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(CNN) -- FIFA have announced the seedings for Friday's 2010 World Cup finals draw in a statement on their official web site. Hosts South Africa take their place in Pot One with the seven top placed sides in the world rankings as of October, these being Brazil, Spain, Holland, current holders Italy, Germany, Argentina a... | FIFA announce seedings for Friday's 2010 World Cup draw . Hosts South Africa are in Pot One with current holders Italy . France miss out on the seedings, based on October world rankings . | 74eb3b370957077fae52c807173164d6c4ac98fc |
(RollingStone.com) -- Jay-Z will launch his new YouTube channel Saturday night with a live stream of the last concert of his eight-show run at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, USA Today reports. The rapper's Life + Times channel, an offshoot of his pop-culture site by the same name, comes as part of a push for original pro... | Jay-Z will launch his new YouTube channel Saturday . The channel will debut with a live stream of his last Barclays Center concert . The channel will be called Life + Times, an offshoot of his website . The Life + Times channel is just Jay-Z's latest brand expansion . | 12452a11f39b17b1082cf0d68e532939641e75f8 |
(CNN) -- One hundred and sixty-five years ago, in Coloma, California, a carpenter named James W. Marshall built a sawmill to harness the power of the American River. Below the waterwheel, he saw flakes of metal where the spent water flowed. Marshall marked the moment saying, "I have found it." He had discovered gold in... | Calif. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom advocates a rethinking of government for 21st century . Alex Castellanos says Newsom's idea could make government more effective, closer to the people . He says Newsom is right to say the future is open source, open data, open participation . Castellanos: The model for government changes fr... | 50d91134b162f3c9042a85826e3f415a372a10bf |
(CNN) -- Attackers firebombed three churches in the southeast Asian nation of Malaysia overnight, assaults that come amid widespread Muslim ire over a court ruling that allowed Christians to use the word Allah as a term for God. Malaysian news reports said no casualties have been reported, and police have promised to ... | Muslims oppose recent court ruling allowing a Catholic newspaper to use the word "Allah" for God . 60 percent of the people in Malaysia are Muslim, while 9 percent are Christian . The three churches attacked were in the Kuala Lumpur region of the country . | 08afa236214b479e9a0fac95dd31c2f853248f25 |
(CNN) -- The third body recovered in Yosemite National Park near where three hikers were swept over a waterfall in July has been identified as missing 21-year-old Ramina Badal, park officials said Tuesday. The bodies of the other two hikers had previously been identified. In July, witnesses said the three -- two men an... | Ramina Badal, 21, was one of three hikers swept over a waterfall in July . Her body was found Saturday . The bodies of the other hikers have also been identified . | fd5d21e2b6c14ac200f0885e138072ca7a76f445 |
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- Tens of thousands of people have fled fighting between Thailand and Cambodia over the past week, 30 people have been injured, and five Thai soldiers have been killed, the Thai Ministry of Public Health said Tuesday. About 27,000 people are living in 33 temporary shelters in Thailand, the mini... | Fresh clash breaks out Tuesday but is calmed quickly, a Thai official says . Thai Health Ministry says 27,000 Thais are living in temporary shelters . Each side blames the other for the violence, which erupted near two disputed temples . U.S. Secretary of State Clinton says the United States is "deeply concerned" | 03574037c48b8016eee986f097c62f7f1eb30ecf |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- On April 29, 1992, the intersection of Florence and Normandie avenues in south Los Angeles became a flashpoint for one of the worst riots in U.S. history. It was the site where Reginald Denny, a white trucker, was savagely attacked by a mob after the acquittal of four Los Angeles Police officers ch... | Many considered south Los Angeles an economic wasteland In the aftermath of 1992 riots . But John Hope Bryant saw an opportunity for economic empowerment . Bryant is the founder of Operation Hope, a financial literacy program . He led a convoy on a bus tour to recognize economic progress in south Los Angeles . | 5e1896fcf1167b3d41263ad572a9ddbbb40f7254 |
HONG KONG, China (CNN) -- A 16-year-old Hong Kong boy makes two phone calls for delivery: One for pizza, the other for the drug ketamine. Two teenage girls are found semi-conscious in a car park after overdosing on ketamine. A 13-year-old boy joins a gang and is given free ketamine. Glass capsules containing ketamine, ... | Police: Ketamine is the top drug of choice among young people in Hong Kong . Drug use among those under 21 has jumped 57 percent in the last four years . Police stepping up crackdowns, say parks and public toilets hot spots for drug use . Hong Kong has one drug rehab center for youth, located on a remote former pig far... | 520a008dd67401f97c3e5c02b6369cb490e2d9f9 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Israel must halt West Bank settlement activity and the Palestinians need to increase West Bank security to advance the Middle East peace process, President Obama said Thursday after meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, meets... | Obama says he's "confident" the peace process can go forward . Mahmoud Abbas says Palestinian Authority committed to 2003 Mideast road map . Obama, Abbas talk at White House week after Obama met with Israeli PM . Observers believe this is a pivotal time in the Middle East peace process . | 6f294da18314916a4bad051bbc5716c894168551 |
(CNN) -- Pope Francis is being painted as a humble and simple man, but his past is tinged with controversy surrounding topics as sensitive as gay marriage and political atrocities. Questions linger about Francis' actions during the nation's dark days: the so-called Dirty War, when Argentina was ruled by dictators. The ... | NEW: Vatican says claims about Pope Francis during dictatorship are false, defamatory . Francis has a long record as a church leader . He is lauded by many as a humble man . Others question his role during Argentina's dictatorship . | dc0bb331176c50720fc8854634b897f285605b53 |
Washington (CNN) -- Four former officials of the now-closed Peanut Corporation of America were indicted Thursday on charges related to salmonella-tainted peanuts and peanut products, the Justice Department said. A 2009 salmonella outbreak that prompted a massive recall of peanut goods led to nine deaths and more than 7... | Indictment charges four former officials of Peanut Corporation of America . NEW: FDA said plant shipped tainted peanut paste that wound up in crackers, other foods . NEW: Salmonella outbreak in 2009 blamed for nine deaths, hundreds of illnesses . NEW: Food recalls are common, but criminal charges around them are rare . | 1d3b4185e8420962e79a7ad876ad02c152ca42f7 |
Cairo (CNN) -- Streets in Egypt's capital remained tense Sunday a day ahead of elections. As protesters packed Cairo's Tahrir Square, the head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces issued warning of "dire consequences" if the nation's political crisis continues, state-run Al-Masriya TV reported. Field Marshal Huss... | The head of Egypt's military warns of "dire consequences" if a political crisis continues . A member of a demonstrators' alliance says the group will announce a new government . Egypt is divided over the ruling military body and the newly appointed prime minister . Egypt's parliamentary elections are set to begin Monda... | 12e4721c94f5fe5294803d8db4c0116ecb483e80 |
(CNN) -- Prosecutors in Boston, Massachusetts, on Thursday filed paperwork in court that officially ended the murder case against "Craigslist killer" Philip Markoff, who committed suicide in jail last month. The Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel Conley said prosecutors had a "very, very strong case" against Marko... | NEW: DA files paperwork that ends murder case . NEW: Prosecutors to release their file on Markoff soon . The former medical student killed himself in jail August 15 . | adfc1ff98f14ab4c11a93c4ace115df2a7423514 |
(CNN) -- Suzann Pettersen denied 16-year-old amateur Lydia Ko a fairtytale first major triumph as the Norwegian took the Evian Championship in France Sunday. The 32-year-old Norwegian carded a final round 68 to hold off Ko in the fifth and final major of the women's season. The tournament -- which was awarded major sta... | Suzann Pettersen wins final major of women's golf season . Norwegian claims Evian Championship in France . Beats 16-year-old amateur Lydia Ko by two shots . Joost Luiten claims Dutch Open after playoff with Miguel Angel Jimenez . | 630ca48b086aff594d1e29a10d359147f7e7ea0a |
Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- Dozens of civilians may have been killed by Yemeni forces since May while fighting an armed Islamist group in Abyan province, the activist group Human Rights Watch said in a report released Saturday. But a spokesman for Yemen's ruling party disputed the findings. "As Yemeni government forces battl... | Human Rights Watch says Yemeni forces may have killed dozens of civilians . It says witnesses report indiscriminate attacks with no visible fighting nearby . A spokesman for the ruling party calls the report 100% inaccurate . He says "only al-Qaeda targets are killed by the government" | cb847be5cac51ab13238038f6cfac6cbfd0bd0c7 |
Washington (CNN) -- Civil rights leaders marking the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech Saturday scorned a nearby Glenn Beck-led rally, saying it came with no message and with a presumption that King's famous discourse can be used as a conservative platform. The Rev. Al Sharpton and a ... | NEW: Sharpton calls Beck's comments a "motivational speech" Civil rights figures march to the site of a planned King memorial . The Rev. Al Sharpton tells "Reclaim the Dream" rally "this is our day" Rally took place as conservatives gathered in an event at the site of the King speech . | 2060f74e8fb621157f5286f25e0e2ffe7326d208 |
(CNN) -- It was an exciting day for Laura Dominguez and her 11-year-old daughter Paulina. They were summoned to their parish, the Saint Cosme and Damian Church in Mexico City to pick up the equivalent of a jackpot for Mexican Catholics: tickets to attend a mass presided by the pope in Gunajuato, about four hours from M... | Pope Benedict XVI will travel to Mexico for the first time Friday . First visit to Spanish-speaking Latin America in his seven-year pontificate . Barely a week before visit, a Mexican exhibit opens to honor Pope John Paul II . | 4a470a8b02848fcb430cd3323f3e3c5bb99ab96d |
(CNN) -- It's a question that's plagued mankind for centuries -- how do you create an earthly structure worthy of the divine? Should it be a lavish building of rich materials and awe-inspiring stature, a grand gesture to the grandest of beliefs? Or perhaps a humble place of reflection, a simple sanctum bowing to a powe... | India plans to build world's largest Hindu Temple, towering 123 meters tall . But creating sacred structures in the modern age is not for the faint-hearted . Spectacular book explores religious architecture from across the world . New trend rejects ostentatious iconography, in favor of minimalism . | e7d9eab5b251b6c0f365aad69897e352f24580d2 |
London (CNN) -- Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai stood with the aid of nurses Friday for the first time since her shooting and is "communicating very freely," according to the director of the UK hospital where she is undergoing treatment. Malala can't talk because she has a tracheotomy tube inserted to protect her... | NEW: Hospital releases first photographs of Malala since she was admitted for treatment . Malala understands where she is and wants to thank people for their support, hospital says . Malala is communicating through written notes; she can't talk because of a tracheotomy tube . She was shot after she defied the Taliban b... | dab57ee07f55377fd1c993960b8dcbb91f27ce7e |
(CNN) -- This weekend's Scottish football fixtures have been curtailed as overseas officials scheduled to cover for striking referees decided not to help out. Poland's football association withdrew its offer of 12 officials, while two refs from Portugal returned home on Friday after arriving in Glasgow, the UK Press As... | Portuguese and Polish referees decide against covering for striking Scottish officials . Luxembourg's Alain Hamer will referee two Scottish Premier League matches in two days . All six SPL matches still expected to go ahead, but 12 other games are called off . Scottish referees are protesting increasing levels of criti... | aa69acdddc3cd3f3118d7df4cd65673ec938951c |
London (CNN) -- As Iraq's insurgency was peaking, and American soldiers were dying at a dizzying rate from roadside bombs, a theater director in London was having an epiphany. Plenty of plays about the Iraqi carnage were piling up on his desk, but there were none about the the calamities befalling Afghanistan. It was t... | A London theater company commissions a cycle of plays about Afghanistan . Britain's top general says seeing it sooner would have made him a better commander there . He has been instrumental in getting America's top brass to watch it . The theatre director says the plays have changed his own mind about the conflict too ... | a21d335cf39b3eaf3b774e8c2d878ce3d0af9a2d |
(CNN) -- He has entered the record books with his 600th round of golf this year, but retiree Richard Lewis is not finished yet. The 64-year-old American has walked some 2,500 miles and hit over 50,000 shots after reaching the milestone at the Four Seasons Resort in the Las Colinas region of Dallas, Texas on Sunday. The... | Richard Lewis listed as "world's most avid golfer" by Guinness World Records . Texan has played up to 54 holes in a day this year on his way to world record . The 64-year-old aims to complete 611 rounds by the end of 2010 at Four Seasons resort . Members of his club paid to accompany Lewis on record-breaking 600th roun... | 97a0a064f24e525f2caeba5e5df13fbe02b519dc |
(CNN) -- Basketball is often viewed as a game of opposing sides. But one man is using the game to bring young Catholic and Protestant men together on the same team in Belfast, Northern Ireland. After graduating college, Michael Evans coached basketball at two high schools in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Former college ba... | Michael Evans on organization to forge friendships in Northern Ireland . He put Protestant and Catholic high school students on one team . Even after graduating from school, the former teammates are still friends . The friends communicate via Internet because it's too dangerous to visit . | ec7ca8313c5a1edf5c84d05cd96913777c4c6b84 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As absentee ballots pour in from U.S. troops overseas, officials are voicing concerns that many of those votes won't be counted. An absentee ballot from Arlington County in Virginia shows the names of the general election candidates. "It's dismal," said Rosemary Rodriguez, who works for the U.S. Ele... | States' rules for absentee ballots vary; rules can change during election season . 30 percent of overseas military ballots returned, counted in 2004, official estimates . Mail from war zones sometimes does not get to county registrars in time . Military ballots were a focus in the 2000 recount in Florida . | fc1a001e2f64d478b14ac6bc03b6fde9f6243696 |
(CNN) -- Use of tobacco in flavors like Dreamsicle and chocolate mint may be a growing problem among teenagers, according to a Centers for Disease Control report. More than two out of every five middle- and high-school students who smoke report using flavored little cigars or flavored cigarettes, according to the repor... | More than 2 out of 5 teens who smoke use flavored little cigars . Almost 60% of the kids who do "are not thinking about quitting" Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. | 6d0769d48d5dc9810c1451fa1bfb2b1f4bde2248 |
(CNN) -- Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson, who announced over the weekend she would retire because of recurring knee problems, said Monday the decision was one of the hardest of her life and that she thinks its impact hasn't truly hit her. "Having that period of my life over with is surreal. I don't think it's settled in ... | Shawn Johnson won four Olympic medals and a season of "Dancing with the Stars" She is retiring at 20 because of recurring knee problems . "It was definitely one of the hardest decisions I've ever made," Johnson says . | edb18171b1f3e0b6b0d54c63bec4f0c8311aeb1e |
Washington (CNN) -- Congressional hearings into the massive oil spill growing in the Gulf of Mexico will start Tuesday, as winds continue to push the crude closer to the Mississippi Delta. BP America President Lamar McKay and Transocean President Steven Newman will appear before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources ... | Presidents of BP, Transocean to appear before two Senate committees Tuesday . Senators expected to quiz them about massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico . Homeland security chief heads to Alabama to see efforts to minimize impact of spill . Officials worry that change in weather will push more oil into Mississippi De... | 785bd79d3f3aadca89bab6fa5b96061423690649 |
(CNN) -- In recent seasons, "Dancing With the Stars" has given exposure to such unlikely dancers as "Cheers" and Pixar favorite John Ratzenberger, magician Penn Jillette and Oscar-winning octogenarian actress Cloris Leachman. Kathy Ireland is among the contestants who will take part in the "Dancing With the Stars'" nin... | Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay among "DWTS" contestants . Also scheduled for the ninth season: Melissa Joan Hart, snowboarder Louie Vito . Show adding a double-elimination period: "It will be a ballroom bloodbath," host says . | 62f09825f59b6870d70db8f78dd5c07278e4ce08 |
(CNN) -- Intensifying violence, food shortages and widespread drought are driving an increasing number of Somalis to seek asylum in Yemen, the United Nations' refugee agency said Tuesday. A man brandishes a knife while others carry old notes during a demonstration against record-high inflation. More than 15,000 refugee... | Agency attributes surging number of refugees in Yemen to unrest in Somalia . More than 15,000 refugees have come to port city of Aden since January . New routes across the Red Sea to Yemen also contributing to increase . | 8800857db476b92864b111c5f0dbf9d55a0c81d4 |
(CNN) -- Investigators probing the June crash of an Air France flight in the Atlantic Ocean still do not know what brought the plane down, who was at the controls when it crashed, or what the pilots did in the moments leading up to the disaster, according to a new report released Thursday. "At this stage ... it is stil... | Investigators still don't know what caused an Air France jet to crash . The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder have never been found . Investigators are preparing to begin a new search for the recorders in February . Flight 447 went down in stormy weather in the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009 . | bbab055521210c23b5c0cce3199cf9d9227295c3 |
(CNN) -- Whoever said names will never hurt you was wrong, according to a new study. A new study suggests exposure to verbal put-downs from peers can make it harder for good students to achieve. The study from the University of Illinois suggests dealing with classmate put-downs can make it harder for good students to l... | University of Illinois study is first to study effects of classmate put-downs . Study suggests taunting can make it difficult for students who are behind to catch up . Professor on high level of verbal harassment: "I think it's sort of a wake-up call" Study finds name-calling is a problem in public and private schools ... | d339c13b91a78ab44d3cf072d202063c4845324e |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- An eco-friendly French boat is hoping to successfully cross the perilous Arctic sea passage that links the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific. The old tug-boat, Le Manguier, has been converted into an eco-friendly vessel with three sails and solar panels. "Le Manguier" is attempting to navigate th... | An eco-friendly French boat is attempting to cross the Northern Sea Route . Six-month voyage hoping to travel Arctic waters above Siberia to get to Japan . Boats can be trapped in ice for months in temperatures that go as low as -50C . The tug boat has been modified with three sails and solar panels . | b57bc61ba258a0bb7220ec2fa28b6b8476046725 |
(CNN) -- Rust-colored oil washed ashore on barrier islands off Alabama and Mississippi on Tuesday, while more patches of crude offshore appeared to be moving toward those states' coasts, authorities reported. Researchers scrambled to clean up tar balls and puddles of oil from the beaches of Alabama's Dauphin Island, wh... | NEW: Large patches of oil offshore . NEW: Nearby Mississippi island also hit . Protective booms cover only part of the Alabama island . Feds checking out spill, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen says . | f40faef67b52d39bd259b91bd57e55f41f42f8a5 |
(CNN) -- Jeremy Lin has taken the basketball world by storm, but boxing star Floyd Mayweather Jr. claims the hype surrounding the NBA's new sensation is based on his ethnic background rather than his talent. Lin has had a fairytale rise to fame after inspiring the New York Knicks to a five-game winning streak and scori... | Boxer Floyd Mayweather claims the Jeremy Lin hype is based on the player's race . New York Knicks' Lin has taken the NBA by storm, scoring a record amount of points . Lin has inspired the Knicks to a five-game winning streak and outshone Kobe Bryant . Mayweather said he was speaking up on behalf of other NBA players . | 5f41405ad76f54a78e7df245265bba1f20aaae77 |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- "The King's Speech" story knocked around in David Seidler's head for half a century before he finished writing the screenplay for the film, which is now nominated for a dozen Academy Awards. Any sooner and it might have been "a fairly reasonable script," but not likely good enough to earn an Oscar ... | David Seidler drew upon his childhood pain as a stutterer to write the screenplay . He waited decades to write the story at the request of the royal widow, Seidler says . The story wouldn't have been good enough for an Oscar nomination if he wrote it sooner, he says . | 6eefce08e2609840e5c7b7cce695036760e75a70 |
(CNN) -- The president of the Maldives, one of the world's most popular honeymoon destinations, resigned Tuesday after a revolt by police officers, his spokesman said, leaving the normally idyllic chain of islands in chaos. Mohamed Nasheed was the first democratically elected president of the Indian Ocean nation in thr... | NEW: The Maldives is going from moderate Islam towards extremism, an analyst says . NEW: The vice president is sworn in as president, a TV broadcast shows . The country's political parties will meet later Tuesday to consider next steps . Spokesman: Nasheed chose to step down rather than have the army to crack down . | 05d62d92b254841e54851b94ebbda39a7840b2c9 |
(CNN) -- When Jupp Heynckes made his debut in the Bundesliga as a player back in 1965, the name of Bayern Munich was a new one for the nascent German soccer league. Now as coach of the country's most successful team, he has reached a significant milestone in what will be his final season in charge. On Saturday the 67-y... | Bayern Munich boss becomes second man to reach 1,000 Bundesliga games . Jupp Heynckes' celebrates with 6-1 victory over Werder Bremen in front of home fans . Win puts Bayern 18 points clear at the top of the German league table with 11 games to go . Heynckes rests key players ahead of cup clash with second-placed champ... | 27fc1d7cf1e49ac9e635b0a4c4ac8acb1d8e1612 |
(EW.com) -- Lifetime will put John Walsh back to work: The network announced today that it has picked up "America's Most Wanted." The show that began its run on the Fox owned and operated stations and then moved to the network will return for its 25th season later this year on Lifetime. (In May, Fox canceled the show a... | The show began its run on Fox owned and operated stations . In May, Fox canceled the show as a weekly Saturday series . It will return for its 25th season later this year on Lifetime . | 5c6cfbe9d20b53fd5c18f0d33a9d7b9cceca0a8e |
(CNN) -- Massive flash flooding Friday killed one person and forced the rescuing of trapped motorists and the evacuation of at least two neighborhoods in Charlotte, North Carolina, authorities said. Charlotte received 3 inches of rain, with more in some places, said city fire department spokesman Capt. Robert Brisley. ... | NEW: One person is still missing . Parts of Interstate highways 77, 485 and 85 were flooded and temporarily shut down . Charlotte, North Carolina, is under a flash flood watch . Massive flooding prompts the evacuation of two neighborhoods near downtown . | c5afc68734763079da13d28d53a2ba3d50d95bfe |
Santa Ana, California (CNN) -- A surveillance video played a key role as closing arguments got underway Tuesday in the trial of two former Fullerton, California, police officers accused in the beating death of a mentally ill homeless man. Kelly Thomas was severely beaten by deputies the night of July 5, 2011. He later ... | Kelly Thomas, 37, died after being beaten by Fullerton Police Department officers . Two former officers are on trial in his death . Manuel Ramos is charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter . Jay Cicinelli is charged with involuntary manslaughter and use of excessive force . | 357fa076ff8031ff36399f9910643016b4fed2f0 |
(CNN) -- Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has launched a stinging attack on Astana teammate Lance Armstrong after returning as a hero to his native town of Pinto near Madrid. Lance Armstrong (right) looks on after Alberto Contador is handed the Tour de France trophy in Paris. Contador told a news conference that ... | Alberto Contador launches an attack on Astana teammate Lance Armstrong . Tour de France winner admits he will never have admiration for the American . Contador beat Andy Schleck by over four minutes to gain his second Tour win . | f093cd188adc6e83602a19d67f4c811b5499b5c6 |
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- There is a "maker's movement" gaining prominence on a global scale. Mister Jalopy works out of converted hot-rod repair shop. This is where he builds "the stuff of my dreams." One of its pied pipers is a man known by his pen name, Mister Jalopy. His agenda is simple. "You need to be abl... | Mister Jalopy: "You need to be able to modify ... repair, rebuild and reuse" "Makers" want manufacturers to produce items that can be repaired . One of their slogans: "If you can't open it, you don't own it" Maker Faire in northern California expected to draw thousands of innovators . | a774b1cf39193ea81a6fe5d38cf3a294eb390317 |
Editor's note: Marian Salzman is chief marketing officer and a partner at Porter Novelli Worldwide and is co-author of "The Future of Men" and "Next Now." She was named among the "top five trendspotters" by VNU in 2004 and has been credited with popularizing the term "metrosexuality." She blogs at www.pnintelligentdial... | Marian Salzman: For 30 years, baby boomers dominated politics, culture . She says they've earned the title of the "greediest generation" Salzman says next generation of "cuspers" is taking over with Obama . The cuspers are different and unlikely to repeat boomers' mistakes, she says . | 7ad09d23274dd0eefc896a4bc718011f316de8c3 |
New York (CNN) -- I'm no stranger to poverty. I've lived it. I don't forget it. And when I saw Katherine M. pick up aluminum cans while walking her granddaughter home from school, I couldn't stop the rush of emotions. I wasn't reporting from a developing country. This was a New York street in the heart of Harlem. "If I... | CNN's Rosa Flores was moved by a woman she met covering a story . Katherine M. is raising her three grandchildren on food stamps and very little money . To earn extra cash, Katherine collects aluminum cans on the streets of Harlem . How can you help? Go to CNN.com/impact . | 5bb7ae0542acd053489a74e8f250b8df4e21c840 |
MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (CNN) -- After earning a reputation as a killer in Haiti, Tropical Storm Hanna amounted to little more than a windy rainstorm along the Atlantic Coast on Saturday. Water almost covers the dock at the Marine Corps Air Station marina near the New River in North Carolina. No states have "expr... | Residents in Huntington, Virginia, voluntarily evacuating because of flooding . FEMA says no states have requested help with damage from storm . Little damage reported from storm in U.S. after at least 137 deaths in Haiti . 4 to 6 inches of rain expected all along Atlantic Coast . | 1ee1d9882a23d4032ec6d9ade5a60f802977774c |
San Bernardino, California (CNN) -- A man accused of shooting and paralyzing a U.S. Army soldier at a homecoming party pleaded not guilty to all charges at his arraignment Thursday. Ruben Jurado, 19, faces a charge of attempted murder in the shooting of Army Spc. Christopher Sullivan on Friday night at a homecoming par... | NEW: The next court date is scheduled for January 9 . Ruben Jurado, 19 pleaded not guilty Thursday . Jurado is accused of shooting Army Spc. Christopher Sullivan at a party . Sullivan was wounded in Afghanistan . | 69f448655dad870d9e6511c08bc4f6fc79997477 |
(CNN) -- Last time around, humanity's savior came in the form of a human messiah. This time, if technology analysts, bankers and venture capitalists are to be believed, it will take the form of a handheld computer otherwise known as a smartphone. That's right, the new Apple iPhone announced Wednesday is already being c... | Douglas Rushkoff: Release of new iPhone is being touted as a big boost to the economy . He says such pronouncements make him think more of a hyper-inflated bubble in the making . He says much of growth comes from carriers subsidizing subscribers' purchases . Rushkoff: Developers, investors obsessed with iPhone. Like ot... | b5fbab5a2ca992c717bd8f5d74b790e2663985dc |
(CNN) -- Think of all of the ridiculous things you've seen on Twitter. Have a good mental image? Hold on to it, because a recent tweet from a presumed fan of rapper J. Cole might top your list. On Tuesday, the same day J. Cole officially released his latest album, "Born Sinner," he retweeted a threat he received from a... | NEW: Police in Texas investigate . Rapper J. Cole received a tweeted threat from another user . It said the person would kill their sister if they didn't receive a retweet . The Twitter user has since apologized . | 57a71773cb25ce324be21e26141c5146c0615f65 |
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- A Thai court on Wednesday sentenced a political activist to 10 years in prison for insulting the country's revered king, a decision that drew criticism from human rights groups and the European Union. The Criminal Court in Bangkok ruled that Somyot Pruksakasemsuk had breached Thailand's stric... | The ruling "undermines the right to freedom of expression," the EU says . Somyot Pruksakasemsuk will appeal the verdict, his lawyer says . The court ruled that he breached Thailand's strict lese majeste . It found that articles published by a paper he edited were insulting to the monarchy . | 3847d8609f636ef0442bbad70ab2fb4bc56529ea |
London (CNN) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron will cut short his trip to South Africa to deal with the nation's phone-hacking scandal, his office confirmed Monday -- another day of dizzying developments that also saw a second top police official resign and the announcement of a broader police corruption probe. T... | NEW: The hacker group LulzSec hacks the website of the Sun, another Murdoch paper . NEW: The FBI says it is "aware" of reports related to News Corp. hacking in the U.S. A special parliamentary session is planned for Wednesday to delve into the scandal . A man reported to be a critical News of the World whistleblower is... | 56262824cd0b2f99f7d824fed1a1e9cfad5d53b3 |
SEATTLE, Washington (CNN) -- A pathologist hired by the family of one of two women whose mysterious deaths in Thailand drew worldwide attention says her "lungs were 100 percent congested," Jill St. Onge's fiancee and brother said. Jill St. Onge died while vacationing with her fiance at a Thailand resort. "He said her l... | Seattle woman is one of 2 tourists who died of unknown causes . Family says pathologist says her "lungs were 100 percent congested" Thai officials have been focusing on food poisoning as cause of death . | ad66f125340c2c1beabac48bd84bd0a8877b9c9e |
(PEOPLE.com) -- After suffering the miscarriage of their 20th child, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar will hold a memorial service on Wednesday, December 14, for the baby girl they have named Jubilee Shalom Duggar. The reality TV stars of TLC's "19 Kids and Counting" had discovered on Thursday at a routine ultrasound appoin... | Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar will hold a memorial service for their 20th child . Following the miscarriage Sunday night, Michelle was taken to the hospital . Michelle is recovering well and expected to return home later on Monday . | bc2d51a15687d9c6dba94556eaeb140ee96557b2 |
(CNN) -- Today millions of people will go to the polls to vote in state and local elections. As they cast their ballot, they cast a vote for the most treasured aspect of our democracy. The voting booth is the one place where we are all equal -- all Americans are able to have an equal voice in determining the shape of... | Judith Dianis: The right to vote is under assault with new restrictions . Dianis: States require photo IDs, limit early voting, ban people with criminal records . These laws mostly affect blacks, Latinos, the disabled, the old and the young, she says . These laws are meant to prevent voter fraud, she writes, but fraud ... | b4a66b290156897c966a758211511cbcd5ce19c2 |
(CNN) -- Brazilian star Kaka is leading the campaign for David Beckham to stay at Italian giants AC Milan beyond his agreed loan spell. Former England captain David Beckham has made an immediate impact with his contribution at AC Milan. The England midfielder is due to return to the Los Angeles Galaxy in March but pla... | Brazilian star Kaka wants David Beckham to extend his loan at AC Milan . England midfielder Beckham due to return to Los Angeles Galaxy in March . Beckham's advisers say no plans for him to stay beyond agreed deadline . | 34de9e282b46c8fe5b9191744542571f53691572 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Larry Craig filed an appeal Monday in his continued legal fight stemming from a bathroom sex sting this summer. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, initially said he would resign at the end of September but then changed his mind. The Idaho Republican wants the Minnesota Court of Appeals to overturn a ju... | Sen. Larry Craig files appeal to get guilty plea in sex sting withdrawn . Craig criticizes Mitt Romney for quickly calling for his resignation . The Idaho Republican was GOP presidential candidate's liaison to the Senate . Craig stepped down from Romney campaign when news of his arrest broke . | df9c4e1b8698581720b28c71f1e98f82bd6ea6e6 |
(CNN) -- He may not have won a tournament in almost two years, but Tiger Woods can still be a major force in golf according to his new high-profile sponsor. Woods lost some major backers in the wake of the scandal about his marital infidelities, including Tag Heuer. But another high-end watch-maker, Rolex, has taken on... | Tiger Woods signs new endorsement deal with Swiss watch-maker Rolex . American had been dropped by big-name sponsors after scandal broke . This week he was named Forbes' most valuable athlete despite form slump . Woods will play PGA Tour fall season event in California, starting Thursday . | 643f05d37d12081b30dbe40c465b3c2ff8cbaa0f |
(CNN) -- It is the dark side of paradise, a tale of torture and murder. And this week, it plays out in a picturesque courthouse a few yards from the sun-kissed beaches of St. Maarten. The trial of the three men charged with killing Michael and Thelma King begins Tuesday. The defendants, who face a possible life sentenc... | The bodies of Michael and Thelma King were found in their apartment in September . Three men are accused of stabbing the South Carolina couple to death . Their trial begins Tuesday, and they face a possible life sentence in prison if convicted . | 2f52b8f2f7c648e3b2ca114191e156fdeba8c704 |
(CNN) -- Police in southern California have arrested the husband of a slain Iraqi woman -- whose death authorities first thought could have been a hate crime -- on suspicion of her murder. Shaima Alawadi, 32, died from her injuries in March after she was brutally beaten at her home. A note beside the body told the fami... | Kassim Al-Himidi is in custody on suspicion of murdering his Iraqi wife . Shaima Alawadi, 32, died in March after she was attacked at her home . A note beside the body called the family "terrorists," her daughter said . Police say now Alawadi's death was the result of domestic violence, not a hate crime . | aaffbb0eed56bc0c2473f140e3515e89947c8e42 |
JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Explosions tore through two luxury hotels Friday morning in south Jakarta, Indonesia, killing at least eight people, a presidential spokesman said. Counter-terrorist police commandos secure the damaged Ritz-Carlton hotel in Jakarta on Friday after the blasts. The number of injured was in the... | NEW: Death toll rises to eight, a presidential spokesman says . Explosions hit Ritz-Carlton and J.W. Marriott hotels in Jakarta . At the Ritz, second floor windows blown out, as though blast occurred from within . The Marriott was the site of a terrorist attack in August 2003 that killed 12 people . | a302d316ffcb4cc59d9f331f7c3ac08114997084 |
(CNN) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government and the opposition demanded independent investigations Wednesday into countering accusations of the use of chemical weapons, allegations that prompted most members of the U.N. Security Council to call for a probe. The demands, made in writing to the United Nations,... | NEW: The Security Council asks Ban Ki-moon for a "swift, thorough and impartial" investigation . U.N. Security Council calls for investigation to "shed light" on chemical weapons claims . "We have no evidence" to prove chemical weapons use, U.S. ambassador to Syria says . Medical evidence and satellite imagery are a fo... | 55609e3a35d23e43a9f29c61f4021e237004f661 |
(CNN) -- At 5.30 a.m. an urgent knocking jolted me from sleep. Standing at my compartment door, a frantic-looking female train attendant pointed out the window. The windows in my Turpan hotel room had distinct Islamic artwork and patterns. We'd halted at a station, and from the worried expression on her face, I knew it... | Xinjiang province is home to the China's ethnic Uighur population . Turpan Basin is second only to the Dead Sea as the world's lowest depression . Islamic features appear both subtlety and prominently throughout Turpan . | ead1fd8fcd337ce7c6ea498a8cbb1da0aa2c9ec4 |
Washington (CNN) -- The United States is sending an additional $12 million in humanitarian aid to Syria, the White House announced Thursday, warning of a "dire and rapidly deteriorating" situation inside the country. Citing U.N. estimates, the White House said up to 1.5 million Syrians are in need of aid, including mor... | The White House warns of a "dire" situation for Syrian civilians . Up to 1.5 million are in need of aid, the U.N. estimates . Obama also has OK'd covert, nonlethal support for Syrian rebels, officials say . | 0333dde45b4127cf588fe7d362bb108f38907d45 |
The company that owns a cash depot targeted in a daring helicopter raid this week said Friday it is offering a reward of more than $1 million for information about the heist. A police Swat team enter a G4S cash depot in Vastberga, Stockholm. G4S said it is offering up to 7 million Swedish kronor ($1.01 million) for inf... | Owners of Swedish cash depot offer £1M reward for information on heist . Thieves believed to have stolen the equivalent of several million dollars . Armed thieves used a stolen helicopter during the raid . | 267c91b0b3e9e7658749b687da10cc10884f7e2a |
(CNN) -- A Pennsylvania woman was charged Monday with criminal homicide after forensic tests showed her to be the mother of four infants whose remains were found in her home in July, according to Berks County, Pennsylvania, District Attorney John Adams. Authorities also linked her to a fifth set of infant remains found... | Police discovered four sets of infant remains at a Pennsylvania house in July . A fifth set of infant remains was found in a landfill . DNA tests showed a woman to be the mother of at least four of the infants, police said . She was charged Monday with criminal homicide . | 8074a800d484ff48f2e44c529c76d2700d00fc37 |
Boston, Massachusetts (CNN) -- At one time in the Stem Cell Program at Children's Hospital in Boston, we had two liquid nitrogen containers, one labeled P, the other NP. These containers were used to store batches of stem cells. The P, or presidential container, held some of the 21 embryonic stem cell lines that resea... | Federal judge halted federal funding for research using embryonic stem cells . Leonard I. Zon: Adult stem cells not perfected, work in combo with embryonic cells . Zon warns U.S. risks being overtaken by many countries in biomedical research . Ideology, confusion behind ruling, he writes, 80 percent of Americans suppor... | 229758213ce0850a971d450c7382ea5794b2c3f7 |
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli troops Thursday killed a Palestinian militant trying to cross into Israel from Gaza and wounded another, according to Palestinian security sources. Israeli soldiers stand in front of the Kerem Shalom crossing Thursday on the Israel-Gaza border. Three armed militants tried to infiltrate into I... | NEW: Israel closes fuel terminal on Gaza border after sniper fire, military says . Israel says its troops fired on militants from Gaza trying to infiltrate border . One killed, one wounded, Palestinian security sources say . In separate incident, Israel says two Islamic Jihad militants killed in West Bank . | f37d515bb487d37972a85dce1d6fd33c8fc9d14c |
(CNN) -- Update: Felix Baumgartner landed safely on Earth after jumping from 128,000 feet. I will always wonder what it was like to huddle around a shortwave radio and through the crackling static from space hear the faint beeps of the world's first satellite -- Sputnik. I also missed watching Neil Armstrong step foot ... | Felix Baumgartner to attempt skydive from 23 miles up . Weather will determine whether the jump will go on . Meteorologist Judson Jones is anxiously awaiting the jump . | 3346d1bb7e01ce3278ab8a84af5836f080c6a40e |
(CNN) -- Brazilian firefighters called off their search for survivors Monday, one day after a church roof collapse in Sao Paulo killed at least nine people and injured more than 100 others. Firefighters work early Monday at the site of a church roof collapse in Sao Paulo, Brazil. All those listed as missing have been l... | NEW: Brazilian firefighters call off search for survivors . NEW: Death toll rises to nine in church roof collapse . Concrete roof fell during service at evangelical church, authorities say . Church hosts one of largest congregations in Sao Paulo, Brazil . | 7edbf49deb7e23333c20e26b71a98bb80f4ed912 |
(CNN) -- It is the role that every fan of the beautiful game counts on but which few people envy. The much-maligned position of the football referee is a job that attracts criticism, controversy and castigation on an almost weekly basis with little glory in return. Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho is the latest to add h... | Incident in Manchester United-Tottenham game puts spotlight on refereeing decisions . Female official in Brazil awards goal after ball boy puts shot into visiting team's net . French referee embarrassed after World Cup incident involving Luis Fabiano . Englishman finally sends off player after giving him three yellow c... | 1286783a20af9af9f4574c90a9fd790b4ad2aeb7 |
(CNN) -- If every end results in a new beginning, then the start of the next race for the White House begins now. With the midterm elections barely behind them, the dozen or more possible contenders for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination no longer have to keep up the charade that all of their activity on the campaign... | Contenders for 2012 GOP presidential nomination no longer have to keep up a charade . For those thinking about running, the midterms served as a pregame show . Bigger names say they won't decide whether to run until early next year . | adb1b21c82ea9b756d1e7b4a9b343860e3a7e125 |
Hong Kong (CNN) -- Japan's Toyota Motors has revved ahead of U.S.-based General Motors in 2012 to reclaim the title of world's biggest auto manufacturer. This week, Toyota announced global sales of 9.75 million vehicles, even beating its own forecast of 9.7 million. GM earlier this month had announced global sales of 9... | Toyota reclaims title of world's biggest automaker from GM in 2012 . 'GM didn't do anything right in 2011; Toyota just wasn't on field,' says CLSA's Richter . Japan quake, tsunami in 2011 devastated country's economy, supply chains . 'Japan to continue to outperform' over next few years, says J.P. Morgan's Kohei . | aad4c2db866e8e98265d8688da6973ed0ae5420e |
(CNN) -- Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo warmed up for next week's "Clasico" double-header as Spanish soccer rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid labored to victories on Saturday. Messi scored for the 15th successive league match as Barca came from behind to beat Sevilla and move 12 points clear of second-placed Atletic... | Lionel Messi scores his 49th goal this season as Barcelona come from behind to beat Sevilla . Victory puts Catalan side 12 points clear of Atletico Madrid, who play Espanyol on Sunday . Real Madrid also win 2-1 ahead of this week's two Clasico matches against Spanish rivals . Kaka equalizes against Deportivo and helps ... | 35f40885670cb55f7642977bc82c4f1e58b42eb9 |
(CNN) -- The United Nations refugee agency reported disturbing accounts of violence and persecution of sub-Saharan Africans within Libya Tuesday, urging a recognition of their particular vulnerability in the midst of civil war. A group of Sudanese who arrived in Egypt from eastern Libya told representatives of the Unit... | Sudanese tell U.N. refugee agency of rape and forced removals . The agency is "alarmed" by the accounts . Thousands of migrants remain at Tunisian and Egyptian borders . The U.N. is able to truck emergency food into eastern Libya . | 15597afbd23526dc4fb58cf593d7584c5a5d2e47 |
(AOL Autos) -- Which star do you most associate with car-chase movies: Steve McQueen or Michael Caine? Gene Hackman or Burt Reynolds? Honor Blackman, star of the James Bond film "Goldfinger," poses on an Aston Martin DB5 car in 2002. Although most car-chase movies pack some serious A-list talent, we like to think that ... | In most car-chase movies, the real star is the car, author says . The chase in "The French Connection" features a 1971 Pontiac LeMans . More than 300 stunt drivers were employed for the 1998 "Ronin" film . "Bullitt" is perennially voted one of the best car movies of all time . | 85cd170aa8541c6bf4f0edf494bdc8b97a3294e5 |
(CNN) -- Several Syrian rockets landed early Wednesday in the Mount Hermon area of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, on the border with Syria, the Israeli military said. "Initial reports indicate that the rockets are a result of (the) domestic situation in Syria," a spokeswoman for the Israel Defense Forces said. "As... | Several rockets land in the northern Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Israel's military says . Initial reports indicate they are a result of the conflict between Syria's armed forces and rebels . Israel's Mount Hermon will be temporarily closed to visitors, the Israeli military says . | 7755247ecdd43ddf5a64acff823a48240feae7dc |
Bangkok (CNN) -- Yingluck Shinawatra was poised to become Thailand's first female prime minister Sunday after her party won a majority of parliamentary seats in the nation's general elections. The official tally had not yet been completed, but with more than 90 percent of votes counted Sunday night, Yingluck's Pheu Tha... | The Pheu Thai party has won at least 262 seats in the 500-seat parliament . "The first thing I want to do is help people in their economic situation," Yingluck says . Her brother, who was ousted in a 2006 coup, is one of Thailand's most polarizing figures . Average voters are more concerned about the economy than polit... | 87ffdc7232808040c73278ff796563e6aead065e |
(CNN) -- On the eve of the anniversary of the tragic massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, yet another shooting broke out Friday -- this time in a high school in the suburbs of Denver. A few people were reported injured, so far, while the gunman took his own life, police said. And once again, an Amer... | On the eve of Newtown massacre anniversary, there's a school shooting in Colorado . Daniel Webster: Lax gun laws allow dangerous people easy access to guns . He says we must stop treating this as a cultural battle; it is a public safety problem . Webster: Even gun owners and NRA members support background checks . | d2e73d81bf9e47254d7a6938a19ee04e4b32b272 |
(CNN) -- North Korea said Wednesday that the U.S. citizen it sentenced last month to 15 years of hard labor has begun his stay at a "special prison." Kenneth Bae, who the North Koreans refer to as Pae Jun Ho, was arrested in November in Rason city, a port in the northeastern corner of North Korea. Opinion: When America... | A court sentenced Kenneth Bae to 15 years of hard labor last month . North Korea accuses him of trying to bring down the state . State media say he has now "started his life at a 'special prison'" The United States has repeatedly called for Bae's immediate release . | 992c71c1efd1caa553cf9b9e695e9d2b21d55f43 |
(CNN) -- Kevin Pearce One of the country's top snowboarders, who was considered a favorite to make the U.S. Olympic team, was in critical but stable condition Sunday after an accident while training last week at Park City, Utah. The Los Angeles Times reports that the 22-year-old from Norwich, Vermont, was wearing a hel... | Top U.S. snowboarder injured during training . World's tallest tower opens in Dubai . Fourth-largest U.S. city swears in its first openly gay mayor . | 62151fa27f4c6a65da49d8d96eb75d1d37b5c77b |
(CNN) -- The race-conscious admissions policy at the University of Texas appeared to be in trouble on Wednesday after the conservative Supreme Court majority repeatedly questioned its continued application and effectiveness. The Justices heard oral arguments in an affirmative-action case that explores whether the flags... | NEW: Justices raise previous affirmative action case, wonder aloud why they're hearing new one . NEW: Conservative justices seize initiative in arguments on application of race-conscious policy . University of Texas sued by student who was rejected for admission . | caf5b74d20aace74a840b219174edc6af0ee0931 |
(CNN) -- If talking tough on Iran were an Olympic sport, Mitt Romney would win a gold medal after his trip to Israel this week. "We have a solemn duty and a moral imperative to deny Iran's leaders the means to follow through on their malevolent intentions," the presumptive Republican nominee told a staunchly conservati... | Blake Hounshell: Mitt Romney talks tough about Iran, nuclear weapons on his Israel trip . Hounshell: Adviser seemed to say a President Romney would OK Israel to attack on Iran . He says Romney backed away from remark, reiterated position that is much like Obama's . Writer: Likely both candidates will accept current sta... | 948cd5a2585d74ed4d09668c6a24e7ac5e494c04 |
New York (CNN) -- This weekend's Iraqi election is testing the strength of the nation's young democracy and could be a turning point in the history of the Middle East, says analyst Fareed Zakaria. In the March 7 election, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition in the Iraqi parliament is seeking to win enough v... | Iraq holds a key parliamentary election March 7 . Fareed Zakaria says this is a test of the vibrancy of Iraq's democracy . He says it will be crucial for Iraq to show that rights of minorities will be protected . Iraq could emerge as a more powerful nation and a model for democracy in the Arab world . | ce7cefaeed12b79b37e5d5a117bfc0ae78ada359 |
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (CNN) -- Iceland may be best known for world-famous musical export Bjork but there's a new star quickly gaining this island nation worldwide acclaim -- clean energy. This hydrogen fuel cell car is leading an energy revolution in Iceland. For more than 50 years Iceland has been decreasing its dependen... | Iceland turning to hydrogen to power its cars, buses and fishing fleet . Professor Bragi Arnason: Iceland will be the world's first hydrogen economy . Iceland wants to eliminate its dependency on oil by 2050 . Icelandic homes, powered, heated by domestic renewable energy sources . | ecf5dcc3baad0c0516ccc47487bd97833f027630 |
(CNN) -- Red Bull have been untouchable for the last two Formula One seasons, but their double world champion driver Sebastian Vettel has warned the team's 2012 car will be slower than last year's model. Vettel, F1's youngest two-time champion having won the drivers' crown in 2010 and 2011, also expects this season's t... | Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel says the team will not be as quick as last year . The German has won the world championship in each of the last two seasons . Vettel has set his sights on a record-equaling third drivers' title in a row . The 24-year-old says the sport should not expand beyond a 20-race calendar . | 772f427aaec3e35d36c82bd243c0f452e36fdd4b |
(CNN) -- "Be as paranoid as possible!" The screed from our homeowner association manager arrived in our mailbox printed inside a cheery holiday border. The message continued: "Our neighborhood is as safe as we make it. Make no mistake about it, you must be on your guard! Report suspicious behavior or individuals that d... | Bonita Burton: Gated communities in Florida create an insidious fortress mentality . Burton: Residents living within the perimeter of such places revere active vigilance . She says a neighborhood watch member like George Zimmerman can get carried away . Burton: To have a diverse society, we need less segregation of liv... | 289a253bf163c087589d360a9d90f03b79dfbc9a |
(CNN) -- What does a sporting legend do when they walk away from the cut and thrust, the adrenaline fueled buzz of top flight competition? In many cases they make a comeback in an attempt to rediscover former glories and some like tennis player Kim Clijsters, who won three more grand slams, make a success of it. But mo... | Annika Sorenstam retired from professional golf in 2008 at only 38 . She won 93 tournaments including 10 majors in glittering career . The American-based Swede is building a business empire . Sorenstam is married with two young children . | f70ca1d0ea3f35e44178dd74c48df636a6681b5d |
(CNN) -- LinkedIn hopes to jazz up its news feed with the addition of 150 super influencers on the network who fans can follow, a la Twitter. The elite circle includes President Obama, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, physician/writer Deepak Chopra, Virgin founder/CEO Richard Branson, motivational speaker Tony R... | LinkedIn adds follow feature to allow users to follow key influencers on the site . The 150 influencers include Obama, Romney as well as business leaders . Twitter-like feature comes after that site opted to no longer integrate with LinkedIn . | 3fb8dd5f1b7104df205ef5a1da2dbaaf0737c0dc |
(CNN) -- It may take a lot of frequent-flier miles, a penchant for cold places, a tolerance of taxes and regular doses of chocolate, but happiness could be within reach. However, it's not where most people might expect. Journalist Eric Weiner says he wanted to explore the relationship between place and happiness. Just ... | Journalist spent a year looking for the world's happiest countries . Eric Weiner: Bhutan is probably the closest thing on Earth to Shangri-La . He marvels at the creativity and "coziness" of Iceland . Self-described "grump:" chocolate contributes to happiness in Switzerland . | 6ef705715b84a961f971d624e9574da6a65dd3ef |
Washington (CNN) -- Congress delved Wednesday into the politically explosive issue of unmanned drone attacks, questioning the legality of operations increasingly used to combat al Qaeda and Taliban militants in countries such as Pakistan. In the eight years of George W. Bush's presidency, unmanned aircraft -- or drones... | NEW: ACLU calls drone attacks part of illegal program for U.S. to target, kill terror suspects . Since President Obama took office, number of drone attacks has risen . U.S. law professors debate legality of such attacks during a House subcommittee hearing . Biggest controversy: legality of strikes conducted by CIA, as ... | 0348c10a82121a6e2457cab40e08fd8d5483e0a8 |
(CNN) -- One of the many characters Peter O'Toole played on-screen insisted that he wasn't an actor but a movie star. We knew better. The real O'Toole, who died Saturday in London at 81, was triumphantly a great actor and a great screen idol. He played a variety of roles, from meek (1969's "Goodbye Mr. Chips") to bomba... | Peter O'Toole was an outstanding actor and a movie star, writes Gene Seymour . He showed his versatility in everything from "Lawrence of Arabia" to "My Favorite Year" Seymour: O'Toole deserved, but didn't get, an Oscar for performance as T. E. Lawrence . He says O'Toole enchants and frightens the viewer of "The Ruling ... | 78069f1c48c98ff88f7cc1b7269a1212b65190cf |
Editor's note: CNN.com has a business partnership with CareerBuilder.com, which serves as the exclusive provider of job listings and services to CNN.com. (CareerBuilder.com) -- Finding a career that allows you to travel is not always an easy task, but if you're a college grad looking to make an adventure of your gap ye... | Recent grads, people ready for a career change can find work abroad . Germany, Switzerland and South Korea pay some of the highest teacher salaries . | 2f80f2b75f5d4c69a83be637cd080a9e86438f7f |
Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- South Korea downplayed North Korea's decision to not follow through on threatened retaliation to its live-fire military drill this week as political maneuvering, according to a key South Korean military official. Seoul is working to adjust its security approach, believing that North Korea mi... | South Korean official calls North Korea's lack of retaliation "political posturing" Official says Seoul will adjust its defensive tactics, fearing less conventional attacks . North's consideration of multi-nation dialogue is significant, a professor says . North Korea issues stern warning but says retaliation was not n... | dea1a35d46845ab29e014a8b29b3e1565dce8bd4 |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Michael Martin, the speaker of Britain's House of Commons, said Tuesday he would resign in the face of widespread public anger over expense claims by lawmakers. Michael Martin, the House of Commons Speaker, has tendered his resignation. Martin, whose statement lasted barely a minute, said he wo... | NEW: British PM announces recommendations for reforming system . Martin is the first Speaker forced out of office since 1695 . MPs had demanded he fall on his sword as part of changes to system . | 07b7289f67e2d69a576cccdee3e1f4b7bc2cd93b |
(CNN) -- Ten years ago, Al Franken wrote a satirical book detailing his fictitious race for the White House. In "'Why Not Me?" Franken trounces former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to win the election, but after countless scandals, a mental breakdown and a cloning incident, President Franken is forced to resign. Comedian... | Al Franken defeated Norm Coleman in one of the longest Senate races in history . Franken was a fixture on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" for years . He also is a best-selling author and former radio host . Franken gives Senate Democrats their potentially filibuster-proof 60th vote . | 725479da0b3206d73dc35728bb2ec7d60952bed6 |
(CNN) -- A report in South Korean media is fueling the ongoing speculation about the deteriorating health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. Kim Jong Il, seen in an undated state-issued photo, has made only two public appearances since August. YTN News, citing unidentified intelligence sources in South Korea and China... | Media reports, citing unconfirmed sources, say Kim Jong Il has cancer . South Korea's Unification Ministry denies claims of illness . Transfer of power rules unclear, but youngest son expected to be next at helm . | 353491f5e90c3b8ff9a03103b35b5d93c4c0112c |
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday that the United States "will never turn our back" on Afghanistan. Gates, who is on an unannounced visit in the war zone, held a joint news conference with Karzai. "President Obama is sending 30,000 more ... | NEW: U.S. relationship with Afghanistan "a long-term commitment," Robert Gates says . NEW: U.S. defense secretary meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul . Karzai sets his own timeline goal for security handover in Afghanistan . Gates acknowledges Taliban "for most part" better paid than Afghan security force... | d440765bea41d38263eebb110ab93886b22ac984 |
(CNN) -- Attorneys for imprisoned former football great O.J. Simpson on Tuesday appealed his conviction to the Nevada Supreme Court, claiming his trial was "fundamentally unfair." O.J. Simpson is appealing his conviction for charges including kidnapping and armed robbery. A jury in October 2008 convicted Simpson, 61, o... | Attorneys for O.J. Simpson are appealing his 2008 conviction . Simpson is currently serving a prison term of up to 33 years . The famed football star was sentenced on charges including armed robbery . Simpson's lawyers are claiming his trial was "fundamentally unfair" | b867ee9310b56b11c03fd00d4f7ec74fc96a9914 |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Basketball star and Kardashian spouse Lamar Odom settled his drunken driving charge with a no contest plea Monday. Odom, 33, must serve 36 months' probation, attend three months of alcohol counseling and pay a total of $1,814 in fines and fees for the DUI charge, according to Los Angeles City Attor... | The DMV will hold a hearing to decide when Odom can drive again . Odom, who is married to reality TV star Khloe Kardashian, pleaded not guilty in October . The basketball star was arrested in the early morning hours of August 30 . The California Highway Patrol said he "showed objective signs of intoxication" | 6f1054e4fb8b5f8cc48e87a454070734916712b7 |
(CNN Student News) -- September 23, 2010 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . • New York City • Cuba • Chile . Transcript . THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Old McDonald had a farm. And if you could text about that fast e... | Find out how the U.N. General Assembly can impact international issues . Consider what some Cubans can expect as they move to the private sector . Witness a day in the life of Chilean miners as they wait to be rescued . Use the Daily Discussion to help students understand today's featured news stories . | ffff522cebe5ad9dcfb6dfc476b8f423f3f8dd34 |
Rome (CNN) -- A crooked Somali cop may have been the one who made the kidnapping of two foreign aid workers in October possible, the safety adviser for their employer told CNN. U.S. military forces rescued Jessica Buchanan, 32, and Poul Thisted, 60, on Wednesday after they spent three months in captivity. Now in Sicily... | NEW: Danish Refugee Council official says bribed guard made kidnapping possible . Aid workers Jessica Buchanan and Poul Thisted are at a U.S. base in Sicily . The reintegration process will help the two readjust to normal life, the U.S. military says . They were freed in a daring rescue by U.S. special operations troop... | bcd1eab6234d3ce73a1ec0e3b71a6105b31d5252 |
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