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[ "(CNN) -- The boyfriend of a missing Arizona woman is being held without bond on fraud and other charges while police seek additional information into his girlfriend's disappearance, Chandler police said Tuesday.", "Jamie Laiaddee went missing from the home she shares with her boyfriend in the early morning hours of March 18, police said.", "At first, friends and family didn't think too much about the lapse in communication with their loved one -- the 32-year-old Laiaddee usually got in touch with them every few weeks and it was not uncommon for her to go months without calling her parents, according to Chandler police spokesman Sgt.", "Joe Favazzo.", "It wasn't until 10 weeks later, on May 28, that Laiaddee's father officially reported her missing to police after learning of his daughter's disappearance from her boyfriend of three years -- identified by Chandler police and friends as Bryan Stewart.", "Upon searching the couple's home, authorities found Laiaddee's car, purse, keys and other personal effects.", "As part of their investigation, authorities also discovered that Stewart had been living under a false name for the past eight years.", "His real name is Rick Wayne Valentini and he is 41, Favazzo said.", "Court documents refer to Valentini by his assumed name.", "Stewart was apprehended by police at a Scottsdale apartment after investigators learned he had an outstanding traffic-related arrest warrant.", "When he was found, he was \"in possession of a vehicle owned by Jamie,\" according to police.", "Stewart, who police said is the last person to see Laiaddee, told investigators that he and Laiaddee had an argument on March 17 and broke up after she told him she was taking a new job in Denver, Colorado, Favazzo said.", "\"At this point we have no evidence whatsoever to indicate Jamie\" planned to leave, \"and certainly not to Colorado,\" Favazzo said.", "Police said Stewart had been driving Laiaddee's car and using her credit cards in the weeks after her disappearance.", "He is being held without bond in the Maricopa County jail on charges of credit card fraud, theft of credit cards, probation violation, identity theft, weapons violations and an outstanding warrant, according to police.", "\"Investigators are now focusing on Stewart/Valentini as a person of interest in the disappearance of Jamie Laiaddee,\" according to a Chandler Police Department news release about the case.", "Favazzo said Tuesday that police \"don't believe Jamie just dropped off the grid.\"", "\"We suspect foul play at this point and we fear that she could be dead,\" he said, adding that authorities are imploring the public for any leads to Laiaddee's whereabouts.", "Friends of Laiaddee's who have set up a Facebook page to raise awareness about her disappearance describe the 1999 University of Michigan graduate as \"bubbly,\" \"outgoing\" and \"fiercely loyal.\"", "\"We are devastated by the news,\" friend Sheila Dubs told HLN's \"Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell\" on Tuesday.", "CNN's Sarah Aarthun contributed to this report." ]	[ "Jamie Laiaddee last seen March 18 .", "Disappearance not reported for 10 weeks .", "Boyfriend found driving Laiaddee's car, using her credit cards, police say .", "\"We fear that she could be dead,\" police spokesman says ." ]	[ 13, 17 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Presidents need a break.", "Really. President Bush, shown playing horseshoes in 2004, also enjoys mountain biking.", "In long days scheduled in 15-minute increments, presidents are asked to make decisions affecting millions -- sometimes life-or-death decisions.", "\"When you get to the Oval Office, there are no easy decisions,\" says Kenneth Duberstein, who was chief of staff to President Ronald Reagan.", "\"Any decision that reaches the president's desk is a close call.", "It's not black and white.", "It's shades of gray.\"", "Presidents work best when they take regular respites from the burdens of the presidency, according to Duberstein and other White House insiders from the Nixon presidency through the current administration.", "\"The time off at the ranch or at Camp David was more than an escape,\" Duberstein says.", "\"It was good for his physical and mental well-being.\"", "\"The daily routine of a president is really grueling,\" says Ron Nessen, press secretary to President Gerald Ford.", "\"It's hard to get thinking time.", "Ford talked about how when he was swimming laps, it gave him time to think about things.\"", "See what presidents have enjoyed doing in their free time » .", "Anecdotal evidence from the previous seven administrations jibes with research into decision making.", "Keith Sawyer, a professor of psychology, education and business at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, says good ideas come from a combination of hard work and down time.", "\"Creativity researchers have discovered that there is a cycle.", "It is very difficult to have a good idea when you're working all out.", "It typically happens when you take time away,\" says Sawyer, author of \"Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration.\"", "\"The unconscious mind is really good at bouncing different ideas together,\" he says.", "\"That's where creative insight comes from.", "When you're working hard, you're basically blocking the unconscious mind from doing that work.\"", "No wonder then, that the most recent presidents have turned to sports as a diversion from what's been called the toughest job in the world.", "Presidents have enjoyed mountain biking (George W. Bush), golf (Bill Clinton, Ford, Dwight D. Eisenhower), tennis (Ford, Jimmy Carter, George H.W.", "Bush), jogging (Clinton, Carter and both Bushes), swimming (Ford), bowling (Richard Nixon), horseshoes (George H.W.", "Bush) and horseback riding (Reagan).", "\"Exercise was a huge part of his life,\" says Jody Powell, Carter's press secretary.", "\"He enjoyed tennis very much.", "He ran just about every day.\"", "To blow off steam, Clinton would go to the putting green outside the White House.", "\"Everyone knew to leave him alone,\" says Clinton press secretary Joe Lockhart.", "\"It had to be a national security crisis to go out and interrupt him.\"", "Even presidents who were not particularly athletic made a point of taking a break.", "Coming this weekend: Fit to Lead » .", "President Nixon had an office with a comfortable sofa in the Old Executive Office Building (now the Eisenhower Executive Office Building), next door to the White House, says John Dean, former White House counsel.", "\"He would go over there and stretch out and get a couple hours reading or taking a nap if he was inclined, and that was built into the schedule,\" Dean says.", "Early in his administration, Clinton worked too hard and his decision making suffered as a result, according to Lockhart.", "\"The first term, particularly the first couple of years, the president kind of set his own schedule and he worked from very early in the morning until very late at night.", "And he wore himself out, and I would argue, his decision-making ability was not nearly as good as it was in his second term,\" Lockhart says.", "When Ford came down with the flu, he was forced to take four days in the residence.", "\"His workload was cut way back so he had more time to think, and he came back and decided to make some major, major changes to his staff,\" Nessen says.", "An avid runner, mountain biker and fisherman, \"President Bush is good at finding ways to separate [from the job],\" says Ari Fleischer, his former press secretary.", "\"But even so, you never have an uninterrupted day as president.", "Every day, you have a National Security Council meeting.", "Every day you get interrupted by an intelligence briefing.\"", "No matter how the president chooses to unwind, the enormous burdens of the job are never far away.", "\"Even in moments when you're physically trying to relax in whatever outlet you have, you have a member of the military within 15 feet with nuclear codes,\" Lockhart said.", "\"That kind of takes the fun out of whatever sport you're into.\"" ]	[ "Experts: Presidents work best when they take regular breaks from the job .", "Press secretary: When Clinton worked too hard, decision-making suffered .", "Ford said he could think about things while swimming, his press secretary says ." ]	[ 7, 12, 30, 36 ]
[ "Paris, France (CNN) -- Some of the Roma deported from France said Friday they plan to return as soon as possible.", "They flew Thursday to Romania on a French flight, the first of several scheduled to take Roma out of France in the coming days.", "The French government says the deportations are part of a crackdown on illegal immigration.", "They follow the government's dismantling in the past three weeks of 51 Roma camps that it called illegal.", "Roma in Europe: Persecuted and misunderstood .", "\"Over there, they were giving us food, money ... salary.", "Life is much better out there -- happier,\" Mariana Serban, a mother of four, told Romania's Realitatea TV.", "She told the reporter she did not work in France, and smiled when the reporter pointed out France would not give them any more money.", "\"That's what they say now, but they will give us money again,\" Serban said.", "Serban's oldest son, Alexandru, 12, spoke in French as he told the TV station, \"It's much better in France.", "I'm here now for a visit, and I will leave again.", "I'm staying here for two days only.\"", "The Thursday flight carried 79 Roma out of the country, French officials said.", "Friday's flight, due to land in the Romanian city of Timisoara in the afternoon, had 132 Roma aboard, according to the office of Valentin Mocanu, Romania's secretary of state for Roma integration.", "French officials earlier said the third flight would happen Saturday, but the Romanian Foreign Ministry said it would take place August 26 and carry 159 Roma.", "The ministry said there will also be two flights next month, carrying 27 Roma from France to Romania.", "France offered 300 euros ($384) to each Roma adult and 100 euros ($128) to each Roma child who accepted the offer for a \"voluntary return.\"", "The comments by the returning Roma may dash any French hopes that they will resume their former lives in Romania.", "\"They will go and meet their parents and other relatives, and after that they will return to France, I'm telling you,\" Adrian Edu, an expert on Roma issues with the Bucharest City Hall, told PRO TV.", "Roma are a group of people who live mainly in southern and eastern Europe, often in poverty.", "Commonly referred to as Gypsies, they tend to live in camps, caravans, or informal settlements and have been the target of persecution throughout history.", "Romanian President Traian Basescu said in a statement Thursday that his country would try to find a solution to the French situation.", "\"We understand the problems Roma camps create around French cities, and we will work with France to find suitable solutions,\" he said.", "Roma from Romania and Bulgaria are allowed free passage into France if they are European Union citizens.", "After that, however, they must find work, start studies, or find some other way of becoming established in France or risk deportation.", "The French government said those Roma being deported this week have overstayed the three-month limit.", "Two Romanian secretaries of state plan to be in Paris on August 30 to discuss the integration of Roma populations, the French Foreign Ministry said.", "It said Paris favors the social integration of the Roma in Romania.", "Mocanu's office said local authorities try to integrate the returning Roma into the workforce, offering jobs to those who come back.", "Roma are not obligated to accept the job offers, however, and most of the time they don't, resulting in their return to the country from where they came, the office said.", "CNN's Sarah Goddard in Paris, France, and Journalist Cosmin Stan in Bucharest, Romania, contributed to this report." ]	[ "Roma deported to Romania say they will return to France .", "132 Roma are on Friday's flight, Romanian officials say .", "France offered $384 to each Roma adult who got on the flight .", "France put 79 Roma on a charter flight out of the country Thursday ." ]	[ 1, 12, 16 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A Michigan man and woman were convicted Thursday of trying to extort $680,000 from \"Full House\" actor John Stamos by threatening to sell compromising photos that prosecutors say were never found.", "Scott Edward Sippola, 31, and Allison Lenore Coss, 24, could face up to nine years in prison for convictions of conspiracy and interstate communications to extort money, said assistant U.S. Attorney Maarten Vermaat.", "Sentencing is set for October 8.", "\"The case was made by the fact that these defendants made threats to damage his [Stamos'] reputation in order to have him pay them,\" Vermaat said after the verdict in Marquette, Michigan.", "Jurors deliberated for about five hours Thursday.", "According to CNN affiliate WLUC, prosecutors said that Coss and Sippola demanded $680,000 from the television actor or they would sell embarrassing pictures to tabloid publications of Stamos allegedly using drugs.", "Vermaat said the defendants sent about 40 e-mails to Stamos threatening to sell the photos.", "FBI agents got involved and started monitoring Stamos' e-mail account and \"eventually communicated by cellular telephone with the defendants pretending to be Mr. Stamos' business manager.\"", "Sippola and Coss were arrested in December 2009 at an airport, a pre-arranged drop off spot for the money.", "Defense attorney Sarah Henderson alleged at trial that Stamos had a fling with Coss when she was a 17-year-old vacationing on spring break in 2004.", "Prosecutors said Stamos met Coss during a trip to Disney World in Orlando, Florida.", "They developed a friendship and the two communicated by e-mail occasionally until November 2009, when the actor turned the photos matter over to the FBI.", "According to WLUC, Coss testified there were several photos depicting Stamos using cocaine.", "She claimed the actor seemed interested in buying the photos.", "The actor testified that nothing inappropriate happened at a 2004 spring-break party and, accordingly, he didn't believe compromising photos existed.", "Stamos said Thursday he wants to get back to work.", "\"I would like to thank the court, the FBI and the U.S .Attorney's office for their swift and efficient dealings in connection with this case,\" Stamos said in a statement Thursday afternoon.", "\"I am shocked and perplexed how individuals could fabricate so many false stories in an effort to defend a crime.", "I agreed to be a witness for a federal criminal prosecution and endured countless false accusations about my behavior and appropriateness.", "The allegations made regarding an inappropriate relationship are completely untrue.", "These slanderous allegations to smear my reputation were part of their defense to redirect attention away from the federal crime of extortion.", "There was no hot tub, no drugs, no nudity and nothing sexual in nature involved in my friendship with this woman.", "They lied about everything from a pregnancy to compromising photos.\"", "A call by CNN to defense attorney Sarah Henderson was not immediately returned." ]	[ "Michigan woman, man convicted of trying to extort money from actor John Stamos .", "Defendants accused of threatening to sell what they said were compromising photos .", "Prosecutors say the compromising photos were never found ." ]	[ 0 ]
[ "HONG KONG, China (CNN) -- Setting one species up to scare off or even kill another is nothing new.", "One of the world's most fearsome killers?", "Me? The heart-stoppingly infamous cane toad.", "Toads, bees, mongoose and even moths have all been utilized with varying degrees of success over the years in the hope that they could do the job humans couldn't.", "Sometimes it works, frequently it doesn't, and in some cases we are still waiting to find out.", "If any of these following examples teaches us anything at all, it is that if you are going to play with Nature, you do so at your own peril.", "Click here for gallery » .", "The Cane Toad . Who would have thought a humble toad could end up as the killer of one of the world's most fearsome creatures, the crocodile?", "It all started off so innocently, too.", "Introduced to Australia in 1935 from Hawaii, the cane toad, which is native to Central and South America, was supposed to kill off the scarab beetles that were decimating Australian sugarcane crops.", "Unfortunately, the toads failed to go after the beetles and decided to multiply at a very fast rate instead (they can lay between 8,000 and 30,000 eggs in one go) ending up as another pest the Australians were keen to see the back of.", "According to the Australian Department of the Environment and Heritage (DEH), the cane toad \"expanded through Australia's northern landscape at 27-50 kilometers a year\" and is now heading south at a rate of 1.3 kilometers a year.", "Cane toads not only eat pretty much anything that can fit in their mouths, but as of yet, no known predators or diseases have been identified that can take them on.", "The problem is that they are extremely toxic, with the DEH stating \"almost anything that eats the toad dies rapidly from heart failure\".", "And that includes crocodiles.", "According to the University of Sydney, crocodile populations that have come across these new pests have been dropping like flies, in some places by as much as 77 percent.", "Small Indian mongoose .", "The risk with hired killers is that sometimes they can be a bit too good at their job.", "Such is the case with the small Indian mongoose, which was introduced into Hawaii and some of its surrounding islands in 1883.", "The idea was the mongoose, a \"voracious and opportunistic predator,\" according to Columbia University, would keep rats out of the sugarcane fields, where they had been feasting on what was on offer.", "The mongooses came in and missed out on the rats, as the former happened to be day-lovers, while the latter was nocturnal.", "So they turned their attention to other species instead, including birds (specifically ground nesters), small mammals and reptiles (they particularly liked snakes and iguanas).", "Little did the Hawaiians know at the time, but the small Indian mongoose is one of the world's most fearsome killers, now listed by the World Conservation Union in the top 100 of the world's worst invaders.", "These tiny creatures have hunted several species to extinction, including, says Columbia University, at least seven types of amphibians and reptiles in the West Indies; and in Jamaica alone it has been responsible for the extinction of a lizard, a snake, a rat and two birds.", "In Hawaii, the endangered Hawaiian crow, the endangered dark-rumped petrel and the nene goose are now all at risk, thanks to the appetite of this tiny, furry creature.", "And to make matters worse, this particular mongoose is a vector for rabies too.", "The English sparrow .", "The early bird catches the worm, but if that bird is an English sparrow, it does a little more than that, as the Americans found out in 1850.", "It was then that the bird was intentionally introduced to the U.S. as a means of protecting trees from canker worms.", "But according to Cornell University, the sparrow also set about feasting on crops as well.", "The sparrow had a very varied appetite, feeding on wheat, oats, corn and barley, pretty much any vegetable or fruit it laid its eyes on and it had a taste for chicken feed too.", "Surprisingly for its size, the sparrow is also a fairly aggressive creature and proved a bit of a bully to the locals, \"displacing some native birds and harassing others\", says Cornell.", "To add insult to injury, it carried 29 diseases that infected both humans and livestock.", "While U.S. populations are now largely on the decline, according to the Global Invasive Species Database, Australia meanwhile is on high alert, with the bird now having been assigned as \"an extreme threat category\" there.", "The red Fox . Australia has an unenviable claim to fame: it is home to the most number of mammal extinctions in the world.", "According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), nearly half of all mammals that have gone extinct in the last 200 years, have been Australian.", "And much of the responsibility for these extinctions rests on the shoulders of introduced predators like the red fox.", "Just on its own the red fox could be responsible for \"dozens of small mammal extinctions\" in the country, according to Columbia University.", "The English brought the red fox with them to the country in 1855, not only introducing it for a spot of hunting, but also, it is thought, to control the brown hare populations.", "Unfortunately, the red fox was an excellent predator but it liked chasing after more types of creatures than just the brown hare.", "It had a ball, as Australian wildlife just wasn't equipped to deal with it.", "As a result, it freely preyed on birds, mammals of varying sizes and reptiles.", "It particularly seemed to like newborn lambs, goat kids and chickens, creating an economic headache for local farmers.", "And it didn't take them too long to spread either -- according to Australia's DEH, it took the red fox just 100 years to inhabit almost the entire continent.", "A natural scavenger, the red fox is incredibly adaptable too, which has meant not only has it proliferated on a massive scale, but with the absence of any real predators to speak of, they have proven very difficult indeed to kill.", "The European red fox is often described as Australia's number one predator; and as its also a \"key carrier of rabies\", says Columbia, the red fox is up there amongst Australia's most unwelcome guests.", "(Sources: Discover Magazine; Mongabay.com; Australian Department of Environment and Heritage; University of Sydney; WWF; Columbia University; ScienceDaily; University of Washington College of Forest Resources; Global Invasive Species Database; National Geographic;Cornell University)" ]	[ "Cane toads have been blamed for mass crocodile deaths in Australia .", "Small Indian mongoose one of the world's \"worst invaders\"\nRed fox responsible for \"dozens of mammal extinctions\"" ]	[ 6, 22, 37 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- The top lawyer for the Pentagon tried to talk to an attorney who said he represented the WikiLeaks website on Sunday, August 15, but the attorney never showed for the 10 a.m. telephone call, according to a Defense Department spokesman.", "Late Wednesday, the Pentagon released a letter from Defense Department General Counsel Jeh Johnson to Timothy J. Matusheski, an attorney in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.", "Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the letter was being released because of inaccurate public statements by WikiLeaks that the Pentagon had contact with the website.", "\"Today because of the misrepresentations that have been made public, we have released this letter that we sent to this individual,\" Whitman said.", "WikiLeaks told some news outlets that the Army is willing to consider working with WikiLeaks to review classified documents that were leaked and will soon be posted online by the website.", "Whitman insisted that direct contact had not been made.", "\"We don't consider that there has been any direct contact.", "We came across an individual that purported -- I'm not going to get into details -- to be an attorney for WikiLeaks.", "We arranged for a conversation to take place that he was a no-show.\"", "But the attorney told CNN that's a lie.", "\"I never agreed to that,\" Matusheski said.", "\"This guy -- Jeh Charles Johnson -- he's never called me ever.", "I never agreed to be available by telephone on the morning of Sunday.", "August 15th.", "If they had asked me I would have made myself available, I was sleeping.\"", "In the August 16 letter, Johnson said, \"I understand that you represent yourself to be an attorney for Wikileaks and that you, on behalf of that organization, sought a conversation with someone in the US government to discuss 'harm minimization\" with respect to some 15,000 classified documents that Wikileaks is holding and is threatening to make public.", "In response, I was prepared to speak with you, yesterday at 10:00 a.m. EDT and convey the position of the Department of Defense.", "Despite your agreement to be available by telephone yesterday morning, we could not reach you at that time.\"", "When reached by phone, Matusheski told CNN he received phone calls from a man who said he was an Army investigator.", "That man, according to Matusheski, did suggest a conversation about WikiLeaks but that was in a voice mail message that Matuskeski said he did not hear until well after 10 a.m. Sunday.", "He said he has not heard from the man since.", "CNN attempted to talk to the individual in question who referred CNN to the Army investigation unit media spokesman.", "Matusheski said he contacted the FBI a few weeks ago when he learned they were looking for WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange because Matusheski was concerned his name would come up and he would get a \"surprise visit\" from the bureau.", "He said he did get a phone call back from the FBI but that all subsequent contact has been with the man who said he was an Army investigator.", "Matusheski told CNN he has done pro bono work for WikiLeaks since 2007, and he considers himself an attorney for the website.", "Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the government's position remains firm that it will not negotiate with WikiLeaks.", "He could not explain what the Pentagon was in fact prepared to discuss with the attorney." ]	[ "WikiLeaks has said it plans to post thousands more leaked documents .", "A Pentagon official countered reports that the Pentagon had contact with the website .", "A phone call was planned but the WikiLeaks attorney was a no-show, the Pentagon says .", "That lawyer says he never agreed to a call ." ]	[ 0, 2, 8 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- The Rolling Stone magazine journalist whose article about Gen. Stanley McChrystal helped end the Afghanistan commander's career has been denied permission to embed with a military unit in Afghanistan, a Pentagon spokesman told CNN Wednesday.", "\"Embeds are a privilege, not a right.", "The unit decided they didn't feel the trust necessary for an embed.", "They declined,\" Pentagon spokesman Col. David Lapan said, not specifying which unit was involved.", "Michael Hastings, the reporter, said via Twitter that his embed had earlier been approved, then was \"disapproved.\"", "McChrystal's illustrious career came to an abrupt end when he resigned after he and his staff were quoted in a Hastings article criticizing and mocking key Obama administration officials.", "The Army is investigating the circumstances that led to the article, an Army spokesman told CNN Wednesday.", "\"A four-star commander was relieved ultimately due to this article.", "We want to understand what happened here,\" Col. Tom Collins said.", "The Army Inspector General, the service's independent investigative arm, began the investigation shortly after President Barack Obama fired the general in June, Collins said Wednesday.", "He declined to answer questions about the scope of the review or who was being interviewed, because the investigation is ongoing.", "It is widely believed that McChrystal, as well as his closest aides, either may have already been interviewed or will be by the inspector general regarding comments in the article that could be considered denigrating to the president.", "McChrystal himself, however, is not expected to be a target of the investigation as the president has already said he did not fire the general \"out of any sense of personal insult.\"", "Obama said he was making the decision because the tone of the remarks made in the article \"undermines the civilian control of the military that is at the core of our democratic system.\"", "Under the code of military justice, it is illegal to make disrespectful remarks about the president, but the inspector general's investigation is not a criminal one.", "The investigation was formally ordered by Army Vice Chief of Staff General Peter Chiarelli, who is responsible for disciplinary matters in the Army.", "Several Defense Department officials contacted by CNN said they had been unaware of the investigation until it was reported this week by the Associated Press.", "Hastings, the Rolling Stone reporter, is not cooperating with the investigation.", "He said on Twitter he \"refused to participate.\"", "Obama tapped McChrystal in June 2009 to be the top commander in Afghanistan.", "The general was known for his discretion and keeping the media at arm's length, a perception that was shattered when the infamous Rolling Stone article came out in June.", "McChrystal did not directly criticize Obama in the article, but reporter Hastings writes that the general and Obama \"failed from the outset to connect\" after the president took office.", "Sources familiar with their first meeting said McChrystal thought Obama looked \"uncomfortable and intimidated\" by the room full of top military officials, according to the article.", "The journalist wrote that an unnamed aide to McChrystal mocked Vice President Joe Biden.", "McChrystal did not deny the article's accuracy.", "In a statement, he called the comments \"a mistake\" and apologized for \"poor judgment.\"", "He retired June 23 and was replaced by Gen. David Petraeus, who was previously the top commander in Iraq.", "CNN Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr contributed to this report ." ]	[ "Travel with a military unit was approved, then \"disapproved,\" the reporter says .", "Embedding is a \"privilege, not a right,\" a Pentagon spokesman tells CNN .", "Michael Hastings' article helped end McChrystal's career .", "McChrystal did not dispute the accuracy of the piece ." ]	[ 0, 1, 4, 24 ]
[ "(CNN) -- After being an avid iPhone user for two years, I finally gave up.", "A couple of weeks ago I picked up my first Android phone: an HTC Droid Incredible, offered through Verizon Wireless.", "I'd owned my iPhone for two years and for the most part liked it.", "Having a smartphone improved my life and work in several ways.", "But my contract was up and I'd moved to the Bay Area -- where I've found AT&T's 3G network to be ridiculously spotty and slow.", "(Each month I felt like I was paying for the emperor's new clothes.)", "As I considered my phone options, the unicorn of a non-AT&T iPhone continued to waver maddeningly in the mists of the uncertain future.", "Furthermore, even legal iPhone jailbreaking looks like more of a headache than I would want to deal with.", "It was definitely time for a change.", "Over the last year I'd been demoing various Android phones, to see what I'd be in for if I switched.", "With Android 2.1, I felt like the OS had finally reached a level of usability and stability I could get comfortable with on a daily basis.", "I'm not averse to learning a new mobile operating system -- but it's definitely not on my top-10 list of fun stuff to do.", "As I expected, there was a considerable learning curve, many decisions and tradeoffs, occasional confusion and frustration, and some things about my Android phone I just don't like but will have to tolerate.", "(That's pretty much the experience I had when I first got my iPhone, by the way.)", "Here are some lessons from my iPhone-to-Android switch, which might be useful to others contemplating a similar move: .", "Set aside a day to learn your phone If your smartphone is an integral part of how you conduct your life and work, take some time up front to focus.", "Even if you've demoed Android phones before, configuring it for your personal use and figuring out which new habits you should adopt requires time and focus.", "Don't expect to dive in and in an hour be as comfortable with your Android phone as you were with your iPhone.", "Get your apps through AppBrain.com This site, and its Android app, helps you discover apps in the Android Market and manage them on your phone.", "It also makes it easier to update and restore all your apps.", "(These tasks are easy on the iPhone via iTunes, but tedious if you get your apps straight from the Android Market.)", "AppBrain will only update, sync, and restore apps you've listed with your AppBrain account.", "So if you've already started getting crucial apps elsewhere, be sure to list them with your AppBrain account too.", "If you rely on iCal, you don't have to switch to Google Calendar It's enough to learn a new phone -- but it's even harder if you feel like this change means you also have to abandon lots of other tools you've come to rely on.", "I'm a heavy iCal user, and (after trying for a couple of hours) simply could not successfully import my iCal data into Google Calendar.", "So I found a solution to sync iCal up with my Droid Incredible.", "Instead of using the calendar app that came with my phone, I use a toolset from MarkSpace: Missing Sync ($40 for Mac software, free Android app) and Fliq Calendar (free Android app).", "In AndroidForums.com there's a useful review by Krischik of this toolset.", "Missing Sync will also sync contacts, photos, music, and more.", "Missing Sync is not perfect, however.", "I found it created many duplicate contacts on my phone, and it was unbearably slow for syncing media files -- but your mileage may vary.", "For me,Doubletwist works better for syncing music between my Mac and Droid Incredible.", "Carry a charger or spare battery All smartphones, but especially multitasking Android phones, can drain a battery fast.", "It's a good idea to learn tricks for minimizing power consumption on your phone.", "But until you learn those tricks, expect that your new phone could run out of power surprisingly fast.", "Charge your phone whenever your get a chance.", "The Kensington Portable Power Pack that I used for two years with my iPhone works just fine with my Droid Incredible -- which is good, since I've been getting lousy battery life from the Incredible, even worse than on my iPhone 3G.", "Accept that you'll have to let go of some treasured tools For years my main productivity tool has been OmniFocus -- pricey but excellent task-management software with a pricey but excellent iPhone app.", "Unfortunately, OmniFocus syncs only via Apple's MobileMe service, which really only plays nice with Apple devices.", "After trying several options, I decided to switch to the Web-based service Toodledo, which syncs with a pretty good free Android app, Got To Do Lite.", "This doesn't replace all the functionality of OmniFocus -- but for me, it will suffice.", "Again, your mileage may vary.", "...All in all, after about three days of using my Droid Incredible I felt I was back up to a comparable level of mobile comfort and productivity.", "I'm still stumbling here and there, but for me the switching process was not especially daunting or stressful.", "Plus, it's really nice to finally get the high-speed mobile access I'm paying for.", "I expect someday Verizon's network will get bogged down here too -- but for me, for now, it's working great." ]	[ "Take a day to learn your phone, because configuring it for your personal use requires time .", "If you rely on iCal, you don't have to switch to Google Calendar .", "Accept that you'll have to let go of some treasured tools ." ]	[ 15, 23 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A surprise appearance by WikiLeaks.org founder Julian Assange at the TED Global conference in Oxford, England, has cast new light on the activities of the site and its mysterious leader.", "Assange's site, which released video of a U.S. air strike in Iraq that killed a dozen civilians, claims to have revealed more classified intelligence documents than the rest of the world's media combined.", "Explaining during his appearance Friday why WikiLeaks has been keeping a lower profile since releasing the video, Assange said it was working on raising funds and strengthening its technical infrastructure to handle more traffic while accumulating \"an enormous quantity of whistle-blower disclosures.\"", "He later told reporters that \"there are many things which are very explosive.\"", "Assange, 39, said the site operates from several countries, including Sweden and Belgium, where laws provide more protection for its disclosures.", "He said he canceled plans to travel to the United States for three public appearances, citing what he described as indications that U.S. officials might not follow the \"rule of law\" in dealing with him.", "He also mentioned advice from investigative journalist Seymour Hersh to be cautious.", "He said U.S. officials have since adopted a more \"reasonable\" stance.", "TED Global is an annual conference hosted by the nonprofit organization TED, named after the three subjects it first began discussing in the 1980s: technology, entertainment and design.", "It has expanded its scope in the years since and its website now hosts more than 700 talks on a wide range of topics.", "Learn more about speakers at the TED Global conference .", "In an onstage discussion with TED curator Chris Anderson, Assange was asked whether is was true he had attended 37 schools as a child.", "He explained it was a consequence of two things: his parents were in the movie business and were later \"on the run from a cult.\"", "Assange said he became a \"journalist activist\" in his teenage years and was prosecuted for it.", "According to political magazine Mother Jones: \"As a teenager in Melbourne, he belonged to a hacker collective called the International Subversives.", "He eventually pled guilty to 24 counts of breaking into Australian government and commercial websites to test their security gaps, but was released on bond for good behavior.\"", "Asked about his core values, Assange said, \"Capable, generous men do not create victims, they nurture victims,\" attributing the thought to his father and others.", "\"I'm a combative person, so I'm not actually so big on the nurture, but there is another way of nurturing victims, which is to police perpetrators of crimes.", "And so that is something that has been in my character for a long time.\"", "Read more about Assange and his site .", "Assange said the organization gets material from whistle-blowers in a variety of ways -- including postal mail.", "He said WikiLeaks vets it, releases it to the public and then defends itself against \"political or legal attack.\"", "He said the organization rarely knows the identity of the source of the leak.", "\"If we find out at some stage, we destroy that information as soon as possible,\" he said.", "Pfc. Bradley E. Manning, 22, of Potomac, Maryland, has been charged with eight violations of the U.S. Criminal Code for allegedly illegally transferring classified data, including the video that wound up on WikiLeaks.", "He has been accused of \"wrongfully introducing a classified video of a military operation filmed at or near Baghdad, Iraq\" around July 12, 2007, \"onto his personal computer, a nonsecure information system.\"", "Watch the video of the airstrike .", "Assange said at a news conference after his appearance Friday that Manning \"is a political prisoner being held in the nation of Kuwait, effectively keeping him away from the press and effective legal representation.\"", "He said WikiLeaks is providing legal assistance to Manning without saying whether he was the source of the video.", "\"Obviously, we cannot pick and choose,\" said Assange, adding the site has to defend everyone who faces serious charges as a result of material posted on WikiLeaks.", "The video shows aerial footage of an attack by a U.S. Apache helicopter that killed civilians, including two journalists from the Reuters news service.", "WikiLeaks posted it in April.", "The site said the video \"clearly shows the unprovoked slaying of a wounded Reuters employee and his rescuers.\"", "Asked to respond to Assange's assertion that Manning is a political prisoner, Pentagon spokesman Col. David Lapan told CNN last week that Manning is \"accused of committing serious offenses.", "He has been charged under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and will be processed by normal procedures through the military justice system.\"", "U.S. military authorities have warned that the publication of classified documents on WikiLeaks could aid in the planning of terrorist attacks and harm national security.", "Assange denied reports that WikiLeaks had received hundreds of thousands of classified U.S. cables in addition to the Iraq video.", "He said the site would have released the cables if it had received them.", "Some information, such as private medical records, should be kept secret, Assange said, but he did not extend that view to classified documents.", "The fact that governments spend money to keep such information secret, Assange said, is a good indication that releasing the information can achieve reform.", "Anderson asked the audience for a show of hands as to whether he was a hero or a dangerous troublemaker.", "The vast majority signaled that they viewed him as a hero.", "CNN's Mike Mount and Alan Silverleib contributed to this report." ]	[ "WikiLeaks.org founder Julian Assange makes rare public appearance .", "He says the site has been overwhelmed by disclosures from whistle-blowers .", "Assange said site has disclosed more classified documents than rest of world's media combined .", "He said WikiLeaks will defend Army private accused of leaks but site won't name source ." ]	[ 0, 1, 20, 28 ]
[ "(CNN) -- As the mosque debate dominates the summer spin cycle, a new Pew Research Poll shows that an increasing number of Americans believe that Barack Obama is a Muslim -- now up to 18 percent from 11 percent in March 2009.", "At the same time, only a third of Americans say Obama is a Christian, down from nearly 50 percent last year.", "And while the biggest jumps in believing Obama is Muslim come from self-described conservative Republicans -- from 18 percent to 34 percent -- the number of Democrats who describe Obama as Christian fell from 55 percent to 46 percent.", "Independents -- while being the group least likely to want professions of religious beliefs from politicians -- have also fallen in with the drift.", "I believe the American people are smart.", "So what can account for this slippage from common sense to conspiracy theory?", "Obama made the story of his increasing commitment to Christianity a central tenet of his campaign character narrative; whole chapters were devoted to matters of faith in his book \"The Audacity of Hope.\"", "But in the radioactive wake of the Rev.", "Jeremiah Wright, Obama left his longstanding church and has not yet found a new congregation.", "The absence of Obama attending Sunday services regularly has been a repeated \"just askin'...\" talking point on right wing news and radio -- and indeed, the Pew poll shows that most respondents got their \"views\" about Obama's religion from \"the media.\"", "The meticulous attention that some liberals paid to George Bush's golf game is now directed at Obama hitting the links -- with the added subtext that he's playing when he should be praying.", "In the eyes of his opponents, Obama is an elitist silently laughing at those bitter Americans who cling to their guns and religion.", "The fact that an icon of the religious right like Ronald Reagan rarely attended Sunday services is ignored.", "But these poll numbers are also an ugly proxy for the campaign to convince the American people that their president is somehow \"other\" -- an \"Alien in the White House,\" as a Wall Street Journal editorial page headline called him recently.", "The birther myths build off this sense of Obama as a sinister fraud, casting Obama as not just anti-American in his beliefs but actually un-American and therefore not constitutionally eligible to be president.", "These conspiracy theories in turn build off chain e-mails that have been circulating since at least 2008, portraying Obama as a Muslim Marxist Manchurian Candidate determined to undermine the Republic from within -- a fright wing fantasy that has proliferated via the internet.", "Depressingly, a CNN poll earlier this month found that 27 percent of all Americans believe that Obama was either definitely or probably not born in the USA -- a belief shared by 41 percent of Republicans.", "\"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion,\" the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously said, \"but not their own facts.\"", "But the rise of partisan media means that Americans are self-segregating themselves into separate political realities where we can't even agree on basic facts like the president's religion and birthplace.", "While no responsible Republican would ever explicitly encourage these beliefs, there are plenty who delight in these poll findings because it presumably points to partisan gain.", "Truth is not as important as the pursuit of power in professional partisans' eyes, and dividing to conquer is a time-honored trick.", "Each president since at least Nixon has faced a concerted effort to de-legitimize the duly elected president of the opposing party from day one.", "But with Barack Obama, the fact that he is the first African-American president with a middle name Hussein has led to a new level of ugliness and suspicion.", "Attacks that demonize the president are poisoning the civic well from which we all drink.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of John Avlon." ]	[ "John Avlon says Pew poll found 18 percent of Americans believe Obama is Muslim .", "The misconception ranges across political spectrum.", "Why is this happening, he asks?", "Political opponents are smart enough to know the truth, but like the controversy, he says ." ]	[ 0, 24 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A Colorado company is recalling about 66,000 pounds of ground and tenderized steak bison meat that may be contaminated with a potentially deadly strain of E. coli, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service.", "Five cases of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses in Colorado from June 4 to June 9 are believed to be associated with the products, officials said Friday.", "The meat was distributed to retail establishments nationwide and to food service distributors in Utah and Arizona.", "The products, produced between May 21 and May 27, are being recalled by Rocky Mountain Natural Meats of Henderson, Colorado.", "Although the sell-by dates on the products have passed, the Food Safety and Inspection Service said some consumers might have frozen the meat before using it, \"and there is concern that some product may still be frozen and in consumers' freezers.\"", "The recalled products include: .", "• 16-ounce packages of Great Range All Natural Ground Bison with a sell- or freeze-by date of June 21, 22, or 24.", "• 16-ounce packages of Nature's Rancher Ground Buffalo with a sell- or freeze-by date of June 22.", "• 16-ounce packages of The Buffalo Guys All Natural Ground Buffalo 90 Percent Lean with a lot number of 0147.", "• 12-ounce packages of Great Range Brand All Natural Bison Steak Medallions with a sell- or freeze-by date of June 23 and 24.", "• 12-ounce packages of Great Range Brand All Natural Bison Sirloin Steaks with a sell- or freeze-by date of June 20, 23 and 24.", "• 15-pound boxes of Rocky Mountain Natural Meats Inc. Bison 10 oz.", "Sirloin Steaks, which went to restaurants and bear a Julian Code of 0141.", "E. coli O157:H7 is a bacterium that can cause bloody diarrhea, dehydration and, in severe cases, kidney failure.", "It can be fatal. \"The very young, seniors and persons with weak immune systems are the most susceptible to foodborne illness,\" the agency said." ]	[ "5 cases of E. coli contamination may be linked to bison meat .", "Some consumers may have frozen meat .", "Meat distributed to retail establishments and food distributors in Utah and Arizona ." ]	[ 2, 4 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Reality TV star Snooki must prove in court next month that she was not annoying to people when she was on a beach in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, last month.", "Police charged the 22-year-old star of MTV's \"Jersey Shore\" with disorderly conduct and creating a public nuisance when they arrested her on July 30.", "But a prosecutor added a municipal ordinance violation of annoying people on the beach during a court hearing Wednesday.", "Snooki, whose real name is Nicole Polizzi, did not attend Wednesday's hearing.", "Her lawyer, Raymond Raya, appeared on her behalf to enter a \"not guilty\" plea on all charges, according to a Seaside Heights Municipal Court spokesman.", "Polizzi faces up to $3,200 in fines if found guilty of all charges.", "The disorderly conduct charge could also carry a 30-day jail sentence.", "A trial date was set for September 8.", "In Session correspondent Jean Casarez contributed to this report ." ]	[ "A charge of annoying beach-goers was added Wednesday .", "Snooki also faces disorderly conduct and public nuisance charges .", "Her lawyer entered \"not guilty\" pleas on all counts ." ]	[ 1, 2, 4 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Baskin-Robbins is putting five of its signature 31 flavors in the deep freeze.", "The company, which has thousands of outlets around the globe, is replacing some old flavors with new ones to celebrate National Ice Cream Day in the U.S. on Sunday, and Baskin-Robbin's 65th anniversary.", "Caramel Praline Cheesecake, Campfire S'mores, Apple Pie a La Mode and Superfudge Truffle are leaving the list.", "French Vanilla, a staple since 1945, is out, too.", "Srinivas Kumar, chief brand officer at the company, said \"over the decades we have retired some of our iconic flavors into our deep freeze -- like 'Miami Ice' from the 1980s and 'Beatlenut' in the 1960s -- but never before have five flavors gone into the deep freeze at one time.\"", "That's cold. And it's ice cream lovers in the United States who'll likely miss the flavors most.", "The Illinois-based National Ice Cream Retailer's Association says the U.S is the world's top ice cream-consuming nation.", "The U.S. ice cream industry generates more than $21 billion in annual sales, and about 9 percent of all the milk produced by U.S. dairy farmers is used to produce ice cream, according to the International Dairy Foods Association.", "There's no word yet on what the new Baskin-Robbins flavors will be.", "And as for the old ones -- get them while you can.", "They'll only be available as supplies last." ]	[ "Baskin-Robbins is retiring five of its 31 flavors of ice cream .", "The flavor purge marks the company's 65th anniversary .", "French Vanilla and Caramel Praline Cheesecake are out .", "Sunday is National Ice Cream Day in the U.S." ]	[ 0, 1, 3, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A black Agriculture Department employee who resigned after a video clip surfaced of her talking about a white farmer said Tuesday her remarks were taken out of context.", "Shirley Sherrod, the department's former state director of rural development for Georgia, told CNN the incident she discusses in the clip took place more than two decades ago -- and that she recounted it to an audience to make the point that people should move beyond race.", "\"I was speaking to that group, like I've done many groups, and I tell them about a time when I thought the issue was race and race only,\" Sherrod told CNN's \"American Morning\" from her home in Albany, Georgia.", "The incident took place in 1986, while she worked for a nonprofit and before she worked for the USDA, she said.", "\"I was telling the story of how working with him helped me to see the issue is not about race.", "It's about those who have versus those who do not have.\" Sherrod resigned Monday after conservative media outlets aired the video, in which she says she did not give the white farmer \"the full force of what I could do\" to help him avoid foreclosure.", "Conservative website publisher Andrew Breitbart originally posted the video, which was quickly picked up by Fox News.", "The video claims Sherrod's remarks were delivered March 27 to an NAACP Freedom Fund banquet, but it is not clear that is the case, nor is it clear where the event was held or how many people were in attendance.", "The poor-quality video shows Sherrod telling her audience that the farmer she was working with \"took a long time ... trying to show me he was superior to me.\"", "As a result, she said, she \"didn't give him the full force of what I could do.", "I did enough.\" To prove she had done her job, she said, she took him to a white lawyer.", "\"I figured that if I take him to one of them, that his own kind would take care of him,\" she said.", "Sherrod mentioned that the lawyer would help the farmer with a bankruptcy filing but did not say in the clip whether his farm was saved.", "She told CNN that at the time, she was working with a nonprofit association aimed at assisting farmers in Georgia and the Southeast.", "In the end, she said, the lawyer did not help the farmer and she \"had to frantically find a lawyer who would file a Chapter 11 to stop the foreclosure.\"", "She said she, the farmer and his wife wound up being friends.", "Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Monday he had accepted Sherrod's resignation.", "\"There is zero tolerance for discrimination at USDA, and I strongly condemn any act of discrimination against any person,\" Vilsack said.", "\"We have been working hard through the past 18 months to reverse the checkered civil rights history at the department and take the issue of fairness and equality very seriously.\"", "Sherrod told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution there were white people, including a mayor, at the banquet where she spoke.", "\"Why would I do something racist if they were there?\"", "The NAACP issued a statement late Monday backing Vilsack's decision.", "\"Racism is about the abuse of power.", "Sherrod had it in her position at USDA.", "According to her remarks, she mistreated a white farmer in need of assistance because of his race,\" said Benjamin Todd Jealous, president and CEO of the civil rights group.", "\"We are appalled by her actions, just as we are with abuses of power against farmers of color and female farmers.\"", "\"Her actions were shameful,\" Jealous continued.", "\"While she went on to explain in the story that she ultimately realized her mistake, as well as the common predicament of working people of all races, she gave no indication she had attempted to right the wrong she had done to this man.\"", "Sherrod said it was \"unfortunate that the NAACP would make a statement without even checking to see what happened.", "This was 24 years ago, and I'm telling a story to try to unite people.\"", "She said she tried to explain to USDA officials, \"but for some reason, the stuff Fox and the Tea Party does is scaring the administration.", "I told them to get the whole tape and look at the whole tape and see how I tell people we have to get beyond race and work together.\"", "Asked why did she resigned instead of fought, Sherrod said, \"I didn't have any support from USDA.", "What would I do?\" James Peterson, assistant professor of English and Africana studies at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, called the clip \"a textbook case of institutional racism.", "Historically, it's been white against black, or white against whatever person of color is in question, but this is still institutional racism.", "We can't endorse it.\" But he said, given later remarks made by Sherrod in the clip, \"it's clear that this is an anecdote ...", "It is clear she is using this as an anecdote to talk about how she's progressed from this moment, and we can't let the weight of historical issues with race shape our individual issues.", "\"I think she is using this an anecdote to work through her own issues but also to show the audience we can move beyond and transcend some of these circumstances,\" he said.", "The conservative media outlets tied the video to the NAACP's recent resolution calling on the Tea Party movement to repudiate racist elements within it that have displayed such items as images of President Barack Obama with a bone through his nose and the White House with a lawn full of watermelons.", "The controversy has led one Tea Party group to oust another because of a blog posting by the second group's leader.", "Tea Party Express leader Mark Williams posted on his blog a faux letter from NAACP president Benjamin Jealous to President Abraham Lincoln in which Williams ridicules the organization's use of \"colored\" in its historic name and uses multiple other stereotypes to bolster his point.", "The National Tea Party Foundation expelled Williams' organization from its coalition as a result." ]	[ "Shirley Sherrod says her remarks were taken out of context .", "Sherrod says the point of her story was to unite people .", "NAACP backs agriculture secretary's decision to accept resignation of Shirley Sherrod .", "Sherrod says she didn't use \"the full force\" to help white farmer while at nonprofit ." ]	[ 0, 5, 16, 23, 29 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- The Great Depression is in full swing.", "Gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years behind bars for tax evasion.", "Dick Tracy debuts in the comics.", "The George Washington Bridge opens.", "The old subway cars have concrete floors, overhead fans and open windows.", "The year is 1931. And New Yorkers are stepping onto the brand new R-1 model subway car, built by the American Car & Foundry factory in Berwick, Pennsylvania.", "Fast-forward 77 years.", "New Yorkers and tourists are once again boarding these 84,000-pound, 60-foot-long behemoths constructed of riveted steel, with some featuring wicker seats, dangling emergency brake cords, incandescent light bulbs, big exposed overhead fans, and open windows.", "\"I really thought I was getting on the wrong train until the conductor told me it's going to 23rd [Street], exactly where I'm going,'' said Joseph Salmond, who had never seen a subway car quite this old.", "\"It was like, what's that movie, 'Back to the Future'?\"", "Watch the ride back in time » .", "A legendary workhorse of the transit system until the model was put out to pasture in 1977, the R-1 is temporarily back in action as part of New York City Transit's holiday \"Nostalgia Train'' on Sundays in December.", "The R-1 and other rehabilitated subway cars from the 1930s to the 1970s are making the rounds from Manhattan's Lower East Side to the borough of Queens along the \"V\" line.", "Passengers love to ride on this special occasion, even though the ride is bumpier and noisier than they have grown accustomed to on today's gleaming stainless steel subways.", "Would New Yorkers want to ride these trains on a daily basis?", "\"Absolutely not,'' says Chuck Falkowitz, who remembers the R-1 from his childhood in the 1950s.", "He prefers today's cleaner seats, improved lighting, heating and air conditioning.", "\"But it is fun to ride them,'' Falkowitz says.", "\"Once a year's more than enough'' Bill Wall, a New York City Transit service supervisor working aboard the R-1 on a recent Sunday, said the train has a special effect on riders and subway employees alike.", "\"You come on a New York City subway, people are there, they read their papers, they're going about their business,\" he said.", "\"On this train, you see people smiling and talking to one another and saying, 'Oh, God, this is a great thing,' '' said Wall, proudly calling it \"transportainment.\"", "Built like a battleship with steel body and concrete floors, the R-1 was simple and reliable.", "State of the art in its day, each car cost just under $40,000, according to Wall.", "Today's subway cars run the city about $1.5 million apiece.", "In the 1930s, the R-1's ceiling fans were a major improvement over relying solely on the motion of the train and open windows to move air around.", "But as time went on, people thought, ''Overhead fans that close to people's heads -- that may not be such a great idea,'' Wall said.", "In the 1940s, the system began switching to enclosed fans.", "Later, cooling and heating systems became the norm, which is why today's subway cars have lower ceilings.", "The R-1s were also the first trains in New York to have four sets of doors on the sides for rapid loading and unloading, a big boost to New York City subways' ability to accommodate the growing post-World War I population.", "With the R-1 in mind, Billy Strayhorn composed his 1939 classic tune, \"Take the A Train.\"", "Given its historical legacy, what's an R-1 worth now?", "\"It's what you make it to be in terms of worth,\" Wall said.", "\"Some people look at it and say it's an old train worth whatever the scrap value is.", "Some people will look at it and say it's an heirloom.\"", "\"You really can't even put a price on something like this,\" he says.", "To put things into perspective: In the 1970s the R-1s were being sold to scrap dealers for less than $1,000 each.", "If you think you'll get one for that price today, someone in Brooklyn has a bridge to sell you." ]	[ "Some 1930s-era subway cars are back in service this month in New York .", "Some feature wicker seats, overhead fans and old advertising posters .", "Rehabilitated subway cars from 1930s to 1970s go from Manhattan to Queens .", "Transit official: Old cars make riders smile, talk with each other ." ]	[ 0, 4, 7, 10, 12 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A 20-year-old man waiting in line for a ride at Disney's California Adventure Park fell 25 to 30 feet Wednesday night, Anaheim police spokesman Sgt.", "Rick Martinez said Thursday.", "The man was in the building housing the queue for the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, when he put his leg over the railing and fell, Martinez said.", "\"The guest was standing in line with friends on a second-floor platform when he climbed over a barrier to the area below and lost his balance and fell approximately 25 feet,\" Disneyland spokeswoman Suzi Brown said in a statement.", "Paramedics on site treated the man, Martinez said.", "A dispatcher for Metro Cities Fire Authority, which serves seven Orange County cities, said the man was brought to University of California Irvine Medical Center.", "\"The guest was transported by ambulance to the hospital.", "We understand his injuries were minor and he has been treated and released,\" Brown said.", "The incident happened around 10:30 p.m., the Metro Cities dispatcher said.", "It caused Disney to shut down the ride briefly while paramedics attended to the fallen park-goer, Martinez said, adding that the ride reopened soon thereafter.", "The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror is a ride that brings visitors to the top of an elevator shaft, then drops them.", "The Disneyland website says, \"Join thrill-seekers at the mysterious Hollywood Tower Hotel for the ultimate adrenaline rush.", "For the longest 2 minutes of your life, rise and fall at terrifying speeds in the hotel's haunted elevator.\"", "The California Adventure Park is adjacent to Disneyland in Anaheim.", "CNN's Samuel Gardner and Rosalina Nieves contributed to this report ." ]	[ "The 20-year-old man was in line for the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror .", "He was not badly injured and was treated and released from a hospital .", "The incident temporarily shut down the ride ." ]	[ 2, 6, 10 ]
[ "(CNN) -- All hail to the king and queen -- of catfish.", "Greg Bernal of Florissant, Missouri, and girlfriend Janet Momphard of St. Charles, Missouri, on Tuesday hauled what is believed to be a world record catfish into their boat while fishing on the Missouri River.", "The monster blue catfish weighed in at 130 pounds and was 45 inches in girth and 57 inches long, Dan Zarlenga, a spokesman for the Missouri Department of Conservation, said Tuesday.", "\"It hasn't hit me yet. ... I'm still in shock,\" Bernal said Tuesday.", "Bernal, 47, said he was about to call it a day when he decided to give it one last shot.", "\"We threw the rod in, and about 30 minutes later, that rod took off,\" he said.", "\"I just put the pressure on him and tried to work him up towards the surface.", "His head broke the water and man, that was it, I knew I had a record breaker,\" Bernal said.", "Jim Blair, who keeps a state-certified scale at his feed store in New Melle, was notified Tuesday morning by the Missouri Department of Conservation that a couple may have caught a state record catfish and they needed to use his scale to get an official weight.", "\"My scale is inspected every year, it's certified by the state,\" said Blair.", "Before the catfish was put on the scale, Momphard said it had to at least weigh more than 120 pounds, because it weighed more than the generator Bernal kept in the back of his truck.", "\"Him and his girlfriend were jumping up and down because when it went over 100 pounds, they knew they had a state record, but when it went up to 130 pounds, they was really excited,\" said Blair.", "\"He'll be considered royalty in the fishing world.\"", "Although several official witnesses were on site when the scale read 130 pounds, the International Game and Fish association still has to sign off on whether a world record has been broken.", "Tim Pruitt of Godfrey, Missouri, holds the official world record.", "He reeled in a 124-pound catfish in May 2005, in the same general area of the Missouri River, according to Zarlenga.", "And for those of you curious about the so-called honey hole where Bernal caught this monster fish?", "Sorry, he isn't talking.", "\"Back in 1995, I caught the Illinois state record catfish -- a blue that weighed 79.12 pounds,\" said Bernal.", "After that, he said, everybody knew who he was and started tracking his every move.", "\"I had to cut the running lights on my boat one time because I had boats following me.\"", "Zarlenga says Bernal's keeping quiet about the exact location is understandable, but he expects to see more people fishing the general area along the Missouri River for their dream catch.", "Bernal is keeping the catfish, for the time being, in a friend's deep freezer.", "\"I'd like to see if one of the stores is interested in making a replication of it, like Bass Pro Shops or Cabela's,\" said Bernal.", "Meanwhile, he's catching up on sleep and hopes to celebrate soon with a couple of cold beers.", "\"I've been fishing for the monster my whole life ... by chance, he came by to my hook and I actually got him.", "I was just lucky, but I'm not going to argue with it, that's a world record,\" Bernal said." ]	[ "The 130-pound blue catfish beats the world record by 6 pounds, an official says .", "\"It hasn't hit me yet, I'm still in shock,\" fisherman Greg Bernal says .", "Only some paperwork stands in the way of an official world record .", "\"He'll be considered royalty in the fishing world,\" store manager says ." ]	[ 3, 12, 14, 18 ]
[ "Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- A Georgia Capitol police corporal was grazed by a bullet Wednesday afternoon during an exchange of gunfire with a man suspected of being part of a chop shop ring, authorities said.", "Three suspects, one of them wounded, were in custody, said Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead.", "The wounded officer was assisting a state trooper tracking a LoJack device in a suspected stolen motorcycle a few blocks from the Georgia Capitol in downtown Atlanta, Bankhead said.", "Several motorcycles were in a trailer attached to an SUV in an alley and the suspects were unloading them.", "The two officers approached one of the suspects shortly before 2 p.m. at an alleyway.", "One suspect brandished a weapon and a gun battle ensued, authorities said.", "The corporal was wounded by gunfire.", "CNN affiliates WSB-TV and WXIA reported the trooper wounded the suspected shooter shortly afterward.", "The police officer suffered a flesh wound in the head and was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital.", "WSB-TV reported he was released from the hospital.", "The injured suspect was taken to the same hospital and underwent surgery, Bankhead said.", "His condition was not available.", "Witnesses recalled a wild scene as swarms of officers looked for the two other suspects, who were found in a building by SWAT officers.", "Charges were pending Wednesday evening.", "The GBI and Atlanta Police Department will determine whether all of the motorcycles were stolen, Bankhead said.", "One of the suspects has an uspecified outstanding warrant in Fayette County, south of Atlanta, the GBI said.", "CNN's Vivian Kuo contributed to this article." ]	[ "NEW: Three suspects, one of them wounded, are in custody .", "Officer wounded while looking into stolen motorcycles report .", "The Georgia Capitol police officer was grazed in the shooting ." ]	[ 1, 2 ]
[ "(Rolling Stone) -- When Kanye West suggested a remix, with Raekwon, of Justin Bieber's \"Runaway Love\" to Bieber over Twitter this past weekend, few would have guessed the collaboration might actually happen.", "But Raekwon has told XXL that the remix is already in the works, and Kanye tweeted that he was hitting the studio with Raekwon today.", "\"It's definitely gonna happen,\" Raekwon said.", "\"When you got these kinda talents merging together to do something exciting, I think it's something that's gonna make the fans check it out.", "I'm a big fan of both of these guys.", "I think, at the end of the day, shorty [Bieber] is a sensation.", "And [for him] to acknowledge me it makes me feel good that the young generation is checkin' me out like that.", "And at the same time it gives me a position to play a big brother in the game.", "He wants my assistance or whatever, he can get it.", "I respect him, I like his style.\"", "Kanye, meanwhile, has taken to Twitter to sing Wu Tang Clan's praises.", "\"Wu mixed education, originality, reality and general fresh as hellness.", "We can only pray to make music on that level every time we create,\" Kanye wrote.", "\"Respect to the whole Wu Tang for being the most influential movement in my life...I think about Ghost Face every time I look at jewelry...Who remember the purple tape [Only Built 4 Cuban Linx on cassette version]?!", "Raekwon album not only changed my life it dictated it and yes I spent my first check on a Cuban link chain.\"", "Copyright © 2010 Rolling Stone." ]	[ "\"It's definitely gonna happen,\" Raekwon says of the remix .", "\"I think, at the end of the day, shorty [Bieber] is a sensation,\" Raekwon says .", "Kanye has taken to Twitter to sing Wu Tang Clan's praises ." ]	[ 2, 5, 10 ]
[ "New York (CNN) -- For one New Yorker, the journey to the Pearly Gates involved a detour to the city's car pound.", "On Monday, the New York City Police Department towed an illegally parked van carrying a body.", "The van, parked outside Redden's Funeral Home on West 14th Street, was to transport the body to Newark for a flight.", "Calls and e-mails Friday about the towing to funeral director Paul DeNigris yielded no response.", "But according to the New York Daily News, DeNigris said he went inside the funeral home to get paperwork and answer a phone call.", "When he returned, the van was gone -- along with the body that was in a white cardboard box, the newspaper said.", "\"I was just a wreck,\" he told the newspaper.", "\"I was frantic. When something like that happens, you go into panic mode.\"", "DeNigris recovered the van about 90 minutes later, stuck in vehicular purgatory -- the city's pound.", "The police waived the towing fee, $185, to expedite the vehicle's release, said Paul Browne, deputy commissioner of public information for the police.", "Police described the van as an unmarked 2002 Dodge with tinted windows.", "The first ticket was issued at 9:22 a.m. Three hours later, it was towed, police officials said.", "Browne said DeNigris should ask himself why he left a body unattended in an unmarked van, parked illegally for nearly three hours.", "\"What if the van had had been stolen instead of towed?\"", "he asked in an e-mail to CNN.", "\"Shouldn't he or someone from the funeral home staff have stayed with the body?\"", "Randy McCullough, deputy director of the New York State Funeral Directors Association, said the state has no rule in place that requires signage to indicate a funeral van.", "Hearses may be synonymous with funerals, but minivans and sport utility vehicles often transport bodies, too, said Jessica A. Koth, public relations manager for the National Funeral Directors Association.", "She called the situation in New York \"exceedingly rare.\"" ]	[ "Van parked illegally outside funeral home for three hours, police say .", "Funeral director tells newspaper he left to get paperwork, make phone call .", "Body was to be transported to Newark for an airplane flight ." ]	[ 2, 4, 12 ]
[ "PUERTO MONTT, Chile (CNN) -- Nearly a week after a volcano erupted in Chaiten, Chile, disgorging its contents across a wide area of the Andes Mountains, authorities finished evacuating the area most affected.", "Though the eruption has been continuous, it increased at midnight Wednesday, powered by a massive explosion, then returned to its steady discharge of ash, officials said.", "Overnight, authorities armed with a court order evacuated the last of the holdouts -- many of whom had sought to remain to care for their cattle -- among the approximately 5,000 residents inside the 30-kilometer (18-mile) exclusion zone, said Carmen Fernandez, director of Chile's Office of Emergency.", "By Thursday morning, about 100 people -- primarily police, military and journalists -- remained in the immediate vicinity of the volcano, she said.", "In Bariloche, 300 kilometers (186 miles) from the volcano, Chilean Minister of Defense Jose Goni met Thursday with Argentine Vice President Julio Cobos to coordinate the transfer of the cows in the affected zone to Argentine territory, 60 kilometers (37 miles) away.", "Many of Bariloche's residents clutched handkerchiefs to their faces or wore cloth masks -- handed out by the government -- as they went about their business.", "Even with the masks, breathing could be difficult.", "Thick layers of ash covered everything like freshly fallen snow.", "Bariloche's airport and other regional airports were shut Thursday after satellite photos revealed that the air over the provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Rio Negro, Neuquen and Chubut was filled with ash.", "The most dense clouds of the material were seen over Chubut and Rio Negro, with lesser amounts in the other provinces.", "In all, clouds of ash covered nearly a third of Argentina, the country's meteorological service said.", "As of noon Thursday, ash could be seen in the sky above Buenos Aires and its suburbs, it said.", "\"The sky appears gray, products of the presence of ashes that are moving from west to east at an altitude of about 3,500 meters,\" the service said.", "Watch volcano eruption » .", "\"Fortunately, the composition of the ash, air and smoke that is coming out of the volcano isn't highly toxic,\" said Mirta Roses, director of the Pan American Health Organization.", "But, she said, children, older people and people with allergies or asthma are at highest risk and should make extra efforts to avoid it.", "Many of the evacuees were taken to Puerto Montt, a port city in southern Chile about 200 kilometers (124 miles) north of Chaiten.", "The volcano, which is about 1210 kilometers (752 miles) south of the Chilean capital, Santiago, began erupting early Friday, raining gray ash onto Chaiten.", "The small city is on the Corcovado Gulf, in southern Chile.", "The volcano last erupted around 7,420 B.C., according to the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Project.", "Chile contains a large number of active volcanoes, including Llaima, which erupted in January, sending lava and smoke down a snow-covered mountain.", "CNN en Espanol's Alberto Pando contributed to this story ." ]	[ "Approximately 5,000 residents are evacuated, some by court order, officials say .", "Authorities coordinate the 60-kilometer transfer of cows out of the affected zone .", "Regional airports are shut Thursday after satellite photos show the air full of ash .", "Clouds of ash cover nearly a third of Argentina, the meteorological service says ." ]	[ 2, 8, 10 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Even as Facebook titles like \"FrontierVille\" and \"Restaurant City\" continue to attract millions of players, interest in social games may be waning.", "A rise of tongue-in-cheek parody games that poke fun at these popular outings points to rising discontent amongst both gaming fans and industry insiders.", "\"There's a general feeling of discomfort and bafflement with all of the FarmWhatever and MobsterBoss notifications you see on Facebook and other social networks,\" said Persuasive Games founder Ian Bogost.", "\"It's become almost absurdist.\"", "Witness Bogost's new social gaming spoof, \"Cow Clicker,\" a Facebook game in which you click on cows to earn the right to click on more cows.", "It's a form of biting interactive satire.", "\"Any cultural force that we don't grasp but that seems to overtake us becomes ripe for parody,\" Bogost added.", "\"I created 'Cow Clicker' in part to give myself and others a second look at 'FarmVille' and its ilk and force social-network games players to ask themselves what these [titles] are and why they're so compelling.\"", "From social-gaming protest groups to fake \"FarmVille\" commercials, there are plenty of signs that other social networkers share similar sentiments.", "This year has also brought \"Progress Wars,\" a game in which players repeatedly click to complete random missions such as \"ambush silk traders\" or \"slay dealers.\"", "Creator Jakob Skjerning's blog said he analyzed popular Facebook games and distilled their gameplay into core game mechanics \"to point out the pointlessness of many casual games.\"", "Some gaming experts claim that social-network games put business concerns before artistic ones and are specifically designed to prompt base Pavlovian responses and keep players clicking away.", "According to New York University games researcher and theorist Jesper Juul, social games are \"brain hacks that exploit human psychology in order to make money.\"", "\"There are forces that compel us humans to do incredibly counterintuitive things,\" concurred Bogost. \"", "'Cow Clicker' is a game in which you click a cow, and yet that simple act can still swallow us whole.", "We like to think of ourselves as rational beings with control over our faculties, but far more often, we are at the whim of things rather than master over them.\"", "Some professional game makers even accuse social network titles of promoting addictiveness and using shame as a motivator.", "For example, \"FrontierVille\" players who fail to accept requests from friends or upkeep their virtual homesteads may be subject to public mockery.", "Social networks like Facebook offer gamers the ability to interact easily with millions of other users and rally support for positive causes, Bogost says.", "But he believes that their potential is being underutilized by Silicon Valley tech entrepreneurs.", "\"It's not the idea of social games that are the problem.", "[It's that] nobody's talking about what would make them good art but only what would make them immensely profitable,\" he said.", "Naturally, social game makers beg to differ.", "Brian Reynolds, chief designer for \"FarmVille\" creator Zynga, whose games also include such Facebook hits as \"Mafia Wars,\" believes that social games \"tend to be vastly underrated by many of gaming's opinion leaders.\"", "\"This is partially I think because they're so simple,\" he suggested, \"and partially because people just aren't used to the business model or games being able to speak to such a large mass market audience.\"", "Reynolds, the former head of Big Huge Games and a strategy game designer whose credited work includes contributions to the \"Civilization\" franchise, thinks social network titles are a major positive for the field.", "\"Working in social games feels more like the games industry did when I started 20 years ago,\" he says.", "\"Small, scrappy teams working on games that emphasize fun and playability, and not so much huge technology, 3-D engines and full-motion video.", "For designers, it's a really fertile space to be creative.\"", "Despite a steep drop off in popularity since Facebook shut off social games' ability to spam user profiles with messages and updates this year, Reynolds argues that the market for social gaming hasn't peaked.", "He cautions that some user attrition is inevitable and that an ongoing evolution in social gaming is needed to stave off player boredom, and he believes that the fundamental multiplayer context of these games will ensure their survival.", "\"That's the real nuclear bomb for me,\" he said.", "\"Unlike previous games, you're playing light games with real friends that you have actual 'real-world' social connections with, not meeting strangers online.\"", "Bogost believes traditional game developers are \"stuck in a strange no-man's-land\" between the entertainment industry and the high-tech industry.", "\"At the same time, traditional developers are understandably startled and even jealous of the massive and sudden success of social games,\" he said.", "\"So there's a good deal of self-loathing at work.\"" ]	[ "Interest in social games, such as Facebook's \"FarmVille,\" may be waning .", "Some experts claim social-network games put business concerns before artistic ones .", "Zynga designer: Social games \"emphasize fun and playability\" over complex technology ." ]	[ 0, 11 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Lava and ash from Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano forced the closure of Guayaquil Airport until Saturday afternoon, an airport spokesman said Friday.", "The glacier-capped, 16,478-foot (5,023-meter) volcano has erupted periodically since 1999, with major eruptions occurring in August 2006 and February 2008, the government's emergency management agency said.", "Officials evacuated the towns of Cusua and Juive Grande in central Ecuador, the emergency agency said, but no injuries or fatalities had been reported.", "No further evacuations were planned, the agency said.", "Death toll climbs from Guatemala eruption .", "The eruption sent a large ash cloud into the air, the Geophysical Institute of Peru said.", "The height could not be determined because of cloudiness in the area.", "Are you in Ecuador? Share your volcanic activity images .", "Before the long-term eruption beginning in 1999 that caused the temporary evacuation of the city of Banos at the foot of the volcano, the last major eruption had occurred from 1916 to 1918, and minor activity continued until 1925, the Smithsonian Institution said on its volcano Web site.", "The volcano is 87 miles (140 km) south of Quito, the nation's capital.", "Tungurahua means \"throat of fire\" in the native Quechua language.", "It was the second volcanic eruption reported in Latin America in the past few days.", "The Pacaya volcano erupted Thursday in Guatemala, killing at least three people." ]	[ "NEW: Guayaquil Airport closed until Saturday afternoon .", "Emergency agency: No deaths, injuries reported, no more evacuations planned .", "Tungurahua volcano has erupted periodically since 1999 ." ]	[ 0, 1, 3 ]
[ "Paris, France (CNN) -- This week, France began deporting members of the Roma population as part of what it says is a crackdown on illegal immigration.", "It has put the focus back on the Roma, who remain widely misunderstood despite being one of Europe's largest minorities.", "France begins controversial Roma expulsion .", "Who are the Roma? Roma, also called Gypsies or Romany, are a group of people marked by poverty who live mainly in southern and eastern Europe, though they live throughout the continent.", "They tend to live in camps, caravans, or informal settlements and have been persecuted throughout history.", "Some are Christian and some are Muslim, having converted while migrating through Persia and the Balkans, according to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.", "Most Roma speak dialects of a language called Romani, which is based on Sanskrit, the classical language of India, the museum says.", "The language is largely unwritten, however, because of the high rates of illiteracy in most Roma communities, according to information from Minnesota State University.", "Where did the Roma come from? Roma originated in the Punjab region of northern India as a nomadic people and entered Europe between the 8th and 10th centuries, according to the Holocaust museum.", "They were called Gypsies because Europeans mistakenly believed they came from Egypt.", "Many Roma traditionally worked as craftsmen and were blacksmiths, cobblers, tinsmiths, horse dealers, and toolmakers, according to the museum.", "Others were performers like musicians, circus animal trainers, and dancers.", "By the 1920s, some were also working as shopkeepers or civil servants.", "The number of nomadic Roma was on the decline in many places by the early 1900s, though many \"sedentary\" Roma often moved seasonally, depending on their occupations, the museum says.", "Where did the Roma go in Europe?", "Roma were living in Spain, France, England, and large parts of what is today Russia and Eastern Europe by the late 1400s.", "They suffered persecution in those countries ranging from laws against their language and dress to expulsion, according to Minnesota State.", "In the beginning of the 15th century, many Roma were forced into slavery by Hungarian and Romanian nobles who needed laborers for their large estates, according to the university.", "Roma suffered persecution during World War II.", "The Nazis judged Roma to be \"racially inferior,\" according to the Holocaust museum.", "\"Their fate in some ways paralleled that of the Jews,\" the museum said.", "The Nazis subjected Roma to internment, forced labor, and murder.", "\"While exact figures or percentages cannot be ascertained, historians estimate that the Germans and their allies killed around 25 percent of all European Roma,\" the museum says.", "\"Of slightly less than 1 million Roma believed to have been living in Europe before the war, the Germans and their Axis partners killed up to 220,000.\"", "What is the situation for Roma in Europe today?", "Many Roma live on the edges of communities or are transient.", "They suffer massive discrimination throughout Europe, according to Amnesty International, and are often the victims of forced evictions, racist attacks and ill-treatment by police, and are often denied their rights to housing, employment, health care and education.", "In Slovakia, thousands of Roma children are placed in special schools and classes designed for pupils with \"mild mental disabilities\" or in ethnically segregated mainstream schools and classes that provide a substandard education, Amnesty says.", "Human Rights Watch expressed concern last year about a wave of attacks on Roma in Kosovo, and the United Nations pointed to mounting racial violence in Russia in 2008 that targeted Roma and other ethnic and religious minorities.", "In June 2009, there was a series of attacks on Roma families in Northern Ireland, where the Roma had gone for work.", "In Bosnia, Roma are barred from running for president or the upper chamber of Parliament.", "The Budapest, Hungary-based European Roma Rights Center sent a letter of concern to Danish authorities last month about the recent mass arrest and deportation of 23 Roma in Copenhagen.", "They said Danish officials, including the mayor of Copenhagen and the country's justice minister, had made comments blaming the Roma for crimes.", "A U.N. report last year cited the cost of deprivation among the Roma.", "In Bulgaria, it said, their life expectancy is five to six years below the rest of the population and their infant mortality rate is six times the national average.", "In Hungary, infant mortality among the Roma is nearly four times the country's average, and in Romania it is two and a half times greater, according to the report." ]	[ "Roma are also called Gypsies or Romany .", "They live mainly in southern and eastern Europe .", "They have suffered persecution throughout their history ." ]	[ 3, 4, 18 ]
[ "(CNN) -- CNN International's four week-long series on modern Islam running throughout Ramadan.", "The series will look at what it means to be Muslim and how people live as Muslims in the 21st century.", "Watch Muslim in 2010 every day on TV by tuning in to CNN's prime time show, Prism, with Stan Grant, which comes out of Abu Dhabi.", "Online you can catch up on anything you've missed by going to cnn.com/ime.", "We hit the streets and ask Muslims across the globe for their take on Islam and modern life.", "Plus correspondents from Indonesia to Turkey and Islamabad to Atlanta dig into some of the issues that Muslims are facing in the modern world.", "Atika Shubert reports from Europe on integration issues, the headscarf debate and more.", "Plus, Ivan Watson reports on eastern ideas meeting the western ideas in Turkey.", "Shasta Darlington meets some of Cuba's 1,500-strong Muslim population and discovers some of the challenges they face living in a country without a mosque.", "Online, CNN asks some of today's most influential Muslim thinkers to give their opinions on some of the crucial debates and issues around faith.", "And there will be much more as CNN travels the world capturing the debates and the issues -- and profiling Muslims who are embracing their faith in 2010." ]	[ "For four weeks during Ramadan CNN looks at what it means to be Muslim today .", "Correspondents all over the world will be telling compelling stories about modern Muslims .", "Online we ask some of the top thinkers in the Islamic world to comment on tough issues ." ]	[ 0, 1, 5 ]
[ "Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- When I was a little boy, my dad and I would sit on the floor next to his old reel-to-reel tape deck, taking turns talking into it and playing our voices back -- the same reel-to-reel he unwittingly used to gain his 15 minutes of fame.", "It was October 3, 1951, when Larry Goldberg, a 26-year-old travel agent living with his parents in Brooklyn, set up the deck next to a radio before setting off to work in Manhattan.", "He asked his mom to record the 9th inning of the third game of the Brooklyn Dodgers-New York Giants playoffs.", "What he and my grandmother captured turned out to be the only known recording at the time of Russ Hodges' famous call of Bobby Thomson's game-winning home run, \"The Giants win the pennant!", "The Giants win the pennant!\"", "SI.com: Thomson tops list of 10 most memorable home runs .", "My dad's reward was a tape cartridge, $100 and access to box seats at the Polo Grounds the next season -- a pittance for which my mom often needled him.", "Those memories came flooding back this week when I heard the news that Thomson had died at his Savannah, Georgia, home at age 86.", "Thomson's \"Shot Heard 'Round The World\" was heard often at our home, each time I asked my dad to tell me once more how he saved the call.", "He kept the original tape safely boxed up, instead playing one of the Chesterfield records of the call that Hodges' sponsor pressed as gifts to its dealers.", "For a long time, no one but a handful of friends and family knew the real story of my dad's role in helping immortalize a bit of baseball history.", "Then, on the 50th anniversary of the game, the New York Times ran an interview with Dad.", "His local paper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, did a similar story.", "Accounts of his recording later appeared in books such as \"The Golden Voices of Baseball\" and Joshua Prager's \"The Echoing Green.\"", "Don DeLillo even captured the event in his 1997 novel, \"Underworld,\" referring to Dad only as \"a man on 12th Street in Brooklyn.\"", "Here's how Dad and The New York Times told the story: . \"", "'I knew I wouldn't be able to listen to the broadcast, and I knew something was going to happen,' said Goldberg.", "... 'It was the third game of the playoffs.", "That kind of game had to be climactic, even if it was a blowout.'", "\"Was Goldberg's mother, Sylvia, a baseball fan?", "No. Was she paying strict attention to the game?", "No, he said, 'she was paying attention to her only son.'", "... From the SI vault: The Day Bobby Hit The Home Run .", "\"The night after the game, Goldberg wrote Hodges to ask if anyone at WMCA had recorded the game; if not, he would lend him his.", "Hodges replied quickly, and used the tape to make records as Christmas gifts.", "... \"In later years, when Hodges related the tale of the tape, he would refer to Goldberg as a Dodger fan who made the tape so he could hear the voice of the Giants weep when Brooklyn won.", "A good yarn, but untrue. ''", "'I was a Giant fan from 1933 on, when I was 8,' Goldberg said.\"", "I'd been thinking about Bobby Thomson, Russ Hodges and Dad just the other day when my son and I went to our first Braves game of the season -- our first game since Dad died a year ago in April.", "It was a little before 7 p.m. at Atlanta's Turner Field, and the Braves were about to face the Giants -- now long since relocated to San Francisco.", "My son and I were sitting down to eat on the stadium's terrace when the matrix board began playing a video introducing the visitors.", "Images of past pennants were flashing on the screen when it suddenly hit me -- these are the same Giants that once called New York's Polo Grounds home.", "And before I knew it, they were playing the call I've come to know so well -- Bobby Thomson hitting his \"long fly ... into the lower deck of the left-field stands.\"", "And they're going crazy.", "I wanted to phone Dad and tell him about it, at the same time realizing I couldn't -- that I'd even told the story about the call at his funeral.", "And then I knew he was with us there in the stadium, smiling down on a perfect summer evening of baseball." ]	[ "Bobby Thomson, who hit one of baseball's most memorable home runs, died this week at 86 .", "Russ Hodges' call, \"The Giants win the pennant!\"", "is part of baseball legend .", "Larry Goldberg of Brooklyn captured the only known recording at the time of the call .", "His son, a CNN.com producer, remembers his late father's story of how the recording was made ." ]	[ 3, 5, 7, 19, 25 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Hollywood producers couldn't have written Colton Harris-Moore's story better if they had dreamed it up themselves.", "No one was surprised to hear that 20th Century Fox jumped at the chance to purchase the rights for a film based on the 19-year-old Washington native's exploits.", "Harris-Moore, suspected of stealing automobiles, boats and airplanes, as well as committing a number of other thefts, earned his nickname -- the Barefoot Bandit -- by committing some of his crimes without shoes.", "In 2009, police found footprints in an Iowa airport hangar.", "Harris-Moore was apprehended on July 11 after a high-speed boat chase in the Bahamas.", "He has since been moved to Miami, Florida, where he appeared before a federal judge at an identity hearing.", "He is being transferred to a federal prison in Seattle, Washington.", "His story, which mirrors 2002's \"Catch Me If You Can\" -- based on the true story of con-artist Frank Abagnale Jr. -- has people talking, although details of the \"Barefoot\" film are still under lock and key.", "\"I wrote when he first started running that he would get a movie deal,\" CNN commenter SICKBOY70 wrote.", "\"They offered him a reward to come in that was nowhere near what the movie people would offer.\"", "Another CNN.com commenter, BostonChuck, wrote: \"It's a good thing he was caught, he was breaking the law.", "However... this all seems like something out of Hollywood.", "It's going to make a heck of a movie!\"", "The prospect of a film version also has Hollywood casting directors talking about which young actor might play the role of the barefoot bandit.", "\"Crash\" and \"Iron Man\" casting director Randi Hiller didn't hesitate when asked which young Hollywood star would make a good barefoot bandit.", "\"['Percy Jackson' star] Logan Lerman. ...", "He's young, he's charming and he's a really good actor,\" Hiller said.", "Lerman's charm could come in handy, too.", "Hiller said It's important to cast a likable young man because, while the Barefoot Bandit may be in the wrong, he's also the protagonist.", "\"You kind of root for him, even though he's done something really, really wrong,\" she added.", "Regardless of who nabs the role, Hiller said the film is sure to do well.", "\"Everybody wants more information.\"", "The movie will most likely follow the tone of \"Catch Me If You Can,\" Hiller said.", "\"It's not laugh out loud funny, but there's definitely amusing bits.\"", "Casting director Tammara Billik, who also made the connection between the Barefoot Bandit and Leonardo DiCaprio's \"Catch Me If You Can,\" said the movie will be a success, whether it's on the big screen or the flat screen.", "When casting a role like this one, it's important to choose an actor who resembles the other person, she said.", "However, Billik added, it's important to remember that \"his story is more familiar than his face.\"", "\"You don't want somebody who can't act, but looks exactly like the guy,\" she added, noting that it might be difficult to find an actor with Harris-Moore's 6-foot-5 frame -- which is why she suggests taller actors like \"Friday Night Lights' \" Zach Gilford and \"The Last Song's\" Liam Hemsworth." ]	[ "Source: It's important to choose an actor who resembles the bandit .", "One casting director says \"Percy Jackson\" star Logan Lerman should play the role .", "The movie will most likely follow the tone of \"Catch Me If You Can,\" a source says ." ]	[ 15, 22, 25 ]
[ "San Francisco (CNN) -- Walter Hawkins, a Grammy Award-winning gospel singer, composer and pastor, has died of pancreatic cancer, his church said Monday on its website.", "He was 61. Born in Oakland, California., Hawkins' musical career began at a young age as a member of the Northern California State Youth Choir.", "He later helped found The Edwin Hawkins Singers, a collaboration that resulted in the Grammy-winning song \"Oh Happy Day,\" one of the first gospel songs to become popular on mainstream music charts.", "It was also named one of the Recording Industry Association of America's Songs of the Century.", "Hawkins recorded his first solo album, \"Do Your Best,\" in 1972.", "He later founded the Love Center Church in Oakland, where he created the Love Center Choir.", "With the choir he recorded a series of albums, titled \"Love Alive,\" that topped the Billboard Gospel Album charts and sold more than 1 million copies from the 1970s to the 1990s, according to the church's website.", "Hawkins was nominated for a total of nine Grammy Awards throughout his career, and won one.", "He earned three Dove Awards from the Gospel Music Association and was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame.", "He was also responsible for more than 100 hit gospel songs, according to MTV News.", "Members of the gospel community continue to express their grief about Hawkins' death on Twitter.", "\"Gonna miss my dear friend and mentor Bishop Walter Hawkins ... one of the greatest singer/songwriters gospel will ever experience,\" award-winning gospel singer and composer Donald Lawrence said.", "Singer Greg O'Quin described Hawkins as \"truly the most musically inspiring figure in my life ... Bishop Walter Hawkins.", "Certainly heaven's choir has a major upgrade tonight.", "Thanks WH.\" Hawkins was ordained as a bishop in October of 1992.", "At the time of his death Sunday he was working on a new \"Love Alive\" album, scheduled to be released in the fall.", "Hawkins is survived by five siblings, two children and two grandchildren." ]	[ "Hawkins was part of collaboration that recorded \"Oh Happy Day\"\nHad fought pancreatic cancer .", "Grammy winner's albums sold more than 1 million copies ." ]	[ 2, 6 ]
[ "United Nations (CNN) -- U.N. officials are pleading for immediate economic assistance for four African countries where people are facing malnutrition in the wake of a drought last year.", "The coming weeks ahead will be the toughest for these countries in the Sahel -- the stretch of African countries including Niger, Chad, Mali and Mauritania -- as they make their way into the rainy season and scrape by with the little food they have since last year's harvest, officials said.", "Humanitarian agencies and relief organizations pushed for continued economic support from the international community on behalf of the drought-ridden African countries at the United Nations on Tuesday.", "\"The levels of food insecurity have begun to spiral out of control and affect a number of countries across the region,\" U.N. Under-Secretary-General John Holmes said.", "\"Niger is the center of this crisis, it is a country by far the worst affected, some 7 million people are suffering from severe or moderate food insecurity and that's almost fifty percent of the country's population,\" Holmes said.", "Over 10 million people in the Sahel are at risk for food shortages, according to the U.N., and their situation is unlikely to improve until the coming harvest in October.", "\"We're in the long stretch between last year's harvest and the one coming up,\" said Josette Sheeran, executive director of the World Food Programme, via telephone from Niger.", "\"We have now six weeks until it is agreed we will be out of the severe danger zone and the ramp-up has to happen not in a few weeks but now, before this very difficult time,\" Sheeran said.", "In Chad, thousands of children are suffering from severe acute malnutrition.", "The number of severely malnourished children doubled from 2,900 in 2009 to 6,508 this year.", "\"At the end of the day, what kills children suffering from malnutrition is disease of some kind affecting them in their weakened states.", "And we're particularly concerned that as the rainy season is starting now, diseases like malaria, diarrhea and respiratory diseases will spread as they always do at this time of year and the death rates for the affected children will go up rapidly,\" Holmes said.", "The World Food Programme is expected to increase the number of health centers from 52 to around 140 in the coming weeks.", "The centers \"will be placed strategically in the most vulnerable areas where we're seeing the highest rates of acute malnutrition,\" said Sheeran.", "As the Sahel enters the rainy season, many of the roads will become impassable.", "Sheeran said the aim of the assistance is to \"go into the most severely affected areas to ensure that we have adequate distribution and can reach those families that are cut off on the roads that are becoming much more difficult.\"", "Leaders from the relief organizations urged the international community to step up its economic support for the people in the Sahel.", "Eveline Rooijmans, a policy adviser with the aid organization Oxfam, said the assistance is needed now.", "\"What we need now is urgent action from international leaders and donors to make sure that people have access to food now and in the future,\" Rooijmans said.", "\"While for the future we should indeed invest in long-term measure to avoid this type of crisis from happening again, at this very moment it is about urgent short-term action.\"" ]	[ "People in four African countries are facing malnutrition after a drought last year .", "The coming weeks will be difficult for Niger, Chad, Mali and Mauritania .", "The drought left a weak harvest, the coming rainy season will make transportation difficult ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "(OPRAH.com) -- In Jackson, Mississippi, Ceara Sturgis has grown up with her classmates for the past 12 years.", "Day in day out, she was a well-liked, self-described \"tomboy,\" an academically gifted student.", "Yet, when her senior picture and any mention of her went missing from the yearbook, it became clear she'd been removed because of her status as an out lesbian.", "Big deal? To many, the answer is yes.", "How would you feel if someone you love told you he or she was gay?", "How would your view evolve in that moment or over time?", "Could it change?", "Why would it change?", "\"Don't tramp on my rights,\" my brother Robert recently told me at my nephew Ian's wedding in Oregon.", "Robert was commenting on gay people who want marriage rights.", "Somehow, it had become all about him, rather than about them.", "I asked how letting gays marry would infringe on his rights?", "\"I love the sinner,\" he said.", "\"The thief, the alcoholic, the adulterer, the homosexual need God's restoration, not our approval.\"", "He is a believer that the \"gay can be prayed away,\" and that it is, bottom line, a defect caused by the devil.", "Oprah.com: Get the answers to all your questions about prayer .", "This yearbook deletion goes to the heart of the larger issue: how, as a nation, we're split on this notion of sexual identity and tolerance.", "We are still split as a nation on what we believe, though it's more evenly divided today than ever.", "It's one part belief, another part feeling.", "Oprah.com: Is there a conflict between homosexuality and spirituality?", "Gallup released its annual findings on sexuality that tell how we have changed.", "As of a couple weeks ago, more than 50 percent of Americans now accept gay relationships.", "What's more, 78 percent of Americans now believe gay Americans should be allowed to serve in the military, while 48 percent believe gay Americans should have the right to marry.", "These are the facts. How are the feelings? How does this conversation make you feel?", "My own parents believed they could cast demons of homosexuality out of people.", "The joke in my family today is one of the demons slithered out the family room window and came in through my bedroom window while I was sleeping.", "Truth was, I knew I was gay when I was 4 years old.", "My mom knew I was gay around the same time, as I was smooching on other boys, yet it caused a commotion and distress when I came out in my late teens just the same, and my parents promptly sent me to a \"pray away the gay\" therapist.", "Oprah.com: What it's like to be gay around the world .", "My brother, who I mentioned earlier, is this kind of therapist.", "Every few weeks, I get an email or a call from a family (usually it's a mom who reaches out) asking for my help in doing a \"gay intervention\" on their kid.", "Even as the sexual myths have gone the way of flat Earth theories, the way we feel, and the ways we believe sexuality to be, are more often than not based on the biases and beliefs we grew up with.", "I was raised being taught white folks (us) shouldn't date or marry a person of another race or even religion.", "\"It's not God's ideal for us,\" my mother would warn.", "Oprah.com: Let's get real about sexuality .", "It's important to note that in 1968, only 28 percent of Americans supported the legalization of interracial marriage even as Loving vs. Virginia, legalized the very union across the nation that same year.", "It would take until 1991 until Americans' support for it crossed the 50 percent threshold.", "But gay? Is it really all that good?", "Look, it took me awhile to get used to it being okay, having grown up in a place where what I was, was preached on and spoken of as an abomination.", "I expected my parents to get hip to the trip really quick, and it wasn't that way.", "It took years for them to come to some new understanding on gay -- and frankly, it's still up in the air what my mom would say if you asked her if gays should marry.", "It depends on the day.", "Oprah.com: Country singer Chely Wright on coming out .", "On the other hand, as we have these hard conversations about who we are and who we believe others to be, it's critical that myths not be counted as fact.", "A human being comes to grips with his or her sexual orientation, finally comes out to the family and then is furious when the family doesn't get \"hip to the trip\" right away?", "It happens. \"I'm embarrassed to admit that it took me 27 years to get comfortable with the gay thing, and then I expected my family to find acceptance in a minute,\" a friend told me recently.", "Homosexual creatures are found throughout God's wild and wonderful animal kingdom.", "It's not unnatural, I think, just not the norm.", "In Mississippi, the stir was caused by a masculine version of a yearbook photo that said with one look that she was not likely the norm.", "When I came out, my mom was devastated.", "For my whole family, this issue brought them right up against how they felt about what they had been taught.", "They came face-to-face with a bias created in a vacuum.", "But what did they know? Oprah says, \"I know what I know.\"", "I would ask you, is what you know is informed by flat Earth theology or feelings based on others' prejudices?", "If the answer is yes, maybe it's time to pull out your own yearbook and see who made you feel uncomfortable and why?", "Then, pray on it and come up with your own answer that's loving and kind, no matter where it falls.", "Oprah.com: What prayer really means .", "Brad Lamm is a board-registered interventionist.", "He is the author of \"How to Change Someone You Love\".", "His group offers free training and support groups at BradLamm.com.", "Subscribe to O, The Oprah Magazine for up to 75% off the newsstand price.", "That's like getting 18 issues FREE.", "Subscribe now! TM & © 2010 Harpo Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved." ]	[ "One writer recalls his childhood experience praying he wasn't gay .", "His parents struggled to understand and accept his sexuality .", "Gallup: More than 50 percent of Americans now accept gay relationships .", "Study says 78 percent of Americans now believe gays should be allowed to serve in the military ." ]	[ 21, 22 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Global financial reform topped the agenda Tuesday as President Obama huddled with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, whose country is at the center of Europe's debt crisis.", "The White House meeting marks the conclusion of a four-country financial relief tour for the beleaguered Greek leader.", "Beginning Friday, he visited Germany, France and Luxembourg seeking support for his government's new austerity measures to counteract skyrocketing budget deficits.", "Greece had one of the worst budget deficits in the developed world last year, at 12.7 percent of gross domestic product, more than three times higher than previously declared due to accounting irregularities -- or what some call outright fraud.", "It also has a public-sector debt equivalent to 113 percent of its entire economy.", "Athens recently unveiled a package of budget reductions to try to bring its deficit down to the 3 percent level allowed under the rules for the eurozone -- the European Union countries that have adopted the euro currency.", "Finance ministers from those 16 countries met in Brussels last month to try to find a way to end the crisis that some analysts say could spread to other heavily indebted European nations, such as Portugal, Spain and Italy.", "Greece's \"deficit is more a credibility deficit than a financial deficit, and we need to bring back the sense of credibility,\" Papandreou said recently.", "His unpopular budget cutbacks have met with stiff political resistance and strikes at home.", "Overseas, the Greek prime minister is trying to win support for greater regulation over certain forms of financial speculation that analysts say have made his country's debt crisis worse.", "Among other things, Papandreou is asking U.S. and other leaders to restrict the use of credit default swaps, which are insurance contracts -- the same kind of contracts that pushed insurance giant American International Group (AIG) to the brink of collapse.", "Two weeks ago, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Federal Reserve is looking into actions taken by Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street firms that may have contributed to Greece's debt problems.", "Bernanke's comment came in response to a question posed by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Connecticut, who asked about U.S. banks and hedge funds making financial bets that the Greek government will default on its loans.", "Goldman Sachs and other banks have been in the news over reports they secretly helped raise $1 billion in credit for Greece in a way that was off the balance sheet, and that they helped hide the country's debt woes from European Union regulators.", "The New York Times reported recently that some of these same banks also were making side bets that Greece would default on loans it owes American banks and hedge funds.", "By betting in favor of default, the U.S. banks and hedge funds would win whether Greece pays off its loans or not.", "Dodd asked whether Bernanke thought there should be limits on the use of these types of bets to prevent firms from creating intentional runs against governments.", "\"The rising price of these contracts contribute to an atmosphere of crisis, making it even more difficult for the Greek government, in my opinion, to borrow,\" Dodd said.", "Bernanke noted the similarity of the situation of banks making bets to hedge against Greek debt to banks that made bets to hedge against real estate debt, which imploded AIG.", "\"The poster child for that would be the capital arrangements that banks took out for AIG,\" he said.", "\"Derivatives have a legitimate purpose, but if they're used to distort accounting results or regulatory ratios, that needs to be addressed.\"", "Congress is considering legislation to make such financial bets more transparent.", "Papandreou has asked American and European authorities to crack down on financial speculators who benefited from taxpayer bailouts only to turn around and profit by exacerbating his country's debt crisis.", "\"Enough is enough,\" he told an audience at the Brookings Institution on Monday.", "CNN's Jennifer Liberto, Christine Theodorou and Alan Silverleib contributed to this report." ]	[ "President Obama met Tuesday with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou .", "The meeting is the last on a four-country tour centering on the nation's financial crisis .", "He hopes to win support for more regulation of speculative practices .", "Papandreou is asking U.S. and other leaders to restrict use of credit default swaps ." ]	[ 0, 10 ]
[ "New York (CNN) -- If saving money in 2010 is on top of your list, we have some simple ways you can cut costs.", "1. Your cell phone .", "Cell phones are a big expense for a lot of folks.", "The cost of an average plan is $65 per month or $780 a year, according to Myvalidas.com.", "Chances are you're overpaying.", "Consumer Reports says about two thirds of people didn't use half the minutes they had available.", "So make sure you take a look at the minutes and texts you've used in the past six months and compare that to your plan's limits.", "If you're not even close to maxing out, it makes sense to shop around for other plans.", "Switching could save you up to $300 a year.", "Billshrink and Myvalidas.com are two Web sites that analyze your current bill for errors, help you recover money from overcharges and compare your current plan with other plans that may help save you money, depending on your usage.", "And here's something you may not think about.", "Let's say you have an unexpected life event ... maybe a birth, a death or an illness.", "Your cell phone usage is likely to spike.", "But rather than pay an exorbitant overcharge for a single month of use, ask your carrier about letting you switch temporarily to a higher minute plan.", "Then switch back when your usage abates.", "2. Car insurance .", "The average premium on car insurance is about $1,800 per year, according to Insurance.com.", "But there are ways you can whittle down that bill.", "First, auto insurance companies want to know how safe you are.", "It's not only how safe you are on the roads.", "They also want to know how stable you are as a person.", "The longer you've held the same job, the higher your education level, the fact that you own a home -- that all counts toward what kind of risk you represent.", "The safer you are, the less money you'll pay in premiums.", "So, if you've bought a home, gotten your master's degree, if you've found a job you've been with for over a year, make sure you let your insurance company know -- and ask to be repriced.", "You could save up to $750 a year, according to Insurance.com.", "Here are some other discounts you don't want to leave on the table: A low mileage discount could save you $100 a year.", "This is a great option if you drive less than 10,000 miles a year.", "If you have a good student, cut down on those insurance costs with a good student discount.", "That could save you $300 a year.", "Raising your deductible can yield you $200 to $400 a year.", "And shopping around before your current insurance policy expires can save you $250 a year, according to Insurance.com.", "3. Entertainment . If you have old CDs or DVDs or books you don't want anymore, trade them for new stuff online.", "Check out swapadvd.com and paperbackswap.com.", "If you're looking for cheaper seats to a concert or sports event, check out zebratickets.com.", "This site aggregates prices from different ticket retailers.", "Did you know that your AAA membership can get you more than roadside assistance?", "You can get discounts at retailers like Target.com, Pearle Vision or Sears.com.", "CNN's Jen Haley contributed to this report." ]	[ "Consumer Reports says many people don't use half their phone minutes .", "Car insurance can go down if you've made life changes that make you safer .", "Internet sites allow you to swap CDs and DVDs instead of buying new ones ." ]	[ 1, 5, 6, 15, 31 ]
[ "TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- They are young, earn little and spend little, and take a keen interest in fashion and personal appearance -- meet the \"herbivore men\" of Japan.", "Former CNN intern Junichiro Hori is a self-described 'herbivore.'", "Author and pop culture columnist Maki Fukasawa coined the term in 2006 in a series of articles on marketing to a younger generation of Japanese men.", "She used it to describe some men who she said were changing the country's ideas about just what is -- and isn't -- masculine.", "\"In Japan, sex is translated as 'relationship in flesh,'\" she said, \"so I named those boys 'herbivorous boys' since they are not interested in flesh.\"", "Typically, \"herbivore men\" are in their 20s and 30s, and believe that friendship without sex can exist between men and women, Fukasawa said.", "The term has become a buzzword in Japan.", "Many people in Tokyo's Harajuku neighborhood were familiar with \"herbivore men\" -- and had opinions about them.", "Shigeyuki Nagayama said such men were not eager to find girlfriends and tend to be clumsy in love, and he admitted he seemed to fit the mold himself.", "\"My father always asks me if I got a girlfriend.", "He tells me I'm no good because I can't get a girlfriend.\"", "Midori Saida, a 24-year-old woman sporting oversized aviators and her dyed brown hair in long ringlets, said \"herbivore men\" were \"flaky and weak.\"", "\"We like manly men,\" she said.", "\"We are not interested in those boys -- at all.\"", "Takahito Kaji, 21, said he has been told he is \"totally herbivorous.\"", "\"Herbivorous boys are fragile, do not have a stocky body -- skinny.\"", "Fukasawa said Japanese men from the baby boomer generation were typically aggressive and proactive when it came to romance and sex.", "But as a result of growing up during Japan's troubled economy in the 1990s, their children's generation was not as assertive and goal-oriented.", "Their outlook came, in part, from seeing their fathers' model of masculinity falter even as Japanese women gained more lifestyle options.", "Former CNN intern Junichiro Hori, a self-described herbivore, said the idea goes beyond looks and attitudes toward sex.", "\"Some guys still try to be manly and try to be like strong and stuff, but you know personally I'm not afraid to show my vulnerability because being vulnerable or being sensitive is not a weakness.\"", "Older generations of Japanese men are not happy about the changes.", "At a bar frequented by businessmen after work, one man said: \"You need to be carnivorous when you make decisions in your life.", "You should be proactive, not passive.\"", "Fukasawa said the group does not care so much about making money -- a quality tied to the fact that there are fewer jobs available during the current global economic recession.", "Japan's economy recently saw its largest-ever recorded contraction and has shrunk for four straight quarters.", "Blue chip companies Sony, Panasonic, Toyota and Nissan all reported losses in May, and most are forecasting the same for the current fiscal year.", "Though still low by international standards, Japan's reported 5 percent unemployment is the highest since 2003.", "Hori agreed economics has played a role.", "When he finished university, \"a lot of my friends were trying to work for a big company that pays well and I wasn't interested in that.", "I am kind of struggling financially and my father is not very happy about it,\" he said.", "Fukasawa estimated some 20 percent of men are what she would call \"herbivorous\" and said their attitudes were influencing others.", "Indeed, she said, it was a return to the norm for Japanese men, rather than a departure.", "\"It was after World War II and the post-war economic growth that Japanese men gained the reputation as a sex animal through the competition with the West.", "Looking back beyond that time, older literature talks a lot about men with the kind of character we see in the herbivorous boys.\"", "Will these men simply grow out of this?", "Fukasawa said it was anyone's guess.", "Some of them may, but Japan's image of masculinity is nonetheless changing.", "\"The men in dark suits are changing, too,\" she said.", "\"Today's young people in dark suits are different from the baby boomers in dark suits. They are evolving, too.\"" ]	[ "Author and pop culture columnist Maki Fukasawa coins the term 'herbivore men'\nShe says these men are changing the country's ideas about what is masculine .", "These men are less interested in making money, sex .", "Fukasawa says the trend may indeed be a return to the norm for Japanese men ." ]	[ 2, 3, 32, 38 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A 12-year-old girl died Tuesday after falling into floodwaters near Flagstaff, Arizona, authorities said.", "Shaelyn Wilson had gone to see runoff from a flash flood around 2 p.m., according to the Coconino Sheriff's Department.", "A younger sister ran back to tell the father that Shaelyn had fallen into a wash.", "The family searched the area near where the girl fell and several agencies also took part in the search, according to Kelli Most, administrative specialist with the sheriff's department.", "The girl was found about a third of a mile from where she went into the water, and her father performed CPR until paramedics arrived.", "She was pronounced dead at Flagstaff Medical Center.", "A massive wildfire last month made the area susceptible to flooding, said Most.", "\"There's just no greenery there\" to prevent runoff, she said.", "The blaze charred 15,000 acres.", "Several small streams pushed over their banks, and flash floods were threatening homes, according to CNN affiliate KPHO." ]	[ "Girl, 12, dies in flooding near Flagstaff, Arizona .", "Her younger sister ran to get help .", "The area lost vegetation in a recent large fire ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Eight more employees from the Utah Department of Workforce Services are being questioned in connection with a leaked list containing personal information of 1,300 alleged illegal immigrants, Dave Lewis, a department spokesman, said Monday afternoon.", "He said that makes a total of 10 employees questioned, including the two placed on administrative leave last week.", "Investigators are interviewing employees who have had access to certain cases \"for legitimate business reasons,\" he said.", "\"We want to give them the opportunity to explain work they're doing.\"", "Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff said on CNN's \"American Morning\" on Monday that he expects to launch a formal investigation into the data leak very soon.", "He said he was awaiting the names of at least two suspects from the state's executive branch.", "Lewis said the investigators' goal is to get all the interviews done Monday and he believed the suspects' names would be delivered to the attorney general later in the day.", "By early Monday afternoon, the Department of Workforce Services' general counsel had been in touch with the attorney general's office to bring lawyers there up to speed, Lewis said.", "Earlier Shurtleff said, \"It's important we get to the bottom of it immediately.", "We have condemned ... the dissemination, the use, the purpose of the list in the strongest possible terms and we do believe that action needs to be swift.\"", "\"People have to have confidence in their government that those records will be protected.\"", "he said. The list was anonymously distributed last week to media and government offices across the state, CNN affiliate KSTU-TV reported.", "An accompanying letter from \"Concerned Citizens of the United States\" insisted that those on the list should be deported immediately.", "Utah Gov. Gary Herbert told CNN's John King on Friday night that the 1,300 people have Hispanic names.", "Shurtleff said the alleged crimes may have broken both state and federal privacy laws, and some may have been felonies, so if appropriate, it could be a multi-level investigation.", "He added that crimes may have been committed not only in generating and preparing the list, but also in how the list was used.", "Some of the alleged illegal immigrants listed have reported harassment since their names appeared on the list.", "\"Clearly, it's not even meant as a blacklist.", "It's more like a hit list.", "It is, I think, to put people at fear, to terrorize, to get people mobilized to do things.", "The fact is, the names on that list are also innocent until proven guilty and we're finding that some of those names ... are here legally,\" Shurtleff said.", "The Utah Department of Workforce Services said Friday it had identified at least two employees believed to be involved in creating the 29-page list.", "\"At this point we don't think it was a very large conspiracy.", "We think it was two, maybe.", "We have suspicion of a couple of more people, a very small group,\" said Kristen Cox, the department's executive director.", "The state focused on the Department of Workforce Services, Herbert's office said Thursday, because all of the information on the list -- including contact information, Social Security numbers and pregnancy due dates -- is contained within that agency's database.", "Those named on the list are even more frightened, Jesus Ramos with the Utah Coalition of La Raza said last week.", "\"For these 1,300 people, unfortunately, that fear has escalated,\" he said.", "\"There's an arrest warrant out, essentially.", "That fear never goes away.\"", "Herbert said Friday, \"Some are scared and apprehensive.", "I understand that. I expect that comes with the status of being illegal.", "If I was in the country illegally, I would probably have fear and apprehension, too.\"", "Shurtleff said Monday it's time to put aside rhetoric and work on a solution to the immigration issue.", "Herbert has plans to bring together what he called a \"spectrum\" of viewpoints, some \"diametrically opposed,\" for a round-table discussion on immigration reform in Utah on Tuesday.", "\"We see what's happened in Arizona,\" he said Friday.", "\"So Utah, like other states right now, are saying if the federal government is not going to do something, we will take steps to do something ourselves within the parameters of the law.", "It may mean creating (a) new law.\"", "CNN's Mark Morgenstein contributed to this report ." ]	[ "NEW: Utah questioning eight more Dept.", "of Workforce Services employees .", "AG Mark Shurtleff says the investigation into potential crimes \"needs to be swift\"\nHe says the list is \"like a hit list ... to put people at fear, to terrorize\"\nUtah Gov.", "Gary Herbert plans immigration round-table meeting for Tuesday ." ]	[ 18, 19, 21, 34 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Frigid temperatures threatened Florida citrus crops as much of the Southeast into plunged into the teens Monday morning.", "State capital Tallahassee had plunged to 16 degrees by 5:25 a.m.", "ET, while temperatures in the 30s or below could be found well south of Orlando.", "The cold made Florida cities like Winter Haven anything but.", "The National Weather Service issued a hard freeze warning that extended as far south as Lake Okeechobee.", "Normally immune to the cold of winter, temperatures in Miami barely got into the 40s on Sunday; normally, they'd be in the 70s.", "Share your cold weather stories, photos .", "But the biggest news about the big chill is coming from the northern part of Florida, where a hard freeze watch is in effect, CNN's meteorologist Bonnie Schneider said.", "That could be bad news for citrus trees that rarely survive when temperatures remain in the mid-20s or below for four hours or longer, according to Kristen Gunter, a spokeswoman for the association of companies that pick and process the oranges.", "Some groves in the northern part of the growing area sustained substantial damage Saturday night and Sunday morning, when temperatures dipped to 28 degrees or lower for at least six hours, said Andrew Meadows, spokesman for Florida Citrus Mutual, a group representing about 8,000 citrus growers in the state.", "It will take about five weeks to quantify the losses, he said.", "Florida citrus is a $9.3 billion industry.", "The state produces three-quarters of the United States' orange crop and 40 percent of the world's orange juice supply.", "\"[Sunday night] will be the night to watch, because if things don't go well, the entire economy will be affected, jobs could be lost if fruit on the ground cannot be harvested, workers will go elsewhere in the U.S., and Florida will lose,\" Gunter said.", "The citrus harvest is at its peak right now, she said, and workers are already grinding away seven days a week as it is.", "\"I'm not sure we can work any faster,\" Gunter said." ]	[ "Temperature in Tallahassee drops to 18 on Monday morning .", "Crops may have been damaged by 28-degree cold overnight Saturday and Sunday .", "Florida produces 40 percent of world's orange juice ." ]	[ 6, 9, 12 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Like a couple renewing their vows, U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron once again reaffirmed the \"special relationship\" between the United States and the United Kingdom during a joint press conference at the White House on Tuesday.", "Calling it an \"opportunity to renew the relationship with my partner, Prime Minister Cameron,\" Obama also claimed the U.S. has \"no closer ally, no stronger partner.\"", "\"We can never say it enough, the United States and the United Kingdom enjoy a truly special relationship,\" Obama said at that the start of the press conference calling the meeting a \"brilliant start as partners who see eye-to-eye on virtually every challenge before us.\"", "Cameron, on his first visit to the White House, had similar sentiments, saying the relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom is not just \"an extraordinary special relationship.", "\"To me, it is also an absolutely essential relationship if we are going to deliver the security and the prosperity that our people need.\"", "The two men appear serious about this commitment.", "In fact, Obama has used the term \"special relationship\" with only one other country, Israel.", "In addition to the formalities of the day, the president and first lady presented gifts to the prime minister and wife, Samantha, and their children.", "According to the White House, \"President and Mrs. Obama gave the Prime Minister and Mrs. Cameron a framed and signed color lithograph by Edward Ruscha titled 'Column with Speed Lines.'", "The First Lady gave Mrs. Cameron a gift basket including a baby blanket.", "Gifts for the children are a silver charm necklace featuring 8 White House charms for [Cameron's daughter] Nancy and a custom D.C. United Soccer jersey for [Cameron's son] Elwen.\"" ]	[ "Obama: \"The United States and the United Kingdom enjoy a truly special relationship\"\nObama has used the term \"special relationship\" with only one other country, Israel .", "Cameron describes the U.S.-U.K. link similarly, calling it \"an absolutely essential relationship\"" ]	[ 3, 6 ]
[ "(CareerBuilder.com) -- We all have our childhood icons.", "Some never seem to leave the spotlight and continue their careers in the public eye for decades, but others seem to disappear.", "Here are 10 examples of the latter, and how they've been making a living, post-stardom.", "1. Dominique Moceanu .", "Famous for: Her Olympic gold medal as part of the 1996 \"Magnificent Seven\" U.S. gymnastics team.", "What's she doing now? Moceanu, 28, has maintained her involvement with the sport that made her famous.", "According to her website, Moceanu teaches various gymnastics camps and is writing a series of children's books on the sport.", "Moceanu graduated from John Carroll University in Ohio in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in business administration.", "2. Brittany Daniel .", "Famous for: Starring as one-half of the Wakefield twins on the television series \"Sweet Valley High.\"", "What's she doing now? Daniel, 34, has maintained a relatively low-profile acting career since her days as Jessica Wakefield, making appearances in the film \"Joe Dirt\" and the TV series \"That 70s Show.\"", "Currently, she is an executive producer on the Style Network's popular reality series \"Ruby,\" which chronicles the weight-loss struggles of a Georgia woman.", "Daniel is a close friend of the show's star, Ruby Gettinger, and was a driving force behind the show's creation.", "3. Sean Duffy .", "Famous for: His role on MTV's \"Real World: Boston\" in 1997.", "What's he doing now? Duffy, 38, is running for U.S. Congress as a representative from Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District.", "The lawyer and district attorney for Ashland County, Wisconsin, also has six children with fellow Real World alum, San Francisco cast member Rachel Campos.", "4. Justin Guarini .", "Famous for: His second-place finish on the first season of \"American Idol.\"", "What's he doing now? Guarini, 31, was signed to RCA Records, but was dropped in 2003 after disappointing sales of his debut album, \"Justin Guarini.\"", "Since then, he has released two follow-up albums through his production company, Justice Entertainment.", "Guarini has been involved with various specials for \"American Idol\" and had a long-term stint hosting TV Guide Channel's \"Idol Tonight.\"", "5. Willie Aames .", "Famous for: His roles in '70s and '80s sitcoms such as \"Eight is Enough\" and \"Charles in Charge.\"", "What's he doing now? In the mid-90s, Aames, 49, found religion in a 12-step program and became a Christian minister.", "He spent the next eight years producing \"Bibleman,\" a faith-based video series.", "After filing for bankruptcy in 2008, Aames became a certified financial adviser in 2009 and began working at a Kansas City money-management fund in January 2010.", "His career as a CFA didn't last long.", "Aames reportedly took a job as part of Oceania Cruiseline's entertainment staff in March 2010.", "6. Evan Marriott .", "Famous for: Pretending to be a millionaire on the Fox network's 2003 dating series \"Joe Millionaire.\"", "What's he doing now? Marriott, 35, unsuccessfully attempted to stretch his 15 minutes of fame with a variety of low-budget film roles and appearances on TV shows such as \"Hollywood Squares\" and \"Battle of The Network Reality Stars.\"", "After withdrawing from the spotlight, Marriott returned to his real-life role as a construction worker.", "7. Rider Strong .", "Famous for: Playing Shawn Hunter in the '90s sitcom \"Boy Meets World.\"", "What's he doing now? After his role ended in 2000, Strong, 30, entered academia.", "In 2004, he graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University with a degree in English, and in 2009 he received a master of fine arts degree from Bennington College in Vermont.", "He is currently pursuing a directing career with older brother Shiloh.", "In 2008, their short film \"Irish Twins\" appeared at film festivals including TriBeCa, Radiance, Los Angeles International and St. Louis and won various awards.", "8. Vincent Angelo LaRusso .", "Famous for: His role as hockey player Adam Banks in \"The Mighty Ducks\" trilogy.", "What's he doing now? LaRusso, 31, graduated with a business degree from Boston University's school of management in 2000.", "Since then, he's had minor roles in independent films and is reported to have been seen working as a waiter and bartender in both Boston and Los Angeles.", "9. Kellie Martin .", "Famous for: Starring as Becca on the television series \"Life Goes On.\"", "What's she doing now? Martin, 34, had a stint on \"ER\" from 1998-2000, but left to finish her studies at Yale University.", "In 2001, Martin graduated from Yale with a degree in art history.", "Since then, she has appeared in various Lifetime network and made-for-TV movies.", "In 2009, she made a guest appearance on \"Grey's Anatomy\" and recently had a cameo appearance on ABC's \"Private Practice.\"", "10. Jonathan Knight .", "Famous for: His part in the singing group New Kids on The Block .", "What's he doing now? Knight, 36, was never one for the spotlight, and after New Kids on The Block broke up, he left the entertainment industry to pursue a real-estate career in Massachusetts.", "Although he initially resisted, in 2008 Knight joined the rest of his former band-mates to announce a reunion.", "They have since released a comeback album and have national tour dates scheduled throughout the summer, though Knight continues to work in real-estate.", "&copy CareerBuilder.com 2010.", "All rights reserved.", "The information contained in this article may not be published, broadcast or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority." ]	[ "How some childhood icons are now making a living .", "Brittany Daniel of \"Sweet Valley High\" TV show is producing \"Ruby\" -- about woman's weight loss .", "New Kids on the Block's Jonathan Knight still sings, but also sells real-estate .", "Joe Millionaire's Evan Marriott has left TV and returned to job in construction ." ]	[ 0, 8, 10, 12, 29, 32, 49, 51 ]
[ "London, England (CNN) -- Turkey has reacted angrily to a U.S. congressional panel decision to pass a resolution calling the 1915 killing of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey a genocide.", "Turkey recalled its envoy to the United States and condemned the narrow 23-22 vote in favor by the House Foreign Affairs Committee recommending that the US recognize the killings as genocide.", "Here two experts on Turkey -- Dr Katerina Dalacoura, lecturer in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Fadi Hakura, Turkey Analyst at Chatham House, a London-based think tank -- explain why this is such an emotional issue for the country.", "Why is this a sensitive issue for Turkey?", "Dalacoura: It has always been a sensitive issue... Turkey has always refused to accept that it was a planned event.", "They argue that genocide only applies if it was a plan to exterminate people.", "Hakura: Turkey says \"yes, Armenians did die,\" but disputes the historical definition as a genocide...", "It says they died in war, of disease, from the general chaos at the time, but the deaths were not part of a deliberate systematic plan to eliminate the Armenians.", "They say that intention is an important part of genocide.", "Why did the House Foreign Affairs Committee vote on this now?", "Hakura: On April 24 each year the president of the U.S. makes a traditional statement commemorating the 1915 killings and I suspect the timing of this is related to that.", "Could this harm US-Turkey relations?", "Hakura: If the resolution was passed then it could cause lasting damage... although this is not the first time the two countries have been through this.", "In 2007 the recommendation vote was 27-21 so the vote has narrowed this time.", "Hillary Clinton (U.S. secretary of state) says that passing the resolution would damage U.S./Turkey relations, although I think this is a fig leaf and the real reason is U.S. national security.", "Turkey is militarily important to the U.S.... it has a military base at Incirlik and in February several senior defense staff signed a letter asking for the resolution to be withdrawn.", "Dalacoura: U.S.-Turkey relations have been going through a relative low in the last few years... there is less warmth in the relationship, but the relationship has been strong for a decade and is very strong on a variety of issues and Turkey will deal with it now.", "Do any countries recognize the killing of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey in 1915 as genocide?", "Hakura: Twenty countries do, including France, Germany, Sweden and Canada.", "Ronald Reagan in 1981 is the only U.S. president who asked for the killings to be called a genocide.", "What is the public opinion in Turkey regarding the Armenian massacre?", "Dalacoura: Relations between the military and the government is the key issue for many Turks, I think this (Armenia massacre) is a secondary issue.", "Hakura: Turkey is becoming more and more liberal... genocide is no longer a taboo word when it comes to talking about Armenia and things have been progressing, but the population does not like foreign powers defining their history, it generates a lot of misgivings.", "Could this reverse the tentative measures Turkey and Armenia have taken to normalize relations?", "Dalacoura: It depends on how profound the event is... although it is one of many events.", "The relationship with Turkey is a new one and the Turkish government has invested in it." ]	[ "Analysts explain why 1915 killing of Armenians remains emotive issue .", "\"Turkey has always refused to accept that it was a planned event,\" says Katerina Dalacoura .", "\"Turkey is becoming more liberal... genocide is no longer a taboo word,\" said Fadi Hakura ." ]	[ 4, 22 ]
[ "(CNN) -- \"I hate my dreams.", "They're so ... infantile.\" Heaven knows what artist Laurie Anderson would make of Christopher Nolan's first film since \"The Dark Knight,\" but if audiences don't go for it, we're more likely to hear a different complaint: It's just too darned complex.", "A spectacular fantasy thriller based on Nolan's own original screenplay, \"Inception\" is the smartest CGI head-trip since \"The Matrix.\"", "The premise is so out-there, it requires not just a leap of faith but also too much screen time to explain, so do yourself a favor and pay attention.", "Leonardo DiCaprio is Cobb, an \"excavator,\" who digs around in people's subconscious while they're catching some zzzzs.", "This act of infiltration is \"not strictly legal\"; the motive is not therapeutic but espionage and theft.", "It's also not a solo operation.", "To do the job properly requires an \"architect,\" basically someone to design an appropriate dreamscape, something vivid and detailed enough to keep the dreamer's defenses down.", "Depending on the complexity of the project, it might also require a \"burglar,\" a \"chemist\" and preferably someone on the outside to administer a well-timed wake up call.", "Cobb's partners include Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt); a newbie, Ariadne (Ellen Page); Yusuf (Dileep Rao); and Eames (Tom Hardy).", "Their client, Saito (Ken Watanabe), wants more than access to a rival industrialist's grey matter; he requires Cobb to plant an idea in there that will dismantle an entire conglomerate.", "As if that weren't hard enough, Cobb is also plagued with keeping his own demons at bay, in the form of an angry dead wife (Marion Cotillard).", "DiCaprio evidently hasn't got \"Shutter Island\" out of his system yet.", "A kind of meta-heist movie, \"Inception\" evokes Philip K. Dick's cerebral sci-fi, the exploration of alternate states of consciousness, memory and fantasy.", "But these are also Nolan's themes, familiar from the amnesiac noir of \"Memento\" and the many, varied mind-games practiced by the warring magicians in \"The Prestige\" as well as the psychological warfare between Batman and his adversaries (fans of that series will recognize several familiar faces popping up here).", "\"An idea is like a virus,\" says Cobb, and that idea too might have been born in Gotham City or in the rabid enthusiasm that greeted \"The Dark Knight.\"", "Like \"Memento\" and \"The Prestige,\" \"Inception\" is constructed as a box of tricks.", "Ariadne (who helped Theseus slay the minotaur in Greek mythology) devises labyrinths that are also escape hatches, and that metaphor of the maze runs through \"Inception,\" which is itself a puzzle to be navigated by filmmaker and audience alike.", "In the course of probing his subject's subconscious, Cobb escorts him into a dream-within-a-dream-within-a-dream.", "If it's a little disappointing that each level plays out as a straight-up action thriller (this guy really should get out more), the rules of this game are delightfully devious.", "iReport: Share your review of \"Inception\" He has a tendency to over-complicate, but nobody bends time more ingeniously than Nolan.", "Three minutes in one dream might correspond to an hour in the next, and both transpire in a matter of seconds up in the real world.", "Gloriously, real world physics are refracted in the dream zones -- gravity just drops out like a faulty signal -- and if the dreamer starts to stir, the universe crumbles.", "(The Big One: the ultimate Angeleno nightmare.)", "It certainly hasn't escaped Nolan's attention that this dream life functions as a metaphor for the movies.", "Ariadne is a production designer, Cobb an actor-director.", "Extras in the dream -- ordinary passers-by -- are known as \"projections,\" and they become hostile if they suspect that someone is messing with their reality.", "\"Inception\" only dabbles in the art of perception.", "For all its layering, the movie's depth remains on the surface.", "But with its grand, clanging Hans Zimmer score, its immense, dazzling effects and audacious storytelling, it's the summer's best bet to bust the blocks." ]	[ "\"Inception\" is a spectacular fantasy thriller based on director Christopher Nolan's screenplay .", "Leonardo DiCaprio digs around in people's subconscious while they dream .", "\"Inception\" is the summer's best bet to bust the blocks ." ]	[ 2, 4 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Many Zune owners successfully revived their failed music players Thursday morning, while others were still unable to overcome a leap year-related glitch that caused thousands of the devices to simultaneously stop working on New Year's Eve.", "Microsoft issued the first Zune portable music player in 2006 to compete with the iPod.", "\"Mine is back up and working as of a minute ago!", "Thanks Zune Team,\" a user named \"blcknwhte\" posted at 9:19 a.m.", "ET on the Zune Web site's forum.", "\"I'm glad things are back to normal but this was a major inconvenience,\" posted someone named JaximFlash.", "\"I have 2 Zune 30s and I had made a playlist of songs to play during a New Year's Eve party.\"", "Microsoft Corp., maker of the Zune, said a bug in the internal clock driver, related to the way the device handles a leap year, caused the malfunction in older Zune 30GB models.", "Matt Akers of the Zune Product Team wrote Wednesday on Zune.net that the problem should resolve itself after 7 a.m.", "ET Thursday.", "The Zune support page says users should allow the internal battery to fully drain, then recharge by connecting the Zune to a computer or AC power after noon GMT (7 a.m.", "ET) on New Year's Day.", "\"Once the battery has sufficient power, the player should start normally.", "No other action is required -- you can go back to using your Zune!\"", "the site says. But some Zune owners still reported problems rebooting their MP3 players Thursday.", "\"It's 9:15 a.m. [ET] and my Zune is looking just like it did yesterday,\" posted one user.", "\"Went through the proper steps and still no go.", "Anybody have any ideas?\"", "\"Mine doesn't work either, and yes, I can read and follow instructions.", "I did so three times,\" posted another Zune owner at 10:17 a.m.", "ET. \"I then called tech support, they told me to charge it for 3 hours, and if that didn't work to call them back.\"", "The mysterious problem surfaced late Tuesday and early Wednesday as Internet message boards were flooded with complaints about Zunes freezing, prompting Y2K-like speculation about end-of-year hardware or software problems.", "\"It seems that every Zune on the planet has just frozen up and will not work,\" posted a Mountain Home, Idaho, user on CNN's iReport.com.", "\"I have 3 and they all in the same night stopped working.\"", "Another iReporter said he was working the night shift at a Toys R Us store in Puerto Rico when his Zune player and the Zunes of four co-workers all failed about 1:30 a.m.", "ET Wednesday.", "iReport.com: They all froze up .", "\"It froze and there was no way to turn it off so you just have to wait until the batteries went dead.", "You can't push any buttons or anything,\" Carlos Colon told CNN.", "Some Zune users dubbed the crisis \"Y2K9\" or \"Z2K9,\" a reference to New Year's Eve and concerns over potential widespread computer failures on January 1, 2000 -- fears that proved unfounded.", "Microsoft says it will keep users posted via the tech-support page on http://www.zune.net/en-us/support/zune30.htm.", "Microsoft released its first Zune 30GB music player, a competitor to Apple's popular iPod, in 2006.", "No widespread glitches have been reported this week in its second-generation 80GB or 120GB models." ]	[ "NEW: Some owners were able to restart their Zune music players Thursday morning .", "Microsoft on Wednesday said problem should resolve itself after 7 a.m.", "ET Thursday .", "Users should allow internal battery to fully drain, then recharge, Web site says .", "Thousands of older 30GB Zune players froze simultaneously late Tuesday ." ]	[ 0, 4, 8, 10, 14 ]
[ "New York (CNN) -- A leading opponent of a proposed mosque and community center near Ground Zero is asking a question that looms as large as the towers that stood nearby less than nine years ago: \"Why there?\"", "Pamela Geller, a conservative blogger who leads a group called Stop the Islamicization of America, posed the question on CNN's \"American Morning\" Wednesday.", "\"We feel that it is a cemetery and sacred ground and the dead should be honored,\" Geller said.", "\"To build a 13-story mega mosque on the cemetery, on the site of the largest attack in American history, I think, is incredibly insensitive.\"", "Those for and against the proposed mosque butted heads during a passionate three-hour hearing of New York's Landmarks Preservation Commission Tuesday night.", "Officially, the hearing was a forum for testimony on whether the building at 45-47 Park Place, near Ground Zero, is worth preserving.", "The structure dates back to the late 1850s.", "Preservation Commission spokeswoman Elisabeth de Bourbon said the building housed the headquarters of the Merck pharmaceutical company in the 1920s and in more recent years served as a discount clothing store.", "She said she was not sure what the current owner -- the Muslim outreach group the Cordoba Initiative -- has been doing with the building, but people attending Tuesday night's meeting said it was being used for prayer services.", "The commission is expected to vote in August on whether to grant the structure landmark status, even though the Community Board of lower Manhattan said earlier this month the building wasn't architecturally significant enough to merit the designation.", "De Bourbon said landmark status alone would not prevent the Cordoba Initative from making alterations to the existing structure or making it into an Islamic cultural center.", "While the designation is designed to preserve the exterior appearance of a building in New York, it does not restrict the use of a building, nor does it prevent a property owner from adding on floors, she said.", "Even if the building on Park Place is declared a landmark, \"changes can be made to a landmark building with approval from the Landmark Preservation Commission,\" de Bourbon said.", "In fact, there are examples in New York where buildings with landmark status were drastically altered.", "The Hearst Magazine building, a modern 46-story skyscraper in Manhattan, rises out of a six-story Depression-era, Art Deco facade with landmark status.", "The original design was for a skyscraper, but construction came to a halt when the Great Depression hit.", "In the latter half of the 20th century, the Landmark Preservation Commission approved a plan to add on the modern skyscraper while preserving the original facade.", "Supporters of the Park Place preservation are opposed to a project by the Cordoba Initiative and the American Society for Muslim Advancement to build their mosque and community center so close to the site where the twin towers of the World Trade Center were destroyed by Islamist hijackers on September 11, 2001.", "The contentious nature of the hearing was expected, because if the commission rules the structure now at the site doesn't deserve the landmark status, the groups behind the project won't need any additional city permission to demolish the old building and move ahead with the mosque construction.", "Voices opposing the mosque dominated the hearing.", "\"It would be a terrible mistake to destroy a 154-year-old building in order to build a monument to terrorism,\" one woman said.", "Some at the hearing, including Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio, expressed suspicion about Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, who heads the Cordoba Initiative.", "Feisal was out of the country and did not attend the hearing.", "Lazio called for an investigation into its funding.", "\"We're asking for a delay in the process to get some answers,\" Lazio said.", "The heckling and intense nature of the hearing got to be too much for some participants.", "\"I'm ashamed to be an American today,\" said Rakif Gathwari, a Muslim-American, who reminded the crowd that people from many countries and religions died on September 11.", "\"I want to prove to this hall that I am a citizen,\" Gathwari said, holding up his passport.", "Some Muslim community leaders say the mosque could provide an opportunity for improving interfaith relations.", "\"We're saying Muslims have a legitimate role to play in the social fabric of this country,\" said Ibrahim Ramey, the director of the Human and Civil Rights Division of the Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation, on CNN's \"American Morning\" Wednesday.", "\"We are part of the interfaith mosaic of the United States.", "But more than that, I think this particular group of people in the Cordoba Institute can do a huge amount of good not only for Muslims in New York but also for interfaith relations throughout the country,\" Ramey added.", "The Cordoba Initiative says it aims to improve relations between Muslims and the West.", "\"The Cordoba Initiative hopes to build a $100 million, 13-story community center with Islamic, interfaith and secular programming, similar to the 92nd Street Y,\" its website says, referring to the cultural institution on the upper east side of Manhattan.", "The project calls for a mosque, a performing arts center, gym, swimming pool and other public spaces.", "CNN's Deb Feyerick, Julian Cummings, Ed Payne, Mark Morgenstein and Steve Kastenbaum contributed to this report." ]	[ "Emotions flare during a meeting of the Landmarks Preservation Commission .", "The commission's vote is expected in August .", "If the commission rules that the building is not worth saving, the mosque project can proceed .", "The mosque is to be built near the site of the destroyed twin towers ." ]	[ 17, 18 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- The Obama administration is preparing to announce new rules allowing some travel to Cuba, along with an expanded ability for Americans to send economic assistance, a senior U.S. official and congressional sources said Wednesday.", "According to two congressional aides briefed informally on the plans, the administration is expected to announce \"soon\" that it will essentially reinstate measures that were in place under the Clinton administration.", "Both aides stressed that the administration is still working through the details and legal language.", "\"It's a return to Clinton, plus some,\" one aide said, noting that President George W. Bush tightened restrictions on travel and cultural exchanges.", "The central component of the policy involves \"people to people\" exchanges that would allow academics, corporations, humanitarian groups and athletic teams to travel to Cuba.", "The administration is not lifting tourist travel limits or the strict trade restrictions currently in place but would promote cultural exchanges and programs with universities or allow U.S. farms to send assistance to Cuban farmers as part of the new rules.", "One of the aides who supports the changes stressed that the goal is to allow travel for people to help Cubans build their own economy and culture.", "The policy is \"to go down there, give a message of hope, to help the Cuban people forge their own future as they want, not necessarily as the way another government wants.\"", "In addition, the administration is planning to expand the policy it announced last year that allowed Cuban-Americans to send \"remittances\" or economic support to family members in Cuba.", "The new regulations would allow any U.S. citizen, as well as universities, churches and businesses, to send money or sponsor a partner in Cuba.", "There would be a cap on the amount of money that could be sent.", "The new policy would make it easier for universities, sports teams and businesses to set up exchanges.", "The State Department would shift its current policy, which now denies visas for Cubans to travel to the U.S., to one that gives a \"presumption of approval\" unless a review discovers a problem with the request.", "Although the administration cannot change current travel restrictions without congressional approval, it does have the authority to loosen visa rules .", "The congressional aides expected the administration to unveil the changes through a statement by the president or the secretary of state, along with text of the new regulations.", "State Department spokesman Mark Toner said Tuesday that although he had nothing to announce, \"our overarching goal here is to encourage a more open environment in Cuba and increased respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.", "And, consistent with that objective, we've promoted measures to encourage the free flow of information and humanitarian items to the Cuban people.\"", "Likewise, White House Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton gave no details in response to reporters' questions Tuesday but added, \"the president is going to continue to do things that are in the best interest of the United States and that help to create a more democratic environment and expand freedoms for the Cuban people.\"", "CNN Senior State Department Producer Elise Labott contributed to this report." ]	[ "Sources say the administration will soon loosen rules regarding Cuba .", "The changes will affect some travel and Americans' ability to send economic assistance .", "The Bush administration tightened regulations that had been set by Clinton .", "One aide says, \"It's a return to Clinton, plus some\"" ]	[ 0, 3 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The Nevada State Board of Nursing has suspended the licenses of two nurses named by police in a criminal investigation of \"disrupted\" catheter lines at a hospital neonatal intensive care unit, the board's executive director said Wednesday.", "The two nurses, identified in board documents as Jessica May Rice and Sharon Ochoa-Reyes, have not been arrested or charged with a crime, but the nursing board found that the results of the ongoing police investigation warranted the license suspensions.", "Nursing board director Debra Scott said that Rice, a nurse for four years, and Ochoa-Reyes, a nurse for 19 years, worked at Las Vegas' Sunrise Hospital, where hospital officials and police had been investigating several incidents in which catheters had been \"disrupted.\"", "The incidents involved peripherally inserted central catheters, or PICC lines, Sunrise Hospital said in a statement last week.", "The specialized catheters provide long-term access to a vein and are used to provide nutrition, give medication or draw blood, the statement said.", "The hospital launched an internal review in February, concentrating on \"product performance and staff education,\" the statement said, and no disruptions were reported for several weeks.", "After another one occurred, the hospital retained a plastics engineer with an independent lab to evaluate the lines.", "The facility then discovered that another kind of catheter, an umbilical arterial catheter, also had been disrupted.", "Such catheters have a low failure rate, the hospital said.", "Hospital officials increased security and installed cameras as part of their review.", "They also contacted Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and regulatory agencies, including the Nevada State Board of Nursing and the state Department of Health and Human Services.", "There were two \"unexpected outcomes\" involving the infant patients at the unit, the hospital statement said.", "\"One patient required an additional procedure and is currently doing well,\" the statement said.", "\"The second patient remains in critical condition in the neonatal intensive care unit.\"", "Law enforcement officials notified the nursing board last month that Ochoa-Reyes and Rice were part of their investigation into the problems at Sunrise, Scott said.", "The board took quick action to suspend the women's licenses.", "According to the legal summary suspension of license documents, police found that the Sunrise incidents involved \"intentional patient harm.\"", "The documents for each nurse say the board found in both cases that the nurse violated the Nevada Nurse Practice Act, with those violations including engaging \"in conduct likely to deceive, defraud or endanger a patient or the general public.\"", "The board found that it \"would be a danger to the public health, safety or welfare\" for the nurses to have unrestricted licenses and that suspension of the licenses required emergency action.", "Accordingly, the board suspended the licenses.", "Attempts to reach Ochoa-Reyes and Rice Wednesday evening were unsuccessful.", "In all, 14 catheters were \"disrupted\" at the neonatal intensive care unit, the hospital said.", "A hospital spokeswoman would not provide further comment Wednesday.", "Police were referring questions to the hospital." ]	[ "NEW: 1 baby is critical after catheters were \"disrupted\" in neonatal intensive care unit .", "NEW: Hospital conducted an internal review in February .", "NEW: Police have determined the incidents involved \"intentional patient harm\"\nHospital says 14 catheter \"disruptions\" are reported in unit ." ]	[ 5, 13, 16, 21 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A body found near where a California teen vanished last week on her way home from summer school was confirmed Wednesday to be that of 17-year-old Norma Lopez, a Riverside County Sheriff's Department spokesman said.", "The identification was made through dental records, according to Sgt.", "Joe Barja. Authorities are now treating the case as a homicide investigation, and are searching for any witnesses or information leading to a suspect.", "Barja declined to reveal the cause of death or reveal any injuries Lopez may have sustained.", "Lopez was last seen Thursday leaving summer class at Valley View High School in Moreno Valley, about 70 miles east of Los Angeles.", "She had planned to meet her younger sister and a friend at home.", "It is believed Lopez, who would have been a senior in the fall, took a short cut through a dirt field to reach the family's residence.", "Her sister contacted the police when Lopez never returned home.", "The body was discovered around 3 p.m. Tuesday, said Deputy Melissa Nieburger of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.", "Nieburger said the body was found about two miles from where Lopez vanished.", "Police are looking for a green \"SUV type vehicle\" that was seen driving away from the area at the time of Lopez's disappearance.", "CNN's Gabriel Falcon contributed to this report." ]	[ "Norma Lopez, 17, disappeared last Thursday .", "A body found Tuesday afternoon was confirmed Wednesday to be the missing teen .", "Police are now treating the case as a homicide investigation ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The mother of a missing Shreveport, Louisiana, girl said Tuesday that one of two men suspected in her daughter's disappearance spent time at their home, playing video games and hanging out with their family.", "Henry Lee was \"always very polite, very nice.", "We thought he was a very decent person,\" Karen White, the mother of missing 12-year-old Amber White, told HLN's \"Prime News.\"", "\"We would have never ever expected that he would have done something like this.\"", "Lee, 24, was arrested Monday on aggravated kidnapping charges, according to Shreveport police.", "A second man, Brandon Player, 19, was also arrested Monday in the case and charged with contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.", "White said Tuesday that Lee was an \"associate\" of one of her family's good friends.", "Police are searching for any clues into the whereabouts of Amber, who was last seen Sunday after she went to the neighborhood pool.", "However, it started raining shortly after she left her house, her mother said.", "\"My husband realized it was raining and he went down to get her and she was gone,\" Karen White said.", "Two witnesses told police they had seen her get into an Oldsmobile Cutlass, according to Shreveport police Sgt.", "Bill Goodin.", "The witnesses were able to provide authorities with a license plate number, and police tracked the car to Player.", "\"Through interviews and other information gathering, that ultimately led us to Henry Lee,\" Goodin told \"Prime News.\"", "Goodin said police don't believe an \"abduction\" occurred, but added that investigators aren't ruling anything out as they search for Amber.", "Karen White described her daughter as a good kid who never fails to check in with her parents.", "\"I think she was coerced to get into a car,\" White said.", "\"I don't think she did it on her own. The daughter that I know would not do something like this.\"", "Player has been released from police custody on bond.", "Lee remained in jail Tuesday night." ]	[ "Amber White, 12, was last seen Sunday heading to her neighborhood pool .", "Police in Shreveport, Louisiana, have arrested two men in her disappearance .", "One of the men knew White's family and spent time at Amber's home, mom says ." ]	[ 0, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- NASA said Wednesday that it is collaborating with recording artist Mary J. Blige to encourage girls and young women to pursue careers by studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics -- collectively known as STEM.", "A public service announcement featuring shuttle astronaut Leland Melvin and Blige will begin running this week on NASA TV and on the agency's website.", "The campaign is part of NASA's Summer of Innovation program, which also is working with Blige's Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now, the space agency said.", "The NASA program, part of the president's Educate to Innovate Campaign, started this summer with the aim of engaging middle school students in science-related activities during the summer break.", "Working with Blige's foundation provides \"a rare opportunity\" for it to reach \"communities not always readily accessible to us,\" Melvin said in a news release.", "\"Mary's presence can help NASA make the STEM message more appealing to these communities and increase the pipeline of underrepresented students going into these disciplines,\" he said.", "High school participants in Blige's foundation are working with the NASA Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Aerospace Academy project at York College of the City University of New York, the space agency said.", "In addition to being prepared to deliver NASA content to middle school students this summer, they will have the opportunity to support the NASA academy's fall academic session as student aides for grades one through nine, it said." ]	[ "NASA collaborating with recording artist Mary J. Blige .", "A public service announcement begins running this week on NASA TV .", "The collaboration encourages women to reach for the stars ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "Porter Holder vividly remembers the day in 1998 when he left a U.S. Department of Agriculture loan office in Oklahoma empty-handed.", "He had applied for a low-interest USDA loan to help keep a farm in family ownership.", "He says he expected his application to be accepted.", "He had kept his debt at a minimum and developed a plan for supplementing his income.", "He believes he was turned down because he's Native American, a member of the Choctaw tribe.", "\"The day I walked out of there, I knew why he denied me,\" Holder said.", "In 1999, He joined other Native Americans in a class-action lawsuit that accused the USDA of discriminatory lending over a 25-year period.", "USDA loans can be used for purchasing land, livestock, equipment and other operational items.", "The lending practices of USDA regional offices have cost Native American farmers hundreds of millions of dollars in potential revenue, their lawyers said, although they added that it's a hard number to estimate because of how many farmers may have been affected.", "The attorneys say their expert witness, agricultural economist Patrick O'Brien, estimated that over 18 years, Native American farmers received only half the loans they could have expected to obtain.", "As a result, many saw their farms foreclosed on and their fields lying fallow.", "A recent settlement on behalf of African-American farmers gave Native Americans hope that their case will also be resolved in their favor.", "Individual black farmers could receive $50,000 each as a result of the case, known as Pigford II.", "According to the 2007 Census of Agriculture, there are about 60,000 Native American farmers in the United States -- double the number of African-American farmers.", "The vast majority of Native American farmers work on family-operated farms.", "Holder lives on 320 gently rolling acres in Oklahoma, where he raises cattle.", "His primary source of income is work as a blacksmith, shoeing horses in his community.", "With the right amount of financial help, he said, his life could have been different.", "\"I could have been a rancher,\" he said.", "\"That's what I wanted to do.\" Holder said regional USDA offices repeatedly denied him access to loans.", "In one instance, he said he was told to \"go see [his] tribe.\"", "After the regional office denied him a loan at 4 percent interest, Porter said he received an 8 percent interest loan through a private bank.", "He purchased the acres he lives on now, but he said the high interest has put a strain on his finances.", "\"If it was fair, I would be in a different place,\" he said.", "\"I am thankful to be where I am, don't get me wrong, but I would be in a different place.\"", "The Native Americans' lead counsel, Joseph Sellers, said the USDA loans are vital to the existence of Native American farmers.", "\"The precondition to getting these kinds of loans is the USDA is regarded as the lender of last resort,\" he said.", "\"So the people who get these loans have already demonstrated that they can't get loans at two commercial lending institutions.", "So if they don't get credit from the USDA, they get credit from no one.\"", "O'Brien, formerly with the USDA research service, agreed, saying that USDA loan programs were \"limited to operators who cannot obtain sufficient credit at reasonable rates elsewhere but who would be able to operate viable farm businesses if USDA made the loan(s) in question.\"", "Claryca Mandan says farming is in her blood.", "Her family was named its county's Farming Family of the Year in 1968.", "She says credit became almost impossible to get around the time she married her husband, Keith, in 1979.", "Like Holder, she is Native American and said she remembers when the loan practices of her local USDA office took what she called \"an aggressive stance.\"", "Mandan, who was a borrower from the USDA for years, is now a plaintiff in the lawsuit against it.", "\"It became apparent we were receiving different treatment,\" she said.", "\"We were given loan amounts that were lesser than we already requested, and we were encouraged to buy the oldest machinery instead of stuff adequate and [the] equivalent to white farmers.", "We started to receive a lot of resistance from the local county staff.\"", "Mandan said the regional office's stance toward lending was aimed not only at putting Native American farmers at a disadvantage, but at benefiting their non-Native American counterparts.", "Many Native American farms are on land -- usually in reservations -- that the federal government holds in trusts for the benefit of future generations.", "The land falls under tribal government authority, but Mandan charged that as more Native American farms defaulted on loans from the government, more farms were offered by the federal government for purchase to farmers who were not Native Americans.", "A 1997 report from a civil rights action team to the USDA on the treatment of minority farmers generally, cited in the lawsuit, said that as minority farmers were unable to afford their lands, \"The land is lost finally and sold at auction, where it is bought by someone else at half the price being asked of the minority farmer.", "Often it is alleged that the person was a friend or relative of one of [the USDA's Farm Service Administration] county officials.\"", "The Mandans are members of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, also known as Three Affiliated Tribes.", "The couple still resides on land that was allocated by the Dawes General Allotment Act of 1887, which aimed at settling Native American tribes and turning them into farmers and ranchers.", "Mandan, who now works as a Native American credit outreach counselor, said she and her family struggled without access to affordable credit.", "After she failed to secure a USDA loan, the Mandans raised four children in a two-bedroom mobile home for 12 years.", "Without proper loans, she said, she couldn't afford a larger home.", "It wasn't until 2007 that she moved her family into what she felt was adequate housing, purchased through a local housing authority.", "Ultimately, Mandan said, they won't be able to hand down working farms to their children.", "\"We aren't able to pass on farms with buildings and irrigation.", "A lot of us just have the bare land with fences.", "Many of us don't even have buildings,\" she said.", "\"Many of us just finally achieved standard housing.", "For this to be happening in the U.S. today, with an agency that was supposed to fund us equally, is just wrong.\"", "Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a recent statement to CNN that the USDA is \"committed to resolving allegations of past discrimination because we are intent on ensuring every farmer and rancher is treated equally and fairly.", "We have made significant progress on addressing USDA's civil rights record to close this chapter in the department's history.\"", "USDA officials told CNN that they are in settlement discussions with Native American farmers and that they are putting the final touches on a plan that would turn the page on the discrimination claims by Hispanic and women farmers, as well.", "\"We want to put this behind us and focus on the future,\" a USDA official said.", "\"We want to make sure we have a strong foundation moving forward.\"", "Farmers such as George Keepseagle, for whom the case is named, have seen the years pass since the lawsuit was filed.", "In the 12 years that he and his wife, Marilyn, have been plaintiffs in the case, his health has deteriorated significantly because of stress, he said.", "Keepseagle, who is 70, was forced to sell his farm years ago.", "The couple now lives on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota and said they want to change the way the USDA services loans to minority communities.", "They said they are optimistic, but Marilyn admits that George has misgivings.", "\"He worries a lot.", "He worries more than I do,\" she said.", "\"I support him, I encourage him, I tell him it's not the end of the world and something good should come out of this.\"", "For Porter Holder, the lawsuit isn't about the money; it's about the future for his four young daughters.", "\"I hope to see fairness in Oklahoma,\" he said.", "\"I hope to see that it doesn't matter, the color of your skin, or nationality, if you're trying to make a productive living.", "This goes back to 1700; some things just don't change -- it's time.\"" ]	[ "Native American farmers say USDA loan practices were discriminatory .", "Recent African-American farmers' settlement gives them hope their lawsuit will be settled .", "Lawyers say Native American farmers need government loans to sustain their businesses .", "USDA official: \"We want to put this behind us and focus on the future\"" ]	[ 11, 25, 58 ]
[ "Mosul, Iraq (CNN) -- The last U.S. brigade combat team in Iraq has left the country, a move that helps U.S. President Barack Obama reach his goal of 50,000 troops in the country by September 1.", "Their departure leaves about 56,000 U.S. troops in the country, according to the U.S. military.", "Capt. Christopher Ophardt, spokesman for the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, said the last of the 4,000 members of the unit crossed the border into Kuwait early Thursday.", "A few hundred members stayed behind to finish administrative and logistical duties but will fly out of Baghdad later Thursday, Ophardt said.", "Much of the brigade departed more than a day ago, but the announcement was delayed for security reasons.", "Tell us how the Iraq War has affected your life .", "Their departure comes more than seven years after U.S. combat forces entered, though their departure does not signify the end of all U.S. combat forces in the country.", "Another 6,000 U.S. troops must leave Iraq to meet Obama's deadline for the end of U.S. combat operations in the country and the beginning of Operation New Dawn, in which the remaining U.S. forces are expected to switch to an advise-and-assist role.", "A public information officer at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, said it will take a few weeks for all of the 4-2's members to return home.", "\"It is one flight at a time,\" she said.", "\"We are expecting most of them to be home by mid-September.\"", "As they prepared to depart, some soldiers laughed and some expressed relief at having survived multiple deployments.", "A few reminisced about having endured firefights and helping carry the bodies of buddies off the field of battle.", "Many said they would never forget the war.", "\"The first time you get shot at, it's just, I mean, it wakes you up,\" said Sgt.", "Terry Wetzel, the company's senior sniper.", "\"You think, before you come here, that you're an adult, that you're a grown man.", "But this place will change you.\"", "Wetzel said he was ready to go home.", "\"I feel like we have done as much as we can do here now.", "It's pretty much up to the Iraqi army and Iraqi police and their government,\" he said.", "\"We have helped them out as much as we can.\"", "\"We put our blood, sweat and tears since we've been here for 12 months and we know we did our job and we know it's not going to be in vain, but there's a lot of excitement right now,\" said Spc.", "Don Lanpher as he prepared to depart.", "\"We're keeping the promise that we've made when I began my campaign for the presidency,\" Obama said Wednesday in Columbus, Ohio, where he was attending a Democratic fundraiser.", "\"By the end of this month ... our combat mission will be over in Iraq.\"", "Obama said that more than 90,000 U.S. troops have left Iraq in the past 18 months.", "\"And, consistent with our agreement with the Iraqi government, all of our troops will be out of Iraq by the end of next year,\" he said.", "Former U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker told CNN that the United States has plenty of work left to do in Iraq.", "\"Iraq is still at the beginning of the story of its evolution since 2003,\" he said, referring to the date of the U.S.-led invasion of the country.", "\"As tired as many Americans may be, this process is still just at its beginning.\"", "In fact, Iraq remains without a functioning government, electricity and other utilities are available only sporadically in the capital, and violence appears to be increasing.", "At least 48 people were killed Tuesday outside a military recruiting center in Baghdad.", "\"We're going to have to leave a large footprint behind, and this is not going away for us as an issue,\" he said.", "The State Department is preparing to leave much of that footprint.", "It will handle many of the responsibilities currently shouldered by the military, increasing its security contractors from 2,700 to nearly 7,000, sources said.", "They are expected to work with diplomats and police trainers in some facilities.", "The State Department has asked for an additional $400 million to cover the costs, though it was not clear they would get it.", "The State Department has asked the U.S. military to leave behind surveillance systems, about 50 bomb-resistant vehicles and a few dozen UH-60 helicopters, a military official said.", "Though they got a lot of what they wanted, the Pentagon said it could not give them all the helicopters because they are needed in Afghanistan, the official said.", "According to the Pentagon, 4,419 U.S. troops have died in Iraq.", "CNN's Jomana Karadsheh, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Adam Levine and Chris Lawrence contributed to this story ." ]	[ "The last U.S. brigade combat team has left Iraq .", "That leaves 56,000 U.S. troops in the country .", "Another 6,000 troops are slated to leave by September 1 .", "4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division crossed border into Kuwait ." ]	[ 0, 1, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- If masculinity could take the form of a 2-inch frosted cupcake, David Arrick would have the recipe.", "His New York cupcake company, Butch Bakery, is an anomaly in a world seemingly dominated by all things dainty and cute.", "Arrick refuses to serve the \"frilly, pink-frosted, sprinkles-and-unicorns\" variety.", "Instead, customers can proclaim their machismo with cakes made with beer, whiskey, bacon and crushed pretzels.", "\"It was born out of necessity and a love of buttercream,\" Arrick said of his 9-month-old business.", "Each Butch cupcake sits under a generous layer of frosting and a chocolate disc with a camouflage, wood grain, plaid, houndstooth or other \"manly\" pattern.", "Like a mixed-martial arts fight, Arrick's cupcakes can pack a serious punch.", "Six of his 12 varieties feature alcohol -- and customers feel the hit.", "\"The ones with alcohol are actually pretty potent,\" said David Barrineau, who ordered Butch cupcakes as a joke for the men and women in his advertising agency.", "\"The first one I tried ... it had wood grain on it.", "It definitely had whiskey in it,\" Barrineau said.", "\"I think we all got a buzz from these -- it was pretty strong!\"", "But can whiskey-infused cupcakes disguised in camo really transform cupcakes into macho fare?", "\"I think if you try them, you wouldn't have to ask,\" Barrineau said.", "Arrick said he doesn't think the average man would necessarily turn down a pastel, ladylike cupcake.", "\"Men like to eat,\" he said.", "\"I'm not saying I'm not going to go for a cupcake with a peony on it.\"", "But, if given the option, \"a guy is going to go for the one that has camo or plaid on it.\"", "The flour-and-frosting world seems a far cry from Wall Street, home to a major law firm where Arrick worked as an asset-backed securities attorney.", "But like many in 2007 and 2008, Arrick's career caved unexpectedly.", "\"I was laid off. I didn't know what I was going to do,\" he said.", "\"I'm 40 years old, I have student loans out the wazoo.", "What am I going to do?\" As Arrick looked around the streets of New York and mulled his options, he marveled how the city's vast array of bakeries and cupcake shops kept growing and making money during a recession.", "But all the cupcakes seemed too cookie-cutter.", "\"There's been a vacancy in the market with marketing toward men,\" he noticed.", "That's when the epiphany hit.", "Arrick liquidated his 401(k) and gambled $25,000 on the macho bakery of his dreams.", "Butch Bakery went from selling 40 cupcakes a week to 400 cupcakes a week -- all without a storefront.", "The bakery operates out of a commercial kitchen shared with other businesses and sells its manly confections online.", "While most cupcakes are, stereotypically, feminine or frilly, Arrick is keenly aware that he himself is playing on stereotypes with his use of bacon, beer and in-your-face manly advertising.", "\"It's so tongue-in-cheek,\" Arrick said.", "Ironically, 95 percent of Butch Bakery's customers are women.", "Arrick said many are searching for creative gifts after exhausting cliche ideas such as neckties.", "Arrick has received order requests from around the world, including from troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.", "Kathryn Donaldson tried to place an order for her husband, who is stationed in South Korea.", "Donaldson said the Butch baked goods would be the perfect pick-me-up for soldiers overseas.", "\"The stuff we send them, it means a lot to them,\" Donaldson said.", "\"We can send them care packages and everything, but something like that is so much more special because it's so unique.", "We can't do the flavorings like rum and coke.", "We can't figure out how to make them taste like rum and coke.\"", "Butch Bakery delivers to Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn, but does not ship out-of-state.", "Arrick said his growth is limited by storage and oven space, but he hopes to start shipping orders outside New York by the end of this year.", "Arrick doesn't have a target date for setting up a storefront.", "But Barrineau, a loyal fan of the \"Tailgate\" cupcake, says he can already forecast the entrepreneur's future: .", "\"I think he would see a line of big, hairy men waiting in line for cupcakes.\"" ]	[ "Butch Bakery features flavors such as mojito, beer run and jackhammer .", "Founder David Arrick was an attorney for a Wall Street law firm before he was laid off .", "Most of Butch's customers are women ." ]	[ 18, 20, 31 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Using high-tech robotic cameras, a team of scientists is getting a rare first glimpse of marine life in the North Atlantic that could shed light on the ocean's ecosystem and climate to as far back as 1,000 years.", "Images of tulip-shaped sponges, brightly colored corals, delicate pink stars and feathery organisms were among the breathtaking marine life beamed up by a submersible robot that scoured the ocean bed at a depth of some 9,800 feet [3,000 meters] off the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland.", "The team, led by Fisheries and Oceans, Canada and including scientists from three Canadian universities and the Spanish Institute of Oceanography, is in the midst of a 20-day expedition to study 11 areas under the protection of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization.", "Exploring these areas is important because they contain the \"trees of the ocean,\" said Ellen Kenchington, research scientist with the Fisheries Department of Canada.", "She is among the lead scientists in the expedition.", "\"It's been really spectacular,\" she told CNN affiliate CTV from her office at the institute as pictures from the robot streamed on her computer.", "\"It's really changing our perception of the diversity that's out there.", "... We're seeing new species in deeper waters.\"", "Kenchington told the Montreal Gazette that scientists potentially can look at the coral's chemical composition and determine the temperature of the water and other data from 1,000 years ago.", "\"That's how we are able to say if there is warming or a change in climate direction,\" she said.", "\"In order to understand the present, we need to put it into context.\"", "Corals have been a highly successful life form for 250 million years.", "They are tiny animals and polyps that exist as genetically identical individuals and can eat, defend themselves and kill plankton for food.", "In the process they also secrete calcium carbonate, which becomes the basis for an external skeleton on which they sit.", "These calcified deposits can grow to enormous sizes over a long period of time and form coral reefs.", "The reefs are among the world's most productive ecosystems and can harbor more than 4,000 species of fish and many other marine life forms.", "Some estimates have suggested 20 percent of the world's coral reefs are already dead and an additional 24 percent are gravely threatened.", "In the week they have left in the expedition, Kenchington and her team hope to collect samples and video from the depths of the ocean to gain a new understanding of these corals as well as other marine life.", "The underwater robot, operated by crew aboard the Canadian Coast Guard ship Hudson, is enabling the crew to go about 500 meters deeper than they have before.", "Kenchington told CTV the research will also help them evaluate areas that are still too deep for current fishing technologies but could be accessible in years to come.", "\"This will enable us to give advice in the future about what types of organisms are in these areas before they're fished,\" she said." ]	[ "The scientists discovered deep-sea marine life that could shed light on the ocean's climate .", "Robotic cameras scoured the ocean bed at a depth of 9,800 feet off the Canadian coast .", "The research will also help evaluate if the protected areas should be further conserved ." ]	[ 0, 1, 19 ]
[ "Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- Indonesian Muslims have been praying in the wrong direction, the country's highest Islamic authority has said.", "The Indonesian Ulema Council told the country's Muslim populace in March to turn west when they offered their daily prayers.", "Muslims are supposed to face the Kaaba, the religion's most sacred site in the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.", "At the time, the council said that the direction of Kaaba from Indonesia laid to the west.", "Turns out, it didn't. Africa did. So, on Friday, the council issued a new edict: face northwest.", "\"After the first fatwa (edict) a few months ago that stated that the praying direction is west, we have announced that the correct direction for praying is indeed northwest, and we have issued a new fatwa (edict) to correct it,\" said Ma'ruf Amin, the head of fatwa division in the Indonesian Ulema Council.", "\"This is important because facing west will mean that people were facing Africa when they pray,\" he said.", "Amin said the new edict does not mean that mosques in the country will need to be torn down.", "\"They (those praying inside) just need to adjust their praying direction slightly,\" he said.", "Some residents of the world's most populous Muslim country took the change in stride.", "\"I don't really worry about the praying direction,\" said Riza Irwansyah, an office worker in Jakarta.", "\"The important thing is I prayed to Allah and I believe He will listen, no matter which way I'm facing.\"" ]	[ "Earlier edict from Islamic council had Muslims facing west, where Africa lays .", "New edict corrects direction to northwest .", "Muslims are supposed to face the Kaaba in Saudi Arabia when they pray ." ]	[ 2, 3, 4, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- President Barack Obama and his family begin a week-long vacation in Martha's Vineyard on Friday -- the president's second time on the island off the coast of Massachusetts.", "In 2009, Obama spent time there golfing and hanging out with family and friends.", "\"It's a beautiful part of the country.", "It has really nice beaches and the folks are really great,\" Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton told reporters Thursday.", "\"The food is terrific.", "And it's some place that the president went before he was president and likes to go back because it's a comfortable place where he can rest and recharge the batteries a little bit.\"", "Some have questioned why the Obamas have chosen to go to an elite holiday spot in Massachusetts instead of the Gulf Coast, as Obama had encouraged Americans to help bolster tourism there.", "The first family -- minus eldest daughter Malia -- did visit Panama City, Florida, August 14-15, however.", "There, the Obamas swam in the Gulf of Mexico and played miniature golf, and the president met with business leaders about the BP oil spill and its effect on the region.", "Burton said this vacation, which will last 10 days, will also include some work.", "\"Well, he'll continue to get his intelligence briefings, and he'll also be getting briefings on the economy and other issues as they come up,\" he said.", "\"But as any of you guys who have covered these vacations before know, there's other things that come up and he'll obviously attend to those as necessary.\"", "The island, a vacation spot of the rich and famous, was a favorite getaway for another Democratic president as well: Bill Clinton, who spent plenty of time there.", "George W. Bush, however, preferred to unwind at his ranch in Crawford, Texas." ]	[ "Critics question why Obama did not choose the Gulf Coast .", "White House says the getaway will be a working vacation .", "Clinton too preferred the island; Bush opted for his Texas ranch ." ]	[ 0, 13 ]
[ "(CNN) -- An Arizona prison escapee and his alleged accomplice appeared in court Friday afternoon after a tip from an observant forest service staffer led to the pair's arrests, ending a three-week manhunt.", "An Apache County judge read a lengthy list of felony charges to a quiet John McCluskey, 45, who was wearing an orange-and-white striped jail uniform and was flanked by sheriff's deputies.", "He faces three counts of kidnapping, two counts of escape in the second degree, two counts of armed robbery, two counts of aggravated assault with a dangerous/deadly weapon and two counts of misconduct involving weapons.", "McCluskey's brief, initial court appearance was immediately followed by one for Casslyn Mae Welch, 44, who faces similar but fewer charges.", "Welch sat before the judge in a bright green uniform, barely audible in the virtually empty courtroom.", "Bail was set at $1 million for each, and the next set of hearings was scheduled for August 27.", "McCluskey and Welch were arrested late Thursday at a campground on the edge of Apache and Sitgreaves National Forests in Springerville, Arizona, U.S.", "Marshal David Gonzales said Friday.", "They have been linked to a supremacist group, Gonzales said.", "Welch, who allegedly helped McCluskey escape, had agreed to be a police informant but failed to stick to her agreement, Gonzales said.", "A forest service employee noticed an unattended fire at a campsite and spotted a suspicious car backed into some trees, authorities said.", "The U.S. Forest Service is not identifying the employee, said Apache County Sheriff's Deputy Brannon Eager.", "A license plate check determined it matched the description of one recently stolen in New Mexico, near where a couple was murdered.", "McCluskey and Welch are suspected in the killings of the couple, whose bodies were found in their burned camper this month, according to authorities.", "A SWAT team from the Apache County Sheriff's Department was called to the campground site, where they arrested McCluskey and Welch, Gonzales said.", "\"Once they felt they had the opportunity, they rushed in very quickly ... so they couldn't get to their weapons,\" Gonzales said.", "Authorities said Welch attempted to pull out a gun tucked in the small of her back, but SWAT members were able to stop her before the weapon was fired.", "McCluskey was lying down outside a dome tent and said later he should have fired at the deputies and the park ranger, Gonzales said.", "\"We were convinced that this would go down in a bloody shootout,\" Gonzales said of how law enforcement officials had anticipated the apprehension of the couple would take place.", "Apache County Sheriff Joe Dedman called the forest service staffer a \"true hero.\"", "\"He was out there doing his job,\" Dedman said at morning news conference.", "McCluskey, 45, was serving a 15-year sentence for attempted second-degree murder and other charges when he and fellow convicts Tracy Province and Daniel Renwick broke out of the prison July 30, allegedly with Welch's help.", "Province and Renwick are already in custody.", "Welch, who was on the visitation list for one of the inmates, threw cutting tools over a prison fence to help the men escape, corrections officials said earlier this month.", "The hunt for McCluskey and Welch ranged from the Southwest to western Montana, and along the border with Canada, marshals said.", "Renwick, 36, was captured August 1 in a shootout with police in Rifle, Colorado.", "He was serving 22 years for second-degree murder when he escaped.", "Province, 42, was caught August 9 in Meeteetse, Wyoming, near Yellowstone National Park after authorities were notified by a local resident who sat and talked with Province a day earlier on the steps of a church in town.", "He was serving a life sentence for murder and armed robbery.", "Renwick remains in the Garfield County, Colorado, jail on charges of attempted first-degree murder and eluding police, the U.S.", "Marshals Service said Sunday.", "Authorities are working to coordinate the transport of Province back to Arizona from Wyoming -- expected to occur within the next month, the marshals service said.", "Last week, a warden and a security official resigned their posts at the Arizona state prison where the three inmates escaped, a spokesman for the private company that runs the facility said Sunday.", "CNN's Ninette Sosa and Melanie Whitley contributed to this report." ]	[ "Judge sets bail at $1 million for each .", "Authorities said the pair had links to white supremacists .", "The suspects were arrested at an Arizona campground .", "McCluskey and Welch had been on the run since the end of July ." ]	[ 5, 6, 8 ]
[ "LAHORE, Pakistan (CNN) -- Angry protests are a common sight in Pakistan.", "Crowds often gather to denounce the United States or the Pakistani government, which critics accuse of being an American puppet.", "AntiTaliban protesters in Lahore.", "But in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore this week, several hundred protesters gathered on a scorching day to take on a very different target: the Taliban.", "\"I will fight them to my last breath and the last drop of my blood in my body.", "I'm not scared,\" vowed newspaper publisher Jugnu Mohsin.", "She was leading a crowd of several hundred students, artists, writers and others, chanting \"the Taliban is the enemy of Islam\" in Urdu.", "Public protests against the Taliban started cropping up in various Pakistani cities after a video emerged showing militants publicly flogging a teenage girl.", "The Taliban's recent declaration that the Pakistani government and judicial system are \"unIslamic\" has also outraged many educated Pakistanis.", "Neha Mehdi moved to Lahore to study.", "Now, she fears her way of life is being threatened by the Taliban.", "\"I cannot give up my education, and I cannot give up the way I'm living,\" the 23-year-old student said.", "\"These Talibans have ruined the reputation of Islam.\"", "\"There were threats here also from the Taliban that if we gather they might just bomb us,\" Mehdi said.", "Watch how the anti-Taliban movement is growing » .", "More than 250 miles away, Pakistan's military continued its assault against Taliban militants who want to impose a radical interpretation of Islamic law in the country's northwestern tribal regions.", "Pakistan's government recently signed a deal that would allow Islamic law, or sharia, in the tribal belt as long as the law was imposed in accordance with the country's constitution.", "Mehdi and others in Lahore fear that the Taliban's version of sharia -- which forbids girls from attending school, as well as music, poetry and dance -- is slowly creeping into Lahore, the center of Pakistani culture.", "\"Our way of life is being threatened,\" said Kamiar Rokni, a fashion designer who took part in the protest.", "\"And if we don't do anything about it, then you're just going to be sitting around and one day the way you live and what this country's all about is going to stand for nothing.\"", "Rokni said he fears the Taliban \"want to change the way we exist.\"", "Lahore may be hundreds of miles away from the Taliban-held areas outside Islamabad, but it is no stranger to militant attacks.", "\"Last year we lost 39 people in acts of terrorism and this year we have lost 17 people in Lahore alone,\" Lahore police Chief Parvez Rathore said.", "As he speaks, a heavily armed escort is one step behind the police chief even as he walks outside the walls of the city's police headquarters.", "In March, gunmen attacked a bus carrying the Sri Lankan national cricket team in Lahore, killing six Pakistani police officers and the team's driver.", "Weeks later, militants dressed in police uniforms stormed a police training center in the city, prompting an eight-hour stand-off with police.", "Eight cadets were killed during the March 30 siege, which the government blamed on Pakistan's Taliban.", "Police in Lahore said the attacks would not have been possible without local support.", "Residents say there is no doubt that the Taliban have support in Pakistan's second largest city.", "\"They're here in Lahore, this is the thing,\" said Jamal Rahman, who plays guitar for the Lahore-based band, \"Lal\" which means \"Red.\"", "\"Little groups of the Taliban are going around and intimidating people, causing fear, telling women to cover up and if they don't they'll shoot them.\"", "Rahman and his cousin, Aider -- who plays flute for \"Lal\" -- are using their music to rally society against what he says is a growing threat by the Taliban.", "\"We want to try to get people aware, and try to get people activated and motivated to fight against this militancy,\" he said.", "It is unclear if the protests and rallying cries from Rahman and the others in Lahore are the start of a mass movement or simply the swan song of Pakistan's wealthy, urban elite who could be the first to leave if the suicide bombers and insurgents succeed in further destabilizing the country.", "Either way, their message is a sign that more Pakistanis believe the Taliban's threat is directed at them, and not just a reaction to the so-called U.S.-led \"war on terror.\"", "Mehdi said she fears her life as a student could come to a violent end if the people of Lahore do not stand up to Islamic extremists.", "\"If the Taliban take over then I'll be on the road being flogged by one of them like they did in Swat and I don't want that,\" she said.", "Some Pakistanis are resorting to violence to defend their turf.", "More than 30 people were killed in the southern port city of Karachi this week as members of the city's Mahajir ethnic majority group engaged in deadly clashes with ethnic Pashtuns.", "The Taliban is a mostly Pashtun movement.", "The government in Karachi has issued a \"shoot on sight\" order to security forces, to try to maintain calm in the city.", "A week before the clashes erupted, a leader of the MQM political party, which represents the Mahajir community in Karachi, said his supporters would fight back against what he called the \"Talibanization\" of his city.", "\"You have to take the nasty decisions now,\" Haider Abbas Rizvi told CNN last week.", "\"You have to take effective measures to control these Taliban ...otherwise the Taliban will take over.\"" ]	[ "Protests in Lahore, Pakistan, against Taliban .", "Lahore residents say the Taliban has support in the Pakistan's second city .", "Students, artists, musicians fear their way of life at threat .", "Taliban is exerting influence in parts of Pakistan ." ]	[ 0, 10, 17, 28 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- The companies that have recalled more than half a billion eggs following a salmonella outbreak fell short of safety standards at their farms, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said Sunday.", "\"There's no question these farms involved in the recall were not operating with the standards of practice we consider responsible,\" Hamburg told CNN.", "She said \"about 1,000\" people have been sickened by a salmonella outbreak that federal regulators have traced back to two Iowa egg producers.", "One of those companies said Sunday it is \"devastated\" by the possible connection between its product and salmonella.", "Hillandale Farms of Iowa announced Friday it was recalling more than 170 million eggs.", "Another 380 million have been recalled by another Iowa producer, Wright County Egg, after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration linked the eggs to an outbreak of salmonella that has sickened hundreds of people nationwide.", "\"We are devastated that our eggs have been implicated in making people sick,\" Hillandale Farms, one of the largest U.S. producers, said in a statement issued Sunday.", "\"We have never had a product recall in our 45-year history, and it flies in the face of our mission to provide wholesome, nutritious food for the American public.", "We regret that anyone might have become ill, and the concern and disruption this has caused our customers.\"", "The eggs were shipped to 17 states across the country.", "The company said it would work with the FDA to review its \"every phase of our operation\" and fix any problems.", "Hillandale Farms said it shared \"a number of common suppliers\" with Wright County Egg, including a company called Quality Egg, which provided feed and young birds.", "Both Wright County and Quality Egg are owned by the DeCoster family, which has a string of agribusiness interests in the Midwest and Northeast.", "Those companies' records have come under new scrutiny since the recalls were announced earlier this month.", "In June, company owner Jack DeCoster admitted to 10 civil counts of animal cruelty in Maine after a nonprofit animal welfare group conducted an undercover video investigation and forwarded its findings to Maine animal welfare officials.", "Dr. Donald E. Hoenig, the Maine state veterinarian, said the allegations included keeping too many birds in case, failing to treat injured chickens or promptly remove dead animals and improper euthanization.", "Hoenig said DeCoster and his company agreed to a $25,000 fine and made a $100,000 payment to reimburse the state for future monitoring of the facility.", "In 1996, the Labor Department accused DeCoster of maintaining \"sweatshop conditions\" for migrant workers at its Turner, Maine, chicken farm, where then-Labor Secretary Robert Reich said workers risked salmonella by handling dead chickens and manure with their bare hands.", "The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined it $3.6 million.", "In January 2002, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission hit another DeCoster company with allegations that its supervisors sexually assaulted and harassed female employees, including some of whom were in the country illegally, and threatened to retaliate against them if they complained.", "The managers were fired for \"unrelated reasons,\" the EEOC said, and DeCoster agreed to pay a settlement of more than $1.5 million.", "And in 2000, Iowa's attorney general declared DeCoster a \"habitual violator\" of state environmental laws after a series of discharges of manure from his hog-farming operations.", "He paid a $150,000 penalty, had to build six concrete storage structures and his company was barred from expanding those operations.", "In a statement issued Sunday night, Wright County Egg said it was working with the FDA on the current recalls and defended its record.", "\"When issues have been raised about our farms, our management team has addressed them swiftly and effectively, working with recognized outside experts to identify and establish corrective measures for our operations,\" it said.", "\"We are approaching our work with FDA in the same forthright manner.\"", "While the recall involves hundreds of millions of eggs, they represent less than 1 percent of the 80 billion eggs produced in the United States each year, said Krista Eberle, director of the food safety program at the trade association Egg Safety Institute.", "\"This is one of the larger recalls that have happened,\" Eberle said.", "But she added, \"This is an extremely rare occurrence.\"", "CNN's Don Lemon, Sandra Endo and Matt Smith contributed to this report." ]	[ "FDA commissioner says \"about 1,000\" sickened by salmonella .", "Producer says it's \"devastated\" by outbreak .", "Hillandale Farms says it shared supplier with Wright County Egg .", "Wright County says managers addressed problems \"swiftly and effectively\"" ]	[ 5, 11 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The death toll from massive floods in Pakistan rose to 1,497 on Friday as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said the crisis is a \"slow-motion tsunami\" that is expected to grow.", "The number of homeless as a result of flooding has doubled to 4 million.", "Ban urged the international community to give more aid during a special fundraising meeting Thursday night.", "\"Make no mistake,\" he said.", "\"This is a global disaster, a global challenge.", "It is one of the greatest tests of global solidarity in our times.\"", "The U.N. secretary-general, who traveled to Pakistan last weekend to visit sites devastated by the disaster, said almost 20 million people need shelter, food and emergency care.", "\"That is more than the entire population hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami, the Kashmir earthquake, Cyclone Nargis, and the earthquake in Haiti -- combined,\" he said.", "Are you there? Share your photos and videos .", "The United Nations has already appealed for $460 million over the next three months, Ban said, and although donors delivered more than a half, the available resources are not sufficient to meet the needs on the ground.", "The European Commission has pledged 40 million euros ($51 million) since July 31 for the flood victims.", "It said it will mobilize an additional 30 million euros (about $38 million).", "\"This disaster is like few the world has ever seen.", "It requires a response to match,\" Ban said.", "\"Pakistan needs a flood of support.\"", "Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who also attended the General Assembly meeting, announced an additional $60 million in U.S. aid.", "The funds bring to $150 million the amount pledged to Pakistan by the United States.", "\"I want the people of Pakistan to know: The United States will be with you through this crisis,\" she said.", "\"We will be with you as the rivers rise and fall.", "We will be with you as you replant your fields and repair your roads.", "And we will be with you as you meet the long-term challenge to build a stronger nation and a better future for your families.\"", "Clinton urged other nations to help the nation meet its funding goals.", "Analysts have blamed \"donor fatigue\" for the delay in aid.", "Pakistan has been on a seemingly constant round of donor needs -- to revive its feeble economy, to fight the Taliban and to recover from the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2009 refugee crisis." ]	[ "U.N. chief calls Pakistan floods \"a global disaster\"\nThe number of homeless doubles to 4 million .", "Almost 20 million people need shelter, food and emergency care ." ]	[ 1, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A police chase through central Dallas, Texas, ended on the runways of Love Field after a man driving a stolen pickup truck crashed through the airport's gates Thursday afternoon, officials said.", "Police had tried to stop the truck on a nearby street after they realized it was taken during an aggravated robbery in Fort Worth, Texas, on Wednesday, Dallas police said in a statement.", "The driver refused to stop and the chase began shortly after 2:30 p.m.", "The man drove the silver Chevrolet through an airport gate and down one runway, drove across the taxiway to another and back in the opposite direction.", "\"Air traffic was suspended on that runway, however there were several plane[s] at the opposite end of the runway that the suspect began driving towards,\" the statement said.", "\"Supervisors monitoring the pursuit made the decision to terminate the pursuit by whatever means necessary so as to preserve the safety of the occupants of the planes.", "Officers were able to strike the suspect vehicle with their police car, causing it to spin out and ultimately come to a stop.", "The suspect was taken into custody shortly after that.\"", "A knife believed to have been used in the Fort Worth robbery was recovered in the truck, police said.", "The suspect was identified as Michael Laurence Brown, 46.", "Police said the suspect may be linked to other crimes.", "Charges in the airport incident will follow an initial investigation, police said.", "\"Although all major incidents such as this are reviewed to ensure all proper procedures were followed, it appears all the officers involved did an outstanding job to bring a dangerous pursuit to a safe end while getting a violent criminal off the streets,\" according to the police statement.", "Four commercial carriers and several general aviation companies use the airport, located just north of downtown Dallas.", "The chase shut down operations for about 10 minutes, forcing one arriving aircraft to delay its landing and holding departing planes on the ground, FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said." ]	[ "NEW: Police were worried suspect would try to drive into planes .", "Man crashes airport gates in Texas car chase .", "Chase shut down Love Field for about 10 minutes ." ]	[ 0, 7, 14 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Xe, the private security firm once known as Blackwater, has reached a $42 million settlement with the U.S. State Department over alleged export violations, a State Department official said.", "Darby Holladay, a State Department duty officer, said the civil settlement was reached Wednesday for 288 violations between 2003 and 2009, when the company personnel were guarding U.S. staff overseas.", "They involve the \"unauthorized export\" of defense articles and services to \"foreign end-users in multiple countries\" and \"false statements and misrepresentation or omission of material facts in information provided to the department.\"", "Also, Holladay said, there were violations \"of provisos or limitations on export licenses.\"", "But the violations, he said, \"did not involve sensitive technologies or cause known harm to U.S. national security.\"", "Xe is pleased with the settlement, which will allow it to continue to get government contracts.", "Company spokeswoman Stacy DeLuke also said the settlement \"will resolve outstanding allegations, continues external compliance oversight, and continues and improves compliance measures.\"", "\"Most violations occurred in training programs for U.S. or allied governments.", "The vast majority of the exports were eventually authorized\" and that \"most of these violations were committed when the company was undergoing rapid growth.\"", "She said that in reaching the resolution, \"a number of significant steps\" have been made \"to remedy the situation,\" including the replacement of senior management.", "In October 2008, Xe established an independent committee to oversee its compliance procedures.", "Blackwater's actions stoked controversy in Iraq and Afghanistan.", "An incident involving its personnel in 2007 left 17 Iraqi civilians dead in Baghdad.", "Blackwater lost its contract to guard U.S. staff in Iraq there after Iraq's government refused to renew its operating license.", "The company changed its name to Xe, and continues to receive multimillion-dollar contracts in Afghanistan.", "However, Afghan President Hamid Karzai is in the process of disbanding all private security firms in his country.", "CNN's Joe Sterling and Scott Spoerry contributed to this report." ]	[ "There were dozens of alleged export violations .", "There was no \"known harm to U.S. national security\"\nBlackwater lost its contract in Iraq after Baghdad incident ." ]	[ 3, 4, 13 ]
[ "(CNN) -- In this tech-saturated world, few things are more annoying than car navigation systems that yell at you for making a wrong turn.", "\"Re-CALC-ulating,\" the system says in that condescending robot voice, as if it is offended by having to rethink the route.", "\"Turn left at ... [sigh] ... recalculating ...\" Such interactions lead people to think GPS devices are nagging them, said Mark Gretton, chief technology officer of TomTom, a GPS maker.", "\"The main interaction you have with the device is a series of commands, so that starts the tone of the relationship right from the start,\" he said.", "\"It's 'Do this, do that, turn right.'", "\" And it doesn't help if the computer sounds snippy, he said.", "Despite advances in \"text to speech\" technology, current computer voices can still be socially tone deaf.", "Car systems are bossy.", "E-readers read to us aloud, but they don't know what they're reading, so Shakespeare can sound just like a monotone reading of a spreadsheet.", "None of them can get intonations, pauses or emotional context quite right.", "Farhad Manjoo, a tech columnist at Slate, compared the Amazon Kindle's reading voice, for example, to \"Gilbert Gottfried laid up with a tuberculin cough\" and \"a dyslexic robot who spent his formative years in Eastern Europe.\"", "So what gives? With more than a decade of voice research under our belts, why can't computers speak our language -- or at least sound a bit more human?", "Well, they're trying, tech researchers say, but these machines face a striking number of technological hurdles in their efforts to sound un-robotic.", "Complex speech patterns .", "The most obvious reason the computers have trouble is that human speech is almost infinitely complex.", "There are about 40 phonemes -- or basic sounds -- in the English language, but there are seemingly limitless combinations.", "To try to get computers on the right track, voice technologists record human actors reading all kinds of wacky sentences, which are designed to elicit as many phoneme combinations as possible.", "Computers store all these sentences in a database, chop them into sounds, and then remix them to make any possible combination of words.", "The result is intelligible, but it's not quite human.", "A super-high-quality computer voice might require 40 hours of voice recordings in order to sound nearly human, said Andy Aaron, a computer speech researcher at IBM.", "That's just for one voice, one accent.", "Computing power .", "Aaron said computers that have lots of voice data to pull from can sound, at times, nearly human.", "But the issue is that not every computer has an entire server farm waiting to process every sentence it would like to say.", "Mobile phones and GPS devices, in particular, just don't have enough computing power or storage space to thumb through mountains of voice files in order to sound as realistic as possible with current technology.", "The result: Corners are cut in the name of workability, and some of the nuances of the spoken language are lost, said Gretton of TomTom.", "This will improve as computers continue to get faster and able to store more data, he said.", "Parts of computer voices are also generated entirely from equations and models, not actor-read sounds.", "Those bits act as filler, and cut down on database sizes, too.", "Speak thy heart .", "Another major problem for talking computers is that it's somewhat difficult for them to replicate the sound of human emotion and inflection.", "This, however, is a major topic of speech research, and the technology appears to have made some strides.", "People who record the sentences that are the grist for computer speech sometimes are asked to read in different emotional states.", "Computers can pull from these sounds if they want to flip the pitch of a computer voice up at the end of a sentence, for example, in order to ask a question.", "Or they pull from higher frequencies to sound happy or excited.", "IBM Research has posted a demo of this on its website in order to show the differences between emotive and robotic computer voices.", "Take this example sentence: .", "\"These cookies are delicious.\"", "Listen to that sentence as read by a computer with no emotion.", "Here it is again, spoken by a computer using a system called Naxpres, which tries to take emotional cues into account.", "Notice that the voice perks up at the end, as if the computer is saying the cookies are \"de-LISH-ious.\"", "It makes some difference.", "Emotional context .", "But copying the sounds of human emotion is only half the battle.", "To really make computers sound more human, the machines have to understand what they're reading -- at least to some degree -- so that they know when to inflect.", "This part of computer science is much more challenging, said Aaron.", "Consider another sample sentence: .", "\"I say tomato, and you say tomato.\"", "Most people would have heard that line before, and would automatically pronounce \"tomato\" as \"to-mah-toe\" the second time, said Aaron, of IBM.", "But not a computer. \"How would the computer know that those two words are supposed to be pronounced differently?\"", "Aaron said.", "\"It's only real-world knowledge that can tell the computer that those two words are supposed to be pronounced differently.\"", "The same applies to emotions and inflections.", "It's difficult for a computer to know how to read a passage of text, and what emotions should apply.", "\"If you read a passage to somebody, you're obviously going to read it a way that does justice to the content,\" said Vlad Sejnoha, chief technology officer of Nuance, a company that develops speech technologies.", "\"If you're reading a technical report, you're probably not going to read it in a way that's much different from a computer, but if you're reading a poem, it's a different kettle of fish,\" he said.", "\"You're really trying to communicate a lot of emotional meaning through the pauses you introduce and through the pacing and such.", "That really requires a pretty deep understanding\" of language.", "'You want to punch them' As it turns out, the best computer voices may be those that sound exactly like the person who's listening.", "If a computer voice matches your mood, your speech patterns, your accent and your tonal range, you're less likely to be annoyed by it, researchers said.", "How well a computer voice matches the listener's mood is not just a matter of preference -- it's a matter of safety, said Clifford Nass, a Stanford professor who studies computer voices.", "In a 2005 study, Nass found that these emotional mismatches may actually be dangerous in driving situations.", "Sad drivers who get instructions from happy computer voices -- and happy drivers who listen to sad voices -- are more likely to have accidents, he said.", "The emotionally confused drivers are also less likely to be able to pay attention to the road.", "So, if you're having a groggy sort of morning, instructions from a GPS device that sounds like a caffeinated cheerleader might just push you over the edge.", "\"If you think about it, when you're happy, you want to be around happy people.", "But if you're sad, do you really want to hang around chirpy, happy people saying, 'Let's turn that frown upside down?'\"", "he said. \"No. You want to punch them.\"", "Sejnoha, from Nuance, said his company has developed a prototype computer voice system that listens to a person speak and then tries to mimic it.", "Gretton, from TomTom, said his company hasn't looked into matching drivers' emotions to the voices of their navigation systems yet.", "But one interim solution, he said, gives drivers many options when it comes to the voices of their computerized companions.", "TomTom offers a range of downloadable voices -- from the fictional Darth Vader and Homer Simpson to celebrities like the rapper Snoop Dogg.", "Users can also read a set of test sentences and have their own voices transferred into the GPS -- so that they're, in effect, bossing themselves around.", "Perhaps it's a little less tempting to yell at the computer if the computer sounds exactly like you do -- or as close as technology allows." ]	[ "Computers still don't sound human, even after years of research .", "But technologists are making some strides .", "IBM is trying to make computer voices convey emotion .", "Professor says we attribute human characteristics to computer voices ." ]	[ 5, 30, 31, 43, 62 ]
[ "(CNN) -- \"Lift Every Voice and Sing\" is an uplifting spiritual, one that's often heard in churches and popularly recognized as the black national anthem.", "Timothy Askew grew up with its rhythms, but now the song holds a contentious place in his mind.", "\"I love the song,\" said Askew, an associate professor of English at Clark Atlanta University, a historically black college.", "\"But it's not the song that is the problem.", "It's the label of the song as a 'black national anthem' that creates a lot of confusion and tension.\"", "The song and its message of struggle and hope have long been attached to the African-American community.", "It lives on as a religious hymn for several protestant and African-American denominations and was quoted by the Rev.", "Joseph E. Lowery at Barack Obama's presidential inauguration.", "After studying the music and lyrics of the song and its history for more than two decades, Askew decided the song was intentionally written with no specific reference to any race or ethnicity.", "Askew explains his position in the new book, \"Cultural Hegemony and African American Patriotism: An Analysis of the Song, 'Lift Every Voice and Sing,'\" which was released by Linus Publications in June.", "The book explores the literary and musical traditions of the song, but also says that a national anthem for African-Americans can be construed as racially separatist and divisive.", "\"To sing the 'black national anthem' suggests that black people are separatist and want to have their own nation,\" Askew said.", "\"This means that everything Martin Luther King Jr. believed about being one nation gets thrown out the window.\"", "Askew first became intrigued with \"Lift Every Voice and Sing\" while working on his master's degree at Yale University.", "He was a Morehouse College music graduate, young, passionate and hungry for knowledge about African-American culture.", "A fellow classmate suggested Askew explore Yale's collection on James Weldon Johnson, an early civil rights activist who wrote the song decades earlier.", "Johnson first wrote \"Lift Every Voice and Sing\" as a poem in 1900.", "Hundreds of African-American students performed it at a celebration of Abraham Lincoln's birthday at Jacksonville, Florida's Stanton School, where Johnson was principal.", "Johnson's brother, John Rosamond Johnson, later set the poem to music.", "By 1920, the NAACP had proclaimed the song the \"Negro National Anthem.\"", "\"I remember methodically going into the Yale library every day and sitting there on the floor, rummaging through 700 boxes of James Johnson's work,\" Askew said.", "\"I became so fascinated in his life and letters, that I wanted to know more about the creation of the song and how it related to our modern understanding of it.\"", "He found letters of appreciation to Johnson from individuals of all different ethnic backgrounds.", "At that moment, Askew had a revelation: The song he'd known as the \"black national anthem\" was for everybody.", "Some will call his perspective on the song a contradiction, Askew said, especially because he works at a historically black college.", "But he argues that universities like Clark Atlanta accept students of many races and ethnicities; a national anthem for one race excludes others, and ignores an existing national anthem, \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" by Francis Scott Key.", "\"Some people argue lines like 'We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,' signify a tie to slavery and the black power struggle,\" Askew said.", "\"But in all essence there is no specific reference to black people in this song.", "It lends itself to any people who have struggled.\"", "He's not the only one who sees fault in a national anthem just for African-Americans.", "Kenneth Durden, an African-American conservative blogger, responded to Askew's claims on his blog, \"A Free Man, Thinking Freely.\"", "He said in an interview that Askew is right to make connections to King's view of one America.", "\"King always appealed to the American dream for all,\" Durden said.", "\"He was a patriot and he never wanted blacks to deny or separate themselves from being American.", "I think claiming an anthem for ourselves as black people is doing just that.\"", "What troubles Askew more is that the song became an identity marker for African-Americans.", "\"Who has the right to decide for all black people what racial symbol they should have?\"", "Askew said.", "\"Identity should be developed by the individual himself, not a group of people who think they know what is best for you.\"", "Hilary O. Shelton, senior vice president for advocacy and policy for the NAACP, said Askew's ideas might be far-fetched.", "\"I don't see anything that is racially exclusive or discriminatory about the song,\" Shelton said.", "\"The negro national anthem was adopted and welcomed by a very interracial group, and it speaks of hope in being full first-class citizens in our society.\"", "\"Lift Every Voice and Sing\" isn't meant to cloud national identity or persuade African-Americans to be separatists, Shelton said.", "It's often sung in conjunction with \"The Star-Spangled Banner,\" or with the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance at NAACP events.", "\"His presumption is that this song is sung instead of our national anthem -- that we are less American and we are not as committed to America because we take pride in the Negro national anthem,\" Shelton said.", "\"It is evident in our actions as an organization and here in America that we are about inclusion, not exclusion.", "To claim that we as African-Americans want to form a confederation or separate ourselves from white people because of one song is baffling to me.\"", "This isn't the first time \"Lift Every Voice and Sing\" has sparked debate.", "In 2008, jazz singer Rene Marie substituted the words of \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" with the words of \"Lift Every Voice and Sing\" at Mayor John Hickenlooper's State of the City address in Denver, Colorado.", "Marie said it was a matter of artistic expression, but critics viewed the lyrical switch as disrespect toward the national anthem, a lack of patriotism and an insinuation of racial division.", "\"I think that we often try to separate the black experience from the American experience,\" said Marc Lamont Hill, an associate professor of education at Columbia University who studies hip-hop culture.", "\"It's a black national anthem, but it's also a quintessential American song because of its message of fighting for freedom.", "It's not 'lift the black voices,' it's 'lift every voice.'\"", "Askew, though, maintains there's only one national anthem, \"The Star-Spangled Banner,\" and that \"Lift Every Voice and Sing\" could take on a new role: a message of victory for all ethnic groups in the United States.", "\"We need to consider eliminating this alternative label of 'black national anthem' in order to promote unity,\" Askew said.", "\"I know people will probably think that I'm a sellout, but I think it is important that African-Americans nationally understand that we should be moving towards racial cohesiveness.\"" ]	[ "\"Lift Every Voice and Sing\" was written by James Weldon Johnson in 1900 .", "The spiritual hymn is recognized as the \"black national anthem\"\nHBCU Professor Timothy Askew claims a national anthem for one race is racially divisive and separatist ." ]	[ 0, 10, 37 ]
[ "ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- U.S. cities are racing to cope with ever-increasing demand on public transportation as gas prices remain at record levels.", "High gas prices in recent months have had a considerable impact on commuters using public transportation, statistics show.", "Even regions that have traditionally resisted giving up cars and have limited access to mass transit are reporting a surge in public transportation use.", "From trains and trolleys to subways and buses, the growth encompasses all modes of travel, according to the American Public Transportation Association, a Washington D.C.-based industry group.", "Cities are using a variety of measures to meet that demand, according to an informal APTA survey of some transit systems.", "For example, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, which is currently operating at capacity during peak periods, ordered more subway cars, buses and coaches for its commuter rail.", "In North Carolina, the Charlotte Area Transit System has increased the frequency of light rail service on the weekends, ordered new buses and is taking a look at low-performing routes to cut down on costs.", "And the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, which serves Philadelphia and has seen about 20,000 new daily customers since last July, has ordered 400 new hybrid buses and 120 new rail cars.", "Other measures being used or considered by transit systems include changing schedules to increase frequency of buses and trains, creating bus-only lanes and taking out seats on trains to make more room for commuters.", "'The paradox of public transportation' While the rise in ridership has been a relatively easy adjustment for some systems, others are facing difficulties in meeting operating costs, which hampers their ability to ramp up service or maintain normal levels.", "Cal Marsella, the head of Denver, Colorado's transit system, calls it the \"paradox of public transportation.\"", "Denver's system, like many U.S. cities, is partly funded by revenues from sales taxes.", "As consumers spend less because of high fuel costs and a sour economy, the city earns less revenue.", "Consequently, funding for the transit system is decreasing just when their operating costs are higher than ever before.", "\"Just when our demand is highest, our ability to provide is being undermined by the whole crunch,\" Marsella said.", "\"The last thing we want to do is curtail service but there is not a lot you can do when revenues are down and fuel prices are up.\"", "The Denver Regional Transit District, however, saw the high prices coming and was able to lock in the price of diesel fuel earlier this year at $3.20 a gallon -- a price far cheaper than what the market is right now.", "That contract expires at the end of this year.", "See a map of gas prices across the country » .", "Marsella is pessimistic prices will drop much by the end of the year.", "\"I'm budgeting next year for $4.55 a gallon,\" he said.", "\"Everybody is hurting, and I have real concerns about our ability to sustain services and maintain infrastructure.\"", "A sharp rise in ridership .", "Americans used public transportation in record numbers the first three months of this year, according to the APTA.", "They took 2.6 billion trips on public transportation during that period, an increase of 85 million more trips compared with the same period last year.", "Meanwhile, the number behind the wheel dropped.", "Americans drove 1.4 billion fewer highway miles from April 2007 through April 2008, according to figures released by the Department of Transportation in June.", "The numbers represented the sixth consecutive monthly drop.", "In some places, the growing embrace of public transportation has been an ongoing trend for the past few years, reflecting a steady and gradual change in commuter behavior.", "iReport: Show us your commute .", "For instance, ridership increased during a period of high fuel prices from 2005 through 2006 in Tulsa, but did not decline after fuel prices went back down, said Cynthia Stabb of Tulsa Transit.", "\"Once people get a chance to try public transit and they find it works for them, they stick with it,\" she said via e-mail.", "Asked about the current high levels, she responded, \"We believe the demand is here to stay.\"", "Turning point?", "Some observers such as Dr. Robert Lang, an expert on urban affairs and planning at Virginia Tech University, say the gas crunch could be a turning point in perceptions of public transportation and how cities plan development.", "Consumers are beginning to believe the high prices are a result of structural changes in the global economy, not the result of a single event like Hurricane Katrina, which produced a period of high fuel prices earlier this decade, Lang said.", "That change in perception is providing more momentum for some cities that were already moving away from six-lane highways and suburbs dozens of miles apart, to a series of urban centers connected by light rail and other mass transit systems.", "He cited cities like Denver and Phoenix, Arizona, where residents, motivated by traffic frustrations and the promise of economic development, approved massive transportation projects during the past few years despite the costs to their pocketbooks.", "Marsella said Denver's suburban and exurban commuters were as enthusiastic as its urban residents in approving the multibillion dollar project in 2004.", "\"People want to drive their cars a mile or two to a park-and-ride, and then take the rail in on the most congested part of the trip,\" he said.", "Other cities, like Atlanta, Georgia, for instance, are struggling to make the pivot.", "Often cited in discussions about urban sprawl, Atlanta has been bedeviled for years by a lack of consensus among city and regional leaders on the need to expand its transit system.", "\"Some of it is just the fear of change,\" Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin said.", "\"People acted as if transit was a dirty word and the only thing that would be successful in Atlanta would be to build more roads, but we can see from the congestion that you need an integrated transport system.\"", "Watch Mayor Franklin talk about Atlanta's transit system » .", "\"Unfortunately, there's no quick answer for the problems that we have.\"", "Roads, and the cars on them, will not likely disappear anytime soon, Lang said.", "\"We're a settler nation.", "And people had to get moving to do that,\" he said.", "\"There's something deep within the American psyche about the freedom of movement.\"", "But the current environment may lead to a future where hybrid cars coexist with denser transit systems.", "\"2007, for all we know, might be the peak use of gas in the United States,\" he said.", "CNN's Mike Senzon and Jarrett Bellini contributed to this report." ]	[ "Statistics suggest Americans are driving less and using mass transit more .", "Some transit systems labor to meet the new and rising demand .", "They are hampered by high operating costs, spurred by high fuel prices .", "iReport: Show us your commute ." ]	[ 4, 12, 29 ]
[ "(CNN) -- King Nut Companies issued a total recall of peanut butter that it distributes Saturday amid fears of a salmonella outbreak that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said has infected 399 people in 42 states.", "Salmonella bacteria are transmitted to humans by eating contaminated foods.", "Ohio-based King Nut acknowledged in a statement that salmonella had been found in an open 5-pound tub of King Nut peanut butter.", "\"We are very sorry this happened,\" Martin Kanan, president of King Nut Companies, said in the statement.", "\"We are taking immediate and voluntary action because the health and safety of those who use our products is always our highest priority.\"", "King Nut peanut butter was identified as the source of an outbreak that may have contributed to one death in Minnesota, state public health officials said Friday.", "King Nut said Saturday that peanut butter sold under its label was manufactured by Peanut Corporation of America.", "The release gave no other details on the manufacturer, but Peanut Corporation of America's Web site lists its headquarters as Lynchburg, Virginia, and says it has processing operations in Virginia, Georgia and Texas.", "Peanut Corporation of America could not be immediately reached for comment.", "The CDC is working with public health officials in the 42 affected states to determine the cause of the outbreak of a type of salmonella called Typhimurium.", "Learn more about salmonella » .", "The first cases were reported September 3, but most cases occurred between October 1 and December 31, the CDC said.", "About 18 percent of victims were hospitalized as a result of their illness, and patients' ages have ranged from 2 months to 98 years.", "California is reporting the highest case count, with 55, followed by Ohio with 53 cases, Massachusetts with 39, Minnesota with 30 and Michigan with 20.", "The other 37 states are each reporting fewer than 20 cases.", "Eight states have reported no cases connected to the outbreak.", "They are Montana, New Mexico, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Florida, Alaska and Hawaii.", "In its statement, King Nut said it distributes peanut butter \"only through food service accounts.", "It is not sold directly to consumers.\"", "The statement added, \"King Nut does not supply any of the ingredients for the peanut butter distributed under its label.", "All other King Nut products are safe and not included in this voluntary recall.\"", "Strains of salmonella linked to previous outbreaks have been traced to contaminated eggs, meat, poultry, vegetables, pet food and peanut butter.", "Salmonella infections can be treated with antibiotics, though some strains are resistant to these drugs, according to the CDC.", "Most people infected develop diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps within a few days of infection, and their illness can last up to a week.", "Most recover without treatment, but some may suffer dehydration and, in severe cases, require hospitalization.", "Children, senior citizens, people with chronic illnesses and those with weak immune systems tend to be at highest risk for complications, according to the National Institutes of Health." ]	[ "King Nut says salmonella found in 5-pound tub of peanut butter .", "At least 399 people have been infected in 42 states .", "CDC, public health officials working to determine source of outbreak .", "California has most cases at 55; outbreak may have killed Minnesotan ." ]	[ 5, 9 ]
[ "MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Authorities do not plan to file charges against a Florida orange grove owner who fatally shot a 21-year-old woman, saying he is protected under the state's controversial \"no retreat\" law.", "Bullet holes pocked the windshield of the crashed SUV, and blood stained he passenger seat.", "But the woman's boyfriend faces second-degree murder charges in her death, because the woman was shot to death during an alleged felony -- the theft of an SUV.", "Tony Curtis Phillips, 29, didn't fire a single shot.", "He didn't even know his girlfriend, Nikki McCormick, was dead until police showed him an online news story.", "Police said McCormick accompanied Phillips as he attempted to steal the SUV from a barn in an orange grove near Wahneta, Florida, before daylight Tuesday.", "Grove owner Ladon \"Jamie\" Jones opened fire as the SUV approached him, according to an affidavit released by the Polk County Sheriff's Office.", "Phillips fled; McCormick was shot in the head and later died.", "Authorities said Jones is protected by Florida's \"no retreat\" law, which gives him the right to use lethal force if he reasonably believes his life is in danger.", "Phillips, however, faces charges because police allege he was committing felony grand theft auto at the time of McCormick's death.", "\"Because his conduct caused her death, he gets charged with a felony,\" Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said.", "Phillips was arrested late Tuesday in Polk County, near Lakeland, after a day on the run.", "Police said he didn't believe McCormick was dead at first, telling officers, \"Of all the times you've questioned me, this is a nasty trick you're playing on me this time.\"", "He agreed to cooperate if detectives could prove she was dead.", "Judd said detectives called up the shooting story on the local newspaper's Web site and \"let him read it online, and that's when he broke down and cried, and gave us a confession,\" Judd said.", "According to the affidavit, Jones heard his Toyota Land Cruiser, parked in the barn at his orange grove, start up before daylight Tuesday.", "Jones told police he grabbed his gun, a 9mm that he keeps with him while working at the grove.", "He said he could see two people in the SUV as it backed out of the barn, according to the affidavit.", "He said he saw the passenger's arm reach outside the vehicle, and believed that person might be holding a gun.", "The Land Cruiser stopped directly in front of him, Jones said in the affidavit.", "He said he raised his gun and pointed it at the occupants, shouting \"Stop,\" but the vehicle appeared to be moving directly toward him.", "\"Fearing for his life, he then fired what he thought to be six to eight rounds into the front windshield of the vehicle,\" the affidavit stated.", "The vehicle backed up at high speed, crashed through a fence and ended up in a ditch.", "Jones told police a man jumped out of the SUV and ran away.", "Sheriff's deputies found McCormick inside the vehicle with a bullet wound to her head.", "She was taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center, where she died.", "Jones did not return a call from CNN seeking comment.", "Authorities will forward their information to prosecutors, Judd said, but are \"not going to file any charges [against Jones] at this point, because we don't see any reason to arrest Mr. Jones,\" Judd said. ...", "It appears, at this point in the investigation, Mr. Jones was completely, legally justified in his actions.\"", "A Polk County judge on Thursday ordered Phillips held without bond.", "A public defender was appointed to his case.", "Polk County Public Defender J. Marion Moorman declined to comment on the charges to CNN.", "\"We will, of course, be interviewing the client very soon, and will be undertaking his defense from there,\" he said.", "Phillips told police he assumed McCormick had also gotten out of the vehicle and run away, according to the affidavit.", "He said he was sorry for what happened \"and said he knew he was partially responsible for her death,\" the affidavit said.", "Polk County State Attorney's Office spokesman Chip Thulberry said his office will review the case when the sheriff's investigation is completed.", "The Brady Campaign to prevent Gun Violence says Florida is one of 16 states that have enacted \"no retreat\" laws, which some call \"shoot-first\" laws.", "The laws extend the right to use deadly force beyond a person's home and into public places.", "\"The shoot-first law is not needed,\" said Brian Malte of the Brady Campaign.", "\"This person, regardless of the situation, may have done the right thing, but he cannot be prosecuted for doing something wrong if he hit an innocent bystander,\" he said.", "Other groups stand by the \"no retreat\" laws.", "\"At the moment a crime occurs, victims don't have the luxury of time,\" said Andrew Arulanandam of the National Rifle Association.", "\"They have seconds to decide on a course of action to protect their lives and their families.", "This law provides law-abiding people with options.\"" ]	[ "Tony Curtis Phillips, 29, charged in girlfriend's shooting death .", "He wasn't shooter but is charged because he allegedly was stealing SUV .", "Shooter probably won't be charged because he is covered by 'no retreat' law .", "Florida law says people can use lethal force if they fear for their lives ." ]	[ 2, 3, 8, 43 ]
[ "Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- Thailand has revoked the visa of a Russian pianist accused of raping a 14-year-old boy, an immigration official said Thursday.", "Thailand's immigration bureau revoked the visa of Mikhail Pletnev because it believes he poses threats to the country, according to Maj. Gen. Pansak Kasemsan.", "The development means that even if the charges against Pletnev are eventually dropped, he will be deported from the country.", "Although the revocation of the visa is already in place, an exception allows him to enter the country while his case is pending.", "Pletnev was arrested and charged July 6 with raping the teenage boy in the Thai beach town of Pattaya, where he owns a house.", "The crime carries a maximum prison term of 20 years.", "The judge released him on a $9,000 bail until the criminal charges against him are resolved, with the provision that he return to the seaside town of Pattaya every 12 days to renew the conditions of the bail.", "That means Pletnev can travel abroad as long as he continues to make his court dates.", "Pletnev was in Thailand on Monday and is due back in the country on July 30.", "His attorney said he left the country Wednesday to see his mother for her 89th birthday.", "Thailand remains a destination for child migrants, many of whom enter the sex tourism industry, according to the Child Protection and Development Center.", "\"Pattaya in particular has developed an international reputation for child sex tourism,\" the nongovernmental organization says on its website about the town two hours south of Bangkok.", "\"Anti-trafficking researchers targeting street children estimate that Pattaya hosts about 1,500 to 2,000 homeless and impoverished children per year, while numbers are increasing.", "Children search for work, migrating -- alone or with their families -- from Thailand's northeast provinces, Cambodia, Burma, Laos and Vietnam.\"", "CNN's Kocha Olarn contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Exception allows Pletnev to enter the country while his case is pending .", "He is accused of raping a 14-year-old boy in Thailand .", "His visa was revoked because the immigration bureau believes he's a threat .", "Even if the charges are eventually dropped, he will be deported from Thailand ." ]	[ 0, 2, 3 ]
[ "(CNN) -- For a man whose previous nickname was \"the Bulldozer,\" balance might not be thought of as one of South Korean president Lee Myung-bak's strong points.", "Promises of pragmatism and a more balanced society from the new president.", "However, speaking to CNN for Talk Asia just a few weeks after his inauguration as president, restoring some equilibrium to South Korean society is one of the key aims of his presidency.", "\"My country has undergone rapid industrialization and development, as well as democratization,\" he told Anjali Rao.", "\"And throughout this process, I believe some sort of balance has been lost.", "The gap between the haves and the have-nots has widened lately, which I believe must be rectified.\"", "It's not an unfamiliar sentiment for a politician to express, but Lee's journey from childhood poverty to the pinnacle of political life perhaps makes him more qualified than many politicians to relate to his electorate.", "For many of his supporters his life reflects the recent history of South Korea itself.", "Lee Myung-bak was born in Osaka, Japan in 1941 during the Japanese occupation of the Korean peninsular and returned to Korea with his parents at the end of the Second World War.", "Without any money to pay for his education, he paid his own way through university in Seoul, at one point taking a job as a garbage collector, working during the day, while studying at night.", "As a student he led protests against the authoritarian government, receiving a caution from police in 1962.", "After graduating he took a job with Hyundai.", "His hard work and ambition saw that he became its CEO after just 12 years, at the age of 36.", "It was as a dynamic young CEO, part of the new generation that was rapidly building South Korea's industry and economy in the 1970's and 80's, he gained the nickname \"the Bulldozer\" for his single-minded approach and tenacity to drive through difficult projects.", "His transition from CEO to politician came when he became mayor of Seoul in 2002 and undertook one of the city' most ambitious and popular programs of urban renewal.", "He was elected on the promise of transforming the city, ripping out a traffic-clogged elevated highway that ran through its center and restoring the Cheonggyecheon stream that had been covered over.", "It's completion in 2005 led to a blooming example of the growing emphasis on quality of life in a country that had sacrificed economic and industrial growth for all else.", "It also propelled him into the international spotlight, with TIME Magazine naming him one of its Heroes of the Environment in 2007.", "He has not been without his detractors, however, and even after the election there were questions surrounding his ethics.", "While South Korea has been trying to shed its image of corporate corruption, just four days before his inauguration as president he was cleared of accusations of stock manipulation.", "\"During this rapid period, yes indeed, there were a lot of side effects.", "And one of them was corruption and that transparency was not prevalent in our society,\" he told CNN.", "\"Now that I am president, such a culture in the political culture, as well as the corporate culture, must change.\"" ]	[ "South Korea's new president Lee Myung-bak plans for a pragmatic presidency .", "His rags-to-riches story reflects recent history of South Korea .", "Named one of TIME Magazine's green heroes in 2007 ." ]	[ 0, 7, 17 ]
[ "(Mashable) -- In an interview that will air tonight on ABC's \"World News with Diane Sawyer,\" Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talked frankly about an upcoming IPO, the Facebook movie, a shady lawsuit and much more.", "As far as the movie \"The Social Network\" is concerned, Zuckerberg seemed to echo Facebook co-founder Dustin Moscovitz's opinion that the film seems a lot more exciting than the real-life version of Facebook's history.", "\"I just think people have a lot of fiction....", "The real story of Facebook is just that we've worked so hard for all this time,\" Zuckerberg said in his interview with Sawyer.", "\"I mean, the real story is actually probably pretty boring, right?", "...We just sat at our computers for six years and coded.\"", "Somewhere in that six years of coding, however, it is alleged that Zuckerberg signed a contract that would give ownership of his website to a web designer and former associate at Harvard, one Paul Ceglia.", "Although a Facebook lawyer said yesterday the company is \"unsure\" whether such a contract was ever signed, Zuckerberg told Sawyer unequivocally, \"We did not sign a contract that says that [Ceglia has] any right to ownership over Facebook.\"", "As far as an initial public offering of stock is concerned, Facebook's IPO is one of the most hotly anticipated by many in the tech world.", "The company is currently valued at upwards of $20 billion and is expected to generate around $1 billion in revenue in 2010.", "Zuckerberg told Sawyer that, while he and the rest of the Facebook team are still rather single-mindedly focused on product, \"At some point along the path, I think it'll make sense to have an IPO.", "But we're not running the company to do that.", "We're running the company to serve more people.\"", "Of course, Sawyer's interview also touches on the privacy debacle (\"We have made mistakes, for sure,\" said Zuckerberg) and the site's crossing the 500-million-user mark (Zuckerberg said the journey had been \"surreal\") as well as several other topics.", "Check your local listings to find out when the program will air in your area, and in the meantime, check out these two teaser clips from ABC.", "© 2010 MASHABLE.com.", "All rights reserved." ]	[ "Zuckerberg says \"The Social Network\" seems a lot more exciting than the real-life history .", "The CEO denies ever signing a contract that gives ownership of his website to Paul Ceglia .", "\"At some point along the path, I think it'll make sense to have an IPO,\" Zuckerberg says .", "The interview will air tonight on ABC's \"World News with Diane Sawyer\"" ]	[ 0, 1, 10 ]
[ "(Wired) -- Facebook is primed to announce this week that it's amassed a half billion active friends, a milestone reinforcing its status as the king of social networks -- a company to be regarded with the seriousness and power (if not revenue) of Google, Apple, Yahoo and Microsoft.", "Five hundred million and rising also makes it clear to anyone not paying attention that Facebook is no fad, that it is a cultural force shaping our collective culture.", "Even if you have no desire to ever set up a profile, you can't ignore it and you are now oddly defined in the negative and left out of the zeitgeist.", "A service of that size won't disappear anytime soon, even if Facebook has hit its plateau in the U.S.", "But net users are fickle and the web's short history includes dozens of sites that were once high-flying that have either since died (Geocities), lost their luster (Yahoo) or faded into irrelevance (Friendster).", "So how could Facebook lose its place at the center of the web?", "1. Open, distributed alternatives .", "A pack of college kids drunk on Free Software launched an open-source, federated alternative to Facebook called Diaspora.", "After collecting an astonishing $120K in donations, the group is knocking out code.", "Meanwhile, there's other cool stuff going on, including OneSocialWeb, the Appleseed Project and WebFinger.", "Get enough of these open protcols into decent shape and someone is likely to build them into an improbably powerful stack.", "Research the LAMP stack, if you don't get my drift.", "What might that look like?", "An elimination of the need for a centralized home and coordinator of social networking -- where your social profile lives wherever you want it to (as your e-mail does) and can interact with any other profile around the net, on your own terms.", "While it sounds far-fetched, a recent poll suggests that people are as happy with Facebook as they are with their cable company, even if they do find it similarly indispensable.", "2. Google Me . There's rumors the search giant is hatching its own social network system, despite the fact that it's just not particularly good at social networking.", "Its Orkut social network has flailed and even seems to be losing its final two treasures, India and Brazil, to Facebook.", "Google's take on Twitter, called Buzz, isn't bad, but it's not been much of a hit -- despite some fine features such as threaded coversations.", "And then it's got Wave and Google Talk, and Google Chat and Google Profile and Google pages and Google Docs.", "I wonder if anyone has tried stacking any of those together over there in the Googleplex to create a place where people actually want to hang out -- the clear difference between a site like Facebook and a site like Google search.", "Interesting things happen when people hang out.", "3. Location-based services and the mobile device .", "With the stunning popularity of pocket computers -- starting with the iPhone, location-centric services such as Foursquare are gaining users at the rate that Facebook used to.", "Perhaps most importantly, they are figuring out ways to use the addictive mechanics of gaming to create services even more engrossing than Facebook.", "To compete, Facebook has its own, very well-liked mobile app, and is set to expand how it interacts with the real world.", "But there's a real threat here that Facebook could get outflanked by clever kids not too much unlike themselves, who figure out how to create a more potent digital heroin.", "4. The U.S. Postal Service .", "For those who love dark horses or the old and familiar, there's always a chance that the world suddenly tires of their Facebook wall or virtual farming and decide to get off the net's grid entirely.", "Socializing will still be necessary, of course, so we'll see the return of sockhops, neighborhood restaurants and church socials.", "As for written messages, the Postal Service is actually quite good at delivering hand-written correspondence anywhere in the States for a nominal fee.", "The photo postcard will be huge again.", "But since the Postal Service is proposing to cease Saturday delivery, its social networking service would be a weekday-only affair.", "Vive la Poste!", "5. Overreaching on the part of Mark Zuckerberg .", "Facebook's founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has changed the culture of the world with his single-minded devotedness to making people share more information with more people.", "In a world where software can determine culture, Zuckerberg's unwavering drive to make more and more of the details of our lives public by default has triumphed in nearly every instance over prevailing cultural norms -- with the glaring exception of the Beacon project.", "But as with all visionaries, there is always the danger that in his attempt to lead his flock to the land of milk and honey, there will come a moment where he steps too far ahead, and the flock abandons the frontier for the pasture, leaving him alone and howling in the wilderness.", "Subscribe to WIRED magazine for less than $1 an issue and get a FREE GIFT!", "Click here! Copyright 2010 Wired.com." ]	[ "Facebook is nearing 500 million users, but is it invincible?", "A poll says people are as happy with Facebook as they are with their cable company .", "There are rumors that Google is hatching its own social network system .", "Location-centric services are gaining users at the rate that Facebook used to ." ]	[ 14, 15, 22 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The father of a missing Oregon boy is asking that his estranged wife be held in contempt of court for violating a restraining order against her, court documents filed Monday show.", "According to the documents filed in Multonamah County Circuit Court, Kaine Horman, the father of missing 7-year-old Kyron Horman, is alleging that Terri Horman leaked information from the sealed restraining order against her to Michael Cook, a high school classmate of her husband's.", "The documents also allege that Terri Horman, Kyron's stepmother, began a sexual affair with Cook after her stepson's disappearance and that she attempted to \"abduct\" her daughter from Kaine Horman.", "Kyron has been missing since June 4.", "Terri Horman is the last person known to have seen him before he disappeared.", "Authorities have asked anyone who was at Kyron's Portland elementary school that day if they saw Terri Horman after she told police she last saw him walking down the hall to his classroom.", "Kaine Horman abruptly moved out of the family home in late June, taking the couple's 20-month-old daughter, Kiara, with him.", "He then filed for divorce from Terri Horman and was granted a restraining order June 28.", "Portions of the restraining order were unsealed last week, however access to the address of Kaine Horman and Kiara remained restricted.", "In the restraining order, Kaine Horman alleges his wife knows what happened to Kyron.", "\"I believe respondent is involved in the disappearance of my son Kyron who has been missing since June 4,\" Horman wrote in his request for the order.", "\"I also recently learned that respondent attempted to hire someone to murder me.", "The police have provided me with probable cause to believe the above two statements to be true.\"", "Monday's court documents allege that Terri Horman violated the restraining order's remaining restrictions by allowing Cook to photograph pages of the document, including Kaine Horman's address.", "\"The search of Mr. Cook's cell phone also revealed that a Google Maps search of the address was later performed by Mr. Cook,\" the documents say.", "\"Mr. Cook told law enforcement when interviewed that he got the address from the paperwork, that he did an internet maps search for the address, but never went to (Kaine Horman's) listed residence.\"", "The documents say Kaine Horman had requested restricted access to the address information because of \"concerns about the investigation into the disappearance of his son, Kyron, and concerns about (Kaine Horman's) personal safety and the safety of his children.\"", "Monday's documents also say law enforcement authorities told Kaine Horman's attorney that his wife's \"relationship concerns and sexual overtures to Mr. Cook resemble those made to the man (that Terri Horman) previously attempted to hire to murder\" her husband.", "The alleged sexual relationship between Cook and Terri Horman began on or about June 30 after Kaine Horman had moved out of the family home, according to the documents.", "Law enforcement said the pair began exchanging text messages that included \"several photographs of (Terri Horman) in various stages of undress and graphic sexual activity,\" according to the documents.", "The documents further allege that Terri Horman went by the gym where Kaine Horman works out \"looking to 'abduct' her daughter, Kiara, from the gym daycare center,\" citing a gym employee.", "CNN has reached out to Terri Horman's attorney and Cook for comment and is awaiting a response.", "Cook told CNN affiliate KATU Monday that he had not seen the documents but said based on what he has heard about the contents that a lot of it is not true.", "He also told KATU he would not comment on the case until he consults an attorney.", "Authorities have not named any suspect or person of interest in connection with Kyron's disappearance." ]	[ "Documents allege Terri Horman violated terms of restraining order against her .", "Kaine Horman alleges estranged wife engaged in affair with his high school classmate .", "Papers say Terri Horman gave alleged lover access to information in restraining order .", "7-year-old Kyron Horman went missing June 4 ." ]	[ 1, 3, 9 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush has approved the Army's request to execute a soldier convicted of rape and murder, the White House announced Monday evening.", "Pvt. Ronald Gray, seen here in 1988, has been on the military's death row for 20 years.", "Pvt. Ronald Gray has been on the military's death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, since 1988.", "His execution would be the first for the U.S. military since 1961, but the White House said it expects further appeals before the sentence is carried out.", "\"While approving a sentence of death for a member of our armed services is a serious and difficult decision for a commander-in-chief, the president believes the facts of this case leave no doubt that the sentence is just and warranted,\" White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.", "Gray was convicted of raping and killing a female Army private and a civilian near his post at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.", "He was also convicted of the rape and attempted murder of another fellow soldier in her barracks at Fort Bragg.", "\"The president's thoughts and prayers are with the victims of these heinous crimes and their families and all others affected,\" Perino said.", "Both military and civilian courts found Gray responsible for the crimes committed between April 1986 and January 1987.", "Gray pleaded guilty to two murders and five rapes in a civilian court and was sentenced to three consecutive and five concurrent life terms.", "A general court-martial at the Army's Fort Bragg then tried him and in April 1988 convicted him of two murders, an attempted murder and three rapes.", "He was unanimously sentenced to death.", "Members of the U.S. military have been executed throughout history, but just 10 have been executed with presidential approval since 1951 under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the military's modern-day legal system.", "Military courts have not yet set an execution date for Gray, who can still appeal through civilian federal courts.", "The Army also has sought Bush's authorization to execute another condemned soldier, Pvt.", "Dwight Loving, who was convicted of killing and robbing two cab drivers in 1988.", "The last U.S. military execution was in 1961, when Army private John Bennett was hanged for raping and attempting to kill an 11-year-old Austrian girl.", "Bennett was sentenced in 1955.", "The U.S. military hasn't actively pursued an execution for a military prisoner since President John F. Kennedy commuted a death sentence in 1962.", "Six men are currently on military death row.", "Bush allowed 152 executions as governor of Texas and has signed off on three executions of federal inmates since he became president -- including that of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, who was put to death in 2001.", "CNN's Bill Mears contributed to this report." ]	[ "Bush OK's Army's request to execute a soldier convicted of rape, murder .", "Pvt.", "Ronald Gray has been on the military's death row in Kansas since 1988 .", "White House said it expects further appeals before the sentence is carried out ." ]	[ 0, 2, 3 ]
[ "MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- A teenager accused of killing and mutilating 19 pet cats in Miami, Florida, has been released on bond and is under house arrest, authorities said Wednesday.", "Tyler Weinman, 18, is under house arrest, accused of killing 19 pet cats in Miami, Florida.", "Tyler Weinman, 18, was fitted with an ankle bracelet for electronic monitoring and escorted home by Miami-Dade Police.", "He also has been charged with improper disposal of dead animals and burglary in the monthlong cat killing spree.", "Judge John Thornton ordered Weinman released after a court-appointed psychologist found the teen was mentally competent and not a danger to himself or others.", "Weinman, who had been on suicide watch, flashed a quick smile to photographers and reporters as he entered the courtroom.", "He made no statements at the hearing.", "\"He's an innocent man.", "There's no evidence,\" said defense attorney Michael Walsh.", "\"When the case starts to unfold, you'll see,\" he added.", "\"The first thing that happened is an evaluation.", "He's not a danger. He's not a threat to himself or anyone else,\" Walsh said.", "Weinman was ordered to undergo psychiatric counseling twice a week.", "The teen was arrested at a party in Miami on Saturday night.", "Police allege he's responsible for the vicious series of cat killings that has put the manicured neighborhoods south of Miami on edge.", "Some of the carcasses were posed, police said.", "Thornton ordered the court file sealed.", "Investigators said Weinman might have been part of a ring committing the crimes.", "\"This is an ongoing investigation.", "We're looking to see if any other individuals are involved,\" said Terry Chavez, a spokesperson for the Miami-Dade State Attorney's office.", "But Weinman's defense attorney doesn't buy it.", "\"Police say a lot of things,\" Walsh responded.", "\"There obviously has been a public outcry to solve this crime, and that motivates police in certain directions.", "And now, this young man has to sit there and bear the allegations,\" he said.", "Weinman was charged with 19 counts of animal cruelty with intent to harm and kill.", "He faces up to 158 years in prison if convicted of all counts.", "He was arrested after phone tips came in to police and he was placed under surveillance.", "As he left court, the suspect's father, Douglas Weinman was asked if his son was guilty.", "\"Absolutely not,\" he said.", "He also expressed his condolences to pet owners who lost their cats.", "\"We are cat owners ourselves.", "We love our pets,\" he said.", "\"We certainly understand the grief that other cat owners are going through, and we sympathize with them, but it is not our son,\" he added.", "\"We've seen him play with our pets for years and he's a great kid and he plays with pets and he's fine with them,\" he said.", "Extra police and a special investigator from the State Attorney's Office had been working the investigation, which had worried many residents who feared the cat killer might graduate to people.", "One pet owner, Donna Gleason, said her family cat, Tommy, was \"partially skinned\" and left dead in her yard.", "\"Part of his skin was missing underneath ... and part of his legs,\" she said.", "But Weinman's defense attorney said the police have not gotten their man.", "\"He's not a violent kid.", "He's just a good kid who's a victim of circumstance.", "He did not do this crime,\" Walsh said.", "Weinman is due back in court July 6 for arraignment." ]	[ "Tyler Hayes Weinman, 18, suspected in Miami serial cat killings, is released on bail .", "Psychological evaluation says he's no danger to self or others .", "Cat killing began in May, but only 19 of 34 are linked to serial killer .", "If convicted, Weinman could face up to 158 years in prison ." ]	[ 1, 4, 25, 30 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A woman gored by a bison at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming said she is happy to be alive days after the attack.", "\"I thought it was the end,\" Cathy Hayes told CNN by phone late Wednesday.", "Hayes said she was vacationing in Yellowstone on Monday with her husband and a friend.", "The group was driving through the park when they spotted a bison.", "\"My friend is from California, and had never seen a bison before,\" she said.", "\"So we pulled over and went to get a closer look.\"", "Minutes later, the bison attacked.", "And it was all caught on tape.", "\"So we're here in the park and there's a buffalo, and he's just wandering across the road,\" she says in the footage.", "Hayes, a native of Farr West, Utah, says they were about 30 feet away from the bison when her friend decided to get closer.", "\"There was another group in front of us, and I never noticed it before looking at the video on my small camera, but you can see a stick fly off the back of the bison,\" she said.", "\"It looks like it came from the group that was in front of him.", "Before that, the bison was just chillin.'\"", "In the video shot from Hayes' perspective, her friend falls as he runs away from the charging bison.", "At that point, she says, the bison turned its attention to her.", "Hayes crouched behind a tree to protect herself, but it wasn't enough.", "\"There was a pause when I could tell that he was backing up and getting ready to ram the tree again,\" Hayes said.", "\"I thought, 'He won't ram the car,' so I made a run for it.", "You can probably see in the video when he got me and flung me up in the air.\"", "Hayes' husband was in their car when the attack happened, and was able to scare the bison off by making loud noises.", "\"He was going to throw his cell phone at it, but it took off.", "It was gone as quick as it came,\" she said.", "Luckily, Hayes did not suffer life-threatening injures, but said she is still in a lot of pain.", "Her knee was swollen to the size of a football, and she had minor cuts and scrapes throughout her leg.", "Her friend broke his shoulder when he tripped and fell.", "But for the Utah teacher, it could have been worse.", "\"I was waiting for black.", "I thought I was going to die,\" Hayes said.", "Signs throughout Yellowstone warn visitors to not get close to wildlife." ]	[ "Attack happened at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming .", "Utah resident was trying to get a closer look at the animal .", "\"He got me and flung me up in the air,\" she says ." ]	[ 0, 18 ]
[ "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Elizabeth Taylor checked out of a Los Angeles hospital \"sore, but intact,\" the actress said in an online message posted Friday evening.", "Elizabeth Taylor posted on her Twitter account that she was grieving for her close friend Michael Jackson.", "Taylor, 77, used her Twitter handle, @DameElizabeth, to tell fans that she was home, just as she did last week to announce she would go into a hospital to \"to complete a test I was in the middle of.\"", "Her publicist this week denied tabloid rumors that her hospitalization was brought on by her grief over the sudden death of her close friend Michael Jackson in June.", "Taylor, in her latest tweets, addressed her sadness over Jackson's death: .", "\"I'm home from the hospital sore, but intact.", "Of course I'm still grieving for Michael ...", "I always will.\" \"But as I said before I went into the hospital, 'I am a survivor,'\" Taylor tweeted.", "\"I've had many tragedies in my life, but I guess they have all taught me something.", "I have to look at it that way.\" \"I have to be stronger and more appreciative of what I do have.\"", "\"I give love and I'm surrounded by love ... and I thank God for that.\"", "Twitter is a social networking site that allows users to update what they are doing using 140 characters or less.", "Taylor regularly posts short messages to her 116,000 Twitter followers through the account she opened earlier this year at the suggestion of her close friend, author and actress Kathy Ireland, publicist Dick Guttman said.", "She posted emotional messages earlier this month to counter rumors about how she was dealing with the news of Jackson's death.", "\"Although my grief over Michael could not be any deeper, I am not on suicide watch as some of the cheaper 'rags' would have you believe,\" Taylor tweeted July 5.", "A New York Post column published Tuesday quoted an unidentified source saying she was hospitalized because the \"heart's gone out of her\" after Jackson's death.", "Taylor, who uses a wheelchair because of scoliosis, or abnormal curving of the spine, gave fans several days advance notice of her hospitalization.", "\"I wanted you my friends to know that I'm going into the hospital Wednesday or Thursday to complete a test I was in the middle of,\" she wrote.", "Taylor said she declined an invitation to speak about Jackson at his public memorial because she \"cannot be part of the public hoopla.\"", "\"I just don't believe that Michael would want me to share my grief with millions of others,\" Taylor tweeted.", "\"How I feel is between us. Not a public event.\"", "\"I certainly don't want to become a part of it,\" she said.", "\"I love him too much. ... And I cannot guarantee that I would be coherent to say a word.\"" ]	[ "\"Sore\" Elizabeth Taylor \"tweets\" about leaving hospital .", "Taylor says she went to hospital \"to complete a test\"\nFamed actress says she still mourns loss of close friend Michael Jackson .", "Tragedies \"have all taught me something,\" Taylor says ." ]	[ 1, 2, 5, 8 ]
[ "Beijing, China (CNN) -- Chanthu, the third typhoon of the West Pacific season, slowed down Thursday as it made its way over land in southern China.", "As the tropical storm drenched a region already inundated by heavy rain and deadly flooding, its top winds slowed to 63 mph (101 kph).", "It had made landfall with winds above 70 mph at 1:45 p.m. in Wuchuan City in southern China's Guangdong Province, the state-run Xinhua news agency said.", "The government ordered evacuations in severely affected areas, especially in ports, fishing farms on the sea, dilapidated housing and low-lying ground.", "It urged local governments to step up flood control efforts.", "No casualties have been reported so far.", "Torrential rains and flooding this year already have been the worst in a decade, claiming the lives of 701 people and leaving 347 missing, Xinhua said, citing government figures.", "Chanthu could drench some rain-swollen areas with another 20 inches of rain, said CNN meteorologist Jenny Harrison.", "As the storm moves by, an area of particular concern is the region along the Yangtze River, which already has experienced the worst flooding in 30 years.", "Floodgates on the Three Gorges Dam have been opened to control the flow, and pictures from the scene show huge volumes of water pouring from it.", "Throughout the country, floods have hit 27 provinces and municipalities, affecting 110 million people, according to Xinhua.", "It said more than 8 million people have been relocated.", "About 287,000 military personnel have been mobilized in anti-flood operations, and schools are being advised to do what they can to ensure students' safety." ]	[ "NEW: Typhoon is downgraded as it crosses over land .", "Chanthu is the third typhoon of the season .", "The storm is drenching a region already devastated by floods ." ]	[ 0, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Get a kick out of this: Researchers reported Wednesday finding the world's oldest leather shoe in a cave in Armenia.", "The 5,500-year-old one-piece shoe antedates Stonehenge by a millennium and precedes every loafer, mukluk, wader, clog, bootee, stiletto, wingtip, mule, Oxford and cross trainer anyone has ever seen, according to Ron Pinhasi, a lecturer in prehistoric archaeology at University College Cork in Ireland.", "The effort that resulted in the find dates to 2005, when Pinhasi and his team of archaeologists first entered the cave about an hour south of the capital city of Yerevan, in Vayotz Dzor province on the border with Iran and Turkey, and decided it looked promising.", "Two years later, Pinhasi returned, dug down about half a meter and \"started discovering everything,\" including rare, well-preserved organic material such as textiles, ropes and wooden stakes, leading them to redouble their efforts.", "The next year, they excavated in a house that had been constructed inside the cave and found a pit covered with sheep or goat dung.", "Below the dung, they found broken pottery and goat horns covering the shoe, said the authors, who published their findings in the online scientific journal PLoS ONE.", "The right-footed, undecorated shoe -- today it would be a size 5 -- probably belonged to a woman, \"but we cannot be certain; it could be a man with small feet,\" Pinhasi said.", "A leather thong is stitched through four sets of eyelets in the back and 15 sets in the top.", "The shoe was lightly worn.", "Some of the eyelets have been recut, but the sole shows little wear.", "\"We thought originally it could be a discard, but at the same time, it's very strange, because we have only one shoe, and it's in very good shape,\" Pinhasi said.", "\"It looks like it was more than likely deliberately placed in this way.\"", "If so, it would join a number of other items that appear to have been placed as offerings.", "At the back of the cave, the archaeologists found pots full of grain and three pots, each containing the skull of a child -- their jaws removed.", "\"It's pretty weird,\" he said.", "Two leather samples were taken: One was sent for carbon dating to the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit at the University of Oxford and the other to the University of California-Irvine Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Facility; a piece of the straw was sent to Oxford.", "Age estimates were the same for all three.", "Pinhasi said he had no idea how common it would have been at that time for people to wear shoes.", "His is the second-oldest shoe find; a pair of 7,500-year-old sandals made of fiber was found in Missouri, he said.", "But that doesn't mean shoes were not commonly used.", "The fact that so little footwear from those days has been found could be explained by the fact that shoes don't tend to age well.", "Had it not been for the conditions inside the cave, the shoe would probably have disintegrated long ago.", "Though temperatures in the region range from sweltering in the summer to icy in winter, the interior of the limestone cave remains a dry, consistent 20 degrees Celsius (68 degrees F), key to the shoe's survival, he said.", "\"What was exciting was that it is so complete and it looks so much like a modern shoe, with the eyelets and everything.", "Obviously, these people already knew how to make it.\"", "And there was a level of sophistication in the product that he did not expect.", "The cow leather appeared to have been split and cured with a vegetable oil, said Pinhasi, who favors size 10½ Birkenstocks.", "\"They actually look a little bit like the shoe,\" he said.", "\"Not quite -- a bit more sophisticated.\"", "The fact that the cave remained untouched for so many millennia is surprising.", "It can be seen from a heavily traveled road and is only about 300 yards from a fish restaurant, he said.", "But government authorities are now posting a guard to keep away looters.", "\"It's turning [out] to be sort of the most important site in Armenia,\" he said.", "Though he wants to display the shoe in a museum in Armenia, he first wants to take it to Switzerland or Germany for preservation.", "In the two years since the footwear was unearthed, the elements have taken a toll.", "\"When it came out [of the ground], the leather was absolutely soft,\" the Israeli archaeologist said.", "\"Now, it's hard as a rock.\" But legislation does not exist in Armenia that would allow him to remove a national treasure from the country, so he is waiting.", "Meanwhile, the shoe sits in the Institute of Archeology at the National Academy of Sciences in Yereva.", "On Friday, Pinhasi plans to return to the region, this time to dig in a cave near the one that held the shoe.", "\"We want to see if it's unique,\" he said.", "Even if nearby caves turn out to hold no such treasure, the 41-year-old researcher has plenty of work ahead of him.", "\"We must have excavated about 2 percent of it,\" he said.", "\"It could take decades\" to finish the rest." ]	[ "5,500-year-old leather shoe found in Armenian cave .", "Footwear may have been left as offering .", "In 2 years since shoe was found, leather has hardened ." ]	[ 8, 18, 34 ]
[ "Seattle, Washington (CNN) -- An attorney for alleged \"Barefoot Bandit\" Colton Harris-Moore on Thursday agreed with a request by federal prosecutors that the captured teen fugitive remain in prison -- for the time being -- and said his client does not want to be considered a role model.", "Harris-Moore gained notoriety for allegedly stealing planes without a pilot's license and sometimes without shoes.", "His run from authorities ended on July 11 when he was captured in the Bahamas.", "Authorities there said he had flown 1,000 miles in a stolen plane from Indiana.", "On Wednesday, Harris-Moore was returned on a U.S. marshals flight for federal prisoners to Washington state where he faces a dozen state charges including burglaries, identity theft and fleeing from police in a stolen automobile.", "He also has been charged with the federal crime of piloting a stolen plane from Idaho to Washington state.", "If he is found guilty of the charge he could face 10 years in prison, according to the criminal complaint.", "At his initial appearance Thursday in U.S. District Court, dressed in a gray prison jumpsuit, the 6-foot-5-inch Harris-Moore was the tallest person standing as the courtroom rose for Magistrate Judge Brian Tsuchida.", "Harris-Moore's attorney, John Henry Browne, waived his client's right to a preliminary hearing and did not contest the prosecutor's request that the 19-year-old stay behind bars.", "If a grand jury hands up an indictment in the case, Harris-Moore would next appear in court for his arraignment in which he would enter a plea.", "His attorney said he may ask the judge for bail.", "Browne said he didn't ask for his client to be freed since multiple jurisdictions also suspect him of crimes, which would \"start a traveling road show.\"", "Following the hearing, Browne told reporters that his client was no role model, despite Facebook sites dedicated to him with thousands of fans.", "\"He was scared,\" Browne said Harris-Moore told him of what authorities say was two years ducking investigators and police.", "\"It was not fun.\" \"He's very bright,\" Brown said, describing his client.", "\"But probably not very mature.\"", "U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan said in a press conference following the hearing that investigators continue to look into Harris-Moore's alleged activities and he could face additional federal charges.", "She also said that anyone who helped him flee from authorities could face charges and that the following Harris-Moore generated was misplaced.", "\"There is nothing in the acts that should be admired or glorified,\" Durkan said.", "However the case has spurred talk of book and movie deals and discussion of who would play Harris-Moore on screen.", "Harris-Moore's mother, Pamela Kohler, hired an entertainment attorney to field requests for her story.", "But she was absent in court Thursday despite the fact she reportedly has not seen her son in over two years.", "\"She really wanted to be here,\" said her attorney, O. Yale Lewis. \"But there was a mix-up with her ride.\"" ]	[ "A lawyer for the alleged \"Barefoot Bandit\" says his client does not want to be a role model .", "Colton Harris-Moore makes his first Washington appearance in federal court .", "His lawyer agrees that the teen should remain behind bars for the time being ." ]	[ 0 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The trial of a man who confessed to killing a Kansas doctor who performed late-term abortions began Friday, with the prosecution telling jurors they will hear from witnesses to the shooting.", "Jurors also learned they will hear the 911 calls made moments later.", "Roeder's murder trial began in Wichita, Kansas, on the 37th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.", "Sedgwick County District Attorney Nola Foulston told jurors that among the trial evidence are blood-shattered shoes, shell casings and a calendar belonging to the defendant that had the day of the shooting circled.", "\"All those things combined will be the state's case to show this jury without reasonable doubt that this defendant, Scott Roeder, should be convicted of all charges,\" Foulston said.", "Throughout the opening argument, Roeder listened without emotion.", "Roeder, 51, has said he justifiably killed Tiller while trying to save unborn children.", "The doctor was shot in the foyer of his church in Wichita on May 31.", "\"Dr. George Tiller was pronounced dead at the scene of the Reformation Lutheran Church,\" Foulston said.", "\"Dr. Tiller died from a single contact gunshot wound to the head.\"", "She said the gun was never recovered, .", "Roeder's defense did not present an opening statement Friday morning.", "Foulston walked the jury through the crime, saying that Tiller was to be an usher for a Pentecost Sunday service.", "\"Unexpectedly, a sound was heard, described by many as like a popping of a balloon,\" the prosecutor said.", "Drawing on what she said was a witness's account, she said, \"A man [was] standing next to George Tiller, with his arms still raised.", ".... Dr. Tiller fell to the floor.\"", "After the opening argument, the jury heard the 911 call made shortly after the shooting.", "\"Dr. Tiller, Dr. George Tiller, was just shot!\"", "a woman told a 911 operator.", "With Roeder's beliefs expected to be the focal point of his defense, the trial could become the next forum in the fierce national debate over abortion rights.", "In several media interviews after his arrest, Roeder expressed no remorse over shooting Tiller, saying it prevented the doctor from carrying out abortions at the Women's Health Care Services clinic in Wichita.", "Prosecutors have called the defense argument flawed.", "\"Case law is clear, both in Kansas and nationwide, that the circumstances of this murder do not justify an imperfect self-defense instruction,\" they wrote in court papers.", "\"The state urges this court to exclude any irrelevant evidence of abortion, the defendant's views on abortion and the character of Dr. Tiller,\" they said.", "Tiller was among the most enduring targets of the anti-abortion movement, withstanding several legal challenges and many death threats, including one in 1993 in which he was shot in both arms.", "His killing sent shock waves through both factions in the abortion debate, with most from the anti-abortion movement condemning Roeder's actions.", "Roeder faces life in prison if he is convicted of first-degree murder.", "He also is charged with two counts of aggravated assault for allegedly pointing his gun at two other ushers as he fled the church.", "CNN's Emanuella Grinberg and Lena Jakobsson contributed to this report." ]	[ "Dr. George Tiller was shot, killed while serving as an usher at Wichita church in May .", "Scott Roeder says he justifiably killed Tiller in effort to save unborn children .", "Tiller was one of four doctors in the U.S. who performed late-term abortions ." ]	[ 6, 7, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A Kosovar man was arrested overseas and faces charges of participation in a terror plot involving several suspects from North Carolina, federal authorities said Thursday.", "Bajram Asllani, 29, a resident of Mitrovica, Kosovo, is charged with providing material support to terrorists and conspiring to murder, kidnap, maim and injure people abroad, the Department of Justice said in a statement.", "He was arrested early Thursday in Kosovo on a provisional U.S. arrest warrant from the Eastern District of North Carolina.", "The United States will seek his extradition, authorities said.", "If convicted, he faces a maximum of 40 years in prison.", "\"People who are plotting to harm America and Americans are no longer a world away from us.", "This case began in Raleigh, N.C., and now stretches across the globe, a circumstance no one would have thought possible less than ten years ago,\" said Owen D. Harris, special agent in charge of the FBI in North Carolina, in the statement.", "Eight people were indicted last year in North Carolina on terror-related charges.", "According to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday, Asllani was a member of the same conspiracy.", "The April 19 criminal complaint, unsealed Thursday, alleges Asllani \"solicited money from the conspirators to establish a base of operations in Kosovo for the purpose of waging violent jihad\" and \"accepted funds from the conspirators to help him travel.\"", "Kosovo, which declared independence more than two years ago, was once a restive province of Serbia with a majority ethnic Albanian population.", "Islam is Kosovo's dominant religion in the Balkan nation.", "The complaint alleges that Hysen Sherifi, one of the eight indicted last year, left Raleigh for Pristina, Kosovo, in 2008 \"to pursue violent jihad\" and formed a relationship with Asllani while in Kosovo.", "Asllani allegedly provided Sherifi with videos to recruit militants and directed Sherifi to collect money to buy land, where weapons can be stored and a base of operation could be established.", "The department said Sherifi returned to the United States, collected money and received a $15,000 check but was arrested before he could take the money back to Kosovo.", "The complaint also alleges Asllani received money from Sherifi for the purpose of obtaining travel documents.", "\"Sherifi often referred to Asllani as 'the brother' in Kosovo who was advising him and who was 'wanted.'", "According to the complaint, Asllani had been arrested by Kosovar law enforcement in 2007 and been placed on house arrest for a period of time.", "He was later convicted in absentia by a Serbian court in September 2009 for planning terrorist-related offenses and was sentenced to eight years of confinement,\" the department said.", "Sherifi, a native of Kosovo, is a U.S. legal permanent resident in North Carolina.", "Five of those indicted are classified as U.S. citizens who are residents of North Carolina: Daniel Patrick Boyd, Zakariya Boyd, Dylan Boyd, Ziyad Yaghi, and Mohammed Omar Aly Hassan.", "Others indicted are Anes Subasic, a naturalized U.S. citizen and resident of North Carolina, and Jude Kenan Mohammad, a U.S. citizen.", "The complaint says Daniel Boyd wanted to help Sherifi raise money.", "\"Boyd stated he wanted to send his sons, Zakariya Boyd and Dylan Boyd, and himself to Kosovo after Sherifi returned.", "Zakariya and Dylan Boyd spent time online with Sherifi chatting with Asllani in Kosovo,\" the department said.", "Another indictment last year added new charges against Daniel Patrick Boyd, Hysen Sherifi and Zakariya Boyd.", "It alleged that Daniel Boyd and Sherifi conspired to murder U.S. military personnel in a plot to attack troops at the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia.", "The three were also charged with weapons possession." ]	[ "Man seized in Kosovo, charged with providing material support to terrorists .", "Case that began in Raleigh, North Carolina 'stretches across globe'\nSuspect provided videos to recruit militants ." ]	[ 1, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- North Korea has agreed to hold talks Friday with the U.S.-led U.N. Command on the peninsula over the sinking of a South Korean warship.", "It will be the second meeting between the two parties since the March attack on the Cheonan, which killed 46 South Korean sailors.", "An international investigation blamed North Korea for the sinking, an assertion the North has denied.", "Officers from both sides will meet in Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea.", "The talks are designed to set the stage for higher-level discussions on the disputed naval incident.", "The demilitarized zone was created as part of the armistice signed between North and South Korea in 1953 that halted fighting in the Korean War, but the war has never officially ended.", "The United Nations and North Korea began occasional meetings between generals -- \"general officer talks\" -- at Panmunjom in 1998 in an effort to lessen tensions.", "There have been 17 such meetings so far.", "Earlier this month, the United Nations formally condemned the sinking of the Cheonan but did not specifically name North Korea.", "\"The Security Council deplores the attack,\" the 15-member council said in what is known as a presidential statement.", "It urged that \"appropriate and peaceful measures be taken against those responsible for the incident aimed at the peaceful settlement of the issue.\"", "It also called for full adherence to the 1953 armistice agreement.", "About 8,000 military personnel from the United States and South Korea are to participate in joint military exercises dubbed \"Invincible Spirit\" from July 25-28, Combined Alliance Joint Naval and Air Exercises announced Tuesday.", "\"The purpose of this readiness exercise is to highlight Alliance resolve to face any threat North Korea may pose,\" it said in a news release." ]	[ "NEW: Joint military exercises are to be held July 25-28 .", "The meeting will take place in the demilitarized zone .", "It is intended to set the stage for higher-level talks .", "North Korea was blamed for the sinking of the warship Cheonan, but denies it ." ]	[ 4, 5, 11 ]
[ "Miami, Florida (CNN) -- A weather system moving over the southern Bahamas has been upgraded to a tropical storm, with sustained winds now reported at 40 miles an hour, as it heads toward the southern tip of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.", "The system has been named Tropical Storm Bonnie.", "At 11 p.m. ET, it was moving northwest at 14 miles an hour as it approached the northwestern Bahamas, according to the National Hurricane Center.", "It could pick up strength as it moves over the long stretch of open water in the Gulf of Mexico, but the latest computer models do not show it becoming a hurricane, according to CNN meteorologist Chad Myers.", "Forecasters had predicted that it would cross over central Florida, but the models now show it passing farther south, over the Florida Keys or the Straits of Florida and then into the Gulf.", "The storm is expected to pass the southern tip of Florida on Friday afternoon and then make landfall Sunday between New Orleans and the Beaumont-Port Arthur area in southeastern Texas.", "Myers said it's more likely to bear down on Louisiana.", "And on that path, it could push oil in the Gulf from the BP oil spill to shore.", "But at this point, no oil has spilled into the Gulf for the past seven days, with BP's crippled well contained with a cap that appears to be bearing up under \"integrity\" tests.", "BP's chief operating officer, Doug Suttles, said Thursday that skimmers had been able to recover only 56 barrels of oil the day before, because that's all they could find.", "With the weather turning bad, BP has suspended work on a relief well to permanently seal the damaged well.", "And late Thursday, the federal official overseeing the effort, retired Adm. Thad Allen, ordered ships in the area to come to shore.", "That could delay operations at the well site for 10 to 14 days.", "But Allen said there's enough confidence in the well that it will be left capped and closed during the rough weather.", "Ships used to skim oil off the surface are likely to have to come ashore as well.", "Currently, 215 are operating off the coast of Louisiana.", "Louisiana Gov.", "Bobby Jindal has issued an emergency declaration, intended to speed state help to parishes that need it, when the storm hits.", "He said mandatory evacuations are not expected, but parishes might call for voluntary evacuations in some low-lying areas.", "The weather system is drenching the Bahamas and has caused flooding in Puerto Rico, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.", "Tropical storm warnings have been issued for Florida's east coast, from Golden Beach south to the Keys, and along the west coast, northward to Bonita Beach.", "In Monroe County, Florida, which comprises the Keys, officials warned boaters to secure their vessels and remain in port until winds and seas subside.", "They warned drivers to use extreme caution on the Overseas Highway, especially on exposed bridges.", "The hurricane center predicted that the storm would bring 2 to 4 inches of rain to south Florida, with isolated areas receiving as much as 6 inches.", "The central and northwest Bahamas are likely to receive slightly more, the hurricane center said.", "CNN's Anna Rhett Miller contributed to this report." ]	[ "Louisiana declares emergency as storm approaches .", "Thad Allen orders ships at BP well site to shore .", "Weather system upgraded to tropical storm .", "Latest computer models show the storm moving into the Gulf of Mexico ." ]	[ 0, 11, 16 ]
[ "Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Police say one thing was clear when authorities showed up at a house in Arizona looking for a California girl who had been missing for seven years.", "The family inside was hiding something.", "They were \"evasive and untruthful,\" said Capt.", "Patrick Maxwell of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Norwalk Station.", "When family members were asked to produce a birth certificate or adoption papers for Amber Rose Nicklas, they could not.", "Maxwell says that is when they admitted the 7-year-old girl was not theirs.", "The child had been missing since September 2003.", "She was in the care of foster parents in Norwalk, California, when she was snatched by three of her aunts.", "Two of the aunts were caught at the time but a third got away with the infant.", "Maxwell says it appears Amber had been living with the same family in Phoenix, Arizona, for most of the time she was missing, but police are still investigating how she ended up with people who are not her biological family.", "Authorities got a tip that Amber could be at a home in Phoenix and went there with a court order Wednesday afternoon.", "When investigators tried to serve the court order, they found that a woman in the home had hidden the child in a shower under a pile of clothes and towels, said Phoenix police Sgt.", "Trent Crump.", "Amber's identity had been changed, including her name and date of birth, police said.", "Authorities confirmed Amber's real identity through footprints, photographs and DNA swabs.", "The child is in state custody in California and prosecutors will file charges, Crump said.", "CNN's Nick Valencia and Sonya Hamasaki contributed to this report." ]	[ "Police say the Arizona family holding the girl was \"evasive and untruthful\"\nAmber Rose Nicklas is now in the custody of California authorities .", "Girl's identity is confirmed through footprints and a DNA swab .", "The girl was abducted from California in 2003 when she was a year old ." ]	[ 0, 1, 2, 5, 7, 14, 15 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Two suspects were arrested over the weekend after authorities found two tons of raw elephant ivory and five rhinoceros horns at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the Kenya Wildlife Service said Monday.", "The cargo had been disguised as avocados, according to the service, which says its mission is \"to sustainably conserve and manage Kenya's wildlife and its habitats in collaboration with other stakeholders for posterity.\"", "\"Most of the tusks seem to have been collected from natural deaths of about 150 elephants over the last 20 years with the latest likely to be 6 months old,\" it said in a news release.", "\"None of the tusks had the indelible ink used for marking government-held stocks.", "DNA tests will be conducted to determine the tusks' actual origin.\"", "The seizure and arrests resulted from a joint operation that included the Kenya Wildlife Service, Kenya Revenue Authority, Lusaka Agreement Task Force and the Kenya Police, the wildlife service said.", "On Saturday night, the airport's warehouse security contacted a canine unit after becoming suspicious about a cargo destined for Malaysia through Dubai by Emirates Airline, it said.", "\"The cargo, which was falsely declared as containing only fresh avocado fruits, was packed in 12 wooden boxes, which raised a red flag due to its mode of package, weight and destination,\" it said.", "Inside the boxes, officials found the contraband packed among avocados and wrapped in black paper and banana leaves -- packaging used in an attempt to evade detection, the wildlife service said.", "Last year, 204 elephants were illegally killed in Kenya, up from 94 in 2008 and 47 in 2007, the service said.", "Also last year, 13 rhinoceroses were illegally killed in the country, up from five in 2008, it said.", "In 1979, Africa was home to some 1.3 million elephants; by 1989 only 600,000 remained, a drop blamed almost wholly on the killing of elephants for ivory, the service said.", "There are currently about 400,000 elephants in Africa, it said.", "After the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species banned international commercial ivory trade in 1989, demand dropped as did the price of ivory -- from $300 per kilo to about $3 per kilo, it said.", "As some southern African elephant populations appeared healthier, restrictions eased in 1997 and 2002, when Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe were allowed to sell limited stocks of ivory to Japan." ]	[ "Two tons of ivory, five rhino horns seized Sunday at Nairobi's airport .", "The cargo had been disguised as avocados .", "Two suspects arrested, officials say ." ]	[ 0 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Setting national standards for U.S. students has been tried in the past without success -- but a new state-led effort is gaining momentum, according to an official of an educational think tank that compiled a nationwide study comparing standards.", "The new benchmarks -- called Common Core Standards -- are a move initiated at the state level to come up with a set of standards that will be used by all states to create cross-border consistency in what students will be expected to know.", "In June, the Common Core recommendations were released to the public by the National Governors Association and state education heads.", "So far 26 states have signed on to the national Common Core Standards while several have opted not to use the standards.", "Each state currently evaluates its elementary and secondary students according to its own state benchmarks, which vary greatly across state lines.", "\"You look at these standards and most Americans would say, 'Sure, this is what we want our students to know,'\" says Fordham Institute Vice President Mike Petrilli.", "Since the Common Core Standards are part of a state-led effort, Petrilli says they have avoided the debate about the federal government pushing standards on the rest of the country.", "Also, the writers of the recommendations have done \"a pretty good job of putting together good standards,\" according to Petrilli.", "Read the Common Core Standards .", "The Washington-based Fordham Institute on Wednesday released results of its study comparing the standards-of-learning of all 50 states and the District of Columbia with the Common Core Standards that have been proposed for the whole country.", "Additionally, the study graded the Common Core Standards themselves.", "The Common Core Standards overall get a B+ in English language arts and an A- in mathematics, according to the institute.", "On the more local level, California, the District of Columbia and Indiana received the highest marks in English language arts with more stringent standards than the national recommendations, according to the institute's study, while 37 states fell below the recommended Common Core standards.", "In mathematics, there were no states that had standards that were clearly better than the Common Core Standards, but California, the District of Columbia, Florida, Indiana and Washington were close to the mark.", "The report found that, overall, the Common Core Standards scored well in clarity and content.", "It will take several years for plans to be put in place for the states to actually start testing students under national guidelines.", "The Massachusetts State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education signed onto the Common Core Standards on Wednesday.", "The high-profile vote was made after three hours of public comment that included a gubernatorial candidate who spoke against the adoption and two former commissioners of education that spoke for the change.", "In the education community, Massachusetts is considered to have high state benchmarks already, so there was a question as to whether or not they should alter their current criteria.", "Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker said that \"tinkering with this proven track record makes no sense.\"", "But State Education Secretary Paul Reville said, \"All along, the conversation about Common Core has been about the Commonwealth seizing the opportunity to improve upon our already high standards.\"" ]	[ "A state-led effort has created proposed national standards for U.S. students .", "So far, 26 states have signed on the national Common Core Standards .", "An educational think tank compiled a study comparing standards ." ]	[ 0, 3 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A confidential report on safety conditions aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, conducted about one month before the rig's explosion, points to widespread fear of reprisal for reporting employee mistakes that could undermine safety aboard the rig.", "\"There was a stated fear of reprisal related specifically to the reporting of dropped objects,\" states an executive summary of the report obtained by CNN.", "\"Only 46.3 percent of participants felt that, if their actions led to a potentially risky situation (e.g., forgetting to do something, damaging equipment, dropping an object from height), they could report it without any fear of reprisal,\" the report states.", "Transocean, the rig operator, commissioned the survey of about 40 employees, about half its staff aboard the Deepwater Horizon.", "The report concluded, \"Deepwater Horizon was relatively strong in many of the core aspects of safety management.\"", "But it also uncovered fear among workers of suffering reprisal for reporting conditions that could lead to a \"risky\" situation onboard the rig.", "The study also found some Transocean employees entered fake data to try to circumvent a safety system, according to a person familiar with the full report.", "The study was based on surveys conducted March 12-16 by Lloyd's Register Group, a consultant that analyzes the safety of business processes and products.", "The Deepwater Horizon rig exploded the night of April 20 while drilling BP's Macondo oil well.", "Two days later it sank.", "The Lloyd's report was completed afterwards; it is dated May 11.", "Lloyd's said it was retained by Transocean to \"proactively understand their safety culture and assess the equipment on the Deepwater Horizon.\"", "Transocean has commissioned safety surveys of its staff aboard 20 other drilling rigs.", "A spokesperson for Transocean insisted the study of employees aboard Deepwater Horizon reflected the company's commitment to safety.", "\"This rig did go seven years without a lost-time incident or any major environmental accidents,\" said spokesman Lou Colasuonno.", "\"This rig was exhibit-A for a well-run rig.\"", "In assessing the safety culture onboard the rig, the consultants gave ratings of between 2.9 to 3.5 on a scale of 1 to 5 for policies such as leadership, communication, training and monitoring.", "A separate report by a different Transocean consultant on the Deepwater Horizon's equipment cited at least 26 components and systems out of 129 categories on the rig that were in \"bad\" or \"poor\" condition, according to a report in Thursday's New York Times.", "Transocean's spokesman told CNN all equipment on the Deepwater Horizon was in line with government guidelines.", "\"Every device met regulatory standards,\" Colasuonno said." ]	[ "Report: Deepwater Horizon workers feared reprisal for reporting safety-related actions .", "The study was conducted by an outside consultant in March .", "The oil rig exploded the night of April 20 ." ]	[ 0, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Detroit, Michigan, Police Chief Warren Evans has resigned, the city announced Wednesday.", "\"We appreciate the time and dedication that Warren Evans has given to the Detroit Police Department,\" Mayor Dave Bing said in a statement.", "\"He has put the department on a path to reducing crime.\"", "The mayor named Assistant Chief Ralph Godbee as interim police chief.", "\"I got some information on some things that had happened in our police department,\" Bing said at news conference.", "\"I thought Chief Evans, some of his decisions, I think compromised his position as chief, and because of that, I've made the decision to replace him.\"", "Bing declined to go into details of what the decisions were that led to Evans' resignation.", "He would only say that the move was based on feedback both internally and externally over a period of time.", "\"It's a combination of a lot of things that happened,\" Bing said.", "Evans came under fire in May when he allowed a reality film crew to follow officers as they executed a search warrant for a murder suspect, CNN affiliate WDIV reported.", "During the incident, an officer was accused of shooting and killing a 7-year-old girl who was sleeping inside of the home.", "Evans became the third Detroit police within a year when he assumed the position last summer, WDIV reported.", "\"We've made some tremendous strides in the police department with a data-driven approach to solving crime,\" Godbee said.", "\"Those things we are doing successfully, we will continue to build on.\"" ]	[ "NEW: Mayor does not give a detailed reason for the change .", "NEW: Former chief was under fire for a reality television show .", "\"He has put the department on a path to reducing crime,\" they mayor says of Warren Evans .", "Assistant chief named interim police chief ." ]	[ 1, 2, 3 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- It was the stench.", "That was what really hit Danny Boyle the first time he went into a slum in India.", "In \"Slumdog\" a poor man wins a place on India's version of \"Who wants to be a Millionaire?\"", "\"There's this smell you get first of all,\" recalls the British director.", "\"This incredible mixture of our excrement -- it belongs to all of us -- and then saffron.", "It's just this mixture of sweet and sour.\"", "Boyle's experiences shooting in the teeming, chaotic port city of Mumbai could also be described as sweet and sour.", "The director, who is renown for films like \"Trainspotting\" and \"28 Days Later,\" had never even been to India before he and his crew traveled there to make the critically acclaimed Oscar contender \"Slumdog Millionaire.\"", "\"It's pretty mad,\" admits Boyle.", "\"Everything is extreme.", "It's too hot, the tea is too sweet; everything is kind of too much.\"", "But, he adds: \"That's wonderful for drama, absolutely wonderful.\"", "He and his crew threw themselves into shooting their drama in the streets and landmarks of India's \"city of dreams\" using passers-by as extras.", "They also shot in the Dharavi -- Asia's largest slum -- and Juhu slum which can be seen from the city's airport.", "\"Slumdog\" is a classic rags-to-riches story about a young boy from the slums, Jamal Malik (played by British actor Dev Patel), who beats millions of other Indians to bag a coveted place on the country's version of TV game show \"Who Wants to be a Millionaire?\"", "Through the timely story of the young \"slumdog,\" Boyle illuminates the contradictions of present day India -- the nuclear power that does not provide public sanitation for its population -- and Mumbai was the ideal city in which to do it.", "\"Mumbai is a city of extremes,\" Boyle explains, \"Life is raw.", "It's incredibly powerful and rich because their economy is expanding, the richest men in the world are there ... but then there is also this enormous poverty as well.\"", "Do you think Danny Boyle has captured India in \"Slumdog Millionaire\"?", "Tell us below in the SoundOff box.", "Boyle's film shows these extremes with great realism.", "He takes the audience from the cheerfully money-grubbing micro-commerce of the slums where young boys charge slum dwellers to use filthy latrines, to Jamal's job as a \"chaiwallah\" (tea boy) in one of India's much-publicized call centers, and later, to the Indian game show phenomenon, \"Kaun Banega Crorepati.\"", "Boyle achieved this realism by immersing himself, his crew and actors in the Mumbai sprawl, and shooting as much as possible in real locations.", "\"I wanted to feel really involved in the city.", "I didn't want to be looking at it, examining it.", "I wanted to be thrown into the chaos as much as possible.", "\"There's a period of time between about 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. where it all stops and just the dogs move around, but other than that, the place is just a tide of humanity.\"", "With limited time in India, Boyle made the decision to travel to the places he intended to shoot and film the cast's rehearsals there.", "This was something the film's star, Patel, found challenging at first.", "\"It's daunting at first doing these scenes outdoors with loads of people watching, but they just warm to it and everybody is, like, laughing and they start clapping at the end of the scenes,\" Patel laughs.", "His co-star Frieda Pinto, who plays love interest Latika, was born and brought up in Mumbai and knows the city well.", "Watch Dev Patel and Frieda Pinto talking about the making of \"Slumdog Millionaire.\"", "\"You can't stop the bystanders in Bombay,\" she explains, \"It is something that you attract anyway, especially if you have a camera out there and a foreign crew and a song and dance.", "\"You are definitely going to attract a huge crowd and you can't do anything about it.", "The only thing you can do is enjoy it.\"", "For Boyle and the crew, on the other side of the camera, the energy and chaos was a pretty intense experience.", "\"You just don't have any control in India,\" he explains.", "\"If you seek it, it will drive you insane.", "You've got to go with it really and just see what happens.\"", "But they did have some tricks up their collective sleeve.", "Boyle and veteran cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle shot crowd scenes, like the chase through Juhu slum at the beginning of the film, using the people who happened to be passing by on the street for added realism.", "They wanted to draw as little attention to themselves as possible to keep the crowds looking natural.", "To achieve this feeling of being right in the middle of everything without disturbing the local communities too much, they used a variety of small digital cameras and digital stills camera.", "\"[We used] a Canon stills camera, which takes 12 frames per second.", "If people see a stills camera, they don't think it's recording live action,\" he explains.", "For Boyle, who believes his first film, \"Shallow Grave\" (1995) is still his best, because \"you haven't a clue what you are doing\" and \"you haven't learnt the tricks yet,\" he says, shooting in Mumbai was a way of recapturing that early originality.", "\"You arrive and you feel a bit vulnerable and naked again, and that's a really good thing, because you are not tempted to just step in your own footsteps all the time.\"" ]	[ "Danny Boyle had never been to India before shooting \"Slumdog Millionaire\"\nThe British director shot the film in the streets and slums using passers-by as extras .", "Boyle on shooting in Mumbai: \"It's pretty mad.", "Everything is extreme.\"", "\"Slumdog\" has been critically acclaimed and is hotly tipped for Oscars ." ]	[ 7, 8, 9, 12, 18 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday that he is breaking off relations with Colombia.", "His decision comes as the Organization of American States meets to discuss Colombian claims that Venezuela is protecting FARC and ELN rebels in its territory.", "The move is the biggest escalation in a year of simmering tensions between the two countries and their presidents.", "Chavez said that under President Alvaro Uribe, Colombia has isolated itself and become \"aggressive and violent.\"", "He called Uribe \"crazed\" and accused the United States of using Uribe as a puppet.", "Uribe is in the final month of a presidency that has had many tensions with neighboring Venezuela, mostly over accusations that rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (also known as FARC) and National Liberation Army (ELN) have camps in Venezuela.", "Chavez said he hoped for better relations with Colombian President-elect Juan Manuel Santos, who was Uribe's defense minister and whose election was viewed as an affirmation of Uribe's policies.", "The Venezuelan leader spoke from his presidential palace, where he was holding a news conference with Argentine soccer coach Diego Maradona.", "Maradona's visit was unrelated to the spat with Colombia.", "Venezuela recalled its ambassador to Colombia on Friday in reaction to the accusations of protecting rebels.", "Uribe is a two-term president who has received high approval ratings for his tough stand against FARC guerrillas, who have been waging war against the government for decades.", "Colombia has accused Chavez of supporting the rebels, and Chavez has said Colombian officials and right-wing paramilitary units have plotted his assassination.", "Security analysts say FARC guerrillas operate mostly in Colombia but have carried out extortion, kidnappings and other activities in Venezuela, Panama and Ecuador.", "FARC is said to traffic in cocaine to finance its insurgency.", "Colombia has also accused another neighbor, Ecuador, of giving refuge to rebels.", "In 2008, Colombia carried out a raid in Ecuadorian territory that resulted in the killing of a top FARC leader.", "Thursday was not the first time Chavez cut off diplomatic ties with Colombia.", "A year ago, Chavez \"froze\" the nations' relationship over Colombian accusations that Venezuelan weapons had made it into the hands of rebels.", "Colombia said it had evidence that shoulder-fired anti-tank weapons recovered from FARC guerrillas were of Venezuelan origin.", "Venezuela denied the allegations and said the rebels may have stolen the weapons from a Venezuelan base." ]	[ "Hugo Chavez says relations with Colombia are totally broken .", "Colombia accuses Venzuela of protecting rebels .", "Chavez calls President Alvaro Uribe \"crazed\"\nHe said he hopes for better relations with Colombia's next president ." ]	[ 0, 6 ]
[ "Clearwater, Florida (CNN) -- Prosecutors in Pinellas County, Florida, on Wednesday sought to convince jurors that a young woman accused of stabbing to death an 18-year-old woman last year did not act in self-defense but intended to attack her because both women were fighting over the same man.", "Rachel Wade, 20, is accused of killing Sarah Ludemann in the early hours of April 15, 2009.", "According to court records, the two women were involved with Joshua Camacho, then 20, and over a period of several months engaged in a series of nasty confrontations over him via MySpace postings, text messages and voicemails.", "The situation escalated when the two women confronted one another outside a friend's home.", "Wade stabbed Ludemann, who was unarmed, twice in the chest, and Ludemann died at the scene.", "The defense is arguing that Wade, at 5-foot-4 and 110 pounds, acted in self-defense -- fearing for her safety when she was confronted by Ludemann, 5-foot-9 and 166 pounds, and two other women.", "But in the opening day of the trial Wednesday, the prosecution sought to portray Wade as the initial aggressor, who waited for Ludemann with a knife and barely gave her time to get out of her vehicle before attacking her.", "Four witnesses to the night of the confrontation testified before the six-person jury Wednesday: Janet Camacho, the sister of Joshua Camacho and a friend of Ludemann's; Jilica Smith, a friend of Janet Camacho's; Ashley Lovelady, Ludemann's best friend; and Dustin Grimes, a friend of Wade's ex-boyfriend.", "Smith and Janet Camacho both testified that while they were driving to a McDonald's with Ludemann in her minivan, they heard their friend on the phone with Wade and said they heard Wade tell her, \"I'm going to stab you and your Mexican boyfriend.\"", "Ludemann grew upset, according to the testimony, and learned of Wade's whereabouts when she happened to pass Lovelady on the road on their way to McDonald's.", "Lovelady told the women that she had seen Wade at her ex-boyfriend Javier Laboy's house, according to Camacho.", "Ludemann then rushed over to Laboy's house, where Wade was at her car with a knife nearby, Janet Camacho and Smith testified.", "Ludemann pulled her minivan to an abrupt halt, its nose about 5 feet from the front of Wade's Red Saturn, and began to get out of the vehicle, according to testimony.", "Within a matter of seconds, prosecutors say, Wade grabbed the knife and approached the driver's side of the minivan and attacked Ludemann between the driver's open door and the minivan.", "However, Grimes, the final witness of the day and who was standing outside Laboy's house when the stabbing occurred, testified that the three women jumped out of the minivan at the same time and approached Wade.", "He said the attack occurred between the two cars.", "His testimony, given via videotape from his military posting overseas, could be key to the defense as it seeks to build its case around self-defense.", "Prosecutors played the 911 call placed on the night of the incident by Smith, who can be heard screaming that \"Rachel just ... stabbed her.\"", "Both Smith and Wade wiped away tears as the audio recording was played.", "Prosecutors are expected Thursday to play other recordings of threatening voicemail messages left on Ludemann's cell phone by Wade in the eight months before the attack.", "In an August 29, 2008, voicemail, Wade can be heard saying \"I'm guaranteeing you I'm going to ... murder you,\" according to testimony at a prior hearing in the case.", "The jury will also hear from police officers who responded to the incident, as well as the medical examiner.", "Wade, who was 19 at the time of the killing, faces life in prison -- a minimum of 20 and a half years -- if convicted of second-degree murder in the case.", "In Session's Beth Karas contributed to this report." ]	[ "Rachel Wade is accused of stabbing to death 18-year-old Sarah Ludemann .", "Prosecutors say Wade planned the attack because both women were fighting over the same man .", "The defense says Wade acted in self-defense .", "Wade faces up to life in prison if convicted of second-degree murder in the case ." ]	[ 0, 1, 22 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Park Ji-sung headed a second half winner as Manchester United beat bitter rivals Liverpool 2-1 to reclaim top spot in the English Premier League on Sunday.", "Spanish international striker Fernando Torres gave Liverpool a shock fifth-minute lead at Old Trafford, but Wayne Rooney quickly equalized from the penalty spot.", "The goal came in controversial circumstances with Javier Mascherano's foul on Antonio Valencia appearing to start outside the area.", "Rooney's initial spotkick was saved by Pepe Reina, but the England striker continued his rich scoring vein by hitting home the rebound in the 12th minute.", "In a second half of few openings, South Korean star Park dived to power home the winner on the hour mark from man of the match Darren Fletcher's superb cross.", "Torres, who had started and finished the move to put Liverpool ahead, fluffed a great chance to equalize in the the last minute, but his shot ballooned high and Yossi Benayoun could only head it straight at Edwin van der Sar.", "The win takes United two points clear of Arsenal on 69 points after 31 games.", "Third-placed Chelsea were later held to a 1-1 draw at Blackburn to be four points adrift, but with a game in hand.", "It was another setback for Chelsea, who were knocked out of the Champions League by Inter Milan in midweek.", "Didier Drogba gave Carlo Ancelotti's men an early lead at Ewood Park as he neatly converted Nicolas Anelka's cross, but they were unable to press home their advantage.", "El-Hadji Diouf equalized for the home side in the 70th minute when he rose above Paulo Ferreira to cleverly direct Michel Salgado's cross past Petr Cech.", "Fletcher claimed their earlier victory over Liverpool, who are battling with Tottenham, Manchester City and Aston Villa for the final Champions League spot, had put the pressure on Chelsea.", "\"The team that puts the most consistent run to the end of the season will probably be the champions,\" Fletcher told Sky Sports.", "United's city rivals Manchester City also enjoyed a crucial 2-1 win on Sunday as they beat Fulham at Craven Cotage.", "Fulham were feeling the effects of their famous win over Juventus in midweek and fell behind to first half goals from Roque Santa Cruz and Carlos Tevez, who starred for the visitors.", "Fulham captain Danny Murphy pulled one back from the spot in the 75th minute but they could not force an equalizer.", "City move above Liverpool into fifth place, two points adrift of fourth-placed Tottenham, but with a game in hand." ]	[ "Park Ji-sung heads a second half winner to give Manchester United 2-1 win .", "Fernando Torres puts Liverpool ahead with Wayne Rooney leveling from spot .", "Victory sees United reclaim top spot in the English Premier League .", "NEW: Chelsea held 1-1 at Blackburn and are four points adrift with a game in hand ." ]	[ 0, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Amnesty International on Friday urged Saudi Arabian authorities not to paralyze a man as punishment for his having paralyzed someone else, allegedly during a fight.", "The Saudi newspaper Okaz reported that the judge in the case had sent letters to several hospitals in Saudi Arabia asking if they could sever a man's spinal cord, as the man he allegedly stabbed had requested and, under sharia law, was his right to seek.", "But such a punishment would amount \"to nothing less than torture,\" said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, acting director of the organization's Middle East and North Africa Programme.", "\"While those guilty of a crime should be held accountable, intentionally paralyzing a man in this way would constitute torture, and be a breach of its international human rights obligations.\"", "The paralyzed man, 22-year-old Abdul-Aziz al-Mitairy, told Okaz that the accused stabbed him in the back with a large knife during a fight more than two years ago.", "\"The accused confessed to the crime in front of police, resulting in a general sentence of seven months,\" he told the newspaper.", "During that time, the court in the northwest province of Tabuk debated how to carry out the surgery the paralyzed man was seeking as punishment for his alleged attacker, news reports said.", "Riyadh's King Faisal Specialist Hospital, one of the kingdom's leading hospitals, responded that, from a medical perspective, it would not be possible for them to cause the injury by performing such surgery, Okaz reported.", "But apparently at least one hospital said it would be possible.", "\"According to one report, one hospital said it would be possible to medically administer the injury at the same place on the spinal cord as the damage the man is alleged to have caused his victim using a cleaver, during a fight more than two years ago, causing similar paralysis,\" Amnesty said in a news release.", "It is up to the court to decide whether to impose the paralysis punishment or sentence the man to imprisonment, financial compensation, or flogging, it said.", "The alleged attacker, who has not been identified publicly, \"was convicted and sentenced following a trial where he was said to have had no legal assistance,\" Amnesty added.", "International human rights law would consider such a sentence to be a violation of the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and to break the U.N. Convention Against Torture to which Saudi Arabia is a party, Amnesty said.", "It would also violate the principles of medical ethics adopted by the U.N. General Assembly, it said.", "Other sentences of retribution in the kingdom have included eye-gouging, tooth extraction, and death in cases involving murder, it said.", "International organizations are not the only ones to protest.", "Outrage has been expressed by bloggers in Saudi Arabia over the sentence, which underscores the societal struggle in Saudi Arabia between hardliners, who hew to tribal justice, and progressives, who consider such verdicts to be draconian and bad for the country's international image.", "The fact that newspapers and bloggers are questioning decisions by courts -- institutions traditionally considered above reproach -- is a relatively recent phenomenon in Saudi Arabia, where other such sentences have captured international attention.", "\"This case in Saudi Arabia is not the only case of its kind,\" said Akbar Ahmed, a former commissioner of justice in Pakistan who is chairman of the department of Islamic Studies at American University in Washington.", "\"We see many cases like this -- stoning or beheading or cutting off hands or feet in Iran, Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan, which are very tribal.\"", "Under Islamic law, compassion is an important virtue for any judge, Ahmed said.", "\"However harsh the punishment would be in tribal law, an eye for an eye, the compassion element that must be exercised by the judge overrides it, and I'm afraid we don't see much of that in cases like this where, very often, the victim becomes twice punished,\" he added.", "CNN's Mohammed Jamjoom and Amir Ahmed contributed to this story." ]	[ "Amnesty International asks Saudi court not to carry out the retribution .", "The organization says such a punishment would amount to \"nothing less than torture\"\nThe victim was paralyzed after being stabbed in the back ." ]	[ 2, 6 ]
[ "(CNN Student News) -- August 23, 2010 .", "Download PDF maps related to today's show: .", "• Iran • Pakistan • Korean Peninsula .", "Transcript . THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.", "THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.", "CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Back from the weekend and ready to launch into 10 minutes of commercial-free headlines, including dueling protests, an Iranian announcement and one teen's push for peace.", "I'm Carl Azuz. This is CNN Student News.", "First Up: Egg Safety .", "AZUZ: First up, a recall gets bigger as more than half a billion eggs are pulled off the shelves.", "Now last week, we told you about an egg producer that did a recall because of concerns about salmonella, a bacteria that can be found in eggs, and it can make you very sick.", "Well now, another producer is involved.", "Experts think that around 1,300 people have gotten sick from the tainted eggs.", "One doctor offered some safety tips.", "DR. RANDY MARTIN, PIEDMONT HEART INSTITUTE: Eggs are actually a great source of protein and a lot of the good vitamins.", "But there are other sources. So, if you're really concerned, have some tofu, other things like that.", "Refrigerate your eggs.", "They've got to be less than 40 degrees.", "Store them individually, like you've done, and then cook them.", "They've got to be more than 160 degrees for 10 minutes.", "And eat them promptly.", "Islamic Center Debate .", "AZUZ: In New York City, things are tense over plans to build an Islamic center with a mosque a few blocks away from Ground Zero.", "That's one site of the 9/11 terror attacks.", "And Sunday, hundreds of people turned out in protest, both against the plan and for it.", "Most of the protesters are opposed to the plan; they're opposed to the Islamic center.", "They argue that it's insensitive to build it so close to Ground Zero.", "According to a CNN poll that was taken earlier this month, nearly 70 percent of Americans agree with them; they are against the plan.", "But on the other side of the debate, those folks who support building the Islamic center argue that the issue is freedom of religion.", "New York Governor David Patterson says there are no laws that prevent the construction of the Islamic center.", "But he says the controversy shows him that \"the wounds of 9/11 haven't healed.\"", "One of the leaders of the group that's behind the development of the Islamic center says that there are no plans to move the construction site, at least not for now.", "Shoutout . TOMEKA JONES, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Time for the Shoutout!", "What is the name of the Middle Eastern country that's highlighted on this map?", "If you think you know it, shout it out!", "Is it: A) Saudi Arabia, B) Iran, C) Pakistan or D) Oman?", "You've got three seconds -- GO!", "The Islamic Republic of Iran is highlighted here.", "That's your answer and that's your Shoutout!", "Drone Unveiled .", "AZUZ: And Iran is making a new type of military weapon.", "It's a long-range drone, an unmanned arial vehicle.", "They're pretty common in modern combat.", "The U.S. uses something called a Predator drone.", "And American officials say the unmanned vehicles help cut down risk for troops because no one actually has to be on board piloting it.", "Iran started producing its drones back in February.", "The first ones were unveiled yesterday.", "Iranian officials say the drones have a range of about 620 miles and can carry different types of bombs and missiles to hit ground targets.", "They claim that the goal of the new vehicles is to prevent aggression against their country.", "Meanwhile, Iran has started fueling a new nuclear energy plant.", "It says the plant will help make electricity.", "But other countries, including the United States, think Iran may try to make nuclear weapons.", "Flood Economy .", "AZUZ: Moving east from Iran to Pakistan.", "We've told you about the severe flooding there.", "We're starting to see some of the aftermath of that flooding in terms of disease: skin diseases, respiratory infections, malaria.", "The World Health Organization says nearly a million Pakistanis are suffering some kind of illness.", "The floods are making a massive impact on the country's economy as well, and Jonathan Mann has more on that.", "(BEGIN VIDEO) JONATHAN MANN, CNN ANCHOR, ATLANTA: More than half of Pakistan's people live off the land.", "Now, much of the land is covered by dirty water, and the people are reduced to misery.", "WENDY CHAMBERLIN, PRESIDENT, MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE; FORMER U.S.", "AMBASSADOR TO PAKISTAN: It's hard to imagine a country that is least prepared or had the thinnest of margins to be able to absorb a shock of this type.", "MANN: Under all of that water, there are homes, farms and factories, bridges, roads and irrigation canals.", "Five hundred thousand tons of stored wheat is now reported ruined.", "Add potentially two million bales of cotton.", "Food prices have been rising in markets around the country.", "Pakistan's long-standing electricity shortage is suddenly so much worse because power plants have been shut down or damaged as well.", "The county's high commissioner to Britain told the Reuters news agency that it might cost $15 billion to rebuild from the devastation.", "And Pakistan -- already deeply in debt -- will have less money to spend, because its ability to earn with exports has been dramatically reduced.", "CHAMBERLIN: What the floods have done is to virtually wipe out an infrastructure, agricultural infrastructure that it depended upon for its wheat exports.", "And because about 60 percent of the population worked in the agricultural sector, so the amount of investment that will need to go in just to bring Pakistan back up to a status quo, a status quo that was not sufficient, is going to cost billions and billions of dollars.", "MANN: The world has responded with millions in aid.", "The World Bank alone has pledged $900 million more.", "But Pakistan will need so much more money than that, even long after the water is gone.", "Jonathan Mann, CNN.", "(END VIDEO) Is this Legit?", "SHELBY ERDMAN, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Is this legit?", "The demilitarized zone, or DMZ, divides North and South Korea.", "Legit! It was established in 1953 as part of the agreement that ended the fighting in the Korean War.", "Peace Mission .", "AZUZ: The fighting ended a while ago, but technically, North and South Korea are still at war.", "And the DMZ is patrolled at all times by troops from both countries.", "It doesn't sound like the kind of place you might want to spend a vacation, but there's a 13-year-old from Mississippi who thought so.", "And Emily Chang introduces him and his hope to us.", "(BEGIN VIDEO) EMILY CHANG, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: He's a 13-year-old boy turned international envoy.", "JONATHAN LEE, PEACE ADVOCATE: Hello, my name is Jonathan, and I'm the founder of a youth humanitarian environmental group called \"I See Hope.\"", "CHANG: Just off a plane, Jonathan Lee greeted throngs of global media after a mission to one of the most isolated nations in the world.", "LEE: Actually, I was really kind of scared at first.", "But once I got there, I was kind of relieved because I felt, in my experience, very safe.", "CHANG: As a Korean-American from Mississippi, his idea was simple but ambitious: to convince Kim Jong-il to plant a children's peace forest in the demilitarized zone that separates North and South Korea, two nations technically still at war.", "LEE: I would really like, if possible, maybe of children from both countries to be able to meet and play with each other, like a big playground.", "CHANG: How did you feel when he came up with this idea?", "MELISSA LEE, JONATHAN'S MOTHER: I was like, really?", "You want to go to North Korea, and when?", "And then he was so adamant and so strong about how he felt, I was like, okay.", "I was cool with it. I was fine. KYOUNG LEE, JONATHAN'S FATHER: I said, no way.", "CHANG: Completely opposite.", "His father, originally from South Korea, was hesitant, but eventually agreed and the family embarked on their journey.", "LEE: My idea for the mission statement of the children's peace forest is \"Above politics, above borders, above ideology, above conflict.\"", "CHANG: Jonathan's humanitarian work started three years ago.", "He created Go Green Man, a superhero who teaches kids to protect the environment.", "He's met with President Obama and other top leaders.", "He's filed more than 30 iReports on CNN and waged a seven-day campaign to urge McDonald's to recycle.", "But his trip to North Korea would be the most challenging and eye opening.", "LEE: I went to a school children's palace and I found out the children there are very talented.", "They learned piano and did it really impressively.", "The accordion, calligraphy, embroidery.", "CHANG: He didn't meet with Kim Jong-il, but says he did meet with other government officials who told him a peace treaty would have to be signed before there could ever be a children's peace forest.", "LEE: Well, I was a little disappointed, but I'm going to keep trying.", "Maybe if I keep trying, I don't know, maybe eventually, hopefully.", "CHANG: Emily Chang, CNN, Beijing.", "(END VIDEO) Before We Go .", "AZUZ: All right, before we go today, we've got a story that's just too doggone cute -- or ugly -- to ignore.", "This is Izzy, a two-year old Chihuahua.", "But she's only half the story.", "Look down by her leg. That's a baby squirrel!", "Two of those were abandoned under the tree.", "Izzy's owner took in the squirrels, but Izzy decided to take over, adopting the little ones.", "We've actually been holding on to this video for a few days, kinda waiting to show it off to you.", "Goodbye . AZUZ: I guess you could say we've been squirreling it away.", "Chihuahuas, squirrels, puns: It's the little things on CNN Student News. I'm Carl Azuz." ]	[ "Keep up with a recall that has expanded to include half a billion eggs .", "Find out why hundreds of people turned out to speak out in New York on Sunday .", "Discover why a 13-year-old humanitarian set his eyes and hope on North Korea .", "Use the Daily Discussion to help students understand today's featured news stories ." ]	[ 8, 23, 70, 81, 88 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Soldiers and rescue workers on Friday pulled stranded people out of deluged swathes of southern China inundated by 11 days of heavy rain, state media said.", "The rains have led to the deaths of 211 people in 10 provinces, while 119 others are listed as missing, according to Xinhua news agency.", "Two dikes on the eastern Fu River in Jiangxi broke on Wednesday, forcing another 100,000 people to join the 2.3 million already evacuated, state officials estimated.", "More than 29 million people have been affected by the flooding, Chinese media reported.", "The government sent thousands of soldiers and rescuers to the region to assist in the evacuation effort and help repair the broken dikes.", "Officials said the repairs will run through next week, though storms could hamper the effort, Xinhua said.", "Eleven days of heavy rains in China caused the flooding, according to Xinhua." ]	[ "Death toll from China flooding rises to 211 .", "Heavy rains and flooding affect 10 provinces .", "Hundreds of workers try to shore up two dikes ." ]	[ 1, 6 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- A major figure in the project to build an Islamic center and mosque near ground zero in New York City said Sunday that moving the project to another site is not under consideration for now.", "Daisy Khan, who is heading the development of the project with her husband, told ABC's \"This Week\" that a move could be considered after consultations with \"all major stakeholders\" take place.", "\"We will meet and we will do what's right for everyone,\" Khan said, noting the project has the backing of the community board as well as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other politicians.", "Moving from the planned site two blocks from where al Qaeda attackers destroyed the World Trade Center, killing more than 2,700 people, raises constitutional issues and would be noted by Islamic extremists, Khan said.", "\"We have to be very careful and deliberate in making any move,\" Khan said.", "The issue has become an emotional topic in the United States, with conservative Republicans and some families of victims leading an effort to prevent the Islamic center and mosque from being built.", "A protest against the project was scheduled to take place Sunday in New York.", "President Barack Obama, Bloomberg and others, including a group representing some families of victims of the September 11 attacks, have supported the right of Khan's group to build the facility near ground zero.", "Khan appeared on the program with Rabbi Joy Levitt, the executive director of the Jewish Community Center in New York.", "Khan said the facility she and her husband, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, are developing would be modeled after the Jewish Community Center." ]	[ "Daisy Khan and her husband are developing the controversial Islamic center .", "The planned facility would be two blocks from ground zero in New York City .", "Khan says it will be modeled after the city's Jewish Community Center ." ]	[ 8, 9 ]
[ "Stockholm, Sweden (CNN) -- WikiLeaks founder and editor Julian Assange said Swedish authorities reached \"the height of irresponsibility\" by issuing an arrest warrant alleging rape against him, then revoking it less than a day later.", "\"It is clearly a smear campaign,\" Assange told Arabic news network Al-Jazeera in a live telephone interview Sunday. ...", "The only question is, who was involved?\"", "Asked who he thinks was behind the accusations, Assange told the network, \"We have some suspicions about who would benefit, but without direct evidence, I would not be willing to make a direct allegation.\"", "Meanwhile, the Swedish Prosecution Authority said in an update on its website that Assange's name was leaked to the media, and the authority -- which does not normally publish the names of suspects -- \"did not in this case initiate publication.\"", "However, the office did confirm Assange's identity and later published his name in statements about his arrest and the subsequent revocation.", "An arrest warrant was filed against Assange in absentia on Friday.", "Swedish media, citing unnamed sources, reported that two women, ages 20 and 30, reported the allegations to police, leading to the warrant being filed.", "The AftonBladet, a respected Swedish daily, said the 30-year-old told the newspaper that the younger woman had approached her with a story similar to hers -- that she had consensual sex with Assange but that the situation had turned abusive.", "Karin Rosander, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office, would not confirm the reports.", "But on Saturday, less than full day later, Chief Prosecutor Eva Finne said in a statement posted on the authority's website that Assange was \"no longer wanted\" and \"is not suspected of rape.\"", "The prosecution authority said on its website Sunday, \"When Ms. Finne became in charge of the matter on Saturday, she had more information than the first prosecutor had on Friday night.", "Decisions on coercive measures, like arrest, should constantly be re-evaluated during an investigation and must always be based on the actual information.\"", "\"The decision to appoint Eva Finne as prosecutor in charge was made on Saturday,\" the authority said.", "\"Under most circumstances the duty prosecutors on Monday morning hand over all weekend matters to different prosecutors who will be in fully in charge of the investigations.\"", "However, serious crimes or high-profile matters can be handed over earlier to lessen the burden on the duty prosecutors, the posting said.", "\"The matter concerning Mr. Assange was judged as such a matter.\"", "Rosander told CNN affiliate TV4 that the decision to issue the warrant was made by an \"on-call prosecutor\" and that Finne revoked the warrant on Saturday.", "Such differences in prosecutorial judgment are common in Sweden, she said.", "The arrest warrant also mentioned a molestation charge, but molestation -- which is not limited to child victims in Sweden -- is not a crime punishable by jail time.", "Rosander told TV4 Assange is still under investigation for molestation.", "Asked about that investigation by Al-Jazeera, Assange -- who said he is on holiday in the north of Sweden -- said, \"I have no details on what that is about.", "I cannot imagine any event where that would be credible.\"", "He said he has not been contacted by Swedish police, but has directed his attorney to contact them.", "Assange told the network he was warned of an impending smear campaign.", "In a posting Saturday on the WikiLeaks Twitter page, Assange said, \"the charges are without basis and their issue at this moment is deeply disturbing.\"", "Asked if he had anything to tell Swedish authorities, Assange said he would ask that they be cautious \"and not issue statements and retract them six hours later\" given the seriousness of the situation.", "Finne, the posting Sunday said, \"will work with the investigation\" next week.", "\"At the moment, it is not possible to estimate when more information can be given or which decisions will be made.\"", "WikiLeaks has triggered controversy by recently posting some 76,000 U.S. documents related to the war in Afghanistan.", "An elusive figure, Assange reportedly lives part-time in Sweden.", "He told the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet last week that he had been in Sweden because he wanted a safe-place to go after the high-profile document leak -- which has been called the biggest leak since the Pentagon Papers about the Vietnam War.", "U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates criticized the leak, saying it would have a significant negative impact on troops and allies, revealing techniques and procedures.", "And Afghan President Hamid Karzai has expressed concern that the leaks will put informants' lives at risk.", "Asked Sunday by Al-Jazeera about Karzai's comment that he has blood on his hands, Assange said it was \"extraordinary thing to hear, a comment like that, from a man like that, who has waded his whole life in blood.\"", "He pointed out that the Pentagon has said it was not aware of anyone coming to harm because of the documents' release.", "Another 15,000 documents are being reviewed and will be released soon, Assange said.", "CNN's Per Nyberg contributed to this report." ]	[ "WikiLeaks founder won't say who he thinks is behind allegations .", "Swedish authorities alleged rape in warrant, then revoked it .", "Authorities said Assange's name was leaked to the media .", "WikiLeaks is at the center of controversy after posting U.S. documents ." ]	[ 0, 2, 4, 29 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Federal authorities are reviewing concerns from a Massachusetts sheriff who is threatening to reject federal detainees at her jail.", "In an August 13 letter to the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral noted a \"staggering lack of communication and respect\" from the federal agency.", "She told CNN Radio that if her concerns aren't addressed, ICE \"would no longer be allowed to house federal detainees at the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department.", "They would have to take them to a different facility.\"", "ICE is reviewing Cabral's letter and will offer a direct response to her concerns, said Harold Ort, a spokesman for the agency.", "\"We remain committed to reforming the nation's civil detention system and will continue to work closely with our state and local partners to ensure that these necessary reform measures are successfully implemented,\" he said.", "Cabral received $8 million this year to house about 260 federal detainees at a time.", "She says the amount is much less than it seems after costs are weighed in.", "\"The state allows us to have a retained revenue account, and that simply means that you're getting revenue from a source other than state appropriation,\" she said.", "\"Your state appropriation is then diminished by the amount of money you may bring in from an outside source, and in this case that's a federal reimbursement,\" she said.", "\"Our retained revenue account is $8 million a year.", "We spend more than $6 million a year staffing the building.\"", "Cabral said her department is specifically frustrated with ICE not sending documentation about the Suffolk jail, including federal audits and complaints from detainees.", "Most recently, she said she was unaware of the findings of a federal investigation into the October death of a federal detainee until they were reported by Boston media.", "\"There hasn't been that level of communication and information sharing, and it's very important that we're able to be very consistent with issues in this department,\" she said.", "CNN Radio's Ninette Sosa contributed to this report." ]	[ "Sheriff is warning feds that their detainees will be turned away .", "Sheriff Andrea Cabral is calling for more respect and communication .", "ICE officials are reviewing her concerns ." ]	[ 0, 4 ]
[ "New York (CNN) -- The flight attendant whose dramatic departure from a JetBlue plane at a New York City airport has transformed him into a folk hero to some wants his job back, his lawyer told reporters Thursday.", "\"That's his life,\" Steven Slater's Legal Aid defense attorney Howard Turman told reporters outside his client's home in Queens, near John F. Kennedy International Airport, where Slater's exit via an emergency slide vaulted him to national attention.", "\"His father was a pilot; his mother was a flight attendant.", "That's in his blood. That's what he likes to do.\" Whether Slater can regain his wings was unclear.", "\"We're conducting an internal investigation regarding his status as an employee at JetBlue,\" said airline spokeswoman Jenny Dervin, who added that Slater has been removed from duty pending the outcome of that internal inquiry.", "She described Slater's behavior as unlike that of the New York-based airline's other 2,300 flight attendants.", "\"I would say this is highly unique,\" she said.", "But an internal memo sent Thursday by JetBlue Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Rob Maruster and obtained by CNN describes a company that appears unlikely to forgive.", "\"Intentionally arming and deploying an evacuation slide for anything other than the express purpose of protecting the safety of our crew and customers is unacceptable,\" it says.", "\"It will not, and can not, be tolerated.\" During the defense lawyer's remarks, the 20-year flight attendant stood at his side and smiled occasionally but made only one brief remark: \"Thank you all so much,\" he said.", "\"It's been amazing -- the support and the love and everything that's been brought to me and given to me by my community and my friends and the industry at large.", "It's been absolutely wonderful.\"", "The incident may not have appeared so wonderful when it began unfolding Monday morning at Pennsylvania's Pittsburgh International Airport where, according to JetBlue spokeswoman Dervin, Slater was one of two flight attendants aboard an Embraer 190 flight that was scheduled to depart at 10:35 a.m. and arrive 84 minutes later at JFK.", "Problems began before the flight, carrying a full load of 100 passengers, took off.", "\"A number of passengers were competing for overhead carry-on luggage areas,\" Turman, Slater's attorney, said.", "\"With great difficulty, they were shoving the bags around, attempting to get it in.", "Steven came over to assist and either the bag or the overhead (bin door) hit him in the head and at that point he suffered an injury.\"", "Turman offered a more graphic description of events on Wednesday, when he said a woman \"started cursing and -- based on the information -- slammed the overhead luggage bin on his head.\"", "Then the woman said, \"F--- you\" to Slater, Turman said.", "After the flight landed at JFK, Slater approached the woman as she attempted to retrieve her bag from the bin while the plane was still taxiing to the gate, according to a source familiar with the incident.", "Passengers are required to stay in their seats with their seat belts fastened until the pilot has reached the gate and gives the all-clear sign.", "\"We hear Slater on the intercom, 'Will people on the aisle please sit down?", "We're on an active runway,'\" recalled passenger Howard Deneroff, an executive with the Westwood One radio network.", "Then Slater made a second announcement, Deneroff told CNN.", "\"Please sit down and shut the overhead bin.", "We cannot move this plane while you're standing.\"", "The passenger cursed Slater again, Turman said Wednesday.", "Her fury grew upon learning she would have to wait at baggage claim to retrieve luggage she had been forced to check at the gate in Pittsburgh, he said.", "At that point, Slater got on the plane's public address system.", "Passenger Phil Catelinet wrote on his blog that Slater said, \"To the passenger who just called me a motherf-----: f--- you.", "I've been in this business 20 years, and I've had it.\"", "The plane was blocked into the gate at 12:07 p.m., eight minutes late.", "After making an expletive-filled announcement, Slater had a confrontation with another crew member, according to passenger Gib Mendelson of Cape Elizabeth, Maine.", "\"We see him grabbing his roller bag that all flight personnel use.", "He tossed it out the right door of the plane,\" Mendelson, a semi-retired attorney, told CNN.", "\"He was scuffling with either the pilot or the co-pilot.", "I noticed a lot of blue; there was a lot of movement in the galley area.\"", "Slater then grabbed some beer from the beverage cart before deploying the emergency slide and leaving.", "The flight crew reported the slide deployment at 12:12 p.m., according to Maruster's memo.", "Turman sharply denied a JetBlue passenger's assertion published Thursday that the flight attendant instigated the confrontation.", "\"It's not so,\" said Turman.", "\"Sometimes, some people in our society are not courteous and are impatient,\" Turman said.", "\"For 20 years, Steven has been very patient, has dealt with the passengers in each of the airlines he worked for in an effective and courteous and polite manner.", "Sometimes that point can be taken advantage of by others.\"", "He added, \"If you think it's easy for flight attendants to get on a plane every day and be concerned for the safety of each and every passenger -- without a tension, without a stress -- you're fooling yourselves.\"", "Slater has pleaded not guilty to charges of reckless endangerment and criminal mischief -- both felonies -- and criminal trespass.", "If convicted, he could face a maximum of seven years in prison.", "But Turman said Thursday he had spoken with the district attorney's office, \"and I believe there will be a favorable outcome for my client that should satisfy all parties in this case.\"", "A spokeswoman for the prosecutor did not respond directly to Turman's remarks.", "\"We will prosecute this case in the court,\" said Meris Campbell of the district attorney's office.", "\"We're not going to respond to every press conference the attorney gives.\"", "Slater has a court appearance scheduled for September 7.", "Meanwhile, Slater had amassed more than 191,000 \"fans\" on a public Facebook page as of Thursday evening.", "CNN's Allan Chernoff and Tom Watkins contributed to this story." ]	[ "NEW: JetBlue memo shows management may be unwilling to forgive .", "JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater is charged with two felonies .", "He made a dramatic emergency-slide exit from an aircraft Monday .", "His attorney says he is optimistic about a settlement with prosecutors ." ]	[ 0, 1, 35 ]
[ "Phoenix, Arizona (CNN) -- The flag of Arizona, skeletons and the Statue of Liberty are just some of the images evoked by a group of artists to give life to their views on Arizona's new immigration law.", "The collection of prints, sculptures, paintings and photographs are featured in the traveling exhibit, \"SB1070: An Artist's Point of View,\" which opened at the Arizona Latino Arts & Cultural Center in Phoenix the weekend before the law took effect on July 29.", "The show will move to galleries throughout Arizona and across the country in an effort to educate the public on how artists from the state that has become ground zero in the immigration debate perceive the matter, said the show's organizer.", "\"This educational exhibit was born from the thought that there has to be a different way of reaching people's hearts on this issue,\" said Annie Loyd, founder and CEO of The FUSION Foundation, which organized the exhibit in collaboration with the cultural center.", "\"This show is not a protest show,\" she said.", "\"This was truly meant to be something that evokes people's emotions, that allows you to work your way into the art and really consider what's going on.\"", "The show took shape quickly after its conceptualization in a marketing meeting in early June.", "A call to artists in Arizona for contributions was quickly met with more submissions than the show could hold, prompting its organizers to rotate pieces each time the show moves to a new space.", "In their works, the artists bring their personal history and experiences with immigration in Arizona -- a divisive issue in the border state long before SB1070 brought it under the national microscope.", "\"My mother was undocumented, my father born in Texas, and she feared immigration all her life, even after she became a citizen,\" said Martin Moreno, whose painting, Born in the USA, depicts the wake of a son of a Mexican-born wife and American husband.", "\"She never went back to Mexico, and that same scenario has played over thousands of times.", "Even today, my son is in the same situation.", "He is a citizen and my daughter-in-law is undocumented.", "History repeats itself,\" he said.", "Moreno describes his piece as \"a portrait of a family sharing two cultures,\" with the father in his National Guardsman uniform, and the mother in traditional Mexican garb, lighting a candle of the Virgin of Guadalupe.", "\"The piece tries to address that many couples have a foot in two worlds,\" he said, \"and that hasn't changed in my lifetime.\"" ]	[ "Artwork in \"SB1070: An Artist's Point of View\" uses skeletons, flags to express views on law .", "The traveling exhibit is intended to offer another means of examining issue, organizer says .", "Each artist brings personal history, experiences with immigration in Arizona to pieces ." ]	[ 0, 1, 13 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A sailor has described her \"miraculous\" escape after a whale leapt out of the water and crash-landed on the deck of her boat off the coast of South Africa.", "Paloma Werner, 50, of the Cape Town Sailing Academy, and her partner Ralph Mothes had been watching the whale from a distance in Table Bay, near Cape Town harbor, when it moved toward their 10-meter vessel and breached 20 meters away.", "Southern right whales are a common sight in Cape Town waters during the breeding season from June to November, drawing whale watchers to the region.", "Werner said the couple -- both experienced sailors -- expected the creature to go under the boat before re-emerging on the other side.", "\"I looked around and I saw this huge whale coming out of the water and smashing against the side of the boat,\" Werner told CNN.", "\"The whale slipped back into the water but we just saw the mast with all its rigging and everything flying towards us, and that was scary, actually.\"", "Werner said Mothes ducked behind the steering wheel which bore the impact of the mast.", "And while the masts need replacing, Werner said the steel structure of the boat was undamaged.", "\"Miraculously nothing happened to us,\" she added.", "A tourist on a nearby boat captured the moment when the whale breached out of the water on camera.", "Werner said she had spoken to a local marine mammal expert who had told her that the incident was a \"freak accident.\"", "Because the couple had been sailing without the engine on, the whale had failed to hear them, she said.", "\"It was a young southern right whale and he was just having fun.", "They have very poor eyesight and obviously if they're breaching visibility is very poor.", "The whale did not intend to attack us, it just did not hear us.\"", "Whale experts have taken DNA samples from blubber left on the deck to see whether they have any existing records on the animal.", "Werner said the whale appeared to be unhurt by the experience: \"We saw it afterwards and there was no blood or anything.", "I think for a whale it was just a scratch and a bump.\"", "In future, the couple would make sure they had the engine on while sailing during whale season, she added.", "\"We were just going out sailing because it was an awesome day.", "Obviously it's a bonus if you see a whale but we didn't quite count on having one on top of the boat.\"" ]	[ "Southern right whale lands on sailing boat in \"freak accident\"\nSouth African couple both unhurt but vessel's mast, rigging smashed .", "Whales have poor eyesight and didn't hear boat sailing without engine .", "Whale appeared unhurt, other than a \"scratch and a bump\"" ]	[ 11, 12, 13, 17, 20 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A Swedish political party dedicated to copyright reform and privacy rights says it has agreed to host several new servers for the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks.", "The Pirate Party said Tuesday it agreed to host the servers during a visit last weekend by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.", "\"The contribution of WikiLeaks is tremendously important to the entire world,\" Pirate Party leader Rick Falkvinge said in a statement on the group's site.", "\"We desire to contribute to any effort that increases transparency and accountability of power in the world.\"", "By hosting WikiLeaks information on the party's computer servers, WikiLeaks information will be available to more web users.", "The party said it will host the information free of charge as part of its political mission.", "Assange welcomed the decision in a statement on the party's site.", "\"Our organizations share many values, and I am looking forward to future ways we can help each other improve the world,\" he said.", "\"We see more opportunities down the road in cooperating with the Pirate Party.\"", "The Pirate Party is pushing for representation in the Swedish and European parliaments on a three-point platform that includes reform of copyright law, to make all non-commercial use of copyrighted material free and to limit the terms of current copyrights; getting rid of the patent system; and tightening privacy rules.", "WikiLeaks sparked controversy last month by posting some 76,000 pages of U.S. documents related to the war in Afghanistan, in what was called the biggest leak since the Pentagon Papers about the Vietnam War.", "U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates criticized the leak, saying it would have a significant negative impact on troops and allies, revealing techniques and procedures.", "Assange has defended the leak by saying it can help shape the public's understanding of the war.", "He said the material was of no operational significance and that WikiLeaks tried to ensure the material did not put innocent people at risk.", "The Pirate Party said Wikileaks has been under \"constant threat of being sabotaged by corrupt or abusive organisations trying to conceal the truth from the public.\"" ]	[ "The Pirate Party is dedicated to copyright reform and privacy rights .", "It agreed to host the servers after meeting the WikiLeaks founder .", "By hosting the WikiLeaks information, it will be available to more web users ." ]	[ 0, 4 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Chelsea crushed Champions League hopefuls Aston Villa 7-1 on Saturday to keep the pressure on English Premier League leaders Manchester United ahead of next weekend's showdown between the two top teams.", "The London club briefly returned to the top of the table before champions United won 4-0 at Bolton in the late match to restore their one-point advantage.", "With the title race set to go to the wire, Chelsea will take a two-goal for-and-against differential over United to Old Trafford on Saturday after thrashing Villa at home to follow up the midweek 5-0 romp at Portsmouth.", "Frank Lampard fired four goals, two of them from the penalty spot, to become Chelsea's third-highest scorer on the club's all-time list with 151.", "Norway striker John Carew canceled out Lampard's 15th-minute opener for his ninth goal in eight games, but Chelsea led 2-1 at halftime with the England midfielder's first spot-kick just before the break.", "France winger Florent Malouda, who set up the opener, scored the first of his two goals 12 minutes after the interval to open the floodgates, with four more coming in the final half-hour as Lampard took his season tally to 21 in all competitions.", "The result was even more remarkable given that Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti opted to rest 30-goal striker Didier Drogba, while John Terry broke the club record with his 325th outing as captain.", "It ended Villa's 10-match unbeaten run, leaving the visitors seven points adrift of Tottenham in the battle for the fourth Champions League place.", "Manchester United, by comparison, cruised past a struggling Bolton team thanks to a fortunate own-goal from JLloyd Samuel and a second-half double from Dimitar Berbatov.", "United's top scorer Wayne Rooney and England captain Rio Ferdinand were rested due to minor injuries ahead of Tuesday's Champions League quarterfinal against Bayern Munich.", "Defender Samuel inexplicably slotted Ryan Giggs' low cross past his goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen in the 38th minute as United profited from a record 11th own-goal this season -- the club's second highest scorer.", "Veteran keeper Edwin van Der Sar preserved the lead with a flying save from Fabrice Muamba, but the Dutchman was lucky to avoid an embarrassing moment when the home side took a quick corner while he was well out of his goal arguing with the referee.", "Berbatov, playing on his own up front, made it 2-0 in the 68th minute when he was first to react after Jaaskelainen could only parry Darren Fletcher's shot, then the Bulgarian sealed victory 10 minutes later with a slick finish from Nani's low cross.", "Portugal winger Nani, who signed a new contract during the week, then set up young substitute midfielder Darren Gibson on 82.", "Third-placed Arsenal's title hopes were dented after conceding a late equalizer at Birmingham.", "France midfielder Samir Nasri put the Londoners ahead with a low drive in the 81st minute, but veteran substitute Kevin Phillips netted a fortunate leveler in injury-time as Bacary Sagna's attempted clearance hit him and rebounded into the net past goalkeeper Manuel Almunia.", "The draw left Arsenal four points behind United with six matches to play ahead of Wednesday's Champions League quarterfinal against holders Barcelona, while ninth-placed Birmingham are unbeaten at home since last September.", "Tottenham consolidated fourth place with a 2-0 victory at bottom side Portsmouth as England striker Peter Crouch and Croatia midfielder Niko Kranjcar scored in the first half against their former club.", "Portsmouth suffered injuries to defender Hermann Hreidarsson, striker Danny Webber and veteran goalkeeper David James ahead of next month's FA Cup semifinal between the two teams.", "Fifth-placed Manchester City will seek to close the deficit on Spurs to two points again with victory at home to Wigan on Monday, while Liverpool will look to keep their slim top-four hopes alive with a win over Sunderland on Sunday.", "Everton remained in eighth place with a 0-0 draw at Wolverhampton, who are now five points clear of the relegation zone.", "Stoke moved up to 10th with a 1-0 win at West Ham, who were left hovering above the drop zone on goal difference.", "Hull joined West Ham on 27 points with a 2-0 victory against Fulham, who dropped to 11th." ]	[ "Chelsea crush Aston Villa 7-1 to stay a point behind English leaders Manchester United .", "Frank Lampard nets four goals to become Chelsea's third-highest all-time scorer .", "United beat Bolton 4-0 as Dimitar Berbatov scores twice in absence of Wayne Rooney .", "Third-placed Arsenal's title hopes dented after conceding a late equalizer at Birmingham ." ]	[ 0, 3, 14 ]

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