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(CNN) -- We had a process. Congress proposed, and the president disposed with his signature. A law then went on the books. Courts might be asked to test its constitutionality, but by surviving legal challenges, a measure became the settled law of the land, which was the case with Obamacare. The American legislative sys... | James Moore: Once elegant U.S. democracy now in era of gunpoint government . He says Ted Cruz and tea party, with minority ruling majority, flout democratic ideal . He says willingness to halt government until one man's goals met is Cruz's point . Moore: Cruz and company have broken GOP in two, shown how our system can... | 1b617013ac4f023fd78e034b98b6111ebadeedc4 |
(CNN Student News) -- Students will investigate the contributions of Hispanic Americans to U.S. culture, and what it means to be an Hispanic in America today. Procedure . Point out to students that Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15) celebrates the culture and traditions of those who trace their roots t... | Students will investigate how Hispanic Americans have contributed to U.S. culture . Students will identify opportunities and challenges that exist for Hispanics in America . | b559e1448345f5ea2c961565a4ce16cd2b9518ae |
(CNN) -- As a Alabama native, I packed my bags and moved to New York City in pursuit of a modeling career at 18 years old. Even though I will always be a small-town girl at heart, I always dreamed of all the adventures of living in a big city. After signing with the Wilhelmina Models agency, it wasn't long before I lan... | Cynthia Bailey is a cast member of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" She left Alabama for a modeling career in New York at age 18 . She signed with Wilhelmina Models and did magazine covers, ads and runways . | cf2345eaed1fba57d3b4fd2f9b4ccf1f215c5a3f |
(CNN) -- Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb leader on trial for genocide during the Balkan wars, claimed he's "tolerant" and blamed ethnic rivals for plotting violence. "It was no secret to anyone" that Muslims and Croats planned a massacre of his Serbian people after Yugoslavia disintegrated, said Karadzic, who opened... | Radovan Karadzic is accused in the Srebrenica massacre, in which about 8,000 Muslims died . His charges stem from the violence during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s . Karadzic disguised himself and hid in plain sight for more 13 years before his capture . He could face life in prison if convicted . | 2c915fe027b3e2d62436130f3756796fc62db503 |
(CNN) -- Game show host and comedian Howie Mandel's irregular heartbeat scare is over, his publicist said Tuesday. Howie Mandel had an irregular heartbeat, but he did not have a heart attack, his publicist said. "Howie has been released from the hospital and will be back at work tomorrow," said Lewis Kay. "He apprecia... | NEW: Howie Mandel released from Toronto hospital . Host of "Deal or No Deal" had been admitted with irregular heartbeat . Comedian was in Toronto, Canada, filming segments for a new show, "Howie Do It" | ba295636bdcc7b3f42a30f6e0d1f6e66b65ab983 |
(CNN) -- A Utah man trapped for more than 26 hours in a crevice of a popular cave tourist attraction died as rescuers struggled to save him, authorities said Thursday. John Edward Jones, 26, of Stansbury Park was stuck in the Nutty Putty Cave, which sits west of Utah Lake near Cedar Valley, according to the sheriff's ... | John Edward Jones was stuck in cave crevice outside Salt Lake City . He was trapped in a space that was 18 inches wide, 10 inches deep . One of the rescue tools failed while trying to free him and Jones fell back . | de8dfbbd45ce9a04b89da657e46f0a7c3a9562f5 |
(CNN) -- Nearly 5,000 cave paintings found in northeastern Mexico were made by at least three groups of hunter-gatherers who lived in an area previously thought to have been uninhabited, archeologists said. The drawings were discovered in 2006 in a number of caves in the San Carlos mountain range near the modern-day to... | Nearly 5,000 cave painting were discovered in northeastern Mexico in 2006 . This week, archeologists revealed their initial findings . The ages of the paintings are still not known . But they are believed to have been made by hunter-gatherer tribes . | ae51bb934b04328105580ada0e7e18cfd8a451d8 |
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Lined up next to Pittsburgh police officers protecting a downtown office building Thursday morning were officers who traveled a little farther to get to work. Police officers from Tucson, Arizona, left, talk with a Pittsburgh officer Thursday outside the G-20 summit. About 2,000 miles ... | Police officers from around country join G-20 security effort in Pittsburgh . Departments involved include Miami, Florida, and Baltimore, Maryland . Cops from Tucson, Arizona, find chilly temps a change, but say "It's a lot of fun" | 0659c27fdb8176f440787fb9d4bbadeea2f1d1a8 |
(CNN) -- It's not exactly the war of the roses, but a New York couple is taking a divorce case to a new level. Dr. Richard Batista (left) and his attorney, Dominick Barbara, says the divorce case is not just about a kidney. Dr. Richard Batista and his wife, Dawnell, are fighting over a kidney he gave her. Batista and h... | New York doctor, soon-to-be-ex-wife fighting over kidney he gave her in 2001 . Doctor tells CNN's Larry King "real issue" is to get his children back . Doctor says he hopes case will not deter organ donation . | 2fcfba02babfed9414890ac017cb23e0afa6fd3b |
(CNN) -- Cloaked in darkness and enveloped by mist, aerialist Nik Wallenda walked across Niagara Falls on a tightrope late Friday and into the record books. It was a historic walk that observers say was in line with his appetite for the extreme and the high-wire customs of his "Flying Wallendas" family. Pumping his fis... | NEW: Other daredevils have tried their luck, but farther downstream . Next on his to-do list? The Grand Canyon . Wallenda had a near fall after stumbling on a tightrope above Baltimore's Inner Harbor . His great-grandfather was killed at the age of 73 attempting to walk between two buildings . | 9a36145e4212263212dc6dfca2a884f339479e5b |
(CNN) -- Apple says it has fixed a glitch that was causing apps downloaded from its online store to crash this week. "We had a temporary issue that began yesterday with a server that generated DRM code for some apps being downloaded," Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller said. "It affected a small number of users. The issue ... | Apple says Friday a glitch causing apps to crash has been fixed . Problem was noted by creator of the app Instapaper . Users can delete, then re-install, affected apps . | 6a1ffcde7642809a325b3090f2e1bd590f8bf47b |
(CNN) -- When Katy Milane was asked to be in her college roommate's August 2007 wedding, she expected the bridesmaid dress to be simple and sporty, just like the bride's taste in clothes. Katy Milane, right, said none of the bridesmaids in her friend's 2007 wedding liked this hot pink dress. It wasn't. Milane and five ... | iReporters shared horror stories of having to wear ugly bridesmaid dresses . Kimberlee Norbury wore a "saloon girl" dress for her cousin's theme wedding . Some brides are letting their attendants choose their own dresses . iReport.com: See bridesmaids' photos and stories, and share your own . | ec5c5cda60a9e229053c5972e0ea1fcb0a01b4c6 |
KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) -- Nepal's former king said Wednesday he is not going to leave his country even though the monarchy has been abolished. Gyanendra came to power in 2001 following the assassination of King Birendra and his family. Ex-King Gyanendra, 60, made remarks to reporters before departing the Narayanhiti ro... | Former king will live as a civilian in a summer palace outside capital . Gyanendra: Will stay in the country to help establish peace . Left palace by side entrance while officials gathered outside to see his departure . Assembly tasked with rewriting the constitution, deciding future political system . | d0850d7d0920a2d48e04bf76d2941379293d5cb6 |
(CNN) -- If Jose Mourinho's time at Real Madrid is nearing an end then he seems determined not to go quietly. The outspoken Portuguese coach's time at the Spanish giants -- one of the world's biggest soccer clubs -- has been adorned with three major trophies but also with a healthy dose of controversy. He has had to fe... | Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho says Pepe's criticism of him borne out of frustration . Portuguese defender has lost his place in Real Madrid side to youngster Rafael Varane . Mourinho tells reporters: "Pepe's problem is easy to analyze. His name is Varane." Chelsea coach Rafa Benitez hints Mourinho will take over from... | acd18d28a8cde92789f4f603f2b9e9130f2a0bd4 |
UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- Drawing on 2006 remarks in which he compared former U.S. President George Bush to the devil, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, speaking at the United Nations Thursday, said, "It doesn't smell like sulfur anymore." Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez spoke highly of President Obama at the United Nat... | Three years ago, Chavez said it "still smells of sulfur," referring to President Bush . Chavez spoke highly Obama, saying he is an "intelligent man" Chavez said Pentagon behind ousting of Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya . Chavez called for U.S. to lift "savage, murderous blockade" on Cuba . | 78d71e8e687837d49a8a89416feb3eb9409c3460 |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Forty seven-year-old Australian "adrenaline junkie" Sean Langman will attempt to break the 50-knot sailing speed barrier with his half sailboat, half plane, after a serious crash last summer. The half sailboat, half plane uses technology known as supercavitation -- sailing just above the water'... | Half sailboat, half plane will attempt to break the 50-knot sailing speed barrier . Pilot Sean Langman crashed dangerously last year but is confident he can make it . "Wot Rocket" uses technology called "supercavitation:" sailing just above the water . | 1008fea6d8460559370f75430b2da2fe8053d311 |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- He's been a homicidal singing barber in "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" and a drunken swashbuckler in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End." Depp is back as bank robber John Dillinger, revered in the Depression as a modern-day Robin Hood. Now, Hollywood shape-shifter Johnn... | Johnny Depp plays charismatic bank robber John Dillinger in "Public Enemies" Depression-era tale of first Public Enemy No. 1, idolized as modern-day Robin Hood . Dillinger's gang killed 10 men, wounded seven during a spree of less than one year . Depp on Dillinger: "I always kind of admired him, oddly" | da88c8df5aaf8b98e9653b255719e30496f6a447 |
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- China's long simmering battle against corruption has come to a boil, this time in Chongqing, the largest megalopolis in the world. A massive crackdown has implicated millionaires, gangsters, and even police officers. Known as "dahei" (combat triads), the campaign has put the spotlight on organiz... | Anti-corruption drive in Chongqing implicates millionaires, gangsters, police . Campaign has spotlighted organized crime, how it has infested local bureaucracy . City's economic boom has led to the resurgence of local gangs . Criminal trials are underway as the city fights at least 14 mafia-style gangs . | 89f46197431005ebd59c790f24086fe662babaf2 |
(CNN) -- Lewis Hamilton is confident the return of the kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) to McLaren cars for the 2011 Formula One season will give the team a big advantage over their rivals. The system -- which stores up energy created when a car brakes to enhance the vehicle's acceleration -- was first used in the... | Lewis Hamilton believes McLaren's KERS will give the team an advantage in 2011 . KERS uses energy created when a car brakes to boost its acceleration . Jenson Button thinks the device will give the team an edge over their competitors . KERS was banned from F1 in 2009 but will return for new season . | 099cab7ed49ab54d6b018eaa9e3befbc6dbee354 |
(CNN) -- The crisis over the Egyptian constitution triggered by President Mohamed Morsy's adoption of sweeping powers is just the latest chapter in a long-standing ideological struggle in the Middle East. Morsy, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate who came to power after the 2011 Arab Spring revolution that deposed long-t... | Drive to institutionalize states of Muslim world was priority for most parties in early 1900s . For years constitutions were not social contracts, but a code imposed on people . Constitutional reforms were considered a priority in all the Arab Spring countries . | f2d6d0697776ff6ed8911552d8fda89eaeac33c2 |
Fort Hood, Texas (CNN) -- People who knew and studied Maj. Nidal Hasan say he was a loner who had no luck finding a wife, and a criminal profiler said the Fort Hood shooting suspect fits the profile of a mass murderer better than that of a terrorist. Investigators are searching for any missed "red flags" that might hav... | Profiler: Hasan fits profile of mass murderer better than that of terrorist . Maj. Nidal Hasan accused of fatally shooting 13, wounding 40 at Fort Hood . Cleric at mosque Hasan once attended: He was withdrawn after mother's 2001 death . | 15e9e1f85b03dbba4051d9fec1b7ff69aa7f0bd3 |
(CNN) -- Sergio Perez was announced as Force India's new driver Thursday, but is the Mexican racer already getting itchy feet? The 23-year-old lost his drive with McLaren less than a month ago and Perez is determined to prove he deserves another chance with a front-running Formula One team. "I learned a lot at McLaren ... | Sergio Perez to partner Nico Hulkenberg at Formula One team Force India in 2014 . The Mexican tells CNN he wants to prove he can race for a top team again . Perez lost his seat at McLaren this year but says he is now a better driver . Force India boss predicts Hulkenberg will one day be world champion . | 28436a39992b6779dcaaf4a316f88cc79efe9c5c |
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The one-star general almost yells when asked to talk about the infamous Abu Ghraib photos showing U.S. soldiers abusing Iraqi detainees. An Iraqi detainee grips a fence at Camp Cropper, one of the few U.S. detention centers remaining in Iraq. "If we had had a company commander doing what he was s... | U.S. head of detainee operations in Iraq is angered by Abu Ghraib photos . The pictures showing abuse of Iraqi prisoners continue to cause problems . U.S. military faces tough choices over future of detainees in Iraq . | b5434784689d041f0e88458aa0e3bdd1113cc501 |
(CNN) -- Everyone knows that Super Bowl host New Orleans can throw a party better than almost any other city in the world. But If you can't get there anytime soon, know that the cities sending teams to Sunday's game also know how to have a good time. San Franciscans cheering the 49ers will tell you they have much to ce... | Sit with the Ravens fans in Baltimore's Cross Street Market and enjoy seafood in season . Head to Fell's Point to see where famous shipyard helped build a young nation . Eat your way through a San Francisco marketplace, then head to the city's coastal parks . | 57ddef1cc114f1977e6c143927e3a8b1c3e7d9a6 |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Claims by Diana's former butler that he knew a mysterious "secret" about the late princess have been trashed by the coroner in her inquest. Diana's former butler has given conflicting information at the enquiry into her death. The coroner said the information was already in the public domain an... | Claims by Diana's butler that he knew "secret" about her trashed by coroner . Paul Burrell asked to testify about the last letter the late princess gave him . Coroner revealed Burrell's "secret" was Diana planned to buy property abroad . But coroner said the revelation is "fairly and squarely in the public domain" | c54bee6384d58517757ad5a8a30ea6dc59980a07 |
(CNN) -- On a recent flight from Atlanta, I was delayed on the tarmac for an hour and a half. The woman seated behind me played two Adele songs on a loop on her iPad. On speaker. For an hour. No one said anything. At one point the woman took a call. "I'm on the plane," I heard her tell the caller. "It's Adele on my iPa... | A string of air rage incidents in the first months of the year highlight air traveler tensions . Experts point to alcohol as a key ingredient in many instances of in-flight confrontation . The author only simmered over an offending Adele fan's inconsiderate behavior . | 5e8df733fcb1271b5fb610cff3bf2da894b898b8 |
MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Hurricane Gustav churned into the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday night, still an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm threatening to blast the same region devastated by Hurricane Katrina three years ago. Saturday morning, Gustav was about 255 miles east-southeast of the western tip of Cuba. Gustav... | NEW: Gustav heads into Gulf after Category 4 hurricane slams into Cuba . About 10,000 Cubans flee to mainland, some in vintage cars, horse-drawn carriages . Storm expected to hit Gulf Coast on Monday or Tuesday . Coastal Mississippi and New Orleans residents getting out . | 8fbcaf3abc124b7baaa278d382411f43e7e48353 |
Madrid, Spain (CNN) -- Two passengers aboard a cruise ship were killed when 26-foot waves crashed into the vessel Wednesday off northeast Spain, officials said. Fourteen others were injured. The Greece-based Louis Cruise Lines ship was in the Mediterranean north of Barcelona when it was hit by three "abnormal" waves, e... | 26-foot waves hit ship with 1,350 passengers aboard . German, Italian passengers killed when waves smashed windows . Fourteen other people injured . Vessel, the Louis Majesty, returns to port in Barcelona, Spain . | ae30c228777e2e6fc5069ef8ec6140e82d4bae01 |
(CNN) -- Three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond has told International Cycling Union (UCI) president Pat McQuaid to resign, accusing the Irishman of "abusing his power." The UCI has come under fire amid the doping scandal that implicated Lance Armstrong in "the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful ... | Former Tour de France winner Greg LeMond calls for UCI president to resign . LeMond wants Pat McQuaid, head of cycling's governing body, to stand down . UCI has come in for criticism in wake of report into Lance Armstrong's doping . LeMond: "I have never seen such an abuse of power in cycling's history" | d1483095a611c783c83487dd1494e85fb737ad81 |
Consumers today have more power than ever before. The large and diverse selection of media available on newsstands means that customers know what they should be getting, and if they aren't satisfied with the service there's a host of Web sites and forums on which they can let everyone know. Marriott's TownePlace suite ... | Designers now put the consumer, not function, at the heart of new products . Global firm IDEO studies customer behavior to influence designs . Hotel chain Marriott devised "home-from-home" suites for extended-stay guests . "Keep The Change" credit card rounds up transactions, puts the pennies in savings . | 299ef55e74a4205e59192b6f03f3cccbc86023a1 |
Beijing (CNN) -- Criticism of lax food safety standards at Chinese companies abounded on microblogging sites in China on Tuesday following the latest scare involving dairy products in the country. Tests found that cartons of milk made by Mengniu Dairy Co., the largest Chinese dairy company, had excessive levels of afla... | The Chinese dairy company 'sincerely' apologizes to customers for the problems . The products, containing high levels of a potentially carcinogenic substance, have been destroyed . The company says the products did not go on sale and remained in storage . Chinese microblog users urge others to boycott the company's pro... | 75d0b712347ee4c9428316c8a4ab127e600f631e |
(CNN) -- Little more than a year after he resigned in disgrace as prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi is campaigning to win his old job back -- for the fourth time. Berlusconi, the septuagenarian playboy billionaire nicknamed "Il Cavaliere," has been trailing in polls behind his center-left rival, Per Luigi Bersani. But ... | Silvio Berlusconi is campaigning to win his old job back for the fourth time . The eurozone's third largest economy is hurting, with unemployment surpassing 11% . Pier Luigi Bersani of the center-left Democratic Party is expected to narrowly win . Italy's political system encourages the forming of alliances . | 05b53a1f8fd5a1a05eeff5bc3020df0b574ccfd5 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A MoveOn.org political advertisement that criticized the top U.S. commander in Iraq was "disgusting," President Bush said Thursday, accusing Democrats of being afraid to criticize the anti-war group. Gen. David Petraeus testifies on Capitol Hill last week about the so-called surge in Iraq. Bush told... | NEW: Dems fail in bid to condemn attacks on Petraeus, Max Cleland, John Kerry . Senate passes 72-25 a GOP amendment to repudiate MoveOn.org ad . President Bush calls MoveOn.org's ad on Gen. David Petraeus "disgusting" Newspaper ad titled "General Petraeus or General Betray Us?" | ecd17007572b49340d190ecb759cdf324af82556 |
(CNN) -- Capt. Tadeusz Wrona still has trouble sleeping. The night after executing a spectacular belly landing in Poland, the veteran pilot tossed and turned until 4 a.m. The phone kept ringing, he told Polish media, and he kept reliving the chilling moments when his crew and passengers came close to a disaster. Now ba... | Pilot who executed a textbook belly landing in Poland is being hailed as national hero . Tadeusz Wrona has worked for LOT Polish Airlines for 20 years . "I finally felt full relief only when the purser reported that the cabin was empty," he says . Wrona says he's flown the Boeing 767 about 500 times and never had any t... | 3444a7aa5da189b95abea0ba34440c2444f8a39c |
(CNN) -- The Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor will shut late next year and be decommissioned, its owner announced Tuesday, citing low prices for natural gas and high operating costs. "This shutdown decision was made because this asset is not financially viable," owner Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee LCC said in a statemen... | "This asset is not financially viable," owner Entergy says . The 40-year-old plant employs 630 workers . Decommissioning will probably take decades . | 40d95ee8fb42ec09daccae066763cc88d5fe2f97 |
Tokyo (CNN) -- Most Japanese treat Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's new economic program, dubbed "Abenomics," with a heavy dose of skepticism. If there is a miracle cure for Japan's decades-long malaise, then it'll have to be seen to be believed. And Abe himself admits it will take time for salaries to rise and for the real... | Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's new economic program is dubbed "Abenomics" Many are skeptical about whether this is the solution for Japan's malaise . Some fear the boost to the country's stock markets could produce a bubble . 1980s collapse followed decades of growing stock, property prices . | b5f05906af1f3f6d0883d7c4a04306c36d026116 |
Washington (CNN) -- Congress' tangled relationship with the Affordable Care Act entered another phase Monday, raising a new question about whether lawmakers are really experiencing the exchanges the way other Americans do. Monday night was the deadline for members of Congress and the thousands of people who work on the... | Members of Congress and their staffs got an extension to sign up for Obamacare . The extension is so staff can enroll and also receive subsidies . Most House and Senate members and staffs must get insurance through Obamacare . | 381fada570e3964a6308f82f0ac0d990c324462a |
Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama is ready to talk even on Republicans' terms, he insisted Tuesday, so long as Congress acts first to end the government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling -- even for a short period. At a news conference, Obama indicated Republicans could essentially set the agenda for budget ... | NEW: Democratic senators propose debt ceiling hike through 2014 . Obama: "I will talk about anything" after debt ceiling hike, government reopens . Boehner says there will be no "unconditional surrender" by Republicans . Expert: Not raising the debt ceiling could lead to recession, worse . | 289b459191b486f5c7c046130537d46ed47c8bb3 |
(CNN) -- Dozens of people died as heavy rain caused flooding and mudslides in Brazil this week, officials said Tuesday. A mudslide early Monday in Sapucaia, Rio de Janeiro, killed at least 13 people, city officials said in a written release. One person died in Laje do Muriae, Rio de Janeiro, city officials said. In the... | 13 people are killed in a mudslide in Rio de Janeiro state . Officials estimate that nine people remain buried . In the state of Minas Gerais, at least 15 people have died amid heavy rain . | fe14abe014ee6218cf657c1af03322b25cded141 |
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Five men and four women have been selected to be jurors in the Pennsylvania trial of Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach charged with child rape. About 220 potential jurors reported for duty Tuesday, after the court whittled the number to about 600 based on a... | The jury includes five men and four women . More than 150 witnesses are expected at the trial . Sandusky, 68, faces charges of child rape . Prosecutors allege that he abused 10 boys for more than 15 years . | 602c9e6c328a3b9cc4d4af0380731811803c2466 |
(CNN) -- Her curriculum vitae makes for impressive, if exhausting, reading. Dr. Nahed Taher tells CNN her views on currencies, the Saudi economy and whether women should be allowed to drive . While fulfilling a demanding role as the first female head of a Saudi investment bank -- which she founded -- Dr. Nahed Taher al... | MME speaks with Dr. Nahed Taher of Gulf One Investment Bank . First female head of a Saudi Investment Bank, respected economist . Dr. Naher: intra-trade and intra-production should be encouraged in GCC . Says in Saudi Arabia "driving for women is definitely a necessity now" | 8110c0b189894b6c34eccd33dc5ee0a14739ab6b |
Washington (CNN) -- The issues of abortion and illegal immigration will be in the spotlight over the next week, but all eyes will be on Texas on Monday for a major player to announce his political plans. 1. Austin or Washington for Perry? Will Texas Gov. Rick Perry run for re-election next year for an unprecedented fou... | Rick Perry to announce his political future Monday . Texas special session resumes to take up derailed abortion bill . North Carolina could send governor abortion restrictions bill . George W. Bush to speak on immigration reform Wednesday . | e8d7281bf5fabfead64a6770a58731dc6ec9254f |
Designer Ross Lovegrove is known for his clean, organic designs with flowing lines seemingly effortlessly merged with function. CNN spoke to him about water bottles, bubble cars and his approach to design. CNN: How would you describe what you do? Ross Lovegrove: What am I? I'm a designer, but of course that's a loose t... | Lovegrove describes himself as industrial designer, humanist and evolutionist . He says the Internet will play a crucial role in changing the world . Lovegrove: "In the future the city car has to become a shared object." | e699eeca9bdd1c490f1ee675d66560b686c5934f |
(OPRAH.com) -- When the first book of the "Twilight" series was released in October 2005, no one could have guessed the phenomenon it would become. Four years later, 70 million copies have been sold worldwide. The books have spent 143 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list, and the first movie in "The Twilight Sa... | "Twilight" author Stephenie Meyer reveals her inspiration for the book . "I really had gotten into that zombie mom way of doing things ..." before a dream . Nine people rejected her book, five ignored it, one said "I'd like to read more" Coven of vampires added to "New Moon" after her mom suggested more action at end . | 1ca451c93e59cb3ec9c3d780cbe3d7ac5ff030cf |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- A series of major international sporting events, a weak currency and its perennially sunny perch on the tip of South Africa are making Cape Town one of the hottest sailing destinations of 2009. Lucky strike: The port city of Cape Town is set to benefit from several major sporting events . The I... | MainSail's 'Port of the Month' is Cape Town, South Africa . The area is one of South Africa's most popular tourist destinations . Cape Town is set to benefit from major international sporting events . The port is the country's second biggest and hosts major yacht races . | 80a0815c031a30278e3e332aa8d8f76eab563078 |
(CNN) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could open the Morganza Spillway as early as Saturday, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said Friday. The Mississippi River Commission has directed the Corps to operate the crucial spillway once river flows reach a certain trigger: 1.5 million cubic feet per second. Projections indic... | NEW: Army Corps of Engineers is expected to open the spillway once river flows hit a trigger . NEW: Projections indicate the tipping point could come as early as Saturday, Jindal says . NEW: The Morganza Spillway has not been opened since 1973 . Opening the Morganza Spillway would flood the Atchafalaya River Basin . | 0068a4b536d5c968ae74540d550a6adacee6a8f9 |
(CNN) -- Google Maps are getting personal. The next version of the widely used maps tool, previewed on Wednesday at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco, will soon have a different look and some splashy new features including displays of real-time accidents and personalized recommendations. The new Maps is only i... | Google Maps to roll out redesign with better navigation tools and a view from space . Incidents that might affect traffic will be shown on the map in real time . The maps will be personalized, showing custom information for each click . | c26d62d0e43a326452745b6bb5a3e3300d7d0b6a |
(CNN) -- The Chinese city of Wuhan produced Asia's first grand slam singles champion in Li Na and now the region is to be rewarded with its own WTA Tour event for 2014. Li made history by winning the 2011 French Open, and the world No. 6's hometown fans will have the chance to see their hero up close when the premier w... | The WTA Tour will hold a 2014 tournament in Li Na's hometown of Wuhan, China . Li made history by becoming Asia's first grand slam singles champion . The Tour continues to expand in the world's emerging markets . Total prize fund on the Tour, excluding grand slams, increases to $58.7m for 2013 . | 990716bb043160ae7f059cd174e32c14f52f86c5 |
(CNN) -- Investigators in the case of a missing Indiana University student hope forensic evidence will help them determine whether a decomposing body found in a creek Monday north of Indianapolis is connected with the disappearance of Lauren Spierer. Bloomington police are in contact with the Indianapolis Metropolitan ... | An autopsy is expected to be performed Tuesday, according to CNN affiliates . Bloomington police say there is not enough information to identify the body . Police are searching for Lauren Spierer, 20, who disappeared June 2 . Investigators have not been able to make any progress . | 4c62cc89731d13d2e5b39404b2524d8ec1066ee8 |
(CNN) -- The U.S. Navy has captured seven suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the first arrests by a U.S.-led task force set up to curb rampant piracy off the Horn of Africa, a Navy spokesman said Wednesday. Seven men suspected of trying to pirate a tanker raise their hands before their arrest in the Gulf of Aden. S... | Seven men captured after failed attack on ship, U.S. Navy says . Men tried to board tanker from skiff, but crew removed ladders, Navy says . Navy cruiser found skiff after tanker made distress call . Cruiser was patrolling Gulf of Aden as part of U.S.-led, antipiracy task force . | 1a04a2b270d910ca3f5dad75d6f6d8e5ef369fbd |
(CNN) -- An additional 440,000 Honda vehicles are being added to a recall initially announced in November to repair a potential defect in airbag inflation systems, American Honda Motor Co. said Friday. The 2001 Honda Civic is among the vehicles covered by the recall. The recall involves driver-side airbags in certain 2... | 2001-02 Accords, 2001 Civics and 2002-03 Acura TLs included . Airbag inflators can produce over-pressurization, company says . At least six injured, one killed by potential defect . Owners will receive recall notices in the mail . | 16f666b3502d564810e98eb8f0eb85287545dd42 |
Hong Kong (CNN) -- When architect James Law looks in the mirror each morning his reflection is not all that greets him -- he can also see the weather report, e-mail messages and his heart rate. "The biggest game changer of the past 25 years has been the Internet," said Law, whose Cybertecture Mirror is an offshoot of h... | The Internet of Things market in China is expected to hit $80.3 billion in 2015 . Beijing has earmarked $800 million for IoT investment by 2015 . China has created state-funded zones like Chengdu Internet of Things Technology Institute . Beijing aims to become a global leader in setting IoT global standards . | ca204d8ad990d83144d75a82236d8d2ee9ffef11 |
(CNN) -- The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries has tagged two great white sharks off Cape Cod in an area where shark sightings have been reported, state officials said Sunday. A great white shark is tagged Saturday off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Shark sightings closed nearby beaches. The first tagging Saturday m... | Taggings of great whites are the first in the Atlantic Ocean, state officials say . Beaches in Chatham, Massachusetts, closed after shark sightings . Great white sharks are relatively rare in New England, state officials say . Tags will let scientists track the two sharks . | 157c940a6f601e3f153c41f066459cf01b55eb2d |
(CNN) -- The little-known South African Louis Oosthuizen shocked the world of golf as he stormed to his first ever major win on Sunday with a runaway seven-shot victory at the British Open at St. Andrews. Not bad for a farm boy who failed to make the cut in seven of his previous eight major championships. Oosthuizen jo... | Louis Oosthuizen stormed to his first major win at the British Open at St. Andrews . The 27-year-old lives on a farm in Gourits River, South Africa, next door to his parents . Oosthuizen is a graduate from the Ernie Els Foundation before turning professional at 19 . He also became a father after wife Nel-Marie gave bir... | 1521b42f277385ada8095c5ef47cbb1cfcda8653 |
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- A Sri Lankan government minister narrowly escaped injury Thursday when a suicide bomber in a car detonated explosives, police said. File image of Maithripala Sirisena taken in May, 2007. Two of the minister's bodyguards were hurt in the blast, which occurred in a southern suburb of the capit... | Minister's bodyguards hurt in blast in southern suburb of Colombo . Maithripala Sirisena heads the agriculture department . Authorities blamed the attack on Tamil Tigers rebels . | b3fe558375557990a10b9eaffb80545a80cc7c5a |
New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- Oil left on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico is breaking down naturally now that the flow of crude has been cut off beneath the surface, a Coast Guard admiral said Sunday after touring the scene. Rear Adm. Paul Zukunft said the remnants of Tropical Storm Bonnie did little to affect the ... | NEW: Admiral says oil on the surface is breaking down "very quickly" NEW: Drill ships returned to the well site Sunday . Tropical Storm Bonnie forced ships to evacuate Thursday night . "Static kill" effort could start August 1, Allen says . | f930b84a7113e4e65148bb3c2915c61fa4ce8a85 |
(CNN) -- Days after Russia and the United States reached a deal on getting Syria to give up its chemical weapons, world powers are quarreling over the details. The agreement, reached by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry over the weekend, calls for a U.N. resolution demanding ... | NEW: 70 die in latest violence, opposition says . U.N.'s Ban prods Washington and Moscow to "demonstrate their leadership" The United States and France want to keep the threat of force on the table . Russia says it wouldn't support any resolution authorizing force against the Syrian regime . | d84d4dfe6da3972a624703cd00d3c6a62e0bcfe9 |
(CNN) -- As 2011 comes to an end, it is time to look back and reflect on another remarkable sporting year. From the highs of winning trophies and titles to the lows of losing some of sport's much-loved figures, 2011 will be remembered with mixed emotions. With a new year on the horizon and the prospect of major sportin... | CNN takes a look back at the sporting year of 2011 . It proved a year when sporting triumph and tragedy went hand in hand . The new year could be a vintage one with the Olympics and Euro 2012 . | 191e3cd8a9bd1ec9d86566bec07b79121e03c585 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Development threatens to engulf Civil War battlefields, a preservationist group said as it released its annual list of endangered battle sites on Wednesday. Civil War reenactors fire a cannon at the Gettysburg, Pennsylavnia, battlefield in 2003. "In town after town, the irreplaceable battlefields th... | Development threatens to destroy historic Civil War sites, group says . Trash processing center may be built near Maryland battlefield . Wal-Mart proposes store adjacent to Virginia's Wilderness battlefield . Sites are "irreplaceable treasures," actor Richard Dreyfuss says . | c25ceced32725f9ef158da6143b054d3e863a986 |
(CNN) -- A woman accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter and dumping her body in Galveston Bay in Texas has pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence in the case. Kimberly Dawn Trenor is scheduled to go on trial for murder next week in the death of her daughter. But Kimberly Dawn Trenor, 20, pleaded not guilty to th... | Kimberly Dawn Trenor pleads guilty to tampering with evidence . She faces capital murder trial in death of child known as 'Baby Grace' Child's body was found in plastic container on island in Galveston Bay . | 1f4603ad3ef986c557014f69422a92e345e3c9a8 |
(CNN Student News) -- February 28, 2012 . Media Literacy Question of the Day . When you hear statistics in a news story, how do you decide if they are reliable? * . * . Daily Discussion Questions . According to the program, what incident happened at an Ohio high school yesterday? What did one student there say about ho... | Use these questions to help students understand today's featured news stories . Today's Daily Discussion includes the Media Literacy Question of the Day . | b02ad34684bf35d91dee60fa8520ffb545b640c4 |
Hong Kong (CNN) -- For most of this week, the 74 people aboard the Russian expedition vessel MV Akademik Shokalskiy have been at a standstill -- trapped in the frozen seas off Antarctica. But the crew, researchers and tourists are taking their icy week in stride. The Russian vessel became locked in sea ice since Christ... | An expedition vessel has been stuck in frozen seas off Antarctica this week . Three ice-breaking rescue ships are expected to reach the trapped vessel by Friday night . Expedition leader, Chris Turney: High morale of people onboard kept everyone going . Turney: "We've got a large team coming to help us, it's incredible... | 64f859429c4479c73548f797091fbebcfabe641f |
(CNN) -- These satellite photos taken before and after recent floods in Thailand show how the landscape has been transformed. The first slide contrasts two identical areas of Southeast Asia taken on November 12 2008 and November 1 2011. Captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA's Terra satel... | Images from NASA satellites show how the floods in Thailand have inundated the land . Historic city of Ayutthaya, north of Bangkok, struggles to cope with flood waters . Don Muang Airport in Bangkok closed at end of October as runway became submerged . | 56fca14c93d07323077e0b6c22c61ee546cc1593 |
(CNN) -- Iran's parliament on Thursday approved the Cabinet nominations of a suspected terrorist and the first woman minister in the Islamic republic's 30-year history. Iran's first woman minister Marzieh-Vahid Dastjerdi. She will head the health ministry. Lawmakers approved the nomination of Ahmad Vahidi for its defen... | Islamic Republic appoints its first ever woman minister Marzieh-Vahid Dastjerdi . Lawmakers also approve nomination of Ahmad Vahidi for its defense minister post . Vahidi, a former leader of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is a suspected terrorist . | 2d400aa6b030721a004166e1520ad772a327bd24 |
Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- The most memorable moment of the 52nd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday may be the onstage appearance of Michael Jackson's two eldest children to accept their father's lifetime achievement award. "To all his songs, his message was simple, love," 12-year-old Prince Michael said. "We will co... | Taylor Swift wins album of the year, four Grammys total . Beyonce wins six Grammys, including song of the year . Jackson children Prince Michael and Paris accept lifetime achievement award . Kings of Leon's "Use Somebody" wins record of the year . | ea7951204d5ac92c311b7230a82e376897218800 |
London (CNN) -- We may not immediately equate the activities of archaeologists to trash sifting. Or imagine that the glass-encased artifacts in museums might be one-time refuse. But quite often, this is exactly the case. Studying ancient trash from around the world gives archaeologists and historians the chance to unde... | Ancient trash is an important resource for archaeologists . Trash pits or "middens" tell us much about the daily life of our forebears, according to archaeologists . Peabody Museum is staging a series of lectures about the importance of trash to archaeology . Scientists are studying our trash right now to find out what... | 600c8c4f37417774eb4c0b169bc80f20b57216bf |
San Bruno, California (CNN) -- Firefighters have fully contained a massive gas-fueled blaze in California that killed four people, while search efforts and attempts to determine the cause of the fire were still under way on Friday. The fire triggered by a ruptured natural gas transmission line sent giant fireballs shoo... | Gas fire now fully contained with home hot spots . Fire chief says everyone in San Bruno, California, now accounted for . Four killed, 38 houses destroyed, seven severely damaged, officials say . Pacific Gas & Electric says its transmission line ruptured; NTSB to investigate . | 27ad96011d177ebf001e73f85a8aeaa9079cddb6 |
(CNN) -- Northern Ireland's top police officer on Saturday condemned violent clashes that left 56 of his officers injured as "mindless anarchy" -- and warned that many arrests will follow. The disorder broke out in central Belfast as loyalists held counter-protests Friday evening against a nationalist march. The Police... | NEW: "Those people had no intention of peaceful protest," says top police officer . Police say 56 officers were hurt in violent clashes with loyalists in Belfast . The violence broke out as loyalists staged protests against a nationalist march . Belfast's main shopping district was the focus of the disturbances . | f53d3369326d3d613ef42fea6bc558a227061516 |
(CNN) -- As this election season unfolds, we are watching an age-old dream in politics go horribly smash. It isn't good for politics, and it sure isn't good for the country. President Franklin Roosevelt helped to fire up the dream during his second term in office. Coming off a massive landslide in 1936, he believed tha... | From FDR in the 1930s on, some have argued that parties should be polarized . We're seeing consequences of Dems as liberal party, GOP as conservative one, authors say . They say this has led to gridlock and the loss of talented leaders who can work with other party . Gergen, Zuckerman: Obama, Romney have been firing up... | 98ff974f729dd93d610a4c4cff9e67140f40c330 |
(CNN) -- A 37-year-old white supremacist, Kevin William Harpham, was sentenced Tuesday to 32 years in prison for placing a bomb-laden backpack along the route of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Spokane, Washington, in January, the U.S. Justice Department said. Harpham, an unemployed electrician from Colville, Wa... | NEW: Kevin William Harpham is prototypical "lone wolf," FBI says . NEW: The 32-year sentence is what prosecutors sought . Harpham is a white supremacist who says he meant harm, a document says . A backpack with a bomb, shrapnel and anticoagulant was traced to Harpham . | cb0f72305ec2a8c89d0294d0837edb27e744a28a |
(CNN) -- Hours after January 12's earthquake in Haiti, Drs. Claude and Yolene Surena were treating more than 100 wounded people -- not in a medical facility but outside their own Port-au-Prince home. City medical facilities were decimated or overwhelmed, and makeshift triage areas like the one in the Surenas' yard trie... | Two doctors in Port-au-Prince turn their home into a makeshift clinic after quake . Doctors' relatives in U.S., including their Army daughter, arrive to help . Food, medical supplies remain constantly low, they say . Survivor on being trapped: "I heard footsteps overhead" -- searchers walking on rubble . | eda6bab13bf09148f83af5b476764e5bce4ebd6b |
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Sunday tried to allay Iranian fears over a planned U.S.-Iraq security pact, saying his government would not allow Iraq to become a launching pad for an attack on its neighbor. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, greets Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-... | Iraq's prime minister in Iran trying to calm fears over any U.S.-Iraq security pact . Nuri al-Maliki visiting Tehran, where he is meeting with top officials . Al-Maliki says Iraq will not be used as a launching pad for U.S. attacks on Iran . | 38673348ff28676905791fe3e8db2bbda814d974 |
(CNN) -- After being an avid iPhone user for two years, I finally gave up. A couple of weeks ago I picked up my first Android phone: an HTC Droid Incredible, offered through Verizon Wireless. I'd owned my iPhone for two years and for the most part liked it. Having a smartphone improved my life and work in several ways.... | Take a day to learn your phone, because configuring it for your personal use requires time . If you rely on iCal, you don't have to switch to Google Calendar . Accept that you'll have to let go of some treasured tools . | 54224c4953c8386779421b0fc760b4136d7f6f2f |
New York (CNN) -- Rafael Nadal had a scary moment Sunday when he slumped over in pain during a news conference following his third-round match at the U.S. Open in New York. The 25-year-old Spaniard -- the No. 2 in the world -- leaned his head back in the middle of the news conference, breathing heavily and grimacing in... | The No. 2 tennis player grimaces in pain after U.S. Open match . He says it was because of leg cramps . He won his third-round match Sunday in hot, humid weather . | 6b9360c2787967e2651acb1192f1e156038cd8fb |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Ohio congressman David Hobson is the latest Republican to announce his exit from the House of Representatives, telling constituents Sunday he would step down in 2008 after nine terms. Rep. David Hobson, shown in February, was the lone Republican on Rep. Nancy Pelosi's Mideast trip this year. Hobson,... | Rep. David Hobson tells constituents he will step down in 2008 after nine terms . Hobson is a senior member of a House Appropriations defense subcommittee . GOP will be seeking to reclaim the congressional majorities it lost in 2006 . | cbb5654e979eb27e0af71068cd4e4e5191df35ee |
Los Angeles and London (CNN) -- Can the roof of your house help you breathe easier by reducing the amount of harmful pollutants from urban air? "Yes," claims John Renowden, vice president of technology at Boral Roofing, a U.S. company that has introduced a line of roof tiles that they say have pollution-busting propert... | "Smog-eating tiles" can oxidize the smog-forming nitrogen oxides released in the air . The technology is used in a number of industries for the creation of eco-friendly products . Experts warn air pollution poses a serious threat to the health of city dwellers . Los Angeles has the highest levels of ozone pollution in ... | 8eb3c537e3575c126ad0c70a7617fbdb8f0e4a0f |
KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) -- Two people were killed and about a dozen others were injured when a bomb exploded in a Catholic church in Kathmandu on Saturday morning, police said. The damage inside the church in Kathmandu following Saturday's bomb blast. The explosion in the Nepalese capital killed a 15-year-old girl and a... | Explosion in Nepalese capital killed 15-year-old girl, 30-year-old woman . 100 people were in the church when the bomb exploded . Investigations are under way to determine who planted the bomb . | 306e4e5f484ad63435ec5fd69bfef54157882feb |
(CNN) -- Next time you go to the grocery store to pick up steaks or some hamburger, you'll know where the cow it came from was born, raised and slaughtered, thanks to new labeling rules that became final Saturday. The Country of Origin Labeling, or COOL, rule went into effect in May, though companies were given six mon... | New labels must be on meat sold in the United States . They may show meat was born in one country, slaughtered in another . Some in the meat industry are strongly opposed to the new guidelines . But others say they better serve consumers . | c3bbc34a3e97af7459a00240ea5be7f735ce73e1 |
(CNN) -- While the nation followed the election numbers for Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, some readers were keeping track of a particular issue: marijuana legalization. Referendums passed in Washington and Colorado, but not in Oregon. There are still federal hurdles to overcome for the two states where the referendums ... | Marijuana legalization, passed in Colorado and Washington, has lots of readers debating pot use . Many readers support legalization, some unsure about enforcement . What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments below or post a video on CNN iReport . | d9cab4e2fde367808800e0aed869aad1b8b18238 |
Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is recovering after facing complications during cancer surgery this week, officials said. "This process of recuperation ... will require a prudent time, as a result of the complexity of the surgical procedure, and also because of complications that came up in the s... | Venezuela's vice president says President Hugo Chavez's recuperation is going favorably . Chavez has asked officials "to prepare the people for any circumstance," he says . Officials: Unexpected bleeding was a complication during Chavez's cancer surgery . They have not specified what type of cancer the Venezuelan presi... | 1dec6bac7787742f65f881479dbde0c908dc32ed |
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A sealed envelope awaits in Rissi Palmer's Bible. Country singer Rissi Palmer performs for students in an after-school program at Atlanta's Parkside Elementary. It's her Grammy acceptance speech, the one she wrote as a 12-year-old. She vowed not to open it until she could read it from the stag... | Singer Rissi Palmer has had a Grammy acceptance speech ready since she was 12 . Song off debut album made her the first black female to hit country charts in 20 years . Palmer says her mother always loved country music and she likes telling stories . Performer tells Atlanta students: "Anything you want to do, you can d... | fe6562b1ce53f8f2490e808f0771375a9ad5b142 |
(CNN) -- At least 30 Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia were killed in a joint raid by Kenyan and Somali forces Saturday, officials said. The operation targeted an Al-Shabaab hideout in Kolbio, Somalia, Col. Cyrus Oguna of the Kenyan Defense Force said. The al Qaeda-linked Islamist group has been connected to the attack i... | At least 30 militants are killed in the joint operation . It targeted a hideout in Kolbio, Somalia, Kenyan Defense Force official says . It comes on the heels of a raid by Kenyan warplanes on a training camp . | 3e03242bb80e4face2e097aa8ee71af07ad48297 |
(CNN) -- Call him Captain Colbert. Comedian and TV host Stephen Colbert is headed for the high seas. Colbert will take part in the 777-mile Charleston Bermuda Race in May, organizers of the event have announced. "The ocean has had a free ride for too long. Well, it has to deal with me now. Brace yourself, Atlantic!" C... | Stephen Colbert to undertake 777-mile sailing voyage in May . He will participate in Charleston Bermuda Race, event organizers say . Comedian tells ocean: "Brace yourself" Colbert has been designated Honorary Captain of the Fleet . | af7c94773ae69277c9a5e185c3e413be0597d68f |
Beijing (CNN) -- After focusing on "green cars" in recent years, carmakers are wowing visitors at the Auto China 2012 car show with vehicles that are big, bad and gas-guzzling. "I would definitely be interested if the price was right," says Wang Xizhen as he ogled a deep purple Aston Martin DBS. Aston Martin launched i... | Big, bad and gas-guzzling vehicles are center stage at Auto China 2012 . Comes after recent Beijing car shows dominated by "green" cars . Luxury car makers have launched a variety of vehicles aimed at Chinese consumers . Chinese car sales grew only 2% the first quarter of 2012 . | 70c47348215e9768ed1f0632574688967c851fd8 |
(CNN) -- Whether it's dining, shopping, culture, nightlife or people, everybody has a favorite city. Some cities are great places to live and raise a family. Others provide the backdrop for that once-in-a-lifetime vacation. The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I-Reporters have been telling u... | Rate your favorite U.S. city by taking the America's Favorite Cities survey . The survey ends on July 15; enter to win a trip to Australia . I-Reporters weigh in with photos and comments about their favorites . | 0855d22a73d652b037a9424aef66d60077163ab2 |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Fashion designer to some of golf's big names, Tony "The Tailor" Q'aja, was hanging out with the stars at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews in October. Samuel L.Jackson, sporting Tony's outfit at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. He also went to Munich to see the new techn... | Tony designed clothes for Samuel L. Jackson to wear at the Dunhill Championship . He attended the Munich Golf Expo and was impressed by the Ion-Mask technology . Tony's design partners have released a line with a UV factor of 50 . | 72f1632941fb79cf38f35a34981a2c5758776023 |
(CNN) -- The 30-year-old suburban Chicago husband being sought in the stabbing death of his new bride told an associate he was heading to Mexico, where his parents live, according to an FBI affidavit released Friday. Charged with first-degree murder, Arnoldo Jimenez of Burbank, Illinois, was tracked using his phone in ... | Arnoldo Jimenez told an associate he was going to Mexico, FBI says . FBI tracks phone use from Illinois to Texas near the Mexican border . He told his sister that he and his new bride had "a bad fight," and he left her bleeding . Bride Estrella Carrera, 26, was found stabbed to death in a cocktail dress in the bathtub ... | 936f2fa03b1fadf4f00a2af65e9c292df5106c3f |
Cambridge, Massachusetts (CNN) -- Did Wal-Mart's Mexican subsidiary pay bribes, in 2005 and earlier, to the Mexican officials who grant permits for stores like Wal-Mart? And did Wal-Mart cover up these actions for several years, after an internal investigation discovered the bribes, before finally reporting the interna... | Jeffrey Miron: Wal-Mart is facing allegations it covered up a bribery scandal . He says the company should be prosecuted if it violated the law . Miron says the law forbidding bribery overseas is a mistake, penalizes U.S. companies . He says law discourages U.S. companies from doing business in the poorest nations . | 7923528ebeac7ba7a0403b2a69e19b72597b9f19 |
(CNN) -- The first time I met Margaret Thatcher, she was already a fan of mine, or so she said. With my co-writer Antony Jay, I had created and written the first seven episodes of "Yes, Minister," a BBC TV comedy series about the British government . The first four episodes had been written during the last year of Jim ... | Margaret Thatcher said Jonathan Lynn's co-written BBC hit "Yes, Minister" was her favorite show . Jonathan Lynn: MPs crowded into House of Commons bars to watch themselves satirized . When she was losing favor, he says, Thatcher "wrote" a sketch and starred as herself . Lynn: Really written by a press secretary, it was... | 63258aeab3a838e13e784e439ab9ee9b39994c3c |
(CNN) -- It may as well be the 11th Commandment: Leave nature as you found it, the National Park Service says. So imagine the horror of a little girl named Eve -- no, Evie, to be exact -- when she violated the Eden that is Yosemite National Park. Her sin: She took home two sticks. Park Ranger Matt Holly learned of this... | Leave nature as you found it, the National Park Service says . But a little girl named Evie takes home two sticks from Yosemite National Park . She feels guilt and returns them in a letter of apology . Park rangers keep her letter and the two sticks posted on a wall for a year . | 82c65d5505484c1c47fd7a04f087d86be635de52 |
(CNN) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron will hold talks at 10 Downing Street on Wednesday to discuss racism in football following several high profile incidents in the English Premier League. "We simply cannot brush this under the carpet," Cameron said, writing in The Sun newspaper. "I've no doubt that football w... | Cameron says football can "crack this problem" The English Premier League has had a number of high-proflie incidents . One case stems from comments a Chelsea footballer allegedly made . Racist taunts, alleged and proven, have dogged English football for years . | 95da647c20007cb2d49d8a0380dd9f5b492ce23f |
(CNN) -- Craig Sonner and Hal Uhrig have viewed courtrooms from both the prosecution and the defense table. Until Tuesday, the two attorneys -- who have focused solely on criminal defense in recent years -- comprised the legal team representing George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Florida, who i... | Both Craig Sonner and Hal Uhrig are former prosecutors . Uhrig worked as a police officer while attending law school . The two said Tuesday they cannot represent George Zimmerman . The attorneys say they have lost contact with Zimmerman . | cdbd858cdeeb95ba6ad430dcb030a54a67e74115 |
(EW.com) -- There's a reason Marvel conceived the X-Men as a team: The menagerie of mutants are more interesting when they come in a pack. When the posse of super-powered outcasts was first brought to the screen by Bryan Singer in 2000, Hugh Jackman's mutton-chopped, adamantium-clawed Wolverine emerged as the stand-out... | Hugh Jackman is back as Wolverine . The film is based on Chris Claremont and Frank Miller's 1982 comic-book arc . Logan/Wolverine heads to Japan in the new movie . | a1392fad83b84011ee72e2531e6cf074174d1c3d |
New York (CNN) -- A reference to the name "Sandy" can evoke painful reminders of last year's tragedies, be it the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School or an historic storm that wiped out thousands of homes and businesses, and left millions in the dark. But New Jersey's largest firefighters union is looking to honor... | New Jersey's largest firefighters union is now looking to honor Sandy hook victims . Firefighters have begun collecting donations for "The Sandy Ground Project" 26 playgrounds are to be built in communities recovering from the storm . Each playground is for a victim gunned down on December 14 at school in Connecticut . | c4a9f01a450a4449a295a332281a68e923dd42c4 |
(CNN) -- A common view is that U.S. politics have gone into shutdown, that the whole system can no longer function and deliver the kind of government that Americans want and need. That's certainly the opinion in my native Britain, where I'm regularly told the United States -- particularly the Republican Party -- has be... | Timothy Stanley: Many think U.S. politics gripped by madness on shutdown, but it's not so . He says Democratic Congresses responsible for majority of shutdowns in the past . He says current debate is part of democracy, and the positions of all parties today are logical . Stanley: U.S. founders built serious checks into... | a14cee8c20920fdad2b60731384fee9473af6177 |
(CNN) -- FIFA president Sepp Blatter believes Spain's La Liga is the best football league in the world, and claims that England's top division can learn from it. In an exclusive interview with CNN's World Sport, Blatter pointed to the eight Spain-based players in the 2010 FIFA World XI and Spain's World Cup success as ... | FIFA president Sepp Blatter believes Spanish La Liga is best in the world . Eight of the players in the FIFA 2010 World XI play for Barcelona or Real Madrid . Lionel Messi awarded Ballon d'Or ahead of Barcelona teammates Xavi and Iniesta . Blatter hails Messi as a wonderful footballer who is humble and a "good boy" | 56855cf55cf5898880d2b34e1dabeb860df78dd4 |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- It's been five years since Carrie Bradshaw journeyed to Paris in search of true love on the series finale of "Sex and the City." She appeared to have found it in the arms of Mr. Big, and she returned to New York -- and her now-settled friends -- ready for a new start. Sarah Jessica Parker was a drivin... | Sarah Jessica Parker: "Sex and the City" "has been a dream" Rumors of friction? "Beneath me to keep defending myself" Marriage to Matthew Broderick works because pair lives normal N.Y. life . | a18b463219c663ef55a0cbbf81ae489cdf877b62 |
(CNN) -- A New Jersey law enforcement officer is charged with murder after police say he shot a man in an apparent road rage incident in Maryland, according to authorities. Joseph Walker, a sworn officer of the Hudson County prosecutor's office, is accused of fatally shooting a motorist Saturday during an altercation o... | Joseph Walker, a New Jersey detective, is charged with second-degree murder . Maryland State Police say he fatally shot driver Joseph Harvey Jr., after an altercation . Walker's wife, kids were with him during the apparent road-rage incident, police say . | e71d4674c36975308362c068b74e8c4079e4dde4 |
(CNN) -- Istanbul's Gezi Park has seen days of sheer madness, but they have been punctuated with moments of beauty and joy. The melancholic sounds from a grand piano echoed through the park in a moment of welcome serenity Wednesday. One that traveled all the way from Germany to Turkey, so its owner could play a song de... | Protesters have transformed Istanbul's Gezi Park into a cultural enclave . A pianist from Germany drove down with a self-made grand piano . He composed a song for the protesters and christened it "Lightsoldiers" There has been at least one wedding in the park . | 9c6947dad445aa503b7f19e7b052037f49b45d72 |
Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama announced Thursday that the United States has canceled joint military training exercises with the Egyptian military and alluded to the fact that his administration could take further steps to deal with the violence in Egypt. "Going forward, I've asked my national security team... | NEW: Obama cancels military exercises with Egypt, says U.S. might take further steps . U.S.-Egyptian military exercise would have involved thousands of American air and ground forces . Obama did not call the Egyptian military's overthrow of the government a coup . U.S. law restricts aid in instances of military coup; E... | 7dc05bb8c16bd8f6d92c2a0bc048824b0874afb2 |
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