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(CNN) -- A former Massachusetts crime lab chemist accused of mishandling evidence affecting hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of criminal cases was sentenced Friday to three to five years in prison after pleading guilty to 27 counts. Annie Dookhan, 36, was arrested last year, accused of cutting corners by visually ident... | Annie Dookhan pleads guilty to tampering with evidence, perjury, obstruction of justice . 300 drug convictions have been put on hold in one county alone . Dookhan cut corners in criminal cases, altered samples to cover up . Authorities: One person set free because of Dookhan went on to kill someone . | 67dfafe1eb482624690459c8163c94a864f6eb34 |
(CNN) -- Four minor boys are facing felony assault charges after a 13-year-old boy accused them of sexually assaulting him in the locker room of a Tampa, Florida, middle school, authorities said Friday. The alleged victim told school officials he was assaulted with a broomstick and hockey stick at Walker Middle School,... | Boy, 13, says he was sexually assaulted at middle school . 4 teens, age 14 and 15, face felony charges in Tampa, Florida . All four suspects have been suspended from school . | a4c631ac1f68cdcff108e10fccfc82015f6efb88 |
(CNN) -- Somalia needs international help to fight Islamist extremists battling for power in the lawless Horn of Africa nation, the country's moderate Islamist president said Monday. Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed was recently appointed Somalia's transitional president. "I am calling on the international community to help ... | President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed speaking at a conference in Mogadishu . Ahmed fears foreign fighters will turn Somalia into another Iraq or Afghanistan . Fighting in past two days kills more than 40 civilians . U.S. says Al-Shabab militants are affiliated with al Qaeda network . | 37e7e07f44147b18a00f6f2f0327c40f9a58142b |
(CNN) -- An estimated 1 million people turned out to hear Pope Benedict XVI preach a Mass in Angola on Sunday, the last major event of his first trip to Africa. Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass in Angola, where he told Angolans on Sunday to "trust in God's promises." He spoke of the need for reconciliation in a countr... | NEW: Pope expresses "deep sorrow" at deaths in stampede at his Saturday event . About 1 million gather in civil war-torn Angola to hear Pope Benedict XVI . Mass was in English and Portuguese, the language of former colonial rulers . Benedict, who has been in Africa since Tuesday, returns to Rome on Monday . | 349891ae61ca056fb415044c7fb927c44e4ec686 |
(CNN) -- A quick look at Japan's nuclear industry and the problems faced at three plants since Friday's massive earthquake off northern Honshu, as compiled by the CNN Wire: . NATIONWIDE . Japan's electric power companies run 54 nuclear reactors, with two under construction, at 17 power plants, according to figures from... | Japan's electric power companies run 54 nuclear reactors at 17 power plants . They produced more than 280,000 gigawatt-hours of electricity in 2010 . Most Japanese plants -- including the three facing emergencies -- use boiling-water reactors . | ff3c5f3f27dc13e7bddee7892237a8f7d80af052 |
(CNN) -- The world changes, but I'm not sure it's supposed to change this much: . Fritz von Goering is on Facebook. "Yeah," von Goering said the other day, "I'm on it. People told me that's the way to connect with people." Fritz von Goering on a social network ... something just seems wrong. He always seemed to be the ... | Bob Greene says he found a wrestler he used to watch as a kid on Facebook . He says Fritz von Goering was scary, reviled, partly because of name promoter gave him . Greene interviewed the retiree, who was truck driver, car salesman after he left wrestling . Greene: Now von Goering says he'd happily friend his former wr... | 5be440d6b2036e9f009fb33c32fe79901b2db215 |
ROME, Italy (CNN) -- The Vatican said Tuesday it has worked out a way for groups of Anglicans who are dissatisfied with their faith to join the Catholic Church. The Vatican says more Anglicans have expressed an interest in joining the Catholic Church. The process will enable groups of Anglicans to become Catholic and r... | Vatican opens door to disillusioned Anglicans wanting to join Catholic Church . Married priests and bishops to be allowed to "enter into full visible communion" Vatican says "hundreds" of Anglicans have expressed interest in joining . Anglicans can retain their rites while recognizing the pope as their leader . | 3ab2536953c1559321998e191541a8899ad5c3f9 |
(CNN) -- NATO forces patrolling the Gulf of Aden foiled a pirate attack on a Norwegian tanker this weekend, a NATO spokesman said. The Canadian navy's HMCS Winnipeg helped foil a pirate attack on a Norwegian tanker Sunday, NATO says. Pirates attempted to capture the MV Front Ardennes at 6 p.m. Saturday and were apprehe... | Canadian, British vessels on NATO patrol prevent hijacking of Norwegian ship . Pirates captured after seven-hour chase, but then released, NATO says . Lacking formal procedure, NATO generally takes pirates' weapons but lets them go . Sunday attack latest in a long string of hijackings and attempts in Gulf of Aden . | 9a048dae71753b7ea7a467a7a56324d6b18740f8 |
Editor's note: In our Behind the Scenes series, CNN correspondents share their experiences in covering news and analyze the stories behind the events. Here, Soledad O'Brien tells users about her work with young people who videotaped their stories in post-Katrina New Orleans. From left: Shantia Reneau, Deshawn Dabney, S... | Soledad O'Brien and Spike Lee gave kids cameras in January . One student's neighbor was killed by a gunshot . Student may not go to chosen college as family's money goes to rebuild home . | 0dc3e353da0c8c26198ea21aac615a4cd60c24cd |
(CNN) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill commemorating Harvey Milk, the first openly gay politician elected to public office in the state, a spokesman for the governor said Monday. Stuart Milk, nephew of Harvey Milk, sits next to a photo of the gay rights activist in March. "He really saw this s... | Bill commemorates Harvey Milk, the first openly gay politician elected in California . Each year, governor would proclaim May 22 as day of significance across state . Milk, a San Francisco supervisor, and Mayor George Moscone assassinated in 1978 . Schwarzenegger got more than 100,000 e-mails, phone calls about bill . | fc92a91de693365a9a3f59c796f5b3b79beb7e56 |
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- The Atlanta Falcons have "relinquished their contractual rights" to Michael Vick, one of the highest-paid players in professional sports before his conviction on dogfighting charges, the Falcons manager said Friday. Michael Vick will be confined to this Hampton, Virginia, house for the rest of... | Manager: Team has relinquished contractual rights to suspended pro football player . If Vick is reinstated, best NFL opportunity would be "at another club," manager says . Vick pleaded guilty in 2007 to a federal charge of bankrolling a dogfighting operation . He will serve last two months of 23-month term in home conf... | 079e88fc5b09f129d0911ca2745bf23cedff61b4 |
London (CNN) -- A designer has come up with a unique and futuristic solution for speeding up rail travel: he doesn't want to change the engines, or the tracks -- he wants to get rid of the stations. Determined to take rail transport into the 21st century, Paul Priestman, director of British design group Priestmangoode,... | "Moving Platforms" is an integrated tram-to-train concept . Passengers would cross between tram and train without either vehicle stopping . It's the work of British designer Paul Priestman . | 67a3db85bcdd35ef748679502d832972864f8425 |
(CNN) -- Roger Federer claimed his third title of the season with a 6-4 6-3 victory over Germany's Florian Mayer in the final of the Stockholm Open on Sunday. It was the world number two's 64th career ATP title, joining Pete Sampras in fourth on the all-time career list. American legend Jimmy Connors with 109 tourname... | Roger Federer wins Stockholm Open title for the first time . Swiss maestro beats Germany's Florian Mayer 6-4 6-3 in the final . Federer draws level with Pete Sampras with 64 ATP Tour titles . Viktor Troicki claims maiden ATP crown at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow . | cd33a006fcc647f3ea1fd31115e1b54b9d1894d4 |
(CNN) -- A wheel from the main landing gear of a Colgan Airlines passenger plane fell off and rolled away as the aircraft was landing in Buffalo, New York, earlier this week. A wheel fell off the landing gear of Q400 Bombardier upon landing on Colgan Flight 3268 earlier this week. On Thursday night, The Toronto Sun po... | Wheel from main landing gear fell off as aircraft was landing earlier this week . Colgan Airlines spokesman says no one on Flight 3268 was injured . One person on flight: "I was scared, and the other passengers looked worried, too" Three months ago, Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashed, killing all 49 people aboard . | 2c0450770aac215271928008db516a3e4e23cf03 |
(EW.com) -- No surprise, but now it's official: "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" will have a panel at Comic-Con next month, Lionsgate announced today. It's not clear who exactly from the movie will be in attendance (Paging Jennifer Lawrence!), but Lionsgate promises "talent" from the film will be there. The Lionsgate ... | Studio promises "talent" will appear at the panel . Panel will also debut an exclusive new trailer for "Catching Fire" The film will be in the theaters Nov. 22 . | f064ec4e5441e7ba8f4741bbd6da3f4a78396170 |
(CNN) -- Airlines around the world canceled flights to and from the northeast United States as a massive storm slammed into the coast of New Jersey and New York. Hurricane Sandy, now rated as a "post-tropical" superstorm, forced the closure of New York's JFK and LaGuardia airports and Newark in New Jersey "until furthe... | NEW: Airlines ground more flights as Sandy strikes Northeastern U.S. New York's JFK, LaGuardia airports and Newark in New Jersey all closed . Combined losses to airlines of roughly $10 million per day, estimates travel expert . Quest: Airlines' schedule systems could get stranded passengers home by weekend . | f7bc7b9a87db73bb8745cc16a463e9d97feb060d |
New York (CNN) -- Authorities on Sunday released the name of a woman who turned up in New York this month saying she had no memory of her name or family. She is Kacie Aleece Peterson, 18, of Hansville, Washington, according to Paul Browne, deputy commissioner of the New York Police Department. Police a day earlier said... | KOMO-TV: Family says this isn't first time woman found with apparent memory loss . Kacie A. Peterson, 18, was found outside Manhattan youth shelter October 9 . Police: Woman claimed not to know her name, family . CNN viewer in Maryland identified the woman, police say . | f216ea70c38db012dae8cd56562bb362f1e0f2fe |
(CNN) -- Will Bunch's CNN.com tirade earlier this week against television host Glenn Beck and David Barton -- the founder and president of WallBuilders, a national pro-family organization that emphasizes history's "moral, religious and constitutional heritage" -- for allegedly creating "pseudo history" reveals more abo... | Robert Knight disputes ideas in opinion piece by Will Bunch about Glenn Beck, David Barton . Bunch rejected idea of U.S.' Christian roots, but there's evidence for it, Knight says . Moses shown on some Supreme Court friezes; some founders wrote of Christian principles . Knight: U.S. unique in advancing individual right... | babf4e6908abf5bdcfd06a7bda536bca1ec8b1de |
(CNN) -- Mitt Romney press secretary Rich Gorka's outburst in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday, during which he told a reporter to "shove it," is of a piece with the Barnumesque spectacle of his candidate's world tour. But to this veteran of many campaign tours, the incident raises a provocative question about modern campaig... | Howell Raines: Romney press secretary's outburst at reporters part of new GOP whining . He says you know political ground shifting when a party complains about mistreatment . He says Romney faces team more like tough Kennedys of '60s, not usual whiny Democrats . Raines: Romney cries foul when opponent uses his own atta... | 9588c8405fe1c2c092416cfb77b746688a5e6928 |
(CNN) -- The Pentagon took issue Friday with the Afghan government's claim that there was a lack of evidence against 65 prisoners released this week over staunch U.S. objections. "All of these individuals are people who should not be walking the streets," said Rear Adm. John Kirby, a Pentagon spokesman. "And we had str... | Admiral: If prisoners return to the fight, "they become legitimate enemies" U.S. Embassy in Kabul says the prisoner release is "deeply regrettable" U.S. military says some of those freed are linked to attacks on U.S. troops . Afghanistan says it doesn't have enough evidence to keep them behind bars . | 4c69c07c08883fac082f46441ee86b0943fa38d2 |
Manama, Bahrain (CNN) -- The outspoken head of a Bahrain human rights group said Sunday that he was handcuffed, blindfolded and beaten when authorities detained him for about two hours. Nabeel Rajab of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights said about 25 people in about a dozen cars pulled up to his house early Sunday mor... | NEW: Report: Kuwaiti medical aid team sent to Bahrain . Nabeel Rajab says about 25 people pulled up to his house . His group has been vocal about the government crackdown on demonstrators . Thousands have been demonstrating against the government . | b192afd20170d4c702e03af7d519a793d49dfc1c |
New Delhi (CNN) -- India's scandal-tainted government has come under fresh attack from opposition parties after a leading newspaper ran a front-page report alleging that auditors had found that the awarding of coal fields to private companies had deprived the treasury of $211 billion. As lawmakers from across the spect... | An audit found billions in lost revenue from coal field allocations, says Indian paper . The auditor says the newspaper report is "exceedingly misleading" The government has already been damaged by a cell phone license scandal . "This is the worst scam," says an opposition leader . | 897916d0bf82c13b51a63f09f7eb3f3492f2e6e6 |
Washington (CNN) -- Voters have given Republicans a mandate to cut government and roll back the Obama administration's health care "monstrosity" in the next Congress, the incoming speaker of the House of Representatives said Wednesday. Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, is poised to lead the House following the GOP's massive g... | Obama says voters haven't felt benefits of his policies . Democrat Bennet is the projected winner in the Colorado Senate race . McConnell says Obama should move "in our direction" Democrats battered by poor economy, energized conservatives . | 6a1105f659909265ec36d47789a24a9f71272815 |
(CNN) -- South African mountain bike star Burry Stander, who narrowly missed out on a medal at the London Olympics, has been killed in a road accident. Stander, 25, was on a training ride when he was hit Thursday by a vehicle in Shelly Beach, on the country's southeast coast, according to Cycling South Africa, the nati... | Burry Stander is hit by a vehicle while on a training ride in South Africa . He was the country's most successful mountain biker . He finished fifth in his event at the Olympic Games in London last year . Stander missed out on a medal by just four seconds . | 01630a9f439c39c2e49f898fef3fc33fa9947774 |
(CNN) -- If you live in the Northeast, there is a good chance you used a snowblower this weekend. Mounds of snow are piled throughout New York and New England after a blustery storm swept through, leaving behind more than a foot of snow in some areas. Albany, New York, got at least 12 inches, said one iReporter. "We us... | NEW: iReporter says big snowfall came earlier than usual . Maine city receives more than 16 inches of snow . Hundreds of flights have been canceled . FedEx: The weather could delay shipments . | fb42feac483a6be636586aa19fbcd64fdccbd0e2 |
(CNN) -- A storm system that produced a number of tornadoes in the Midwest was blamed for at least seven deaths in two states, officials said Wednesday. At least three people were killed when a tornado touched down in Harrisburg, Illinois, early Wednesday, the Saline County Sheriff's Office said. About 100 others were ... | NEW: A total of seven deaths have been reported . NEW: Five are killed in Illinois when a tornado strikes . NEW: The tornado was "absolutely devastating," mayor says . | 2e621891cf5ae24d99cf38cdd6d3d9ee32eb82a7 |
(CNN) -- Palestinian Authority leaders renewed calls for unity with their Hamas-led rivals after the latest Israel-Gaza conflict, but the fighting may have left Hamas with the upper hand. The West Bank-based Palestinian Authority announced Thursday that the leadership of Hamas and its allies in the Islamic Jihad moveme... | Hamas gains credibility after conflict with Israel, analysts say . Palestinian Authority calls for factions to unite behind U.N. statehood bid . Palestinian leadership looks like 'Noah's Ark ... there are two of everything," analyst says . | 9c8f5f18a22608ca82571e2e2299704cd1ce0276 |
Oslo, Norway (CNN) -- Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo will be represented Friday at the ceremony bestowing the honor by an empty chair, the second time such a symbol has been used in the event, the chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee said Thursday. Thorbjorn Jagland told reporters that the gesture is not a ... | The last time an empty chair was used was for the 1935 prize . Two countries that initially declined to attend now say they will . The Nobel Institute director says it's a signal to China for political reform . China created its own peace prize, which was awarded Thursday . | 8bbf00fd61ddc5dcb2ad8614640cfeaf31c945d2 |
(CNN) -- A fast-moving storm system struck parts of the Upper Midwest hard on Wednesday evening, delivering blows to Chicago and many other communities before moving quickly to inflict damage farther east. The Windy City itself experienced gusts that measured about 50 mph around 6 p.m. (7 p.m. ET), in addition to dime-... | NEW: The mid-Atlantic will most likely have severe weather Thursday . NEW: Trees and power lines are downed west of Chicago . 50 mph wind gusts, dime-sized hail in Chicago; stronger winds seen elsewhere . Tornado watches extend as far east as Pennsylvania, West Virginia . | feaa77f3505bc464ef33367780da8058cd033924 |
(CNN) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday that those behind the deadly blast at Moscow's busiest airport were hoping, in part, to prevent him from attending the World Economic Forum. Speaking at the gathering of business and political leaders in Davos, Switzerland, Medvedev said, "Those who committed th... | NEW: Medvedev says the Davos forum was considered in the attack's timing . The Russian president says transport police were "absolutely passive" Moscow is observing a day of mourning for the bomb victims . Thirty-five people died in the bombing of Moscow's busiest airport Monday . | e112f1aa75e900571ff4e7627c97d8f2eaa5dd19 |
(REAL SIMPLE) -- The summers of my youth were filled with the kinds of activities that were common to every kid in the 80s but are considered almost death-defying these days: tree climbing, bike riding without a helmet, and daylong road trips spent in the backseat of the family car, where we bounced around like Super B... | Kate Simonson wasn't so fond of Mike Fieseler when he was dating her mother . After her mom died, Mike came for the funeral and helped Kate and her brother . He eventually adopted the kids, helped Kate get through college . Kate considers Mike her father and he walked her down the aisle at her wedding . | 74f2a1f339133495a676acdbdc9b8b9cd2f21026 |
Washington (CNN) -- Like a couple renewing their vows, U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron once again reaffirmed the "special relationship" between the United States and the United Kingdom during a joint press conference at the White House on Tuesday. Calling it an "opportunity to renew... | Obama: "The United States and the United Kingdom enjoy a truly special relationship" Obama has used the term "special relationship" with only one other country, Israel . Cameron describes the U.S.-U.K. link similarly, calling it "an absolutely essential relationship" | 76a44039d4f1db47e1f3f3d4004d878e8887415e |
Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Cubans are used to the mundane inconvenience of brief, localized power outages that regularly hit the country's aging electricity grid, but the large blackout that plunged the western part of the Caribbean island into darkness Sunday night was unusual. More than 2 million residents of the capital,... | NEW: Power begins to return to Havana and other areas early Monday . State media report an outage on a transmission line . The outage affects a region from the western tip of the island to near the center . Havana residents gather outside, seeking cooler air on a humid night . | c4ac5f8877c804aee2ab3abcb8a35e7f4aaa06c4 |
Pascagoula, Mississippi (CNN) -- A lack of screening of oil spill cleanup workers meant a sex offender got a job, and left him free to rape a colleague according to a Mississippi county sheriff. A CNN investigation into the incident reveals that basic background checks were not done on those hired to remove oil from th... | Oil spill worker charged with raping a co-worker never had a criminal background check . BP says responsibility for the background checks is with contractor it hired . Suspect is jailed in Mississippi, charged with sexual battery, not registering as sex offender . | 9d53081ee7c16e584413b139cce529d973b858af |
(CNN) -- I've always found amusement parks very unamusing, for it's hard to justify standing in a hot, 40-minute roller-coaster line so I can promptly lose my car keys and barf up a churro. That's what whiskey is for. But lots of people dig this kind of entertainment. And it seems all the theme parks around the world t... | Full Throttle coaster goes 70 mph and up to 160 feet in the air . The coaster opened at Six Flags Magic Mountain in California on June 22 . Full Throttle prides itself on having the world's first ever "top hat" loop . | 25876bc29fdaee08ac787ded827b94beb832b931 |
Editor's note: For 85 years, Yankee Stadium has hosted some of the greatest moments in sports. On Sunday, the Yankees will play their last game before the stadium is torn down. Former Yankee pitcher Jim Bouton played on the 1963 American League All-Star team and in two World Series. He wrote the classic baseball book,... | Former Yankee Jim Bouton recalls his debut at Yankee Stadium in the 1960s . Bouton played alongside stars Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford . Bouton: Now the legendary sports venue is going to be torn down . | 15050103702a56981c082c69c415f8667f1f2115 |
New Haven, Connecticut (CNN) -- A judge in New Haven sentenced a 31-year-old man to death Friday for his role in a deadly home invasion that killed a woman and her two daughters in 2007. Jurors convicted Joshua Komisarjevsky in October on six capital felony charges. The 12-member jury had recommended death by lethal in... | A judge sentences Joshua Komisarjevsky to death . The 12-member jury voted for death by lethal injection on each of the six counts . Another man also has been sentenced to death in the case . A jury convicted Komisarjevsky in October on six felony charges . | 00a340f3a884fcbdad7c0399782d9ca9d2d68ef7 |
(CNN) -- Strange things happened in a small courtroom in the Russian city of Kirov last week. Moscow mayoral candidate, and my colleague in the Russian opposition, Alexei Navalny, was convicted July 18 on concocted embezzlement charges in the type of political show trial that Josef Stalin favored long before his spirit... | Important trial outcomes are decided well in advance and with little need for evidence, writes Garry Kasparov . The motivations for Navalny's brief respite are unclear but it likely reflects factional infighting inside the Kremlin, he says . Kasparov believes success for Navalny's campaign would change the atmosphere o... | 38f874b8834be123fe1e3be673ca3b6c2096637e |
(CNN) -- Joseph Maraachli, the infant who became the center of an international end-of-life debate, died peacefully in his sleep at his Windsor, Ontario, home, a spokesperson for the family said Wednesday. Widely known in the media as "Baby Joseph," the 20-month-old boy spent the last several months with his family and... | Joseph Maraachli suffered from a progressive neurological disease . A hospital in London, Ontario, refused to insert a tracheotomy tube . The infant received a tracheotomy at a hospital in St. Louis . "Baby Joseph" died Tuesday in his sleep . | f1192073936aeaab5b864028fdd4e388189a3ca7 |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- A British adventurer has overcome sea sickness to complete his around the world trip relying only on the goodwill of people using social networking site Twitter. Paul Smith poses in New York in a picture posted on his Flickr page. Paul Smith aimed to travel to Campbell Island in New Zealand, th... | British man travels around the world using only contacts made on Twitter . Paul Smith traveled to New Zealand from Newcastle-upon-Tyne . He managed to get his photo taken with actress Liv Tyler on the way . | 81e324ce93baba066c53cb21b7ecd1b0103ae532 |
(CNN) -- Government officials and health experts from around the world are meeting this week in South Korea to discuss a series of proposals that could put restrictions on tobacco growing. The fifth session of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is taking place in Seoul, whe... | WHO proposals to restrict tobacco farming threaten the industry, say farmers . It is estimated that there are more than one million tobacco farmers in Africa . In Malawi, tobacco is the top exports earner . Government officials from around the world meeting this week to discuss tobacco restrictions . | 1e2a82acbc28733310694cc7e393dccd069dacd9 |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- A royal chauffeur was suspended Sunday after he allegedly allowed undercover reporters from a British tabloid to enter Buckingham Palace in exchange for cash. Buckingham Palace has been the subject of high-profile security breaches before. Mazher Mahmood, of the London-based News of the World, ... | Reporter claims he entered palace after paying a "Buckingham chauffeur" News of the World reporter filmed being allowed to sit in one of the royal vehicles . Palace spokeswoman says officials are investigating the tabloid's allegation . | 5eec2c271d4390f8bbf60b3706d6e15c5ce06fcd |
SPRING HILL, Tennessee (CNN) -- General Motors idled its Spring Hill, Tennessee, facility as part of its bankruptcy plan Monday, leaving hundreds of employees -- and thousands of residents who rely on the plant's economic thrust -- in limbo. Johnny Miranda is trying to stay positive about the plant where he has worked... | Spring Hill population jumped 1,600 percent since GM facility opened there . Future uncertain for about 3,000 workers; GM could close, sell or phase out plant . Facility began building Chevy Traverse SUV instead of Saturn about two years ago . Resident says anxious father-in-law mowed lawn five times last week . | 39e52dae06e85481f0bd47288afe9f4628910229 |
Oak Creek, Wisconsin (CNN) -- Two young children have emerged as heroes after warning others of a gunman on a rampage at their Sikh house of worship in suburban Milwaukee. Abhay Singh, 11, and his sister, Amanat, 9, were sitting outside the gurdwara Sunday morning when the shooter, identified as Wade Michael Page, firs... | NEW: Two children talk about warning others at temple . NEW: Vigil held near White House . FBI says gunman Wade Michael Page shot himself in the head . It says Page's ex-girlfriend was arrested on a weapons charge, probably isn't linked to shooting . | a93a7c74a93878df7f32253b4a3633819f04b241 |
(CNN) -- In the second such incident in three days, fighter jets escorted a diverted commercial flight on Friday after an unruly passenger caused alarm onboard. The military sent up two F-16s in response to reports of an unruly passenger aboard AirTran Flight 39, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a ... | NORAD: Two F-16s dispatched Friday on reports of unruly passenger aboard AirTran flight . Passenger was belligerent, wouldn't leave bathroom, airline spokesman says . Atlanta-to-San Francisco flight was diverted to Colorado Springs, Colorado . Fighters escorted jet bound for Hawaii back to Oregon on Wednesday in simila... | 55bc20945f0452219d8a4500581d0a632c187f71 |
Baghdad (CNN) -- A car bomber who penetrated Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone this week was targeting the Iraqi prime minister, authorities said Saturday. The attack Monday left two people dead and seven others injured in the Green Zone, which houses the nation's government offices as well as U.S. and other embas... | Police: The blast occurs at the Iraqi parliament's parking lot . Terrorists confess that the car bomb was targeting the prime minister, official says . The attack Monday kills two people and injures seven others . | 6c168f9aa255e52ff36f18c91f95a54038be2ff4 |
(CNN) -- Florida authorities are investigating the death of a custodian whose body was found at a launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday afternoon, NASA reported. The man, whose identity was not released, was found in a storage building near a liquid oxygen tank at pad 39A, one of the sites from which Apollo ... | The man was found dead at NASA's Kennedy Space Center . Neither his identity nor a cause of death was released Tuesday . NASA says the pad leader discovered the body . | eb7ba99b281c9df4bad2674d3df109f5f42b2497 |
Seoul (CNN) -- Oh Kil-nam refuses to keep a single photo of his family in his home. He says it's just too painful. For more than 25 years, Oh has lived with the guilt of knowing his wife and two daughters are being held against their will in North Korea because of a choice he made. "I made such a foolish decision," Oh ... | Oh Kil-nam defected from North Korea 25 years ago, but his wife and two daughters remain behind . South Korean and Swedish governments have tried to intercede on his behalf . First and only communication from family was in 1991; believed held in notorious prison camp . "I made such a foolish decision which has caused m... | 161378c48b01d2c7809627427f654520977536da |
(CNN) -- Branden Grace duly completed his front running victory at the Dunhill Links Championships Sunday after coming under last round pressure from Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen at St Andrews. Grace, winning for the fifth time in a superb 2012, four coming on the European Tour, ended two ahead of Olesen after carding a ... | Branden Grace wins Dunhill Links Championship . Final round 70 at St Andrews give South African two-shot win . Fourth European Tour title of season for Grace . Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark pushes him all the way . | ff1297e8fee99b06cc2d064440f7a699bad7988d |
(CNN) -- English club Chelsea have complained to the Malaysian Football Association about alleged racist abuse of Israel captain Yossi Benayoun last week. The Premier League side said constant jeers directed at the 31-year-old midfielder during a pre-season match against a Malaysian XI were anti-Semitic. Malaysia, a ma... | Chelsea lodge complaint with Malaysian FA over abuse aimed at Yossi Benayoun . The Israeli was constantly jeered during a pre-season match in Kuala Lumpur . English club took a week to take action after reviewing the July 21 incident . Malaysian FA has yet to respond to the Premier League team's allegations . | 3cbe4f7db5da4d546011250b10278d301bc1827f |
(CNN) -- The former Arizona congresswoman who survived a mass shooting in her district roughly two years ago paid a visit Friday to Newtown, Connecticut, where last month a gunman killed 27 people and himself in one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history. Gabrielle Giffords made the trip with her husband, Mark... | NEW: She discussed gun control and mental health treatment with local leaders . Gabrielle Giffords makes a private visit to the Connecticut town . After the Newtown shooting, Giffords' husband, Mark Kelly, vented his frustrations . The former Democrat lawmaker retired from Congress last year to focus on her recovery . | e6e3ac37caa7f1bdc836cfa6d62aa83c00263abc |
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (CNN) -- Through hours of outbursts and objections in military court, Eddie Bracken said he had one image in his mind: that of a plane smashing into the World Trade Center tower where his sister worked. Anger surged inside him, Bracken told reporters Sunday, a day after he sat among a group of vict... | A 9/11 victim's brother says the arraignment "brought up all the old memories" of the attacks . The chief prosecutor says the military trial process is just and impartial . An attorney says the defendants "have endured years of inhumane treatment and torture" Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others drag out arraignment for 1... | 7d99b13af38650f895dc8d5897ce64384235e5d4 |
(CNN) -- It's his first trip to South America, one that many doubted would happen at all. President Obama's five-day tour to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador happens as a nuclear and humanitarian crisis unfolds in Japan after a powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the island. And a civil war rages on in Libya, threatening ... | Obama visiting Brazil, Chile, El Salvador amid war in Mideast, post-quake crisis in Japan . Analysts say the U.S. can't afford to ignore Latin America despite those challenges . Obama makes case for economic opportunities for U.S. businesses in Latin America . Despite their problems, Latin American countries have made ... | 630192c057d6d76500f01f04506cdae3a7034cc3 |
(CNN) -- Vacationers at Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks this summer should make extra efforts to wash their hands, the National Park Service urged Wednesday, after noting a spike in sicknesses among visitors so far. In a news release, the park service noted "greater than normal reports of gastrointestinal il... | NEW: Some commenters on Yellowstone's Facebook are concerned; others are thankful . The National Park Service notes "greater than normal reports of gastrointestinal illness" They have occurred in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks and other areas . A group visiting Mammoth Hot Springs showed symptoms this month... | f31ac4e8d879de968a1342eb07b8e4384f60be9b |
(CNN) -- A shark bit a 16-year-old boy across both legs as he was surfing in Hawaii on Sunday, CNN affiliate KHON reported. The attack came four days after a shark severed the right arm of a German tourist while she was snorkeling. In the Sunday incident, the teen was surfing in Pohoiki Bay when an 8-foot gray shark at... | This is the fourth shark attack this month . Hawaii has seen 9 attacks this year . | 02769885a005b2a4c26edaab9e7a0dad5036a5c4 |
(CNN) -- Two months ago, Emad Ghavidel turned on the television in Tehran and saw graphic footage of an injured Syrian child crying out in pain. The 24-year-old Iranian rapper was horrified by the violence and the government's brutal crackdown on Homs. The more Ghavidel learned about it, the angrier he became. He decid... | Many Iranians sympathize with the Syrian people and the violence they are dealing with . The roles were reversed in 2009 when Iran was in turmoil after a disputed election . Meanwhile, the governments of Iran, Syria are also very supportive of each other . | ddf68a9b410ee7c16956d55fba6f2a0e525e7f96 |
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Leaders representing 90 percent of the world's economic output were gathering Thursday in a U.S. city that has reinvented itself, hoping to bolster the global economy. Police boats pass under Greenpeace activists as they hang from a bridge near the G-20 summit. The Group of 20 will mee... | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, plays host this week to G-20 summit . President Obama says city is example of how to weather recession . Pittsburgh has reinvented itself from steel plant roots to new focus on green jobs . | ceaf2e99c12c46a17df5868d50be48b3b01a08f1 |
Cap-Haitien, Haiti (CNN) -- The Christian Motorcyclists Association came to Haiti to distribute motorcycles to pastors. Instead, angry Haitians, some of them on motorbikes, ended up attacking the 11 American missionaries when they tried to flee this city aboard a big, yellow bus. "We almost made it out of town," team m... | "We almost made it out of town," says Christian missionary . Protesters broke the windshield of the bus . Vehicle made it to the safety of a U.N. peacekeeping camp . | 293f59d5d16e91d063aaeced5c49f52664afa637 |
Washington (CNN) -- Congressional Republicans are seeking more details on President Barack Obama's plan to reduce gun violence in schools. In letters to members of Obama's Cabinet, they requested information about the president's time frame and funding plans for the implementation of 23 executive actions on gun control... | House Education Committee seeks more information on Obama's school safety plan . Members want to know the time line and cost of the executive actions . Obama called on Congress to act in wake of Newtown school shooting . | 9b9f6aecef6e20baeb0a1e4951d05e75943113c9 |
(CNN) -- Alvaro Quiros triumphed at the Qatar Masters on Sunday when the Spaniard finished three shots clear of former champion Henrik Stenson and Louis Oosthuizen. Spaniard Quiros clinched his third European Tour title and now looks set for a first appearance at the Masters. The 26-year-old survived a late scare to ca... | Spaniard Alvaro Quiros triumphed by three strokes at the Qatar Masters . Former champion Henrik Stenson and Louis Oosthuizen shared second . Quiros is in line for his Masters debut after climbing into the world top 30 . | 504780bab9bfe1846326a65005f62151750c651d |
(CNN) -- Scientists have discovered the first confirmed Earthlike planet outside our solar system, they announced Wednesday. An artist's impression shows what the planet may look like in close orbit with its sun. "This is the first confirmed rocky planet in another system," astronomer Artie Hatzes told CNN, contrasting... | The planet, known as CoRoT-7b, was detected early last year . It took months to determine that it had a composition roughly similar to Earth's . The planet is about five times more massive than Earth . Astronomer: It is so close to the star it orbits that it may "look like Dante's Inferno" | 8e960b16c8084499766e95e286b19e7fec3f188c |
(CNN) -- A March storm, its eyes set on Washington, D.C., broke a snowfall record in Chicago and prompted the cancellation of more than 1,000 flights for Wednesday. The system was expected to dump up at least 4 inches in Pittsburgh beginning Tuesday evening as it moved toward the District of Columbia and Baltimore, whi... | NEW: More than 1,000 Wednesday flights canceled . Chicago sets snowfall record for the day . Wednesday will be crunch day for mid-Atlantic . Heavy snow possible in upper elevations in Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia . | 16621171c9b61e7254d703ae45f730eafef1db48 |
(CNN) -- BP officials have turned to a new source for help with their oil cleanup efforts: actor Kevin Costner. The oil giant announced Monday that it had ordered 32 machines from Costner's company, the actor told CNN in an exclusive interview on "AC360." The machines use a centrifuge mechanism to separate oil from wat... | Actor Kevin Costner says BP has ordered 32 of his company's oil cleanup machines . Costner began developing machine with brother in early '90s . Devices use centrifuge to separate oil from water, recycle crude . | 1abef54291d4c13632967765d377d7607b431f0f |
Washington (CNN) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced some far-reaching proposals Monday for restructuring the massive budget at his agency, including getting rid of the U.S. Joint Forces Command. The cuts could mean a loss of thousands of jobs. The current Defense Department budget totals more than $530 billion... | Defense Department budget cuts could mean the loss of thousands of jobs . Virginia senators oppose possible elimination of Joint Forces Command . Recession leads to lower proposed increase for next year . Defense Secretary Robert Gates announces cuts to hold down overall costs . | fcf173fc557b9abca2d189ecdf278ba4dd963eb6 |
Paris (CNN) -- French presidential frontrunner Francois Hollande vowed Friday to crack down on illegal immigration, as he and incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy battle to win over the public ahead of a second-round vote. Hollande, of the center-left Socialist party, will hold a rally in the central city of Limoges Friday evenin... | Election frontrunner Francois Hollande says he wants to combat illegal immigration . President Nicolas Sarkozy says he wants to halve the number of foreigners entering France . Both are reaching out to people who backed a far-right candidate in first-round voting . Hollande and Sarkozy appeared on TV to answer journali... | f334499c3613da4d3ec0407fa4a51e3e6bc1a452 |
(CNN) -- It's been three weeks since two little girls in Iowa went missing while riding their bicycles near a lake. On Sunday, two cars in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race will sport a special decal bearing the images of the cousins to raise awareness in the case. The beaming faces of Elizabeth Collins, 8, and Lyric Cook, 10... | Elizabeth and Lyric's pictures will be on the deck lid of two cars . "I really want to do as much as possible," says Landon Cassil . The girls are last seen on July 13 . Authorities believe they are still alive . | 2b6a95382c814d254ce817aedee11e2328dbcdc6 |
(CNN) -- A British woman beheaded in an apparently random supermarket attack in Spain's Canary Islands has been identified as grandmother Jennifer Mills-Westley. She was retired and living between Tenerife in the Canary Islands and France, where a daughter and grandchildren live, her family said in a statement Saturday... | Jennifer Mills-Westley was "generous of heart," her daughter says . She was killed in an apparently random attack in Spain . A man stole a knife, then cut off her head with it . | 1e766f7567b79aa89010245b48a77e23aaf17128 |
New York (CNN) -- As snow fell across New York Harbor, Isabel Belarsky clutched her mother, Clara, aboard a passenger ship that puttered toward Ellis Island and wondered what their new lives would bring. The year was 1930. About a week earlier, the 10-year-old girl from what is now called St. Petersburg, Russia, had em... | Friday marks the 125th anniversary of the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty . A Russian immigrant recalls her Ellis Island passage in 1930 . The Statue of Liberty was a French gift . Webcams stream video footage from the torch on anniversary . | 966c37bc17394be5d580acd2908777531aa13730 |
Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- North Korea has reacted angrily to the use of its flag during live-fire drills by South Korea and the United States, calling it "a grave provocative act." The comments from Pyongyang on Sunday came after the allies held military drills last week less than 50 kilometers (30 miles) away from t... | The United States and South Korea hold a joint military exercises . A North Korean flag is used in the live-fire drills . Pyongyang says that constitutes a grave provocation . South Korea says the flag was to mark territory and was not used as a target . | d2b8d744b9d2e2445d08d7eea9247b2988732729 |
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(CNN) -- Harvard University moved Thursday to allow ROTC programs to set up on campus, after years of restricting the U.S. military's access because of its "don't ask, don't tell" policy. The Cambridge, Massachusetts, school barred Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs from being based on its campus 40 years ago, a... | NEW: The Navy secretary calls the move "good for the university, good for the military" Harvard's president and the Navy secretary will sign a deal to return ROTC to campus . The school had banned ROTC, in part due to opposition to the "don't ask, don't tell" policy . Change will take effect this summer, once the repea... | c9cb8413f077f7fec4a1bdcdb3cd3e1c05588088 |
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- Thai police said Tuesday that they would seek court permission to extend the detention of a Lebanese man they have charged with illegal possession of explosive materials. The move comes amid tension after the United States and Israel warned their citizens in Bangkok on Friday of the possibili... | Thai police have charged a Lebanese man with illegally possessing explosives . They will ask a court to extend the period of his detention for further investigation . The move comes after the U.S. and Israel warned of a terrorist threat in Bangkok . Thai authorities are accusing the suspect of plotting attacks . | 785a1ffdd1e7fd57ec522eb1cb24ec8ff20ff10b |
(CNN) -- Two of the richest organizations in sport announced Tuesday that they have partnered to buy a Major League Soccer franchise in New York. English Premier League side Manchester City will be the majority owner with MLB giants New York Yankees also claiming a stake in the team -- which will be named New York City... | New York City FC to become 20th club in Major League Soccer . EPL Manchester City and MLB giants New York Yankees to partner in franchise . Abu-Dhabi owned Man City will be majority owner . Club hope to enter the MLS in 2015 . | 9186d1b30f99c6681fb979f838ad90628905ed69 |
(CNN) -- SeaWorld's "Bands, BBQ and Brew" concert series may be down to just food and beer soon as Trisha Yearwood joins the list of artists canceling shows. Willie Nelson, Heart, Barenaked Ladies and Cheap Trick previously withdrew amid pressure from fans who signed online petitions, tweeted and posted on Facebook pag... | Trisha Yearwood cancels SeaWorld gig "In light of recent concerns," rep says . Willie Nelson, Heart, Barenaked Ladies and Cheap Trick previously canceled . Fans became upset after watching the CNN documentary "Blackfish" SeaWorld says it would like the artists to learn for themselves about SeaWorld . | 3c6c125da3a7bb7f9b07f1f3fa4c59cbfd63e44c |
(CNN) -- European champions Spain beat Honduras 2-0 in Group H to get their World Cup campaign back on track. Striker David Villa scored twice and missed a penalty in Johannesburg as the Spanish bounced back from their shock defeat to Switzerland in their opening game. Earlier, Chile beat the 10-man Swiss 1-0 in Port E... | Spain defeat Honduras 2-0 to get their World Cup campaign back on track . Barcelona-bound David Villa scores both goals for the European champions . Chile top Group H after defeating 10-man Switzerland 1-0 in Port Elizabeth . Swiss set a new record for consecutive minutes without conceding a goal . | 65105abd6380f55ec93accc5ffda6950f5da48c5 |
(CNN) -- Retired basketball icon Michael Jordan bought a majority share of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats, officials said Saturday. Jordan, who was already a minority owner of the team, headed a group that bought a majority share of the team from businessman Robert Johnson, Johnson said in a statement. Johnson said he has... | Michael Jordan buys controlling stake in Charlotte Bobcats franchise . Jordan has been running team's basketball operations . Businessman Robert Johnson had been looking to sell team . | db644ea33abe24467a9d1ced77013c2876495d6b |
(CNN) -- This month, the Road to Rio is making a stop in the U.S. state of California to discover what cities are doing there to cut carbon emissions. CNN's Isha Sesay, Thelma Gutierrez and special correspondent Philippe Cousteau seek out the best green innovations in Los Angeles, including variety of new car technolog... | Road to Rio travels to California, U.S to see what they are doing to cut carbon emissions . Philippe Cousteau goes north to see how refuse transforms into art and wineries going green . The team visits Warner Brothers studios to see the green innovations they are using . | e687368acb036ae197e0132fe050fc4917197037 |
(CNN) -- President Obama on Wednesday will assume the delicate role of comforting a nation still in shock in the aftermath of the Arizona shootings while also transcending the tragedy to move a grieving nation forward. As difficult and unique as the task may be, Obama needs to look no further than his role model Ronald... | Obama to speak at memorial service for victims of Arizona shooting . "This is Obama's Challenger-Oklahoma City moment," historian Douglas Brinkley says . Impact of speech depends on if Obama puts tragedy in broader context, professor says . Speech writer says no matter what he says, Obama's words will be scrutinized. | df4edff022c8bd6ace54ad38d11cfe0dc5da7282 |
(CNN) -- Paul Scholes came out of retirement for a shock return as Manchester United beat FA Cup holders Manchester City 3-2 in Sunday's dramatic third-round tie between England's top two teams. The 37-year-old former England international quit at the end of last season, but was named as a substitute by manager Alex Fe... | Manchester United beat FA Cup holders Manchester City 3-2 in the third round . United veteran Paul Scholes comes out of retirement to play in the second half . City captain Vincent Kompany sent off after only 12 minutes, which the club will appeal . Wayne Rooney scores twice in first half as United set up fourth-round ... | 2c8770b9e4d3d15b1ada5b2d7d37249dba28727f |
Busan, South Korea (CNN) -- A South Korean court on Thursday sentenced the captain of a Chinese fishing boat to 30 years in prison for murdering a South Korean coast guard officer during a confrontation in the Yellow Sea last year. The court in the port of Incheon also handed down prison terms to several other crew mem... | NEW: China says it doesn't accept South Korea applying its law in this area . Chinese fishermen clashed with South Korean coast guards last year . The captain of the Chinese boat stabbed a coast guard officer to death . A South Korean court has sentenced the captain to 30 years in prison for murder . | 080bbc74debfe87281f2e3466d18a4634044aa3f |
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Michael Jackson's publicist wants you to know that, despite a tabloid report to the contrary, the 50-year-old singer "is in fine health." Michael Jackson's spokesman says reports of the singer's ill health "are a total fabrication." The United Kingdom's Sun newspaper started a stir Mond... | UK's Sun newspaper ran report saying Jackson battles a potentially fatal disease . Report quoted writer Ian Halperin saying Jackson needed lung transplant . Jackson story was off the Sun's online front page by Monday evening . | 48813ba66e2c29824829c0cb4100d1464cf9068a |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Some $700 million in economic stimulus money intended to upgrade baggage screening systems at airports will go further than originally expected, Department of Homeland Security officials said Wednesday. The new systems can process up to 500 bags an hour, compared to the 150 to 160 bags per hour on ... | Department of Homeland security says stimulus money can be stretched . DHS identified 10 additional airports to receive in-line baggage screening systems . Updated screening process is more efficient than stand-alone machines . | 43969645c86a01aa66a36f608c81d9989bd56461 |
London, England (CNN) -- Fernando Alonso insists he can still drive Ferrari to the Formula One world title, despite losing ground on his rivals after a disappointing Belgian Grand Prix. The Spaniard is 41 points behind the current leader in the drivers' championship standings, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, after he span ou... | Fernando Alonso says he can still win the Formula One drivers' championship . Ferrari driver is currently 41 points behind leader Lewis Hamilton with six races left . The Spaniard is targeting a good result in his first Italian Grand Prix with Ferrari . | da884f47bd006aa50af04c24583d73f636b69434 |
New York (Financial Times) -- BP has put in place safety systems for offshore drilling that are ahead of any other company's, the UK oil group has said as it prepares for the trial over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. The company has set out for the first time details of how it has restructured its operations and ... | UK oil group claims it has drilling safety systems ahead of any other company's . BP blamed in large part for 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Gulf of Mexico . BP has new unit monitoring wells being drilled offshore, training facility . DoJ: BP acted with "gross negligence" for its part in Deepwater Horizon spill . | 6361da44e3491572931e193288c648bc8e81b5c3 |
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- The Pakistani military says security forces have taken back the city of Mingora from the Taliban, calling it a significant victory in its offensive against the Taliban. Pakistani solders escort a suspected Taliban militant inside an army base in Mingora. Mingora is the largest city in Paki... | Pakistani military says it has taken back key Swat Valley city of Mingora . Army spokesman says operation is a "great accomplishment" Fighting in northwestern region has displaced about 2.4 million Pakistanis . Pakistan raises security levels after deadly blasts in Lahore, Peshawar . | 1448d17be08916697a6238a7ff73ffcd09440ef8 |
(CNN) -- A chorus of whoops and cheers greeted Steven Bridges and Michael Snell as they exited City Hall in Portland, Maine, early Saturday as the first same-sex couple to wed under a new law. Supporters of the law allowing same-sex marriage -- passed by a referendum in November -- jumped up and down, flashed their cam... | Maine voters approved same-sex marriage in November . The first couples were able to wed Saturday . A large crowd cheered the first couple . | de7caa264db34a163f194b678107db08cdc0e2e7 |
(CNN) -- Two goals in five minutes at the start of extra-time helped defending champions Egypt book their place in the African Nations Cup semifinals with a battling 3-1 victory over Cameroon. The game, though, was marred by a controversial third goal by midfielder Ahmed Hassan which was allowed to stand by referee Jer... | Defending champions Egypt book their place in the African Nations Cup semifinal in Angola . Egypt score two goals in extra time to secure a battling 3-1 victory over Cameroon on Monday . Nigeria become the fourth team tor each the last four stage, setting up a clash with rivals Ghana . | 6011397b58f7f30ed13de7b9a282d475d963eba6 |
(CNN) -- A violent crash on a dirt track in New Jersey has claimed the life of race car driver Jason Leffler, a NASCAR veteran lauded by fellow racers as a fierce and versatile competitor. Leffler, 37, died Wednesday, a little more than three months after returning to the world of short-track open-wheel racing after fo... | NEW: NASCAR veteran Jason Leffler had just returned to dirt-track racing . He died Wednesday in a crash at a New Jersey dirt track . NASCAR calls Leffler a "fierce competitor" who will be missed . "Lost a good guy tonight," racer Bobby Labonte tweets . | 8d2bb7d826553512ef3cb9ea3e8a2aca26d5d8f2 |
(CNN) -- Mention DR Congo, Sub-Saharan Africa's largest country, and what comes to mind? Probably conflict minerals, proxy wars, the rape capital of the world, or the trigger for the 19th century "Scramble for Africa." But beyond the despair, there is another country; a country not like any other country in the world -... | DR Congo has a reputation for conflict and violence . Campaigner and Congo native Vava Tampa says there's another side to the country . It has immense natural beauty thanks to its rainforests and wildlife . The country's farmland and rivers could help feed the continent, he says . | d47fa5548516dd4c83e66d9b5bd37c97b8b5c81d |
(CNN) -- The truth about the bombing of a PanAm airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 will come out "one day, and hopefully in the near future," the only man convicted the bombing told Reuters in an interview aired Monday. "In a few months from now, you will see new facts that will be announced," Abdelbeset al-Meg... | "New facts" will come out within months, the convicted Lockerbie bomber tells Reuters . Abdelbeset al-Megrahi was said to be in a coma in August when CNN visited his home . In the interview taped Sunday, he remains in bed but appears lucid . | 62126348383cf288630e869f9bad9390726c17b4 |
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqi police and soldiers on Saturday launched major raids in a once-notorious insurgent stronghold west of Baghdad. Saturday's raids in Falluja by Iraqi forces were similar to U.S.-led sweeps in the city in 2004, shown here. A police official in the Anbar province city of Falluja told CNN that a... | Iraqi police official says security forces were scouring Sinaie district of Falluja . U.S. military: Marines and area police assisting in combined cache sweep . Anbar province is vast and violent scene of U.S. and al Qaeda in Iraq encounters . | 6f91fbd39910d1f4a395c78f4cac317e5701ddcb |
Cairo (CNN) -- Egyptian authorities released Suzanne Mubarak, the wife of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, on bail Tuesday after she relinquished assets to the state. Suzanne Mubarak, 70, gave up bank accounts worth $3.4 million, said Aly Hassan, a spokesman for the department overseeing a corruption probe. Mubarak also... | Suzanne Mubarak gave up bank accounts worth $3.4 million . A doctor says her blood pressure is extremely high . She and her husband are accused of amassing wealth illegally . | ce5880c16a75945910d5ffd470699efd7d801397 |
(OPRAH.com) -- Don't confuse Katey Sagal for Peg Bundy -- it's a common mistake. Katey Sagal says being a mother has been her greatest teacher -- for all her roles. While her infamous alter ego was uneducated, Katey is thoughtful and well-spoken; Peg's fashion is time-warped (hello, bouffant!), Katey's is earthy; for e... | Katey Sagal's series about cyclists, "Sons of Anarchy," is out on DVD . Sagal says being a mother has given her insight into her major roles . She hears rumors about "Lost," but nobody's told her anything personally . | 65bdb8e4face7b8a2832f175150522c779042e31 |
(CNN) -- Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Josh Brent was arrested on suspicion of intoxication manslaughter after a Mercedes he was driving in Irving, Texas, flipped and caught fire early Saturday morning, killing teammate Jerry Brown Jr., police said. Brent's car was allegedly traveling at a high speed when it hit a curb, a... | Josh Brent was arrested in 2009 on DUI charges . Jerry Brown, a passenger was pronounced dead at a hospital . Brent, 24, in his third season with the team, was booked into the Irving City Jail . The incident occurred one day before Dallas plays Cincinnati . | 47ea3f49cee248ee0b794105da976be39ebabdcb |
(CNN) -- In the game of chess, one woman has dominated all others for more than 20 years. Judit Polgar has defeated nine world champions including Garry Kasparov, Boris Spassky and Viswanathan Anand, and is the only female ever to join an exclusive coterie of players rated above 2700 by the World Chess Federation. Alth... | Polgar became the youngest ever grandmaster at 15, taking title from Bobby Fischer . She is the only women ranked in World Chess Federation's top 100 players . Birth of first child forced Polgar to reassess: "Everything really fell apart" Now she balances professional chess with writing, motherhood and marriage . | 76f2ab0fb7cf6d19872fb324b933da3f4a663dfa |
(CNET) -- The imagined inventions of Victorian-era French novelist Albert Robida may be coming closer to reality. Who, you ask? Robida was an illustrator and writer for popular science-fiction magazines, and is sometimes compared to Jules Verne. In his 1890 novel "Le Vingtieme siecle. La vie electrique," he described s... | High-speed Internet, television and Skype could combine to create videophone . Samsung says it will put VoIP calling service Skype as application on its televisions . "Teleconferencing is inherently kind of a low-quality experience," analyst says . | a7097dceb9c1c93a0fa522899769a069bd8650ab |
(CNN) -- In an effort to galvanize support for a new pair of rail tunnels connecting New York and New Jersey, two U.S. senators from the Garden State announced Monday that Amtrak would bear some of the costs. The $13.5 billion Gateway Tunnel project would add high-speed and commuter rail service between the two states ... | Senators say Amtrak would spend $50 million for $13.5 billion tunnel project . Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg: "New Jersey is facing a transportation crisis" New Jersey governor rejected a similar project in October, citing budget concerns . New Jersey is facing a projected $10.5 billion deficit . | 0e9ebfe7614dba1863afc67e7d3b9255c8c40973 |
(CNN) -- Japanese protesters took to the streets Saturday to demand safer energy as the nation marked the three-month anniversary of an earthquake and tsunami that sparked the worst nuclear crisis in 25 years. The massive quake on March 11 triggered a nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, forcing the evacuatio... | They take to the streets as the nation marks the three-month anniversary of a massive quake . The March 11 earthquake triggered a nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant . "We need electricity, but we cannot put lives at risk," Kentaro Morisawa says . | ea0a841074b7b54b7375e780bdc50b57b8046e0d |
(CNN) -- The father of a 12-year-old Virginia girl, who police say was abducted and taken on a week-long, cross-country trek by the man considered a prime suspect in her mother's death, on Monday thanked law enforcement, the media and the California woman who alerted police after spotting the girl. Calling what had hap... | NEW: Benjamin Smith says he's excited to reunite with his daughter . A California woman says she locked eyes with Brittany Smith outside a store . The girl has headed back to Virginia, while her alleged abductor is in custody . The man is a "very good suspect" in the girl's mother's death, police say . | cbfec464a6b1d1eed81da4e5d4a3c9f9227bfbf2 |
Oakland Township, Michigan (CNN) -- The FBI on Tuesday spent a second day digging in a Detroit-area field in the latest search for the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa -- an effort spurred by information from an aging reputed mobster. Agents began digging Monday in waist-high grass in Oakland Township north... | NEW: Alleged mobster who tipped off police says he hopes his "good friend" is exhumed . Search has ended for the night, will resume Wednesday morning . Concrete slabs are removed during the dig, a source says . Hoffa, then 62, was last seen on July 30, 1975, outside a Detroit-area restaurant . | 76ecd1f4793a8dd0cbd138b6cd76a680f31ab630 |
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