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Washington (CNN) -- The Army's inspector general has completed an initial review into the circumstances surrounding comments by former Gen. Stanley McChrystal and his staff that appeared in Rolling Stone magazine, Army spokesman Col. Tom Collins told CNN. The interview resulted in President Barack Obama firing the gene... | Report is sent to the Defense Department's inspector general . Sending the report to a higher level could indicate others will be cited . McChrystal lost his job after he and staff members made comments to Rolling Stone . | b017c798bd9b72dbf74b990f82ca6559b0c6a6bf |
Grand Rapids, Michigan (CNN) -- If you haven't heard the audio clip of high school football coach Shawn Abel going off, you need to take two minutes out of your life to do so. It is classic. Dude is yelling and screaming and you can hear stuff being banged around, and I don't believe any actor outside of maybe Samuel L... | A high school football coach was secretly recorded chewing out his players for losing . LZ Granderson says the coach resorted to shouting and obscenities . The coach was trying to teach his team an important life lesson, Granderson says . Granderson: Adults who shelter children from reality aren't doing them any favors... | 9e295b7a6b4fb0be32daec923be5a0d163e94f09 |
(CNN) -- Manchester City reaffirmed their grip on top spot in the English Premier League on Saturday with a 3-0 win over Fulham at the Etihad Stadium. Sergio Aguero put the Sky Blues ahead from the penalty spot in the 10th minute after Adam Johnson was brought down by Chris Baird. The Northern Ireland defender compound... | Manchester City enjoy comfortable win over Fulham after shock defeat to Everton midweek . Robin van Persie scores hat-trick as Arsenal hit seven against Blackburn Rovers . Swansea claim rare away victory at West Brom; Wolves earn valuable 2-1 at QPR . Chelsea play Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on Sunday . | c86c935bcc5507c16620b2016d2b0dab0d398d05 |
London (CNN) -- Three "extremely traumatized" women are being cared for by a charity after managing to leave a London house where they had allegedly been held captive for more than 30 years. One of the women -- a 30-year-old Briton -- "appears to have been in servitude for her entire life," Metropolitan Police Detectiv... | A couple is alleged to have held three women captive in London for more than 30 years . Experts and charities explain how they might recover from their ordeal . Time of the essence when suspected victims of slavery or imprisonment are rescued . Captives in similar situations draw strength from each other, experts say . | fde349298e582c758181c463456d87e6af676460 |
(CNN) -- Three coalition service members died after a suicide attack Friday in the Afghan capital of Kabul, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said. The NAT0-led force said the suicide strike was carried out with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device. The nationalities of the service members were not ... | Strike was carried out with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device . The nationalities of the service members were not immediately available . "Indirect fire" struck the U.S. Embassy in Kabul earlier this week . The United States and Afghanistan are working on a security pact . | f3e11fb8d49e811696a1bcdb81313b619cc00881 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- To this day, Linda Haywood recalls the shame she once felt for her great-uncle. Jack Johnson was convicted of transporting a white woman across state lines for "immoral purposes." "I could see from the expression on my mother's face that it pained her to tell me about him," she recalled, "but it wa... | Heavyweight champ Jack Johnson was arrested around 1908 . His offense: Transporting a white woman across state lines for "immoral purposes" Relatives working with Washington powers to get Johnson a posthumous pardon . | 9d6099e37e18a854feb07db6e17a6099570c4bff |
Mexico City, Mexico (CNN) -- Four suspected drug cartel members have been arrested in connection with the slaying of a family in what authorities call an act of revenge for the death of a drug baron, a state attorney general said Wednesday. The shootings early Tuesday that led to the deaths of four family members of 3r... | NEW: Two of the arrested were responsible for payout; two acted as lookouts, official says . Four family members of 3rd Petty Officer Melquisedet Angulo Cordova were killed . Tabasco attorney general says slayings were an act of revenge carried out by Los Zetas . Cordova was killed in the shootout that resulted in the ... | 22e7c16778c99d930aa4b28d4398f3816bdd14f4 |
New York (CNN) -- A group of union-backed organizations joined the loosely defined Occupy Wall Street movement again Tuesday, leaving behind the confines of New York's financial district for the posh neighborhoods that dot Manhattan's Upper East Side, according to multiple group representatives. Crowds also swelled in ... | NEW: "People are stealing from the middle class," a protester says . NEW: Bloomberg says he doesn't understand what the picketing is intended to achieve . NEW: He says authorities will defend protesters' right to demonstrate . NEW: The New York securities sector could lose 10,000 jobs by 2012 year, report says . | 1fc35ab9a63d33245830133d3dae08cd13e597d0 |
Near the Israel-Gaza border (CNN) -- Hopes were briefly raised then dashed Tuesday for an imminent calm between Israel and Hamas as diplomats fervently sought a way to stop the deadly violence. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in the region, where she met for more than two hours with Israeli Prime Minist... | Hamas spokesman on the possibility of a cease-fire: "I believe there is a good chance" A building housing the offices of Agence France-Presse in Gaza City is hit . U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls for de-escalation . Palestinian officials say 137 people are dead; five are reported killed in Israel . | f2b58d4130885fb93c43c9c67225bdcf2d4b4b90 |
Editor's note: We asked readers to weigh in on CNN.com Live producer Jarrett Bellini's vacation destination, and you chose South Africa. Check back for updates on his trip. CNN.com's Jarrett Bellini tours vineyards outside Cape Town, South Africa. CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNN) -- I'm not a wine drinker. Before today's ... | CNN.com's Jarrett Bellini is traveling in South Africa . Readers chose his destination and can share their travel suggestions . Bellini will provide updates from South Africa on CNN.com and CNN.com Live . | e7809716cfc362bdcc69468fcc51790b0e627e41 |
Washington (CNN) -- The unsolved murder of human rights activists in Russia. Their detention, torture and murder in Iran. Their jailing in China and Vietnam. Attacks on journalists in the Philippines, Pakistan, Mexico and Somalia. Coups in Africa and Central America. All isolated incidents around the world that togethe... | Freedom declines outweighed gains in '09, Freedom House says in annual survey . Number of electoral democracies low, group says, but it calls voting rights relatively good . Progress seen in Iraq, the Balkans, Malawi and Togo . 46% of 194 countries, territories in survey rated free, 30% partly free, 24% not free . | 0709dc21f24949cd4870aa9a03f5c2b09caba020 |
London (CNN) -- Germany has been at the very heart of the European Union since it began 60 years ago as a way of pooling coal and steel resources -- and of preventing future wars on a continent already devastated by brutal conflicts. But as the region's strongest economy, it has borne the brunt of the cost of recent re... | Germany has been at the very heart of the European Union since it began 60 years ago . As region's strongest economy, it has borne the brunt of the cost of recent rescue deals . Deutschmark was seen as symbol of Germany's post-WWII recovery, move to euro a major sacrifice . Germany keen to protect euro, but "no-one wan... | 6650e62d2def6d039ba43d5482f5dd7ec4f7ce2d |
(CNN) -- Fifty thousand soldiers will patrol the streets of Bogota, Colombia, after violent protests that left at least two people dead and dozens injured, President Juan Manuel Santos announced Friday. Speaking on Colombian national television, the president said he may also send troops to other locations around Colom... | 50,000 soldiers will patrol the streets of Bogota, Colombia, after violent protests . Vandals have smashed windows at foreign businesses, banks and restaurants . President Santos says vandals infiltrated protests by farmers seeking government support . Colombian analyst: "In general, this social movement has not been i... | 71cba74caa3855eafaf836eda87125f5f503e27d |
Cairo (CNN) -- Kidnappers in Egypt have released two Americans and their Egyptian tour guide after holding them hostage for three days, a security official said Monday. "They are at security headquarters with us now, in good condition. The negotiations succeeded, but we did not give in to the kidnappers' demands," said... | NEW: "I am in good health and in good spirits," Michel Louis says . The freed hostages are "in good condition," a security official says . Authorities did not give in to kidnappers' demands, he says . Two Americans and an Egyptian tour guide were kidnapped Friday . | 847e40a151bf5b35fa1d33d96d8ebff59ce86233 |
(CNN) -- Aisha Tyler is not your typical comedian. The 42-year-old is a 6 foot tall woman who snowboards, camps, raps about her lack of a rear end, and can't dance. "I will never be the lead in Step it Up 17: Old lady gets to Krumpin'," she writes in her new book. "I have made my peace with this." While she might lack ... | Comedian Aisha Tyler jokes about her biggest embarrassments in her new book . The book, "Self-Inflicted Wounds," was inspired by Tyler's podcast, "Girl on Guy" Tyler has blazed her path by bucking stereotypes and powering through tough times . | 7232a568333c076d338d11cc836285414f9f3fad |
(CNN) -- In December, Domenick Iammarino drove the 30 miles or so from his home in Solon, Ohio, to deliver Christmas gifts for his grandchildren. For Danny, Iammarino picked out an athletic top and pants. The teenager loved to ski and lamented to his grandfather the mildness of this winter in Chardon, the unofficial sn... | The last time Domenick Iammarino saw his grandson was at Christmas . Daniel Parmertor loved computers and skiing . Russell King Jr. was studying alternative energy . Demetrius Hewlin worked out at the gym, Cleveland newspaper reports . | 4a9dd864304ecd6b8a5412825174e66e7b2dc214 |
(CNN) -- A JetBlue flight attendant whose fame took off after his dramatic exit down an emergency chute is is no longer employed by the airline. JetBlue spokeswoman Jenny Dervin told CNN on Saturday that Steven Slater no longer works for the airline. She said that the separation occurred last week, but declined to elab... | Steven Slater is no longer employed by JetBlue . He is famous for sliding down an emergency chute after an onboard incident . Slater pleaded not guilty to reckless endangerment and criminal mischief . | dfc78e188418e88596b17d207bcf8f2a130714de |
(CNN) -- The U.S. government is the largest financial entity in the world. Nothing else comes close. On Sunday, April 29, it will be exactly three years since the U.S. Senate passed a budget. If you own or work for a small business that has a loan from a bank, I'm quite sure your business has a budget -- and a rather d... | Sen. Ron Johnson notes it's been three years since the Senate passed a budget . He says the president and Sen. Harry Reid are using the budget for political ends . Johnson: Democrats are unserious about passing a budget . The American people want the economy moving again, Johnson says . | a8af7daa4f985831c57e09ee44592e17fc1ea365 |
(CNN) -- Maria Sharapova has pulled out of the season-ending WTA Championships in Istanbul after suffering successive straight-sets defeats. The Russian lost to China's Li Na 7-6 (7-4) 6-4, who had herself not won a match, or even a set, since August. It was a match that ebbed and flowed as Li came from 2-4 down in the... | Maria Sharapova has quit the end-of-season WTA Championships in Istanbul . The Russian had lost in straight sets to China's Li Na . It was Sharapova's second straight-sets defeat in two days . Elsewhere Victoria Azarenka beat U.S. Open Sam Stosur . | 51b34bfd54dee60d27f4ede95b2e1318957e7e79 |
(CNN) -- Train the brain. Until recently, this phrase made me picture Neo from "The Matrix" proclaiming "I know kung fu" after he had martial arts abilities uploaded into his brain. But what if we really could harness technology, Neo-style, to help train our brains to better cope with everyday stress? For many of us, t... | Experts are mapping elite athletes' brains to determine optimal brain wave patterns . Neurofeedback may be able to retrain the brainwaves of children with ADHD and autism . STRIVE and SimCoach are two programs being used to help soldiers returning from war . | 2b27ff33aabc905b6d5f743b83c422201ce55cca |
(CNN) -- Spain striker Fernando Torres faces a race against time to be fit for the start of the World Cup after being ruled out for the rest of the European soccer season. Torres' English club Liverpool announced that the player was to have knee surgery on Sunday night and would be sidelined out for about six weeks. Th... | Fernando Torres ruled out for about six weeks as he needs operation on his knee . Liverpool striker will miss rest of European season and faces battle for World Cup fitness . Arsenal's English title hopes suffer big blow with shock 3-2 defeat at Wigan . Real Madrid close to within a point of Spanish leaders Barcelona, ... | 21bd40c76a60d997d039716e98f6144fc0335fcc |
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CNN) -- Reggae legend Lucky Dube, one of South Africa's most famous musicians, was killed in an attempted car-jacking as he dropped his children off at a relative's house, his record label said Friday. Reggae star Lucky Dube was much loved by his fellow South Africans. Dube, 43, was killed i... | South African reggae legend Lucky Dube killed in attempted hijacking . Dube, 43, killed Thursday in Johannesburg after hijacker tried to steal his car . Death casts shadow over South Africa's preparations for rugby World Cup final . | 7409e5092e7132e07e8ddaef9328e009c029dc28 |
(WIRED) -- A radio without any knobs. A bathroom where a clear display wirelessly streams vital statistics on your health. And a user interface that takes brain waves and translates them into commands for a computer. These are some of the products in development by Cambridge Consultants, a product design and developmen... | Product development company Cambridge Consultants shows off its gadgets . Many of these are set to hit retail shelves in the next few weeks . Engineers are working to improve accuracy and lower costs on brain control . Police officers and special forces covet the ability to "see" through walls . | 38c72a251ea47e6267f27a5955b20aac55b99c98 |
(CNN) -- Liberals need to stop complaining about the right. In recent weeks, the chorus of criticism emanating from liberals has been intensifying, focusing on how right-wing Republicans have shut down the government and are threatening the global economy. Many observers agree with this criticism, including a number of... | Julian Zelizer: Liberal complaints about the tactics of the right accomplish nothing . He says liberals should be looking for ways to pressure GOP members in their districts . If GOP can normalize shutdowns, it will use tactic again and again, he says . Zelizer: Moderate Republicans might help push back against conserv... | 88182bfd09a96557913446dfb16b735de524a8e1 |
NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Vimlendu Jha is the founder and head of Swechha -- We For Change Foundation which is based in India's capital, New Delhi. "The Dreamtime Circus is a troupe of fire dancers, jugglers, aerialists, clowns and musicians who travel the world to share the uplifting experience of the circus." Swechha... | Swechha has teamed up with the Dreamtime Circus troupe . Dreamtime Circus supports local organizations on key issues . The troupe is touring India putting on shows and circus skills workshops . | 630140753cfdeb90c15875f5002e1f1050c939a2 |
(CNN) -- China's ambassador to Japan is rejecting Tokyo's protest over the patrol of Chinese navy ships near a group of islands disputed by Japan, China and Taiwan. Japan accused the Chinese navy of using radar to gather information on the location of a Japanese escort vessel and a helicopter. The type of radar used co... | China rejects complaints about its navy patrols by Japan . Japan had accused China of using radar to track a Japanese ship and helicopter . Taiwan, China and Japan are disputing a group of islands . China says it is patrolling its waters near the islands . | 43f89a091a15cfb8972847d16b10c369b71d4bc0 |
Washington (CNN) -- A narrowly passed committee measure that recommends the United States recognize the 1915 killings of ethnic Armenians in Ottoman Turkey as genocide will likely not get a full vote in the House of Representatives, according to a senior State Department official. The official said Friday that the Stat... | Measure: U.S. should recognize 1915 killings of Armenians in Turkey as genocide . House committee passed the measure by one vote on Friday . Move has strained relations with crucial ally, but is hailed by officials in Armenia . "We believe it will stop where it is," senior State Dept. official says of measure . | 8840c35466b0b2b26547927dfea75dff902c0a41 |
(CNN) -- Samuel Eto'o can return to international action in September after the Cameroon Football Federation decided to reduce the four-time African player of the year's 15-match suspension to eight months. The 30-year-old national captain, who has represented his country more than 100 times, was punished last month fo... | Cameroon's football federation reduces Samuel Eto'o's suspension to eight months . The national captain had been banned for 15 matches for his role in a player strike . But now the 30-year-old will sit out four international games and can return in September . Vice-captain Enoh Eyong had a two-match suspension halved b... | d49d5c6ac6a84b72e3e73164d0524fb0b0f932ec |
(CNN) -- The U.S. Navy said its guided missile destroyer collided with a Japanese-owned oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz early Sunday morning. No one was injured in the collision that occurred about 1 a.m. local time when the USS Porter collided with the Panamanian-flagged bulk oil tanker M/V Otowasan, the Navy said ... | The USS Porter, a guided missile destroyer, collides with a tanker . The Japanese-owned tanker was operating under a Panamanian flag . No one is injured in the collision, the Navy says . The Porter "is able to operate under its own power," the Navy says . | 720e2c1fd3e8e13b7173881ea1a6191dd3af44b2 |
(CNN) -- Rory McIlroy has apologized for his decision to walk off the course at last week's PGA Tour tournament, and insists he will not repeat the mistake anytime soon. The world No. 1 left fellow professionals, fans and commentators in shock after leaving in the middle of his second round at the Honda Classic in Flor... | Rory McIlroy apologizes for walking off at Honda Classic . World No. 1 will tee off at WGC Cadillac Championship Thursday . Northern Irishman says he has no concerns over new Nike equipment . McIlroy unlikely to add an extra event to calendar ahead of April's Masters . | cca8fbdc1e119e7b14040450b00fa1638963d26a |
New York (CNN) -- Al Qaeda propagandist Sulaiman Abu Ghaith had a long plane ride last week to New York and an American jail cell located blocks from ground zero of the September 11 attacks. He filled that time, in part, by talking to U.S. investigators. It was an odd end to a journey that began just weeks earlier in I... | Sulaiman Abu Ghaith's statement, given after his arrest, is 22 pages long . Expert says his value comes in assessing status of former al Qaeda leaders in Iran . Concern is al Qaeda could gain power in Iran again . Abu Graith is charged with conspiracy to kill Americans . | 254982c9e7e9f695eae66afae88951f28566541c |
(CNN) -- Togo international Emmanuel Adebayor scored a timely hat-trick as Manchester City all but guaranteed their passage into the knockout stage of the Europa League with a 3-1 win over Lech Poznan at Eastlands. It was the first goals of the season for Adebayor and a reminder of his talents to manager Roberto Manci... | Emmanuel Adebayor scores a hat-trick as Manchester City beat Lech Poznan 3-1 . City head Europa League Group A after fine victory at Eastlands . Liverpool hold Napoli to 0-0 draw in match held with strong police presence . Porto make it three wins from three with 3-1 victory over Besiktas . | 8b25ecb576e8908160e161397e0392473d54f23c |
(CNN) -- A New Zealand court denied bail Wednesday to the founder of the shuttered file-sharing site Megaupload, whose extradition is being sought by the U.S. Department of Justice. Kim Dotcom, who is also known as Kim Schmitz, will remain in custody until at least February 22, when an extradition hearing is to be held... | Kim Dotcom to remain in custody at least until February 22 . U.S. authorities shut down Megaupload last week . They accuse the website of pirating copyrighted works . Dotcom's lawyer says he is innocent . | cab1953e392d69bd745239161503be5b3ad55a8c |
(CNN) -- Texas A&M freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel on Saturday was named the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner, making history. Manziel, whose exploits led to his being dubbed "Johnny Football," is the first freshman to win the Heisman, college football's most prestigious award. "This is a moment I've dreamed about since ... | "I wish they could be on the stage with me," Manziel says of teammates . Manziel is the first freshman to win the prestigious award . Other finalists were Notre Dame's Manti Te'o and Kansas State's Collin Klein . | 4775ad1ef21997a4cf94b0b13fa807fbf788097d |
Depressed and tired of trying diet after diet, Andy Sorrells began a faith-based weight loss program. Andy Sorrells lost 280 pounds and went from wearing a size 64 to wearing a size 36. He says he started without a specific goal weight and reduced his portion sizes to lose 280 pounds. Name: Andy Sorrells Age: 29 Homet... | Andy Sorrells wore a size 64 when he weighed more than 500 pounds . He withdrew socially and battled depression by taking anti-depressants . A faith-based weight loss program helped him lose 280 pounds . | 1ec67972a073386983e8058aea4c995053ca1f5e |
(CNN) -- The son of one of the world's wealthiest men is under arrest in London after the body of his American-born wife was found in their home this week, her death unexplained. Police stumbled into the mystery Monday, when they arrested Hans Kristian Rausing on drug charges. A search of his home in one of London's mo... | NEW: A MySpace page apparently belonging to Rausing tells of her struggle with drugs . Eva Rausing had struggled with drug addiction for years, an acquaintance says . She is found dead after her husband, Hans Kristian, is arrested on drug charges . Rausing's father is worth an estimated $10 billion . | 58201851e43a55e6b2c4dcb8a923ac20b432c674 |
(CNN) -- I give Bob Newhart a call because I have a hunch he will have something funny to say. I am right. The subject: Loyola of Chicago and the 50th anniversary (this Saturday) of its winning 1963's national championship of college basketball. The man on the phone: A proud Loyola grad, maybe the school's most well-kn... | Saturday marks 50 years since Loyola University Chicago won the 1963 NCAA championship . Surviving teammates would like to see the Ramblers in the Basketball Hall of Fame . No Illinois university has won the NCAA men's crown since . Loyola alum Bob Newhart: I pray Loyola doesn't try to deny that I went to school there ... | efccdcdb39a37008d79bf1380f732cafcb82d0e8 |
(CNN) -- World Cup holders Italy came back from a goal behind to secure an unconvincing 1-1 draw with Paraguay in their opening Group F match. The South Americans took a deserved lead after 39 minutes through Antolin Alcaraz's header but an error from goalkeeper Justo Villar gifted Daniele De Rossi the equalizer in the... | Defending champions Italy labor to 1-1 draw with Paraguay in Cape Town . Paraguay take lead through Antolin Alcaraz's header in first half . Daniele de Rossi eqequalizes for the Italians after an error from goalkeeper Justo Villar . | 1861ef4ac0f7ca8c64968ac9459d383451984cda |
(CNN) -- A 30-year-old Uzbekistan national living in Boise, Idaho, was arrested Thursday on federal terrorism charges, the Justice Department said. A grand jury in Boise returned a three-court indictment charging Fazliddin Kurbanov, 30, with one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign te... | 30-year-old Fazliddin Kurbanov is arrested in Boise, Idaho . He faces a three-count indictment in Idaho and a single-count accusation in Utah . Authorities say he provided support to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan . | c1c837af36bf42f6151736f9af9f105034452d3b |
(CNN) -- Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola has said the Spanish and European champions will fight until the end of the transfer window to sign Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas. Guardiola, 40, is confident the Spain midfielder can improve his squad. The former Barca captain also confirmed the Catalan giants are chasing Udine... | Josep Guardiola has said Barcelona will fight to sign Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas . The Barca coach also admitted the European champions are chasing Alexis Sanchez . Guardiola has been told the Catalans can afford to sign both players . | c748267640108d84cd78a6abeff2211419cd96d9 |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Katherine Jackson's sadness over the loss of her son is constant nearly two years after Michael Jackson's sudden death from an overdose of a surgical anesthetic. "There's not a day that passes I don't think about my child and he should be here right now," Jackson said in a CNN interview at her home... | "Not a day that passes I don't think about my child," Katherine Jackson says . She moved from the home where Michael lived to escape "sad memories" Blanket lets his hair grow long to honor his father, she says . Jackson's mother will step out of court when autopsy photos are shown . | 17e9d48a40f740f67b2034296f32b4b7b3478800 |
(CNN) -- It could be an alien spacecraft or a 21st century version of Captain Nemo's Nautilus from Jules Verne "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," but in fact it's a live-aboard, ocean-going laboratory that could be exploring the seas as soon as late next year. Called the SeaOrbiter, the part submarine, part research vesse... | SeaOrbiter is a unique, ocean-going research vessel . The vessel is designed by French architect Jacques Rougerie . Building of 58-meter tall ship due to begin in October . | 51fd996f557920e8a38723f6f8e5d0a7a00955e2 |
(CNN) -- At the beginning of 2008, everything seemed set for Bill Clinton. His wife, Hillary, had the money and the endorsements to run for the presidency. She also had the experience and the talismanic Democratic last name. Everything was in place for Bill's return to the White House, this time as first gentleman. The... | President Obama has actively embraced Bill Clinton for help on raising money and gaining voters . Michael Takiff: Obama needs Clinton in his campaign, Clinton craves political relevance . He says four years ago, Obama drove the former president crazy . Takiff: Whatever his feelings toward Bill Clinton, Obama should lis... | 889b1080751079a247a41b7d33c1c7de52890094 |
(CNN) -- The federal government is starting to deploy full-body scanning machines to 11 airports across the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced Friday. Forty body-imaging machines already have been put into use at 19 airports nationwide as part of a field test, according the Department... | Boston's Logan International Airport expected to get scanners on Friday . Chicago and Los Angeles airports also among facilities receiving scanners . Government plans to deploy 450 units by the end of 2010 . | 9518d245de5e66f2aaaae7c13ff19ed26720d6b7 |
Mexico City (CNN) -- Tropical storm Ernesto skirted the Mexican coast Thursday with top winds of 60 miles an hour, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. As of 2 p.m. ET, the storm was about 5 miles north of Coatzacoalcos, which is southeast of Mexico City along the Gulf of Mexico, the Hurricane Center said. A tropic... | NEW: Ernesto is 5 miles from Mexico's Gulf coast . NEW: It is expected to weaken as it moves over land . NEW: A tropical storm warning is in effect for the region . The storm surge could reach 3 feet, forecasters say . | 7c85fd69986218627e7fb1ee636754b41d306e60 |
(CNN) -- German President Joachim Gauck will not represent his country at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, his office says. The announcement makes Gauck, a former pastor, the first major political figure to boycott the games, which will be held at the Black Sea resort in February. According to a report in the Germ... | NEW: Spokesman for German president won't discuss his reasons for skipping the games . President Joachim Gauck will not attend Olympics in Sochi . It's a protest over human rights and harassment of the opposition, Der Spiegel reports . It would make him the first major political figure to boycott the games . | 95770b9b95ef5663224d2dc05d5b35a245a995fe |
(CNN) -- While the coastal town of Savannah, Georgia, fills with spectators on Saturday for the Rock 'n' Roll marathon, Chris Fenton and Laura Devrieze will be focused on the finish line. For Fenton, crossing that line means completing his 10th marathon in six months. For Devrieze, it means finishing her first. For bot... | The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's team raises money for blood cancer research . Chris Fenton is running 10 marathons in six months in honor of his mother . Sharing personal stories helps runners focus on the goal, donors open wallets . | 1877d077dfef57ee2a2e9f11ee4dd8a56e7b9bda |
(CNN) -- Serena Williams made a winning return from a left ankle injury by defeating Zhang Shuai in the second round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. Williams, seeded 10th, had not been in WTA action since losing to Ekaterina Makarova in the last 16 of the Australian Open. However, she was always in control against ... | Serena Williams returns to action with a victory in the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami . Williams defeats China's Shuai Zhang 6-2 6-3 in her first match since Australian Open . Kim Clijsters also continues her comeback with a straight sets win over Julia Goerges . | 7e2317e8dd039a7e153d666fbc23e040851e3b3b |
Washington (CNN) -- A divided Supreme Court spent this week's final oral argument on health care reform Wednesday examining whether states would be "coerced" by the federal government to expand their share of Medicaid costs by the risk of losing funding if they refused to take part. The session concluded three days of ... | 26 states challenged a Medicaid expansion under health care reform . The justices are divided on ideological grounds on the matter . The issue touches on the legal question of federal and state powers . The high court debate on Medicaid concludes a week of health care reform hearings . | ebdbf300bfabc95fbad92d63b328c516412894b7 |
San Francisco (CNN) -- Remember when Hotmail was hot? Dick Craddock, who manages the group responsible for Microsoft's Web-based e-mail service, can still recall the day of celebration in 2004 when the Hotmail division had just posted a stunning financial quarter. Craddock, along with other Microsoft execs and develope... | Microsoft is hoping to improve the reputation of Hotmail . The Web-based e-mail service, once a dominant player, is losing steam . Hotmail faces a growing list of competitors, including Apple, Facebook, Google . | b6fb38d763b86fb8d77a475196a86b7ad0599036 |
(CNN) -- Aaron Sorkin, the celebrated screenwriter whose punchy dialogue propelled TV's "The West Wing" and the Facebook movie "The Social Network," will write and direct an upcoming film on the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Sony Pictures has confirmed that Sorkin will adapt "Steve Jobs," the in-depth biography ... | Aaron Sorkin will write and direct biopic on Steve Jobs . Sorkin is the writer of "The West Wing" and "The Social Network" The movie will be based on Walter Isaacson's book "Steve Jobs" | 293189e80a0e36ef08c271617d6ad861ef8bf4bf |
(CNN) -- Romanian authorities have arrested three men suspected in last year's heist in the Netherlands at a Rotterdam art gallery, where paintings ranging from artists like Pablo Picasso to Claude Monet were on display. Police said the paintings taken had not been recovered but indicated that some of the works might b... | Police say the paintings are not yet recovered . They indicated some might be hidden in an undisclosed location in Romania . Seven works of "considerable value" disappeared in the museum theft . | 05a64a9b8de4e7628625d222402973202d5fc4ba |
(CNN) -- An Irish bishop resigned Wednesday following a government report into the sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy -- the second to do so. Bishop Jim Moriarty was not directly criticized in the Murphy Report, but was a member of the Dublin archdiocese leadership for more than a decade before it put proper p... | Irish bishop resigns after government report on sex abuse of children by Catholic clergy . Bishop Jim Moriarty was not directly criticized in the Murphy Report . He was a member of Dublin archdiocese leadership before it put proper protections in place . Donal Murray, Limerick bishop, resigned in December after being n... | f45bbb7d76a0e5bc4e9fb8004a9d20a1dedcf0a0 |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Teratomas of the brain are very rare and comprise less than 1 per cent of all brain tumors. Teratomas have been the subject of intense fascination among scientists because of their sometimes strange qualities -- some have been reported to contain hair, teeth, bone and, very rarely, more complex... | Teratomas of the brain are very rare tumors -- less than 1% of all brain tumors . "Mature" teratomas sometimes contain highly developed tissues like teeth and hair . "Teratoma" comes from the Greek word "teraton," meaning "monster". | b38996f108b4446e3a10481798b98f7d637b468e |
(CNN) -- A pregnant bartender says she is fighting to keep her job at a gentlemen's club in New York. Jennifer Paviglianiti, of Centereach, N.Y., claims her employer, Café Royale, discriminated against her because of her pregnancy. She filed a claim with the EEOC earlier this month. Paviglianiti says she feared how her... | Jennifer Paviglianiti says boss reduced hours, put her on cashier because of pregnancy . In EEOC complaint, Paviglianiti, 29, says she is making less money because of demotion . "Maybe [customers] don't go there because the bartender is pregnant," boss says in recording . Boss' attorney says her job duties were adjuste... | 0cd99d7ebadebe3da6fd3264376c3111dab0dea7 |
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Investigators are looking into whether employees at the Los Angeles County coroner's office illegally leaked information about Michael Jackson's death probe to the news media, according to a sheriff's spokesman. Police stand outside the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office when Michael J... | Vivid descriptions of Jackson's corpse are published by tabloid newspapers . L.A. officials ask sheriff to conduct preliminary inquiry . A sheriff's spokesman did not say what prompted the request . The coroner's office is investigating the cause of Jackson's June 25 death . | 322270fe8c74098a3003ec4685bfabaf3aaf790a |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Pentagon will lift its ban on media coverage of the flag-draped coffins of war victims arriving at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday. Military vehicles carry coffins containing U.S. troops in this photo the Pentagon released in 2005. But the families... | Defense secretary Robert Gates says families will have final say on each coffin . Group says, "Military families were not consulted nor their wishes honored" Another family group says it "appreciates the sensitivity" of the secretary . Gates ordered review after president requested info on longstanding ban . | 961461711de7e88c1c5ca01f4034ed92831eca90 |
Madrid (CNN) -- Loud chants rise up from the street below, the noise bouncing off the wall of the building across the way and pouring in to an apartment on the top floor of a block in Vicalvaro, a working class suburb of Madrid. "The people, united, will never be divided!" yells the crowd, angrily waving banners and pl... | Spain has seen hundreds of protests since the "Indignados" movement erupted . In 2011, activists took over Madrid's Puerta del Sol, inspiring the global "Occupy" campaign . Two years on, many are still angry, and marches and sit-ins are common in the capital . A mass demonstration is planned in towns and cities across ... | 6f4365ee2a3378e62149ccf2ce50972c2635faf7 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Boston trolley operator killed in a crash last year likely had a sleep disorder and fell into a "micro-sleep" shortly before the collision, the National Transportation Safety Board ruled Tuesday. Since last year's trolley crash in Boston, Massachusetts, there has been another incident on the same ... | Obesity, evidence that operator was taking sleep aid leads to conjecture . Transportation board criticized for failing to screen for sleep disorders . Board also notes lack of systems to prevent trains from using same stretch of track . | 8344960457778ea0a4fdbba33e7eebb69aa979bf |
(CNN) -- Barack Obama is a married man but there's another woman with a hold on him that his wife can never match: she runs the House. Nancy Pelosi has been an easy target for Republican ire. She is Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic speaker of the House of Representatives, the most powerful woman in Washington and lately, a... | Nancy Pelosi, speaker in House, is most powerful woman in Washington . U.S. President Obama needs Pelosi to ensure his plans get House approval . Pelosi under attack over Democrats' failure to challenge CIA over waterboarding . Tactic is smart move by Republicans as Pelosi an easier target than Obama . | 7d8e9d1271250dcb3e1981d0655f4141ac30d763 |
Alexandria, Virginia (CNN) -- A Moroccan man charged with plotting a suicide bomb attack on the U.S. Capitol will remain in jail, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Amine El Khalifi made a brief appearance in federal court and waived his right to have a preliminary hearing and to contest his detention. Magistrate Judge J... | Amine El Khalifi made a brief appearance in federal court Wednesday . He waived his right to have a preliminary hearing and to contest his detention . El Khalifi was arrested Friday as the result of an FBI sting operation . He accepted a gun and what he thought was a bomb vest, according to the complaint . | 95c0de7e2247ac62dd20b66a267a5701a31798db |
(CNN) -- A suspect has been named in the October 2 beating of a blind man, the Philadelphia Police Department said Friday. Mustafa Guyton, 29, is accused of aggravated assault after he allegedly kicked and stomped the 33-year-old man in Philadelphia's Southwest Germantown neighborhood, a police news release says. The a... | Mustafa Guyton, 29, is accused of aggravated assault . He allegedly punched, kicked and stomped the 33-year-old victim . The assault was caught by a surveillance camera . | d9cc98af807ff2f197a623b489416d7ce5e1eff8 |
(CNN) -- The United Nations humanitarian chief urged Sudan to allow aid workers into a Darfur refugee camp that has been closed for nearly two weeks, limiting access to 80,000 displaced people. Sudanese authorities prevented aid agencies from entering Kalma camp and its surrounding areas after violence broke out earlie... | Sudan prevents aid agencies from entering camp after violence breaks out . The Darfur refugee camp has been closed for nearly two weeks . Closure limits access to 80,000 displaced people. | d6aff72ee8ef75c095e17f81587ec06c27224e13 |
(CNN) -- Two days after a massive fertilizer plant explosion leveled parts of a central Texas town, killing 14 people and displacing many more, residents moved into recovery mode Friday after investigators announced they had nearly finished search and rescue efforts. The fiery explosion ripped through the heart of West... | Two more fatalities have been identified, bringing number of dead to 14 . Firefighters and emergency responders are among those dead . Small town of West -- population 2,800 -- grapples with loss . | 190b7981990d48be0bb9d4cea8f54c5f62dbdf8e |
(CNN) -- While suspended star striker Wayne Rooney was recovering from a hair transplant, England's hopes of automatic qualification for Euro 2012 suffered a blow on Saturday as Switzerland claimed at 2-2 draw at London's Wembley Stadium. The balding Manchester United player, who was booked in March's win over Wales to... | England held 2-2 at home by Switzerland in absence of suspended Wayne Rooney . Manchester United striker reveals that he used his time off to get a hair transplant . Group G leaders England level on points with Montenegro, held 1-1 by Bulgaria . Groups B and H have three-way ties at the top of the points standings . | 6d934a277cd1410fd3e2aef60ebacc8d35dc4eb2 |
(CNN) -- Amateur football games across the Netherlands have been canceled this weekend in tribute to a volunteer soccer official whose beating death allegedly by teenage players has shocked the country. A minute's silence also will be observed before all professional games this weekend, the Dutch Football Association, ... | All amateur games are canceled this weekend, the Dutch football association says . A minute's silence will be held before professional games in tribute to the linesman . Three teenagers have been charged in the death of the linesman . A Dutch newspaper ad says, "Without respect, no football" | 2f668442896c8d1017603827494208554120f324 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A German-owned cargo ship was hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden in waters near Somalia that have become notorious for pirate attacks. Pirates continue to attack shipping in the Gulf of Aden despite international naval patrols. The Antigua and Barbuda-flagged ship, named Victoria, was seized T... | Antigua and Barbuda-flagged ship, named Victoria, was seized Tuesday . 11 Romanian crewmembers were being held captive . Vessel taken in the Gulf of Aden in waters near Somalia . Piracy has been soaring off the coast of eastern Africa . | 7f0d9d0acadf4eca270a09fa62fcaf20aa71da6e |
Washington (CNN) -- It's a daunting assignment for an Army combat brigade at Fort Bliss, Oklahoma -- get all the military's high-tech software, uplinks, phones, drones and computers to talk to each other. The goal of the Army is to fine-tune a global network to provide everyone, from commanders to frontline soldiers, t... | A combat brigade at the Army's Fort Bliss is on a technological mission . The goal is to fine-tune and synchronize a global network of military technology . "The network will change how we operate on the battlefield," says a general . | f0a88edc9bf089c31ef1cbb7562117e018313363 |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- New York police have made an arrest in the case of an Ecuadorian immigrant beaten to death in an apparent anti-Latino and antigay hate crime in December, New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly announced Wednesday. Jose Sucuzhanay was beaten after leaving a party at a church. Police arrested Hakim Scot... | Hakim Scott, 25, charged with 2nd degree murder in New York case . Second suspect sought in beating of Jose and Romel Sucuzhanay . Brothers were hugging to stay warm; assailants made antigay remarks . | f46464638f5a58fb302c67266f898eb0351350fb |
Baghdad (CNN) -- At least five people were killed and 30 others wounded Friday after a bombing outside a Sunni mosque in northeastern Baghdad, police said. The blast took place as worshippers were leaving the mosque in the al-Rashidiya neighborhood following Friday prayers, police said. There has been an uptick in viol... | The mosque is in northeastern Baghdad . There's been an upsurge in sectarian violence in Iraq . April was the deadliest month in nearly five years, United Nations says . | c5418359807070f49fbe29047428855a37c06cdb |
Washington (CNN) -- What a difference. Barack Obama assumed the presidency four years ago on a day full of history and hope. The second time around there is less hype, far lower expectations, and no illusions about the capital's political climate. "I just want things to work," then President-elect Obama told CNN in an ... | At the start of his second term, Barack Obama has major issues left undone from his first . Deficits, Social Security and Medicare are carrying over into his second-term agenda. Education. Science and technology advances also are issues that may shape next four years . | 2a696bb211a76ec5192283e6dcab824b920aba45 |
(CNN) -- The sagging economy is taking a bite out of federal school-meal subsidies as more students take advantage of free or low-price breakfasts and lunches, nutritionists say in a report released Thursday. About 425,000 more students are participating in the National School Lunch Program, a group reports. The Schoo... | Number of students eating subsidized meals rises 2.5 percent, nonprofit says . Use of USDA programs rises even as enrollment falls, report notes . Schools complain that USDA doesn't cover full cost of meals . School Nutrition Association surveyed 130 school food directors in 38 states . | bf2922ce26624688cebf3b61e7fce92c73bf0f8b |
Washington (CNN) -- If you're looking to rub elbows with celebrities in D.C. for the inauguration this weekend, you won't have to look too far. Hollywood movie stars, Grammy award winning musicians and professional athletes will be all over Washington in celebration of the 57th Presidential Inauguration. Here's the lat... | Musicians, actors and athletes will be in Washington, D.C. this weekend for the inauguration . Beyonce, Jamie Foxx and James Taylor are among those expected . Eva Longoria serves as a co-chair of the Presidential Inaugural Committee . | 3fd6f3363039082da503bb8d1ec481a64e4026e2 |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- The death of a 14-year-old girl in England after she received a vaccination for Human Papilloma virus (HPV) has prompted a widespread freeze on the country's national vaccination program. Millions of girls have received vaccinations for HPV since 2008, the virus that causes 99 percent of cervic... | Teenage girl dies after receiving Cervarix vaccination for HPV . England's national vaccination program freezes as batches are recalled . HPV is a sexually-transmitted virus that causes 99 percent of cervical cancers . Almost 1.4million girls in England have already received the vaccine . | 1efd893ef746795587c7eeb0ffdb373084edd4e4 |
(CNN) -- With their budgets teetering on bankruptcy, states are digging deep to find creative ways to ease their financial woes. If marijuana were legalized, it could become California's No. 1 cash crop. Although fiscal year 2009 was grim for states, observers predict that 2010 will be even worse. "The numbers that sta... | States consider creative approaches to raise money . Georgia lawmakers proposed $5 charge for patrons of gentlemen's clubs . Delaware approved sports lottery, but it's getting pushback from pro leagues . Larger issue is shift from manufacturing to service-based economy, analyst says . | 34f87045c22ddb2b68832561133c03b16a0b08e9 |
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Search warrants filed Thursday in court in Clark County, Nevada, and carried out at properties of Michael Jackson's doctor imply that investigators looking into his death believe the singer was a drug addict. Dr. Conrad Murray was with Michael Jackson on the day that he died. The warran... | NEW: Search warrants say there is probable evidence of prescribing to an addict . NEW: Source says numerous prescription drugs found in Michael Jackson's home . "Dr. [Conrad] Murray is the only one we're looking at," law enforcement official says . Singer's father confirms Michael had another child, says "he looks like... | 8088c6a324e3f9e2af72a5bfdced0c3887301cdb |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- After a nearly year-long investigation, police say they now believe 10 sets of human remains uncovered along a desolate stretch of Long Island, New York, beach are linked to a single killer. "The theory is now that we're dealing with one serial killer," Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dorme... | Police say they think a single serial killer is responsible for bodies found in Long Island . Police previously thought only the first set of remains could be the work of a killer or killers . The body of the woman who triggered investigation is still missing . The women who were killed advertised prostitution searches... | 0f6642d1f9e5a00cb09567e1da7748b86f5cea9a |
(CNN) -- A former police officer convicted of murdering his girlfriend and their unborn child tearfully apologized to her family Monday in front of the jury that will decide whether he lives or dies. Bobby Cutts Jr. weeps openly as his mother describes his childhood during a sentencing hearing. "It was a nightmare that... | NEW: Ex-cop apologizes, asks jury to spare him . Bobby Cutts Jr. faces the death penalty for murders of girlfriend, unborn child . Cutts also could receive life sentence, with or without parole . Same jury that found Cutts guilty is hearing penalty phase of trial . | 62f05476ec5198ceb345ce4f45d7d0e70f499ad7 |
Moscow, Russia (CNN) -- As Russia reels from the worst drought in nearly 40 years, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has announced a temporary ban on grain exports. "I think it is expedient to temporarily ban exports of grain and grain products from Russia," Putin said in a government meeting Thursday. Putin spokesman Dmit... | The Russian government has banned grain exports until December 1 . The drought is the country's worst in nearly 40 years . Russia is the world's 3rd largest exporter of wheat . | f1c3a3d0c31852d43956fb6687f83b0b8e7d3258 |
New Delhi (CNN) -- An unspecified number of Indian sailors have died after an explosion and fire on a navy submarine at a dockyard in Mumbai, authorities said Wednesday. Rescue efforts are under way at the scene following the blast and "major fire" early Wednesday on the INS Sindhurakshak, the defense ministry said in ... | NEW: The defense minister confirms some deaths but doesn't say how many . About 18 people were reportedly on board when the blast happened . Rescue efforts are still under way . The Russian-built submarine has mostly sunk following the explosion and blaze . | 67592322654d97aa8eddf4256216782095663222 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Bucking tradition, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will bypass Europe and travel to Asia on her maiden voyage overseas, diplomats familiar with the planning said Tuesday. Bill Clinton looks at his wife Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as she is sworn in on February 2. Clinton is expected t... | Hillary Clinton will bypass Europe and travel to Asia on her maiden voyage overseas . U.S. Secretary of State Clinton expected to visit China, Japan and South Korea . Trip illustrates Obama administration's desire for a broader partnership with China . Trip also highlights commitment to resolving the North Korean nucle... | 16b80e877d872e43069710569643eaa70da136df |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Mohammed Ismail was released from the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in early 2004 and sent back to Afghanistan to be set free. A guard talks with a detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, earlier this year. Within four months, the U.S. military said, he was recaptured in Afghanistan at... | Pentagon: 14 percent turn to, or are suspected of turning to, terrorism activities . Rate has doubled from that of a few years ago, Pentagon officials say . Names of almost 30 ex-detainees believed to have gone on to fight released . | 81a311f800c471e9f95974f26b189ba3cd3085ab |
Moscow (CNN) -- If a country's standing can be measured by its sporting ambitions, then Russia's status as a superpower is once again on the rise. Its big-spending football league is attracting top international stars, and the next few years will see it host major sporting spectacles for the first time since the Soviet... | Russian tennis player Anna Chakvetadze is standing for Russian parliament . The 24-year-old has struggled with injuries and illness in 2011 . She is hoping to boost sport's profile with the fringe Right Cause party . Party has been called a puppet of Kremlin, but she says it can make a difference . | 8a4b389ce2272b138c1a345a00b3bdd2e8ac1581 |
(CNN) -- The Boston Children's Hospital pediatric doctor charged with receipt of child pornography was disciplined for using a school computer to access adult pornography when he was medical director at Phillips Academy boarding school, school officials said Friday. Richard Keller, 56, who is also a pediatrics clinical... | Federal prosecutors file child pornography case against Boston physician . Boarding school cites unrelated incidents allegedly involving doctor . Richard Keller worked at school for 19 years, then resigned . | 89cd04a0e5228d688039e34c9b69f2e0e3c8e120 |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Global warming and the state of the planet aren't exactly laughing matters, but for comedian Abie Philbin Bowman, the dire environmental outlook has at least one bright side. Abie Philbin Bowman sees the funny side of global warming at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. "In 50 years, my generation ... | Comedian Abie Philbin Bowman tackles global warming in his new show . "Eco-Friendly Jihad" has had mixed reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival . Bowman says every political joke should reveal an 'inconvenient truth' | 600d722d27f98b235f4ca2912bf2554528f90509 |
(CNN) -- As debt-ridden Greece braces for strikes while its prime minister attempts to reassure Europe that his country will pay its bills, the 17 eurozone countries are in various stages of deciding whether to approve the expansion of Europe's bailout fund. The proposed enhancements to the European Financial Stability... | Germany's approval of EFSF expansion is seen as necessary for the fund's success . Once opposed to EFSF enhancement, the Netherlands are expected to approve in early October . Members of Slovakia's coalition government steadfastly refuse to approve EFSF expansion . | 0cc9c8272078e0f868920254060d369b8114038a |
(CNN) -- The first time I viewed an al Qaeda recruitment video, I squinted at a scratchy black blob shimmying across the screen. It took a moment to recognize this was an amateur effort to obliterate the image of a woman from a clip of a politician's visit to Saudi Arabia. The blob was evidently his wife. I wondered at... | Susan Hasler: Too often role of women in counterterrorism is de-emphasized . She says women were instrumental in early days of search for bin Laden . The analysts proved better at understanding relationships and at suppressing ego, she says . Hasler: Agencies should put female analysts in spotlight when attacks happen ... | be7625d9076ad817aa01335fb1c17c7208de6c1b |
(CNN) -- England international footballer Steven Gerrard was found not guilty of affray by a court in his home city on Friday. England international Steven Gerrard was cleared by a court in Liverpool of affray. The jury at Liverpool Crown Court took a little over an hour to clear Gerrard of charges relating to a fraca... | England football star Steven Gerrard cleared of affray charge by Liverpool court . Gerrard admitted punching 34-year-old businessman Marcus McGhee . Jury accepted his version that he acted in self defense in nightclub brawl . | 0cf66b646e9b32076513c050edf32a799200c3c2 |
(CNN) -- For a legendary gambler who thinks nothing of betting a million dollars on one horse, Irish businessman JP McManus is by all accounts a surprisingly reserved man. From humble beginnings as a bookmaker, McManus earned a reputation as the fearless man on the track who would take on any wager -- no matter how big... | Legendary billionaire gambler JP McManus big player at Cheltenham . More than $820m bet at four-day British horse racing festival . Top betting stories include stable boy turned millionaire . Lucky punter who won $1.5m on horse called A Dream Come True . | dc974570b6d32a53e949048a38e3e83dd93a76a6 |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- The killer of "Harry Potter" actor Rob Knox has been given four life sentences and told he will be behind bars for at least 20 years. The parents of Robert Knox read a statement outside the Old Bailey after Karl Bishop was found guilty of his murder. A judge at the Old Bailey court in central L... | The killer of "Harry Potter" actor jailed for life, must serve at least 20 years . Karl Bishop, 22, attacked Rob Knox with 2 knives in southeast London last May . Knife crime in Britain is political hot topic due to spate of recent killings . | d3a394fb1ecefe3ae360d9097aaf50406a805086 |
Grand Rapids, Michigan (CNN) -- For the past few months, I have been trying to figure out why Mitt Romney is so unlikeable. It can't be because he's rich, because there are a lot of rich people we like. Hell, President Obama's rich and 56% of the country views him favorably. It can't be because he's Republican, because... | LZ Granderson: Polls show Americans favorable on Obama, not favorable on Romney . He says Romney's unpopularity stems from his sense of entitlement, disregard for others . He says Romney fails to realize that part of our strength is our dependence on each other . Granderson: Romney's likeability problem doesn't mean pe... | 879bd537c6cba29d4f9e22f18da8508947c07721 |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Four southern California teenagers have been charged following the apparent drug overdose death of an 18-year-old high school quarterback whose father is a retired NFL player, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Saturday. Three of the teens have been charged with involuntary manslaught... | Griffen Kramer, 18, son of a retired NFL quarterback, dies of apparent overdose . Two 19-year-old boys and two 17-year-old boys face various charges . One allegedly keeps an unconscious Kramer overnight before calling police . Kramer was dead for hours before the call was made, police say . | 313c89f5be6f3089675ff49a4245b49cfc4f0455 |
MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Former Chicago gang member Jose Padilla was found guilty Thursday of supporting Islamic terrorism overseas. Jose Padilla was originally accused of planning a "dirty bomb" attack in the United States. Co-defendants Adham Hassoun and Kifan Jayyousi were also found guilty of the three counts charge... | Federal jury convicts U.S.-born Jose Padilla of supporting Islamic terrorism . Prints on "mujahedeen data form" key piece of government evidence . Defense says Padilla traveled overseas only to study Islam . Padilla originally accused in "dirty bomb" case that never went to court . | 56feb2621bbdde879e1128a978a230fa20130b2b |
(CNN) -- Snow covers most of the lower 48 states after a week of wicked weather, but forecasters warned on Friday that it's not over yet. Freezing rain threatened parts of Texas, Missouri and Tennessee and a fresh snowstorm was expected to push into the Ohio Valley. Residents of Oklahoma and Arkansas are "likely to see... | NEW: Storm good news for Vermont ski resorts . Snow now covers 65% of lower 48 states, forecasters say . More snow predicted for Ohio Valley and the Northeast . This week's wicked weather blamed for 10 deaths, authorities say . | 85fb5e6ba653a46bbb241969e7411d0873fdf14c |
(Travel + Leisure) -- Nothing, but nothing, has the power to spoil New Orleans' appetite. The people of this city love to eat, and they eat it all -- from simply fried oysters and perfectly dressed po' boys to cutting-edge dishes served Cajun style. Here, a meal-by-meal primer of the Big Easy from a lucky visitor who c... | Mother's serves hearty breakfasts on the edge of the Central Business District . Parkway Bakery & Tavern is known for its po' boy sandwiches . Chef John Besh celebrates regional ingredients in French style at August . | c1ffdf8a75b64f8d7810b93240e9b32c0cd8c949 |
Dallas (CNN) -- The far-reaching investigation into a "bounty" scandal is reverberating across the National Football League and threatens to tarnish the loveable image of the New Orleans Saints franchise. "It's going to be a huge scandal," senior Sports Illustrated writer Peter King told CNN. "This will give the NFL a ... | NFL: As many as 27 players took part in the "bounty" program . Former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams admits to paying for hits . Williams: "We knew it was wrong while we were doing it." Investigation grows to include Washington Redskins . | 9d024f7f9f4812183685605d0801aca88ac27fe6 |
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- The term of service for the president should be extended from its current four years -- renewable once -- to a single term of "a little more than four years," Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said Tuesday in a statement. He said he will send a bill to National Assembly to pass the changes to... | Jonathan wants to extend slightly the current 4-year presidential term . Several presidential sources say he is pushing for a 6-year to 7-year term . He has said he would not benefit from such a change . | 884835b12eca61c8625748c29450d0f078a68d6d |
ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) -- Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for a Florida woman charged with killing her missing 3-year-old daughter, according to court documents filed Friday. Casey Anthony has been charged in an indictment with the premediated murder of daughter Caylee. "It is not in the best interest of th... | Document: It's not in Florida's best interest to seek death penalty for Casey Anthony . Anthony is charged with first-degree murder in daughter's disappearance . Caylee Anthony, 3, was missing for a month before her mother told anyone . | b91a0ddb8d19b6e8413449c1ef62ae78724eb1c5 |
(CNN) -- There were headlines when one of Tesla's Model S electric cars caught fire in late October after the battery case was pierced by a piece of road debris. There were bigger headlines, and much speculation, when within six weeks, a second and then a third Model S fire occurred in the wake of accidents. The fires ... | Tesla's Model S electric cars have caught fire three times in recent months . John O'Dell: We need to know whether there's a flaw that needs to be corrected . But it's wrong to use this to question viability of the company or electric cars, he says . O'Dell: Electric cars are new and different, but they shouldn't be ta... | fd5b1a0e25d2cc9a69cc99230e46787fa31edf2b |
(CNN) -- Europe's leaders warned 2012 was likely to be tougher than 2011, when spiralling borrowing costs forced political change in Italy and Spain and threatened the survival of the euro. In a sombre address on national television Nicolas Sarkozy, president of France, said the gravest crisis Europe has faced since th... | French president said the gravest crisis Europe has faced since the second world war "is not over" German chancellor told German voters "next year will no doubt be more difficult than 2011" The president of Europe's third-largest economy urged Italians to make sacrifices . Spiraling borrowing costs forced political cha... | 7d6d8ebbb01c6ee8c3c5e8d4ee9402d61da2764f |
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