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Cairo (CNN) -- Two people were killed and at least 15 injured Saturday in Cairo, officials said, as Egyptians in two rival cities took to the streets to vent their anger over court verdicts in a controversial case involving deadly riots at a soccer game. Health Ministry spokesman Ahmed Osman said two protesters had bee... | NEW: Official: 2 people killed, 15 injured in Cairo amid clashes sparked by court verdicts . An Egyptian court upholds the death penalty against 21 defendants in soccer riot case . Lawyers for the 73 defendants can appeal the verdicts . Supporters of rival Cairo football club al-Ahly celebrate as the sentences are read... | 645eb0280c3e832f3f8a7853eccad50d7d6a7988 |
(CNN) -- The bigger its touchscreen, the more tempting it is to use a smartphone for watching movies, as a GPS device, or to check out the latest happenings on social media. People in the United States with smartphones that have screens 4.5-inches and larger use 44% more data than those tapping away on smaller phones, ... | People with larger smartphones tend to use more data, a new study has found . Devices with screens 4.5-inches and larger average 7.2 gigabytes a month in data . Large smartphones are still the minority in the U.S but are gaining popularity . | 4cd522e3a1f80d52bac0710eb03045da37d0abbe |
(CNN) -- The third-grader's legs dangle at times from an overstuffed chair as he answers the questions of two female police officers. His manner and voice are casual, even helpful, but his words are shocking. Police say an 8-year-old boy confessed to murder. Legal analysts say the questioning crossed the line. And so, ... | NEW: Boy can leave jail next week for 48 hours to spend Thanksgiving with mom . Boy says he shot dad once and then again because "he was suffering" In first part of tape released, boy says he came home and found men shot . Lawyers: Police didn't read boy his rights, questioned him without parent or attorney . | 16cbaac06f65abead56466df66e2e01338ef662b |
(CNN) -- The voice on telephone messages left for Manti Te'o matches that of the 22-year-old man who says he posed as a woman in carrying on a relationship -- by e-mail and over the phone -- with the Notre Dame linebacker, according to the "Dr. Phil" show. "They all say, with scientific certainty, that Ronaiah Tuiasoso... | Three forensic voice analysts all reached the same conclusion, "Dr. Phil" says . Tuiasosopo says the hoax was linked to sexual abuse he endured beginning at age 12 . "It has everything to do with what I went through as a child," he says on show . | 3f4c44a906cdc9ce3fef9608d2160ebde6eb2cc5 |
(CNN) -- Afraid that her husband will leave her for a younger woman, a 107-year-old Malaysian woman is looking to marry again -- for the 23rd time. Wok Kundor: "I am an aged woman. I don't have the body nor am I a young woman who can attract anyone." Wok Kundor has been happily married for four years to her husband, a ... | 107-year-old Malaysian woman fears husband will leave her for younger woman . Wok Kundor married to her husband, a man 70 years her junior, for four years . Malaysian media says Wok has been married 22 times . | 03b5d68aed17c4b05bcf511b4e294e91a4e59a17 |
(CNN) -- Desiré Henriksen feared that there would be no Christmas for her two boys. She had lost her job at Denny's, where she worked the graveyard shift. Her fiancé, who works as a glazier, was having a hard time finding regular work. And the couple fell behind on the mortgage last month. Desire Henriksen decided to s... | Many Americans are looking for creative ways to make ends meet . A hair-selling Web site says it's seen a 20 percent increase in recent months . A Texas man makes a living participating in medical trials . Guests of Gold Exchange parties swap stories, have drinks and sell jewelry . | 995341db74639ec9a45909d305313c2c35a1c2bf |
(CNN) -- Humiliation and comedy have always been natural bedfellows, but the one doesn't guarantee the other, as poor Katherine Heigl discovers in this crude, sub-par stab at a modern screwball comedy. Katherine Heigl plays the sophisticated female boss of Gerard Butler in "The Ugly Truth." The "Grey's Anatomy" and "Kn... | "The Ugly Truth" is a romantic comedy starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler . Movie bends over backward to accommodate a tired old sexist world view . Film fails to be funny in the process . | 9a581fde5f136d02602abee1eb4c0c52924b7a99 |
(CNN) -- The Food and Drug Administration warned this week that thousands of Philips automated external defibrillators (AED) might not be able to deliver a needed shock in a cardiac emergency situation. The agency said Tuesday customers should keep the defibrillators -- designed for home use and use by emergency respon... | FDA says a problem with the machines may prevent needed shock to patient . Agency issues recommendation on how to use device . Keep the AED until you get a replacement, FDA says . | d582c914feed014791b9cfdc9d5150239c0b1404 |
(CNN) -- Scientists have discovered the remains of a rodent the size of a small car which used to forage the South American continent. The 1-ton creature is believed to have been about 3 meters in length and 1.5 meters tall. The fossilized skull of the new giant rodent . The giant rat's skull, which measures an impress... | Rodent the size of small car discovered in Uruguay . Scientists say the rodent must have weighed 1,000 kilograms . Small size of its teeth suggests it fed mainly upon soft vegetables and fruit . | 1823e1e750046606e4be0e8710f1d74998783e41 |
Washington (CNN) -- Ronald Reagan, shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr., on March 30, 1981, was the ninth American president, in or out of office, to be the target of an assassination attempt since the Civil War. Four presidents were killed. Will Hinckley go free? 1865: Abraham Lincoln was murdered at Ford's Theatre i... | President Carter freed a gunman who'd been imprisoned for attacking Harry Truman . In 1933, Chicago's mayor was killed during an attack on Franklin Roosevelt . Teddy Roosevelt was shot while giving a speech in Wisconsin; he finished the speech . In California, Gerald Ford was targeted twice in 17 days by two different ... | 20d26fe3d009b4aeb3c314a297e059326441aae2 |
(CNN) -- A proposed mosque and Islamic center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is dividing the city about 35 miles southeast of Nashville, Tennessee. Residents are battling about whether the center should exist, and if not, why not. The Islamic Center of Murfreesboro currently resides in the southwest part of town. The cent... | Islamic Center of Murfreesboro wants to change location, build a mosque . Proponents of the mosque say opponents are displaying religious intolerance . People fighting the mosque cite zoning concerns, worries about radicalism . | 2e2ea93098073bca95631f07f0fb2204f3b219ed |
(CNN) -- Greek voters will go to the polls to elect a new government two years early, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis announced Thursday. Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis says he wants to enact reforms in response to the international financial crisis. He called the early elections in response to pressure from the opp... | Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis announced elections Thursday . Called early elections in response to pressure from opposition Socialist Party . PM called for "stringent control on public spending ... war on tax-evasion" | c793aebb0560aa279e66e7ec5102551ccb059e49 |
(CNET) -- When it comes to 3D television, I don't see it. Literally. The technology that's supposed to convince me that a 3D image exists when I look at a 2D screen doesn't work for me. Nor does it work for a small but significant percentage of the population -- 4 percent to 10 percent, depending on which expert you as... | The author's eyes will not let him see 3D images on a TV or movie screen . A small but significant percentage of the population cannot see 3D images . They may be left behind by Hollywood and TV makers' rush to 3D technology . TV makers say users can turn off 3D display features and just view content in 2D . | 61566d5087f175d74629a8364686abd1c7b0c529 |
PARIS, France (CNN) -- Opposition lawmakers Tuesday ridiculed President Nicolas Sarkozy for taking France back into NATO's military command after more than 40 years, but were unable to stop the move when it came to a vote. French troops on patrol with the Afghan army as part of the NATO mission in Afghanistan. The Nat... | French National Assembly backs president's plan to rejoin NATO . President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan is politically sensitive . France was a founding member of NATO but left in 1966 . President Charles de Gaulle said in 1966 membership meant losing independence . | 7c1effcc8737c9a7cb4230ce4835b38badba41ae |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Margie Brandquist wears a framed photo of her sister, who died in a plane crash three months ago. Flowers are left at a makeshift memorial near the site of a plane crash in Clarence Center, New York, in February. Her sister, Mary Pettys, 51, was engaged to be married when her Continental Connection ... | NEW: Airline says officers "did know what to do ... but did not do it" Families of victims of February crash near Buffalo, New York, watch hearing . Safety board hears that pilot got no simulator training on one safety device . FAA doesn't require such training; airline says pilot had classroom training . | b3548137d12fa4047c02c5e829c7ee7848806d00 |
(CNN) -- Despite the ribbing he took from President Barack Obama and comedian Seth Meyers, media mogul Donald Trump proclaimed Saturday night's White House Correspondents Dinner "an entertaining evening." Trump, who has indicated that he is considering a run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, was the focu... | Donald Trump calls annual White House press event an "entertaining evening" He was the focus of many of the jokes from Obama and headliner Seth Meyers . "I expected that I was going to be zinged," Trump says . | 308ee629755bbb3224b10d953f999ea4e8132a67 |
(CNN) -- Almost 10 hours after a United Airlines airplane ran off the runway Monday, crews finally removed the wayward plane from its landing site at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, an airport spokeswoman said. Michelle Wilcut said one runway remained closed as workers filled a deep hole in the nearb... | NEW: 10 hours after United Flight 497's emergency landing, the runway was still closed . NEW: The plane's nose gear dug a deep hole in the nearby sod . No one injured during the emergency landing . Plane was flying to San Francisco from New Orleans . | 0dc41e8fec9d967931d19c02349d32e2cbf21cc1 |
(CNN) -- One of the most watched cases in China in the last few decades reached a conclusion of sorts on August 20th as Gu Kailai was declared guilty of murder and sentenced to death with a two-year suspension, meaning an almost certain commutation. The one-day trial of Gu on August 9th was, quite literally, a spectacl... | Gu Kailai, wife of the disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai, is charged with murder . Donald Clarke: Her one-day trial was a spectacle for the benefit of the public . He says few doubt that Gu's sentence has been determined by the Communist Party . Clarke: The Gu case tells us that the Chinese legal system is still su... | ee3ce9b40f5f2fdca15fe5415ad13907b79f1a0d |
(CNN) -- Iran's top human rights official said the Islamic regime is reviewing a sentence of execution by stoning for a woman convicted of adultery. "Sentences such as stoning will be closely reviewed and probably changed," Mohammad Javad Larijani told Iran's Islamic Republic News Agency. Larijani was referring to the ... | Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani was convicted of adultery . She was sentenced to be stoned to death . Her son has been fighting to save her life . Earlier, Iranian statement said she would not be stoned . | 36fb6b0a7830d924c71944db7f69ef2fa23629f8 |
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- A massive fire engulfed a newly constructed, unoccupied luxury hotel in central Beijing on Monday night as crowds watched a nearby fireworks display marking the end of Lunar New Year celebrations. The cause of the blaze at the 40-story Mandarin Oriental is unknown. The cause of the blaze at the ... | iReporter who lives nearby says she saw "huge tower full of fire" Plume of flames shoots from top of structure as flames engulf luxury hotel . The cause of the fire at the unoccupied 40-story Mandarin Oriental is not known . Modern, angular building a symbol of Beijing's modernization . | 091403c852c0a5069ef56e59580af7ee96f7b7f9 |
(CNN) -- The men accused in the gang rape and killing of a 23-year-old Indian woman were formally charged with murder, rape and kidnapping in a New Delhi court Thursday, a senior police official said. The attack on the woman, who died from her severe injuries last week, has appalled and enraged many Indians, prompting ... | Police file charges against the accused men in a New Delhi court . They are alleged to have raped a woman on a bus, leaving her with fatal injuries . The victim's father says he supports naming a tougher anti-rape law after her . Bar association leaders in the district where it happened urge lawyers not to take defenda... | fee01bb8bb082c49303e9bc9245b2296f56c02a2 |
(CNN) -- President Barack Obama defended his proposed education spending increases Friday, telling an audience of students and teachers in Florida that such investments are necessary to spur future economic growth. "If we want more good news on the jobs front, then we need to make more investments in education," Obama ... | Obama says more education spending is needed to spur future economic growth . Obama reiterates his call for reform, but also praises teachers . The president appeared with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush at a high school in Miami . | 32037f8858db01db54e0d1c1821351744dc7b57d |
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Five American service members were killed Thursday after an improvised explosive device detonated in southern Afghanistan, officials said. The attack occurred several days after 30 Americans died in a helicopter crash in central-eastern Afghanistan. That was America's worst single-incident l... | NEW: Al Jazeera airs video of what it says is helicopter wreckage . American service members die in an improvised explosive device attack . Coalition forces have killed 189 militants since July 23 . The Taliban disputes that number . | c51ab75940e27a539c603f2554093e903f071efb |
(CNN) -- Two people were injured when a parcel bomb exploded on Thursday in the offices of a Swiss umbrella group for the nuclear industry, police said. The incident occurred in the offices of Swissnuclear in the town of Olten. The pair suffered minor injuries and were taken to a hospital. Police are investigating and ... | The incident occurs in Olten . The pair suffers minor injuries . Japan disaster has affected the Swiss nuclear industry . | 32038202949030ced17f448f0e75f454cf71794b |
(PEOPLE.com) -- Sixteen days after her December 8 Las Vegas wedding to boyfriend Barry Herridge, Sinead O'Connor is ending the marriage, the "Nothing Compares 2 U" singer announced Monday on her website. "Dear friends," O'Connor 45, writes, "I had for reasons u will all understand, wished to keep this private but have ... | Sinead O'Connor announced on her website that she is ending her marriage . She blames pressures placed upon Herridge by "certain people in his life" "I'm sorry I'm not a more regular woman," she writes . | 8535a9cbbcf242a87735869219078563395b4764 |
New York (CNN) -- Almost 15 months since Tyler Clementi committed suicide, his older brother James wants people to know that "he's much more than the way that he died." Tyler was an 18-year-old freshman at Rutgers University in New Jersey when he jumped off the George Washington Bridge in New York on September 22, 2010... | "The tragedy is that the sadness at the end ... defines everything," James Clementi says . Tyler Clementi killed himself after two students allegedly spied on him via webcam kissing a man . His roommate goes on trial this month on 15-count indictment, including hate crimes . James Clementi's interview with CNN's Jason ... | d64ba733ac6c040aa7f0a790c3b24370e6dc6f2a |
(CNN) -- Indian telecom services provider Bharti Airtel Limited and South Africa's MTN Group Limited have renewed merger talks with the aim of creating an emerging market telecom giant, both companies announced Monday. Bharti Enterprises chairman and group chief executive officer Sunil Bharti Mittal in New Delhi in Nov... | Merger would create an operator with combined revenues of over $20 billion . Bharti would acquire a 49 percent stake in MTN . MTN CEO Phuthuma Nhleko: Case for such a deal "highly compelling" | d70db46bb3086fc87c314213b45a42e26a14cdeb |
Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- For the first time since the start of unrest in Yemen's capital, youth protesters numbering in the tens of thousands marched toward the Republican Palace on Monday, eyewitnesses said, in an act of defiance against President Ali Abdullah Saleh's regime. Witnesses told CNN that security forces made ... | NEW: At least 55,000 youths were marching toward the Republican Palace in Sanaa . At least 14 reportedly were killed and hundreds injured in violent protests in Taiz . An opposition leader urges international help to stop bloodshed . Field hospitals are full after bloody clashes in Taiz, a medical team leader says . | da817a127a2d66b75435d0426e2d9a7fbb74d59e |
(CNN) -- He has a long way to go to emulate the success of his father, who won five majors and thrilled the world of golf, but Javier Ballesteros is off to a promising start. The 21-year-old made his debut on the professional golf circuit Thursday, 38 years after Severiano began his pro career on exactly the same cours... | Seve Ballesteros' son Javier competes in first professional golf tournament . The 21-year-old's first pro start comes at same course his late father made his debut . Seve is one of the most famous names in golf winning five majors during a glittering career . Javier to decide whether to become a full time pro after com... | a0846ab256f5401a1e01e54e4bfbfbf26ec61329 |
Atlanta (CNN) -- The number of deaths linked to a listeria outbreak in cantaloupe has risen to 29, the Centers for Disease Control reported Wednesday, topping a 1985 mark for the most deaths among adults and children. The outbreak, first detected in September and traced back to a Colorado farm, has sickened a total of ... | A listeria outbreak that started in Colorado has now killed 29, CDC says . CDC: It's the deadliest listeria outbreak among adults and children since the 1970s . An outbreak in 1985 killed 28 people, and caused stillbirths and miscarriages . | b64b07e22170822c598d66c0dd7aa9815b4c9fa2 |
(CNN) -- Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic will go head-to-head for a place at the 2014 World Cup after Portugal and Sweden were drawn together in the European qualification playoffs. Portugal captain Ronaldo will lead his team out against Ibrahimovic's Sweden, with one of the star duo set to miss out on a ticke... | Portugal drawn to play Sweden in the European playoffs for 2014 World Cup . Four of the eight teams in the draw will go to Brazil . Each of the eight teams finished second in their qualifying groups . | 5ba70f334c2d476cef9126b5554bd228b4d5e3f5 |
(CNN) -- Oprah Winfrey didn't pussyfoot around. She got Lance Armstrong to confess in the first minute. It was a curiously unemotional moment, the prosecutor leading the witness through what seemed like well-rehearsed paces in a businesslike fashion. Armstrong said he was sorry for all the years of lying, but he sounde... | Lance Armstrong admitted using performance enhancing drugs in interview . Howard Kurtz says the cyclist failed key test of appealing for public's sympathy . He didn't seem contrite, didn't show any sign of soul-searching over cheating . Kurtz: Oprah showed her ability to land a big interview and to reclaim stardom . | a952794c7ff1a3b07366f4a23445a220d96a056b |
Singapore (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama, on his first Asia trip since taking office in January, arrived Saturday in Singapore to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum. In addition to the meetings with the APEC heads of state, Obama planned to hold three bilateral meetings -- with the leaders of Russ... | U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in Singapore for APEC summit . U.S. leader expected to individually meet with leaders of Russia, Indonesia, Singapore . In Saturday speech, Obama renews U.S. ties with Japan, reaches out to China . Obama: Rise "of a strong, prosperous China can be a source of strength . | 5b1e32e61e189d65689ef3690fd2ea62d1b54c09 |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- The judge overseeing Michael Jackson's estate and the custody of his children ordered an investigation into Paris Jackson's apparent suicide attempt. Paris, 15, is in a Los Angeles hospital at least until Saturday for evaluation after an incident early Wednesday in which she cut her wrist and calle... | Judge cites "recent media reports concerning her welfare" as reason for investigation . Paris is in a Los Angeles hospital at least until Saturday for evaluation . "We're completely supportive of the judge's action," Katherine Jackson's lawyer says . | 4c5d71d9d281c7cd7c01c7df6173d830a3be07c7 |
(CNN) -- Aksel Lund Svindal thanked his injured teammate after reclaiming his downhill title and making history at the Alpine Skiing World Championships in Austria on Saturday. Svindal is the only Norwegian male still competing at Schladming after Kjetil Jansrud was ruled out for the rest of this season when he suffere... | Aksel Lund Svindal first man to win gold at four successive world championships . Norwegian triumphs in prestigious downhill to reclaim title he also won back in 2007 . He bounces back from third in super-G, where teammate Kjetil Jansrud was injured . Italy's World Cup downhill leader Dominik Paris is second, with Davi... | 87f41632272bca58af738e0f05994a35d7334a48 |
(CNN) -- Call it the "mixed bag" year for women in the midterm elections. A few high-profile women candidates got a lot of attention on the national stage, but with dramatic Democratic losses, the number of women in Congress will likely hold steady or decrease for the first time since 1987. The first female House Speak... | Susan Carroll says midterms a mixed bag for women; number in Congress static . She says when Dems lost; so did Dem women in leadership positions . Carroll: Women of color gained in Congress and in gubernatorial races . Carroll: Big winners may be Palin and Hillary Clinton . | 6a73bf76fea917b0caefacd4f02a4d6df17cbfd3 |
(CNN) -- World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki had to admit to an embarrassing loss on Wednesday, but it won't affect her chances of winning her first grand slam title at the Australian Open. The Dane's post-match press conference was delayed because the 21-year-old misplaced her bag of clothes after a 6-1 7-6 (7-4) win over ... | Top seed Caroline Wozniacki through to the last 32 at the Australian Open . Denmark's world No. 1 will next play Romanian 31st seed Monica Niculescu . Third seed Victoria Azarenka also progresses with victory in third round . Defending champion Kim Clijsters on course for rematch with Li Na in round four . | 3905d55d32dc8fbd4e1bd7b20bb8d84c2c77a3c3 |
(CNN) -- A search of an apartment leased by former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez recovered ammunition from the same caliber gun used to kill his friend Odin Lloyd, court documents reveal. Massachusetts State Police searched the apartment in Franklin on June 26. Authorities found new evidence, including .45-calibe... | Police search an apartment leased by Aaron Hernandez . Acquaintance Carlos Ortiz told police about the place, search warrant says . Ammunition and a white sweatshirt are among the items taken from the apartment . Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to premeditated murder in Lloyd's June 17 killing . | 605d81b43583cc00b0a68da36912f40e3b07b254 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina (CNN) -- Authorities in Argentina's Tierra del Fuego province denied entry Monday to two cruise liners that were seeking to dock in the southern port of Ushuaia, in incidents linked to the political dispute over the Falkland Islands. The government was applying a provincial law barring ships tra... | Incidents occurred Monday in Tierra del Fuego province . Two ships were denied entry to the port of Ushuaia . Report: Argentina cites law barring ships sailing under British colony flags . A dispute between Argentina and Great Britain over the Falklands goes back decades . | 123fb3010cfb2b97c23cf396f6a80a39f90b5f8a |
(CNN) -- U.S. politicians must not sacrifice economic growth for the sake of political differences, according to Dutch foreign minister Frans Timmermans. The world's largest economy is facing $85 billion in spending cuts that will begin to take effect on Friday. Timmermans told CNN's Nina Dos Santos that Europe is eage... | The U.S. is facing $85 billion in spending cuts that will begin to take effect on Friday . The cuts are a product of the sequester, a series of automatic cuts to government spending . Timmermans says the euro area will gradually move toward more fiscal cohesion . | 3d05ce6c5ccb9d4426c70f5b46c6fd1456426afc |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Southern California faces another water-logged day Wednesday with renewed threats of flash flooding, especially in San Diego county. The National Weather Service is forecasting rainfall rates of up to 2 inches per hour, which could prompt flooding in the San Bernardino, Santa Ana and Palomar Mounta... | NEW: Reported mudslide affects homes in Orange County . Of 232 homes evacuated, only 1 family leaves, officials say . Rockville, Utah, residents allowed to return . Roads into two national parks are shut down, a park lodge manager says . | 57a36c9fe242e1c3942841b084c32703c1a5abb0 |
Ramallah, West Bank (CNN) -- Mingling with customers in the bar he opened two years ago, Yazan Khalili is enjoying the booming consumer economy in his home city of Ramallah, in the West Bank. But despite the success of his bar, Beit Aneesah, Khalili worries that the boom is unsustainable and his customers could soon ha... | Palestinian economy grew at an average of 7.7% a year between 2007-2011 . Ramallah is experiencing booming consumer economy as result . World Bank report: Economy too heavily based on foreign aid, not sustainable . If government money goes, no one will have money to spend in my bar, says owner . | ac00d491d92d5f11c80e9f8f184bdeba7c769919 |
(CNN) -- Country singer Randy Travis remained under heavy sedation and in critical condition Friday, two days after surgery relieved pressure on his brain after a stroke, his publicist said. "His family continues to ask for prayers and support," publicist Kirt Webster said in a statement. His stroke was "a complication... | Randy Travis' family asks for prayers, support two days after his brain surgery . Surgery relieved pressure on his brain after a stroke . Stroke was a complication of his congestive heart failure . | 8515e45e29650e8e7c816a6bc07e99e65d3df03b |
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A court has ordered pop singer Britney Spears to give up custody of her children effective Wednesday at noon. Kevin Federline and Britney Spears, here during happier times, have two children. Spears' former husband, Kevin Federline, is to retain custody of their two sons "until further ... | Kevin Federline to take custody of children effective Wednesday noon . Federline and Britney Spears have two children, ages 2 and 1 . Pair were divorced in July . | ee0b1bc5ee40697c0792e3906000fe8be5be182a |
(CNN) -- Only 800 printed sets of the multi-volume Encyclopedia Britannica are stacked in the company's Kentucky warehouse, the company says, and when the last one sells, there'll be no more. It could be just a matter of days. "They are flying off the shelves," Jorge Cauz, president of Encyclopedia Britannica, told CNN... | Only a few copies of the final printed Encyclopedia Britannica are left, the company says . Sales jumped from 60 copies a week to 1,050 after the announcement . It's the "passing of an era," a nostalgic customer says . The Britannica will continue to thrive on the digital screen, the company president says . | 6c72ae3011c9aba9464f038dcb0ba388c4d14099 |
(CNN) -- Beset by war and sectarian violence, Iraq has not had a lot to laugh about in recent years. But a trio of old friends from Baghdad have sought to change that, by distilling the jokey banter of their late-night drinking sessions into a controversial talk show. Hosted by Yasser Sami and Walid Monam, and produced... | A trio of old friends from Baghdad have started a controversial talk show . It's proved a hit with their predominantly male audience . But not everyone appreciates the humor, which often involves sexual innuendo . A religious group staged a demonstration outside the show's studio last year . | 00b2c695b7e98960539f962e7e99c20616382314 |
On the road to Timbuktu, Mali (CNN) -- French-led troops in Mali have seized control of the airport in Timbuktu from Islamist militants and are fighting their way into the city center, spokesmen for the French Defense Ministry and the Malian military said Monday. "We are winning in Mali," French President Francois Holl... | "We are winning in Mali," French president says . French forces are fighting the remaining Islamists in Timbuktu . Militants are reported to be fleeing to another city farther northeast . Malian and French forces recaptured an Islamist stronghold last week . | b7f86d5e6a2c3f4a4dd1d9843937c2fdbdcf3980 |
(CNN) -- Bras can do miraculous things these days (thank you underwire). But can they detect cancer? That's the claim for First Warning Systems new bra, equipped with a series of sensors embedded in the cups that pick up temperature changes in breast tissue and, says the Reno, Nev.-based company, provide a thermal fing... | New bra has sensors that pick up temperature changes in breast tissue . Its maker, First Warning Systems, says it can alert doctors to cancer cells . Doctors say the system isn't ready to be fully trusted yet . | 0f0963d17043cc4c61fb156ae9f4907501912846 |
(CNN) -- Lazio will play its next two European matches behind closed doors after football authorities punished the Italian club for several offenses, including a fourth charge of racist behavior this season. European football's governing body also fined Lazio €40,000 ($52,000) following incidents in last week's Europa ... | Serie A side Lazio punished for a series of offenses including racism . UEFA says Lazio must play next two European home games behind closed doors . The Rome-based team also fined €40,000 ($52,000) by ruling body . It is the fourth time this season Lazio has been punished by UEFA . | 01554ebb431ce8ba20ff4ded5e6db196990364a0 |
Boston (CNN) -- Former drug smuggler William David Lindholm has a harrowing tale of how reputed Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger allegedly tried to extort $1 million by having a bullet fired past Lindholm's head. In the end, Lindholm lived to testify Wednesday at Bulger's federal trial about surviving a high-stake... | Witness describes harrowing tale of Russian roulette-style game . James "Whitey" Bulger is charged in the deaths of 19 people over two decades . Former drug smuggler says Bulger tried to extort him . Bulger's former No. 2 is expected to testify Thursday . | ab7348a7cb69f2ee62b7e91c497fb673ee003807 |
(CNN) -- Virginia State Police say they have identified the gunman who fired a high-powered rifle at four county deputies, killing two of them, officials said Monday, but they still don't have a motive for the shootings. Buchanan County Deputies Eric Dewayne Rasnake, 32, and Shane Earl Charles, 25, were shot multiple t... | NEW: Buchanan County community to honor deputies killed, wounded in line of duty . NEW: Suspect is identified as 52-year-old Randy Gilbert Newberry, state police say . NEW: The suspect was shot and killed after refusing police orders to surrender . NEW: Virginia State Police continue to search for a motive . | bb02c4d055588085f28ace4fec216450f8bf2d90 |
(CNN) -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday warned 14 absent lawmakers trying to stall his controversial budget bill to return to the state Capitol immediately to vote on the measure, or layoff notices will be sent to 1,500 public employees before the weekend. "Unfortunately, if we don't have action by tomorrow we... | NEW: Wisconsin governor threatens to lay off 1,500 workers if senators don't return home . NEW: Judge rules that demonstrators can no longer sleep inside Capitol building . At least 41 rounds of .22-caliber ammunition have been found outside the Capitol . The state Senate approves a resolution allowing police to detain... | 7178dcc95ec1bd375f33794647ab2d39794f5719 |
Washington (CNN) -- Military prosecutors have recommended the death penalty for the accused mastermind of the deadly 2000 bombing of the destroyer USS Cole. The announcement Wednesday from the Defense Department is another signal the case against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri will be moving closer to trial before a military ... | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri is charged with planning the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole . Seventeen sailors died and 47 were wounded . The chief prosecutor is recommending capital charges against al-Nashiri . He will be tried before a military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba . | 4e322ce7123427931ba037f0e4fa9d799ff074c2 |
London (CNN) -- As tens of thousands of athletes, team officials and visitors gather in London ahead of the Olympic opening ceremony on Friday, security is paramount for the Games organizers and British authorities. And perhaps the biggest headache of all is the challenge of safeguarding the more than 100 heads of stat... | The government is deploying 18,200 troops to make up for a shortfall in security guards . One headache is safeguarding more than 100 visiting heads of state and foreign dignitaries . Private security contractor G4S has failed to recruit and accredit enough security staff . Fighter jets are on standby, and a helicopter ... | 045e8b310cef4017c30b432b4c3e38004f0d6c7a |
(CNN) -- A suspect has been arrested in the slaying of a 19-year-old Puerto Rican man found Friday decapitated, dismembered and partially burned, police said Tuesday. Members of the U.S. gay community are asking authorities to investigate whether the slaying was a hate crime because the victim, Jorge Steven Lopez Merca... | NEW: Activist attributes ill will toward gays to some religious, political leaders' "hate rhetoric" Puerto Rican gay community wants police to see if slaying was a hate crime . FBI is monitoring investigation and is prepared to offer help, agent says . Suspect, 27, was to attend Tuesday court hearing, which was postpon... | e125ec74910bf9979f938c46b51ff48eb4453b35 |
(CNN) -- Portuguese football coach Jose Mourinho, ever the headline creator, has caused further outcry this week after he substituted Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari from his Inter Milan side during their Italian Serie A clash with Bari. Inter midfielder Sulley Muntari was substitued Jose Mourinho for his low-energy... | Jose Mourinho substituted Sulley Muntari because he had been low energy . The Ghanaian midfielder is a Muslim and had been fasting during Ramadan . Egypt's national youth team turned down the opportunity to break the fast . Let us know if fasting footballers should dropped in the Sound Off below . | 644c4f6a827414b05cbb6bdde0326bcbbfd5fc7f |
Jerusalem (CNN) -- Negotiations to end a mass hunger strike by up to 2,000 Palestinians detained by Israel are making progress and a resolution may be only days away, Palestinian officials said Saturday. The talks over the detainee demands involve Palestinians, Israeli officials and Egyptian mediators. "We have been in... | At least 1,650 Palestinian detainees are on a hunger strike . Negotiations continue over their demands . They want an end to Israel's practice of holding people indefinitely without charge . | 47267d811d60d36ac7e2c5ff7daacd87cf2e1617 |
(CNN) -- Former President George W. Bush briefly jumped back into the national conversation Tuesday night with his interview on "The Tonight Show." Bush told host Jay Leno that "I don't miss the spotlight" and that he was thoroughly enjoying his post-presidential life. On Wednesday, former President Bill Clinton is in ... | George W. Bush goes on "The Tonight Show"; Bill Clinton gets Medal of Freedom . Julian Zelizer: The two are taking opposite approaches to managing presidential legacies . Clinton takes initiative in pushing his view of how Democratic Party should act, Zelizer says . Zelizer: Bush takes more passive role, letting his co... | 2c488403ed19b199f5dfff5d504ac2bc3561c50f |
(CNN) -- Nikolay Davydenko made a winning start in his defense of the Qatar Open title with a 6-1 6-4 victory over Italy's Fabio Fognini on Monday. Davydenko is fourth seed at prestigious ATP Tour season-opener where the star attractions are the world's top two players Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, who begin their c... | Nikolay Davydenko beats Fabio Fognini 6-1 6-4 to begin Qatar Open title defense . Third seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga sees off Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo in his opener . Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer star attractions at $1.024 million tournament . Champion Marin Cilic knocked out of the Chennai Open in the first round . | 47c7405654c618209958291a638f0fffd37abbee |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Bush administration hailed North Korea's declaration of its nuclear program as a success for the multilateral diplomacy it engaged in through the six party talks with South Korea, China, Japan and Russia. Workers remove fuel rods on the reactor floor at North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear facility t... | Just as important as what the nuclear declaration says is what it doesn't say . North Korea didn't admit to uranium enrichment or sharing secrets with Syria . Many Republicans say Bush administration has let Pyongyang off the hook . U.S. may be headed down the same road with Iran . | e386d9ed70bac668fa6048b572f445d9b7b62f75 |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Three years ago Tuesday, Leslie Marva Adams, an attractive, 40-year-old hair stylist from Atlanta, Georgia, chatted on the phone with her mother in the morning. Leslie Adams, 40, filed a restraining order against an old boyfriend and disappeared three years ago. It was the last conversation she would ... | Atlanta hair stylist Leslie Marva Adams disappeared three years ago . She failed to show up at her sister's birthday party . Adams had taken out a restraining order against an ex-boyfriend . Police continue with DNA tests to determine if skeletal remains are hers . | 5664550cbc54b04021d136e9b7b21dc167151c45 |
(CNN) -- Switzerland's Lara Gut made history on Saturday when she became the youngest-ever winner of a women's World Cup race when claiming victory in the super-G at St Moritz. Gut holds the Swiss flag aloft after becoming the youngest skier to win a women's World Cup race. Cheered on by the local supporters, the 17-ye... | Swiss Lara Gut makes history by winniing the women's Super-G at St Moritz . The victory makes Gut, 17, the youngest-ever woman to win a World Cup race . Fellow-Swiss Fabienne Suter finished second with Italy's Nadia Fanchini third . | 8349bd72c5dd2c6329d51806313f9286a6395856 |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- A protester opposed to the expansion of Heathrow Airport threw green custard in the face of British Business Secretary Peter Mandelson on Friday. Mandelson: "Thankfully, it wasn't paint and I've come through it intact." Mandelson had just stepped out of his car for a meeting on carbon emissions... | Protester throws green custard over UK Business Secretary Peter Mandelson . Anti-airport expansion group Plane Stupid claims responsibility for attack . Mandelson: "Thankfully, it wasn't paint and I've come through it intact" Protester: "Only thing green about him is the slime coursing through his veins" | 559d3b10273acbd4b98ff5557aee92f33e50129d |
Orlando, Florida (CNN) -- An autopsy report released Wednesday confirmed that a SeaWorld trainer killed after a 12,000-pound killer whale pulled her underwater died of drowning and traumatic injuries to her body, including her spine, ribs and head. Dawn Brancheau, 40, was working with a whale named Tilikum in knee-deep... | NEW: Whale's aggressive nature prevented rescuers from immediately reaching trainer . Autopsy: Dawn Brancheau suffered fractures to jawbone, ribs and a cervical vertebra . Brancheau was working with a whale at SeaWorld when whale pulled her underwater . Whale had been linked to two other deaths since 1991 . | edb03d9bb116f1a64aacc14064e6f4daf860206c |
(CNN) -- Mac computers are known for their near-immunity to malicious computer programs that plague PCs. Some security experts say viruses are moving toward Mac as those computers become more popular. But that may be changing somewhat, according to computer security researchers. It seems that as sleek Mac computers bec... | Researchers find computer malware aimed at Mac computers . The "iBotnet" infects a small number of Mac users through pirated software . Still, researchers say it is a step in the evolution of harmful computer programs . As Macs become more popular, they're more likely to be targets, experts say . | aaba992e9f33d4404f3d25d3c0e94fef550a5413 |
CLARENCE CENTER, New York (CNN) -- The pilots of a commuter airliner that crashed late Thursday about 6 miles from a Buffalo, New York, airport discussed "significant ice buildup" on the plane's wings and windshields before the plane plunged to the ground, killing 50. Only a few pieces of the Continental Connection Da... | NEW: Tapes indicate crew discussed ice buildup on windshield, wings, NTSB says . NEW: Crew attempted to raise gear and reset flaps before recordings ended . Officials say all 49 aboard the plane died; one confirmed death on ground . 9/11 widow, cantor, human rights expert among the dead . | b7d22a0186ef186b8fd1e07ab4c35758c28d8015 |
(CNN) -- Police departments in Chicago and New York are trading barbs after a federal judge ruled that New York City's stop-and-frisk policy was unconstitutional. "Welcome to Chicago," a Bronx police officer told the New York Post after the ruling, insinuating that crime rates in New York would approach those of the em... | Chicago officers not amused by New York officer's barbs . Tension comes after judge ruled New York City's stop-and-frisk policy unconstitutional . After the ruling, New York officer implied Chicago has a high crime rate . | ba88e1229b5843b57a712c7b26d0bf6279fb3056 |
(CNN) -- Iranian authorities have moved imprisoned American Saeed Abedini to a more dangerous prison and are now prohibiting visits from the family of the Christian pastor, according to the public interest law firm representing Abedini's family in the United States. Abedini, 33, is an Iranian-born U.S. citizen who make... | Authorities have moved Iranian-American pastor, Saeed Abedini to a more dangerous prison . A law firm says the prison in Tehran is now prohibiting family visits . Abedini was arrested last year "on charges related to his religious belief" | 594110af907a8fdbbbb52e6f7c3f1a03c38c6b14 |
London (CNN) -- Any day now, the Duchess of Cambridge is due to give birth to her and Prince William's first baby -- a new heir to the British throne. It is an event that has been eagerly awaited since Catherine's pregnancy was announced last December, but what will happen once the baby arrives? CNN runs through the ex... | Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are eagerly awaiting the birth of their first baby . Royal protocols and traditions govern how the new royal arrival is announced . Queen Elizabeth II, British PM, and baby's grandparents among first to hear news . Public will be told of baby's birth via note on an easel outside Buckingham... | 515c60142b4b2a9a79063a9ad3bfdcfee468d820 |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Firefighters, sailors and emergency workers reflected Friday on the scenes they witnessed during rescue efforts for the passengers of a US Airways jet that ditched into the Hudson River's frigid waters the day before. Divers plunge into the icy waters of the Hudson River on Thursday to rescue passenge... | "I've been in cold water, but nothing like that," NYPD diver says . Rescuers describe "calm" scene at floating aircraft . Ferry operator says freezing weather, river currents hampered rescue efforts . Swarm of commuter ferries praised for responding quickly to the scene . | 3874877b65533cb56296e0ac7fb5f687639807f4 |
This summer, as "Grease" returns to theaters in sing-a-long form (it's being billed as "the original high school musical"), and the surprisingly unstoppable "Step Up" series releases its third installment (in 3-D, no less), it's clear: Films that feature dance are bigger than ever. Accordingly, we've compiled a list of... | Renée Zellweger brings down the jailhouse in "Chicago" John Travolta went from sitcom star to big-screen sensation in "Saturday Night Fever" The off-the-shoulder style worn by actress Jennifer Beals in "Flashdance" is still popular . | 12ab4d6bc79ba4657734c18cf4e9b6549d34b44a |
(CNN) -- Fixing the economy has long been at the top of everyone's presidential wish list. Nearly half of all Americans named the economy the most important issue facing the nation today, followed by the deficit and health care, according to a current CNN poll. But there are a lot of hot button issues Americans would l... | iReporters had surprising answers on what Obama should tackle in his second term . Middle East policy, immigration among top concerns . Answers differ somewhat from 2012 election issues . | 697d9ab27a5b76589bc93f1be2ca76a1605b21ef |
ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) -- There was no trauma visible on the "completely skeletonized" remains of slain toddler Caylee Anthony, but there were overlapping pieces of duct tape over her mouth, according to the autopsy report released Friday. Caylee Anthony was last seen June 16, 2008. Her mother, Casey Anthony, is in ja... | Autopsy report, released Friday, says remains of slain toddler "skeletonized" Cause of death listed as "homicide by undetermined means" Judge denied grandfather George Anthony's request not to release report . | 213d5a14544e83a2396f384d8cf77f8fc23c5e41 |
(CNN) -- While some criticism targeting President Obama is racially motivated, the fight over health care isn't, former President Clinton told CNN. Former President Clinton says Democrats need to win the health care debate "on the merits." "I believe that some of the right-wing extremists which oppose President Obama a... | Ex-President Clinton says race not behind health care opposition . But some extremists opposing President Obama racially prejudiced, Clinton says . Clinton: "It was a wonderful feeling" to help U.S. journalists in North Korea . | 06708d9632bee9cff3536e8a8571621194481ab3 |
(CNN) -- Three-time major winner Maria Sharapova has been forced to withdraw from January's Brisbane International event because of an ankle injury. The 24-year-old Russian suffered the injury in September's Pan Pacific Open, and she has failed to shake off the problem. Sharapova released a statement saying: "I was rea... | Maria Sharapova has pulled out of January's Brisbane International tournament . Three-time major winner Sharapova is suffering from an ankle injury . The Russian expects to be fit for the Australian Open which she won in 2008 . | fb5edc9481ab8f9209747e19ad6dd67c051e5f01 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- More troops, new legislation, improved troop training and added civilian expertise highlight President Obama's strategy to fight terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan. President Obama, here with Hillary Clinton on Friday, calls the situation in Afghanistan "increasingly perilous." Obama on Friday an... | Intelligence shows al Qaeda planning attacks on U.S., President Obama says . Part of Afghan strategy is $1.5 billion annually for five years in aid for Pakistan . U.S. to send 4,000 more troops to Afghanistan as well as 17,000 announced earlier . Hundreds of civilian specialists also to be deployed . | 612f1dddc44980ac7dc14c92e84a360239c0af84 |
BURSA, Turkey (CNN) -- Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian Wednesday became the first Armenian head of state to travel to Turkey to attend a soccer game between the two countries' national teams. Armenian President Serzh Sarkasian (right) pictured with Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul during Gul's visit to Yerevan in 20... | Armenian president's visit comes amid thaw in relations between neighbors . Turkey, Armenia signed protocols at weekend to establish diplomatic ties . President Sarkisian has faced angry protests at home over rapprochement . Sarkisian attends soccer match; Gul attended match in Yerevan last year . | e9d00d80694ebec707ec4ff6448d100bd07b2999 |
(CNN) -- The Louisiana man who Saturday became the first Vietnamese-American elected to the House says he hopes his win will push more young people to become politically active. Anh "Joseph" Cao says his win shows that "really anything can happen." "I am very honored and at this point, somewhat speechless to be the fir... | Anh "Joseph" Cao is first Vietnamese-American elected to the U.S. House . Cao, of Louisiana, defeated Rep. William Jefferson, who was battling scandal . Cao says he hopes win will encourage young people to become politically active . | 4261220f6fc10a0db80682e0d93cdb762a28b843 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Hillary Clinton was sworn in as the 67th U.S. secretary of state Wednesday afternoon after the Senate approved her nomination by a vote of 94-2. Hillary Clinton gets sworn in Wednesday in her Senate office by Judge Kathryn Oberly. Former President Clinton and her Senate staff looked on as Clinton's ... | NEW: Sen. John McCain urges colleagues to confirm Hillary Clinton . Childhood friend swears in Clinton on Bible belonging to her late father . Clinton submits letter of resignation from the Senate . Former President Clinton pledges to limit foreign donations . | 38d002d483f84d96084ea71bcfa0fb00b8583ffb |
Washington (CNN) -- Additional information received recently by a United Nations watchdog group raises new concerns about the intent of Iran's nuclear program. "Based on the agency's analysis of additional information which has come to its attention since August 2008, including new information recently received, there ... | New report indicates concern about a possible military dimension to the program . A 2007 intelligence assessment said Iran had stopped weaponization research in 2003 . A U.S. official says that research is now "moving forward" | fc820afbb91007e86d82a9803728821c1c42503b |
(CNN) -- Serena Williams will return to competitive tennis after nearly a year on the sidelines in the WTA tournament at Eastbourne, which starts Saturday. The former world number one has endured a torrid time since being sidelined with a foot injury after winning her fourth Wimbledon crown last July. Several aborted a... | Serena Williams to return to competitive tennis at Eastbourne tournament . Williams has been sidelined for nearly a year through injury and illness . Serena's sister Venus also returns to action in same tournament . Roger Federer pulls out of grass court tournament in Halle . | 15fe2e72e741cd23503069aecfa2bf0008f1c602 |
(CNN Student News) -- September 10, 2009 . Quick Guide . Health Care Address - Hear the latest arguments in the debate over U.S. health care reform. Campaign Finance - Review the details of a court case that could impact U.S. elections. Purifying Invention - Find out how one inventor hopes to quench concerns about clea... | Hear the latest arguments in the debate over U.S. health care reform . Review the details of a court case that could impact U.S. elections . Find out how one inventor hopes to quench concerns about clean water . | d4dfbc7415e89e7e9df3710934c638cb2c7d4bb5 |
(CNN) -- Frustrated that you can't share files the size of your entire music collection via e-mail? Google wants to help. Gmail users can now send files of up to 10 GB using Google Drive, the Web giant's cloud-storage service. That's 400 times bigger than files that can be shared in a regular e-mail, according to a blo... | New Gmail tool allows sharing of files up to 10 GB . Feature uses Google Drive, the company's cloud storage . 10 GB is 400 times the data currently shareable with Gmail . | a60327578b45ee8aec85a773c53a04f7ba934922 |
Boston (CNN) -- Trying to show a softer, lighter side of accused killer and crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger, his defense lawyers have released photos that they say they would expect to show the jury should Bulger decide to testify. In response to a CNN question, his lawyers acknowledged, "yes," they have prepared Bulg... | Bulger's attorneys release photos showing him smiling and relaxed . He also is shown posing with the Stanley Cup and his girlfriend . A former FBI agent says the Boston office had rampant leaks . Bulger is facing 19 counts of murder as part of a racketeering conspiracy . | 4b302954bfa7bf112591be108b869cf8c7304fce |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama on Friday resumed -- with expanded legal protections -- the Bush administration's controversial system of military trials for some Guantanamo Bay detainees. President Obama says the commissions are OK, "provided that they are properly structured and administered." On the heels of Oba... | Obama revives Bush system that was suspended in January . New system to include expanded due-process rights for the suspects, Obama says . ACLU calls move "a striking blow to due process and the rule of law" | 1b6aed605e905ed114a552280742e536804a69ae |
ATHENS, Georgia (CNN) -- The body of accused triple killer and University of Georgia professor George Zinkhan was claimed by a relative Friday, nearly a week after Zinkhan was found dead, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said. A studio proof shows professor George Zinkhan and his wife, Marie Bruce. A mortuary shippi... | NEW: Son from previous marriage claims University of Georgia professor's body . Acquaintances, colleagues remember George Zinkhan as eccentric, aloof . Neighbor: Children unaware of mother's slaying; daughter mentioned "firecracker" Student, colleague both thought Zinkhan may be dangerous before triple killing . | d231e6ae12ad612782eed5ac35da634f9c38fbd4 |
(CNN) -- Peter Gathungu walks more than a mile to a shopping center, where he pays a sizable sum to charge his cell phone. The solar phone is expected to be a great success in Kenya. That's because electricity is nonexistent in Gathungu's hometown of Njoro, in northwest Kenya. Landlines and other forms of communication... | Solar cell phone launched in Kenya this month, retailing at $35 per handset . Country has one of the most vibrant cell phone markets but has energy rationing . Safaricom expects its initial supply of 100,000 solar phones to sell out . Samsung launched its solar cell phone in India in June . | 9ef7c61be3ae295968b5a2acdbf0ca72796c13d5 |
London (CNN) -- The BBC aired just a short clip of the Wizard of Oz song "Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead" on its pop chart show on Sunday -- not the whole song -- after sales of the tune skyrocketed in the wake of the death of Margaret Thatcher. A Facebook campaign has been encouraging people to buy the track to celebrat... | Sales of the Wizard of Oz song "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" have soared . Facebook campaign is urging people to buy the track to celebrate Thatcher's death . The BBC played a few seconds of the song on its weekly chart show . Margaret Thatcher remains a highly polarizing figure in Britain . | cc3e1b29c34ebe17eeae044aa19d6d275ff70c45 |
(CNN) -- At 14 years old, most teenagers think the stress of entering high school is enough. But Chinese golfer Andy Zhang, who enters high school next year, wasn't satisfied vying for girls and grades. He would rather take on the likes of Bubba Watson, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. Zhang has earned a spot as the you... | Chinese golfer Andy Zhang gains spot in the U.S. Open after two players injured . At 14, Zhang will be the youngest player ever to play in the major tournament . Tiger Woods praises the young golfer and says Zhang earned the spot . Zhang has no expectations, wants the week to be a "learning experience" | 75e53dfe6ec33b612fe296c27bd02a96e328f29c |
Editor's note: Peter Bergen, CNN's national security analyst, is a fellow at the New America Foundation, a Washington-based think tank that promotes innovative thought from across the ideological spectrum, and at New York University's Center on Law and Security. He's the author of "The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral H... | Peter Bergen: Osama bin Laden still inspires al Qaeda . He says 8 years after 9/11, the "war on terror" has failed to capture him . He says law of averages suggests bin Laden will eventually be caught or killed . | 5143cd24930ed65efe41e3b33531a0c69282bea4 |
SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- As a symbol of national pride and success, South Korea and Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-Sung, carries more weight on his shoulders than the need to perform. South Korea's Park Ji-Sung celebrates after at the 2006 World Cup against France. Park, once rejected from his country's own K... | Park scored the winning goal against Portugal in the 2002 World Cup . Played for PSV Eindhoven before joining Manchester United . The midfielder plans to build a Park Ji-Sung football center in his hometown . | 31554b8c95df16f3cd70b77a75e55a675788935a |
(CNN) -- Liverpool striker Ryan Babel has been charged with improper conduct by the English Football Association (FA) following his criticism of referee Howard Webb on Twitter. Webb, who took charge of the 2010 World Cup final between Spain and the Netherlands, awarded a controversial first minute penalty against Live... | Ryan Babel is the first footballer to be charged by FA over a Twitter posting . Babel used a mock-up picture of referee Howard Webb and made derogatory comments . The Dutch international could face a ban if found guilty of charges . | 1a8f7bc801706c5111fc880f870280e5ee1590ae |
(CNN) -- When two small caskets gradually descend into the ground Thursday in Atlanta, it may begin to sink into their father's head that his children are gone. It hasn't so far. As Mark Edge has cried over them, he has felt their presence at his side. Police recovered their bodies in a Santa Ana, California, hotel roo... | As he watches their burials, it may slowly sink in to Mark Edge that his children are dead . Authorities allege that their mother poisoned them . A court had just awarded their father custody, but their mother fled with them to California . Police her in a parking lot, where they say she tried to kill herself . | aed01ee1545323f9a554fc38cde46bf3db077a1d |
(CNN Student News) -- August 26, 2011 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . • Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina & Virginia • Libya . Click here to access the transcript of today's CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transc... | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program . Use this transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary . Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . | 14aff1aa3338887018090f54b882ab59c703338d |
Tokyo (CNN) -- Hundreds of police are involved in the hunt for a 63-year-old man in connection with the murder of five people in a remote Japanese hamlet. The victims' houses were also burned down. A note, apparently written in the form of a "haiku" poem -- a typically short form of Japanese verse -- was left hanging i... | Five bodies discovered in remote village in Western Japan; their house burned down . A note, in the form of a poem, was found in the home of man police are hunting . Hundreds of police searching for 63-year-old man who lived next to victims . | 3540d47a01f6c6e96649528d671f4017ac0a3142 |
Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- Four Chinese fishermen died and 12 were missing in stormy waters off South Korea's Jeju Island on Tuesday as Typhoon Bolaven brought howling winds and torrential rain to the Korean Peninsula. Maritime police on Jeju Island, situated off the southern tip of the South Korean mainland, said tha... | NEW: The storm knocks out power in almost 200,000 households in South Korea . NEW: More than 100 flights are canceled and about 20 roads are closed . Four Chinese fisherman are found dead and 17 have been rescued . The search is on for another 12 fishermen still missing . | 6a7524388284215650d7c9ec6326c9a1d2aa3308 |
(CNN Student News) -- November 4, 2013 . The new week begins with reports on a shooting at a Los Angeles airport and an increasing wave of violence in Iraq. We look at some of Obamacare's potential benefits and drawbacks for millions of Americans, and we discuss a symbolic event in the U.S. Northeast. We also explain a... | This page includes the show Transcript, the Daily Curriculum, and Maps . Use the Transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary . The Daily Curriculum offers the Media Literacy Question of the Day, Key Concepts, Fast Facts and Discussion Questions . At the bottom of the page, please share your fe... | 788d1190101fa869045cf9d1104ae3443694bd3b |
Memphis, Tennessee (CNN) -- The Mississippi River is cresting at Memphis, forecasters said Tuesday, as attention began turning to flooding concerns in Louisiana and Mississippi. The slow passing of the bulge of water working its way from north to south along the Mississippi is only the beginning of the end of the siege... | NEW: Health departments warn of risks associated with flooding . Gov. Bobby Jindal says some 3 million acres of Louisiana could be affected by flooding . The forecast crest of 48 feet in Memphis is just inches shy of the 1937 record . Louisiana and Mississippi must now deal with rising waters as the crest works southwa... | 78fb2c02f1da66b3d5e2eb942548245ff61e7ac0 |
New York (CNN) -- When Alec Baldwin closed out the Academy Awards on Sunday night by slapping director Kathryn Bigelow squarely on the backside, that pretty much said it all. It was Ladies' Night in a Boys' Town. Yes, the opening routine by Baldwin and Steve Martin was very funny; there was sincerity and genuine gratit... | Oscar had to atone for history of overlooked female directors, says critic John Anderson . Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin were the funniest Oscar hosts ever, says critic . Anderson: It will look profoundly shortsighted that "Avatar" didn't win best picture . Salute to the late director John Hughes was "overlong," critic sa... | 73604beaa075eeb0e6c153ee56763674d84082e2 |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Lindsay Lohan's judge apparently is so pleased with how well the actress is complying with her probation requirements in the past six weeks that she's giving her more freedom to travel. "Ms. Lohan, you've actually done well and done it not only on time but early," Los Angeles County Superior Court ... | NEW: Lindsay Lohan has "done well" on probation the past month, the judge says . NEW: The judge eased Lohan's travel limit once she does 12 shifts at the morgue each month . NEW: Judge: "The morgue seems to be pleased, as pleased as a morgue can be" If she stays on track, Lohan's probation will be eased in March, judge... | ded65a46cc059b292afdd38e1d079e1933f498b7 |
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