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(CNN) -- The International Tennis Federation honored Novak Djokovic and Petra Kvitova for breakthrough years on Tuesday, as the duo were named the governing body's men's and women's world champions for 2011. World number one Djokovic began the season with a 43-match winning streak before claiming three of four grand sl... | Novak Djokovic and Petra Kvitova awarded title of ITF world champions for 2011 . World No. 1 Djokovic claimed three grand slam titles during an incredible year . Kvitova claimed a first grand slam title and also won the WTA Championships . Bryan brothers won men's doubles award, Kveta Pschke and Kata Srebotnik the wome... | 2c3d1b2323e40e79f9a1224acfb9e39b1b790ad0 |
Washington (CNN) -- The aging veterans gingerly walk from the plane in the nation's capital. Some get pushed in wheelchairs. A brass band strikes up World War II era tunes. Strangers rise to their feet and clap their hands. "Why are they doing this?" says Frank Bales, 86, a co-pilot on a B-24 during World War II. "I fe... | Program called Honor Flight takes WWII vets to see memorial in Washington . Honor Flight has taken 30,000 vets to D.C. since it began in 2005 . "I've had exchanges with veterans that are jaw dropping," founder says . WW II vet on the trip: "I feel as humbled as a mouse" | 165a01ddb03ba724828f623270c8687a3fa483d6 |
(CNN) -- Aaron Douglas, better known as "Chief Tyrol" on "Battlestar Galactica," is a Dragon*Con veteran. Well known for being open with fans and the life of the Dragon*Con party, Douglas made a pit-stop at CNN to answer some of our BSG-fan questions. CNN: Had you seen the original BSG before taking the role? Aaron Dou... | Aaron Douglas auditioned for 2 parts on "Battlestar Galactica" before landing role of Chief Tyrol . Known for being the life of the party at Dragon*Con, Douglas brings a party with him . Once upon a time, Douglas thought he would make a good lawyer . | 67098ceda2466178af24226632a73cfa83e76ffa |
(CNN) -- U.S. health officials said Wednesday they have found a contaminant in a blood-thinning drug produced by Baxter Healthcare Corp. that has been linked to more than a dozen deaths in the United States. The drug can keep potentially life-threatening blood clots from forming in the veins, arteries, and lungs. In ea... | FDA investigators find "a heparin-like compound -- that is not heparin" Tests did not pick up the contaminant because it reacts like heparin . FDA: It's not clear whether the contaminant was added accidentally or deliberately . At least 19 deaths have been linked to the drug since 2007 . | 71537a701b69838dcb68ae310c7b3bfb375c1344 |
Clearwater, Florida (CNN) -- After a second day of jury selection in the Casey Anthony murder trial, more prospective jurors facing weeks and possibly months away from home, family, work and school have been excused. While a few were dismissed for expressing opinions about the defendant, most were let go after revealin... | Casey Anthony case indicates how many need every paycheck . Others have no one else to care for child or spouse . Several dismissed for expressing opinions . | 18e27665f80c64beab0e0302879f6411376e148e |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Manchester United and Liverpool fans dream of the arrival of superstar players ahead of a new campaign, but it seems the spending power of both Englsih giants could be on the wane. Liverpool co-owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks took over the club in February 2007 . Both Rafa Benitez and Alex ... | Refinancing has left Manchester United and Liverpool short of transfer funds . An new era of Premier League prudence reigns according to finance experts . Real Madrid have spent $300 million on Ronaldo, Kaka and Benezma . Spanish clubs present serious challenge to English domination in Europe . | ab43046920fdb16f62b4464e33029af725317f4a |
London (CNN) -- Barclays on Monday announced the resignation of its chairman, Marcus Agius, in the widening scandal surrounding the bank's manipulation of interbank lending rates in 2008 and 2009. In a statement to the London Stock Exchange, Agius said the scandal has "dealt a devastating blow" to Barclays' reputation.... | Barclays was fined $450 million last week by British and U.S. regulators . Bank admitted some of its trading desks deliberately under-reported interbank interest rates . Chairman Marcus Agius says he will step down when a replacement is found . Agius and CEO Bob Diamond face questions from UK lawmakers . | 1c6a5a648fea38cb28ea2fa8920fd47749a334e0 |
(CNN) -- Chelsea have qualified for the last 16 of the European Champions League after two Didier Drogba goals helped them to a 3-0 Group E victory over Valencia at Stamford Bridge. The English Premier League side needed a victory to guarantee their place in the knockout stage and they got the perfect start when Drogba... | Chelsea are through to the Champions League last 16 after 3-0 win over Valencia . Didier Drogba scores twice as the Premier League side qualify as Group E winners . Marseille score two late goals to win 3-2 at Dortmund and qualify from Group F . Zenit St Petersburg draw 0-0 in Porto to secure their qualification from G... | 738448815bcc62dc4c7ae1945583ec297f49db86 |
Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama's spokesman criticized the Egyptian government on Tuesday for arresting and harassing journalists and rights activists, and called comments by Vice President Omar Suleiman that Egypt is not ready for democracy "particularly unhelpful." The remarks by White House press secretar... | NEW: A U.S. source says there is frustration with Egypt's government . White House spokesman Gibbs calls Suleiman's comments "unhelpful" Gibbs says Egypt should stop arresting and harassing journalists and activists . Vice President Biden talks by phone with Suleiman . | 6d17558f746ae0a1a44a1759b3916762bc8fa4ea |
(CNN) -- Brazil "will not bend" to U.S. pressure to seek sanctions against Iran, Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said after a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Brasilia. The United States was seeking support for sanctions against Iran, which it accuses of harboring a non-peaceful nuclear p... | United States is proposing tough new sanctions on Iran . Proposed sanctions focus on the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps . Clinton says Iran is trying to stall the international community . | 39b632949a0aa6bf5c698a65ad1f871660da8251 |
(CNN) -- France's tumultuous World Cup campaign ended in dismal fashion on Tuesday as the former world champions were beaten 2-1 by hosts South Africa in their final group game in Bloemfontein. Both South African goals came in the first half while French midfielder Yoann Gourcuff was sent off following a clash with Ma... | France beaten 2-1 by hosts South Africa in Bloemfontein . France leave out captain Patrice Evra for final group match . France coach Domenech describes players' strike as "unspeakably stupid" Uruguay, Mexico advance to knockout stages . | 9aa7ea05e1e444ad4a71c70741d72d2acbe3bdf7 |
(CNN) -- As he strained, crunched and lifted weights, the muscle panels surfaced from Jason Dinant's stomach. Faintly at first, they emerged: one, two, three and four -- not yet a six-pack. "In the first three months, I saw such a fast improvement, now I'm worried about plateauing," said Jason Dinant. "My bottom two ab... | Jason Dinant, an iReporter, has met two-thirds of his goal for six-pack abs . Dinant getting in shape for high school reunion and gay pride parade . Fitness trainer advises using more difficult exercises if body plateaus . | 01de2184592b3f2f1ccda43f2ed779a1a22d3618 |
(CNN) -- The Philippines could begin feeling the effects of a powerful typhoon churning toward the island chain as early as Sunday, forecasters said Saturday. Typhoon Megi, also known as Typhoon Juan, is expected to make landfall by Monday in northern Luzon at or near super-typhoon strength with winds possibly in exces... | Typhoon Megi is expected to make landfall Monday . The island chain could begin feeling its effects Sunday . Winds could be in excess of 200 kph as it hits northern Luzon . | 73d818cb3618bdf3a7ad57e8c0969266ad9f408b |
(CNN) -- Military brass at Fort Hood, Texas, on Tuesday announced tightened security procedures and the availability of a range of mental health services in the wake of the November 5 shooting spree that killed 13 people on the post. Steps have been taken to tighten restrictions on who gets onto the post, to position a... | Fort Hood tightens restrictions on who is allowed onto post . "Relaxed entry will cease," garrison commander Col. Bill Hill says . Armed guards positioned in key locations, including behavioral health facilities . Moves come after November 5 shooting that killed 13 people . | e759a5eb773b54a98d1e0235092c5c9d243371f4 |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Tony Scott's fatal plunge from a California bridge Sunday remained a public mystery Tuesday as medical investigators and his family disputed a report that the British director suffered from inoperable brain cancer. Scott, best known for the films "Top Gun" and "Beverly Hills Cop II," apparently com... | Film director Tony Scott left two notes before his apparent suicide, a coroner official says . It will be weeks before autopsy results are made public, an official says . "Unfathomable to think that he is now gone," Denzel Washington says . Scott is best known for the films "Top Gun" and "Beverly Hills Cop II" | adc35ea32363e7e458604e7435c53e2a12d14f45 |
(CNN) -- For anyone yearning to forget about the recession by escaping to a tropical paradise or relaxing on a cruise, finding great travel deals right now isn't hard. Deciding whether to take advantage of them is another matter. Katie Parker and her husband, Damon Fodge, are going to India soon, but she had second tho... | Travel deals abound, but some people are reluctant to spend money during crisis . "Anxiety is contagious," even for those with steady incomes, psychologist says . Some affluent Americans may feel embarrassed about spending a lot on travel . "It's the best time in years to book a vacation," a Travelocity editor says . | 8aba24af67a2917a4e912290078d24690cfb52ef |
(CNN) -- In a move that is antagonizing North Korea and irking China, South Korea commenced a major naval exercise in the Yellow Sea Thursday, the largest since 46 South Korean sailors died in March in the sinking of a warship. The five-day exercise involves some 4,500 personnel and all four branches of the military, a... | NEW: Experts say the chances of a North Korean naval attack are slim . North Korea says it is watching "every move" Eight days ago, South Korea ended joint military exercises with the United States . The drills are in response to the sinking of a warship, blamed on the North . | ba80a89da2be2b7c659fbb1a89aebc01faee706a |
(Rolling Stone) -- In its first season, "Glee" featured some weirdly eclectic song choices: Remember "Thong Song" and "Sweet Caroline" in the "Mash-Up" episode? But in the season-two premiere on September 21, the show will outdo itself. Rolling Stone has learned that the first episode will feature renditions of Jay-Z's... | The first "Glee" episode will feature renditions of "Empire State of Mind" and "Telephone" The following week will see the premiere of the show's all-Britney Spears episode . Travie McCoy's "Billionaire" will also be featured . | 358f69732001b33ba4c07380a5f8281b98cbb626 |
(CNN) -- The debate over genetically engineered salmon should be put in the proper context: As the world's population grows at an accelerating pace, so does the consumption of seafood. This is true not only because there are more mouths to feed, but also because as people become more aware of the health benefits associ... | Yonathan Zohar says people are eating more fish, so natural fish stocks are rapidly depleting . He says we must accept that if we want to eat fish, we have to farm them like any other food . Aquaculture industry's challenge: to be safe, efficient; also offers big promise, he says . Zohar: GE salmon should be available,... | 8266a12c948d41a7881289b8ab4890e912241d7d |
(CNN) -- Italian champions AC Milan climbed to the top of Serie A for the first time this season on Friday with a 2-0 win over 10-man Genoa that was delayed for 10 minutes due to supporters fighting outside the stadium. The game was only 15 minutes old when tear gas started flowing into Genoa's Stadio Luigi Ferraris as... | AC Milan beat 10-man Genoa 2-0 to go one point clear in Serie A table . Match was delayed by tear gas fired by police trying to stop fans fighting . Zlatan Ibrahimovic opened scoring with penalty after Kakha Kaladze was sent off . Bayer Leverkusen move up to sixth place in Germany with 2-0 win over Hoffenheim . | ddd1dc4521b243cfab6738652c85cc79e0d95886 |
(EW.com) -- The "Games" have officially begun! Last night, "The Hunger Games" grossed a truly staggering $19.7 million from midnight showings across the country -- the highest midnight total ever for a non-sequel, and the seventh highest midnight total ever (behind three "Harry Potters" and three "Twilights"). After on... | "The Hunger Games" grossed a staggering $19.7 million from midnight showings . Saturday and Sunday grosses should prove quite sturdy . "The Hunger Games" should take in at least $50 million on Friday . | 838e28a4afc762fafdd239bd73c8570cd46c7873 |
(WIRED) -- Facebook has rolled out its new Timeline feature to the masses. This ultra-illustrative, chronological listing of posts, photos, shared links, check-ins, and more is a radically different arrangement than the Facebook profile you've been used to. And now that your life can be exposed for everyone to see -- a... | Facebook's Timeline profile layout is now available to all users . You can organize friends into lists. Facebook Lists rolled out in September . On your Timeline, click "Activity Log," where you'll find posts and info to review . Click the pencil icon at the top of an offending post, then choose "Hide from Timeline" | 178e8f0140388c08989074adce23e954d09c62c7 |
(CNN) -- Phillip Garrido and his wife, Nancy, met while he was in a federal prison serving time for abducting a different woman from South Lake Tahoe, California, and holding her captive in a storage unit, Nevada probation and parole officials said Friday. Phillip and Nancy Garrido face 29 felony charges relating to th... | Phillip Garrido was convicted of abducting woman, keeping her in storage unit . Officials: Garrido and his wife Nancy met while he was in federal prison . Phillip Garrido's dad not surprised about charges: "He's out of his head" Man accused of abducting girl, 11, in 1991 apparently maintained blog . | 33472ded217c329f7d449994c01f5b8d8a11c69f |
Washington (CNN) -- Congress is a stalemated cesspool of government shutdown showdowns that could come straight from an Aaron Sorkin TV series. But on the issue of using military force in Syria, bipartisanship is coming from unexpected places. Liberal members of Congress are joining forces with some of the most conserv... | Liberal members of Congress joining with conservatives to oppose strikes in Syria . There is an increased skepticism among the left and right over foreign entanglements . Other members of Congress on both sides of the aisle support strike against Syria . | a83369047a983f2e95cc9e41a498d41ad933f98a |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Muslim family removed from an airliner Thursday after passengers became concerned about their conversation say AirTran officials refused to rebook them, even after FBI investigators cleared them of wrongdoing. A Muslim family was removed from an AirTran flight after a conversation about the safest... | Man says Muslim family taken off flight after discussion over safest place to sit . Atif Irfan claims FBI cleared family of wrongdoing, but AirTran wouldn't let them fly . AirTran says it acted properly, complied with all federal directives . Irfan says family owed an apology, may pursue a civil rights lawsuit . | 1d112f2776a2bd0b116970ffc5674112c2206b5a |
(CNN) -- Last month, President Obama proposed cutting almost $72 billion from Medicaid, the program that provides health care to America's poor. Such deep reductions are necessary, he declared, to bring down our staggering national debt. But what if there were a way to both save taxpayer dollars and improve Medicaid pa... | Jody Sindelar says paying Medicaid recipients to quit could save taxpayers money . She says Medicaid recipients smoke more than rest of population, can afford it less . She says tobacco-related disease costs Medicaie $22 billion a year; incentives can help . Sindelar: Challenge in structuring such a program; some state... | e34b6da38a120498e4c47ad6dd567a645c61e14e |
London, England (CNN) -- British Airways cabin crew members went on strike Saturday, leaving thousands of would-be passengers' travel plans during the next two weeks in disarray. The strike came after British Airways Chief Executive Willie Walsh and the joint general secretary of the Unite union, Tony Woodley, emerged ... | NEW: British Airways posts lists on its Web site of flights it plans to operate . Besides three-day strike, Unite to strike for four more days beginning March 27 . Unite: Plans call for longer working hours, cut staff . BA chief: Contingency plan will try to get customers to destinations . | c6e70dc1c6ea89ad0d83feee641105f8ab4ec242 |
JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- About 50 students broke into a Dutch consulate compound in Indonesia Wednesday to protest a film by a Dutch lawmaker that many Muslims consider anti-Islamic. Protesters demonstrate against an anti-Islamic film in front of the Dutch embassy in Jakarta. The protesters tore off the gate of the ... | Protesters break into Dutch consolate compound in Indonesian city of Medan . Flag pulled down, gate ripped off embassy, Dutch spokeswoman tells CNN . Protests prompted by a film juxtaposing images of terrorism with verses from Quran . Filmmaker Geert Wilders is a conservative member of Dutch parliament . | e2108027a8f74544b90341184a01f89d664f13fb |
(EW.com) -- You've seen it a hundred times, in any thriller that finds the hero perched on a ledge or on the edge of a building's rooftop. The camera moves up and tilts downward, in a smooth unbroken shot, so that we can all know that the actor is really standing there. By now we're more than ready for that shot (it's ... | "Ghost Protocol" brims with scenes that are exciting and amazing at the same time . Tom Cruise plays IMF agent Ethan Hunt in the flick . "Ghost Protocol" is fast and explosive, but it's also a supremely clever sleight-of-hand thriller . | 0e13aa95dc73f6d9bffeb47e7dd4b0ce14703b6c |
(CNN) -- I finally said goodbye to some old buddies. Omar (played by Michael K. Williams), "The Wire's" legendary stickup artist, hunts for a rival with his shotgun. One of them shot a woman at point-blank range after complimenting her on her hair. Another person maimed a rival with his shotgun. A third stole from his ... | HBO's "The Wire" is praised for realism, but how real is it? CNN.com writer who grew up in "The Wire's" Baltimore neighborhood renders verdict . Writer says show confuses "hopelessness with authenticity" But dialogue crackles, the characters are rich, writer says . | 84190af471faa92a35a3c3c2a931ac600b638669 |
Friedrich Nietzsche said, "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music is a big part of many people's lives. For some, music is life. Sean Forbes, 26, started a nonprofit called D-PAN, or Deaf Performing Artists Network. But not everyone can have music in their lives, and one man is trying to change that for the dea... | Sean Forbes, 26, started a nonprofit called Deaf Performing Artists Network . D-PAN creates American Sign Language-enhanced music videos . Forbes: 'A lot of the people ... in the videos never experienced music before' Inspiration came during road trip when he was performing for friends in car . | f12d279942752df05c332d30dbe6055d5221692e |
(CNN) -- Bubba Watson won the 76th U.S. Masters as he beat South African Louis Oosthuizen at the second hole of a sudden death playoff at Augusta National on Sunday. Watson, who won his first major title, played a remarkable recovery shot from the trees at the 10th to find the green. Oosthuizen, the 2010 British Open c... | Bubba Watson wins the 76th U.S. Masters at Augusta for his first major title . American beats South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen at second hole of playoff . Lee Westwood, Matt Kuchar, Peter Hanson and Phil Mickelson tied for third . Pre-event favorites Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy finish 15 shots back . | 3451016375ca744853ae782a4bd80603e8c67736 |
(CNN) -- In many ways, the Middle East makes a strange -- and at times perilous -- hotbed for caricature. Many of the region's leaders have a poor reputation for humor, and often, the list of banned topics makes for a long read. For those that dare to satirize a taboo, the punishments can be harsh: arrest, torture, exi... | Some countries in the Middle East, like Egypt, are experiencing a 'golden age' of caricature. Many cartoonists in the region can face arrest, torture and exile. Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat thought he'd say 'good-bye to life' when assaulted by thugs in 2011. Iranian cartoonist Nikahang Kowsar is working on a platform t... | 65f729419bacaddbddab67c96f1664b2493e4aa1 |
(CNN) -- An 85-year-old American man detained and later let go by North Korean authorities described his time in custody as comfortable. Merrill Newman, who returned to the United States this weekend, told the Santa Cruz Sentinel in California that he was kept in a hotel room, not a jail cell, and fed traditional Korea... | Merrill Newman, 85, returned to the United States this weekend . He speaks to the Santa Cruz Sentinel newspaper in California . Newman says he was fed traditional food and kept in a hotel room . | 09d47c7349bebf732d19c3b5b86eac8bdd73cfd7 |
Washington (CNN) -- Using the most unlikely of clues -- a pretzel bag -- authorities in Denmark and the United States are zeroing in on a suspected child abuser, and they are asking for the public's help in ending the exploitation of a small girl. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday released five photog... | A man sexually abuses a girl in four videos posted on the Internet, authorities say . A pretzel bag available only in the U.S. and Canada narrows the search, ICE says . The bag is seen in the videos from which five images of the suspect are taken . Danish authorities say they found the videos, made in April, earlier th... | d012c6415f4f2f22d4b7930d6575979dd7ef8bfe |
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (CNN) -- Four people were killed and several injured after an explosion Wednesday at a chemical plant sent a thick plume of smoke over a section of Jacksonville, authorities said. A thick plume of smoke rises Wednesday at a chemical plant in Jacksonville, Florida. "Literally, it's a hellish infe... | NEW: Fire Department spokesman: 14 have been taken to area hospitals . Firefighters still fighting hot spots Wednesday afternoon, official says . "It's a hellish inferno," he tells reporters . | 725938611c7dca6f876ada93b1d68b29ad25ce38 |
(CNN) -- Since "The Blair Witch Project," "Cloverfield" and "Paranormal Activity," it's been impossible to see a camcorder movie without steeling yourself for some monstrous horror lurking just offscreen. "Project X" is supposed to be a comedy, but parents with teenagers -- or parents with kids who may one day turn int... | Reviewer Tom Charity: "Project X" loses more than it gains from the "videography" gambit . There's nothing new here -- the wild party is ingrained in youths' rites of passage, he says . "Project X" was directed by newcomer Nima Nourizadeh . | bc33fefcb30aabd5db876abf3616b4884d96bb89 |
(CNN) -- When U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk made his closely-watched walk up the 45 Capitol steps Thursday, his progress was slowed more by all the well-wishers than by the fact that he had to re-learn how to walk this past year. The 53-year-old Republican from Illinois suffered a massive stroke last January. He underwent three ... | U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk walks up 45 Capitol steps . He suffered a massive stroke last January . Only half of stroke patients actually receive intensive therapy, expert says . | 1e274e4d068d54169663718805ea077d84fb934c |
Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama has approved the use of armed Predator drones in Libya, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday. Gates suggested that the unmanned Predator missions may have already begun. He said he believed that the first flights were launched Thursday but were called back due to poor ... | NEW: "I think that today may in fact have been their first mission," Robert Gates says . NEW: Vice Joint Chiefs chair says drones help distinguish "friend from foe" NEW: Gadhafi loyalists "nestle up in crowded areas," Gen. James Cartwright says . NEW: Air defense, missile and radar sites, as well as troops, are authori... | 00d09a220e0c94981fd4b908f61b3fa7bbfbf7b6 |
(CNN) -- Internet attacks shut down the social networking site Twitter for about two hours on Thursday morning and caused glitches in other sites like Facebook and LiveJournal, a blogging site. Some Twitter users expressed near-panic that the site was not working properly Thursday. It's unclear if the attacks were coor... | Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal hit Thursday morning with denial-of-service attacks . The attack shut Twitter down for at least two hours . It's unclear who caused the attacks . Twitter co-founder: attack is not related to a recent breach in Twitter security . | 295ca7230b9dc50648fed07c6febcfef29f65c80 |
Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama, in awarding an overdue posthumous Medal of Honor to a Vietnam hero Wednesday, paid tribute to soldiers who received a cold reception when they returned home from the Southeast Asian war. "This month, we'll begin to mark the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War," Obama said at ... | Widow pays tribute to others also killed in battle . President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor to a GI's widow . Spc. Leslie Sabo Jr. was married for one month before shipping out to Vietnam . Sabo died in a firefight in which he shielded his mates from a grenade . | 84517decf280de0594716a78e86d700aece0606f |
(CNN) -- No invitation? No problem! That's what the former Miss New York told HLN on Tuesday in response to questions about her crashing the Miss USA float at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade last week. Davina Reeves, whose reign as Miss New York ended on Sunday, said she wanted to be bold. "I wanted to be fearless, ... | Davina Reeves crashed the float at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade . She says she did it to be bold . Her reign as Miss New York ended on Sunday . "No regrets," says Reeves . | bf89df88db9643e2ef3ca9ab388aa33cf371ceda |
(Mashable) -- We already knew about YouTube's redesign, which tech-savvy readers have been enabling for the past 10 days. As of now, however, the new YouTube is available to everyone. Unlike parent company Google, which tends to roll out redesigns over a period of days, YouTube pressed the button and switched the homep... | YouTube switched its homepage for every user worldwide on Thursday . The popular online video service now sees itself as a descendent of cable TV . YouTube is also making it easier to post videos on Facebook and Twitter . YouTube says more redesigns are coming . | db3fd5f73f3e2cfcac576df6715c576dbf75f9d2 |
(OPRAH.com) -- Oprah has always said that mothers have the most difficult job on earth, and actress Jenny McCarthy is one mom who has never backed down from a challenge. Doctors removed Monica's uterus, ovaries, gallbladder and part of her colon, along with her legs and arms. Jenny has been an outspoken advocate for pa... | Monica was diagnosed with deadly, flesh-eating bacteria after C-section . Doctors amputated Monica's limbs, did 37 surgeries . "She's a fighter," husband says of Monica's strength and determination . Monica now does everyday things for her two girls no matter how long they take . | 74050867f3fbe3043aba1f0ead4636a9ffd788ee |
(CNN) -- Executive jets are a glamorous concept; throw in comfort, performance and robust design and it becomes a business with sex appeal, according to the boss of a Brazilian aerospace giant. Frederico Curado, head of Embraer, told CNN the company had combined "the best of both worlds" to create a very "sex appealing... | Embraer, founded over 40 years ago, is also looking to make inroads into the U.S. defense market . Frederico Curado, head of Embraer, told CNN the company had combined "the best of both worlds" U.S. Air Force announced it had selected Embraer Defense for a contract for 20 aircraft worth $427 million . | 3eacf1854e8e5f63132770d50e9a293238d1d72c |
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (CNN) -- When James Earl Ray bought a white Mustang in the summer of 1967, he stood on a streetcorner in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, and pulled the cash out of his shirt pocket, $2,000 in all. James Earl Ray paid $2,000 cash for a white Mustang, similar to this one, the seller told the FBI. "Mostly... | Police: James Earl Ray's money came from a bank robbery in his hometown . Gun, masks used in robbery found near burial plot of Ray's mother . Ray bought a Mustang and underwent plastic surgery before King's death . Prosecutors believe he lived very cheaply on the run . | 7dc9c7399c2e313bbc6264072f6a592b6915b082 |
New Delhi, India (CNN) -- India set the stage for a new wave of competition in its booming telecom industry Thursday as it allowed its 750 million mobile users to change operators without losing their existing cellphone numbers. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched the mobile number portability (MNP) service, a facil... | India's mobile subscriber base has swollen to about 750 million, Singh says . In 2004, there were 33 million, he says . At one time, Indians had to wait for years to get landline connections . | 605a7d5ee334c718632923bc6ead4217b5938b9d |
(CNN) -- "We don't really care what the federal government wants to call us," Aran Rush was saying the other afternoon. "We know that we're a good place." Rush is the executive director of the convention and visitors bureau in Sioux City, Iowa, and we were discussing what has happened to the little airport with the big... | Bob Greene: The acronym for Sioux City's airport has long been a headache . Greene: The city tried to change it, but FAA would only act if it was a safety issue . So the city "very successfully made lemonade out of lemons" Greene: Now you can buy SUX postcards and mugs and proudly wear SUX T-shirts . | b9b7fe7aed1e34f7ac8e4854a457d6efc91e2696 |
(CNN) -- A former federal prosecutor was arrested Wednesday on charges related to the murder of a witness in a drug case, among many other counts, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Newark, New Jersey, said. Former federal prosecutor Paul Bergrin is charged with leading a racketeering conspiracy that included a murder. Paul... | Paul Bergrin arrested after federal grand jury indicts him and 3 others on 14 counts . Bergrin was assistant U.S. attorney in New Jersey before going into private practice . Indictment charges him with leading conspiracy that included murder of a witness . Bergrin's attorney: Case is "dredging up old issues," will plea... | 8d009aa8506cc6f284cbe7d31bba819c04d96fb1 |
(CNN) -- Call it the Super Bowl MVP -- the most valuable power outage. For 35 bewildering minutes Sunday night, the Super Bowl showdown between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers ground to a halt when half of the lights in the New Orleans Superdome went out. Players stretched on the field. The more than 7... | The power outage at the Super Bowl turned into the #blackoutbowl . The makers of Nabisco's Oreo cookie capitalized on the blackout with promoted tweet . "You can still dunk in the dark," the Oreo ad read . Tide also jumped in with "We can't get your #blackout, but we can get your stains out" | 9d0a7b2c47b0b2cbf448b33227f512c591e5fe07 |
Kaufman County, Texas (CNN) -- The memorial service Thursday for a slain Texas prosecutor and his wife was somber, but one phrase made mourners erupt in applause. "Chase 'em down. Go get 'em. Bring 'em to justice," said Chris Heisler, who led the service, drawing cheers and whistles from the crowd. "Take them out of th... | "We will not stop pursuing justice," the district attorney's chief investigator vows . An FBI computer forensics team joins the investigation . The Texas governor offers a $100,000 reward in the prosecutor killings . The killings are "direct attacks on the core of our civil society," Gov. Rick Perry says . | 4fe465c2b678240cfbf7ef934b5be767245c7105 |
AURORA, Colorado (CNN) -- In her best year as a mortgage broker, Laura Glick says she made "six figures." This week she was one of more than 1,200 people attending a job fair and applying for one of 150 jobs paying between $7 and $12 an hour at a new Kohl's department store in a Denver, Colorado, suburb. Laura Glick sa... | 1,200 people hoping for a job applied at Colorado store hiring 150 . Mortgage broker once earned six figures, hopes for $7- to $12-per-hour job . Store openings are rare with retail sales down for six straight months . A single mother of three is excited after getting a part-time job . | eddab12d60c386eedc80f45c36cc9802489da1ae |
(CNN) -- The former commander of U.S. forces in Iraq who retired over the Abu Ghraib prison scandal is calling for a truth commission to investigate Bush-era policies behind the abuse and controversial interrogations of detainees. Retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez commanded U.S. forces in Iraq during the Abu Ghraib scan... | Retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez retired over the Abu Ghraib prison scandal . Abu Ghraib photos showed naked prisoners and prisoners with dogs . Truth commission is only way to regain credibility, says Sanchez . "We've got to learn the lessons and never go this way again," Sanchez says . | 6e5a705953bcfcd30887e983b55580ca130a5ad1 |
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A plea deal has been reached in the assault case against singer Chris Brown, defense attorney Mark Geragos said in a hearing Monday. Chris Brown, at court Monday, will serve five years probation and must do jail time or community service. Brown, 20, faced charges of assaulting his pop s... | NEW: Singer reaches plea deal over attack on girlfriend . Singer will serve five years of probation, do community service . Brown pleaded not guilty earlier in connection with assault on Rihanna . Brown will undergo domestic violence counseling, judge said . | 4509e6ec7edecad30ada0514ef153d9339f4d363 |
Washington (CNN) -- A formal investiture ceremony will take place Friday for Elena Kagan during a special sitting of the Supreme Court. Kagan was sworn in as the 112th justice of the court in August. The 2 p.m. event on Friday is a formal affair where the authority of the office is conferred. The Senate confirmed Kagan... | Elena Kagan was sworn in as the 112th justice of the court in August . She is not expected to change court's ideological balance . She is confirmed on a mostly party-line vote . | 13d4f8beab379a5de3c7f4371fc6097a6a90738c |
(CNN) -- In staging their Fourth of July fireworks show, authorities in Ocean City, Maryland, have faced challenges in recent years from Mother Nature. Fireworks light up the sky over Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the city's 2008 Fourth of July festivities. In 2005, thick fog veiled the celebration. Spectators couldn't ... | High winds and rainstorms can pose serious challenges to fireworks shows . Severe weather affected fireworks three of past four years in Ocean City, Maryland . Winds can cancel a fireworks celebration, although light rain often will not . One fireworks company weathered a sandstorm before a show in Dubai . | 5cb2e161b5492ed25cc2fffd3534aa7fb818c4d8 |
(CNN) -- A list of 22 techniques for evading drone strikes shows that militants are trying to share their knowledge and reduce the number of casualties that American attacks are costing them. The tipsheet advises militants to hide under thick trees, stay in the shadows, cover up their vehicles, stay away from their par... | A terrorism analyst says the list has been on the Internet for a couple of years . Militants are advised to stay away from parked cars, avoid using cell phones . Osama bin Laden warned followers to take precautions against drone strikes . | 974e1ca73c82da6594683b0bcc7dde676540e551 |
(CNN) -- Donald Trump will let Miss California USA Carrie Prejean keep her title despite controversy over seminude photos and charges by state pageant officials that she had abandoned her duties to devote time to opposition to same-sex marriage. Miss California USA Carrie Prejean caused controversy with remarks she mad... | Carrie Prejean to keep title despite disputes over photos, duties . Donald Trump, who owns the pageant, made final decision . Seminude photos don't violate contract Prejean signed, Trump says . Prejean initially in news for her response to question about same-sex marriage . | 7de9e34b2c18a896be6fc191379862b4ece49622 |
Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israel early Sunday released the names of the first group of Palestinian prisoners to be freed in exchange for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, setting in motion a process that will allow the public to file objections to specific releases. The list features 477 names, including those of Ahlam T... | NEW: Israeli releases list of first group of prisoners proposed for exchange . NEW: Those on list "have dedicated their lives to killing Jews," father of bombing victim says . The swap is expected to take place early this week . The deal includes an Israeli soldier held since 2006 and more than 1,000 Palestinian prison... | 54a7c45f3d44ed01247e89591ebb340f9c6c8137 |
(CNN) -- Eleven people died as Hurricane Sandy pummeled Cuba on Thursday, state media reported. Nine deaths occurred in Santiago de Cuba province and two bodies were recovered in Guantanamo state, national media reported, citing civil defense authorities. Cuban President Raul Castro will travel Friday to Santiago de Cu... | NEW: Nine people killed in Santiago and 2 died in Guantanamo state . NEW: Bahamas residents endure intermittent power outages, minor flooding . More than 3,000 homes were damaged in Cuba . Hurricane center predicts storm may hit New Jersey on Tuesday . | 138e5bddc0fb20e25c67bec4f65727f3b1293a61 |
Washington (CNN) -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie opted for a special election to fill a newly vacant Senate seat through 2014 instead of appointing a replacement through that time, saying the decision was about giving voters "a choice and a voice in the process" and was not driven by political self-interest. While th... | Christie had decision to make about filling unexpired term of late Sen. Lautenberg . New Jersey will hold special election in October . Decision avoids possibility of Democratic turnout boost when Christie on ballot in November . Christie says his decision is not political, says he wants what is best for state, voters ... | 5fd890e6abc9e7aa73047c3d949ffc1af9b10d37 |
BETHESDA, Maryland (CNN) -- Josh Winston is a self-described problem solver. From his spacious office on the seventh floor of a high-rise building in Bethesda, Maryland, he fills out tax returns and keeps the books balanced for a number of his accounting clients. Josh Winston stands outside the 1983 RV he was convertin... | "Problem solver" converts vehicles to run on vegetable oil, not diesel . A 1983 RV recently became this converter's largest project . Recycled vegetable oil for RV came from Chinese food restaurant . Small steps can add up: "It's going to save a glacier somewhere" | 1b7c0767b22b99d07bc84631c7c98cd4758aa8e6 |
(CNN) -- Sports are not pretty. And firing Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice will not take the brutality out of college sports. It does not change a thing. Even in these politically correct times, the essence of sport will always lie in the Neanderthal within us all. Watching the video of Rice batter and berate his pl... | Roxanne Jones: Firing Rice won't make a difference: Sports appeals to our Neanderthal side . Jones: Every athlete has had a "Coach Rice," who bullies and berates team members . Jones: Athletes say it's good to get tough; you play for the love of the game, not the coach . Jones: Rice didn't pretend to be gentle. His bru... | 68548eaf549898fb048008707b2b28ca788d21a8 |
New Delhi (CNN) -- India and Pakistan Wednesday pledged not to let their fragile peace process slide again because of thorny issues that have made the nuclear neighbors bitter enemies. Pakistan's new Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar met her Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna in New Delhi in an engagement that saw no maj... | Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers meet . No breakthroughs are announced but there is a commitment to pursue dialogue . Both sides express optimism that dialogue will lead to progress . | bf5bccde77c42d8708b2b6e17a29d83368ace281 |
MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Everyone has heard of the worm at the bottom of the bottle, but what customs officials in Miami found kicked that up a few notches. Customs officials in Miami seized what they believe is "snake wine," poisonous snakes bottled in alcohol. United States Customs and Border Protection officers condu... | Customs officials seize container of poisonous snakes in alcohol . "Snake wine" popular in Southeast Asia . Officials say they think wine is used for medicinal purposes . Spokesman says bottle was discovered during routine inspection . | 38c2a5e1a626da68bb7782b0e8b58ed837450142 |
(CNN) -- When Joseph Altuzarra sent a model down the runway in an enormous black-and-white intarsia fox fur coat on Saturday, Elle's Anne Slowey tweeted,"(Cruella de Vil) eat your heart out." This, oddly enough, would not be the only time a ready-to-wear look would be compared to the pelt-wearing villain's wardrobe dur... | Fur was omnipresent in the fall and winter collections at New York Fashion Week . Fur industry insider says designers approve of their chain of production and find it humane . Animal rights designers say faux fur can be luxurious and stylish, and is a viable alternative . | 88eb26e6e79ab8572253c7c6e2f7c4dab873ddcb |
Dutch Harbor, ALASKA (CNN) -- In Dutch Harbor the smell of fish wafting from the docks and the canneries is the smell of money. And lately, the town has smelled a lot less fishy. High seas high jinx: Tobias gives his shipmate Hanns a haircut at sea using a sail bag as a barber cape. Over fishing, new quota systems and ... | Team aims to discover how climate change has affected Arctic and Inuit people . At Dutch Harbor, Alaska, discovered how fishing quota transforming community . Unexpected calm weather on trip so far despite sailing "Deadliest Catch" seas . Read the first ship's log from the crew of the Silent Sound . | a0d966444f64b041be7ebbe699a104fb97918c4a |
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- China is shutting down a pair of smelting plants suspected of sickening several thousand children with lead poisoning, according to state-run media. A Chinese boy gets treated for blood poisoning in Shaanxi province Aug. 15. At least 851 children living near a plant in northwestern China's Shaan... | A pair of plants suspected of sickening thousands of children is closed. At least 851 children in Shaanxi province found to have lead poisoning. In Hunan province, 1300 children near another plant were poisoned. | c19989cbc7d1b5b31cb76edbf2a3e2d50455773a |
(CNN) -- The 19 firefighters killed while battling an Arizona wildfire last month understood what few did, Vice President Joe Biden told thousands who attended their memorial Tuesday. They realized, he told a packed arena in Prescott Valley, that integrity "is measured by whether you respond to the needs of your neighb... | Hotshot team was "an elite unit in every sense of that phrase," Vice President Joe Biden says . Thousands attend memorial for 19 fallen members of a "hotshot" Arizona firefighting team . Firefighters died in an Arizona wildfire June 30 . Unit's lone remaining member recites firefighters' prayer, gets standing ovation . | 429b679fb1e35f182233ec5b3ebd6900f71924c6 |
(CNN) -- Romania insisted Wednesday there was no evidence it had hosted secret CIA prisons as part of the United States' "global war on terror" after September 11, 2001. The country "has no information whatsoever showing that there existed secret CIA detention centers on its territory," the Foreign Ministry told CNN. T... | Romania rejects accusations by the Council of Europe that it hosted jails for "enhanced interrogation" Human Rights Commission's Thomas Hammarberg says "the full truth" must be established . CIA officials have acknowledged the extraordinary rendition program but refuse to disclose details . Records emerging from Moamma... | 38228f7ddf18f74aa783c238acb66f39da26735c |
(CNN) -- Inter Milan kept their seven-point lead at the top of Serie A with a 2-0 win over Fiorentina in the San Siro in Sunday's late match in Italy. Ibrahimovic powers home a 30-meter free-kick in stoppage time at the San Siro. Inter showed no signs of their Champions League disappointment at Manchester United as Swe... | Inter Milan defeat Fiorentina 2-0 to re-open seven point lead in Serie A table . Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores twice for the leaders at the San Siro . Filippo Inzaghi reaches 300 career goals to help AC Milan hammer Siena 5-1 . | 8939eee2f33590f7e5a817c1d3aab243ee1211e8 |
(CNN) -- Roger Federer made it five straight wins in a row as he reached the semifinals of the French Open Tuesday at the expense of home favorite Gael Monfils. The third seed clinched a 6-4 6-3 7-6 victory on his third match point after two hours and 34 minutes on Court Philippe Chatrier. It set up a mouthwatering se... | Roger Federer earns semifinal clash against Novak Djokovic at French Open . Federer beats home favorite Gael Monfils in straight sets while Djokovic had bye . Andy Murray beats Victor Troicki to reach last eight at Roland Garros . | 8eb91450f66d7c51f16015f6c947ef9297be420c |
Hong Kong (CNN) -- If there's been one consistent thread running through the U.S. economic story since 2008, it's been the steady drumbeat of gloom. Outright recession or sub-standard growth, stubbornly high unemployment and fiscal crises have been the topics du jour when it comes to the world's biggest economy. But no... | Historian Niall Ferguson says America could be set for a new economic boom . Says production of natural gas and oil from shale formations will have enormous implications . International Energy Agency: U.S. to pass Saudi Arabia as world's biggest oil producer by end of decade . IEA says this could put Washington near en... | aa63759e1b62aafe1add27d57d6e64e7ce06b97b |
(CNN) -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is headed to Germany under the care of a specialized medical team for medical treatment, Kurdish lawmaker Mahmoud Othman said Thursday. Talabani is in stable condition, his office has said. Talabani was rushed to a Baghdad hospital Monday night in deteriorating health because of ... | Jalal Talabani was hospitalized earlier this week in Iraq . A Kurdish lawmaker said Talabani had a stroke . Talabani's office said he was suffering from hardening of the arteries . | 165a0e8897d167fe1624f4349eaec6bca7a6639d |
(CNN) -- A Florida TV anchor became an Internet sensation this week when she pressed Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden about whether Sen. Barack Obama's policies were Marxist. WFTV-TV anchor Barbara West tells Larry King she was doing her job as a reporter when she interviewed Sen. Joe Biden. Criti... | TV news anchor attracts controversy with interview of Sen. Joe Biden . Anchor asks Biden how Sen. Barack Obama's polices aren't Marxist . WFTV's Barbara West says her job is to ask tough, probing questions . "I don't believe I got answers at all," West tells CNN's Larry King . | fba84ca439b9a2479af19899b1168c9ccef0a257 |
(CNN) -- In a television interview, the mother of a man charged in the murder of an Auburn University freshman repeatedly says she's sorry about the suffering the victim's family is enduring. Courtney Larrell Lockhart was arrested Friday in Phenix City, Alabama, about 35 miles from Auburn. "I never thought Courtney wou... | Courtney Larrell Lockhart's mother says she's sorry for suffering of victim's family . "I never thought Courtney would do this," mother tells television station . Lockhart charged in Tuesday slaying of Auburn University freshman Lauren Burk . Lockhart is being held in the Russell County jail, authorities say . | 1064c47f3d7f0efa03368fe7eb01dd0836017339 |
(CNN) -- Android users beware. Download the wrong version of your favorite pig-killing game and the birds won't be the only ones who are angry. "Angry Birds: Space," the latest installment of the insanely popular mobile game, is being used to mask some fairly nasty malware, according to security experts and Rovio, the ... | Fake "Angry Birds: Space" versions may contain dangerous malware . Security analyst says fake versions were found in unofficial Android stores . "Angry Birds: Space" was downloaded 10 million times in three days . | a37b65a42dc7e0c61abd6ce6294ee1970750d6cb |
(CNN) -- U.S. Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford took command Sunday of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, where he will oversee the final two years of the war and the withdrawal of nearly all troops. "Today is not about change, it's about continuity," Dunford said at a change-of-command cerem... | Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford replaces Gen John Allen as ISAF commander . Dunford will over the final two years of the war and the withdrawal of troops . Dunford assumed command during a ceremony in Kabul . | 60e6b4c659bd597fddbe6977a58471ec548310f2 |
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minnesota (CNN) -- Thousands of Liberians living in the United States face deportation March 31 when a federal immigration status created for humanitarian purposes expires. Corvah Akoiwala is worried about what will happen to his children, born in the U.S., when he is sent to Liberia. In the 1990s, a b... | 14,000 Liberians took advantage of U.S. temporary status during civil war . Liberians have to return home when status exemption expires March 31 . Corvah Akoiwala: "My fear is, who am I going to leave my kids with?" Sen. Jack Reed pushing for extension to allow Liberians to stay . | 765b8056061de84ea71ae36fb5af5b852d501746 |
(CNN) -- What on Earth would drive a man to swim in Arctic waters wearing nothing but Speedos, goggles and a cap? Lewis Pugh braves the icy water off the arctic archipelogo of Svalbard. For Lewis Pugh, it was a love of the environment and a passionate desire to save the Arctic from global warming. His 1 km swim (0.62 o... | Lewis Pugh was the first man to complete a long-distance swim in the Arctic . "Most people can't go 20 meters in ice-cold water," says his coach . Pugh is able to increase his body temperature using will power alone . His extreme swims are intended to publicize the effects of global warming . | 73406b8cb98e97c001fb87576cc7fb86514b75fa |
(CNN) -- Australia's National Rugby League apologized on Tuesday for the behavior of its players after ABC's "Four Corners" current-affairs program revealed allegations of group sex in 2002 between players and a New Zealand woman. Two other women told the program they were sexually abused by NRL players. Former Cronull... | Allegations of group sex involved NRL personality Matthew Johns . He played for Cronulla at the time of alleged incident in Christchurch, New Zealand . Nine Network suspends Johns; CEO apologizes, extends sympathy to woman . Woman tells ABC she's speaking out to let players' wives, girlfriends know . | e0824b2eb44fd2562070010422784505ac587e0a |
(CNN) -- Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has defended Fernando Torres after the striker missed an open goal during the club's 3-1 defeat to Manchester United on Sunday. Villas-Boas, 33, saw his team fall 3-0 behind in the first half at Old Trafford, through goals from Chris Smalling, Nani and Wayne Rooney, before Spa... | Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has defended Fernando Torres . The Spain striker missed an open goal during Chelsea's 3-2 defeat . Torres scored only his second Chelsea goal in the second half of the loss . | 76c145333e2d5fb19a80142368914ed25ccaa0aa |
(CNN) -- Not only is Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi the first woman to hold a ministerial post in the United Arab Emirates, the first female minister of economy in the Gulf, and the first to start a Middle Eastern BB marketplace, but she's also the first minister - anywhere in the world - to launch her own perfume line. Membe... | Sheikha Lubna was first female minister in the United Arab Emirates . Openness to foreign ownership is the "natural path", she says . If countries "lock up" interest due to protectionism there are other places to go . | 7554bcdf4be93baf973eccf5a3423bd8b383ac72 |
Washington (CNN) -- An underground transformer fire about two blocks from the White House prompted evacuations of two hotels and disrupted a wedding, officials said Saturday night. Flames shot up through a sidewalk after 8 p.m., said Pete Piringer, a spokesman for the District of Columbia Fire Department. The Willard I... | Two hotels were evacuated in downtown Washington . The fire started roughly two blocks from the White House . An underground transformer apparently caught fire . Hundreds of wedding guests were relocated . | 11398f279c4dd6dcd8f59e0144a1766df1260a5b |
(CNN) -- They battled on and off court last year and now Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova are locking horns at the earliest opportunity in 2014. The world no. 1 will play Sharapova on Friday for a place in the final of the Brisbane International tournament after both women won through in their quarterfinal matches o... | Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova set to clash in Brisbane International semis . Williams holds 14-2 head-to-head advantage over the Russian . World no. 1 recalls moment in 2005 when 13-match unbroken winning sequence began . Sharapova and Williams traded verbal blows off court in 2013 . | 51f45ca8c7208d84cbd7407ecad7bacc535f8841 |
(CNN) -- Additional evidence found with a man shot to death by police further links him to the shooting deaths of five people in upstate South Carolina, authorities said on Tuesday. Homicide suspect Patrick Tracy Burris, 41, was fatally shot by police in North Carolina on Monday. Reggie Lloyd, director of South Carolin... | Items found with Burris appear to have "come from the victims," official says . North Carolina authorities shot Patrick Burris on Monday . Burris suspected in five slayings in Gaffney, South Carolina . | f0915019a0bad7da5a10a4fd584f8ba9e25cb62c |
(CNN) -- The lawyer for a U.S. man being held in Aruba in connection with the case of a missing American woman urged authorities on Sunday to release his client. Gary Giordano, 50, was arrested by Aruban police on August 5, three days after Robyn Gardner, 35, was last seen near Baby Beach on the western tip of the Cari... | Gary Giordano is being held in connection with Robyn Gardner's disappearance . His lawyer, Michael Lopez, says Giordano has not committed a felony . Lopez insists his client is cooperating in the investigation . | 1998bca7115d32c9cd5d22c439c23b0a8bb0dc4b |
(CNN) -- They're friendly, intelligent and playful. So who'd want to shoot a dolphin? Conservation experts and federal agents say they're looking into the violent deaths of several bottlenose dolphins along the northern Gulf Coast this year, including one that was shot and another that was stabbed with a screwdriver. "... | "I can't explain why anyone would shoot a dolphin," a NOAA official says . At least six dolphin killings have been reported so far this year . Two earlier prosecutions involved fishing charter captains . | a2f264979df7c1625521f2b901f5912c4d5cb68f |
(CNN) -- Teresa Heinz Kerry left a Boston rehabilitation hospital Saturday nearly three weeks after she experienced a seizure at her Nantucket, Massachusetts, home. The 74-year-old wife of Secretary of State John Kerry walked out of Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and is expected to fully recover at home "after some ... | Outpatient treatment awaits . Heinz Kerry, 74, suffered a seizure on July 7 on Nantucket . "I'm kind of, I guess, a little fatalistic," she said about a previous illness . | 271bc20961f08ccdf39543290de99bfe2c810457 |
(CNN) -- There once was a man named Norton who didn't know what to do with himself -- not just sometimes, but always. He slogged through school, then the University of Pennsylvania and pre-Beatles Liverpool on a scholarship. He shipped off to a foggy, wretched spot in Newfoundland in the Navy, and returned to a slightl... | "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster celebrated 50 years in print last year . Juster said the book has stayed relevant because the world changes, but children don't . Milo, the book's main character, is really just Juster himself, the author said . | 3c7a32498d77df3f2edd48ef4c41c915c8c2ebe7 |
(CNN) -- Tens of thousands of Congolese refugees fled camps Tuesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo as rebel troops attacked government forces in the area, the U.N. refugee agency said. Refugees move along a road Tuesday in Mugunga, near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A press release from the U.N. High ... | NEW: Congo rebels blame Rwandan Hutus for attack, report says . Internally displaced Congolese flee as rebels attack government troops . Torrential rain makes refugee movement difficult . U.N. refugee agency: Some 375,000 have been forced from homes in past year . | 180642a2ddfce93ceaf3ee3ec4779400fe67ae1e |
(CNN) -- Tiger Woods overtook Jack Nicklaus for second place on the all-time PGA Tour list as he claimed the AT&T National at Congressional Sunday. It was his 74th victory and he needs eight more to draw level with Sam Snead. The two-shot win over nearest challenger Bo Van Pelt also leaves him in fine fettle heading in... | Tiger Woods wins AT&T National for third win on PGA Tour in seven starts . Woods pulls clear of Jack Nicklaus for second place on all-time list . Woods is eight short of the 82 wins of legendary Sam Snead . Woods targeting 15th major in British Open at Lytham later this month . | 1aa7253896c7e4d3301acb7fe6e0c1ba0876f59c |
(CNN) -- Ayat Al-Qassab carefully slipped the beaded satin wedding gown over her small frame. She peered at herself in the rusted mirror and cautiously smiled. For a moment, her war-torn world was transformed and she was a beautiful bride -- free, safe and happy. Boom! A mortar shell exploded somewhere near her Syrian ... | Many Syrians are determined to live their lives despite a war ravaging their nation . Ayat Al-Qassab and Mohammad Jumbaz survived artillery shelling during their honeymoon . Their marriage is a symbol of the resistance against Bashar al-Assad . "We will not surrender, God willing," they say . | a15b4853a07b1df48f2905fd40b06ddf6e0f4171 |
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Osama bin Laden typically wore a cowboy hat while tending his garden. Its broad brim obscured his features from the view of pesky eyes or satellite cameras that might blow his cover while he was hiding out in Pakistan, according to a report first published widely in Pakistani media. The 337... | NEW: A senior government official confirms the report's authenticity . Report: At the hospital, bin Laden's wife faked being deaf and mute so people wouldn't ask questions . He wore a cowboy hat to obscure his features from satellite cameras, the report says . The most wanted terrorist once shaved his beard to avoid re... | bcb6643312706e883f20c354df3f77e4645330f5 |
(Health.com) -- Study after study has linked long work hours, demanding bosses, and other on-the-job stressors to health problems ranging from insomnia to heart attacks. But the jobs themselves may not be entirely to blame. According to a new study of Swedish twins, the relationship between job stress and health proble... | The study looked at 300 pairs of Swedish twins . Genes can influence the relationship between job stress and health problems . It's important to remember genes don't actually control us . | f8c6037220fe1df20d8e3717ef5fb4b497651672 |
(CNN) -- Police in Buffalo, New York said Saturday evening that they have arrested and charged a suspect in connection with a shooting spree that left four dead outside a downtown restaurant earlier in the day. The Buffalo Police Department said 25-year old Keith Johnson is in custody and has been charged with four cou... | NEW: A 25-year old suspect is under arrest in connection with the shooting spree . NEW: Keith Johnson has been charged with four counts of second degree murder . Eight people were shot, four fatally, at the City Grill restaurant . Four others were injured and one is in critical condition . | dc755239bd8894ed9ccbf04c62df04e1829f6502 |
Baghdad (CNN) -- Twenty years after the United States and its allies launched Operation Desert Storm to roll back Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, Iraq still owes its smaller neighbor billions in reparations and more than 1,000 people are still missing. It was in August 1990 that Iraq invaded, declaring that Kuwait... | Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, and the U.S. led a counteroffensive in January 1991 . Baghdad continues to pay reparations to its neighbor . Iraq's government spokesman says enough is enough . About 1,000 people who disappeared have never been found . | bfccb4403ccb718d16112cf138e37a8012ae3563 |
(CNN) -- Four people in Japan have been killed amid heavy rain from a powerful typhoon that is expected to make landfall Wednesday afternoon, authorities there said. The center of Typhoon Roke, which had sustained winds of up to 167 kph (103 mph) Wednesday morning, could hit Japan's Tokai region, which includes Nagoya ... | Typhoon Roke approaches Japan, expected to make landfall midafternoon Wednesday . 4 deaths in Nagoya attributed to storm . About 1 million people have been urged to evacuate Nagoya . Several flights canceled; some trains not running . | 0742708005d75f2ce2248d74144a7d71fa8d1475 |
(CNN) -- The remains of an Oregon teenager missing for more than 25 years were recently identified by authorities, and police are looking into whether she might have been a victim of Gary Ridgway, known as the "Green River Killer." Police believe Ridgway could be responsible for the death of Angela Marie Girdner becaus... | Teenager's misplaced remains are identified more than 20 years after her death . Angela Marie Girdner was found near the remains of two women linked to Gary Ridgway . Ridgway, known as "Green River Killer," admitted 48 slayings but denied killing Girdner . | 4a0505199bd214d679275295f1365c3b3f0aba09 |
(EW.com) -- "Savages" is Oliver Stone doing what he should have done a long time ago: making a tricky, amoral, down-and-dirty crime thriller that's blessedly free of any social, topical or political relevance. How liberated from an agenda is this movie? It's about two marijuana dealers in Laguna Beach who run afoul of ... | "Savages" is a tricky, amoral, down-and-dirty crime thriller . It's about two marijuana dealers in Laguna Beach who run afoul of a Mexican drug cartel . Although it's action-packed, "Savages" does slide off the rails during the last half hour . | 9f508c8801ae0d7f38753639bf50fb2d3b44a881 |
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