Chester French is giving its music away. Chester French, Max Drummey, left, and D.A. Wallach are earning buzz as a band to watch. Go to the duo's Web site and you can scoop up an entirely free "athletic-themed" album. The idea is that you'll be so impressed by the free stuff, you'll feel inspired to b... | Chester French a duo of two Harvard grads . Band praised for Beach Boys-like sound, highlighted on "Entourage" Despite pedigree, "probably not" smartest folks in pop music, says one member . | 40db89a00e8d5d75e31bf86522c3a13bca1ecc57 |
Washington (CNN) -- We all know about the power of born-again and evangelical voters in the Iowa Republican presidential caucuses. Four years ago, three out of every five Iowans who attended a GOP precinct caucus described themselves that way, and they handed Baptist minister and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee an u... | Iowa evangelicals wield power in the GOP presidential selection process . Bachmann, Perry and Santorum are favorites among social conservatives . But their ability to consolidate power is questioned . | f0e61dc9ccd33307bed0859fc3c59943a7818e63 |
Washington (CNN) -- Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was not on a terrorism watch list or a "no-fly" list when he traveled to Russia last year, a federal law enforcement official told CNN on Tuesday. The source, who spoke on condition of not being identified, noted the FBI found no suspicions of terrorist ties ... | NEW: Senators say no indication yet that the FBI "dropped the ball" NEW: Republican senators cite failure of federal agencies to share information . Legislators question the FBI handling of bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev . The FBI investigated Tsarnaev two years before the Boston Marathon bombing . | 996e00e2fa6e634fce13e0958c6b67d2c0468ef4 |
(CNN) -- Switzerland have been knocked out of the Davis Cup by the U.S. after Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka lost their doubles match against Mike Bryan and Mardy Fish in Fribourg on Saturday. The Swiss pairing went down 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-3 to hand the U.S. an unassailable 3-0 lead which sees Jim Courier's team progr... | U.S. advance to Davis Cup quarterfinals at expense of Federer-led Swiss team . Defending champions Spain also through after securing 3-0 lead over Kazakhstan . Czech Republic will face 2010 champions Serbia or Sweden after beating Italy . Marion Bartoli to play Angelique Kerber in final of Paris Open on Sunday . | cf16d16f3a0f6775c954b504b877a8d3894e9ff6 |
(CNN) -- Joshua Macabuag is a 23 year-old recent graduate of the University of Oxford's Pembroke College. Josh, as he prefers to be called, studied civil engineering and achieved some of the highest marks in his class. "Josh is a very brilliant chap," remarked one of his professors. Josh got interested in relief and de... | Joshua Macabuag will report on his experiences in Jozini, South Africa . He will work with the charity Engineers Without Borders . With EWB he will help build a new sports complex for the town . | cb24ea3f1565a963a098c6b52de2679f28ae4e03 |
Cairo (CNN) -- Six months after the improbable revolt that toppled one of the world's longest-serving rulers, protesters are once again camping in Cairo's Tahrir Square to demand speedy change. The president they ousted, Hosni Mubarak, faces a possible death sentence if he survives a variety of ailments that have left ... | "Any evaluation now is premature," a human rights lawyer tells CNN . Protesters in Tahrir Square are calling for speedier reforms . The new Egypt is a "less deferential," more outspoken place, observers say . Some worry that interests of military, protesters can't be reconciled . | 86bef0619e616c617c61d5141c9685cc87088771 |
(CNN) -- I was recently diagnosed with brain cancer. This was shocking news. Sitting across from a doctor holding a clinical folder with your name on it, and hearing him say the words "low-grade glioma," "language and comprehension areas of your brain," "surgery" and "chemotherapy" is a very weird experience. My first ... | Salvatore Iaconesi: I was diagnosed with brain cancer at the age of 39 . He says he decided to put his medical records online, invite world to help find a cure . More than 200,000 people have visited site; many have provided valuable information, support . Iaconesi: I'm following a complex set of therapies before decid... | 7e89e99c0ec10a84136353ed4407d9be0aa99b7d |
(CNN) -- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student body president who was killed this year was shot several times, including in her head, according to her autopsy report released Monday. Unsealed warrants show Eve Carson was abducted and then shot by both men. Eve Carson, 22, was found slain on March 5. ... | Autopsy: There were shotgun wounds to Carson's head and hand . Report lists six gunshot wounds, but it says two were probably from same bullet . Warrant shows she was kidnapped from her home and robbed . | d70dcffc2c07e08cc121d7126ada53dbc479626e |
(CNN) -- France defender William Gallas has attacked former national coach Raymond Domenech, blaming him for the team's disastrous performance at the World Cup in South Africa. In an interview with French weekly culture magazine Les Inrockuptibles on Wednesday, Gallas became the first French player to speak about the d... | Gallas pins blame for disastrous French World Cup campaign on former coach Domenech . Defender was interviewed in French culture magazine Les Inrockuptibles . He says French players found it hard to build a relationship with the coach . French midfielder Patrick Vieira plans to retire from international football . | 705316f2675744b98dd34302683e5ae2474bebf2 |
(CNN) -- Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia are seen as the most corrupt nations in the world, according to Transparency International's latest survey, released Tuesday. More than two thirds of the 177 countries included in the 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index scored below 50, where 0 indicates the country's public ... | Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia are seen as the most corrupt nations in the world . Denmark and New Zealand are seen as the least corrupt nations . More than two thirds of the 177 countries included in the corruption index score badly . | f01a53cd1095980227988bb964b5d921a06ad2b2 |
(CNN) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is asking parents to immediately stop using a series of inflatable floats for babies in swimming pools, announcing a voluntary recall of about 4 million floats Thursday. The Squirtin' Tootin' Tugboat is among the floats covered by the recall. The items -- which infla... | Aqua Leisure Industries recalls 14 models . Leg straps can tear, allowing children to slip into the water . Agency says there have been 31 reports of seats tearing . Floats were sold nationwide at many chain retailers . | 4913f36ab79da578880f8ec53527a4d17b7cba45 |
Santiago, Chile (CNN) -- Sure, Luke Mescher felt a trembling fear when the walls around him started to shake Saturday, but standing around confused and scared wasn't an option. "I was more focused on we need to get out of here and we need to get out of here as fast as we can," said Mescher, a University of Iowa student... | NEW: CNN iReporter says many homes destroyed in her Santiago neighborhood . NEW: Witness to previous quakes said this one was strongest, most long-lasting . Luke Mescher, a U.S. college student, was with host family in Chile when quake hit . | ca04ce6fb6665bdfbf2995e49b8e9684279cd9fd |
(CNN) -- Luci Baines Johnson was just 16 years old when she approached her father, President Johnson, with what she considered a reasonable request. Luci Baines Johnson, left, and her older sister, Lynda Bird, pose inside the White House in 1963. "I asked my father if we could have the Beatles come to play at the White... | Luci Johnson describes being a first daughter as an "extraordinary privilege" It was "the best of times and sometimes the worst of times," she says . First daughters often followed by media for remainder of their lives . The pressure on first daughters has intensified over the years, historian says . | 2025fb9ea8f1b1f5659e4f8fea16508b01aa9386 |
(CNN) -- Manchester United's Park Ji-Sung scored twice including an injury-time winner as they beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 on Saturday to cut Chelsea's lead at the top of the English Premier League to two points. It was a scarcely convincing performance from United at Old Trafford and the visitors looked to be hea... | Park Ji-Sung scores twice in Manchester United's 2-1 win over Wolves . Korean star grabs winner in added time at Old Trafford . Tottenham Hotspur falter with 4-2 defeat at Bolton as Kevin Davies scores double . Celtic go top of Scottish Premier League with 9-0 rout of Aberdeen . | 8334a0c7d9a4a42aea89793fb9dd34f1c4bb87d0 |
Seoul (CNN) -- The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of the church colloquially known as the Moonies, is unconscious and undergoing treatment for pneumonia at a hospital in South Korea, a spokesman said Thursday. His doctor has given him only a 50% chance of survival, spokesman Ahn Ho-yeol said. Doctors put the 92-year-old ... | Sun Myung Moon's church gained fame worldwide for its mass weddings . He is the founder of The Washington Times newspaper . His doctor has given him only a 50% chance of survival, a church spokesman says . | 0e862f042060778670ba9d9955c5e1246ef547c6 |
(CNN) -- Angela Merkel has come a long way. Once dismissed by hard-core conservative critics as "the divorced, childless, Protestant woman from former East Germany", the German chancellor's landslide victory in Sunday's Bundestag elections has reinforced her position as the uncontested political leader in Germany and t... | Angela Merkel's parties scored big victories in Sunday's Bundestag elections . Ulf Gartzke: Merkel's calm, unpretentious approach and strong economy help her cause . He says Merkel has walked fine line, propping up Euro, without losing popularity at home . | fefaed25016f4b1494f1deeceb5470cd5aa1b0dd |
(CNN) -- Equestrian champion Ingrid Klimke could ride a horse before she could walk, such is the fondness her family holds for the animals. The German's father, Reiner, won an incredible six Olympic gold medals spread across five separate installments of the Games between 1964 and 1988 before his death in 1999. His dre... | Germany's Ingrid Klimke to compete in her fourth Olympics in London this year . The 43-year-old won gold for Germany as part of three-day eventing team at 2008 Games . Inspired by father who won six gold medals at five separate Olympics from 1964 to 1988 . Klimke has won a host of international and domestic titles in a... | 7fe38b8a8d6da5330df412e836013790c5e49862 |
(CNN) -- Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher made an impressive return to Formula One in the first day of official testing for 2010 in Spain on Monday -- but was upstaged by another driver making his comeback, Ferrari's Felipe Massa. Schumacher, who has ended a three-year retirement to drive for Ross Brawn's n... | Michael Schumacher makes impressive return to F1 in first day of official testing for 2010 . Seven-time world champion is third fastest in Spain, racing 40 laps for Mercedes . Ferrari's Felipe Massa, making his comeback after six months out, is quickest in Valencia . World champion Jenson Button and McLaren teammate Le... | a6a8c12b785ef69e905bc7819b92a88d7408e07b |
(CNN) -- Crews in North Dakota were testing the air Tuesday morning for any dangerous fumes a day after two trains wrecked, sparking a large fire. The results of the tests will help determine when it is safe for residents to resume their routine activities. One of the trains was carrying crude oil, which sent dangerous... | Crews are testing the air near Casselton, North Dakota . They are testing for any toxic fumes . A train wreck on Monday created an oil fire . | 6dddc3d2493026793e4c9b8646bfe69b3a62cf80 |
New York (CNN) -- The mother of one of the two New Jersey men arrested last week at a New York airport allegedly on their way to fight with an al Qaeda-affiliated group in Somalia says the two men are guilty of stupidity -- but not of the sinister plan described by authorities. "Anything makes him angry. But he's not a... | Mother of New Jersey terror suspect insists son "not a terrorist" Son and his friend charged with conspiracy to kill outside U.S. Mahmood Alessa's girlfriend says they were supposed to marry in Egypt . | cc9cb1120f407f32819dc4b35e0d728759a13b5b |
(CNN) -- The mother of child murder suspect Casey Anthony affirms her belief in her daughter's innocence and expresses fear for her safety in letters released by court officials on Thursday. "You stay strong Casey," Cindy Anthony tells her daughter in one letter from May. "Many, many people believe in you and are tryin... | Casey Anthony's mom warns, "I swear there are maniacs out there" "Many people believe in you and are trying to get to the truth" Anthony faces capital murder charges in daughter Caylee's 2008 death . Letters released as part of discovery in upcoming trial . | 16ae4d5a3f493708650f60d3182d27c52cd81b2f |
Washington (CNN) -- As e-book readers and tablet computers become more common, one prominent tech mogul says that physical books could disappear sooner than expected. In an interview with CNN's Howard Kurtz on "Reliable Sources," author Nicholas Negroponte, founder of One Laptop per Child, said the physical book's days... | The physical book's days are numbered, author Nicholas Negroponte says . "The physical medium cannot be distributed to enough people," he says . Negroponte founded One Laptop per Child in 2005 . | 67af151cde4a4ce33520e4742ead5f48d7ef07b5 |
(CNN) -- All her life, Carmen Figueroa believed she was born in the United States. It was what her mother had always told her. But a State Department investigation found that she was born in Sinaloa, Mexico, and brought into the country illegally at a young age, CNN affiliate KVOA reported. The discovery brought an abr... | NEW: Activist: Such cases aren't as uncommon as you might think . Carmen Figueroa was a detective with the Arizona Department of Public Safety . A State Department investigation found she is an undocumented immigrant . She had always been told she was born in the United States . | 77a1a17ad420ac3629040e4f6e6f9e3bf3ad3df7 |
(CNN) -- Much has been made in recent years about America's growing gap between rich and poor. I'm sure you feel beaten over the head with statistics comparing the struggling 99% with the top 1% of earners, those chosen few whose economic and political clout of rich few has increased to levels not seen since the Great ... | Income inequality will be the focus of the next Change the List story . 16,789 of 32,546 CNN voters picked the topic; it was the top choice . John Sutter is traveling to the most unequal place in America . Follow the journey on this "Rawls Test" blog on Tumblr . | acd9cb6db53d7de296f08b9a1c696ed1c92af8b3 |
London (CNN) -- Britain's Prince Harry has moved into the same west London residence that his brother William set up home in with new wife Kate last year, CNN can reveal. Harry took a small apartment at Kensington Palace after moving out of the bedroom and study he occupies at nearby Clarence House - the home of his fa... | CNN EXCLUSIVE: Prince Harry moves to Kensington Palace . Harry occupies apartment close to Prince William and Kate . Move seen to reflect Harry's maturity and closeness to brother . CNN also reveals prince's military academy nickname: Harry Potter . | d19df095c7239ca8810b92d1773c7d88e5943356 |
(CNN) -- After a week in which football's reputation has been dragged through the mud, the ugly spectre of hooliganism raised its head once more after a goalkeeper was subjected to a physical assault during an English Championship game. Chris Kirkland, the goalkeeper of Sheffield Wednesday, was hit in the face by a sup... | Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Chris Kirkland attacked on pitch . Former England keeper knocked to the floor and needed medical attention by his goal . Game continued after the incident with Kirkland left shaken . Leeds issue statement condemning actions of fan . | b6277dff4940635553d2af407ba7f9c0013f7928 |
(CNN) -- An appeals court on Monday sided with the federal government in blocking several provisions in Alabama and Georgia's controversial anti-illegal immigration laws, while allowing other key parts of those laws to stand. Advocacy groups like the American Civil Liberties Union and the Southern Poverty Law Center ap... | A federal appeals court rules on Alabama and Georgia's immigration laws . Judges say police in both states can check citizenship of criminal suspects . Parts of law making it a crime for undocumented immigrants to work was blocked . | 3cf79f31a7dd38dde00b63208502a4dc1868fda2 |
(CNN) -- Sport's battle with racism and discrimination has suffered a further setback after a senior Australian administrator compared an athlete to "King Kong." Eddie McGuire, president of the Collingwood Australian Rules Football team, has apologized unreservedly after describing Adam Goodes, an indigenous Australian... | An AFL team owner has apologized after comparing a player to King Kong . Eddie McGuire, president of the Collingwood team, made the comment on his radio show . McGuire has apologized to Sydney Swans' indigenous Australian player Adam Goodes . Tiger Woods was recently "hurt" by a comment made by fellow golfer Sergio Gar... | aef06e30098b500faf8d039156a8002b697d89b4 |
(CNN) -- French league leaders Paris St Germain have confirmed the appointment of Italian Carlo Ancelotti as their new coach on a two-and-a-half year contract as a replacement for Antoine Kombouare, who left the club earlier on Friday. Ancelotti has been out of work since being sacked by Chelsea in May -- despite leadi... | Carlo Ancelotti has been appointed as the new coach of French side Paris St Germain . The 52-year-old Italian has signed a two-and-a-half year deal with the big-spending club . Ancelotti will replace Antoine Kombouare, who left his position earlier on Friday . | df29bc28de49b0b5a51c23cd553d51757004ea9e |
(CNN) -- The death toll rose to 13 and number of injured increased to 154 after a truck carrying fireworks to a religious procession exploded Friday in the central Mexican city of Nativitas, government news agency Notimex reported. The explosion occurred when one of the fireworks went astray and landed in the truck car... | NEW: 154 people were injured, government news agency says . A truck carrying fireworks to a religious procession explodes in Mexico . One firework went astray and landed in the truck . | 2428b2877756ec782b610baf8708f07695511966 |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A former New York City bouncer was sentenced to life without parole Wednesday for the brutal slaying of a graduate student from Boston, the Brooklyn district attorney's office said. Darryl Littlejohn, 44, is already serving prison time for the attempted kidnapping of another student in 2005. Darryl Li... | Darryl Littlejohn was convicted last month of murdering Imette St. Guillen, 24 . Witnesses saw the two leaving Manhattan bar the morning of February 25, 2006 . Investigators linked his DNA to ties used to bind St. Guillen's hands behind her back . Lawyer for the former bouncer says he is innocent . | 54c458a3e98664267feaee6838fedbeb181090d0 |
(CNN) -- At least 12 Chinese sailors have been killed after their cargo ships were attacked on the Mekong River in the northern Thai province of Chiang Rai, the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Yunnan Province has said. The ministry's website stated that two Chinese cargo ships -- the Hua Ping and Yu Xing 8 -- were attacked... | Two Chinese ships were attacked on the Mekong River on October 5 . China's Foreign Ministry says at least 12 sailors were killed in the attack . China says it's working with Thai authorities to hunt down the criminals . | 6befff8363c2825e9ff903411af3e0865c6eeff9 |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Delays in deposing Kanye West and other witnesses in the divorce of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries mean the 72-day marriage may not legally end until next year, lawyers said at a hearing Wednesday. Humphries, an NBA forward, accuses Kardashian, a reality TV star, of fraud by entering the marriag... | Subpoena for Kanye West in Nordstrom box left at Kardashian door, her lawyer says . "I'm trying to find information ... somebody is trying to stop me," Kris Humphries' lawyer says . Humphries' girlfriend will be deposed by Kardashian's lawyers in New York Tuesday . A 2013 trial date may be set at the next hearing in No... | 02e84c7204f514dbcfa56f02e3348bcaf1c1e6cc |
South Bend, Ind. (CNN) -- When you say "Notre Dame" and then throw in words such as mystique, storied and blessed, you create as many folks rolling their eyes as wiping away tears of joy. This has been so throughout the 125 seasons of football for the Fighting Irish, especially when they are good. Well, forget about pl... | Notre Dame hasn't won a national championship since 1988 . However, pep rallies Friday nights before home games host crowds of 20,000 . Coach/player duo Knute Rockne and George Gipp were immortalized in the 1940 film . Today fans are inspired by Manti Te'o, who played the day his girlfriend and grandmother died . | 59e3bb3fa326bdd3bbe8e00796daf640e386a968 |
(AOL Autos) -- Regular readers of AOL Autos know that we have done a series of stories on the development and increasing popularity of cars that run -- or will eventually run -- on alternative fuels. The mandatory use of CNG in public service vehicles began in New Delhi, India in 2000. We've written about hybrids, clea... | Scientists trying to determine which alternative fuel is best for future . Some say compressed natural gas could be the answer . Only only one CNG-powered model sold on the consumer market today . About 1,600 CNG refueling stations in U.S, compared to 200,000 gas stations . | 3094cf000bc46f5abd079edf9101e295a26b7af9 |
(CNN) -- A total of nine athletes, including Olympic bronze medalist Nataliya Tobias, have tested positive for "sophisticated doping" offenses, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has confirmed. Six of those athletes were caught using a new "biological passport" method, which builds up a profi... | Nine athletes banned for doping by the International Association of Athletics Federations . Among them is Ukrainian Nataliya Tobias, an Olympic bronze medalist in the 1500m . Six of the nine athletes caught using the "biological passport" method of testing . Other three banned after further tests of samples from 2011 W... | 2737b1ba5ec4bfd2bfd2228e7dd31fa97b6f6b34 |
(EW.com) -- HBO will bow the fourth and final season of "Eastbound and Down" on Sept. 29. Production on the eight-episode season will start Friday in North Carolina. The single-camera comedy stars Kenny Powers as a former major league pitcher. The third season concluded in April 2012 and was thought to be its last, tho... | The final season of "Eastbound and Down" is coming . Production will start Friday in North Carolina . The third season concluded in April 2012 and was thought to be the last . | 0e194a799611bc5e14761aa58bca8975de7940b7 |
Washington (CNN) -- "Worthy of trust and confidence" is the motto of the almost 150-year-old U.S. Secret Service, and Director Mark Sullivan now faces the dual task of proving it true and keeping his job. A scandal involving allegations of partying with prostitutes in Colombia shortly before President Barack Obama's ar... | Mark Sullivan is trying to protect the agency's reputation, and his job . The alleged prostitution scandal in Colombia raises questions about agency culture . Influential legislators say Sullivan has acted swiftly and effectively so far on the problem . Sullivan has spent almost 30 years at the Secret Service . | 4fa64ef076efc00c98fa03b18fc86e737e16686d |
(CNN) -- Carlos Tevez will face disciplinary action from Manchester City after the Argentina striker's apparent refusal to come on as a substitute during a European Champions League match with Bayern Munich. City said in a statement on Wednesday that Tevez, 27, had a case to answer in relation to "breach of contract", ... | Manchester City say Carlos Tevez has a case to answer of breach of contract . Tevez allegedly refused to come on as a substitute during match with Bayern Munich . The Argentina striker could be hit with a record fine for a footballer in Britain . | ff6cba9e295ecda3251f184f87c6e46c255f6b53 |
(CNN) -- An Iowa family that's been hoping for good news since two young cousins disappeared in July is now grappling with the worst. Hunters discovered two bodies in a wooded area Wednesday afternoon, Black Hawk County sheriff's Capt. Rick Abben said. He said the family of Lyric Cook, 10, and her cousin Elizabeth Coll... | NEW: A mother says the bodies are those of her daughter and niece . Two bodies have been found in Iowa near where two girls disappeared in July . The bodies were headed to the state medical examiner for identification . "It's looking like the outcome was not the one that we wanted," sheriff's deputy says . | f074c74ef87d6b52444435a85badfa5af88d2bf0 |
(EW.com) -- Fox chose an auspicious moment to greenlight a Batman prequel show. The same day the network announced "Gotham," eternal rival Marvel saw its multi-punctuated "Avengers" spin-off "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." deliver a dominant series-premiere ratings performance. "S.H.I.E.L.D.'s" success is proof-of-concept for... | Fox has greenlit a Batman prequel show . "Gotham" will give an origin story for Commissioner Gordon . Fox has indicated that iconic villains will also appear . | 3e6833751660f1fdd70a7acc1bcf4234951a877c |
(CNN) -- American striker Clint Dempsey says the U.S. team has drawn confidence from impressive performances against Brazil, Spain and England but says Friday's World Cup clash with Slovenia is a match his side cannot afford to lose. Dempsey struck the lucky shot which slipped through England goalkeeper Robert Green's ... | Michael Bradley says U.S. team is battle hardened after Confederations Cup . U.S. earned 1-1 draw with England in opening World Cup match . Clint Dempsey says U.S. can't afford to lose Friday's game with Slovenia . Dempsey: "If we lose this game, potentially we'll be out of the tournament" | 4d63cd60d8b55b100ea3668ddfdd1e6f3b39c63c |
(CNN) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been in talks with high-level Taliban members, but the effort has failed to yield "practical reconciliation" or the "resolution of many issues," a senior U.S. defense official said Thursday. "We don't think the Taliban believe that they're losing to the degree that they'd come... | Karzai tells the group it can help make peace in Afghanistan . The peace council launches as Afghan leaders meet with Pakistani officials . The Taliban says it is not part of the peace talks . | f9b5db59eeee82a54c3d26d003d1dcef376e0b4c |
HAVANA, Cuba (CNN) -- New Orleans, Louisiana, Mayor Ray Nagin arrived in Cuba late Friday on a mission to learn about how to deal with storms, a spokeswoman said. Mayor Ray Nagin watches President Obama speak in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Thursday. "We understand we may have a lot to learn from the Cubans in terms of ... | Ray Nagin to meet with Cuban officials, learn about disaster plans . State Department sanctioned visit, mayor's representative says . New Orleans adjusted disaster plans after Hurricane Katrina . Three hurricanes hit Cuba last year, but only seven people died . | 5d6942cf271a79f66ebc87a3e960d9f3be8175a9 |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Hundreds of people converged on New York's Union Square Friday for the May Day Immigration Rally, calling for workers' rights and a path to citizenship for the country's nearly 12 million undocumented immigrants. New Yorker's support the rights of undocumented workers on Friday at a May Day rally. The... | May Day rally seeks path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants . Similar rallies take place in cities across United States . Anti-illegal immigration rally in New York draws a smaller crowd . | daca47b7d98f341d14a885bc635d72e972bde6c9 |
(CNN) -- A high-pressure system over the Northwest United States is giving new meaning to the term Baked Alaska. But relief is coming, according to meteorologists. The National Weather Service reported that several record-high temperatures were recorded across the south-central part of the state this week. Tuesday saw ... | Meteorologists say cooling trend will continue on Wednesday after record highs . New temperature records set in Anchorage, Seward on Tuesday . Talkeetna recorded a Monday temp of 96 degrees, shattering the 1969 record . | 878f3ea3c7ab8d347425de07a547c29313b09e13 |
(EW.com) -- For the sixth straight year, Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will cohost the CMA Awards, airing tonight at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. (See our predictions for who we think will win, and who we'd vote for.) There's a long list of performances, which include Taylor Swift collaborating with Alison Krauss and Vince Gi... | The Country Music Awards air Wednesday night . There is a long list of performances . Co-hosts Paisley and Underwood have been texting material for show . | b194b82d29ecfe587250c08b0574d054a9ffe15d |
Tokyo (CNN) -- Acknowledging the toll the unrelenting nuclear crisis has had on people's lives and livelihoods, the owner of Japan's stricken nuclear plant has offered money to some of those in the radiation's reach -- an offer that one city decided to refuse. An official with Tokyo Electric Power Company, which operat... | NEW: "Everything we've built is gone," the mayor of Namie says . Tokyo Electric offers 20 million yen to residents of 10 communities near the plant . The utility company says more money to those affected will likely come in the future . One estimate is that Tokyo Electric will pay $12 billion to $121 billion in compens... | abd6be17a3fae2ad4a9f36325465efe050cba6d8 |
(CNN) -- I knot my black tie carefully. I haven't worn it since my grandmother's funeral. I check my reflection in the shop windows near Westminster as I walk towards the chapel where my "other mother" lies in her coffin. For five years, I've been writing "Maggie & Me," my memoir of surviving Thatcher's 11 years in pow... | Damian Barr has written a book on the Thatcher years -- "Maggie & Me" Thatcher "privatized his family into poverty," he says . He watches her hearse go by to show her the respect he says she didn't show him . | e4dfbfb2d3522bdc021af394454c1783163888dd |
(CNN) -- During her darkest hours in captivity, former Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt considered death preferable to her ordeal, she said in an interview with CNN's "Connect the World." Betancourt, who was kidnapped in 2002 during her campaign for the presidency and rescued in 2008, wrote about her experience in a... | Ingrid Betancourt says she favored death over captivity at one point . She was kidnapped in 2002 and rescued in 2008 . She described herself as a bit of a troublemaker during her captivity . Betancourt admits she was not the most popular captive . | f3669c4cc1c53edd6b136d52d61bd2ac52bb7434 |
Boston (CNN) -- An FBI official assigned to Boston to clean up corruption in the 1980s testified Tuesday he was overruled by his superiors when he suggested decades ago that James "Whitey" Bulger be shut down as an FBI informant. "They didn't do it. I didn't like it, but there was nothing I could do about it," said Rob... | Former FBI agent says he wanted Bulger cut off, but there was nothing he could do . The prosecutor uses the former agent's book to challenge his version of events . The defense attorney's request for sequestration is denied . Bulger is accused of participating in 19 murders and faces other charges . | 5d752d6cf00318e9789e1f7b7c2dac8140b4173e |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- In an expanding investigation into teacher misconduct, Los Angeles school officials are going back 40 years in their internal review of teacher discipline cases in an effort to determine whether any of the instructors should also be referred for possible license revocation, a school spokesman said ... | Los Angeles school officials are now going back 40 years in their review of past teacher misconduct . They have just reviewed the past four years of teacher discipline cases . L.A. school officials referred 604 teacher cases to state authorities in charge of license revocation . California Senate passes a bill that mak... | 64f66e1add2f3254e9fa98e387ff37635512d748 |
Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN) -- At least 13 people were killed and 20 wounded when lightning struck a makeshift mosque in a remote village in northeast Bangladesh on Friday, police said. The lightning strike occurred as people gathered for a special evening prayer known as taraweeh that is conducted during the Muslim holy m... | A lightning strike occurred as people gathered for evening prayers, police said . Lightning struck a tin roof shed that was doubling as a mosque, police said . The strike occurred in Saraswati, some 200 kilometers from the capital of Dhaka. | 0922acfcb0daf5bdf637b580f00bfdd76a9d1912 |
Moscow (CNN) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Tuesday named Anton Siluanov as acting finance minister after the influential Alexei Kudrin was forced out of the position he had held since 2000. Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov will expand his duties to include fiscal responsibilities in the government, Putin ... | Russia gets a new finance minister . Anton Siluanov takes the post after Alexei Kudrin's ouster . Kudrin's comments on defense spending did not sit well with Medvedev . | 6788c2ab3bf72432fabb76809bbc34e021ec1e7d |
(CNN) -- Detectives on Saturday arrested the 12-year-old brother of Leila Fowler on a homicide charge in connection with his 8-year-old sister's death, Calaveras County, California, Sheriff Gary Kuntz said. The brother -- who Kuntz did not name, but did speak publicly after his sister's death -- was arrested at 5:10 p.... | The brother, 12, was arrested at a sheriff's substation late Saturday afternoon . "Citizens of Calaveras County can sleep a little better tonight," sheriff says . Leila was fatally stabbed; her brother had told police he'd been an intruder . | 980003d2986a77827946718071ba8d2f777bf033 |
(CNN) -- Former FIFA presidential hopeful Mohamed Bin Hammam believes that soccer's ruling body has already decided he is guilty of bribery. The ex-head of the Asian Football Confederation was suspended pending an investigation on May 29, having been accused of trying to buy votes in his bid to win the July 1 election ... | Mohamed Bin Hammam believes FIFA has already decided he is guilty of bribery . The Qatari is accused of offering bribes in exchange for support in presidential election . FIFA's ethics committee is meeting to reach a verdict on the accusations . | 1e22041c69ea0740b03164c09abd0848d1fe2b30 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Barack Obama is planning to issue three executive orders Thursday, including one demanding the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay be closed within a year, according to a senior administration official and a congressional aide. A guard keeps watch from a tower at the militar... | NEW: Obama to issue 3 orders Thursday that break from Bush administration . NEW: Order 2 will ban torture by requiring use of Army field manual for interrogations . NEW: 3rd order will mandate review of detention policies and procedures . Military judge grants Obama's request to stay cases for 120 days . | 428857bf9104084b53c519dc6af0d6b22b2a8827 |
(CNN) -- Rafael Nadal is on course for a comeback double as he bids for two titles at the VTR Open in Chile on Sunday. The 11-time grand slam champion will seek his 37th clay-court crown and 51st overall when he takes on 73rd-ranked Argentine Horacio Zeballos in the singles final at Vina del Mar. He will then team up w... | Former world No. 1 Rafael Nadal reaches singles final in Chile comeback tournament . Spaniard will seek his 37th clay-court title as he faces Horacio Zeballos in Vina del Mar . Nadal can complete a Chilean conquest in the following doubles final on Sunday . Roger Federer to return to action this week as he defends his ... | 9cbf7119bd9fb236dfe214a9c993894b4193e531 |
Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israeli archaeologists have discovered an ancient Roman bathhouse that was probably used by the soldiers who destroyed the Second Temple in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Monday. The surprise discovery includes the mark of Rome's Tenth Legion -- as well as the paw print of a do... | The surprise discovery shows the ancient Roman encampment was bigger than thought . It includes tiles stamped with the mark of the legion that destroyed the Second Temple . Archeaologists found a dog's paw print . The Roman city helped determine the shape of Jerusalem to the present day . | 7909e83ce348a0009a1019c63d80cc3eb9c46422 |
A woman was jailed for eight years by a British court Friday for her part in the kidnap of her own daughter. Karen Matthews and Michael Donovan were both involved in the plot to kidnap Shannon. Nine-year-old Shannon Matthews was locked in an apartment for 24 days after going missing from her home in February last year.... | Girl, 9, drugged, tethered, as part of kidnap plot staged by mother and uncle . Karen Matthews, 33, and Michael Donovan, 40, jailed for 8 years . Guilty of kidnap, false imprisonment and perverting the course of justice . Prosecutors say Shannon was tethered to roof beam, given sleeping tablets . | 16227e77cf515993fa35ba21dde683c4f0ed20cf |
(CNN) -- Four months after an auto accident and reports of extramarital affairs put his golf career on hold, Tiger Woods announced Tuesday that he plans to return to the sport at the Masters Tournament in April. Woods dropped out of professional competition in December after a Thanksgiving weekend wreck outside his Flo... | Superstar athlete sidelined by sex scandal . "I feel like I'm ready to start my season at Augusta," he says . Woods won Georgia tournament four times since 1997 . | 1c0f07cd9f135e60d1b00fd13dabe3e8b7662c29 |
(CNN) -- Android continues to dominate in the battle to be the top smartphone system in the world, thanks in part to Samsung, which reigned as the top phone manufacturer for 2012. Android grew its already significant chunk of the smartphone market to 68.8% last year, while Apple's iOS operating system stayed comfortabl... | Reports: Android, Apple make up vast majority of global smartphone sales . Samsung was the top phone maker in 2012 thanks to its popular Galaxy devices . New BlackBerry and Windows Phone 8 devices are just now winning over new users . | 0915d359249eea3e60515ee22ffd1342d5e373cd |
HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Political corruption in Zimbabwe threatens efforts to save millions of people from malaria in the southern African country, according to aid agency officials. HIV-positive 13-year-old orphan Evans Mahlangu, left, and his brother Edmond, 8, had to jump Zimbabwe's border with Mozambique to get a... | Corruption in Zimbabwe threatens efforts to tackle malaria, aid officials say . Group demands that Zimbabwe's government return $7.3 million of donor money . Western diplomat says money was taken by President Mugabe's government . | ae25f7bfb947c2b3c9a090007697ac5731de2792 |
(CNN) -- A nice glass of wine, a puff on a cigar and a few clubs. It sounds like a decent night out -- except these clubs are golf clubs. When Miguel Angel Jimenez became the oldest ever winner on the European Tour following his triumph at the Hong Kong Open in November, he celebrated in the only way he knew how -- wit... | Miguel Angel Jimenez is set to return to action at this week's Spanish Open . The Spaniard has been out of action for three months after breaking his leg in a ski accident . The 49-year-old is the oldest man to have won on the European Tour . Jimenez insists his career will not be a failure if he does not win a major . | 48d73a83afe6e2aaa8bfc1bcca26fe48fba36e46 |
(CNN) -- David Nalbandian is under police investigation for an alleged assault after a line judge was injured when the Argentine tennis star kicked over an advertising board in Sunday's Queen's Club final. London's Metropolitan Police confirmed to CNN Monday that a complaint had been received following the incident, wh... | London's Metropolitan Police to investigate assault allegation against David Nalbandian . Nalbandian injured line judge after kicking over an advertising board . Nalbandian loses his $56,802 prize money and ranking points from Queen's Club event . NEW: Argentina star fined 10,000 euros ($12, 564) by the ATP . | 3f3755c93e01452a452f03848a3494cac1507902 |
New Delhi, India (CNN) -- Exiled Tibetan lawmakers are set to hold a historic debate on the Dalai Lama's offer to shed his political role, the speaker of their parliament said Monday. The statement came after the speaker read to the legislators the spiritual leader's proposals to accord greater powers to their elected ... | Parliament will consider Dalai Lama's plan to shed his political role . The lawmakers can accept, reject, or amend the proposal . The speaker of the lawmakers-in-exile says it will be difficult to accept the plan as written . | fdd6c23f5d06ac8494ba0291505f8ccdb8309355 |
London, England (CNN) -- Two nine-month-old twin girls were in a serious condition in hospital on Monday after being mauled by a fox as they slept in their London home, according to police. The two girls were attacked in their upstairs bedroom at a house in Hackney, east London, after the fox apparently entered the hou... | Twin girls were asleep in upstairs bedroom when attack occured . Nine-month-olds' condition described as "serious but stable" Fox caught in trap at property has been destroyed . Hackney Council says no past reports of foxes attacking residents . | 9454e5ae2405d97bb2b8f4a84fd681a4cea7f8f1 |
(CNN) -- World No. 1 Rory McIlroy continued his superb form on the PGA Tour with a eight-under-par 64 to share the lead in the BMW Championship at Crooked Stick Thursday. McIlroy came into the third leg of the FedExCup playoffs off the back of his win at the Deutsche Bank Championship and was in no mood to rest on his ... | Rory McIlroy well placed for back-to-back wins in FedExCup playoffs . McIlroy shoots eight-under 64 to tie for first-round lead at BMW Championship . Playing partner Tiger Woods also in the hunt after carding 65 on Thursday . U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson, Bo Van Pelt and Graham DeLaet also shoot 64 . | b481b8a470e62e3df727ac754448e66c66e5d16a |
(CNN) -- Jon Opsahl said he doesn't think domestic terrorist-turned-housewife Sara Jane Olson served nearly enough time for his mother's murder, but he's relieved the saga ended with Olson's Tuesday release from prison. Sara Jane Olson was released from a California prison Tuesday after serving seven years. Olson, a me... | NEW: Governor, police unions oppose Olson serving parole in Minnesota . Olson evaded capture for more than 20 years living as Minnesota housewife . Olson was member of Symbionese Liberation Army, which nabbed Patricia Hearst . Court documents say Olson kicked pregnant teller during 1975 bank robbery . | a248472dec3af8292ae0d3333b197b042f051b40 |
Washington (CNN) -- When gunmen riddled bullets through Newtown, Chicago, Aurora and an alphabet soup of cities and towns across the country, the nation sent up collective wails of grief at the death of the innocents. America swore this time was different. Lawmakers vowed they'd take a stand. But political seasons are ... | Days after Newtown, more than half of the nation favored stricter gun control laws . Less than six months later, that number dwindled to just over 40% . National polls show 90% of Americans support some form of universal background checks . | 3dfca7390df312dd76b41cd15d52d9e823b4881f |
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (CNN) -- Hundreds of Christians packed the Church of the Nativity on Thursday for a midnight Mass in what is thought to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ. A worshipper touches a star at the point where tradition says Jesus Christ was born in the Church of Nativity. The standing-room-only service in... | Hundreds of Christians pack Church of the Nativity Thursday for midnight Mass . The church is thought to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ . Large crowds gathered outside the church -- one of Christianity's most sacred places . | be68aa2b477fb6339396d88161c38c17490a02d9 |
(CNN) -- The general manager for the New Orleans Saints said Thursday he has never listened in on an opposing team's communications, or asked to have the capability. Allegations that he had the ability to eavesdrop on coaches for nearly three seasons were not true, Mickey Loomis told reporters. "I have a clear conscien... | Mickey Loomis denies he listened in on communications, or tried to . Authorities are looking into eavesdropping, wiretapping allegations . The Saints are already in hot water over their bounty program . Loomis said the Saints have accepted penalties related to that . | e7576d5028b5f44253e8289936481554273a6d2a |
(Tribune Media Services) -- I'm lost! For American Girl book fans, the "Happy New Year, Julie" story is an ideal gift for holiday road trips. Hopelessly, completely lost on a winding, backcountry road somewhere in Westchester County, N.Y. Did I mention it was night and pitch-black? "How could you do this?" asks my aggr... | A portable GPS is a useful gift for traveling families . A subscription to National Geographic Kids exposes kids to the world . No one, including kids, should travel without a lightweight, rolling duffel . | 2ff209e1d1a55596857f8ef09c7f1e865637e46e |
(CNN) -- The next Winter Olympics in Russia will feature six new events, meaning that more women will be able to compete at Sochi in 2014. The men's and women's ski half-pipe, women's ski jumping, biathlon mixed relay, team figure skating and luge team relay will be added, the International Olympic Committee announced ... | The IOC announces that six events will be added to 2014 Winter Olympics . More women athletes will have the chance to compete at Sochi in Russia . IOC is drawing up rules to prevent repeat of Caster Semenya gender controversy . Its executive board is meeting in London and hopes to have rules in place for 2012 . | c4d4821a3c9b01e147dbd73417718f63411f54a5 |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- While Charlie Sheen works to "conquer the medical issues" in rehab and his hit sitcom is on "production hiatus," a porn actress is talking about a two-day party she claims led to his collapse last week. Kacey Jordan appeared on ABC's "Good Morning America" Monday morning and she later tweeted "the ... | Kacey Jordan details what she says was actor's two-day binge . Sheen wanted to set up a house for porn stars to party, Jordan says . The porn actress says Sheen wanted her to watch his children . Sheen entered rehab last Friday . | 64ecf7f5cb90becc94bd3c010a9fd786149597d5 |
(CNN) -- The bombs used in the Boston Marathon attack were built in the apartment that suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev shared with his wife and child, a U.S. law enforcement official with first-hand knowledge of the investigation told CNN on Thursday. The official was not authorized to release the information. Katherine Russ... | NEW: The family will not bring Tamerlan's body back to Russia, spokeswoman said . Source: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev says plans changed days before bombing . Body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been claimed by family . Brothers considered a suicide attack on July 4, source tells CNN . | 3c77b661eaf8730846f8ba1c16f5ce4a67d9fa85 |
(CNN) -- Real Madrid's Germany international defender Christoph Metzelder is returning to the Bundesliga after signing a three-year contract with title-chasing Schalke, the German club's official Web site has confirmed. The 29-year-old -- who has endured an injury-ravaged three seasons in Spain -- will be contracted to... | German international defender Christoph Metzelder has signed for Schalke . The 29-year-old agrees a three-year contract with Bundesliga title chasers . Metzelder has endured an injury-ravaged three-season spell with Real Madrid . | 5b227975211adc09ebe93186df22fc9809e1a982 |
(CNN Student News) -- March 23, 2010 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . • Haiti • China . Transcript . THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Happy birthday, Roger Bannister -- first man to run the mile in less than four minu... | Find out what comes next after the passage of a health care reform bill . Learn about a proposal that would change how student loans are funded . Follow the steps that led to a showdown between China and Google . Use the Daily Discussion to help students understand today's featured news stories . | f013fa276e7e81363a82697504ca0fafc07af6c5 |
Washington (CNN) -- Republican Scott Brown was sworn in Thursday as the new U.S. senator from Massachusetts to fill the seat formerly held by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, and immediately signaled opposition to President Obama's spending plans. Brown's new Senate colleagues applauded after the ceremony on the floor of the... | NEW: Newly sworn-in senator stresses opposition to President Obama's fiscal policies . NEW: Brown noncommittal on prospect of filibustering over some Obama nominees . Scott Brown is sworn into office Thursday, becoming crucial 41st GOP vote . Brown won a special election to fill the remainder of the late Sen. Ted Kenne... | a245ada6d3e792444dd288ef8befa1f1391c4636 |
(CNN) -- Kevin Grosskreutz scored an 87th-minute winner to send last year's beaten finalists, Borussia Dortmund into the last 16 of the Champions League on Wednesday. The Bundesliga side finished top of Group F after beating 10-man Marseille 2-1 in the Stade Velodrome. Robert Lewandowski got Dortmund off to the perfect... | Last year's beaten finalists through to last 16 after late winner against Marseille . Arsenal lose to Napoli but still progress to knockout stages . Chelsea top Group E, Milan finish second to Barcelona in Group H . Violence before Milan's match against Ajax mars Italian side's progress . | ed0090b9c49f3de278758feccffd43a30feab2c2 |
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