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Washington (CNN) -- The Pentagon is making detailed plans to send about 34,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan in anticipation of President Obama's decision on the future of the eight-year-old war, a defense official said Tuesday. Obama held a lengthy meeting with top advisers Monday night and said Tuesday that he woul... | NEW: NATO allies will also be asked to send more troops, officials say . Announcement on troop increase to come after Thanksgiving . Obama met with national security team Monday night to discuss Afghanistan . Obama wanted clarification on how, when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility . | cf0489a929ed06333a9179438c01f3fb44025a2a |
Washington (CNN) -- President Obama will award the Medal of Honor to U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller for "conspicuous gallantry" and "heroic actions" in Afghanistan in January 2008, the White House announced Thursday. Miller will receive the rare honor posthumously for displaying "immeasurable courage and uncommo... | U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Miller will receive the Medal of Honor . Miller died while saving the lives of other U.S. troops and 15 Afghan soldiers . Miller's parents will be present for the ceremony awarding the medal on October 6 . Another deceased vet -- Air Force Sgt. Richard Etchberger -- will receive the medal th... | 9960ad2cf967cfc63d84da79fc8043082d6a537f |
(CNN) -- Multinationals see Ireland as the "gateway" to Europe, says the boss of the country's largest food company. Stan McCarthy, chief executive officer of Kerry Group, told CNN that the Irish economy is "very progressive." He added: "I think it [Ireland] recognizes that it cannot rely totally on its own market and ... | Kerry CEO McCarthy says the Irish economy will be "much wiser" once it recovers . Ireland has a corporation tax of 12.5%, which is lower than many of its European partners . McCarthy says that Kerry Group and Ireland have benefited from EU membership . | 5bbc099b714b34d3e21bd17cbdc0637a4241439b |
Sydney (CNN) -- As Australia digests the government's recent call for deeper engagement with Asia -- and China in particular -- one Australian billionaire with interests in China has offered some advice. "Stop viewing China like it's the Cold War," James Packer, who owns multimillion dollar casino businesses in Austral... | Australia's economy is increasingly tied to China, yet attitudes remain "cold war" A recent white paper says Australia needs to embrace "the Asian Century" to thrive . Australians still tend to see China through a historical lens as predatory and alien . China is Australia's number one trade partner, helping Sydney ski... | 8e20da649cb6c672eb412310fea10b781efdf8e0 |
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- The Dominican consul general Wednesday rejected the claim from an American church leader that she thought her paperwork was in order when she attempted to take 33 Haitian children out of the country, saying he had told her it was not. "I warned her, I said as soon as you get there without... | Dominican consul general: "This woman knew what she was trying to do was not legal." Laura Silsby, 9 other Americans turned back from border with 33 Haitian children . The U.S. church group is being held by Haitian authorities . Haiti and Dominican Republic share the Caribbean island of Hispaniola . | 414da1523ed2d3cf6efd3edad26e49cd9416d583 |
(CNN) -- The attorney for former Liberian President Charles Taylor accused the former agent for supermodel Naomi Campbell of lying in her testimony at an international court Tuesday. Courtenay Griffiths said Carole White's account of Campbell receiving "blood diamonds" from Taylor's men was "a complete pack of lies." W... | Charles Taylor's attorney accuses Naomi Campbell's former agent of lying . Carole White disputed Campbell's testimony from last week . She said Campbell knew that the diamonds given to her in 1997 were from Taylor . White denies her testimony has anything to do with a separate lawsuit . | d88902b4fd93ce5f9e10656dbd1052a996dbe8a6 |
Washington (CNN) -- It's beginning to look a lot like, well, 2011 again, at least at the nation's gas pumps. The national average price of gasoline has dropped to a fraction of a penny under $3.25 a gallon, according to the American Automobile Association. That's the lowest average in almost two years -- welcome news f... | The American Automobile Association says 84.4 million Americans will be on the road . Statistics from AAA put the national average price of gas at just under $3.25 a gallon . Gas prices have dropped every day in December, cutting 15.4 cents from the gallon cost . | a21329b66bbe32c297a65c1907a1461795ca1347 |
(Budget Travel) -- For years, Budget Travel has been advising readers to rent short-term apartments whenever they plan to spend more than a few days in expensive cities like Paris and New York. Short-term apartment rentals can help travelers save money on both lodging and meals, while providing a more authentic experie... | Renting a short-term apartment in cities like Paris and New York City can cut back expenses . Though some cities have passed laws prohibiting short-term rentals, renters face no penalty . Even with new laws, short-term vacation rental inquiries in New York City increased . | 6a27f0372730695fe503982c3a457f75d12f3532 |
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan's foreign ministry said Wednesday that it has lodged a "strong" protest with the U.S. ambassador over missile attacks conducted on Pakistani soil by unmanned drones. The aftermath of a suspected U.S. drone attack on a building in North Waziristan. The ministry said it summoned Amba... | Pakistan summons U.S. ambassador over missile attacks . Missile strike from a suspected U.S. drone killed 20 people . Suspected Taliban militants kidnap 3 officials from in tribal region . | 27c2c8e7cc1ed38e540bfaaa5c257b05ffee540d |
(CNN) -- An appellate court on Thursday ordered a new trial for a Florida woman who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a gun to scare off her allegedly abusive husband, ruling that a jury was improperly instructed on self-defense. Marissa Alexander's case will be retried because the jury was wrongly told th... | NEW: Lawyer: Marissa Alexander is "ecstatic" and "incredibly grateful" Court: The jury received bad self-defense instructions . Alexander was convicted in March of aggravated assault . Alexander said she fired a warning shot to fend off her allegedly abusive husband . | 0d9fe6616671d90e1092b0cbcec16db9950dade1 |
Washington (CNN) -- The current large-scale U.S.-South Korean naval exercise off the west coast of Korea has multiple purposes. After last week's North Korean attack on a South Korean island, the most important is to send a message to Pyongyang that Washington and Seoul have the capability -- and the will -- to respond... | The U.S. and South Korea are conducting naval exercises in the Yellow Sea . Alan Romberg says these are a message to North Korea that it could provoke retaliation . He says incidents of North Korean aggression have so far met with little military response . U.S. also wants to demonstrate its freedom to project power in... | 6b33c1e39516849350a6b67a5eacf2ae6d649201 |
(CNN) -- While I was raised with conservative values, I grew up in a progressive town, Washington, D.C., where openly gay teachers were normal and a pregnancy didn't mean you had to visit a cousin in Europe for nine months. I'm fiscally conservative and socially liberal. As I wait for the final presidential wrestling m... | I'm fiscally conservative, socially liberal and undecided, says Cat del Valle Castellanos . Obama is now less of a rock star, but compared to Romney, he's Aerosmith, she says . Castellanos: I'm the demographic Mitt Romney needs to win over: young and female . I may be young, but I'm certainly not worthless, and I'm not... | ab4c86668e4601713eea7b0780716f77f8a3c1a1 |
(CNN) -- HTC-Highroad, the cycling team that top Tour de France sprinter Mark Cavendish races for, is to fold at the end of the season. Bob Stapleton, manager of the United States team, said Thursday that closing was the best option after a deal with a potential partner broke down over the weekend. HTC have racked up 9... | Cycling team HTC-Highroad to fold at the end of 2011 season . Deal with potential partner collapsed over the weekend . Bob Stapleton, manager of the U.S. team, says closing is the best option . | 75fdd833feb29fc139aa4176ab16edc481c3e375 |
(CNN) -- A day after Pedro Hernandez was charged in the killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz, prosecutors now face the task of corroborating his confession and piecing together a mystery that's confounded investigators for more than three decades. Neighbors say suspect in Patz killing lived a quiet life with his family . Po... | The commissioner say police didn't talk to Hernandez, yet sources say they did . One source says Hernandez even confessed, but his claims weren't believed . Hernandez is charged with murder, though there's no physical evidence linking him . His attorney says no plea has been entered due to a pending psychiatric evaluat... | 364beaf0ae5817e1225f408dff7497d5086cd830 |
(CNN) -- A 12-year-old suicide bomber killed three other people, including a district council head, and armed attackers shot to death two police officers Sunday, the first day of a Taliban spring offensive. The attacks followed a Taliban declaration Saturday that its spring military operations will focus on attacks aga... | A 12-year-old boy detonates a suicide bomb, killing three people . Two police officers are shot to death . The Taliban said Saturday that it would not arm civilians in the offensive . | c802ba4fd73a7cbb6765767ddf2211d5dd4efd5e |
(CNN) -- A 28-year-old Jamaican-born man has confessed to his involvement in the stabbing deaths of an American couple on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten, a prosecutor said Wednesday. The suspect, whom authorities have identified only by his initials M.K.J., has also confessed involvement to a robbery of a restaura... | A Jamaican-born man, 28, tells investigators he was involved in murders . A judge orders a pretrial detention of the man . Michael and Thelma King of South Carolina were slain in the beach town of Cupecoy . The suspect also confesses to a restaurant robbery, prosecutor tells CNN . | 97a9475b2b408a677000b2c318ff372ccb48e39e |
(CNN) -- The young women in a Kabul classroom are learning how to deal with a difficult birth. As instructors watch over and guide the simulation, the girls gently tug at a baby doll as it passes through the model of a birth canal. These students, all in their third semester at the Ghazanfar Institute of Health Science... | Afghanistan has long been ranked among the worst in the world for mothers . Afghan women 70 times more likely to die in childbirth than from a bullet or a bomb, group says . Trained midwives are helping battle grim statistics . | c60723490c1bc0f8be9b75aa0baa7080ddeeeee1 |
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- A total of 39 hostages in Pakistan were freed Sunday morning after being held by five militants at the army headquarters in Rawalpindi, an army spokesman said. Pakistani soldiers take up position after an attack on the army headquarters in Rawalpindi on Saturday. Four militants and three h... | NEW: Total of 39 hostages released after 22-hour siege . Military official: Taliban has claimed responsibility for the incident . Raging gunbattle leaves four gunmen and six guards dead . | 9f39731ce77e2f7b05099d5ef7e26d6e7851ff38 |
(CNN) -- British supermodel Naomi Campbell called an ad campaign comparing her to a chocolate candy bar "insulting and hurtful," hinting that she might sue the company that ran the ad in magazines and on billboards. The ad featured a photo of the Cadbury Dairy Milk Bliss sitting on a pile of diamonds below the slogan "... | "Move over Naomi, there's a new diva in town," Cadbury's ad says . "It's upsetting to be described as chocolate," the supermodel says . Cadbury pulled the ad before Campbell complained, the chocolate maker says . Campbell is considering "every option" against the company, she says . | f09a8b34f178c48234892ce1108764ce3b265340 |
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli media are buzzing with reports that right-wing nationalist Avigdor Lieberman may become Israel's next foreign minister. Avigdor Lieberman is loathed by ultra-orthodox parties because of his support for a Palestinian state. The appointment of Lieberman, a polarizing figure in Israeli politics... | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may pick Avigdor Lieberman . Media say he might hurt ties with West but improve ties with Russia . It is unclear whether talks over Gaza cease-fire would continue . Lieberman frequently clashes with Arab members of Knesset . | 73c95602213ae6837a71f98aeaad7fd77bda2a7a |
Editor's note: Campbell Brown anchors CNN's "Campbell Brown: No Bias, No Bull" at 8 p.m. ET Mondays through Fridays. She delivered this commentary during the "Cutting through the Bull" segment of Friday night's broadcast. CNN's Campbell Brown congratulates newly promoted four-star Gen. Ann Dunwoody. (CNN) -- Tonight, o... | Brown: First female four-star general is cause for celebration . Brown: Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody becomes first sister to join special band of brothers . Women make up only about 14 percent of the active duty force, Brown notes . | 3295ffb18bef141815d1476200aa8816e259e7c3 |
(CNN) -- With the advent of "cyberwar," a poorly defined term that seems to be used as a catch-all phrase for all manners of computer-related attacks, it's natural to ask about cyber arms control. Richard Clarke, former cybersecurity adviser to President Obama, has advocated along with others for cyber arms control or ... | Christopher Bronk, Dan Wallach: Cyber arms control is unlikely to happen soon . Bronk, Wallach: Cyberattacks can be crafted and launched by individuals, groups . They say nations don't even have to be involved for an attack to have impact . Bronk, Wallach: It's hard to get rid of cyberattacks, but they can be curbed wi... | d8bb8a64bee3eab8dcecfa24f61738964c8cd221 |
(CNN) -- A Texas couple charged with killing the little girl known as "Baby Grace" now face capital murder charges, after a Texas grand jury upgraded the charges on Wednesday. Riley Ann Sawyers was moved from Ohio to Texas by her mother. Prosecutors said they have not decided whether to seek the death penalty against t... | Grand jury upgrades charges against girl's mother and mother's husband . Presented new evidence, jury took just 3 minutes to vote for tougher charges . Riley Ann Sawyers, initially known as Baby Grace, was beaten to death . Prosecutors haven't decided whether to seek death penalty for couple . | 964589248c2d95ac3c734ad71283ca22ae4ecedf |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- A judge dropped a hit-and-run charge against Chris Brown after the singer reached a "civil compromise" with his accuser Thursday. It was not immediately clear if the dismissal would stop the revocation of Brown's probation he has faced since the traffic charges were filed last month. "It's unfortun... | Brown still faces probation revocation charges . "I get the impression that he's prosecuted for who he is," Brown's lawyer says . The probation revocation could send Brown to jail . Brown is on probation for the 2009 beating of Rihanna . | e27381e62e34f58e985b00211af80490eda1b8fd |
(CNN) -- The United States announced new sanctions Friday against Syria and its supporters, focusing on Hezbollah's support for the regime and a Syrian oil company for violating U.S. sanctions on Iran. The U.S. State Department sanctioned the refiner Sytrol for selling $36 million of gasoline to Iran in April. Earlier ... | U.S. says Syrian refiner aided Iran, Hezbollah militant group supported Syrian regime . At least 180 people were reported killed Friday, including 75 in Aleppo . UK says it will provide $7.8 million for aid such as medical, communication supplies . Iran calls a meeting about the Syrian crisis a success . | b151c007c76f948818e3eced7385dd6c007a21d9 |
(CNN) -- How do U.S. wireless carriers expect their investments in new 4G high-speed networks to pay off? This shift is about more than simply providing mobile data -- and it could even bring some long-overdue improvements to the humble telephone call. At the Open Mobile Summit conference last week in San Francisco, a ... | Cellphone carriers are trying to earn more revenue from offering 4G networks . Wireless networks can sell more data and sell data about consumers to generate revenue . Carriers are improving audio quality and selling it through "voice over LTE" (VoLTE) | c0e91ceb7e165e9842cfcd06fad820f0347c27d0 |
(CNN) -- New guidelines for the management of hypertension suggest that people 60 or older might be able to handle higher blood pressure readings than originally thought. Hypertension, which can lead to strokes, heart attack, kidney failure and death, is traditionally treated with medication and diet. The goal of most ... | Panel of experts publish findings in Journal of the American Medical Association . Conclusion: People 60 and older might be able to handle higher blood pressure readings . Traditionally, systolic number goal in that group is below 140 . Now, they are saying people the number can be below 150 in that age group . | d51be73fea4ae679d498be660c510b7aad12b32f |
(CNN) -- There were so many golden moments at the London 2012 Games, but for me, the moment that Team GB's Mo Farah won the 10,000 meters was a wonderful collision of electricity. I was performing stand up, downstairs at the Soho Theatre in London -- I was about fifteen minutes in to the gig when I heard the whole of t... | Comedian Eddie Izzard says best Olympic moment was Mo Farah's win in 10,000m . Farah came to Britain as a Somalian refugee and says he's proud to put on GB vest . Izzard: London 2012 will come to be seen as a shining time for UK . Comic ran 43 marathons for charity in 2009, says he was warmed by British spirit . | 824ed63162f0355cf387e266c541e98d6e3dea48 |
London, England (CNN) -- When Nadya Suleman gave birth to octuplets in January 2009 the news was greeted with amazement around the world. But astonishment soon gave way to criticism directed at her -- it was revealed that she was already a mother to six children -- and over the ethics of fertility treatment. So far she... | Nadya Suleman, mother of ocpuplets speaks to CNN about her amazing year . "Octomom" -- as she has been dubbed -- says shes damned if she does or doesn't work . Single mother says shes grown more in past 11 months than in her whole life . | 3da3a56efacda9e9808d8a023b02428a0f88fe17 |
Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Zsa Zsa Gabor's recovery from hip replacement surgery last month has been slower than predicted, but her daughter disputed a report that the actress "suffered a setback" Saturday. "She is no different than she was from yesterday or the day before," Francesca Hilton, who was at her mothe... | Gabor's daughter says her mom is eating and watching TV . The actress' husband says a setback delayed her release Saturday . Gabor is now expected to go home Monday . The 93-year-old actress suffered a broken hip in July . | bc6a5539014c5e110ecd4bcd61b30f7ce5769559 |
(CNN) -- On New Year's Day, Windy Hill lay in a hospital bed and described to her doctor the feeling she'd been having. Her heart, she told him, felt like it was in a vise grip. Hill described the sensation -- which had come and gone for weeks after she had a baby girl -- like being "punched in the chest." Yet none of ... | Windy Hill had frequent heart pains after her baby girl was born . A portion of Hill's heart had died, leaving her in desperate need for a transplant . While she was on the operating table to get a temporary pump, a new heart became available . | 93a57b0ad1179eccf11d99b466312a2c1d9a3db2 |
Syria (CNN) -- We'd been in Damascus for several weeks, watching out of our windows as smoke hovered almost daily over the city's skyline. Where we were staying holed up was somewhat safe but it didn't insulate us from the noise of the battles threatening to engulf the Syrian capital. One day we stood outside a local i... | In Damascus, people watch as tracer fire lit up the sky . Locals were annoyed we were not seeing the best of their city . We tried to avoid contact with security officers but needed their help with road directions . Young fighters laughed with me; now after sustained attacks I don't know how many are still alive . | de613efabf384457a9b5550cd7603bba60c81b9a |
(CNN) -- Most of us haven't partied with the bunnies at "The Playboy Club," or fought crime like "Charlie's Angels." And with the NBC and ABC programs canceled after just a few episodes, we'll never have the chance. But in the time it took for one alphabet network drama to get the axe, another garnered 8 million viewer... | Modern day "Count of Monte Cristo" reels audiences in with love/hate characters . Amanda Clarke, disguised as Emily Thorne, returns to the Hamptons to take revenge . ABC was lucky to find a new female-driven drama that resonates with viewers . | a7e207fde5dfcadff241584fe293005edb311043 |
(CNN) -- One of the Internet's great promises is that it's the ultimate democratizer. It's open to everyone and allows all people to communicate. Facebook and Google have added new translation tools, but they take different approaches. But, so far, there have been several hitches in that plan. Not everyone has access t... | Facebook and Google are finding new ways to translate the Web . Facebook favors human translation; Google leans on its computers . Google claims to be the largest translation service online, with 51 languages . Facebook announces a new service to let Internet users help translate sites . | 08378e23091638db1e704ac45d95ba18dfbd9e3f |
(CNN) -- Condemned for his self-confessed belief in fascist ideals, yet congratulated for acts of admirable sportsmanship. Revered for feats of amazing skill, but reviled for violent outbursts on the pitch. Perhaps not surprisingly Italian Paolo di Canio's rollercoaster career has guaranteed the Italian has occupied th... | Sunderland defend appointment of new manager Paolo di Canio . Italian is proud of his fascist beliefs and is an admirer of Benito Mussolini . "I'm not in the Houses of Parliament, I'm not a political person, I will only talk about football," says Di Canio. Di Canio's views cost his former club Swindon a key sponsorship... | c103d3a38ede29864053fec131e77976b4ec349a |
Dallas (CNN) -- A federal judge has blocked key parts of a Texas law that would require doctors to provide a sonogram to pregnant women before they get an abortion, days before the law was set to take effect. U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks, in Austin, Texas, found that several portions of the law are "unconstitutionall... | A judge ruled that doctors cannot be penalized for not showing images to women . The law was to go into effect September 1 . The judge found some of the language unconstitutionally vague . He also said that it violated the First Amendment . | ff2f5d8984853e45584a629ceedb2f98b7d9d01b |
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Civilians continued to flee Pakistan's northwest in droves Monday as government troops prepared to engage Taliban militants in the crisis-hit Swat Valley. Thousands of displaced Pakistani civilians have flooded refugee camps. More than 360,000 Pakistanis have fled their homes since May 2, t... | U.N.: More than 360,000 Pakistanis have fled their homes since May 2 . 15,000 Pakistani troops preparing to move against militants in Swat Valley . Tens of thousands of civilians have fled as the military campaign intensifies . Pakistan continuing offensive against Taliban along border with Afghanistan . | 08055f9643d999396a98b4a05bdd1a79208c7394 |
Ajdabiya, Libya (CNN) -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces battled rebels for the cities of Misrata and Ajdabiya on Wednesday, according to witnesses and CNN staff on the ground. In Ajdabiya, airstrikes, heavy bombardment and fighting between the rebels and pro-Gadhafi forces began after the rebels were able to ta... | NEW: U.S. Ambassador Rice: We are seriously considering a range of options . Gadhafi may commit genocide, Libyan U.N. envoy says . Four New York Times journalists are reported missing in Libya . Fighting rages in Ajdabiya, the last rebel town between Gadhafi and rebel stronghold . | f2a4b4fd1b32ab7f8d2a0b2541aae126b5f3e145 |
(CNN) -- In my first job in high school stocking the shelves with fresh produce at the grocery store, I often saw parents struggling with misbehaving children. Some would scream, while others would spank their kids. It was always awkward to witness, because I felt sympathy for both sides. Were the children choosing to ... | Michael MacKenzie: Spanking gets results but can harm development . He says kids who are spanked are at greater risk for behavior, speech problems . MacKenzie: How parents discipline kids is tied to cultural, religious, family traditions . He says researchers and health practitioners must teach parents alternatives to ... | 7a391684475114b45fc24f0e3abd5df025efa3d9 |
(CNN) -- Football's governing body FIFA has suspended the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) due to government interference. The indefinite ban means Nigeria won't be allowed to participate in any international matches and will not be involved in qualifying for the African Nations Cup. In the wake of the country's poor... | Nigeria are banned from international competition by football's governing body FIFA . FIFA say government interference in the Nigerian Football Federation is the reason . Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan had reversed his own decision to ban the team . | 3bc60b770534c21f290c8b70b13e68b31ba04f9e |
(CNN) -- This is a tale of two cities tied together by two tornadoes of the most wicked order, the apocalyptic EF-5 -- and by acts of charity that followed. It demonstrates how one good turn -- or town -- deserves another. First, the town of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, got hit by a twister on April 27, killing 41. So, like ma... | A tornado hits Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in April . The residents in and around Joplin, Missouri, provide aid . Then the nation's deadliest twister devastates Joplin in May . In a reversal of fortunes, Tuscaloosa sends aid to Joplin . | 43c19e993994bb4c0439d1c5cdeed09aac01c87e |
Washington (CNN) -- If all goes according to plan for President Barack Obama, his two-term presidency may end up being a case of "second verse, same as the first." He won re-election last year by touting a first-term recovery from economic recession, as well as a major domestic achievement in health care reform and a m... | President Barack Obama seeks a similar second-term record as his first . Immigration reform would be like health care reform of three years ago . Ending Bashar al-Assad's rule in Syria would be this term's Osama bin Laden triumph . The economy continues its incremental recovery . | f9ff4f79f9b0544555d100a7aa31cdd7f03819a1 |
(CNN) -- Sara lives in Sierra Leone and just wants to go to school. She left her village and her family to live with an aunt who is a teacher. Sara's aunt supported her education and helped her study. Sara is now attending secondary school near her village and wants to go to college. She says she is going to be a lawye... | Watch CNN Films' "Girl Rising" June 16 at 9 p.m. ET on CNN . Sara left her village to live with her aunt so she could attend school . Gender violence and early marriage are problems in Sierra Leone . | 146d7365f04ec043707b150022f681d2fe63e3f9 |
(CNN) -- Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, jailed on a murder charge, declared his innocence as he responded to a fan letter, saying that "all the people who turned on me will feel like crap," according to a report. TMZ, which on Thursday published the letter online, said it has independently verif... | Aaron Hernandez is being held on a murder charge . Former NFL star responds to fan letter, according to report . He says: World makes things from "false accusations" | c3b599ca632d0bf91b293608a3ca151077b85bf4 |
(Mental Floss) -- Fantasy football drafts are firing up, and workplace productivity will soon grind to a halt as half the office spends half the day managing their rosters in an attempt to get the next Steve Slaton off the waiver wire. Just because you're not a football fan doesn't mean you have to be left out of the f... | Showdog.com allows you to enter a virtual simulation dog show league . Web-based E-wrestling federations allow you to draft a stable of grapplers . Krystal Square Off offers fantasy eating leagues for four to seven teams . | e433a735a1826be9704a3b182cfd938fc61f9ef7 |
(CNN) -- The Swedish tabloid Expressen reported Wednesday that Libya's former justice minister has accused Moammar Gadhafi of ordering the 1988 bombing of a jet over Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270 people. "I have evidence that Gadhafi ordered the Lockerbie," Mustafa Abdul Jalil is reported to have told the newspa... | Libya's former justice minister levels the accusation in Swedish tabloid Expressen . Mustafa Abdul Jalil says he has evidence, but article cites no specifics . The 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killed 270 people . | aa6b0b3a05d84b03e18dcce6590bcb6f52fb07d4 |
(CNN) -- Google unveiled a groundbreaking new Chromebook laptop Thursday — one with touchscreen capability, powerful chipset and an extremely high-resolution display. The Chromebook Pixel, available for order on the Google Play store and shipping in April, features a 12.85-inch touch-sensitive Gorilla Glass screen. The... | Google's Chromebook Pixel is a laptop with a touchscreen . Announced Thursday, the Pixel has screen resolution double most Windows laptops . It hosts a powerful Intel Core i processor and claims 5-hour battery life . Price is somewhat hefty: $1,299 for Wi-Fi only and $1,449 for 4G . | 491981e6f7c279ff6030a113a0e622345962b898 |
(CNN) -- He didn't look like much when I first saw him strolling up to me at a campsite in Harriman State Park, New York, exactly two years ago. His hair was stringy and unkempt, his thin face unshaven. A smudged shirt and dirt-covered pants hung from his wiry, 50-year-old frame. I was leaving the communal bathroom, ha... | Filmmaker Dana Glazer feared Ralph Benitez would steal his phone when they first met . Benitez's stature grew as Glazer learned more about his role as a father . The Latino dad opened his home as a safe haven to neighbor kids . Benitez was part of a documentary of fatherhood. He died in 2008 . | 8efd26d664df7d8e6f81a50b909290bf0d977731 |
Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- Five Yemeni civilians were killed and 18 others were injured Tuesday in government air raids just outside Sanaa, tribal leaders and eyewitnesses said. But two government officials said those killed were tribesmen who were taking up arms against the government. The fighting, which occurred in Arhab... | Several people were wounded in the fighting . The clashes occurred just north of the capital . On Monday, an Obama adviser and Yemen's VP met . | a943c841e6d0395eccff3fea481ea9aac2a8b13c |
Editor's Note: Jack R. Nerad is Executive Editorial Director for Kelley Blue Book and kbb.com, and co-host of "America on the Road," heard on more than 300 radio stations. In the 1980s he served as Editor of Motor Trend magazine. Nerad is the author of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Hybrid and Alternative Fuel Vehicles... | Jack Nerad: Some argue that a quick bankruptcy is best course for GM . He says bankruptcy will reduce sale of GM cars, even with government warranty . Nerad says GM suppliers could be driven into bankruptcy by such a move . He says bankruptcy is being used as a hammer for GM to get concessions . | 3e1ac93d0159958832e8484acf76c3e59593f3d3 |
(CNN) -- Chelsea maintained their unbeaten run in the English Premier League with a 4-2 win over London rivals Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane on Saturday. The match, which saw Spurs manager Andre Villas-Boas face his former club for the first time since Chelsea sacked him in March, sparked into life in the 17th w... | Spain's Juan Mata scores twice as Chelsea beat Spurs 4-2 in English Premier League . Andre Villas-Boas faces his former team for first time since he was sacked in March . Chelsea have taken 22 points from a possible 24 league points; Spurs' four-match winning streak ended . Both Manchester United and Manchester City wi... | 2eef28b2843a4f5b0a607c07c956d5e955b24b82 |
(OPRAH.COM) -- As a fiction writer, I struggle to tell useful truths by telling the lie that I am someone other than myself. I'm a fat girl trying to survive rape in my first novel, the resentful brother of a mentally ill twin in my second. In my third novel, which I'm close to finishing, I'm the husband of a drug-addi... | Author Wally Lamb: Sculpt our best selves by writing our own stories . He teaches writing to female prisoners at a high-security prison . Writing about past history, confronting emotional issues can help progress . Lamb says your uniqueness is your strength, but welcome feedback . | e3a136a69995e5d198c911664c5a5f02f2019f3d |
(CNN) -- Former Czech President Vaclav Havel, one of the leading anti-Communist dissidents of the 1970s and 1980s, has died at the age of 75, his spokeswoman announced Sunday. "Vaclav Havel left us today," Sabina Tancevova said in a short statement on Havel's website. Havel, a puckish, absurdist playwright turned polit... | NEW: Obama: "Like millions around the world, I was inspired by his words and leadership" The anti-Communist dissident got into politics partly through his love of rock and roll . He had a puckish sense of humor and a deeply serious mind . He became president of Czechoslovakia after the Velvet Revolution . | 2203e31ac02edad0af4a65d53291e0e75826192d |
Zawiya, Libya (CNN) -- Rebel fighters in Libya, trying to take over a key western city, faced stiff resistance from Moammar Gadhafi's forces on Wednesday, a rebel commander said. The fighters hope to seize Zawiya, about 30 miles west of the capital, in an effort to advance on the capital of Tripoli in their fight to to... | In hospital in Yefren, a 9-year-old girl may lose her arm . White House OKs two more drones for Libya . Most of Zawiya is in "rebel hands," commander says . Snipers, shelling are in the east of the city . | cad241565efc8f62a6e567db8cdd4ebe26d063ad |
Johannesburg (CNN) -- South Africa's ruling African National Congress said Wednesday the party would drop the lawsuit it filed over a portrait of President Jacob Zuma that shows his genitals. The announcement was made by ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu at Johannesburg's Goodman Gallery, where the controversial portrait w... | Brett Murray's painting, called "The Spear," was displayed at a Johannesburg gallery . Portrait of President Jacob Zuma was removed from public show after protesters defaced it . South Africa's ruling ANC says the artwork offends the president's dignity . The controversy over the portrait has raised questions about fre... | c789c5f212f9e2d4166ece46e2947a44fe149801 |
(CNN) -- An Ethiopian-flagged vessel fought off a pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden earlier this week, the multi-national anti-piracy task force said Thursday. The MV Andinet, part of the Ethiopian Shipping Line, was approached by two pirate skiffs Monday, with one of them coming close enough to fire automatic weapons ... | MV Andinet, part of the Ethiopian Shipping Line, was approached by two pirate skiffs Monday . Crew used anti-piracy measures -- including firing flares and evasive maneuvering -- to repel pirates . Warships from international anti-piracy task force gave chase but only found empty skiff . | d2e701c0b47041058b03fcfc644b09e07c5266f5 |
(The Frisky) -- Summer fashion mistakes are committed by men as well as by women; however, the difference is your man may not understand how to correct his fashion faux pas. Ladies, your man should look "hot" during the summer instead of a fashion "not." Please do your man a favor (and all of the women who will see him... | Men can commit fashion mistakes in the summer, columnist says . Women should help their guys by pointing out the errors of certain clothes . Rare is the man who looks good in a tiny little Speedo swimsuit . Socks should NOT be worn with sandals, unless you're over 80 . | ee7f30dfc65c9ca775fe6b9ca1163af465ef8b6a |
Washington (CNN) -- When the troubled federal health care website came online, the key "Anonymous Shopper" function was nowhere to be found -- even though it passed a key test almost two weeks before HealthCare.gov launched. That successful test, noted in documents obtained by CNN and confirmed by a source close to the... | "Anonymous Shopper" function was touted as easy way to compare plans . Administration official said it was scrapped because it "failed miserably" Documents CNN has obtained finds that the program passed key tests in September . Some Republicans speculate whether it was pulled for political reasons . | 4612cfbab8c9a278c6ae99f95ddd34f5ef156a9d |
(CNN) -- The entire population of Taloga, Oklahoma, was evacuated Thursday because of a raging fire that has burned tens of thousands of acres, officials said Friday. Wildfire threatens a house in Edmond, Oklahoma, on Friday. All of the residents, about 400, left the Dewey County town, but have been allowed back in, s... | All residents of Taloga, Oklahoma, were evacuated because of fire . Entire population of about 400 people allowed back in . Wildfires have been burning in northwest and central Oklahoma since Thursday . Wildfire also burning near towns of Edmond, Waleeka . | f5f6db49aae94ae2644d2886fd6b2a6d2ab24c71 |
(CNN) -- A Florida man lit the mother of his 4-year-old son on fire early Monday, then chased her with a knife before she found refuge inside a convenience store, police said. Roosevelt Mondesir, 52, was in jail Monday night after being charged with attempted first-degree murder, said Boynton Beach police spokeswoman S... | Roosevelt Mondesir, 52, has been booked for attempted first-degree murder . Police say he put gas, then fire on the mother of his 4-year-old son . Surveillance video shows her engulfed in flames before she ran inside a store . The burning victim's injuries aren't life threatening, a police spokewoman says . | 42b43fa104721db63dddc7a947f817f0bba5fc15 |
(CNN) -- George Lopez is helping to create positive change for underprivileged children, adults and military families. In 2009, he started The Lopez Foundation, which provides and supports education and health programs for those in need. The group also increases awareness about kidney disease and organ donation. Lopez ... | Comedian George Lopez underwent a kidney transplant in 2005 . Now he is trying to help young people who are also struggling with kidney disease . The Lopez Foundation assists underprivileged kids, adults and military families . | 4eec8e60d2a75ebfcbd3bd5d208fa58fd2eb5963 |
(CNN) -- The mass deaths of thousands of red-winged blackbirds in Arkansas was caused by "blunt force trauma," according to a new report by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Laboratory tests were conducted on 13 of the birds that were part of the group that flew into buildings and died in a neighborhood in Beebe, ... | As many as 5,000 birds fell out of the sky in Beebe, Arkansas . Experts say the red-winged blackbirds died of blunt force trauma . In an unrelated case, 500 birds died in a nearby city . | 11518338b620b2e7b38ecfeb646b20e99cc41b69 |
(CNN) -- When he got a concussion playing football in junior high, Kevin Guskiewicz didn't even see a doctor. No one cautioned him about the dangers of repeated head trauma in sports. He stopped playing that day and suffered headaches, but came back to the field a couple of days later. "That would have been in the earl... | Kevin Guskiewicz has won a MacArthur Foundation award for concussion research . His research found head injuries increase risk of memory loss, depression . He also helped develop a system to measure balance before and after concussion . | 70d892eb2c91cee78e44eb317fffa12edf815d73 |
(CNN) -- Airlines canceled thousands of flights for a second day and began to regroup as a historic winter storm pushed through the upper Midwest and into the Northeast on Wednesday. O'Hare International Airport was expected to have limited or no flight operations as up to two feet of snow was forecast to fall on the W... | Airlines cancel thousands of flights for Wednesday . Air traffic comes to a halt in some places . More than a thousand flights canceled at Chicago's O'Hare International . | cc3b815e98165cdaa984e5bf4764682ffb449950 |
Moscow (CNN) -- Just before Syrian security forces launched a large-scale military operation in the southern town of Daraa in the early hours of April 25, the commander of the 35th Special Forces Regiment, Brig. Gen. Ramadan Mahmoud Ramadan, allegedly gathered his troops and explained their mission. "Use heavy shooting... | Anna Neistat: Defectors say Syrian military told them to use "heavy shooting" in Daraa attack . She says al-Assad must take responsibility for killings, torture reported by defectors . She says Russia has helped block Security Council action . Neistat: Syria must face arms embargo, sanctions, referral to International ... | 4bc89867b1bfbf2bdeb5ac6b7972792e4aa27ced |
(CNN) -- Researchers believe the number of children who have an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is much higher than previously believed, according to a new study published Monday in the American Journal of Psychiatry. By looking at a total population sample in South Korea, the study authors estimate that 1 in 38 childre... | A new study estimates 1 in 38 South Korean children has some form of autism . The estimate is based on a new approach to autism research . Study authors call the findings "surprising" The study was published in the American Journal of Psychiatry . | 01bf74602a899672112ab97d24e629eaf104c6cf |
(CNN) -- Explosions targeting a passenger train carrying hundreds of passengers traveling after Eid holidays killed at least seven passengers and wounded 16 others in Pakistan's southern Balochistan province on Monday, authorities said. Three improvised explosive devices went off in a coordinated manner as the train ap... | Three explosive devices explode around a passenger train in Balochistan . The train carried passengers from Punjab province . There has been no claim of responsibility for the attack . | e51ea85ca69ce52b8f7a703c16e143d4b307aa2e |
Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Thousands of protesters spilled into the streets of Egypt on Tuesday, an unprecedented display of anti-government rage inspired in part by the tumult in the nearby North African nation of Tunisia. Three people died in the clashes between protesters and police, according to Egypt's official MENA ne... | NEW: Egypt's official news agency reports 49 people were injured . Protest organizers say they hope to capture Tunisia's regional momentum for change . Organizers chose January 25 -- Police Day and a national holiday -- to hold protests . International human rights groups ask security forces not to crack down on protes... | 36f064d111318a8425882339b31f3db1ff0ebee7 |
(CNN) -- When Jon Bohmer sat down with his two little girls for a simple project they could work on together, he didn't realize they'd hit upon a solution to one of the world's biggest problems for just $5: A solar-powered oven. Inventor Jon Bohmer with the oven he has made out of a cardboard box. The ingeniously simpl... | Inventor Jon Bohmer has created a $5 oven made out of cardboard boxes . Design uses 2 boxes, and an acrylic cover that lets in sun's rays and traps them . Award-winning oven has gone into production in a factory in Nairobi . | dccdfc9f38a70979f235ebb420eeffb94108db83 |
(CNN) -- South Korean golfer K.J. Choi has pledged $100,000 to the Japan disaster relief fund through his personal charity foundation. The 40-year-old, who won two tournaments on the Japanese circuit before becoming the first from his country to qualify for the U.S. PGA Tour, will give the money to the American Red Cro... | K.J. Choi makes contribution to help those in Japan, where he played earlier in career . Korean veteran follows example of Japan's Ryuji Imada, who asked for donations . Both are playing at the PGA Tour's Transitions Championship in Florida this week . Anthony Wall takes two-shot lead at halfway stage of European Tour'... | 6ce554fd42f88a2661440081950df7c9cc6be702 |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- The Los Angeles Police Department was "factually and legally" proper in 2009 when it fired Christopher Dorner, who killed four people and wounded three others in a rampage this year, an internal department report said Friday. Dorner, 33, apparently took his own life during a police shootout in Febr... | An internal Los Angeles Police team reviews the 2009 termination of officer Christopher Dorner . His firing was "factually and legally" proper, report says . His termination was due to his own actions, LAPD says . In a vendetta against police, Dorner killed four people and wounded three others . | f7bda1f71aac749c395428f069b7aaaa5d7d6d07 |
(CNN) -- David Nalbandian was disqualified in the ATP Queen's Club final Sunday for angrily kicking down an advertising board and injuring a court side official. The Argentinian was leading Croatia's Marin Cilic by a set and trailed 3-4 in the second, having just dropped his service, when the incident occurred. A Cilic... | David Nalbandian disqualified in Queen's Club final . Argentine star injured line judge after kicking over an advertising hoarding . Andrew McDougall left with a gashed leg in incident . Croatia's Marin Cilic awarded the match and title . | 11e557cbc1c841469be84829120ce34a46a789b5 |
(CNN) -- The list of defendants whose cases could be affected by the alleged drug tampering of a former Massachusetts chemist has now grown to over 40,000, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick's administration said Tuesday. The chemist, Annie Dookhan, 34, already is facing a total of 27 counts including obstruction of just... | Annie Dookhan was a state chemist in Massachusetts for nine years . Her work involved drug testing and evidenc handling . She was arrested last year and charged with mishandling drug evidence . Authorities now say cases for more than 40,000 defendants could be affected . | 324ab86685779206d47d28b8cb473546180dbe5f |
(CNN) -- The health of Yemen's wounded president is improving, but doctors are recommending that he stay in Saudi Arabia for a "longer time" to recover, an adviser said Friday. This came as thousands of anti-government protesters demonstrated across Yemen and five people died in an explosion at a military checkpoint in... | NEW: U.N. Security Council expresses "grave concern" about situation in Yemen . Four soldiers and a civilian were killed at an Aden checkpoint, official says . Doctors say they think Saleh needs a bit more time to heal . Yemeni officials continue to say they hope he'll return "within days" | 115320f959adb4573b243ec8b9f84d6e635e7c4d |
Giglio, Italy (CNN) -- Italian rescuers and divers continuing their perilous work Tuesday located a second "black box" and the remains of five people in the wreckage of the Costa Concordia cruise ship. Eleven people were confirmed dead after the ship ran aground late Friday off a Tuscan island. With nearly two dozen pe... | Prayer service scheduled for missing U.S. couple . Questions raised over cruise ship regulation . A judge orders the stricken cruise ship's captain to remain on house arrest for now . A frustrated coast guard official sternly ordered the captain back to the ship, a transcript shows . | 155294f39a0046c874726bbb9f22d71a7ebbfeac |
(CNN) -- White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel dismissed questions about whether President Obama is being overexposed with his recent media blitz, saying Tuesday that the American people want to hear what Obama is doing about a struggling economy. Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel says President Barack Obama is using the ... | Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel says president using media to spread message . Emanuel says Obama wants to keep Americans aware of his economic plan . Some say president risks diluting his message by being visible so frequently . Emanuel: In troubled time, Americans "expect the president to talk to them" | 71cf227dea20a1abd05baf69b2fad4b4b6fbba78 |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Despite stopping production on the sitcom "Two and a Half Men," Warner Bros. Television said Tuesday it will pay the show's crew for the four episodes initially set to begin production this week. Warner Bros. spokesman Paul McGuire confirmed the payments will be made. According to TMZ, the payments... | Payments will amount to about $2 million for the 200 core crew members . CBS halted production on the show last week . Star Charlie Sheen has said he will sue over the action . | f9f5366a1e07601d5a0929a54bdbeebde966d5e5 |
New York (CNN) -- Several unions endorsed the two-week-old Occupy Wall Street movement and plan to join the protesters' street theater in New York on Wednesday, labor leaders said. "It's really simple. These young people on Wall Street are giving voice to many of the problems that working people in America have been co... | Labor leaders say the Occupy Wall Street protesters raise issues they support . The movement is more than two weeks old . Protesters are camping in a park in New York's financial district . Labor organizers don't have an estimate on Wednesday's participation . | 7b26c4ad8615ef4922f4f38c836399adea215eef |
(CNN) -- A U.S. plan to give new protection to polar bears was voted down Thursday at an international conference on endangered species. The American delegation at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, had sought a ban on the internatio... | U.S. wanted effective ban on trade of polar bear parts . Plan voted down at endangered species conference, 42-38 . Canada says hunting does not threaten bear populations . | c18ae0e076204a402ec4712e21211e1b63697168 |
(CNN) -- Authorities searched Tuesday for a man they say sexually assaulted and stabbed a lone hiker at Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee. The National Park Service released a sketch and offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator in Friday afternoon's ... | Woman sexually assaulted, stabbed in park outside Gatlinburg . $5,000 reward offered; suspect described as white male in his 40s . Agents, rangers pore over leads in Friday's incident . | eda74df1aa048ef44475127a248ec148bd74d2cc |
CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- Whether entrenched in business meetings or stuck on a layover, you may find yourself in Chicago with limited time to spare. But this vibrant city has so much to offer that it's worth using every free moment to see something new. Here are some of the things I managed slip in on a recent busine... | Paintings by Edvard Munch, famous for "The Scream," are at the Art Institute . Explore nightlife in Lincoln Park, a trendy area north of downtown . Enjoy breathtaking views of the city from the 96th floor of the John Hancock Center . | b678cb3d2fd4529dbbd9ad06e5a0681cda61411a |
Washington (CNN) -- In the wake of the Christmas Day attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner, most Americans remain confident the Obama administration can protect the country from terrorism, according to a new national poll. A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Monday also indicates the vast majority of Americans be... | Nearly two-thirds have moderate or great deal of confidence in president's handling of terrorism . Majority in survey say full-body scanners should be used in airports . Poll indicates no increase in overall concern about terrorism . Findings come after Christmas Day attempt to blow up a U.S. jet . | 6211e86c43cd4f6aacc03d4f209ef057a1bac46e |
(CNN) -- Hong Kong is like no other place I've been. The city's character is influenced by former British colonial rule, by its deep natural harbor, and its rapid growth and culture of consumerism as one of Asia's major financial hubs. Its 7 million inhabitants literally live on top of one another in high-rise apartmen... | Hong Kong is a former British colony that is now one of Asia's major financial hubs . It boasts parks, markets and hiking trails galore . Hong Kong's outlying Lamma, Cheung Chau and Lantau islands offer a change of pace . Have you ever been there? Share your photos, videos and tips with CNN iReport. | d6b4dda3ad2597537c3ae34879cdfb771ab893a2 |
(CNN) -- Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu checked into a South African hospital Wednesday for treatment of a persistent infection, his foundation announced. Tutu, 81, also will undergo tests at the hospital in Cape Town to determine the cause of the infection, the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundati... | Tutu is to undergo tests to determine the cause of a persistent infection . Treatment is expected to take five days . Tutu, 81, received a Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for efforts to end apartheid in South Africa . | 8618fe65337c9865422861583b8829c21bf51d14 |
(CNN) -- Civil rights activist Dorothy Height, 98, remained in "very serious, but stable condition" Saturday, her friend and spokeswoman said. A flurry of rumors about Height's death appeared Saturday on the Internet, particularly on the social networking site Twitter, where her name was a trending topic. Wikipedia als... | Dorothy Height, 98, remains hospitalized; no information available on her condition . Wikipedia reported Saturday that she was dead; rumors appeared on social networking site Twitter . Height has been active in civil rights since the New Deal era . | 2e166cd95cf54e606bc8eeec227d41af06c5a881 |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- An unidentified man twice jumped over a fence and into actress Halle Berry's yard this past weekend, a Los Angeles police spokeswoman said Monday. Berry or her employees called police each time, but no one has been arrested, according to LAPD Officer Sarah Faden. It's not unusual for photographers ... | An man jumped into Berry's yard Saturday and Sunday, police say . The intruder told a staffer he was "there to see somebody," police say . He left each time after the employee told him to go, police say . | 9133d0c4e08ae66c98dc9002100bb6cf09072ffd |
(CNN) -- With only 71,000 private sector jobs created in July, the latest employment report tells the story of a slow and agonizing recovery. But if you look beneath the surface of recent government data, you can see the developing outline of the next powerful expansion. The leader? The broad digital communications se... | Michael Mandel: Even in recession, people spending more on digital communications . Policy should stoke jobs and spending engine of communications, Mandel writes . He says FCC regulations under consideration could slow growth . Need regulatory policy that allows growth but could clamp down if needed, he says . | b10cf8a5e73f32e3185520d8a1b98a6952c0c2b1 |
(CNN) -- More than 50 children have been abducted in Haiti since the beginning of the year, adding to a trend of kidnappings in countries affected by violence, according to a United Nations Children's Fund report. Haitians demonstrate June 4 in Port-au-Prince against the kidnappings and acts of violence in Haiti. "It i... | UNICEF: Children are often victims of murder, kidnappings in war-torn nations . Report says 2,000 children a year are trafficked to the Dominican Republic . More than 50 kids in Haiti have been abducted since January . In the Central African Republic, children are kidnapped and held for ransom . | 618976bb19be6857bf4c513ff87aabe103daba9d |
Washington (CNN) -- Tea Party euphoria confronted reality Sunday, with Delaware Senate primary winner Christine O'Donnell backing out of scheduled talk show appearances amid talk of possible civil war among Republicans over the conservative movement. Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski accused the Tea Party Express of infusing ... | Murkowski says conservative colleague undermines fellow Republicans . Rove says Murkowski can't win write-in vote . O'Donnell backs out of talk show appearances . DNC chairman says Republicans moving too far right for electorate . | b9c3cf00c75978b000817c0089ec97af759ad1f0 |
DUBLIN, Ireland (CNN) -- Michael D. Higgins, a 70-year-old poet and politician, was elected Ireland's new president on Saturday. Considered an elder statesman, the Irish Labour Party candidate-turned-president elect is a former government minister. He is to be Ireland's ninth head of state and is scheduled to be inaugu... | Michael D. Higgins is elected Ireland's new president . He is to be Ireland's ninth head of state . President Mary McAleese has been head of state 14 years . She completed two seven-year terms . | 48419a607648eb66baee5bb0d8490d3f0844d560 |
(CNN) -- South Africa lock Bakkies Botha will miss the final Test against the British and Irish Lions in Johannesburg on Saturday after failing in his appeal against a two-week ban. Bakkies Botha will be eligible to return for the start of the Springboks' Tri-Nations campaign. The 29-year-old was cited for a dangerous ... | South Africa lock Bakkies Botha out of final Test against British and Irish Lions . Springboks fail in appeal against forward's two-week ban for dangerous charge . Botha's challenge on Adam Jones left Lions prop with dislocated shoulder . Both teams make wholesale changes for third match, with series decided . | 939901b190c0f104d5b573c5f9e8812412a3bc59 |
(CNN) -- Peter Jackson, the Oscar-winning writer and director of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, was knighted in his native New Zealand. The knighthood was conferred on Jackson on Wednesday for his services to film at a ceremony at the Premier House in Wellington. New Zealand's head of state Gov. Gen. Sir Anand Satyan... | "Lord of the Rings" writer/director Peter Jackson knighted in New Zealand . "Lord Of The Rings" trilogy was largely filmed in New Zealand . Jackson is currently working on "The Hobbit" | eeaffc6cdab4e7114796b84baa1833bcb3bf9094 |
New York (CNN) -- Rudy Giuliani committed a classic Washington gaffe on CNN's "State of the Union" this past Sunday -- he told the truth. When asked about his criticism of Mitt Romney back in 2008, Rudy explained that it was a campaign contrast influenced by ego, but admitted that at the time he was comparing "my far s... | Rudy Giuliani drew contrasts between his record and that of Mitt Romney . John Avlon says Giuliani didn't help Romney but did tell the truth . Avlon: Romney chose not to run for re-election, neglected Massachusetts . He says former governor has abandoned his top achievement, the health care mandate . | 6c31b086c064aec830f35b2e189e39a54e0021d3 |
(CNN) -- After days of intense backlash from users over changes to its terms of service and privacy policy, photo-sharing service Instagram has backtracked. On Thursday, Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom said the company was switching one section of its updated terms of service back to its original text. "Because of t... | Instagram has reverted part of its terms of service in response to user backlash . Company will revert the advertizing language back to what it was in October 2010 . Other changes to the privacy policy and terms of service will go into effect in mid-January . | 56b9dedc38157f19fcb41cfc4179148f5424bd81 |
(CNN) -- The holder of one of three winning tickets in last week's record $656 million Mega Millions drawing came forward Friday to claim a share, Kansas Lottery officials announced. The winner -- a single ticket holder -- has chosen to remain anonymous, state lottery director Dennis Wilson said. "The person looks forw... | NEW: The Kansas winner chooses to remain anonymous . Three winning tickets were purchased, in Kansas, Maryland and Illinois . A Maryland woman claims to be a winner, but can't produce a ticket . | 7b13e91fd423c0f8bec86ba9b24eabcef18e792e |
(CNN) -- North Korea plans to begin a trial against a U.S. citizen detained there last year, state media said Saturday, complicating tense relations between the two nations. Pae Jun Ho entered North Korea as a tourist on November 3, according to the Korean Central News Agency. After his detention, evidence revealed he ... | NEW: The U.S. says it is working closely with Swedish officials on the case . Pae Jun Ho entered North Korea in November . State media: He committed an unspecified crime against the country . "He will soon be taken to the Supreme Court," a state news agency says . | e535c869ad5a4af9f99efbbd314f2d4d3e87731f |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- The swanky and exclusive super-yacht market is bracing itself for a storm -- off the water. Pondering his boats? Despite a softening of the super-yacht market, Roman Abramovich will likely keep his fleet. The industry has bucked trends of other sectors with massive growth in recent years, but, ... | The super-yacht industry is believed to be worth £350 million in the UK . Sales of large super-yachts are steady while the smaller yacht market is softening . Super-yacht owners can make money by chartering or sharing their vessels . | 9b22c12b5a6060dbc79e19cd7b55e1ec72054ac3 |
(EW.com) -- After a 17-month absence, a heavy marketing campaign and a flood of adoring publicity, TV's most critically acclaimed drama returned Sunday night to record ratings. The fifth-season debut of AMC's "Mad Men" delivered 3.5 million viewers for its two-hour premiere. That's up 21 percent from 2010′s fourth-se... | "Mad Men" delivered 3.5 million viewers for its two-hour premiere . That's up 21 percent from 2010′s fourth-season premiere, the show's previous all-time high . "Mad Men's" production was delayed due to a protracted renewal negotiation . | 8723e4bf3c70eabe2083286fe11ccf680f7eff08 |
(CNN) -- The European Union imposed a ban Friday on the import of Syrian oil, the latest diplomatic move against Bashar al-Assad's embattled regime. "The prohibition concerns purchase, import and transport of oil and other petroleum products from Syria. No financial or insurance services may be provided for such transa... | The state-run news agency reports security, gunmen deaths . Deaths are mounting in Friday demos . The EU is a top market for Syrian oil . The unrest has persisted for about six months . | 5560391cfdf77a7f1cbcc64c48e7f92da93cd58a |
Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- A 5-year-old South Korean girl was killed when a man who jumped from his 11th floor apartment landed on top of her, police said. The incident took place Wednesday in Busan, a port city in the southern part of the country. The girl had left her apartment building with her parents when a 38-ye... | The man dies on the spot . The girl is taken to a hospital with a skull fracture . South Korea has one of the highest suicide rates . | 841509d91217eb729441ed176703426dad2b1498 |
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