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(CNN) -- When will this recession end? I'm not talking about the economic challenges facing our nation. I'm talking about the severe downturn in the world of political comedy. By picking Paul Ryan as his running mate, Mitt Romney may have energized the Republican Party. But is Ryan all that exciting? He's a middle-aged... | Dean Obeidallah: There's a severe downturn in the world of political comedy . Obeidallah: Paul Ryan, a middle-aged white guy from the Midwest, is "boring" He says the golden years of political comedy were during the Clinton and Bush eras . Obeidallah: Comedians can only dream about a ticket like: Sarah Palin and Anthon... | 5528a4e6ccc39558e3f7d120ff86addab79e8c26 |
(CNN) -- The Philippine government said Tuesday that fresh rain in Visayas and Mindanao could set off flash floods and landslides, bringing the potential for more misery in places already struggling to recover from a deadly tropical storm. Eastern Luzon will experience cloudy skies with scattered rain, while the rest o... | NEW: The government revises the death toll, based on a regional count . Flash floods and landslides are possible in Mindanao and Visayas . The U.N. has made an appeal to raise $28 million to deal with the 'huge' humanitarian needs . | 52b3a06ed93a96264eec9795595ca780d9c9d577 |
(CNN) -- Two weeks after being arrested for a shooting he said was in self-defense, a Florida man has been indicted on a charge of first degree murder and three counts of attempted first degree murder. Michael Dunn also faces a charge of shooting or throwing deadly missiles. The indictment came down Thursday in connect... | Michael Dunn is indicted on charges of first degree murder . He also faces attempted first degree murder charges . The encounter began with the suspect complaining about the teens' loud music, police say . | 4f7f36f24fcdbe2d6afd9ce1a07011f6e5867c1a |
(CNN) -- The winner of Australia's election, Tony Abbott, on Saturday pledged to form a competent and trustworthy government after he defeated Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. "I can inform you that the government of Australia has changed," the conservative challenger told supporters. "For just the seventh time in 60 years t... | Tony Abbott pledges competent and trustworthy government . Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd concedes election defeat . Win ends Labor's six years in power under Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard . Voting is compulsory in Australia, fines issued for people over 18 who fail to do so . | 2ece037749a4ddbb602e288f13d7461665709ca0 |
(CNN) -- This week, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan leveled the ultimate insult at President Barack Obama. He said: "The Jimmy Carter years look like the good old days compared to where we are right now." In the modern political era, comparing any Democratic (or Republican) president to Jimmy Carter is... | Julian Zelizer: Paul Ryan has "insulted" Obama by comparing his presidency to Carter's . He has better question: Is GOP in anything like the position it held in 1980 with Reagan? He says despite Gov. Chris Christie and others, GOP lacks "farm team" to take over D.C. Zelizer: With spending, wars, bad economic policies, ... | f98c252d897bcd2111418e5d1b71dbcc60b09b0f |
(CNN) -- The federal government has shut down for the first time since 1996 and all eyes are focused on House Speaker John Boehner. Will he continue to insist upon tying a repeal or delay of Obamacare to a funding bill? Or will he bring the Senate-passed funding bill to the House floor and hope that he can convince 17 ... | The federal government has shut down for the first time since 1996 . Marian Currinder, Josh Huder: What will House Speaker John Boehner do? They say as Boehner faces tough choices, his Speakership hangs in the balance . Currinder, Huder: Will he rely on a minority of the majority of his party to pass bill? | 0d885971f5c31bd0cf8ed9f4a00289fa6cd9897b |
(Mashable) -- New mobile photo apps such as Instagram, Picplz and Path represent the next generation of photo sharing -- where high quality photos are snapped and shared in seconds on your mobile device. Instagram and Picplz focus on the instantaneous point-and-share functionality of smart phones while providing users... | Apps such as Instagram, Picplz and Path represent next generation of photo sharing . High quality photos can be snapped and shared in seconds on your mobile device . Until recently poor photo quality was a deterrent of using mobile devices . | 73c810bcbca668294ea06a10fea53cfb8b4e6ec3 |
Chengdu, China (CNN) -- The researcher dressed in blue plastic smock, slippers and gloves is having a tough time getting his work done. Every time Zhang Zhen sets up his camera on a tripod in an effort to document the behavior of one of the panda cubs scattered on a grassy hillside, one particularly frisky baby panda c... | China's panda experts improved breeding pandas in captivity . 12 years ago, Chengdu zoo keeper had only 20 pandas, now center has more than 100 animals . Challenge is reintroducing captive pandas back into the wild . | bc653492cfc4f118c2f07e7de1dd4e786e0a0cc1 |
Boston (CNN) -- A monster blizzard has left at least one person dead and hundreds of thousands of New Englanders in the dark and in the cold Friday night, thanks to a storm that's already delivered whipping winds and more than a foot of snow in some parts, with prospects of even double that by the time it's done. The s... | NEW: One person confirmed dead in storm-related vehicle accident . NEW: More than 600,000 customers are without power in the area . Connecticut warns 4 to 5 inches of snow an hour may fall in the state . Parts of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts already have 1-plus feet of snow . | 509d69003aeab11897b7b2eb874d0748cee5bd29 |
(CNN) -- A fixture of the presidential race has been Mitt Romney's 47% problem: Those Americans who don't pay federal income tax that Romney has described as freeloaders. Of course, Romney has retracted his remark. But if he still wants to attack those who freeload off of U.S. taxpayers, there is a better target: Our w... | Harvey Sapolsky, Benjamin Friedman: Our annual military budget is large . Sapolsky, Friedman: Mitt Romney should suggest less military spending on our allies . They say our allies are rich enough to defend themselves instead of relying on the U.S. Sapolsky, Friedman: Lower military costs will mean more savings for U.S.... | cc26af63e701e73b492158255cca3e629fa7c706 |
(Travel + Leisure) -- Boston-based wedding planner Bernadette Smith has helped arrange the same-sex nuptials of nearly 75 Massachusetts couples during her five-year career. But she's never seen quite the surge in business as she has during the past few months. Wedding planners have seen a surge in same-sex couples trav... | Surge in business for wedding planners where same-sex marriage is legal . When California's Proposition 8 passed, more gay couples came to Massachusetts . Gay advocates in Iowa would like to create the same kind of wedding infrastructure . | 8ab5480f049ae6a88b717d12999d15fb1d9a6a0e |
(CNN) -- Despite most humans' land-centric view, Earth is an ocean planet. The global ocean covers more than two-thirds of our planet's surface and makes life as we know it possible: it produces half of the oxygen we breathe, helps regulate our climate and provides the single largest habitat for life on Earth. Yet, wit... | Oceans make life on Earth possible providing oxygen and regulating our climate . Much of our oceans remain unexplored but new technology is advancing knowledge . Machines like Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's "Alvin" explore deep ocean . Woods Hole's Center for Marine Robotics pioneering new underwater vessels . | 6517191e6fd4407b44e40d51692be640ba440e4b |
(CNN) -- Real Madrid snatched a 3-2 victory at Valencia to remain five points behind Spanish leaders Barcelona, who triumphed 1-0 in the Catalan derby with Espanyol earlier on Saturday night. Real, missing the suspended Cristiano Ronaldo, needed an 83rd-minute winner from substitute defender Ezequiel Garay as all five ... | Real Madrid win 3-2 at Valencia to remain five points behind Spanish leaders Barcelona . Substitute defender Ezequiel Garay heads late winner as all five goals come in second half . Fellow Argentine Gonzalo Higuain twice put Real ahead against third-placed Valencia . Barcelona win Catalan derby against Espanyol thanks ... | fe3a26c33627a19acb2d855121e9ed61a9ceb472 |
(CNN) -- The U.S. diplomatic cables obtained and released by WikiLeaks frequently rely on unnamed sources for delicate information. But one such source -- a businessman in Mozambique -- has furiously denied making remarks about high-level corruption attributed to him by a U.S. diplomat. A cable dated January 2010 sent ... | Leaked cables have unnamed sources furious . Cables deal with alleged bribery, drug trafficking in Mozambique . U.S. State Department refuses comment on cables supposedly written by ex-charge d'affaires . | 0ff6ddf804ba7b4060fbfacf531e5b8f455b6f8c |
(Mashable) -- AT&T is officially opening up its recommendation service, Buzz.com, to the public. We wrote about the project when it was still in beta in January. The service is essentiallyYelp meets Yellowpages.com and it shares a lot of similarities with the new Google Places. The idea behindBuzz.com is to leverage us... | New Buzz.com service is a cross between Yelp and Yellowpages.com . Buzz.com integrates with Facebook Connect . AT&T has been developing Buzz.com for more than a year and a half . | 9d038a163458b7652ef35823d78a455db19e78e0 |
Washington (CNN) -- Sarah Palin may have electrified the 2008 Republican presidential ticket when she was picked as John McCain's running mate, but just four years later her wattage has dimmed on the Republican stage. She was snubbed for a coveted speaking role at the Republican National Convention in Tampa even though... | Sarah Palin's star has been eclipsed a bit during this presidential election cycle . Palin's focus on supporting congressional will help bolster her support in the future . Palin's challenge, political experts say, will be how she negotiates her way back into the national spotlight; relevance . | 1ca227435d856f6f66c888e102b1e0ca0fcb1c37 |
(CNN) -- English football's battle against racism took an unexpected turn on Saturday as police announced an investigation into an alleged altercation between a Serbian player and an opposition fan at a Premier League match. Manchester City's Aleksandar Kolarov reportedly clashed with a supporter who was waving an Alba... | Police to investigate incident of alleged racist abuse of a fan by Premier League player . Serbia international Aleksandar Kolarov reportedly clashed with fan waving Albanian flag . His Manchester City team beat Newcastle 3-1 to stay second in the EPL table . Manchester United retained six-point lead after beating Sund... | 73607af2d17d109a67265625766b757f87af737e |
(CNN) -- Fans around the world have gathered at arenas and record stores, big screens, parks and makeshift shrines, to watch the memorial service of Michael Jackson and pay homage to their idol. A Michael Jackson fan in Berlin watches footage of the memorial concert. As thousands of fans joined Jackson's family and cl... | "Sadness Party" held in Berlin, where fans follow service live from Los Angeles . In London, Jackson fans brave torrential downpours and hail to pay tribute . In Japan fans gathered at record store, have photo taken next to cast of footprint . Online fans pay tribute to King of Pop, comment as service progresses . | 81c2ebe0e07cbc3ccf5ebeceea31ac0bd5fe8f22 |
London (CNN) -- Two of three women believed to have been held captive in London for more than 30 years met the man suspected of holding them through a "shared political ideology," London's Metropolitan Police revealed Saturday. Police announced Thursday they had arrested a couple on suspicion of being involved in force... | A couple is alleged to have held three women captive in London for more than 30 years . Police arrested the pair Thursday but later released them on bail until January . On Saturday police said the couple were of Tanzanian and Indian origin . Two of the victims appeared to have met the man through 'a shared political i... | 341f70cceaf00f8e16e46a611a17af1551599ab5 |
(CNN) -- The Bachelor sounds like a bigot. According to TheTVPage.com, Juan Pablo Galavis -- the former Venezuelan soccer player, who is now romancing 27 young ladies on ABC's hit reality show, "The Bachelor" -- has some strong opinions about gays. In response to a question at a network party, on Friday Galavis told th... | Ruben Navarrette says new Latino 'Bachelor' made anti-gay comments in interview . He said that gays more 'pervert.' Has he watched his own show, Navarrette asks? Navarrette: For someone from a group discriminated against to discriminate himself is ironic . Navarrette: 'Bachelor''s homophobic comments don't speak for La... | b06ae9f13286c5c93ab4f8e314c818b9485dfbc0 |
(CNN) -- Police opened, and then dropped, an investigation of physical abuse involving a Florida mother against her teen daughter, closing the case weeks before the woman admitted killing the girl and her brother because they were "mouthy." Julie K. Schenecker, 50, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in t... | NEW: Classmates and others in Tampa are mourning the two teens killed . Police probed alleged abuse involving Julie Schenecker in fall, records show . A police spokeswoman says Schenecker detailed a plan to kill her kids in writing . Police say Schenecker admitted killing her two kids because they were "mouthy" | 7547ae2c8cf32ca31bb29f21832064247d15bf77 |
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday -- the eve of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's inauguration for a second term -- that now is a "critical moment" for Afghanistan, because Karzai has a "clear window" to demonstrate what kind of government he will lead. Speaking to staff member... | U.S. policy under review because "this is a turning point," she tells U.S. Embassy staff . Clinton meets with U.S. ambassador, military commander in Afghanistan . Clinton will attend President Hamid Karzai's inauguration for second term . Karzai under pressure to clean up corruption in government . | 8ab54dddf4d279a8415532ee0be93ef5110e2dec |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Barack Obama addressed Congress shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday, but a casual viewer might have believed it was actually morning in America. President Obama takes a page from Ronald Reagan's playbook in his speech to Congress. "Morning in America" was the theme of Ronald Reagan's 1984 re-ele... | Like Reagan, Obama takes a defiantly optimistic tone in speech to Congress . Obama employs some of Reagan's favorite rhetorical tools . But Obama rejects Reagan view that government has no role in prosperity . | 718ebba17f3a3bde51e3c588eef5b12b61eb8f9f |
Solana Beach, California (CNN) -- I dont tlk on th fone. txt im fb me. I tried to reach my teenage daughter the other day. I left a voice mail, sent an e-mail message and finally texted her and told her to check both and call me back. Seconds later, she texted back one letter: "K." She is 19 and has been sending and re... | Larry Rosen says in third quarter of 2009, average teen had 3,146 text messages . There are four generations now, he says; oldest use phones, youngest anything but . For young people, electronic communication is not about technology, it's just life, he says . Rosen: Next generation is highly social, successful and plug... | 5171c2c856e04edc031c656105ba92aab8a111f8 |
(CNN) -- If there is anyone who embodies the fighting spirit of Japan's disaster-laden year, it is Homare Sawa. The 33-year-old is the captain of Japan's women's soccer team who lifted the FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany last June. Despite being huge underdogs her team made it through to the final of the tournament w... | Homare Sawa is captain of Japan's World Cup winning soccer team . Her team were shown images of tsunami before matches at the World Cup last year . Sawa was named FIFA's female player of the year in 2011 . Denies being a national symbol and puts success down to hard work . | 77bf265b5edc0f3b57591409d670aff93723e986 |
SRINIGAR, Indian-administered Kashmir (CNN) -- The toll in the raging gunfights between the militants and Indian army in the Indian administered Kashmir rose to 19 Monday with the killing of four more Indian army troopers and five militants. Indian soldiers stand guard in Srinagar. The ongoing fierce gun battles in the... | 19 dead in Kashmir gunfights between Indian troops, separatist militants . Incident comes after India accuses Pakistani troops of firing on Indian troops . Kashmir has been in throes of separatist campaign for 20 years . | 21920ed8069ae0096879a5537d4fc8f00bc8e5ea |
Aurora, Colorado (CNN) -- Most businesses would hate to see their customers running out their doors, but in one suburban strip mall near Denver, Colorado, they are chasing the customers away -- with a chainsaw. "We're 'hauntrepreneurs,' we like to do things that are just a little bit different," says KathE Walker, who ... | Denver-area "hauntrepreneur" runs four haunted houses with husband, two adult sons . Haunted House Association says business is booming despite the lean economy . 20 million visitors are expected nationwide this year, each paying an average of $15 . About a third of the 3,000 houses in the United States benefit charity... | 0ce75e350d1bcf5c6742740cdd3bafe17a084f9f |
PALLAVAKAM, India (CNN) -- South India's sun beats down on a long line of trucks wending to the Bay of Bengal. In the back of these trucks, giant, brightly painted statues of the Hindu god Ganesha are waiting to be dropped in the nearby ocean. Ganesha worshippers transport their Idol for an immersion ritual. All over I... | Hindu ritual of immersing idols in oceans, rivers and lakes is causing contamination . Paints on idols often contain toxic metals, such as lead and mercury . Pollutants contaminate plants, poison fish and irrigation and drinking water . "Dry immersion" suggested as a solution -- idol is sprinkled symbolically with wate... | d5a206f8efea09b1c0f69cd26a98c054b1841ee2 |
(CNN) -- Even before her 18th birthday, Maria had already been enslaved by a gang of human traffickers and held in captivity for four months in her homeland of Mexico. While a prisoner, Maria witnessed a sickening trade in human life and recalls how young girls were drugged, forced into prostitution and then murdered. ... | The Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez is one of the world's most dangerous . Hundreds of young women and children disappear each year in Mexico . Maria told her story to U.S. authorities who are now working on her case . | 389bbfe12e6d7320f7a7fcba93d86c32d25e4252 |
Columbia, South Carolina (CNN) -- Something funny could happen on the way to the Republican presidential nomination next year. Mitt Romney might actually win South Carolina. A triumph by the former Massachusetts governor in the first-in-the-South primary state has long been considered unthinkable by Republican insiders... | Mitt Romney leads the pack in South Carolina with little infrastructure in place . Romney's evolving positions on conservative issues have been viewed with skepticism . But no other candidate has emerged as a serious alternative to presumed front-runner . One GOP fundraiser predicts: "He is going to win a 0-0 overtime ... | da68c7b9fd0991ce7991dfe1f643684680c734b0 |
(CNN) -- The Israeli air force conducted a strike in Lebanon between Beirut and Sidon on Friday, a day after rockets struck northern Israel, the Israeli Defense Forces said Friday. There were no casualties in the Israeli strike, which stirred memories of the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite mi... | Popular Front confirms attack, says there were no casualties . Israel launches rocket attack on Lebanon between Beirut and Sidon . Israel Defense Force says the attack is in response to rockets fired from Lebanon on Thursday . The IDF said four rockets landed on Israel, with two causing damage but no loss of life . | 992df7c0348492aefd9b49fd27deefc0393206ea |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Lindsay Lohan has one less legal problem to worry about after a prosecutor decided not to charge her in connection with an altercation while she was in a substance abuse rehab program in December. Lohan, who faces a preliminary hearing on a felony grand theft charge April 22, could also go back to ... | County district attorney will not charge Lohan in Betty Ford Center incident . She was investigated for the December 12, 2010, incident with a staffer . Lohan still faces a felony theft charge in Los Angeles . | d9dee766234316fd6efa87e977c82cb9f26d5915 |
(CNN) -- Pirates have hijacked a tanker that sailed under a Saudi flag, authorities said Wednesday. The pirates struck in the Gulf of Aden, a body of water between Somalia and Yemen, the European Union Naval Force said in a statement. The Al Nisr Al Saudi was en route to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with a crew of 14, when pi... | Vessel hijacked in Gulf of Aden on Monday . The Al Nisr Al Saudi was headed to Saudi Arabia . Ship being held near Garacad, Somalia . | 0878d4e06a54247df498a7921d3537a9db25814e |
(CNN) -- The Achilles heel of America's policy against terrorism is its failure to counter the narratives that inspire individuals to become extremists and terrorists. That's why -- despite the skill and numerous successes of our military, intelligence and law enforcement agencies -- the type of tragic events seen most... | U.S. has been effective tactically vs. al Qaeda, since 9/11, says Ali Soufan . He says tragic events such as the Boston bombing keep happening . Soufan: We need to craft narratives to counter the ones terrorists are using to recruit . | c59487cb25eb19bcbfaf7586a1ca8dcedd00a84e |
(CNN) -- The Russian Football Union has drawn up an ambitious wish list of some of the sport's biggest names to replace departed coach Dick Advocaat. Top of the bill is undoubtedly ex-Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola, who quit the former European and Spanish champions at the end of last season in order to take a break f... | Former Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola is wanted by Russia . He is joined on 13-man wish list by Fabio Capello and Marcello Lippi . Russians also targeting Marcelo Bielsa, Harry Redknapp and Rafael Benitez . Dick Advocaat left Russia job after Euro 2012 to return to club coaching . | eb56aa623b9680f6e5210ef30e751c0b5c940fcb |
DAVENPORT, Iowa (CNN) -- Bob Konrardy carried the guilt with him for more than 40 years. A platoon commander in Vietnam, Konrardy was wounded when shrapnel tore through his body. Four comrades carried him to safety in a poncho for more than an hour while the firefight raged. Bob Konrardy says the fallen soldier monume... | Army veteran went to Iraq hoping to expunge "Vietnam demons" Bob Konrardy spent four days on patrol in March 2007 as an embedded journalist . "I couldn't sleep before, but now it's worse. I hate to see it get dark," he says . Konrardy says nation must be ready for when troubled soldiers return from Iraq . | a7f578ca546ea016f5695fe3dd09f1b16e083575 |
(CNN) -- Jose Reyes Ferriz, the mayor of violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez, said the drug cartel war gripping his city is rooted in social decomposition such as broken homes. The president of Mexico is expected to make a major announcement on social intervention in response to the drug violence, which in 2010 has killed c... | Jose Reyes Ferriz, mayor of Juarez, says police action can only go so far . President Calderon expected to visit Juarez Thursday for major announcement . Drug violence has killed close to 1,000 people in Mexico in 2010 . Reyes, experts say children from broken homes make easy recruits for drug cartels . | 4dc216fd9f127aacc874e43967c08e10ebb60f62 |
(CNN) -- Nearly 100 people, including police, volunteers and family members, were searching Monday for a University of Florida student who went missing four days ago in Gainesville. Police fear Christian Aguilar could be seriously injured, disoriented and unable to seek medical attention. Aguilar, 18, disappeared last ... | NEW: A "person of interest" has been charged with depriving a victim of medical care . Search dogs help police, family members look for missing student . Christian Aguilar disappeared Thursday after a fight with another man, police say . | 3db5f41c1bcbfc97ae39d4baade9b41d4b03bf3b |
(CNN) -- For more than 50 years, the United States has had an embargo against the island of Cuba, all because we supposedly hate communism and believe the nation 90 miles from our borders should institute democracy. As the GOP candidates battle it out for votes in Florida's primary election on Tuesday, the subject of C... | Roland Martin notes Cuba has come up as issue in Florida GOP primary race . The candidates have looked silly defending America's failed Cuba policy, he says . Martin says only Ron Paul has the right idea about Cuba . | bbb42ad8291f04007c1abbea10081b911eb5edf3 |
(Skiing Magazine) -- Picture this: You're charging down a course at 80 mph. The world whips by you in a blur. You catch an edge, smack into a gate and somersault into the safety nets, cracking your neck and shredding a knee. Season? Done. Olympic dreams? Over. Career? Definitely on hold, possibly kaput. That's what hap... | TJ Lanning among those sidelined by injuries after skiing accidents . Number of injuries increases as technology improvements allow for higher speeds . Panel has convened to make racing safer for the athletes . It's looking at course preparation, take-off points, redesigned gates and medical procedures . | 072eb9bf0cb05778dcce898807f35afc79e16fae |
NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- Three British guards jumped overboard and were rescued from the water after battling in vain to prevent pirates hijacking a chemical tanker off the coast of Somalia. Three British security guards board a helicopter to be transferred to a Royal Navy vessel. The Liberian-flagged Biscaglia came und... | 3 security guards battle pirates, jump overboard as tanker hijacked off Somalia . British trio were rescued from water by German naval helicopter . Liberian-flagged Biscaglia also carrying 25 Indians, 2 Bangladeshis . Pirates release Greek ship MV Centauri, held since September . | afc01eafc2d5eecc4f6bef021d213d3923e7f228 |
(CNN) -- If you take the long view - and by "long view" we're talking 10 days -- there have been three distinct paths the United States could have taken on Syria. First, way back on August 31, President Barack Obama seemed imminently close to a strike on President Bashar al-Assad's regime. After Labor Day, came a detou... | Obama stalled the plan of a military strike on Syria . He said he would give time for a diplomatic plan to work . Obama had called for action after allegations of chemical attacks in Syria . | 46dd5525632745691f1e6afaae286529875bedde |
London (CNN) -- The chief executive of British airport operator BAA, which is responsible for London's Heathrow, says he will not be taking his bonus for 2010 following the travel chaos caused by heavy snow. Colin Matthews told CNN: "I am focusing 100% on passengers, we haven't got everyone home yet, there is still a b... | NEW: Heathrow boss Colin Matthews will not take his bonus for 2010 . NEW: Matthews' salary and bonuses totalled $1.45 million in 2009, according to PA. Heathrow operating at 70% capacity Wednesday, around 400 flights canceled . Cancellations at Gatwick and Frankfurt airports due to "knock-on" effect from other airports... | dfbeae5b8ac7feb98423cf4887b9adf9f895c28b |
Washington (CNN) -- Gay rights activist Kevin Cathcart remembers keenly the day President Barack Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage. There sat Obama, who for years had frustrated many in the gay community by not supporting same-sex marriage, telling ABC's Robin Roberts that conversations with his daughte... | Obama has boosted his bona fides with gay community . 54% of Americans support legalizing marriages between gay and lesbian couples . Newsweek dubbed Obama America's "first gay president" on its cover . | 40c1b8803991c8bfd7d9f4f027ad248a921343b0 |
(CNN) -- The condition of Lana Kuykendall, the South Carolina woman infected with flesh-eating bacteria shortly after giving birth to twins nearly two months ago, is improving, her doctor said Friday. "Her leg wounds are healing well, and she's making excellent headway on therapy," said Dr. Kevin Kopera, medical direct... | "Her leg wounds are healing well," says the rehab hospital's medical director . Lana Kuykendall's husband says her strength is improving daily . The disease is fatal in about 20% of cases, federal health authorities say . | 8b628ae1ccee80ca40555f6df6fca77e2cd0288a |
(CNN) -- Many are speculating whether an all-woman jury is a benefit or detriment to George Zimmerman, who stands accused in a Florida court for murdering Trayvon Martin. Women jurors are a recent phenomenon in U.S. history. In the 1960s, numerous states still prohibited women jurors. The thinking was that women's plac... | An all-female jury will hear the George Zimmerman case in Florida . Holly McCammon: The gender composition of a jury will not affect the outcome . She says research shows that no one juror trait, including gender, can determine the vote . McCammon: Public attention to an all-female jury indicates we still think in gend... | 52ed8238d56f00734f808704f3fa86f16568a35a |
Washington (CNN) -- Only one-quarter of Americans think the federal stimulus plan has helped the middle class, while a majority say it has helped bankers and investors, according to a new national poll. A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Wednesday morning indicates that 25 percent of the public thinks the sti... | Poll: 25 percent of the public thinks stimulus has benefited the middle class . Poll: 54 percent say stimulus has helped bankers, investors . Congressional Budget Office: Stimulus will cost $75 billion more than expected . | 57b3162d1ef1e00b3ccf3e13459d4f4bcaf25be4 |
(CNN) -- Minneapolis-based Caribou Coffee is closing 80 locations next week and plans to convert 88 others to Peet's Coffee & Tea shops within the next 18 months, the company announced Monday. "Over the past few months, we at Caribou have revisited our business strategy, including closely evaluating our performance by ... | Minnesota-based coffee-shop chain to reduce U.S. footprint . 80 stores to close Sunday; 88 others to become Peet's . Company was taken private in December by German equity company . | ebc34db978e9835fc410c0fa298acac8e8043101 |
Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- In the days following the horrendous attacks against the United States on 9/11, all the talk in Washington was about the need for bipartisanship. Republicans and Democrats promised that they would work together to protect the home front and capture those who were responsible. On the day a... | Julian Zelizer: Politicians of both parties pledged to work together after 9/11 . He says that bipartisan spirit after attacks evaporated quickly . Zelizer says Democrats, GOP clashed over status of TSA workers . He says partisan forces too powerful for most politicians to overcome . | 1dc981ec98233ec5a0136f7f73ad70da6a940760 |
(CNN) -- Small cars on the U.S. market are gaining traction with consumers, but some new models have more work to do to catch the Honda Civic, designated by a respected safety group as an industry leader. The 2013 two- and four-door Civics turned in a "good" performance -- the highest score -- in a new type of tough fr... | Honda Civic posts highest score in new front-crash test by insurance group . Ford Focus, Dodge Dart marginal in test, but match Civic for overall safety . Chevy Cruze, Volkswagen Beetle lag, but still considered safe vehicles . Automakers turning out small cars to meet consumer, government demands for fuel efficiency . | ca0fdf8dbaea27f04ffab802fde31cf501b65835 |
(CNN) -- An eco-friendly building material might have saved some of the 80 homes destroyed in a recent wildfire in Southern California. But it can't be used there. Rajesh Kanwar built his Alpine, California, house out of AAC after his previous house burned down. The masonry material, called autoclaved aerated concrete ... | An eco-friendly masonry material can withstand a 2,000-degree fire for four hours . Advocates say it may have saved some of the 80 homes destroyed in a recent wildfire . But the product is banned in California because it hasn't passed seismic tests . The material also is impervious to termites and is bulletproof and wa... | 31947418c0978420ad0a020d9bb0ad54777539e5 |
Hong Kong (CNN) -- A bizarre three-and-a-half minute North Korean propaganda video -- depicting a city resembling New York but with its skyscrapers on fire -- was pulled from YouTube this week after videogame maker Activision said those scenes were lifted from its top-selling game "Call of Duty." Clicking on the now-de... | North Korean propaganda video pulled off YouTube website . Game maker Activision says video used scenes from Call of Duty game . Video appeared as experts say North Korea nuclear test imminent . Walt Disney Company denounced North Korea's use of Mickey Mouse in 2012 . | 0e5b8e2b543eac3603a5a618332a91f4b3de9061 |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- The sailboat crew chose an ocean-size ambition. They sought to land in Hawaii from Los Angeles with cruise ship-like speed, in less than five days. What they never expected to encounter was as unimaginable as a sea monster: a massive debris field floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Its ori... | Sailor John Sangmeister spends two years preparing for world record try to Hawaii . He recruits the best crew he can find . But his 73-foot trimaran strikes drifting telephone poles from Japan's 2011 tsunami . Damage to the central daggerboard thwarts a record, but boat still finishes first . | 7ae79327ae5c84c23398610045e9d23b429d5f5a |
New York (CNN) -- Things a 7-year-old boy expects Mom to put in his backpack: A peanut butter sandwich. Pencils. Maybe even a nice note with a little heart scrawled on it. Things he doesn't: a flare gun, a .22-caliber pistol, a loaded magazine and, for good measure, 14 more bullets in a plastic bag. But that's exactly ... | New York police say a Queens mom put guns in her son's school backpack . She says she forgot to take them out before school . The discovery of the guns caused a lockdown . Now the mom is facing charges and two of her sons are in protective custody . | e228f017840093fa37afc32e649457cc84f1a346 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. State Department threw aside diplomatic language Tuesday, attacking Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for creating what it calls a "catastrophe" by throwing many international aid workers out of the country. President Omar al-Bashir ordered the expulsion of aid groups after he was indicted... | State Department says Sudan president throwing out aid agencies is "catastrophe" Hillary Clinton warns Sudan president will be "responsible for every single death" Omar al-Bashir wanted aid groups out after indictment on war crime charges . Spokesman: Bashir must reverse decision because "people's lives are at risk" | 411b17529f42ef0498d4cf551c9e316bd952c2f9 |
(CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama's victory speech Tuesday night compares favorably with a number of historic orations, a linguist said Thursday. Barack Obama speaks at a rally in Chicago, Illinois, after winning the presidency Tuesday night. "His goal was to be understood by the widest possible audience during h... | Linguist says Obama's speech was on seventh- or eighth-grade level . That's lower than King, Reagan speeches . Speech was optimistic and forward-looking, expert says . Lack of 9/11 reference was significant change in tone, linguist says . | 6ff3810aa7f364765d4d45b707ada465edb5fa5b |
"Piers Morgan Tonight" airs weeknights on CNN/US at 9 p.m. ET and on CNN International at 0200 GMT (live simulcast), 1200 GMT, and 2000 GMT and HKT. CNN -- Andrew Lloyd Webber told CNN's Piers Morgan that Michael Jackson wanted to play the title role in the film version of "The Phantom of the Opera." According to Webbe... | Andrew Lloyd Webber is working on a stage revival of "The Wizard of Oz" Webber's musical "The Phantom of the Opera" turns 25 this year . His song "I Don't Know How to Love Him," was first named "I Long for Kansas Morning" | 21af38956e0919e4342a84760bfa6033f6b1210d |
Las Vegas (CNN) -- Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died Sunday of "unsurvivable injuries" sustained during a multi-car wreck at the Las Vegas Indy 300. He was 33. The rest of the race -- the marquee event of the IZOD IndyCar World Championships -- was canceled. "IndyCar is sad to announce that Dan Wheldon ... | NEW: Three other drivers were taken to a local hospital . Wheldon is remembered as a "fantastic husband, father and man" More than a dozen cars were involved in the crash . Video of the accident shows cars spinning out of control . | 8355179d1316e37e1756e5a1e37b655ffea56546 |
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Democratic rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama spent their last debate before next week's Super Tuesday contests pointing out differences on Iraq, health care and the economy -- but without all of the finger-pointing that's marked their campaigns. Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clin... | Debate focuses on health care, Iraq, economy . Clinton, Obama keep it cordial, draw comparisons to ex-Sen. John Edwards . Clinton pushes experience, Obama pushes judgment . Candidate Mike Gravel didn't meet criteria, wasn't invited . | c8caeb08b05cc56e1ac29146793ceb07e4c0de69 |
Bamako, Mali (CNN) -- At least two militants were killed as Islamists and troops clashed Sunday in northern Mali, a military official said. The fighting between Islamists and French and Malian forces began in Timbuktu, Mali, after a car bomb blast at the city's western entrance Saturday night, Malian Army Capt. Modibo ... | "Fighting is heavy and still ongoing" in Timbuktu, Mali, a military official says . At least two militants are killed in clashes, which started after a bomb blast . The fighting comes months after French-led troops launched an effort to flush out militants . | a37164bba926c12c802ea5f409989f9acffd8e38 |
(CNN) -- The major tunnel between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit was scheduled to reopen at 5 p.m. ET Thursday following a shutdown because of a bomb threat, Windsor police said. Police "fully inspected" the tunnel before reopening it, Windsor authorities said. The bomb threat led to traffic backups as drivers on both s... | NEW: Windsor police reopening "fully inspected" tunnel . The call came from the Canadian side, officials say . An anonymous caller reported a bomb in the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel . The tunnel was evacuated; no bomb has been found, an official tells HLN . | 021076a996c2a507dcd4fdaa2267c004684f7e18 |
(CNN) -- China's star hurdler Liu Xiang bounced back from his Olympic Games disappointment to claim his third successive Asian Games gold medal, but Wednesday's action was marred by a second positive drug test by a Uzbekistani athlete. Liu limped out before his first 110-meters hurdles heat in Beijing two years ago, bu... | Liu Xiang wins third successive gold at Asian Games, setting another record time . Hurdler's gold helps China beat Games record total medals with three days to go . It has 352 overall -- 171 of them gold -- to surpass the mark it set in Beijing in 1990 . Second competitor from Uzbekistan tests positive for a banned sti... | 16db7bc1c0a2ec95a2d310fbafc15cf49a0eace6 |
(CNN) -- Dr. Angela Sauaia and her colleagues intended to study the impact modernized playground equipment had on lowering children's injury rates. They ended up studying kids' injury rates from guns instead. The associate professor of public health, medicine and surgery at the University of Colorado's Anschutz Medical... | A study of Colorado trauma center data finds a high number of kids' gun injuries . Expert: More of this kind of research should be done . Federal law prevents agencies from using funds to promote gun control . | 476df0fbbfb353fc08bef651426c7dc5373b6750 |
(CNN) -- As you are standing in an airport security line this Thanksgiving week, waiting to be funneled into one of the invasive new body-imaging machines, or, if you decline that, to be pulled aside and subjected to a way-too-personal pat-down, ask yourself how you would feel if you lived in a country like this: . You... | Bob Greene says prior to the '70s, U.S. commercial airports relied on trust . Until now, TSA faced few real challenges to airport security since 9/11, he says . Have the new screening machines and pat-downs crossed the line? Greene asks . A protest would pit Americans trying to keep people safe against those who want t... | 4a07355c1fbe67732539ce61a4bcdf9146a6ef75 |
San Francisco, California (CNN) -- Punch lines about hygiene products flooded the blogosphere on Wednesday only moments after Apple Inc. announced it would call its new touch-screen computer the "iPad." "The mocking goes along the lines of: Yes, the iPad is small, lightweight and slim. But can you swim with it?" wrote ... | New Apple product called the "iPad" is mocked online . Bloggers say the computer sounds like a feminine hygiene product . Tech writers say they expect the jokes to simmer down soon . Columnist: iPad could be called a "mangled baby duck" and it would still sell . | f1e0206210dd267f47a71a3904b4fd05f71bd708 |
(CNN) -- Just as there are many choices of drivers, putters, balls, and other equipment; there are just as many choices of golf instructors. Choosing the right golf instructor can help improve your game. The process of how you choose your golf instructor is as unique as your finger prints. However, just like there are ... | Handy hints from the PGA to help secure the right golf coach for your game . Personality type and mutual goals are crucial to get the best from a coach . Check your instructor has the education and experience to improve your game . Your instructor should be available, at no extra charge, to answer concerns . | 5a0580ed0f4ff421e415c4f09e3ed7e18b72c825 |
(CNN) -- A study commissioned by digital music service Spotify examined the relationship between music, romance and seduction. These soundtracks were top picks for both men and women, although the study's author, music psychologist Daniel Mullensiefen, also pointed out that men are more willing to adjust their tastes i... | Spotify study: 40% say music is more arousing than touch . Digital music service created playlists to accompany report . | dc1de5425215f3efda859ed7896674029b100a20 |
(CNN) -- Real Madrid made a stumbling start to their La Liga title defense, as they were held 1-1 by Valencia Sunday in the Santiago Bernabeu. It was two costly points dropped as arch rivals Barcelona later thumped Real Sociedad 5-1 in the Camp Nou. Barca's new coach Tito Vilanova saw them dominate the first half and t... | Real Madrid held to 1-1 draw by Valencia in La Liga opener . Jonas Goncalves equalizer denies champions winning start . Barcelona rout Real Sociedad 5-1 in Camp Nou . Lionel Messi scores first half double . | 4f18e9a12595239f954297307ebed4185c17c989 |
Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture released a new proposed rule Thursday designed to strengthen school breakfast and lunch nutrition standards -- part of the Obama administration's attempt to crack down on an epidemic of childhood obesity. The rule would increase the availability of fruits, vegetabl... | The USDA proposes rule to increase availability of fruits, vegetables and grains in school lunches . Strict calorie intake guidelines would be set . Poor areas will get more money for subsidized lunches . | 28e1d1b35cd66e6763f4ea315046a92d91904ffe |
(CNN) -- An Iranian-style theocratic regime in turbulent Egypt would be a nightmare for Washington and a dream for Tehran, but it's a no-go scenario for some scholars of the Middle East. Some analysts doubt this vision because the Muslim Brotherhood -- the outlawed but popular militant Sunni Islamist opposition movemen... | The Iran template doesn't apply to Egypt, analysts say . There's no charismatic figure in the Brotherhood like Khomeini . Egypt's economic environment lends itself to moderate policies . | 79c638210e13e0050b56d3e634935f0e3c39e457 |
(CNN) -- In his first public speech since being inaugurated as president of Yemen, Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi promised a strong fight against al Qaeda and political reconciliation at home. Hadi spoke Saturday before military graduates at the Yemeni Military Academy. "The real battle against the terrorist al Qaeda organizat... | Yemen's president makes his first public speech since taking office . He calls for political reconciliation at home . He vows to fight al Qaeda . | 269aa7501a92123c9f9fc4fb506f3cf2802d94db |
(CNN) -- President Obama has proposed expanding high-speed Internet access in public schools across the country. That seems like an obviously good idea, to me and probably to you too. But of course, there is a rub: money. The initiative is expected to cost $4 to $6 billion. The federal government is hardly flush with c... | President Obama's plan to fund ConnectEd is to charge cell phone users . Edward McCaffery: The middle class is being gouged to pay for programs for all . He says Obama's proposed increase in cell phone fees is hidden as a "charge" McCaffery: Why not ask wealthy Americans to pay disproportionately more for it? | f08cc653eafe93e3fc4809338fe3caff6ca8bef6 |
Mumbai (CNN) -- In India, gold is gifted at weddings, when a baby is born, during festivals, to mark a promotion -- at any celebratory occasion. Walk into any gold shop, at any time of the year, and you are bound to find customers choosing a gold bracelet or biscuit. It's part and parcel of Indian culture. In the heart... | India bought $56 billion in gold in 2012 -- all imported . Gold demand in India is one reason for country's ballooning fiscal deficit . More than half of India's population does not deal with a bank . Gold seen as best investment; domestic prices rose 13% in 2012 . | 3a0688bbb5603d8d0a8f84551712dc21984564f1 |
(EW.com) -- If show business were high school (and isn't it, really?), Beyoncé would be a front-runner for valedictorian. She's a class act on and off the charts, a can-do girl who shares her gifts with everyone while keeping her beyond-fabulous life -- the Obamas on speed dial, Jay-Z at the dinner table -- largely to ... | The album's first half is full of conflicting ambitions, resulting in a sleepy recital of ballads . Vocally, she's never sounded better, but the songs aren't Beyoncé's equal . The singer is at her best when she sounds like no one but herself, such as in "Countdown" | 33f7301d9b60cb7f1871590751176192d93dd2f5 |
(CNN) -- Canadian researchers say they have discovered the smallest known North American dinosaur, a carnivore that roamed areas of the continent 75 million years ago and weighed less than most modern-day house cats. Researchers say Hesperonychus, whose name means "western claw," was about 1.6 feet tall. Hesperonychus ... | Hesperonychus elizabethae, a 4.4-pound carnivore, lived 75 million years ago . Remains discovered in '82; scientist began studying them in 2007 . Canadian researchers say it ran through swamps and forests in Alberta . | f35156615303452418fae49d4bf36285a9602c40 |
Atlanta (CNN) -- "It's so empowering to see yourself as a machine." Jennie Finch speaks gently from an overstuffed chair in the CNN newsroom. The camera is finally off, and although her heart-shaped face was made for TV, it's easy to see she's more comfortable now that she's not reciting lines in front of the blinking ... | Jennie Finch is an Olympic softball player and one of the sport's greatest pitchers . Her dad told her, "God gave you this gift, and it's your responsibility to carry it out" Four months after giving birth, Finch ran the New York City Marathon . | 91e7d4ec031b24b4911bb821f0b963c04f880f5d |
(CNN) -- A man accused of shooting and paralyzing a U.S. Army soldier at a homecoming party intends to plead not guilty to all charges, his attorney said Wednesday. Ruben Jurado, 19, faces a charge of attempted murder in the shooting of Army Spc. Christopher Sullivan on Friday night at a homecoming party in Sullivan's ... | Ruben Jurado, 19, "will deny any and all allegations," his attorney says . Jurado is accused of shooting Army Spc. Christopher Sullivan at a party . Sullivan, wounded in Afghanistan, was being welcomed home after recuperation . Jurado and Sullivan's brother were arguing about football, mother says . | 7e2fb84d5e4c0b34c9412dcad1a6b1837071728b |
(CNN) -- The U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday released recordings of radio communications after this month's collision between a tour boat and a barge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Thirty-seven people were on board the smaller duck boat in the Delaware River on July 7 when the accident occurred. Two people, both from Hung... | Coast Guard releases audio communications made after barge-tour boat collision . The captain of a tug boat says his vessel was responsible for capsizing the duck boat . Investigators are still looking into the collision's circumstances . Two people were killed in the incident . | a1b0f64ea1a7b39d3ede368c47f567c3e3082521 |
Editor's note: This article contains profanity that some may find offensive. This is part one of a three part series showing different aspects of life inside Colombia's drug gangs. A gang member sniffs in a cloud of cocaine dust as he cuts the drug with other substances. MEDELLIN, Colombia (CNN) -- A young man with tat... | Drug war raging in Medellin, Colombia, has seen almost 2,000 killings this year . Gang leader says violence sparked by power vacuum as old bosses arrested . His gang sells cocaine and marijuana and he rules through violence . But he refuses to say which cartel boss is bankrolling his gang . | 6c7c0fc36d9a7cdfbd5d44e11312c12df758fb42 |
(CNN) -- The CW's '80s-set "Sex and the City" prequel doesn't premiere until January, but series star AnnaSophia Robb has already proved she's every bit as stylish as her character. Robb, who plays teenager Carrie Bradshaw on "The Carrie Diaries," said New York Fashion Week "was an incredible introduction to the fashio... | The CW's '80s-set "Sex and the City" prequel premieres in January . Costume designer Eric Daman has worked on "Sex and the City" and "Gossip Girl" Carrie's purse, referred to as her "Carrie bag," is a really important piece, Robb said . | a38faf77a0ab776c0e9fb7a6e540fb709a862e43 |
(CNN) -- Two more arrests were made in connection with the shooting death of a Mississippi State University student on campus, bringing the total number of suspects to three, officials said Tuesday. All three suspects are from the Jackson, Mississippi, metro area, and they are believed to be acquaintances of the victim... | NEW: One suspect turns himself in to authorities in Florida . NEW: Another is arrested in Mississippi . NEW: Earlier, a third supect was arrested in Tennessee . NEW: All suspects are charged with capital murder with intent to sell a controlled substance . | 01857dc92760b74c9ec601848dc79fb3e49a52d1 |
Paris (CNN) -- The new Human Rights Watch report "Torture Archipelago" documents in excruciating detail the use of torture in government detention facilities in Syria, including how, where, when and under whose command this torture was carried out. Documenting human rights violations in Syria is anything but easy, so h... | Ole Solvang: Report based on more than 200 interviews tells about Syrian government torture . Syrian authorities are running a network of underground detention facilities, he says . Solvang: With this information now public, Syrian authorities' crimes will not stay secret . The question now, Solvang says, is: Who will ... | 60ef8b3423be22c1503c855bc7af1f924c762a0e |
Editor's note: Maury Klein is professor emeritus of history at the University of Rhode Island. He is the author of 15 books, including "Rainbow's End: The Crash of 1929" and most recently "The Power Makers: Steam, Electricity, and the Men Who Made Modern America." Historian Maury Klein says it's important to remember t... | Maury Klein: The 1929 market crash and the Depression were separate events . Many financial panics have not led to depressions, Klein says . Before 1933, the government wasn't active in trying to save banks, he says . After crisis, people demanded regulation, which eventually faded, Klein says . | d92c5fe83cca7bbe0451c497c69399410a5d68a9 |
(CNN) -- Records are there to be broken -- but how many more records can one man break? Lionel Messi extended his goalscoring run in La Liga to 18 consecutive matches after scoring twice in Barcelona's 3-1 win over Rayo Vallecano Sunday. Messi, the four-time World Player of the Year, scored an unparalleled 91 goals for... | Lionel Messi scores twice in Barcelona's 3-1 win over Rayo Vallecano . Argentina star has now scored in 18 consecutive league games . Chelsea move third in EPL as Tottenham slips up . Napoli keeps pressure on Serie A leader Juventus . | 77508d4d262641d92d20e857dd9df6335ee97251 |
(CNN) -- Three bodies have been discovered in East Cleveland, Ohio, police say, and a man is in custody in connection with the case. "We are dealing with a sick individual, and we have reason to believe that there might be more victims," East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton told CNN. All three victims appear to be young bl... | NEW: "I always watched him. I never turned my back," says neighbor who knows suspect . All three victims were found near each other, wrapped in multiple layers of plastic bags . The suspect "idolized" serial killer Anthony Sowell, according to the East Cleveland mayor . Police and volunteers continue to search the area... | 84f004ed41993e3c684a0090bbf92e71e9bada22 |
(Financial Times) -- Prime minister Manmohan Singh faces a growing political storm over how to measure poverty in India amid fears that new benchmarks proposed by a powerful policymaking body could see many of the country's poor lose their welfare benefits. The poverty line estimates in India, traditionally worked out ... | Indian prime minister faces a growing political storm over how to measure poverty . Proposed policy changes may lead to many of India's poor losing their benefits . India is home to more poor people than the entire sub-Saharan Africa region . | 7262a23dc781964fe7bd68f70efcd5fd1dda8e85 |
(CNN) -- World number two Novak Djokovic beat John Isner in a grueling four hour 16 minute encounter to secure Serbia's passage into the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup on Sunday. Serbia led the United States 2-1 overnight in Belgrade with Djokovic favored to beat the giant Isner to clinch the tie, but he was given an ... | Novak Djokovic beats John Isner in five-set marathon as Serbia beat USA in Davis Cup tie . Serbia reach quarterfinals of the World Group for the first time . Defending champions Spain will play France in pick of the last eight ties . | d3249a436a67a7c4b0243c6a5cb84e3ecf2f27ea |
(CNN) -- Crews in Taiwan have found body parts as the search unfolds for victims of rock slides unleashed by Typhoon Megi last week, official media said. Four sets of body parts have been found, with DNA testing to be done, Taiwan's official Central News Agency said. Nineteen tourists from southern China, a Chinese tou... | Four sets have been discovered, with DNA testing to be done . Typhoon Megi unleashed the slides last week . Nineteen tourists from southern China are among the missing . A search also is on for a Chinese tour group leader and a Taiwanese bus driver . | 513f82de871251c5d14701c3a57ea633d6019335 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Leading Republicans warned Sunday that the Obama administration's $800 billion-plus economic stimulus effort will lead to what one called a "financial disaster." The country will "pay dearly" if it executes the president's stimulus plans, Sen. Richard Shelby says. "Everybody on the street in America... | Sen. Shelby: Package plus bank bailout will put U.S. on "a road to financial disaster" Shelby: Economy "will continue to tank" unless banking system is addressed first . Crisis will deepen without significant economic boost, Democratic senator tells CBS . Sen. McCain: We need to spend money to create jobs, but not this... | 8545add91629b26a3a93cac3ec399afff81d5fe3 |
(EW.com) -- EW has confirmed that "American Idol" winner Phillip Phillips underwent a six and a half hour surgery yesterday to remove several kidney stones, which TMZ (who first reported the news) says "were so huge there was no chance he could've passed them on his own." Phillips' longtime kidney issues plagued his ru... | Phillip Phillips' longtime kidney issues plagued his run on "American Idol" He underwent a six and a half hour surgery yesterday to remove several kidney stones . "The surgery went well," says a source close to the show . | 13ff27150e9295f5e772b1da609b7bc6adfac2d0 |
(CNN) -- A deathbed photo of Gary Coleman appeared Wednesday on the cover of Globe Magazine, showing the actor's ex-wife staring into the camera next to the former child actor. The man named executor in Coleman's will accused Shannon Price of profiting from her ex-husband's death by selling the image to the tabloid, an... | NEW: Coleman estate administrator says ex-wife will become "outcast" Deathbed photo shows Gary Coleman and his ex-wife, Shannon Price . The two divorced in 2008, but were living together at the time of Coleman's death . Company confirms it bought the photo, but declines to say from who or for how much . | 4a757250e64dd82e3c2344b4c1ce3246e56b3ebb |
(CNN) -- An Irish bishop resigned amid a Catholic church sex abuse scandal, apologizing in a statement Wednesday for any abuse that occurred in his diocese. Bishop John Magee of the diocese of Cloyne said he tendered his resignation to Pope Benedict XVI on March 9. "I have been informed today that it has been accepted,... | Vatican accepts Bishop John Magee's resignation amid abuse scandal . Magee apologized for abuse commited by priests in his diocese . Magee, 73, had been bishop of Cloyne since March 1987 . Five Irish bishops have tendered their resignations since December . | fd10cb078543cf0fd7ba2f5293b814a1ef403627 |
(CNN) -- Baltimore Colts defensive tackle Art Donovan, a hall of famer who spent his later years regaling television audiences with amusing anecdotes about his time in the NFL, has died. He was 88. "The world is not as bright tonight because we lost someone who could make us all smile," Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bis... | Donovan played in NFL for 12 seasons . He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968 . Donovan led the Baltimore Colts to world championships in 1958 and 1959 . The cause of Donovan's death was not immediately disclosed . | 8c9fe4632715ad8ddc5ee40d8c385e5a99ec97e8 |
San Jose, California (CNN) -- After three weeks, the closely watched Apple versus Samsung patent trial wound down Tuesday with four hours of closing arguments. Apple is accusing Samsung of copying the design of the iPhone and iPad, suing Samsung for $2.5 billion. Samsung denies any wrongdoing and is counter suing Apple... | The Apple versus Samsung patent trial had its closing arguments Tuesday . Jurors will now decide if any Samsung products copied the iPad and iPhone . A finding for Apple could have far-reaching implications for Android device makers . | 54fb402b4ca6aaa26234e794dd1642eabb405a6f |
(CNN) -- A hacker publicly posted Wednesday the home addresses and other information of all 102 police officers with San Francisco's Bay Area Transit system, the second hacking incident against one of its websites since Sunday, a spokesman said. The website for the BART Police Officers Association was broken into Wedne... | A hacker posts personal info of all 102 BART police officers . It's unclear who's to blame for Wednesday's hacking . Another BART website was hacked into Sunday . BART is at the center of controversy over shootings, cutting cell service . | 20998f1daedb46da50a3648cb0b98ce2fa9ff08e |
Washington (CNN) -- Although the war in Afghanistan remains unpopular with most Americans, the public supports President Obama's decision to send more U.S. troops to the conflict, according to a new national poll. Fifty-nine percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Wednesday morning s... | Fifty-five percent of people polled say they're against war in Afghanistan . But 59 percent of those polled say they favor sending more U.S. troops . Seven in 10 black respondents are opposed to this war, higher than white opposition . | 46092ff9ce52078e44300cc4d29bcaf9b7760674 |
(CNN) -- Two dozen lions rescued from harrowing conditions at circuses in Bolivia have a new home in Colorado, where they will live outside of cages and roar at the distant Rocky Mountains. Animal Defenders International (ADI) brought them last week to Denver, where they were transported to the Wild Animal Sanctuary, t... | Twenty-five lions have new home at Colorado sanctuary . They were brought from Bolivia, where they were in traveling circuses . South American country banned use of animals in circuses . Bob Barker helped fund the effort to move them . | d9f9a60582f599ad4945df9dccd708ed3b7198d4 |
(CNN) -- With 1 billion tourists in 2012, it's little wonder the last 12 months have drummed up some juicy fodder for aviation reporters. London's Olympic Games were a success -- the expected tourism boon not so much. "Dark tourism" (travel to sites of death, disaster or the macabre) became a phrase. And various climat... | SAS, Iberia among airlines on the brink . Boeing and Airbus both suffer setbacks and delays . China expands its aerospace industry ambitions . Highly-anticipated EADS and BAE Systems merger collapses . | 5bb2434a81546ddabda8487b51e229027dc67dbe |
(CNN) -- Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso will battle it out for the Formula One title at the final race in Brazil after Lewis Hamilton's victory in Texas ensured the German must wait for his third successive championship crown. Hamilton secured back-to-back victories at the United States Grand Prix in front of a c... | F1 title will go to the final race of the season after Lewis Hamilton wins US GP . Sebastian Vettel is second and extends lead over Fernando Alonso to 13 points . Red Bull's Vettel and Ferrari's Alonso will go head-to-head for the title in Brazil . Vettel's display secures Red Bull their third successive constructors' ... | c940827e14bd55d80d15559015919259bf4be101 |
SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- Thousands of protesters demonstrated against China's human rights record and its crackdown in Tibet after the Olympic flame arrived in San Francisco Tuesday. Pro-Tibetan demonstrators shout outside the Chinese consulate in San Francisco Tuesday. Chanting and waving flags, the protest... | NEW: Thousands march to the Chinese consulate ahead of Wednesday's run . Torchbearer drops out, fearing protests, official says . San Francisco, California, is only U.S. venue on 23-city global tour . Demonstrators protest China's Tibet policy in cities along route . | ddf109b3de6022a4ecd62ee2cd31d2c2ac51035b |
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