Split (3)

train · 284k rows

text listlengths 2 282	summary listlengths 1 50	label listlengths 1 52
[ "(CNN) -- Hoffenheim have continued their dream start to the German Bundesliga season, beating Schalke 2-0 to remain top of the table with three wins out of three.", "The home side went into the half-time break with a one goal advantage, thanks to a header from Ghana defender Isaac Vorsah, who powered home a cross from captain Andreas Beck.", "It was Vorsah's second successive goal following his winning strike against St Pauli two weeks ago.", "And the points were sealed when German international goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was left helpless when Sejad Salihovic's free-kick struck the post, bounced off his chest, and flew into the net.", "The result leaves Hoffenheim with a 100 per cent record, although four other sides are also in that position going into the weekend's Bundesliga fixtures.", "However, big-spending Schalke, who gave a debut to Dutch international striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, are still without a point and struggling near the foot of the table, increasing the pressure on coach Felix Magath who nearly took the Blues to the Bundesliga title last season.", "\"I am satisfied with the game, we produced a good performance,\" Magath told AFP.", "\"Unfortunately, we conceded two goals, that is unfortunate, but it can happen.\"", "Kaiserslautern, Mainz, Hamburg and Hanover can all join Hoffenheim at the top of the table on Saturday if they win their respective matches.", "Meanwhile, defending champions Bayern Munich take on Werder Bremen on Saturday." ]	[ "Hoffenheim keep up their dream start to the German Bundesliga season .", "The league leaders secure their third straight victory with a 2-0 win over Schalke .", "An Isaac Vorsah header and a late Manuel Neuer own goal ensured the hosts' victory .", "Schalke, who gave a debut to Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, have now lost all three matches ." ]	[ 0, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Cindy Goodman was having dinner with a group of girlfriends one night when the conversation took a surprising turn.", "Summer at the beach may seem like fun, but more Americans are afraid to take time off.", "Goodman asked her friends where they planned to go this year for their summer vacation.", "Nowhere, they answered.", "They were afraid to take time off because they didn't want to risk losing their jobs, she says.", "\"It's going to be an interesting summer,\" says Goodman, a Miami Herald business columnist.", "\"The people who still have a job are really feeling overwhelmed and overworked.", "They're afraid to take vacations, but at the same time, they need them more than ever.\"", "The bad economy isn't just depleting bank accounts.", "It's cutting into people's vacation time.", "Americans typically take time off and kick back during the summer.", "This year may be different.", "People are worried that a temporary vacation could lead to permanent time off, Goodman says.", "\"I don't think anyone is going to be fired for taking two weeks off, but they might think that they'll think of another way of doing my job without me,\" says Goodman, who wrote about people's vacation fears for her blog at http://worklifebalancingact.blogspot.com.", "How to take time off without guilt .", "Americans had a difficult time taking vacations even before the economy slumped.", "Numerous articles and studies draw the same conclusions: Americans don't know how to pry themselves away from the workplace.", "This year, Expedia.com, the travel reservation company, conducted a survey that compared Americans' vacation habits with their counterparts in other countries.", "The survey said about 34 percent of Americans don't take all the vacation time they earn each year.", "In contrast, 22 percent of French citizens and 24 percent of Germans don't take all the vacation allotted to them.", "Japanese workers are the least interested in using all of their vacation days, according to the Expedia survey.", "About 92 percent of Japanese workers do not take all of their vacation days.", "Christine Louise Hohlbaum, author of \"The Power of Slow: 101 Ways to Save Time in Our 24/7 World,\" says even when Americans manage to take vacations, they still don't completely leave their office, because of technology.", "\"You can take a BlackBerry on vacation and still have a conversation with clients anywhere else in the world,\" Hohlbaum says.", "\"It's wonderful for innovation, but not so great for leisure.\"", "But workers who don't take vacation hurt themselves and their companies, Hohlbaum says.", "Overworked employees get sick more often and place themselves at risk for long-term illnesses such as heart disease.", "Companies suffer because their employees are too tired or ill to be productive, she said.", "Workplaces are full of exhausted employees who have already checked out in their cubicles, Hohlbaum says.", "\"If people are overworked, they're surfing the Internet,\" she says.", "\"They're not contributing to the bottom line.\"", "Hohlbaum says she talked to a computer technician who found a way to take more time off but be more productive.", "He started a walking group for his colleagues during lunch hour.", "He and his colleagues were transformed.", "\"It was an amazing experience,\" Hohlbaum says.", "\"They bonded. It helped people relax and when they got back to work, they were much more productive.\"", "She suggests that other workers follow his example.", "Explain the upside of the idea to the boss: The company benefits from well-rested workers because they're more productive.", "Set performance goals with your boss to prove taking time off will allow you to thrive and will result in greater productivity, she says.", "Some workers, however, find that their biggest skeptic may be internal; they don't know how to take it easy anymore, Hohlbaum says.", "\"If you're so used to being purposeful, make leisure time your purpose,\" Hohlbaum says.", "Alternative ideas .", "Goodman, the Miami Herald columnist, offers some of her own tips for taking time off.", "If you're too afraid to ask for an extended vacation, plan four-day weekends or time off around holidays.", "Goodman says she's going to take a four-day vacation around the Fourth of July.", "But there was a time when she traditionally took two-week vacations during the summer.", "\"I have the same kind of fear that everyone else has, '' Goodman says.", "\"I want to take time off, but I don't want to miss too much work time.", "I want to keep my column in the paper every week.\"" ]	[ "People fear that vacationing in recession could lead to permanent time off .", "Blogger says stressed-out workers need vacations more than ever .", "Poll: 35 percent of Americans don't take all the vacation they receive in a year .", "Expert advises how to explain to your boss why you should have a vacation ." ]	[ 7, 12, 14, 18 ]
[ "(CNN) -- When the English Premier League announced plans to play a regular-season, competitve match on foreign soil -- dubbed the \"39th game\" - there was almost unified outcry from the many factions involved in the English game.", "Most newspapers and commentators attacked the move as indelible proof of the division's growing greed and unbridled ambition to find consumers in every corner of the globe.", "The plan was ridiculed and then quietly dropped.", "But for Richard Scudamore -- the chief executive of the English Premier League -- it wasn't so much to do with avarice but, rather surprisingly for a league regarded as one of the most successful sporting franchises on the planet, survival.", "\"People think that it is inevitable that the world will throw itself at the Premier League,\" he later told The London Times.", "\"We are competing in a fiercely competitive cultural marketplace...they [foreign markets] have still to decide which sports they are going to be interested in.\"", "There were no such anxieties with those heading basketball's top division.", "Next March will see the NBA stage its first ever regular season games in London.", "Whilst soccer's ubiquity as the global game has long been taken for granted, basketball, through the NBA, has slowly begun to take over the world.", "This week a further bridgehead on the traditional home of football was taken as the L.A. Lakers cruised into the British capital to play a pre-season exhibition match against the Minnesota Timberwolves.", "The arena was a sell out, just one of a four-stop, glitzy European tour taking in Paris, Milan and Barcelona.", "In the front row at the London game, a host of Premier League stars like Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas watched on as Kobe Bryant -- whose $25 million a year wages dwarfs even the Spaniards pay packet -- stole the show with a brief six-minute cameo.", "It was the fourth season running the NBA has staged a pre-season tour of Europe, a dress rehearsal for the regular season games due to take place in London next March.", "By ripping up the rule book, basketball is outmaneuvering football in key markets like China, Africa and the Middle East.", "Football's position as the world's most popular sport is under threat.", "\"We've seen a lot of success in China in the past few years, especially with [Houston Rocket's center] Yao Ming,\" explained Sophie Goldschmidt, senior vice president for NBA Europe.", "\"We have seen positive growth in our regions, the Middle East and Africa.", "In the Middle East basketball is the fastest growing team sport.", "Football is still dominant but we have seen a huge surge and we are launching an Arabic language website too.\"", "The example of China is telling.", "Long seen as the next great market for FIFA, football's global governing body, with its 1.3 billion potential fans, the game's organization has been mired by accusations of match-fixing and bribery.", "Earlier this year the former head of the Chinese Super League, Nan Yong, and his deputy Yung Yimin, were arrested on charges of match fixing and bribery.", "The scandal has been a huge boon for basketball, and in particular the NBA, in China.", "It has overtaken football as the most watched sport in the country -- the NBA estimates 450 million people now tune in -- and more than 300 million play the game.", "\"The NBA in China is massively successful and puts football to shame,\" explains Rowan Simons, author of Bamboo Goalposts, a book about his attempts to set up amateur football clubs in China.", "\"The NBA set up NBA China, selling 11 per cent [worth $253 million] to ESPN and Disney.", "It has several hundred employees.", "The head of NBA China is Tim Chen [former CEO of Microsoft China].", "\"It's a big investment play for hearts and minds of Chinese sports fans.", "They are working with the Chinese government to get a basketball court into ever village in China,\" added Simons.", "\"Marketing, franchised teams, sponsorship, AEG building the stadiums; it's all coordinated in one NBA push.", "Then you look at football.", "Internationally, football has no representation in China.", "Manchester United has one office in Hong Kong.\"", "The reason why the NBA has avoided some of the problems that football has faced, according to Goldschmidt, is down to the NBA's centralized structure and subsequent dominance of the global game.", "Whilst FIFA entrusts a single Football Association (FA) to develop the game in each country, the NBA hasn't been encumbered with the same restraints.", "\"Football has done an amazing job...and if sport's growing everyone is a winner,\" concedes Goldschmidt.", "\"But the NBA is very different.", "A great thing for the NBA is that it has the best players in the world; [whereas] you have lots of great leagues in football.", "We have a different structure.", "Because of that centralized control we can control and develop our brand.\"", "But according to some, there are far bigger shifts that explain the growing popularity of basketball at the expense of football.", "Namely, increased global urbanization.", "\"The war between football and basketball is actually dozens of individual civil wars between city and country, urban and rural,\" explains Os Davis editor of the ballineurope.com website.", "\"Basketball programs, facilities and equipment for youth, pros and even casual play are available in metropolises from Barcelona to Moscow as outdoor playing fields slowly disappear.", "\"Football is, and probably always will be, the game of the people, but basketball is the sport of the modern world: internationalized, well-marketed, fast-paced and urban.\"", "The success of this summer's football World Cup in South Africa, the single most watched sporting event on the planet, proves that football is still in the box seat when it comes to global popularity.", "But, equally, the success of this week's NBA tour in Europe, not to mention it's wider successes in Asia, show that it can't take its position for granted.", "\"[In ten years time] I think there will be associated leagues under the NBA umbrella on different continents and, likely, an NBA division in Europe,\" David Stern, the commissioner of the NBA, told CNN in London shortly before the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the LA Lakers 111-92.", "\"The world will be playing enormous, enormous amounts of basketball.\"", "Even in the \"Beautiful Game's\" backyard, football should watch its back." ]	[ "Next March will see the NBA stage its first ever regular season games in London .", "\"Basketball is the sport of the modern world,\" Os Davis editor of the ballineurope.com .", "Premier League's plan to play a 39th game abroad was \"quietly dropped\"\n\"In the Middle East basketball is the fastest growing sport,\" NBA's Sophie Goldschmidt ." ]	[ 2, 7, 12, 17, 45 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Germany captain Michael Ballack has suffered a fractured left knee cap following a heavy challenge while playing for Bayer Leverkusen against Hanover on Saturday.", "The 33-year-old former Chelsea and Bayern Munich midfielder limped off after 30 minutes of the Bundesliga clash and is expected to be out of action for up to two months.", "The injury means Ballack has already been ruled out of the Euro 2012 qualifiers against Turkey and Kazakhstan.", "It is a further blow to Ballack, who missed the World Cup finals with an ankle injury and was subsequently left out of the Germany squad for this month's ties against Belgium and Azerbaijan.", "Germany national coach Joachim Loew released a statement saying: \"I feel sorry for Michael that he must accept a new health setback.", "Of course I wish him a quick and speedy recovery.\"", "Meanwhile, Mainz joined Hoffenheim at the top of the Bundesliga table with a 2-1 home victory over Kaiserslautern on Sunday.", "The visitors went into the interval with the lead courtesy of a well-taken goal from Croatian striker Srdjan Lakic.", "But Niko Bungert levelled after 71 minutes and Mainz collected all three points with a deflected strike from teenager Andre Schuerrle.", "The result means Mainz have won all their three opening matches and they stand on nine points, trailing Hoffenheim at the top only on goal difference." ]	[ "Germany captain Michael Ballack has suffered a fractured left knee cap .", "Ballack sustained the injury while playing for Bayer Leverkusen against Hanover .", "Ballack is ruled out of the Euro 2012 qualifiers against Turkey and Kazakhstan .", "Mainz defeat Kaiserslautern 2-1 to remain 100 per cent in the Bundesliga this season ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The maker of Benadryl and Tylenol has added another popular over-the-counter drug to its growing list of recalled products.", "The latest recall affects Tylenol 8-hour caplets 50 count, sold in the United States and Puerto Rico.", "The lot number is BCM155.", "Complaints of a musty or moldy odor led to the recall, McNeil Consumer Healthcare said.", "The odor, the company believes, is caused by the presence of trace amounts of a chemical called 2,4,6-tribromoanisole.", "McNeil said the \"risk of adverse medical events is remote.\"", "Adverse event reports are consumer complaints of a serious side effect associated with the use of a medical product, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.", "Adverse events could include death, hospitalization, disability and other health complications.", "The Johnson and Johnson subsidiary said customers should call 1-888-222-6036 or use the website www.mcneilproductrecall.com for information on how to receive a refund or replacement product.", "The company has issued several recalls this year of non-prescription cold and pain drugs such as Tylenol, Benadryl and Motrin -- prompting a Congressional inquiry.", "In November, five lots of Tylenol Arthritis Pain 100 count with the EZ-open cap were recalled for unusual odor leading to nausea, stomach pain, vomiting and diarrhea.", "In December, the recall was expanded to include all product lots of Tylenol Arthritis Pain caplet 100 count bottles with the red EZ-open cap.", "In January, the recall was widened to an undisclosed number of Tylenol, Motrin and other over-the-counter drugs after complaints of consumers feeling sick from an odor.", "In May, 50 children's versions of these nonprescription medicines were also recalled because of quality and safety concerns.", "Following the pediatric medicine recall, Johnson and Johnson suspended production at McNeil's facility in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, that manufactured the children's drugs.", "Last month, Johnson and Johnson CEO William Weldon delivered both a mea culpa and clear admission to lawmakers that his company let the public down through numerous recent drug recalls." ]	[ "Some 50-count, 8-hour Tylenol caplets are affected .", "The drug maker says the \"risk of adverse medical events is remote\"\nThe company has a history of recalls involving drugs such as Benadryl and Motrin ." ]	[ 1, 5, 9 ]
[ "(CNN) -- France have slipped to 27th place in the FIFA world rankings, their lowest position since football's governing body introduced the table in 1993.", "The drop reflects a slump in the team's fortunes on the field, including a disastrous performance at the 2010 World Cup.", "Les Bleus, world champions in 1998 and finalists in 2006, were knocked out in the group stage in South Africa without winning a game after a campaign overshadowed by infighting, which led to Nicolas Anelka being sent home following a spat with coach Raymond Domenech.", "Anelka's team-mates then went on strike in protest at his expulsion, resulting in bans for the Chelsea striker, captain Patrice Evra, star winger Franck Ribery and midfielder Jeremy Toulalan.", "Things haven't gone much better under new coach Laurent Blanc, with the French losing their opening 2012 European Championship qualifier to Belarus in Paris before steadying the ship with a 2-0 win over Bosnia Herzegovina.", "World champions Spain remain top of the FIFA rankings, with beaten finalists the Netherlands in second.", "Germany are third after moving ahead of five-time World Cup winners Brazil and Argentina are fifth.", "England have gone up to sixth after impressive wins over Bulgaria and Switzerland in their first two Euro 2012 qualifiers.", "Elsewhere Montenegro, FIFA's newest national team, moved into the top 50 for the first time (40th) after winning their first two qualifiers.", "And Cyprus have surged up 20 places to their highest ranking of 43rd after a shock 4-4 draw with Portugal earlier this month." ]	[ "France slide six place to lowest-ever 27th in latest FIFA world rankings .", "The French were knocked out of World Cup in group stage and lost first Euro 2012 qualifier .", "Germany have moved up to third and England have moved up to sixth in table ." ]	[ 0, 6, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Former NFL linebacker Junior Seau was arrested on a domestic violence charge in Oceanside, California, shortly after midnight Monday, just hours before he drove his car off a cliff in nearby Carlsbad, authorities said.", "The domestic violence incident began when Oceanside police were called to Seau's residence to investigate a report of an assault late Sunday night, police said.", "The alleged victim is Seau's 25-year-old live-in girlfriend, who had minor injuries that didn't require medical treatment.", "The girlfriend told police that Seau assaulted her during a verbal argument, authorities said.", "Seau wasn't at the residence when the police arrived, but he later agreed to return home after he called his girlfriend and spoke to officers on the scene, police said.", "Seau drove home and was arrested at 12:20 a.m. Monday on the charge of spousal assault with injury, police said.", "He was released on bail, police said.", "Some time later Monday morning, Seau drove his white Cadillac SUV off a cliff and landed on the beach at Carlsbad, police said.", "Seau was conscious and talking to paramedics when he was transported to nearby Scripps La Jolla Hospital for treatment, authorities said.", "Law officers are investigating the cause of the accident, in which Seau was the vehicle's only occupant, police said.", "Carlsbad is 35 miles north of San Diego, California, where Seau played most of his career.", "Drafted into the NFL in the first round in 1990 out of the University of Southern California, Seau debuted with the San Diego Chargers, establishing his Hall of Fame potential as a Pro Bowl staple.", "He left San Diego before the 2003 season to join the Miami Dolphins and spent parts of the last four seasons with the New England Patriots before retiring in January.", "Seau amassed 1,526 tackles, 56.5 sacks and 18 interceptions in his 20-season career.", "Off the gridiron, Seau was the star of \"Sports Jobs with Junior Seau,\" a reality show on the Versus network that followed him as he took on various occupations, from baseball batboy to bullfighter to pro hockey equipment manager.", "The Versus website portrays Seau, 41, as \"taking on the coolest, dirtiest and most fascinating jobs in sports.", "NFL legend Junior Seau will get beat up, worn down and well schooled.\"", "The retired NFL star, who is divorced and the father of four children, is also head of a namesake San Diego-based nonprofit organization, which has donated nearly $4 million for services and scholarships to children and young adults.", "He's also a restaurateur, with two establishments called Seau's in Southern California.", "Born Tiaina Baul Seau Jr. in San Diego, he was a Parade magazine football All-American out of Oceanside High School." ]	[ "NEW: Seau was earlier arrested for allegedly assaulting his 25-year-old live-in girflriend .", "Authorities are investigating the cause of cliff accident .", "Seau was the only person in his SUV .", "He retired in January after 20 years in the NFL and recently has been star of a reality show ." ]	[ 0, 9, 13 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Bayern Munich coach Louis Van Gaal has signed a one-year contract extension with the German champions.", "The Dutchman's current deal was due to expire at the end of the Bundesliga season but the club confirmed on Monday that Van Gaal's new contract will take him through until June 2012.", "Bayern won the title last season but have endured a tough start to the current campaign.", "They are sitting ninth in the table after losing two of their opening six games and were defeated at home by league leaders Mainz on Saturday.", "But chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told the club's official website that they were keen for the coach to stay despite Bayern's patchy form.", "\"I always prefer doing things which might not have been expected,\" he said.", "\"People are always extending contracts after victories, so this sends out a very good signal to the world at large about our opinion of the coach's value, even though we lost to Mainz.\"", "Speaking ahead of Bayern's Champions League tie with Swiss team FC Basel on Tuesday, Van Gaal said: \"My first priority is always the sporting perspective.", "Winning things is always important, and you can win things with a top club like Bayern Munich.\"", "The 59-year-old led Bayern to the Champions League final for the first time since 2001 last season, where they were beaten 2-1 by Inter Milan, then coached by Jose Mourinho.", "Van Gaal said his \"outstanding\" relationship with his playing staff and the board were major factors in his decision to commit.", "He added: \"I couldn't wish for anything better.", "The chemistry's right.", "You get to know each other properly in difficult situations.", "We're seeing it again right now.", "\"These are tough times, but the board is keeping the faith -- the faith which took us to the Champions League final in Madrid.\"", "Rummenigge said Bayern valued their coach highly: \"He does a superb job every day.", "We're recognizing that with this contract extension.\"", "Bayern's captain -- Dutch midfielder Mark van Bommel -- welcomed the news.", "He said: \"The coach signing a new deal is a very good sign.", "He's doing a great job.\" One of Germany's stars of the World Cup, Thomas Muller, echoed the comments of his captain.", "\"Van Gaal been extremely important for me so far, he's made a huge contribution to my career.", "That settles the matter, which is good for him, for us and for the club as a whole.\"" ]	[ "Louis Van Gaal signs a contract extension with German champions Bayern Munich .", "The Dutchman's deal runs until the end of June in 2012 .", "Bayern won the Bundesliga last season and were beaten in the Champions League final .", "Van Gaal unconcerned about Bayern's patchy start to the season ." ]	[ 0, 1, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Manchester City began their Europa League Group A stage campaign with a comfortable 2-0 victory at Red Bull Salzburg on Thursday.", "The Premier League big spenders opened the scoring in the seventh minute when Spanish international David Silva converted his first goal for the club after being set-up by Jo.", "And Brazilian striker Jo, who is back in favor at the club after spending the last 18 months out on loan, doubled City's advantage in the second half from close range.", "The result leaves Roberto Mancini's side top of the group after the other game in Turin, between Juventus and Polish side Lech Poznan, ended in a thrilling 3-3 draw.", "Artjoms Rudnevs scored a hat-trick for the visitors \" his final effort coming in injury time \" to earn a fine draw for the visitors, after they had initially wasted a two-goal advantage.", "Two Gieorgio Chiellini goals and a superb Alessandro Del Piero effort looked to have earned Juventus all three points.", "There was another hat-trick man in Group B, this time Bayer Leverkusen striker Patrick Helmes was the hero in a 4-0 home win over Rosenborg.", "Stefan Reinartz was the other player on target for the Bundesliga side.", "In the other group match, defending champions Atletico Madrid suffered a surprise 1-0 defeat in Greece against Aris Salonika, for whom Spanish striker Javito scored against his compatriots.", "In Group C, Sporting Lisbon came away from Lille with an impressive 2-1 win courtesy of first half goals from Simon Vukcevic and Helder Postiga.", "The other match saw Levski Sofia twice come from behind to defeat Belgian side Ghent 3-2.", "Group D favorites Villarreal are bottom of the table after their first game, with the Spanish side losing 2-0 at Dinamo Zagreb.", "The other match between Bruges and PAOK of Greece ended in a 1-1 draw.", "Dutch side AZ Alkmaar lead Group E after their opening 2-1 home victory over Sheriff Tiraspol, while Dynamo Kiev and BATE Borisov of Belarus shared four goals in the other match in Ukraine.", "Brazilian striker Vagner Love scored twice for CSKA Moscow in their 3-0 Group F success at Swiss side Lausanne.", "Meanwhile, the other group match produced a cracker with Sparta Prague edging Italian side Palermo 3-2 in a thrilling affair.", "There was another hat-trick, this time in Group G, where 2008 winners Zenit St Petersburg won 3-1 at Anderlecht, with Alexander Kerzhakov netting all three for the Russian side.", "The other group match also ended 3-1, with AEK Athens defeating Hajduk Split.", "Bundesliga side Stuttgart are without a point domestically so far this season, but they cruised to a 3-0 Group H win over Young Boys on Thursday.", "The other group match saw Spanish side Getafe recover from going a goal down to defeat Odense 2-1.", "Group I saw the evening's biggest scorers, with Metalist Kharkiv of Ukraine winning 5-0 at Debrecen.", "They top the group from PSV Eindhoven and Sampdoria, who drew 1-1 in the other match.", "A late goal from Nene saw Paris St Germain produce a superb 1-0 victory at Seville in Group J, while a seven-goal thriller saw visitors Borussia Dortmund just edge Karpaty Lviv 4-3 in Ukraine.", "David Ngog scored twice, one from the penalty spot, as Liverpool eased to a 4-1 win over Steaua Bucharest in Group K, while Napoli and Utrecht played out the only goalless draw of the evening.", "Finally, in Group L, Porto lead the way after beating Rapid Vienna 3-0.", "They head Besiktas, who claimed a last-gasp 1-0 home win over CSKA Sofia." ]	[ "Manchester City begin Europa League campaign with a 2-0 win at Red Bull Salzburg .", "David Silva scores his first goal for the club with Brazilian forward Jo also on target .", "The other Group A match between Juventus and Lech Poznan ends in a 3-3 draw .", "Patrick Helmes scores a hat-trick for Bayer Leverkusen in their 4-0 win over Rosenborg ." ]	[ 0, 3, 6 ]
[ "Fort Hood, Texas (CNN) -- The distant rumble of big guns on Fort Hood's artillery range rattles the ceiling tiles in the small military courtroom.", "But the sounds of war training don't interrupt the intensity inside the military hearing as dozens of witnesses here recal that day last November when 13 people were shot to death and 32 wounded on the base in central Texas.", "Training with Paladin howitzers is part of everyday life at Fort Hood, the country's largest Army base.", "Most of the shooting victims were preparing to ship out to the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan.", "But nothing prepared them for what happened to them at home -- dodging bullets as a gunman cut down their buddies.", "The prosecution put up more than two dozen witnesses in the first three full days of the Article 32 hearing.", "Prosecutors have set aside two more weeks, and scores more witnesses are expected.", "The Article 32 hearing will reconvene in November for defense attorneys to make their case.", "Then an Army colonel, -- the Investigating officer presiding over this hearing -- will decide if there is enough evidence to push the case along toward a court martial with a possible penalty of death upon conviction.", "During live video testimony from Afghanistan, fighter jets roared overhead as soldiers described how their safe and secure base suddenly became a bloody battleground.", "Capt. Melissa Kale was speaking from Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Friday.", "But her thoughts were back at Fort Hood trying to get a wounded buddy out of the line of fire.", "\"I was unable to pull her.", "She didn't move. I had to leave her there,\" Kale said, crying.", "Many of the victims are haunted by their memories, with multiple accounts of hearing a scream of \"Allahu Akbar\" -- Arabic for \"God is great\" -- before the fast firing of a handgun, a laser-sight flickering across faces, signaling who might be next to fall.", "\"It was a nightmare that reoccurs every day,\" said Spc.", "Megan Martin, who also spoke via video-link from Afghanistan.", "She rejected any thought of trying to postpone her deployment just a few weeks after the shooting.", "\"I wanted to carry out the mission as my fellow soldiers would have wanted me to.\"", "Martin said.", "During the shooting, some tried to fight back, others pretended to be dead or tried to hide.", "There were multiple accounts of one man trying to rush the gunman, holding a chair above his head, only to be cut down at close range.", "\"You can't stay here and die,\" Spc.", "Logan Burnett said he told people trying to hide from the bullets.", "He told how he tried to knock down the gunman with a folding table.", "\"I turned to throw it at the shooter.", "At that point I was hit in the hip,\" Burnett said Friday.", "He was shot two more times.", "The man accused of the attacks, Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan, is wheeled into the courtroom each morning by Army police wearing blue uniforms, their holsters empty.", "Hasan is in a wheelchair, partially paralyzed from being shot four times by police who rushed to the shooting scene.", "Hasan sits impassively, wearing the same Army fatigues and high-lace-up combat boots as the judge and most of the lawyers.", "But Hasan is easy to spot on the far left of the defense table, wearing a fleece watch-cap pulled low in the back, over his ears, and almost down to his thick eyebrows in front.", "Some days he complains of the cold and the guards carry an Army blanket to drape over his shoulders.", "At the start of proceedings Friday he gave a quick grin to one of his defense lawyers but then sat expressionless.", "He writes on a legal pad, and occasionally braces his arms on the arms of the wheelchair and pushes his body up to readjust his position.", "The courtroom is paneled with dark wood.", "There are only 45 spectator seats and many were empty on Friday.", "There is tight security with journalists selected by lottery to be able to attend in person.", "Other journalists can see the proceedings in a viewing room with a problem-plagued video feed provided by the Army in in a temporary press center set up 200 yards away.", "The defense tried unsuccessfully to have the hearing closed to the public or postponed.", "Still untouched is any discussion of motive.", "Hasan's lawyers have been asking many of the witnesses whether they thought the firing was random or targeted.", "The presiding officer, Col. James Pohl, said even he found that confusing.", "\"I just don't know what you mean by 'random,'\" Pohl said.", "One Friday witness, because of his injuries, was unable to raise his right arm when he took the oath.", "He said the shot felt like he'd been hit by a baseball bat in the neck.", "Witness after witness told how they still carry bullets in their bodies, how they must face additional operations or how their physical therapy continues, how they may go to psychological counseling.", "The prosecution has two more weeks to present evidence.", "Then the court will recess as Fort Hood marks one year since the shootings.", "The base is planning a variety of activities that week, including a private event for families of the victims, and an awards ceremony to honor members of the military and civilians who performed with exceptional courage that day.", "The following week, if more testimony is waiting, the hearing will resume." ]	[ "A military hearing is underway at Fort Hood for the suspect in last year's shootings on the base .", "A prosecution parade of witnesses began last week .", "Most of the shooting victims were preparing for Iraq or Afghanistan when they were hit ." ]	[ 1, 2, 3 ]
[ "Srinagar, India (CNN) -- Indian authorities Tuesday slapped a curfew on Srinagar and other towns after the arrest of a major separatist leader in an attempt to stave off violence that has killed over 100 people in the last four months.", "Masarat Alam Bhat, the general secretary of the hard-line All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) group and a close aide of the octogenarian separatist leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, was arrested Monday evening in a Srinagar suburb.", "Bhat has been evading arrest since June when he launched the so-called \"Quit Kashmir campaign\" which set off a sequence of shutdowns, protests, marches and curfews that have virtually brought life in Indian administered Kashmir to a standstill for over four months.", "The accompanying clashes between pro-independence protesters and Indian security forces have left 108 dead and hundreds others wounded, some of them crippled for life.", "\"We arrested him yesterday evening,\" said police officer Muzaffar Ahmad.", "Bhat was immediately taken to an undisclosed location in Srinagar for questioning.", "Authorities described Bhat's arrest as \"a major success.\"", "The hard-line separatist leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, reacting to Bhat's arrest said, \"Arrests and detentions are part and parcel of the freedom movement.", "The arrest is painful but the struggle will continue.\"", "Fearing trouble in the wake of his arrest, authorities imposed a curfew in Srinagar and other major north Kashmir towns and deployed police and paramilitary forces to prevent violence, according police.", "The mountainous Kashmir region is divided among Pakistan, China and India.", "In the past, India has poured thousands of security forces into its part of Kashmir to fight what India called a Pakistan-inspired insurgency.", "However, since the defeat of the insurgency, Indian forces have found themselves fighting Kashmiris who say they have suffered oppression and want independence from Hindu-dominated India." ]	[ "Bhat launched pro-independence protests .", "Kashmiris want independence from India .", "Security forces imposed curfews in fear of violence after Bhat's arrest ." ]	[ 6, 9, 12 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Filippo Inzaghi rescued a point for AC Milan as they drew 1-1 against Catania at the San Siro, Saturday.", "The goal was Inzaghi's 123rd for the club and puts him just one behind the club record of 124 held by Dutchman Marco van Basten.", "Milan, who opened their 2010 Champions League campaign with a 2-0 win over French side Auxerre in midweek, failed to spark in a disappointing display.", "Ciro Capuano gave Catania the lead in the 27th minute before Inzaghi equalized just before half time.", "Fiorentina lost for the second weekend running, beaten 2-1 at home by Lazio.", "Nineteen-year-old Adem Ljalic handed Fiorentina the lead when he scored from the penalty spot in the 19th minute.", "But goals from Argentine Cristian Ledesma in the 32nd minute Czech international Libor Kozak scored the winner after 67 minutes sealed Fiorentina's fate.", "The result leaves them languishing near the bottom of the table in 17th place.", "Meanwhile in Spain's La Liga, Michael Laudrup enjoyed his first win in charge of Real Mallorca as they beat Osasuna 2-0 at home on Saturday.", "Mallorca registered their first goal of the season with a Chori Castro penalty after 25 minutes, awarded for a handball by Osasuna's Miguel Flano.", "The islanders made sure of the win deep into injury time with a goal from by Dutch midfielder Jonathan de Guzman.", "The result moves Mallorca up to seventh in La Liga.", "Elsewhere, Espanyol moved up to third place in the table after they defeated Almeria 1-0, courtesy of a Jose Callejon goal after 47 minutes.", "Athletic Bilbao came from two goals down to draw with Sporting Gijon.", "Gijon were two nil up within 25 minutes thanks to goals from Miguel de las Cuevas and Argentine Gaston Sangoy.", "But Bilbao responded with goals from Carlos Gurpegui in the 29th minute followed by an equalizer on the hour mark from Spanish international Fernando Llorente." ]	[ "Wins for Real Mallorca, Espanyol and Athletic Bilbao snatch draw with Sporting Gijon .", "In Italy, AC Milan record disappointing 1-1 draw with Catania .", "Fiorentina slump to second successive league defeat against Lazio ." ]	[ 0, 4, 13 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Everton scored in the last minute of stoppage-time to claim a 3-3 draw against Manchester United in the Premier League at Goodison Park on Saturday.", "United, who did not field the former Everton player Wayne Rooney, looked to be cruising to a comfortable 3-1 victory after goals from Darren Fletcher, Nemanja Vidic and Dimitar Berbatov had erased Steven Pienaar's opener for Everton.", "But with 90 minutes up, Everton scored two late goals, the first a header from Tim Cahill and the second by Mikel Arteta, to secure a point for Everton manager David Moyes's men.", "Everton, who were third from the bottom of the table at the start of the day, had taken the lead on 39 minutes when a misjudged clearance from United defender Patrice Evra left Arteta clear on goal.", "Arteta's effort was saved by Edwin van der Sar, but Leon Osman found the unmarked Pienaar who guided the ball to the back of the net.", "But Everton's advantage was short-lived as United swept forward and found an equalizer moments later.", "The Portuguese winger Nani curled a cross from the right into the danger area and Fletcher popped up to steer home the leveler.", "United maintained their momentum after the restart and Nani was the creator once more, his pinpoint cross picking out Vidic whose downward header flew past Tim Howard in the Everton goal.", "Victory seemed all but assured on 66 minutes when Paul Scholes split the Everton defense to release Berbatov, who controlled before burying a low shot beyond Howard.", "But Cahill's header gave Everton hope and moments later Arteta's deflected shot flew in to give the home side an improbable point in what was Sir Alex Ferguson's 700th Premier League game as a manager.", "Ferguson said: \"Football can do that to you.", "In a game of a completely comfortable position we've thrown it away, simple as that.\"", "Meanwhile Premiership leaders Chelsea maintained their perfect start to the season with a 3-1 win over West Ham.", "Two goals from Michael Essien and a Salomon Kalou strike helped the Blues to a relatively comfortable win against a struggling West Ham at Upton Park, East London.", "Carlo Ancelotti's men preserved their two-point lead at the top of the table with their fourth win of the season, condemning West Ham to their fourth defeat and a place at the bottom of the table.", "Arsenal stayed in touch at the top with a 4-1 rout of 10-man Bolton at the Emirates stadium in North London, with summer signings Laurent Koscielny and Marouane Chamakh both getting on the scoresheet for Arsene Wenger's side.", "Koscielny had fired the Gunners, second in the table, into a 1-0 lead on 24 minutes but Wanderers hit back through Johan Elmander on the stroke of half time after good work by South Korea international Lee Chong-Yong.", "Moroccan international Chamakh restored Arsenal's lead however, capitalizing on good work from skipper Cesc Fabregas.", "Bolton's task was made harder when Gary Cahill was given a straight red card for a wild lunge on Chamakh before goals from Alex Song and and Carlos Vela sealed the points.", "At Eastlands, Manchester City's faltering form continued as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Blackburn Rovers.", "A dreadful mix-up between England goalkeeper Joe Hart and Kolo Toure saw City fall behind, Nikola Kalinic sneaking in to put Blackburn 1-0 up.", "However City got back on level terms early in the second half when former French international Patrick Vieira netted a vital equalizer for Roberto Mancini's team.", "Newly promoted Blackpool earned their second victory of the season with a 2-0 defeat of Newcastle at St James Park.", "A Charlie Adam penalty and a late goal on the counter from DJ Campbell helped Ian Holloway's Tangerines to all three points." ]	[ "Everton score in stoppage-time to draw 3-3 with Manchester United .", "Premiership leaders Chelsea beat West Ham 3-1 .", "Arsenal stayed in touch at the top with a 4-1 rout of 10-man Bolton .", "Manchester City were held to a 1-1 draw by Blackburn Rovers ." ]	[ 0, 12, 15, 19 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Mercedes are set to introduce a raft of measures to revive Michael Schumacher's flagging Formula One fortunes for the upcoming Spanish Grand Prix.", "The seven-time champion returned to F1 this season after retiring in 2006 but has struggled so far, accumulating only ten points in the opening four races of the campaign.", "But Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn says changes to Schumacher's car, including a new chassis and improved weight distribution, could help reignite his bid for a record eighth championship in Barcelona.", "\"It's not a new chassis per se, it's a chassis we used in testing,\" Brawn was quoted as saying on the official F1 Web site.", "\"The one he had got damaged during the first few races, and we repaired it as best we could at the races.", "But now we are back at base we are going to re-introduce the test chassis, and he will be using that in Barcelona.", "\"It has taken Michael a little time to settle into these cars and particularly the tires.", "These tires are very different to what he had last time he was racing.\"", "Schumacher is being outperformed by Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg, who has battled his way to second in the standings.", "But Brawn is confident the 41-year-old will be pushing the front runners soon.", "\"It's foolish to say Michael is where he wants to be, but he's very determined to succeed,\" Brawn said in comments attributed to Reuters.com.", "\"I think these frustrations are just going to make him try even harder.", "\"We've not had a fantastic start but we are still in there because no-one else is really dominating either - there is still plenty of opportunity.", "\"He is so determined, and you can see that in his driving.", "The bits where it's not quite working are not because of [lack of] skill or bravery, it's because the technique needs tuning, and the car needs tuning.", "\"It's odd places where he's losing time and that's why we think he'll sort it out and we'll sort it out.\"", "The Spanish Grand Prix gets underway in Barcelona on May 9." ]	[ "Mercedes team principal says changes will be made to Michael Schumacher's car .", "Schumacher has struggled on his return to Formula One .", "The German has picked up just ten points so far ." ]	[ 0, 1, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The CEO of the Hungarian company behind a huge toxic spill on Thursday said he doesn't know whether he's responsible for the disaster, but added, \"I have moral duties and I will fulfill them.\"", "Zoltan Bakonyi, the chief executive of the MAL aluminum plant, spoke with CNN's Diana Magnay a day after he was released from jail pending trial.", "Bakonyi was detained on Monday, accused of public endangerment and harming the environment.", "\"It's said I should be responsible although I don't feel it,\" Bakonyi told Magnay.", "He insisted that MAL was in compliance with all Hungarian safety regulations and pointed out that he has only been CEO for two years.", "Bakonyi argued that the problems presented by the reservoir and the accumulation of toxin in it stretched back 25 years or more.", "But he added that it is his \"moral duty\" is to \"help\" and put his energies \"120-percent into the aid effort.\"", "Bakonyi categorically denied that a hole was present in the reservoir in the days or weeks before the spill happened.", "Bakonyi said he had visited the reservoir in the weeks before the spill happened.", "But, he said he hadn't seen the photo released by the The World Wildlife Fund showing one of the pools of sludge -- a byproduct of the process to turn bauxite ore into aluminium oxide -- leaking into a nearby field.", "The WWF says the photo was taken in June.", "Bakonyi also denied the spill was a consequence of overproduction or improper payment of workers.", "He maintained that there was no way to anticipate the accident.", "\"The only way anyone could have imagine this happening,\" he said, \"was in a terrorist attack.\"", "MAL has \"an idea\" about how the spill occurred, but Bakonyi won't comment on what it is.", "He says no statement on causes will be released until Hungarian authorities complete their own investigation.", "The Hungarian government announced Wednesday that MAL would resume operations by the end of the week.", "Meantime, as cleanup operations continued, workers were racing to complete three emergency dams designed to contain a possible second toxic spill from the plant.", "Hungarian emergency services officials said more ruptures and cracks are evident in the dam walls, and that it's just a matter of time before they break and spill an additional 500,000 cubic meters of toxic red sludge across the countryside.", "Nine people died after a river of mud engulfed the villages of Kolontar, Devecser, and Somlovasarhely last week.", "More than 100 people were injured and many times that number had to be evacuated.", "The sludge from the spill reached the Danube -- Europe's second-largest river -- within days, raising fears of wider contamination in Hungary and countries downstream, including Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania and the Ukraine.", "But water rests released Friday found that the pH level of the Danube water was only slightly higher than normal.", "EU toxins experts still have nothing conclusive on the exact chemical composition of the sludge.", "Aluminum and bauxite processing normally involves compounds that include arsenic, cyanide, cadmium and chromium.", "CNN's Diana Magnay contributed to this report ." ]	[ "CNN's Diana Magnay spoke to Zoltan Bakonyi, CEO of MAL aluminum plant .", "Bakonyi faces charges of public endangerment and harming the environment .", "Bakonyi denied there was evidence of reservoir leak before spill happened .", "Workers continue to prepare for possible new dam break ." ]	[ 1, 2, 11 ]
[ "CNN -- The Williams team has called on Formula One bosses to review the safety-car rules after Sunday's controversial European Grand Prix in Spain.", "Nine drivers were given post-race penalties for speeding while the safety car was on duty following a horrific crash involving Red Bull's Mark Webber, who was lucky to escape the incident unhurt.", "After seeing Williams driver Rubens Barrichello incur a five-second penalty after finishing fourth in Valencia, the team's technical director Sam Michael said the sport needs to reassess the rules.", "\"In this regard the [safety car] regulations probably need a review, rather than clarifying,\" he told Formula One's official website.", "\"From a personal perspective, I was in favor of the old system when you could duck and dive into the pits under the safety car in order to win advantage, but I also appreciate that the current rules are there to promote safety.\"", "Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo told the team's official website that he hopes motorsport's ruling body, the FIA, takes \"necessary decisions\" in a race he described as \"unacceptable.\"", "Lewis Hamilton of McLaren was also penalized in Spain for illegally overtaking the safety car to retain second position before pitting.", "Championship leader Hamilton was later able to take a delayed drive-through penalty without losing his second place, allowing him to earn 18 valuable points.", "Vettel cruises to victory in Valencia .", "Fernando Alonso, who finished eighth in Valencia, said the controversial incident involving Hamilton gave Ferrari a disadvantage over one of his team's closest rivals.", "\"It was unfair -- we respected the rules and didn't overtake under the yellow flag,\" Alonso told reporters.", "\"They gave the penalty but a bit too late -- 20 laps to investigate one piece of overtaking.\"", "This is not the first controversial incident this season regarding the safety-car rules.", "Confusion surrounded the Canadian Grand Prix after Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher passed Alonso during the end of lap 78 while the safety car was still on the track.", "Latest F1 championship standings .", "Despite the seven-time world champion pleading his innocence, the FIA stewards deemed the move illegal, handing him a post-race 20-second drive-through penalty which saw the German fall from sixth place to 12th.", "Last week the FIA attempted to clarify the incident by saying that no driver is allowed to overtake the safety car when it is deployed at the beginning of, or during, the final lap.", "However, the incidents at the European Grand Prix have now cast further doubt on the way the sport is governed.", "Montezemolo said the race was in danger of damaging the sport's credibility.", "\"Ferrari, which showed itself to be competitive in the European Grand Prix, paid a price that was too high for respecting the rules,\" he told Ferrari's official website.", "\"Meanwhile, those who didn't follow the rules were penalized by the race officials in a way that was less severe than the damage suffered by those who did respect them.\"", "\"That is a very serious and unacceptable event that creates dangerous precedents, throwing a shadow over the credibility of Formula One.\"" ]	[ "Williams' Sam Michael calls for the FIA to reassess the current safety-car rules .", "Ten drivers were penalized for not following the current safety-car rules at the European GP .", "Ferrari said last weekend's race in Valencia has thrown the sport's credibility into doubt .", "Schumacher had already been penalized for overtaking whilst the safety car was on duty ." ]	[ 0, 1, 2, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Titleholders Inter Milan gave newcomers Tottenham a Champions League lesson on Wednesday night before the English club's young winger Gareth Bale underlined his status as one of football's most promising prospects.", "Inter moved three points clear at the top of Group A after leading 4-0 inside 35 minutes, but needed to withstand a late onslaught as Wales international Bale scored a second-half hat-trick.", "The Italians went ahead after just 68 seconds as captain Javier Zanetti calmly sidefooted past Heurelho Gomes from a Samuel Eto'o pass, and the Brazilian goalkeeper was sent off six minutes later for bringing down winger Jonathan Biabiany.", "Eto'o buried the resulting penalty once Gomes finally departed, having been twice shown a red card, as the Cameroon striker beat replacement keeper Carlo Cudicini for his 13th goal in 12 games this season.", "Inter midfielder Dejan Stankovic made it 3-0 in the 14th minute with a shot from the edge of the area as Inter's crisp passing once again bamboozled the Tottenham defense.", "Eto'o, reveling in his central role in the absence of the injured Diego Milito, scored his second with a shot which deflected under Cudicini's body after he ran on to teenager Philippe Coutinho's measured throughball.", "While the 18-year-old Coutinho showed his class in the first half, he was upstaged by Bale in the second.", "The 21-year-old took the ball from inside his own half before lashing a fierce left-foot shot past Inter keeper Julio Cesar seven minutes after the break, and repeated the effort in the 90th minute as he easily outpaced the 37-year-old Zanetti.", "Bale then sealed his first Tottenham treble with yet another left-foot shot from almost the same position after being teed up in the area by Aaron Lennon, but Inter held on for victory and seven points from three outings.", "Werder Bremen boosted Tottenham's hopes of reaching the second round by coming from behind to draw 1-1 away to Dutch champions Twente, leaving both teams on on two points.", "Midfielder Theo Janssen put the hosts ahead in the 75th minute, but Austrian forward Marko Arnautovic equalized against his former team five minutes later.", "Barcelona, the 2009 champions, returned to winning ways with a 2-0 victory over Copenhagen.", "Argentine superstar Lionel Messi scored in each half to put the Spanish team a point clear of the previously unbeaten Danish side at the top of Group D. David Villa hit the crossbar before the diminutive forward broke the deadlock from with a ferocious shot from just outside the area in the 19th minute, and Messi then had an effort ruled out for offside before halftime.", "Barca survived a scare as Copenhagen's Dame N'Doye also smashed a shot against the bar, while Dani Alves hit the post for the Catalans before Messi sealed the win from close range right at the end.", "Copenhagen are four points ahead of Rubin Kazan, with the Russian champions drawing 0-0 away to Panathinaikos to end the Greeks' run of two defeats.", "Manchester United shrugged off the absence of wantaway striker Wayne Rooney to beat Turkish side Bursaspor 1-0 at home and move two points clear in Group C. With England star Rooney out injured, Portugal midfielder Nani staked his claim to take over as the team's key player with a superb seventh-minute winner in front of a crowd of more than 72,000.", "Scottish club Rangers held onto second spot after being held 1-1 at home by Valencia, with the Spanish side coming from behind to earn the draw as U.S. international Maurice Edu scored for both teams.", "The midfielder nodded in a 34th-minute opener from a cross by Vladimir Weiss, but turned villain just after halftime when he headed Tino Costa's free-kick into his own net.", "Lyon took control of Group B, with the French side beating 10-man Portuguese champions Benfica 2-0 for a third successive victory.", "Forward Jimmy Briand headed home the opener in the 22nd minute, then the visitors had Argentine midfielder Nicolas Gaitan sent off for a second yellow card just before halftime.", "Briand turned provider six minutes after the break, with Argentine forward Lisandro Lopez scoring at the second attempt after his initial header was blocked.", "Veteran Spanish striker Raul helped lift Schalke's spirits as he continued his remarkable scoring run in Europe in a morale-boosting 3-1 win over Hapoel Tel Aviv.", "Schalke, struggling in the German league's relegation zone, moved three points clear of Benfica with a second victory of the competition, with Raul netting twice to equal Gerd Muller's record of 68 in European club matches.", "The 33-year-old Real Madrid star has now scored in 15 successive seasons, his first coming in the third minute and his second in the 58th before Jurado made it 3-0 soon after.", "The Israelis managed a late consolation through Itay Shechter, but lie rock bottom after three defeats." ]	[ "Inter Milan lead 10-man Tottenham 4-0 before halftime before Gareth Bale's hat-trick .", "Lionel Messi scores both goals as Barcelona beat Copenhagen 2-0 in Group D .", "Manchester United beat Bursaspor 1-0 in absence of wantaway star Wayne Rooney .", "Lyon notch third successive Group B win, beating Portuguese champions Benfica ." ]	[ 15, 18 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko shrugged off taunts from WBC challenger Shannon Briggs on Monday after the American threatened to end his fellow veteran's days in the boxing ring.", "If trash talk counts, then the 38-year-old Briggs has a fighting chance of inflicting the Ukrainian's third career defeat in his fifth defense of the belt in Germany on Saturday.", "He barely let his 39-year-old opponent get a word in at the start of a press conference in the older Klitschko brother's adopted home city of Hamburg.", "\"I really feel for you, but you have made a bad choice.", "You are going to meet an adversary that you have never met before.", "I can hit, box and dodge my opponent's punches,\" boasted Briggs, who lost to Lennox Lewis when he challenged for the WBC title in 1998.", "\"I have never prepared so well for a bout.", "When I have finished with Vitali, they can bring on Wladimir immediately.\"", "Klitschko, who has previously hinted that this will be his final year of boxing, was relaxed when he had the chance to reply to his rival, who briefly held the WBO title in 2006.", "\"It is not easy to find an adversary for me or my brother.", "Shannon accepted immediately to fight me and I thank him for that,\" he said.", "\"But when I hear him say he is going to propel me into retirement, that just makes me laugh.", "\"I am ready and I am going to show that I deserve to wear this belt, which has been worn by [Mike] Tyson, Lewis and Muhammad Ali.\"", "Klitschko is less pleased with WBA champion David Haye, who has opted to face fellow British fighter Audley Harrison on November 13 rather than fight either of the Ukrainian duo this year.", "\"David Haye is just chicken, to be honest.", "He's got a big mouth but nothing more.", "David Haye is the world's biggest trash talker,\" he told the Fanhouse website.", "\"But he's smart enough to understand that if David Haye made the contract with Vitali or Wladimir Klitschko, and he got inside the ring with either one of us, then it would be the finish of his boxing career.\"" ]	[ "Shannon Briggs talks up his chances of winning the WBC title from Vitali Klitschko .", "American claims that he will end his fellow veteran's boxing career on Saturday .", "Ukrainian confident that he will be successful in his fifth defense in Hamburg .", "Klitschko calls WBA champion David Haye \"chicken\" for avoiding him and his brother ." ]	[ 0, 17 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Patrice Evra has failed in his appeal against a five-match supension from the French national team.", "The French Football Federation imposed the ban for Evra's part in the France squad's training boycott during the World Cup finals in South Africa.", "Manchester United left-back Evra, who was captain of the side, contested the suspension but on Thursday, his punishment was upheld by the FFF appeals commission.", "An FFF statement read: \"The superior appeals commission, which met today to consider the appeal by Patrick Evra, decided to uphold the sanction of five matches of non-selection for the France team handed down on August 17 by the federal disciplinary commission.", "Evra's lawyer Jean-Yves Foucard told reporters: \"Patrice Evra wanted to express himself, which he did at great length, and the commission listened to him very attentively, and asked good questions.", "\"Patrice explained that he fulfilled his role with transparency and honesty, always trying to smooth the differences between the players and the staff, and particularly the coach.", "You can understand, you can imagine that these relationships were not simple.\"", "Evra was one of four players banned following France's World Cup debacle in which they failed to qualify for the last 16 of the competition, collecting just one point in three matches.", "Nicolas Anelka, who was sent home after a row with coach Raymond Domenech was handed an 18-match suspension, while Franck Ribery received three and Jeremy Toulalan a single game.", "Only Evra appealed against his ban and the result means that he is not eligible to play for France until their friendly match against Brazil in February." ]	[ "Patrice Evra fails in his appeal against a five-match ban from the French national team .", "Evra was one of four players banned for their part in boycotting training during World Cup .", "Manchester United defender was the only player who appealed against his ban .", "He will not be eligible to play for his country until friendly match against Brazil in 2011 ." ]	[ 0, 9 ]
[ "Editor's note: The staff at CNN.com has been intrigued by the journalism of VICE, an independent media company and website based in Brooklyn, New York.", "VBS.TV is Vice's broadband television network.", "The reports, which are produced solely by VICE, reflect a transparent approach to journalism, where viewers are taken along on every step of the reporting process.", "We believe this unique reporting approach is worthy of sharing with our CNN.com readers.", "Viewer discretion advised.", "Brooklyn, New York (VBS.TV) -- In his appearances on VBS.TV, correspondent Ben Anderson has taken us to some dangerous and far-flung places -- conflict-ridden sites imbued with human suffering and the scars of injustice.", "Whether he's touring former slave forts in Senegal with legendary boxer David Haye, dodging insurgent bullets in Afghanistan or exposing the network of oppressed immigrants that helped build Dubai, Ben's willingness to venture into the unexplored pockets of the globe always make for fascinating reporting.", "It was a quite a change for us, then, when Ben took the subway to Brooklyn and pulled up a comfy chair with Time Executive Editor and Time.com Managing Editor Jim Frederick, himself an intrepid reporter and the author of \"Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent Into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death.\"", "Called \"harrowing,\" \"a testament to a misconceived war,\" and as Ben so aptly puts it in quoting the New York Times, \"a mix between 'In Cold Blood,' 'Black Hawk Down,' with a bit of 'Apocalypse Now',\" the book attempts to explain how the United States' overthrow of Saddam Hussein, an event which the U.S. government promised would bring so much hope for the future of Iraq, eventually led to the unprovoked murder of four of the nation's innocent citizens at the hands of three U.S. soldiers.", "See the rest of VBS Meets Jim Frederick at VBS.TV .", "Black Hearts tells the story of a unit of the Army's 101st Airborne division deployed to Iraq's \"triangle of death\" in 2005.", "Hastily assembled, the soldiers found themselves in a civil war zone infested with IEDs.", "Their outposts were at a physical and psychological remove from the Green Zone, where U. S. troops enjoyed homey comforts such as video games and well-stocked mess halls.", "With their resources already stretched to capacity and near-daily attacks from Sunni insurgents thinning their ranks at an alarming rate, the soldiers dealt with their stress in a variety of ways.", "Some took to not sleeping; others drank and did drugs.", "Many developed a hatred of Iraqi civilians -- and on March 12, 2006, three 101st Airborne soldiers snuck into an Iraqi home, raped a 14-year-old girl, incinerated her body, and murdered her mother, father and 6-year old sister." ]	[ "Jim Frederick tells story of U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division in Iraq .", "Group of soldiers deployed to infamous \"triangle of death\" in 2005 .", "Disciplinary, psychological deterioration led to \"most heinous\" war crime ." ]	[ 7, 10 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Members of the Indonesia military may have been involved in the torture of two men in the country's province of Papua, a government official said on Friday.", "The incident came to light after a video surfaced showing men burning the genitals of a naked and bound man, and holding a knife to the nose and neck of another bound man on a dusty road while interrogating them.", "\"The investigation is still going on but initial reports I received from the armed forces commander, show that there were elements of the military who were involved in those excessive, unprofessional acts, that were clearly a violation of human rights, Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto told CNN.", "The video is believed to be from the Indonesian province of Papua, nearly 3,500 kilometers east of the capital, Jakarta.", "Papua has long had a low-level insurgency that demands independence from Indonesia, saying the government is trying to take its land to steal resources.", "But both victims in this case were unarmed farmers, the Alliance of Papuan students told CNN.", "The scenes were recorded on a cell phone, and the imagery brought stiff condemnation from human rights groups who believe the video is possible evidence of Indonesian armed forces torturing members of independence movements.", "Human rights groups say that while they haven't determined the authenticity of the video, they have clues that the persecutors are members of the Indonesian armed forces.", "For example, the weapon being used in the video appears to be a standard military issue and the questions posed by the interrogators are consistent with those of Indonesian security forces, said Phil Robertson, deputy director of Human Rights Watch's Asia division.", "Human Rights Watch is concerned that the government will let the case linger without a resolution.", "Another video surfaced this year showing a disemboweled Papuan political activist being taunted by men in police uniforms.", "Police denied allegations that their forces disemboweled him.", "They said he was injured in a firefight, and no officer has been disciplined in that incident.", "The indigenous Free Papua Movement was established in 1965 to push for the secession of Papua from Indonesia.", "The group disputed the terms under which Papua became a part of Indonesia that year.", "Papua has the largest gold mine in the world, operated by the U.S.-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, but members of the freedom movement say locals have not received fair economic benefits from any of the mining operations on their homeland." ]	[ "A group says both victims were unarmed farmers .", "Initial reports cite human rights violations .", "Papua has a low-level independence insurgency ." ]	[ 4, 5 ]
[ "Vitali Klitschko has confirmed that he will defend his world heavyweight boxing title against former champion Shannon Briggs on October 16 in his adopted home city of Hamburg.", "The Ukrainian last put his WBC belt up for grabs in May against Albert Sosnowski in what he has said will be his last year as a professional fighter.", "The 39-year-old, who has successfully defended the crown four times, will face the American, 38, for the first time as he seeks to extend his 40-2 career record.", "\"I am really happy that I will have a fight in Hamburg again, the place where I started my professional career.", "The o2 World is a great arena and the fans in Hamburg are real box experts and will make a perfect atmosphere,\" Klitschko told his website.", "\"Shannon Briggs is not only big at talking but also big in the ring and a very tough challenger.", "He is more experienced than me, has more professional fights on his record and is one of the hardest punchers in the division.", "I will be very well prepared together with my trainer Fritz Sdunek.\"", "Briggs, nicknamed \"The Cannon,\" has a record of 51-5 with 45 victories by knockout -- 27 in the first round.", "He has previously beaten former world champions George Foreman, Ray Mercer and Sergej Liakhovich.", "\"For a long time I have been trying hard to fight a Klitschko.", "Most of their opponents are scared to death when they step into the ring.", "I will put a lot of pressure on Klitschko and take the fight to him.", "Klitschko can enjoy his belt for a few more weeks; after October 16 it will be mine!\"", "Klitschko's younger brother Wladimir, the IBF, WBO and IBO champion, will face former WBC titleholder Samuel Peter of Nigeria in another Germany-based bout in Frankfurt on September 11.", "Britain's WBA beltholder David Haye, who both Klitschkos have accused of being scared to fight them, may next fight former Olympic champion Audley Harrison, according to promoter Barry Hearn.", "Hearn, whose son Eddie is involved in the talks with Haye's manager Adam Booth, said the fight would be a boost for British boxing.", "\"In the heavyweight division, there is nothing else out there as far as British fight fans are concerned, Harrison-Haye is enormous,\" he told Sky Sports News.", "\"The fantastic thing about David Haye is that he's burst on the scene and done a fantastic job against [Nikolay] Valuev, boxed the ears off [John] Ruiz and put him into retirement.", "He's hot. \"Audley Harrison, in my opinion, is a bigger draw.", "People don't know what to expect from Audley Harrison, he's been talking a great fight for years, never delivered it.", "He's at that last-stage saloon -- every fight fan in England wants to see this fight.\"" ]	[ "WBC champion Vitali Klitschko will return to adopted home city of Hamburg for defense .", "Ukrainian faces American fighter Shannon Briggs in Germany on October 16 .", "His brother Wladimir is preparing for title clash with Samuel Peter on September 11 .", "WBA champion David Haye reportedly in talks for bout with Audley Harrison ." ]	[ 0, 14 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Another wonder strike from in-form Dutch winger Arjen Robben proved enough to give Bayern Munich a narrow 1-0 Champions League semifinal first leg win over Lyon, in a match which saw both sides reduced to 10 men.", "Robben, who scored a hat-trick in Bayern's 7-0 thrashing of Hannover, continued where he left off last weekend by scoring the only goal in the 69th minute.", "Picking the ball up 25 yards from goal, Robben's impressive strike took a slight deflection off the head of teammate Thomas Muller to wrong-foot goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.", "Bayern were the better of the two sides, but they suffered an early setback when midfielder Franck Ribery, whose name has been linked to an alleged sex scandal in his native France, was sent off for a late challenge on Lisandro in the 37th minute.", "Ribery lunged in with studs showing, catching Lisnadro on his ankle, and Italian referee Robert Rosetti had no hesitation in producing a straight red card, meaning the Frenchman will now miss the second leg in Lyon next week.", "However, nine minutes after the break, Lyon's man advantage disappeared when Jeremy Toulalan, who had been booked for a foul on Robben just three minutes earlier, was shown a second yellow card for a high challenge.", "Lyon had endured a long trip by road and rail to get to Munich and, like Barcelona in Milan 24 hours earlier, they appeared tired and lethargic throughout the majority of the match." ]	[ "Bayern Munich defeat Lyon 1-0 in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal .", "In-form Arjen Robben scores the only goal with a spectacular long-range strike .", "Franck Ribery and Jeremy Toulalan are sent off as both team finish with 10 men ." ]	[ 0 ]
[ "(CNN) -- John Lennon would have turned 70 years old this month, and were the late Beatle alive today, he might be sitting in a rocking chair in Cornwall, England, with wife Yoko Ono waiting for a postcard from their son, Sean, Ono said in an exclusive interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper.", "But eventually his spirit for activism would have roused him out of his retirement rocker, Ono added.", "\"I'm sure that, if he got to be 70, then he would have forgotten all of that: No, we have to do something now.", "And I'm sure this is when he would have been totally activist,\" Ono said.", "The wide-ranging three-part interview continues with the second installment on Cooper's \"AC360\" Wednesday night.", "In the interview, Ono spoke about being unfairly blamed for the breakup of the Beatles and how she can't forgive Mark David Chapman, the maniacal fan who fatally shot Lennon in 1980.", "She also strolled with Cooper through Central Park's Strawberry Fields, dedicated to Lennon and named after the song \"Strawberry Fields Forever,\" written by Lennon and fellow Beatle Paul McCartney.", "Lovers of Lennon's music should celebrate his 70th birthday anniversary, which occurred October 9, by remembering his expansive spirit, Ono said.", "\"I know that people loved him for what he has given them because he did give a lot.", "And all his beautiful ideas, they're not like seeds in their hearts that grow: We all have this huge, huge forest of ideas that we share,\" she said.", "\"I would say that let's not think about the fact that he passed away, but let's think about, you know, we should celebrate that he was here.", "The fact that he was here really helped the world.", "\"So I want people to remember that and not when he passed away.", "But of course he did pass away, and I don't know, but by saying that I think -- concentrating on his birthday -- I think somehow I changed the kind of configuration of things,\" Ono said.", "Ono continues to live in the Manhattan apartment building, the Dakota, where the couple and their son, Sean, lived.", "It was outside that building where Chapman gunned down Lennon after Lennon had earlier given him an autograph.", "Ono marked Lennon's birthday by visiting her memorial to him: the Imagine Peace Tower in Iceland, a tower made of light, which she visits every year.", "She selected the Atlantic island country \"because Iceland is the top north in the map.", "And north is wisdom and power, and the wisdom and power from the north would just go spread all over the world,\" she said.", "Now 77, Ono has been remastering Lennon's music, and she performed with her Plastic Ono Band during Iceland's memorial celebration.", "She recalled how she first learned of Lennon's death -- in the hospital where he was taken for his bullet wounds.", "It's a time she doesn't care to ponder.", "\"When I went to the hospital and I was waiting and the doctor came and he was carrying something of John's, like, his ring, and that's when I thought, ah, what is it, what is it?", "Just funny feeling about it, and when he said that he passed away, I said no, he didn't, he's alive, You know, very, very upset about it.", "I just refused to think that he died.\"", "Whenever Lennon's murderer is up for parole, Ono speaks out against his release.", "\"I'm very concerned about that because, you know, he's not a very stable person,\" she said.", "She's skeptical of any portrayal of Chapman as a \"very, very agreeable\" person.", "\"So now that he's very charming or something, well, he was perfectly charming then too.", "So I don't really have a trust for him -- for what would happen when he comes out,\" she said.", "Chapman killed Lennon on December 8, 1980.", "At the time, Lennon was 40; Chapman, 25.", "\"Well he got the autograph from John that very day,\" Ono said.", "\"You know, we were going to go to the studio, and John was a very, very astute person in that sense.", "To go to studio right (on) time.", "Not an hour later or two hours later.", "Most musicians didn't really care, but he was very prompt about those things.", "So we had the car, I got in the car, and I saw that John was still signing autographs.", "\"I said, 'John, we have to go now,' and he said, 'Yeah, OK, Yoko,' \" she added.", "Forgiveness for the murder remains a difficult matter, she said.", "\"Well, I don't really know, I have to think about that,\" Ono said.", "\"But Sean especially and me too (are) still living a very strong situation.", "It didn't suddenly go away. ...", "So it's a very difficult situation and we can't get out of it.\"", "Part of Beatles lore is that Strawberry Fields was actually an orphanage near Lennon's childhood home, and whenever Lennon acted like a bad boy, his mother and aunt threatened to send him there, Ono said.", "\"He was having a love-hate relationship with Strawberry Field.", "It was a very big thing in his life,\" Ono said.", "\"So then he made a song out of it. See, by having a very painful memory and changing that into a song, and then that was changed to here, into a park.\"", "Over the years, Ono has been characterized by some as the overbearing wife who caused the breakup of one of the most famous bands of the 20th century.", "Born in Japan, she blames racism as well as sexism for the unfounded charge, she said.", "The Beatles had long been having internal problems, she said.", "\"I think I was used as a scapegoat, and it's a very easy scapegoat, a Japanese woman and whatever,\" Ono said.", "\"Sexism, racism, but also just remember that the United States and Britain were fighting with Japan in World War II.\"", "While she was stung by such characterizations, she and Lennon went on to enjoy a full marriage.", "Asked if the finger-pointing hurt her, Ono responded, \"Well, it did in a way.", "But you know, it was sort of like a distant thing in a way, because John and I were so close.", "And we were just totally involved in each other and in our work.", "\"You know,\" she added, \"I just kept on being -- getting ideas.", "And he was, too. So that was much more exciting.\"", "Watch Anderson Cooper 360° weeknights 10pm ET.", "For the latest from AC360° click here." ]	[ "CNN's Anderson Cooper interviews Yoko Ono in a three-part exclusive airing this week .", "\"We should celebrate that he was here,\" Ono says of Lennon .", "She doesn't trust Lennon murderer Mark David Chapman .", "Blaming her for the Beatles' breakup is due to racism and sexism, Ono says ." ]	[ 0, 5, 10, 21 ]
[ "Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- In the aftermath of 9/11, Americans were angry, fearful and scrambling for answers.", "In the days that followed the terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush and Congress prepared their response, starting to work on stronger counterterrorism measures and preparing for a war in Afghanistan, where the Taliban had housed al Qaeda networks for many years.", "A few Americans turned their rage against Muslims who were living in the United States.", "Within a few days, Muslims, as well as individuals mistakenly perceived to be Muslims, were attacked.", "The Sikh owner of a gas station in Mesa, Arizona, was killed by a man who went on to shoot a Lebanese clerk at another gas station.", "Near Dallas, Texas, a man shot and killed a 46-year old Pakistani who owned a small grocery store.", "In Cleveland, Ohio, a man drove a Ford Mustang right through an Islamic center.", "Nine years after 9/11, there is a lot for Americans to contemplate as they look back.", "Although people have focused a lot of attention on Bush's appearance before a group of New York firefighters at ground zero, another highly significant moment took place on September 17.", "That day, at the Islamic Center in Washington, the president delivered a powerful message about the need to keep America's response to 9/11 from turning into a war against Muslims.", "This message was as important to his war on terrorism as the strategy of regime change, or pre-emptive war.", "Unfortunately, this is a principle that has been slowly and dangerously undermined in recent weeks as a result of the controversy over a proposed Islamic cultural center and mosque a few blocks from ground zero.", "Speaking at an emotionally charged moment, just six days after the attacks, Bush told the audience that it was vital for Americans to understand that the terrorists did not represent the Muslim tradition.", "\"Those who feel like they can intimidate our fellow citizens to take out their anger don't represent the best of America; they represent the worst of humankind, and they should be ashamed of that kind of behavior,\" Bush said.", "The president reiterated his firm commitment to protecting the constitutional rights and honoring the important role of the Muslim community in the United States.", "In no uncertain terms, Bush said: \"The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam.", "That's not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace.", "These terrorists don't represent peace.", "They represent evil and war.\"", "America, he said, \"counts millions of Muslims amongst our citizens, and Muslims make an incredibly valuable contribution to our country.", "Muslims are doctors, lawyers, law professors, members of the military, entrepreneurs, shopkeepers, moms and dads.\"", "Many Muslim leaders were impressed by the president's speech as well as by how most Americans were responding to the trauma.", "\"Americans have shown great maturity,\" Sayyid Syeed, the secretary general of the Islamic Society of North America, told the media.", "He reported the calls he was receiving expressing support for his community greatly outweighed the hate crimes.", "Over the coming years, Bush stuck with the argument that he made on September 17.", "While Bush would come under criticism for many aspects of his war on terrorism -- including policies such as the use of interrogation tactics that critics called torture -- he continued to be very clear in his defense of Muslims.", "The president returned to the Islamic Center on June 2007, reminding his audience of his earlier speech: \"We gather, with friendship and respect, to reaffirm that pledge -- and to renew our determination to stand together in the pursuit of freedom and peace.", "We come to express our appreciation for a faith that has enriched civilization for centuries.\"", "Bush's philosophy is now under fire.", "In response to the proposal to build an Islamic center near ground zero in New York City, a heated national debate has unfolded about Muslims in America.", "While some focused their criticism on whether this was a proper project so close to the site of the attacks, many others turned it into a different kind of discussion.", "Some national Republican leaders, including Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich, have made provocative comments, helping to make it a national issue.", "Gingrich warned of the \"radical Islamists\" he said were behind the project, comparing it to Nazis putting up a sign next to the Holocaust Museum in Washington.", "At the local level, the debate has taken an even more dangerous turn.", "A Florida pastor, Terry Jones, announced he would burn copies of the Quran.", "Even when he came under criticism from a broad spectrum of leaders, including Gen. David Petraeus, he did not at first desist.", "Rather than listening, he said, \"Maybe it's time to send a message to radical Islam that we will not tolerate their behavior.\"", "Palin did condemn the pastor by tweeting that \"book burning is antithetical to American ideals,\" but then tied the two issues together when she went on to say that \"people have a constitutional right to burn a Koran if they want to, but doing so is insensitive and an unnecessary provocation -- much like building a mosque at ground zero.\"", "Although the pastor agreed to cancel the Quran burning after a call from Secretary of Defense Robert Gates warning it would put American lives at risk, the incident stoked the fires of hatred.", "If this kind of inflammatory rhetoric continues, it will erode a central and crucial principle in the war on terrorism.", "It also contradicts the nation's constitutional and pluralistic traditions -- the very traditions we want to defend from terrorism -- while doing irreparable harm abroad.", "When Bush spoke at the Islamic Center, he took a pivotal step in defining how he wanted to defend the nation and go about punishing the aggressors who killed thousands of civilians.", "His message cannot be forgotten.", "Should local and national debate move in a different direction, we will be paying the cost as a nation for decades to come by destroying our image in the Muslim world, thus playing into the hands of the terrorists.", "We'd be abandoning the very best ideals that our country has to offer.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Julian E. Zelizer." ]	[ "After 9/11, a few Americans lashed out at innocent Muslims .", "Julian Zelizer: President George W. Bush rightly condemned such attacks at the time .", "He says that principle has been ignored by some GOP politicians .", "Zelizer: Attacking Islam is at odds with U.S. Constitution and key values nation is seeking to defend ." ]	[ 7, 9, 11, 41, 45 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The European Commission is looking into France's expulsion of more than 8,000 ethnic Roma, commonly referred to as gypsies, the commission's president told CNN Tuesday.", "\"The European Commission, working with the French authorities, is now making an independent assessment\" of the situation, Jose Manuel Barroso said on CNN's \"Quest Means Business.\"", "Recent raids against camps in Lyon, France, and other cities forced out a total of 8,300 Romanian and Bulgarian nationals of Roma origin.", "Close to 10,000 were expelled in 2009.", "Barroso said in his first state of the union speech on Tuesday that governments \"must respect human rights.\"", "That wasn't specifically aimed at France, he told CNN, though he noted that France is in the middle of a \"very politicized debate.\"", "\"I do not want to interfere in that debate,\" he said, but he added that the commission is investigating how France is implementing European law.", "The European Commission is the executive arm of the European Union.", "\"In Europe there is no room for discrimination,\" Barroso said.", "\"That's why we are going to make these independent assessments with the French authorities and with the other countries, because, in fact, the Roma issue is a general problem.", "\"We have to be sure that the European directives are properly transposed and implemented in all the European member states,\" he said.", "Roma are a group of people who live mainly in southern and eastern Europe, often in poverty.", "They tend to live in camps, caravans, or informal settlements and have been the target of persecution throughout history.", "The expulsions from France followed proposals from President Nicolas Sarkozy officially aimed at fighting crime.", "The proposals include stripping French citizenship from immigrants convicted of certain crimes.", "Immigration policy has long been a top issue for the conservative Sarkozy.", "As interior minister, he advocated the deportation of foreign nationals caught in violent riots across France in 2005.", "But the recent crackdowns have spawned criticism even within Sarkozy's government.", "Local media reported that Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said he was shocked by the president's anti-crime proposals.", "Last month's ousting of Roma gypsies without valid identity papers drew international criticism, with some comparing it to the deportation of Jews during World War II.", "The government called the comparison absurd since those being expelled were being sent back to their homelands with financial compensation of 300 euros ($381) per adult and 100 euros ($127) per child, according to France's immigration ministry.", "French officials have said the deportations are part of a broader crackdown on illegal immigration.", "CNN's Jim Bittermann and Catherine E. Shoichet contributed to this report." ]	[ "The European Commission is investigating France's action, its head says .", "Barroso: There is no room for discrimination in Europe .", "France says it is trying to crack down on crime .", "Roma, or gypsies, have faced prejudice for generations ." ]	[ 6, 8 ]
[ "LONDON, England -- Dubai will stage the world's richest golf tournament as part of the European Tour's 2009 schedule.", "Lofty ambition: The world's richest golf event was launched at the world's tallest hotel in Dubai.", "The Dubai World Championship, to be held at Jumeirah Golf Estates on November 19-22 of that year, will have a prize pool of $10 million -- with $1,666,660 on offer for the winner.", "The Tour's Order of Merit will be renamed The Race to Dubai with a prize pool also of $10 million, and is expected to start in January from 2010 instead of late November on the current calendar.", "The top-ranked player will receive $2 million, the runner-up $1.5 million and the third-placed player $1 million, with prizes down to the 15th player, who will earn $250,000.", "European Tour chief executive George O'Grady said: \"This is so much more than a tournament sponsorship.", "It is a long-term partnership which will see the European Tour and Dubai joining together to significantly enhance the game worldwide and take golf to a new level for spectators everywhere.\"", "The first five years of the Tour's new partnership with Leisurecorp, the company developing Dubai's leading residential golf community, will also see the building of a new international headquarters for the governing body and the creation of a global property company to develop new tournament venues around the world.", "The inaugural event will run on either the Fire or Earth course, both of which were designed by former world No.", "1 Greg Norman.", "The Jumeirah complex also includes a Water course designed by Vijay Singh and a Wind course carrying the names of Norman, Sergio Garcia and American designer Pete Dye.", "The agreement signed between Leisurecorp and the European Tour includes an option to extend for a further five years.", "O'Grady added: \"The scale of this agreement is testament to the vision of Dubai and its ruler His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who has recognized the dynamic role golf can play in developing the global profile of this amazing city.", "\"It is also testament to Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem (chairman of Leisurecorp's parent company Dubai World), who has been instrumental in turning that vision into reality.", "\"The Race to Dubai will bring a new dimension to the European Tour, creating great drama and theatre throughout the year as all the best players in the world are given the opportunity to compete in the world's richest tournament.", "\"Moreover, as the European Tour has become ever-more global in its outlook, it has become increasingly important to us to have an international base in a strategically-placed location.", "\"Dubai is a massively important and growing hub, with outstanding air links to all our locations, and the perfect place for us to offer a tailor-made service to all our members through the Center of Excellence at the European Tour International Headquarters.\"", "As with the current season-ending Volvo Masters at Valderrama in Spain, the Dubai World Championship will be restricted to the leading 60 players on the European money list.", "The money on offer exceeds what is currently on offer at the four major tournaments.", "The British Open is the richest of those at the moment at $8.6 million, with the Masters, U.S. Open and U.S. PGA all just under $7 million this year.", "The U.S. Tour's Players Championship is the richest single event, offering a purse of almost $9 million.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "The European Tour will feature the world's richest golf event in Dubai in 2009 .", "The Dubai World Championship will have a prize purse of $10 million .", "The Tour's Order of Merit money list will be renamed the 'Race To Dubai'" ]	[ 3, 14 ]
[ "Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Former Cuban President Fidel Castro said Friday that he was misinterpreted when he recently told an American journalist that the Cuban model no longer works.", "In a speech at the University of Havana that was then broadcast on Cuban TV, Castro said he meant \"exactly the opposite\" of what was understood by Jeffrey Goldberg, who was interviewing him for The Atlantic.", "According to Goldberg, when he asked Castro during an interview last week if the Cuban model could be exported, the 84-year-old former leader answered: \"The Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore.\"", "The comment was widely interpreted as Castro's admission that the Soviet-style economic model he introduced after his revolution no longer works.", "Goldberg wrote on The Atlantic's blog that he turned to Julia Sweig of the Council on Foreign Affairs, who was present at the interview, \"to interpret this stunning statement for me.\"", "\"She said, 'He wasn't rejecting the ideas of the revolution.", "I took it to be an acknowledgment that under \"the Cuban model\" the state has much too big a role in the economic life of the country,'\" he wrote.", "On Friday, Castro said he was correctly quoted, but that, \"in reality, my answer meant exactly the opposite of what both American journalists interpreted regarding the Cuban model.\"", "\"My idea, as the whole world knows, is that the capitalist system no longer works for the United States or the world,\" he said.", "\"How could such a system work for a socialist country like Cuba?\"", "Castro called Goldberg \"a great journalist.\"", "\"He does not invent phrases, he transfers them and interprets them,\" he said.", "\"I await with interest his extensive article.\"", "He told an audience that included some of his former soldiers who were there to mark the publication of his 608-page autobiography that the capitalist system \"leads from crisis to crisis, each one more serious.\"" ]	[ "The former Cuban leader said, \"The Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore.\"", "He was correctly quoted but misunderstood, he says .", "He says he was emphasizing how his opinion of capitalism is even lower ." ]	[ 2, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Internet media giant Yahoo!", "has secured exclusive rights to publish online highlights of the English Premier League until 2013.", "The content will be provided to British-based consumers only, from the start of the 2010/11 season in August.", "The move adds to the basketball (NBA), golf (PGA), ice hockey (NHL) and baseball (MLB) action the company already supplies to its U.S. users.", "The agreement will allow football fans access to five-minute highlights of every Premier League game via its Web site.", "Yahoo's European managing director Rich Riley claimed the deal shows their intent to supply high-quality sport action.", "\"The acquisition of Premier League rights shows how serious Yahoo!", "is about providing the best in video content,\" said Riley.", "\"Sport is a passion for our target audiences and the Premier League rights are a key part of our efforts to build on Yahoo's reputation for engaging, original content.\"", "Sport Industry Group's Drew Barrand told CNN the announcement underlines a wider trend of sport broadcasting increasingly finding a home on digital platforms.", "\"In the world that we live in, there is less time to watch television in its traditional format,\" said Barrand.", "\"Mobile rights and online rights are very much the future in how the consumer will interact with sport [broadcasts].", "Every outlet will need to react to that and change their strategy accordingly.\"", "In an official statement sent to CNN, Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore acknowledged the significance of online highlights.", "\"The way fans access Barclays Premier League action is growing ever more diverse and sophisticated,\" explained Scudamore.", "\"The online highlights package is an important medium for supporters of all our clubs to be able to follow match action.\"" ]	[ "Yahoo!", "has secured exclusive rights to publish online highlights of the English Premier League .", "The internet giant will provide five-minute highlights of each Premier League game .", "Yahoo!", "already provides NBA, PGA, NHL and MLB highlights to its U.S. users ." ]	[ 0, 1, 3, 4 ]
[ "(CNN) -- England wicketkeeper Matt Prior will miss the crucial fourth Test against West Indies in Barbados on Thursday after his wife gave birth to their first child, a baby boy.", "England cricketer Prior dashed from the Caribbean to be with wife Emily following the birth of their first child.", "Prior rushed home from the Caribbean to be with his wife Emily after hearing the news in the early hours of Monday morning.", "The Sussex star was due to temporarily quit the tour on March 2, the due date for the birth, but his premature departure will give reserve wicketkeeper Tim Ambrose the chance to impress.", "Prior regained his England place from Ambrose after an impressive season with the bat and gloves for his county side Sussex last season.", "England are 1-0 down in the series after losing the first Test and then failing to secure victory in the third Test in Antigua as West Indies battled to a draw.", "They are already without injured all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, who has a hip injury and there were doubts over off-spinner Graeme Swann, who has an elbow problem.", "Meanwhile, respected West Indian umpire Steve Bucknor has announced he will quit officiating in international matches next month.", "The 62-year-old Jamaican will stand in the third Test between South Africa and Australia starting on March 19 in Cape Town and his last match will be a one-day international between the West Indies and England at Barbados on March 29.", "Bucknor has umpired 126 Test matches since 1989.", "In cricket action on Monday, Pakistan captain Younis Khan scored a century as his side reached 296 for three wickets against Sri Lanka on the third day of the first Test in Karachi.", "Khan was unbeaten on 149 at stumps as his team replied to Sri Lanka's massive 644 for seven declared.", "Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera both hit double centuries as they notched up a Test record fourth wicket partnership of 437 in their innings." ]	[ "England wicketkeeper Matt Prior returns home early from West Indies tour .", "Prior's wife Emily gave birth to their first child, a baby boy, overnight Sunday .", "Pakistan captain Younis Khan hits a century in first Test against Sri Lanka .", "Test umpire Steve Bucknor will quit match officiating at end of next month ." ]	[ 0, 1, 7, 10 ]
[ "Chicago, Illinois (CNN) -- Former Illinois Gov.", "Rod Blagojevich was found guilty Tuesday of making false statements to the FBI, but escaped convictions on 23 other counts in a trial that is seen as at least a partial victory for Blagojevich.", "The jury, which deliberated for 14 days, said it was hung on 23 counts against him and on the counts against the former governor's brother, Robert Blagojevich.", "The former governor faced charges including racketeering, wire fraud, attempted extortion and bribery.", "A two-term Democrat, he was removed from office in January 2009 amid accusations that he attempted to sell the U.S. Senate seat that had been occupied by Barack Obama before Obama was elected president.", "\"On every charge except for one, they could not prove that I did anything wrong,\" said Rod Blagojevich, shorty after the jury was dismissed.", "\"I told the truth from the very beginning.\"", "He added he would appeal the one conviction and thanked members of the jury for finding what they did.", "The next court date in the case is set for August 26, though prosecutors said they will try the former governor again.", "The maximum penalty for making false statements is five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.", "Conviction on the counts of wire fraud, racketeering and attempted extortion would have carried a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000, while a conviction on the count of solicitation of bribery would have had a maximum sentence of 10 years and a fine of up to $250,000.", "Blagojevich's brother, Robert, stood trial with him on four of the charges.", "Robert Blagojevich testified that his brother was \"trying to politically work something to his benefit\" in handling the Senate appointment but was thinking in terms of political horse-trading, not corruption.", "In one conversation recorded by federal agents, the former governor told an aide, \"I've got this thing, and it's [expletive] golden.", "I'm just not giving it up for [expletive] nothing.\"", "\"It didn't seem out of the ordinary, because Obama was taking a lot of people from Illinois with him to D.C.,\" said Robert Blagojevich, who raised money for his brother.", "He said the governor \"was interested in the idea of being the head of Health and Human Services.\"", "While awaiting trial, the ousted governor repeatedly asserted his innocence in interviews and on Twitter, as well as during his appearances on the \"Celebrity Apprentice\" reality show.", "\"Unfortunately, the pain and embarrassment that this whole situation has caused our great state will not come to a complete close today,\" said U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Illinois, who was cited in the criminal complaint against Blagojevich.", "CNN's Katherine Wojtecki contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Government prosecutors say they will try Blagojevich again .", "Jurors found Blagojevich guilty of making false statements to the FBI .", "The jury said it was hung on the other 23 counts against him .", "The former Illinois governor was accused of attempting to sell Obama's former Senate seat ." ]	[ 1, 2, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Robert Kubica has signed a contract extension that will keep him at Renault until the end of the 2012 season.", "The Polish Formula One driver is lying sixth in the drivers' championship after a string of impressive performances this season.", "He finished second at the Australian Grand Prix, third in Monaco and fifth in Valencia at the European Grand Prix.", "The 25-year-old's strong form meant he was linked with a move to rivals Ferrari but he has opted to prolong his stay with Renault.", "He told Renault's official website: \"It was a straightforward decision to continue with a team where I feel at home.", "\"What's important for me is to be in the right atmosphere, with a good group of people, where everybody is pulling in the same direction.", "\"This is what we have tried to build from the beginning of my time with Renault.", "I think we have already achieved a lot together, and I believe that with plenty of effort, time and the right approach, we can move even further forward.", "\"That is certainly our target, so we will keep working hard and pushing on every front, not just for the rest of this season but also for next year when there are more big rule changes on the way.", "I am really looking forward to the challenge.\"", "Kubica has finished outside the top ten only once this season and he currently stands 44 points off championship leader Lewis Hamilton, of McLaren.", "This is Kubica's first season with Renault but team principal Eric Boullier said he was delighted to secure Kubica's future.", "\"We are delighted that Robert will remain with us for the next two seasons and I would like to thank him for the faith he has shown in this team,\" said Boullier.", "\"There have been many rumors surrounding his future in recent weeks, which were a tribute to how well he has driven this year, and we are very happy to have agreed a multi-year deal.", "\"Our clear goal is to become title contenders over the next two years.", "To do so, we need a driver of Robert's caliber -- somebody who is fast, totally committed and doesn't make mistakes.", "\"His performances during the first half of the 2010 season were flawless, and we hope to achieve great things together in the future.\"" ]	[ "Robert Kubica extends contract with Formula One team Renault .", "Kubica signs a deal that takes him to end of 2012 season .", "Polish driver is in his first full season with Renault .", "Kubica is currently sixth in drivers' championship standings ." ]	[ 0, 1, 11 ]
[ "Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the stoning deaths of a young man and woman in northern Afghanistan over the weekend, calling the executions by the Taliban \"unforgivable.\"", "\"Executing these two young people without trial is a crime, an act of inhumanity, and is counter to Islam,\" the president said in a statement Tuesday.", "The Taliban stoned to death a man and a woman in northern Afghanistan for allegedly having an affair, officials said Monday.", "The stoning took place Sunday in Dasht-e-Archi district, in the village of Mullah Qali -- a village dominated by the Taliban in Kunduz province.", "The pair was accused of having an illicit sexual relationship, a spokesman for the Kunduz governor said.", "The woman was about 20 years old and the man was about 27, said Mohammed Ayuob, district governor of Amam Sahib, which is also in Kunduz province.", "The woman was engaged, and the man was married to another woman.", "The two had been held by the Taliban for about a week, Ayuob said." ]	[ "President Karzai says execution without a trial is counter to Islam .", "The stoning took place in an Afghan village dominated by the Taliban .", "The man and woman were accused of having an illicit sexual relationship ." ]	[ 0, 1, 4 ]
[ "Miami, Florida (CNN) -- What was Hurricane Karl was losing its punch in Mexico Friday, while Category 2 Hurricane Igor turned toward Bermuda, which is bracing for landfall late Sunday.", "A third hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean, Julia, continued to sputter, forecasters said.", "Karl's eye came ashore just north of the city of Veracruz, Mexico, around 11:30 a.m. (12:30 p.m.", "ET) Friday. Karl was gradually downgraded to a tropical storm, with 70 mph (115 kph) winds at 8 p.m.", "ET, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.", "The storm's biggest threat may come from torrential rainfall.", "Some areas may receive between 5 to 10 inches, with isolated amounts of 15 inches possible.", "At least 3,000 homes in central Mexico were damaged when Karl came ashore, the state-run Notimex news agency reported.", "The Hurricane Center said the storm is expected to weaken to a tropical depression soon and dissipate over the mountains of Mexico on Sunday.", "Some local flooding was reported, the Mexican Interior Ministry said.", "The Mexican government canceled all coastal warnings and watches.", "Meanwhile, the two other hurricanes in the tropical trio churned in the open Atlantic Ocean.", "A storm system south of the Cape Verde Islands has a 10 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone, forecasters said.", "At 8 p.m. (7 p.m. ET), Hurricane Igor, downgraded to Category 2, had maximum sustained winds near 105 mph (165 kph).", "It was moving toward the northwest at 10 mph (17 kph), but forecasters said its forward speed and strength are expected to increase in the next couple of days, followed by gradual weakening.", "Igor was about 600 miles (965 kilometers) south-southeast of Bermuda.", "A hurricane warning was in effect for the island, which was already feeling effects from the storm, the Hurricane Center said.", "The United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office called Igor a \"dangerous\" storm and said Bermudan authorities are making appropriate plans for its arrival late Sunday or early Monday.", "British nationals are getting updated travel advice.", "Home Affairs Minister David Burch warned island residents to be ready for storm surge and high winds.", "\"It is my sincere hope that you and your families take the remainder of today to finalize your hurricane preparations, by securing your homes, your property and ensuring that you have adequate supplies,\" he said.", "Officials expect to close the main airport Saturday.", "A British frigate will be stationed offshore, ready to offer any assistance.", "Large swells generated by Igor will continue to affect the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, the Bahamas and the Virgin Islands, according to the weather agency.", "These swells are expected to cause dangerous surf- and rip-current conditions in Bermuda over the next several days.", "The swells will reach the eastern coast of the United States, including Florida, on Friday and continue through the weekend, possibly causing rip currents.", "In the far eastern Atlantic, Category 1 Hurricane Julia continued to weaken.", "As of 5 p.m. (4 p.m. ET), Julia's maximum sustained winds were 75 mph (120 kph).", "The storm was moving west-northwest at about 18 mph (30 kph).", "The storm's center was about 1,525 miles (2,450 kilometers) southwest of the Azores Islands." ]	[ "NEW: Karl is downgraded to a tropical storm .", "Storm system brewing off Cape Verde Islands .", "Bermuda taking Igor seriously; warning issued ." ]	[ 3, 12, 15 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Police in a Chicago, Illinois, suburb Wednesday were investigating a pipe-bomb explosion that decapitated a man.", "The body of Colin Dalebroux, 21, was found near a middle school close to his apartment in Evanston, Illinois, on Tuesday, CNN affiliates reported, citing local police.", "WGN-TV reported that a man walking his dog in a park found the body when his pet tugged at his leash.", "The man, Dale Wyatt, and another pedestrian saw the body and called police.", "\"Honestly, at first I thought it was a mannequin, like somebody was playing a sick prank,\" Wyatt said.", "Wyatt said the body \"was laying, his legs were underneath his body like he was laying down.", "His right arm was up and then everything from the neck up was completely gone.\"", "Police on Tuesday said an explosion was heard in the area about 3:53 a.m. and residents thought it was a blown transmitter.", "Police responded but couldn't identify the source of the sound.", "Nearly two hours later, police were called again when the man's body was discovered.", "Police arriving on the scene saw what they thought was an \"operable explosive device\" and called the Cook County Bomb Squad.", "Officers immediately established a safety perimeter and went door-to-door to notify residents.", "The device was safely rendered inoperable, authorities said.", "Police believe the victim had two explosive devices, thought to be pipe bombs: the one that was dismantled and \"one of which detonated ending his own life.\"", "Police searched the area and went to what was thought to be the victim's residence.", "\"While at this location, Evanston Police determined that no immediate public safety risk existed,\" police said Tuesday.", "Investigators were working with the FBI to examine the man's computer.", "The school, Nichols Middle School, is closed for the second day in a row because of the blast and the probe into the incident." ]	[ "The incident occurred in Evanston .", "A passer-by walking his dog spotted the corpse .", "Authorities are examining the victim's computer ." ]	[ 2, 16, 17 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Years before the first Gulf War, Saddam Hussein was slaughtering Iraq's Kurds with bombs, bullets and gas.", "Kurdish refugees fleeing Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons attacks in 1988.", "The Reagan White House saw it as a ruthless attempt to put down a rebellion by a minority ethnic group fighting for independence and allied with Iraq's enemy, Iran.", "But Peter Galbraith thought it was something worse.", "\"A light went off in my head, and I said, 'Saddam Hussein is committing genocide,'\" said Galbraith, who was on the staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the time.", "An unabashed idealist, Galbraith was known for tackling unconventional issues.", "\"If you're going to be idealistic in life, you're going to be disappointed,\" he said.", "\"But that's not a reason to abandon idealism.\"", "Galbraith was one of the first Westerners to witness the effects of the slaughter.", "During a fact-finding trip for the Senate in 1987, he saw something troubling.", "\"When we crossed from the Arab part of Iraq into the Kurdish part of Iraq, the villages and towns that showed on our maps just weren't there,\" he said.", "Bulldozing Kurdish villages was just the first phase of Hussein's war against the Kurds.", "In 1988, it escalated with chemical weapons.", "\"Thousands, maybe tens of thousands of people were killed in those attacks, and then Iraqi troops moved into those villages and gunned down the survivors.\"", "Galbraith wanted to invoke the U.N.'s Genocide Convention, which requires countries to prevent and punish such crimes.", "\"We could not stand aside and allow Saddam Hussein to commit genocide against the Kurds of Iraq.\"", "With the support of his boss, Democratic Sen. Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island, Galbraith drafted a bill -- the Prevention of Genocide Act -- that would cut off U.S. foreign aid to Iraq and impose a trade embargo.", "\"That would have been an appropriate response to a dictator who is gassing his own people,\" Galbraith said.", "\"I thought with a name like that it would garner a lot of support.\"", "But the compelling name was not enough.", "So Galbraith went back to the region to gather more evidence.", "Watch as Galbraith describes his fight to end the slaughter » .", "Tens of thousands of Kurds had fled to Turkey.", "Survivors described blinding, burning clouds of poison gas that dropped people in their tracks.", "\"These people don't make up these stories.", "These are real stories.", "And if you talk to them, if you simply talk to them ... you know that they're telling the truth,\" Galbraith said.", "His report was still not enough to persuade the White House to punish Saddam.", "Watch as Galbraith discusses genocide » .", "The Reagan administration had invested several years cultivating Iraq as an ally against Iran, their mutual enemy, and as a market for U.S. products, including more than $1 billion a year in farm exports.", "The Prevention of Genocide Act would end the diplomatic courtship and hurt U.S businesses.", "Read once-secret documents from the Reagan administration .", "\"I had a fellow who worked for one of the Louisiana senators call me up really in tears,\" Galbraith said.", "\"And when I talked about genocide against the Kurds, he talked about the genocide that I was committing against the rice farmers of Louisiana.\"", "Although then-Secretary of State George Schultz warned Iraq that use of outlawed chemical weapons jeopardized the two countries' budding relationship, Schultz's spokesman said imposing economic sanctions would be premature.", "Watch as George Schultz explains the administration's position » .", "To Galbraith, \"that was a morally repugnant statement.\"", "The Reagan administration also claimed Galbraith's bill used \"inaccurate terms like genocide.\"", "But for Galbraith, this was no time for semantics.", "\"Should we have waited until he used chemical weapons again?", "Should we have waited until instead of 5 percent of the Kurdish population was murdered -- 10?", "15?\" In the end, the House of Representatives killed Galbraith's sanctions bill with backing from the Reagan administration.", "Politics had trumped principle.", "Galbraith calls the U.S. policy \"appeasement.\"", "\"We were not able to modify Iraq's behavior,\" Galbraith said.", "\"And guess what?\" Two years later, in August 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait, its oil-rich neighbor to the south.", "This time, the U.S. compared Saddam to Hitler.", "And with Kuwait's oil at stake, the U.S finally screamed bloody murder." ]	[ "Years before the first Gulf War, Saddam Hussein was slaughtering Iraq's Kurds .", "Peter Galbraith was one of the first Westerners to see the effects of the killing .", "A Senate staffer at the time, he tried to invoke the U.N. Genocide Convention .", "The House killed his sanctions bill with backing from the Reagan White House ." ]	[ 0, 8, 14, 41 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A man in Kentucky shot and killed five people before turning the gun on himself after a domestic dispute on Saturday, Breathitt County Sheriff Ray Clemons told CNN.", "The gunman was identified as 47-year-old Stanley Neace, said Trooper Jody Sims of the Kentucky State Police, which took over the investigation.", "Clemons said Neace's wife and stepson are among the dead.", "The shooting happened around midday at a mobile home community of about a dozen trailers, Clemons said.", "He declined to give the victims' ages and names.", "Officers heard a gunshot as they arrived on scene and later found a 12-gauge shotgun, Sims said.", "The suspected gunman was found dead on the front porch of his house, while the victims were found in two separate residences, he added.", "Sims declined to provide details on the victims.", "\"We are in the process of getting the names of these five victims and making final family notifications,\" he said.", "Neighbor Martha Jackson told CNN affiliate WLEX that Neace ran up to her and asked to use her phone.", "\"I said, 'Do you want me to call 911 for you?'", "and he said, 'yes,' and told the police ... 'Stanley Neace was shooting, running in people's homes, killing 'em,'\" Jackson said.", "Jackson said Neace was told not to go back, but Neace said, \"I've got to go, my wife is there.\"", "Breathitt County is located in rural eastern Kentucky." ]	[ "Police identify the suspected gunman as Stanley Neace, 47 .", "Neace's wife and stepson are among the dead .", "State police are taking over the investigation, sheriff says .", "Authorities are trying to notify relatives of the victims ." ]	[ 1, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- George Steinbrenner was a \"cracker who made a lot of African-American millionaires,\" conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh said Tuesday of the New York Yankees owner who died earlier in the day from a heart attack.", "\"He fired a bunch of white guys as managers left and right,\" Limbaugh said.", "The comments prompted civil rights activist Rev.", "Al Sharpton to rebuke the radio talker, calling his comments \"repugnant and offensive whether they were intended to be facetious or tongue and cheek.\"", "\"For the last 20 years I have known George Steinbrenner, and we have quarrelled over diversity and community programs, but I always found him fair, direct, and genuinely prone to do what he felt was right,\" Sharpton said, adding that Limbaugh owed the Steinbrenner family an apology \"that the first day of their mourning to have to be subjected to this type of rhetoric.\"", "Premiere Radio Networks, which broadcast Limbaugh's show, has not responded to requests for comment.", "It's not the first time Limbaugh, sports and race have caused a stir.", "He resigned from ESPN in 2003 after saying on air that \"the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well.\"", "\"They're interested in black coaches and black quarterbacks doing well,\" he said during a discussion of Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb.", "\"I think there's a little hope invested in McNabb, and he got a lot of credit for the performance of his team that he really didn't deserve.\"", "That comment came back to haunt him last year when he joined a consortium that sought to buy the St. Louis Rams.", "He was ultimately dropped from the group after a firestorm of criticism swarmed around his presence.", "Limbaugh has frequently lambasted celebratory dances performed by National Football League players after scoring touchdowns (\"a cultural problem ... that has resulted in a total lack of class\") and assailed the game itself for its aggressive nature.", "\"Look, let me put it to you this way: the NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons.", "There, I said it,\" he said in 2007.", "Limbaugh denies any of his comments are racist." ]	[ "Radio host says Steinbrenner \"fired a bunch of white guys as managers\"\nSharpton calls Limbaugh's comments \"repugnant and offensive\"\nLimbaugh left sports network in 2003 after comments about media, Donovan McNabb .", "Limbaugh: NFL is like street gangs with no weapons ." ]	[ 1, 3, 6, 8, 15 ]
[ "(CNN) -- South Africa's \"Blade Runner\" Oscar Pistorius is still struggling to qualify for the Commonwealth Games despite smashing his own Paralympic record in Britain on Saturday.", "The 23-year-old, a double-amputee, triumphed at the 400 meters T44 event at London's Crystal Palace, setting a new leading time of 47.03 seconds.", "Pistorius, who won the right to compete against able-bodied athletes in 2008, was a clear winner in the Paralympics-ratified race as he finished 4.61 seconds ahead of British runner-up Ian Jones.", "However, with South Africa due to name its team for the October 3-14 Games in Delhi later this month, time is running out for him to attain the qualifying standard of 45.95.", "Pistorius did not qualify for the 2008 Olympics but set his previous world 400m record of 47.49 in winning gold at the Paralympics in Beijing.", "He ran in a 400m B race in London on Friday night, but the damp conditions were unsuited to his carbon-fiber prosthetic limbs and he finished outside of the qualifying time with 46.93 as he placed seventh.", "Meanwhile, American runner Jeremy Wariner clinched his fifth consecutive Diamond League victory this season when he won the 400m in London on Saturday.", "The triple Olympic gold medal winner came home in 44.67 to head off Jamaicans Jermaine Gonzales (44.80) and Ricardo Chambers (45.18).", "His compatriot Allyson Felix followed up her 200m win on Friday by claiming a double as she triumphed in the 400m from Russia's European champion Tatyna Firova and fellow U.S. runner Debbie Dunn.", "Marshevet Myers won the women's 100m from fellow American Carmelita Jeter, and their compatriot Wallace Spearmon won the men's event.", "David Oliver romped to his fifth victory of the series in the 110m hurdles to seal a successful night for U.S. athletes." ]	[ "Oscar Pistorius breaks his Paralympic 400-meters record in race in London .", "South African sets new time of 47.03 seconds to beat his mark from Beijing in 2008 .", "Double-amputee still outside qualifying time needed for Commonwealth Games .", "Americans Jeremy Wariner and Allyson Felix dominate at Diamond League meeting ." ]	[ 0, 1, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has condemned the planned burning of Qurans on the anniversary of the 2001 attacks on the United States as criticism mounts from Muslims around the world.", "Speaking Tuesday at an iftar meal in Washington to celebrate the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Clinton said she welcomed the concerns.", "\"I am heartened by the clear, unequivocal condemnation of this disrespectful, disgraceful act that has come from American religious leaders of all faiths ... as well as secular U.S. leaders and opinion makers,\" she said.", "On Wednesday the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan also condemned the Florida church's plan to burn the Quran, the Muslim holy book, as \"disrespectful, intolerant and divisive,\" in a statement.", "The statement comes days after the top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan, Gen. David Petraeus, warned that the plan could put U.S. troops' lives at risk.", "The pastor of the church, Terry Jones, told CNN Tuesday his flock was taking the warning seriously but had not decided to cancel the event, planned for September 11.", "Jones, pastor of Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, told CNN's \"American Morning:\"We have firmly made up our mind, but at the same time, we are definitely praying about it.\"", "Later Tuesday, Jones had a response to the statement from Petraeus.", "\"The general needs to point his finger to radical Islam and tell them to shut up, tell them to stop, tell them that we will not bow our knees to them,\" Jones said on CNN's \"AC360.\"", "\"We are burning the book,\" Jones said.", "\"We are not killing someone.", "We are not murdering people.\"", "The planned action has drawn sharp criticism from Muslims around the world and from U.S. officials.", "The U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday issued a statement saying the U.S. government \"in no way condones such acts of disrespect against the religion of Islam, and is deeply concerned about deliberate attempts to offend members of religious or ethnic groups.\"", "It emphasized that it strongly condemned \"the offensive messages, which are contrary to U.S. government policy and deeply offensive to Muslims especially during the month of Ramadan.\"", "With about 120,000 U.S. and NATO-led troops still battling al Qaeda and its allies in the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban movement, Petraeus warned that burning Qurans \"is precisely the kind of action the Taliban uses and could cause significant problems -- not just here, but everywhere in the world we are engaged with the Islamic community.\"", "Petraeus said he was concerned about the political repercussions of the church's plan.", "\"Even the rumor that it might take place has sparked demonstrations such as the one that took place in Kabul yesterday,\" he said.", "\"Were the actual burning to take place, the safety of our soldiers and civilians would be put in jeopardy and accomplishment of the mission would be made more difficult.\"", "Thousands of Indonesians gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Sunday to protest the planned Quran burning.", "\"The burning is not only an insult to the holy Quran, but an insult to Islam and Muslims around the world,\" said Muhammad Ismail, a spokesman for the hard-line Indonesian Muslim group Hizb ut-Tahrir.", "Jones said his congregation was aware that the action was offensive.", "\"We realize that this action would indeed offend people, offend the Muslims.", "I am offended when they burn the flag.", "I am offended when they burn the Bible.", "But we feel that the message that we are trying to send is much more important than people being offended.\"", "Jones said Muslims are welcomed in the United States, if they observe the Constitution and don't try to impose Sharia law, or Muslim law.", "The message, he said, is directed toward the \"radical element of Islam.\"", "\"Our message is very clear,\" he said.", "\"It is not to the moderate Muslim.", "Our message is not a message of hate.", "Our message is a message of warning to the radical element of Islam, and I think what we see right now around the globe provides exactly what we're talking about,\" he said.", "The center says it was founded in 1986 as a \"total concept church for the rich, the poor, the young and the old.\"", "Its purpose is to \"stand up for righteousness and for the truth of the Bible.\"", "It stresses that \"Christians must return to the truth and stop hiding.\"", "\"We need to speak up against sin and call the people to repentance.", "Abortion is murder.", "Homosexuality is sin.", "We need to call these things what they are and bring the world the true message: that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life,\" it says on the church's website.", "It also emphasizes its dislike of Islam, and on its website, it blog posts an item called \"Ten Reasons to Burn a Koran.", "\"Any religion which would profess anything other than this truth is of the devil.", "This is why we also take a stand against Islam, which teaches that Jesus is not the Son of God, therefore taking away the saving power of Jesus Christ and leading people straight to Hell,\" the site says.", "CNN's Atia Abawi contributed to this report." ]	[ "U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemns planned burning of Qurans .", "U.S. Embassy in Pakistan also slams Florida church's plan .", "Pastor calls on Petraeus to confront radical Islam .", "He says congregation is aware of warning that act could cause problems for U.S. troops ." ]	[ 0, 3, 4, 27 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- The first living Medal of Honor recipient since the Vietnam War says his receiving the prestigious award is bittersweet.", "\"All of this is great,\" U.S. Army Staff Sgt.", "Salvatore Giunta said during a teleconference Wednesday.", "\"But it does bring back a lot of memories of people that I would love to share this moment with.", "And I am just not going to have this opportunity because they are no longer with us.\"", "Giunta said the day his unit came under attack was quiet and started out like any other day in Afghanistan.", "\"We are all soldiers and we are all out on a mission,\" he said.", "Giunta, 25, was a specialist serving with the Airborne 503 Infantry Regiment on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan when his unit was attacked on the night of October 25, 2007.", "He recalls himself as an average soldier, saying he didn't do anything that someone else wouldn't have done.", "According to Defense Department documents seen by CNN, Giunta and his fellow soldiers were walking back to base along the top of a mountain ridge when the enemy attacked from their front and their left.", "Taliban fighters barraged the Americans with AK-47s, rocket propelled grenades and Soviet era large machine guns.", "Giunta saw several of his fellow soldiers go down.", "He ran forward throwing grenades and returning enemy fire to help one soldier who had been shot but was still fighting.", "Then he noticed one of the wounded soldiers was missing.", "He ran over a hill where moments before Taliban fighters were shooting at him to find his wounded friend, Sgt.", "Josh Brennan.", "But now he was alone, out of sight of his fellow soldiers, in an area that the Taliban had controlled just moments before.", "Giunta saw two Taliban fighters dragging Brennan away.", "He ran after them, killing one Taliban and wounding the other, who ran away.", "He instantly started providing first aid to Brennan, who had been shot at least six times.", "Brennan was later evacuated by a helicopter to a hospital, but he died of his wounds.", "Giunta himself was shot twice in the incident, with one round hitting his body armor and the second destroying a weapon slung over his back.", "He was not seriously hurt.", "His quick response to the Taliban attack helped his unit repulse the enemy fighters before they could cause more casualties, the Defense Department documents note.", "Giunta said his actions were not something he thought about but something he was trained to do.", "\"After the medevac bird comes in and starts picking people up, it's not over, you're not out of Afghanistan, you're not off the side of the mountain, you're just minus some buddies and there's no time to talk, you still have to complete the mission,\" he said.", "Giunta's wife, Jenny, sat beside him during the teleconference from the base Giunta is stationed at in Vicenza, Italy.", "She said she is proud of her husband.", "The two married last November and are unsure about what the future will bring.", "Jenny Giunta said she hopes her husband does not deploy again.", "\"Having your husband ... your loved one get deployed and knowing that they're going to be somewhere that's dangerous ....", "It's an awful feeling,\" she said." ]	[ "NEW: Staff Sgt.", "Giunta says he did only what anyone else would have done .", "People he would like to share the honor with \"are no longer with us,\" he says .", "His actions help reduce casualties for his unit, the Defense Department says ." ]	[ 1, 3, 4, 22, 23, 24 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The U.S. Embassy in Jordan warned Wednesday that \"credible information\" has been received about a possible imminent threat in the region of the Gulf of Aqaba, the branch of the Red Sea that lies between Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.", "The embassy warned U.S. citizens to avoid the downtown and port areas of the city of Aqaba, a tourist destination that lies on the Red Sea near the border with Israel.", "It recommended that all non-official and personal travel to Aqaba be deferred for at least 48 hours.", "The embassy issued a similar warning last month, after two rockets hit a street near the Intercontinental Hotel in Aqaba on August 2.", "News reports said a Jordanian civilian was killed.", "Rockets were also fired the same day at the Israeli Red Sea resort city of Eilat, according to news reports.", "However, Ali Al Ayed, Jordan's minister for media affairs and communications, told the state news agency Petra that the security situation was assessed and is considered stable.", "He said the U.S. Embassy warnings pertained only to U.S. citizens." ]	[ "The embassy says it has \"credible information\" about a possible threat .", "It warns U.S. citizens to avoid travel to Aqaba for the next two days ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- In an audio message released Sunday, a speaker identified as al Qaeda's second-in-command offers condolences to the Turkish people on the loss of nine activists in a May 31 Israeli raid on an aid flotilla headed for Gaza.", "The incident badly frayed Israel's once-close relationship with Turkey.", "The speaker, who was identified as Ayman al-Zawahiri, said in the message the incident underscores the need for Turkey to stop cooperating with or recognizing Israel.", "\"Change will come when the Turkish people demand that their government ceases all aspects of cooperation with Israel and stop recognizing Israel and when they ask their government to stop sending their (Turkish) armed forces to fight the Muslims in Afghanistan and end their battle against Islam and the Sharia,\" al-Zawahiri said.", "The message is identified as being a production of As-Sahab production, a company typically handles al Qaeda communications.", "Although CNN cannot independently authenticate the audio message, it appeared on various radical Islamist websites known for posting similiar statements, messsages and recruitment videos by al Qaeda figures.", "In the message, titled \"A Message to the Turkish Muslim people,\" the speaker said the blockade of Gaza by Israel \"is another form of the criminal acts waged against the Muslim world by the Crusader Zionist alliance.\"", "\"We must change this disgusting reality that we live in,\" he said.", "\"This will not take place by sending (a) few relief aid ships or starting one demonstration or another.\"", "\"The Turkish people need to restore the glorious role of the Ottoman Empire when they used to defend every Muslim land from all outsiders,\" he said.", "\"The role of the Turkish Muslim people cannot be minimized into an aid ship or two that are being sent to Gaza.\"", "Israel has maintained its troops used force on the activists after they were attacked by those on board one boat in the flotilla, the Mavi Marmara.", "Soldiers were attacked with knives, metal poles and other objects, Israeli officials have said.", "But passengers on board the boat insist Israeli troops fired on them without provocation.", "In the Sunday message, the speaker said Turkey condemns the \"Israeli crimes against our Muslim brothers in Gaza, but still they commit the exact crimes against the Muslims in Afghanistan ...", "The Turkish people must stand up and be responsible for their government's action in recognizing those who violated and stole the land in Palestine and end the collaboration with the crusaders in killing Muslims in Afghanistan.\"", "The last message purporting to be from al-Zawahiri was on July 27, when he mourned the loss of al Qaeda senior commander Sheikh Mustafa Abu Yazid, killed along with family members.", "He also called on Muslims to unite behind al Qaeda and wage jihad against their governments if they want change.", "CNN's Saad Abedine contributed to this report." ]	[ "Ayman al-Zawahiri says Turkey should stop recognizing Israel .", "In audio message, he decries blockade of Gaza .", "The May 31 flotilla incident left 9 Turkish activists dead ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Double winners Chelsea began the defense of their English Premier League title with a 6-0 drubbing of West Brom, while another promoted club provided the shock of the day as Blackpool thrashed Wigan 4-0.", "Didier Drogba scored a hat-trick as Chelsea bounced back from last weekend's 3-1 Community Shield defeat by main rivals Manchester United, who take on the third promoted side, Newcastle, on Monday evening.", "Florent Malouda put the London team ahead in the sixth minute on Saturday evening after West Brom goalkeeper Scott Carson spilled Drogba's free-kick, and the Ivory Coast striker made it 2-0 on the stroke of halftime when he curled another set-piece through a poorly-assembled defensive wall.", "Ten minutes after the break, Drogba scrambled in his second after John Terry's header was blocked on the line, and midfielder Frank Lampard slotted in on 63 after England teammate Ashley Cole squared the ball into his path.", "Drogba was the Premier League's top scorer last season with 29 goals, and is on target to repeat that feat after his 68th-minute shot was deflected past Carson off the head of defender Gabriel Tamas.", "English Premier League preview .", "It lifted him up to sixth on the club's all-time scoring list with 133 goals, putting him above Jimmy Greaves, who played for Chelsea from 1957-61.", "France winger Malouda sealed a miserable day for West Brom manager Roberto Di Matteo, a former Chelsea player, as he beat the offside trap and fired in off the post in the 90th minute.", "It was the biggest opening-day win since the Premier League began in 1992.", "Blackpool, unable to pay their players bonuses for winning promotion via the playoffs until this month, took a 3-0 lead at halftime against Wigan as striker Gary Taylor-Fletcher netted before a double from new signing Marlon Harewood.", "Goalkeeper Chris Kirkland was at fault for both Harewood' efforts, and was again exposed in the second half as he was beaten at the near post by Alex Baptiste's shot from the touchline.", "It was a remarkable day for Blackpool, overwhelming favorites to be relegated in the club's first season in the top flight since 1971, as they ended the day second in the table despite a fruitless summer in the transfer market that finally saw free agent Harewood and three little-known Frenchmen arrive this week.", "\"I will take a photograph of the table and then retire,\" manager Ian Holloway said.", "\"It has been a horrible summer and I am quite worn out.", "This is quite a scary place to be.\"", "In the opening match of the season, Tottenham drew 0-0 with big-spending Manchester City in an early-afternoon battle between last season's fourth and fifth-placed teams.", "City boss Roberto Mancini fielded three of his five new signings in Yaya Toure, David Silva and Aleksandar Kolarov, but needed young England goalkeeper Joe Hart -- starting ahead of last season's first choice Shay Given -- to keep out a wave of Tottenham attacks.", "The London side, who face Swiss side Young Boys Berne in the final round of Champions League qualifiers next week, also hit the post through Gareth Bale.", "City lost Serbia defender Kolarov to injury at halftime, but should have taken the lead through Shaun Wright-Phillips as the winger lost the ball in front of goal.", "Both sides had several half-chances before Bale also squandered a great chance, and the game petered out in a draw despite a raft of substitutions as Spurs brought on forwards Robbie Keane, Roman Pavlyuchenko and Giovani Dos Santos while City introduced Adam Johnson and Emmanuel Adebayor.", "Aston Villa, still seeking to replace departed manager Martin O'Neill, crushed West Ham 3-0 in Avram Grant's first Premier League match in charge of the London team.", "Stewart Downing and Stiliyan Petrov gave the home team a 2-0 lead, then James Milner sealed victory with a 66th-minute strike in what could be the England midfielder's final game for Villa before joining Manchester City.", "The 24-year-old was given a standing ovation by the crowd when he was substituted late in the game.", "Blackburn won 1-0 at home to Everton as young Croatian striker Nikola Kalinic took advantage of a mistake by United States goalkeeper Tim Howard to score the 15th-minute winner.", "Birmingham came from 2-0 down to secure a draw at Sunderland, who had new captain Lee Cattermole sent off in the first half.", "The home side led in the 24th minute with a penalty from last season's top scorer Darren Bent, then midfielder Cattermole received two yellow cards before defender Stephen Carr -- who had conceded the spot-kick -- headed into his own net 11 minutes into the second half.", "Scott Dann pulled one back with a header on 78 then defender Gary Ridgewell earned a point two minutes from time.", "Wolverhampton beat Stoke 2-1 as the visitors lost record signing Kenwyne Jones to injury.", "Jones, a $12 million buy from Sunderland, hit the crossbar early on but needs a scan after suffering an ankle problem soon after.", "Wolves took a 2-0 lead at halftime as David Jones and new strike Steven Fletcher scored just before the break, then Abdoulaye Faye gave Stoke hope with a header 10 minutes after the restart.", "Fulham drew 0-0 at Bolton in manager Mark Hughes' first game in charge, with the home side hitting the post through U.S. midfielder Stuart Holden in the second half.", "Hughes did not pick veteran Australian goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer, who handed in a transfer request during the week as he seek to join Arsenal.", "Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger signed a new three-year contract ahead of his team's opening match of the season at Liverpool on Sunday.", "The 60-year-old, the club's longest-serving manager after joining in 1996, is now tied to the London side until June 2014." ]	[ "English champions Chelsea begin title defense with 6-0 thrashing of West Brom .", "Didier Drogba scores hat-trick and Florent Malouda nets twice against promoted team .", "Unfancied Blackpool shock critics by going second with 4-0 drubbing of Wigan .", "Tottenham draw 0-0 with big-spending Manchester City in opening match of season ." ]	[ 0, 15 ]
[ "(CNN) -- When Hallie Leighton received the letter from her doctor with the results of her recent mammogram, she opened it tentatively, afraid of what it might say.", "Her mother and grandmother had both had breast cancer, and she didn't want to suffer the same fate.", "She was relieved, then, when she read this sentence: \"We are pleased to inform you that the results of your recent breast imaging examination on 04/16/2009 are normal.\"", "A year later, during her annual visit to her gynecologist, Leighton's relief turned to shock.", "\"My doctor felt a lump, and it was so big, she asked me if I'd gotten implants,\" Leighton, 39, remembers.", "\"I said no, I don't have implants, and she had me feel it.", "The whole top of my breast was hard.\"", "The lump was cancer and it was large -- between 6 and 9 centimeters -- and the disease had already spread to her spine.", "Leighton says her breast surgeon told her the tumor was probably there when she'd had the mammogram the year before.", "Leighton wondered how the mammogram might have missed a tumor so large.", "Months later, when she saw the report from the radiologist who'd read the mammogram, she got her answer.", "Toward the end of the report, the radiologist made this note: \"The breasts are extremely dense, which lowers the sensitivity of mammography.\"", "In layman's terms, this meant Leighton's breast tissue was so thick with fibrous tissue and milk ducts that it was hard to see any cancers that might be there.", "\"Think of the breast as the sky,\" explains Dr. Mark Helvie, the chief of breast imaging at the University of Michigan Health Center.", "\"On a clear day, you can see objects in the sky.", "But when a breast is dense, it's like a foggy day.", "There are objects in the sky, but you can't see them.\"", "One woman's breast cancer milestones .", "Not only is it hard to see cancers on a mammogram of a dense breast; just having dense tissue makes you more likely to get breast cancer, Helvie adds.", "\"I wish I had known all this before,\" Leighton says.", "\"This was a very important piece of information.\"", "Unfortunately, Leighton's story isn't unusual, says Courtney Bugler, spokeswoman for the Young Survival Coalition, a group of young breast cancer patients and survivors.", "\"We hear about situations like this all the time,\" Bugler says.", "\"Mammograms are not a perfect screening tool -- far from it -- but for young women especially, they are often not helpful at all.\"", "Here's how to know when a mammogram might not be enough for you.", "1. If you have a strong family history of breast cancer, get an MRI.", "The American Cancer Society recommends that women with a strong family history of breast cancer get an MRI and a mammogram.", "The group also recommends MRIs (in addition to mammograms) for women with a BRCA gene mutation, or for women whose parent, brother, sister or child has a BRCA gene mutation.", "Helvie also recommends getting a digital mammogram, as they are more accurate than a film mammogram.", "If your insurance company won't pay for it, you can appeal the decision, noting the recommendation to get one from your doctor and from the Cancer Society.", "If you don't have insurance, contact the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, the YWCA and your local chapter of the Susan G. Komen Foundation for help finding free or low-cost screening.", "2. Get a copy of your mammogram report.", "As Leighton learned, a letter saying your mammogram is normal isn't always enough.", "Ask either your gynecologist or the radiologist who performed the mammogram for a copy of the actual report, and then check it to see if there's a notation about the density of your breasts.", "3. If you have dense breasts, consider having an ultrasound or MRI .", "The American College of Radiology recommends that women with dense breast tissue get an MRI.", "The American Cancer Society says that for women with dense breasts, getting either a mammogram and an ultrasound or getting a mammogram and an MRI can be more effective than getting a mammogram alone.", "Again, if your insurance company won't pay for an ultrasound or an MRI, appeal the decision, noting your doctor's recommendation to have one plus the information above.", "4. Look for your BI-RADS score.", "Your radiology report should include a BI-RADS score, which indicates how likely you are to have breast cancer.", "A \"1\" on this scale means your mammogram showed no cancer, and a \"5\" means the mammogram is highly suspicious for cancer.", "\"Often, a radiologist letter might say everything is fine, when in fact the BI-RADS score might suggest coming back sooner or being followed more closely,\" Bugler says.", "5. Talk to your radiologist.", "Usually, a woman never meets the person who reads her mammograms, but you certainly can try.", "\"I no longer leave my mammograms without speaking to the radiologist personally,\" says Bugler, whose breast cancer was diagnosed when she was 28.", "\"I ask the doctor to come out and tell me to my face that everything is fine.\"", "Leighton, who's being treated for her cancer, says it's still not clear to her why her doctors failed to recommend she have an MRI despite her dense breasts and her family history.", "She says her radiologist and her gynecologist knew that her mother, grandmother, aunt, great-aunt and cousin had had breast cancer.", "In addition, her other grandmother had ovarian cancer, which is genetically linked to breast cancer.", "She now wishes she'd asked more questions and used another method of breast cancer detection: her hands.", "\"That's how my cousin found her breast cancer -- she's an advocate now and even made a video about it,\" Leighton says.", "\"In my 20s, I was vigilant about doing my breast exams, but I'd fallen out of the routine,\" she says.", "\"There's a tendency to forget that we have a tool right at our disposal.\"", "CNN's Sabriya Rice contributed to this report." ]	[ "If breast cancer runs in your family, get a mammogram and an MRI .", "Consider getting an ultrasound or an MRI if your breasts are considered dense .", "Ask the person who performed the mammogram for a copy of the radiology report ." ]	[ 25, 33, 36 ]
[ "(CNN) -- \"Abusive\" Taliban officials, like the one who ordered the stoning of a young man and woman in northern Afghanistan, shouldn't have positions of authority after a peace deal, a Human Rights Watch official said Thursday.", "In considering negotiations between the Taliban and coalition and Afghan government officials to end the conflict there, authorities have been amenable to the idea of reconciliation with low-level Taliban, but not all of them -- especially those who've committed violent acts.", "The question remains of how much sacrifice should be made for the sake of peace.", "\"The Afghan government has said there will be negotiations with the Taliban.", "The U.S. government supports that ultimately because we all know that that's the only way to end the war,\" Tom Malinowski, the Washington advocacy director for Human Rights Watch, said on CNN's \"American Morning.\"", "\"When all is said and done, the question is, think about the stoning case up in Kunduz.", "Can we live with the deal in which the man who ordered the stoning becomes the mayor of that town?", "\"The question is not whether there will be negotiations, but what the terms of the final deal will be.", "Will we be able to live with allowing these most abusive Taliban commanders to get positions of authority in the country, and I think that's what needs to be ruled out -- not just because it's wrong but because I think a deal like that won't last, it won't be sustainable.", "We won't get peace from a deal like that.\"", "The Taliban stoned to death a man and a woman in northern Afghanistan for allegedly having an affair, officials said Monday, an execution President Hamid Karzai called \"unforgivable.\"", "The stoning took place Sunday in Dasht-e-Archi district, in the Taliban-dominated village of Mullah Qali in Kunduz province.", "The pair was accused of having an illicit sexual relationship, a spokesman for the Kunduz governor said.", "The woman was about 20 years old and the man was about 27, said Mohammed Ayoub, district governor of Amam Sahib, which is also in Kunduz province.", "The woman was engaged, and the man was married to another woman.", "The two had been held by the Taliban for about a week, Ayoub said.", "Malinowski there's been \"a lot more brazen behavior by the Taliban in the parts of the country that they pretty much control, such as executions of people regarded, for example, as collaborators or against women who try to go to school.", "\"This is the first time they've actually publicly executed somebody in front of a crowd of people,\" Malinowski said.", "\"It tells me there are a lot of parts of Afghanistan where the government is just absent.", "There's no government there. There's no U.S. military there.", "There's no formal justice system there, and so the Taliban can fill the vacuum -- and when they do, this is what they do.\"" ]	[ "Reconciliation shouldn't include abusive Taliban, HRW official says .", "Two were stoned to death in Taliban town .", "The stoning case raises questions about which Taliban can be dealt with ." ]	[ 0, 3, 6, 10 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Walking a mile in someone else's shoes might be challenging, but it's probably not as emotionally taxing as spending every moment with that person for eight straight days.", "Filmmaker Andrew Jenks, 24, discovered this when he set out to star in, direct and produce his latest project, MTV's \"World of Jenks.\"", "The docu-series follows Jenks as he jumps from various people's worlds: A rapper, a homeless girl, a cage fighter and others.", "This isn't the first time Jenks has laced-up a pair of someone else's shoes.", "At 19, he spent the summer as a resident of an assisted living facility in Florida.", "During his time at the facility, Jenks starred in, directed and produced \"Andrew Jenks, Room 355,\" a feature film that HBO eventually bought the rights to and aired in 2008. \"", "'Room 335' was pretty much just humanizing senior citizens,\" he told CNN.", "\"It was nothing more, nothing less.", "They're just incredible character portraits of these people -- of these senior citizens that just had no voice, but had so many incredible things to say.\"", "Each episode of \"World of Jenks\" could be compared to a shorter \"Room 355,\" he said.", "\"I feel like this show is that, but for my generation,\" he said.", "\"That's what kind of makes it special for me.\"", "CNN spoke with Jenks about his show, which will premiere on Monday at 10 p.m., ET, on MTV.", "How has this experience affected your personal life?", "Well I don't have one. It's easy. How do you have these experiences and then go back to being Andrew?", "I don't really. No one's ever asked that before.", "I don't know. It's weird because every time I leave one of these worlds, I'm back for like, a week, then we go and we shoot another one.", "And for that week that I'm back, it's kind of weird -- I almost feel like I am that person still.", "Like, after we hung out with the poker player, I realized the week after I was kind of walking like he did.", "There was another cage fighter who just had a certain way of speaking and I kind of started to use a lot of the words he was using.", "... To be with someone for eight days, nonstop, and be trying to get who they are and what they stand for -- it's really, really intense.", "If anything, it kind of screws with your head a little bit in that you're speed living.", "Do other people notice these changes?", "No. It's not that crazy. It's not like I'm a schizo or something.", "It's just something I kind of notice myself. ...", "I think anyone would do this if they spent eight days with somebody -- just start picking up some of the funnier words they've been using, or if they walk a certain way or if they carry themselves a certain way.", "After I was with the rapper, I remember, for the next week I was cursing so much.", "I was like, \"What am I doing?\" You get absorbed into that world.", "Is one week enough time to spend in someone else's shoes?", "Oh yeah. One week. It's interesting because it's kind of almost like a science: The first two or three days, the subject is a little bit skeptical, a little bit apprehensive about really opening up.", "Once they really get to know me and what, I think, myself and our team is really about, they kind of buy into it a little more.", "Then, by day five or six, they're really opening up.", "And then by seven or eight, you've really gotten to know this person and, if you're not friends with them for life, you definitely will have their number in your cell phone.", "How did you find each subject?", "It's really tough.", "That's the hardest part because there's so many unique young people out there that are doing incredible, incredible things.", "To narrow it down to 12 was really hard.", "We have a research team -- for instance, I'll say, \"We're interested in doing a homeless kid, or we're interested in following someone with autism or we're interested in a cage fighter,\" and then our research team will investigate those worlds and see who are the different characters out there that are interesting.", "The one thing we're really, really, conscious of is trying to find people that don't necessarily want to be on reality TV, or be on a TV show, I should say.", "What's one an example of a great subject?", "We went to an exceptional children's school in Westchester [New York] and we just interviewed the 30 kids there.", "And there was this one kid who popped up from the interview that just had an incredible, incredible objective sense of what he had, which was autism.", "And he still had the ability to be really funny.", "You didn't feel bad for him. He kind of shed a new light on autism.", "You're the star of \"World of Jenks\" and you're behind the scenes as well?", "Yeah. I consider myself more of a director than anything.", "I'm directing the episodes, I'm an EP [executive producer] on the show.", "I'm definitely involved in the editing process as much as I can be, when I'm not actually on the road shooting. ...", "If anything, it's a bit odd to be in front of the camera. ...", "I'm almost in front of the camera by default, if anything.", "How important was it for you to have creative control?", "Any director would be crazy to say that's not something they seek.", "I've been in on all of the creative control and I really mean this ... [MTV] has really let me and my team execute our vision in terms of the show that we really want to put on screen.", "That's something I was extremely conscious of going into the process.", "I want to be a filmmaker.", "I want to make movies down the road ... so, venturing into this sort of terrain, I was certainly apprehensive.", "I didn't want to be labeled as being in a reality show.", "Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course, but I just didn't want to take that career route.", "What's one thing you've taken away from this experience?", "It's incredible what's at stake for each individual that we live with.", "The cage fighter that we followed, he was just this big bulky cage fighter and you thought he just beats people up for a living in a cage.", "But I think, really, we got to know him and he took us to his father's grave site.", "His dad had been brutally murdered.", "He just started -- we had the cameras a little bit farther away so he was able to forget about them a little bit -- and he just started crying and talking to his dad.", "He just started to get really emotional and crying and opening up about what that was like.", "He said he feels like he's fighting still for his dad and it reminds him of when he used to do karate with his father.", "It's those sort of moments, where you realize, \"Geez, there's so much as stake for this person.\"", "I kind of find that in every experience." ]	[ "Docu-series \"World of Jenks\" will premiere on Monday at 10 p.m., ET .", "Jenks starred in, directed and produced \"Andrew Jenks, Room 355\"\n\"I consider myself more of a director than anything,\" Jenks says ." ]	[ 5, 12, 45 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Nancy Grace's new novel, \"Death on the D-List,\" is the sequel to her debut thriller, \"The Eleventh Victim.\"", "The mystery once again features Grace's heroine, Hailey Dean, along with many other carryover characters.", "Grace spoke to CNN.com about the novel, her toddler twins Lucy and John, and more.", "CNN: How did you come up with the title?", "Nancy Grace: Well, it's funny, I was thinking and thinking and couldn't come up with a good title, and on \"The Eleventh Victim,\" I came up with about 20 titles, all of which I liked a little bit, and I just picked one and it was \"The Eleventh Victim.\"", "\"Death on the D-List,\" I had been racking my brain for the right title, and one night it was late, and I was rocking Lucy, who would not go to sleep, and it was completely dark and I was holding her against my shoulder, rocking and humming, and it hit me -- it hit me in the dark, \"Death on the D-List.\"", "That was it! Read an excerpt from \"Death on the D-List\" CNN: Who are some of the main characters from \"The Eleventh Victim\" that we're going to find in \"Death on the D-List\"?", "Grace: Well of course you're going to see Hailey Dean, who managed to live through a murder attempt in \"The Eleventh Victim.\"", "She returns to New York, where she gets lured into the TV industry, and murder ensues.", "You know what? You've got to watch out hanging around Hailey Dean -- someone's going to die!", "Also, we see Lt. Ethan Kolker.", "Kolker is the one who wrongfully pursued Hailey and arrested her for serial murder.", "And here you see him in an entirely different light.", "You also learn something disturbing about his past that makes him who he is today.", "Also, of course, you can't have a great book without a drunk photographer, so Frank LaGrange Haddon III is back again with his camera causing all kinds of trouble.", "Last time, he caught the judge in a toilet stall with a transvestite.", "Well, this time, he's back on it!", "And actually, Frank LaGrange Haddon III is an homage to my law school study partner, the REAL Frank LaGrange Haddon III, who is now a clerk to the Mississippi Supreme Court.", "And Mike Walker, who works for The Enquirer, he's their gossip editor, makes a rather large appearance in this case, under his name -- Mike Walker -- but he is now working for Snoop magazine.", "Of course, Hailey's parents, Elizabeth and Matt Dean, are back.", "CNN: \"Death on the D-List\" features a daytime talk show host.", "Who is he modeled after? Grace: Harry Dodd is modeled after a character that I saw in a movie called \"For Your Consideration.\"", "He is modeled after the character played by Fred Willard.", "He's a 50- to 60-year-old entertainment reporter who's desperately trying to convince himself he's about 28 to 31 years old.", "He follows every fashion trend.", "He's just vapid, but wildly popular.", "CNN: Is the Hailey Dean character based on you?", "Grace: Well, there are some similarities, but Hailey Dean is by far a finer and better person than I could ever be.", "She's extremely brave, she's fast on her feet, she's a great lawyer, she's sharp-witted and she's got a pretty good right punch.", "CNN: Are any scenes in your book based on events you've witnessed in your own life?", "Grace: Well, a lot of scenes take place in studios.", "So some parts reflect experiences I've had in studios across the country.", "CNN: Why is \"Death on the D-List\" a good end-of-summer read?", "Grace: Well, I had such a blast writing it that I hope people are going to have the same blast when they read it.", "I don't think you can guess who the killer is until the very end, and I'm going to be very interested to see who can guess who the killer is ahead of time without flipping to the back and spoiling the surprise.", "It's a great, fun read.", "I utilized a lot of what I learned as a prosecutor about crime scenes, autopsies and forensic evidence ... a lot of pop culture.", "Plus, a lot of what I've learned from being on the air since the early '90s, all in one ball of wax!", "CNN: Can we expect to see more Hailey Dean mysteries in the future?", "Grace: Oh yes!", "I've already planned out two more Hailey Dean murder mysteries.", "CNN: Would you like to see the Hailey Dean mysteries made into feature films?", "Grace: Oh gosh, yeah, I think it'd be a great movie.", "CNN: How are the twins? Grace: I'm on my way home to give them a bath now.", "And they each have to have their individual bath times.", "They do not like to share a bath.", "Very often, I go to the set completely soaking wet.", "Several people have asked me who I dedicated the book to.", "And it's dedicated to Bigness, Gerger and Man-man.", "Bigness is my husband -- he's 6-foot-4, and I'm 5-foot 1½ -- and I've called him Bigness ever since I've known him.", "Gerger is Lucy, and my little baby Man-man is John David.", "And if you look in the back, you'll see that I wrote a specific note thanking (CNN Worldwide President) Jim Walton and (CNN Worldwide Vice President) Ken Jautz, who are NOT the inspiration for any of the characters in this book that I murdered, especially after all the opportunities they've given me.", "Nobody that gets murdered or appears in these pages is modeled after them.", "CNN: Tell us about the charity that will benefit from the book.", "Watch: Nancy Grace pledges proceeds from book .", "Grace: A portion of the book's proceeds are going to Wesley Glen Ministries through my Methodist church to support a home for the mentally handicapped that need homes that don't necessarily have anywhere to go." ]	[ "Nancy Grace's new novel, \"Death on the D-List,\" goes on sale Tuesday .", "The mystery-thriller features many of the characters from her first novel .", "Grace anchors \"Nancy Grace\" nightly at 8 p.m.", "ET on HLN ." ]	[ 0, 1, 54 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Nine-time winners Real Madrid were handed a monumental task as the draw for the group stages of this season's Champions League was made in Monaco on Thursday.", "Jose Mourinho's new charges were paired with seven-time winners AC Milan, four-time champions Ajax Amsterdam and French side Auxerre in Group G. Real have failed to progress beyond the last 16 knock out stages for the past six seasons, but will need to be at their best to reach the second round with only the top two from each of the eight groups going through.", "Title holders Inter Milan, coached to their triple triumph by Mourinho before he departed for the Bernabeu, have also been handed a difficult group.", "English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur, Bundesliga Werder Bremen and Dutch champions FC Twente will be their opponents in Group A. Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri said the two Milan clubs had been given very tough tests.", "\"Our group and Inter's are definitely the most difficult,\" he told AFP.", "\"It's a group of death, but we'll do what we need to.\"", "The draw has also thrown up another \"Battle of Britain\" with three-time champions Manchester United in Group C alongside Scottish champions Rangers.", "La Liga side Valencia and Champions League new boys Bursaspor of Turkey complete the group.", "The 2009 winners Barcelona, one of eight top seeds, have been installed as the early favorites after drawing Greek side Panathinaikos, FC Copenhagen of Denmark and Russian league winners Rubin Kazan in Group D. The opening set of group games will take place on September 14 and 15, with the final scheduled for England's famous Wembley stadium on May 28, 2011.", "Full draw: . Group A . Inter Milan (ITA) Werder Bremen (GER) Tottenham (ENG) Twente (NED) Group B .", "Lyon (FRA) Benfica (POR) Schalke (GER) Hapoel Tel-Aviv (ISR) Group C .", "Man Utd (ENG) Valencia (ESP) Rangers (SCO) Bursaspor (TUR) Group D .", "Barcelona (ESP) Panathinaikos (GRE) Copenhagen (DEN) Rubin Kazan (RUS) Group E .", "Bayern Munich (GER) Roma (ITA) Basel (SUI) CFR Cluj (ROM) Group F .", "Chelsea (ENG) Marseille (FRA) Spartak Moscow (RUS) Zilina (SVK) Group G .", "AC Milan (ITA) Real Madrid (ESP) Ajax (NED) Auxerre (FRA) Group H .", "Arsenal (ENG) Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) Sporting Braga (POR) Partizan Belgrade (SRB)" ]	[ "Real Madrid and AC Milan in same Group G in Champions League draw .", "Ajax and Auxerre also in 'Group of Death' who have won competition 20 times between them .", "Champions Inter Milan to open against Tottenham, Werder Bremen and FC Twente .", "Top two from each of eight groups go through to last 16 knockout stage ." ]	[ 1, 3 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Christine O'Donnell's upset win over Rep. Mike Castle in the Delaware Republican Senate primary is also another major victory for the Tea Party Express and for Sarah Palin.", "\"I also want to thank the Tea Party Express,\" said O'Donnell in her victory speech Tuesday night.", "The Tea Party Express, a leading Tea Party organization, endorsed O'Donnell on July 21 and spent more than $250,000 to help the once long shot candidate defeat Castle, a brand name in Delaware thanks to two terms as governor and the past 18 years as the statewide congressman.", "O'Donnell's victory comes two weeks after Sen. Lisa Murkowski conceded to Joe Miller in Alaska's GOP Senate primary.", "The Tea Party Express pumped in about $600,000 to help the once unknown Miller edge out Murkowski, part of a political dynasty in Alaska.", "Tea Party Express is one of the most recognized national Tea Party organizations, thanks to its three high-profile bus caravans and rallies.", "The group, based in Sacramento, California, has also become a major player in Republican Party politics, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on ads for Republican Senate candidate Scott Brown in Massachusetts, who in January upset Democrat Martha Coakley in a special election to fill the late Sen. Ted Kennedy's seat.", "More recently, the organization helped the little-known Sharron Angle win the Republican primary in Nevada, endorsing her and spending about a half-million dollars on ads.", "Angle now faces off in the general election against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the top Democrat in the chamber.", "Tea Party Express, along with other Tea Party groups and other conservative organizations, also targeted incumbent Republican Sen. Bob Bennett in Utah for his vote on the Troubled Assets Relief Program and helped defeat his bid for a fourth term.", "Tea Party Express then backed underdog Mike Lee's successful primary campaign in Utah and Lee now is heavily favored to win the general election in November and join the Senate next year.", "The group also endorsed Rand Paul in Kentucky.", "The son of former GOP presidential hopeful and Texas Rep. Ron Paul topped Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson, the establishment Republican candidate, in the state's Senate primary.", "They also endorsed Marco Rubio in Florida.", "The former Florida House speaker, once a long shot to win the Republican Senate nomination, is now the party's nominee.", "The onetime front-runner, Gov.", "Charlie Crist, dropped his bid for the GOP nomination and is running for the Senate as an independent candidate.", "Among its rare statewide defeats: The Tea Party Express backed state lawmaker Chuck DeVore in California's Senate primary.", "He lost to Carly Fiorina.", "It also supported Rep. Todd Tiahrt in Kansas.", "Fellow Republican Rep. Jerry Moran beat Tiahrt in the primary.", "So what's the secret to the Tea Party Express' success?", "\"They have cut right to the chase.", "They have a very uncomplicated message that resonates with voters who think Washington's problems are quite simple and quite obvious: We're spending too much money, government is too big and we can't trust career politicians to fix these problems.", "And voters are indicating they would much rather try something or someone new instead of sticking with the status quo or the safe pick,\" said Republican strategist Kevin Madden.", "But not all the news for the Tea Party Express has been positive.", "Earlier this summer, the National Tea Party Federation, which seeks to represent the Tea Party political movement around the country, expelled the Tea Party Express because of an inflammatory blog post that one of its leaders, Mark Williams, wrote responding to criticism of the Tea Party movement from the NAACP.", "The story made national headlines and Williams later stepped down as spokesman for Tea Party Express.", "O'Donnell's victory is also a big win for Palin.", "\"Thank you Gov. Palin for your endorsement,\" said O'Donnell.", "\"She got behind us war-weary folks and gave us a boost of encouragement when we needed it.\"", "On September 9, the former Alaska governor and the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee endorsed O'Donnell.", "One day before the primary, a recording of Palin urging Delaware Republicans to vote for O'Donnell was blasted to voters by robo-calls across the state.", "Many statewide candidates that Palin has endorsed have done well in this year's Republican primaries.", "Alaska's Miller was one of three Palin-backed statewide candidates running in the August 24 primaries who went on to victory.", "She also endorsed Arizona Sen. John McCain, the former presidential candidate who rocketed Palin to stardom in 2008 when he selected her as his running mate.", "Though members of the Tea Party movement lined up against the longtime Arizona senator, Palin stayed loyal to McCain and appeared at a campaign event with him in March.", "Addressing long-standing concern among conservatives McCain is too centrist, Palin said the Arizona senator is driven by \"common-sense conservative principles\" and touted his steadfast opposition to the Obama administration.", "McCain beat former Rep. J.D.", "Hayworth by more than 30 points.", "In the race for Florida attorney general, Palin backed Pam Bondi, a Tampa prosecutor who faced the better-known Lt. Gov.", "Jeff Kottkamp for the job.", "Palin's endorsement of Bondi came about a week before the vote and even surprised Bondi, who had no notice Palin would take to her Facebook page to back the campaign.", "Bondi came out on top in a three-candidate field.", "In August, several Palin-endorsed candidates suffered losses in statewide Republican primaries.", "She backed Tea Party activist and former NFL player Clint Didier, who was easily defeated by Dino Rossi for the Senate nomination in Washington.", "Wyoming State Auditor Rita Meyer, who had Palin's backing, narrowly lost her bid for the GOP gubernatorial nomination.", "Palin campaigned in person with former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel, who lost a runoff to former Rep. Nathan Deal for the state's Republican nomination for governor.", "Palin also endorsed Tea Party Express-backed Tiahrt, who was defeated in the battle for the Senate nomination in Kansas.", "Earlier in the primary season, Palin successfully backed statewide candidates such as Nikki Haley in South Carolina, Terry Branstad in Iowa and Susana Martinez in New Mexico, who all won gubernatorial nominations, and Fiorina in California and Paul in Kentucky, who captured Senate nominations.", "CNN's Alex Mooney, Peter Hamby and Allison Harding contributed to this report." ]	[ "GOP Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell gives Palin, Tea Party Express a win .", "Tea Party Express pours cash into campaigns of its favored candidates .", "Palin surprises some of her favorites with Facebook endorsements ." ]	[ 0, 5, 28 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Toyota has reached a settlement with two families over product liability claims following a crash that killed four family members, a spokesman for the automaker said.", "California Highway Patrolman Mark Saylor; his wife, Cleofe Lastrella; a 13-year-old daughter, Mahala; and Saylor's brother-in-law, Chris Lastrella, were killed when a Lexus sedan they were in accelerated uncontrollably on a freeway near San Diego last year and crashed over an embankment.", "Lexus is a division of Toyota.", "\"Toyota and the Saylor and Lastrella families reached an amicable agreement in mediation that fully resolves their product liability claims against Toyota and a Lexus dealership,\" Brian R. Lyons said.", "\"Through mutual respect and cooperation, we were able to resolve this matter without the need for litigation.\"", "Lyons said the company and two families \"wish to keep the amount of the settlement confidential.\"", "Saylor family attorney John Gomez told CNN affiliate KGTV in San Diego that as part of the settlement, Toyota did not admit liability.", "An investigation revealed the accelerator pedal in the car probably became trapped on an all-weather floor mat that had been incorrectly installed in the vehicle.", "Toyota issued a recall to address possible floor mat entrapment.", "A 911 recording obtained by KGTV reveals a desperate call from inside the car as it approached the end of the freeway.", "\"We're in trouble. We can't ... there's no brakes,\" Chris Lastrella said.", "\"End freeway half mile.\"", "CNN's Greg Morrison contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Attorney: Toyota does not admit liability .", "Four family members were killed in a Lexus crash last year .", "911 call: \"There's no brakes\"\nInvestigation: An accelerator pedal probably became stuck on a floor mat ." ]	[ 0, 7, 10 ]
[ "London, England (CNN) -- Dutch soccer legend Edgar Davids is confident that South Africa can make a good job of hosting the World Cup, and that the Rainbow nation will benefit from the continent's first staging of football's showpiece tournament.", "The 37-year-old, who won 74 caps in an 11-year international career, was named in FIFA's team of the tournament after helping the Netherlands finish fourth in France in 1998.", "He has not played at the top level since his contract with Dutch club Ajax finished in 2008, since when he has focused on personal projects and ambassadorial roles, and played in Zinedine Zidane's Haiti charity match in January.", "Davids told CNN that he visited South Africa last year and was impressed by the set-up.", "Have your say on the World Cup.", "Click here to become a CNN Super Fan.", "\"I think they will get a lot out of it because you get a lot of media attention and also a financial injection, of course,\" he said.", "\"They can show the world how warm the African population is.", "I was there three months ago and I was very surprised about how everything is going.", "I felt very welcome.\"", "Can an African team win the World Cup?", "Born in the small South American country of Suriname, Davids was dubbed \"The Pitbull\" in his early years at Ajax by coach Louis Van Gaal, and his Juventus boss Marcelo Lippi called the midfielder \"my one-man engine room.\"", "Davids believes African teams can shine at the World Cup, especially now many of their stars have adapted to the European style of play.", "\"There's always an African team that will be a dangerous outsider because, at the end of the day, a lot of African players now play abroad,\" he said.", "\"They have adapted to the European style that was always lacking in the African culture.", "I think they can adapt a bit and maybe have a run from the outside for a chance at the title.\"", "Nurturing football's grassroots .", "Since leaving Ajax, Davids has concentrated on his Street Soccer projects, which include his own video game and clothing brand, and he turned down a chance to join English second division club Leicester last October.", "South Africa's football fanbase has long resided in its poor black population, and Davids believes nurturing the grassroots level is vital.", "\"It has a social purpose where we go to the bad neighborhoods and help them in a way to really lift up a community,\" he said of Street Soccer.", "\"I was so involved with that that I left my football aspirations aside, and I only want to return if there's something really really good for me to let this go.", "I was very fortunate to have a career like this, I wanted to put a lot back for the community.", "Interactive: Discover Johannesburg's new Soccer City stadium .", "\"Almost every football player played on the streets.", "And also a lot of people, not ending up as football players, play on the streets.", "It's the beginning of a lot of social gathering.", "And nowadays kids, with the media of mobile phones, computer games, television, they stay in the house instead of moving and just enjoying themselves.", "Also the social context is very important nowadays.", "\"Through soccer, you see also with the World Cup -- it attracts so much more, it's binding a lot of things.", "It's the same thing that happens with Street Soccer, there's so many things around it.", "\"We get approached by a lot of schools to work together with them and develop a program where we can help younger guys who drop out of school to stay in school and then say they can work in our projects.\"", "Dutch prospects at South Africa 2010 .", "At the World Cup, which kicks off on June 11, Davids has high hopes for the Netherlands, who face Denmark, Japan, Cameroon in Group E in South Africa.", "\"I think they will go through to the finals.", "If they play as a team, they will definitely go to the finals,\" he said.", "\"If you look at the players individually, we have very good players.", "The thing is being a team.", "They already have the experience of the last two big tournaments, I expect them to harvest now what they did in the past.\"" ]	[ "Davids believes South Africa can make a good job of hosting the World Cup this year .", "Dutch football legend tells CNN he was impressed by South Africa during a visit last year .", "Davids says African teams have outside chance of making it to the final and winning .", "He has spent the past two years focusing on his Street Soccer projects ." ]	[ 0, 3, 4 ]
[ "Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- A Kurdish separatist movement has denied involvement in a bombing Thursday that killed nine people in a southeastern Turkish province, an explosion that drew swift condemnation and a vow to respond from Turkey's prime minister.", "The Kurdistan Workers' Party, known as the PKK, said the cease-fire it declared last month, which is slated to expire September 20, \"is still continuing.\"", "\"Our decision will definitely remain the same unless a new serious situation emerges,\" said a PKK statement published on Firat News Agency, a pro-Kurdish website.", "The casualties -- which included four wounded -- occurred when a minibus drove over a landmine in a Hakkari province village.", "Provincial officials initially said 10 people had died, but amended that count.", "In a news release sent to CNN, the PKK blamed the attack on what it called pro-government contra-guerrillas.", "Later, the PKK warned the Turkish government, saying, \"The people of Hakkari is [sic] not alone.\"", "The cease-fire had been declared for the Muslim month of Ramadan, which ended last week.", "It was issued in response to a call from Kurdish intellectuals and civil society organizations.", "Speaking at an event in Istanbul, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that \"terrorism\" is forcing Turkey to \"pay a price.\"", "\"This will not be without a response,\" he said.", "The volatile southeastern region is home to Turkey's ethnic Kurdish minority and the PKK, a one-time separatist group considered a terrorist organization by the Turkish government.", "Turkey is reeling from a bloody summer of clashes with the PKK, the latest in a conflict that has simmered for more than 25 years.", "More than 30,000 people, mostly ethnic Kurds, have been killed.", "Initially, the PKK fought to carve out a separate homeland for Turkey's ethnic Kurdish minority, which makes up roughly 20 percent of the Turkish population.", "But in recent years, the rebels have said they are giving up their demands for an independent Kurdish state, and are instead fighting for more cultural freedoms.", "CNN's Ivan Watson contributed to this story." ]	[ "Erdogan vows to respond to explosion in southeast Turkey .", "The death toll stands at 9 .", "PKK denies involvement in the attack ." ]	[ 5, 9 ]
[ "Boston, Massachusetts (CNN) -- At one time in the Stem Cell Program at Children's Hospital in Boston, we had two liquid nitrogen containers, one labeled P, the other NP.", "These containers were used to store batches of stem cells.", "The P, or presidential container, held some of the 21 embryonic stem cell lines that researchers could study using federal funds under the terms of President George W. Bush's August 2001 executive order.", "The NP, or nonpresidential, container held those embryonic stem cells derived from later lines, which researchers could not study using federal funding.", "We were required to purchase and store separately the pipettes and culture dishes, duplicating effort and costs.", "The separation included detailed record keeping, and I hired a grant manager to deal with these issues.", "From a logistical standpoint this was a nightmare.", "We offered courses on how to proceed in the lab while monitoring the funding source.", "This separation greatly inhibited progress in the study of many diseases, from blood diseases such as sickle cell anemia to Parkinson's to juvenile diabetes, and the development of potential therapies.", "Fast forward to March 2009, when President Obama lifted the ban on using federal funds to study stem cell lines developed after the Bush order went into effect.", "Scientists were freed to work collaboratively within labs, across labs and across continents.", "Single studies could now evaluate more embryonic stem cells and use different types of stem cells -- not only embryonic, but the newer induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells.", "But now stem cell research -- a promising avenue in biomedical research for curing a host of deadly and debilitating diseases -- has been dealt an enormous setback by a U.S. District Court's injunction against the Obama executive order.", "In ruling that federal monies can not be used for any research involving embryonic stem cells, Judge Royce Lamberth's decision creates significant uncertainty in the field.", "A stay was ordered this week, rescuing the funding of the research for a short time until the case is heard.", "The fact that research can be shut down and then started again in a matter of weeks has created confusion for proceeding with the work.", "With Judge Lamberth's decision, American scientists have been put at a disadvantage against their counterparts all over the world.", "The U.S. is in danger of being surpassed as the leader in biomedical research by several countries, including South Korea, Singapore, and Great Britain.", "The loss of research competitiveness undermines our biotech and pharmaceutical companies' ability to bring new therapies to patients.", "Judge Lamberth's decision places American researchers in a difficult position.", "Promising avenues of research will need to be halted.", "NIH grant decisions on major diseases were halted this month, even for studies including a small number of experiments on embryonic stem cells, and millions of dollars that have been committed to stem cell researchers is at risk.", "The economic impact of this injunction on the United States could surely be huge.", "Scientists run increased risks of running afoul of the law and will be increasingly isolated from their colleagues overseas.", "While many will seek private and foundational funding for their research, this also comes with a price.", "Before the Obama order, many elite researchers were spending up to 20 percent of their time on fundraising.", "We risk that the U.S. will fall increasingly behind.", "This decision is driven both by ideology as well as continuing confusion over the science of stem cells.", "Eighty percent of Americans are in favor of stem cell research, and Congress has twice passed a bill in favor of stem cell research.", "More education is necessary so that everyone understands these cells.", "At Children's Hospital, we have created a website that provides basic information about stem cells, their biology and potential for therapies.", "Despite the plaintiff's allegations and the judge's apparent concurrence, it makes no sense from either a research or therapeutic standpoint to pit adult stem cell against embryonic stem cell research.", "Think about the chaos that would be created if a heart researcher could file an injunction saying they were harmed and poorly funded because they are in competition with diabetes research.", "Giving artificial and unmerited research preference to one type of organs or cells over another would completely undermine the federal peer review process and funding strategy, and more important, would absolutely constrain ongoing searches for treatments and therapies.", "As a hematologist, I have used adult blood stem cells from bone marrow to treat patients with leukemia.", "I cannot think that any scientist or patient would view blood stem cell research as \"in competition\" with embryonic stem cell research.", "Embryonic stem cells were the essential key to discovering how to reprogram adult skin cells, and the ultimate therapeutic success of these new reprogrammed cells absolutely will require additional embryonic stem cell research.", "Unlocking the potential of stem cells to cure disease requires comparisons of both adult and embryonic tissues.", "These are not two warring sciences; they are both integral parts of the single field of stem cell research.", "As the founding president of the International Society for Stem Cell Research, I know that the most respected scientists and researchers who work on adult and embryonic tissues are working together.", "The position of embryonic stem cell and reprogrammed stem cell research now is similar to where we were in the mid-1970s with bone marrow transplantation.", "In 1975, the science was still relatively young and no transplants had yet taken place.", "But over the next decade, bone marrow transplants moved from unknown and experimental to widely accepted and standard therapy.", "In issuing an injunction against President Obama's order, Judge Lamberth cited the potential harm to federal funding of adult stem cell research from the federal support of embryonic stem cell research.", "The irony is that this decision is a blow to all research, and with it to America's economic competitiveness and to the hopes of countless families for a cure.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Leonard I. Zon." ]	[ "Federal judge halted federal funding for research using embryonic stem cells .", "Leonard I. Zon: Adult stem cells not perfected, work in combo with embryonic cells .", "Zon warns U.S. risks being overtaken by many countries in biomedical research .", "Ideology, confusion behind ruling, he writes, 80 percent of Americans support research ." ]	[ 13, 17, 43, 45 ]
[ "Mexico City, Mexico (CNN) -- An 80-year-old Roman Catholic priest was found stabbed to death in his church in the city of Oaxaca, in southern Mexico, CNNMexico.com reported Thursday, citing state police.", "The Rev. Carlos Salvador Wotto was found in the church office Wednesday night with several stab wounds and bound hands and feet, CNNMexico reported.", "Wotto had been the parish priest at Nuestra Senora de las Nieves (Our Lady of the Snow) for eight years.", "State and local authorities were investigating and no motive was immediately given.", "Jose Guadalupe Barragan, a spokesman for the Archdiocese of Antequera, said church officials would wait for the investigation to end before commenting.", "Barragan said there is a shortage of priests in Oaxaca.", "The national norm is one priest for every 5,000 parishioners, he said, while there are only 140 priests for Oaxaca's 3 million inhabitants.", "That amounts to one priest for about every 21,400 residents.", "Wednesday's homicide was the second recent incident in the state of Oaxaca involving a priest.", "The Rev. Martin Octavio Garcia Ortiz from the town of San Jose del Progreso was abducted June 19 in a dispute over a local mine.", "State police rescued Garcia and then arrested him on charges that he was responsible for the deaths of two officials who were shot after an anti-mine rally.", "Garcia, who said he was tortured by his pro-mining abductors, was hospitalized with head and body injuries." ]	[ "NEW: No motive was immediately given .", "NEW: Another priest in the same state was abducted in June .", "The slain priest was found in the church office with bound hands and feet .", "The Rev.", "Carlos Salvador Wotto had been the parish priest for eight years ." ]	[ 1, 2, 3 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Nigeria's ruling party has set its presidential primaries for next month, a spokesman said Thursday.", "The primaries will be held between October 18 and 20, said Rufai Alkali, a spokesman for the People's Democratic Party.", "A single candidate will be ratified on October 23, Alkali said.", "On Wednesday, President Goodluck Jonathan said he intends to run, and will make a formal declaration on Saturday.", "\"In presenting myself for service, I make no pretense that I have a magic wand that will solve all of Nigeria's problems or that I am the most intelligent Nigerian,\" Jonathan wrote on his Facebook page.", "\"Far from it. What I do promise is this -- if I am elected president in 2011, I will make a covenant with you, the Nigerian people, to always do right by you, to tell you the truth at all times, to carry you along and most importantly to listen to you, fellow citizens in our communities, and also those of you on this page.\"", "Jonathan's eligibility was in question until last month, when the Peoples Democratic Party said he could run in an open race with other candidates next year.", "Under Nigerian \"zoning\" rules, power must shift to different regions and ethnic groups every eight years.", "Jonathan -- who is from the Niger Delta, in the south -- was part of the joint ticket of the late President Umaru Yar'Adua, who was from the north.", "Yar'Adua's death in May, after a long illness, upset the order of the zoning.", "Yar'Adua was elected in 2007 and his southern replacement threatened to halt the north's turn at holding power.", "CNN's Christian Purefoy contributed to this report." ]	[ "President Jonathan says he will formally declare his candidacy Saturday .", "He made the announcement on his Facebook page .", "Authorities approved his eligibility last month ." ]	[ 3, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Juventus remain without a win after two Italian Serie A games after being held to a 3-3 home draw by Sampdoria.", "Two goals from Nicola Pozzi and another from Antonio Cassano helped the visitors to a point, with Claudio Marchisio, Simone Pepe and Fabio Quagliarella all on target for the home side.", "The result leaves Luigi del Neri's side still without a win and struggling near the foot of the table following their opening 1-0 defeat by Bari two weeks ago.", "Unfancied Verona-based minnows Chievo are the unlikely early Serie A leaders and have a 100 per cent record after two games following their 3-1 win at Genoa.", "On Saturday, defending champions Inter Milan secured their first victory of the season with a 2-1 win over Udinese.", "However, last season's runners-up Roma were thrashed 5-1 at Cagliari while big-spending Milan slumped to a 2-0 defeat by Cesena with strikers Robinho and Zlatan Ibrahimovic both making their debuts for the Rossoneri.", "Meanwhile, in the only English Premier League match on Sunday, Liverpool were held to a dour 0-0 draw at Birmingham City." ]	[ "Juventus' poor start to the new Italian Serie A season continues on Sunday .", "Juve still without a win after sharing a six-goal thriller against Sampdoria .", "Nicola Pozzi scores twice for Sampdoria who have four points from two games .", "Chievo have won both their opening two matches of the season after a 3-1 win at Genoa ." ]	[ 0, 3 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Novak Djokovic and his female counterparts Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic have transformed Serbia into one of the leading tennis nations in the world with their well-chronicled achievements in the past few seasons.", "Djokovic reached a career high ranking of number two in the world earlier this year, Jankovic went one better and briefly topped the women's rankings in 2008 while Ivanovic claimed grand slam glory at the French Open in the same year.", "It is a remarkable record for a country of approximately 10 million people and with no great tradition in tennis, rather a passion for team sports such as football (Serbia qualified for the 2010 World Cup finals) and basketball.", "Djokovic aside, Serbia has also produced Janko Tipsarevic and Viktor Troicki, who are both ranked in the top 50 on the ATP tour, giving them a formidable Davis Cup team.", "With Djokovic leading the way and winning the conclusive rubber against John Isner, Serbia beat the might of the United States in the World Group first round earlier this month to reach the quarterfinals of the competition for the first time.", "They will now play neighboring Croatia for a place in the semifinals.", "In times past the two countries formed part of the old Yugoslavia, who reached the last four of the competition in 1988, the following year, and 1991.", "The Serbian women's team reached the World Group playoffs of the Fed Cup in 2007, but with Jankovic and Ivanovic in the ranks have the potential to challenge for top honors in years to come.", "Djokovic puts an unusual slant on the reasons for the success of the current crop of Serbian players, tracing it back to the crisis of 1999 when NATO planes bombed Belgrade before the regime of president Slobodan Milosevic was removed.", "Djokovic celebrated his 12th birthday during the bombings and like other youngsters was not allowed to go to school because of the dangerous situation.", "It left him and other leading players with no alternative but to practice tennis for four or five hours on end day after day.", "\"But still you know it (the war) gave me a lot of hours on the tennis court and I was very happy about it,\" he told CNN.", "\"But in those conditions, in those times, you have players like Jelena Jankovic, Ana Ivanovic, Tipsarevic, myself, all these guys went through that.", "\"I think it is a question that has been raised and asked to all of us, for last two, three years, how come you are coming from such a small country with so many problems and you still managed to become top players you know,\" he added.", "Djokovic says that the bonds that were forged in those trying times has given all those involved a double sense of purpose.", "\"As a small country we got united in those critical times and we supported each other and right now that the country is prospering and it has turned its intentions towards the West and I am happy with the situation as it is now,\" he added.", "Prior to the current clutch of star players, the most famous home-grown talent produced by Serbia was former world number one Monica Seles, who fostered her talent in the old Yugoslavia.", "Seles was born in Novi Sad and at the age of 11 won her category at the renowned Orange Bowl tournament in Florida where she was spotted by noted coach Nick Bollettieri.", "It prompted a move to the United States where she later became a naturalized citizen and multi grand slam champion." ]	[ "Djokovic reached a career high ranking of number two in the world in 2010 .", "Ana Ivanovic claimed grand slam glory at the French Open in 2008 .", "Serbia also has Janko Tipsarevic and Viktor Troicki ranked in the top 50 on the ATP tour ." ]	[ 1, 3 ]
[ "Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- More than 10,000 anti-government demonstrators gathered in the heart of Bangkok's shopping district Sunday to mark the fourth anniversary of a bloodless coup that ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.", "The peaceful demonstration lasted about four hours under scattered rain.", "One of the city's main intersections was again flooded with \"Red Shirt\" demonstrators -- so named for the color of their clothing -- resembling the picture when the group occupied the area from March to May until a crackdown by the government's security forces that left 91 people dead and more than 2,000 injured.", "The crowd chanted \"there are deaths here!\"", "Several symbolic activities were performed by the demonstrators, including tying red robes and forming a giant spider web, lying on the street to represent the dead, and lighting red candles around the area.", "Balloons tied with letters were released into the sky.", "Red Shirt leader Sombat Boon-ngamanong, who organized the demonstration, told his supporters to leave the area around 5 p.m. (6 a.m.", "ET), although some people lingered.", "The demonstration ended peacefully.", "Similar activities were held in Chiang Mai, Nong Khai, and in the north and northeastern parts of the country, according to local media.", "Bangkok and six other provinces remain under emergency rule, which the government imposed in April.", "The decree allows authorities to detain suspects without formal charges up to three months.", "The Red Shirts support Thaksin, who was ousted in a bloodless military coup in 2006 while he was attending a U.N. assembly.", "His supporters protested for weeks, demanding that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva dissolve parliament and call new elections.", "Thaksin briefly returned to Thailand to fight a corruption charge, but fled again in 2008.", "He left before Thailand's Supreme Court convicted him of abusing his power and purchasing land owned by his wife." ]	[ "Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was ousted in a bloodless coup .", "Anti-government demonstrators gathered Sunday to mark the anniversary of his ouster .", "The demonstrations conjured images of a monthslong protest earlier this year .", "91 people were killed and 2,000 injured in a crackdown in May ." ]	[ 0 ]
[ "(CNN) -- English giants Manchester United have splashed out a reported $10 million on an unknown 20-year-old striker whose only previous professional experience is playing in the third-flight of Portuguese football.", "Tiago Manuel Dias Correia, known as \"Bebe\", has signed from Vitoria de Giumaraes and will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani in making a big impression at Old Trafford.", "Bebe has a compelling story, having been raised in a youth shelter in his home town of Cacem on the outskirts of Lisbon.", "He played his early football for CAIS, an organization responsible for Portugal's National Homeless Team, and was soon spotted by his first professional club Estrela Amadora.", "Bebe's displays for them attracted the attention of scouts from more prominent clubs and he was snapped up by Portuguese first division Vitoria de Giumaraes just five weeks ago.", "He has yet to play a game in the top flight of his national league, but his performances in warm-up matches were enough for United to step in, leaving Giumaraes with a quick profit.", "Reports say that Carlos Queiroz, Alex Ferguson's former assistant, tipped off the Manchester United manager about Bebe's talents after he scored four goals in seven friendly appearances and earned rave reviews.", "Gonçalo Sequeira dos Santos of CAIS and the manager of Portugal's National Homeless World Cup Team told CNN that he had spoken to Bebe Thursday to congratulate him on his move.", "Bebe told him: \"I am very happy.", "Football can change lives, very much.\"", "Dos Santos added: \"Bebe is responsible, with one big heart and an all-round awesome boy.", "We are truly happy for this opportunity he has to make his dream come true and improving his life.\"", "He is the third signing of the summer for United, who lost their English Premier League crown to arch-rivals Chelsea last season.", "Defender Chris Smalling from Fulham and Mexico striker Javier Hernandez from Chivas de Guadalajara are the other signings.", "Bebe may struggle to gain a regular starting slot as he competes with the likes of Hernandez, Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov, Michael Owen and Federico Macheda.", "In other transfer news Thursday, Italian international midfielder Mauro Camoranesi's transfer from Juventus to Premier League Birmingham City is in doubt because of the English tax regime, his agent claimed.", "\"Nothing has been concluded,\" Sergio Fortunato told Calciomercato.it, a website specializing in transfer dealings." ]	[ "Manchester United sign 20-year-old striker Bebe from Portugal club Vitoria Guimaraes .", "Bebe played his early football for an organization in Portugal which helped the homeless .", "He was reportedly recommended to United by their former assistant manager Carlos Quieroz ." ]	[ 0, 3 ]
[ "(Health.com) -- Are you pessimistic, chronically worried and stressed-out, and ill at ease socially?", "You may be at higher risk of heart attack and other heart problems, a new study suggests.", "People with a history of heart disease who are prone to negative thinking, gloom, and inhibition -- a personality profile known as Type D (for \"distressed\") -- are nearly four times more likely to experience heart attack, heart failure, heart rhythm disorders, death, and other negative outcomes compared to heart patients with a different personality profile, the study found.", "Health.com: Surprising heart attack risks .", "\"There is a clear connection between heart risk and psychological risk factors, and those people who have this personality and lack social support have higher risk of health problems,\" says Nieca Goldberg, M.D., director of the Women's Heart Program at New York University's Langone Medical Center.", "(Goldberg was not involved in the new study.)", "The lead author of the study, Johan Denollet, Ph.D., a professor of medical psychology at Tilburg University, in the Netherlands, first proposed a Type D personality in the mid-1990s, after he and his colleagues observed that distressed heart-attack survivors had higher short-term mortality rates than people with more upbeat personalities.", "Type D personalities are \"characterized by negative emotions like anxiety, frustration, and anger, and at the same time score high on social inhibition, meaning that they are less likely to disclose emotions,\" Denollet says.", "Health.com: 10 things to say (and not say) to someone with depression .", "The Type D personality was modeled after the better-known Type A and B personalities, which grew out of heart research conducted in the U.S. in the 1950s.", "The aggressiveness, impatience, and hostility that characterizes the Type A personality has long been linked to an increased risk of heart disease.", "Experts don't fully understand why the Type D personality appears to affect heart risk.", "Genes may be partly responsible, but the chronic stress associated with Type D traits is also a likely culprit.", "Consistently high levels of one stress hormone, cortisol, are a known risk factor for heart attack.", "\"Stress hormones and stress reactions are great in fight-or-flight -- like when a prehistoric man was being chased by a saber-toothed tiger -- but they are not so good when they flood your body 24/7,\" says Karol Watson, M.D., the co-director of preventive cardiology at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine.", "Health.com: Job killing you?", "8 types of work-related stress .", "Type D personalities may also turn to smoking, alcohol, overeating, and other unhealthy behaviors as a way of coping with their emotions, Watson adds.", "And, as Denollet points out, \"Type D's are less likely to exercise, and [are] also rather poor at adhering to medical treatment or advice by their doctors.\"", "In the study, which appears in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Denollet and his colleagues re-analyzed data from 19 studies comprising more than 6,000 people.", "(Denollet led many of the studies himself.)", "They found that heart patients with type D personalities were 3.7 times more likely than those with other personality types to experience future heart problems.", "In addition, the Type D patients were three times more likely to experience depression, anxiety, and other forms of emotional distress.", "The link between heart risk and Type D personality persisted even after the researchers took into account whether the study participants were depressed.", "This suggests that Type D personality presents a health risk independent of depression, a condition that itself increases the risk of heart disease.", "Health.com: Loneliness hurts the heart .", "Type D personality and depression are not the same thing, although there is some overlap between them.", "While depression tends to occur in episodes, the emotional distress associated with Type D personality is chronic and may never reach the level of clinical depression, according to the study.", "The findings shine a light on a high-risk population, Goldberg says, adding that doctors should ask patients about their social support systems in an effort to identify those who may have Type D traits.", "(For just that purpose, Denollet and his colleagues have developed a questionnaire that asks patients to rank how well 14 statements -- such as \"I take a gloomy view of things\" and \"I find it hard to start a conversation\" -- apply to them.)", "Health.com: 7 types of therapy that can help depression .", "Type D personalities aren't doomed to heart problems, but they should be aware of their risk and take precautions, such as enrolling in cardiac rehabilitation if they've had a heart attack, the researchers say.", "\"Type Ds need to take a more active approach toward their own health,\" Denollet says.", "\"They may benefit from counseling, so that they can learn how to deal with everyday stressful situations in a more adaptive way.", "There are some proactive tools and actions that these people can take to get rid of the negative emotions they keep inside.\"", "Enter to win a monthly Room Makeover Giveaway from MyHomeIdeas.com .", "Copyright Health Magazine 2010 ." ]	[ "If you're pessimistic and chronically worried you may be at higher risk of heart attack .", "A person with a Type D personality is four times more likely to have heart problems .", "As a way of coping, Type D personalities may turn to smoking, alcohol, and overeating .", "Type D personalities aren't doomed to heart problems, but should take precautions ." ]	[ 1, 17, 31 ]
[ "Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- One of Iran's biggest soccer stars has been kicked off his team for refusing to fast during the holy month of Ramadan, the team's website reported.", "According to Steel Azin Football Club's website, star player Ali Karimi was fired from the club after dismissing several warnings by a club official.", "\"Respecting God's laws and honoring the sacred laws of Islam are of the utmost importance to Steel Azin and unfortunately these matters have not been adhered to by the named player,\" the report said.", "The club also accused Karimi, 31, of insulting Iranian Football Federation officials.", "According to Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency, Karimi denied any wrongdoing of that he had insulted Iran's Football Federation.", "\"I am a Muslim and I do respect Islam,\" Karimi said, according to ISNA.", "Karimi -- dubbed the 'Maradona of Asia' and the 'Wizard of Tehran' -- is one of the most recognizable faces in Iranian sports.", "After a four-year stint with UAE-based side Al-Ahli Karimi moved to Bundesliga side Bayern Munich where he played in the title-winning side led by Felix Magath.", "Karimi grew into a pivotal attacker for Iran's national team, becoming the second most capped player in the sides' history and scoring 36 goals in 112 appearances.", "National law in Iran states that all Muslims are required to observe fasting during the holy month of Ramadan which started on Thursday." ]	[ "Team says player refused to honor Ramadan fast .", "Top player Ali Karimi fired from team though attacking midfielder denies accusation .", "Karimi is second most capped player in the history of the Iranian national side ." ]	[ 1, 6, 8 ]
[ "(CNET) -- Symbian and Android will dominate the mobile operating system market by 2014, research firm Gartner said Friday.", "Gartner expects that Symbian and Android together will account for 59.8 percent of the total worldwide mobile OS market by 2014, split almost equally -- Symbian with 30.2 percent, and Android with 29.6 percent.", "Android is already closing the gap with the market leader.", "By the end of 2010, Gartner says, Google's Android will sneak into second place behind Nokia-backed Symbian with 17.7 percent market share, compared to Symbian's 40.1 percent.", "At the end of 2009, Android OS had just 3.9 percent market share, the research firm reported.", "Gartner's predictions don't bode well for RIM's BlackBerry OS and Apple's iOS.", "Those platforms, which ended 2009 with 19.9 percent and 14.4 percent of the market, respectively, are expected to take the third and fourth spots this year.", "In fact, Gartner believes RIM will end the year with 17.5 percent market share, while Apple will capture 15.4 percent of the space.", "Windows Phone will trail far behind with just 4.7 of the market.", "But by 2014, when Symbian and Android will be soaring, Gartner expects BlackBerry OS to have just 11.7 percent of the mobile market and iOS to own 14.9 percent.", "Gartner thinks Symbian will still lead the mobile market in 2014 due to \"Nokia's volume and the push into more mass-market price points.\"", "Android's success can be attributed to \"communication service providers' marketing and vendor support,\" Gartner said.", "The research firm's findings echo what fellow market researcher IDC announced earlier this week.", "IDC likewise said that Android OS will take the second spot behind Symbian in 2014, but it pegged Android's worldwide market share at 24.6 percent, compared to Symbian's 32.9 percent.", "It also believes that Apple's iOS platform will be lower than Gartner's predictions, capturing 10.9 percent of the worldwide market in 2014.", "RIM's BlackBerry will have 17.3 percent of the mobile market in 2014, IDC predicted.", "Of course, four years is a long time.", "And things can change.", "Nowhere is that more evident at the moment than at Nokia.", "Late Thursday night, the company announced that it is appointing Stephen Elop, president of Microsoft's Business Division, as its new CEO.", "Nokia said that Elop will help lead its \"substantial transformation\" from a hardware company to a software company.", "© 2010 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved.", "CNET, CNET.com and the CNET logo are registered trademarks of CBS Interactive Inc. Used by permission." ]	[ "Symbian and Android will dominate mobile operating system market by 2014, research firm says .", "Gartner expects two together will account for 59.8 percent of the total mobile OS market .", "Its predictions don't bode well for RIM's BlackBerry OS and Apple's iOS ." ]	[ 0, 1, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Manchester United got their Premier League campaign off to a winning start with a 3-0 victory over newly-promoted Newcastle United at Old Trafford.", "Dimitar Berbatov, Darren Fletcher and Ryan Giggs all got on the scoresheet as Newcastle were reminded of the tough task they face to prevent making an instant return to the Championship.", "Alex Ferguson's side rarely looked threatened as they began their quest to regain the title from Chelsea with a confident showing.", "But it was Newcastle who had the first clear chance of the game as Andy Carroll met Joey Barton's corner only to head wide from just six yards out.", "Soon after, Manchester United began to dominate the game as the visitors sank deeper and deeper into their own half.", "They broke the deadlock on the half hour mark as Argentina midfielder Jonas Gutierrez lost possession and Paul Scholes fed Dimitar Berbatov to power a low shot past Newcastle keeper Steve Harper.", "Just eight minutes later the home side doubled their advantage due to some sloppy defending from Newcastle.", "Patrice Evra's cross from the left wasn't dealt with before it ricocheted into the path of Darren Fletcher and the Scotland international had the simple task of turning the ball home from six yards out.", "Berbatov should have grabbed his second after the break when a neat flick from Rooney put him clear but though his shot beat Harper it rolled the wrong side of the post.", "Wayne Rooney was taken off after an hour so new Mexican signing Javier Hernandez could get his first taste of Premier League action, as 35-year-old Scholes began to pull the strings.", "Portugal winger Nani was next to go close as he fired a left foot shot narrowly wide of the far post before Patrice Evra drilled a low cross across the face of goal.", "Berbatov's neat footwork allowed him a shot on goal inside the area as the game entered the final ten minutes but Harper saved well with his feet.", "Ryan Giggs replaced Nani and he grabbed the third on 85 minutes with an angled volley into the far corner from a pinpoint Scholes cross.", "After the match Ferguson purred over Scholes' performance.", "He told Sky Sports: \"He showed that even at his age you don't lose what you've got.", "\"His range of passing and vision was marvellous and he's still got the passion to play.", "He and Ryan Giggs are blessed with something special.", "\"Three points is always important in your first game and I thought we controlled most of it.", "It was a steady performance.\"" ]	[ "Manchester United beat Newcastle United 3-0 in the Premier League .", "Dimitar Berbatov, Darren Fletcher and Ryan Giggs grab the goals .", "Andy Carroll misses a glorious early chance for newly-promoted Newcastle ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Giorgia Boscolo spent hundreds of hours on the canals in Venice, Italy, learning the intricate waterways and how to handle and steer a distinctive banana-shaped boat, according to Italy's ANSA news agency.", "Her effort paid off.", "This week, Boscolo passed her final exam and is likely to become Venice's first female gondolier, the ANSA agency said, after she applies for her full license.", "Boscolo, 24, said she inherited her love for navigating the canals from her gondolier father, reported ANSA.", "The ancient profession used to be passed from father to son, making the group of Venetian gondoliers distinctly male.", "But now there are courses. \"I'm so happy for Giorgia and in a little way share her joy because it was under my presidency that the first woman was admitted to the gondolier's course,\" Aldo Rosso, former head of the city's gondola group, told ANSA.", "The agency added two other women enrolled in the course, but did not pass the exam.", "Male gondoliers have often questioned whether women would be strong enough to control the large boats, but Boscolo dismissed her critics.", "\"Childbirth is much more difficult,\" ANSA reported she said." ]	[ "Giorgia Boscolo passed her final exam this week .", "She can ask next for her full license .", "Boscolo follows in the footsteps of her gondolier father ." ]	[ 2, 3 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The man once known as Canada's \"prince of pot\" is now a federal inmate in the U.S. system after a judge in Washington sentenced him Friday to five years in prison.", "Marijuana activist Marc Emery pleaded guilty in May in U.S. District Court in Seattle, Washington, to a single count of conspiracy to manufacture marijuana after an 18-month investigation into the seed-selling business Emery operated from his head shop in Vancouver, British Columbia.", "By imposing the five-year sentence, which includes four years of supervised probation, U.S. District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez honored a plea deal that Emery, 52, entered into with U.S. authorities to avoid a lengthier sentence.", "\"There is no question your actions were illegal and criminal and your actions ensured that others broke the law and suffered the consequences,\" the judge told Emery during the hearing.", "Dozens of Emery's supporters gathered outside Seattle's federal courthouse to protest the sentence, which marks the end of a five-year legal battle against a man once described by U.S. authorities as one of its most wanted international drug trafficking targets -- and the only one from Canada.", "Emery is the founder of the British Columbia Marijuana Party and the website CannabisCulture.com.", "His status in Canada as a tireless advocate for marijuana legalization has been cemented through years of sit-ins, demonstrations and runs for political office.", "By his own account, he has been arrested at least a dozen times since 1995 related to his activism, and Vancouver police have raided his shop several times since it opened in 1994.", "In his plea agreement, Emery admitted to operating a marijuana seed selling business with two co-defendants, who entered pleas this year to lesser offenses and were placed on probation in Canada.", "He also admitted to selling seeds to customers in the United States through mail and telephone orders and in his Vancouver retail store.", "\"Marc Emery decided that U.S. laws did not apply to him, but he was wrong,\" said U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan in a statement Friday.", "\"Emery put his personal profits above the law.", "He made millions of dollars by shipping millions of seeds into the U.S.", "He sold to anyone who would pay him -- with no regard for the age or criminal activities of his customers.", "Now, Emery is paying the price for being part of the illegal drug trade that damages lives, homes and the environment.\"", "But Emery and his supporters worldwide have maintained from the start that his prosecution was politically motivated, citing a 2005 DEA press release touting his arrest as a \"significant blow\" to the marijuana legalization movement.", "\"Hundreds of thousands of dollars of Emery's illicit profits are known to have been channeled to marijuana legalization groups active in the United States and Canada.", "Drug legalization lobbyists have one less pot of money to rely on,\" former DEA Administrator Karen Tandy said in the July 2005 statement, which can no longer be found on the DEA's website.", "iReport: Emery's wife speaks .", "Emery's lawyer reminded the judge of the press release in his presentencing memorandum, claiming there are other seed selling businesses in Canada that the U.S. government chose not to go after.", "\"The only thing that makes Mr. Emery unique or different from most of these other seed sellers is that Marc donated his proceeds to help fund lawful marijuana legalization efforts throughout the United States and Canada.", "On this record, no one can (or should) take the government seriously when it claims that this case was not politically motivated,\" Richard Troberman wrote.", "But the U.S. Attorney's Office said that Emery's personal politics had nothing to do with his prosecution.", "\"Through the years, and in various contexts, Marc Emery has meant different things to many people.", "But in the context of this federal criminal prosecution, Emery stands before the court as many others have before him -- as an admitted drug dealer who has entered a plea of guilty to a large scale marijuana trafficking conspiracy,\" the U.S. attorney's office wrote in its presentencing memo.", "\"The government's case was investigated and prosecuted without regard for Emery's personal politics, his political agenda or the ways in which he chose to spend the proceeds of his drug crimes.\"", "With Emery in prison, his wife, Jodie, has become the face behind their cause, which has not fallen dormant in his absence.", "Rallies to support Emery and the legalization movement will be held in more than 70 cities across the globe on September 18, she said.", "\"It's going to be a long, difficult road ahead, but we'll be able to make it with all the support we have,\" she said.", "Emery also remains firm in his beliefs, though in a letter to the court, he admitted his means may have been self-defeating.", "\"It was my sincere belief that the prohibitions on cannabis are hurtful to U.S. and Canadian citizens and are contrary to the U.S. and Canadian constitutions.", "I was, however, overzealous and reckless in pursuing this belief, and acted arrogantly in violation of U.S. federal law.", "I regret not choosing other methods -- legal ones -- to achieve my goals of peaceful political reform.\"" ]	[ "Marijuana activist Marc Emery sentenced for selling marijuana seeds to U.S. customers .", "In plea deal with federal prosecutors, Emery admitted to operating seed-selling business .", "Emery's lawyer, supporters, claim his prosecution was politically motivated .", "\"I regret not choosing other methods -- legal ones -- to achieve my goals,\" Emery says ." ]	[ 8, 18, 32 ]
[ "Cavite City, Philippines (CNN) -- Not many people recognized Efren Peñaflorida as he left the Philippines last fall to attend a Hollywood gala for CNN Heroes.", "But when Peñaflorida returned from the event as CNN's Hero of the Year, he was greeted by hundreds of screaming fans at the airport in Manila.", "\"The moment we got home, I ... seemed to have become a celebrity,\" he said.", "Peñaflorida was honored for creating mobile \"pushcart classrooms,\" carts stocked with books, chalkboards and other supplies, that bring education to poor children in the Philippines.", "Since 1997, he and more than 12,000 teenage volunteers have taught basic reading and writing skills to more than 1,800 children living on the streets.", "\"The award and the title [are] really significant,\" said Peñaflorida, 29.", "\"It gave me and my co-volunteers an affirmation that what we are doing is a worthy cause.\"", "The plaudits didn't stop there.", "Back home, parades were arranged in both Manila and Cavite City, where Peñaflorida was born and raised.", "And then-President Gloria Arroyo conferred him with the Order of Lakandula -- one of the highest honors that can be bestowed upon a Filipino civilian -- for his dedication to the welfare of society.", "\"I received the medal but shared the honor with my co-volunteers, my mentor and the children we reach out to,\" he said.", "\"The government heads received an instruction from the president to have the pushcart schools replicated all over the country.\"", "With Peñaflorida's consultation, the pushcart classroom model started by his nonprofit organization, Dynamic Teen Company, has been replicated more than 50 times by different organizations and institutions across the Philippines.", "And according to Peñaflorida, more classrooms are pending as President Benigno Aquino's administration reviews plans to expand the infrastructure of the mobile classroom system.", "\"The duplication of the pushcart school system ... is happening now in different provinces and regions of the country, and we receive numerous letters from other parts of the world,\" Peñaflorida said.", "\"Filipinos have become more aware of the need for these children to be educated, fed and taken care of.", "Before, they saw [a pushcart] as a symbol of poverty, but now they see a pushcart as a symbol of hope and education.\"", "In Cavite City, construction is nearly complete on the Dynamic Teen Company's new educational center, which is designed to resemble the iconic pushcart.", "Partially funded by the CNN Heroes grant of $125,000, the educational center will include a computer lab, a library, a health clinic, a kitchen used for feeding programs and a garage to store the pushcarts.", "\"We will call it Care for Poor Children Learning Center, where children will experience having a place to exercise their rights freely and learn life-changing principles,\" Peñaflorida said.", "\"It is intended to be finished by early next year ... and [it] shall be able to serve hundreds of kids.\"", "Peñaflorida says he knows firsthand what these children lack.", "He spent his childhood in a shanty near a dump site in Cavite City.", "He founded his organization to provide impoverished children an empowering alternative to gang induction.", "\"They need education to be successful in life,\" he said.", "\"It's just giving them what others gave to me.\"", "Peñaflorida's selflessness has inspired documentaries and TV movies about his life in the Philippines and several other countries, including Japan, Korea, Germany, Spain and Canada.", "Recently, he was invited to bear the torch at the first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.", "And he can be seen hosting his own search for heroes on the Philippine television show \"Ako Mismo\" (\"I Myself\").", "The show features people working in the Philippines to better the lives of others.", "\"I was told ... that they came up with this TV show inspired by the speech I gave at the Kodak Theater, that each person has a hidden hero within ... waiting to be unleashed,\" he said.", "\"Since I was instrumental in the concept, I must live up to the principles I share and help our country find its heroes and probably help our nation heal herself.\"", "November 22 will be Efren Peñaflorida Day in Cavite City, but Peñaflorida will likely miss the celebration as he plans to be back in Hollywood honoring this year's CNN Heroes.", "\"They are all awesome,\" he said.", "\"The works of those 25 souls are so inspiring and truly remarkable.", "I personally salute them all.\"", "The 2010 Top Ten CNN Heroes will be announced Thursday, September 23 at 1 p.m. on CNN.com.", "At that time, online voting will begin to select the 2010 CNN Hero of the Year.", "The Hero of the Year will be revealed Thanksgiving night during \"CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute,\" hosted by Anderson Cooper at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California." ]	[ "Efren Peñaflorida was named CNN Hero of the Year at a Hollywood event in 2009 .", "He started a nonprofit organization that educates poor children in the Philippines .", "Since being named Hero of the Year, \"pushcart classrooms\" have spread across the country .", "Peñaflorida has also become famous; he hosts a TV show that features selfless Filipinos ." ]	[ 1, 2, 3, 32 ]
[ "(CNN) -- British TV host Piers Morgan said taking over for retiring Larry King is like replacing Frank Sinatra's Las Vegas show.", "\"How can you follow a legend like that?\"", "Morgan said after news that he will take over Larry King's prime-time hour starting January.", "\"And then you think what a challenge, what an honor to be able to fill the shoes of someone like Larry King -- for me as a TV interviewer, which is primarily what I do back in England.", "I have watched him over the last 25 years interviewing the most interesting people in the world and to be ... without a doubt the most famous TV interviewer in TV history.\"", "Morgan will replace King's longtime show with \"a candid, in-depth newsmaker interview program,\" CNN announced Wednesday.", "Morgan, best known to American viewers as a judge on NBC's \"America's Got Talent,\" has most recently hosted \"Piers Morgan's Life Stories\" on television in the United Kingdom.", "\"Piers has made his name posing tough questions to public figures, holding them accountable for their words and deeds,\" said CNN-US President Jon Klein.", "\"He is able to look at all aspects of the news with style and humor with an occasional good laugh in the process.\"", "Morgan's show, which was not named in the CNN news release, will air live on CNN-US at 9 p.m.", "ET and will air worldwide on CNN-International in more than 200 countries, the network said.", "Morgan will be based in New York, but also will work from Los Angeles and London, CNN said.", "Morgan named Lindsay Lohan, Mel Gibson, Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin as some people he'd like to interview.", "But whom would he want for his first interview?\"", "\"Larry King would be it,\" Morgan said.", "\"He knows everybody.", "I find him fascinating.", "He has an amazing recall for people and events.", "I love his enthusiasm.\"", "King announced this summer that he was stepping aside from CNN's \"Larry King Live,\" a show he began hosting in 1985.", "Morgan, 45, began his journalism career as a newspaper reporter in the United Kingdom for The Wimbledon News.", "In 1994, when he was 28, Morgan became the youngest editor ever at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World.", "He moved to the Daily Mirror as editor-in-chief in 1995, a post he held for nine years.", "He left the Mirror under a cloud of controversy in 2004, after the publication of photos purported to be of abused Iraqi prisoners.", "The newspaper later acknowledged the images were faked, saying it was the victim of a hoax.", "Morgan went on to become a television personality, hosting interview programs on the BBC and ITV.", "Simon Cowell hired Morgan as a judge on the top-rated \"Britain's Got Talent.\"", "His print journalism career continued beyond the Mirror, including a monthly interview column for GQ magazine.", "Morgan also writes two regular columns for the Mail on Sunday newspaper, which he will continue.", "In addition, he will provide regular columns to CNN.com, the network said." ]	[ "NEW: Morgan says he'd like to have Larry King as his first interview .", "Morgan \"made his name posing tough questions to public figures,\" CNN-US chief says .", "He has been a judge on \"America's Got Talent\" and \"Britain's Got Talent\"" ]	[ 6, 7, 13, 14, 15 ]
[ "Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- A restaurant vestibule normally is a place for patrons to exchange greetings and hold the door for each other.", "What occurred at an Atlanta restaurant last year turned into much more than that, with allegations of punches, kicks, racial invective and spitting.", "Testimony providing two different views of the confrontation ended Friday in Clayton County Superior Court, with a man accused of punching and kicking a female patron at a Cracker Barrel restaurant agreeing to a plea deal.", "He received six months in jail.", "\"Justice was served,\" District Attorney Tracy Graham Lawson told CNN on Saturday, acknowledging that her case became unraveled when jurors learned the accuser faces charges of her own.", "Troy Dale West Jr., who is white, was accused of screaming racial slurs while beating Tasha Hill, an African-American female Army reservist, at the Morrow restaurant in September 2009.", "The Poulan, Georgia, resident faced 44 years if convicted of all charges.", "Felony charges of aggravated assault and false imprisonment were dropped and he pleaded guilty to four misdemeanors: battery, two counts of disorderly conduct and cruelty to children in the third degree, Lawson said.", "He has no prior criminal convictions.", "The state asked for 48 months in jail.", "West's attorney, Tony Axam, asked for time served.", "The judge gave him 36 months and suspended all but six.", "West, who has served 40 days already, was sent to jail.", "Axam was not immediately available for comment Saturday.", "West, then 47, was arrested on misdemeanor charges after the incident, but Lawson took the case to a grand jury asking for more serious charges.", "Hill was with her 7-year-old daughter when the incident occurred at the entrance to the restaurant.", "Hill, then 35, testified the attack occurred after she warned West to be careful, after she said he almost hit her daughter with the restaurant door as she was leaving.", "West claimed he was trying to let the girl enter the restaurant.", "West told police after the arrest that he hit Hill \"after she spit on me and accused me of trying to hit her daughter with a door.\"", "\"She said, 'I'm a U.S. military soldier.", "I'll kill you,\" West testified Friday.", "\"As I start to turn away, she spits in my face,\" CNN affiliate WXIA reported Friday.", "The defendant said he used an open hand rather than a fist.", "Hill said she did nothing to provoke the alleged attack, adding that West yelled racial epithets at her during the beating.", "\"I don't feel I've done anything wrong,\" West said to Judge Geronda V. Carter on Friday about his plea.", "\"But it's in my best interest.\"", "Hill was angry that West did not get more time.", "\"I didn't ask you to hit me. You beat me down and you need to pay for it,\" she said.", "\"You said you didn't do anything wrong.", "You can at least apologize if you did.\"", "Lawson said facts she learned since the indictment and during the trial affected the case.", "A Cracker Barrel employee who claimed to have witnessed the confrontation was in the back of the restaurant and couldn't have seen it, she said.", "And two \"very credible\" witnesses were adamant about seeing Hill spit on West, she said.", "Hill has previous cases involving violent and verbal altercations and is currently charged with disorderly conduct from an incident this summer, Lawson said.", "Hill is accused of threatening to shoot two boys, claiming they burglarized her home, Lawson told CNN.", "Lawson said she heard a 911 call about the incident just before the trial began.", "Hill's attorney declined to comment Saturday.", "Lawson and an assistant prosecutor said they spoke with jurors after the plea deal.", "They confirmed they would likely not have convicted West of felonies.", "\"They felt the resolution was fair,\" the prosecutor said.", "The district attorney declined to answer whether she would have handled the case differently once she learned about the spitting testimony and cases against Hill.", "She said she knew of only one previous incident before the trial.", "During the trial, assistant district attorney Jason Green asked West if it is acceptable to strike a woman.", "West replied, \"it depends.\"", "Lawson believes West needed to be punished for hitting Hill and using racial epithets.", "\"I wanted him convicted of something,\" she said." ]	[ "The incident occurred at a Cracker Barrel in suburban Atlanta .", "A woman claims Troy Dale West Jr. used racial epithets against her and struck her .", "West and other eyewitnesses claim the woman spit on him ." ]	[ 5, 15, 18, 23, 31 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Militants in Pakistan's tribal region attacked a truck carrying supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan -- killing the driver and his assistant, officials said Friday.", "Gunmen opened fire and threw petrol bombs, setting the truck and its container on fire, said Muhammad Arshad Khan, a senior government official in Khyber Agency.", "They then fatally shot the occupants of the truck, Khan said.", "The torched truck was part of two-truck convoy headed toward the Torkham border crossing.", "The second truck was not damaged in the incident.", "Pakistan had closed off the crossing after U.S. helicopter strikes across the border killed two Pakistani soldiers.", "But it was reopened Sunday.", "It is the main land route for NATO supplies crossing from Pakistan to Afghanistan.", "Convoys have repeatedly come under militant fire in recent days.", "Since October 1, at least six people have been killed in attacks on supply vehicles -- in addition to the latest casualties.", "The convoys are generally operated by contracted Pakistani firms, using Pakistani trucks and drivers.", "The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for some of the attack, saying they were in retaliation for drone strikes.", "The group said it has set up a special squad to hit U.S. interests in Pakistan, especially NATO supply efforts.", "The latest suspected drone strike came Friday when four alleged militants were killed in North Waziristan, two Pakistani intelligence officials said.", "Two missiles hit a vehicle in the area of Machi Khel in the district -- one of seven in Pakistan's volatile tribal region bordering Afghanistan.", "The intelligence officials asked not to be named because they are not authorized to speak to the media." ]	[ "NEW: Drone strike kills 4 in tribal region .", "Gunmen set the truck on fire, then shoot the occupants .", "Convoys have come under repeated attack in recent days .", "The Pakistani Taliban says it has set up a special unit to attack U.S. interests ." ]	[ 8, 11, 12 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A man \"angered\" by Manchester United's defeat to Barcelona in the final of the Champions League killed four people when he drove a minibus into a crowd celebrating the Spanish side's victory, police in Nigeria have told CNN.", "Barcelona fans celebrate in the city's Las Ramblas thoroughfare early Thursday morning.", "Ten people were also injured in the incident in the town of Ogbo, where the driver was subsequently arrested, a Port Harcourt Police spokesperson said.", "\"He was displaying his anger at his team losing the match.", "The driver had passed the crowd then made a U-turn and ran into them,\" spokesperson Rita Inomey-Abbey said.", "Both Manchester United and Barcelona have a large fan base across the African continent, with millions tuning in to watch European football on a weekly basis.", "Meanwhile, more than 100 people were arrested in Barcelona city center in the early hours of Thursday morning following the Catalan team's 2-0 victory in Rome in the final of Europe's top club competition.", "Police arrested 119 young people after violence flared at a special celebration party in Place de Catalunya near the Las Ramblas thoroughfare, while 238 people suffered minor injuries.", "City officials estimated the damage at up to 100,000 euros ($140,000) as the youths attacked police with bottles and damaged shops, parks and public utilities such as lamp-posts.", "The trouble took some of the gloss off the achievement of Barcelona, who became the first team to win the Champions League, Spanish League and Spanish Cup titles in one season.", "Manager Josep Guardiola led the club to glory in his first season in charge, ending a period of three years without a trophy." ]	[ "Man drives minibus into a crowd celebrating Barcelona's Champions League win .", "The Manchester United supporter was angry after his team's defeat in final .", "Nigerian police confirm that 10 people were also injured in the attack .", "Man was arrested after incident that took place in the town of Ogbo ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A Wisconsin man was recovering Friday after being bit by a 7-year-old Siberian tiger, the local sheriff's office said.", "The tiger, \"Khan,\" grabbed the arm of 38-year-old volunteer John Meeker and pulled the arm into his cage at the Wisconsin Big Cat Rescue and Educational Center in Rock Springs, said Chief Deputy Chip Meister with the Sauk County Sheriff's Office.", "Meeker had been watering the tiger when he was attacked, Meister said.", "He added that other volunteers were able to get him away from the animal and began first aid.", "The man was flown from the scene by an air ambulance service based at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin.", "The south-central Wisconsin incident is under investigation, said Meister." ]	[ "Volunteer John Meeker has been flown from the scene for treatment .", "Meeker had been watering the tiger when he was attacked .", "Other volunteers were able to get Meeker away from the tiger .", "Incident at Wisconsin Big Cat Rescue and Educational Center is under investigation ." ]	[ 1, 2, 3, 5 ]
[ "CNN -- Ajax midfielder Evander Sno has suffered a heart attack whilst playing in a reserve match against Vitesse Arnhem on Monday.", "A statement on the club's website said the 23-year-old Dutch midfielder had to be resuscitated before later being transferred to hospital, where he is expected to stay for two weeks.", "The incident occurred after 60 minutes with Sno, who came on as a half-time substitute, having to be resuscitated three times.", "As a result of the former Celtic player's trauma the match was abandoned and he was treated on the pitch for more than ten minutes before regaining consciousness.", "Sno has played in for Bristol City in England, following earlier spells with NAC Breda and Feyenoord.", "Spain international Antonio Puerta died in 2007 after suffering a heart attack in his club side Sevilla's 4-1 win against Getafe.", "In 2004, Cameroon international Marc-Vivien Foe died after collapsing during an international match in France." ]	[ "Ajax's Evander Sno suffers a heart attack during a reserve match on Monday .", "Sno has to be resuscitated three times following the incident .", "He is now expected to stay in hospital for three weeks ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Pick up a television remote control in your Las Vegas, Nevada, hotel room today and you are guaranteed to find a program to teach you how to play craps, blackjack and roulette as well as be inundated with 30-second messages about who to vote for in the Nov. 2 election.", "Wait, who to vote for? That's correct. The television airwaves in Las Vegas are so saturated with political TV commercials that in the past week alone, these ads took up 180,600 seconds or 3,010 minutes, according to a new analysis of TV ads for CNN by Campaign Media Analysis Group.", "To boil it down into a more recognizable number, more than 50 hours was dedicated to TV commercials on Las Vegas stations in the last seven days, said Evan Tracey, CMAG's president and CNN's consultant on TV advertising.", "An astonishing figure, yes, but when you pause it suddenly makes sense.", "After all, the battle for control of Congress is being waged in this Western state where Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is fighting for his political life and Republicans have a very good shot of defeating a Democratic incumbent in its march to try and retake the House majority.", "Add in the race for governor and other state offices and the airwaves quickly become cluttered with political TV commercials.", "And Tracey noted that seven in 10 commercials currently running on Las Vegas airwaves are negative.", "What is happening in Las Vegas is playing out in cities across the country such as Portland, Oregon; Orlando and Tampa, Florida; Denver, Colorado; Cleveland, Ohio; and Sacramento and Los Angeles, California.", "These are all media markets where more than 5,000 political ads ran on TV stations in the past week.", "\"This is crunch time for politicians as they start to try and reach the all important independent and late deciding voters who will determine the outcomes of close races,\" Tracey said.", "\"Even though most voters are locked in for one candidate there are still a significant percentage of people just tuning in and deciding who to vote for.\"", "But does this saturation help?", "Won't voters turn off and tune out?", "Maybe so, but you still have to have skin in the game.", "\"Even though there is tremendous waste in this on return for investment, it is right now influencing the undecided voters who will decide these close elections,\" Tracey contended.", "\"Politics is still the only business that spends the most amount of money and has the least amount of people to influence.\"", "A snapshot of all television advertising in the past week shows that $40 million was spent on Senate races, while more than $46.6 million was dedicated to House races.", "In the Senate, Republicans spent about $4 million more than Democrats, thanks to ads run by outside interest groups.", "Meanwhile, the GOP spent more than $2 million more than Democrats in the battle for the House, also due to spending by outside groups.", "Now, to really give you an even bigger mind-boggling figure: $182 million was spent on television ads for federal, local and state races combined in the past week.", "This was a 17 percent increase from the prior week.", "And if that doesn't surprise you, check this out: Tracey predicts that by year's end -- the final spending figure for all political and issue TV advertising in the 2010 midterm elections will exceed $3 billion.", "Just in time for the start of the 2012 presidential race.", "Remember, the first commercial of the 2008 presidential contest was aired in December 2006 by then-Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-California." ]	[ "Fifty hours dedicated to political TV commercials on Las Vegas stations in last seven days .", "Nationwide $40 million in ads spent on Senate races, $46.6 million spent on House races .", "Analyst predicts all political and issue TV advertising in 2010 will exceed $3 billion ." ]	[ 2, 16 ]
[ "New York (CNN) -- A girl taken to a clinic for a skin rash had to be treated with a drug cocktail to prevent HIV and hepatitis after she was accidentally pricked by contaminated needles on the floor, according to the attorney for the family.", "Hailey Rodriguez, who turned 3 on Monday, is sick from the side effects of the drug cocktail she was given by Montefiore Medical Center after the ordeal, Susan Karten, Maklad's attorney told CNN.", "Nadia Maklad took her daughter to the Montefiore Medical Pavilion in the Bronx on October 7 because Hailey had a minor skin rash.", "Maklad was talking to the doctor in the examination room when she heard her daughter screaming and crying.", "\"I asked her what happened.", "She lifted up her dress, her stomach was bleeding and her hand was bleeding.", "She pointed to a bin: it was a red bio hazard bin on the floor,\" Maklad told CNN.", "\"The top wasn't securely on, the opening where you put the needles was broken, the bin was full of uncapped dirty needles.\"", "Steve Osborne, a spokesman for Montefiore, told CNN, \"We've been consulting with the family regarding the incident, and working with them to see that appropriate care is provided.\"", "\"How this could happen at an institution like Montefiore is beyond me,\" Susan Karten, Maklad's attorney told CNN.", "Rodriguez is at risk for HIV infecton and hepatitis; she is taking the drug cocktail as preventative treatment as it takes six months to find out if she is infected with HIV, Karten explained to CNN." ]	[ "New York girl had to be treated with a drug cocktail to prevent HIV and hepatitis .", "She was accidentally pricked by contaminated needles left on the floor .", "Her mother said top wasn't securely on bio hazard bin full of uncapped dirty needles .", "She'll take drug cocktail for six months before determining whether she's infected ." ]	[ 0, 7 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- A computer hacker responsible for creating and operating a massive scam that infected as many as 12 million computers worldwide has been identified and arrested, authorities said Wednesday.", "The FBI said in a news statement a 23-year-old Slovene known as \"Iserdo\" was arrested last week for his role in a cyber scam that stole passwords from websites and financial institutions.", "Authorities believe the Slovenian citizen is responsible for creating and selling the Mariposa botnet.", "Botnets are a network of computers infected with a malicious kind of robot software which allow remote access, often without the owner's knowledge.", "Police suspect this particular botnet was built with a computer virus known as the \"Butterfly Bot,\" the news statement said.", "It was designed to steal computer users' credit card and bank information, launch a denial of service attacks and spread viruses.", "\"In the last two years, the software used to create the Mariposa botnet was sold to hundreds of other criminals, making it one of the most notorious in the world,\" said FBI Director Robert Mueller.", "\"These cyber intrusions, thefts and frauds undermine the integrity of the Internet and the businesses that rely on it; they also threaten the privacy and pocketbooks of all who use the Internet.\"", "The significant arrest comes about five months after Spanish authorities arrested three suspected Mariposa botnet operators.", "These individuals are being prosecuted in Spain, the FBI said.", "Where \"Iserdo\" is being held was not disclosed." ]	[ "Computer hacker responsible for stealing passwords to financial institutions arrested, says FBI .", "Police identified and arrested a 23-year-old Slovene known as \"Iserdo,\" officials announced Wednesday .", "\"Iserdo\" is suspected of creating and operating a computer scam that infected some 12 million computers .", "This computer software was one of the \"most notorious in the world,\" said FBI Director Robert Mueller ." ]	[ 0, 1, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- An oil pipeline that on September 9 began leaking crude oil just southwest of Chicago, Illinois, was back up and running Friday morning, owner Enbridge Energy Partners LP announced.", "The line, 6A, runs from Superior, Wisconsin, to Griffith, Indiana, and transports 670,000 barrels per day, according to Enbridge.", "The company this summer has had to close three pipelines to investigate and/or make repairs.", "The first and largest was a rupture in line 6B that dumped more than 800,000 gallons into Michigan's Kalamazoo River.", "The company also shut down a pipeline this Monday after oil was detected near a construction site, but the company noted this incident did not appear to be a leak as the investigation stemmed from the discovery of less than a gallon of oil.", "Spills spark spikes in gasoline prices .", "Large or small, pipeline incidents have been grabbing headlines, not to mention the eyes of politicians.", "And since there's about 200,000 miles of liquid pipeline and 300,000 of gas lines, it's an issue than can affect just about every part of the country.", "The recent liquid pipeline failures in combination with the deadly gas pipeline explosion and fire that killed four people in San Bruno, California, helped lead to a Wednesday hearing of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, where politicians voiced concerns over the industry's regulatory standards.", "More questions surround California gas line .", "\"This is a very timely hearing, as we are unfortunately experiencing a high level of pipeline accidents that have caused significant death and destruction,\" said Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Florida, chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.", "\"Our subcommittee ... has found significant problems with reporting and inspections,\" she said.", "Enbridge has taken significant heat over the notion that it waited too long to report the incident.", "\"The spill likely occurred sometime the day before Enbridge reported it to the National Response Center,\" said Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minnesota, chair of the committee.", "He noted that in a hearing prior to the spill in Michigan, Enbridge's vice president of U.S. operations touted his company's ability to detect problems in the pipes.", "Oberstar cited Adam's quote from the previous hearing: \"Our response time from our control center can be almost instantaneous, and our large leaks are typically detected by our control center personnel.\"", "The pipe ruptured 10 days after he made that statement.", "\"Enbridge knew about hundreds of defects in the line,\" Oberstar added, \"and we know that PHMSA [the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration] was made aware of them and failed to do anything to address Enbridge's inaction.", "That is not a culture of safety.\"", "Denise Green, who testified at the hearing, wept as she described how she and her two daughters had been exposed to benzene, a volatile carcinogen, after the spill.", "\"My 12-year-old asks me frequently, 'Am I going to get cancer?'\"", "said Green during her testimony.", "\"The only way I can answer that is 'I don't know.", "The only thing we can do is pray that everything will be OK.'\" Residents near spill urged to evacuate .", "In his prepared testimony, Enbridge President and CEO Patrick Daniel said he was \"deeply concerned\" by the Michigan incident and that \"for Enbridge, no spill is acceptable.\"", "The Detroit Free Press reported this week that the pipe that broke in Michigan had been marked for defects three times in the past five years but that, since those defects were declared to be minor, no repairs were required under current federal regulations.", "So, would more stringent rules make things any better?", "Perhaps, said leading industry analyst Richard Kuprewicz, but he said care should be taken not to enact rules simply as a means of punishment.", "\"We just want to be sure that those improvements are effective.", "We don't just want regulation for the sake of regulation,\" he said.", "Overall Kuprewicz said he feels gas pipelines need the most overhaul, for a combination of reasons.", "Part of it, he said, is because gas can do so much damage when it ignites.", "\"The gas guys have got to really come to the table and start saying, 'We've got an issue here.", "We've got to have more rational regulation.'\"", "Nonetheless, the majority of the hearing this week centered on liquid pipelines, which, Kuprewicz said, can certainly use \"incremental\" changes.", "He said he would see it as \"overkill\" to force companies to repair every problem.", "\"You can't eliminate all anomalies in a pipeline,\" he added.", "\"All pipelines corrode.", "The question is, does the operator have that corrosion under control so the pipeline doesn't go to failure?\"", "Kuprewicz also added that while it may seem like the companies should be able to more quickly identify an issue, it's not always so cut and dry.", "\"I've been in the control room operating this stuff.", "It's hard to find major releases, even ruptures, by pressure loss.", "There's so much information coming into these control rooms, so it isn't as easy as the public thinks it is.\"", "He then added that he is by no means defending Enbridge over its response time in the Michigan spill.", "He concluded by saying the industry has taken a \"quantum leap\" forward over the years but \"it needs to continually progress because obviously we're getting these ruptures and it's not good.\"", "\"Something is not right here.\"", "The Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials is scheduled to hold a hearing on the Department of Transportation's inspection and enforcement of gas and hazardous liquid pipelines .", "-- CNN's Thom Patterson and CNNMoney's Aaron Smith contributed to this report ." ]	[ "Leaking Enbridge oil pipeline near Chicago back up and running, company says .", "Congress holds hearings after recent incidents -- including 800k-gallon Michigan oil spill .", "Hearing witness: \"My 12-year-old asks me frequently, 'am I going to get cancer?'\"", "Enbridge president \"deeply concerned\" by the Michigan incident ." ]	[ 20, 24 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Germany's Martin Kaymer beat Bubba Watson after a three-hole playoff to win the 92nd PGA Championship at Whistling Straits and claim his first major title.", "Dustin Johnson should have joined Kaymer and fellow American Watson in the playoff but was controversially penalized two-shots for an infringement on the final hole in regulation play.", "Johnson initially finished on 11-under 277 but was ruled to have grounded his club in a bunker before playing his second shot to the 18th green and his five became a triple bogey seven, putting him back to nine-under.", "Watson initially made the running in the playoff as he made a birdie at the first extra hole, but Kaymer hit back with a birdie of his own on the next.", "The 18th proved the decider and Watson found the water with his approach to the green and could only make a double bogey.", "Kaymer was also in trouble, but made a two-foot bogey putt to clinch victory after a dramatic final day in Wisconsin.", "\"I hope it is one of many majors I win in my career.", "It's spectacular,\" the 25-year-old told gathered reporters.", "Long recognized as a star of the future, Kaymer becomes the second German after Bernhard Langer to win a golfing major.", "He is also the third first-time major winner this season after U.S. Open winner Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland and British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa.", "Phil Mickelson, who won the first of the season at the U.S. Masters made a last day charge, but his five-under 67 left him in a tie for 12th.", "It means Tiger Woods remains as world number one, but he finished well off the pace after a fine round one-over 73, still searching for the first win of his truncated season.", "Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy and another American Zach Johnson shared third, both having their chances to claim victory, but missing the playoff by one shot.", "Overnight leader Nick Watney lost his three shot lead on the first hole and carded a sorry nine-under 81 to slip into a tie for 17th.", "But it was hard not to feel sorry for Johnson, who had blown a three-shot final round lead at the U.S. Open in search of his first major title.", "A superb birdie two on the short 17th had left him needing a par four on the final hole to emerge on top after a fluctuating final day.", "But his tee shot found a sandy lie in an area trampled by spectators, one of many such areas at Whistling Straits.", "Johnson did not believe it constituted a regular bunker and illegally placed his club face on the ground before making his shot.", "After he finished his round with a bogey five, officials examined television footage of the incident and handed down the penalty.", "\"It never crossed my mind I was in a sandtrap,\" said Johnson.", "\"That was one situation where I should have looked at the rule sheet a little harder.\"", "Whistling Straits, which has the look of a seaside links course, has nearly 1,000 sanded areas and under local rules all of them are designated as bunkers.", "Johnson finished in a tie for fifth with compatriot Jason Dufner and Australian Steve Elkington.", "China's Liang Wen-chong, who set the course record with a 64 on Saturday, shot a final round one-over 73 and finished in a tie for eighth." ]	[ "Germany's Martin Kaymer claims 92nd PGA Championship at Whistling Straits .", "Kaymer beats American Bubba Watson in three-hole playoff in final major of season .", "Dustin Johnson penalized two shots on final hole to miss out on playoff .", "Phil Mickelson finishes tied 12th so Tiger Woods still world number one ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Britney Spears accused a former bodyguard of trying to \"make a name for himself\" by suing her for sexual harassment.", "Fernando Flores, who worked for the pop star earlier this year, filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Wednesday claiming Spears intentionally inflicted emotional distress on him.", "The lawsuit claims Spears made \"repeated unwanted sexual advances\" on Flores, had \"vigorous\" sex in front of him and near her two children and violently argued with her boyfriend.", "A statement posted on Spears' website said the suit was \"another unfortunate situation where someone is trying to take advantage of the Spears family and make a name for himself.\"", "Spears said the California Department of Children and Family Services already investigated the accusations and closed the case without any action.", "\"Ms. Spears and her attorneys have every expectation that this matter will be dismissed by the courts,\" her statement said .", "The filing said the harassment began after Flores was hired as a guard at her Calabasas, California home last February by Advanced Security Concepts Corporation.", "Spears made \"repeated unwanted sexual advances to Plaintiff, summoning Plaintiff to her room at her residence for no other purpose or reason that to expose her naked or near naked body to Plaintiff,\" the suit claimed.", "Flores was \"shocked and disgusted by the incident,\" it said.", "When he reported it to his supervisor, Flores was told \"You know you liked it,\" and his complaints were \"ignored or mocked,\" it said.", "Spears allegedly \"engaged in numerous sex acts in front of Plaintiff, including but not limited to sexual intercourse.\"", "The suit detailed an alleged incident at a California hotel where Flores heard Spears \"loudly having sexual relations while her two children were in the suite with her.\"", "Flores claimed he saw Spears \"having vigorous sexual relations\" when he entered her home on two occasions.", "He also said he witnessed \"violent quarrels with her boyfriend\" while her children present.", "Flores claimed he was \"humiliated and traumatized\" when Spears cursed and threatened to fire him because he was unable to purchase her a frozen \"slurpee\" at a Hollywood movie theater." ]	[ "A former bodyguard says he was \"humiliated and traumatized\" by Spears .", "Flores says his supervisors \"ignored or mocked\" his complaints .", "Spears says state officials have already cleared her on the child accusations ." ]	[ 8, 9, 14 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Five years ago this month, Katrina hit New Orleans.", "What it created is a tale of two cities, the haves vs. the have-nots.", "Enormous progress in the city's Business District overshadows the lingering blight in the 9th Ward and St. Bernard Parish, where folks are still struggling to rebuild and many lots remain empty.", "Unfortunately, Katrina attacked the two poorest states in America, Mississippi and Louisiana.", "It destroyed or disrupted the economic engines of both states: their tourism, shipbuilding, fisheries, port operations industries and petroleum production in the Gulf.", "Katrina left about 1,836 people dead, destroyed about 275,000 homes in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana, and cost the federal government about $114 billion.", "But there is good news. Post-Katrina tax incentives have had a dramatic impact.", "The region has more hotels and restaurants than it had before the hurricane, and its major infrastructure -- sewer, water, public service buildings, police and fire departments, National Guard -- has new or rebuilt buildings.", "Federal money has transformed the schools in New Orleans, reorganizing them into charter schools, which are a far cry from pre-Katrina's dysfunctional schools operating in dilapidated buildings.", "Public health in New Orleans before Katrina meant treatment in run-down, understaffed public hospitals.", "Chief of those was Charity Hospital, known as \"Big Charity,\" the state-run teaching hospital for Louisiana State University Medical School.", "But it is no more. The Veterans Hospital, next to Big Charity, was also destroyed during Katrina.", "Afterward, much discussion revolved around whether to repair or replace Big Charity.", "The Federal Emergency Management Agency insisted on providing only repair money versus money to replace Charity with a hospital that could share a campus with a new Veterans Hospital.", "It took four years to get a FEMA decision on helping to pay for replacing Charity, yet during this period of indecision, the city and state public health systems built community-based clinics.", "This is a 21st-century medical system far superior to pre-Katrina hospital-based public health.", "New Orleans' levee and water control systems have been steadily improved by upgrading pumps with backup generators.", "Gates have been installed at critical canals to help block water from entering the city during storm surges.", "About 325 miles of levees are around the city and surrounding parish, and work on the levees continues.", "But seemingly intractable problems that affect the poorest residents still beset the city.", "Two years ago, during Hurricane Gustav, water was splashing over the levee protecting the 9th Ward, the neighborhood most devastated by Katrina.", "Gustav reminded us the city remains vulnerable to levee failure -- any levee is no match for nature.", "The enduring erosion of the coastline, caused by bad water management all the way from the upper Mississippi River and the coastal canals, erodes the marshes and leaves coastal Louisiana exposed to the full brunt of future hurricanes.", "Public safety and housing remain the most difficult issues.", "Crime is a major problem in the Big Easy, and the police department is under enormous strain.", "Several groups of New Orleans Police Department employees are under federal investigation, accused of abuse of power -- including murder charges.", "Today, in these tough economic times, police officers are being asked to accept a 10 percent pay cut.", "Most officers cannot take their police cars home without paying for that privilege.", "Public safety has a long way to go.", "Also, more bad than good has been said of Louisiana's \"Road Home\" program, designed to help displaced residents get back into their houses.", "The shining star of home rebuilding, instead, is the enormous amount of volunteers who work tirelessly to help poor folks get back into their homes.", "Many middle-class neighborhoods still include blighted houses.", "The only option for the owners, who don't have the cash to rebuild, is to tear them down.", "The 9th and 7th Wards and St. Bernard Parish have the worst problems.", "Many people remain frustrated with the \"Road Home\" program.", "Although some got enough money to rebuild, most complain that the amount of provided by insurance and FEMA falls far short of actual repair costs.", "FEMA used pre-Katrina values to determine repair costs, but the costs of building materials and labor were a lot higher after the hurricane.", "New Orleans also had one of the highest number of renters in the country, at about 37 percent of residents.", "Initially, FEMA did not provide funding to rebuild rented housing.", "The slow economy that followed Katrina put limits on the amount of cash for building affordable housing.", "Most of the city's public housing projects were demolished.", "The city and private companies are building mixed-use public housing, but most of the poor people I speak with are suspicious of the effort.", "The Business District is in better shape than ever, but the legacy of Katrina's destruction lives on in the poorer neighborhoods of the 9th Ward and St. Bernard Parish.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Russel L. Honoré." ]	[ "Russel Honoré: Post-Katrina New Orleans is a tale of two cities, haves vs. have nots .", "Progress in the Business District but lingering blight in poorer neighborhoods, he says .", "Honoré points to new hotels, restaurants, public service buildings, charter schools .", "But crime remains high, many homes still a wreck, little public housing for poor, he says ." ]	[ 1, 8, 9, 31, 38, 42 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- U.S. officials are revising the way they screen air passengers coming to the United States, dropping measures hastily implemented after the Christmas Day bombing attempt and replacing them with a plan to give airlines and other nations \"real-time, threat-based intelligence\" about potential terrorists.", "Under the plan, the Transportation Security Administration would give airlines and other nations information gleaned from intelligence sources about potential terrorists -- information such as partial names, partial passport numbers and travel patterns of suspects.", "The plan retains existing No Fly and selectee lists, as well as the random selection of some passengers for additional screening.", "But the plan scuttles a much-criticized program, implemented in the wake of the December 25 bombing attempt, that subjected virtually all travelers from 14 predominantly Muslim countries to additional screening.", "\"What we have done is changed the way we screen passengers who are coming internationally into the United States,\" said Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.", "\"It is a more intel- or information-based way to screen.", "It's a stronger way to determine whether passengers should go through secondary examination and not just primary examination.\"", "The new security measures are the result of a review President Obama ordered after a Nigerian man allegedly tried to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Detroit, Michigan, on Christmas Day.", "The measures begin Friday but will take a short time to implement fully, a senior administration official said.", "The U.S. intelligence community will determine, based on threat information, which characteristics should be used to select passengers for secondary screening.", "Race could be one distinguishing feature passed along, but \"only when we have reliable intelligence that suggests that someone with that characteristic is a potential terrorist,\" said the administration official.", "The official said the program did not involve racial profiling.", "The air carriers and international countries -- when they are the ones administering screening -- will have responsibility for pulling and screening passengers who meet the criteria.", "The official said there is no concern about providing too much intelligence to too many people.", "Security partners will be given what they need to identify people for additional screening and no more.", "The new security regime requires cooperation from the airlines and other governments, but the official does not anticipate compliance problems.", "\"It is in their interest to ensure the safety of their flights,\" the official said.", "The United States will do inspections, and there will be penalties for not complying.", "The recent case of David Headley showed how \"fragmentary intelligence\" can be used to help stop a potential terrorist, two administration officials said.", "In March, Headley pleaded guilty to helping plan the November 2008 Mumbai, India, terror attacks, and another attack that was never carried out on a Danish newspaper that published controversial cartoons about the prophet Mohammed.", "Based on intelligence, including a partial name and travel information, Customs and Border Protection did additional screening of travelers entering the United States and was able to identify Headley.", "Since the failed Christmas Day attack, Napolitano has participated in aviation summits in Spain, Mexico, Japan and other places to forge agreements and to strengthen ways information can be shared around the aviation community, a senior administration official said.", "Napolitano has suggested the International Civil Aviation Organization, a U.N. agency, set standards that would apply to all international airports, strengthening weak links in the security chain.", "European privacy laws have stymied previous U.S. efforts to gain access to passenger information.", "Full-body scanners improve security, TSA says .", "\"I believe that this is a more effective security strategy,\" said Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee.", "\"Applying a kind of blanket, 'one-size-fits-all' scrutiny to individuals based solely on their country of origin provides only limited additional security and helps terrorists avoid detection by using operatives from other countries to carry out their plots.\"", "Rep. Peter King, R-New York, ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, called the change a \"significant step forward\" but criticized the White House for not briefing Congress before announcing the change.", "\"This is yet another instance of homeland security adviser John Brennan and other White House staff withholding important security information from Congress,\" he said.", "The Sikh Coalition, a religious rights organization, also said it welcomed the change, highlighting the decision to end the \"14 country\" directive.", "\"Because the policy focused solely on national origin and not individual behavior, it effectively made profiling the law of the United States,\" the group said.", "\"Its rescission is a step in the right direction towards ending profiling by the federal government.\"", "CNN's Ed Henry and Jeanne Meserve contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Policy of extra scrutiny for those from 14 mostly Muslim countries dropped .", "New rules to deal with \"real-time, threat-based intelligence,\" Homeland Security chief says .", "Air security measures will replace ones added after failed Christmas Day attack ." ]	[ 0, 3, 14, 24 ]
[ "(CNN) -- More than two-thirds of the passengers survived an airplane crash Monday morning in southeastern Venezuela, government officials said.", "Fifteen people were confirmed dead and 36 survived when the plane, carrying 51 passengers and crew, crashed in the state of Bolivar, Gov.", "Francisco Rangel Gomez said.", "Many of the survivors were taken to hospitals in the city of Guayana, he said.", "At least two of the victims died at the hospital, said Yanitza Rodriguez, director of the Hospital Uyapar.", "Rangel Gomez declared three days of mourning but called it a \"miracle\" that so many people survived.", "The survivors \"are with some problems, but they are alive, thank God,\" he said.", "Authorities had identified all but six of the deceased.", "A names of the victims would be withheld until they are all identified, Rangel Gomez said.", "The aircraft belongs to the government-owned Conviasa airline.", "Aerial photographs showed that the plane crashed in an industrial storage yard.", "Best Western hotel clerk Ivan Maradey said he saw the plane tumble into some power lines before hitting the ground and exploding.", "The aircraft was an ATR42, a twin-turboprop, short-haul airplane built in France and Italy, Rangel Gomez said.", "Conviasa Flight 2350 was en route from Isla Margarita to Guayana when it crashed, the governor said.", "The cause of the crash had not been determined and remained under investigation, Rangel Gomez said.", "He identified the pilot as Ramiro Cardenas.", "The officials made their comments on the CNN-affiliated Globovision TV station.", "Federal investigators arrived at the scene Monday afternoon to begin examining the crash site, the state-run AVN news agency reported." ]	[ "Fifteen people confirmed dead, governor says .", "The aircraft belongs to the government-owned Conviasa airline .", "The plane crashed in southeastern Venezuela ." ]	[ 1, 9 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- The government will provide $680 million in compensation to settle a class-action lawsuit by Native American farmers against the U.S. Department of Agriculture, according to a proposed agreement announced Tuesday.", "Under the agreement, which requires federal court approval, Native Americans can file claims for discrimination involving farm loans that occurred in the period from 1981-1999, said statements by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Attorney General Eric Holder.", "\"Today's settlement can never undo wrongs that Native Americans may have experienced in past decades, but combined with the actions we at USDA are taking to address such wrongs, the settlement will provide some measure of relief to those alleging discrimination,\" Vilsack said in his statement.", "The $680 million will compensate eligible members of the class-action suits with valid claims, the statements said.", "The agreement has two payment tracks -- one provides $50,000 to those who provide substantial evidence of discrimination to an impartial adjudicator, and the other pays up to $250,000 to those who can show economic losses caused by discrimination.", "\"Actual monetary awards are subject to reduction based on the amount of available funding and the number of meritorious claims,\" the statements said.", "The settlement also includes $80 million for debt relief, as well as other assistance for Native American farmers.", "In a White House statement, President Barack Obama called the agreement \"an important step forward in remedying USDA's unfortunate civil rights history.\"", "The lawsuit alleged discrimination against Native Americans regarding their access to and participation in the Agriculture Department's farm loan programs, according to the statement.", "\"This settlement marks a major turning point in the important relationship between Native Americans, our nation's first farmers and ranchers, and the USDA,\" said a statement by Joseph M. Sellers, the lead plaintiffs' attorney.", "\"After three decades, Native American farmers and ranchers will receive the justice they deserve, and the USDA has committed to improving the farm loan system in ways that will aid Native Americans for generations to come.\"", "George and Marilyn Keepseagle, whose name is on the lawsuit against the government, said they were unfairly denied operating loans and had to sell portions of their sprawling farm on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota.", "\"This is a great day for us, not only for us but our people,\" Marilyn Keepseagle said.", "\"It's been a long time brewing and finally today it came to a positive end.", "And I'm happy about that.\" She said she wants to use some of the money to pay off bills and to make much needed repairs to their home of 40 years.", "Claryca Mandan of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, who is a member of the lawsuit, said she was unfairly denied farms loans in the past.", "Mandan and her husband still reside on land that was allocated by the Dawes General Allotment Act of 1887, which intended to settle Native American tribes and turn them into farmers and ranchers.", "\"It definitely was long, and it definitely was worth it, to voice some measure of justice for our community,\" Mandan said of the settlement.", "\"It's always a rare day and one we rejoice in.", "We are very happy to be put back on equal footing again with the rest of America.\"", "The settlement also calls for future changes to the USDA's farm loan program.", "It will create the Native American Farmer and Rancher Council, a new federal advisory committee, which lawyers said will bring together Native American and USDA officials to discuss the USDA's programs.", "\"I think the leadership in the USDA genuinely wants to see them succeed,\" Sellers said, adding that it will take time to implement the changes.", "\"But we have the mechanism that will begin the process of delivering these services to Native Americans so [with] the next generation of farmers, the USDA will be a better partner than it has in the past.\"", "He praised the leadership of Marilyn Keepseagle and Claryca Mandan and others, saying their perseverance showed such a case could succeed.", "\"This illustrates the power of the individuals,\" Sellers said, adding they had \"pursued this with great courage and determination, and it's a great tribute to them and others like them who may want to take on a mission like this.\"", "The agreement follows a similar settlement in February on behalf of African-American farmers against the USDA, known as Pigford II.", "However, that settlement depends on congressional appropriation of the necessary funds, which hasn't happened.", "Obama's statement called on Congress to authorize the more than $1 billion in funding for the Pigford settlement.", "Payment to the Native American farmers will come from the Judgment Fund maintained by the Department of Justice.", "The fund was established to provide monetary awards for court judgments and settlements against the government, and therefore needs no separate congressional authorization for the Native American farmers settlement.", "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." ]	[ "Plaintiffs say the long wait was worth it .", "No congressional authorization required to pay settlement .", "The agreement includes $680 million in compensation for discrimination .", "The U.S. Department of Agriculture was sued in the class-action lawsuit ." ]	[ 0, 17 ]
[ "London, England (CNN) -- The 48th season of the Bundesliga will commence this week with champions Bayern Munich looking to defend their title against Steve McClaren's Wolfsburg.", "So what's new? After Die Mannschaft's exhilarating performances at the World Cup, the profile of German football is higher than ever before.", "Star performers in South Africa, Werder Bremen's Mesut Ozil and Stuttgart's Sami Khedira may have been snapped up by Real Madrid but with the likes of Thomas Muller and Arjen Robben still at Bayern Munich and Spain legend Raul signing for Schalke, the race for the Bundesliga title could be the closest yet.", "Bayern Munich may have won all the baubles last term but their championship defense will be far from straightforward.", "The likes of Schalke, Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen, Hamburg and Bayer Leverkusen all stand a chance of snatching the crown from Bayern -- a club nicknamed 'FC Hollywood' because of its reputation for big-name stars and high-octane drama.", "Ballack and Ozil: Will recent fortunes be reversed?", "Surprisingly, however, the team that has made the transfer headlines this summer hasn't been the Bavarians but Schalke.", "Under the management of Felix Magath, the club secured the signature of Spain's record top scorer Raul as well as the injury-plagued but highly talented center-back Christoph Metzelder -- both from the Bernabeu.", "Magath isn't the only manager who's signed some 'new' old talent.", "Veteran German captain Michael Ballack has been lured from Chelsea to his alma mater Bayer Leverkusen by boss Jupp Heynckes.", "At the other end of the table, Kaiserslautern return to the Bundesliga for the first time in four years and eccentric outfit St Pauli are back in the top flight for the first time in eight.", "They replace Vfl Bochum and HSC Hertha and will be expected to battle for survival against Nurnberg, Koln, Hannnover and Mainz.", "Key players: All eyes will be on new boy Raul as he looks to make an impression on the Bundesliga.", "Initial signs look promising for the former Madrid captain as he scored a brace on his debut against Bayern in a 3-1 victory in the LIGA total!", "Cup final. Raul and Metzelder's arrival at Schalke combined with the return of Jermaine Jones from long-term injury could help Felix Magath close the gap (just five points last term) on title favourites Bayern.", "The big news for Bayern is their having retained the services of superstars Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery.", "Add to that the blossoming of World Cup golden boot winner Thomas Muller and the maturing Bastian Schweinsteiger means the champions will certainly prove a tough test.", "The challenge for Louis Van Gaal however will be to keep his stars fit.", "Although Ribery -- who suffered a nightmare last season because of recurring injuries -- looks set to be ready for the opening game, Robben has been ruled out of action for up to eight weeks with a torn muscle.", "Key clubs: Despite the dominance of Bayern Munich, three clubs have won the title in the last four years -- making the Bundesliga one of the most competitive in Europe.", "This season, Van Gaal's side will be considered favourites but Felix Magath, who won the championship twice with Bayern and once with Wolfsburg, will be looking to repeat that feat as Schalke coach.", "One outside bet for the title is Wolfsburg under new manager Steve McClaren.", "The former England boss had left the Three Lions under a cloud -- albeit beneath a nice big umbrella -- when they failed to qualify for Euro2008 but subsequent success with Dutch side FC Twente has seen his stock rise once again.", "If McClaren, the first Englishman to manage in the Bundesliga, can successfully retain his Bosnians: striker Edin Dzeko and midfielder Zvjezdan Misimovic, then the Wolves could mount a serious challenge this season.", "Expert view: CNN's Kate Giles - \"It always feels like a mistake to bet against Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga... and it might be more based on hope than conviction... but I think that in 2010 Bayern might just have to settle for second.", "\"I can't deny Bayern do have the best squad in all of the German league, plus a very experienced and capable coach in Louis Van Gaal.", "And yes, this is his second season in charge, so they probably won't have the same rocky start to this campaign as they did the last.", "They also go into the new season as reigning league and cup champions.", "\"So they're pretty much a safe bet.", "It's the Bundesliga. Bayern are always a safe bet.", "But -- and here's something I never thought I'd say -- I think Schalke have what it takes to beat them.", "\"They're a new force under Felix Magath.", "The coach proved how far he can take a pretty average side when he took Wolfsburg to the title in 2009.", "In his first season at Schalke he took them to second place.", "\"This season, he's brought in some much-needed experience to the side, not to mention goal-scoring prowess in the form of Raul.", "I admit there are big question marks.", "How quickly will Raul adapt?", "And will Schalke manage the added burden of the Champions League?", "However, I think they will have the heart to triumph over perennial champions Bayern, who might have misplaced confidence after last season's trophy haul.", "\"I can't say I have much confidence that any of the other sides can mount a challenge but there's a few worth keeping an eye on.", "I'm hoping to be impressed by Steve McLaren at Wolfsburg -- after the club managed to hold on to Grafite and Edin Dzeko.", "\"And Hamburg, Leverkusen and Stuttgart should be battling for the Champions League -- but they'll probably have to settle for a tier lower.", "Whilst Bremen saw their chances of challenging walk out the door with Mesut Ozil's exit to Real Madrid.\"" ]	[ "Arjen Robben injury could hinder Bayern Munich's defence of Bundesliga.", "Real Madrid captain Raul signs for challengers Schalke.", "Wolfsburg new boss Steve McClaren is league's first English manager." ]	[ 2, 21 ]
[ "(CNN) -- CNN senior international correspondent Nic Robertson analyzes the fallout from the publication of tens of thousands of U.S. military and diplomatic reports about Afghanistan by whistleblower website WikiLeaks.", "Q: What do these documents tell us about the war in Afghanistan?", "A: It's more detail than we've ever seen before about the war.", "The newspapers -- the New York Times, the Guardian in the UK and others -- have had access to the documents for several weeks and have had the chance to do the most digging.", "What they've been able to do -- and this is just the tip of the iceberg because nobody has had time top go through all 92,000 of them -- is to make a comparison with some of these individual documents and then the information and reporting that came out in the subsequent days after those documents were filed.", "What they're able to show is that there is sometimes a discrepancy, or there is sometimes some very revealing information.", "So it's in those small details that you really see how the war is being played out.", "That's what WikiLeaks boss Julian Assange wants to do.", "He wants to put that out in the public domain.", "Q: So what have we learned that we didn't know before?", "A: I think what we're hearing here is what a lot of people have suspected about many situations.", "For instance, this allegation that the Pakistani intelligence service -- the Inter-Services Intelligence -- has been supporting the Taliban fighting U.S. troops in Afghanistan.", "We've known for a long time that Pakistan sees huge importance in having a government that supports it in Afghanistan.", "They fear India on the other side of the border and therefore they want a friendly government on the other side of the country.", "These are things that have been discussed before and that's the tone of what you are seeing.", "These are things that have been suspected; now you have some factual evidence about them.", "Q: Just how sensitive is this information?", "A: All of these documents that we're seeing at the moment are, at their most sensitive, \"secret,\" as opposed to \"top secret.\"", "Some of them do say \"not for foreign eyes,\" so perhaps there is an indication there that they're not for coalition partners inside Afghanistan.", "So they're clearly very sensitive, but not at the most senior level.", "Q: How damaging are these documents to the U.S.-led war effort in Afghanistan?", "A: They're absolutely damaging, the military says, because it puts troops in harm's way, it gives away factual details about how troops operate; for instance, the fact U.S. troops know heat-seeking surface-to-air missiles are being used against them is something they didn't want to put in the Taliban's domain.", "They say the Taliban will use this against U.S. troops, they will look at all the analysis and they will use that to their advantage in the field; they will use these details of civilian casualties in their own propaganda.", "Of course, the people who are putting this out are saying: \"Look, if you're going to fight a war everyone really needs to know the details of what is happening.\"", "We are learning here details of things that we haven't found out and wouldn't have been able to find out on the ground.", "It is revealing information and it is only when you can go through all of these documents that you can really fit it all together into a bigger analysis and really frame it, rather than just seeing this snapshot that we're getting so far." ]	[ "Documents reveal unprecedented wealth of detail about Afghan war .", "Analysis suggests discrepancies between documents, reporting at the time .", "Documents suggest Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence backs Taliban .", "U.S. military leaders say documents could put troops at risk ." ]	[ 2, 11, 22 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Mexico celebrates its bicentennial Wednesday, an event known as \"El Grito,\" the shout for independence first credited to a Catholic priest who demanded freedom from Spain.", "For many Mexicans today, though, it's a quiet shout of despair.", "The country is mired in a bloody drug war that has seen more than 28,000 people killed in less than four years.", "The economy has barely begun to rebound from the global downturn, which hit Mexico harder than most Latin American countries.", "Tourism, a major lifeblood for the nation, is drastically down because of the violence and a flu pandemic last year that began in Mexico.", "And oil revenues, long a rich sustenance for the nation's economy, also have suffered a major collapse.", "Despite government efforts to hold a vast celebration that one leading newspaper called part Disney and part infomercial, many Mexicans are just not feeling it.", "\"The climate in which we're living in this country does not lend itself to a real celebration,\" said Adrian Jesus Garrido Gomez, who owns a car rental company and chauffeur service in Villahermosa, the capital of southeastern Mexico's Tabasco state.", "Garrido sounds leery of the nearly $232 million (about 2.97 billion pesos) the government says it has spent on celebrations in Mexico City.", "The lavish events Wednesday night will feature a parade, fireworks and a show that has merited visits by five Latin American presidents and dignitaries from 50 nations.", "\"They are grabbing it as an effort to make us forget everything that is happening in the country,\" Garrido said.", "\"It's more of a distraction.\" That distraction does not seem to be working.", "\"Mexico is downbeat,\" said Peter Hakim, president emeritus of the Inter-American Dialogue, a non-partisan policy institute in Washington.", "\"People are nervous about the future.\"", "Andrew Selee, director of the Woodrow Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, sees Mexico at a crossroads.", "\"It's a time of soul-searching,\" he said Wednesday.", "It's also a time of anxiety for authorities, who want to make sure the festivities go off without any major incidents or violence from the nation's organized crime groups.", "A bombing at a Grito celebration two years ago in Michoacan state left eight dead and more than 100 wounded.", "More recently, narcotrafficking cartels have taken to setting off car bombs, an unprecedented event in the nation's drug wars.", "Authorities have dispatched more than 14,000 police and troops to the streets of Mexico City to guard the peace.", "More than 2 million people are expected to throng the streets of the central city to watch the parade.", "Mexico formally recognizes its independence day each September 16 -- Thursday -- but the major celebration traditionally begins the night before.", "Close to midnight, President Felipe Calderon will make the symbolic shout \"Viva Mexico\" in the city's Plaza de la Constitucion, better known as the Zocalo.", "It is one of the largest plazas in the world.", "The shout pays tribute to a priest who called for sparked Mexico's struggle for independence from Spain on Sept. 16, 1810.", "Other cities have canceled celebrations.", "Juarez, the most violent city in the country, is one of them.", "Celebrations also were canceled in Tabasco state.", "That's probably a good thing, Garrido said.", "\"You can't openly go out and celebrate,\" he said.", "Besides the security concerns, there's another reason Garrido does not feel like celebrating -- the economy.", "Rain and recent storms have washed over much of Villahermosa, damaging the tourist trade upon which the father of two young boys relies for his chauffeur and car rental business.", "\"The little that I make goes to pay bills,\" he said.", "Gone this year, he said, is the usual trip over the holiday to visit his wife's parents in nearby Veracruz.", "\"We're going to have to do it in a more simple way,\" he said.", "Despite the problems and the worries, Selee says Mexicans will rally around the flag this week.", "\"By tonight, people will celebrate,\" he said Wednesday morning.", "\"When people around the country shout, 'Viva Mexico,' they will come together with pride about Mexico.\"", "But how long will that last? \"People will put aside their differences for 24 to 48 hours,\" Selee said.", "Some might say it's not much of a reprieve for a country celebrating 200 years since it first tried to gain independence." ]	[ "The 200-year anniversary comes amid drug-war deaths and a slumping economy .", "Some residents see lavish celebrations as an attempt to try to distract the population .", "Analysts see Mexico as \"downbeat\" and \"nervous\"" ]	[ 4, 13, 19, 25 ]
[ "(CNN) -- FIFA have announced the seedings for Friday's 2010 World Cup finals draw in a statement on their official web site.", "Hosts South Africa take their place in Pot One with the seven top placed sides in the world rankings as of October, these being Brazil, Spain, Holland, current holders Italy, Germany, Argentina and England.", "A new formula to decide the seedings has been implemented for the first time which sees teams selected on rankings places alone, rather than basing the decisions on rankings and previous tournament performances.", "Under the previous formula France, who qualified in controversial fashion with a playoff victory over the Republic of Ireland, would have been seeded instead of Holland.", "Had November's rankings been used France could have been seeded instead of England, FIFA's general secretary Jerome Valcke told the British Press Association this would have been unfair.", "\"We made the decision last month that the October rankings would be used because they were fairer,\" said Valcke.", "\"Countries who had been involved in the play-offs would have had an unfair advantages because they would have played more games and that affects their rankings.\"", "Portugal, semi-finalists in 2006, join France and the other European qualifiers in Pot Four.", "As always geographical criteria is taken into consideration with the draw, meaning each group will contain a maximum of two European teams but no two teams from the remaining confederations can be drawn together.", "Pots for Friday's World Cup draw: .", "Pot One (Seeds): South Africa, Brazil, Spain, Holland, Italy, Germany, Argentina, England.", "Pot Two (Asia, Oceania and North/Central America): Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Mexico, Honduras.", "Pot 3 (Africa and South America): Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria, Algeria, Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay.", "Pot 4 (Europe): France, Portugal, Slovenia, Switzerland, Greece, Serbia, Denmark, Slovakia." ]	[ "FIFA announce seedings for Friday's 2010 World Cup draw .", "Hosts South Africa are in Pot One with current holders Italy .", "France miss out on the seedings, based on October world rankings ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "Manila, Philippines (CNN) -- As the bodies of eight tourists killed in a bus hijacking in the Philippines arrived in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, the Hong Kong government urged citizens not to take their grief and anger out on Filipinos despite \"the poor way\" the hijacking was handled by authorities.", "The Cathay Pacific flight, which also carried eight survivors and 19 relatives as well as dozens of officials, was greeted by a large crowd on its arrival at Hong Kong International Airport.", "In a somber ceremony, bagpipers played \"Amazing Grace\" as coffins were carried from the plane and wreaths laid upon them.", "Several people were helped down a flight of stairs from the plane; one man's hand and arm were bandaged.", "Chief Secretary Henry Tang received the arrivals and then told reporters his government would urge its Philippine counterpart to conduct an \"comprehensive, thorough, and impartial\" investigation.", "\"The truth is the best consolation for the victims and their families,\" he said.", "He added that Hong Kong is prepared to aid the Philippine authorities during the investigation.", "\"In order to facilitate a fair and thorough understanding of the incident, we believe it is imperative that the investigation report should at least cover a detailed account of the whole incident; and a detailed account of the causes of death and injuries,\" he said.", "Two of three remaining hospitalized victims had been expected to be released from Philippine hospitals in time for the flight, but it was not known if they were on the plane that landed in Hong Kong.", "A third, more seriously injured tourist, remained in an intensive care unit in the Philippines.", "Hong Kong's Chief Executive, Donald Tsang, was to lead a ceremony to raise the flag and lower it to half-staff on Thursday, and a three-minute period of silence was scheduled for 8 a.m., according to the Hong Kong government.", "Citizens were urged to join the ceremony or pay tribute in other ways during that time.", "Meanwhile, residents in the Philippines observed a national day of mourning Wednesday in the aftermath of this week's bus hijacking in Manila.", "Hong Kong's Equal Opportunities Commission said in a statement it \"understands the strong feelings of Hong Kong people on the poor way that the crisis had been handled by the Philippine authorities.\"", "\"The EOC urges all members of the community to stay calm and, in line with our good tradition of tolerance and understanding, refrain from shifting our anger towards an innocent group, particularly the Filipinos who are living and traveling in Hong Kong,\" the statement said.", "\"The people of Hong Kong have every reason to take pride in the racial harmony of this city, and we should guard against any action that may cause racial hatred or discord.\"", "Former police officer Rolando Mendoza, who was apparently upset about having lost his job, took hostage a busload of tourists from Hong Kong on Monday.", "Witnesses said Mendoza was initially willing to cooperate, but he was shot dead by police after authorities say he became violent and started shooting hostages.", "Rodolfo Matibay, district director of Manila police, took responsibility for how the incident was handled, saying he ordered the police assault on the bus, according to Gen. Leocaldo Santiago, regional director of Manila police.", "He has been placed on administrative leave while the case is being investigated.", "Four men and four women were killed in the standoff.", "One passenger was critically wounded and six others were hospitalized with less serious injuries.", "The gunman had previously released nine of the hostages, including a mother and her three children, a man with diabetes and two photographers.", "The bus driver escaped.", "Santiago said police killed none of the hostages, though a ballistics investigation has yet to be completed.", "Philippine President Benigno Aquino ordered all flags at public institutions in the Philippines, its embassies and consulates around the world lowered to half-staff.", "In Hong Kong, flags also were lowered and traders at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange paused in silence.", "The Chinese territory, meanwhile, issued a black travel alert for the Philippines, advising residents to avoid all travel there.", "The government's Home Affairs Department has set up 18 condolence points around Hong Kong to allow people to mourn the victims and offer messages of sympathy.", "Tsang made an appearance at one of them on Tuesday to observe a minute of silence.", "A Facebook page also honors the victims.", "At the Hong Kong Management Association David Li Kwok Po College, students and faculty remembered Jessie Leung, 14, who was killed along with her father and sister.", "Her brother remains in critical condition; her mother also survived the incident.", "\"Jessie was a helpful girl -- cheerful, lovely, a good academic,\" said Catherine Chan, the school's development manager.", "\"We hope her brother will recover soon.\"", "In Manila, a makeshift shrine was erected in front of the bus, with flowers left for the victims.", "The deadly standoff unfolded live on television, which the gunman was able to watch on a monitor on the bus.", "Santiago blamed the live broadcasts for contributing to the violence as the standoff quickly deteriorated while police surrounded the vehicle.", "\"We do not want to pass sweeping judgment or make early conclusions except to say that our intention to peacefully end this hostage drama was spoiled when the hostage-taker suddenly exhibited violent behavior and began shooting the hostages,\" Philippine National Police Chief Director Gen. Jesus A. Verzosa said Tuesday in a statement.", "National police said officials noted \"some observations and defects during their close monitoring of the unfolding events.\"", "The statement did not provide details.", "However, it listed poor handling of the hostage negotiations; inadequate capability, skills, equipment and planning of the assault team; improper crowd control; inadequate training and competence of the assault team leader; and noncompliance to media relations procedures in hostage situations.", "\"The investigation has got to find out, what was the turning point?", "What happened?\" said Richard Gordon, chairman of the Philippine National Red Cross.", "Gordon said survivors said the situation inside the bus changed dramatically toward the end of the 10-hour standoff.", "\"Apparently the man went berserk.", "He was telling everybody he was not going to harm [them]. ...", "He said that nobody's going to get harmed.", "He said that he was probably going to die, but not the hostages,\" he said.", "Santiago said that Mendoza's family members spoke with him early in the standoff and that he appeared \"very reasonable and very psychologically stable.\"", "Mendoza was a decorated police officer, winning several accolades.", "But his career spiraled downward when he was dismissed a year ago for extortion, Manila Vice Mayor Ikso Moreno said, and he wanted his motion for reconsideration to be heard.", "Moreno said that Mendoza's brother was arrested during the standoff because he was \"guilty of conspiring with his brother\" and allegedly helped instigate the shooting.", "Gordon said the brother's arrest may have pushed the gunman over the edge.", "\"When he saw his brother getting accosted by the policemen, he went berserk and he started firing,\" he said.", "CNN's Anna Coren and Elizabeth Yuan contributed to this report ." ]	[ "Hong Kong government urges restraint in aftermath of hijacking .", "Bodies, remaining tour group members arrive in Hong Kong .", "Condolence points have been set up around Hong Kong .", "A police official says he ordered the assault ." ]	[ 0, 28 ]
[ "(Mashable) -- Sony has announced that it will drop the price of the PSP Go portable gaming system from $249 to $199 just in time for the holiday rush.", "The price cut is already effective -- just check out any online retailer like Gamestop or Amazon and you'll see the device selling at its new price point.", "It's a welcome change, and it makes the device more competitive with the Nintendo DSi ($149) and the iPod touch ($229 -- $399).", "Given the capabilities of the device, $199 seems like the perfect price point.", "The PSP targets the core gamer market, which is willing to pay a little bit more for impressive graphics than it would get on the DSi.", "Still, neither device is as dynamic as the iPod touch.", "Sony boasts that the PSP has moved 61 million units since it debuted in 2004, but the various DS models have sold more than 140 million units in roughly the same time period.", "The iPod Touch has sold at least 45 million since its 2007 launch -- and that's not counting iPhones, which play the same games.", "© 2010 MASHABLE.com.", "All rights reserved." ]	[ "Price of the PSP Go drops from $249 to $199 in time for the holiday rush .", "Price cut is already effective online at GameStop and Amazon .", "Change makes device more competitive with the Nintendo DSi and the iPod Touch ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- At least one tornado ripped through northeast Texas Sunday evening, destroying homes, turning over vehicles and knocking train cars off tracks, local authorities said.", "A tornado struck Rice Texas at 5:30 p.m., Navarro County Chief Deputy Mike Cox said.", "The twister destroyed three homes, damaged at least two more, turned over an 18-wheeler truck onto a passenger car and knocked cars from a freight train off their tracks, he said.", "It also caused extensive damage to Rice Elementary School.", "Four people were transported to the hospital with minor injuries, Cox said.", "In addition to \"significant damage\" from a tornado moving through Navarro County, witnesses have also spotted possible tornados in other parts of northeast Texas, the National Weather Service said.", "Betty Montgomery of the Lone Oak Fire Department said callers had reported a debris cloud and structural damage to homes, but authorities had not confirmed whether a tornado had touched down.", "At least one home in Lone Oak was destroyed, Red Cross spokeswoman Anita Foster said.", "Joey Romero, 24, said he and his girlfriend rode out the storm in the freezer of a Sonic restaurant at a service station in Rice.", "They were driving from Dallas to Houston when it started to hail, he said.", "\"We pulled over under some covering.", "Hail the size of golf balls started falling.", "Then, we saw hail the size of baseballs,\" he said.", "Someone screamed when they saw the tornado forming behind Sonic, he said.", "The wind roared and the station lost power.", "\"The first few seconds it was all sort of surreal.", "I couldn't really believe it was happening...We all walked back in the freezer.", "It was cold in there and there wasn't light and people were starting to cry,\" he said.", "The hail shattered car windows, Romero said.", "The second-year medical student at University of Texas, Houston, said he helped treat injuries.", "A police officer told him a truck and a car had flipped over on the highway.", "After several hours inside Sonic, Romero was on the road back to Houston late Sunday.", "\"Even now, we can see the storm off to the east of us.", "The sky is pitch black,\" he said.", "CNN's Jacqui Jeras, Catherine E. Shoichet and Jessica Jordan contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: A tornado destroys homes and knocks train cars off their track .", "\"Significant damage\" is reported in Navarro County, Texas .", "A witness says he saw a funnel form and rode out the storm in a restaurant freezer .", "The National Weather Service says a high school was hit ." ]	[ 2, 5, 8 ]
[ "Hong Kong, China (CNN) -- Typhoon Megi cut a deadly path into Asia on Friday, triggering mudslides that killed seven people and trapped more than 400 others in automobiles in Taiwan, officials said.", "At least 23 people, including 19 passengers on a tour bus, remained missing Friday night, Taiwan's official Central News Agency reported.", "Rescuers were searching for the missing and providing food to other stranded tourists trapped in the mountainous region of northeastern Taiwan.", "Helicopters were able to evacuate about 70 people, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported.", "The driver and a passenger of a second tour bus were also listed as missing Friday after their vehicle was buried by a landslide, CNA reported.", "Soldiers were deployed to rescue those trapped, including about 200 visitors from China, said Cai Min, a spokesman for Taiwan's National Disaster Prevention and Protection Commission.", "More than two dozen travelers had been rescued by late afternoon Friday, officials said.", "The rock slides happened mainly along the Suhua Highway, in northeast Taiwan, Cai said.", "Megi, which killed at least 11 people in the Philippines, is expected to reach the Asian continent in southern China early Saturday, according to the Hong Kong Observatory.", "On the streets of Hong Kong, there were no signs of the typhoon yet.", "\"Although it is difficult to predict Megi's exact track, the public should stay alert and attend to their personal safety.", "They should stay away from the shoreline, avoid unnecessary outdoor activities and ensure drains are not blocked,\" acting Secretary for Security Lai Tung-kwok said.", "As precautions, crews in Hong Kong were deployed to pile sandbags, inspect and trim trees and check drains.", "Temporary shelters were being opened, and myriad boats were moored.", "Megi may be the strongest typhoon to hit China this year, the state-run Xinhua news agency has said.", "In southern China, strong gales arrived ahead of Megi.", "Domestic and international flights have been cancelled, and ferry services have been suspended in Guangdong, Fujian and Hainan, state-run China Daily said.", "In Guangdong, crews have fanned out to inspect reservoirs, dikes and water-conservation projects, in an effort to prevent storm-related injuries and deaths.", "Nearly 130,000 fishing boats have been recalled in Fujian, Guangdong and Hainan provinces, and more than 150,000 people have fled for safety in Fujian, according to Xinhua.", "Officials have issued the highest of four warnings, bracing for possible devastation in coastal areas, Xinhua said.", "The warning allows local officials six hours to evacuate residents, close schools and airports, and recall vessels that are considered at risk.", "On Thursday in the Philippines, lawmakers placed the province of Pangasinan under a state of emergency, to help municipalities recover from Megi, which was known in the Philippines as Typhoon Juan.", "The typhoon affected an estimated 258,844 Filipinos, leaving thousands homeless.", "CNN's Helena Hong contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: At least 23 people are missing, including 19 on a tour bus .", "NEW: Helicopters are able to evacuate 70 stranded tourists .", "Megi is advancing on southern China after deadly triggering mudslides in Taiwan ." ]	[ 0, 1, 3 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Attention, please!", "Did you know that you should not talk about \"fat\" this week.", "That includes phrases like: • Does this make my butt look big?", "• I look so bloated.", "• I'm still trying to lose weight after the baby.", "• You look big-boned in that swimsuit.", "This idea that \"friends don't let friends fat talk\" is part of the Fat Talk Free Week international campaign which encourages women to end fat talk.", "\"I believe all women deserve to feel good about themselves.", "We need to prevent negative body images and get away from this obsession over the thin ideal.", "We should focus on our health instead of our size and weight,\" says Stacy Nadeau, a former model for Dove soap's Campaign for Real Beauty.", "Nadeau is the official spokeswoman for Fat Talk Free Week.", "The fraternity Tri Delta and The Center for Living, Learning and Leading have teamed up with partners and sponsors to raise public awareness about the campaign.", "Nadeau is traveling to college campuses and promoting the end of fat talk.", "She has been busy this week, writing on the campaign's Facebook page and participating in events like writing fat phrases on pieces of paper, then crumpling them up and tossing them in the air.", "Another activity is compiling a list of prominent women from history who did something significant that had nothing to do with their looks.", "\"I think this week is important for people to be aware of because it has unfortunately become a norm to bash our bodies and talk awful about ourselves.", "This week is a great week to encourage women to stop talking fat talk,\" Nadeau said.", "Since it began three years ago, Fat Talk Free Week has gained sponsors and partners like The Academy for Eating Disorders.", "And as the active participants increase, so has media attention.", "Rosie O'Donnell addressed the issues on Sirius Radio.", "\"For people who have been overweight for a long part of their life, it's part of the vernacular -- you always say, 'I look so fat,' or 'I'm so fat.'", "You berate yourself. It's just part of the culture,\" O'Donnell said.", "Twenty-five million Americans suffer from anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorders, According to Jeff Cannon at the National Eating Disorders Association.", "Ninety percent of those sufferers are women.", "Psychology Professor at Trinity University, Carolyn Becker, helped found the Reflections Body Image Program, through which Fat Talk Free Week runs.", "\"Fat talk causes an incredible amount of misery among women.", "Statistics show that body dissatisfaction leads to eating less fruits, vegetables and even exercise.", "So body dissatisfaction likely also contributes to the problems we have with weight gain,\" Becker said.", "\"It's like a car. Imagine you have one you hate.", "How do you treat it? Terribly. But when you have a car you love how do you treat it?", "Much better.", "When we hate our bodies we treat them badly.", "When we care about them we treat them with respect,\" Becker said.", "The research used to create Fat Talk Free Week is based on the understanding of psychological dissonance.", "\"We don't like it when our beliefs and actions don't match up,\" Becker explained.", "\"So by having people speak and act against this ideal thin female beauty we create an uncomfortable psychological state.\"", "This is the third year the one-week public awareness program has been in effect and according to Tri Delta's Director of Education Initiatives, Sarah Williamson, the viral videos and social media's expansion has greatly increased knowledge of the campaign.", "One YouTube video from 2008 has been viewed by over 140,000 people.", "The footage reports, \"54 percent of women would rather be hit by a truck than be fat\" and \"If mannequins were women they would be too thin to bear children.\"" ]	[ "Don't use the \"F\" word on final days of \"Fat Talk Free Week\"\nBanned are phrases like, \"Does this make my butt look big\"\nCampaign is aimed at ending negative body images and the thin obsession .", "Professor: If you don't like your body, you're more likely to treat it badly ." ]	[ 2, 6, 8, 33, 34 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Defending champions Chelsea marched five points clear at the top of the English Premier League on Saturday with a 2-0 victory that left Wolverhampton in the relegation zone.", "Carlo Ancelotti's team bounced back from last weekend's goalless draw at Aston Villa to put the onus on title rivals Manchester City, Arsenal and Manchester United.", "Arsenal travel to City on Sunday, while United face a potentially tricky clash with Stoke in the club's first match since England striker Wayne Rooney -- who is sidelined with injury -- made a surprise turnaround and decided to sign a new five-year contract after threatening to leave.", "Chelsea faced a Wolves team who had not won since the opening day of the season, but made hard work of the victory after taking the lead in the 23rd minute.", "Nicolas Anelka helped Yuri Zhirkov -- his fellow goalscorer in the midweek Champions League win over Spartak Moscow -- set up France winger Florent Malouda for the opener.", "The visitors belied their lowly league position and squandered several chances to equalize, coming closest when halftime substitute Stephen Hunt's header was cleared off the line by Michael Essien.", "Hunt was booed when he came on the pitch by the home fans, who have still not forgiven him for the collision that left Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech with a fractured skull four years ago.", "Salomon Kalou replaced Malouda with 18 minutes to play, and the Ivory Coast forward made it 2-0 on 81 when he finished off a series of passes involving him, Essien and Didier Drogba, who returned from injury to lead the attack.", "Tottenham Hotspur moved up to third place with a 1-1 home draw against Everton in Saturday's early kick-off, after Rafael van der Vaart's first-half strike equaled Leighton Baines' goal for the visitors.", "Defender Baines put David Moyes' men ahead at White Hart Lane in the 17th minute with a deftly-struck left-foot free-kick that sailed into the top right-hand corner from the edge of the area, but the advantage proved to be short-lived.", "Spurs, who made three changes to the side who lost 4-3 to Inter Milan in the Champions League in midweek, equalized three minutes later.", "Capitalizing on a defensive mix-up between Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard and Phil Neville from a deep cross, Van der Vaart celebrated his return from European suspension to slot home his fourth of the season on 19 minutes when the ball fell at his feet just yards from the goal line.", "Everton looked to have greater energy as the game progressed though Yakubu, who had managed well as Everton's only forward, was replaced with France striker Louis Saha after sustaining an injury.", "The move prompted Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp to shuffle his pack and introduce the presence of striker Roman Pavlyuchenko in place of speedy winger Aaron Lennon, as both sides gambled for the win.", "Promoted West Brom joined Tottenham on 15 points with a 2-1 victory at home to Fulham, moving up to fourth place ahead of Arsenal and Manchester United.", "Roberto Di Matteo's team, had to come from behind after Scott Carson could only push Zoltan Gera's ninth-minute effort onto the post -- and the ball bounced back off the former England goalkeeper and into the net.", "But Congo midfielder Youssouf Mulumbu leveled eight minutes later after collecting Chris Brunt's throughball and beating keeper Mark Schwarzer.", "Striker Marc-Antoine Fortune made it 2-1 five minutes before halftime with a cool finish after winger Jerome Thomas cut the ball back from the byline.", "Fulham boss Mark Hughes brought on former England striker Andy Johnson for his first appearance since January, but his team could not equalize and have now not won away since the opening day in August.", "Sunderland moved up to seventh place after beating Aston Villa 1-0 to end a run of five successive draws, as Richard Dunne's first-half own-goal proved the difference between the teams.", "The Republic of Ireland defender could only divert French midfielder Steed Malbranque's 25th-minute cross into his own net, and Villa earlier saw winger Stewart Downing hit the post and striker Emile Heskey completely miskicked in front of goal in the second half.", "Sunderland have scored just 11 times in nine league matches -- seven from England striker Darren Bent, two from record signing Asamoah Gyan, and two own-goals.", "Bolton joined Sunderland on 12 points with a 1-1 draw at Wigan, who moved above Fulham into 14th place.", "Wigan took the lead just before the hour mark through Colombia striker Hugo Rodallega, but Sweden forward Johan Elmander leveled in the 66th minute.", "Birmingham moved up to 12th place with a 2-0 win over Blackpool, who also have 10 points along with Everton, Stoke and Wigan.", "Defender Liam Ridgewell scored Birmingham's first home goal since August 21 in the 36th minute, nodding in from close range after Nikola Zigic headed against the crossbar.", "The giant Serbia striker scored his second goal in successive matches 10 minutes after the halftime break when Blackpool could not clear Ridgewell's cross.", "Newcastle won 2-1 at bottom club West Ham in the late match to move above Villa on goal difference, with young striker Andy Carroll netting a 68th-minute winner for his fifth league goal this season.", "West Ham went ahead in the 12th minute through striker Carlton Cole's first of the campaign, but visiting captain Kevin Nolan leveled 10 minutes later." ]	[ "Chelsea beat lowly Wolverhampton 2-0 to move five points clear of Manchester City .", "City host Arsenal on Sunday, when title rivals Manchester United travel to Stoke .", "Tottenham move up to third place with a 1-1 draw at home to mid-table Everton .", "Promoted West Brom climb up to fourth, also on 15 points, after beating Fulham ." ]	[ 8, 14 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The cold has cleared the sunbathing crowds from New Jersey's beaches, yet the freezing temperatures won't keep some surfers out of the water.", "They have grown up with \"ice cream headaches\" -- the painful ache when you eat something cold too fast -- they are the surfers from New Jersey.", "\"I've had times when icicles form in my hair,\" says surfer Andrew Gesler.", "Even the smallest waves will have the hardcore surfer walking over the snow-covered sand to take advantage of the power of the chilly Atlantic Ocean.", "For years, professional surfer and cancer survivor Dean Randazzo has been among those in the frigid waters, wearing a full wet suit, hoodie, gloves and booties.", "\"You just deal with your surroundings,\" says Randazzo, \"if you love something so much you just keep doing it.\"", "Randazzo kept surfing year-round and it paid off in 1990 when he started making a living off the ocean.", "Early in his career at contests around the world, he would often be asked, \"Are there waves in Jersey?\"", "As filmmaker Alex DePhillipo shows in his newly released surfing documentary \"Dark Fall\", not only is the surf good in New Jersey, but there are a lot of good surfers in the state.", "The movie credits Randazzo, a New Jersey native, with proving that East Coast surfers are worthy contenders.", "\"He has absolutely paved the way for any surfer that wants to become a professional from New Jersey,\" says DePhillipo.", "Randazzo now just started his own line of surfboards.", "Gesler -- the narrator of \"Dark Fall\" and a professional surfer -- concurs, \"Randazzo is our big brother, coming from New Jersey you don't have a lot of people that have made the impression that Dean has.\"", "It was the impression of a surfer and a state that took years for Randazzo to change.", "The money to be made in surfing comes from sponsors, appearances and editorial photographs.", "Only a few in the profession make enough money in surf contests to support themselves.", "Randazzo became a professional surfer in 1990, yet he still couldn't find a sponsor to support him.", "A sponsor pays the athletes to use or wear their product and they usually pick up the expenses incurred when traveling to contests.", "Randazzo couldn't find a sponsor to believe in him, no one wanted to get behind a surfer from the Garden State .", "\"I had to win money,\" recalls Randazzo, \"there were places on the tour when I wasn't eating if I didn't win money in that contest, or I didn't have a plane ticket home.\"", "Winning money meant winning contests and in 1996 Randazzo became just one of 44 surfers to qualify for the World Championship Tour.", "\"Somehow I managed to do that with no sponsorship,\" says Randazzo, then dryly adding the word \"barely.\"", "He also managed to put credibility into the New Jersey surf scene.", "\"Dean has paved the way,\" DePhillipo says, \"There's never been a surfer from New Jersey or the Northeast that's made the World Tour.\"", "The success Randazzo has enjoyed is no surprise when you learn a bit more about this Jersey boy.", "Fighting to be respected in the surf scene was nothing compared to the four battles Randazzo fought and won against cancer.", "It was in 2001 when he was first diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph nodes.", "\"Everyone has their hometown hero, but in this case Dean's just like a state hero,\" says DePhillipo, \"he's even motivation for people who aren't from Jersey because of his fights, his battles.\"", "When Randazzo isn't in the water he uses his celebrity status along with the sport he loves to raise money for the Dan Randazzo Cancer Foundation.", "Currently residing in California, Randazzo frequently returns to New Jersey.", "Not forgetting where he came from, the foundation sponsors an annual event called \"Surf for a Cause\" in his hometown of Margate.", "\"It's just one of those events that everybody wants to support even if they're not surfing, they want to support Dean,\" says Stacey Marchel, a Jersey surfer and the owner of Stacey's Surf Camp.", "As the film \"Dark Fall\" points out, it is because of Randazzo that being a surfer from New Jersey is no longer, as he puts it, \"like trying to be a professional snowboarder and growing up in Miami Beach.\"", "Florida doesn't have snow but as captured in this new surf film, New Jersey definitely has waves.", "The state also experiences winter and that freezing season is what separates the surfing fraud from the fanatic.", "But as Randazzo or actually any Jersey surfer will tell you, the passion doesn't waiver with the weather." ]	[ "Dean Randazzo surfed year around off the New Jersey shore until he went pro .", "There were times on pro-tour when he says \"I wasn't eating if I didn't win money\"\nRandazzo also fought and won four battles against cancer .", "Surfing documentary \"Dark Fall\" shows freezing weather doesn't keep surfers off the water ." ]	[ 8, 19, 25, 28 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The stepmother of a missing 10-year-old North Carolina girl joined police as they searched for the girl's body Monday, the same day the girl's father landed behind bars.", "Elisa Baker, who police said last week admitted to writing a fake ransom note a day after the girl's disappearance was reported, was taken by police to a search site near a home she lived in three years ago, according to CNN affiliate WSOC.", "Earlier on Monday, shortly after 3 a.m., Adam Troy Baker was arrested in Catawba County on eight charges, including five counts of submitting worthless checks and three counts of failing to appear in court.", "Police earlier acknowledged that Adam Baker faced bad-check charges, which are unrelated to the disappearance of his daughter, Zahra Clare Baker.", "But they did not initially arrest him, as he had been helping authorities in their search.", "Zahra was reported missing October 9.", "But no one other than a family member has reported seeing her since September 25, when a woman saw her at a furniture store.", "Elisa Baker was arrested on October 10, initially on several charged unrelated charges, including writing worthless checks.", "Last week, she was additionally charged with obstruction of justice -- a felony -- after leaving the ransom note at the family's home.", "Authorities on Friday ended an unsuccessful search at a North Carolina landfill for a mattress connected to Zahra's disappearance, said police in Hickory.", "The adolescent's disappearance is being investigated as a homicide, police said.", "Local, state and federal authorities, along with cadaver dogs, are continuing to search Caldwell County and thereabouts for signs of Zahra.", "Zahra's father, Adam Troy Baker, was at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport picking up a family member Sunday before he voluntarily went to the police department in Hickory, about 60 miles northwest of Charlotte, to talk to authorities.", "At the request of Adam Baker -- an Australian citizen -- the closest Australian consulate, in Atlanta, Georgia, was notified of his arrest.", "The disappearance of Zahra, a freckle-faced youngster who wears a prosthetic leg and hearing aids, has made international news.", "The girl lost her leg to bone cancer, according to CNN affiliate WCNC-TV in Charlotte.", "Family members and neighbors have told reporters that Zahra's stepmother abused her -- an allegation her attorney has denied.", "Police also have said they had been in contact with Zahra's biological mother in Australia and asked for the girl's medical records." ]	[ "NEW: The arrested stepmother of a missing 10-year-old joins police on search .", "Police said that Elisa Baker had earlier admitted to writing a fake ransom note .", "The missing girl's father was arrested before dawn Monday on unrelated charges .", "As they look for Zahra Baker, authorities have launched a homicide investigation ." ]	[ 0, 1, 3 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A man eating at his favorite fast-food restaurant took action Sunday night during an attempted armed robbery, teaming up with the store's manager to tackle the gunman and hold him down until police arrived.", "The incident took place at a Miami Subs in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.", "Richard Barret told CNN affiliate WSVN that he didn't see the gunman enter, but he later saw him scuffling with restaurant manager Steve Lebrun.", "\"I went up and I grabbed the guy with like a WWE [wrestling move],\" Barret said Wednesday, describing how he and Lebrun drove the gunman into the floor headfirst.", "The scene was caught on the restaurant's surveillance video.", "Lebrun told WSVN he attacked the gunman after the gunman pulled the trigger and it did not go off.", "\"That's when I rushed and grabbed his wrist, took the gun from his hand and beat the living daylights out of him,\" Lebrun said.", "Another customer had dialed 911 during the scuffle, and he handed the phone to Barret while the gunman was incapacitated.", "\"He hands me the phone, and I'm laying on top of this guy, and I was there with the phone, and I'm going, \"Well, hello.", "I'm a little busy.'", "... Now, looking back, it was kind of a comedy, but it sure wasn't at the time,\" Barret said.", "A 16-year-old suspect was arrested and, because he is a minor, was not identified.", "Police told WSVN they are investigating his possible connection with other robberies in the area.", "Read the WSVN story for more on the incident ." ]	[ "Richard Barret was eating at his favorite fast-food restaurant when a gunman entered .", "Barret helped the store's manager bring down the would-be robber .", "He also spoke to authorities over the phone while he held the robber down ." ]	[ 0, 7 ]
[ "Beijing, China (CNN) -- Family members of 19 Chinese tourists, who went missing in Taiwan after Typhoon Megi triggered rock slides, are headed to the island, China's state media said Monday.", "The tourists from Zhuhai city in southern China went missing about 10 p.m. Thursday.", "Two other people -- a Taiwanese bus driver and a Chinese tour group leader from another tour bus -- also are missing, according to official Taiwanese media.", "Emergency crews rescued hundreds of other people who were trapped by the rock slides, which happened mainly along the Suhua Highway, in northeast Taiwan.", "Sections of the scenic highway, which is perched along a cliff on Taiwan's eastern coast, gave way.", "Typhoon Megi made landfall in China's southeastern province of Fujian on Saturday, affecting nearly 650,000 people and destroying 500 houses, China's Xinhua news agency said.", "About 270,000 people had evacuated.", "Damage in Fujian from the strongest typhoon of the year was estimated at 1.59 billion yuan ($238 million).", "No deaths or significant injuries were reported, thanks to rigorous typhoon precautions in Fujian, Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces, the state-run China Daily said Monday.", "Megi killed at least 13 people and injured nearly 100 others in Taiwan last week.", "It struck the Philippines earlier in the week, affecting an estimated 258,844 people and leaving thousands homeless." ]	[ "Typhoon Megi triggers the rock slides .", "Sections of a scenic highway, perched along a cliff, gives way .", "Emergency crews rescue hundreds of other people who were trapped .", "Megi also causes an estimated $238 million in damage in China's Fujian province ." ]	[ 3, 4, 7 ]
[ "Morganton, North Carolina (CNN) -- Investigators spent another fruitless day Thursday looking for a 10-year-old North Carolina girl missing since last weekend and now believed dead, the local sheriff said.", "Authorities spent a third day combing an area about 20 miles north of Zahra Clare Baker's home in Hickory, North Carolina.", "This time, as many as 70 searchers were backed by dogs and a backhoe that was used to clear piles of wood and mulch, Burke County Sheriff John McDevitt said.", "The goal of Thursday's effort was to eliminate the possibility that Zahra's body had been dumped on the roughly 60 acres, McDevitt said.", "\"For the community's sake, we wanted to clear this area,\" he said.", "\"And for a large majority, we did that.\"", "Zahra was reported missing Saturday afternoon.", "Her disappearance is being investigated as a homicide, and her stepmother has been arrested on charges of obstructing justice.", "The searches near Morganton started Tuesday as investigators focused on a lot where Zahra's father, Adam Baker, frequently worked hauling loads of wood and brush to be mulched.", "Wednesday, investigators came up empty after draining a pond next door.", "Police said this week that the stepmother, Elisa Baker, admitted to writing a fake ransom note that was left at the family's home.", "She was arrested Sunday on an unrelated charge of passing bad checks, prosecutors said.", "Elisa Baker remained jailed on those charges Thursday.", "Her bail has been set at a combined $70,000, an amount her lawyer called \"excessive.\"", "Police said Adam Baker also faces bad-check charges, but is not being arrested while he assists police.", "\"At this point, he's doing what we ask him to do. If we need him to do something, he shows up,\" said Clyde Deal, Hickory's deputy police chief.", "Deal said other searches have been conducted, but the warrants have been sealed and no details are being released.", "Police said earlier this week that no one outside the girl's immediate family had reported seeing her for nearly a month.", "But Deal said Thursday that another witness had come forward to say they had seen Zahra in mid- to late September.", "Zahra reportedly suffered from bone cancer and used a prosthetic leg and hearing aids.", "The hearing aids have been found, but not the prosthesis, Hickory Police Chief Tom Adkins has said.", "Relatives and friends of the family have alleged that Elisa Baker physically abused Zahra and said she was reported to state social services officials.", "The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has declined comment on the case.", "Hickory is about 60 miles northwest of Charlotte.", "HLN's Natisha Lance and Beth Carey contributed to this report." ]	[ "A third day of extensive searching turns up nothing .", "Zahra Clare Baker was reported missing Saturday .", "Her stepmother has been charged with obstructing justice ." ]	[ 6, 7 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama announced new steps to help unemployed Americans on Friday, targeting people who are out of work and want to go back to school.", "President Obama has made education reform a top legislative priority.", "The president outlined a plan under which the Department of Education will send colleges legal guidance, encouraging them to increase financial aid packages for the unemployed so they can enroll in educational and training programs while keeping their unemployment benefits.", "Under Obama's initiative, colleges would consider a person's current financial situation to make it possible for them to receive Pell grants, which are available for low-income students.", "The unemployed person would not lose any unemployment benefits and the maximum Pell grant would be increased in July by $500 to $5,350.", "Current unemployment rules create a Catch-22: In most cases, if you are receiving unemployment compensation, you have to be actively looking for a job.", "If you want to get more education or training, you have to give up unemployment benefits.", "But if you return to school, you don't qualify for federal education grants since, in most cases, your qualification is based on the previous year's income.", "The government has started a Web site with information on the plan: www.opportunity.gov.", "The Labor Department will also issue guidance \"strongly encouraging\" states to modernize their rules to allow more unemployed to continue their education without forfeiting their benefits.", "\"In a 21st-century economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, education is the single best bet we can make,\" Obama said.", "The unemployment system should not just be a safety net but \"a stepping stone to a new future. ...", "It should offer folks educational opportunities they wouldn't otherwise have and give them the measurable and differentiated skills they need to not just get through these hard times but to get ahead when the economy comes back.\"", "Obama's remarks came shortly after the government announced that the unemployment rate hit a 25-year high in April, rising to 8.9 percent from 8.5. percent in March.", "There were signs of hope, however, as the monthly job loss total fell to the lowest level in six months.", "CNN's Jill Doherty and Chris Isidore contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: President Obama says \"education is the single best bet we can make\"\nHis aim is to allow the unemployed to go back to school and not lose benefits .", "Department of Education will start sending colleges legal guidance ." ]	[ 0, 2, 10 ]
[ "Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- With all eyes focused on how the Democrats will do this November, the story about the divisions unfolding within the Republican Party have equally important long-term consequences for national politics.", "And now with the Tea Party movement as an additional force in the party, Republican leaders are struggling to contain tensions between right-wing activists and fiscal conservatives.", "In recent months, these tensions have been growing because new faces have emerged within the Republican Party that don't fit neatly within the Tea Party fold.", "One of the candidates who has received the most buzz in Republican circles is New Jersey Gov.", "Chris Christie, dubbed \"Gov.", "Wrecking Ball\" by one columnist.", "How Christie fares in the coming year will be a critical test to gauging where the GOP might be in 2012.", "The blunt and humorous Republican who replaced Democratic Gov.", "Jon Corzine has been making a name for himself by taking on New Jersey's fiscal mess.", "Christie, a former U.S. attorney general who looks and sounds like the kind of guy you would sit next to at a New York Jets game, has focused all of his energy on reducing the budget and limiting property tax increases.", "He has been willing to challenge powerful interest groups like the teachers' unions, and he didn't budge when citizen protesters took to the streets and railed against the impact of his budget.", "Christie also instituted reforms to the pensions of government workers.", "He has received some grudging support from Democrats and has persuaded the state legislature to go along with many controversial proposals, primarily because most experts acknowledge tough steps are needed to avoid having New Jersey become another California.", "The first test for Christie will be the political response when New Jersey residents see the impact of the budget cuts.", "Historically, at the national level, Republicans have often backed off from tough talk about spending reduction when programs proved to be more popular than conservatives expected.", "This is what happened when President Ronald Reagan was forced to back off Social Security cuts in 1981-1982 and the Republican Congress stepped away from Medicare cuts in 1995-1996.", "In New Jersey, it is one thing for voters to hear tough talk on controlling spending coming out of Trenton, but quite another to see your child's school program shut down.", "Now that congressional Democrats are on the verge of passing legislation to provide aid to the states in these areas of government, the contrast will be even sharper.", "There are also many questions about whether Christie's actions will really be able to stop property taxes from rising.", "The second test has to do with whether Christie, assuming that he continues to be successful, can find a place at the national Republican Party table.", "In the era of the Tea Party, the Republican leadership has been moving toward the right on many nonfiscal issues.", "Last week, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he favored the idea of reviewing the 14th Amendment -- originally passed to protect the citizenship rights of freed African-American slaves.", "Some Republicans, including South Carolina Sen. Lindsay Graham, want to make sure that citizenship rights are not granted to children who are born to illegal immigrants in the United States.", "Also, the ruling by a federal judge that California's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional is sure to generate pressure on Republicans to take a tough stand on this issue.", "Following the 2008 election, the conservative commentator and former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, David Frum, a CNN contributor, had warned that Republicans needed to be cautious about doing things to win in 2010 that would harm them in 2012 and beyond.", "The threat is to radicalize the party by moving it so far off center that future Republican candidates would have trouble winning national office.", "As Frum wrote in his blog post with regard to health care reform, \"We followed the most radical voices in the party and the movement, and they led us to abject and irreversible defeat.\"", "If Republicans want to rebuild their party, they must make room for more pragmatic, fiscally minded conservatives like Christie, who are generating excitement in famously blue states.", "If Christie can survive politically from the fallout of the budget cuts, he and other Republicans like him could cause significant trouble for Democrats by focusing on issues like taxes, deficits and spending that, at least on the campaign trail, have often had far more impact than the social issues that tend to excite the Republican Party's base.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Julian Zelizer." ]	[ "Julian Zelizer: New Jersey Gov.", "Chris Christie is earning praise for tackling budget problems .", "He says Christie's focus on cutting spending is a test for the Republican party .", "It runs counter to a national GOP trend of stressing issues such as birthright citizenship, he says .", "Zelizer: Christie, others in GOP like him could give Democrats trouble in many states ." ]	[ 3, 4, 16, 19, 28, 29 ]

Subsets and Splits

No community queries yet

The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.