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Colorado Springs, Colorado (CNN) -- A high school gym erupts with cheers as the announcer introduces the women fighting to be the nation's top amateur boxers. Names like Esparza, Cruz and Estrada sound out over the PA system, as young Latinas with impressively defined arms take to the ring. The top four boxers who meda... | Women's boxing has been added to 2012 Olympic Games in London . Marlen Esparza, a 22-year-old Texan of Mexican descent, is a five-time national champion . Boxing has been a huge sport in the Latino world for decades . | ebd992811726d7acd9fa794c3b3a53ee76e9e2c3 |
(CNN) -- A Democratic congressman from Mississippi plans to hold a hearing into how millions of dollars worth of supplies meant for Gulf Coast hurricane survivors ended up being given away as surplus property. Rep. Bennie Thompson says he'll hold a hearing into how supplies for Katrina victims were diverted. Rep. Benni... | Rep. Bennie Thompson wants FEMA to explain giveaway of hurricane supplies . FEMA held $85 million worth of supplies meant for Katrina victims for two years . Goods later given to federal agencies and states, CNN revealed . Thompson's state, Mississippi, didn't give the goods it received to hurricane victims . | bdd113102608bae7b71e868e3ba8882c698dd55e |
(CNN Student News) -- March 2, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Syria . Harrisburg, Illinois; Wyoming; Cape Cod, Massachusetts . 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 tra... | 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 . | c19a1807eb56b1a69a0e943b8cfbffd8fdfa1818 |
(EW.com) -- After ABC changed a new show's mildly profane title during development, upcoming comedy "Apartment 23" has now more-or-less reverted to its original head-turning name. The official new title of the show is "Don't Trust The B----- in Apartment 23," dashing out the letters of the curse in an attempt to soften... | The sitcom's title was shorted to "Apartment 23" before the upfronts in May . The official new title of the show is "Don't Trust The B----- in Apartment 23" "Good Christian B**ches" was changed to "Good Christian Belles" and then to "GCB" | 24961deb8e923516f8adf961eeff9cf2a1dba700 |
(Lonely Planet) -- Stingray City is often considered to be one of the best shallow dives and snorkeling spots in the world and an undoubted highlight of any trip to the Cayman Islands. This stretch of sandy seafloor in Grand Cayman's North Sound is the meeting place for southern stingrays hungry for a meal. As soon as ... | Stingray City in Grand Cayman's North Sound is the perfect spot to feed stingrays . The stingrays have grown accustomed to fishermen feeding them . Dive and snorkel in Sandbar to get an up-close view of the stingrays . | 6914f44a50622b2828855f291c66e8b63eaa57f4 |
Dafniya, Libya (CNN) -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces fired mortars and guns at rebel forces in an apparent effort to break through a stalemated line west of the rebel-held city of Misrata on Sunday, CNN's Ben Wedeman reported from the scene. Rebels returned fire, and while some pulled back to seek cover from ... | Rebels in Libya come under attack at a stalemated front line near a rebel-held city . Moammar Gadhafi has been fighting efforts to topple him as protests sweep the Arab world . | 39f8487d866ad026cae5b4a44c865084e1c9f804 |
(CNN Student News) -- April 28, 2011 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . • Afghanistan • Hawaii . Transcript . THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: I'm Carl Azuz, and in today's show, we're talking about the U.S. economy, ed... | Learn about the details of a deadly gunfight at an Afghan airport . Consider the debate over continuing subsidies to the oil industry . Check out a CNN documentary that looks at science education in the U.S. Use the Daily Discussion to help students understand today's featured news stories . | 8cfa26184e042e2b1fa827c7fdf6a28014b1e8df |
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Perhaps no one better understands what the family of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is going through like the widow and children of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer. "I mean, my heart is totally with the congresswoman," says daughter Sara Taseer. What do an American lawmaker from Arizona and a ... | Taseer and Giffords were both gunned down . Taseer died while Giffords clings to life . Daughter says father's killing was message to liberals to keep quiet . | 01170d9c6028d852e4240b27f99f46ae5336414a |
(CNN) -- Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge were both on hand to give an elite football facility aimed at ending England's 46-year wait for a second World Cup triumph the royal seal of approval. The $168-million St. George's Park complex in the town of Burton-upon-Trent, which has taken 18 months to build, wil... | The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge officially open St. George's Park . St. George's Park is England's newly-constructed national football center . William: "It will be far more than just a world class facility for training" The center is located in Burton-upon-Trent in the English county of Staffordshire . | eaa924341011beb291ca203f6f931f5037b2d365 |
United Nations (CNN) -- The United Nations Security Council agreed Wednesday to send the Palestinian application for statehood to its admissions committee for review. The first meeting of that committee, which includes all 15 members of the council, is set for Friday. The debate is expected to be largely symbolic in th... | The U.N. Security Council sent the application to its admissions committee . The committee is slated to meet Friday . The United States, however, has promised to veto the bid . | 6ec5e799e109628cdc7e4ff8b70bb8c43256577b |
(CNN) -- Somali gunmen on Wednesday released a British aid worker kidnapped last week while working for Save the Children. The aid worker, named as Zimbabwe-born Frans Barnard, was freed after tribal elders negotiated with his captors, Save the Children confirmed. Barnard was safe and well and had been moved to a more ... | British aid worker Frans Barnard released by gunmen in Somalia . Barnard's release was negotiated by tribal elders . Save the Children says no ransom was paid to the kidnappers . | 7d0f784d2def6f097cf7301124db28f2f70c4633 |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Technology is changing golf in such a way that the next generation of players could be learning their skills on computer screens rather than golf greens. A keen golfer playing the virtual game. South Korea's Y.E. Yang became the first Asian-born male winner of a major when he won the U.S. PGA C... | Most of the 260 golf courses in South Korea are expensive and oversubscribed . Many players in the country enjoy virtual golf as a more accessible alternative . Seven out of every 10 golf simulators sold globally are installed in South Korea . Virtual golf can be a useful tool to hone technique on actual golf courses . | 84a895b53ee869e3eb456709e5cb5112ffdc0681 |
(CNN) -- Farmers are on their way to tend their crops when a missile slams into their midst, thrusting shrapnel in all directions. A CIA drone, flying so high that the farmers can't see it, has killed most of them. None of them were militants. Such attacks by U.S. drones are common, the United Nations' special rapporte... | The U.N. says the U.S. stands alone in its legal perspective on drone attacks . U.N.: Drones kill Pakistani men doing everyday chores . U.S. has 8,000 drones and unmanned planes flown by remote control . Obama says a target must meet "very tight and very strict standards" | 8efbf25de0973d0ae2471ad2ad75722c7aa309cd |
Beijing (CNN) -- China will punish 54 people for their roles in a July train crash that killed 40 people, the government said Wednesday. The announcement followed what the government described as a months-long investigation into the causes of the crash and what many in the country saw as a delayed, inadequate response.... | The government will pay $145,000 in compensation for each victim . A safety overhaul of high-speed lines has been completed, the government says . The government probe found lightning and signaling failures contributed to the accident . Many Chinese believed the government engaged in a coverup after the crash . | 87f8ffdeee55ee3152ebff8f74f50c017ffcab2d |
(CNN) -- Seven suspected pirates were in the custody of Yemeni authorities early Friday, after they were picked up in the pirate-plagued Gulf of Aden. International warships are now patrolling a vast area off the horn of Africa. The Royal Danish Navy said one of its warships, the HDMS Absalon, rescued the seven men Wed... | NEW: Video supports Danish navy's explanation that it rescued men . Danish navy says its warship rescued seven men found in powerless skiff . It says they were found approximately 75 nautical miles off coast of Yemen . Yemen disputes navy's account, says its coast guard rescued the suspected pirates . | 6a406e8f48d4397dec936463aa4f6b15b30dc660 |
(CNN) -- Photographer Thomas Nybo has captured images of some of the toughest issues facing Africa, from child mortality to access to education. He recently visited five countries in 11 days as he traveled around West Africa with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof. An experience photographer and filmmaker, Nybo ... | Photographer Thomas Nybo recently visited five West African countries . Nybo took pictures showing some of the continent's toughest issues . He says everywhere he went he met hard-working mothers . | 1acf6871758cf427e2a806930e6959084bcc9b47 |
(CNN) -- The Violence Against Women Act has protected crime victims and helped police and prosecutors take violent criminals off our streets for nearly 20 years. After it became law in 1994, it was reauthorized, with robust support from both parties, in 2000 and 2005. Republicans played a prominent role in crafting the... | Leslye Orloff: GOP, Democrats have supported Violence Against Women Act since 1994 . Orloff: House Republicans now want to block it, gut protections for immigrants . Victims can report abuse, rape and human trafficking without fear of deportation, she says . Orloff: Victims help police, prosecutors, but all this will b... | e620013afbe010b6c05d25b559f952097f89be0f |
Kathmandu (CNN) -- A fight for supremacy between two octogenarian climbers is heating up on the slopes of the world's highest mountain. Eighty-year-old Japanese national Yuichiro Miura is on his way home after becoming the oldest climber to reach the summit of Everest on Thursday. But his achievement may soon be oversh... | Japan's Yuichiro Miura, 80, is on way home after becoming the oldest climber to scale Everest . Record may already be at risk as 81-year-old rival acclimatizes at base camp . The pair have a longstanding rivalry since Sherchan claimed the title in 2008 . | 23f2cbdcc52716f69c08341285e52c022c268826 |
(CNN) -- Former Liberian President Charles Taylor boycotted his war crimes trial again Wednesday after judges rejected a delayed summary from his defense team, a court official said. Taylor is the first African ruler to appear before an international war crimes tribunal. He is accused of fueling a bloody civil war in L... | Charles Taylor is the first African head of state to appear before an international war crimes tribunal . He is accused of fueling a bloody civil war in Liberia and neighboring Sierra Leone . "He indicated he was deeply upset and needed to rest," a court spokesman says of the boycott . Taylor has pleaded not guilty to ... | 2a790479f294fe3c61b6604d5aa0431438cab1a1 |
New Delhi, India (CNN) -- An Indian court in the western state of Gujarat has convicted 31 of the 94 people charged with conspiracy and murder for setting fire to a passenger train in 2002 which triggered widespread religious violence, resulting in the death of more than 1,000 people. Sixty-three of the accused, includ... | 63 others are acquitted because of lack of evidence . The torching of the train killed more than 50, mostly Hindu pilgrims . It sparked days of rioting in which most Muslims were killed . India takes special security steps ahead of the verdict . | c8ed4584f868e2de748c963b1ebcba176c843bf7 |
(CNN) -- The wind blew hard at Wimbledon on Friday, but world No. 1 Maria Sharapova overcame the tricks of one of her former junior rivals to stay on course for a potential quarterfinal showdown with Kim Clijsters. Sharapova is seeking to follow up her first French Open title by again winning the grass-court crown she ... | Top seed Maria Sharapova through to the last 16 after beating Su-Wei Hsieh on Friday . French Open champion will next play Germany's Sabine Lisicki in Wimbledon rematch . Russian could then face former world No. 1 Kim Clijsters in the quarterfinals next week . Clijsters, playing her final Wimbledon, must first get past... | ec5d6113721f400b80f30a72b1681e2249a172b4 |
(Rolling Stone) -- The paintings in Bob Dylan's "The Asia Series," which are currently on display at the Gagosian Gallery in Manhattan, have come under fire for their resemblance to widely available pre-existing photographs. The series of paintings, which are said to part of a "visual journal" made by the singer during... | The series of paintings are said to part of a "visual journal" made by the singer . "It's not a very imaginative approach to painting," Michael Gray said . Dylan has been forthcoming about using photographs in his paintings . | 39c38ed6492e568c9fcf3cc34d616fdfee6e6705 |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- A meningitis outbreak is threatening the lives of tens of thousands of people in Darfur, according to an aid agency expelled from the country last week. A Doctors without Borders medic helps a sick child in a Darfur refugee camp. Humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders, also known as ... | Meningitis threatens hundreds of thousands of people in Darfur . More than a million at risk of starvation after aid agencies expelled, U.N. warns . Sources: Aid workers harassed and detained by the Sudanese government . | 31ce56bbc9d1ef7398577b51ee7400fcb6268f08 |
San Angelo, Texas (CNN) -- Attorneys are scheduled to be in court Wednesday to argue a motion to suppress evidence, a day after jury selection in the sexual assault trial of polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs. It's unclear when the jury of 10 women and two men will hear opening statements. The jury selection Tuesday f... | Jury is selected in Warren Jeffs case . The judge says the trial could last two to three weeks . The polygamous sect leader faces charges of sexual assault and bigamy . They stem from a 2008 raid on a ranch operated by his church . | 59ed000847bd2f9f84dc0599996ed71d698099fb |
Madrid, Spain (CNN) -- Spain's best-known judge, Baltasar Garzon, refused to answer questions from a prosecutor as he took the stand Tuesday in his trial on charges of abusing his judicial authority. Garzon sat and listened in silence as lawyer Joaquin Ruiz Infante read out all his questions to put them into the court ... | Baltasar Garzon refuses to answer prosecution questions . The private prosecution is led by a small civil servants union . He faces a private prosecution for investigating crimes under the Franco regime . Critics accuse him of ignoring an amnesty law passed by Parliament . | c92bf389178f540f6bc1dc5f25bb2cb639f1ada3 |
(CNN) -- What's it really like to be a new member of the world's most powerful legislature? Two new U.S. representatives are teaming up with CNN.com to report their "Freshman Year" experience through videos and commentaries. Jason Chaffetz and Jared Polis are taking video cameras with them as they negotiate their way i... | Two freshman representatives document their experience for CNN . Rep. Jared Polis is a Democrat representing Colorado's Second district . Rep. Jason Chaffetz is a Republican representing Utah's Third district . | e38b930ff3770ef03e720bce376fd8af780a9fb5 |
(CNN) -- Nearly 2,000 miles from Haiti, there's a ripple effect from the earthquake that devastated the country on January 12. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have arrested 140 Haitian men and women who have crossed the border from Canada into Vermont since late January. Many had gone to Canada well before th... | 140 Haitians have crossed the U.S.-Canada border since the Haiti earthquake . Some Haitians are seeking refuge based on a U.S. policy revised post-quake . One refugee's attorney says his client is confused and just wants to be with his family . | 5efd41aa8a8ec6cb82f9a359b298a454d5c5a54a |
Washington (CNN) -- Due to security concerns in Jordan, which borders the Syrian civil war, a combat-equipped detachment of about 700 U.S. troops will remain in the country following training exercises that ended this week, President Barack Obama told Congress on Friday. In a letter to comply with the War Powers Act, O... | President Obama notifies Congress of the detachment of 700 troops . The troops, with Patriot missiles and jet fighters, are staying on after training exercises . Jordan's government asked for the increased military presence, Obama's letter says . Civil war in neighboring Syria is a threat to stability in Jordan, a key ... | 9648c7662b5a6ed4c9555a9231619aa072bf69d1 |
HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- Even with Hurricane Ike more than 100 miles away, authorities began rescue efforts Friday, picking up more than 120 people stranded by rising seas along the southeast Texas coast. The U.S. Coast Guard rescues a person trapped in a car on Friday as Hurricane Ike hits Texas. Most of the rescues oc... | NEW: Coast Guard helicopters airlift stranded residents from Galveston area . NEW: Many of those rescued were motorists stranded on flooded roads . Coast Guard, Air Force unable to rescue 22 people stranded on freighter . Active-duty military has 42 search-and-rescue helicopters on standby . | d891465f99bcb7507795024c12503766919e7a41 |
(CNN) -- World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka rallied from a set and 4-0 down to unseeded Italian Alberta Brianti as she eventually emerged into the second round of the French Open on Monday. The 22-year-old looked like she would achieve the unwanted feat of becoming the first top-seeded player to lose in the opening round at... | World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka survives huge scare in French Open first round . Azarenka goes one set and 4-0 down before fighting back to beat Alberta Brianti . Defending champion Li Na enjoys smooth passage through to round two . Vera Zvonareva, the number 11 seed, pulls out of tournament through injury . | 0ae5da9af11553bcfcda0ecedc1666d45f0767bc |
Washington (CNN) -- Congress is launching a broad-ranging investigation into possible waste, misuse and corruption tied to billions of taxpayer dollars used to support private military contractors in Afghanistan. Among the questions being raised is whether money provided in a nearly $2.2 billion trucking contract in th... | Among questions is whether $2.2 billion trucking contract went to pay warlords . "Serious allegations have been brought to [Congress'] attention," says congressman . "It has been determined these reports warrant a full-scale ... investigation," Rep. Tierney said . | 33d542b75af7f6f26440589617c3d2b71b477375 |
MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Searchers looking for a woman believed to have fallen from a cruise ship off the Yucatan coast of Mexico have seen no sign of her, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said Friday afternoon. The Norwegian Pearl is on a seven-day Caribbean cruise. Lt. Matt Moorlag, based in Miami, said crews would work ... | Passenger Jennifer Feitz, 33, reported missing on Norwegian Pearl ship . U.S. Coast Guard in search about 15 miles east of Cancun, Mexico . Cruise line says, "Initial reports indicate the guest may have gone overboard" Mexican government also is helping in the search . | ff8d7b6968be69825b227edc49d66446bb62c1ac |
(CNN) -- Odin Lloyd texted his sister in the wee hours of June 17. "NFL. Just so you know." At the time, according to prosecutors, Lloyd was in a silver Nissan Altima with Aaron Hernandez, a star tight end with the NFL's New England Patriots, and two other people. About 3:25 a.m. -- two minutes after the message went o... | Aaron Hernandez is slated for arraignment Friday . He's expected to plead not guilty to slaying of friend . Video among evidence gathered by prosecutors . Former NFL star also investigated in 2012 slayings . | e93dd85b3ab9ffab1cb6ac83ab987863311572b7 |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- "Guiding Light" will go dark in September after 72 years and 16,000 episodes, CBS announced Wednesday. Gina Tognoni is one of many performers who have appeared on "Guiding Light" over the years. The daytime soap opera's declining viewership led to the decision, according to a CBS spokeswoman. The show... | "Guiding Light" originally was radio serial on NBC, debuted in 1937 . Show moved to CBS, which put it on TV in 1952 . Last episode of show to air September 18 . | ea4bfceb8602c2bc30c8ccb7a75b55047a2c0e37 |
(CNN) -- Eight more employees from the Utah Department of Workforce Services are being questioned in connection with a leaked list containing personal information of 1,300 alleged illegal immigrants, Dave Lewis, a department spokesman, said Monday afternoon. He said that makes a total of 10 employees questioned, includ... | NEW: Utah questioning eight more Dept. of Workforce Services employees . AG Mark Shurtleff says the investigation into potential crimes "needs to be swift" He says the list is "like a hit list ... to put people at fear, to terrorize" Utah Gov. Gary Herbert plans immigration round-table meeting for Tuesday . | a7e64a72cf920a0af29e171cec28857bfc389070 |
(CNN) -- Severe weather's assault on middle America continued Tuesday, as tornadoes and thunderstorms pulverized communities and claimed at least six lives in Oklahoma and Kansas. Twisters also brewed in Dallas and several northern Texas counties, according to the National Weather Service, with at least one tornado rep... | Tornado warning lifted in Joplin, Missouri . A young child is missing in Oklahoma city . Two are killed during Kansas storms . 1,200 people jam into shelter in Oklahoma City suburb . | 0473d39cc5dd363506a08c4fb9f39586ee651cca |
(CNN) -- For better or for worse, at almost every major event in the history of modern Israel, Ariel Sharon, the man his countrymen turned to when they thought they had no other choice, was there. "I can talk and look in the eyes of the citizens of Israel and convince them to make painful compromises," he declared in A... | Sharon was a force in Israel for decades . Many Israelis saw him as a fearless leader . Palestinians viewed him as ruthless . | 883ad5f0e2f3a2f625472e1e243a63b967cbc805 |
(CNN) -- It may sound crazy. Why would a high-ranking executive lie about his or her credentials, especially now, when all it takes is a quick phone call or Internet search to verify information? Yet it happens more often than you might think. From a white lie about time spent as a customer service rep to a whopper abo... | Yahoo blames "inadvertent error" for claim that CEO had computer science degree . Most common résumé error has to do with academic credentials, experts say . High unemployment, desire to stay competitive lead to résumé fibs, adviser says . Companies respond with more background checks, screening procedures . | 199b130adda2aaa615e8fc2dc1c197caf980e63b |
ST. POELTEN, Austria (CNN) -- The daughter of Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man accused of keeping her in a cellar for decades and fathering her seven children, testified against him by video at his trial Tuesday. Josef Fritzl is seen without his face covered and surrounded by security guards Tuesday. One of Elisabeth Fr... | Incest rapist Josef Fritzl in Austrian court for the second day of his trial . Fritzl drops his guard, is pictured without binder obscuring his face . Austrian accused of keeping daughter in cellar for decades, fathering her 7 children . Daughter Elisabeth give pre-recorded videotaped evidence . | 4c7f0e6dedbb5d81381ddf236cb6e088d16ac11a |
Ankara, Turkey (CNN) -- A top Turkish official apologized for the "police aggression" that fueled nationwide protests against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as trade unions threw their weight behind the demonstrations Tuesday. The 240,000-member KESK confederation of public-sector workers called for a two-day stri... | NEW: Riot police move water cannon to Ankara square . Deputy prime minister apologizes for police aggression in initial protests . Public-sector unions join demonstrations against Erdogan . He says the demonstrations are the work of "extreme elements" | 2f495d9ce3a579224011624a6603785d893fbc90 |
(CNN) -- Dallas police Saturday said DNA evidence has provided a breakthrough in an investigation of nine sexual assaults in South Dallas this summer. Police asked for the public's help in locating Van Dralan Dixson, 38, who is named in an arrest warrant for aggravated sexual assault. His DNA matched evidence gathered ... | At least nine similar assaults have been reported in South Dallas this summer . Attacker wore a mask or bandanna . Police say DNA match points to suspect Van Dralan Dixson . | b62c365f901fcc4f223f40eb683a87fbe27c4b65 |
(CNN) -- Henry Joseph Madden was a good student and track team member in high school, but he had a secret: He sometimes wore his mother's pantyhose and underwear under his clothes. Dr. Jennifer Madden, a family physician, began her transition to being female at age 48. "I really wanted to be a girl so bad, and that was... | Estimate: 0.25 to 0.5 percent of the American population is transgendered . Doctors speculate that there is a biological foundation to gender identity . People rarely undergo gender-reassignment surgery and then want to reverse it . | c674bd461e416bfeaea2153c36f00d7ff4a66fa2 |
(CNN) -- As many as 400 children have died of lead poisoning-related illnesses in Nigeria since March, two international aid groups say, and as many as 30,000 people could be affected by lead contamination. The deaths occurred predominantly in children under the age of 5 in the state of Zamfara, according to Lauren Coo... | Doctors Without Borders says the death toll may be even higher . The contamination comes from villagers' attempts to extract gold from ore . The clean-up involves removing contaminated soil and replacing it with clean soil . | 8f4ede26b5e0f9cad9110e319afdbfd1305173a0 |
(CNN) -- The new iPad may be a hot item in more ways than one. In the five days since the popular tablet went on sale, Apple comment boards have filled with anecdotal reports from owners who say the back of the device grows uncomfortably warm to the touch, especially in the bottom left-hand corner when held in portrait... | Some owners of the new iPad complain the device becomes uncomfortably hot during use . Consumer Reports tests show temperatures as high as 116 degrees Fahrenheit while running video game . Apple: "The new iPad (operates) well within our thermal specifications" | 290a680fcc5a09200a8bdce94127464b2fa71ca2 |
(CNN) -- American tourists heading to Mexico's Baja California state in the future can expect more police protection from a new task force, according to Mexican authorities. Mexican officials want to make sure the tourist traffic continues to flow into Tijuana. Officials from the Baja California cities of Tijuana, Ense... | Task force will be made up of bilingual officers; primarily will serve Americans . Initial plan is to create a force that patrols a 50-mile tourist corridor of Baja . Region's reputation has been tarnished by ongoing, drug-fueled violence . $13 billion travel industry is critical part of Mexico's economy . | b33f9197aa2d482840f6776011d87d35d23bd62f |
(CNN) -- Former U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro continued his impressive comeback with a straight-sets win over Radek Stepanek in the first round of the Masters Series event at Indian Wells. The Argentine posted a 6-4 6-0 victory over his 67th-ranked opponent Thursday to set up a second-round meeting with def... | Juan Martin Del Potro beats Radek Stepanek to reach second round at Indian Wells . Former world No. 4 defeats Czech opponent 6-4 6-0 in opening match . American Donald Young wins first match at Master Series level to earn clash with Andy Murray . Dinara Safina into second round after former world No. 1 beats Arantxa Pa... | 65f388d1475667118c42a19a63567ea5a44a0fa2 |
Hong Kong (CNN) -- The World Health Organization and Cambodian health officials are investigating why at least 61 children in the country have died mysteriously after suffering severe neurological and respiratory complications. Dr. Beat Richner of the Kantha Bopha Children's Hospitals, who first alerted Cambodia's heal... | NEW: Seventy-four cases have been identified, Cambodia's Ministry of Health says . Surrounding countries notified of disease; doctors on alert in Hong Kong . Children suffered swelling in their brains and died because lungs failed . | 0e312fe573c19b98621179c00430af942eedc8e7 |
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- Thailand's prime minister huddled with the chiefs of the country's armed forces early Friday after a string of grenade attacks killed at least one person and wounded dozens of others in the already-tense capital. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva called an emergency meeting of top officials af... | NEW: Death toll revised downward; emergency center says at least 87 wounded . Three grenades land on roof of elevated train station, official says . Pro-government demonstrators mobilize to support Abhisit then disperse . Protesters demand PM to dissolve government, hold new elections and leave country . | 04636d43796993bf93608f5b8a1be932694afd8f |
PLACERVILLE, California (CNN) -- A California couple charged with a combined 29 felony counts in connection with the kidnapping and rape of Jaycee Dugard appeared in court for a bond hearing Monday. Phillip and Nancy Garrido appear in court in Placerville, California, on Monday. Phillip and Nancy Garrido, wearing red j... | NEW: DA doesn't expect statute of limitation to be a problem in prosecuting case Bail set for Phllip Garrido but "parole hold" means he can't be released . Attorney for his wife, Nancy, says she doesn't contest her no-bond status . Garridos face 29 felony counts in case of Jaycee Dugard, abducted in 1991 . | ac5998ee3e8ed5bf5e6d2a3343b6d4e70d951b27 |
Beijing (CNN) -- Cui Shufeng is a retired government worker in Beijing. She is one of the lucky homeowners who bought her place long before the housing sector galloped out of reach for the average Chinese salary worker. "It is ridiculously high," she says pointing to apartments in her neighborhood. "These homes near th... | Despite Beijing moves to cool the property market, prices continue to rise . In Beijing, home prices were up 16%, Shanghai 17% year-on-year in September . Economist: "The problem is Chinese people have very few investment vehicles" Central leadership expected to discuss reforms at the plenary session starting Saturday ... | 78cde2b92d20c15ae4e1b4d7a0efc9336fd2f557 |
(CNN) -- At least 49 people have been killed across several cities in western Syria during the past two days of fighting between pro- and anti-government forces, an opposition group said Thursday. Most of the deaths have occurred in the city of Rastan, where at least 27 people were killed amid heavy shelling, according... | NEW: At least 49 people have been killed in the past two days, the opposition says . The opposition says many have been critically wounded in Rastan . The government denies reports that warplanes have attacked Rastan . The Syrian army has been fighting units that had defected from the military . | 2e2b300de8bb0454c94134d1c90dd14a113eb8a7 |
(CNN) -- Sumo grand champion Asashoryu held a tear-filled press conference to announce his retirement on Thursday in the wake of allegations about his drunken assault on a man outside a Tokyo nightclub last month. The 29-year-old, who became the first Mongolian to earn the highest ranking in Japan's most revered sport ... | Sumo grand champion Asashoryu announces his retirement at tear-filled news conference . The 29-year-old apologizes in wake of allegations about a drunken assault on a man . He is first Mongolian to become grand champion and third-most successful sumo . Japan's most revered sport has suffered from a series of scandals i... | eed6ad591c7652f7b76f6a211c333f482d350ee0 |
(CNN) -- Residents of a Corpus Christi, Texas, neighborhood had the kind of wake-up call no homeowner wants to get. An early morning explosion Friday shook the area, sparking a fire that rushed through the neighborhood. In the end, three homes were flattened and about 70 others were damaged, the Red Cross told CNN affi... | 2 people are in critical condition at a San Antonio hospital burn unit . The explosion and fire destroyed 3 homes, damaged 70, the Red Cross says . CNN affiliate was on air when the blast occurred nearby . Local and state investigators are working to determine the cause of the blast . | d18d5bd1367a82cdbc76351744713808d1f4fb85 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- -- Federal officials have fined Exxon Mobil more than $6 million after it violated a three-year-old agreement to decrease air pollution at four of its refineries. Exxon Mobil's refinery in Baytown, Texas, is one of four that the EPA said had high sulfur emissions. The Justice Department announced W... | EPA says company had not sufficiently reduced sulfur emissions at four refineries . The facilities in question are in Texas, Louisiana and California . Exxon Mobil says refineries now meet EPA standards on sulfur emissions . | a59fd993cb54210aa9448d2bb688a5e04d5acf02 |
(CNN) -- Who would open one of the world's biggest casinos in the depths of a global recession? Big city dreams: Lawrence Ho's business portfolio in Hong Kong and Macau is growing. Answer: Lawrence Ho, the scion of a casino business mogul who has clearly inherited his father's love of a calculated risk. Ho's father Sta... | Son of Stanley Ho, business tycoon who built up former-Portuguese colony of Macau . Lawrence Ho recently open multi-billion dollar City of Dreams complex in Macau . Believes he can carve a slice of action from the Asian gambling city . | 824de92e83b1147932b72e4b409c85b7754ed976 |
(CNN) -- Police on Friday arrested a second contractor employee in recent dry ice explosions at Los Angeles International Airport. Miguel Angel Iniguez, 41, was a supervisor for 28-year-old baggage handler Dicarlo Bennett, who pleaded not guilty Thursday to two counts of possession of a destructive device in a public p... | A second LAX contract workers is arrested in connection with recent blasts . The first suspect pleaded not guilty to two counts of possession of a destructive device in a public place . 41-year-old Miguel Angel Iniguez, was the first suspect's supervisor . No injuries were reported from the blasts . | 103b28bd9673fb971a25f985ceaf331d85b60c36 |
(CNN) -- Wisconsin protesters geared up for a third week of demonstrations on Monday as Democratic lawmakers were again missing from the state capitol, protesting a bill that would curb collective bargaining rights for most public workers. The state's 14 Democratic senators have fled to neighboring Illinois to prevent ... | NEW: Indiana Democratic legislators stay out of state in protest of budget bill . NEW: Negotiations between Republicans and Democrats are at a virtual stand-still . NEW: In Ohio, a senate hearing on collective bargaining and budget cuts is set for Tuesday . NEW: Wisconsin governor's aide says Obama remarks are a "misun... | 88d536f627dc08bf2e276c7baf2a743cd2c50b08 |
(CNN) -- Blood found on the scene of a Michigan kidnapping belonged to the victim, police said Thursday. Jessica Heeringa, 25, was abducted late last month from an Exxon station in Norton Shores, where she was working alone, sometime around 11 p.m., police have said. Investigators found "suspicious substances" at the s... | Police say blood found at a North Shores service station belongs to Jessica Heeringa . She was taken from the station late last month, police say . Suspect is a white male, 30 to 40 years old, 6 feet tall with wavy hair parted in the middle . Police also are looking for a silver minivan . | 277c55c884573f98a9b3805a6f29d62b958e890b |
(CNN) -- Police in Tennessee have arrested the ex-wife and mother of Adam Mayes, the man suspected of kidnapping Jo Ann Bain and her three daughters, state authorities said Tuesday. The mother, 65-year-old Mary Frances Mayes, and the ex-wife, Teresa Ann Mayes, 30, were arrested Monday, according to the Tennessee Bureau... | NEW: Former sister-in-law describes the suspect as aggressive, "weird and unusual" A FBI special agent says he is hopeful the two missing girls are alive . Jo Ann Bain and her oldest daughter were found dead in Mississippi last week . Police are searching for suspect Adam Mayes and the other two girls . | 2ea521df5c3acdb17cc940bd66d699632ae67c06 |
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -- The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to authorize up to 26,000 troops and police in an effort to stop attacks on millions of displaced civilians in Sudan's Darfur region. A Sudanese boy at the Sheria Camp for Internally Displaced People in southern Darfur in July. Expected ... | 26,000 troops and police will try to stop attacks on displaced people . The effort is expected to cost $2 billion the first year . 2.1 million people are refugees; an estimated 200,000 Sudanese dead . | 869a00baa5b8135e11d38f580db63d482efde8a2 |
DETROIT, Michigan (CNN) -- Jeremy Burgess likes the location and layout of the three-bedroom, one-and-a-half bath home in the Grandmont neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan. This home in Detroit, Michigan, was bought for $12,000 and sold the next week for a $5,000 profit. The home is large for the area, around 1,600 squar... | Jeremy Burgess and Jared Pomranky run Urban Detroit Wholesalers . Some homes in Detroit, Michigan, sell for as little as $1, many for $50 . The company works with a nonprofit and flips cheaply priced homes . Recently released convicts working for the charity help renovate the properties . | 9b0d56d50f7626890c9e125b37177b85dde50584 |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Paul McCartney has come to New York and he wants to shout it from the rooftops. Paul McCartney performs Wednesday on the roof above the marquee of New York's Ed Sullivan Theater. To promote his concert at Citi Field this Friday, the former Beatle performed Wednesday afternoon on the roof above the Ed ... | McCartney performs songs before appearance on "Late Night with David Letterman" Former Beatle promoting his Friday concert at New York's Citi Field . Ed Sullivan Theater was site of Beatles' historic 1964 TV performance . | cd1117db1f0bea282973cef4032e2de11c2809a4 |
MUMBAI, India (CNN) -- Every day the fate of 200,000 Mumbai residents' lunches lie in the hands, and on the heads, of the city's lunch delivery men, the dabbawalas. Lunch is served: The dabbawalas have been serving up lunch to Mumbai residents for 118 years. A corp of around 5,000 tiffin lunch box dabbawalas have been ... | Mumbai's dabbawalas have been delivering lunches in the city for 118 years . Extensive network of delivery men and unique system for delivery . Supply chain studies say dabbawalas have a 99.9 percent success rate . Despite little change in 100 years, dabbawalas now have web site and text service . | d0e2971d51a3485e8e51370106a9621fdf24e777 |
(OPRAH.com) -- People across the country are counting their pennies more closely than ever and asking themselves some tough questions about what they can really afford. Suze Orman is here to approve or deny what your finances can handle -- and this time around, she's settling a few family feuds. Money expert Suze Orman... | Suze Orman explains what two couples' finances can handle in this economy . Ken and Deb want to get divorced because living under the same roof is hard . Until Chris and Michaela save emergency fund, insurance -- hobby is out . Orman: "No.1 deficit in this country is women not taking care of themselves" | 8d2a9df1796361489e920c58a51ea765c7798d9a |
London, England (CNN) -- British Airways said its operations got off to a good start Saturday despite a second consecutive strike by thousands of its cabin crew members. The airline said it was able to operate flights as normal at two London airports, Gatwick and City, and that the number of crew members reporting for ... | British Airways says it was able to operate flights as normal at two London airports . Airline says it can fly more than 75 percent of customers scheduled to travel . BA cabin crew members in dispute over pay and working conditions . Airline and Unite union have been at odds for more than a year over planned changes . | bcd5bab5bf83f95d5bd54f7c13724c9f85fa342c |
Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama and his administration "strongly condemn the outrageous and deplorable violence that's taken place on the streets of Cairo today" and want it to end quickly, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Wednesday. Supporters of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak attacked anti-g... | U.S. officials stop short of blaming Egyptian government for attacks on protesters . Gibbs: Change in Egypt has to begin now . A U.S. source says Mubarak might try to wait out the protesters . More than 1,900 U.S. citizens and family members have been evacuated . | 655c8058fd5ae34973fb62f5a5b5f8ffd8aed5de |
(CNN) -- Victoria Azarenka surrendered just three games to Samantha Stosur as she claimed her third title of an impressive year at the Qatar Open. The world No. 1 wrapped up a 6-1 6-2 victory over her Australian opponent, showing no sings of discomfort from the injury that she picked up in Saturday's semifinal win over... | Victoria Azarenka defeats Samatha Stosur to win the Qatar Open in Doha . World No. 1 loses only three games on her way to a third title of 2012 . Azarenka wins 6-1 6-2 to take her winning run in 2012 to 17 matches . | 932b8014fd20fd83331bba8a07685ab67d789082 |
Washington (CNN) -- With a simple, declarative statement, the head of the Department of Veterans Affairs announced his ambitious goal to eradicate one of the country's most shameful problems. "My name is Shinseki, and I am here to end veteran homelessness," VA Secretary Eric Shinseki said Tuesday in a speech to the Nat... | VA Secretary Eric Shinseki says, "I am here to end veteran homelessness" An estimated 131,000 veterans are homeless, according to the VA . One observer worries Shinseki doesn't realize how "intractable" VA bureaucracy is . Backlogs in veterans claims is cited as a major problem . | ff0e56f0be51bc47d57b7e162711eef48e43a1b3 |
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan's religious affairs minister escaped with a minor injury in an attack that killed his driver Wednesday. Hamid Saeed Kazmi (center) and his driver are helped into an ambulance at the site of the shooting. The attack took place at an Islamabad market, next to a police station, the st... | Religious affairs minister, Hamid Saeed Kazmi, was shot in the leg . Attack took place at an Islamabad market, next to a police station . Minister's driver was killed in the attack . | 9be2c43e51b8fac3c4a249fe1250b1437626c2f7 |
(CNN) -- Bosnian Serb genocide suspect Ratko Mladic is suffering health problems, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia said Tuesday. The court, however, denied media reports Mladic had collapsed, and refused to comment on reports he had pneumonia. "Mladic was transferred to the Tribunal with a ... | Mladic did not collapse, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia says . He had pre-existing health conditions and is receiving treatement, the tribunal says . He is charged with genocide and other crimes over the massacre at Srebrenica . Nearly 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed there in Europe... | a38e38337a96d04169bcce42e58d1b591147be84 |
(CNN) -- Lebanon stunned traditional regional powerhouses South Korea 2-1 in Beirut on Tuesday to boost their hopes of qualifying for the last stage of Asia's 2014 World Cup qualifying. Lebanon lost 6-0 to the Koreans in in September's away fixture in the first game under new coach Theo Bucker, but the German has overs... | Lebanon stun South Korea 2-1 to keep alive World Cup qualifying hopes . Australia book passage to Asia second round with 1-0 win in Thailand . Iran thrash Indonesia 4-1 to book their place in 10-team second stage . Iraq beat Jordan 3-1 win to eliminate China . | 5cb12844fe4811746617ab535ad4f9f014cd7b2d |
(CNN) -- Two weeks before Nelson Mandela's 93rd birthday on July 18, actress Alfre Woodard sits on a couch near her home in Santa Monica, California, reminiscing about the first time she met him. Already an activist and a leading voice against apartheid, Woodard introduced Mandela at a fundraising event in 1990 during ... | Alfre Woodard greeted Mandela on his first trip to the U.S. after his release from prison . She has worked with Mandela to help combat the AIDS pandemic in South Africa . Woodard co-founded the nonprofit Artists for a New South Africa in 1989 . | 62a4045cc8fc94f8a43725b6a73c3f48c3b6f2af |
Paris (CNN) -- Paris was no paradise city for Axl Rose: about $200,000 worth of his jewelry was stolen when Guns n' Roses played a show there Tuesday night, police said Wednesday. The jewelry was stolen from a lounge guarded by the frontman's personal security team, police said. Only invited guests and members of Rose'... | The jewelry was taken from the frontman's lounge, Paris police say . His personal security team was guarding the area at the time . Paris olice are investigating the theft . | 59ef87e703d5ea6edc97332c859f810aec309ca6 |
(CNN) -- The question of whether the Tea Party will have a real impact on American politics (yes!) has evolved into a new debate: Is the Tea Party really about more than taxes? Glenn Beck, who invokes the semi-mythical "Black Robe Brigade" -- fighting preachers he claims led the American Revolution -- as a model for a ... | Jeff Sharlet says anti-tax Tea Party shows signs of evolving into religious movement . He says GOP star Sen. DeMint is gatekeeper for Tea Party candidates to establishment . Price of admission, he says, is fealty to DeMint's religious vision of Tea Party . Sharlet: Putting government in service of religion tends to ali... | 77290298fdaea753f1db41ab15c614ad68d5e99a |
(CNN) -- Alongside his quest to add more Olympic medals to his collection of 16, swimmer Michael Phelps has taken some time outside of the water to dive into his first video game. The 14-time gold medalist has partnered with publisher 505 Games and developer Blitz Games to create the world's first swimming game for Xbo... | "Michael Phelps: Push the Limit" is the first swimming game designed for Kinect . Game will allow players to replicate styles like backstroke, butterfly and breaststroke . "Kinect allowed us to get gamers...to feel like you are swimming," says Phelps . | 3dc2da28ddc3db71713af8960095607d17267eb7 |
Washington (CNN) -- The Republican Party will not provide a formal response to President Barack Obama's speech on jobs, a senior GOP aide said Tuesday. "This is not a State of the Union Address," said a senior GOP leadership aide, who spoke on condition of not being identified. "The (House) speaker is opening Statuary ... | No one will provide the usual network rebuttal . Instead, Republicans will fan out in Statuary Hall to respond . "This is not a State of the Union Address," a senior GOP aide says . | 347899575bc3cb0be1f60ef6eda345be650415da |
Philadelphia (CNN) -- It's late afternoon on a recent Friday when Shree McKinley walks past the Women's Medical Society. Making her way toward a large picture window, she peers inside the shuttered medical clinic, cupping her hand on the glass to block the glaring sun. Backing away, she gasps at a series of petite baby... | Shree McKinley says Kermit Gosnell performed an abortion on her years ago . After details of his trial emerged, she had second thoughts about her decision . Prosecutors said Gosnell killed babies by cutting their spinal cords with scissors . He was found guilty of first-degree murder on Monday . | 6289e24c5647d87a54922274351fca5515d088fd |
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida (CNN) -- With space shuttle Atlantis on its way to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope, that leaves one shuttle, Endeavour, at the ready on the other launch pad here. Space shuttle Endeavour, in background, sits poised to launch in case Atlantis, in foreground, meets trouble. And that's whe... | The shuttle Endeavour and its crew are standing by in case of a emergency in space . Endeavour would blast off to rescue the crew of shuttle Atlantis . Atlantis blasted off Monday to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope . A rescue mission would involve two tricky days of spacewalks between shuttles . | 59d924277af83a36ff7eeeb04a67fe667dbd0eb8 |
(Financial Times) -- Mukesh Ambani, India's richest man, has called for a generational change in the country's gerontocratic leadership, and urged the government to move faster to implement reforms that would help meet its young population's economic ambitions. "We've had a mystery [in India] where we think that [impor... | India's richest man has called for a change in the country's gerontocratic leadership . Ambani urged governmental reforms to meet its young population's economic ambitions . About 70 per cent of India's 1.2bn people are under 35 . | cf59bb76d106f4b1fef39b5437f9a6808391b7f2 |
(CNN) -- Should zombies rise up someday soon and take over the world because of an unidentified plague or virus that's caused the collapse of modern society as we know it, how would you react? Such is the fundamental question of AMC's widely successful show "The Walking Dead," which returns this Sunday for its second s... | Glen Mazzara is executive producer and showrunner for "The Walking Dead" The popular serires returns Sunday night for its second season . Mazzara says he is constantly thinking about zombies in his spare time . He offers insights into how the show comes together . | a5987d12b7aede0219b2b853508cf16da4683754 |
(CNN) -- This week on Inside Africa . It's one of the most sacred acts of the Zulu people. We take you inside an ancient wedding ceremony played out in modern times. Africa gains two seats on the United Nations Security Council, but should those seats be permanent, and what will Nigeria do with this two-year opportunit... | Inside Africa reports on Africa's seats in the United Nations Security Council . CNN's TJ Holmes sat down with Alicia Keys to talk about her visit in Africa . Photographer Tim Hetherington shows us his Liberia photo exhibit . Plus, World Food Prize and Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe . | 7b3d8f345fe6274df31c38cdd442e21a6ec81533 |
(Rolling Stone) -- When Kanye West suggested a remix, with Raekwon, of Justin Bieber's "Runaway Love" to Bieber over Twitter this past weekend, few would have guessed the collaboration might actually happen. But Raekwon has told XXL that the remix is already in the works, and Kanye tweeted that he was hitting the studi... | "It's definitely gonna happen," Raekwon says of the remix . "I think, at the end of the day, shorty [Bieber] is a sensation," Raekwon says . Kanye has taken to Twitter to sing Wu Tang Clan's praises . | 90b5ae548d441f3bd8928eef74eb7b0482666e44 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Supreme Court focused Wednesday on whether "evolving standards of decency" in the United States forbid a resumption of capital punishment for any felony but murder. But the justices offered no clear indication of how they will rule in the case of a man who is on Louisiana death row for raping a... | Louisiana man is on death row for the rape of his 8-year-old stepdaughter . Court banned execution for rape in 1970s, but Louisiana law differs . Stevens, Ginsburg and Breyer express concern about fair application of law . Justice Kennedy might be the swing vote . | eabb6a77e508ef1b6b88aee88048991190eaca20 |
Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- A group of 13 Salvadoran immigrants missing in southern California amid fears that they planned a cult-like mass suicide have been found alive, unhurt and upset to find they were the subjects of an extensive search. Authorities had been scouring the Palmdale area of northern Los Angeles... | NEW: Letters "could be interpreted in many ways," sheriff's spokesman says . The missing group has been found alive and unhurt . A member told CNN that the group is shocked to find out about the search . Two husbands had reported their fears to sheriff's deputies on Saturday . | 74c786bb522de604f376e698144618e02db6ea19 |
Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama postponed military exercises with Egypt last week due to intensifying violence between the military and supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsy, and warned of potential "further steps." Much of the discussion since has focused on the fate of $1.2 billion in American milit... | Experts say relations between the U.S. and Egypt are more complicated than military aid . Expert says cutting off aid will do little to change Egypt regime's behavior . Saudi Arabia has promised to make up for any aid that the U.S. cuts . Egypt could retaliate to cutting aid by changing U.S. preferential access to Suez... | 5e86de284007f3033746f969d4a082efd8a082d2 |
(CNN) -- Floyd Mayweather Jr has exclusively told CNN that his WWE and dancing talents will be put away for the time being as he prepares for his comeback fight against Juan Manuel Marquez. Floyd Mayweather Jr will fight Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Saturday. The Michigan-born fighter took part ... | Floyd Mayweather talks to CNN ahead of his fight with Juan Manuel Marquez . Mayweather will put his dancing and WWE interests aside for the fight . The contest will be Mayweather's first fight since his defeat of Ricky Hatton . Mayweather is recognized as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters ever . | cdd1d92b7379f2c72af83cbedd7a9c591937af3a |
Camp Verde, Arizona (CNN) -- Jurors in the trial of self-help guru and speaker James Ray, accused of three counts of manslaughter in a 2009 Arizona sweat lodge ceremony, heard a recording Wednesday in which he previewed the intense ceremony and told participants how it would be a "death and rebirth experience." Before ... | NEW: Jurors hear recording of Ray previewing the sweat lodge ceremony . A participant says James Ray never prevented anyone from leaving the lodge . A physician testifies about participating in the 2009 ceremony . Ray is charged with three counts of reckless manslaughter . | c8e8da6b58a7c5d26758e1f1739d3a26132b8d27 |
(CNN) -- As the nation faces a looming retirement crisis, a member of Congress has proposed a terrible idea that would bash seniors. Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier of California asked the National Park Service to consider raising the price of the senior lifetime pass to help solve the parks' $153 million budget gap caus... | A congresswoman proposes raising the price of the senior lifetime pass to national parks . Teresa Ghilarducci: Raising the price for the elderly won't make a real dent . She says the idea seems like another attempt to erode the financial situation of American seniors . Ghilarducci: There is no fixed pie; it's not as if... | ff26eca6b8d78754ee2e44478780a0845fec40a0 |
(CNN) -- In an age when many people become celebrities through looks or connections, Jennifer Hudson's rise to fame came the old-fashioned way: through talent, hard work and a close-knit family. Jennifer Hudson is in a new movie, "The Secret Life of Bees," and recently released her first solo album. At a time when the ... | Jennifer Hudson's rise to fame came the old-fashioned way . Hudson's mother, brother, nephew found dead in Chicago, Illinois . Singer beat out more than 800 other women for role in "Dreamgirls" Hudson's first national recognition came on "American Idol" | defdaaf2d5159884dc35c4b72603c0e57572f284 |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Johnny Depp brought the biggest star power to the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, taking the stage to play guitar while he was honored for his acting career. Aerosmith's Joe Perry and Stephen Tyler presented the MTV Generation Award to Depp, while The Black Keys played a song with Depp on guitar. "John... | "Johnny Depp is a rock star in the world of movies," Aerosmith's Steven Tyler says . "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" wins movie of the year . "The Hunger Games" claims four acting awards . "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" takes the best cast trophy . | 0de14d3f93d3c85ae49db83fcd5d543e5769bcdd |
(CNN) -- Imagine taking the best characters and elements of your favorite fictional universe and weaving them into a new story that captures the imagination of fans. In the dark, cinematic "Batman: Arkham Asylum," Batman must escape from a spooky psychiatric hospital. That's what Emmy-winning TV writer Paul Dini did in... | Online buzz is strong for upcoming "Batman: Arkham Asylum" video game . Lead writer Paul Dini and others discuss the game at Comic-Con this weekend . The game reunites a brooding Batman and his most notorious nemesis, the Joker . There's no movie or comic tie-in to follow, so Dini could create an original story . | 3e44b1c9d99d1a3121df5c15f631197eac296102 |
(CNN) -- The race for line honors in the annual Sydney-Hobart yacht race is developing into a thrilling battle between three giant maxi yachts. Neville Crichton's Alfa Romeo was leading after the fleet emerged from the first night, but less than five nautical miles separated the New Zealand 100-footer from British ent... | Three giant yachts are battling it out for line honors in Sydney-Hobart classic . New Zealand's Alfa Romeo leads from ICAP Leopard and Wild Oats X! Wild Oats bidding for fifth straight line honors success in 628 nautical mile test . | cef68d485be49b2e39d600f4a621abe38822a39b |
(EW.com) -- Sometimes even earning the No. 1 spot can be seen as a modest disappointment, or at least that's what the new narrative around The Wolverine (CinemaScore: A-) would have you believe. With no competition this weekend, The Wolverine pulled in about $55 million domestically in 3,924 locations — on target with ... | "The Wolverine" opened internationally this weekend as well to grosses of $86.1 million . "The Conjuring" held its ground in second place . In third place, "Despicable Me 2" continues to rack in the profits . | 91a40c28656448cc3f73f7512cecab5b0fb64538 |
(CNN) -- Rapid-fire TV news bulletins or getting updates via social-networking tools such as Twitter could numb our sense of morality and make us indifferent to human suffering, scientists say. Scientists say updates on networking tools such as Twitter are often to quick for the brain to fully digest. New findings show... | USC study says rapid-fire Twitter and news updates are too fast for brain . Scans show humans respond rapidly to pain, but not compassion, admiration . Scientists say reliance in Twitter or news snippets could harm moral compass . | 75f93b94258d503679f511c9790a9761e4ccd016 |
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistani security forces say they have killed at least 16 militants overnight in the country's volatile tribal region. Pakistani security personnel patrol the Buner district. This appears to be separate from the hostilities in the military's week-long crackdown in northwestern Pakistan aga... | Pakistani security forces kill at least 16 militants in country's tribal region . Pakistani army has been waging a week-long crackdown on Taliban . 100 militants attacked a checkpost and Pakistani troops returned fire . | f6971288675e2d600d741b8290f09d0dcdb96ead |
(CNN) -- On Tuesday, a man identified by authorities as Jimmy Lee Dykes boarded a school bus as it stopped to drop off children and demanded two students. Police say that when the bus driver, Charles Albert Poland, refused, Dykes -- who was arrested last month, accused of shooting at neighbors in a dispute over a speed... | LZ Granderson: Tragic shootings take place in Alabama, Chicago, Phoenix . One takes the life of a 15-year-old days after she performed in Inauguration . He says things were supposed to change after the horror of Newtown . Granderson: And yet we wait for things like universal background checks for guns . | bae1e6dac5ce294e4c252294a18c3655f38faa76 |
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- The shoe phone on TV's "Get Smart" wasn't just a sneaky spy gadget, it was a technological marvel: a wireless, portable telephone that could be used anywhere -- though it did require a dime to make a call. Today, almost everyone has a pocket-sized version that also takes photos, shoots v... | New film "Get Smart" comes to the big screen next week . Co-writer says the film exaggerates many gadgets that can be bought online . The original TV show debuted in 1965, when the nation was "future-focused" TV historian says the show was a satire of America's fixation with gadgets . | aaca402152fbea1b16e14999374f6394520289a8 |
(CNN) -- Get out the coats, boots, and shovels; people in some parts of the country are in for it this winter, according to the Farmer's Almanac. Break out your winter gear -- the Farmers' Almanac is predicting a rough winter for large parts of the U.S. The longtime periodical, published since 1818 and famous for its ... | The Farmer's Almanac is out with its annual predictions for winter weather . It says the Great Lakes region and Midwest should expect bitterly cold weather . East, West Coasts should be more seasonable, but winter storms still likely . Looking for relief in the spring? Too bad -- it's expected to be cool and rainy . | 461c40b6a14ba28d6423c7a390683a63258ff976 |
BOGOTA, Colombia (CNN) -- A key rebel commander and fugitive from a U.S. drug trafficking indictment was killed over the weekend in an air attack on a guerrilla encampment, the Colombian military said Monday. Alleged cocaine trafficker and FARC rebel Tomas Medina Caracas in an Interpol photo. Tomas Medina Caracas, know... | Tomas Medina Caracas was a fugitive from a U.S. drug trafficking indictment . "El Negro Acacio" allegedly helped manage extensive cocaine network . U.S. Justice Department indicted him in 2002 . Colombian military: He was killed in an attack on a guerrilla encampment . | f0d73bdab711763e745cdc75850861c9018f235d |
(CNN) -- The snow-covered mountains tower above the sub-tropical beach, a stunning vista by any standards -- but what sets Sochi apart from other seaside resorts is its sheer scale of concrete and steel. It's a grand project that Vladimir Putin hopes will transform an ailing region of Russia and make a bold statement o... | Russia will host the Winter Olympics for the first time next February . It will spend more than $50 billion on the most expensive Games in history . Test events have been held in recent months despite large amount of work to be done . U.S. athletes impressed by the facilities in mountain venues and seaside stadiums . | 2af8f5faec5db24d0bb9e799c7967b3816a07e18 |
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