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LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe gains access to a reported £20 million ($41.1 million) fortune as he turns 18 on Monday, but he insists the money won't cast a spell on him. Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" T... | Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe gets £20M fortune as he turns 18 Monday .
Young actor says he has no plans to fritter his cash away .
Radcliffe's earnings from first five Potter films have been held in trust fund . |
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Editor's note: In our Behind the Scenes series, CNN correspondents share their experiences in covering news and analyze the stories behind the events. Here, Soledad O'Brien takes users inside a jail where many of the inmates are mentally ill. An inmate housed on the "forgotten floor," ... | Mentally ill inmates in Miami are housed on the "forgotten floor"
Judge Steven Leifman says most are there as a result of "avoidable felonies"
While CNN tours facility, patient shouts: "I am the son of the president"
Leifman says the system is unjust and he's fighting for change . |
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) -- Drivers who were on the Minneapolis bridge when it collapsed told harrowing tales of survival. "The whole bridge from one side of the Mississippi to the other just completely gave way, fell all the way down," survivor Gary Babineau told CNN. "I probably ... | NEW: "I thought I was going to die," driver says .
Man says pickup truck was folded in half; he just has cut on face .
Driver: "I probably had a 30-, 35-foot free fall"
Minnesota bridge collapsed during rush hour Wednesday . |
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Doctors removed five small polyps from President Bush's colon on Saturday, and "none appeared worrisome," a White House spokesman said. The polyps were removed and sent to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, for routine microscopic examination, ... | Five small polyps found during procedure; "none worrisome," spokesman says .
President reclaims powers transferred to vice president .
Bush undergoes routine colonoscopy at Camp David . |
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(CNN) -- The National Football League has indefinitely suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick without pay, officials with the league said Friday. NFL star Michael Vick is set to appear in court Monday. A judge will have the final say on a plea deal. Earlier, Vick admitted ... | NEW: NFL chief, Atlanta Falcons owner critical of Michael Vick's conduct .
NFL suspends Falcons quarterback indefinitely without pay .
Vick admits funding dogfighting operation but says he did not gamble .
Vick due in federal court Monday; future in NFL remains uncertain . |
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Dressed in a Superman shirt, 5-year-old Youssif held his sister's hand Friday, seemingly unaware that millions of people across the world have been touched by his story. Nearby, his parents talked about the new future and hope they have for their boy -- and the p... | Parents beam with pride, can't stop from smiling from outpouring of support .
Mom: "I was so happy I didn't know what to do"
Burn center in U.S. has offered to provide treatment for reconstructive surgeries .
Dad says, "Anything for Youssif" |
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The women are too afraid and ashamed to show their faces or have their real names used. They have been driven to sell their bodies to put food on the table for their children -- for as little as $8 a day. Suha, 37, is a mother of three. She says her husband think... | Aid workers: Violence, increased cost of living drive women to prostitution .
Group is working to raise awareness of the problem with Iraq's political leaders .
Two Iraqi mothers tell CNN they turned to prostitution to help feed their children .
"Everything is for the children," one woman says . |
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BOGOTA, Colombia (CNN) -- A key rebel commander and fugitive from a U.S. drug trafficking indictment was killed over the weekend in an air attack on a guerrilla encampment, the Colombian military said Monday. Alleged cocaine trafficker and FARC rebel Tomas Medina Caracas in an Interpol... | Tomas Medina Caracas was a fugitive from a U.S. drug trafficking indictment .
"El Negro Acacio" allegedly helped manage extensive cocaine network .
U.S. Justice Department indicted him in 2002 .
Colombian military: He was killed in an attack on a guerrilla encampment . |
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- White House press secretary Tony Snow, who is undergoing treatment for cancer, will step down from his post September 14 and be replaced by deputy press secretary Dana Perino, the White House announced Friday. White House press secretary Tony Snow will step down fro... | President Bush says Tony Snow "will battle cancer and win" Job of press secretary "has been a dream for me," Snow says Snow leaving on September 14, will be succeeded by Dana Perino . |
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(CNN) -- Police and FBI agents are investigating the discovery of an empty rocket launcher tube on the front lawn of a Jersey City, New Jersey, home, FBI spokesman Sean Quinn said. Niranjan Desai discovered the 20-year-old AT4 anti-tank rocket launcher tube, a one-time-use device, lyin... | Empty anti-tank weapon turns up in front of New Jersey home .
Device handed over to Army ordnance disposal unit .
Weapon not capable of being reloaded, experts say . |
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As he awaits a crucial progress report on Iraq, President Bush will try to put a twist on comparisons of the war to Vietnam by invoking the historical lessons of that conflict to argue against pulling out. President Bush pauses Tuesday during a news conference at th... | President Bush to address the Veterans of Foreign Wars on Wednesday .
Bush to say that withdrawing from Vietnam emboldened today's terrorists .
Speech will be latest White House attempt to try to reframe the debate over Iraq . |
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LONDON, England (CNN) -- A chronology of bombings and attempted bomb attacks in the mainland UK since the 1970s: . Police close off streets around Haymarket, in London's busy theater district. June 29, 2007: Police defuse a bomb consisting of 200 liters of fuel, gas cylinders and nails... | Two cars loaded with gasoline and nails found abandoned in London Friday .
52 people killed on July 7, 2005 after bombs exploded on London bus, trains .
British capital wracked by violence by the IRA for years . |
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BREMEN, Germany -- Carlos Alberto, who scored in FC Porto's Champions League final victory against Monaco in 2004, has joined Bundesliga club Werder Bremen for a club record fee of 7.8 million euros ($10.7 million). Carlos Alberto enjoyed success at FC Porto under Jose Mourinho. "I'm ... | Werder Bremen pay a club record $10.7 million for Carlos Alberto .
The Brazilian midfielder won the Champions League with FC Porto in 2004 .
Since January he has been on loan with his first club, Fluminense . |
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Vice President Dick Cheney will serve as acting president briefly Saturday while President Bush is anesthetized for a routine colonoscopy, White House spokesman Tony Snow said Friday. Bush is scheduled to have the medical procedure, expected to take about 2 1/2 hour... | President Bush will have a routine colonoscopy Saturday .
While he's anesthetized, his powers will be transferred to the vice president .
Bush had last colonoscopy in 2002, which found no problems . |
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SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- A magnitude 4.2 earthquake shook the San Francisco area Friday at 4:42 a.m. PT (7:42 a.m. ET), the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The quake left about 2,000 customers without power, said David Eisenhower, a spokesman for Pacific Gas and Light. Unde... | 2,000 customers without electricity, power company says .
Magnitude 4.2 quake set off home alarms, says Oakland police dispatcher .
"It was fairly mild," police say, no immediate reports of injuries, damage .
It was centered two miles east-northeast of Oakland, about 3.6 miles deep . |
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- There is "no remaining hope" of finding six men trapped for almost a month in a Utah coal mine alive, a federal official said Saturday. Isaac Arellano holds a candle and sings during a fundraiser for miners Tuesday in Price, Utah. "Over the past 25 days, the Mine Sa... | NEW: President Bush says he and first lady are deeply saddened by the tragedy .
Mine Safety and Health Administration chief: We've run out of options.
The six men have been trapped underground since August 6 .
Seven bore holes drilled into the mountain have found no signs of life . |
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(CNN) -- At least 14 people were killed and 60 others wounded Thursday when a bomb ripped through a crowd waiting to see Algeria's president in Batna, east of the capital of Algiers, the Algerie Presse Service reported. A wounded person gets first aid shortly after Thursday's attack in... | Bomb victims waiting for presidential visit .
Blast went off 15 minutes before president's arrival .
Algeria faces Islamic insurgency .
Al Qaeda-affiliated group claimed July attacks . |
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(CNN) -- Football superstar, celebrity, fashion icon, multimillion-dollar heartthrob. Now, David Beckham is headed for the Hollywood Hills as he takes his game to U.S. Major League Soccer. CNN looks at how Bekham fulfilled his dream of playing for Manchester United, and his time playin... | Beckham has agreed to a five-year contract with Los Angeles Galaxy .
New contract took effect July 1, 2007 .
Former English captain to meet press, unveil new shirt number Friday .
CNN to look at Beckham as footballer, fashion icon and global phenomenon . |
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(CNN) -- A virus found in healthy Australian honey bees may be playing a role in the collapse of honey bee colonies across the United States, researchers reported Thursday. Honey bees walk on a moveable comb hive at the Bee Research Laboratory, in Beltsville, Maryland. Colony collapse ... | Colony collapse disorder has killed millions of bees .
Scientists suspect a virus may combine with other factors to collapse colonies .
Disorder first cropped up in 2004, as bees were imported from Australia .
$15 billion in U.S. crops each year dependent on bees for pollination . |
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LONDON, England -- Savers at a leading UK mortgage bank lined up for a second day to empty their accounts Saturday, a day after the lender was bailed out by the Bank of England after heavily slashing profit forecasts. Fearful customers line up to withdraw cash from a Northern Rock bran... | Savers at leading UK mortgage bank lined up to empty their accounts .
Northern Rock was bailed out by the Bank of England a day earlier .
Reassurances that banks was safe have gone unheeded by many . |
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) -- Former football star O.J. Simpson will be held without bail after his arrest on robbery and assault charges, police announced late Sunday. Police released this mug shot of O.J. Simpson after his arrest. Simpson is accused of having directed several other men... | No bail for ex-NFL star accused of directing men in alleged armed robbery .
Simpson faces charges of robbery, assault, burglary and conspiracy .
Alleged robbery involved sports-related items, police say .
Simpson arrested Sunday in Las Vegas, but he says items were his . |
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LAGOS, Nigeria (Reuters) -- Nigeria's television survival show has been suspended after a contestant drowned in preparation for the program, said Dutch brewer Heineken's local unit which is sponsoring the show. Anthony Ogadje, 25, and nine other contestants had gone to Shere Hills Lake... | Anthony Ogadje, 25, reportedly drowned in Shere Hills Lake .
He was preparing for the show, "Gulder Ultimate Search"
Dutch brewer Heineken's local unit sponsors the program . |
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(CNN) -- A former government contract employee was indicted on charges of stealing restricted nuclear energy-related materials and putting the United States at risk, the Department of Justice announced Thursday. Sources say the classified materials were taken from the East Tennessee Te... | NEW: Indictment: Man tried to pass nuclear filters to foreign agent .
NEW: Roy Lynn Oakley appears in court in Tennessee after surrendering .
NEW: Facility's role is to break down decommissioned equipment .
NEW: Lawyer: Oakley's job was to break machine parts into pieces, pitch them . |
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LONDON, England -- Chelsea are waiting on the fitness of John Terry ahead of Wednesday's Champions League match with Valencia, but Frank Lampard has been ruled out. John Terry tries out his protective mask during training for Chelsea on Tuesday. Center-back Terry suffered a broken chee... | Chelsea are still waiting on the fitness of England captain John Terry .
Terry trained in a face mask ahead of the Champions League tie in Valencia .
The central defender underwent surgery on a broken cheekbone on Sunday . |
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HONG KONG, China (Reuters) -- Paul Lee got his liver from an executed Chinese prisoner; Karam in Egypt bought a kidney for his sister for $5,300; in Istanbul Hakan is holding out for $30,700 for one of his kidneys. Doctors in Pakistan have been arrested for abducting people, drugging t... | Organ shortage in rich states has created a trade from poorer countries .
"Transplant tourists" travel to poor countries to buy organs from the desperate .
Pakistan, where trade in human organs is legal, is turning into a "kidney bazaar"
Patients pay $8,500 for a new kidney, while donors are paid just $300 to $1,000 . |
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LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- "To insure or not to insure?" It isn't Shakespeare, but it is the dramatic question Hollywood filmmakers are asking about Lindsay Lohan following her legal troubles this week. Lindsay Lohan may still get work after her legal problems are settled, b... | Because of troubles, Lindsay Lohan likely difficult to insure .
Lohan supposed to appear in Shirley MacLaine film "Poor Things"
Insurance rates may cost 1 to 3 percent of film's production budget . |
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ROME. Italy -- Italy and Roma striker Francesco Totti has threatened to quit the Italian Players Association, in a row over the starting date of the next Serie A season. Roma striker Totti has complained that the Italian players are never listened to. The row began last month, when the... | Francesco Totti threatens to quit the Italian Players' Association .
The Italy and Roma striker is upset over the early start to the new season .
He says: We are the principal actors, but ... are never listened to." |
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Allegations that Blackwater USA -- whose operations were suspended after 20 Iraqi civilians were shot to death last weekend -- was "in any way associated or complicit in unlawful arms activities are baseless," the company asserted Saturday. Blackwater employees patr... | Two employees bought, sold weapons on their own, company says .
Company fired workers, turned them in to ATF, says source .
Feds investigating claims Blackwater employees made illegal arms deals .
Blackwater in spotlight after shootings last weekend that killed 20 Iraqis . |
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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Youssif, the 5-year-old burned Iraqi boy, rounded the corner at Universal Studios when suddenly the little boy hero met his favorite superhero. Youssif has always been a huge Spider-Man fan. Meeting him was "my favorite thing," he said. Spider-Man was r... | Boy on meeting Spider-Man: "It was my favorite thing"
Youssif also met SpongeBob, Lassie and an orangutan at Universal Studios .
Dad: "Other than my wedding day, this is the happiest day of my life" |
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(CNN) -- A Marine convicted for his role in the death of an Iraqi civilian was sentenced Friday to a reduction in rank and will be discharged. Cpl. Trent D. Thomas was found guilty Wednesday of kidnapping and conspiracy to commit several offenses -- including murder, larceny, housebrea... | Cpl. Trent D. Thomas found guilty this week of conspiracy to commit murder .
Marine gets rank of private, will be discharged for role in death of Iraqi civilian .
Group's leader awaits trial on murder and conspiracy charges . |
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LONDON, England (CNN) -- Prince Harry led tributes to Diana, Princess of Wales on the 10th anniversary of her death, describing her as "the best mother in the world" in a speech at a memorial service. Here is his speech in full: . William and I can separate life into two parts. There w... | Prince Harry describes Princess Diana as "the best mother in the world"
He asks for her to be remembered as "fun-loving, generous, down-to-earth, entirely genuine"
Bishop of London praises her humanitarian work .
He says that disputes about her death should "end here" |
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LONDON, England (CNN) -- French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's declaration that France had to prepare for the possibility of war against Iran over its nuclear program was not conventional diplomatic behavior. But then Kouchner was never expected to be a soft-soaper on the diplomat... | French FM Kouchner has told France to prepare for possibility of war with Iran .
Was a surprise appointment to Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government .
Also the first French Foreign Minister to visit Iraq since 1988 .
Founder of Medicins Sans Frontiers, also French student leader in May 1968 . |
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1. "Für Elise" Bob Dylan wrote "It Ain't Me, Babe" for Joan Baez. Written by: Ludwig van Beethoven . Written for: Some girl probably not named Elise. In fact, as far as most historians can tell, Beethoven didn't even know an Elise. Instead, the song was originally titled "Bagatelle in ... | Several famous songs written by men for a woman .
Beethoven's "Für Elise" may have been written "for Therese"
Songwriters make up stories about who is behind "867-5309/Jenny" |
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A wide-open presidential race and a willingness by candidates, interest groups, unions and corporations to buy TV time will lead to historic spending for political and issue-advocacy advertising in the 2008 election cycle, an analysis shows. Former Massachusetts Gov... | Amount almost double what was spent in 2004 election cycle .
Lower TV production costs help more candidates advertise .
Mitt Romney leads presidential candidates in TV spending .
Advertisers face challenge of cutting through clutter of ads, analyst says . |
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PHUKET, Thailand (CNN) -- Relatives of the 89 people killed in Sunday's plane crash in Phuket continued to arrive in the Thai resort town on Tuesday to try to identify their loved ones' remains. A Buddhist monk blesses the wreckage of One-Two-Go airline's MD-82 jet at Phuket airport on... | Relatives of the 89 people killed in Thai air crash are still arriving in Phuket .
About 36 of the bodies have yet to be identified, according to Thai authorities .
U.S. Embassy in Bangkok confirms that five Americans were among the dead .
The investigation into what caused Sunday's crash is still continuing . |
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(CNN) -- Filmmaker Michael Moore, whose new documentary "Sicko" takes on America's health care system, faced off Tuesday with CNN chief medical correspondent and practicing neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Michael Moore and CNN's Sanjay Gupta argued Tuesday about Gupta's report on Moore'... | Moore criticized a report Gupta did on CNN Monday on "Sicko"
Gupta's report questions some of the movie's numbers and solutions .
Gupta: "I thought it was a good movie, and I wanted to say that" |
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Some Democrats appear to be wavering on a highly contentious House resolution labeling Turkey's treatment of Armenians in World War I as genocide. A KC-135 tanker lands at Incirlik Air Base in southern Turkey in 2003. Turkey, a longtime U.S. ally and NATO partner, w... | NEW: Majority Leader says a number of Dems are "revisiting their own positions"
Turkey is upset about World War I "genocide" resolution in Congress .
House resolution calls killing of Armenians "genocide"
Incirlik Air Base is key point for U.S. military supply of Iraq mission . |
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Twelve-year-old Mohammed Rasoul, his right leg severed below the knee, maneuvers on crutches over the dirt and loose stones through the Falluja graveyard. Mohammed Rasoul sitting with his mother, Jinan Khalifa, eagerly awaits his trip to the United States. Row af... | Boy, 12, lost leg to car bombing in Iraq; cousin was killed by blast .
He is now heading to the United States to get a prosthetic leg .
Boy: "I want to ... meet this person that gave me my future back"
Charity director says helping the boy makes her "cry with joy" |
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NEW DELHI, India (Reuters) -- India has elected its first female president, official results show, in what supporters are calling a boost for the rights of millions of downtrodden women, despite a bitter campaign marked by scandal. Pratibha Patil, 72, is India's first elected female pr... | India elects first female president, official results show Saturday .
Pratibha Patil's supporters are calling victory a boost for women's rights .
Bitter election campaign was marked by scandal .
72-year-old Patil was the ruling coalition's nominee for mainly ceremonial post . |
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SAN DIEGO, California (CNN) -- More than 100 homes in an upscale San Diego community were evacuated after a landslide about 60 yards wide pulled the earth from beneath a three-lane road and some of the multimillion-dollar homes that adorn it. Gina Yarbrough sent this picture of the roa... | San Diego mayor declares state of emergency; White House, governor offer aid .
Officials were investigating the shifting earth in the area for weeks .
Residents can return to 75 of the 111 evacuated homes Thursday, mayor says .
"We watched the trees snapping and cracking," says one evacuated resident . |
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ABECHE, Chad (CNN) -- Most of the 103 children that a French charity attempted to take to France from Chad for adoption are neither Sudanese nor orphans, three international aid agencies reported on Thursday. Hundreds of women protest child trafficking and shout anti-French slogans Wed... | NEW: Chadian president wants journalists, flight crew released .
Red Cross, UNICEF, UNHCR interview children that charity tried to fly out of Chad .
Most are not from Sudan and have families, agencies say .
Six members of Zoe's Ark, 11 others under arrest in Chad . |
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(CNN) -- Explorer Dennis Schmitt found an island nearly two years ago near Greenland. Fishermen pass by Greenland's Ilulissat fjord in this September 2004 picture. Such a discovery would usually elicit curiosity, even wonder perhaps, but it evoked mixed feelings for the explorer. The i... | Earth has warmed one degree in past 100 years .
Majority of scientists say greenhouse gases are causing temperatures to rise .
Some critics say planets often in periods of warming or cooling . |
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MOGADISHU, Somalia (CNN) -- An enraged crowd dragged the body of an Ethiopian soldier through the streets of Somalia's capital Thursday after gun battles with Islamic insurgents killed 19 people, witnesses reported. In a brutal echo of a 1993 battle involving Somali militias in which t... | Ethiopian soldier dragged after battle with Islamic insurgents killed 19 people .
The body was bound hand and foot with wire and wrapped in a sheet of plastic .
Incident recalls 1993 dragging of U.S. soldier through streets of Mogadishu .
Washington is concerned Somalia could turn into a safe haven for terrorists . |
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BOLINGBROOK, Illinois (CNN) -- The disappearance of a suburban Chicago police sergeant's wife is now being treated as a potential homicide, and her husband is a suspect, authorities said Friday. Stacy Peterson, 23, has been missing from her suburban Chicago home since October 28. In an... | NEW: Judge signs order to exhume the body of Drew Peterson's third wife .
Peterson has said he believed his fourth wife left him for another man .
Police: Case shifts from a missing persons search to a potential homicide .
Friends and family: Stacy Peterson expressed concerns about her husband . |
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QUEBEC, Canada -- Third seed Julia Vakulenko will face comeback queen Lindsay Davenport in her first WTA Tour final at the Bell Challenge on Sunday. Julia Vakulenko will seek her first victory on the WTA Tour at the Bell Challenge in Quebec. The Ukrainian battled through with a 6-1 4-6... | Julia Vakulenko has reached her first final on the WTA Tour at Bell Challenge .
The Ukrainian third seed will face Lindsay Davenport after beating Julie Ditty .
Former world No. 1 Davenport defeated Russian second seed Vera Zvonareva . |
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Hours after declaring a state of emergency Saturday, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf ordered troops to take a television station's equipment and put a popular opposition leader under house arrest. President Pervez Musharraf explains his actions in a te... | NEW: President Musharraf orders troops to take a television station's equipment .
Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan says he's under house arrest .
President Musharraf says his actions are for the good of the country .
White House calls Musharraf's emergency declaration "disappointing" |
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(CNN) -- The chief operating officer of the National Children's Museum was arrested Tuesday and is charged with distributing child pornography over the Internet, authorities said. Robert A. Singer is accused of sending images depicting child pornography to people he believed to be a 12... | Robert A. Singer is accused of e-mailing child porn to 12-year-old girl .
12-year-old girl was actually undercover New York City detective .
Singer was identified in court document as National Children's Museum spokesman .
Washington museum officials say they are "horrified" by the charges . |
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(CNN) -- With his hands and feet shackled and his face obscured by his long hair, Chester Arthur Stiles made his initial court appearance in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Wednesday morning on charges stemming from the videotaped rape of a 2-year-old girl. Chester Stiles appears Wednesday in a... | NEW: Accused pedophile Chester Arthur Stiles gets additional charges .
NEW: "I think he's a little out of it," his attorney says .
Suspect's ex-girlfriend: "I've had my share of nightmares"
Stiles, 37, arrested following a routine traffic stop . |
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South African fast bowler Dale Steyn took a career-best five for 34 as the Proteas took a tight grip on the first test against New Zealand in Johannesburg. Steyn's career-best 5-34 was his fourth five-wicket haul in 14 tests. New Zealand were bowled out fo... | South Africa lead New Zealand by 287 with 8 wickets standing in the 1st test .
The Proteas reach 179-2 in their second innings after the Kiwis are 118 all out .
South African paceman Dale Steyn takes a career-best 5-34. |
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(Real Simple) -- Here are five great ways to enjoy your summer. Lazing in a hammock is one of the best ways to spend a summer evening. Best way to cut jeans into shorts -- What better way to declare the start of summer? The key to cutting off jeans is not to go too short too soon. Sli... | Real Simple tips can add up to great summer .
Best way to catch fireflies starts with easiest to catch .
Tip on how not to look like a gladiator when wearing espadrilles .
There is a graceful way to get in and out of a hammock . |
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AMMAN, Jordan (CNN) -- In the sunbathed schoolyard of the Shmisani Institute for Girls in Amman, Jordan, principal Sanaa Abu Harb makes an announcement over the speaker system. Iraqi students at the Shmisani school in Amman gather around a teacher. One in 5 students there is Iraqi. "Al... | Jordan opens school doors to all Iraqi children, regardless of refugee status .
Principal says her school is 20 percent Iraqi this year .
Education minister: Iraqi kids will be incorporated into "mainstream" life .
One student says he lost five family members in Iraq . |
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(CNN) -- After weeks of controversy over Michael Mukasey's views on waterboarding, the Senate late Thursday approved the former judge's nomination for attorney general by a 53-40 vote. Waterboarding threatened to derail the approval of President Bush's nominee to lead the Justice Depar... | President Bush nominated Mukasey to replace Alberto Gonzales .
Mukasey is a former federal chief judge in New York .
Some Democratic senators opposed nominee due to views on waterboarding .
Human rights groups consider waterboarding a form of torture . |
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ORME, Tennessee (CNN) -- The drought in the Southeastern United States means more than just brown lawns to the folks in Orme, Tennessee. Water flows from their taps for just three hours each evening. A 1961 firetruck loads up with water from a hydrant in Alabama to haul back to Orme, T... | Orme, Tennessee, has running water from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Town's spring ran dry in midst of Southeast drought .
Donated water is trucked in from Alabama .
Completion of pipeline will solve problem for good . |
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(CNN) -- China has suspended exports of the Aqua Dots toys contaminated with a chemical that can convert to a powerful "date rape" drug, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. The toys have caused some children who swallowed the craft toys to vomit and lose consciousness. ... | State-run news agency: China orders an investigation by quality control agencies .
Children who swallow the beads can become comatose or have seizures .
Toys are sold as Aqua Dots in the U.S., as Bindeez Beads in Australia .
Three children were hospitalized in Australia after swallowing large quantities . |
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(CNN) -- Tens of thousands of Congolese refugees fled camps Tuesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo as rebel troops attacked government forces in the area, the U.N. refugee agency said. Refugees move along a road Tuesday in Mugunga, near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A... | NEW: Congo rebels blame Rwandan Hutus for attack, report says .
Internally displaced Congolese flee as rebels attack government troops .
Torrential rain makes refugee movement difficult .
U.N. refugee agency: Some 375,000 have been forced from homes in past year . |
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(LiveWire) -- Voluble Gary Vaynerchuk, 31, the host of "Wine Library TV," an online video show, has been known to lick rocks, suck leather and eat dirt while on camera, all to illustrate the unique properties of wine. "Wine Library TV" host Gary Vaynerchuk discusses four spooky wine va... | "Wine Library TV" Internet show has about 40,000 regular viewers .
Show takes irreverent look at wine business .
Wine consumption has risen in United States for last 15 years . |
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AMMAN, Jordan (CNN) -- In the sunbathed schoolyard of the Shmisani Institute for Girls in Amman, Jordan, principal Sanaa Abu Harb makes an announcement over the speaker system. Iraqi students at the Shmisani school in Amman gather around a teacher. One in 5 students there is Iraqi. "Al... | Jordan opens school doors to all Iraqi children, regardless of refugee status .
Principal says her school is 20 percent Iraqi this year .
Education minister: Iraqi kids will be incorporated into "mainstream" life .
One student says he lost five family members in Iraq . |
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PATUAKHALI, Bangladesh (CNN) -- Survivors of a storm that killed more than 3,000 people in the impoverished nation of Bangladesh grieved and buried their loved ones Monday as they waited for aid to arrive. Villagers grieve in Patargata, around 125 miles south of Dhaka, capital of Bang... | Survivors of Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh waiting for aid to arrive .
Red Crescent Society official says deaths could rise to 5,000-10,000 .
Bangladeshi president distributes aid; angry survivors go empty-handed .
Thousands remain missing; estimated 280,000 homeless . |
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GLASGOW, Scotland -- World champions Italy clinched qualification for Euro 2008 after goals in the first and last minutes gave them a pulsating 2-1 victory at Hampden Park -- killing off Scotland's hopes of reaching the finals. Luca Toni celebrates his early goal as Italy won 2-1 in Sc... | Italy win 2-1 in Scotland to secure their qualification for the Euro 2008 finals .
The result means Scotland cannot qualify and will now finish third in Group B .
France will also be reaching the Euro 2008 finals after the result in Glasgow . |
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(CNN) -- Authorities in Azerbaijan recently uncovered a radical Islamic terror plot against the U.S. Embassy in the capital, Baku, prompting the facility to close its doors to the public Monday, Azerbaijan and U.S. officials told CNN. The Bibi Heybat Mosque, just outside the capital Ba... | Authorities uncover a radical Islamic terror plot against the U.S. embassy in Baku .
The United States has reduced its embassy's operations .
Britain also shut its embassy in Baku to the public on Monday . |
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PARIS, France -- World number three Novak Djokovic crashed out of the Paris Masters after being trounced in his opening match by veteran Frenchman Fabrice Santoro on Wednesday. Fabrice Santoro returns the ball during his shock second-round victory against Novak Djokovic. The 34-year-ol... | World No. 3 Novak Djokovic beaten in the second round of the Paris Masters .
The Serb, who had a first-round bye, lost 6-3 6-2 to veteran Fabrice Santoro .
Top seeds Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal win opening matches at Bercy . |
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(InStyle) -- After years in the bronze age, when sun-kissed cheeks and gloss reigned supreme, fall's return to glamour means that lipstick is making a major comeback. Lipstick outsold gloss by $76 million last year, and beauty companies are racing to launch new formulas that are more w... | Gloss taking backseat to bold colors in lipsticks .
Exfoliate lips before applying a bold hue .
Melissa Silver: "Anyone can wear plum or sheer red" at night .
AJ Crimson likes subtle pink or sheer beige for all skin tones for day . |
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(InStyle.com) -- A hit TV show. An Emmy. A summer blockbuster. A new company. A wedding! Katherine Heigl has every reason to smile for our camera. A star -- and a trio of gorgeous looks -- is born. The Ingénue: "This is my favorite look of the three just because it's sexy but not overt... | "Grey's Anatomy" actress Katherine Heigl has own production company .
Star of hit movie Knocked Up" is getting married .
Doesn't go without makeup for fear of ugly photographs .
Says shopping for wedding dress is "grueling" |
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(Mental Floss) -- 1. The SPAM® Museum . SPAM marks its 70th anniversary in 2007 which is also the Chinese Year of the Pig. If the on-site "wall of SPAM" is any indication, a tour through the SPAM Museum in Austin, Minnesota, is guaranteed fun for the whole canned-pork-loving family. SP... | If you build it, the tourists will come to your museum .
Museums for hobos, medical oddities and trash .
Kentucky museum is where dummies go to die . |
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PARIS, France (CNN) -- Interpol on Monday took the unprecendented step of making a global appeal for help to identify a man from digitally reconstructed photos taken from the Internet that it said showed him sexually abusing underage boys. This moving image shows how police used softwa... | Man posted photos on the Internet of himself sexually abusing underage boys .
Computer experts managed to undo digital masking to reveal the man .
Man abused 12 boys in Vietnam and Cambodia . |
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Reuters is a global information company providing material tailored for professionals in the financial services, media and corporate markets. Its information is trusted and drives decision making across the globe. In October 1851 Paul Julius Reuter, a German-born immigrant, opened an o... | Reuters was founded in 1851 by Julius Reuter, transmitting market quotations .
The company was first in Europe with news of President Lincoln's assassination .
Today Reuters has 196 bureaux serving approximately 131 countries. |
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