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(CNN) -- From Nancy Drew to Miss Marple to the "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Lisbeth Salander, there's a long and distinguished line of famous women in mystery fiction. I have a new favorite female sleuth to add to the list, Claire DeWitt. The self-described "world's greatest private eye" returns in her second adventur... | The character Claire DeWitt joins a distinguished line of women in mystery fiction . DeWitt solves murders with a mixture of investigative chops and new age philosophy . Author Sara Gran draws many parallels between her own life experiences and Dewitt's . | f561801854773ece6224e1bca7b2c6fa074d91e9 |
(CNN) -- A man was arrested and charged in Thursday's deadly armored car robbery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, police said Saturday. Bank surveillance video shows a gunman in a yellow cap firing at armored-car guards. Mustafa Ali, 36, was charged with two counts of murder, robbery and other related offenses in the sho... | NEW: 36-year-old man held on murder, robbery, other charges . NEW: Suspect picked up Friday, questioned overnight . Two guards killed in armored vehicle attack outside bank; a third guard wounded . Guards were servicing drive-up ATM outside Philadelphia bank . | a8bfa2e1617df8dc6cdec7e2f443835da91fa29c |
(CNN) -- Principal Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung just entered a Ph.D. program. She led a school district's strategic planning panel. She won a national school grant. She could be "a tough lady in the right sort of sense," a friend said. Among it all, she found time to smile and exuded memorable enthusiasm. The longtime educ... | NEW: "I never saw her without a smile," a mother at the school says of Dawn Hochsprung . Hochsprung became Sandy Hook Elementary's principal in 2010 . She implemented new initiatives and touted news on Twitter . "Little kids know when someone cares about them, and that was her," a friend says . | 77d0123380201eb3ea040879ca0b815302de9346 |
(CNN) -- The last of more than 12,000 California prison inmates who were on a hunger strike ended their protest Thursday morning, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said. Inmates in several prisons were demanding an end to long-term solitary confinement and a halt to what is known as the "debri... | Some California inmates had been on hunger strike since July . All inmates are taking meals again, the Corrections Department says . Reforms to solitary confinement procedures will continue, it says . | 9e1fef843e5bfd8a727c2c87918907e709b4fc3b |
Washington (CNN) -- The United States is contributing an estimated $4.5 million worth of firefighting equipment and other supplies to help battle massive wildfires in Russia, according to the Obama administration. President Barack Obama called Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday to express his "deepest condol... | NEW: The United States sending $4.5 million in supplies to help Russia fight wildfires . The aid includes firefighting equipment and airlift capacity . Hundreds have died in the wildfires this summer . | a8520ff73f5c2aa617135529751a24304cce7f1f |
(CNN) -- As Minnesota gears up for its first wolf hunt, advocates of the once-endangered gray wolf are hoping the court will intervene. Last week, the Center for Biological Diversity, a national conservation organization, joined the Minnesota group Howling for Wolves in asking the state's Supreme Court to stop wolf hun... | Minnesota hunters will be able to hunt gray wolves for first time next month . Gray wolves were removed from federal protection earlier this year . Advocates fear the hunting will reduce wolf population too much . State's Department of Natural Resources says hunting "does not pose a threat" | f59365f98e181e8e830abff0c39b815192931357 |
Beijing (CNN) -- Jobs and money, national identity and political stability. These are some of the contentious issues driving the presidential election in Taiwan this weekend. Seeking another four-year term is the incumbent president Ma Ying Jeou of the ruling Kuomintang Party, pitted against Tsai Ing-wen, leader of the... | Incumbent president Ma Ying Jeou of the ruling Kuomintang Party seeking another four-year term . Tsai Ing-wen, leader of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), would be the first female president . China keeps hundreds of missiles aimed at Taiwan, an ominous threat to the island to stay in the fold . Beijing wary of T... | 00f74207e7a8531be17f38b85eadf4a875467072 |
(CNN) -- A struggling German soccer team is offering a refund to its fans who traveled to another city to watch it suffer a 4-0 loss. Cottbus are second from the bottom of the German Bundesliga. More than 600 Energie Cottbus supporters saw their team suffer its sixth loss in seven games when it received a 4-0 drubbing ... | More than 600 supporters watch their team suffer its sixth loss in seven games . Energie Cottbus are second from the bottom in its league's ranking . The team will announce details of how fans can receive a refund on their ticket . | 0d3cfc9fcfe3a78d14ea3696b0a8d5e189fad731 |
(CNN) -- Alabama officials Monday asked the full 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to reinstate portions of a tough law targeting illegal immigrants after a three-judge panel blocked those provisions. "We are filing this based on principle," Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, a Republican, said in a statement announcing the move... | "We are filing this based on principle," Alabama's governor says . A three-judge panel struck down portions of the Alabama law in August . The Southern Poverty Law Center calls the law "illegal and immoral" | f359c63d527b670bbdbf957e72d431fa4d45c989 |
(CNN) -- Xavier University and the University of Cincinnati both said on Sunday that they have suspended players in the wake of a brawl between their schools' basketball players. The fight between the rivals broke out with just seconds left in Saturday night's game. Cincinnati said it would suspend players Yancy Gates,... | Each school suspends four men's basketball student-athletes . A fight breaks out at a game between Cincinnati and Xavier . Cincinnati says there "will be zero tolerance for a repeat of this behavior" An Xavier player apologizes, says students aren't "thugs" | e463ca06da32d212fb4677746e9770451e47d342 |
(CNN) -- County coroner's officials in Los Angeles, California, hope to release results Thursday morning of their examination of skeletal remains found in a remote area of Malibu Canyon. The family of a woman, missing nearly a year, await word on any clues the bones will yield. Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said th... | The family of missing Mitrice Richardson believes the remains may be her . Clothing was found "near the body," assistant chief coroner says . Richardson was last seen leaving a Malibu sheriff's station September 17 . | ee664c20b29a18a281a4f136ec944791cee6f9d8 |
(CNN) -- Nationalists held a narrow lead in Kyrgyzstan's parliamentary elections, the country's election commission said Monday. Of the 87 percent of the votes counted by Monday morning, the Ata Zhurt party had won 8.6 percent, said Nuriya Iskanderova, a consultant for the commission. The other four main parties follow... | NEW: By Monday morning, 87 percent of the votes have been counted . NEW: Five main parties lead with narrow margins separating thm . 2010 saw the president deposed and ethnic riots that left hundreds dead . Kyrgyzstan hosts a U.S. Air Force base that's a vital supply route into Afghanistan . | 0ec6cd9bc704759191eaafc54f78e9a1cd95224a |
(CNN) -- Scottish champions Rangers have made preparations in court for the club to go into administration as they wait to discover if they will be forced the pay the UK government over $78 million in tax. The Glasgow-based club, who have been champions of Scotland 54 times, confirmed they had filed documents at the Co... | Scottish champions Rangers pave the way for the club to go into administration . Glasgow club currently awaiting verdict in tax dispute with UK government . If Rangers lose tribunal they could be liable to pay over $78m in back taxes . Chairman Craig Whyte says club may yet not decide to go into administration . | b22535ad97e05bc3873891dbb988c9d2b4ba5140 |
Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) -- The mood around Independence Square in Ukraine's capital was very somber Sunday as thousands gathered, mourning the dozens of people killed in demonstrations during the past week and wondering who will take charge of the politically divided nation. They wondered where President Viktor Yanukovych,... | NEW: U.S. asks Russia to accept changes in Ukraine, work to move country forward . Yulia Tymoshenko, freed from prison, says no to future prime minister slot . Government say it doesn't know where ousted President Viktor Yanukovych is . Official from Yanukovych's party blames him for "robbery and deception" | 7e82829c98eee41b76b14f803e55428d1ac72d64 |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor is being treated in a Los Angeles hospital for "symptoms caused by congestive heart failure," her representative said Friday. Taylor, 78, checked into Cedars-Sinai Medical Center this week for the "ongoing condition," Taylor representative Jamie Cadwell said. "Thi... | NEW: Taylor is "fine and even better, comfortable," her publicist says . The actress checked into Cedars-Sinai this week . Doctors are monitoring an "ongoing condition," her rep says . Her leaky heart valve was fixed in October 2009 . | 43837b1664d308c21abed3676208a85c46f6b3f8 |
TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- The U.S. military in Japan has charged a Marine with rape and other violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice in the alleged sexual assault of 14-year old girl in Okinawa. A civic group member protests against Hadnott near the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on February 13. Staff Sgt. Tyrone Luthe... | No date set for the court-martial . U.S. military charges Marine after girl dropped charges in February . Most of U.S. troops in Japan are stationed in Okinawa . | 2572185d9544f23c4ad02aeac1ae8ab7828fb4be |
(CNN) -- A 75-year-old Illinois woman flying her kit plane violated restricted airspace during a presidential visit to Chicago and was intercepted by two F-16 fighter jets, authorities said. The fighter jets intercepted a Kitfox Model 2 aircraft when it violated a temporary restricted airspace Wednesday evening in Chic... | Police say Myrtle Rose did not know President Barack Obama was in town . Authorities say she violated a temporary restricted airspace . Two F-16 fighter jets escort her small plane to suburban Chicago . Police say Rose won't face local charges, but the FAA is investigating . | fa78cf85428668cb0981bca30ccf32ff0998308c |
(CNN) -- 2013 will be a year of harsh change for the tech industry. We've just experienced five years of rapid, messy and disruptive innovation, and smartphones and tablets aren't the future any longer -- they're the present. Powerful mobile devices connected to broadband-speed cell networks are now an everyday reality... | Nilay Patel: 2013 is the year of refinement and reckoning in the tech industry . Patel: There are five big developments to keep an eye on . He asks whether Apple will get its mojo back and what will Microsoft do? Patel: Can Facebook grow up, and will Amazon be able to compete with Google? | 03237ae5525cb42763d295e47cf30f946c6f65da |
(CNN) -- An internal report by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has found that it committed no wrongdoing in the case of Internet activist Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide while facing charges he hacked into the university's computers and stole millions of online documents. The report "makes clear that MIT ... | NEW: Father of Internet activist says "MIT in fact played a central role in Aaron's suicide" Internal report finds no wrongdoing by MIT in the case of Aaron Swartz . Swartz committed suicide while facing charges he stole documents from MIT's computers . MIT president: "I am confident MIT's decisions were reasonable ...... | b478616065826ca75621f1e944f8c6ff6a533ff7 |
(CNN) -- What do President Barack Obama, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have in common? They all have been the subject of a snide "prayer" circulating that seemingly calls for their deaths. A recently created Facebook page reads, "Dear Lord, this year you took my favorite actor... | Obama, others subject of snide "prayer" that seemingly calls for their deaths . Facebook page has received more than 600,000 "thumbs-up" messages of approval . Facebook says page doesn't violate company's content policies . | 8428705d1d2940cfef094ddfc32a4f53afde4942 |
(CNN) -- Mike McLelland came to the law late in life. He was already around 40 when he started law school at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, drawn in by his work with the mentally ill, classmate and one-time law partner Michael Burns said. Becoming a district attorney "was what he always wanted to do," Burns s... | "They were the consummate good people," classmate says of slain DA and wife . Mike McLelland came to the law late in life after training as a psychologist . "We're looking out the peephole when the doorbell rings now," friend says . | b6d0a85acb6df00814c529f66e2409c56cd75435 |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Videos of the chaos and horrified reactions after the July 7, 2005, London transit bombings were shown to jurors Thursday in the trial of three men charged with conspiracy in the case. Smoke and dust fill the platform area at Liverpool Street Station on July 7, 2005, after a bomb exploded. One ... | Jurors see video evidence in the trial of three men charged with conspiracy . One video shows explosion seconds after train leaves Liverpool Street Station . Videos also show three of four suspects in London transport bombings . | ddedfc2a349fb607ed7efeda1660e9807454ddb7 |
NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- A mob killed a Hindu man in the Indian state of Orissa Thursday as another group attacked a church in another part of the state's troubled Kandhamal district, authorities said Friday. Christian activists stage a peace march in Mumbai, India earlier this month. Krishan Kumar, Kandhamal's top ad... | Orissa state in east-central India has been racked by Hindu-Christian violence . 23 civilians have died in the state's troubled Kandhamal district this month . Latest attacks follow calls for state to take firm measures to control conflict . | 3b13a7fecb77be63cac1e9286b83f61b5784f387 |
(CNN) -- Israel's security can only be assured when its neighbors believe that it is no longer oppressing the Palestinian people but instead living in peace and harmony with them. The de facto strategy of past and present Israeli governments of seeking security through domination and by pushing Palestinians out of thei... | Rabbi Michael Lerner: Israel cannot achieve security by dominating Palestinians . He says the powerful should show more generosity to the relatively powerless . Israel, U.S. should support Palestinian move for nonmember state status at the U.N., he says . Lerner: Hamas serves Netanyahu's aim of marginalizing the Palest... | 40a7756f2ac1c85de247ba476366ccea31536d36 |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Britain's House of Lords voted Wednesday to suspend two of its members over corruption claims -- the first time a lord has been barred from the chamber since 1642, a spokesman for the chamber said. Britain's House of Lords voted to suspend two of its members. It's first time a lord has been bar... | Lord Taylor of Blackburn and Lord Truscott barred for corruption charges . They allegedly agreed to take cash to influence specific legislation . They will not face criminal charges, London's Metropolitan Police said . | c1de748bbd170dd3bcf3732c5bd4b96d9c6fae61 |
Washington (CNN) -- A post-mortem Sunday of the mid-term elections provided little evidence that Democrats and Republicans will work together to address major issues such as deficit reduction any better than they have in recent years. Republicans interviewed on talk shows promised congressional investigations, an all-o... | GOP targets health care reform, government spending . "Are we willing to work with him?" Cantor says of President Obama . Obama says he needs to make "mid-course" corrections and adjustments . | f20ddba12df35e63342fe9213fb5950bd710208a |
Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israel's president conceded Tuesday his country may disagree with the White House at times over Iran's nuclear progress, but said he is "free of doubts" that U.S. President Barack Obama would use military force if necessary to stop Tehran from developing a nuclear bomb. Iran is the top issue as Obama... | Peres believes Obama would use military force if necessary to prevent a nuclear Iran . Israeli president says he trusts Obama and "I respect his words" Obama says it will be a year before Iran reaches final development stage of nuke . Threat of military action designed to pressure Iran to negotiate a diplomatic settlem... | 4e35a68583d60c019b54d61d15821ff54f39f488 |
New York (CNN) -- A man who faces a trespassing charge for allegedly triggering a security breach at the Newark, New Jersey, airport was released from custody early Saturday, Port Authority police said. Haison Jiang, 28, of Piscataway, faces a charge of defiant trespass, the Port Authority said. Security video from the... | NEW: Haison Jiang, 28, of Piscataway, faces a charge of defiant trespass . Video shows man walking wrong way through security to greet a woman . TSA officer left post after talking to the man, before man breached security . | cb7f2e4991f2a8fe1e9e0c0646bb8d39562a0ef6 |
(OPRAH.com) -- Attention single ladies! Comedian Steve Harvey, the best-selling author of "Act Like a Lady, Think Like Man" and a self-professed expert on manhood, is here to take you inside the male mind. Comedian Steve Harvey says real men like to provide and protect, but some also like to cheat. Whether you're looki... | Looking for a man? Know what you want, Steve Harvey says . A man must feel he can provide and protect his woman, he says . Harvey's Top 5 reasons men cheat includes other women who are willing . One of Harvey's tips for curing a mama's boy: Demand respect . | 2678afefae2e1d07bad4bbc89fe090efda19d9c0 |
Atlanta (CNN) -- More than two dozen college players on three major Division I football teams staged an unauthorized protest of the NCAA during their games Saturday. With black marker, they wrote the letters "APU" standing for "All Players United" on their gear as part of a pledge calling for NCAA reform. The pledge, d... | The "All Players United Campaign" took to football fields on Saturday . About two dozen players at three schools wore the letters "APU" on their gear Saturday . The campaign is aimed at reforms in the NCAA to protect athletes' rights and safety . Group's president: Movement is aimed to change NCAA's "misplaced" priorit... | 124986ec09454475dd2e5caa0fecd4c92e24c8fe |
(CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton headed to Luanda, Angola, on Sunday on the third leg of a journey that is taking her to seven African nations in 11 days. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton poses with residents of South Africa on Saturday during her 11-day trip to Africa. The State Department has descri... | Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to visit Angola on Sunday . African country is major supplier of petroleum, liquefied natural gas to U.S. market . Clinton to visit seven African nations in 11 days . | 203263765c9d53db40b80d8bffd5831d46b46136 |
Boston (CNN) -- Jurors squirmed Monday as a Massachusetts pathologist detailed the wounds inflicted on the 19 bodies prosecutors have lain at the feet of reputed Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger. Richard John Evans, the state's former chief medical examiner, described gunshot wounds to the temple, neck, spinal cor... | Medical examiner lays out fatal shots in Bulger trial . Of the 19 killings Bulger is charged with, 17 were deaths by shooting . Some jurors squirmed during the graphic testimony . | 8e3b01b7cca999e3d7eb30d973a0524b17cc00b1 |
(CNN) -- A 7.1-magnitude earthquake rattled the Solomon Islands on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. There were no immediate reports of a tsunami. The quake comes two days after an 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck the same region, triggering a tsunami that killed five people but didn't threaten the wider regi... | The 7.1-magnitude quake hit late Friday . On Wednesday, five people died after a tsunami hit an eastern area of the Solomon Islands . The 8.0-magnitude quake struck off the Santa Cruz Islands, part of the Solomons . | 864ccc6d42ec5686a29425c3a3d3c0a5c814c4c2 |
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Though he faces charges of financial wrongdoing and possibly human rights abuses, former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier has no plans to leave his homeland, one of his lawyers said Wednesday. Attorney Reynold Georges told CNN that Duvalier would fight any charges against ... | NEW: Duvalier waves to supporters waiting outside his hotel . The former dictator would fight formal charges and could return to politics, the lawyer says . Duvalier has been accused of financial wrongdoing and human rights abuses . A judge must now decide whether there is merit in the accusations . | 4a6793b07d231b78a15899d518eafd13b64024b4 |
(CNN) -- As victims of a stabbing attack at Lone Star College near Houston recover physically and psychologically, the suspect in the incident waived his right to a court hearing Thursday, CNN affiliate KHOU said. Dylan Quick, 20, had been scheduled for a probable cause hearing, but he waived his right and did not appe... | NEW: Stabbing suspect Dylan Quick waives right to court appearance Thursday . NEW: Quick told police of more violent fantasies, search warrant affidavit says . He is charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon . Quick has had a psychological evaluation, the Harris County district attorney says ... | 48ca622b6ea178b8182659d2ee7362e095531924 |
Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- North Korea said Tuesday that it would release an unspecified number of prisoners in February to mark the birthdays of the two dictators who ruled the reclusive nation for a total of more than 60 years. The amnesty of "convicts," ordered by a parliamentary decree, will begin February 1, the ... | The prisoner amnesty ties in with the birthdays of two dead North Korean dictators . Pyongyang doesn't specify how many prisoners will be released . The regime periodically carries out amnesties on important anniversaries . International organizations estimate that North Korea holds about 200,000 political prisoners . | d06681f14695cf41c55a184bb7114df2b132bde0 |
Shanghai (CNN) -- When Yao Ming retired from professional basketball seven months ago, there were fears that interest in the NBA among China's 1.3 billion people would dwindle. But now the former Houston Rockets center -- one of the most successful overseas players in the league's history -- could be forgiven for feeli... | Yao Ming enjoyed huge success in the NBA while playing with the Hosuton Rockets . Compared to American-born New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin, who has Chinese-Taiwanese roots . Lin's fan base on Sina Weibo, China's top micro-blogging site, has already hit the two million mark . The two players bonded after meeting... | e33a71e2c0d7c30fbe83348bf18dd729fd46df97 |
(CNN Student News) -- October 12, 2012 . Media Literacy Question of the Day . What is an allegation? What do you think that journalists need to keep in mind when reporting on allegations of wrongdoing by an individual? * . * . Know Your News -- The following questions relate to events that were covered this week on CNN... | Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . Write your answers in the space provided . Today's Newsquiz includes the Media Literacy Question of the Day . | a7afdc971803d9e0b9b6b37aef7de755af1308c0 |
(CNN) -- Jimmy Ellis, who belted out the dance anthem "Disco Inferno" in the 1970s for the Trammps, died Thursday in South Carolina, the funeral home handling arrangements said. He was 74. Ellis' rich baritone powered the funky Grammy-winning tune from the "Saturday Night Fever" album. It is only second to "The Bodygua... | "Disco Inferno" appeared on the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack . The song won a Grammy for the Trammps . Singer Jimmy Ellis was 74 . | 4d21f76049c7a7554a35020ab198871dddbdc0e8 |
(CNN) -- Matt Aldridge would have trouble contemplating life without the Shriners Hospital for Children in Greenville, South Carolina. Maddie Aldridge has received extensive care at South Carolina's Shriners Hospital, including leg amputation. Aldridge, 28, and his 21-month-old daughter, Maddie, were born without shinb... | Hospitals' leaders seek savings after endowment fund shrinks in stock market . One solution could be closing six of 22 hospitals . Fraternity representatives would have to approve closures in July meeting . South Carolina family: We'd be devastated without Shriners' free, expert care . | 455898f60c01deb7422f759aca474c6130b4c27b |
(CNN) -- Australian authorities ended their efforts to find survivors Friday after a boat carrying scores capsized off the coast of Indonesia this week. An Australian naval ship and four merchant vessels rescued 55 people in an area west of the Indonesian island of Java, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority said. B... | The 55 survivors are headed to Merak, Indonesia . Rescuers have been searching since Wednesday after a boat reported engine trouble . Australian authorities say there is "no realistic prospect" of other survivors . Ships carrying asylum seekers in Australia regularly run into trouble in the area . | 025304fdff0e2174b8854f35aca17bc63d8730bb |
(CNN) -- The identities of two women involved in a horrific car crash in Arizona last week were mixed up, with one family receiving news that their daughter had died when in fact she was undergoing treatment for her injuries while another family kept watch at her side for six days. Officials with St. Joseph's Medical C... | The identities of two women in a deadly car wreck were mixed up . 19-year-old Abby Guerra's family was told she was dead . Family of Marlena Cantu kept watch at what they thought was their daughter's bedside . Hospital and public safety officials apologized for the mix-up Monday . | e4c3917929a2af7f7ec7107f51768da10b83414b |
(CNN Student News) -- April 27, 2012 . Media Literacy Question of the Day . How can you verify the findings of a scientific study or survey that appears in a news report? Why might it be important to do this? * . * . Know Your News -- The following questions relate to events that were covered this week on CNN Student N... | Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . Write your answers in the space provided . Today's Newsquiz includes the Media Literacy Question of the Day . | 518c66b3d2c226b4757119ed5371acd980e41332 |
(CNN) -- Spanish champions Barcelona started their season with a 3-0 win at Racing Santander but Jose Mourinho endured a low key start to his Real Madrid career as his team were held to a 0-0 draw by Real Mallorca. Argentina striker Lionel Messi was on target inside three minutes for Pep Guardiola's side, as they look ... | Barcelona begin the defense of their Spanish title with a 3-0 win at Racing Santander . Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid are held to a 0-0 draw with Real Mallorca . AC Milan thump Lecce 4-0 as the Italian league season gets underway . Bayer Leverkusen are thrashed 6-3 by Borussia Monchengladbach in the Bundesliga . | bfcea47f90c7d4c93c15cf80fbea0d13d2a0263b |
(CNN) -- The cost of attending college has risen nearly three times the rate of the cost of living, and could eventually put higher education out of reach for most Americans, according to a National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education report released Wednesday. The price to attend college, adjusted for inflat... | Report: Tuition and fees, adjusted for inflation, rose 439 percent from 1982 to 2007 . Public policy and education center gave an "F" in affordability to 49 states . U.S. leadership in college enrollment has slipped, it said . | 1547026cb832a5f4b1839011a193c9448b30f167 |
(CNN) -- President Obama is facing great challenges as he takes office and may have made a hasty decision to close Guantanamo Bay without addressing all of the repercussions, Sen. John McCain told CNN's Larry King Thursday night. Sen. John McCain says he thinks President Obama should have considered where Guantamao pri... | McCain: Closing Guantanamo "wise move," but incomplete solution . Senator says decision made without considering where prisoners will go . McCain wants to see more of a stimulus package, less of a spending package . Senator says people demand, deserve bipartisanship and "haven't been getting it" | 0e147677fd94e9c381e03060d5f7997bcbe67fb6 |
(CNN) -- The Humane Society has accused a federally funded primate center of mistreating chimpanzees and other primates, saying that some animals showed signs of psychosis and self-mutilation. New Iberia Research Center cages about 325 chimps on its 100 acres. It also has about 6,000 monkeys. The allegations against th... | Society says undercover investigation found animal psychosis, self-mutilation . Center denies allegations, says it properly housed and cared for the animals . Agriculture secretary says he'll order investigation of facility's animal welfare practices . New Iberia Research Center in Louisiana houses more than 6,500 prim... | 78dcc58c36f6dc10d887fafde8dcfaab56be84d7 |
(AOL Autos) -- Price of gas got you crying at the pump? Is it eating into your household budget? Well, get used to it. Gas in California, the second worst state, hits $4.59 per gallon for regular unleaded in this July 14 photo. That's the word on the streets as the price of a gallon of gasoline soars to record highs. ... | Price of a gallon of gasoline at record high national average of $4.086 on June 30 . Alaska has the highest gas prices in the nation, Missouri has lowest . Fuel prices rising because of high demand for petroleum products worldwide . Gas taxes and ability to access fuel determine state price of gasoline . | bfbf2be3d5b9da8425253502393528d0f95d2b5d |
(CNN) -- England striker Wayne Rooney is expected to be fit for the World Cup in South Africa despite suffering another injury setback on club duty with Manchester United on Sunday. The 24-year-old, who last month was sidelined with ankle damage, went off with a recurrence of his recent groin problem 13 minutes from th... | Manchester United insist Wayne Rooney will be fit for World Cup despite latest setback . England striker went off in final game of Premier League season with groin problem . Italian World Cup hopeful Francesco Totti hit with four-game Italian Cup suspension . Totti was sent off last Wednesday for clash with Inter Milan... | eb25a443051a27521c077279afc544e0226cbc68 |
(CNN) -- After years and years of over-the-top stories attesting to the character, honor, integrity and moral fiber of the late Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno, we now know, after reading the 267-page Penn State internal report on child predator Jerry Sandusky, that Paterno was nothing more than a narcissist... | Roland Martin: Penn State report reveals Joe Paterno as a coward . He says coach's silence on Sandusky sex abuse to protect reputation makes him complicit . He says while Paterno had eye on breaking coaching record, young boys were being raped . Martin: Penn State should strip campus of markers of Paterno's reign. He w... | 97a7b99c39c50c8c4348766dc43c61a560400228 |
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (CNN) -- Space shuttle Discovery was scheduled to launch early Tuesday morning for a mission to deliver equipment to the international space station. Discovery rests on launch pad 39A at Cape Canaveral on Monday evening. The seven-member crew was boarding the orbiter Monday night on Cape Canaver... | Discovery scheduled to launch at 1:36 a.m. ET Tuesday . Cape Canaveral has 80 percent chance of acceptable weather for launch . Shuttle to deliver equipment to international space station . Astronaut Nicole Stott will remain on the space station as a flight engineer . | d2da47d6e39242abe037c9b78bb782be24f533fc |
(CNN) -- A security guard was arrested this week and is accused of stealing two Los Angeles Lakers championship rings and $20,000 in gift cards, police said. Eddie Monterroso, 23, who worked at a Lakers training facility, was arrested Tuesday outside the facility, the El Segundo Police Department said. The two champion... | The suspect was arrested outside a Laker training facility . The two rings were from the 2009 and 2010 seasons . Report: The gift cards were going to go to community groups . | cfaa94d2fbbe3d5c80283afe59ccaa34c0002baa |
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Hundreds of refugees on Wednesday blocked a main road in northwest Pakistan, to protest living conditions for some of the 1.5 million Pakistanis forced to flee their homes in the past three weeks. The refugee situation in Pakistan could be a bigger threat than fighting with Taliban, U.N. sa... | Nearly 1.5 million Pakistanis have registered as displaced since May 2, U.N. says . U.N. believes refugee crisis could be bigger threat than fight with Taliban . United States is sending $110 million in aid to Pakistan . | 4469629e86abf75224bd5b6393a7ad3e1cdbf4a8 |
(CNN) -- Sebastian Vettel is so dominant in Formula One right now that his rivals must be hoping for help from the heavens, but even the weather seems unlikely to stop the Red Bull driver from a fourth successive win at Sunday's Korean Grand Prix. A typhoon had been forecast to hit this week in Yeongam, but conditions ... | Championship leader Sebastian Vettel has most pole positions in 2013 . German will head grid for Sunday's Korean Grand Prix from Lewis Hamilton . Vettel's teammate Mark Webber qualifies third but will start from 13th place . Lotus' Romain Grosjean heads the second row along with Mercedes' Nico Rosberg . | a7c6febccae825d475dd0896a33e358df5bc0c9f |
(CNN) -- Some passengers on a diverted Aeromexico flight finally reached their destination in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday after spending 16 hours in limbo. The plane was scheduled to fly from Mexico City, Mexico, to Seattle on Tuesday, but was diverted to Portland, Oregon, because of thick fog, said Kara Simonds,... | Mexico City, Mexico, flight bound for Seattle, Washington, diverted due to heavy fog . Flight returns to Mexico after customs agents can't process all passengers . Representatives with Aeromexico plan to investigate situation . | 39ef537f1689f8edb147b4d160144534acfe4a1e |
(CNN) -- A storm system stretching from Texas north to Michigan threatens to bring "widespread damaging winds and several tornadoes" to parts of 10 states, the National Weather Service said Tuesday. "An increasing threat for severe thunderstorms will occur through tonight in advance of a strong cold front moving across... | NEW: Forecasters see an "increasing threat for severe thunderstorms" into Wednesday . NEW: System stretches from Texas north to Michigan . NEW: There could be "damaging winds and several tornadoes" in parts of 10 states . Snow and cold weather aren't far behind Tuesday's high temperatures and rain . | a52f8a07521aafb500fe60d2ad18b4c2ff83f39c |
Belfast, Northern Ireland (CNN) -- An abandoned van containing a device with 600 pounds of explosives was found in Newry, Northern Ireland, near the border with the Republic of Ireland, police said Saturday. The device, believed to be linked to dissident IRA groups opposed to the peace process, was "fully primed and re... | NEW: Those behind a small car bomb in Belfast show a "callous disregard" for the public, police say . A Northern Ireland government minister blames dissident IRA groups for the device in Newry . The abandoned van contained two large barrels of homemade explosives and a detonator . Police: "Anyone within 50 meters of th... | 73ba354d8838ee6ef4a2255d58f27cfbdb3f526a |
(CNN) -- Nick Price is not one to shy away from a battle. He is a hardened warrior -- a man who has fought on the golf course and on the soil of his beloved Zimbabwe. He lost his father when he was a child before watching his friends die during the Rhodesian war. And yet now, at the age of 56, he remains philosophical ... | Nick Price will captain the international team int the Presidents Cup . Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Brandt Snedeker all set to feature for U.S. team . Adam Scott, Jason Day, Ernie Els amongst big names for international side . International team have won just once -- back in 1998 . | 14d235eb877c49fad959d1c87ed1227666fe583b |
Washington (CNN) -- Kenneth Melson, acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, is expected to resign under pressure, perhaps in the next day or two, in the wake of the controversy over Operation Fast and Furious, two senior federal law enforcement sources said Monday. In the operation, ... | NEW: Chicago ATF field office head set to meet with attorney general about job, sources say . The sources say the ATF acting director's resignation could occur in the coming days . The ATF operation allowed illegal gun purchases . Some weapons ended up reportedly in the hands of Mexican cartels . | e3577a1a8ffc7f0881dba6bf7eff173677582637 |
(CNN) -- Forget "Harry Potter" and "Twilight." In a few months, "The Hunger Games" phenomenon will be taking over the pop culture world. Although it will be feeding off the tween demographic, this franchise will chew up those other guys and spit them out. But what exactly is this "Hunger Games" wonder that has so many ... | Suzanne Collins is the mastermind behind "The Hunger Games" trilogy . The plot revolves around a dystopian society . One boy and one girl must fight to the death until only one is left standing . | c216b7b934e951e8bd8b42056140a005c5815ae3 |
London, England (CNN) -- Britain is about to have a massive expansion in renewable energy after awarding licenses for nine offshore wind farms Friday. The energy generated from the new wind farms will provide a quarter of Britain's electricity needs by 2020, according to the Crown Estate, which awarded the contracts. C... | New wind farms to provide 25 percent of UK's electricity needs . Prime Minister Gordon Brown says project could provide 70,000 jobs . New wind farms will be built in nine zones around the country . | c4101e7653a622c7a11de96c9941fbb5c78b6263 |
(CNN) -- Former South African President Nelson Mandela is "in good shape," the country's president said Monday, but new images seem to suggest otherwise. In a video released by the South African Broadcasting Corp., Mandela sits at his home in Johannesburg in a plush beige chair with a pillow supporting his head and a b... | New images of the former leader appear to show a frail man . Mandela, 94, was discharged from the hospital this month . "We are very happy. We think that he's fine," says the president . | 1dc64ac569264bb635352deefd0202d3de0f3a7c |
(CNN) -- The U.S. government moved to block the proposed merger of beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev with Mexico's Grupo Modelo on Thursday, with a Justice Department official calling it "a bad deal for American consumers." ABI already owns about half of Modelo, which brews the popular Corona brand. The Justice Departmen... | Justice tries to block Budweiser, Corona brewers from merging . Anheuser-Busch InBev already owns half of Grupo Modelo . Justice official calls it "a bad deal for American consumers" ABI calls the case "inconsistent with the law, the facts and the reality of the marketplace" | 2fd20b12a6503434d3113d640069997aae198ce3 |
(CNN) -- Wesley Sneijder's future at Inter Milan is in doubt after the Italian club confirmed on Saturday that the Dutch playmaker will not be considered for selection until he agrees to take a pay cut. The 28-year-old is one of football's highest-paid players, but he has struggled to regain the heights of 2010 when he... | Dutch midfielder Wes Sneijder in contract dispute with Inter Milan . Cash-strapped Italian club asking the 28-year-old to take a pay cut . He has not played since September 26 and will not be considered for selection . Sneijder has been one of Inter's key players since moving to the San Siro in 2009 . | 5b3276f189ecda19090731991ab2d1cb62b445d6 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Marine commander on Wednesday warned of a "growing" insurgent threat in Afghanistan, but he said forces would have to be cut in Iraq to send more Marines to Afghanistan. Marines could be pulled from Iraq's Anbar province, Gen. James Conway said Wednesday. "To do more in Afghanistan, our Mar... | Marines in Iraq's once-volatile Anbar province could leave, general says . Anbar attacks down to a few a day, Gen. James Conway says . Marines could have greater effect in Afghanistan, Conway says . | 981720f62dd11e54f1d199774664b2a1d939eb7e |
(CNN) -- If you can come up with a tale that better illustrates America's messed-up moral views on abortion, parenting and personal freedom than the story of Crystal Kelley -- the surrogate mother who was offered $10,000 by the parents to abort the fetus she was carrying for them -- then you've got a better imagination... | Dan O'Connor: Surrogate mom offered $10,000 to abort reveals our confused moral views . O'Connor: The legal tug of war shows we need to clarify what "right to choose" means . If we think she's obliged to terminate pregnancy, he says, it means money trumps principle . Surrogates can't be forced, he says; they have right... | da053262f4ddd8a39276533bd5b561290660ffd3 |
(CNN) -- So what really goes on at the world's busiest airport? Since midnight Tuesday, a team of more than 30 journalists from CNN has descended on Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport -- the world's busiest by volume of passengers -- to find out. CNN is looking at the areas we never see when we travel -- ... | Team of 30-plus CNN journalists descends on world's busiest airport . Follow along by searching hashtag #ATL24 on Twitter or Instagram . CNN explores areas and people that few travelers see in an airport . | 2580f4784363e9e4d83935fbbb89840826d08d12 |
Madrid, Spain (CNN) -- An African man who claimed he could double your money simply by applying a magic potion to currency notes has been arrested at a Madrid bar where the Ecuadorean owner nearly fell victim to the ploy, Spanish national police said on Thursday. Police arrived in time to catch the suspected thief, ... | African man arrested at a bar by Spanish police . He had 1,120 euros bar own had given him to double . The man said he had run out of potion and needed to go home to get more . | 7d17ca92b229a03a4be35889583fe303da72e000 |
(CNN) -- Pop star Ke$ha has checked into a 30-day treatment facility for an eating disorder. "I'm a crusader for being yourself and loving yourself, but I've found it hard to practice," she said in a statement provided by her rep Friday. "I'll be unavailable for the next 30 days, seeking treatment for my eating disorde... | She'll be at the treatment facility for 30 days . Ke$ha's full name is Kesha Sebert . She is featured on "Timber," which is number two on Billboard's Hot 100 . | 5cd7f5a8a41e3f143b3107cb398ff29ed390fc79 |
(CNN) -- Squash, the bridesmaid of racquet sports, will hope to finally recognize its Olympic dream after winning a place on the shortlist of candidates to be included at the 2020 Games. While tennis, table tennis and badminton have long been on the Olympic agenda, squash has failed to impress the International Olympic... | Squash, baseball/softball and wrestling shortlisted as potential sports for 2020 Olympics . Vote to be held by International Olympic Committee in Argentina in early September . Winning candidate will be added to the 25 core sports, plus golf and rugby sevens . IOC president Jacques Rogge impressed with presentations fo... | 672a8152589a0aa1dcc8dddfffc881a571d7a91a |
London, England (CNN) -- Britain's involvement in the invasion of Iraq "was the right decision and it was for the right reasons," Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Friday in his first response at an inquiry into country's role in the March 2003 conflict. Brown was answering a question from the chairman of the inquiry, J... | Gordon Brown served as Chancellor, or head of the Treasury, from 1997 until 2007 . Brown: "Financial concerns played no part in military planning for the Iraq" Brown: "I made it clear we would support whatever option the military decided upon" The decision to go to war in Iraq was made for the right reasons, he said . | 6117acc3934ee85c9292664b6b9990be52a060ed |
(CNN) -- California horse-racing authorities handed the trainer of Triple Crown hopeful I'll Have Another a 45-day suspension Thursday stemming from a 2010 race with another horse, but cleared him of giving that horse an energy-boosting cocktail. The suspension won't take effect until at least July 1, meaning trainer D... | NEW: California action won't affect upcoming Belmont Stakes, New York official says . Doug O'Neill trained Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I'll Have Another . California's state racing board suspended him for 45 days effective July 1 at earliest . O'Neill was cleared of "milkshaking" but hit for high carbon dioxide... | 71a07fe022bc19ac2a6efa2d74a23524614f99f7 |
Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Comedian Conan O'Brien returns to the late-night television circuit Monday with a much-anticipated new show. Actors Seth Rogen and Lea Michele will be guests on the first episode of "Conan," which airs Monday at 11 p.m. ET on TBS. But the veteran host is keeping mum about a mystery gues... | O'Brien is returning after more than 9 months off the air . Actor Seth Rogen is scheduled to appear Monday . The host says rival Jay Leno is unlikely to be a guest on his new show . | 54b6d3aad3f4a2bc8dd1f95fccc8604fd38d80ae |
(CNN) -- In a dusty corner of southern Chad's Moula refugee camp, the pounding beat of a skin drum drives a group of young men through a cluster of brick-made huts and into a makeshift soccer field. They're summoned here, however, not to kick a football but to engage in an uplifting activity that can help them forget t... | Chadian Taïgue Ahmed is a professional dancer and choreographer . He is making a difference by holding dancing workshops in refugee camps . The Republic of Chad is one of the poorest countries in the world . Ahmed also raises awareness about issues such HIV/AIDS and women's rights . | aac7e6ed47d4cb8d256db8aa65a7598588ec5698 |
(CNN) -- Spaniard Pablo Martin claimed his first European Tour win as a professional as he held off home hope Charl Schwartzel by a stroke to win the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek. Martin claimed the Portugal Open as an amateur, but has since endured a sorry run of form and only narrowly kept his tour ca... | Pablo Martin wins Alfred Dunhill Championship with final round 69 at Leopard Creek . Spaniard holds off South African Charl Schwartzel by a shot to claim first pro triumph . Martin becomes first man to win European Tour events as an amateur and professional . Home favorite Ernie Els slumps to final round five-over-par ... | f0a68017462b2fdf27d99cb4c1d633ed26335539 |
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- I was 14 at the time. Lebanon's civil war was in full flood. One afternoon the shells began raining down on our neighborhood in Beirut. A Lebanese woman and her son run through west Beirut in 1989 during fighting between rival forces. We ran from school screaming. Forget the book bags, classma... | CNN's Octavia Nasr: Will Lebanon's brief renaissance be snuffed out? Nasr says Lebanon's key power players haven't changed since 1980s . Nasr: Current struggle threatens to set Lebanon back 20 years . | c71748bb246a2b05e676862b75b38fa03bf6646e |
(CNN) -- Thanks to a wave of new mobile technology, I can store my calendar, car keys, credit cards, music and notes all on my smartphone. That kind of convergence is convenient, but my phone has an Achilles' heel. The battery doesn't last forever. Enter the Powerbag, a line of battery-equipped shoulder bags and backpa... | We review Powerbag, a line of battery-equipped shoulder bags and backpacks . A full battery charge can fill up about two smartphones . Unlike solar-powered bags, you can hardly tell it's a geek accessory . Powerbag spokesman: The battery was rigorously tested for safety . | 129d8c55771acd69f456ff85609422e1d52dce7d |
Washington (CNN) -- For most divers, a shark in the water can inspire fear, or even dread. Greg Marshall wanted to hitch a ride. More specifically, Marshall was inspired by the shark's constant companion, a remora -- a torpedo-shaped fish that commonly catches a ride by sucking onto the shark's rough skin and thriving ... | For a naturalist, observing animals in the wild is key to learning about species . Greg Marshall pioneered the use of "Crittercams" mounted on animals . Crittercams record hours of footage that can be retrieved later . The cameras have captured whale calves nursing and a shark chasing a seal . | 98be7fff1ff656bcd77f4d9f8630eb042878deaa |
(CNN) -- Video of a fresh-faced Susan Boyle confidently singing a Barbra Streisand track to a room full of football fans in 1984 has been unearthed. Susan Boyle as she looked during a performance filmed at a Scottish football club in 1984. The "Britain's Got Talent" singing sensation, looking trim and a bit like Abba... | New video of Susan Boyle singing to room full of football fans unearthed . 25-year-old footage taken at Motherwell FC's social club . Boyle, sporting a perm and looking trim, belts out Barbra Streisand track . Singing sensation was catapulted into spotlight after TV appearance last month . | bbbcd67f733df273dbafec92d24279080cb6744f |
Sao Paulo, Brazil (CNN) -- The violin she uses is cheap by most standards: made in China, it costs about $150. But that's an absolute fortune for Yanca Leite. On the day we visited her, the 15-year-old aspiring musician couldn't even afford breakfast. Yanca shares a one-bedroom shack with eight relatives in a sprawling... | A program in Brazil is offering free classical music training to children in the slums . It's empowering the children and giving them a chance at a brighter future . There are 11 million Brazilians living in slums; more than 1 billion worldwide are in slums . Top 10 CNN Hero Thulani Madondo is educating hundreds of slu... | 9132ff1e64b345b7b621149b91404457bababcee |
(CNN) -- World champion Casey Stoner has given himself the perfect chance to return to the top of the MotoGP standings after qualifying in pole position for Sunday's Portuguese Grand Prix. The Australian set the fastest time of one minute 37.188 seconds at Estoril on Saturday to head off Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa and... | Casey Stoner will start first on the grid for Sunday's MotoGP race at Estoril . World champion sets the fastest time in Saturday's qualifying session . Australian heads a front row of teammate Dani Pedrosa and Cal Crutchlow . Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo is fourth while Valentino Rossi is ninth . | 4abaf01b3b63761330bcda0b600033d9707bea1c |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- If you have a stash of pistachios in your house, pistachio ice cream in your freezer or trail mix in your backpack, don't eat any of it. The FDA says it and the California Department of Public Health are taking "a proactive approach." Wait until an inquiry into possible salmonella contamination is f... | FDA: Don't eat pistachios until possible salmonella contamination is investigated . Kraft Foods notified FDA of salmonella found during routine testing . The tainted nuts were traced to Setton Farms in Terra Bella, California . Setton Farms announced a recall of 1 million pounds of pistachio products . | 3c96fc71d826610b57e0b56beae1472bc7f79634 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- While nearly all maritime activity on the Potomac River will be halted on Inauguration Day, a handful of Mall-goers will sail from Virginia to Washington on water taxis. Some people will cross the Potomac River via water taxi on Inauguration Day. Working closely with the United States Coast Guard, ... | Up to 3,200 passengers to be taken across Potomac on seven boats . Service is partially a response to the closure of all bridges from Virginia to D.C. Potomac Riverboat Company clears security to provide service . All passengers must arrive at least an hour early for a full screening . | fcf7e2eb076e6d457956ad41b03e81dfb1ac0ee1 |
(CNN) -- An American soldier went on a house-to-house shooting spree in two villages in the Kandahar region of Afghanistan early Sunday, Afghan officials said, killing 16 people. NATO's International Security Assistance Force said the soldier acted alone and turned himself in after opening fire on civilians. U.S. Presi... | American solider accused in shooting spree in Afghanistan on Sunday . CNN correspondent in Afghanistan weighs in on what she's hearing on the ground . Photos and videos purport to show some scenes of the attack . | 2c40d65298b200d8777f4b42732f2ecbce89cb7b |
(CNN) -- A National Guard recruiter who is accused of firing a gun in a suburban Memphis armory -- right after being told he'd lost his position due to alleged misconduct -- was charged Friday with a pair of counts that could land him behind bars for 30 years. Amos Patton, a 42-year-old from Cordova, Tennessee, faces o... | Prosecutor: Amos Patton was relieved of duty for unspecified misconduct . He went to his car and returned with a gun, firing and wounding three . Patton ran, then was subdued; he is charged with two counts . The incident occurred on a National Guard facility on Navy property in Tennessee . | 5906b5d68f3a06ad1de34c9d4e8078c0ef1e440e |
New Delhi, India (CNN) -- A U.S. federal air marshal may have violated Indian law after failing to properly secure his law enforcement equipment when inside the country, U.S. officials said Friday. The equipment brought into India included two pistol magazines and ammunition -- items the U.S. Transportation Security Ad... | Indian officials first questioned Italians who had been last to stay in room . Indian officials did not confirm air marshal was suspect . U.S. officials said they were working with Indians on incident . | 07e246b1897b202fda92e2bc87c96111e4cdfc24 |
(CNN Student News) -- October 14, 2011 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . South Korea . Colombia . Panama . Cuba . Click here to access the transcript of today's CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is published. | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program . Use this transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary . Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . | 8f13aeb672d961d247ffeb1b9efd8c3cc8785a25 |
(CNN) -- A 22-year-old Virginia man stole a Mercedes SUV at gunpoint the day before he shot dead a Virginia Tech police officer and then took his own life, police said Friday. Virginia State Police on Friday identified Ross Truett Ashley, 22, as the man who killed Virginia Tech Police Officer Deriek Crouse and then him... | NEW: More than $31,700 is raised for the slain police officer's family . He stole a Mercedes at gunpoint Wednesday in Radford, according to police . Video from the slain officer's car shows a man with a gun before Thursday's shooting . He changed out of his clothing after that shooting, and eventually killed himself . | c48f162984d58ee58d5199ce8a6a162ad6741cec |
Madrid, Spain (CNN) -- A Spanish court is requesting an arrest warrant for alleged Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk. In a ruling dated January 7 but released Friday, Spanish Judge Ismael Moreno Chamarro said Demjanjuk is accused of being "an accomplice to the crimes of genocide and crimes against humanity." The indictm... | A Spanish judge says man was a guard at a concentration camp where 60 Spaniards died . He is on trial in Germany on charges of being an accessory to thousands of murders . He was extradited to Germany from the United States in 2009 . Demjanjuk's lawyers have argued that he was a prisoner of war during the conflict . | 060970754d78db825a049bce5f020e4a9604bce0 |
(CNN) -- I have never been whacked out on LSD. However, if I had ever had the chance to meet Hunter S. Thompson, a real acid pro, my fantasy is that during a brief conversation in which he got to know me a little bit I'd feel comfortable asking him at the end of our talk: Do you think I could handle acid? Even after I ... | Everyone who tries to emulate Thompson's Gonzo genius falls short to a certain extent . "The Rum Diary" is supposed to be Thompson finding his path to self destruction . We don't know how much of "The Rum Diary" he composed in the late '50s . | c56f08bc9b9b689a28660c9f643574a782a7ee91 |
(CNN) -- On Easter Sunday, the day before the explosion that would take his life, Joshua Napper got saved while attending church with his family, his mother said. When he left her home in Ohio to go work in West Virginia's Upper Big Branch South Mine, Napper left behind letters for his girlfriend and small daughter. Ac... | Joshua Napper among 25 miners killed in explosion at West Virginia coal mine . Mother Pam Napper says, "I just think he knew what was going to happen" Pam Napper grapples with deaths of two other relatives -- her brother and nephew . She says such losses are part of life in a West Virginia mining family . | d60cb0155c62516fe36c1356ce359d5c9e95a4ff |
Sanford, Florida (CNN) -- Current and former neighbors call George Zimmerman caring, passionate and polite, a regular guy they enjoyed being around. But critics of the investigation into the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin at the hands of the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer have portrayed Zimmerman in other te... | Protesters have called for George Zimmerman's arrest . They say race has played role in investigation . Neighbors say Zimmerman is caring and polite . Florida college withdraws him from enrollment . | e38d0e92c06d4d57199d79da62046eb10e80c160 |
Washington (CNN) -- It used to be said that if the American economy sneezed, Latin America and the Caribbean would catch a cold. Not so anymore. Despite the great recession of 2008, the region has kept growing and avoided, largely unscathed, the troubles that still ail the United States. The 20 nations that informally ... | Latin America has a booming economy with more than $6 trillion in GDP . Deadly drug war in Mexico and Colombia, tensions in Venezuela make region a concern . Several GOP presidential candidates have weighed in on the volatile region . | 97d2d5ff21203439d22aa46aa12939ce29579dab |
(CNN) -- Amanda Mezyk had developed a close bond with her employers' children as their live-in nanny, which is why it was so painful when her bosses told her she was being laid off. Amanda Mezyk, 20, lost her live-in nanny job when the recession forced her employers to cut the family budget. "I started crying and they ... | Painful layoff hits young Florida nanny -- in her heart and wallet . Experts: Middle-class layoffs resulting in out-of-work nannies . Demand down for nannies and up for baby sitters, experts say . Families are sharing services of one nanny to save money . | de93167232c62dc1335fbf50cf6c8158faab99fd |
(CNN) -- Police searching for the suspect in a triple homicide in Georgia have released a 911 call from a man who says he was one of the killer's intended targets. Authorities claim that the suspect, Robert Bell, 33, used an assault weapon similar to an AR-15 to execute two adults and a 12-year-old boy on Sunday, Septe... | Only one person survived a shooting near Atlanta on September 15 . Police say the suspect, Robert Bell, could be traveling to Chicago or Tennessee . The suspect is considered armed and dangerous . | ec8826646d6a1a90c1291bcb5333d875343d765e |
Beijing (CNN) -- Chinese authorities have ended the waiting game over when political pariah Bo Xilai will face court over corruption charges. But the question remains as to what message his trial and punishment will send to the Chinese nation at a time when the Communist Party is pushing a mantra of anti-corruption and... | Bo Xilai to face trial Thursday on charges of corruption, bribery and abuse of power . Analysts see the trial as a test of China's legal system and Communist Party policies . Bo was chief of Chongqing when his police chief fled, wife later found guilty of murder . Politician was stripped of his Party positions and hasn... | 73c76d78b147e3634ad7d09c870485b8011ebd27 |
(CNN) -- United States captain Paul Azinger has upped the stakes ahead of September's Ryder Cup with a stinging attack on his Europe team counterpart Nick Faldo. Nick Faldo, left, and Paul Azinger will continue their rivalry at the Ryder Cup in September. Faldo's stewardship ahead of Europe's bid for victory at Valhall... | U.S. captain Paul Azinger launches an attack on Ryder Cup rival Nick Faldo . American claims Europe's captain does not have the support of his players . The duo have had an uneasy relationship since Faldo won 1987 British Open . | ba79e417eae87d3ec523e6e24c4e3b093821c378 |
(CNN) -- Mardy Fish has criticized tennis authorities for halving the suspension handed out to fellow American player Wayne Odesnik for importing controlled drugs. Odesnik will be able to resume his career from December 29 after the International Tennis Federation conditionally canceled the second year of his ban follo... | Mardy Fish describe's ITF's decision on Wayne Odesnik as "a black eye for all sport" Odesnik's two-year suspension for importing HGH has been halved due to cooperation . The ITF expects the 25-year-old to continue giving assistance to anti-doping officials . The former world No. 77 is free to return to tennis from Dece... | 350cf100a08bd6bde260325798bb7cfde91d72a5 |
(CNN) -- Either Mitt Romney got really popular last weekend, or something funky was going on with his Twitter feed. The Republican presidential nominee's account on the site, which had been gaining followers at a clip of about 3,000 to 4,000 a day, appears to have gained more than 116,000 followers Friday and another 2... | Mitt Romney sees a large increase in the number of his followers on Twitter . The Republican's account gained more than 140,000 followers in just two days . The campaign denies gaming the numbers, which some say appear artificial . Analyst says spike could have been faked to embarrass Romney . | dc2ce0ba85c191144921403675374b516aa2ec5b |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- The missing engine from a US Airways jet that ditched in the Hudson River was recovered Friday, more than a week after the crash landing. A jet engine lost after Flight 1549 ditched in the Hudson River is hoisted from the water Friday. Icy conditions and strong currents hampered efforts to locate and ... | Missing engine recovered from Hudson, hauled to New Jersey riverbank . Video shows at least two passengers jump off plane's wings into chilly Hudson River . Single feather and evidence of "soft-body impact damage" found on plane . US Airways flight crash-landed in river after reportedly hitting flock of birds . | 160efba90d2219be19a095b0b940d52b4d18240d |
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