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(CNN) -- A compromised levee in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, failed Tuesday, forcing authorities to order more evacuations in the region. The levee failed in at least four locations along a two-mile stretch along the Black River, City Manager Doug Bagby said. The failure was sending floodwaters from the Black River into a p... | 59 people rescued in Poplar Bluff area . Levee fails, sending water rushing into rural part of Butler County, Missouri . Missouri's governor has enlisted the National Guard in the flood fight . | e51d62d8d934c65594b7d5048cdcd4e2049bcc86 |
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has ordered his government to take down concrete blast walls that line Baghdad's streets and surround whole neighborhoods, the Iraqi military announced Thursday. The walls split Baghdad along sectarian lines, shielding some from Shiite militias and Sunni insurgents. ... | Walls will be removed from main roads, side streets within 40 days, statement says . The massive concrete barriers about 10 feet tall went up after U.S. invasion . Order does not cover Green Zone, military installations, government institutions . The walls helped U.S. troops, Iraqi forces manage security within them . | 4014037362172f566321477888d61003e9c5e97e |
(CNN) -- Retirement hasn't been full of lazy days, rounds of golf and luxury vacations for Gary Terry. When this former telecommunications executive called it quits after a 32-year career, he took up an equally time-consuming volunteer job as chairman of the American Heart Association's Texas chapter. Gary Terry says h... | Heart association official suffered cardiac arrest in a Texas airport . His life was saved by an automated external defibrillator . His group pressed to have the AEDs place in the airport months earlier . | c12e98836365e462722703a34b1875b84504ac0d |
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Natasha Richardson, the Tony Award-winning stage actress and member of the famed Redgrave acting clan, died Wednesday from injuries suffered in a ski accident. She was 45. Comedian Joan Rivers says actress Natasha Richardson had "such a family." On Wednesday night's "Larry King Live," c... | Joan Rivers says Natasha Richardson and her family sailed in Caribbean together . Stage actress and husband Liam Neeson were "totally devoted," Rivers recalls . Rivers says life can be taken in a flash: "You walk out of your house and it's over" | 240609c20125e524e982390c1097a3ed44eb1130 |
(CNN) -- President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced an initiative he said will give African-American students greater access "to a complete and competitive education from the time they're born all through the time they get a career." Speaking Wednesday night at a National Urban League gathering in New Orleans, Obama... | NEW: Executive order establishes African-American higher education initiative . NEW: Higher education "is a vital necessity" that should be affordable, Obama says . NEW: Obama has "disappointed" black Americans on economy, Romney spokeswoman says . A report says a drop in African-American turnout could cost Obama in th... | ad4706ed78fc5776f22208adc1ed7e085e0e93c7 |
(CNN) -- Christine Lagarde is set to take over as the head of the International Monetary Fund Tuesday, the first woman to to run the influential financial institution. Lagarde, who was the finance minister of France, takes over at a crucial time for the IMF as the organization is working closely with the European Union... | The top job was left open by Dominique Strauss-Kahn's resignation . Christine Lagarde served as the finance minister of France . Lagarde beat out Mexican Central Bank chief Agustin Carstens for the job . | a74be1e7b53322d66fd775a062e31fdad8e775d7 |
(CNN) -- Roberto Mancini and Andre Villas-Boas have had sharply contrasting fortunes this season, but both managers celebrated vital victories in the English Premier League on Saturday. Mancini's Manchester City moved five points clear at the top of the table with a 3-0 victory over struggling Blackburn, putting the pr... | Manchester City extend English Premier League lead to five points on Saturday . City's 3-0 win over Blackburn puts pressure on Manchester United to beat Norwich on Sunday . Chelsea return to the top four with 3-0 win over Bolton that ends poor run of results . Newcastle join fifth-placed Arsenal on 43 points after bein... | 92b65ebf7d7549fcd8e9ae05a2eb3d2d918962d9 |
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Torrential rains and floods in Pakistan have killed 30 people, and 50 others are missing, a paramilitary official said Friday. More than 30,000 people have been affected by flooding, mainly in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, said Murtaza Baid, spokesman for the Frontier Corps.... | Torrential rains have flooded parts of southwestern Pakistan . More than 30,000 people have been affected . Hundreds of troops are assisting in rescue efforts . | 01a3ecf33b89551bd5513fcec634704b92f87904 |
(Mental Floss) -- News outlets reported this week that legendary broadcaster Walter Cronkite never amended his will to include Joanna Simon, who had been his girlfriend for the last four years of his life. Cronkite's daughter said the newsman never planned to leave Simon, a former opera singer and older sister of Carly... | People have put some very bizarre stipulations in their wills . Socialite buried "in lace nightgown ... in my Ferrari, with seat slanted comfortably" Two very rich women left millions to their dogs . Comic book writer had his ashes mixed with ink for anthology . Iowa lawyer left money for library banning all female wri... | d0bb2cb86337d7441ed28a3484fd7e16137e0eac |
Oxford, England (CNN) -- The first coffeehouse to open in England, a still-operating café on High Street in Oxford, is more than a place to get a beef and horseradish sandwich, according to author and blogger Steven Berlin Johnson. It represents a turning point in Western culture that helped usher in nearly 500 years o... | Speakers at TED Global conference in Oxford stress connections between ideas . Matt Ridley: Ideas "have sex," multiplying their value and driving up living standards . Steven Berlin Johnson: Great ideas aren't born overnight but evolve over time . Human happiness is not about producing and acquiring more things, they s... | 0cfb7c46fe04d36119b5c3bed575f6c9751b57e6 |
(CNN) -- What do you do when your 10-year-old son wakes up in the middle of the night screaming, "There's a 'roo in my room!" Beat Ettlin wrestled a kangaroo out of his house near Canberra after it crashed through a window. If you're Beat Ettlin, you wrest the marsupial into a headlock, drag it down your hallway and to... | Beat Ettlin wrestles with kangaroo that leapt through window into house . Kangaroo jumped into son's room but Ettlin got it in a headlock . Wife: "It leaped through the window, this martial-arts figure. It was very Jackie Chan" | 8eb0d4fbd09250f931541ea361937c5114b1ae3f |
GEROLSTEIN, Germany -- Mineral water company Gerolsteiner have decided to drop their sponsorship of the German ProTour cycling team, which expires at the end of the 2008 season. German rider Stefan Schumacher is a member of the Gerolsteiner team. Gerolsteiner, who have been team sponsors since 1998, said there was a ch... | The Gerolsteiner company is ending its sponsorship of the Pro Tour team . They have been team sponsors since 1998 and their contract ends next year . Stefan Schumacher and Davide Rebellin are leading team members . T-Mobile have fired Lorenzo Bernucci after a positive dope test . | 2f3af8decce1c0a6cd22b21df96acd40b14bb62b |
(CNN) -- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday that he has "no interest" in government service in response to a recently televised suggestion by Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell that President Obama name Powell as White House chief of staff. "I haven't been asked, and I don't expect to be asked," Powell told C... | Colin Powell responds to suggestion he be named White House chief of staff . "I haven't been asked, and I don't expect to be asked," he says . He calls midterm election results "a body blow" for President Obama . | c2f72ab1ef9f46f5bfa428483109da6092ca7e04 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Veterans Administration's handling of disability claims has seen improvements and setbacks, a congressional watchdog said Wednesday. Sen. Daniel Akaka says, "Our goal is to provide veterans with accurate and timely resolution to their cases." "Over the past several years, VA disability claims w... | VA's handling of disability claims has seen improvements, setbacks, review finds . Government Accountability Office presents findings at Senate panel hearing . Number of pending claims at year's end has grown, GAO report says . Report: Larger staff has led to increase in number of decisions VA issues annually . | acdb6f77b03800b69b9d3156324e896b122711cb |
(CNN) -- Paraguay's cancer-stricken president is "lucid, "perfectly fine" and will not require surgery at this point, his doctor said Sunday. President Fernando Lugo is currently undergoing treatment at the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital in San Paolo, Brazil. His doctor, Alfredo Boccia, said the president had a blood clot, w... | He was transferred to hospital in Brazil after having redness, swelling around his face . Fernando Lugo had a blood clot, his doctor says . The president was diagnosed in August with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma . | f81346588634187c956128d216d63cceafb5a4af |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Stop brooding over the financial crisis, and start packing. Some tour operators are offering packages to Hawaii at prices lower than a year ago. The economic downturn has dealt a heavy blow to the global travel industry as travelers have tightened their grasp on their wallets. But there is a si... | Travel deals to popular destinations are a silver lining of the financial meltdown . Weak currencies make countries like Iceland and South Africa more affordable . Discounts are being rolled out to lure budget-conscious travelers . | 890c7f53206523213ebe2ad4274df82f50500244 |
(CNN) -- A video purporting to be from a vigilante group whose goal is the eradication of the Zetas cartel from the state of Veracruz, Mexico, has surfaced on the Internet, but its credibility remains unproven. Five masked men dressed in black appear on the video, sitting behind a long table. The spokesman explains tha... | A group called "Zeta Killers" releases a video on the Internet . The group says its goal is to exterminate the Zetas cartel from Veracruz state . Authorities say that they will investigate any group that takes justice into their own hands . | 73d0874b511f58f4c58e20611469a09fe2bb1a35 |
(CNN) -- Robert Pires is confident Villarreal -- nickname 'the Yellow Submarine' -- can torpedo the Champions League dreams of former club Arsenal in Tuesday's quarterfinal first leg clash in Spain. Robert Pires made his final apearance for Arsenal in the 2006 Champions League final defeat against Barcelona. "We can be... | Robert Pires believes Villarreal can upset Arsenal's Champions League dream . Pires' final game for Arsenal came in 2006 Champions final loss to Barcelona . Arsenal striker Robin van Persie misses the trip to Spain with a groin injury . | 2dfdcae5329624556ee722563ae69ae63dacbcbe |
(CNN) -- Soccer superstar David Beckham will spearhead England's presentation of the country's official bid document for the 2018 World Cup hosting rights. Beckham, who will miss this year's tournament in South Africa due to injury, will lead the English Football Association delegation to world governing body FIFA's Sw... | David Beckham will head England's presentation bid for the the 2018 World Cup . Soccer superstar will lead delegation to FIFA's Zurich headquarters on Friday . World governing body will make decision on hosting rights for 2018 on December 2 . Beckham is ruled out of this year's World Cup in South Africa due to injury . | 03782902d17a24fcfbcd5f7cdf0d5a4296d4017b |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- The British government is buying 10,000 Taser stun guns for police officers across England and Wales, Britain's Home Office said Monday. British police officers use a Taser gun to tackle a mock suspect in a training exercise. The move will expand the ranks of officers carrying the weapons from ... | Police officers across England and Wales to armed with Taser stun guns . Guns fire barbed darts charged with enough electricity to stun a person . Decision to roll out Tasers across England and Wales follows pilot program . Human rights group criticizes plan to use "potentially lethal electrical weapons" | a889858e4f678da16e0d8773487f6db021f0d5c9 |
(CNN) -- McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh has called on Formula One's notoriously argumentative teams to unite and guarantee the future of the sport. F1's commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone told CNN that the teams had agreed a deal until 2020 to replace the existing Concorde Agreement, which expires at the end of ... | McLaren principal Martin Whitmarsh hopes teams will sign new Concorde deal . He reveals that nine of the 12 teams have signed individual contracts . Whitmarsh says McLaren will not take place on board until all teams sign up . He is confident that Lewis Hamilton will agree new deal during upcoming break . | a07aa1ddfd538ef8e4333a01c196e59a9ae4509f |
Barcelona, Spain (CNN) -- I came to Mobile World Congress expected to be wowed by lots of shiny new gadgets, but I'm leaving impressed by the seemingly less sexy subject of mobile operating systems. Turns out there's a lot happening here. A lot of the buzz was focused around the Firefox OS launch on Sunday. A rival to ... | CNET's Jason Jenkins says seemingly less sexy mobile operating systems drew his attention at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona . Firefox's OS generated some of the biggest buzz but Jenkins thinks it will struggle to gain a major following in developed countries . Unbuntu Touch, an open source operating system slat... | c5651d3988e0db2f5c09144729578bd686472e4a |
(Oprah.com) -- Here are some dispatches from the outer limits of clutter: . You can take it with you . Worried about leaving unwanted furniture after you die? Fear not: Maine-based company Last Things creates bookcases that -- when the time comes -- double as coffins. Lost . Last August the body of Billie Jean James wa... | One company creates bookcases that can double as coffins . Francis Bacon's messy studio in London took three years to recreate . The Small House Movement -- with spaces ranging from 65 to 840 square feet -- is thriving . | 2642217c664c2c7b31b797b1f4a71fc647d6ddd1 |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- A Los Angeles elementary school teacher allegedly took bondage photos of more than two dozen students in his classroom, including some with suspected semen-filled spoons at their mouths, investigators said Tuesday. The young students "didn't realize they were victimized," Los Angeles County Sheriff... | The young students "didn't realize they were victimized," an investigator says . Children were told they were playing a game, may have been spoon-fed semen . In classroom photos, students had "eyes blindfolded and mouths covered," officials say . Mark Berndt, a 30-year teaching vet, is charged with child molestation . | 18977474f70de8af0414c4c2433ca8bcd1d29493 |
(CNN) -- Comedy scares people in power. We saw a disturbing example this week when Egyptian TV host and comedian Bassem Youssef, frequently described as Egypt's Jon Stewart, was charged with the crimes of mocking Egypt's President Mohamed Morsy and insulting Islam. If convicted, Youssef could be fined and sentenced to ... | Bassem Youssef was charged with mocking Egypt's president and insulting Islam . Dean Obeidallah: Youssef, considered the Jon Stewart of Egypt, was performing comedy . He says there's fear in the Middle East that comedy will undermine political leaders . Obeidallah: Will Egypt's new president embrace democracy and freed... | 379d874784884386d1671b61041bfdd6bf959fc7 |
(CNN) -- Army Sgt. Kimberly Walker survived two tours of duty in Iraq -- only to be killed back home, allegedly by her boyfriend. Now, eight months later, her family is mourning again because they can't keep two SpongeBob Squarepants memorials at her gravesite. To say Walker loved the cartoon character may be an unders... | Army Sgt. Kimberly Walker, 28, was enthralled by SpongeBob Squarepants . A cemetery official approved two massive SpongeBob monuments near her gravesite . The cemetery now says the 6-foot-tall, 7,000-pound statues have to go . | 080642f15f5e0575b6383b6d85e1156870f3b2dd |
Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. Senate approved a $1.15 billion measure Friday to fund a settlement initially reached between the Agriculture Department and minority farmers more than a decade ago. The 1997 Pigford v. Glickman case against the U.S. Agriculture Department was settled out of court 11 years ago. Under a fed... | NEW: Obama administration lauds step to settle discrimination claims by blacks, Indians . NEW: Officials are working to resolve similar lawsuits by women and Hispanics . The Senate approved a roughly $1.15 billion settlement for minority farmers, sources say . Black Farmers Association president calls the Senate action... | 503b67af795cb761aadb32e7e0351d62789118f7 |
(CNN) -- Jeff Bauman may very well personify "Boston Strong," the rallying cry of the wounded but tenacious city where his life almost ended on April 15 at the Boston Marathon. The image of the maimed Bauman being led to safety by a man in a cowboy hat became one of the iconic images of the Boston Marathon terrorist at... | Jeff Bauman lost both his legs in the Boston Marathon bombing in April . Bauman, 27, who helped identify one of the suspects, will write a book . The book called "Stronger" will be published near the anniversary . | e5422682516ef09142a846e576e4b0f6e7dd1d38 |
(CNN) -- When Rob Portman signed on to the Mitt Romney campaign in January 2012, he was seen as a key supporter -- a rising star in the Republican Party, a swing state campaigner and a staunch conservative who could protect Romney on the right. For the next 11 months, Portman zipped around the country, pitching the can... | Republican Rob Portman reverses course, now supports same-sex marriage . Portman said he had "change of heart" when he learned his son was gay . Senator has long been respected in Washington as budget, tax expert . Campaigned hard for Mitt Romney, but couldn't deliver Ohio in 2012 for GOP . | fa41b92fa6627a505e1a96cba056de5c367faa24 |
(CNN) -- Peru's president arrived Tuesday night at a mine in southern Peru, where he was expected to lead an operation to reach nine trapped miners. "We have been able to talk with the miners. Their spirits are quite high," President Ollanta Humala told reporters outside the mine. But more work needs to be done before ... | NEW: Peru's president says it will be "a few hours" before the rescue begins . NEW: The miners' "spirits are quite high," President Ollanta Humala says . Nine miners have been trapped since Thursday . In 2010, 33 miners were rescued after being trapped underground for 69 days in Chile . | 069b8f4df75169101d5d6ed4e70fb89e1335345d |
Washington (CNN) -- President Obama tapped a former Army general Monday to lead the Transportation Security Administration. Obama nominated Robert A. Harding, a retired major general with 33 years in the Army, to become the TSA administrator. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced the nomi... | Nomination of Robert A. Harding announced Monday . "I can think of no one more qualified than Bob to take on this important job," Obama says . Harding, who served 33 years in Army, would be the TSA's first African-American administrator . He once was Defense Department's senior human intelligence officer . | 71fc44bf2da63416ee6da73b68ce9bde634c8e12 |
(CNN) -- Not so long ago, TV shows like "Firefly," "Wonderfalls," "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" and "Dollhouse" were mourned by science fiction fans as having been canceled before their time, due -- as it always is -- to low ratings. Another thing each had in common: They aired on Fox on Friday nights. So o... | Sci-fi series "Fringe" was renewed early for a full fourth season on Thursday . Recent move to Friday worried fans and some TV critics alike . Fan devotion alone usually isn't enough to keep shows on air but doesn't hurt . | afa9094c5d3ac0b3b85bd626fee5b21e23beb8d1 |
(CNN) -- The legend of Jesus Malverde is a more than century-old story handed down from generation to generation of disenfranchised Mexicans. Widely known as the Robin Hood of Mexico, Malverde was said to be the quintessential son of the pueblo. His story was embraced by the poor and, more recently, by drug trafficker... | Legendary Jesus Malverde is a kind of Mexican Robin Hood . He has become like a secular saint to drug traffickers . Hip-hop star Malverde chose the stage name for different reasons . | 930841aa432b59ae7e52bef31318b56b14d19911 |
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday discussed a "general time horizon" for any American troop withdrawals from Iraq, al-Maliki's office said. Sen. Barack Obama rides in a helicopter Monday with Gen. David Petraeus in Baghdad, Iraq. Obama -- who has made ending the ... | NEW: Sen. Barack Obama, Iraqi prime minister reportedly hold "productive" talks . Sens. Jack Reed and Chuck Hagel accompany Obama on trip . Obama has talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday . Obama says part of his strategy is "taking the fight to al Qaeda in Afghanistan" | 1ba0f66a7f4f23171634a3455893f4d5b8b94db4 |
London, England (CNN) -- Birdies are normally seen as a golfer's best friend but at one course in Northern Ireland members are getting increasingly irritated by a certain feathered felon. For the last few months, a large raven has been stalking Greencastle Golf Club in Donegal before swooping and flying off with people... | A large raven is stealing golf balls from the course at a club in Northern Ireland . One woman had two balls taken in her round, costing her a competition prize . A man in Denver, Colorado, caught a fox stealing golf balls from his putting green . At one club in Uganda you are permitted a free drop if your ball lands i... | 92257d83160628ff452a4723f9747c2cbd6fd095 |
Washington (CNN) -- In what one advocate called "a Christmas miracle for airline passengers," the Department of Transportation on Monday announced a rule prohibiting U.S. aircraft on domestic routes from remaining on a tarmac for more than three hours with travelers aboard. "Airline passengers have rights, and these n... | Advocates call new rule on tarmac delays a "Christmas miracle" for passengers . Rule limits tarmac delays for aircraft with passengers aboard to three hours . Department of Transportation: Rule requires airlines to live up to duty to treat customers fairly . Exceptions include safety, security reasons or disruptions to... | b20cbfc109f08de5011ac403f045e171e3e3f759 |
(CNN) -- Ecuador is the latest country to recognize an independent Palestinian state. The government said on Friday that President Rafael Correa recognized "the Palestine State as free and independent within its borders since 1967." Others countries -- such as Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay -- recently made the same mov... | Other South American nations recognized a Palestinian state . Palestinians have recently requested state recognition . This comes amid a breakdown in talks with Israel . | 29de20e15787ee88e9cde19030ba1bd1b9809dbe |
(CNN) -- Women stood at the forefront of the Arab Spring, taking to the streets shoulder to shoulder with men in an effort to overturn oppressive old orders. But while their efforts have seen dictators ousted and reforms introduced, the greater rights for women many hoped would emerge from the upheaval have not materia... | Women took to the streets during the Arab Spring demanding greater rights . But activists say women's rights have fallen off the agenda after the uprising . The say the success of Islamist parties is further jeopardizing the status of women . An online campaign is fighting to keep women's rights in the spotlight . | b87d3dc33381282f397b2da5c9bb3e63299ccb59 |
London, England (CNN) -- Three Pakistani cricket players at the center of a gambling scandal have been charged with "various offenses" by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council announced Thursday. Team captain Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir have all said they were innocent but have ... | NEW: Players have been suspended pending a decision . The players say they are innocent . The Pakistani high commissioner says he believes they are innocent . Charges follow allegations that players threw a game on Sunday . | eba0603fad3bc8b546c081aad52077601c2e1495 |
HOLLYWOOD, California (CNN) -- Reality television featuring law enforcement officers on the beat is nothing new. A show featuring a lawman who makes jailed inmates wear pink underwear and uses actors to trick suspects, however, is a new twist. Maricopa Co. Sheriff Joe Arpaio now has his own TV show, "Smile: You're Unde... | Maricopa Co., Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio now has own TV show . Arpaio proud of sometimes unorthodox methods, has been criticized for them . Show, "Smile: You're Under Arrest," gets people with outstanding warrants . | 0a6e74e3116ca8246fa2d09929b59746973721f2 |
Aberdeen, Maryland (CNN) -- The man who abducted the mother of Baltimore Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr. from her Maryland home restrained her and appeared to have used her credit cards, a law enforcement official said Wednesday. But officials in Aberdeen, Maryland, say they are still looking for motives in the case and ... | NEW: Police say Vi Ripken was found in the back seat of her car, hands bound . Police in Aberdeen, Maryland, say a gunman forced her into a car at her home Tuesday . She was found unharmed about 6:15 a.m. Wednesday, they say . The family of Cal Ripken Jr. expresses gratitude that his mother is safe . | 1964d12d450d92e1f0ef23f926f9693f34673795 |
(CNN) -- Stop, speed racers, stop. Police say the cars were pulled over on a dangerous stretch of Highway 18 near Grand Ronde, Oregon. So said Oregon State Senior Trooper David Petersen after he was able to catch up with six exotic sports cars on a stretch of Highway 18 near Grand Ronde on Thursday, according to a new... | Police: 6 exotic sport cars, mostly Ferraris, pulled over "like good little soldiers" Polite drivers reportedly told police they were making annual road trip . Fine for speed racing is $627, police say . Lamborghini with tag "BADBUL" pulled over again later in day, police say . | 859006fd2dab10226e6bc6b44f68d29b97c12b67 |
(CNN) -- Ferrari's Fernando Alonso has vowed to keep fighting for the Formula One world championship ahead of the Italian marque's home grand prix at Monza this weekend. Two-time drivers' champion Alonso is currently third in the 2011 standings, 102 points behind Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel in first position with seven... | Fernando Alonso has said he will keep fighting for the F1 world title . Alonso will race for Ferrari at their home grand prix at Monza this weekend . The Spaniard is 102 points behind Sebastian Vettel in the drivers' standings . | a52830ee1e2c7b75bab25cb72051adc75c89dc6d |
NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Lorna Irungu sits on a hospital bed looking extremely frail. She has lupus and her kidneys continue to fail. Lorna Irungu, 35, had to travel from Kenya to India to receive her third kidney transplant. "At some point I just wanted it to be over," said Irungu, 35. "I was just tired. I was real... | Woman travels from Kenya to India for a tricky third kidney transplant . Lorna Irungu suffers from lupus and already has received two previous transplants . One kidney was removed during the surgery to make room for the new kidney . Irungu now has four kidneys, but only one works properly . | 13ed274815b0b2372bc00176f974f24c9d713a1e |
Washington (CNN) -- Federal health officials on Thursday are unveiling a $54 million national media campaign to get smokers to quit and prevent anyone else, especially children, from starting. The campaign, called "Tips From Former Smokers," is intended to educate Americans about the dangers of smoking through the stor... | Campaign intended to educate Americans about the smoking habit's dangers . CDC says Big Tobacco spends more than $27 million per day in marketing . Ex-smokers profiled include amputee, heart patient . | 952adb8101774a975a94286c91336ff7b3367d74 |
(CNN) -- I have vivid memories of childhood. The 5-year-old girl with endless questions; she wanted to discover the secrets of the entire world within minutes. She dreamed of being a doctor once, an engineer another time, and a mother of lovely kids. A dreamer, this is how I would describe the little girl Reem. Reem is... | Reem calls Gaza City the city of qualifications, but many can't find jobs . She describes her day filled with school work, friends, studying and volunteering . She says she realizes Palestinian youth are similiar to youth all over the world . For more, go to In Depth: Generation Islam . | 327d3daa848116fbdb856545124a7932a824e607 |
(CNN) -- With the Emmy Awards this weekend, it's time for the predictions. Who will defend their crown? Who will take home a statuette for the first time? Who should win? And who will win? Here are our prognostications. Tell us yours in the comments section below. Outstanding drama series . Although "Mad Men" has the m... | How will "Breaking Bad" fare as it wraps up its final season? Can "Modern Family" maintain its comedy streak? Will stand-up comic Louis C.K. nab an Emmy this year? Pals Tina Fey and Amy Poelher are both nominated -- will either win? | 46238291379071b5ec05881119f0decca23a1843 |
(CNN) -- The escalating drama at the top of Russia's Bolshoi Ballet is starting to rival its most theatrical stage productions. Six months after someone threw sulfuric acid on the ballet's artistic director, the Russian government has sacked the dance company's general director. "Our actions are not spontaneous. They a... | Anatoly Iksanov led the Bolshoi Ballet for 13 years and still had a year left on his contract . Culture Minister: The decision is part of Russia's aim at reforming cultural institutions . Vladimir Urin will now fill his shoes . The move comes six months after the ballet's artistic director was burned by acid . | d6bd14185751ed4324663fd646583fa41065c170 |
In our Behind the Scenes series, CNN correspondents share their experiences in covering news and analyze the stories behind the events. CNN's Jay Kernis reports on what it was like inside the Kodak Theatre at the Academy Awards. Hugh Jackman, the host of the 81st Academy Awards, speaks to the audience at the Kodak Thea... | When you're inside the theater, the whole show seems to work, and you feel part of it . Stagehands guide the changing of the sets during the commercial breaks . Seeing five Best Actors presenting Oscars on the same stage was pretty amazing . The Oscars can still astonish -- they still know how to put on the big musical... | 2271e95435987044e5956432f4e60bb2a998fb44 |
Washington (CNN) -- The military's newest and most powerful ground-penetrating bomb is not intended for Iran's underground nuclear and weapons facilities specifically, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday. "The system's not aimed at any one country," said Pentagon spokesman, Capt. John Kirby. "It's to develop a capabili... | "The system's not aimed at any one country," Pentagon spokesman says . It's known as the Massive Ordinance Penetrator, or MOP . Said to weigh 15 tons, the bomb can explode 200 feet underground . | 75a4cfbda27b4ab429a6a4eb58b7c3b1ab088c40 |
(CNN) -- World Twenty20 champions Pakistan were left stunned after none of their players were signed up for the lucrative Indian Premier League cricket tournament in Tuesday's auction. With this year's budget slashed from $2 million per team to just $750,000, only 11 of the 66 international players on offer were snappe... | No Pakistan players are bought in auction for lucrative Indian Premier League cricket series . Only 11 of the 66 players on offer were snapped up as budgets slashed to $750,000 . West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard went for the full amount as four teams bid for him . Veteran New Zealand pace bowler Shane Bond also s... | e1acf5d0d07abcbbc30c23ca99054e5225fa7583 |
(CNN) -- This week, "American Idol" Season 10 winner Scotty McCreery releases his debut album, "Clear as Day." As one would expect, the record's 12 songs feature his deep crooning voice paired with lyrics about new love and small town aspirations. Fans of the teen should come away satisfied with this first effort, in t... | Season 10 "American Idol" winner Scotty McCreery has a debut album . The 17-year-old singer will juggle promoting his new album with his senior year . McCreery says "country music is real" | b35c6eaecab19248f168262d298ee055739ab8d7 |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- The night before Hollywood gathers to honor its best Sunday, Razzie voters sifted through what they dubbed the cinematic rubble and (dis)honored "The Last Airbender" as the worst movie of 2010. The M. Night Shyamalan action-flick, which was panned by critics upon its release last year, won (or shou... | Among its "awards" is one for Worst Eye-gouging Misuse of 3-D . All four actresses of "Sex and the City 2" are "honored" as worst actress . Actors rarely attend the ceremony . | 4cba1997d99d234883d834cef96744c167237db2 |
(CNN) -- President Obama lauded the U.S. military in Baghdad on Tuesday during an unannounced visit to Iraq, reminding troops that the next 18 months will be difficult as the United States plans to start withdrawing its forces. President Obama greets troops during a visit to Camp Victory on Tuesday. "I was just discuss... | NEW: Obama says Iraq needs to take responsibility for its sovereignty . NEW: Obama thanks troops for giving Iraq the chance to "stand on its own" Obama arrived in Europe last week for a series of summits . Poll shows 79 percent of Americans feel Obama improving U.S. image abroad . | b89c4fbd22dadcea4018aff7a4f49ab2f9679c26 |
(CNN) -- Former rugby superstar Jonah Lomu has revealed that he is poised to make a shock playing comeback at the age of 34 with French third-division club Marseille Vitrolles. Jonah Lomu pictured in action for New Zealand's All Blacks during the 1999 World Cup in France. The giant New Zealander, who became a global na... | Former All Blacks winger Jonah Lomu to join French third-division club . The 34-year-old will play for Marseille Vitrolles after supposedly retiring in 2007 . New Zealander became rugby's first global superstar after the 1995 World Cup . He previously returned to playing after having a kidney transplant . | db6234133d1a4fb9f7b6f6c3cbdc009eafc01924 |
(CNN) -- A 45-year-old man who barricaded himself in his home after allegedly shooting two rural Alaska police officers to death surrendered Monday morning and was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, authorities said. John Marvin Jr. gave up without incident around 9:30 a.m. (1:30 p.m. ET), according to a s... | NEW: John Marvin Jr. is charged with two counts of first-degree murder . NEW: Flags are ordered lowered to half-staff across the state . Standoff began after two police officers were shot late Saturday . The officers' deaths leave the small town of Hoonah with only one officer . | 7d133d55fee62f8e2d76584e2b816f1bd5914e1a |
(CNN) -- How do you keep hope alive? The news of the recovery of Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus, along with Michelle Knight, sent shock waves through the nation and the community of folks who used to work at "America's Most Wanted," a show that ran for decades, trying to bring missing children home. When you deal with t... | Philip Lerman oversaw the missing child cases for "America's Most Wanted" 60 cases were solved but not the personal one: his stepsister's disappearance . He saw brave families hold out hope, and show would air and re-air their cases . Lerman says every family of a missing child is holding onto hope after women found . | fe6cab770ded73168800f8cfdf786e8224654fd7 |
(CNN) -- Ancient man may have started global warming through massive deforestation and burning that could have permanently altered the Earth's climate, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Virginia and the University of Maryland-Baltimore County. Primitive slash-and-burn agriculture permanently ... | Study: Ancient people were fewer in number, but burned 10 times as much land . William Ruddiman: People would slash, burn "five times in a 20 year period" Ken Caldeira, a climate scientist, says study exaggerating impact of early man . | 44e367253ff7d90e980debb45f75e1ac8b95ee6e |
(CNN) -- Despite what his past and current on-screen personas might suggest, in person, actor Michael Kenneth Williams is extremely cordial and not at all criminal-minded. Williams is probably best known for his role as gay stick-up boy Omar Little on HBO's "The Wire" and currently plays bootlegger Chalky White on "Boa... | Michael Kenneth Williams is stepping behind the camera as producer of a new film . He is best known for his iconic portrayal of Omar Little on "The Wire" His new project, "Snow on tha Bluff," is " 'The Blair Witch Project' meets the hood" Williams will next appear as rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard in a forthcoming film . | 0eb8e5740eecc2098cd862cb5d1ff41f9aa97eb5 |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- The BBC is refusing to broadcast a plea from leading British charities for aid to Gaza, saying the ad would compromise the public broadcaster's appearance of impartiality. Demonstrators protest at the BBC's central London offices Saturday against the broadcaster's decision. The decision prompte... | NEW: Protesters occupy part of BBC building in Scotland, group says . U.K. charity group Disasters Emergency Committee to launch appeal for Gaza aid . BBC refuses to broadcast ad, says would compromise appearance of impartiality . BBC, funded by obligatory license fee, is required by charter to be impartial . | b17122a9fba69c19dfeb4b7b5aea8f27e691e495 |
Hong Kong (CNN) -- Australian police say seven people have been arrested in Romania as part of a joint international criminal investigation into the largest credit card data theft in Australia's history. Among those detained by the Romanian investigative agency was Gheorghe "the Carpathian Bear" Ignat, a Greco-Roman he... | "Operation Lino" involved 14 countries and uncovered credit card transactions worth $31M . Victims were small businesses and retailers, who often have less-secure payment gateways . 65% of bank card fraud cases reported in Australia in 2011 were perpetrated overseas . Gheorghe "the Carpathian Bear" Ignat, a Greco-Roman... | 4ab005ba1a716bb49d8e9c2504400b655f54a3f5 |
(CNN) -- For some families, like the Kennedys, the Bushes and the Roosevelts, politics runs in the blood. But as history shows, coming from a powerful political family doesn't mean a free ride to the top. George and Jeb Bush are the only sons of a president to make it to the governor's mansion. "It does help, and it hu... | Coming from a big political name "does help, and it hurts," Doug Wead says . Family name is "worth one step up on the political ladder," Stephen Hess says . The pressure to defend a legacy can stifle a political career, Wead says . Even if a name is disgraced today, its image can be restored tomorrow, Wead says . | c1c41de1ce5f83af260862ce352c2c61c41bb865 |
(CNN) -- Many Google users probably didn't notice this month that they can now display their search tips in the Hawaiian language. Hawaiian is one of more than 125 "interface languages" now available on Google. Wedged between Hausa and Hebrew, Hawaiian is one of more than 125 "interface languages" now available on Goog... | Google search terms now available in Hawaiian . Keola Donaghy spent 100 hours translating for "Google in Your Language" program . Hawaiian is considered a "critically endangered" language by the U.N. It is the only native American language available in Google search preferences . | 80fbbeaee790a3dbc63295a40de8a80f3228dacb |
(CNN) -- As coach Keith Nelson studied the opposing team, he realized his players were at a big disadvantage. Their future opponents moved quickly around the court, passing the puck with strength and agility. His floor hockey team was out of shape. While in their hearts they were champions, their bodies weren't quite r... | The Team USA floor hockey team needed more endurance, agility for Winter Games . Team members exercised five to six days a week and gave up soda, sugary snacks . Team's captain lost more than 50 pounds before traveling to South Korea . | 184f340ebbca0f6fba10cd7d3f02d156aae25a00 |
(CNN) -- An Austrian man who allegedly held his daughter as a sex slave for 24 years has been charged with murdering one of their children, prosecutors say. Josef Fritzl is accused of fathering seven children by his daughter during her 24-year captivity. Austrian State Prosecutor Gerhard Sedlacek told CNN Thursday that... | Austrian man who allegedly held daughter for 24 years charged with murder . Prosecutors charge Josef Fritzl with murder because one of the 7 children died . Experts say infant might have survived if Fritzl had arranged for medical care . | aec60dfa4779fc2bf1250230530374682d295577 |
(CNN) -- Alex Rodriguez is taking his quest to get back on the diamond into his own hands. A representative for Rodriguez said he got a second opinion on a recent quadriceps injury, and the doctor who analyzed the MRI says Rodriguez is healthy enough to return to the field. Michael Gross of The Sports Medicine Institut... | Alex Rodriguez hires doctor who says he is healthy enough to play . Yankees GM says team's MRI shows A-Rod has a "grade 1 strain" Meanwhile, MLB may suspend Rodriguez over drug accusations . | 6fc0e46918429cf8531376ca11494e38173ba0d3 |
Paris, France (CNN) -- Investigators seeking the cause of the mysterious crash of an Air France jet last year have significantly narrowed the area they are searching to find the wreckage, a top official said. Air France Flight 447 crashed into deep Atlantic waters on June 1, killing all 228 people aboard. Most of the b... | Not known: what brought down the plane, who was at controls, what pilots did . Plane went down in extremely deep water with enormous underwater mountains . Plane hit water belly first, essentially intact, officials have said . Airbus A330s, A340s under directive in August to replace pitot tubes by Thales Avionics . | 7a39c4bce737762042dc9cf0790f72e882a50032 |
(CNN) -- A group of people surrounded the car of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, one man yelling that he is hungry, as a woman climbed up onto it and sat on the vehicle's roof to speak to the president. The video of the incident, as Ahmadinejad was being driven in a convertible through the southern coastal city ... | A YouTube video of the incident has received more than 100,000 views . A man was yelling to Iran's president, "I'm hungry!" It's unclear what the woman on the car said . Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's official website shows throngs of cheering supporters . | ae5353df2ed133f5c7259f44ddc35d8d20833d38 |
London (CNN) -- It's not every day a queen plays a Bond girl. But for the opening of the London Olympic Games last summer, Queen Elizabeth II did just that, in a cameo alongside Daniel Craig as James Bond. With that and decades of support for British film and TV in mind, she was presented Thursday with an honorary BAFT... | Queen Elizabeth's support for British film and television is recognized with an award . The queen is described as "the most memorable Bond girl yet" for a cameo last year . She appeared with actor Daniel Craig, as James Bond, for the Olympics opening ceremony . The queen was given the award at a Windsor Castle receptio... | e6d0e2031899a48badca1cd5b717ef39020025f5 |
(CNN) -- High in the hills between Ramallah and Nablus in the West Bank sits a huge construction site its developers hope will transform the lives of Palestinians for generations to come. Rawabi is the first planned city of its kind and is not short on ambition. The renderings for the $1 billion development show many s... | Rawabi is the largest privately-funded development project in Palestinian history . The finished project will include homes for 40,000 residents, a convention center and three schools . Its construction provides 5,000 jobs, and there are hopes it will provide more after tenants move in . The project could lift the econ... | cd8f443137ec21c3032c7bdb5345e52c53d14209 |
(CNN) -- The medical examiner has ruled that the death of Daniel Kerrigan, the father of figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, was a homicide, the Middlesex County district attorney's office said Tuesday. The skater's brother, Mark, was arraigned in January on assault and battery charges in an incident involving his father, bu... | NEW: Death of figure skater's father on January 24 ruled a homicide . Daniel Kerrigan, 70, died after a "violent argument and struggle" with his son . Mark Kerrigan in jail on assault and battery charges, may face additional charges . He is being held on $10,000 cash bail; next court appearance is February 24 . | 4f3fc92ddd81570bcae9abd0bed6b465009099e6 |
(CNN) -- There are two words that summarize the July Fourth holiday that was and the weekend ahead: hot and soggy. On Friday morning, a flash flood watch remained in effect for southeast Alabama, portions of Georgia and the Florida Panhandle, the National Weather Service said. The Panhandle is expected to get wetter in... | Dozens rescued from flooding on July Fourth in Panama City Beach, Florida . Flash flood watch continues in southeast Alabama, Georgia, Florida Panhandle on Friday . New York City, Boston and Philadelphia are expected to sweat in high heat . California's extreme heat is expected to break Saturday . | 51fdebdd82bcccebf0435f2e7d2108a8465834a6 |
(CNN) -- Does anyone really want to be Fernando Alonso's teammate at Ferrari? Okay, it won't be like it was with Michael Schumacher between 1996 and 2006 when he was the undisputed number one in the team, but whoever ends up there will be playing -- at best -- second fiddle. Perhaps that's one of the reasons why Mark W... | Mark Webber is coming out from behind the shadow of teammate Sebastian Vettel . Red Bull's veteran Australian is second in the world championship standings . He signed a new one-year contract after winning the British Grand Prix two weeks ago . Ferrari's Fernando Alonso leads drivers' standings ahead of Sunday's German... | 6dba13da7d1657e58e42d42e595a0b40356a6499 |
(CNN) -- For all of our talk of Americans being straight shooters who don't like to mince words and have the freedom of speech to say exactly what's on our minds, we sure punk out when it comes to elected officials speaking the truth. Case in point: President Barack Obama describing American corporations as being "lazy... | Martin: Critics taking Obama's "lazy" comment out of context . In many areas, Americans are in fact lazy, says Martin . 68% of U.S. 8th graders can't read at grade level, he says . Some Americans coddle their children in school and sports, he says . | fe345145d61ade6bdc9b1bbd1ffdacd52adc2d46 |
(CNN) -- The resilience of a burned baby golden eagle that survived a Utah wildfire is astounding wildlife rehabilitators nursing him back to health. "The trauma and the injury and the situation he is in -- to come out of it is amazing," said DaLyn Erickson, executive director of the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of N... | Baby golden eagle was burned in a Utah wildfire . The fire engulfed his nest . The animal, called "Phoenix," is receiving care at wildlife rehab center . It's too early to tell whether he will be able to fly . | 8971b40005c9d37fd30ef838a249386df90d225c |
(CNN) -- Yemen is tightening security at all of its airports in the aftermath of a plot to send bombs from Yemen to the United States, the country's National Civil Aviation Security Committee said Monday. "Every piece of cargo and luggage will go through extensive searching" at all of its airports, the agency said. Car... | NEW: Embargo on shipments from Yemen extended to November 8 . Yemeni authorities intensify hunt for militant cleric and bomb maker . Germany bans all incoming flights from Yemen . United Kingdom also bans flights and the carrying of large printer cartridges . | e83837494a48d674d4352c12323b7aef454674c6 |
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A school bus loaded with children came under rocket and small arms fire near Peshawar Tuesday, killing the driver and three children and injuring 16 others, police said. The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan group claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the group's regional spokesman, ... | NEW: A Taliban group claims responsibility for a school bus attack near Peshawar . NEW: Four died in the attack, 16 were wounded . Police: Similar attacks have occurred recently as residents have resisted the Taliban . | 6f1c482619c4b721ca6702db48399077530366c3 |
Watts, California (CNN) -- One savings account at a time, "Sweet" Alice Harris is trying to save youths from the temptations of crime and violence in Los Angeles' notoriously troubled neighborhood of Watts. Harris, 76, is a humanitarian with a big mission on the most modest of budgets. Twice a year, she tries to instil... | "Sweet" Alice Harris of Watts, California, gives $5 to any kid who wants a saving account . The kids must pledge to stay in school -- and seek to go to college . Nearly 100 kids apply for the savings accounts Saturday . 40 youths who opened the savings accounts in the past three years are now going to junior college . | d890ee0e158130cf9e28d8a42ffb3462b8089b01 |
Hempstead, New York (CNN) -- President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney face off Tuesday in the second of their three debates, this one in a town hall-style setting in which they'll take questions from likely voters. The stakes couldn't be higher: Obama must get his campaign back on track after a poor... | How well candidates connect with audience members could affect outcome . Obama must overcome passive first performance without overdoing it . Women's issues are one area Obama must exploit if he wants to maintain their support . Strong debate will result in flood of contributions, much needed in stretch run ad blitz . | f591e292e3ed2779fe5afd2fe6e7a381ec91f21f |
(CNN) -- Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo has been unveiled as Real Madrid's new number 9, in front of 80,000 passionate fans at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, after his world record $130 million move from Manchester United. Cristiano Ronaldo is paraded in front of 80,000 passionate supporters at a packed Bernabeu st... | Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo is unveiled as Real Madrid's new No. 9 . Ronaldo paraded in front of thousands of supporters at the Santiago Bernabeu . Real Madrid have paid Manchester United world record $130 million for player . | 9a14aed062b5ff774c4adfa08be3fb04dae995e5 |
Gaza City, Gaza (CNN) -- Israeli airstrikes and tank shells pounded parts of Gaza Tuesday -- killing a 4-year-old girl, Palestinian security and medical sources said -- after Israel said a Gaza sniper killed a Muslim Israeli man near a border fence. The events began when a sniper in Gaza shot a Bedouin Israeli citizen ... | NEW: Israeli citizen killed by Gaza sniper was a Bedouin Muslim, Israeli military says . Salah Shukri Abu Latyef was working on border fence when he was shot, Israeli military says . Girl in Gaza killed in Israeli airstrike, Hamas security sources say . Israeli prime minister's office calls it a "very severe incident" | 72f4424f2cddd6aef7e024095ce59ffd2a87ecc2 |
(CNN) -- A Chicago police officer was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon during a struggle with a suspect in a police facility parking lot, police said. Officer Thor Soderberg was walking to his vehicle in the parking lot at 61st and Racine on the city's South Side, after completing a shift with the department's Opera... | NEW: Chicago police identify officer killed in struggle . Shooting occurred in police facility parking lot . Suspect shot in gun battle with responding officers . Suspect hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries . | 47668c7878239725f84507e2ed864ee49b817948 |
(CNN) -- A goal from Japan defender Yuto Nagatomo handed Inter Milan a 1-0 win at Genoa that lifted them to seventh in the Italian Serie A table. Claudio Ranieri's side made it two wins in three days after Saturday's triumph over Fiorentina but despite going above Genoa Inter still lie ten points behind leaders Juventu... | Yuto Nagatomo's goal hands Inter Milan victory at Genoa in Serie A . Japan defender scores the only goal of the game in the 67th minute . Inter's win takes them seventh in Serie A table, 10 points off top side Juventus . Real Madrid beat third division Ponferradina in the Spanish Cup . | 39c9634856532726890766b1ae67359b187407c8 |
(CNN) -- NASA's Kepler space telescope has already made a discovery, and its science operations aren't even officially under way yet. The planet used in the test is a giant gas planet about the size of Jupiter that orbits a star called HAT P-7. NASA scientists who put the telescope through a 10-day test after its March... | Kepler orbiting observatory beginning mission to find planets the size of Earth . It has found that a planet orbiting a distant star shows only one side to the star . "Kepler learned something new about an old planet," says team member . | 94229cc77de9502370d916da8981af818dab15c7 |
(CNN) -- Hurricane Paloma continued to intensify Friday night as the Category 3 storm pounded Grand Cayman island with strong winds and heavy rain. As of 10 p.m. ET Friday, Paloma was moving northeast through the Cayman Islands. The National Hurricane Center said additional strengthening of the storm could occur throu... | NEW: Cayman Island residents flee homes for shelters, fortified buildings . Paloma has 115-mph winds; storm-surge flooding expected in Caymans . Evacuations under way in parts of Cuba; safety advisories issued . Projected path would steer hurricane away from U.S. mainland . | dcecb3c2103e49b24e34f81713ca17a7b6794468 |
(CNN Student News) -- April 14, 2010 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . • Haiti • Mexico • Kyrgyzstan . Transcript . THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Lend us your ears and follow your nose. This broadcast of CNN Studen... | Follow first lady Michelle Obama's itinerary from Haiti to Mexico . Learn about some events that took place on this day in history . Discover how some dogs are being trained to sniff out danger . Use the Daily Discussion to help students understand today's featured news stories . | dac7a926543efef62b76f3e1b05f18c3edc01ac7 |
(CNN) -- The FBI will examine evidence and testimony from the trial of two California police officers acquitted this week in the beating death of a mentally ill homeless man to see whether his civil rights were violated, the agency said Tuesday. The FBI began its civil right investigation shortly after Kelly Thomas, 27... | NEW: The father of a man beaten by police calls the officers' acquittals "unacceptable" The FBI will review evidence used in the trial of two former Fullerton police officers . The FBI began a civil rights investigation in 2011 into a fatal beating of a homeless man . This week, a jury acquitted the two former police o... | 2079f35aca44978a7985afe0ddacdf02bedf98f2 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A day and a half after he was arrested on a drunk-driving charge, FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt co-piloted a government jet to North Carolina as part of a proficiency flight, Federal Aviation Administration officials confirmed Wednesday. The flight was planned before Babbitt's Saturday-night arres... | Babbitt was arrested on a drunk-driving charge Saturday night . On Monday he was co-pilot on a government flight from DC to North Carolina . The proficiency flight was scheduled before the arrest, officials said . Babbitt resigned as head of the FAA on Tuesday; flight broke no rules . | c5186f50b7282af9940bb3254025b9477b2ebb08 |
(CNN) -- Iran's vice president has warned that the country could block the Strait of Hormuz if sanctions are imposed on its exports of crude oil. What does the threat mean and what is likely to happen next? What is the Strait of Hormuz used for? It is one of the most important strategic chokepoints in the world, a narr... | Iran warns it could block Strait of Hormuz if sanctions are imposed on crude oil exports . Strait is important strategic chokepoints; third of all oil shipped worldwide passes through . Iran has threatened several times to close the Strait but it has never carried through with it . U.S. says "we'll do what we must" to ... | b45bf9be6c98eb85c63af286c80b110901800cd2 |
(CNN) -- Protection from the Sahara's howling dust storms may have helped the Sphinx maintain its steady gaze over the millennia. Newly discovered walls on the Giza plateau were part of an enclosure to protect the Sphinx from wind-borne sand, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities says. According to some texts, the wal... | Walls are found along two more sides of the Sphinx . They were used to protect the giant carving from the wind . The Sphinx is near the Khafre pyramid . | 7d5146f1937de04cb2721aec148381970adcded7 |
New York (CNN) -- A would-be terrorist, who previously confessed to planning a subway suicide bomb attack, described in court on Tuesday how he and two high school friends planned to wreak havoc in New York City. Najibullah Zazi, the mastermind of the 2009 plot, testified Tuesday against alleged co-conspirator Adis Med... | Accused terrorist Adis Medunjanin's trial continues with a key witness . Prosecutors say he and two others were trained by al Qaeda in Pakistan . They planned to detonate explosives on New York subways, they add . A defense lawyer contends that "the government is just wrong" | bc9f070ba00393258746ebb9716bbe4bff7e9bc2 |
(CNN) -- Tony Dorsett recalls a 1984 game against the Philadelphia Eagles when he was streaking up the field and an opposing player slammed into him. One helmet plowed into another. Dorsett's head snapped back, his helmet was knocked askew. "He blew me up," Dorsett told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. "I don't remember the second ... | Tony Dorsett was a finesse running back who for 11 years often made opponents miss . At 59 he has been told he has a brain disease usually diagnosed in dead players . One neurosurgeon said there are different causes for memory loss, so more study is needed . Dorsett says he is becoming a less outgoing person who has tr... | 8fc0d0266d9cc6266a1ca8af653fb32141503b33 |
(CNN) -- South Africa pace bowler Dale Steyn ripped through India's batsmen on the third day of the first cricket Test in Nagpur, taking eight wickets as the hosts were forced to follow on. Steyn took a career-best 7-51 as India, resuming on 25-0 overnight, were skittled for just 233 to concede a massive first-innings ... | South Africa paceman Dale Steyn takes eight wickets on third day of first Test in Nagpur . Steyn claims career-best 7-51 to skittle India for 233 to earn a huge lead of 325 . He then dismisses first-innings centurion Virender Sehwag as India reach 66-2 at stumps . New Zealand take unassailable 2-0 lead in one-day serie... | cc497c5d640772738fb8703d268e49b5067386b7 |
Lac-Megantic, Quebec (CNN) -- Five more bodies have been recovered from the scene of runaway train disaster in Quebec, raising the death toll to 33, a Canadian provincial police official said Saturday. The bodies were pulled from where a train crashed in the town of Lac-Megantic, Capt. Michel Forget said. More than two... | Death toll in the train disaster in Lac-Megantic rises to 33, police say . More than two dozen people are still believed missing . It's possible some of the victims were vaporized in an explosion . | c62e936583ec007d1114565a65253b59125ee816 |
(CNN) -- Researchers announced this week that they've found a new gene, ALS6, which is responsible for about 5 percent of hereditary Lou Gehrig's cases. The discovery of a new gene mutation may allow those with ALS in their family to be tested. It's being called a "momentous discovery" by the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclero... | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association calls ALS gene discovery "momentous" Two genes discovered in last 12 months could hold key for new therapies . Genetic testing useful only for those with hereditary ALS . ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, strikes a little more than 5,600 people every year . | 49d090119c623b2776dc93ce8ba8a822880f50e5 |
Washington (CNN) -- Which is scarier? Letting Greece go bankrupt? Or saving Greece from bankruptcy? If you're a European businessman or banker, the answer is obvious: Bankruptcy is scarier. If Greece cannot pay its debts, Greece will likely quit the euro. By quitting the euro, Greece would regain the power to print its... | David Frum: If Greece defaults, all of Europe's debts would be suspect . He says the U.S. could be forced to participate in rescuing Europe's finances . Europe's leaders need to take unpopular, dramatic steps to bail out the south, he says . The sooner and bigger the bailout, the better, Frum says . | cd58c538499aba74d8725eeb1369ccc93e15ce9f |
Phnom Penh, Cambodia (CNN) -- The opposition party in Cambodia has rejected the results of the country's national election, which handed another win to long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen. The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) said Monday the weekend balloting was marred by irregularities, and demanded an investiga... | Hun Sen has been in office for 28 years . The two main parties teamed up, and hoped for strength in numbers . More than 9 million people were eligible to vote . The opposition party allege widespread irregularities . | 1071e826dd7ffdb3ba07bd0996eca8dfe572faaa |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- A year ago, Nintendo announced the Wii U, the next generation of its massively popular gaming system that incorporates a handheld controller with its own video screen into play with the more traditional Wii console. On Tuesday, at the world's largest video-game gathering, the company was still expl... | Nintendo rolls out 23 titles for the upcoming Wii U . System's handheld game pad offers different perspectives . New "Super Mario," "Batman Arkham City" and "Mass Effect" titles are planned . Wii U is expected to be released this holiday season . | a718e0319441c3d7bb3be9a5926f7619651f2949 |
(CNN) -- The wife of former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said she is closing down her popular French blog. Anne Sinclair, who has been writing about life in the United States on her blog, "Two or Three Things Seen in America" since 2008, wrote Monday: "You understand the circumstances which ... | Anne Sinclair is described by some as the "Barbara Walters" of France . She has been writing her blog since 2008 . Her husband, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is awaiting a trial on sexual assault charges . He is out on bail . | 193080e846e92ce7c6f72c9c5b6e72d5408161f9 |
(AOL Autos) -- Chrysler and General Motors announced this week that they would shrink their dealer base in the U.S. Chrysler will close 789 dealers. General Motors announced the closing of 1,100 dealers. Chrysler will close 789 dealers, leaving them with approximately 2400 stores in the U.S. General Motors announced th... | Chrysler and General Motors announce they will shrink dealer base in U.S. Chrysler dealers will be "forced out" by June 9 . Your warranty is valid through its term, no matter where you bought your car . You will save a lot of money on a new vehicle purchase right now . | 1310e8364c0751cb691d367f671c367994fb2b8f |
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