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Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Lee DeWyze, a paint salesman from Chicago, Illinois, was announced the winner of Fox's "American Idol" on Wednesday night, edging out fellow 24-year-old Crystal Bowersox, a mother from Elliston, Ohio, affectionately known as "MamaSox" to her fans.a . After host Ryan Seacrest revealed hi... | DeWyze beats Crystal Bowersox in season finale . The show also is the last for judge Simon Cowell . Former "Idol" judge Paula Abdul joins tribute to Cowell . Janet Jackson, Alanis Morrisette among performers on finale . | 982b89b66131ebc76670624f42b6b81c4a4be852 |
San Diego, California (CNN) -- Billionaire Warren Buffett has been thinking about the inequities in the U.S. tax system at least since June 2007. I know this because, during PBS' Democratic presidential debate in which I served on a panel of journalists, I asked the eight Democrats, including Barack Obama, what they th... | Ruben Navarrette: Gallup Poll finds majority favor raising taxes on corporations and the rich . "Buffett Rule" would set minimum tax rate for people earning more than $1 million a year . Navarrette says this is an election gimmick because Obama knows it won't pass . Navarrette: In a fair system, everyone would pay the ... | 2c8616bef9195c6a062c548fd708454f0dc1616d |
(CNN) -- A cadaver dog searching the home where a missing 11-month-old Missouri girl was reportedly last seen indicated a positive "hit" for the scent of a body, according to documents released Friday. The information was included in an affidavit, dated Tuesday, police filed to request a search warrant of Lisa Irwin's ... | NEW: Parents "refuse to believe anything except that she is ... alive," attorney says . "Baby Lisa" is said to have been seen last on October 3 . Police have searched the Kansas City home where she lives . They took clothing, blankets and rolls of tape . | 5787d2717116fca7c587d0db3aa6ad2ba3e786b6 |
(CNN) -- Mr. Ravenblade, Mr. Xtreme, Dark Guardian and hundreds of others. Some with elaborate costumes, others with haphazardly stitched outfits, they are appearing on city streets worldwide watching over the populace like Superman watched over Metropolis and Batman over Gotham City. Geist patrols the Rochester, Minne... | "The movement is growing," said Ben Goldman, of Superheroes Anonymous . Disillusioned with crime and recession, more people creating super personas . Many say they are simply bringing attention to crime and doing good works . | 263250368a49df322aa08eaf60a9f5de27c8ee73 |
Hong Kong (CNN) -- A record number of American women will hold U.S. Senate seats after Tuesday's election. In China, there is speculation over whether a woman will also make history by ascending to its top political core. No woman has ever held a post in the elite nine-member Standing Committee of the Politburo that go... | No woman has been tapped to the 9-member standing committee to govern China . Liu Yandong is a possible contender for the exclusive standing committee. Some are skeptical of the overall progress for Chinese women in power . | 7ea7d63845cdeb3fcf253a1722b7ccf66bf7653d |
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Smoking in youth-rated movies has not declined despite a pledge two years ago by Hollywood studios to encourage producers to show less "gratuitous smoking," according to an anti-smoking group. The American Medical Association Alliance has been trying to get movie studios to make smoking... | American Medical Association Alliance wants films with smoking to be rated R . AMAA says that kids who watch smoking often turn to habit . Hollywood rating organization says smoking in movies has declined . | 1876e587359be6fdbb83ea0d54f776f109f5e65f |
(CNN) -- The 1980 cult-classic film "The Shining" could very well get a sequel now that Stephen King has published his long-awaited followup to the 1977 novel. "Doctor Sleep" picks up with Danny, the clairvoyant boy at the center of "The Shining," as a middle-aged man still in possession of his disturbing psychic power... | Stephen King has published a sequel to his book "The Shining" Devotees continue to seek out hidden meanings in the film . Historian says "The Shining" was about Nazi Germany . | 2c659bc2400695eacedeecd0b287974747a49028 |
(CNN) -- Have you herd? Goats are now scheduled to land at Chicago's O'Hare Airport for a meal and some landscaping. The city's aviation authority wasn't kidding Wednesday when they announced a two-year contract for "sustainable vegetation management grazing services" with Central Commissary Holdings. Twenty-five to 30... | Chicago's O'Hare Airport plans to use goats as landscapers . The herd will munch on 120 acres of foliage at the airport . Other airports have employed goats with mixed results . | 38afe95cdaf38d791bb4aff6f71bd7cbd6fb799f |
(CNN) -- Cristiano Ronaldo is to play in a special benefit match for the victims of the Madeira floods and mudslides which have claimed the lives of at least 42 people. The world's most expensive player has made himself available for a game between Portuguese champions Porto and a joint team from Madeira-based clubs N... | Cristiano Ronaldo to play in special benefit match for victims of the Madeira floods . Ronaldo will turn out for a joint Nacional-Maritimo team against Portugal champions Porto . Ronaldo was born and grew up on the Portuguese holiday island . | e3a010c346f0641197d4e9370dd2efc2bdbda5a0 |
Washington (CNN) -- A Nigerian man whose wife was among 153 people killed Sunday when an MD-83 aircraft crashed in Lagos, Nigeria, has filed suit against the manufacturer of the plane and its engines, and against the estate of the American who was piloting the aircraft. In a 56-page lawsuit, David Chukwunonso Allison a... | NEW: Pratt & Whitney says it's "cooperating fully with investigating authorities" David Chukwunonso Allison's wife, Joy, died in the plane crash Sunday in Nigeria . His lawsuit alleges the plane and its engines were defective . Before the crash, the pilot had issued a mayday saying both engines had failed . | 51b4f12a8431df32d5ba86d14f6a26c32670f1c3 |
New York (CNN) -- Politicians will be barred from speaking at this year's commemoration ceremony on the anniversary of the 2001 terror attacks, according to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum. According to Joe Daniels, president of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, the foundation "is focused on ... | Memorial foundation "is focused on honoring the victims and their families in a way free of politics" Victims' families told the reading of names will be the "exclusive focus" of the program . Dignitaries from mayors to presidents have spoken at previous events . Mayor Bloomberg had considered ending the recitation of ... | a8e1b3453c11f3b998496246eb0ff9d8ec3d9307 |
(CNN) -- Rosalia Mera, Spain's richest woman and co-founder of the international clothing giant Zara, has died at the age of 69. Spanish media reported that Mera suffered a stroke while on vacation on the Mediterranean island of Menorca. She was transferred on Thursday from the hospital in Menorca to the private San Ra... | Spanish media reported that Rosalia Mera had suffered a stroke while in Menorca . The self-made billionaire was aged 69. She leaves behind two children, Sandra and Marcos. Mera and her ex-husband Amancio Ortega opened their first Zara store in Spain in 1975 . The clothing chain expanded worldwide, becoming one of the b... | 55b4d18840fdddcc7dbcd1dbdb1025fa0e476b67 |
(CNN) -- The United States has offered to destroy Syria's "priority chemicals," the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said Saturday. "The United States has offered to contribute a destruction technology, full operational support and financing to neutralize Syria's priority chemicals, which are to be ... | NEW: At least 72 die nationwide, an opposition group reports . NEW: This includes 21 dead in a "horrible massacre," says the group . The U.S. has offered to destroy Syria's "priority chemicals" Private companies are vying to destroy the more common chemicals . | 6199d934926bffde8b51313217f82f277dfa5b6e |
(CNN) -- Psychedelic album covers. Break-dancing music videos. Rockers with mullet haircuts. George Harrison in 1971 during one of two concerts he staged at Madison Square Garden in New York to bring attention to the plight of the Bangladeshi people. Now there soon may be another entry added to the list of obsolete pop... | The Internet is changing the way musicians use charities . Musicians say massive benefit concerts are losing their appeal . Music stars such as Madonna and John Legend are leading change . | cdf6f0a630d12fb26fb73cd207511ed3ab09de0c |
(CNN) -- Journalist Bob Woodward describes in his new book a secret U.S. program to assassinate terrorists in Iraq. CNN's Michael Ware says, "The U.S. subcontracted out an assassination program against al Qaeda ... in early 2006." Woodward, an associate editor of The Washington Post, says in "The War Within: A Secret W... | Bob Woodward credits assassination teams in large part for lower violence in Iraq . CNN Baghdad correspondent Michael Ware says that's not all of it . Co-opting of insurgents and al Qaeda in Iraq had bigger impact, Ware says . Deal with Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of Iranian-backed militia, also key, Ware says . | 09b582acc63514f671628e1766ff7e99b258fe9a |
(CNN) -- Traveling with young children is an imperfect art. Sure, there are urban myths about parents who tour Europe with their silent, serene baby in an organic backpack. But that's just folklore peddled by luxury retailers selling couture children's clothing. Real kids are loud, smelly and fidgety. Traveling only up... | 'Wabi sabi' travel involves embracing imperfection . Adopt that philosophy for a family-friendly trip to Chattanooga and Huntsville . From aquariums to space rockets, these southeastern cities have kids covered . | df987b1ed500b64180e9a2b3d7cb8b0c3d585621 |
London (CNN) -- From movie stars and business moguls to politicians and pop stars, the British press has never shied away from picturing famous figures in compromising positions. Until now, that is. Once upon a time, grainy shots of celebrities flashing their birthday suits or falling out of skimpy outfits were the sto... | Publication of naked photos of Britain's Prince Harry leave UK media in a quandary . Scandal-hit newspapers are wary of sailing too close to the wind after Leveson Inquiry . "Unacceptable to photograph individuals in private places": Editor's code of conduct . Pictures are widely available on the internet, but UK paper... | 4f5c33657c620e0844e868d0fa985fa7c0b7aa3c |
(CNN) -- Four human rights organizations are urging authorities in the United Arab Emirates to drop charges against five pro-democracy activists. Court proceedings against the five men wrapped up Monday and are scheduled to resume July 25. They face charges of public insult against the president of the UAE and other to... | They face charges of public insult against the president . Human Rights Watch accuses the UAE of misusing the law to persecute free speech . UAE authorities have not seen street protests but helped fight protesters in Bahrain . All five defendants have pleaded not guilty; their trial resumes Monday . | 02eb2afdc5451d5c5a0c47ee15deae7ccb9b93f4 |
Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- Seven Estonian cyclists kidnapped in northern Lebanon in March were released Thursday, the Lebanese Army said. All seven were in good health and will be taken to Beirut, the army said. They were found in the Bekaa Valley, the same area where they were abducted March 23. Lebanese Interior Minist... | NEW: Nine people are arrested, Lebanon's interior minister says . Estonian FM: The main thing is to get them home now . It is not clear if a ransom was paid . The cyclists are in good health, the army says . | ce363c81590a397c8c0a755f7fdd335a37c1292e |
(CNN) -- After nearly 40 years of recorded increases, the number of immigrants living in the United States remained flat between 2007 and 2008, recent statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau show. The number of naturalized citizens in the U.S. increased, partly attributed to voter drives for the 2008 election. Ac... | Bureau official: "Between '07 and '08 there really wasn't" much immigration change . Notable increase in naturalized citizens, Census Bureau's Elizabeth Grieco says . Mexican-born population in U.S. dropped by about 300,000 between 2007 and 2008 . | 0069a5a18a299389ea9fa6d48ea308056fe08e13 |
(CNN) -- Two days after an embarrassingly early European Champions League exit, Manchester United have been dealt a further blow with the news that club captain Nemanja Vidic will miss the rest of this season. The defender was stretchered off during Wednesday's 2-1 defeat to Basel in Switzerland, a result which saw las... | Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic is ruled out for the rest of this season . Defender damaged knee ligaments during Wednesday's 2-1 defeat to Basel . Manager Alex Ferguson says Serbia international will see a specialist on Monday . Vidic joins a growing list of injured players at Old Trafford . | 0e3098328f18822244a5a07232a284990da888b6 |
(CNN) -- The Florida Highway Patrol defended its role in a fiery multi-car crash on Florida's Interstate 75 in Gainesville, where 11 people died and 46 were injured due to heavy fog and smoke from a nearby fire. In a report prepared by the FHP and the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, the agencies conclu... | Florida Highway Patrol releases its report on crashes . It says drivers didn't heed caution on fog and smog from fire . Law enforcement department said policy changes needed . | 224b0810c4d8373c174b28933044b9f0276472a3 |
(CNN) -- Chelsea King, 17, was a straight-A student, a high school track star and she loved to volunteer. Now, she's been killed, the latest victim of what you could call "junk justice." When Chelsea went running in a San Diego, California, park, it's doubtful she had any idea that another young female runner had been... | Jane Velez-Mitchell: Chelsea King, 17, was straight-A student, track star, volunteer . Velez-Mitchell: Chelsea killed in a park where a young woman had been attacked earlier . Author thinks suspect, a sex offender, should have been in jail longer for crime . She writes: If suspect had been in jail, if a sign warned of ... | 6ada2929b1aca22d118c1ebff24b7da1540a2bdb |
(CNN) -- At an auction at a gallery in New York recently, a piece of artwork sold for a higher price than had been anticipated by the auctioneers: $4,080. It wasn't a very big piece of art -- just 8-by-10 inches. Technically, it wasn't even art. It was a glossy black-and-white photograph. It had a slight imperfection: ... | Photo signed by JFK recently sold for $4,080, Greene notes . In the digital age, the idea of valuing names on paper seems odd, he says . But autographs allow an admirer to make a connection to a hero, he says . That makes some autographs more precious than fine art, he says . | 9a4add9a9b545a0421de7186a2de5721cea2e9c1 |
(CNN) -- While half of civilization busied itself trying to find out the name, weight, gender, hair color, taste in music and political disposition of the new heir to the British throne, it turns out there was a whole world of other news happening out there. Here are five other stories you may have missed today: . 1. D... | Dubai pardons Norwegian woman who was jailed after reporting being raped . 5.9-magnitude earthquake leaves dozens dead in northwest China . Hezbollah's military wing designated a terrorist group by EU . | c88c2851f1198f0e57a03e67ba9f0a8c0b0aa09a |
(Financial Times) -- The government of a remote province in western China says it is investigating Coca-Cola over allegations that it illegally mapped parts of the province, as China and the US engage in an escalating war of words over cyber espionage. The Yunnan Geographical Information Bureau of Surveying and Mapping... | A local Chinese government has accused Coca-Cola of illegally mapping parts of Yunnan province . The claims are part of a war of words between China and the US over cyber espionage . | d001cb80b0c0e78b99c075af8287e2654dd93ed8 |
(CNN) -- The United States are tied 1-1 with France after the first day of the Davis Cup World Group quarterfinal at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune, France. France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga gave the hosts the initiative with a four-set 7-5 6-2 2-6 6-2 win over Ryan Harrison in the opening rubber. But the United ... | France and U.S. all-square after first of Davis Cup quarterfinal . Spain take 2-0 lead in tie against Austria; Serbia tied 1-1 with Czech Republic in Prague . Croatia and Argentina also tied at 1-1 in Buenos Aires . | 1b262ce6751dce1c851c460172b6d183bbd71b94 |
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- For years, doctors and patients have been using DNA analysis to diagnose anything from paternity to predisposition to inherited disease. Now, Chinese scientists say genetic testing can identify inherent "talents" as well. The results can reveal athletic or musical talents but cannot necessarily ... | Scientists at Shanghai Biochip Co. say they can uncover a person's natural strengths . They do so by examining the DNA from a simple cheek swab . They test eleven genes that they say correspond to certain traits . Specific combinations of the genes can reveal predispositions for certain skills . | 79f41434bd169b7b234854b9474aa7b6f64d2c60 |
(CNN) -- [Updated 3 p.m. ET, Monday, August 29] These beachgoers are enjoying themselves on Isola dei Conigli ("Rabbit Island") in Lampedusa, Italy. Lampedusa is the southernmost part of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea between the Sicilian mainland and North Africa. Since the Arab unrest began earlier this year, thous... | Do you know where this photo was taken? CNN will post a new photo each Monday morning and reveal the answer later that day . The photo might be related to a recent story -- or it could just be something unusual we found . | 2c6fb0a4f3eeabedba960bc7aaba9aa636b3d09c |
ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) -- A Florida woman accused of killing her toddler daughter made a rare court appearance Thursday for a hearing regarding "disturbing" images of the scene where her daughter's skeletal remains were found. Caylee Anthony, 2, had been missing since June in a case that has received national attention... | Judge calls Casey Anthony to hearing at request of prosecutor . Hearing focuses in part on how to share crime scene images with defense experts . Prosecutors fear images could wind up in hands of media . In separate hearing, judge says defamation suit against Anthony can proceed . | 17797b934fb98cdf4c6addf3a4cc2f2c332d8dd1 |
(CNN) -- Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is headed back behind bars, but only for a few days. The Michigan Department of Corrections charged him with 14 parole violations late Thursday and he'll spend the weekend in jail. Kilpatrick agreed to report to the Detroit Reentry Center late Friday and will be released M... | Kwame Kilpatrick has been charged with 14 parole violations . The former Detroit mayor will spend the weekend in jail, a corrections spokesman says . Convicted in 2008 of obstructing justice, he now is being tried on corruption charges . | e53987e3b39eadf6fdf0f768f68328893177f8e3 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- After months of stalemate, the Senate late Tuesday passed a huge government spending bill that includes billions of dollars requested by President Bush to continue the war in Iraq. White House officials have said President Bush would sign off on the spending plan if the Iraq money was added. The rou... | NEW: The roughly $555 billion budget measure passed 76-17 . Democrats failed to tie war funding to plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq . Bill has nearly 9,000 earmarks worth $7.4 billion, watchdog group says . Measure now goes back to House for approval in its revised form . | 9f997964709283520a65d2ce75de7c8b154ce351 |
New York (CNN) -- A man who stabbed a New York City taxi driver three years ago after asking whether he was Muslim will serve 9½ years in prison. Michael Enright, 24, pleaded guilty two weeks ago to attempted murder in the second degree as a hate crime and assault in the first degree as a hate crime, the New York Supr... | NEW: Defendant took responsibility, apologized, his lawyer says . Michael Enright, 24, pleaded guilty two weeks ago to hate crime charges . Taxi driver Ahmed Sharif was slashed on his neck, face, shoulder and hand in 2010 . Enright's lawyer has said his client suffered from alcoholism and post-traumatic stress . | 29168d395222544e619407ca513691c8804b69f1 |
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Kanye West may be able to take time off to think about his life after all now that his concert tour has been canceled. Kanye West has canceled his "Fame Kills" tour with Lady Gaga. It was announced two weeks ago. Concert promoter Live Nation said Thursday that West's concert tour with ... | Kanye West's tour with Lady Gaga canceled two weeks after being announced . Three-month, 34-show tour across U.S. and Canada was to start next month . West told Jay Leno he was planning to take time off in wake of MTV embarrassment . Concert promoter Live Nation says refunds will be given . | eb1068c36b11955320e60abe2c511554ddc9418d |
(CNN) -- With a crop of political movies in the Oscar running, this weekend Hollywood is looking more like Poliwood. Best Picture contenders such as "Argo," "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Lincoln" have managed to pay off at the box office even as they brought politics and history to the big screen -- proof that we'll take sma... | John Avlon: A new take on politics and realism in this year's Oscar crop. Call it "Poliwood" He says in "Argo," "Zero Dark Thirty," "Lincoln," films show nuance, humanity in characters . Day-Lewis, Avlon says particularly, shows Lincoln as a flawed political animal . Avlon: You don't need to be perfect to be a hero. Au... | 6dd25a22e0c72bb6f05ba46076ff99593af3edd5 |
(CNN) -- Borussia Dortmund rained on Real Madrid's parade in midweek, and the German soccer champions overcame snowy conditions to kickstart their domestic title hopes on Saturday. Dortmund's hopes of a third successive Bundesliga crown seem slim, even at this early stage of the season, but the 2-0 win at Freiburg kept... | Borussia Dortmund fourth in German Bundesliga after beating Freiburg 2-0 . German champions overcome snowy conditions to follow up European success . Schalke up to second place after 1-0 win over Nuremberg on Saturday . Wolfsburg move off bottom with win in first game since Felix Magath was sacked . | 42e705fcf0ad85472ec351726e8e88e4e6601948 |
(CNN) -- A sharp-witted impala in South Africa's Kruger National Park evaded almost certain death when it came up with a novel escape plan. In the midst of being hotly pursued by a pair of cheetahs, the impala leaped though the open window of an SUV filled with safari tourists. The thrilling chase and bold escape were ... | Quick-witted impala in South Africa evades cheetahs by leaping into an SUV full of tourists . Event captured on video by safari tourist . Tourist: "We saw the impala jump out of the bushes then someone started screaming, 'It is in the car!" | e36e61d7ea2697d4fd2414f42e4bb889bac97077 |
(CNN) -- Just when you think teen superstar Justin Bieber couldn't possibly do anything dumber, he does something that makes you do a double face palm. Bieber is truly achieving the impossible: He's making Lindsay Lohan look good. So what did Bieber do this time? Well, over the weekend he stopped at the Anne Frank Hous... | Dean Obeidallah: At Anne Frank House, Bieber said he hoped she would have been "belieber" Obeidallah: Comment redefines narcissism, but on bright side, his fans learned of Holocaust . He says in effort to show he's a grown-up, Bieber has been in tailspin of public misbehavior . Obeidallah: Bieber should take a page fro... | fa48089ed2452e80676353245a72128695a5a64c |
(CNN) -- The 63-year-old bearded fireplug of a man erupted in tears, pulled a white handkerchief from his back pocket, carefully unfolded it and pressed it into his eyes, pulled it away, pressed it again to his eyes, this time with more force, pulled it away again just long enough to take a sip of water, then rubbed th... | Lula da Silva calls announcement "the greatest gift that a president could have" Brazil's president rose from metalworker to union organizer to politician . His election to the presidency in 2001 came after three unsuccessful tries . Rio's hosting the Pan-American Games was seen as a trial run for the Olympics . | fa469d977b9d0ccea99b565cc93977421824a9fd |
London, England (CNN) -- One of England's most famous soccer clubs has been sold to the American owners of baseball's Boston Red Sox following a protracted Trans-Atlantic legal battle. John W. Henry, the head of New England Sports Ventures (NESV), confirmed in London Friday that the company's $480 million deal to buy L... | New England Sports Ventures completes $480 million deal to buy Liverpool . Previous owners remove legal barrier to what they called "illegal" sale . Tom Hicks and George Gillett now planning a $1.6 billion damages action . NESV removes debt obligation to main creditors the Royal Bank Of Scotland . | c219328da37af7c23ade557da0783e484ec0ce4f |
(CNN) -- Still using crutches to walk, Tina Fletcher is the most recent victim of a gulf sturgeon strike while on the Suwannee River in Florida. "I have been on the river my whole life," she says. "For some freak accident like this to happen -- it's just crazy." It was Memorial Day weekend when Fletcher and her boyfrie... | Sturgeon jumped in a boat, breaking Tina Fletcher's tibia and fibula . Gulf sturgeon can grow up to 8 feet long and weigh up to 200 pounds . Up to 14,000 of these fish swim into the Suwannee River each season, official estimates . | d5458144e8264e89a1fe0001007bb454b7f24281 |
(Rolling Stone) -- This has been the first rock & roll decade without revolution, or true revolutionaries, to call its own. The Fifties witnessed nothing less than the birth of the music. The Sixties were rocked by Beatlemania, Motown, Phil Spector, psychedelia and Bob Dylan. The Seventies gave rise to David Bowie, Bru... | The 1980s have been the decade of synth pop, Michael Jackson and the CD . "Born in the U.S.A." was the breakthrough Springsteen fans expected for a decade . The members of R.E.M. incorporated elements of folk and country music into pop . | 1b2712a9ef587eb9a245aefc5c7065aed48e953d |
SISAKET PROVINCE, Thailand (CNN) -- The foreign ministers of Thailand and Cambodia will meet Monday in an effort to resolve a week-long military standoff over an ancient border temple that sits on disputed land, Thailand's prime minister said Thursday. Cambodian Buddhist monks walk at Preah Vihear temple on Monday. The... | Two nations involved in disagreement over ancient temple . Talks next week will be aimed at resolving military standoff . Thailand, Cambodia seek regional intervention from neighbors . | c772cb49eb6b2276bc17d9daec902318a596ad8f |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice defended the Bush administration's policies on the interrogation of terrorism suspects Sunday, saying former President George W. Bush would not have authorized anything illegal. Condoleeza Rice says George W. Bush was clear that interrogations during his p... | Bush "was only willing to authorize" legal interrogations, ex-secretary of state says . Senate report says top Bush officials gave CIA approval on waterboarding . Bush administration memos argued waterboarding did not violate U.S. laws . President Obama, calling waterboarding torture, has banned technique . | efbde569f77e4c62eb33650f1dd101d4cf432d93 |
(CNN) -- Packing winds of 140 mph, Hurricane Jimena was approaching Baja California on Sunday as a Category 4 storm, forecasters said. A satellite image shows Hurricane Jimena off the coast of Mexico early Sunday evening. "There's a good chance this system could be a Category 5 in the next 24 hours," said Dave Roberts,... | NEW: Hurricane specialist says Jimena could reach Category 5 strength . Hurricane is currently a Category 4 storm with 140 mph winds . Storm is expected to move northwest toward Mexico's Baja California . Residents of Southern California advised to keep eye on storm's progress . | f88dc8717439a072eb2e474423b76f5527bcf9c0 |
(CNN) -- A judge could decide next week whether some or all of the details in search warrants related to the death of a 10-year-old disabled North Carolina girl will be made public. Police found some of Zahra Baker's remains on November 11, just over a month after her stepmother Elisa Baker reported her missing. While ... | A key hearing related to the investigation of Zahra Baker, 10, will happen Monday . A judge could decide to release search warrants from detectives probing her death . Zahra's remains found November 11; over a month after she was reported missing . A tipster had suggested Zahra may have been raped, per earlier released... | f29f83bc9fec8c75af9db5a89e9dd5fabe9a7568 |
(CNN) -- The decisive and positive terms of ETA's response to Monday's "Declaration" in Donostia-San Sebastian by the International Conference group is to be welcomed, as is the response of the Spanish government and others. It has taken many years of patient work to get to this point and every effort must be made to b... | Basque separatist group ETA said Thursday it is laying down its arms . Gerry Adams says there are key lessons from Ireland's experience with peacemaking . He says violence usually occurs when people believe there is no alternative . Adams: Political will, imagination and courage can make peace possible . | 396faacb2e5914691f93d398276eee4051d96623 |
(CNN) -- Environmentalists are encouraged by President Barack Obama's focus this week on renewable energy and stricter emissions standards, although some economists are skeptical he can pull the country out of the recession while cleaning up the planet. President Barack Obama with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood an... | Environmentalists are encouraged by President Obama's focus on renewable energy . Some economists are skeptical he can fix the economy and the planet at once . Scholar: Obama can push new policies, but they must be economically competitive . President announced a plan for "a new energy economy" that will build jobs . | b55dcb3597b2e3fd1ac54ffef3aa7ee0c2313ab7 |
Cairo (CNN) -- Mona Seif is deep in a crowd of thousands, her cell phone camera held high overhead. She is streaming live video and pushing for a better shot of a protest in Tahrir Square, the spiritual heart of the Egyptian revolution. It is Friday in downtown Cairo, and people are shouting and screaming across the sq... | Young bloggers playing critical roles in revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain . Mona Seif's parents are prominent, longtime human rights activists in Egypt . Seif still documenting abuses, following plight of detainees . | 3165eddada3deb52d7d54d052a001661182872a9 |
Philadelphia (CNN) -- When Yashodo Gurung left her mother's side at a West Philadelphia abortion clinic, she thought the 41-year-old woman was napping while she awaited her medical procedure. But now, as testimony Tuesday in the trial of the clinic's doctor indicated, Gurung wonders if maybe her mother was in fact dead... | Dr. Kermit Gosnell is on trial on eight counts of murder in eight deaths . The deaths are those of seven babies and a 41-year-old woman . The woman had gone to Gosnell's clinic for an abortion . Trial testimony Tuesday came from the woman's 26-year-old daughter . | 51445b4f6d71c7c4843c88b1376a93f60e2be747 |
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CNN) -- The atmosphere was tense in Cape Town on Friday after xenophobic violence that has left more than 40 dead in Johannesburg spread to South Africa's largest city. Immigrants from Mozambique line up in Primrose, South Africa, to board buses back home. Clashes overnight resulted in one d... | Violence in Johannesburg spreads to Cape Town, resulting in one death . Mozambique declares state of emergency to assist people fleeing S. Africa . Attacks on foreigners in South Africa have left more than 40 people dead . Police, military in first joint operation raid three hostels . | aa68dee4bc246e5aae9507342f8520a2a301a310 |
(CNN) -- The trial against members of the so-called Hutaree militia resumes Thursday as the Michigan-based group's leader David Stone Sr. and his son, Joshua, face weapons charges. The stakes, however, are considerably lower after a federal judge in Detroit on Tuesday dropped the more serious charges of sedition and co... | Nine members of the Hutaree militia were arrested in 2010 . Federal authorities charged they were conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction . This week, a judge dropped the most serious charges . A trial resumes Thursday with two of the nine facing weapons charges . | 3312030c47de490335ae67151481c92b662cdb67 |
(Health.com) -- Infants who undergo surgical procedures requiring general anesthesia in their first two years of life may be at increased risk of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as they grow older. A new study of 5,357 children born in Rochester, Minnesota, between 1976 and 1982 found that ki... | Higher chance of ADHD found in infants who had two surgeries . Having a single surgical procedure did not appear to increase risk . The longer a child was unconscious, the greater the ADHD risk . | b18c651c2da80014a819d4f1c5b66fbbd5b99ebd |
(CNN) -- Spain's Dani Pedrosa will miss the Malaysian MotoGP on Sunday, after the rider broke his collarbone in practice for the Grand Prix in Japan last week. Pedrosa's absence means championship leader Jorge Lorenzo will now only have to finish in the top 10 at the race in Sepang, in order to be crowned 2010 champion... | Dani Pedrosa is out of the Malaysian MotoGP, after the rider broke his collarbone . Honda driver was injured in practice for the Grand Prix in Japan last week . Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo will be crowned champion with a 10th-place or better finish on Sunday . | ac8b9f424f56556d7bbc80aa00e6bbdbc5f8e353 |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- The Egyptian-American man behind the inflammatory film "Innocence of Muslims" denied Wednesday violating the terms of his probation from a 2010 bank fraud conviction. Mark Basseley Youssef made the denial in a federal courtroom during a proceeding in which prosecutors are seeking to revoke the prob... | NEW: Youssef's film had "nothing to do with" Benghazi, which was "pre-planned," his lawyer says . The filmmaker denies prosecutors' eight allegations that he violated probation . Youssef is behind the film that provoked protests in Muslim world . Congress holds a hearing on security at the Benghazi, Libya, consulate . | 3d2e6558a1b9c82afc33a4a30603eff84c85beff |
(CNN) -- The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Megi has climbed to 11 as the powerful storm moved away from the country. According to civil defense officials, four people died in Pangasinan province: Three were killed by a falling tree, and the fourth by lightning. Three more died in a storm surge in Isabela p... | NEW: Megi could bring more rain to already-drenched Hainan and Vietnam . 11 people are dead from Megi's wrath in the Philippines . The typhoon is over the South China Sea . | fab90bc19ef34012fc15d2e05268188a9f1e1f25 |
Winter Haven, Florida (CNN) -- It's a Lego fan's dream come true: Legoland Florida opens this weekend in central Florida, the first Lego-themed outdoor park in the United States since Legoland California opened in 1999. Built on the former grounds of Cypress Gardens, one of Florida's first theme parks, Legoland Florida... | Legoland Florida opens Saturday . It's the second U.S. Legoland outdoor park . It was built on the ground of Cypress Gardens, Florida's first theme park . Legoland Florida's manager is optimistic that the park will succeed . | 631227f297fe0c3cfd91e8900ce31c7d09a02cf0 |
(CNN) -- The next time you see a motorist obliviously straddling two lanes, don't fault bad driving, but genetics. In a study published recently in the journal Cerebral Cortex, researcher Steven Cramer found that people with a certain gene variant performed more than 30 percent worse on a driving test than people witho... | Study finds bad driving may have genetic basis . People with certain gene variant performed worse on driving test that those without it . Nearly 30 percent of Americans have variant, according to study . | b5a83f5508e1d611deacdbd37691c5099b092300 |
(CNN) -- The man suspected of killing three people and wounding others near Auburn University turned himself in to authorities late Tuesday, authorities said. Desmonte Leonard, 22, turned himself in to U.S. marshals at the federal courthouse in Montgomery, said Montgomery County Sheriff D.T. Marshall. It was not immedi... | NEW: "You can't run but for so long," says Auburn police chief . Police swarmed a Montgomery house, believing a slaying suspect was inside . They left the scene early Tuesday without apprehending him . 3 people, including 2 former football players, were killed in a shooting near Auburn University . | 2f4fc2c9fad862b86ed94746abc230c20a76d33c |
Ercis, Turkey (CNN) -- The death toll from the massive earthquake that shook eastern Turkey over the weekend rose to 535 Thursday, up from 471 the day before, but crews have been able to rescue 185 people alive from the rubble, Turkish officials said. In addition, about 2,300 people were injured by the 7.2-magnitude ea... | NEW: The death toll rises to 535 . NEW: Crews have rescued 185 people alive from the rubble . One person saved is an 18-year-old man . Britain pledges emergency tents for more than 5,500 people . | bb3b2761d6c1fd923bdfe5b2400a08609478a0d6 |
(Rolling Stone) -- When Mötley Crüe announced late last year they'd be taking up temporary residency in Las Vegas at the Hard Rock Hotel's Joint, it was one of those ideas that seemed so perfect the only question was, "What took so long?" This was, after all, a band whose celebration of the rock & roll lifestyle has be... | Tommy Lee told Rolling Stone that Mötley Crüe is still working out the logistics of the Vegas residency . The band has decided to push their creativity and musicality . The Joint shows run through February 19, but Lee hopes the band can take lessons from the residency . | dfdd339199e628775c0b7556f920ec8487919d52 |
(CNN) -- An appeals court ruling has raised the possibility that Guatemalan women will be able to seek asylum in the United States because of the high rates of femicide in that country. A Guatemalan woman seeking asylum based on her belief that she would not be safe in her native country will have her case reviewed, th... | An appeals court remanded the case of a Guatemalan woman seeking asylum in the U.S. Perdomo argues that because of high murder rates for women, she is not safe going home . Ruling could affect other Guatemalan women in the United States . A key issue is whether being a woman constitutes a protected social group . | 65ed6f9980b371ca9bebf3857aba956e7d3aa2f1 |
(CNN) -- Every day 1,300 aircraft pass through London's Heathrow Airport. Making sure all those planes are in the right place at the right time is the job of the aircraft marshal. We've all seen aircraft marshals at work, standing in front of an airplane as it prepares to park, waving their arms in apparently random di... | 1,300 aircraft pass through London's Heathrow Airport every day . Aircraft marshals are responsible for getting planes into position . Have you got what it takes to be an aircraft marshal? Take our quiz and find out . | 3d305a3c8bc0f0ac24cd6624cf11dda9549ed678 |
(CNN) -- When I was a kid, I was obedient and quiet. I automatically knew that talking too loud, making a fuss or being assertive would never fly. I did what I was told. I was a Chinese girl. I adhered to my parents' wishes that I get top grades and perform well in the activities they had chosen for me. But after all t... | Kim Wong Keltner: As a Chinese kid growing up, I was obedient and quiet . Keltner: Parents who rock the Tiger Mother style expect kids to get perfect grades . She says in pursuing A's, she grew up having no idea how to connect with other people . Keltner: Tiger Moms should foster true creativity and nurture emotional a... | 3be86c2614336887d2f8cec7495ce57f8b9bef3a |
(CNN) -- When Hugh Jackman first called his director for "The Wolverine," James Mangold told him that he had had an inspiration after reading the script. Mangold wanted to make the set-in-Japan film similar to "The Outlaw Josey Wales" by making the mutant a Josey Wales with healing powers. Jackman hadn't seen the class... | James Mangold's latest film is "The Wolverine" The director said he was influenced by a wide array of films . Mangold drew from westerns to noir in making "Wolverine" | e64ef2dd4124948deb3f5baea9c53739448083ba |
(CNN) -- A Tennessee compounding pharmacy on probation has voluntarily recalled an anti-inflammatory steroid injection in at least 11 states after seven patients developed abscesses in North Carolina and Illinois, officials said Friday. State and federal health organizations are investigating Main Street Family Pharmac... | Main Street Family Pharmacy in Tennessee voluntarily recalls steroid product in 11 states . Five people in Illinois develop abscesses; two complications develop in North Carolina . The pharmacy is currently on probation as a result of a recent inspection . No cases of meningitis or other life-threatening infections hav... | 26b099d0a8a6bf7fe7a00f5260dc41915b4a5935 |
ZHOUSHAN, China (CNN) -- They operate from a bare apartment on a Chinese island. They are intelligent 20-somethings who seem harmless. But they are hard-core hackers who claim to have gained access to the world's most sensitive sites, including the Pentagon. The leader of these Chinese hackers says there "is always a ... | Chinese hackers claim to have broken into Pentagon's system . The hackers met with CNN on an island near a Chinese naval hub . Hackers say Beijing secretly pays them at times, something the government denies . Official: "The Chinese government does not do such a thing" | d587d18b5bbe6edec12ba28fab028e8feacebcbf |
(CNN) -- The Hoh Rain Forest doesn't let visitors see far into the trees. Its annual rainfall exceeds 12 feet, providing the fuel to grow thick canopied foliage that once stretched continuously from Alaska to Central California. But the Olympic peninsula isn't just home to some of the last slivers of temperate rain for... | Olympic includes rain forests, snow-capped mountains and the Pacific coast . Temperate rain forests once stretched from Alaska to Central California . Lake Crescent was carved by a glacier and is 600 feet deep . | 94f128245aad3b86dad269385c94393da10632ac |
(CNN) -- Michael Boatwright got off the flight from Los Angeles to Sweden and tightly embraced an unfamiliar woman as if they were old friends. They were. The two had dated briefly in the 1980s. But Boatwright doesn't remember any of that. The 61-year-old Florida-born U.S. Navy vet woke up in a California hospital earl... | Michael Boatwright has dissociative amnesia . He doesn't speak English anymore and now speaks only Swedish . His ex-girlfriend is helping him get his life together in Sweden . | af590188e277442582d67ca7a09c5422152b398b |
Tokyo (CNN) -- Japanese officials' concerns over food contamination expanded beyond the country's borders Tuesday as tests detected radiation in ocean water offshore. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said that high levels of radioactive substances were found in seawater near the plant, but said that the results ... | High levels of radioactive substances have been found in seawater . The impact on marine life is unclear, and tests are expected to continue . Tests also reveal radiation in milk and spinach . Japan's chief Cabinet secretary urges consumers "not to panic" | 7dd7051486888b4c3bda44ccac4fdc0819f60398 |
(CNN) -- Novak Djokovic has beaten Juan Martin Del Potro 6-3 6-2 in Saturday's Cincinnati Masters semi final to continue his fine run of form in the build up to the U.S. Open. The semi final in Ohio represented a rematch of the bronze medal match at the London Olympics, which Del Potro won. The Serbian will face world ... | Novak Djokovic topples Juan Martin Del Potro in first semi final . World number one Roger Federer overcomes Stanislas Wawrinka . Del Potro struggles with wrist injury . Djokovic looking to overturn losing final record at Cincinnati . | 8b17da90009a417783c3d2e01625a2322f5d6d35 |
Lac-Megantic, Quebec (CNN) -- Edward Burkhardt said he tried to get the people of Lac-Megantic, Quebec, to hear him, to try to understand that he had traveled to their town because he genuinely cared, he told CNN in an exclusive interview Thursday. The 74-year-old chairman of Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway wanted t... | NEW: Death toll climbs to 28, coroner's office spokeswoman says . Railway chairman about visiting devastated town: "People wanted to throw stones at me" Edward Burkhardt believes he was misunderstood, that he does sympathize with victims . He says he has "plenty" of empathy and understands residents "need to vent" | 5766c74a97ec6dc3d2f7d0d3e9fe9a6dcc2e8027 |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Ariel Binns is cute, smart, outgoing and looks remarkably like first daughter Sasha Obama. Young model Ariel Binns, right, resembles Sasha Obama. The similarity has not gone unnoticed by the fashion industry. Harper's Bazaar magazine cast the 6-year-old Brooklyn, New York, first-grader with model Tyra... | One young model is getting jobs because she looks like an Obama daughter . Expert: "Marketers are finally waking up to it -- you know -- black is beautiful" J.Crew's Web site crashed after Obama girls wore the brand on Inauguration Day . | 5990d3a8c994b6efe7b90eaf391d687ed7103619 |
ROCKWOOD, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Four generations of Saylors have worked the family's dairy farm for nearly a century, but for the past three years, the cows have been doing something besides providing milk: They've been helping power the place. "The farm used to get a lot of complaints," says farmer Shawn Saylor. "It u... | Dairy farmer says he saves money by converting cow manure to electricity . Remaining waste from 600 cows is used as fertilizer and mulch . Anaerobic digestion became popular in United States in 1970s . He says process also helps cut dairy farm's odor . | 6e913b4178ee9d468eb290f27f3f7f242b94fdb9 |
Waxahachie, Texas (CNN) -- Preliminary air quality tests show "no threat to the public" from a massive fire at a Texas chemical plant Monday, city and federal officials said. Waxahachie Fire Chief David Hudgins said authorities believe that the fire "overran the sprinkler system," and it sent thick plumes of smoke high... | NEW: The EPA says ground-level air tests don't "show elevated toxic chemicals" A city official says that any released toxins appear to pose "no threat to the public" The Waxahachie fire chief says the fire overran the plant's sprinkler system . A main chemical produced at the plant was anhydrous ammonia, an EPA officia... | 44c5f5ba8a7b75387e8b4f3fc18146fe394f84ec |
(CNN) -- Alberto Contador will take a 39-second lead into the final stage of the Tour de France after fighting off a determined challenge from Andy Schleck in Saturday's deciding time trial stage. Spain's Contador had an eight-second advantage going into the 52km solo test from Bordeaux to Pauillac and came under pres... | Alberto Contador has 39-second lead going into 20th and final stage of Tour de France . Contador extends his advantage over Andy Schleck in 52km time trial near Bordeaux . Denis Menchov of Russia moves into third place overall ahead of Samuel Sanchez . Schleck's Saxo Bank teammate Fabian Cancellara wins stage in fine s... | a4fabce4a6e1aae1b13698d6e8b8636eb508b1a7 |
London (CNN) -- Voice mails left by Paul McCartney for his then-girlfriend Heather Mills were illegally accessed and heard by a former employee of a major British newspaper group, Mills told an independent investigation into press ethics Thursday. The former Beatle left about 25 messages for her one night in 2001, incl... | Heather Mills says a journalist called her, having heard the voice mail . It was not Piers Morgan or one of his employees, the inquiry lawyer says . The Leveson Inquiry is probing press ethics after a phone-hacking scandal . Rupert Murdoch's news group has settled 59 of 60 phone-hacking lawsuits . | edab61bd0245cbc3742ab1a868e1ca0c61b1f888 |
(CNN) -- It was the kind of phone call military families dread receiving from Iraq and Afghanistan -- not from Texas. Peggy McCarty's daughter called Thursday afternoon to say she had been wounded by a gunshot in her left shoulder. Keara Bono, 21, assured her mother that she was OK, but McCarty's heart skipped. She kne... | Parents worry about dangers overseas, not in Texas . Soldiers use battlefield medical training on home soil . Mother worries about son in day care as post is locked down . Watch a CNN investigation on the shootings at Saturday 8 p.m. ET on CNN TV . | 4f17622f0acda1b4bfc9fb66dff7abaf7891a9a5 |
New York (CNN) -- The remains of three women found on a remote stretch of beach in Long Island, New York, do not include those of Shannan Gilbert, whose search led to the investigation of a possible serial killer. Gilbert, 24, of Jersey City, New Jersey, has been missing since May and was last seen alive in the Gilgo B... | NEW: "We don't want her to suffer," says sister of missing woman . The remains of three women found do not include those of Shannan Gilbert . Total of 8 bodies found during monthslong search for a New Jersey woman . Several remains turned up so close together police believe same person "dumped" them . | c51a815117d95eab1da328662adcde48554b2798 |
(CNN) -- It may have made the biggest splash, with the usual tech-world buzz that arises around any Apple product announcement. But the iPad Air wasn't the only new tablet rolled out on Tuesday. Both Microsoft and Nokia unveiled entries they hope will compete with Apple, Amazon's Kindle Fires, Google's Nexus tablets an... | iPad Air isn't the only new tablet hitting the market this week . Apple still leads the field, but competitors are chipping away . Microsoft, Nokia both rolled out tablets the same day Apple did . | c1241d0a135a3baa287ad8b53c2cdf172fe639e7 |
(CNN) -- Tokyo faces the possibility of being hit by a massive earthquake within the next four years, according to Japanese researchers. The University of Tokyo's Earthquake Research Institute predicts there is a 70% probability that the capital's metropolitan area will experience a magnitude-7 quake within four years ... | Forty-two million people live in Tokyo metropolitan area . Institute: Tokyo faces 70% probability of M-7 quake within four years, 98% chance within 30 years . Government puts 70% probability of magnitude-7 quake in region within 30 years . March 11 quake and tsunami left more than 15,700 dead, government says . | d203036a8375bc23e73895468c9b04c55911645f |
(CNN) -- A California Sunday-school teacher accused of killing a young girl may have abducted another child, police said. Melissa Huckaby is charged with killing 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, who was a friend of her own daughter. Melissa Huckaby, 28, was arrested earlier this month and charged with killing and raping 8-year... | NEW: Melissa Huckaby named in police report on January missing girl case . Huckaby charged in slaying of 8-year-old neighbor . She faces special circumstances including kidnap, rape by instrument . Decision on whether to seek the death penalty will come later . | d3a471b23237cf5893303c4b4deb2b50496b235d |
(CNN) -- Former South African President Nelson Mandela has completed his recovery from a lung infection and gallstone surgery and is gradually getting back to his normal routine, a spokesman said Sunday. Presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj said Mandela, who has not appeared in public since 2010, continues to receive tre... | Mandela, 94, was in the hospital for two weeks in December . Spokesman says Mandela is gradually returning to his normal life . Mandela hasn't appeared in public since 2010 . | 11fd6d34d787a8a69dcd7780a739773cfea1eeca |
(CNN) -- German football is riding the crest of a triumphant wave with two Bundesliga teams in the Champions League final and the national side one of the favorites for the 2014 World Cup. In contrast, no clubs from the English Premier League -- the world's richest -- made it past the last 16 knockout stage and the Eng... | Owen Hargreaves says English football need to give young players opportunities . Hargreaves highlights success of Bundesliga clubs and German national team . Believes they can extend their domination in the near future . Hargreaves played for Bayern Munich, Manchester United and England . | d28ea08bfa7e0ac90b29f8d40f094526b91be471 |
(CNN) -- After an anxious three-month wait, residents of a northwest Alabama town that lost 18 residents and its business core to an EF-5 tornado learned Monday night that their largest employer will rebuild -- and may add jobs. The announcement by VF Corp. elicited joyous responses by Hackleburg, Alabama, residents --... | The Wrangler jeans distribution center will rebuild and may add jobs . It was destroyed during the April 27 tornado in Hackleburg, Alabama . Officials had offered incentives to the parent company . Decision called an unbelievable morale boost" for Hackleburg . | 60651d15448dc341669e624ffc985121d90687c0 |
(CNN) -- In October 1985, the Formula One circus arrived in South Africa to race at Kayalami. Apartheid -- which had put an end to almost all other sporting events in the country -- didn't deter F1, even if both the Ligier and Renault teams refused to race. Marlboro removed its sponsorship from the McLaren cars of Niki... | Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix will take place amid a backdrop of anti-government protests . The Formula One race was canceled last year due to a civil uprising in the Gulf island . The situation mirrors what happened in 1985 with a race in apartheid-era South Africa . Foster: F1 chief is wrong when he says that sport and... | a7edd35e306108e1a8525a33a28f5a9bfa53420c |
New Haven, Connecticut (CNN) -- Connecticut jurors recessed Saturday without deciding the sentence of Steven Hayes, who was convicted of killing two sisters and their mother during a brutal 2007 home invasion. He faces life in prison or death. Judge Jon Blue ordered the five men and seven women on the jury to resume th... | NEW: Jury asks for a read-back of testimony . NEW: Total deliberation time now stands at around 11 hours . Life in prison "is a fate worse than death," Steven Hayes' lawyer says . Hayes and another man are accused in the deaths of a woman and her two daughters . | c2c14582dfd7fef66493293bea03ff25ca234991 |
(CNN) -- The stock market crashed. Wall Street panicked. People stashed silver and gold under mattresses while businesses shut doors across America. People in Detroit, Michigan, line up for food at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen. We're talking, of course, about the Great Depression ... of 1873. That's the event that Scott R... | Is it fair to invoke Great Depression? Some economists say comparison overblown . Nation had another Great Depression few remember, scholar says . Depression survivor: "People had a wonderful spirit of survival" | 3a40605f77264e040be26b9244dd3b8024421d8b |
(CNN) -- The moderator for Thursday night's vice presidential debate is Martha Raddatz, senior foreign affairs correspondent for ABC News since 2008. According to her ABCNews.go.com biography, Raddatz was ABC's White House correspondent during the George W. Bush administration, after serving as senior national security... | Martha Raddatz is ABC's senior foreign affairs correspondent . She's visited Iraq 21 times and flown in an F-15 over Afghanistan . Conservatives question her neutrality; Obama is a friend of her ex . | da4196797634d1a74d831562af7e3755be9ec994 |
(CNN) -- A doctor at a Pennsylvania weight-loss clinic is scheduled for a preliminary hearing next week on charges that he sexually assaulted at least six female patients, according to the criminal complaint from the Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, district attorney's office. Dr. Arie Oren, 64, is charged with multipl... | Pennsylvania prosecutors have charged a doctor with sexual assaulting patients . Prosecutors: At least six female patients say the weight-loss doctor assaulted them . The incidents allegedly occurred during patient visits, prosecutors say . Dr. Arie Oren is free on bond with a hearing scheduled for next week . | dc59628893c19e9e618398b4c8f50c1f602bcd4b |
(CNN) -- It was written as a moving tribute to what seemed a promising love affair. But, in retrospect, even the songwriter acknowledges that the words to "You're Mine" -- written months ago for Montana bride Jordan Linn Graham -- are "a little creepy." "Everyone wants a safe place to fall, and you're mine," Elizabeth ... | Montana bride accused of shoving husband to death commissioned a custom song . "Everyone wants a safe place to fall, and you're mine," the song's lyrics say . "It's a little creepy," songwriter Elizabeth Shea says . Jordan Linn Graham seemed like any other bride, Shea says . | 26456c2f364449758bf0c4e4b8eb4b7120fa6c2c |
KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A meeting between the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan was canceled Friday when bad weather prevented Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari from traveling to the Afghan capital, Kabul. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari (pictured) has met Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai before. An offici... | Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari due to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai . Visit to have taken place amid ongoing tension along Afghan-Pakistan border . Taliban militants attacking Afghanistan from Pakistan's North West Province . Both countries have previously blamed each other for the security problems . | c3d92f59f6ab83e5e0e76693de0ce5b6228d09a2 |
London (CNN) -- Like many other 18-year-olds, Nina Siren is on the point of graduating from high school. Unlike her peers, she has spent more than half her short life fighting to prevent the destruction of her home, culture and indigenous community in the interests of oil exploration. Zimbabwean women's rights activist... | Amnesty International's annual report on global human rights lauds the courage of protesters . There has been a failure of leadership by the world's politicians, says Amnesty chief Salil Shetty . The U.N. Security Council has failed to intervene to protect ordinary people, he says . Activists around the world helped ma... | 3594a82cca2cb8c35707cb945f29a4c6fa6fde0f |
(CNN) -- Thousands of travelers face disruption and canceled flights Wednesday as French air traffic controllers go on strike for a second day over a European Union plan to update rules governing European airspace. About half the scheduled flights at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport have been canceled because of the st... | NEW: European Transport Workers' Federation says plans put cost-cutting ahead of jobs . French air traffic controllers strike for second day over plans for single European airspace . About half the scheduled flights at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport have been canceled . About 2,000 flights across Europe were canceled... | 4aae43340c783c3d62990a80dcf561d65d308a29 |
(CNN) -- Brazil's preparations for a major international soccer tournament have been hit by "human error" and heavy rain, which caused the roof of Salvador's host stadium to partially collapse. The Arena Fonte Nova is due to host three matches in the eight-nation Confederations Cup, considered a warmup for the 2014 Wor... | Part of the roof of a soccer stadium in Brazil collapses in heavy rain . Owners of the Salvador stadium say "human error" is to blame . The stadium is due to host three Confederations Cup matches . The tournament, which starts next month, is a warmup for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil . | 7621327cacf67ea0b0beadc4bb8d5aafddd5df9b |
(CNN Student News) -- August 30, 2013 . As CNN Student News wraps up the week, we examine the U.S. and U.K. governments' debates concerning possible action against Syria. We also report on a fast food workers' strike and a settlement between the NFL and some former players. Plus, we delve into the Farmers' Almanac fore... | This page includes the show Transcript, the Daily Curriculum, and Maps . Use the Transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary . The Daily Curriculum's Newsquiz tests students' knowledge of events in the news . At the bottom of the page, please share your feedback about our show and curriculum . | eff8411b0c9eacf2177b1d4371425dc6a0002564 |
(CNN) -- World Player of the Year Lionel Messi grabbed his second straight hat-trick in Spain's La Liga to power Barcelona to a 4-2 in over Real Zaragoza on Sunday night. Messi, who scored twice in the midweek Champions League defeat of Stuttgart, has scored eight goals in a week and 11 of Barca's last 14. He is also ... | Lionel Messi continues his incredible scoring spree for Barcelona . Argentina ace grabs his second straight hat-trick in Spain's La Liga . His goals lift Barca level with Real Madrid after 4-2 win at Real Zaragoza . Messi also scored a double in 4-0 Champions League rout of Stuttgart . | 3a9005447b6fb2859cb64e16846f369cd695643e |
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Los Angeles firefighters and city crews worked for several hours Tuesday to rescue one of their own: a 22-ton firetruck that was nearly swallowed by a water-logged sinkhole. Two firefighters crawled out of the truck's windows after it sank Tuesday morning. No one was injured. The incide... | Los Angeles firetruck nearly swallowed by sinkhole Tuesday morning . Firefighters in truck were responding to flooding call when incident happened . Two firefighters escaped truck through windows; no injuries reported . | fb44021948a62b23894b67217fdc95d4b65c7e32 |
London (CNN) -- It was a rare sight for media watchers on Wednesday: Rupert Murdoch, the indomitable head of the News Corp. empire, called before a judicial inquiry to explain how his influence has shaped Britain's media and political landscape. Still, it's not the first time the 81-year-old chairman of News Corp. has ... | Rupert Murdoch denies giving politicians favorable coverage in return for commercial advantage . He has "never asked a prime minister for anything," he told a British inquiry into press ethics . Murdoch owns huge chunks of the British, American and Australian media markets . Murdoch's News Corp. also faces tough questi... | 1128da0a54cb2fee19fe2ea39894d6f40191aeb8 |
(CNN) -- Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo appeared in a New York court Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to charges that he laundered $70 million through U.S. banks while in power. Portillo, who was extradited to the United States last week, has always denied the charges against him and says the accusations ar... | NEW: "This is a case of clear overreaching," a defense attorney says . Former president Alfonso Portillo says his enemies orchestrated the charges against him . Prosecutors say he used his authority to launder and misappropriate millions of dollars . Portillo led Guatemala from 2000 to 2004 . | c256e86940709b68082b7c94483b6cf60e1d0ba2 |
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