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"Satellite image taken at 1:15 p.m. Saturday shows Tropical Storm Cristobal of... | [
"Tropical Storm Cristobal \"very close\" to North Carolina coast .",
"Storm expected to dump three to five inches of rain along coast .",
"Cristobal evolved Saturday from a tropical depression on Friday ."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Michelle Rhee says she runs at 100 miles per hour.",
"As the chancellor of one of the nation's lowest-performing school districts, she says she has no choice -- too much bureaucracy to cut through, too many problems to fix after decades of neglect.",
"Michelle Rhee says a sense of urgency h... | [
"D.C. schools chief Michelle Rhee closed 23 schools, fired 36 principals in first year .",
"\"We are always going to put the best interests of kids above the rights ... of adults\"\nCritic says Rhee has created \"more chaos and more dysfunction\"\nMayor backs his appointee, says when schools fail, \"you need to s... | [
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"JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli police divers found a suitcase Thursday containing human remains that are believed to be the body of a missing 4-year-old girl, an Israeli police spokesman said.",
"French-Israeli girl Rose poses for a photograph with her mother, Marie Pizem.",
"The suitcase was pulled out of the Yar... | [
"Israeli police divers on find suitcase with human remains inside .",
"Body believed to be that of missing 4-year-old girl .",
"Disappearance of Rose Pizam likened to that of Madeleine McCann ."
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"BOGOTA, Colombia (CNN) -- Colombian President Alvaro Uribe admitted Wednesday that the symbol of the neutral Red Cross organization was used in a hostage rescue mission that freed 15 people from leftist rebels two weeks ago.",
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"President Alvaro Uribe says one Red Cross symbol was used in hostage rescue .",
"Photos from military source show man wearing bib with Red Cross logo .",
"Such misuse of symbol could be violation of Geneva Conventions ."
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"In fact, their feelings are so strong that in the 2008 America's Favorite Cities survey -- conducted by travelandleisure.com and CNN Headline News -- Americans voted mor... | [
"New Orleans elbowed New York aside as the best city for fine dining .",
"Portland, Oregon, swept Minneapolis out of first place for cleanliness .",
"New York held its No.",
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"(CNN) -- Residents living in single-family homes in some parts of coastal Texas face \"certain death\" if they do not heed orders to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Ike's arrival, the National Weather Service said Thursday night.",
"Texans sit in bumper-to-bumper traffic Thursday on a highway from Galveston County i... | [
"Life-threatening floods expected in parts of coastal Texas, agency says .",
"Hurricane Ike could make landfall near Galveston Island as early as Saturday .",
"About 100,000 evacuated from Houston; 4 million more told to stay .",
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- An Ohio death row inmate who says he is too overweight to be executed took his plea to the Supreme Court on Friday.",
"Richard Cooey, 41, and an accomplice were convicted of the 1986 murders of two college students.",
"Richard Cooey is scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday and has ex... | [
"Richard Cooey, set to die Tuesday, has exhausted most state, federal appeals .",
"Justices are expected to decide whether he should receive stay of execution .",
"They could also address constitutional claims about medical fitness for execution .",
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"(CNN) -- Maoist insurgents killed a dozen soldiers and two civilians during an ambush in southeastern Peru, the military said Friday.",
"The military blamed \"narco-terrorists\" of the Shining Path for the attack Thursday night in Tayacaja province as the soldiers were returning by truck to their counterterrori... | [
"Ambush kills 12 soldiers and two civilians in southeastern Peru .",
"Peru's military blames \"narco-terrorists\" of the Shining Path for attack .",
"Rebels have been targets of a fierce government crackdown ."
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"MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- A tropical storm watch was issued Friday for Bermuda as Hurricane Bertha moved closer to the Atlantic island, causing swells and high turf on its beaches.",
"A satellite picture from 5:45 a.m.",
"ET Friday shows Hurricane Bertha over the Atlantic.",
"As of 8 p.m. ET Friday, the center... | [
"NEW: Bermuda Weather Service issues tropical storm watch .",
"NEW: Hurricane Bertha's fringes expected to reach Bermuda on Saturday .",
"The Category 1 hurricane is causing large swells, high surf on Bermuda beaches ."
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"NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Police in India have charged 63 people with murder in the beating death of a company boss who fired them.",
"Labor minister Oscar Fernandes was criticized for saying Chaudhary's death was warning to management.",
"The 63 were among 137 people police had rounded up by Wednesday -- two ... | [
"Police in India charge 63 people with murdering company boss who fired them .",
"Mob of fired employees attacked chief executive of Italian car parts company .",
"India's labor minister apologizes for saying death is warning to management ."
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"ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Terrorism, a slow economy and rising gas prices are issues that can keep American voters awake at night.",
"Undecided voters gathered at Emory University, where Dr. Drew Westen studies how brains react to messages.",
"Political strategists know that the most successful candidates are ... | [
"Fear-based attack ads are sometimes used by candidates to influence voters .",
"CNN gathered eight undecided voters to measure the impact of attack ads .",
"Psychologist Drew Westen says fear-based ads appeal to voters' subconscious ."
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"(CNN) -- Residents of a western Pennsylvania neighborhood can return home Sunday after a chemical leak forced them to evacuate the night before.",
"Hundreds of residents were forced to flee Saturday after a chemical leak in Petrolia, Pennsylvania.",
"Authorities surveyed the neighborhood in Petrolia and determ... | [
"NEW: Environmental official says area surveyed, no traces of chemical remain .",
"Toxic cloud forms Saturday after chemical leak at Pennsylvania plant .",
"Three residents taken to hospital; extent of injuries not known ."
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"(CNN) -- Sarah Palin: politician and mother.",
"iReporters weigh in on the difficulty of balancing those two roles.",
"iReporter Christina Walker says its very challenging to balance work and caring for her 1-year-old child.",
"Since Sen. John McCain named Alaska Go.",
"Sarah Palin as his vice presidential... | [
"iReporters weigh in on Sarah Palin's roles of politician and mother .",
"Some say she can't be both a good mother and a good vice president .",
"Others say Palin is being held to an unfair standard as a woman .",
"iReport.com: Is there a double-standard?"
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"Editor's note: Glenn Beck is on CNN Headline News nightly at 7 and 9 ET and also is host of a conservative national radio talk show.",
"Glenn Beck has some lines McCain can use in tonight's speech to articulate his vision for change .",
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- Campaigns are ugly.",
"Watching the way politicians a... | [
"Glenn Beck: Many of the things you've heard about Sarah Palin aren't true .",
"Beck: She didn't say the Iraq war is a task from God .",
"Palin has substantial executive experience in several jobs, Beck says.",
"Beck: She doesn't oppose teaching contraception in sex-ed classes ."
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"(CNN) -- Ambitious plans to build a revolutionary 420-meter shape-shifting skyscraper in Dubai have been unveiled by architects.",
"The 80-story Dynamic Tower, described as the \"world's first building in motion,\" will also be the first skyscraper constructed from prefabricated units, according to a press state... | [
"Plans for revolutionary 420-meter rotating skyscraper in Dubai unveiled .",
"80-story Dynamic Tower has been designed by architect David Fisher .",
"Advanced plans to build second tower in Moscow .",
"Tower will be built from prefabricated units; due to be completed by 2010 ."
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"HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Robert Mugabe's political rivals Saturday accused the Zimbabwean president of \"ambush\" in allocating key ministries to his own party in defiance of a power-sharing agreement aimed at ending political turmoil in the country.",
"The opposition MDC accuses Mugabe of \"ambush.\"",
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"MDC decries Mugabe move to allocate key ministries to his ZANU-PF party .",
"Defense, justice, and media given to party, report says .",
"MDC says move violates power-sharing agreement ."
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"(CNN) -- Seven years after devastating terrorist attacks brought death to New York's World Trade Centers, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field, the first permanent, on-site memorial is being dedicated Thursday at the Pentagon.",
"An artist's rendering shows the New York 9/11 memorial, with the museum entry pavi... | [
"World Trade Center memorial plaza scheduled to open in 2011, museum in 2012 .",
"Memorial at Pennsylvania plane crash site also due to open in 2011 .",
"Pentagon memorial including benches, trees, pools is dedicated Thursday .",
"Watch 9/11 memorials in New York and Washington on CNN.com Live ."
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"SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- A wildfire threatened to decimate historic Angel Island, the largest in the San Francisco Bay, and a Marin County fire official warned it could take up to four days contain the blaze.",
"At 9:15 p.m. Sunday the fire was burning only on the southeast side of the island.",
"Th... | [
"Blaze not contained, firefighting efforts could last four days, official says .",
"iReporter: \"It's just the saddest thing because there's no way to stop it\"\nBlaze burning vegetation near the top of Mount Livermore's 788-foot peak .",
"All park workers, campers are safe, fire official says ."
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"HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- Even with Hurricane Ike more than 100 miles away, authorities began rescue efforts Friday, picking up more than 120 people stranded by rising seas along the southeast Texas coast.",
"The U.S. Coast Guard rescues a person trapped in a car on Friday as Hurricane Ike hits Texas.",
"Most of... | [
"NEW: Coast Guard helicopters airlift stranded residents from Galveston area .",
"NEW: Many of those rescued were motorists stranded on flooded roads .",
"Coast Guard, Air Force unable to rescue 22 people stranded on freighter .",
"Active-duty military has 42 search-and-rescue helicopters on standby ."
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"(CNN) -- When Sen. John McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov.",
"Sarah Palin, announced that her 17-year-old unmarried daughter was pregnant, the news prompted a big response from the iReport.com community.",
"iReporter Darla Jones, who had a child at a young age, said she sympathizes with the Palin family.",
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"Sarah Palin's daughter is pregnant .",
"Sabrina Lee questions McCain's judgment in picking Palin .",
"Darla Jones sympathizes with the Palin family .",
"iReport.com: Share your thoughts on McCain's running mate ."
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"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Los Angeles fire officials say they're worried that nighttime winds could push two major wildfires, which already are blamed in two deaths, closer to pricey neighborhoods on the Pacific coast.",
"Fire draws near homes in the Los Angeles-area community of Porter Ranch, California,... | [
"NEW: California Gov.",
"Arnold Schwarzenegger Monday declares a state of emergency .",
"NEW: Officials warn fire could possibly reach ocean in matter of hours .",
"Winds could push fires to pricey neighborhoods near coast, officials say .",
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"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Krishna Rajarman's classmates and friends remembered him Tuesday as a mentor and scholar who preferred to go home on weekends to spend time with his younger brothers than party on campus.",
"Krishna Rajarman, a Fulbright Scholar and honors student, was a junior at UCLA.",
"\"W... | [
"Krishna Rajarman went home on weekends to be with family rather than party .",
"Friends say he was committed to mentoring his two younger siblings .",
"Police: Teen's father, jobless and in financial trouble, killed him and his family .",
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"(OPRAH.com) -- Oprah has always said that mothers have the most difficult job on earth, and actress Jenny McCarthy is one mom who has never backed down from a challenge.",
"Doctors removed Monica's uterus, ovaries, gallbladder and part of her colon, along with her legs and arms.",
"Jenny has been an outspoken ... | [
"Monica was diagnosed with deadly, flesh-eating bacteria after C-section .",
"Doctors amputated Monica's limbs, did 37 surgeries .",
"\"She's a fighter,\" husband says of Monica's strength and determination .",
"Monica now does everyday things for her two girls no matter how long they take ."
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"(CNN) -- A tugboat on Saturday reached a disabled freighter carrying 22 people, hours after the ship rode out Hurricane Ike without power, Coast Guard spokesman Mike O'Berry said.",
"O'Berry said the tugboat Rotterdam arrived shortly before 2 p.m. (3 p.m. ...",
"Repairs will be made aboard the Antalina, which... | [
"NEW: Tugboat reaches stranded freighter .",
"Ship's crew of 22 endures night without power in Gulf of Mexico .",
"Coast Guard, Air Force had to abandon rescue because of poor conditions .",
"Authorities onshore find it too dangerous to respond to calls for help ."
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"(CNN) -- Saudi Arabia could have helped the United States prevent al Qaeda's 2001 attacks on New York and Washington if American officials had consulted Saudi authorities in a \"credible\" way, the kingdom's former ambassador said in a documentary aired Thursday.",
"The comments by Prince Bandar bin Sultan are s... | [
"Prince Bandar bin Sultan: U.S. did not engage Saudis in serious, credible way .",
"All but four of September 11 hijackers were Saudi nationals .",
"U.S. official: Bandar's comments should be taken \"with a grain of salt\"\nBandar was the Saudi ambassador to Washington for nearly 22 years ."
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"BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The U.S. military announced Wednesday that coalition forces recently killed al Qaeda in Iraq's \"charismatic\" senior leader in northern Iraq.",
"Abu Qaswarah was second only to Abu Ayyub al-Masri (pictured) in al Qaeda in Iraq leadership.",
"Abu Qaswarah, also known as Abu Sara, was ki... | [
"Abu Qaswarah killed during an operation in Mosul on October 5 .",
"He was second-in-command to al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri .",
"Coalition forces tracked him down inside a building in the northern Iraqi city .",
"U.S. military described Abu Qaswarah as a \"charismatic\" leader ."
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"DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CNN) -- A court in Dubai has sentenced two Britons to three months in prison for having sex on a public beach in the Muslim country.",
"File image of one of the co-accused -- Vince Acors -- arriving at court in Dubai in September.",
"After they complete their sentence, the pair wil... | [
"The two Britons will be deported after they complete their sentence .",
"The pair were arrested at a Dubai beach shortly after midnight on July 5 .",
"They were charged with with illicit relations, public indecency, public intoxication .",
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"(CNN) -- A Saudi Arabian blogger detained in December, ostensibly because he supported reform advocates accused by the Saudi government of backing terrorism, has been released, a fellow blogger posted Saturday.",
"Web sites like this one pushed for Fouad al-Farhan's release.",
"Ahmed al-Omran said on his blog,... | [
"NEW: Friend says blogger \"in good spirits\" and spending time with family .",
"Fouad al-Farhan detained in December by Saudi government for his blog .",
"Al-Farhan was held because he supported reform advocates, a blog says .",
"Saudi government accused him of supporting terrorism through his blog ."
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"But he said the federal agency he worked for is now a \"cult of corruption\" -- a claim backed up by a recent government report.",
"Bobby Maxwell, a long-time auditor of the oil indu... | [
"Whistleblower said oil regulators in bed with oil industry: \"It's disgusting\"\nDepartment of Interior said it can't comment on Bobby Maxwell's specific claims .",
"Maxwell was auditor for 20-plus years, said he lost job due to scrutiny of oil giants .",
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"An Eastern diamondback rattlesnake appears in a photo from the U.S. Geological Survey.",
"\"He felt a sharp pain, brought his hand out and saw the ... | [
"NEW: High school rowing coach had been on trip with students to South Carolina .",
"A 10-inch-long diamondback rattlesnake killed by blast from fire extinguisher .",
"Victim treated at hospital; bite reportedly not life-threatening ."
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"(CNN) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said golden parachute payments would be banned and the salary deals of bankers \"clawed back\" as part of the government's $250 billion bailout of the financial sector.",
"U.S. President George W. Bush announces his government's bank bailout plan.",
"Meanwhile, U.... | [
"U.S. President George W. Bush announces $250 billion bailout .",
"Henry Paulson: Golden parachute payments and excesses will end .",
"Japan's Nikkei closes Tuesday up 14 percent, a one-day record ."
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"(CNN) -- President Bush is \"a disgrace, frankly,\" film director Oliver Stone said Wednesday, two days before the release of his biopic on the 43rd U.S. president.",
"Director Oliver Stone says he believes the timing was right for his upcoming film, \"W.\" Stone, who has endorsed Democratic Sen. Barack Obama fo... | [
"Director insists \"W.\" presents \"a fair portrait of the man,\" is empathetic .",
"Bush's \"rivalry to be stronger than his father\" helped prompt Iraq war, Stone says .",
"Stone says he is anti-war, has concerns about torture, \"stripping of liberties\"\n\"W.,\" a biopic of President Bush, hits theaters Frid... | [
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"Hughley will be ready to mock it.",
"D.L. Hughley starred in \"The Hughleys\" and \"The Original Kings of Comedy.\"",
"CNN announced Wednesday that it will premiere a new, \"unconventional\" weekend show hosted by comedian D.L.",
"Hughley. \"D.L. Hughley Breaks the News,\... | [
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"Hughley Breaks the News\" premieres on CNN October 25 .",
"Comedian Hughley known for \"The Hughleys,\" \"Studio 60\"\nShow to feature interviews, comedic takes on the news ."
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"WHEATON, Illinois (AP) -- A gunman who took a dozen hostages in a suburban Chicago bank after wresting a gun from a police officer Friday died after shooting himself in the head, police said.",
"Hostages were released Friday after a gunman killed himself in suburban Chicago, police say.",
"The standoff began a... | [
"Gunman took a dozen hostages in a suburban Chicago bank Friday .",
"Police: Suspect held knife to officer's throat and demanded his gun .",
"Suspect was found with a bullet wound to his head, officials said ."
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"(CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama cautioned supporters Thursday against becoming complacent during the final days leading up to the election, noting he lost the New Hampshire primary despite a lead in the polls.",
"After debating Sen. John McCain, Sen. Barack Obama says there's still plenty of campaigning to be done.",... | [
"NEW: Palin in North Carolina: Pay \"close attention\" to Obama's record .",
"Obama to New Hampshire crowd: McCain has become \"all about me\"\nMcCain says \"I thought I did pretty well\" in Wednesday's debate .",
"Obama: I was ahead in New Hampshire, and we wound up \"getting spanked\""
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"Editor's note: Glenn Beck is on CNN Headline News nightly at 7 and 9 ET and also is host of a conservative national radio talk show.",
"Glenn Beck says Wall Street's troubles began with a wild craze for subprime mortages.",
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- \"Greed is good.\"",
"At least, that's what Michael Douglas' chara... | [
"Glenn Beck: Hundreds of years of Wall Street history vanished this week .",
"Major companies collapsed due to the subprime mortgage fiasco, he says .",
"Beck: Firms still own too many toxic mortgages they can't sell .",
"A new government agency could form to buy up mortgages, Beck says ."
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"Editor's note: Fareed Zakaria is a foreign affairs analyst who is the host of \"Fareed Zakaria: GPS\" on CNN at 1 p.m.",
"ET Sundays.",
"\"America will have to fight to attract capital and investment like every other nation,\" says Fareed Zakaria.",
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- The crisis in global financial markets w... | [
"Zakaria: Credit crises, financial meltdowns, recessions aren't end of capitalism .",
"Government must try massive market interventions to get credit to flow, he says .",
"Zakaria: America's financial system needs new, different and better regulations .",
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"Editor's note: Join Roland S. Martin for his weekly sound-off segment on CNN.com Live at 11:10 a.m.",
"ET Thursday.",
"If you're passionate about politics, he wants to hear from you.",
"A nationally syndicated columnist and Chicago-based radio host, Martin has said he will vote for Barack Obama in November."... | [
"Roland Martin: Gov.",
"Palin talks tough on the campaign trail .",
"Martin: Palin has ducked questions about many difficult issues .",
"Palin has given only a limited number of interviews, Martin says .",
"Palin hasn't been forthcoming on the Alaska ethics investigation, he says ."
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"NEW YORK (CNN) -- Global markets were reeling Monday after a historic day on Wall Street that saw two famous names become the latest victims of the credit crunch.",
"The leading U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy and brokerage Merrill Lynch was the subject of a $50 billion buyout by Bank o... | [
"U.S. investment banking giant Lehman Brothers to file for bankruptcy .",
"Merrill Lynch agrees to be taken over by Bank of America .",
"Job losses certain but numbers not yet known .",
"NEW: Dow Jones suffered worst day since 9/11; Asia, Europe markets tumbled ."
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"He was the author of a report last mont... | [
"David Hawkins: Admission tests are wrongly used to rank college quality .",
"Hawkins says Baylor University's incentives for test scores are a mistake .",
"Grades are much more important than test scores in admissions decisions, he says .",
"Hawkins: U.S. News should drop SAT and ACT scores in rankings ."
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"(CNN) -- At 51 years of age, Polish prime minister Donald Tusk has come a long way.",
"As part of the Kashubian minority living in the Gdansk Region, he was born to working-class parents -- his father a carpenter and his mother a nurse.",
"Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was elected in November 2007.",
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"Involved in anti-communist activities as a student in Gdansk .",
"In 1989 Tusk co-founded the KLD (Liberal and Democratic Congress Party)\nIn 1997 he was voted into the Polish Senate .",
"Became prime minister of Poland after 1997 parliamentary election ."
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"(Coastal Living) -- Barefoot on the sandy shore of Catalina Island, Kim Francis shades her eyes from the sun and peers back to mainland California.",
"\"I can't believe we're 22 miles from Los Angeles,\" she says, grinning.",
"\"I may never go back.\"",
"Paddlers can experience Catalina from the water's surf... | [
"Two Harbors, on Catalina's west end, is much quieter than Avalon .",
"Paddling tours visit secluded coves and mysterious caves .",
"Free hiking permits allow visitors to wander the island at will ."
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"Editor's note: Ruben Navarrette is a nationally syndicated columnist and a member of the editorial board of the San Diego Union-Tribune.",
"Read his column here.",
"Ruben Navarrette asks whether Obama's cool, calm demeanor will be a plus in negotiating with world leaders.",
"SAN DIEGO, California (CNN) -- Ma... | [
"Ruben Navarrette: McCain tried to get under Obama's skin with attacks .",
"Obama remained cool and wound up ending strongly in the debate, he says .",
"Navarrette says Ayers attacks backfired even though issue is legitimate .",
"America may need the cool-headedness of Barack Obama, he says ."
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"(CNN) -- Police have recovered two of the four Impressionist paintings stolen earlier this month in a daring museum heist, police in Zurich, Switzerland said Tuesday.",
"Claude Monet's \"Poppies near Vetheuil\" has been recovered by Swiss police.",
"The Monet and van Gogh oil paintings were in good condition, ... | [
"Police in Switzerland have recovered two artworks stolen earlier this month .",
"Masterpieces stolen in Zurich art heist were worth $163 million .",
"Haul included pieces by Cezanne, Van Gogh, Degas and Monet .",
"The van Gogh and Monet were found, the Cezanne and Degas remain missing ."
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"Editor's note: Joseph E. Stiglitz, professor at Columbia University, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001 for his work on the economics of information and was on the climate change panel that shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008.",
"Stiglitz, a supporter of Barack Obama, was a member and later chairm... | [
"Joseph Stiglitz: Fed pumped too much money, aiding housing bubble .",
"New-fangled instruments hid overuse of borrowing, Stiglitz says .",
"Executives followed short-term interests and magnified risks, he says .",
"Stiglitz: Widespread changes needed to prevent future crises ."
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"BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. troops or contractors who commit \"major and premeditated murders\" in Iraq while off-duty and outside U.S. facilities would fall under Iraqi jurisdiction, according to a copy of a draft U.S.-Iraq agreement obtained by CNN.",
"Shiite demonstrators protest a proposed U.S.-Iraqi securit... | [
"NEW: U.S.-Iraq draft: Troops committing murder in Iraq could face Iraqi prosecution .",
"Iraq's ruling United Iraqi Alliance found several \"points\" needing more discussion .",
"Ruling bloc did not make clear what issues they had regarding troop agreement ."
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"BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Thousands of people marched in central Baghdad on Saturday to protest a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security agreement that would extend the presence of U.S. troops in the country after the end of the year.",
"Thousands staged a mass march through Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday to protest a planned U.... | [
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"Takeshita-Dori is where teenagers pick up their \"cosplay\" costumes .",
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"The case stemmed from a Bangkok land deal while Thaksin was in office.",
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"Darrell West: Negative attacks have long history in U.S. politics .",
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"\"I'd probably go for the drilling in Alaska.",
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"Roland S. Martin: Candidates offer anything and everything to snag middle class .",
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"Wright, a founding member of epic rock group Pink Floyd, died Monday.",
"The keyboardist had been battling cancer and succumbed ... | [
"Pink Floyd fans shared their memories of late keyboardist Richard Wright .",
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"\"This is not something that anybody can reason... | [
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"Some security experts say such incidents are impossible to anticipate .",
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"Now Congress is asking: Should ... | [
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"... | [
"NEW: If elected, Palin says she will address energy issues, government reform .",
"NEW: Palin says she has more executive experience than Sen. Barack Obama .",
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"\"Sen. Obama's grandmother Madelyn Dunham has always been... | [
"NEW: Sen. Hillary Clinton urges Floridians to back Obama in appearance with him .",
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"Seven months in custody wasn't a long ... | [
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"Graphic footage of death, destruction has been shown on state-run networks .",
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"Warren, who heads up the country's fourth large... | [
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"Alex Castellanos: Obama's message was populism and bottom-up change .",
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"LONDON, England (CNN) -- Formula One is about putting on a 90-minute show every other weekend at locations the world over.",
"McLaren's huge 'brand center' motorhome dominates the F1 paddock at all European grands prix.",
"But getting that show on the road -- and in the air and on the sea -- is a remarkable fe... | [
"F1 uses air, sea and land to transport huge amounts of freight to each race .",
"Teams must meticulously coordinate their shipping plans each season .",
"Team trucks carrying cars and equipment cover almost 19,000 miles per year ."
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"(CNN) -- People along the Texas coast were leaving home or planning to evacuate Thursday as Hurricane Ike churned toward them, slowly intensifying on its march west.",
"Forecasters say the storm could slam into the Texas coast -- south of Galveston -- as a powerful Category 3 storm late Friday or early Saturday.... | [
"NEW: Ike could swell to Category 3 when it hits Texas coast Saturday .",
"Mandatory evacuations ordered for residents with special needs in one county .",
"Hurricane-spawned tornado causes damage in Key Largo, Florida .",
"Texans in low-lying areas and mobiles homes urged to get out ."
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"(The Frisky) -- Don't you just hate the type of person who smugly informs you, \"I don't watch TV,\" like that's something to be proud of?",
"They think they're so great with all their fancy book learning.",
"What they don't realize is that TV isn't for dummies -- there's tons of educational programming availa... | [
"Learn about men NOT to date by studying male characters on TV shows .",
"\"Gossip Girls\" Chuck Bass is charming type who decimates women .",
"\"Mad Men\" Don Draper is a smoldering liar and cheat Aging party boy Hank Moody of \"Californication\" attracts damaged women ."
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"HIMACHAL PRADESH, India (CNN) -- Amar and Kundan Singh Pundir are brothers.",
"Younger brother Amar breaks rocks in a mine for a living.",
"Kundan farms their small piece of inherited land.",
"They live in a beautiful but remote hillside village in the clouds of Himachal Pradesh, India.",
"Kundar Singh Pun... | [
"Amar and Kundan Singh Pundir are brothers who share a wife .",
"The brothers have married the same woman to ensure their land isn't divided .",
"Practice is illegal in India but common in their mountain village ."
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"MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- Barack Obama sometimes gets ribbed for his outsized ideas, like the massive stage built in Denver, Colorado, to accept the Democratic presidential nomination.",
"But an artist in Barcelona, Spain, may be about to outdo the candidate himself.",
"Large-format sketches have long been a focu... | [
"Cuban-American artist plans to finish work before U.S. elections .",
"500 tons of material will cover 2.5 acres of beachfront .",
"Democratic presidential candidate is \"larger than life,\" artist says .",
"Project also aims to address issue of \"trying to find heroes\""
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"ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistani authorities have arrested four men in connection with the suicide truck bombing of a Marriott Hotel last month in Islamabad that killed more than 50 people, officials said Friday.",
"More than 50 people died in last month's attack on the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad.",
"Th... | [
"Four arrested on suspicion of involvement\" in hotel blast in Pakistani capital .",
"More than people died in September 20 attack on Marriott hotel, 250-plus injured .",
"Authorities have not said how they believe the men are related to the blast ."
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"ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- U.S. and Pakistani troops exchanged fire Thursday along the Pakistani-Afghan border minutes after the Pakistani military fired shots at two American helicopters that were providing cover for the troops, a U.S. military spokesman said.",
"Pakistan says it shot at two U.S. OH-58D helic... | [
"NEW: U.S. says it returned fire after Pakistanis fired shots at American copters .",
"Pakistani president says military fired only flares .",
"Attack comes after president, general warned foreign troops to stay out .",
"Pakistani, U.S. officials say they are working to resolve the issue ."
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