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(EW.com) -- The Project: "Dexter," in Hall H! The Panel: Michael C. Hall; Jennifer Carpenter; Aimee Garcia; Desmond Harrington; David Zayas; Yvonne Strahovski; Lauren Velez; Aaron King; Erik King; and Julie Benz. Executive producers Sara Calleton, Scott Buck, Manny Coto and former showrunner Clyde Phillips. Comic-Con '... | Stars and executive producers from "Dexter" held a panel at Comic-Con on July 18 . Actors Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter talked about the final season . Carpenter became emotional talking about the fans . The series finale of "Dexter" will air September 22 . | 26be9e2bef690fbbea4f2a671c59bd54440a49bc |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- A top AEG executive referred to Michael Jackson as "the freak" and another called him "creepy" just hours before their company signed the pop icon to a huge concert deal. The revelation brought an audible gasp in the Los Angeles courtroom at the wrongful death trial Wednesday and left fans crying. ... | NEW: Katherine Jackson leaves court weeping Thursday . AEG Live lawyer tells boss idea of meeting Jackson is "kind of creepy" Jackson's mother and children claim the concert promoter is liable in his death . AEG Live contends Jackson, not it, chose the doctor convicted in his death . | 16d2653b70b8294870547e7768d1d0b7eecc1ddf |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Saudi Prince and billionaire Al-Waleed bin Talal says he will build the world's tallest building, planned to be over a kilometer (3,281 feet) high. The tower will be built in the Saudi town of Jeddah and will be part of a larger project that will cost $26.7 billion, (100 billion Saudi riyals) ... | A new generation of skyscrapers are being planned for cities around the world . Nakheel Tower and Kingdom City will reach over a kilometer in height . In Paris, a law limiting building height has been overturned to allow skyscrapers . In the U.S. the Chicago Spire and Freedom Tower have spectacular designs . | c9cb3b65f68f8b52d4bdb84a09bf86b9fa200121 |
(CNN) -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani was in stable condition late Tuesday after he was rushed to a Baghdad hospital Monday night, his office said. In a statement issued Tuesday night, the president's office said tests "have shown that the health status of His Excellency was caused by hardening of the arteries." "The... | Talabani's office says he's in stable condition . A lawmaker and other official say he had a stroke; office blames 'hardening of the arteries' Talabani, 79, was elected president of Iraq in 2005 . He has left the country several times for medical issues . | 9e8349d7a54aee43ea059e47d6174d525876a8c4 |
(CNN) -- Bayern Munich returned to the top of the Bundesliga for the first time since May 2008 with a 2-0 victory at home to Hoffenheim on Friday night in the first match after the German winter break. Louis van Gaal's team climbed a point above halfway leaders Bayer Leverkusen, who host Mainz on Saturday. Third-placed... | Bayern Munich return to the top of Bundesliga table for first time since May 2008 . Louis Van Gaal's team win 2-0 at home Hoffenheim in first match after winter break . Martin Demichelis scores opener in 35th minute and Miroslav Klose adds late second . Hoffenheim were left in seventh place with 25 points from 18 match... | fda425fd7a85b8b4e386f5317c6697ee2d0af75c |
(CNN) -- World No. 2 Novak Djokovic suffered a shock defeat by sixth seed Mikhail Youzhny in the semifinals of the World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam on Saturday. The Serbian, who had not played since Thursday after being handed a walkover in his quarterfinal, lost 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (8-6) to the Russian despite saving tw... | NEW: Top two seeds Roddick and Verdasco reach final of SAP Open in San Jose . World No. 2 Djokovic suffers shock defeat in semifinals of World Tennis Tournament . Serbian beaten by Russian sixth seed Mikhail Youzhny in Rotterdam . Youzhny, ranked 20th, will play world No. 8 Robin Soderling in Sunday's final . | d22da5c151ad9d8ac0ff4cf6c860e4e87e108025 |
(CNN) -- A lawyer for San Diego Mayor Bob Filner criticized the city for not providing sexual harassment training to the mayor, saying its failure to do so violated the law. In a letter to the city attorney, Harvey Berger wrote that Filner might never have been sued for sexual harassment had he been properly trained. "... | San Diego Mayor Bob Filner's lawyer writes to city attorney about city paying legal fees . He says Filner never got sexual harassment training as mayor, congressman . Filner is being sued by a former spokeswoman for sexual harassment . The mayor's lawyer says the city would be liable if the ex-spokeswoman wins . | b4b5bed191ab068c33bda1c21aebecb182d0ebb2 |
(CNN) -- A broad coalition of groups supporting everything from religion, drugs, and digital rights to guns and the environment sued the National Security Agency today, demanding a federal judge immediately halt what they are calling an "unconstitutional program of dragnet electronic surveillance" stemming from the gov... | A broad coalition of groups has filed a lawsuit against the National Security Agency . Suit asks a federal judge to halt NSA's "unconstitutional program of dragnet electronic surveillance" Plaintiffs include church groups, gun owners, human-rights groups and free-speech advocates . The lawsuit is at least the fourth ch... | ce86dae723d04beb0c0b629919fa3728a41a6c4f |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Michael Jackson appeared to be dead when an ambulance arrived at his home at 12:26 p.m. June 25, 2009, according to a paramedic and a security guard who testified Wednesday. "When I picked him up, his legs were quite cool," Los Angeles County Paramedic Richard Senneff said. "His eyes were quite dry... | NEW: Michael Jackson appeared dead when ambulance arrived, witness says . NEW: Paramedic testifies Dr. Conrad Murray said he was treating Jackson for dehydration . Paris Jackson cried "Daddy!" as Murray tried to revive her dad, witness says . Murray delayed calling 911 for 21 minutes, prosecutor says . | 7530f20d6a5668edc8c4f15147d5517ec884f742 |
Washington (CNN) -- The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal over a federal law banning felons from having bulletproof vests or body armor. The 7-2 decision on Monday not to intervene was a reaffirmation of congressional authority over a wide range of commerce. The order was one of several hundred pending appeals the c... | Thomas and Scalia dissent from rejection of appeal on felons owning body armor . The Supreme Court turns aside a challenge to a law allowing less-than-unanimous guilty verdicts . Another appeal from a "birther" also is rejected . | d7ce848423c661d0affc4592f60b15930d6ca63d |
(CNN) -- As American and Iranian negotiators prepare to implement their historic interim nuclear deal, a handful of hawkish lawmakers are on the cusp of destroying the last remaining pathway to peace. This month, Sens. Robert Menendez, Charles Schumer and Mark Kirk introduced ill-timed legislation -- the Nuclear Weapon... | Reza Marashi and Trita Parsi say the U.S. is misinterpreting the results of Iranian election . They write that threatening more sanctions is the wrong way to go . Continuing down this road will make sure this opportunity is lost, they say . | 8de618520ea08261ffcf475c97c66cd58cf91770 |
Moscow, Russia (CNN) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived Thursday in Dagestan to hold talks with regional political leaders and government officials following this week's bomb blasts in Moscow and car bombings in the southern Russian republic. Medvedev planned to to hold a meeting about the situation with the ... | Medvedev's visit to restive southern republic follows suicide bombings . 2 killed Wednesday in car blast possible caused by homemade explosives . Suicide bombers also killed 39 people in Moscow subway attack Monday . | db4b3bb9e6f54eaf9e2286c32c319f22cb4395a5 |
(CNN) -- An image juxtaposing a famous painting of lovers and the ruins of a building in Syria has gone viral, becoming a powerful symbol of the country's devastation from civil war. "Freedom Graffiti," by Syrian artist-in-exile Tammam Azzam, digitally superimposes Austrian painter Gustav Klimt's masterpiece "The Kiss"... | An image of Klimt's "The Kiss" superimposed over a destroyed Syrian building has gone viral . The image was created digitally by Syrian artist Tammam Azzam, who now lives in Dubai . He hopes to return to his homeland and create a physical version of the artwork one day . | 9b56e53cdc7774623c831d1a8ceb4a1ac624934d |
(CNN) -- Roger Federer's reputation as one of the finest tennis players of all time was cemented on Monday, as the Swiss broke Pete Sampras' record for the most number of weeks at the top of the world rankings. Federer returned to the No. 1 spot for the first time in over two years with a record-equaling seventh Wimble... | Roger Federer surpasses Pete Sampras' number of weeks at world No. 1 . Wimbledon champion Federer has now topped the rankings for 287 weeks in his career . Serena Williams equals Venus' total of 43 WTA Tour titles . The dominant sisters are now sixth on the all-time list of most WTA Tour wins . | 1c10017900305323da95454edc2f5284aaa5d42a |
Eminem got sober, Arcade Fire got spooked, Katy Perry flashed her hits and Kanye sang one for jerk-offs everywhere. (RollingStone.com) -- 5. Arcade Fire, "We Used to Wait" "Now our lives are changing fast," sings Win Butler, spooked and sleepless. But his empathetic croon -- and his band's orchestral- rock wallop -- ma... | Arcade Fire's "We Used to Wait" makes high anxiety sound almost sublime . Sade sings about emotional devastation in "Soldier of Love" Kayne West's "Runaway" was named the number one single of the year by Rolling Stone . | 1e80e988da0edc5b34d47c67d3c1fd8e10d6b2bb |
(CNN) -- Someone out there just leapt all comic book purchase price records in a single bound. A near-pristine copy of Action Comics #1 -- better known as the first appearance of Superman -- sold at an online auction Wednesday night for a staggering $2.16 million. The seller? None other than cash-strapped actor Nicolas... | An original 1938 Superman comic sells at auction for a record $2.16 million . The comic is believed to have been sold by actor Nicolas Cage . The previous record for a comic book sale price was $1.5 million . | 72a9f40669e499bcc59a9abb50acad26f7c7eccb |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Brittany Zimmerman, a 21-year-old college student who wanted to be a doctor, called 911 as she was being attacked by a stranger, police say. Brittany Zimmerman's screams and struggle for her life were captured by a 911 tape. But the police did not come for 48 minutes. By that time, Zimmerman was dead.... | College student's battle for her life caught on 911 tape . Police did not respond to her call for help for 48 minutes . Brittany Zimmerman's fiance found her body . Police suspect she was attacked by a stranger and are eyeing vagrants . | 9bb863e0e73bb232f877f15fddd385e90faae80f |
Atlanta (CNN) -- Higgs humor has humbled me. I thought I'd nailed it, when I wrote what could be the first original Higgs Boson joke ever here. But since this week's announcement that the Higgs particle has been found, there's been a wave of Higgs humor on Twitter, a lot of it curated by Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin, whos... | New particle fits description of elusive Higgs boson, scientists say . Since then, there has been wave of Higgs humor on Twitter . Difficulty of understanding something is perhaps thing that makes it funny . | 37b094b3317df517c30df8f80462b2135d8750db |
(CNN) -- The charm of Ventotene is apparent the moment you spot it from the boat transporting you to its shores. Sitting there like a lonely sponge cake protruding from the surface of a clear blue plate, the island's sheer size -- or lack thereof -- promises something not only special but personal. Ventotene lies in th... | Ventotene lies in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the west coast of Italy . Roman emperors found the island's isolation perfect for banished troublemakers . Its lush and mostly undisturbed aquatic life makes it attractive to scuba divers . | b37a40916d4ca9a43c70d036acdb44616b948d47 |
(CNN) -- There's a man defecating on my desk. He's Spanish. But, sadly, it's not Rafa Nadal. For surely that might count, then, as an oddly spectacular life moment worth Instagramming. Thanks, Rafa! #Deuce . No, the squatting Spanish defecator I speak of is actually a three-inch-tall plastic figurine known as a Caganer... | The makers of Buckyballs are discontinuing them because of safety concerns . Buckyballs are hugely popular and superaddictive shape-changing magnetic beads . Buckyball supporters are furious. I feel their pain. Because these things are amazing! | e9ba2550d1996b75544bf1d541ee3a0157f89071 |
(CNN) -- A handwriting expert testifying for the defense said Wednesday that former Kansas police officer Brett Seacat did not forge a suicide note for his wife, Vashti, whose body was found inside the couple's burning home in 2011. But in a possible blow to the defense, Avis Odenbaugh conceded in cross-examination tha... | Brett Seacat is on trial for murder, accused of killing his wife, Vashti . A defense expert testifies he did not forge her suicide note . In cross-examination, the expert tells prosecutors she is no longer certified in her field . | 5968ab7bf43ce48c39ddf79311a2436b1f94a3e4 |
(CNN) -- Patriots Day is the third Monday in April marking the anniversary of the first battles of the American Revolutionary War. It is also the date for the Boston Marathon every year. It is meant to be a joyful celebration for the city, but yesterday that all changed. Tragedy struck and lives were changed forever af... | The city of Boston has established "One Fund Boston" to raise money for victims . The Red Cross has several programs and information about dealing with an emotional crisis. The Salvation Army is providing food and pastoral care . Numerous crowd-funding campaigns for individual victims . | 02f0cb84d4e8f2c78189f3008c327db6a7dde4b6 |
(CNN) -- Sudan ordered a number of international aid agencies to leave the country Wednesday after an arrest warrant was issued for the country's president, a United Nations source in the capital city of Khartoum said. Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir waves to supporters in Khartoum on Wednesday. The Internation... | Up to 10 aid agencies ordered to leave Sudan, U.S. source says . Oxfam, Medicins Sans Frontieres among those facing expulsion . U.N.: These agencies are main providers of life-saving humanitarian services . Move comes after warrant issued for Sudan president on war crime charges . | 0bde0edef0502d2d394bd812d72f9c4ca85826f9 |
(CNN) -- Best known for quirky rom-coms like "Say Anything," "High Fidelity" and "Grosse Pointe Blank," John Cusack returns this weekend in a gothic murder mystery entitled "The Raven." Cusack plays author Edgar Allan Poe. But instead of treating the story like your standard biopic, the author finds himself at the cent... | John Cusack plays author Edgar Allan Poe in "The Raven" Poe is at center of a murder investigation, where the killer gets inspiration from Poe's work . Cusack: "A story that is fiction that tries to get you inside the head of Poe" | 789bb939a2e4c5c36f0bd350bf0e19e43725bf26 |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- If your neighbor mentions their green roof you might think they have a moss problem. Maybe they are simply referring to the color. But you're unlikely to think that they have just had a mini ecosystem installed. Majora Carter says green roofs can help alleviate the problems caused by storm wate... | Green roofs date back to before the time of the Vikings . Not just aesthetic, they help fight against climate change, especially in cities . Germany's green roof market is the biggest, making up 10 percent of all flat roofs . Supporters say government support is need to spur growth elsewhere . | 17c446453cdcff2c857f6462594a317a3ce4dc6c |
(CNN) -- New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez sharply criticized Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig and the league's investigations division Thursday. "I am deeply troubled by my team's investigative findings with respect to MLB's conduct," Rodriguez said through his spokesman Ron Berkowitz. Rodriguez accused Selig... | NEW: MLB official: He used performance-enhancing drugs longer "than any other player" "I am deeply troubled by my team's investigate findings," Rodriguez says . MLB's chief operating officer has denied any improper conduct . Rodriguez is appealing a suspension for alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs . | 7e996bdffdfeadab016baa9cae4209706303ae68 |
(CNN) -- It's a community of crude green metal sheds, baking hot during the day and lacking clean running water. Residents say thieves can slice through the thin walls with their knives. A man packs up his belongings after being evicted from Borei Keila to Tuol Sambo. Locals call it "the AIDS colony." The Cambodian gov... | Cambodian government began relocating families last month . Last week 20 families were removed . Human Rights Watch releases letter signed by more than 100 organizations . "We are deeply disturbed by the ... creation of a de facto AIDS colony," letter reads . | b8cc673e30d1c86451892ce92509a7f7cc5edaa6 |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Two charges against Chris Brown were dropped Tuesday, but the singer is still accused of hit and run after a minor traffic crash. Brown's lawyer entered a not guilty plea on his behalf and a judge ordered him to show up at a sheriff's station within a week to be officially booked on the charge, acc... | Chris Brown must report for booking within a week . Brown's rep previously said they expected hit and run charge to be dropped . Traffic charge could mean jail for Brown because of his probation in Rihanna beating . Brown faces trial to determine whether he violated probation . | 0b9dd2917a1bcd4a26368c92e845b53cf86f8b65 |
(AOL Autos) -- Ever get the feeling the cops are driving a much cooler car than you? Peter Falk's Liutenant Columbo drove a Peugeot 403 to match his famously disheveled detective persona. For decades drivers have seen police officers cruise past in supremely cool cars from supercharged Mustangs to upgraded AMC Javelin... | Officers laud the Dodge Charger Hemi's performance and versatility . Italian Police often drive the Lamborghini Gallardo . Paul Anderson found police cars to smash up in Blue Brothers film . Detectives drive Daytona Spyder 365 in the first two "Miami Vice" series . | 7af6004215f3a1f9bfc56e51ca6a51b093eb943f |
(CNN) -- Brazilian side Santos booked their place in the FIFA Club World Cup final on Wednesday with a 3-1 defeat of Japanese outfit Kashiwa Reysol in Toyota City. The South American champions will now face either European Champions League winners Barcelona or Qatari side Al Sadd in Sunday's final. Santos took the lead... | Santos are into the FIFA Club World Cup final after a 3-1 win over Kashiwa Reysol . Goals from Neymar, Borges and Danilo secured victory for the Brazilian side . The South American champions will face Barcelona or Al Sadd in Sunday's final . NEW: French side PSG and English club Fulham crash out of the Europa League . | dfcf6b5a158ea6fb02c063933923ecc620009278 |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Michael Jackson died because Dr. Conrad Murray failed to notice that his patient had stopped breathing while he was hooked up to an IV drip of the surgical anesthetic propofol, an expert anesthesiologist testified Thursday. Dr. Steven Shafer, probably the last witness before the prosecution rests i... | NEW: A doctor demonstrates IV drips he believes killed Michael Jackson . NEW: Murray could've saved Jackson if he was watching him, prosecution expert says . "It's just a crazy scenario," doctor says of defense theory Jackson gave himself propofol . Murray's lawyers should start their defense Friday . | 623a0520a8d8db0fe2fe08074be87a30fee550ef |
(CNN) -- Yume-Hotaru's first novel was a best-seller in Japanese bookstores, and he wrote it entirely with his thumbs. Publishers in Japan were quick to see the potential of putting cellphone novels into print. The 22-year-old who would rather be identified by his pen name than his real one (Yume-Hotaru means "Dreaming... | Hugely popular cell phone novels have created new market for publishers in Japan . Written on cell phone, often by 20-somethings with themes taboo in society . Publishing boom has led to sector maturing, but sales still in millions of copies . Cell phone novels finding popularity in U.S. with advancing mobile technolog... | 95e6b7cbac09ce45e6a0218736ec636a64ea34a5 |
(CNN) -- Twelve people suffered minor injuries aboard a United Airlines flight when it encountered turbulence while flying over Louisiana on Wednesday, officials said. "All 12 patients will be transported to area hospitals as a precautionary measure," according to Houston Fire Department spokesman Erica Duckworth, who ... | Minor injuries reported on United Airlines flight . It hit turbulence over Lake Charles, Louisiana . The plane was flying from Tampa, Florida, to Houston . | 776ffdb4559998d684b92d06d2ebc74843aaa2c6 |
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (CNN) -- Nicaragua's election council will allow a review of the mayoral election in the nation's capital after opponents of the ruling Sandinista Party raised fraud allegations, the council's president said Wednesday. Opponents of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's Sandinista party have raised ele... | Ballot tally sheets will be reviewed in mayoral election in nation's capital, Managua . Announcement follows fraud allegations from opponents of ruling Sandinista party . The leftist party won mayoral races in 94 municipalities, including Managua . Critics highlight delays in tabulating ballots, ballots found in trash ... | 9290b1f8349d7d7684427500d6c3706d40008d75 |
(CNN) -- The old adage "beauty is only skin deep" has turned out to be true, and filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders is a living witness. For his latest documentary, "About Face: Supermodels Then & Now" -- premiering on HBO on Monday --- the lensman exposes a side of the fashion business rarely seen by the masses, in ... | "About Face: Supermodels Then & Now" premieres tonight . The filmmaker got access to some of the top names in fashion . Models' struggles with race, age are included in documentary . | 4bdbf3e01753ad39431df0391269dd5a4ce3a584 |
Tokyo (CNN) -- The bodies of two Japanese nuclear power plant workers missing since the epic March 11 earthquake and tsunami have been found, an official with the plant's owner said Sunday. The men's remains were found in the basement of the turbine building at the No. 4 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, ... | The two victims, both male, worked for Tokyo Electric and were in their 20s . Their bodies were found in the No. 4 reactor's turbine building, a utility official says . They had not been seen since the March 11 earthquake and subsequent tsunami . Their remains were found Wednesday, but it wasn't announced until Sunday ... | 49112d6e2b2545be5e65d3a922b4445959afa19b |
MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Russia on Friday rejected sharp criticism by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney that its intervention in Georgia raises doubts about Moscow's reliability as an international partner. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has rejected U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's criticism. In an exclusive CN... | Russia rejects sharp criticism by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney . Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says conflict may have isolated Moscow . Lavrov backs away from allegations U.S. personnel were involved in combat . | c06943160ff385831ea499643c70548d6afe3e08 |
(CNN) -- Singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow says she has a brain tumor, something she described to CNN on Tuesday as a "bump in the road." "Please don't worry about my 'brain tumor,' it's a noncancerous growth. I know some folks can have problems with this kind of thing, but I want to assure everyone I'm OK," she wrote on h... | Sheryl Crow says she has a noncancerous tumor . She will have periodic scans to monitor the growth . "I'm good -- really!" Crow writes on her Facebook page . | 48f04a8f7e9ef5609523d50674bb6df1155fba56 |
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- The man believed to be the suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees and contractors last year appears in a newly released video, claiming to have tricked Jordanian intelligence officers as a double agent. The 43-minute video, posted on various Islamic radical Web sites Saturday, shows ... | Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi has been ID'd as bomber who killed 7 CIA agents . Newly released video shows al-Balawi describing what led to suicide attack . He says CIA team was not original target, but "a gift from God," who sent "valuable prey" Al-Balawi says in video he fooled Jordanian officials into thinking he... | 50f9b07785bd680e86cfac59c3efce2b01e9549e |
(CNN) -- A British man was jailed Tuesday for raping two of his daughters and fathering nine children over 27 years, a case with echoes of Austria's Josef Fritzl. The two daughters were made pregnant 19 times; there were nine births, five miscarriages and five terminations. Seven of the children are alive but suffer ge... | Dad in UK sentenced to life in jail for subjecting daughters to rapes over 27 years . Rapes resulted in 19 pregnancies, nine births, seven children . Surviving children suffer genetic disorders . Judge questions why social workers, professionals did not find out about case . | 6d53469decf418cb26ea6e2c4b37a7a98163a6b8 |
(CNN) -- The Jonas Brothers canceled their planned concert tour because of "a deep rift within the band," a representative said. The first of 19 shows had been scheduled for Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, on Friday, but the brothers pulled the plug, spokesman Jesse Derris said on Thursday. "There is a deep rift within the ... | Band spokesman: "There was a big a disagreement over their music direction" The tour had been set to start in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, on Friday . The 19-show national tour was to conclude in Seattle on November 6 . The Jonas Brothers have sold 20 million units worldwide, according to their website . | 994c6d92e51bd67a3b58e54386dbb47f613f36d2 |
Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- An Indonesian volcano erupted twice Monday, spewing thick ash clouds a day after the number of evacuees rose to 5,200. The two eruptions occurred within 10 minutes of one another, spitting ash clouds as high as 600 meters (1,970 feet) into the air. Mt. Lokon in the northern Sulawesi province... | The two eruptions occur within 10 minutes of one another . There are no immediate reports of casualties . Indonesia is located on "The Ring of Fire" | 239057889af0ed6a8710a2c9c0cdc5d72ead3563 |
New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- A dual-pronged effort to stop the oil gushing from BP's runaway well in the Gulf of Mexico shows promise for this weekend, the head of the government's response team said Friday. But things are likely to get worse before they improve. Late Friday, Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said... | NEW: Allen and Chu approve BP plan to switch caps . NEW: switch will take 7 to 10 days during which oil will flow unimpeded . Oil spill commission hires 2 new experts . Work on replacing the cap is to begin Saturday . | 9b2e74603a93b91d3a5b76c6299b0b083c333d8e |
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Amid turmoil over the treatment of post-election detainees and controversy over the mass trials of political figures, Iran's supreme leader on Saturday appointed a new judiciary chief, Iranian media reported. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during the announcement that Sadeq Larijani, right, will h... | Iran's supreme leader picks brother of parliamentary speaker to head judiciary . Sadeq Larijani replaces the outgoing Hashemi Shahroudi, a vocal hardliner . Media reports: More than two dozen detainees were to be tried Sunday . Leadership denies claims that arrested dissidents have been raped in custody . | 418573b7632a8756b53a868342945ea54afc2958 |
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- When Barack Obama won the U.S. presidential election in 2008, people in Islamabad exchanged congratulatory text messages. As he delivered his famous "yes we can" victory speech in Chicago, people in Islamabad eagerly watched the entire live telecast, cheering or exclaiming every sentence. S... | Alam: Islamabad's "civil society" keeping tabs on upcoming U.S. election . Alam: Average Pakistani has a negative view of America . Alam: Many believe Pakistani government is more loyal to U.S. than its own people . | 797c9786cbe2f2d6e2a73c408cb44f3aa1e5bb1a |
Seoul (CNN) -- Pictured giggling on a park bench, 89-year-old Lee Soon-sang and his wife, Kim Eun-hae, look as though they met just yesterday. In fact, they married more than 60 years ago. But for half a century, Kim believed her husband was dead, missing in action during the Korean War (1950-53). Then in August 2004, ... | Lee Soon-sang and his wife reunited after more than half a century . Lee was taken prisoner by North after the Korean War (1950-53) Thinking his wife was dead, he remarried and had children in North . South Korea has called on Pyongyang to release all servicemen held there . | 8bb535f3793ff061d1a3d172479affc6fa23b00f |
(CNN) -- Real Madrid had two players and coach Jose Mourinho sent off as they were held to a 1-1 draw at Villarreal, offering hope to Barcelona in the race for the Spanish title. Cristiano Ronaldo's goal looked to have sealed victory for the league leaders, only for Marcos Senna to salvage a point for the home side wit... | Nine-man Real Madrid held to a 1-1 draw at Villarreal in Spain's La Liga . Coach Jose Mourinho sent off as well as players Mesut Ozil and Sergio Ramos . The draw sees Real extend their lead over Barcelona to six points with 10 games left . Bayern Munich seal their place in German Cup final with win over Monchengladbach... | 6c4b202c4aaa8433076eee2295e33c8f3de43451 |
(CNN) -- A Navy SEAL killed in a parachute training accident this week in Arizona belonged to the same elite squad that includes those chosen to go after Osama bin Laden in Pakistan two years ago, a source familiar with the matter said. It was the second deadly military training accident in as many weeks and the third ... | NEW: The incident occurred during a "normal" parachute exercise, the Navy said . Source: The late SEAL belonged to the same elite squad that went after Osama bin Laden, source . Unclear, however, whether that SEAL was on 2011 Pakistan raid . Fourteen Marines killed in two other training accidents recently in the United... | c418219033c2a89e80d0dfcf5cf752bc26ea2432 |
Jerusalem (CNN) -- The Israeli Cabinet has approved an amendment to a citizenship law that requires new citizens to declare their loyalty to a "Jewish and democratic state," the prime minister's office said Sunday. A statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office confirmed vote, saying 22 ministers voted for... | Israeli Cabinet approves changes to citizenship law . Changes approved by Cabinet face passage in Knesset . The coalition government appears divided over the proposal . An Arab party member criticizes the proposal as undemocratic . | e028730a46d1973f25e7ad7711a143bc5c1f320e |
(CNN) -- The Republican presidential candidates are preening and prancing throughout the Sunshine State in the hopes of winning the state's 50 precious delegates. Out in Hollywood, another kind of campaign -- one with prettier people, with better hair, but equally sharp nails -- will rage over the next three weeks for ... | Jo Piazza: Campaign of prettier people with better hair rages on in Hollywood . Campaigning costs more than $100 million a year, but stakes are huge, she says . Piazza: Spin, trade ads, publicists, party planners, consultancies cost fortunes . Stars do as much glad-handing and promoting, she says, as politicians in ele... | f37f01be999b579c660ab48a017ed160ebe405e8 |
(CNN) -- Retail marijuana licenses issued by Colorado -- the first in the nation -- should arrive in the mail by the end of this week, according to the state Department of Revenue's Marijuana Enforcement Division. The state sent out 348 retail marijuana licenses to prospective retail marijuana establishments on Monday,... | Colorado's retail marijuana licenses, the first in the nation, to arrive by mail this week . State sent out 348 licenses to prospective retail marijuana establishments . Tax revenue from marijuana sales could reach $70 million, group projects . | e60e05f7660962098763415c2e8b14165c131579 |
San Diego (CNN) -- Even for someone who has written more than 2,000 columns over the last 20 years, sometimes the words come out wrong. All I know is that my wife is angry. "You need to fix this!" she says, as she holds up her smartphone. On the screen is a copy of my latest column for CNN.com scolding a faction of the... | Ruben Navarrette: In my previous column I scolded a faction of the DREAMers . Navarrette said they have a sense of entitlement, and many readers feel the same, he says . Many readers were offended, including his wife, says Navarrette . He says he was talking about people succumbing to a counterproductive radicalism . | f6ad7330f28f13684b5fea60c445b5d7af45d22e |
(CNN) -- My earliest memories of life in Cambodia are clouded -- I strain to recall my biological parents. I do remember waking up each morning, climbing trees to forage for fruit and berries with my cousins, and sitting around a fire each night for the one meal we ate each day. I've always remembered my Yea (grandmoth... | Srey Powers, a former Khmer refugee, was adopted from Cambodia at the age of six . She was left in an orphanage without explanation of what was happening to her . Twelve years later she traveled with her adoptive mother to find her Cambodian family . She found her grandmother, who said: "Forgive me for giving you away" | 92218d2b84de540af489cff90c00c840d9d963bd |
(CNN) -- Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is calling on Muslims to kidnap Westerners, citing the success in the abduction of American aid worker Warren Weinstein in Pakistan. In a two-part, more than two-hour video posted on jihadist websites, al-Zawahiri called for the abductions as part of a vow not to "spare any ef... | Ayman al-Zawahiri calls for the kidnapping of Westerners . Al Qaeda's leader made the call in a video posted on jihadist websites . Al-Zawahiri cites the kidnapping of Warren Weinstein as an example . | e8e2fbeebe5a617929c936f3da7159658f64ed6f |
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- Coordinated attacks in at least eight Mexican cities killed three federal police officers and two soldiers Saturday in what officials are calling an unprecedented onslaught by drug gangs. Attacks occurred after arrest of Arnoldo Rueda Medina, a high-ranking member of La Familia Michoacana. ... | NEW: Gang targets police station where Arnoldo Rueda Medina was being held . Attacks were reprisals for capture of member of La Familia gang . Series of coordinated attacks in at least eight cities kills 3 federal officers, 2 soldiers . Officials call the coordinated attacks an unprecedented onslaught by drug gangs . | 21f25b7c06a2db0492e106cbd027c4de8079e4e9 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Republican Party risks further alienating Hispanic voters if it challenges the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, who would become the first Hispanic, and the third woman, on the Supreme Court, political analysts say. Judge Sonia Sotomayor would be the first Hispanic U.S. Supreme Court justice if co... | President Obama nominates Judge Sonia Sotomayor to Supreme Court . Sotomayor, 54, of Puerto Rican descent, would be first Hispanic on court . Rush Limbaugh wants Sotomayor to "fail"; analyst praises her qualifications . Potential GOP 2012 nominees harsh; GOP head warns about being "seen as a bully" | 2a2b45255cabf3450749ed7c1263aa584a5bc561 |
(CNN) -- Pirates have released a Greek-owned vessel and its crew of 22, months after hijacking it off Somalia, authorities said. The MV Filitsa was released Monday after the shipping company that owned it paid a ransom, said Michael Battzoglou, a security officer and spokesman for the owner, Order Shipping Co. He did n... | NEW: EU anti-piracy task force NAVFOR confirms ransom had been paid . Pirates release Greek-owned bulk carrier MV Filitsa and 22 crew . Ship was seized off coast of Somalia in November 2009 . Company that owned ship paid undisclosed ransom . | c9fe2bf7d8fd5454a32a0606889cb56bdf144fc2 |
Washington (CNN) -- A bevy of political and diplomatic heavyweights came together Friday to remember Richard Holbrooke, the veteran U.S. diplomat who died last month after surgery to repair a tear in his aorta. A memorial service at the Kennedy Center was attended by President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, fo... | Obama praises Holbrooke's "coupling of realism and idealism" Albright praises his "imagination, dedication and forcefulness" The diplomat ruffled feathers in a career that ranged from Vietnam to Afghanistan . | 150116c6d9be4bc139855bb4251db5029b06cb0a |
Editor's Note: Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a Republican, represents the Third District of Utah in Congress and is writing a regular series of reports for CNN.com on his freshman year. For his bio, read here. For a Democratic freshman's view, read here. Jason Chaffetz says he's saving money by sleeping on a cot in his office, ... | Jason Chaffetz: I decided to sleep in my House office to save money . He says his freshman year is starting off well as he bonds with colleagues . Chaffetz: We need to reduce spending, so I voted against stimulus bill . He says worst part of the job is being separated from his family in Utah . | c274d264e0f2f144956999fb0fa323d445b2728d |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- After spending nearly 28 years in an irreversible coma, heiress and socialite Martha "Sunny" von Bulow died Saturday in a New York nursing home, according to a family statement. She was 76. Sunny von Bulow is pictured during her 1957 wedding to Prince Alfred von Auersperg. Von Bulow was subject of on... | Husband Claus von Bulow was accused of trying to kill her with insulin overdose . Conviction overturned on appeal; he was acquitted in second trial . Claus von Bulow, living in England, is saddened by former wife's death, lawyer says . She is survived by three children and nine grandchildren . | d51dda4b13feedb25949e8ed2d91f65fafa8e068 |
Wellington, New Zealand (CNN) -- You'd have to have been hiding down a, er, Hobbit hole, to miss the hubbub. You can fly to New Zealand, where the Hobbit premieres on Wednesday, on a Hobbit-branded plane -- complete with a Hobbit-inspired safety video with Peter Jackson, telling you how to keep safe, if the flight appr... | "Middle of Middle Earth" greets arrivals with Gollum, Hobbit-themed flags, Gandalf . Kiwi taxpayers are footing a portion of the cost for the films . Prime Minister Key says "The Hobbit" costs far less than "Lord of the Rings" trilogy did for country . Director Sir Peter Jackson says the films could have been shot in E... | d04453baa39c1a55508eae113b6a0fdbf2bd0972 |
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- A new Taliban military "code of conduct" calls for restrictions on suicide attacks aimed at avoiding the killing of civilians, but U.S. and Afghan military officials dismissed the document as propaganda, calling it hypocritical. A Pakistani looks at a bus set on fire by Taliban militants in... | Taliban issues a new code of conduct to show it is a disciplined force . Code outlines rules to limit suicide attacks and civilian casualties . U.S. and Afghan officials dismiss rules as propaganda and hypocritical . | 5934d5ebfaf0fb867e60820ac25f10521905e347 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A group of student protesters were arrested Sunday after they called on President Bush to end the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan, and refused to leave the front gates of the White House. The protesters shouted, "Hey Bush, you can't hide! Help us end this genocide!" and "President Bush! No more... | Protesters shouted, "Hey Bush, you can't hide! Help us end this genocide!" Saturday was "Global Day for Darfur" marking five years of ethnic cleansing in Sudan . Conflict has killed more than 200,000 people, and created two million refugees . In London 3,000 protesters gathered at the Sudanese Embassy . | d7232df2f2734cb81faed4211ff122735d3222a9 |
(CNN) -- The 20-year-old student accused in a stabbing rampage at a Texas college campus told investigators he had fantasies of killing people and had planned the attack, sheriff's officials said late Tuesday. Dylan Quick, 20, was charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after the stabbings,... | NEW: Sheriff: The suspect told investigators he fantasized about stabbing . Dylan Quick, 20, is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon . A group of students chased, tackled and pinned down the suspect, one witness says . 14 people are injured and 2 are in critical condition after the attack . | 22c1bf90f6e1551f1e9756202c0f95d98266adf5 |
(CNN) -- Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal stayed on course for another final showdown in Rome as they conjured up straights sets victories Friday to reach the last four of the Masters 1000 tournament. Defending champion Djokovic saw off fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5 6-1 in their quarterfinal match at the Foro Italic... | Novak Djokovic reaches semifinal of Rome Masters beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga . Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer also go through in straight sets . Serena Williams into semifinals of accompanying WTA tournament . Williams to play Li Na of China for a place in Sunday's final . | 0cd26d326c9295865d534b7cf5d064863103b86a |
(CNN) -- Just about everyone who worked to build the new Interstate Highway 35W bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, knew that their project would never be "just a bridge." It would never occupy the same category as thousands of other concrete and steel behemoths that millions of American drivers thoughtlessly cross ever... | 3 years after Minneapolis bridge collapse, replacement bridge boasts high-tech safety . Bridge designer: "There's a lot of truth" to speculation the new bridge is nation's safest . 13 people killed in August 1, 2007, collapse raised safety concerns about U.S. bridges . Feds: One in four bridges are still structurally d... | 2ad2d196906ccf150fa190078865819be710987e |
New York (CNN) -- For Kenny Ortega, Travis Payne and Michael Bearden, "It" is a bittersweet feeling. The three men expected to be spending their time this summer and fall working on Michael Jackson's concert engagement at London's O2 Arena, which was scheduled to begin in July. Instead, they are talking about Jackson's... | "This Is It," Michael Jackson concert film, is dominating advance ticket sales . Film was tough to make, musician's colleagues say . Production was for the fans but especially for Jackson's children . "American Morning" looks at the value of Michael Jackson's estate Monday 6 a.m. ET . | c597c85e1e122518bfcc6a1a61943bed5735cb54 |
(CNN) -- Switzerland and Belgium will shake up the seedings ahead of next year's FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil. The appearance of those two countries in the top bracket of seeds means it is possible that hosts Brazil could be drawn in a group with Italy, or Argentina with Netherlands. Ottmar Hitzfeld, who on Thursday... | Switzerland are among eight seeded teams for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil . Brazil, Spain, Germany, Argentina, Colombia, Belgium and Switzerland all seeded . Uruguay could be usurped by Netherlands if they lose World Cup playoff to Jordan . Italy and England both miss out on seedings, Portugal and France in playof... | 5dc2a49d78f020fc4bbcee3c6751d69dc1821e89 |
(CNN) -- Champions Spain began the defense of their World Cup title with a hard fought 1-0 win against Georgia in Tbilisi on Tuesday. Playing their first qualifier in Group I, the 2010 World Cup winners had to wait until the 86th minute before striker Roberto Soldado finally broke down a stubborn Georgian side. For muc... | Spain win 1-0 in Georgia thanks to 86th minute strike from Roberto Soldado . England are held 1-1 at Wembley by Ukraine as captain Steven Gerrard is sent off . France, Portugal and Italy make hard work of beating Belarus, Azerbaijan and Malta . | 21410690ea736256a401bbdb41a59f93c05894cd |
(CNN) -- Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega opened the door to the possibility of his country going back to international bodies in an attempt to get a $17 billion payout from the United States. But the United States considers the case closed, according to William Ostick, a State Department spokesman. The money was ori... | Ortega says he may hold a referendum to see if case should be revived . The International Court of Justice ruled in 1986 against the United States . At issue is U.S. involvement in Nicaragua's civil war . | 031a6e24a42dcc92c1178d74de9aeca2d90379da |
(CNN) -- The city of Berkeley, California, is trying to stop the U.S. government from closing a medical marijuana dispensary and filed a federal court claim Wednesday, attorneys said. In the latest strategy against federal attempts to shut down marijuana shops, the city contends the U.S. civil action would harm the cit... | Feds file a civil forfeiture complaint to close a marijuana dispensary in Berkeley . Berkeley, California, officials respond in court saying feds are trying to harm city . "It is time for the federal government to wake up and stop these ... actions," mayor says . The Berkeley "push-back" follows a similar local challen... | 735dd139358dca6b596d9a62a0742e78a05c24b2 |
(CNN) -- The road back to the top of world golf is proving to be a long and arduous one for former world No. 1 Tiger Woods. But a legend of the game has seen enough in the 14-time major winner's recent game to suggest he is closing in on his best form. Ahead of the annual PGA Tour tournament he hosts at the Bay Hill Cl... | Arnold Palmer says Tiger Woods is showing signs of returning to top form . Woods is playing in the annual Bay Hill tournament Palmer hosts this weekend . 14-time major winner Woods has been hampered by an Achilles injury in recent times . The American has won the Arnold Palmer Invitational on six occasions . | 7c9dd3a3b218d4ae78fec70fe58f02ef662b2eaf |
LONDON, England -- Lewis Hamilton has escaped punishment after allegations of erratic driving behind the safety car in the Japanese Grand Prix last weekend. Vettel ran into the back of Webber when they were racing behind Hamilton. The FIA ruled that Hamilton would suffer no penalty after inquiring into the accident wh... | Lewis Hamilton is cleared of erratic driving in the Japanese GP . The FIA probed a crash between Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber . Hamilton had been ahead behind the safety car . | ca05c303244402cb9e69549734c94a9a751e9fbd |
(CNN) -- Chelsea moved quickly to replace the sacked Roberto Di Matteo Wednesday as Rafael Benitez was appointed as interim manager until the end of the season. The English Premier League side made the announcement on their official website, just hours after the departure of Di Matteo, who had led them to European Cham... | Chelsea appoint Rafael Benitez as interim manager until end of the season . Benitez replaces the sacked Roberto Di Matteo . Benitez has enjoyed success at Valencia and Liverpool . Di Matteo departed after 3-0 defeat to Juventus Tuesday . | 0dc5fb832297b70cc76171df43ce866f942e15bb |
(CNN) -- The bodies of young elephants covered in the brown dirt of dried-up wells tell a heartrending story. A baby elephant in the Gourma region of central Mali had been trapped in a well for three days. Reaching desperately for drops of water, they had lowered their trunks, toppled in, remained trapped and died in M... | Elephants dying in Mali are among 350 to 450 left in the area . Save the Elephants releases photos of elephants struggling during drought . Soaring heat is killing cattle, which is leading to water pollution, group says . There is hope that rain in June may provide relief to elephants . | 6c9d4d23896340a7be124e9a48752805b46a9fde |
(CNN) -- Hospitals in at least eight states want to know how many hundreds or thousands of their patients have come in contact with a lab technician accused of spreading hepatitis C. The man, David Kwiatkowski, has the disease, which can pass through contact with contaminated blood, most often via shared needles. Autho... | Staffing firm says it's aware of the issue but has no immediate comment . The suspect worked in several states as a lab technician . Lawsuits have been filed in federal court in Nebraska . Kwiatkowski is called a "serial infector" | 353c1ac38793cfc256d20f42bc2eeea98a9ae0e9 |
(CNN) -- Facebook has been on a cloning tear recently. On Thursday, the social media company announced that its photo app Instagram was adding support for 15-second videos, a la Twitter's hit Vine app. There are a few minor differences: Vine is only 6 seconds; Instagram has filters; Vine loops; Instagram lets you delet... | Instagram's new video feature is the latest imitation feature from Facebook . The minor updates are not representative of the innovations happening in Silicon Valley . Tech companies are working on big problems like health care and energy . Any Facebook feature, even small, has an impact on a huge number of people . | 1e2e410f5727615c33cb3f85017d1356dc83b73a |
Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- Health officials on Friday reported a slight decrease in H1N1 flu activity nationwide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 43 states now have widespread flu activity, compared with 46 states last week and 48 states at the beginning of November. "It's still much greater than we ... | 43 states have widespread flu activity compared with 48 at beginning of month . Prevalence still higher than the peak activity in recent years, CDC says . So far, states have been able to order 54.1 million doses, 11 million more than a week ago . CDC cautions against traveling if you're sick; suggests getting vaccine,... | 3287f99a23e55ec8da787e73c17cf2f55b719e35 |
Monaco (CNN) -- A day after tying the knot in a civil ceremony, Monaco's ruler and his South African bride reaffirmed their union Saturday in a religious ceremony at the prince's palace. The event kicked off the second day of festivities in the small seaside nation of 33,000, where a holiday has been declared to celebr... | NEW: The religious ceremony is held in the courtyard of the prince's palace . NEW: The bride's wedding dress is designed by Giorgio Armani, design house says . Prince Albert and his bride Charlene Wittstock also have dinner and fireworks planned . They had a civil ceremony Friday at the palace, followed by a picnic and... | c8a1cb36c32417bf3c4d0a9f1080ee8fccaad1b4 |
London (CNN) -- Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, the only person convicted in connection with the Lockerbie airline bombing that killed 259 people on board Pan Am Flight 103 and 11 on the ground, went to his grave protesting his innocence. And there are others who believe that Megrahi, who died on Sunday from cancer, ... | Convicted Lockerbie Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi dies after cancer battle . Some of the victims' families believe the Libyan was not responsible for the bombing . He was freed from prison in Scotland in August, 2009 on compassionate grounds . British PM David Cameron says al Megrahi should never have been released ... | 6f862afd6ab3af1331c9fd41e44633e47b2f0c64 |
(CNN) -- Toney Dixon's fascination with dead bodies goes back to her childhood, when she would sneak around her uncle's funeral home and watch him prepare bodies. The bodies on display are plastinated, a process that replaces bodily fluids and fat with plastic. "I found my heart racing," said Dixon, 67. "But instead of... | Body Worlds was created by Gunther von Hagens, who invented plastination . Body donor Toney Dixon says the exhibit is a didactic alternative to burial, cremation . About 800 people in North America are on donor list for Body Worlds . Purpose of the exhibit is education and enlightenment, von Hagens says . | e290cf60b1988b5a96e21d7a403a55175216d40e |
(CNN) -- The Newtown community has begun to say goodbye to victims of the December 14 shooting with a series of funerals, memorial services and vigils. As the entire community struggles to come to terms with what happened, and tries to understand the inexplicable, families have started the process of deciding how they'... | Families have begun to identify where they'd like contributions in victims' names to be sent . There are many ways to send messages of support and condolence . Please visit CNN.com/Impact for more ways to help the community of Sandy Hook . | 6b08bf5dc12a0b8f062565fd698cbe74df38a386 |
(CNN) -- This election is about the economy -- not social issues or other distractions. At least, that's the mantra we've consistently heard from conservative candidates this election cycle. We heard the same thing during the "tea party election" of 2010. But it's an odd insistence from an overwhelmingly social conserv... | John Avlon: Conservatives say election about economy, not social issues. Really? Avlon: GOP at state and federal levels has put social issues ahead of economy repeatedly . He says GOP focuses on abortion, same-sex marriage, but runs from action on debt . Avlon: It's clear in past 2 years social conservatism a driving f... | 77f022f5535bb2056c9acf4c751b8351944f2449 |
(CNN) -- Voices across the political spectrum are debating how to prevent mass shootings such as the one in Newtown, Connecticut. Familiar ideological lines are being redrawn. Some want to renew the ban on assault weapons and expand waiting periods to buy a gun. Others want to place armed guards in schools. And then th... | Jeremy Shane advocates changing the way guns work with "smart" technology . Shane: Today's guns are "dumb," and making them the same way is thoughtless . He says gun software can start with locational "self-awareness" and other simple features . Shane: Technologists should use their know-how to help reduce gun violence... | ad8ec45d4b5f060263007f8baeffcdb74d131d41 |
(CNN) -- Hjalti á Lava was searching his iPhone for a Bible app when he stumbled across Church Online, a service of Web site LifeChurch.tv. Soon he was regularly logging into the Oklahoma-based cyber-church -- some 4,100 miles away from á Lava's home in the Faroe Islands, west of Norway. "It allows me to connect with o... | A growing number of Christians worldwide are migrating from the chapel to the computer . Online religious services offer convenience to those who can't attend a real-world church . Critics believe virtual worship lacks spiritual essentials, such as community . Critics also are upset by the online offering of sacraments... | 2d103cde62976ebbee9542a35786e8667c099bc0 |
(CNN) -- That the road from revolution to a new Egypt is arduous and twisting comes as no surprise. But few expected that today, one month from presidential elections, Egypt would be moving toward more repression and less accountability than under the deposed dictator Hosni Mubarak. Egypt's crackdown on human-rights or... | Cynthia Schneider, Khaled Abol Naga: Ahead of vote, Egypt moving toward repression again . They say military cracking down on rights groups, making new election laws and arrests . They say U.S. gave aid hoping it would buy cooperation from military; it has emboldened it . Writers: U.S. forfeited trust of Egyptian peopl... | 4a7126ad8fd6a711eb9ff41e151bc90ebfb05cb3 |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A Latino group Tuesday expressed outrage over the slaying of an Ecuadoran man, allegedly at the hands of seven teenagers in what police are calling a hate crime. Marcello Lucero, 37, was stabbed to death in an attack that police say was a hate crime. The teens' parents bear some of the blame, along wi... | NEW: Officials condemn attack, fatal stabbing of Ecuadoran in Long Island . Marcello Lucero, 37, and a friend were attacked late Saturday night . Jeffrey Conroy, 17, was charged with manslaughter as a hate crime . Six other teenagers charged with gang assault; all seven plead not guilty . | 6686b76923650920c5304c206e7d578e2d4a093b |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- It's no secret that the music industry has not made an ideal transition into the digital era. Is the iPod, iTunes and independent Web promotion the future of music? Or can record labels fight back? Album sales are falling, P2P file sharing is rife, and a plethora of new artists are using the I... | We take a look at the future of the music industry as record sales decline . Will MySpace music venture between major labels save the industry? What do you think? Post your views and we'll publish the best. | cd1600b047715ef0829bacfc7ed3b4cebb616f98 |
(CNN) -- A judge ruled Tuesday that a lawsuit from a former member of Lady Gaga's entourage who alleges the pop star failed to pay her overtime wages can move to trial. Judge Paul G. Gardephe of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York set the trial date for November 4. In her lawsuit, Jennifer O'N... | Jennifer O'Neill is suing Gaga, alleging more than $350,000 in unpaid overtime wages . She worked as the singer's personal assistant in 2009, 2010 and 2011 . "Every day is a work day for her, so every day is a work day for the rest of us," says O'Neill . | 3191147b2ea484748db4d08daab441cf5d655ac1 |
(CNN) -- Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe said Friday he is already enjoying the new Harry Potter attraction at Universal's Islands of Adventure theme park in Florida -- and he's already ridden the thrilling dragon roller coaster five times. The star spoke to CNN on the opening of the park-within-a-park in Orlando, w... | Attraction re-creates locations, scenes, other elements from book and movie series . Park-within-a-park is at Universal's Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida . Final movie in the series finished filming Saturday . With Potter nearly behind him, Radcliffe says he'll continue acting, be selective about roles . | 406aa65c35c15af29f3e263904b4c7abd782e078 |
Rome (CNN) -- The body of a mobster buried among cardinals and bishops on a Vatican property has been exhumed in an investigation into a teenage girl's disappearance. Investigators at the church of Sant'Apollinare in central Rome opened the tomb of Enrico "Renatino" De Pedis on Monday in the search for clues about what... | The body of mobster Enrico "Renatino" De Pedis was moved to a Rome basilica in the 1990s . Teen Emanuela Orlandi disappeared in 1983 . An anonymous caller and his former mistress have linked De Pedis to the disappearance . De Pedis will not be reburied at the site . | f92d993b9d580f595dc56c29104da48898111ec1 |
Grand Rapids, Michigan (CNN) -- I am a big-time news junkie but there are days in which I don't turn on the television because I don't want to find out who's next. The next to fall. The next to be torn down. The next to have their nice and shiny public persona ripped apart, doused with gas and set on fire -- done in by... | LZ Granderson: When our heroes let us down, we're bitterly disappointed . He says the more we learn about people, the more we see their flaws . Few people are as good as advertised, or as bad as rumored, he says . Granderson: We're living in a new kind of America, one without heroes . | cbedc14009d58e5357cb0be02ec50bba7e38a7f6 |
Atlanta (CNN) -- Kim Davis buried three members of her family at Savannah's Magnolia Memorial Gardens last year. She visits them three or four times a week. She hears her brother, Troy Davis: "I am innocent." She hears her sister, Martina Correia: "Don't give up the fight." And her mother, Virginia Davis: "I love you."... | Troy Davis' younger sister has taken up the battle to clear his name . He was executed for the murder of police officer Mark MacPhail . Kim Davis lost her brother, sister and mother last year . She says she prays for the MacPhail family . | 3e676e0dd98f7f473c0ee7f6294d6333e119c32a |
MADRID, Spain -- Lionel Messi scored for the sixth game in a row as Barcelona defeated big-spending Atletico Madrid 3-0 to stay in touch with Primera Liga leaders Real Madrid. Messi (left) is congratulated by Ronaldinho after scoring again in Barcelona's 3-0 win over Atletico Madrid. Barcelona had thumped Atletico 6-0 ... | Lionel Messi scores for the sixth game in a row as Barca defeat Atletico 3-0 . Real Madrid stay top of the Primera Liga table after defeating Recreativo 2-0 . Sevilla's crisis continues as they lose their four league match in succession . | ea06fd0b25cb9793397a51de73fd83f91b4323fa |
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Michael Jackson's father says he is concerned about the last moments of his son's life and about the personal physician who found the pop icon unconscious at the singer's estate. Singer Ne-Yo (L) and host Jamie Foxx pay tribute to Michael Jackson at 2009 BET Awards in Los Angeles. "I ha... | Dr. Conrad Murray found Jackson not breathing but with a slight pulse . Murray believed to be last person to see Michael Jackson alive . Jackson's father concerned about his son's last moments . Police conduct "extensive interview" with Murray . | 80eb376068e1e3d3c960bf0dce77eda61b589902 |
(CNN) -- Without question, the most valuable thing I've ever just found was probably a stray $20 bill. And that makes sense. People don't randomly misplace their Fabergé eggs in the parking lot of a Denny's. Cracker Barrel, maybe. It's classy up in that joint. That said, I'd like to think that perhaps one day I'll acc... | "Apparently This Matters" is CNN Tech's weekly offbeat look at social-media trends . This week, Jarrett breaks down a trending story about whale vomit . It turns out, the stuff is used in perfume and is really valuable . The finder wants to build an animal house. It may be like "Jersey Shore" | f8f031717e9027049498935c462a80fd54cafe5b |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Nearly two decades after the first Gulf war and six years after Saddam Hussein was removed from power, Iraq still is subject to 73 United Nations resolutions. A March 1991 photo shows burning oil wells in Kuwait damaged by Iraq military forces. Now Iraq's foreign minister says his country "will not ... | Iraq's FM says his country won't be fully independent until U.N. sanctions end . Iraq has paid "billions of dollars" under U.N.'s Chapter 7, foreign minister says . "Intensive discussions" held with Security Council members, minister says . | 1857dc6545e62b5cab23258f85c14f555b296afb |
Mexico City (CNN) -- An explosion rocked the offices of Mexico's state oil company Thursday, killing at least 25 people and injuring 101, Mexico's interior minister said. Dozens of people were trapped in the building after the explosion, Foro TV reported. It was unclear how many of them had been pulled to safety, or wh... | NEW: 25 people were killed and more than 100 are injured, interior minister says . The explosion collapsed two floors of an office building, paramedics say . Rescuers have pulled a survivor from the rubble, Mexico's president says . Crews are searching for people trapped in the building . | 181bca3997c4d84bbd6f5da705d5cd7da4a83057 |
(RealSimple.com) -- Save on Entertaining . Tips from an anonymous caterer . Besides asking friends for recommendations, the best way to find a caterer is to go to a cooking store, like Williams-Sonoma or Sur La Table, and speak to the employees running the demonstrations. Many of them do catering gigs as well, for less... | Cut entertaining costs by hiring an independent caterer or having a buffet . Stretch your holiday budget with arrangements that contain greens instead of fresh flowers . A week before Christmas, some carriers may automatically send packages out next-day . | 662e1fc40b3aaf3bf538cfac63ffc5ad24f32335 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Over-the-counter cold and cough medicines don't work for children under age 6, and giving the common medicine to young children cannot be recommended, a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee said in October. An FDA panel has called for more studies on how cold medicines affect children. Th... | Panel: No evidence that the over-the-counter medicines help young children . More study sought about how cough, cold medicines work in children . About 800 pediatric cough and cold products are sold in the United States . Pediatrics group suggests "other ways to treat cold symptoms" | 16604ed2399eeccbf47652a43ed2ea37aad28d04 |
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