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[ "LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) -- Former gridiron great O.J.", "Simpson will serve at least nine years in prison for his role in an armed confrontation with sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel in 2007.", "O.J. Simpson told the judge Friday that he was sorry for what he did but didn't think it was wrong.", "Simpson was sentenced to a maximum of 33 years with the possibility of parole after nine.", "Before the sentence, he offered a rambling, emotional apology in which he told District Judge Jackie Glass, his voice shaking, that he was sorry for his actions but believed he did nothing wrong.", "Glass, however, brushed his apology aside, saying his actions amounted to \"much more than stupidity,\" and calling him both arrogant and ignorant.", "\"Earlier in this case, at a bail hearing, I said to Mr. Simpson, I didn't know if he was arrogant, ignorant or both,\" Glass said.", "\"During the trial and through this proceeding, I got the answer, and it was both.\"", "She stressed that the sentence was not \"payback for anything else,\" apparently referring to Simpson's acquittal 13 years ago in the slayings of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman.", "Watch the judge say the sentence isn't about the past » .", "Grimacing, Simpson was escorted from the courtroom in shackles.", "Defense attorneys said Glass' sentence was appropriate.", "\"It could have been a lot worse,\" Yale Galanter said, noting that Simpson and co-defendant Clarence \"C.J.\"", "Stewart both could have been sentenced to life in prison.", "A jury convicted Simpson, 61, and Stewart, 54, on 12 charges including conspiracy to commit a crime, robbery, assault and kidnapping with a deadly weapon stemming from a September 13, 2007, incident at Las Vegas' Palace Station hotel and casino.", "Prosecutors alleged that Simpson led a group of men who used threats, guns and force to take sports memorabilia from dealers Bruce Fromong and Al Beardsley.", "Simpson claimed that he was attempting to recover items that belonged to him.", "All the men except Stewart made deals with prosecutors in exchange for their testimony.", "\"We're happy that this case is coming to an end,\" Clark County district attorney David Roger said.", "\"We're satisfied that we presented a good case to a jury, that the jury listened to all the evidence, particularly the audiotapes, and came to the resolution that we asked them to come to.\"", "He said he thought the sentence was fair.", "Simpson's conviction came October 3, the 13th anniversary of his controversial acquittal in the killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Goldman.", "Follow a timeline of Simpson's legal woes » .", "Glass said, \"I'm not here to sentence Mr. Simpson for what's happened in his life previously in the criminal justice system. ...", "The jury decided.", "There are many people who disagree with that verdict, but that doesn't matter to me.\"", "Goldman's father and sister were in the courtroom for Friday's sentencing.", "\"The back of his head looks the same as it did every day that we watched him in the criminal case, and we feel very proud of our efforts,\" Kim Goldman said.", "\"We feel very strongly that because of our pursuit of him for all these years, that it did drive him to the brink of this.\"", "Although Simpson was acquitted in the deaths, a civil jury later found him liable, slapping him with a $33 million judgment.", "Attorneys for the Goldman family have doggedly pursued Simpson's financial assets to pay the judgment.", "In sentencing Simpson on Friday, Glass noted that he can be heard on tapes of the incident referring to the Goldmans as \"gold-diggers\" and saying he doesn't want them to get his property.", "See how his sentence breaks down » .", "\"If that pushed him over the edge, great,\" Fred Goldman said afterward.", "\"Put him where he belongs.\"", "Watch Fred and Kim Goldman react » .", "Galanter said he thought the Goldmans' presence was \"inappropriate.\"", "\"I don't think they should have been here,\" he said.", "\"It reminded us all how the criminal justice system can run afoul, because the only thing Simpson should have been judged on is what happened here in Nevada.\"", "Denise Brown, the sister of Nicole Brown Simpson, issued a statement on the sentence saying, \"It is very sad to think that an individual who had it all, an amazing career, beautiful wife and two precious children, has ended up like this.", "\"Allowing wealth, power and control to consume himself, he made a horrific choice on June 12, 1994, which has spiraled into where he is today.\"", "Brown said she was saddened that the couple's two children \"once again face the tragedy of yet another parent absent in their lives.\"", "In the statement, she asks for prayers for the children, Sydney and Justin, and the Brown family.", "Before being sentenced, Simpson told Glass he was \"sorry, somewhat confused, apologetic.\"", "He said the items he was trying to recover were his late ex-wife's wedding ring for his daughter and family photos for his son.", "Watch Simpson's apology » .", "\"I just wanted my personal things.", "I was stupid. I'm sorry,\" Simpson said.", "\"I didn't know I was doing anything illegal.", "I thought I was confronting friends.", "I thought I was retrieving my things.", "I didn't mean to hurt anybody, and I didn't mean to steal anything.\"", "But Glass rejected those statements in imposing the sentence.", "\"When you take a gun with you and you take men with you ... in a show of force, that's not just a 'Hey, give me my stuff back,' \" Glass said.", "\"That's something else.", "And that's what went on here, and that's why we're all here. \"I have to tell you, it was much more than stupidity.", "... You went to the room, you took guns -- meaning you and the group -- you used force, you took property, whether it was yours or somebody else's, and in this state, that amounts to robbery with the use of a deadly weapon.\"", "The judge said Simpson's contrite words in court were not as powerful as his angry words, as caught on tape, during the confrontation.", "\"Everything in this case was on tape,\" Glass said.", "\"The evidence in this case was overwhelming.\"", "Simpson's attorneys asked that he be sentenced to no more than six years.", "A presentencing report recommended an 18-year term.", "Stewart received a sentence similar to Simpson's but will be eligible for parole in 7½ years.", "\"I am as happy as someone could be when they know their client is going to reside for at least seven years in a cage,\" said Stewart's attorney, Brent Bryson.", "Defense attorneys for both Simpson and Stewart have said they will appeal.", "On Friday, Glass denied motions asking that both defendants be allowed out on bail while the appeal is pending.", "CNN's Paul Vercammen contributed to this report." ]	[ "O.J.", "Simpson was convicted of robbery, kidnapping, assault in October .", "Judge Jackie Glass said evidence in case was overwhelming .", "Charges stem from 2007 confrontation in Las Vegas hotel room .", "Defense attorneys say they will appeal judge's sentence ." ]	[ 0, 1, 11, 14, 22, 59, 64 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- A new space race is officially under way, and this one should have the sci-fi geeks salivating.", "Lift to space: This is a NASA interpretation of what a space elevator may look like.", "The project is a \"space elevator,\" and some experts now believe that the concept is well within the bounds of possibility -- maybe even within our lifetimes.", "A conference discussing developments in space elevator concepts is being held in Japan in November, and hundreds of engineers and scientists from Asia, Europe and the Americas are working to design the only lift that will take you directly to the one hundred-thousandth floor.", "Despite these developments, you could be excused for thinking it all sounds a little far-fetched.", "Indeed, if successfully built, the space elevator would be an unprecedented feat of human engineering.", "A cable anchored to the Earth's surface, reaching tens of thousands of kilometers into space, balanced with a counterweight attached at the other end is the basic design for the elevator.", "It is thought that inertia -- the physics theory stating that matter retains its velocity along a straight line so long as it is not acted upon by an external force -- will cause the cable to stay stretched taut, allowing the elevator to sit in geostationary orbit.", "The cable would extend into the sky, eventually reaching a satellite docking station orbiting in space.", "Engineers hope the elevator will transport people and objects into space, and there have even been suggestions that it could be used to dispose of nuclear waste.", "Another proposed idea is to use the elevator to place solar panels in space to provide power for homes on Earth.", "If it sounds like the stuff of fiction, maybe that's because it once was.", "In 1979, Arthur C. Clarke's novel \"The Fountains of Paradise\" brought the idea of a space elevator to a mass audience.", "Charles Sheffield's \"The Web Between the Worlds\" also featured the building of a space elevator.", "But, jump out of the storybooks and fast-forward nearly three decades, and Japanese scientists at the Japan Space Elevator Association are working seriously on the space-elevator project.", "Association spokesman Akira Tsuchida said his organization was working with U.S.-based Spaceward Foundation and a European organization based in Luxembourg to develop an elevator design.", "The Liftport Group in the U.S. is also working on developing a design, and in total it's believed that more than 300 scientists and engineers are engaged in such work around the globe.", "NASA is holding a $4 million Space Elevator Challenge to encourage designs for a successful space elevator.", "Tsuchida said the technology driving the race to build the first space elevator is the quickly developing material carbon nanotube.", "It is lightweight and has a tensile strength 180 times stronger than that of a steel cable.", "Currently, it is the only material with the potential to be strong enough to use to manufacture elevator cable, according to Tsuchida.", "\"At present we have a tether which is made of carbon nanotube, and has one-third or one-quarter of the strength required to make a space elevator.", "We expect that we will have strong enough cable in the 2020s or 2030s,\" Tsuchida said.", "He said the most likely method of powering the elevator would be through the carbon nanotube cable.", "So, what are the major logistical issues keeping the space elevator from being anything more than a dream at present?", "Massachusetts Institute of Technology aeronautics and astronautics Professor Jeff Hoffman said that designing the carbon nanotube appeared to be the biggest obstacle.", "\"We are now on the verge of having material that has the strength to span the 30,000 km ... but we don't have the ability to make long cable out of the carbon nanotubes at the moment.\"", "he said. \"Although I'm confident that within a reasonable amount of time we will be able to do this.\"", "Tsuchida said that one of the biggest challenges will be acquiring funding to move the projects forward.", "At present, there is no financial backing for the space elevator project, and all of the Japanese group's 100-plus members maintain other jobs to earn a living.", "\"Because we don't have a material which has enough strength to construct space elevator yet, it is difficult to change people's mind so they believe that it can be real,\" he said.", "Hoffman feels that international dialogue needs to be encouaraged on the issue.", "He said a number of legal considerations also would have to be taken into account.", "\"This is not something one nation or one company can do.", "There needs to be a worldwide approach,\" he said.", "Other difficulties for space-elevator projects include how to build the base for the elevator, how to design it and where to set up the operation.", "Tsuchida said some possible locations for an elevator include the South China Sea, western Australia and the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean.", "He said all of those locations usually avoided typhoons, which could pose a threat to the safety of an elevator.", "\"As the base of space elevator will be located on geosynchronous orbit, [the] space elevator ground station should be located near the equator,\" he said.", "Although the Japanese association has set a time frame of the 2030s to get a space elevator under construction -- and developments are moving quickly -- Hoffman acknowledges that it could be a little further away than that.", "\"I don't know if it's going to be in our lifetime or if it's 100 or 200 years away, but it's near enough that we can contemplate how it will work.\"", "Building a space elevator is a matter of when, not if, said Hoffman, who believes that it will herald a major new period in human history.", "\"It will be revolutionary for human technology, and not just for space travel.", "That's why so many people are pursuing it,\" he said.", "\"This is what it will take to turn humans into a space-bearing species.\"" ]	[ "Japan group has more than 100 engineers trying to design a space elevator .", "Carbon nanotube would be used as a wire to lift the elevator into space .", "Western Australia and the Galapagos Islands are potential locations for base station .", "Group sets the 2030s as a target to begin construction, although it could be later ." ]	[ 23, 35, 39 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Barack Obama told supporters that \"change has come to America\" as he claimed victory in a historic presidential election.", "Sen. Barack Obama addresses a crowd of 125,000 people in Chicago, Illinois.", "\"The road ahead will be long.", "Our climb will be steep.", "We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America -- I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.", "I promise you -- we as a people will get there,\" Obama said in Chicago, Illinois, before an estimated crowd of up to 240,000 people.", "With Obama's projected win, he will become the first African-American to win the White House.", "Obama had an overwhelming victory over Sen. John McCain, who pledged Tuesday night to help Obama lead.", "Watch Obama pay tribute to McCain » .", "\"Today, I was a candidate for the highest office in the country I love so much, and tonight, I remain her servant,\" McCain said.", "McCain called Obama to congratulate him, and Obama told the Arizona senator he was eager to sit down and talk about how the two of them can work together.", "President Bush also called Obama to offer his congratulations.", "Bush told Obama he was about to begin one of the great journeys of his life, and invited him to visit the White House as soon as it could be arranged, according to White House spokeswoman Dana Perino.", "Obama will be working with a heavily Democratic Congress.", "Democrats picked up Senate seats in New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina and Virginia, among others.", "Read about the Senate races .", "\"While the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress,\" Obama said.", "Watch more on the balance of power » .", "Flanked by American flags, Obama told the roaring crowd, \"This is your victory.\"", "\"To those Americans whose support I have yet to earn -- I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your president too,\" he said.", "Watch Obama tell voters 'all things are possible' » .", "Supporters in Chicago cheering, \"Yes, we can\" were met with cries of \"Yes, we did.\"", "More than 1,000 people gathered outside of the White House, chanting \"Obama, Obama!\"", "Sen. Hillary Clinton, Obama's former rival for the Democratic nomination, said in a statement that \"we are celebrating an historic victory for the American people.\"", "iReport.com: Share your Election Day reaction with CNN .", "\"This was a long and hard fought campaign but the result was well worth the wait.", "Together, under the leadership of President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and a Democratic Congress, we will chart a better course to build a new economy and rebuild our leadership in the world.\"", "Sen. Ted Kennedy said Americans \"spoke loud and clear\" in electing Obama.", "\"They understood his vision of a fairer and more just America and embraced it.", "They heard his call for a new generation of Americans to participate in government and were inspired.", "They believed that change is possible and voted to be part of America's future,\" the Massachusetts senator said in a statement.", "As results came in Tuesday night, Obama picked up early wins in Pennsylvania and Ohio -- states considered must-wins for McCain.", "Obama also won Virginia, a state that has not voted for a Democratic president since 1964.", "Going into the election, national polls showed Obama with an 8-point lead.", "Voters expressed excitement and pride in their country after casting their ballots in the historic election.", "Poll workers reported high turnout across many parts of the country, and some voters waited hours to cast their ballots.", "Read about election problems .", "Tuesday marks the end of the longest presidential campaign season in U.S. history -- 21 months.", "Obama, 47, will now begin his transition to the White House.", "He will be sworn in at the 44th president on January 20, 2009." ]	[ "NEW: Sen. Barack Obama to voters: \"Change has come to America\"\nNEW: Sen. John McCain congratulates Sen. Barack Obama .", "Obama will be working with heavily Democratic Congress .", "He will be inaugurated on January 20, 2009 ." ]	[ 0, 7, 13, 39 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Doctors have given a woman a new windpipe with tissue engineered from her own stem cells in what experts have hailed as a \"milestone in medicine.\"", "Claudia Castillo, 30, suffered from tuberculosis for years.", "The breakthrough allowed Claudia Castillo, 30, to receive a new section of trachea -- an airway essential for breathing -- without the risk that her body would reject the transplant.", "Castillo was given the stem cell surgery, the controversial branch of medicine that some say could lead to human cloning, after suffering a severe lung collapse.", "The condition, caused by long-term tuberculosis left Castillo, a Colombian now living in Barcelona, unable to carry out simple domestic duties or care for her two children.", "The only conventional option was a major operation to remove her left lung, a risky procedure with a high mortality rate.", "Sound off: What do you think about this medical breakthrough?", "A team from the universities of Barcelona, Spain; Bristol, England; and Padua and Milan, Italy, decided instead to replace Castillo's lower trachea and bronchial tube to her left lung with a lab-grown airway.", "The operation, reported Wednesday in the British medical journal The Lancet, has been hailed as a major leap for medicine that could offer new hope for patients suffering from serious illness.", "\"Surgeons can now start to see and understand the very real potential for adult stem cells and tissue engineering to radically improve their ability to treat patients with serious diseases,\" said Martin Birchall, professor of surgery at the University of Bristol, who was part of the team that did the operation.", "\"We believe this success has proved that we are on the verge of a new age in surgical care.\"", "To create the new windpipe, the team took a seven-centimeter (2.75-inch) segment of trachea from a 51-year-old who had died.", "Over a six-week period, the team then removed all the cells from the donor trachea, because those cells could lead to rejection of the organ after transplant.", "All that remained of the donor's stripped-down trachea was a matrix of collagen, a sort of scaffolding onto which the team then put Castillo's own stem cells -- along with cells taken from a healthy part of her trachea.", "Birchall had already taken Castillo's stem cells from her bone marrow and grown them into a large population in his Bristol lab.", "Watch Dr. Gupta explain the procedure » .", "Four days after putting Castillo's stem cells into the donor trachea, the team was able to perform the transplant operation at the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona.", "Castillo had no complications from the operation and was discharged from the hospital 10 days later.", "\"We are terribly excited by these results,\" said Paolo Macchiarini of the University of Barcelona, who performed the operation in June.", "Watch Macchiarini describe the operation » .", "Macchiarini said just four days after the operation, the transplanted windpipe was \"almost indistinguishable\" from the patient's normal bronchi.", "After one month, he said, the blood vessels had successfully grown back.", "\"We think that this first experience represents a milestone in medicine and hope that it will unlock the door for a safe and recipient-tailored transplantation of the airway in adults and children,\" the authors said in their report.", "\"We hope that these future patients will no longer suffer the trauma of speech loss, severe shortness of breath and other limited clinical and social activities.\"", "The doctors said Castillo is now able to care for her children and enjoy a normal quality of life.", "She can walk up two flights of stairs and occasionally even go out dancing at night.", "In a comment accompanying the Lancet report, Toshihiko Sato and Tatsuo Nakamura of Kyoto University in Japan said the operation should be highly regarded, but follow-ups from longer evaluation periods are needed to better evaluate the results." ]	[ "Only a few windpipe, or trachea, transplants have ever been done.", "Transplant given to Claudia Castillo, a 30-year-old Colombian mother of two .", "Woman's stem cells used to create cartilage, tissue cells to cover new windpipe .", "Doctors say procedure could become a new standard of treatment ." ]	[ 0, 2, 11 ]
[ "CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama told the nation Tuesday night that \"the dream of our founders is alive\" and that he's ready to fulfill his campaign mantra of bringing change to America.", "\"Change has come to America,\" President-elect Barack Obama told the nation on Tuesday night.", "\"At this defining moment, change has come to America,\" Obama, who will be the nation's first black president, told a crowd of about 125,000 people in Chicago's Grant Park.", "Obama, born in Hawaii to a white mother and black father, said his victory proves that America is a place where all things are possible.", "Paying tribute to the legions of volunteers and voters who carried him to victory, Obama echoed the words of Abraham Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address, saying those legions proved \"a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from this Earth.\"", "\"This is your victory,\" he told his supporters, praising \"working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to this cause.\"", "Watch Obama say all things are possible in U.S. » .", "Obama pledged to heal partisan wounds left after a bruising election battle, again using the words of Lincoln, the first Republican in White House.", "\"As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, 'We are not enemies, but friends ... though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection.'", "\"Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long,\" Obama said.", "Obama used the life of 106-year-old Ann Nixon Cooper of Atlanta, Georgia, to illustrate what the nation has overcome in her lifetime, including the Depression, world wars, the nation's quest for civil rights, a man on the moon, the fall of the Berlin Wall and even a world connected by technology.", "\"Tonight, let us ask ourselves -- if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see?", "What progress will we have made?\"", "Obama said.", "\"This is our chance to answer that call.", "This is our moment,\" he said.", "Obama hinted he's even looking beyond his first term, and through the first eight of those next hundred years.", "\"The road ahead will be long.", "Our climb will be steep.", "We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America -- I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.", "I promise you -- we as a people will get there,\" he said.", "Obama congratulated his rival John McCain and praised McCain's service to the country as a politician and Navy pilot and prisoner of war in Vietnam.", "\"He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he's fought even longer and harder for the country he loves,\" Obama said.", "\"I look forward to working with (him) to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.\"", "Watch Obama's praise of John McCain » .", "He also thanked his wife, Michelle, and daughters, Sasha and Malia, for their patience through the long presidential campaign.", "\"You have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House,\" he told his daughters.", "Obama spent the first part of his historic Election Day voting, visiting campaign staffers and playing a little basketball.", "Following an Obama campaign tradition, he arrived Tuesday afternoon at a gym on Chicago's west side, where a campaign spokeswoman said he met with friends for a game of round ball.", "The game was the latest stop in Obama's busy day, which began early in the morning at a polling station in his Hyde Park neighborhood.", "Earlier, a smiling Obama and his wife cast ballots at the Shoesmith Elementary School.", "\"I hope this works,\" Obama said after placing his ballot into a scanning machine.", "\"I'll be really embarrassed if it doesn't.\"", "Watch Obama family at voting station » .", "Obama's vice presidential running mate, Sen. Joe Biden, voted in Wilmington, Delaware, on Tuesday, casting ballots with his wife, Jill, and his 90-year-old mother.", "Watch Biden vote » .", "People at the polling station also cheered as Biden voted.", "Election Day came shortly after Obama learned his 86-year-old grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, had died following a bout with cancer.", "Read more about the death of Obama's grandmother .", "Obama has described his grandmother, who helped raise him in his native Hawaii, as an integral figure in his youth, saying she struggled to succeed in a business dominated by men.", "Watch more on Obama's grandmother » .", "Obama traveled to Hawaii in late October to visit her.", "CNN's Mike Roselli contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Victory proves anything is possible in America, Obama says .", "NEW: Obama promises daughters puppy in the White House .", "NEW: Obama salutes McCain's campaign, sacrifice ." ]	[ 3, 6, 24, 26 ]
[ "(CNN) -- In April 2007, UEFA's executive committee voted to accept a joint proposal from Poland and Ukraine to host the European football Championships in 2012.", "Poland faces a struggle to upgrade many of its venues, such as Tenth Anniversary stadium in Warsaw.", "The decision to award the tournament to Poland -- a former communist country -- and Ukraine -- a former Soviet Republic -- was viewed with surprise by many in the world of sport as they had defeated a rival bid from established football powerhouse Italy.", "In addition to providing economic benefits -- hosting Euro 2008 was worth over $450 million to the Austrian economy according to its government -- staging such a high-profile international event would cap their remarkable transformation into credible democracies in the eyes of the world.", "However, both countries have had to address a number of problems.", "Watch more about Poland's bid » .", "Political instability remains an issue in Ukraine -- the fragile ruling coalition recently collapsed -- while Poland's national team narrowly avoided a suspension after football's world ruling body FIFA said its federation had done little to stamp out corruption.", "A match-fixing scandal in the domestic league in 2005 led to about 70 people being arrested, though no one has been prosecuted.", "Significantly, neither country has hosted a major sporting event and concerns remain about the shortage of adequate stadiums, high-quality hotels and poor transport infrastructure in both Poland and Ukraine.", "With the proposed semi-final venues in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk and the Polish capital Warsaw, fans would currently be faced with a 30-hour train journey to attend both games.", "Although there are plans to expand and improve the highway linking the nations.", "The opening match is scheduled to be staged at a new 70,000-capacity National Stadium in Warsaw when construction work is completed in 2009 at a cost of $800 million.", "The final will be held at Kiev's redeveloped Olympic Stadium, however all 12 proposed venues need considerable work in order to comply with international standards.", "The remaining games will be held in the Polish cities of Gdansk, Poznan, Wroclaw, Chorzow and Krakow, as well as the Ukrainian cities of Lviv and Dnipropetrovsk.", "Concerns about the readiness of the co-hosts led to a warning in June this year from UEFA President Michel Platini that they risked losing the right to stage the tournament if stadiums in their capitals were not ready.", "This prompted a defiant response from the prime minister of Poland, who vowed to prove the skeptics wrong and make the 2012 European Championship an organizational triumph.", "\"We are aware that there are countries interested in us failing and the only successful rebuke to that will be better coordination and solidarity in our actions,\" Polish premier Donald Tusk told reporters at the time.", "Bizarrely, the head of Poland's Football Association, Michal Listkiewicz, offered Uefa an alternative option for 2012 after voicing his concerns about Poland's ability to overcome its transport issues.", "\"If the European Championships took place in 2016, we would have no problems about being ready then,\" Listkiewicz told Germany's Die Zeit Online.", "\"But realistically we are looking at having no good roads in time for 2012,\" he said.", "\"From Gdansk (in Poland) to Donetsk (in the Ukraine) is more than 1,500 kilometers (930 miles).", "This is not like in Austria and Switzerland where everything lies close together.\"", "Both countries were given a partial reprieve in September this year after UEFA's executive committee met in Bordeaux to discuss a progress report on preparations for the tournament.", "\"The executive committee reconfirmed UEFA's commitment to organize Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine,\" Platini told uefa.com.", "\"At the same time, the committee stressed a number of conditions must be met in order to bring forward the whole project.\"", "\"If we don't have the stadiums in Kiev and Warsaw, that's a problem.", "Ukraine can't afford to send everyone to a country where there is no capital city (ready),'' Platini said.", "\"They are working very hard and we have confidence in them.", "The president and the prime minister tell me it will be ready.", "What am I supposed to say?", "That I don't believe them?'' He added that the committee would review the progress again in May 2009.", "UEFA will then confirm the cities that will host matches.", "Meanwhile, the Scottish FA has offered to step in to host the tournament if UEFA decides to look elsewhere.", "Failure to host Euro 2012 is not an option in both Kiev and Warsaw.", "It would be viewed as a national embarrassment." ]	[ "Doubts persist about Poland and Ukraine's ability to stage tournament in 2012 .", "Polish FA fighting corruption claims within its domestic league .", "Other issues include inadequate stadiums and a poor transport infrastructure .", "UEFA warned both countries to speed up its progress ." ]	[ 0, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The cool of Barack Obama was very much on display on a warm day in Boston's Christopher Columbus Park during the summer of 2004.", "John Kerry, right, and Obama confer at the 2004 DNC, where Obama wowed the crowd with his keynote address.", "It was going to be a big day for the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate from Illinois.", "In a few hours, on that night, July 27, 2004, he was to give the keynote address to the Democratic National Convention at the Fleet Center about a mile away.", "But as he gave a lunchtime speech on environmental policy to a leisurely crowd of about 100 people at the green space on Boston Harbor, he was relaxed and loose, seemingly unconcerned about what was ahead.", "Taking notes amid the crowd, I hoped to get a few minutes with the candidate.", "I'd been told about his vaunted charisma -- my two brothers, both of whom live in Chicago, had mentioned his oratorical gifts -- but in person Obama seemed familiar, even a touch wonky, as he talked about asthma rates and the Bush administration's environmental record.", "I chatted with Obama's press attaché and with a Chicago Tribune reporter, David Mendell, as the speech wound down, and was offered a ride in a nondescript minivan back to the Fleet Center.", "Even then Obama was attracting attention; several members of the audience gave him enthusiastic greetings as he left the scene to get in the van.", "In the front passenger seat of the van, the rail-thin Obama, obviously hungry (he later told me he'd lost eight pounds since the beginning of the campaign), chewed on a sandwich and joked with the other passengers as I peppered him with questions during the 20-minute ride.", "He answered with deliberate thoughtfulness, though he'd probably heard at least a few of them dozens of times already.", "Was he worried about the speech, the kind of spotlight that had made political leaders including William Jennings Bryan, Mario Cuomo and Ann Richards national figures?", "\"There's going to be some adrenaline,\" he said, after taking off his tie and unbuttoning his white dress shirt.", "\"But the pressure I'm experiencing is nothing compared to folks I'm meeting getting laid off.", "... That's real pressure.\"", "And what about the Senate race?", "Illinois Republicans were in disarray and better-known, better-funded candidates had fallen by the wayside, with Obama seemingly now a sure thing for the seat.", "\"Three months is a lifetime in politics,\" Obama replied.", "By now, Obama's rise is well known: the son of a Kenyan father and Kansas mother, raised in Indonesia and Hawaii, community organizer, Harvard Law Review editor, author, law instructor, politician.", "He's been astutely revealing in his books, notably his 1995 memoir \"Dreams From My Father,\" and his presidential campaign has reflected his demeanor.", "But none of it was foreordained.", "In the fall of 2003, when he was still an Illinois state senator, he was one of seven candidates running for Peter Fitzgerald's vacated U.S. Senate seat.", "One of his opponents was a multimillionaire; another was the Illinois state controller.", "Obama was unknown and underfunded.", "\"I remember asking [at one event], 'Where is he?'", "\" Mendell recalled at the Boston rally.", "\"And somebody said, 'He's parking the car.'", "\" Mendell's description of Obama's 2004 race offers echoes of his painstaking, grassroots 2008 campaign.", "Obama had some good luck: The multimillionaire, Blair Hull, had details of his ugly divorce come out during the campaign.", "But Obama's success was also a tribute to his meticulous resolve.", "\"He ran a really smart primary campaign,\" Mendell said.", "\"He waited until the ninth inning to score all his runs. ...", "It was masterfully done.\"", "Mendell later wrote a book on Obama, \"Obama: From Promise to Power.\"", "Not even Obama knows for sure how he landed the keynote slot.", "In his 2006 book, \"The Audacity of Hope,\" he writes, \"The process by which I was selected ... remains something of a mystery to me.\"", "He didn't meet 2004 Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry until the Illinois primary was over, he recalls; he spoke at a Kerry fundraiser but didn't know he'd be giving a speech at the DNC until weeks later.", "Even then, he didn't know he'd deliver the keynote until told by Kerry campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill.", "According to an August article in The New Republic, Obama was selected over some better-known names by the Kerry brain trust, which included Cahill and adviser Robert Shrum, for various reasons.", "As an African-American, he would help attract minority voters; Obama was also youthful and energetic, qualities that the Kerry campaign wanted to display on television.", "And he had a good rapport with Kerry, Mendell told the magazine.", "\"It's Kerry kind of looking at him [at the fundraiser] and picking up tricks from the rookie,\" Mendell said.", "\"That was the event where he really impressed Kerry.\"", "The keynote, of course, electrified the nation and introduced America to the man who would become president.", "\"Now even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us,\" Obama said.", "\"Well, I say to them tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America -- there is the United States of America.", "There is not a black America and a white America and Latino America and Asian America -- there's the United States of America.", "... \"We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America.\"", "He gave a hint of those words in the van on the way to the Fleet Center.", "He was going to give a unifying message, he said, not one that reinforced the \"slash-and-burn politics\" that had divided the country.", "\"People know [President] Bush isn't the cause of every problem in the world, and they know the Democrats aren't a bunch of raving lunatics,\" he said.", "Having finished the sandwich, the van approaching its destination, and prepared to enter the Fleet Center for another round of interviews.", "When that was over, he was going to take a jog.", "\"Then a long shower,\" he added, \"and maybe a nap.\"", "History may have awaited, but he wasn't perturbed.", "Then again, maybe he knew something the rest of us didn't.", "He'd completed the speech a couple weeks earlier, and he must have suspected its power.", "In a New Yorker article by Ryan Lizza, Obama's friend Marty Nesbitt also recalls the buzz building around Obama that day, and a clue Obama gave as to what was next.", "\"My speech,\" Obama said, \"is pretty good.\"", "Watch another 'pretty good' address: Obama's victory speech » ." ]	[ "Writer rode with Obama on his way to give keynote address at 2004 DNC .", "Obama's keynote electrified the nation, emphasized unity .", "Candidate John Kerry took a chance giving keynote to lesser-known Obama .", "Obama calm: Said the pressure \"nothing compared to folks ... getting laid off\"" ]	[ 1, 3, 13, 26 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Faced with a nationwide financial crisis, a volatile stock market and rising unemployment and inflation rates, many Americans are making changes in their personal spending habits.", "Single mother Ingrid Zaharris said financial woes forced her to take her daughter out of gymnastics classes.", "Ingrid Zaharris started cutting back drastically in May.", "She and her 6-year-old daughter moved into a smaller home in Allen, Texas, after realizing that she would be unable to afford the summer electricity bills coupled with the cost of rent for her house.", "Financial worries also forced Zaharris to take her daughter out of gymnastics classes and stop the lawn service.", "\"I'm just trying to get back to basics,\" she said, adding that she has considered even getting rid of her car.", "\"I'm just trying to get rid of those extra things just to get by.\"", "Zaharris is one of many iReporters who shared stories of dealing with a worsening economy.", "Like many others, she wonders how she wound up in such a tough financial situation.", "iReport.com: Read more of Zaharris' story .", "\"Every day I ask myself, why does someone who has a salary over $80,000 struggle so much?\"", "Zaharris wrote on iReport.com.", "\"Gas costs more, groceries cost more, there are always checks to write for things at [my daughter's] school.", "The money just trickles away.\"", "Molly Zolad of Woodbridge, Illinois, said she's trying to simplify her life and make smart financial decisions.", "She stopped using credit cards and has made small day-to-day changes such as brewing her own coffee.", "\"I had no idea how much waste I truly had in my life until the crunch of everything hit at once,\" she wrote on iReport.com.", "\"Medical bills for myself, my two dogs, and the pay decrease from my company ... it all adds up.\"", "Zolad says the biggest sacrifice has been her time.", "She began a second part-time job at her church to earn extra money and avoid paying a baby sitter.", "She said her new lifestyle has made an \"amazing difference.\"", "iReport.com: Read more of Zolad's story .", "Kathleen Fallon shared on iReport.com a list of several luxuries that she gave up such as cable, land-line phones, dining at restaurants and allowances for her children.", "She told CNN's Josh Levs that the sacrifices have been \"a gift in some ways.\"", "\"We're having more conversation, we're finding things to do as a family that are free, we play basketball, we play tennis.", "Homework's getting done better too.\"", "Watch Levs' interview with Fallon » .", "John Stevens, on the other hand, is \"scared to death.\"", "\"I'm currently in a Chapter 13 to save my condo, but I don't even think that will work for me,\" he said.", "\"The payment to the trustee every month is too high and along with the mortgage payment.\"", "Stevens works in the automotive industry and said his pay has been decreasing around $200 per month lately.", "He is considering changing careers, but says that many companies in his home state of Connecticut aren't hiring.", "According to a nationwide report released Tuesday by the American Psychological Association, as many as 80 percent of Americans are stressed about their personal finances and the economy.", "Nearly 7,000 Americans responded to the survey between April and September of this year.", "Within five months, anxiety about the economy rose from 66 percent to 80 percent.", "\"I'm tired of what's going on and how the average citizen is suffering and our top leaders are more concerned with the big corporations and Wall Street,\" Stevens said.", "\"I'm sad right now because I don't know how my future or even the next day is going to be.\"", "iReport.com: Read more of Stevens' story .", "iReporter Peter Cabrera also expressed anger about the Wall Street crisis because of the financial struggles affecting his parents.", "\"Both my parents did everything the right way,\" said Cabrera, a doctoral student at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.", "\"They worked hard, they saved.\"", "His father has retired early, Cabrera said, \"and he's now watching his 401K disappear.\"", "iReport.com: See why Cabrera is 'terrified' for his parents .", "Mia Cole of Memphis, Tennessee, is making a major sacrifice because of financial struggles: She's giving up her ideal wedding.", "\"Our dream wedding has turned into just that ... a dream,\" she wrote on iReport.com.", "\"After months of no dinner dates, salon appointments or name-brand condiments, we managed to save a few thousand for a low-key dream wedding,\" she said.", "But in the two months since Cole and her fiancé were both laid off from their jobs, they have used that money to pay for everyday expenses.", "\"More than likely we will go to a justice of the peace and say our vows and pray that in a few years when we are better and the country is better, our dream will come true,\" Cole said." ]	[ "iReporters are forced to change lifestyles, give up luxuries in tough economic times .", "One iReporter is giving up her \"dream wedding\" because of layoffs .", "What are you giving up?", "Share it with iReport.com ." ]	[ 7, 8, 43, 44 ]
[ "NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- Pirates who hijacked a crude oil tanker off the coast of Kenya are approaching a Somali port, the U.S. Navy says.", "An undated photo of the Sirius Star in South Korean waters.", "The Sirius Star -- a crude \"super tanker\" flagged in Liberia and owned by the Saudi Arabian-based Saudi Aramco company -- was attacked on Saturday more than 450 nautical miles southeast of Mombasa, Kenya.", "The crew of 25, including British, Croatian, Polish, Filipino and Saudi nationals, are reported to be safe.", "U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet Cmdr.", "Jane Campbell said the super tanker weighs more than 300,000 metric tons and \"is more than three times the size of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier.\"", "Oil industry insiders say a tanker of this size can carry up to 2 million barrels of oil, and the ship's operator, Dubai-based Vela International Marine Ltd, says it is fully laden.", "A U.S. Navy spokesman said the tanker is approaching Eyl, Somalia, on the Indian Ocean coast.", "It is routine procedure for pirates to take hijacked ships to shore, where they will keep them while they discuss negotiations.", "A multinational naval force including vessels from the U.S., the UK and Russia has been patrolling the Indian Ocean waters seas near the Gulf of Aden, which connects the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea, following a sharp increase in pirate attacks in the region.", "\"It was attacked more than 450 nautical offshore of Mombasa.", "This means that the pirates are now operating in an area of over 1.1 million square miles.", "This is a measure of the determination of the pirates and ... a measure of how lucrative piracy could become,\" Campbell said.", "Campbell said the Navy does not expect to dispatch a vessel to aide the super tanker because it does not have dangerous weapons aboard like the MV Faina, a Ukrainian ship loaded with arms that was seized by pirates on September 25.", "The UK Foreign Office confirmed two Britons were aboard and said it was seeking more information about the incident.", "South Korean officials said on Sunday that armed gunmen hijacked a Japanese freighter and its 23-member crew off the coast of Somalia.", "The hijacking came as the Korean government was considering sending a warship to join those of other countries to combat piracy in the area.", "A Russian patrol ship also thwarted an attack on a Saudi vessel.", "Eleven vessels are currently being held by pirates hoping to secure ransoms for their release, according to The Associated Press.", "They include the MV Faina, which was hijacked along with 20 crew and a cargo of weapons and T-72 tanks.", "Ninety percent of ships transiting the perilous seas are using a guarded corridor and there have been no hijackings inside the zone since it was set up on August 22, Danish Commodore Per Bigum Christensen told AP last week.", "Around 20,000 oil tankers, freighters and merchant vessels pass along the crucial shipping route each year.", "\"Our presence in the region is helping deter and disrupt criminal attacks off the Somali coast, but the situation with the Sirius Star clearly indicates the pirates' ability to adapt their tactics and methods of attack\" said U.S. Vice Admiral Bill Gortney, commander of the Combined Maritime Forces.", "\"Piracy is an international crime that threatens global commerce.", "Shipping companies have to understand that naval forces can not be everywhere.", "Self protection measures are the best way to protect their vessels, their crews, and their cargo.\"", "CNN's David McKenzie contributed to this report ." ]	[ "NEW: Hijacked super tanker heading towards port in Somalia, U.S. Navy says .", "Saudi-owned oil tanker has 25 crew aboard in the Arabian Sea .", "Pirate attacks have increased sharply in perilous Gulf of Aden region this year .", "Multinational naval force has been patrolling the area to provide protection ." ]	[ 0, 3, 9 ]
[ "ST. LOUIS, Missouri (CNN) -- Ollie James is 84 years old and a doubter no more.", "Ollie James, 84, says he knows Obama is going to win, because he believes \"God answers prayers.\"", "\"I know he is going to win,\" James said after services at Leonard Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis.", "\"See, God answers prayers, and I am a praying man, and I know he is going to win.\"", "The \"he\" James is referring to is Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.", "\"From where I came from, with the segregation and all the hatred, I never thought an African-American would get this far in the United States.", "Really.\" But three weeks until Election Day, James and many other African-Americans are now optimistic they will be part of history.", "\"I am kind of anticipating it will happen,\" said Raymond Henderson, a soft-spoken African-American man in his 60s.", "\"But no, I did not expect it to happen in my lifetime.\"", "It is the flip side of the \"race debate\" in Campaign 2008: While the Obama campaign and its Democratic allies are aggressively working to address the concerns of blue-collar and rural whites who are reluctant to support a black candidate for president, there is an enthusiasm in the African-American community that Democrats believe could lead to dramatically increased turnout and perhaps tip the scales in several key battlegrounds, Missouri among them.", "African-Americans cast 10 percent of the ballots for president in 2000 and about 12 percent in 2004.", "Obama aides believe if that percentage increased just modestly in 2008, it could make the difference in at least a half-dozen states: Missouri, Ohio, North Carolina, Florida, Pennsylvania and Virginia.", "Wisconsin and Nevada are additional battlegrounds where Obama organizers are counting on an increase in African-American turnout in their Election Day game plan.", "To reach its goal, the campaign is counting on a combination of newly registered African-Americans and aggressive outreach to tens of thousands black voters who are registered to vote but have stayed home in past elections.", "See why African-Americans are finding hope in Obama » .", "At Leonard Missionary Baptist, the Rev.", "Steven Thompson is careful not to preach from the pulpit: He exhorts his congregants to vote but does not preach in favor of or against any specific candidate.", "Still, a visit to his services found an overwhelmingly pro-Obama crowd, and Thompson says the enthusiasm level about this election is unprecedented in his two decades as the inner-city church's pastor.", "\"The energy comes from the fact that it is historical, and we've got a lot of first-time voters and many like myself who have been through a few, and it still has that pumped up energy in it,\" Thompson said.", "Increased African-American turnout is all the more important because of Obama's tougher challenge in more conservative, rural areas.", "In the Missouri Ozarks, a roadside billboard shows a cartoon of Obama with a turban, his middle name \"Hussein\" in bold red letters.", "\"Hmmmm,\" Thompson said when shown a photograph of the billboard, keeping his trademark calm.", "\"If I spent my time getting angry about the things people do, then I can't do what I effectively do here,\" Thompson said as he gestured toward the pulpit.", "\"Those people who do stuff like that, the only thing I can say is, we pray for them.\"", "Fredrick Lemon II says that for months, he doubted that Obama could win, but now he believes he can.", "Still, Lemon took time after services to compliment Republican nominee John McCain for trying to calm angry supporters at recent rallies, including a woman last week who incorrectly said she was worried about an Obama presidency because he is Arab.", "\"It has gotten a little nasty,\" Lemon said.", "\"But I think that John McCain really showed some integrity and some character when he was at the last town hall meeting and some people said some disparaging remarks and he corrected them.", "And that just shows that he does have integrity.\"" ]	[ "African-Americans in Missouri excited about Obama's chances .", "84-year-old: \"I never thought an African-American would get this far in the U.S.\"\nObama aides think African-American vote could help in half-dozen states .", "Campaign working to re-energize voters who used to stay home, reach new voters ." ]	[ 5, 11, 13, 14 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Christopher Lloyd picked through the charred remnants of his Montecito, California, home Monday morning, resigning himself to the fact it cannot be rebuilt.", "Christopher Lloyd's $11 million home in Montecito, California, was destroyed by the \"Tea Fire.\"", "The \"Back to the Future\" and \"Taxi\" star showed ABC's \"Good Morning America\" what remained of his $11 million home in the exclusive celebrity neighborhood northwest of Los Angeles.", "\"Boy, look at that,\" Lloyd said as he approached the rubble.", "\"All this happens in a couple of minutes.\"", "Lloyd's home was among dozens of homes lost in wildfires in Southern California.", "The \"Tea Fire\" which started at the privately owned Tea Garden Estate, about a mile north of Santa Barbara's Westmont College, ripped through an area that Oprah Winfrey, Michael Douglas, Rob Lowe and other celebrities call home.", "Lloyd told \"Good Morning America\" that it was \"just sort of sinking in\" that his home was gone for good.", "\"It's amazing, its just gone,\" Lloyd told \"Good Morning America.\"", "\"Rebuilding would be -- it's too much.", "You can't rebuild that.\" The home's windows were blown out, entire sections demolished, and piles of concrete, ashy trees and shrubbery were scattered across the property.", "\"You watch TV, you see these kinds of incidents happening here and there, but you look with a kind of detachment because it's happening ... elsewhere,\" he told \"Good Morning America.\"", "\"But suddenly to be in the midst of it -- it's a very different awareness.\"", "Lloyd joked that he had been planning on organizing and storing memorabilia from the home, but never got around to it.", "\"Kind of don't have to worry about that now,\" he said." ]	[ "Christopher Lloyd's home one of dozens destroyed by California wildfires .", "Lloyd: \"Rebuilding would be -- it's too much.", "You can't rebuild that\"\nLloyd: Having home destroyed brings \"different awareness\" than watching on TV ." ]	[ 1, 5, 9 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- British filmmaker, screenwriter and playwright, Mike Leigh has been in the movie business for over 35 years.", "Leigh on screenwriting: \"I don't make a conventional screenplay ... it's a whole organic process.\"", "In that time, he has been nominated for five Oscars, as well as winning the Best Director award at Cannes Film Festival for \"Naked\" in 1993, the Palme d'Or there for \"Secrets & Lies\" in 1996 and the Leono d'Oro at Venice Film Festival in 2004 for \"Vera Drake.\"", "Famous for his fierce independence (read refusal to work in Hollywood), Leigh's work is known for gritty realism and a focus on underprivileged sections of British society.", "Another of Leigh's calling cards is an unconventional approach to screenwriting.", "\"The Screening Room\" caught up with the veteran director at the International Screenwriters' Festival in the UK earlier this year to ask him more about his approach to making films.", "The Screening Room: Why is this festival so important to you?", "Mike Leigh: I am a filmmaker who is both a writer and director and I have this way of making films where the writing and the actors and the shooting is all combined together.", "I don't make a conventional screenplay ... it's a whole organic process.", "TSR: What do you think other scriptwriters can learn from you?", "ML: I think screenwriters who, because of the politics and economics of the film industry, are forced to work in a much more conventional way, are always fascinated to discuss with me how I work.", "TSR: There is this romantic idea that screenwriting has to be a painful, solitary experience.", "That's not what you experience, though.", "ML: No, I don't sit in a room writing a script solo.", "My films are highly structured.", "Everything you see in my films is very precisely written, very thoroughly researched, but actually it is done through rehearsal, it's done through improvisation and research.", "I work for six months with the actors before we shoot anything, then the shooting of the film is in itself then an operation of making the film as I go along in a way, although it's very structured.", "It's a very sophisticated thing.", "TSR: How did you first discover that this way the way you wanted to make your films?", "ML: I trained as an actor, I did a lot of theatre work and, of course, the convention of actually rehearsing is much more prevalent in the theater, although actually what I do isn't really theater practice, it's very film orientated in its nature but it came out of all of those kind of explorations and experiences in the 1960s.", "TSR: How important is the audition process for you?", "ML: For me, casting is probably more important than it is for most people.", "If someone has written a conventional script then a range of actors could do that role.", "I find actors with whom I can collaborate to create characters, so I have to have actors that are brilliant, who are very intelligent and not all actors are very intelligent, who are versatile, who are character actors and not all actors are, that have a sense of humor, that have a sense of society and commitment, who aren't just narcissistic which a lot of actors are, and people who are patient and courageous.", "Working with me on these things is dangerous.", "TSR: When you work with actors do you give them over to the idea that they are shaping the story, or do you always know exactly what you want?", "ML: I don't always have a structure, and certainly there is no illusion involved.", "Also, I say to each actor when asking him or her to take part, you will only ever know what your character knows, so they never have an overview of the film.", "Their actual contribution is as an individual with a responsibility to their character, but my job is to tell the story.", "It's a very healthy and harmonious division of labor, but certainly, there would be no point in doing it if I didn't set up conditions in which they can really explore and the thing can go in fantastically unpredictable directions.", "TSR: When you take a script to a producer, how much should you compromise to get the film made?", "ML: I am the least qualified person in the world to answer that because I don't do that in the first place.", "I mean, I go to backers with my producers and we say, \"I can't tell you anything about it.", "I haven't got the script.", "Give us the money and we will go away and make it.\"", "And they either say 'yes,' which happens just occasionally, or they say 'no' which happens most of the time.", "So, I never have a situation where anybody interferes or where I have to compromise.", "But just in passing I would say that I have a rule about what one should do in the film business which is never compromise." ]	[ "British filmmaker Mike Leigh shares his scripting style and secrets .", "Mike Leigh has been in the movie business for over 35 years .", "Leigh's work is known for gritty realism and focus on underprivileged societies .", "He is also renowned for his unconventional approach to screenwriting ." ]	[ 0, 3, 4 ]
[ "MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- One of Osama bin Laden's sons has been denied asylum in Spain, an Interior Ministry spokeswoman told CNN on Wednesday.", "Omar bin Laden pictured earlier this year during a television interview in Rome, Italy.", "Omar bin Laden, who is in his late 20s, stepped off a plane at Madrid's Barajas International Airport during a stopover late Monday and informed authorities that he planned to request political asylum, the spokeswoman said.", "Bin Laden has publicly called on his father to abandon terrorism.", "He prepared his formal asylum request Tuesday at the airport with the help of a translator, filing it around 1 p.m., the spokeswoman said.", "The Interior Ministry, which had 72 hours to reply to the request, was required to seek the opinion of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees on the matter.", "The UNHCR recommended against granting asylum, the spokeswoman said Wednesday.", "No reason was given for the denial.", "It was not immediately known what grounds bin Laden gave for his request, and the spokeswoman said it is unlikely to be disclosed.", "His flight Monday originated in Cairo, Egypt, and landed in Madrid on its way to Casablanca, Morocco, she said.", "The request caught Spanish authorities by surprise, she said.", "Bin Laden, who is married to a British citizen, previously was denied asylum in Britain.", "He holds a Saudi passport.", "Since Spain has denied his request, bin Laden has 24 hours to appeal before he is put on a plane back to Cairo, the spokeswoman said.", "If he appeals, the Spanish government has 48 hours to rule on it.", "Last year, 7,664 people requested asylum in Spain.", "The government granted that status to only 570, the spokeswoman said.", "Al Goodman, CNN's Madrid bureau chief, contributed to this report ." ]	[ "Official: Spain denies asylum to Omar bin Laden .", "Spain did not give a reason for turning down the asylum appeal .", "He has publicly called on his father to abandon terrorism .", "He was previously denied asylum in Britain ." ]	[ 3, 7, 11, 13 ]
[ "(CNN) -- World leaders rushed to congratulate President-elect Barack Obama as incumbent George W. Bush called his win \"a testament to hard work, optimism and faith in the enduring promise of our nation.\"", "Kenya declared a national holiday for Obama's White House victory.", "Speaking from the White House, Bush said the people had chosen a president \"whose journey represents a triumph of the American story.\"", "He said: \"It will be a stirring sight to watch President Obama, his wife, Michelle and their beautiful girls step through the doors of the White House.", "\"I know millions of Americans will be overcome with pride at this inspiring moment that so many have waited for for so long.\"", "Watch the speech from President Bush » .", "Across the globe, people in city squares and villages, living rooms and shacks cheered his success, boosting hopes that America's first black commander-in-chief might herald a more conciliatory approach to the rest of the world.", "Leading the congratulations by world leaders, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he was excited about the prospect of working with the new U.S. president.", "\"I know Barack Obama and we share many values,\" he said.", "\"And I look forward to working extremely closely with him in the coming months and years.\"", "Watch as Brown hails 'friend of Britain' » .", "German Chancellor Angela Merkel also offered her congratulations and said she would work with Obama to deal with the challenges facing the world.", "\"I'm convinced that through a close and trusting cooperation between the United States and Europe we will be able to confront new risks and challenges in a decisive manner and will be able to take advantage of the numerous opportunities that are opening up in our world,\" Merkel said.", "Obama met both Brown and Merkel over the summer while on an international trip through Europe and the Middle East and held a huge rally in Berlin that revived memories of President John F. Kennedy's 1963 visit.", "Chinese President Hu Jintao offered similar congratulations, urging Obama to join China in shouldering \"important common responsibilities.\"", "\"I look forward to endeavor together with you,\" he said.", "\"To push the Sino-U.S. constructive and cooperative relations to a new level, in order to better benefit our two peoples and the peoples of the world.\"", "In Kenya, Obama's extended family danced in his ancestral village of Kogelo, chanting, \"Barack Obama, Barack Obama is going to the White House.\"", "Obama's grandmother, half-brother and relatives eagerly watched the election results, while in the capital Nairobi, revelers marched and danced through the streets to sirens and whistles, singing Obama's name and carrying and waving American flags.", "Blog from Kogelo, Kenya .", "Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki called Obama's election \"a momentous day not only in the history of the United States of America, but also for us in Kenya.", "The victory of Senator Obama is our own victory because of his roots here in Kenya.", "As a country, we are full of pride for his success.\"", "Watch celebrations in Kenya » .", "U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said: \"On a personal note, as an African-American, I am especially proud because this is a country that's been through long journey in overcoming wounds, and making race not the factor in our lives.\"", "Her predecessor, another African-American, Colin Powell said he wept as he watched Obama deliver his victory speech in Chicago's Grant Park.", "Powell, in an interview with CNN in Hong Kong, said he believed Obama had the potential to be a great president and asked Americans -- including Republicans -- to get behind Obama.", "Watch as Powell describes his reaction » .", "Powell, a retired U.S. general and a Republican, was once seen as a possible presidential candidate himself but endorsed Obama towards the end of the campaign.", "\"Obama displayed a steadiness.", "Showed intellectual vigor.", "He has a definitive way of doing business that will do us well,\" Powell said Wednesday.", "In Jakarta, Indonesia, where Obama lived with his mother and stepfather in the late 1960s, hundreds of students at his old elementary school poured into the playground and danced in the rain, some chanting \"Obama!", "Obama!\" The Associated Press reported.", "In a Japanese town bearing Obama's name, jubilation took a few minutes to translate from the group of American teachers to the local crowd, which also cheered \"O-ba-ma!\"", "CNN's Kyung Lah reported.", "Watch reaction in Japan and China » .", "Financial markets in Asia closed higher Wednesday as traders were hopeful that Obama could successfully tackle the global economic crisis.", "But in Europe the major markets closed down about 2 percent and U.S. markets closed about 4.5 percent down.", "Read what Obama must do to tackle crisis .", "Amid unprecedented turmoil in the financial markets, Wall Street is desperate for an end to the uncertainty that has built up over the two-year campaign.", "At an election party in Paris, French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde highlighted the financial crisis as Obama's priority when he takes office.", "She told CNN's Jim Bittermann she expected the president-elect to be \"clearly involved\" in the upcoming financial summit being hosted by Bush.", "Watch Lagarde discuss priorities for the U.S. president-elect » .", "In an open letter to Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Obama's election raised in France, in Europe and around the world \"an immense hope\" and that the American people \"had expressed with force their faith in progress and the future.\"", "Afghan president Hamid Karzai said the American people have taken \"themselves ... and the rest of the world into a new era, the era where race, color and ethnicity ... will also disappear as a factor in politics in the rest of the world.\"", "Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said: \"We look forward to relations between our two countries that witness, during your rule, further consolidation and development in all different fields, based on a firm contractual ground, common interests and similar values.\"", "Watch reaction from Iraq, Afghanistan » .", "In addition to the global financial crisis, Obama's challenges include Iran's nuclear ambitions, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and relations with Syria -- challenges the Middle Eastern media have dubbed \"the hot files.\"", "Iran's Deputy Parliament Speaker Mohammad Hossein Abutorabifard offered a mild note of optimism to traditionally thorny relations between his country and Washington.", "Watch as Iran awaits Obama » .", "\"If the United States takes into consideration the realities of the world and chooses suitable policies, America can play its (proper) role in the relations between the United States and the countries of the region and the world of Islam,\" he said.", "Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said: \"We have no doubt that that the special relations between the two nations will continue and strengthen during the Obama administration.\"", "Russian President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated Obama on his victory and said he was hoping for constructive dialogue with the incoming U.S. president but also highlighted differences between the two countries, including the missile defense plan.", "Russia expresses hope for a new relationship » .", "In Russia, Pravda newspaper was ecstatic, announcing that \"Eight years of hell are over.\"", "It criticized the cost of the \"grand American soap opera\" during a time of economic crisis.", "Watch how world's media covered the election » .", "Copyright 2008 CNN.", "All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.", "Associated Press contributed to this report." ]	[ "President Bush: Obama victory represents a triumph of the American story .", "World leaders congratulate Barack Obama on winning U.S. presidential election .", "Most stocks rise in Asia as Obama win seen positively; markets fall in Europe .", "Kenyan President Kibaki calls Obama victory \"our own victory\"" ]	[ 0, 20, 21, 29 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Sen. John McCain cemented his front-runner status Tuesday, piling up big wins coast-to-coast, according to CNN projections.", "Democratic voters remain evenly split over which of their candidates they would rather see get the nomination.", "Sen. Barack Obama won more states Tuesday, but Sen. Hillary Clinton won states with higher delegate counts.", "McCain capped the night by taking California and its 170 delegates.", "After having been nearly written off last summer, the Arizona senator finally felt comfortable enough to call himself the front-runner.", "\"Tonight I think we must get used to the idea that we are the Republican Party front-runner for the nomination of president of the United States.", "And I don't really mind it one bit,\" he said as results came in Tuesday.", "Watch McCain claim front-runner status » .", "On the Democratic side, Clinton took California, according to CNN projections.", "While most Republican contests are winner-take-all, most Democratic contests are awarded proportionally based on the number of congressional districts won.", "Clinton took the larger share of California's 370 Democratic delegates.", "More about delegates . \"We know what we need is someone ready on day one to solve our problems and seize those opportunities,\" Clinton said Tuesday.", "\"Because when the bright lights are off and the cameras are gone, who can you count on to listen to you, to stand up for you, to deliver solutions for you?\"", "Watch Clinton speak to her supporters » .", "McCain also won Connecticut, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Delaware and Arizona, his home state, according to CNN projections.", "Full February 5 results .", "McCain has gathered 514 delegates so far in his presidential campaign, including Tuesday night's projections.", "Former Massachusetts Gov.", "Mitt Romney has 177 delegates, and former Arkansas Gov.", "Mike Huckabee has 122.", "What do the results mean? ...", "In Georgia, Huckabee edged out McCain, who held a slim margin over Romney.", "Romney got wins in Alaska, Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana and Utah.", "See who won the popular vote in each state » .", "\"One thing that's clear -- this campaign's going on,\" Romney said.", "\"I think there's some people who thought that it was all going to be done tonight, but it's not all done tonight.", "We're going to keep on battling.\"", "Watch Romney vow to fight » .", "In addition to Georgia, Huckabee picked up Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee and West Virginia.", "Watch what Huckabee says about Tuesday's results » .", "Going into Super Tuesday, the Republican race had largely been viewed as a fight between McCain and Romney.", "\"Over the past few days, a lot of people have been trying to say that this is a two-man race.", "Well, you know what? It is, and we're in it,\" Huckabee said as the results came in.", "In all, 1,020 Republican delegates were up for grabs Tuesday.", "To clinch the nomination, a candidate must win 1,191 delegates.", "Tuesday's contests did not produce a front-runner on the Democratic side.", "\"Our time has come, our movement is real and change is coming to America,\" Obama said Tuesday.", "\"We are more than a collection of red states and blue states.", "We are and always will be the United States of America.\"", "Watch Obama rally his supporters » .", "The biggest prizes that Obama won were his home state of Illinois and Georgia, and a larger share of the 288 delegates in those states.", "Obama also won Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota and Utah.", "Between those states, he would be awarded the larger share of 278 delegates.", "Watch what the early results mean » .", "Clinton was also projected to win her home state of New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts, and the larger share of the 329 delegates at stake in those states.", "Clinton also won Arizona, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Tennessee, and the larger share of the 235 delegates in those states.", "Republican conservative voters appear to be evenly split between Romney and Huckabee, according to preliminary exit polls of Super Tuesday voters.", "Of those who voted for Huckabee or Romney, about 80 percent identified themselves as conservative, according to the polls.", "Watch why voters picked their candidates » .", "Only 49 percent of McCain's voters said they were conservative, a sign that the Arizona senator's efforts during the past week to placate conservative voters have not paid off.", "On the Democratic side, those who made up their mind in the past three days appear to be torn between Obama and Clinton.", "According to the exit polls, Obama and Clinton are essentially splitting those voters, with 47 percent going for Obama and 46 percent for Clinton.", "Watch how CNN analysts view the GOP race » .", "On the Republican side, front-runners McCain and Romney have engaged in bitter exchanges over their conservative records in recent weeks.", "E-mail to a friend .", "CNN's Bill Schneider contributed to this report." ]	[ "McCain solidifies front-runner status .", "Clinton takes delegate-rich states .", "Huckabee, Romney vow to keep fighting .", "Obama winning more states, but Clinton winning states with more delegates ." ]	[ 2, 7, 27 ]
[ "MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- The Russian parliament approved a constitutional amendment Friday to extend the presidential term from four to six years.", "Vladimir Putin was barred constitutionally from seeking a third consecutive term as president.", "There is widespread speculation in Russian media that the change is aimed at paving the way for a return to the Kremlin by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who remains a popular and powerful figure since leaving the president's office in May.", "The Kremlin maintains the amendment -- along with other proposed changes to the terms in office for elected officials -- is necessary to ensure the stability of future Russian governments.", "President Dmitry Medvedev announced the measures just two weeks ago, in his first state-of-the-nation speech on November 5.", "The lower house of the Russian parliament had its third and final reading Friday before putting the measures to a vote.", "It passed by a vote of 392 to 57, with those against representing the Communist Party faction.", "There were no abstentions. Further approval is needed from the upper house of parliament and regional councils before the changes become law.", "The amendments will come into force when at least two-thirds of the nation's 83 regional parliaments and assemblies -- or 56 -- approve them.", "Analysts have expressed concern about the rapid movement of the measures through parliament.", "They say the government may be seeking to capitalize on Putin's popularity amid the financial crisis, which has dented support for the current leadership.", "The next Russian presidential elections are scheduled for 2012.", "There is speculation in Russia that the new measures could set the stage for fresh elections, allowing Putin to sidestep a ban on a third presidential term and stand again for president.", "-- CNN's Matthew Chance and Max Tkachenko contributed to this report." ]	[ "Russian media speculates change intended to pave the way for Putin's return .", "Kremlin says amendment needed to ensure stability of future governments .", "President Dmitry Medvedev announced the measures two weeks ago .", "Next Russian presidential elections set for 2012 ." ]	[ 3, 4, 11 ]
[ "TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Japanese scientists have produced clones of mice that have been dead and frozen for 16 years -- a feat that could lead researchers to one day resurrect long-extinct species, such as the mammoth.", "Dolly was cloned using cells from live animals.", "Now scientists believe they can resurrect extinct species.", "Until now, scientists have only been able to produce clones using cells from live animals.", "This is how researchers created Dolly the Sheep, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult animal.", "Researchers had thought that frozen cells were unusable because ice crystals would have damaged the DNA.", "That belief would rule out the possibility of resurrecting extinct animals from their frozen remains.", "But the latest research -- published in the journal, Proceedings for the National Academy of Sciences -- shows that scientists may have overcome the obstacle.", "Researchers at the Riken Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe, Japan, used cells from mice that had been frozen for 16 years at -20 Celsius (-4 degrees Fahrenheit).", "They extracted the nucleus and injected it into eggs whose DNA had been removed.", "Several steps later, the scientists were able to clone the mice.", "\"This is the first time a mammal has been cloned from a sample stored at conditions reasonably close to what might be expected in permafrost,\" Teruhiko Wakayama, who led the study, said in a statement.", "\"(It) gives some hope for those who might seek to clone extinct species from frozen carcasses.\"" ]	[ "Japanese scientists produce clones of mice dead and frozen for 16 years .", "Feat could lead researchers to resurrect long-extinct species, like mammoth .", "Researchers used cells from mice that were frozen for 16 years at -20 Celsius ." ]	[ 0, 8 ]
[ "DOVER, Delaware (CNN) -- It was a very public goodbye for Joe Biden on Friday as the Delaware senator addressed the deployment ceremony of his son's National Guard unit as they prepare to leave for a tour of duty in Iraq.", "Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden addresses the deployment ceremony Friday.", "Following Thursday night's debate with Alaska Gov.", "Sarah Palin in St. Louis, Missouri, Biden flew back to Delaware to spend the day with his 39-year-old son before his deployment to Iraq.", "Beau Biden -- a captain in the National Guard and Delaware's attorney general -- will be a trial counselor in the 261st Signal Brigade, a unit that specializes in providing communications for the military in Iraq.", "\"I've come here many times before as a Delawarean, as a United States senator,\" he told a crowd in Dover.", "\"But today I come, as you prepare to deploy, as a father -- a father who had some sage advice from his son this morning: 'Dad, keep it short, we're in formation.'", "\" \"My heart is full of love and pride.", "... You are the best demonstration of both our nation's greatness and ... our people's goodness,\" he added.", "Watch more of Biden's comments » .", "Biden joined the rest of Delaware's congressional delegation and the state's Gov.", "Ruth Ann Minner in speaking to the 110 members of the unit.", "\"Let me simply say, thank you, thank you for answering the call of your country. ...", "So stay strong, stand together, serve honorably ... may God bless you and may he protect you,\" Biden added, later saluting the crowd.", "Beau Biden doesn't ship out right away.", "Instead, he heads to Fort Bliss, Texas, this weekend, where his National Guard unit completes assigned tasks and receives additional training specific to the conditions in Iraq.", "Then, in six to eight weeks, they ship out to Iraq.", "Despite increased interest and security because Biden is now a vice presidential nominee, the public affairs officer for the unit had insisted the ceremony would be no different, and not political.", "Lt. Col. Len Grattieri said Wednesday that the last time Biden -- who has often spoken at deployment ceremonies -- addressed a departing unit was 18 months ago, and that he usually roots his remarks in foreign policy, offering his perspective on the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.", "Grattieri couldn't say where Beau Biden will be based, but his role will be that of a prosecutor enforcing the Uniform Code of Military Justice.", "He added that positions aren't clearly defined, and the unit will do whatever the Army needs it to.", "In the past week, Biden had been trying to balance debate prep with family time.", "On Tuesday afternoon, he took a break and went out to lunch with Beau, Beau's wife, Hallie, and the couple's young daughter.", "Aides say it's been a tough week for Biden, with Beau's departure weighing on him.", "Biden said in an interview Tuesday that he is proud of his son, but wishes he weren't going.", "Palin, along with Biden, brought up their respective sons' deployment to Iraq during the debate.", "Palin's son Track, 19, an infantry soldier, was deployed to Iraq with his Army unit September 11.", "Palin spoke at her eldest son's deployment ceremony in Alaska, which honored the 4,000 Alaska-based troops to be deployed from Fort Wainwright to Iraq in the coming weeks.", "Track Palin, who was standing in formation among members of the 1st Stryker Brigade's 25th Infantry Division at Fort Wainwright, went unmentioned by the governor in her brief remarks.", "Palin had agreed to speak at the deployment ceremony several months ago, before she was tapped as Sen. John McCain's running mate.", "Though the speech wasn't a political event -- media credentials were issued by the military base -- that didn't stop dozens of national reporters and photographers from descending on the military base in Fairbanks, home to nearly 12,000 soldiers and their families.", "\"As you depart today,\" Palin told the infantrymen, \"don't mind us -- your parents, your friends, your family -- if we allow for a few tears, or if we hold you just a little close once more before you're gone.", "Because were going to miss you.", "We can't help it. We are going to miss you.\"", "Palin said victory in Iraq is \"within sight.\"", "\"You and others like you will be there to see the mission through,\" she said.", "\"You will be there to win. You will see victory.", "Track Palin signed up to join the Army on September 11, 2007.", "During his 12-month deployment, his unit will protect reconstruction teams that are rebuilding the country, said Maj. Chris Hyde, the public affairs officer for the brigade.", "Hyde, who called Track Palin \"a low-profile individual,\" said he had not heard any security concerns about having the son of a prominent political figure in the brigade.", "\"The decision to put him in that role was made before Gov.", "Palin was picked by McCain,\" he said.", "\"If anything comes down from headquarters, we will comply, but I wouldn't even want to speculate.", "I wouldn't say yes or no. That's just my opinion. We will do well with Track Palin whether he's there or he's not.\"", "CNN's Peter Hamby, Ed Hornick and Alexander Marquardt contributed to this report." ]	[ "Joe Biden speaks at his son's deployment ceremony in Delaware .", "Beau Biden is a National Guard captain and Delaware's AG .", "Biden tells the crowd: \"My heart is full of love and pride\"\nSarah Palin's son, Track, was deployed to Iraq on September 11 ." ]	[ 0, 7, 9, 26 ]
[ "CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- Barack Obama did more than thump John McCain in the Electoral College tally; he also handily won the popular vote and redrew the great divide between red states and blue states.", "Barack Obama addresses a crowd of more than 200,000 at Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois.", "Riding a Democratic tide that bolstered the party's presence in both houses of Congress, Obama snared about 63 million votes to McCain's 55.8 million, according to totals early Wednesday.", "According to exit polls, Obama crushed McCain among women voters (56 percent to 43 percent); voters under 30 (66 percent to 32 percent); African-American voters (95 percent to 4 percent); Latino voters (66 percent to 32 percent); first-time voters (68 percent to 31 percent); and voters making less than $100,000 a year (55 percent to 43 percent).", "\"I think this is the passing of an old order,\" CNN senior political analyst David Gergen said as the results rolled in Tuesday night and the outcome became increasingly evident.", "Read what analysts had to say about the victory » .", "\"I think what we see ... is a new coalition, a new order emerging.", "It isn't quite there, but with Barack Obama, for the first time, it's won.", "It is the Latino vote we just heard about.", "It is the bigger black vote that came out.", "Very importantly, it's the youth vote, the 18-to-29-year-old,\" said the Harvard University professor and former presidential adviser.", "Watch Obama pay tribute to McCain » .", "Early voting totals in the East suggested things would go traditionally, with McCain taking most of the Southeast, Obama most of the Northeast.", "But then things quickly changed, as the senator from Illinois struck -- first in Pennsylvania and then in the Midwest state of Ohio, states McCain had to win in his bid for the Oval Office.", "Obama then delivered an uppercut in Virginia, a state that had not voted for a Democratic president since 1964.", "See your state's county-by-county totals .", "As polls closed from East to West, Obama kept hammering McCain, as he snatched away Iowa, Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada -- states that had been in President Bush's column in 2004.", "And Wednesday morning, Obama added Indiana to the list of states he'd turned from red to blue.", "Indiana hadn't voted for a Democrat since Lyndon Johnson in 1964.", "(Missouri and North Carolina were still counting votes Wednesday, but it appeared one or two of them could become blue-state converts as well.)", "With McCain on the ropes, an Obama victory in Florida sounded the death knell.", "What's next for Illinois and Delaware? ...", "When Indiana fell into Obama's column Wednesday morning, he had a 349-163 lead over his rival in electoral votes, with only 26 undecided.", "As he claimed victory Tuesday night, Obama told supporters, \"change has come to America.\"", "\"The road ahead will be long.", "Our climb will be steep.", "We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America -- I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.", "I promise you -- we as a people will get there,\" Obama said in Chicago before an estimated crowd of up to 240,000 people.", "With Obama's win, he becomes the first African-American to win the White House.", "McCain pledged Tuesday night to help Obama lead.", "Watch more on the balance of power » .", "\"Today, I was a candidate for the highest office in the country I love so much, and tonight, I remain her servant,\" McCain said.", "The senator from Arizona called Obama to congratulate him, and Obama told him that he was eager to sit down and talk about how the two of them can work together.", "Obama will also be working with a heavily Democratic Congress.", "Democrats picked up Senate seats in New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina and Virginia, among others.", "Read about the Senate races .", "But Obama pledged to work across party lines and listen to the 46 percent of voters who chose McCain.", "\"While the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress,\" Obama said.", "\"To those Americans whose support I have yet to earn -- I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your president, too,\" he said.", "Watch Obama tell voters \"all things are possible\" » .", "And he recited the words of Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican in White House, to call for unity.", "\"As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, 'We are not enemies, but friends ... though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection,'\" Obama said.", "Watch a discussion of what Obama should do first » .", "Supporters in Chicago cheering, \"Yes, we can,\" were met with cries of \"Yes, we did.\"", "Bush also called Obama to offer his congratulations.", "The president told Obama he was about to begin one of the great journeys of his life, and invited him to the White House as soon as it could be arranged, according to White House spokeswoman Dana Perino.", "More than 1,000 people gathered outside the White House, chanting \"Obama, Obama!\"", "Sen. Hillary Clinton, Obama's former rival for the Democratic nomination, said in a statement that \"we are celebrating an historic victory for the American people.\"", "iReport.com: Share your Election Day reaction with CNN .", "\"This was a long and hard fought campaign, but the result was well worth the wait.", "Together, under the leadership of President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and a Democratic Congress, we will chart a better course to build a new economy and rebuild our leadership in the world.\"", "Sen. Edward Kennedy said Americans \"spoke loud and clear\" in electing Obama.", "\"They understood his vision of a fairer and more just America and embraced it.", "They heard his call for a new generation of Americans to participate in government and were inspired.", "They believed that change is possible and voted to be part of America's future,\" the Massachusetts Democrat said in a statement.", "Voters expressed excitement and pride in their country after casting their ballots in the historic election.", "Poll workers reported high turnout across many parts of the country, and some voters waited hours to cast their ballots.", "Read about election problems .", "Tuesday marked the end of the longest presidential campaign season in U.S. history -- 21 months.", "Obama, 47, will begin his transition to the White House.", "He will be sworn in as the 44th president on January 20." ]	[ "NEW: Obama claims Indiana, 349-163 electoral vote advantage .", "Barack Obama scores wins with women, African-Americans, young voters .", "Obama to voters: \"Change has come to America\"\nObama will be working with heavily Democratic Congress ." ]	[ 11, 22, 23, 33 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- John McCain's fight for the White House was a microcosm of his political career and broader life -- full of near-death experiences, stunning comebacks and close calls.", "Sen. John McCain gestures as he delivers his concession speech Tuesday night.", "The former Navy fighter pilot, who'd been shot down over North Vietnam and held as a POW, had been able to battle back every time until Tuesday night.", "He regained respect in the Senate after being accused of improperly helping fraudster savings and loan chief Charles Keating in the 1980s; he got back on speaking terms with the Republican Party base after his primary defeat against George W. Bush in 2000; and he revitalized his campaign after its near-death last summer from lack of cash and power struggles to capture the nomination.", "What would have been his greatest political comeback -- to seize the White House -- proved to be too difficult.", "A Republican win in what is being seen as a \"Democratic year\" was always a long shot.", "Whoever was the GOP nominee was going to have to fight against the legacy of the previous eight years of a Republican president who became highly unpopular because of the Iraq war, administration gaffes such as the handling of Hurricane Katrina, and what turned from a credit crunch into a global economic crisis.", "The Arizona senator even managed to make the race appear competitive, soaring in the polls on the back of a polished convention and popular VP pick, Gov.", "Sarah Palin.", "But he made mistakes, too.", "Combined with the electorate's disenchantment with his party, it ensured defeat.", "Turning points .", "New Hampshire: McCain's great high point came in January, amid the snows of New Hampshire, when primary voters boosted him from long shot to top-tier candidate, just as they had eight years earlier.", "He stunned a crowded GOP field -- including Mitt Romney, the well-funded former governor of neighboring Massachusetts, and Iowa caucus winner Mike Huckabee -- and proved himself a force to be reckoned with.", "Not Hillary: Democrats weren't the only ones who expected Hillary Clinton to put a quick end to the primary season -- the Republican machine had spent years honing plans to fight the New York senator in a general election.", "Not only were those plans ruined, but suddenly the challenger was a fresh face with little baggage who captured the public's imagination.", "And as the epic Democratic primary season gave many headlines to Barack Obama, it also helped him develop networks of supporters in traditionally red states.", "And millions of new Obama supporters also became donors, financing a record-breaking fundraising effort.", "George W. Bush: McCain may never have been a great friend of the president, but he could hardly turn down an endorsement from him at the White House.", "It was a photo-op that launched a thousand attack ads.", "Even if the unpopular president was a virtual no-show on the campaign trail, it was easy for the Democrats to remind voters who McCain's party colleague was.", "Straight talk: One of McCain's strengths had been his relationship with news groups, gaining appreciation by answering reporters' questions until there were none left.", "But when asked whether he agreed with campaign supporter Carly Fiorina that health insurance plans that covered Viagra should cover birth control as well, he had no answer.", "Cameras rolled on his Straight Talk Express campaign bus as he sat silently, looking awkward -- long moments of video that would be replayed again and again.", "Virtually overnight, news conferences disappeared from McCain's agenda as advisers who believed that an open-door media policy did not help persuaded their man they were right.", "McCain was left to repeat the rehearsed lines of his stump speech, losing the opportunity to impress in candid moments and his likability numbers began to slip.", "VP pick: McCain made his \"Hail Mary\" pick -- privately acknowledged by some advisers as his only shot of winning -- with the governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin.", "For a few weeks, it looked like that game-winning touchdown could happen as the base-rousing running mate burst onto the national scene with such power that the GOP ticket took the lead in major opinion polls.", "But inconvenient investigations, unfortunate interview performances and questions about qualifications soon hit Palin's approval ratings.", "McCain's own reputation was tarnished as revelations about hasty vetting raised questions in voters' minds about his judgment.", "And by then, his central argument against Obama -- that experience was critical -- was essentially off the table given Palin's relatively thin resume.", "Meltdown response: Ask Republican insiders when they knew the fight was lost, and most will point to McCain's decision to halt campaigning as the depth of the financial crisis became apparent.", "The rise of the economy from a key election issue to the only issue was never going to help the candidate who'd said earlier it was not his strong suit.", "But his bid to get in front with a dramatic departure from the campaign trail backfired.", "He became a bit player at best, again raising the question of leadership ability and judgment and coming up wanting against his opponent.", "John McCain was never assured victory.", "But nor was defeat guaranteed.", "Some of his toughest breaks were outside of his control; other wounds were self-inflicted.", "Maybe -- given personality, politics and circumstance -- he could not have made decisions other than the ones he chose.", "But those choices helped seal his loss.", "CNN's Rebecca Sinderbrand, Richard Allen Greene and Laura Haring contributed to this report." ]	[ "Arizona senator had tough fight in a \"Democratic year\"\nIn career of stunning comebacks, win eludes him this time .", "Missteps and circumstances sullied voters' opinions of him ." ]	[ 0, 5 ]
[ "ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) -- Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for a Florida woman charged with killing her missing 3-year-old daughter, according to court documents filed Friday.", "Casey Anthony has been charged in an indictment with the premediated murder of daughter Caylee.", "\"It is not in the best interest of the people of the state of Florida to pursue the death penalty as a potential sentence,\" prosecutors concluded, according to the document.", "\"Therefore, the state of Florida will not be seeking the death penalty as to Casey Marie Anthony.\"", "Anthony, 22, is charged with killing her daughter, Caylee Anthony, in a case that has received national attention.", "She was arrested last month and faces charges including first-degree murder in the disappearance of Caylee, who has been missing since June.", "Watch newly released jailhouse tapes » .", "She could face a sentence of up to life in prison.", "Anthony waited about a month before telling her family that Caylee was gone.", "Cindy Anthony -- Caylee's grandmother and Casey Anthony's mother -- called the Orange County, Florida, sheriff July 15, saying her daughter would not tell her where Caylee was.", "When questioned, Anthony gave conflicting statements to police, including some that were later disproved, according to hundreds of documents and investigative reports released in the case.", "She claimed she dropped Caylee off with a baby sitter, but when police checked out her story, they learned that the address Anthony supplied belonged to an apartment that had been vacant for weeks.", "The woman Anthony named as her baby sitter told police she did not know her.", "Investigators previously have said cadaver dogs picked up the scent of death in Anthony's car, as well as in her parents' backyard.", "They also said air quality tests conducted by the FBI found evidence consistent with human decomposition and chloroform in the trunk of Anthony's car.", "A neighbor told police that Anthony had asked to borrow a shovel.", "Also, analysis of Anthony's computer found she had visited Web sites discussing chloroform, as well as Internet searches of missing children, according to information released in the case.", "Last month, Florida 9th Circuit Judge Stan Strickland denied prosecutors' request to impose a gag order in Anthony's case, saying he could not state that continued publicity would pose a threat to her trial, or even that a gag order would stem the flood of media attention.", "CNN's Rich Phillips contributed to this report." ]	[ "Document: It's not in Florida's best interest to seek death penalty for Casey Anthony .", "Anthony is charged with first-degree murder in daughter's disappearance .", "Caylee Anthony, 3, was missing for a month before her mother told anyone ." ]	[ 0, 5, 9 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Troubled singer Amy Winehouse has been admitted to a London hospital after suffering a bad reaction to medication, her representative said Tuesday.", "Amy Winehouse has undeniable talent, but has become better known for her wild behavior.", "Winehouse, 25, went to the private London Clinic on Sunday, said her spokesman, Chris Goodman.", "He said Winehouse's medication made her ill and her doctors asked her to come in so they could investigate.", "Goodman did not disclose what type of medication was involved, saying only it is part of her \"ongoing treatment.\"", "It was not clear Tuesday whether she had been discharged.", "Yesterday Winehouse's husband Blake Fielder-Civil lost his appeal against his 27-month jail term for assault and perverting the course of justice.", "Earlier this month he was moved from prison to a drug rehabilitation unit.", "The Grammy-winning Winehouse has suffered a string of health problems in recent years, many related to her battles with drug addiction.", "She spent two weeks in a drug rehabilitation clinic in January.", "See a timeline of Winehouse's career » .", "One of her biggest hits is the song \"Rehab,\" describing her reluctance to enter a clinic.", "Another bad reaction to medication prompted Winehouse to enter a London hospital in July, but she was discharged the next day.", "Winehouse won five Grammy awards earlier this year -- three for \"Rehab,\" as well as Album of the Year and Best New Artist." ]	[ "Amy Winehouse representative: Singer has had bad reaction to medication .", "Another bad reaction to medication prompted Winehouse to enter hospital in July .", "Grammy-winning Winehouse has suffered a string of health problems ." ]	[ 0, 8, 12 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The Texas attorney general sued a hotel and a motel Thursday, accusing them of price gouging during September's exodus of more than 1 million Gulf Coast residents ahead of Hurricane Ike.", "Attorney General Greg Abbott filed suit against the Hotel Nacogdoches in Nacogdoches and the Super 8 Brookshire Motel near Katy, accusing them of illegally raising room rates after Gov.", "Rick Perry had issued a declaration of disaster on September 8.", "\"Although Texas law clearly prohibits profiteering during declared disasters, these defendants are charged with increasing room rates for evacuees during Hurricane Ike,\" Abbott said in a news release.", "\"The law imposes strict penalties on vendors that attempt to increase their profits after the governor issues a disaster declaration.", "\"Despite today's price-gouging charges, the vast majority of Texas businesses complied with the law and are to be commended for working with authorities to provide crucial assistance to hurricane victims.\"", "In Texas, the state attorney general can sue, but not file criminal charges.", "A district attorney would need to file any such charges.", "An estimated 1.2 million Gulf Coast residents heeded officials' recommendations that they move inland until the storm had passed.", "Hotel Nacogdoches, located north of Houston along a major evacuation route, charged evacuees more than double its usual rate, the statement said, citing complaints from guests whose receipts showed the hotel charged $99.99 for a room that had cost $49.99 two days before Ike.", "It told a similar tale about Super 8 Brookshire Motel, west of Katy, which also housed evacuees.", "The motel charged up to $125 for a room that ordinarily cost $99, the statement said.", "The businesses also charged state and local hotel and motel taxes, even though the governor had issued a declaration waiving them, according to the statement.", "The office of the attorney general is seeking civil penalties of up to $20,000 per violation and up to $250,000 per violation for victims over the age of 65.", "Managers from neither hotel immediately returned calls seeking comment." ]	[ "Hotel, motel accused of illegally raising prices as evacuees fled Hurricane Ike .", "Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott files lawsuit against the two businesses .", "Attorney general: Hotel charged $99.99 for room that had cost $49.99 days earlier .", "About 1.2 million Gulf Coast residents moved inland to avoid worst of Ike ." ]	[ 0, 1, 9 ]
[ "(CNN) -- As Democratic and Republican presidential candidates scour the country for votes during the 2008 campaign, they'll inevitably court the Hispanic community, a voting group growing rapidly in number and diversity.", "Some Democratic presidential candidates pose before a debate sponsored by Univision.", "The Republican debate was postponed after only one candidate agreed to attend, a development which troubled some party leaders.", "The Hispanic vote is neither homogenous nor loyal to one party.", "Though the current political moment seems to favor the Democratic Party, experts say that affinity should not be taken for granted.", "The Hispanic community is the fastest-growing minority group in the United States, according to the U.S. census.", "But its percentage of the electorate is lower than its numbers as a whole because of lower citizenship rates, less voter participation and a youthful demographic.", "Of the nation's more than 44 million people of Hispanic origin, about a third are too young to vote.", "But all that's changing. Before the midterm elections in 2006, the Pew Hispanic Center, a Washington-based think-tank, estimated more than 17 million Hispanics would be eligible to vote in that election.", "The number represented a 7 percent increase from 2004.", "The Hispanic share of the U.S. electorate increased from 8.2 percent to 8.6 percent during the same period, Pew estimated.", "That percentage may grow even more by 2008 as a result of citizenship drives, get-out-the-vote campaigns and the natural growth of the community.", "Univision, the Spanish-language broadcast giant, has thrown its considerable weight behind a citizenship drive this year.", "\"We feel that empowering our audience is good for Hispanics and the country,\" Univision President Ray Rodriguez told the Wall Street Journal in May 2007, adding that it was \"a totally nonpartisan effort.\"", "Organizations such as the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, or NALEO, are also mobilizing the vote.", "\"We have spearheaded a massive naturalization campaign and close to, I think, a million applications will have been submitted this fiscal year,\" said NALEO's executive director, Arturo Vargas.", "The change in the electorate could play a significant role in possible swing states like Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado and Florida during the 2008 election.", "There's a reason the Democratic Party decided to hold its presidential convention in Denver, experts said.", "\"I don't think it's really registered with people just how influential the Latino vote can be in some of these state primaries,\" Vargas said.", "The Hispanic vote has historically been aligned with the Democratic Party, an allegiance established during the administrations of Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy, said Harry Pachon of the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute.", "That political alignment was further cemented when Proposition 187 -- designed to deny health care, education and welfare benefits to illegal immigrants -- was pushed by Republicans and passed in California in 1994.", "But the Republican Party, intent on gaining more Hispanic voters, made inroads during the early parts of this decade, culminating in the 2004 presidential campaign by President Bush.", "Exit polls showed he carried 40 to 44 percent of the Hispanic vote, according to the Pew Hispanic Center.", "\"There are a lot of issues that Latinos agree with Republican philosophy,\" Pachon said, pointing to the GOP stances on entrepreneurship, fiscal policies, its appeal to Hispanic evangelicals and its policies toward Cuba.", "But the heated immigration debate, when many congressional Republicans disagreed with President Bush over granting a path toward citizenship for many illegal immigrants, may erode those gains.", "\"The Republicans are really caught between a rock and a hard place,\" Pachon said.", "They must balance the interests of a segment of their constituency that is very anti-immigrant with the interests of a \"Latino voter that is affluent and middle class, who can theoretically be reached by Republican Party principles,\" he said.", "It is little wonder then, that among Republican presidential candidates, only Arizona Sen. John McCain agreed to appear at an Univision debate scheduled for mid-September.", "The debate didn't happen.", "All but one of the Democratic contenders appeared for their debate.", "Some Republican leaders said last week not participating in such debates could harm the party's standing with minority groups for the 2008 election and beyond.", "\"What are we going to do -- meet in a country club in the suburbs one day?\"", "former congressman and GOP vice presidential candidate Jack Kemp told The Washington Post.", "\"If we're going to be competitive with people of color, we've got to ask them for their vote.\"", "\"This [political environment] gives Democrats a huge advantage,\" Adam J. Segal, who heads the Hispanic Voter Project at Johns Hopkins University, said in an e-mail.", "He also runs the 2050 Group, a multicultural public relations firm based in Washington.", "\"They are likely to draw far more Hispanic votes than in 2004 and would gain at least a half-million vote advantage\" under one of his group's more conservative scenarios, Segal said.", "But the Hispanic community is diverse and voting interests are not homogenous, which imperils such predictions.", "Hispanic immigrants originate from more than a dozen different countries, arrived in the U.S. through numerous immigration waves and have different perceptions of communal identity, Segal said.", "For example, a Cuban-American may vote Republican because of the GOP's long-standing policies toward Cuba, whereas a Puerto Rican voter in New York City or a voter in a border state may be driven by different motives.", "The culture of a state can also affect a Hispanic voter's behavior.", "A voter in Texas may be more conservative, whereas a voter with a similar background in California may be more liberal, Pachon said.", "There may also be generational cleavages, Pachon said.", "A study he conducted with a colleague on the impact of religion on the Latino vote revealed differences between first-, second- and third-generation Hispanics.", "The first and third generations said religion was more important to them when compared to the second generation.", "Additionally, despite the furor over immigration, that issue might not be the most important to Hispanic voters, NALEO's Vargas said.", "\"If the election were held today, I think immigration would be a significant factor, but we're more than a year away from the election,\" he said.", "Based on a series of town hall meetings conducted in 2004 and conversations throughout this year, Vargas said education, the Iraq war, the economy and health care may take precedence over immigration.", "\"We need to distinguish issues that matter to the Latino community versus the issues that matter to Latino voters,\" he said.", "\"Those are not the same.\" E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Political observers: Hispanic voters as diverse as wider community .", "Grassroots efforts under way to increase Hispanic citizenship .", "Hispanic vote could play significant role in 2008 swing states ." ]	[ 5, 16, 22 ]
[ "BOGOTA, Colombia (CNN) -- Colombian President Alvaro Uribe enjoys one of the highest popularity ratings of any leader in South America, so much that his supporters are pushing for a third presidential term for him.", "Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has not said whether he would be willing to run for a third term.", "But the constitution would have to be changed to allow that, and recent global issues have even some supporters questioning whether Uribe should be allowed to seek that extra time in office.", "\"When the president was first re-elected in 2006, the economy was thriving, and the president benefited from its success,\" said Carlos Lemoine, a political consultant.", "\"Now, the economy is in a very different situation.\"", "Five million Colombians might disagree.", "They have signed petitions asking for a constitutional referendum that would grant Uribe the chance to run again.", "That could happen in 2010 or, if he sat out a term, in 2014.", "The nation's Congress is debating the referendum, and not all lawmakers are convinced it's a good idea.", "\"Another re-election is not good for Colombia, because it would concentrate the power of government on the president,\" said David Luna, a member of Colombia's Chamber of Representatives, the lower house of Congress.", "Added representative German Olano, \"In 2001, voters agreed Alvaro Uribe was the most qualified person for the job.", "But, like any other democracy, there are plenty of capable people for the job.", "And those people should get their chance.\"", "The third-term argument in Colombia mirrors to a large degree the situation in rival Venezuela, where President Hugo Chavez announced last month that he will press for a constitutional amendment to enable him to seek re-election in order to govern until 2021.", "Observers say the efforts to expand presidential terms reflect a historical shift in South America.", "\"Historically, those countries did not have re-election.", "The president could serve one term, and that was it,\" said Larry Birns, director of the Washington-based Council on Hemispheric Affairs, an independent research and information organization.", "\"There would be military coups, with the military ousting one civilian ruler to put in another civilian ruler.", "Then in the 1970s, the coups changed.", "The military seized power and held it and didn't turn authority over to civilians.", "So one country after another revised their constitutions to allow standing for re-election,\" Birns said.", "\"We now have a situation where ruling parties want to stay in power, but for different reasons.", "In the case of Colombia and Uribe, it is law and order.", "For Chavez in Venezuela, it is extending his vision, getting more time to institutionalize that vision,\" Birns said.", "In Colombia, there is also talk of \"vision\" among congressional supporters of a third term for Uribe.", "\"I believe President Uribe's success requires us to consider the [constitutional] referendum and grant it, so that we can continue his vision of long-term stability,\" Chamber of Representatives member Nicolas Uribe said.", "But former Colombian President Andres Pastrana believes that it is time for a change, and changing the constitution to allow for a third term is not the change he means.", "\"I think that changing the constitution for someone's personal gain is against our democratic principles, and it would be a grave mistake for this country,\" he said.", "That is a risk that supporters of the referendum are willing to take.", "\"It is not going to weaken our democracy,\" supporter Luis Guillermo Giraldo said.", "\"Just look at Margaret Thatcher, who governed for 11 years, or Tony Blair for 10,\" he said, referring to two former British prime ministers.", "As the debate goes on in Colombia, Uribe is not saying whether he wants another term in office.", "And opponents are arguing that it would not be worth spending an estimated $57 million on a referendum to find out whether he should even be allowed to be a candidate." ]	[ "5 million Colombians signed petitions seeking constitutional referendum .", "Some say others deserve chance to run for president .", "Supporters speak of giving Alvaro Uribe a chance to continue \"vision\"" ]	[ 1, 5, 6 ]
[ "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Michael Crichton, who helped create the TV show \"ER\" and wrote the best-sellers \"Jurassic Park,\" \"The Andromeda Strain,\" \"Sphere\" and \"Rising Sun,\" has died in Los Angeles, his public relations firm said in a news release.", "Michael Crichton, here in 2005, was a director and best-selling author.", "He co-created the TV series \"ER.\"", "Crichton died unexpectedly Tuesday \"after a courageous and private battle against cancer,\" the release said.", "He was 66. Crichton, a medical doctor, was attracted to cautionary science tales.", "Watch more about the life of Crichton » .", "\"Jurassic Park\" -- perhaps his best-known work -- concerned capturing the DNA of dinosaurs and bringing them to life on a modern island, where they soon run amok; \"The Andromeda Strain,\" his first major fiction success, involves an alien microorganism that's studied in a special military compound after causing death in a nearby community.", "Crichton also invited controversy with some of his scientific views.", "He was an avowed skeptic of global climate change, giving lectures warning against \"consensus science.\"", "He later took on global warming and the theories surrounding it in his 2004 novel, \"State of Fear,\" which attracted attacks in its own right from scientists, including NASA climatologist James Hansen.", "iReport.com: Were you a fan?", "Share your tributes.", "Crichton was a distinctive figure in the entertainment business, a trained physician whose interests included writing, filmmaking and television.", "(He was physically distinctive as well, standing 6 feet 9 inches.)", "He published \"The Andromeda Strain\" while he was still a medical student at Harvard Medical School.", "He wrote a story about a 19th-century train robbery, called \"The Great Train Robbery,\" and then directed the 1979 film version.", "He also directed several other films, including \"Westworld\" (1973), \"Coma\" (1978), \"Looker\" (1981) and \"Runaway\" (1984).", "In 1993, while working on the film version of \"Jurassic Park\" with Steven Spielberg, he teamed with the director to create \"ER.\"", "The NBC series set in a Chicago emergency room debuted in 1994 and became a huge hit, making a star of George Clooney.", "Crichton originally wrote the script for the pilot in 1974.", "\"Michael's talent out-scaled even his own dinosaurs of 'Jurassic Park,' \" said Spielberg, a friend of Crichton's for 40 years, according to The Associated Press.", "\"He was the greatest at blending science with big theatrical concepts, which is what gave credibility to dinosaurs again walking the Earth.", "... Michael was a gentle soul who reserved his flamboyant side for his novels.", "There is no one in the wings that will ever take his place.\"", "Crichton was \"an extraordinary man.", "Brilliant, funny, erudite, gracious, exceptionally inquisitive and always thoughtful,\" \"ER\" executive producer John Wells told the AP.", "\"No lunch with Michael lasted less than three hours and no subject was too prosaic or obscure to attract his interest.", "Sexual politics, medical and scientific ethics, anthropology, archaeology, economics, astronomy, astrology, quantum physics, and molecular biology were all regular topics of conversation.\"", "Michael Crichton was born in Chicago in 1942 and grew up in New York's suburbs.", "His father was a journalist and Michael loved the writing profession.", "He went to medical school partly out of a concern he wouldn't be able to make writing a career, but the success of \"The Andromeda Strain\" in 1969 -- the book was chosen by the Book-of-the-Month Club and optioned by Hollywood -- made him change his mind, though he still had an M.D.", "Though most of Crichton's books were major best-sellers involving science, he could ruffle feathers when he took on social issues.", "\"Rising Sun\" (1992) came out during a time when Americans feared Japanese ascendance, particularly when it came to technology.", "\"Disclosure\" (1994) was about a sexual harassment case.", "iReport.com: How did Crichton's work affect you?", "Crichton won an Emmy, a Peabody, a Writers Guild of America Award for \"ER,\" and won other awards as well.", "\"Through his books, Michael Crichton served as an inspiration to students of all ages, challenged scientists in many fields, and illuminated the mysteries of the world in a way we could all understand,\" the news release said.", "Crichton was married five times and had one child.", "A private funeral service is expected." ]	[ "Michael Crichton wrote several best-sellers, including \"Jurassic Park\"\nCrichton, a physician, also helped create hit TV show \"ER\"\nCrichton died after \"courageous and private battle against cancer,\" release says ." ]	[ 0, 3 ]
[ "KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Civilian deaths in Afghanistan have risen sharply in the past year, largely due to more Taliban attacks and roadside bombings, U.N. officials said Sunday.", "NATO soldiers sit in their vehicle in an Afghan province freed from Taliban forces.", "Afghan civilian deaths jumped from 430 in the first six months of 2007 to 698 so far this year, an increase of 60 percent, said John Holmes, the United Nations undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs.", "\"It is clear that the international military forces are making every effort to minimize civilian casualties,\" Holmes said.", "\"Nevertheless, these problems are still there, and we need to deal with them and make sure that the safety of civilians comes first and international humanitarian law is respected,\" he said.", "Taliban insurgents forces have shifted from direct attacks on international troops toward the use of \"civilian-blind\" measures such as roadside bombings and suicide attacks, said Aleem Siddique, a spokesman for the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.", "At the same time, he said, civilian deaths blamed on government forces and U.S. and NATO troops has declined in the first six months of 2008, largely due to pressure from Afghan President Hamid Karzai.", "About 60 percent of civilian deaths in 2008 are blamed on anti-government forces, up from less than half in 2007.", "Increased Taliban attacks on aid projects also have left 78 of Afghanistan's 398 districts off-limits to relief workers, Siddique said.", "\"Increasingly, we're seeing targets of schools, of radio stations, of health clinics -- all in an effort to halt progress and keep people in fear,\" he said.", "A total of 565 aid convoys came under attack in 2007, with hundreds of tons of food hijacked.", "As recently as Sunday, a convoy of 100 tons of food aid came under attack outside Kandahar, with several trucks burned and looted, he said.", "\"Thankfully, we're not getting any report of death or injuries,\" he said.", "Afghanistan is the original front in the \"war on terrorism,\" which was launched after al Qaeda's September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington.", "A U.S.-led invasion after the attacks pushed out the Taliban, which had allowed al Qaeda to operate from its territory, but the Islamic fundamentalist militia has regrouped along and across the mountainous border with Pakistan.", "Coinciding with the rise in civilian deaths in 2008 is an increase in attacks on American and allied forces, which are up 40 percent since last year .", "The death toll of U.S. and allied troops in Afghanistan in June also climbed to more than 40, making it the deadliest month since the war began.", "An explosion in southern Afghanistan killed a British soldier serving with NATO on Saturday, the British Defense Ministry said Sunday.", "The soldier died when he was struck by a mine in Lashkar Gah, the capital city of Helmand province, the ministry said.", "He and his unit were investigating a report of a rocket-propelled grenade attack on a civilian aircraft at a nearby airfield, it said.", "\"When investigating this, they dismounted their vehicles and what is believed to have been a legacy anti-Personnel mine detonated, killing the soldier instantly,\" the ministry statement said.", "Most of the soldiers serving in Helmand are British.", "Helmand province is Afghanistan's top poppy-producing region and a major front in the war against the Taliban.", "Provincial authorities there have blamed militants for a spate of recent deadly attacks.", "NATO and Afghan force operations kept the insurgency down in 2007 by killing or capturing key leaders and clearing out Taliban safe havens, but a Pentagon report issued last week predicted the Taliban would be back in 2008." ]	[ "NEW: Afghan civilian deaths up 60 percent from last year, U.N. says .", "NEW: Increase attributed to intensifying Taliban attacks, roadside bombs .", "Troop deaths also up from 2007 as June marks deadliest month since war began .", "British NATO soldier dies in mine explosion in Helmand province ." ]	[ 0, 1, 7, 15, 16, 21 ]
[ "MEXICO CITY (CNN) -- The death toll in a plane crash that claimed the life of Mexico's interior minister and two other high-ranking officials has risen to 13, Mexico City prosecutor Miguel Angel Mancera said Wednesday, according to Mexico's state-run Notimex news agency.", "The scene of Tuesday night's plane crash in Mexico City was one of panic and confusion, a witness says.", "The small plane carrying Interior Minister Juan Camilo Mourino and seven others crashed in central Mexico City on Tuesday night.", "A witness described \"moments of panic and confusion\" after the crash, as burning people asked for help and others ran from the scene.", "The crash injured 40 people on the ground, said government spokesman Marcelo Ebrard.", "All eight passengers and crew on board the plane were killed, the spokesman said.", "Two of the dead are women, Mancera said.", "Also among the dead were Jose Luis Santiago Vasconcelos, a former deputy attorney general, and Miguel Monterubio Cubas, the director of social communication, President Felipe Calderon said in a televised address Tuesday night.", "In Mexico, the minister of the interior oversees domestic affairs, particularly national security, law enforcement and the war on drugs.", "It is Mexico's second-most-powerful post.", "Vasconcelos was one of Mexico's top experts on the fight against narcotraffickers and was said to have a price on his head.", "\"I want to express my deepest condolences to the families of the victims and my absolute support during this difficult time,\" Calderon said.", "Mourino, he said, \"was one of my closest colleagues and one of my best friends.", "... With his death, Mexico loses a great Mexican.\"", "At least 12 cars were burned and two buildings were damaged, Notimex said.", "Watch video footage of the aftermath of the crash » .", "No cause for the crash was immediately given, but Calderon assured the nation that the results of the investigation will be made public.", "The Learjet 45 did not explode in the air, said Luis Tellez, secretary of communication and transportation.", "When there is an explosion in the air, Tellez said at a news conference Wednesday, pieces of the airplane are scattered over a wide area.", "But the wreckage in this instance was limited to a small area, he said.", "Tellez said Wednesday the pilot did not report an emergency, Notimex said.", "An audio recording released Wednesday of what Mexican officials said was dialogue between the pilot and the airport control tower did not appear to have an emergency call from the aircraft.", "The recording could be linked to off the Notimex Web site.", "The plane was traveling from the north-central city of San Luis Potosi to Mexico City, Calderon said.", "The cities are about 220 miles (355 km) apart.", "The Learjet was built in 1998 and carried identification call letters of XCVMC, Tellez said.", "Agustin Arellano, director of the federal agency that oversees Mexican airspace, said the aircraft's flight path, altitude and velocity were within accepted standards for a landing at Mexico City's Benito Juarez International Airport.", "The information was retrieved from the airplane's flight data recorder, Arellano said at the news conference with Tellez.", "The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said it has sent a team of investigators, led by senior aviation accident investigator Joe Sedora.", "The team includes technical advisers from the NTSB, the Federal Aviation Administration, Learjet and Honeywell International, it said.", "Mourino had just given a speech in San Luis Potosi, detailing the administration's efforts to combat drug traffickers, kidnappers and other criminals.", "When Calderon took office in December 2006, Mourino said, the new president focused on combating crime.", "\"It was decided to combat criminal groups with all available power in order to confront them, to reduce them and to fulfill the essential mandate of all authority, which is none other than to guarantee peace, tranquility and security for its citizens,\" Mourino said in his speech.", "Calderon has unleashed federal police and soldiers in several states across Mexico and tightened controls on money laundering and corruption among local and municipal police forces, which have been infiltrated by drug traffickers.", "The effort has resulted in widespread carnage, with more than 3,000 deaths this year.", "At the scene of Tuesday's crash, taxi driver Raymundo Bernal, 28, told Notimex that he witnessed the event.", "\"I heard a strong roar and then saw four people who were burning and asking for help while the rest ran and the tops of trees were burning,\" he said.", "\"The ambulances took 10 minutes to arrive, but several of the people who were burning were not moving, and what followed were moments of panic and confusion.\"", "More than 100 federal police secured the area, while the military took control of the airport at San Luis Potosi, Notimex said.", "Mourino, 37, studied in the United States, receiving an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Tampa.", "He did post-graduate studies in accounting and finance from the Universidad Autonoma de Campeche, his government biography says.", "After serving in municipal government in Campeche, Mourino was a regional coordinator for Vicente Fox's successful presidential candidacy in 2000.", "He later served in the Mexican federal congress and in the Cabinet.", "He was chief of the president's office from December 2006 to January 2008." ]	[ "NEW: U.S. agency sends investigative team to help .", "Death toll in Mexican plane crash rises to 13, report says .", "Mexico's interior minister and two high-ranking officials among those killed .", "Interior minister is country's second most-powerful post ." ]	[ 0, 9 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Barack Obama's two daughters had another reason to high-five their dad's election to the presidency Tuesday night: they're getting a puppy.", "President Bush's dog Barney walks in the White House Rose Garden in 2007.", "\"Sasha and Malia,\" Obama said in his victory speech at Chicago's Grant Park, \"I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House.\"", "The new White House pet will follow in the paw-steps of a menagerie of animals that have had the run of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue over the years.", "The Bush family shared their eight years at the White House with a cat, a feisty English springer spaniel and two Scottish terriers -- all of whom have their own pages on the president's Web site.", "The Clintons' Washington stay included a cat, Socks, who did not get along with their chocolate Labrador retriever, Buddy.", "And Millie the springer spaniel's canine view of life in the White House -- as \"told to\" then-first lady Barbara Bush -- became a best-seller that outsold the memoirs of President George H.W.", "Bush. While many presidents took to heart President Harry Truman's admonishment -- \"If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog\" -- first pets have come in all shapes, sizes and species.", "Thomas Jefferson kept two grizzly bears in a cage on the White House lawn, while John Quincy Adams is said to have let his alligator use a bathtub inside.", "Calvin Coolidge walked his raccoons on a leash.", "Theodore Roosevelt's sons escorted their pet pony onto the White House elevator to cheer up a sick sibling.", "And perhaps the strangest of all: Martin Van Buren briefly owned two tiger cubs, a gift from the Sultan of Oman.", "Pets have sometimes been a boon to a president's image.", "But some have also taken a bite out of their popularity.", "Animal lovers howled in protest when Lyndon B. Johnson picked up his beagles, Him and Her, by the ears to provide photographers a better view.", "On the other hand, Richard Nixon -- running for vice president and accused of accepting illegal campaign contributions -- successfully defended himself in his famous \"Checkers Speech.\"", "The only gift he ever accepted was \"a little cocker spaniel dog\" that his daughter named Checkers, Nixon said.", "\"And I just want to say this, right now, that regardless of what they say about it, we are going to keep it,\" he added.", "Come January, the Obamas will make history by becoming the first African-American family to move into the White House.", "But if Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, get what they've been promised, the new tenants will keep one long-standing tradition alive ... and wagging." ]	[ "President-elect Obama promises his daughters a puppy .", "White House has a history of president pets -- from dogs to tiger cubs .", "President Bush had three dogs and cat, President Clinton a dog and cat ." ]	[ 0, 4, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper appealed directly to Canadians for support Wednesday, vowing in a nationally televised address on the economy that he will do all he can to halt his opponents from carrying out a no-confidence vote in Parliament -- as planned for Monday -- and forming a coalition government that would replace his own.", "Prime Minister Stephen Harper accuses coalition leaders of \"betrayal\" by relying on Quebec separatists' support.", "\"Unfortunately, even before the government has brought forward its budget, and only seven weeks after a general election, the opposition wants to overturn the results of that election,\" said the prime minister, whose Conservative Party strengthened its minority position in federal elections on October 14.", "\"Canada's government cannot enter into a power-sharing coalition with a separatist party at a time of global insecurity,\" he said.", "\"Canada's government must stand unequivocally for keeping the country together.\"", "The country is undergoing \"a pivotal moment in our history,\" he said, then ticked through a list of efforts his government is making to help the country survive the economic crisis, including personal tax reductions, doubling of spending on infrastructure, injecting liquidity into the financial markets and securing pension plans.", "iReport.com: Outrage brewing in Canada .", "\"Tonight, I pledge to you that Canada's government will use every legal means at our disposal to protect our democracy, protect our economy and to protect Canada,\" he said.", "Though Harper did not specify what those legal means might entail, his opponents predicted that he would try to dissolve Parliament and wasted no time in voicing their opposition.", "The Liberal Party, which lost seats in the October vote, and the leftist New Democratic Party announced plans earlier this week to form a governing coalition with the support of the Bloc Quebecois, which supports independence for French-speaking Quebec.", "In a televised address that followed Harper's, opposition Liberal leader Stephane Dion called for a vote of confidence.", "He said he had asked Canada's Governor-General Michaelle Jean -- the acting head of state who would call for a new election or a confidence vote -- \"to refuse any request by the prime minister to suspend Parliament until he has demonstrated to her that he still commands the confidence of the house.\"", "He said Canada \"is facing the impact of the global economic crisis\" and must act quickly.", "\"Stephen Harper refuses to propose measures to stimulate the economy\" and his party has lost the confidence of the majority of the House of Commons, he said.", "\"This means that they have lost the right to govern,\" Dion said.", "He said he and Jack Layton, head of the New Democratic Party, had agreed to form a coalition government to address the economic crisis, and that the Green Party supported it too.", "\"Coalitions are normal and put in practice in many parts of the world and are able to work very successfully,\" he said.", "\"Mr. Harper's solution is to extend the crisis by avoiding a simple vote -- by suspending Parliament and continuing the confusion,\" Dion said.", "\"We offer a better way.", "We say, settle it now and let's get to work on the people's business.\"", "The vote scheduled for Monday ought to be allowed to proceed, he said.", "In separate televised remarks, Layton accused Harper of having \"delivered a partisan attack.\"", "The Conservative Party's plan would create no jobs and protect no pensions, he said.", "\"He seems to be more interested in his job than in protecting your job,\" Layton said.", "\"Now, that's simply wrong.\"" ]	[ "Opposition parties seek to oust Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government .", "Harper's Tories gained seats in Canada's October elections but fell short of majority .", "Liberal and New Democratic parties join with Bloc Quebecois to try to unseat Tories .", "Harper could buy time by asking governor general to suspend parliament till January ." ]	[ 4, 9, 11, 24 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Adventurer and TV show host Bear Grylls injured his shoulder in Antarctica during an expedition to raise money for an international charity, the Discovery Channel said Sunday.", "Bear Grylls, host of \"Man vs. Wild,\" was injured in Antarctica during an expedition to raise money for charity.", "Grylls was injured Friday night after falling during the expedition, which was not for the Discovery Channel, according to the network's statement.", "The statement said that Grylls is returning to the UK to receive medical attention.", "\"Once he sees a doctor, we will have a better sense of the level of seriousness of his shoulder injury and the recovery time needed to get him back to his full physical activity,\" according to the statement.", "Grylls, 34, is the host of Discovery's \"Man vs. Wild\" in which he demonstrates extreme measures -- including eating snakes and insects -- used to survive in harsh environmental conditions.", "In his blog, Grylls said the aim of his expedition in Antarctica -- sponsored by Ethanol Venture -- is \"to promote alternative energies and their potential.\"", "\"We will be using lots of different forms of alternative power, including wind-powered kite-skiing, part bio-ethanol powered jetskis and inflatable boats, electric-powered paragliders, solar- and wind-powered base camps -- and good old foot work,\" Grylls wrote in a November 14 entry.", "Grylls is a former member of the British Special Forces and has broken his back in several places during his service.", "In his blog, he said he and his wife Shara are expecting their third child in January." ]	[ "Adventurer and TV show host Bear Grylls injured his shoulder .", "Grylls was in Antarctica on an expedition for charity .", "Host going to UK for treatment, Discovery Channel says ." ]	[ 0 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Sarah Palin's selection as John McCain's running mate redefined how vice-presidential candidates influence a campaign.", "Unfortunately for McCain, the Alaska governor hurt his presidential bid more than she helped.", "Palin, at McCain's concession Tuesday night, boosted the GOP ticket at first but ultimately became a drag on it.", "Palin had been unfamiliar to most Americans, aside from some conservative writers and bloggers, who had admired her since she upended Alaska's Republican establishment by knocking off incumbent Gov.", "Frank Murkowski in 2006.", "That all changed on August 29 -- the morning after Sen. Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention -- when Palin was introduced by McCain.", "It wasn't just reporters who were stunned.", "Even McCain staffers at the event itself were shocked.", "Many assumed McCain would tap a GOP heavyweight like Mitt Romney or Tim Pawlenty.", "The most daring option, many thought, would be Joe Lieberman, a former Democrat.", "See Palin's path to the ticket » .", "But Palin's debut instantly energized the Republican base, which had long been cool to McCain, and the GOP ticket surged in the polls.", "McCain took a shine to Palin's anti-establishment streak and her familiarity with energy issues.", "His advisers believed her \"average hockey mom\" persona would attract women.", "The party grass roots admired her devotion to family and her conservative positions on social issues.", "Watch Palin as McCain concedes the election » .", "But because the Alaska governor was largely unknown, her record and background were immediately under scrutiny.", "Journalists descended on her hometown of Wasilla to examine her record as mayor and governor, though Palin was still sheltered from questioners.", "The craving for knowledge spread outside the media and paid huge dividends at the Republican National Convention, when Palin took the biggest stage of her life and assuredly presented herself as both a small-town mother of five and a pit bull who could smile her way through a sharp political attack.", "The speech garnered mammoth television ratings and rave reviews.", "McCain came out of the convention with a healthy bounce -- leading Obama by a 10-point margin.", "Palin's ratings were also riding high, with nearly 50 percent of Americans viewing her in a positive light.", "She got bigger crowds than McCain, an unusual phenomenon that underscored her newfound political clout.", "But a series of missteps began to harm her image and McCain's standing.", "Palin was still kept away from the media, even friendly conservative talk radio shows, in a strategy that campaign aides later acknowledged was flawed.", "Advisers chose to grant interviews only to two networks.", "When Palin stumbled over foreign policy questions, she undercut the foundation of McCain's experience argument.", "Her sometimes-rambling answers in the highly-scrutinized appearances formed the basis for Tina Fey's \"Saturday Night Live\" caricature.", "Palin held her own on economic and energy issues in the first half of her debate with Joe Biden -- the highest rated of the presidential and vice-presidential debates.", "But when questioning turned to national security, she seemed to resort to talking points.", "Back on the stump, Palin began to attack Obama, accusing him of \"palling around with terrorists,\" being a socialist and not as patriotic as herself and McCain.", "Her offensives were often scattershot, appearing at one rally and disappearing at the next.", "And while Republicans enjoyed the aggression, Democrats and independents were turned off.", "Over a month, poll numbers shifted and Palin became more of a polarizing figure.", "Liberals called her the most divisive politician since Richard Nixon or George Wallace, and some former Hillary Clinton supporters said McCain's selection of Palin was a cynical gambit that wouldn't help him sway female voters.", "Palin kept up her rigorous campaign schedule but the problems continued.", "A long-running ethics investigation in Alaska determined she abused her power in firing the state's public safety commissioner, though she broke no laws.", "News broke that the Republican National Committee had spent $150,000 on her wardrobe, angering her and prompting her to deviate from the campaign's game plan.", "iReport.com: What's next for Palin?", "Aides insisted Palin wanted to speak to reporters but had been reined in.", "That changed in mid-October when she ditched her staff and launched an impromptu press conference in which she criticized the use of robocalls, even as they were being used for her boss.", "Later she ad-libbed a diatribe on the wardrobe fiasco, stressing a preference for consignment-store clothing and flashing her $35 wedding ring.", "McCain aides refused to go on the record about it, but they groused anonymously that Palin was \"going rogue,\" that she was a \"diva\" and \"difficult\" to work with.", "In the final two weeks, Palin was at last given a chance to make in-depth speeches on substantive issues like energy and special-needs children.", "But the tide had long turned.", "An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll in October showed she had become a bigger drag on McCain than President Bush, with voters citing her qualifications as their primary concern.", "A CNN poll released last weekend showed Palin's unfavorable ratings were twice as high as when McCain picked her, and 57 percent of Americans believed she didn't have the personal qualities a president needed.", "As for the future, the poll indicated that only four in 10 voters would support Palin if she chooses to run for president in 2012.", "But Palin's fortunes have changed before." ]	[ "The Sarah Palin pick redefined how running mates can influence a campaign .", "Little-known before late summer, she soon seized headlines and attention .", "She brought energy, popularity but ultimately became a drag on McCain ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Christine Levinson went to the United Nations on Monday to ask questions about her husband, Bob, a former FBI agent who vanished in Iran last year.", "Christine Levinson has sought help from Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.", "Levinson flew to New York with three of her seven children in hopes of meeting the one man she hoped could really get things moving -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is at the United Nations for a speech he is scheduled to deliver Tuesday afternoon.", "Ahmadinejad declined to meet with her.", "\"I'm disappointed,\" she says.", "Levinson did meet, however, with the Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.", "\"He said he would do whatever he could to help me,\" she told CNN.", "Levinson went to the United Nations with her children -- Susan, 31, Sarah, 28, and Douglas, 14.", "Her husband disappeared in March 2007 while on a business trip to the Iranian island of Kish.", "Bob Levinson is a retired FBI agent from Coral Springs, Florida.", "After leaving the agency, his wife says, he worked as a security consultant specializing in cigarette smuggling.", "Over the last year and half, Levinson says she has done everything she can to draw attention to her husband's disappearance.", "She has given interviews, met with U.S. State Department officials, set up a Web site -- www.helpboblevinson.com -- and staged a rally.", "She even has offered a $5,000 reward, aimed primarily at Iranians who might have information about her husband.", "Has it yielded any tips?", "\"No,\" Christine Levinson says.", "\"Nothing.\" Last year, she traveled to Iran to try to retrace her husband's steps.", "Back then, Iranian officials told her they would investigate and report back to her.", "She says she hasn't heard a word.", "\"They told me when they have some information, they will let me know and in the meantime will continue to search for Bob,\" Levinson told CNN.", "She has denied that her husband was doing business for the US government when he went missing -- she says she didn't believe so because he's a private citizen.", "And the State Department and FBI have denied he was working for government.", "The State Department has demanded Iran free Levinson -- if it is holding him.", "Levinson says her husband suffers from diabetes and high blood pressure.", "She insists she is confident her husband is all right because \"I haven't heard anything bad.\"", "At times, she listens to his voicemail message, just to hear his voice.", "\"I still firmly believe he is alive,\" she says.", "\"Every day, I tell my children to take things one day at a time.", "\"I just want him to know I'm still looking for him.", "I'll never stop looking for him.\"" ]	[ "Former FBI agent Bob Levinson disappeared in Iran in March 2007 .", "His wife says she has done everything to draw attention to Levinson's disappearance .", "A $5,000 reward has been offered, but no tips have come in ." ]	[ 0, 11, 13, 15 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Caroline Kennedy, who spent most of her life looking to steer clear of the spotlight, is capping off a year of unusually public -- and political -- activity with interest in the Senate seat that would be vacated by Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton.", "Caroline Kennedy could join her uncle Edward in the United States Senate.", "And her interest in that seat could mean the continuation of a Kennedy legacy in the Senate that began 56 years ago with the election of her father, John F. Kennedy, as the junior senator from Massachusetts.", "Her uncle Edward has represented Massachusetts in the Senate for more than four decades.", "Her uncle Robert served as junior senator from New York from 1965 until he was assassinated in 1968.", "\"Remember, [Clinton's] seat in the Senate was once held by Robert Kennedy,\" CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider said Saturday.", "\"Her other uncle, Ted Kennedy, is ill right now.", "If [New York Gov.", "David] Paterson appoints Caroline Kennedy to the Senate, it means there could be a Kennedy staying in the Senate for quite a long time.\"", "And a Senate appointment for Caroline Kennedy would mark a change for the woman who has rarely run into the glare of political attention.", "\"Apparently, she has acquired a taste for politics, having endorsed Barack Obama early this year,\" Schneider said.", "\"She wants to be part of this new regime in America, clearly playing a key role in the Senate if she gets that appointment.\"", "Watch CNN's Bill Schnieder discuss Caroline Kennedy's prospects » .", "Widely described as extraordinarily shy, self-deprecating and down-to-earth, Kennedy has tended to limit her forays into the public sphere to nonpartisan activity, penning books on civil liberties and serving as the de facto guardian of her father's legacy.", "But in January, she backed a political candidate for the first time, announcing her endorsement of Obama during the Democratic primary season with an opinion piece in the New York Times that drew days of the kind of media attention she has spent her life avoiding.", "\"I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them,\" she wrote.", "\"But for the first time, I believe I have found the man who could be that president -- not just for me, but for a new generation of Americans.\"", "Kennedy willingly lingered in the spotlight, serving on Obama's vice presidential search team, speaking at the Democratic National Convention and stumping for him through the primary and general election seasons.", "In a campaign ad that featured video images of her father followed by images of Obama, Kennedy said, \"People always tell me how my father inspired them.", "I feel that same excitement now.\"", "There are a slew of high-profile candidates for Clinton's Senate seat -- including Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, whose last name carries some star power of its own in the Empire State -- but their odds grew just a bit steeper when stacked against the wattage of a storied Democratic dynasty.", "Robert Kennedy was elected to the Senate with few ties to his adopted home state, but his niece's New York roots run deep.", "Jacqueline Kennedy relocated to New York City after her husband's assassination in 1963, with children Caroline and John F. Kennedy Jr. Caroline Kennedy has spent most of her life in the city, working there after graduating from Harvard, meeting her husband, Edwin Schlossberg, on the job at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and attending Columbia Law School there.", "Her most prominent public roles to date involved overseeing her father's presidential library and presenting the annual Profiles in Courage Award.", "She's also edited several books, from a volume of children's poetry and an updated edition of her father's book \"Profiles in Courage\" to a collection of patriotic verse (\"A Patriot's Handbook: Songs, Poems, Stories, and Speeches Celebrating the Land We Love.\")", "Most of her leadership positions have been based in the arts: hosting the annual nationally televised Kennedy Center Honors in Washington and serving as the honorary chairwoman of the American Ballet Theatre, as her mother had.", "Still, in late spring and early summer, she was whispered as a possible vice presidential candidate -- and more recently as a contender for secretary of education in an Obama Cabinet -- but elected office would mark a major shift for Kennedy.", "Her history of avoiding partisan efforts, her limited policy track record and the lingering legacy of her father's presidency translated into a far less brutal Republican criticism than that experienced by the other members of Obama's vice presidential search committee, and there was a widespread continuing sense that she would not want to put herself in line for the tough criticism aimed at elected officials.", "\"I don't think she'd go that far,\" Kennedy White House speechwriter Theodore Sorenson told USA Today this summer after being asked whether he thought Kennedy wanted to hold office herself.", "In his memoir, \"Counselor,\" he quoted Jacqueline Kennedy saying her daughter had \"gotten her horror of the press from me\" and said the younger Caroline Kennedy used to hide her face when she spotted a cameraman.", "But in a 2002 Time magazine interview promoting the updated \"Profiles in Courage,\" Kennedy would not rule out the possibility of a run for public office.", "\"I don't have any plans to do that right now,\" she said.", "\"I don't plan ahead.", "My kids are young, and I'm really happy to be able to be around.", "But I do care about issues, and I'm interested in them.", "So I don't see that now, but you know, I have a long life ahead of me.\"", "The 51-year-old mother of three has still not spoken publicly about her interest in the job -- or whether, after months of campaign-trail conditioning, she might be comfortable with the idea of seeking election in her own right when Clinton's term ends.", "CNN's Rebecca Sinderbrand and Monte Plott contributed to this story." ]	[ "Late president's daughter has expressed interest in Hillary Clinton's office .", "Move would put Kennedy in seat once filled by her uncle Robert .", "Kennedy has a history of avoiding partisanship and spotlight .", "She said this year she was inspired by Barack Obama ." ]	[ 0, 5, 10 ]
[ "MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck southern Kyrgyzstan late Sunday night killing an estimated 70 people and destroying more than 120 buildings, the government reported Monday.", "The earthquake occurred near Kyrgyzstan's border with China.", "Gulshat Kadirova, an official from the Kyrgyz Ministry of Emergency Situations, told CNN that casualty figures were preliminary and could rise as rescue efforts progress.", "The weekend quake, measured by the U.S. Geological Survey Report, rattled all of Central Asia; however destruction is concentrated in the remote village of Nura on Kyrgyzstan's border with China.", "\"The remoteness of the villages hit by the earthquake, the absence of means of communications and the destruction of roads are hindering assistance to the injured,\" the Kyrgyz Health Ministry press service told Interfax.", "The Health Ministry of Kyrgyzstan has set-up a crisis center in the region, however rescue efforts remain difficult, according to a ministry official.", "The Kyrgyz Emergency Situations Ministry also sent humanitarian aid to the region.", "\"Four helicopters have just left taking food and blankets to the people affected in the area,\" a ministry representative told CNN by phone.", "Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sent a letter of condolence to Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, according to the Kremlin's Web site.", "Medvedev noted Russia's readiness to offer assistance.", "Bakiyev is scheduled to visit the destroyed region of Nura this week to monitor the search-and-rescue operations, Kadirova told CNN.", "Temblors continued in Central Asia on Monday with two strong earthquakes striking part of Tibet within 15 minutes of each other." ]	[ "Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes southern Kyrgyzstan Sunday night .", "Around 70 estimated killed, 120 buildings destroyed, government says .", "Quake rattled large area of Central Asia; damage concentrated near China border .", "Kyrgyz Health Ministry has sets up crisis center to coordinate rescue effort ." ]	[ 0, 1, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Former England cricket star Chris Lewis was remanded in custody by a British court Tuesday, charged with attempting to smuggle drugs through an airport.", "Chris Lewis joined Surrey to play in Twenty20 matches for the 2008 season.", "The 40-year-old all-rounder, who played 32 Tests and 53 one-day internationals for England in the 1990s, was arrested Monday when border officials at London's Gatwick Airport found cocaine hidden in luggage that had arrived on a flight from the Caribbean island of St. Lucia.", "Four kilograms of cocaine with a street value of around $350,000 was seized by the UK Border Agency, the UK's Press Association said.", "The drugs were in a liquid form hidden in fruit tins, officials said.", "Lewis and basketball player Chad Kirnon, 26, both from London, were held and questioned by Customs officials and later charged.", "British Revenue & Customs spokesman Bob Gaiger told PA: \"This was an excellent detection by UK Border Agency officers.", "\"HMRC, together with UKBA, play a vital role in the fight to prevent illegal drugs from entering the UK and in protecting our communities from the violence and corruption that always accompany this hideous trade.\"", "The two men made a brief appearance at Crawley Magistrates' Court in West Sussex on Tuesday afternoon, where Lewis had a bail application refused, PA reported.", "They were remanded in custody to appear via video link in court next Wednesday." ]	[ "Four kilos of cocaine worth $350,000 seized at Gatwick Airport .", "Officials: Drugs were in a liquid form hidden in fruit tins in luggage .", "Chris Lewis played cricket for England during the 1990s ." ]	[ 2, 4 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Caroline Kennedy, who spent most of her life looking to steer clear of the spotlight, is capping off a year of unusually public -- and political -- activity with interest in the Senate seat that would be vacated by Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton.", "Caroline Kennedy could join her uncle Edward in the U.S. Senate.", "And her interest in that seat could mean the continuation of a Kennedy legacy in the Senate that began 56 years ago with the election of her father, John F. Kennedy, as the junior senator from Massachusetts.", "Her uncle Edward has represented Massachusetts in the Senate for more than four decades.", "Her uncle Robert served as junior senator from New York from 1965 until he was assassinated in 1968.", "\"Remember, [Clinton's] seat in the Senate was once held by Robert Kennedy,\" CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider said Saturday.", "\"Her other uncle, Ted Kennedy, is ill right now.", "If [New York Gov.", "David] Paterson appoints Caroline Kennedy to the Senate, it means there could be a Kennedy staying in the Senate for quite a long time.\"", "Paterson confirmed to CNN Saturday that Caroline Kennedy called and \"asked a few questions\" but did not express interest in the seat.", "\"I am sure if she's interested, she'll call back, but I'm not going to rate any of the candidates or talk about prospective candidates.", "It just adds speculation to the speculation,\" Paterson said.", "But one Democratic source close to the Kennedy family said Caroline Kennedy \"is interested to say the least\" about discussing the Senate vacancy.", "The source said Kennedy has asked a tight circle of family friends and political advisers for advice.", "A second source, who has knowledge of Kennedy's conversation with Paterson, tells CNN that Kennedy reached out to inquire about the responsibilities and impact such a move would have if she were selected by the governor to fill the position.", "A Senate appointment for Caroline Kennedy would mark a change for the woman who has rarely run into the glare of political attention.", "\"Apparently, she has acquired a taste for politics, having endorsed Barack Obama early this year,\" Schneider said.", "\"She wants to be part of this new regime in America, clearly playing a key role in the Senate if she gets that appointment.\"", "Watch CNN's Bill Schneider discuss Caroline Kennedy's prospects » .", "Widely described as extraordinarily shy, self-deprecating and down-to-earth, Kennedy has tended to limit her forays into the public sphere to nonpartisan activity, penning books on civil liberties and serving as the de facto guardian of her father's legacy.", "But in January, she backed a political candidate for the first time, announcing her endorsement of Obama during the Democratic primary season with an opinion piece in the New York Times that drew days of the kind of media attention she has spent her life avoiding.", "\"I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them,\" she wrote.", "\"But for the first time, I believe I have found the man who could be that president -- not just for me, but for a new generation of Americans.\"", "Kennedy willingly lingered in the spotlight, serving on Obama's vice presidential search team, speaking at the Democratic National Convention and stumping for him through the primary and general election seasons.", "In a campaign ad that featured video images of her father followed by images of Obama, Kennedy said, \"People always tell me how my father inspired them.", "I feel that same excitement now.\"", "There are a slew of high-profile candidates for Clinton's Senate seat -- including Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, whose last name carries some star power of its own in the Empire State -- but their odds grew just a bit steeper when stacked against the wattage of a storied Democratic dynasty.", "Robert Kennedy was elected to the Senate with few ties to his adopted home state, but his niece's New York roots run deep.", "Jacqueline Kennedy relocated to New York City after her husband's assassination in 1963, with children Caroline and John F. Kennedy Jr. Caroline Kennedy has spent most of her life in the city, working there after graduating from Harvard, meeting her husband, Edwin Schlossberg, on the job at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and attending Columbia Law School there.", "Her most prominent public roles to date involved overseeing her father's presidential library and presenting the annual Profiles in Courage Award.", "She's also edited several books, from a volume of children's poetry and an updated edition of her father's book \"Profiles in Courage\" to a collection of patriotic verse (\"A Patriot's Handbook: Songs, Poems, Stories, and Speeches Celebrating the Land We Love.\")", "Most of her leadership positions have been based in the arts: hosting the annual nationally televised Kennedy Center Honors in Washington and serving as the honorary chairwoman of the American Ballet Theatre, as her mother had.", "Still, in late spring and early summer, she was whispered as a possible vice presidential candidate -- and more recently as a contender for secretary of education in an Obama Cabinet -- but elected office would mark a major shift for Kennedy.", "Her history of avoiding partisan efforts, her limited policy track record and the lingering legacy of her father's presidency translated into a far less brutal Republican criticism than that experienced by the other members of Obama's vice presidential search committee, and there was a widespread continuing sense that she would not want to put herself in line for the tough criticism aimed at elected officials.", "\"I don't think she'd go that far,\" Kennedy White House speechwriter Theodore Sorenson told USA Today this summer after being asked whether he thought Kennedy wanted to hold office herself.", "In his memoir, \"Counselor,\" he quoted Jacqueline Kennedy saying her daughter had \"gotten her horror of the press from me\" and said the younger Caroline Kennedy used to hide her face when she spotted a cameraman.", "But in a 2002 Time magazine interview promoting the updated \"Profiles in Courage,\" Kennedy would not rule out the possibility of a run for public office.", "\"I don't have any plans to do that right now,\" she said.", "\"I don't plan ahead.", "My kids are young, and I'm really happy to be able to be around.", "But I do care about issues, and I'm interested in them.", "So I don't see that now, but you know, I have a long life ahead of me.\"", "The 51-year-old mother of three has still not spoken publicly about her interest in the job -- or whether, after months of campaign-trail conditioning, she might be comfortable with the idea of seeking election in her own right when Clinton's term ends.", "CNN's Rebecca Sinderbrand and Monte Plott contributed to this story." ]	[ "Late president's daughter has expressed interest in Hillary Clinton's office .", "Move would put Kennedy in seat once filled by her uncle Robert .", "Kennedy has a history of avoiding partisanship and spotlight .", "She said this year she was inspired by Barack Obama ." ]	[ 0, 5, 16 ]
[ "DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CNN) -- The recent arrest and sentencing of a British disc jockey in Dubai highlights the need for foreign travelers to pay close attention to the United Arab Emirates' strict rules on prohibited substances, a legal charity said Wednesday.", "Western tourists oblivious to the severe drugs laws in the UAE often end up in jail after arriving in the conservative Muslim country with tiny amounts of narcotics.", "DJ Grooverider, whose real name is Raymond Bingham, was jailed Tuesday for four years in Dubai for possession of cannabis, said a spokesman for BBC Radio 1, where the he presented a weekly drum 'n bass show.", "He was arrested November 23 after being caught with 2.16 grams of the drug at the airport, the BBC spokesman said.", "\"It's another incident of exactly the sort of case we've seen occurring with increased frequency,\" said Catherine Wolthuizen, chief executive of Fair Trials International.", "The charity issued a warning to travelers earlier this month, urging them to read up on Dubai's restrictions and make sure they are free of any substances.", "The warning followed a series of cases in which Dubai authorities arrested travelers with trace amounts of banned substances or seemingly innocuous items.", "Fair Trials highlighted the case of a Swiss man jailed for having three poppy seeds on his shirt which apparently came from a sandwich he had eaten at the airport before departure.", "UAE customs officials said the man was stopped after arriving in Dubai from Zurich on January 18, though it provided no other details on his case.", "The U.S. State Department warns that poppy seeds are on the UAE's list of controlled substances.", "An official at the UAE's police labs who declined to be named said the Emirates only ban raw poppy seeds -- not baked -- because raw seeds could be planted for drug use.", "The British and U.S. governments have warnings in place for travelers to the UAE, alerting them to the severe penalties for being found with drugs, and the types of drugs which are illegal in the country.", "\"The possession and/or import of even the smallest amount of drugs can result in a minimum prison sentence of four years,\" states the advice from Britain's Foreign Office.", "\"The presence of drugs in the system is counted as possession.\"", "Some prescribed medications -- such as Valium or those used for hormone replacement therapy -- are forbidden even with a prescription, Fair Trials said.", "Codeine, which is available over the counter in Britain, is allowed only with a doctor's prescription, the Foreign Office states.", "Fair Trials mentioned the case of an unnamed 20-year-old who was traveling back to England from Pakistan.", "The charity said he was arrested after customs officers allegedly found 0.02 grams of cannabis in his pocket.", "UAE customs officials told CNN the 20-year-old was arrested January 16 and actually was found with 0.67 grams of cannabis.", "\"Travelers must be aware about and understand the laws of any country they visit,\" said a customs official, who also declined to be named.", "The BBC spokesman said Grooverider, who went to Dubai to work at a club, claimed he forgot the drugs were in the pocket of a pair of trousers.", "\"Grooverider is paying a very high price for a serious mistake,\" the Radio 1 spokesman said.", "Fair Trials' Wolthuizen said one thing is clear: Travelers to the UAE must be careful.", "\"The Emirates are quite happy to be known as having an unusually strict approach to enforcing their drug laws,\" Wolthuizen said.", "\"They are going to extraordinary lengths to enforce them.\"", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Grooverider sentence highlights UAE's strict drug rules .", "The DJ was jailed for four years in Dubai on Tuesday for possession of cannabis .", "He was arrested November 23 after being caught with 2.16 grams of the drug .", "The Emirates have an unusually strict approach to enforcing their drug laws ." ]	[ 2, 3, 23 ]
[ "HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Cash-strapped Zimbabwe revealed plans Saturday to circulate $200 million notes, just days after introducing a $100 million bill, Finance Minister Samuel Mumbengegwi said.", "Zimbabwe central bank governor Gideon Gono shows a new $50 million note Thursday.", "After the $100 million note began circulating on Thursday, the price of a loaf of bread soared from 2 million to 35 million Zimbabwean dollars.", "Amid allegations of illegal foreign currency trading, the government also fired top executives at four major banks Thursday, according to The Herald, a state-owned newspaper.", "Many anxious residents of the nation's capital, Harare, have been sleeping outside banks, waiting for them to open so they can make withdrawals before the institutions run out of cash.", "Watch how Zimbabwe's children are suffering » .", "The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe had capped maximum daily withdrawals at 500,000 Zimbabwean dollars: about 25 U.S. cents, or about a quarter of Thursday's price of a loaf of bread.", "Last week, restrictions on cash withdrawals -- due to severe money shortages -- triggered riots.", "Sixteen soldiers now face possible court-martial due to alleged looting and assaults on civilians and police during the unrest, police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena told The Herald on Saturday.", "\"We are still investigating the case,\" he said.", "\"But we expect the soldiers to appear before a court-martial once investigations are completed.\"", "After spending several days waiting in bank lines, soldiers rampaged through downtown Harare, destroying shops and attacking riot police sent to disperse the protesters.", "Cash shortages are not the only crisis plaguing Zimbabwe.", "The United Nations has said that more than half of Zimbabwe's population is in dire need of food and clean water.", "Watch how a cholera epidemic is affecting Zimbabweans » .", "Acute shortages of essentials such as fuel, electricity, medicines and food are key indicators of a failed economy, according to economic observers.", "\"The [Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe] is failing to deliver the demands of market, prices are doubling daily, and that demands more cash,\" Zimbabwean economist John Robertson said.", "\"The huge price increases are resulting from severe shortages of most goods.\"", "The once-prosperous African nation is facing its worst economic and humanitarian crisis since attaining independence from Great Britain in 1980.", "Zimbabwe's official rate of inflation is 231 million percent, the world's highest.", "Critics of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe link hyperinflation to his policies on land distribution and unbudgeted payments to war veterans.", "Zimbabwe has had no Cabinet since the March presidential election.", "Its political troubles have aggravated its humanitarian and economic crisis, including a cholera outbreak that has killed close to 600 people since August.", "A CNN journalist in Harare contributed to this report." ]	[ "Price of a loaf of bread jumps to 35 million Zimbabwean dollars .", "Government accuses bank executives of illegal currency trading .", "Zimbabwe also faces widespread cholera outbreak; food, power shortages .", "President Robert Mugabe's policies blamed for economic collapse ." ]	[ 2, 3, 6, 20 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Call it a self-fulfilling prophecy: An estimated three-fourths of gas stations in the Nashville, Tennessee, area ran dry Friday, victim of an apparent rumor that the city was running out of gas.", "\"Everybody has just gone nuts,\" said Mike Williams, executive director of the Tennessee Petroleum Council.", "He said he has no idea about the origin of a rumor that there was going to be no gas in Nashville.", "One reporter called him, saying she had heard that Nashville would be without gas within the hour, he said.", "Hearing the rumor, drivers rushed to fill their cars and trucks.", "CNN called 13 Nashville gas stations at random.", "Only two reported having gas, and one said it was almost out.", "The stations said they were being told they would not get more until Monday or Tuesday.", "iReport.com: Nashville residents desperate for fuel .", "Katie Givens Kime, visiting from Atlanta, Georgia, was trying to fill up her tank for the trip home when she ran into trouble -- when she was already low on gas.", "\"We panicked and looked online,\" she said.", "\"And holy cow, there is no gas in the city. ...", "It has definitely gripped the city, for sure.\"", "One store clerk told her there was no way she could get gas to go back home, she said.", "Williams said some drivers were following gas trucks to see where they were headed, and lines at some stations were a mile long.", "Fuel was continuing to enter the city, however, as pipelines were working and barges were coming in.", "He likened it to Southerners rushing out to stock up on bread and milk when they hear it might snow.", "As stations began running low, the situation snowballed, he said.", "One station reported selling as much gas Friday as it usually does in a weekend, Williams said.", "The phenomenon seemed to be isolated to the Nashville area, he said.", "iReport.com: Is there a gas panic in your area?", "Givens Kime said she found a station online that still had gas and waited more than an hour to pump it.", "\"People were freaked out,\" she said.", "A \"renegade bunch\" of men helped direct traffic to and from the pumps, even taking drivers' cash inside for them.", "She described people filling cans and other containers as well as cars.", "She said that the station was not engaging in price gouging but that \"emotions were running very high\" among drivers.", "CNN's Gary Bender contributed to this report." ]	[ "Nobody knows origin of rumor that Nashville was running out of gas .", "Of 13 Nashville gas stations called at random, only two said they had gas .", "Residents panicked and hit gas stations to fuel up .", "People were filling up containers, cans, with some waiting an hour for gas ." ]	[ 0, 2, 5, 8, 14, 24 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- After spending nearly 28 years in an irreversible coma, heiress and socialite Martha \"Sunny\" von Bulow died Saturday in a New York nursing home, according to a family statement.", "She was 76. Sunny von Bulow is pictured during her 1957 wedding to Prince Alfred von Auersperg.", "Von Bulow was subject of one of the nation's most sensational criminal cases during the 1980s.", "Her husband, Claus, was accused of trying to kill her with an overdose of insulin, which prosecutors alleged sent her into the coma.", "He was convicted of making two attempts on her life, but the conviction was overturned on appeal.", "He was acquitted in a second trial.", "His retrial in 1985 received national attention.", "\"We were blessed to have an extraordinarily loving and caring mother,\" said the statement from Von Bulow's three children -- Annie Laurie \"Ala\" Isham, Alexander von Auersperg and Cosima Pavoncelli -- released by a spokeswoman.", "\"She was especially devoted to her many friends and family members.\"", "Martha von Bulow was born Martha Sharp Crawford into a wealthy family.", "She inherited a fortune conservatively estimated at $75 million, according to an article on the von Bulow case posted on truTV.com's Crime Library Web site.", "In her early years, she drew comparisons to actress Grace Kelly.", "She became known as Princess von Auersperg with her first marriage, to Prince Alfred von Auersperg of Austria.", "That marriage produced two children: Alexander and Annie Laurie.", "The von Bulows married in 1966 and had a daughter, Cosima.", "On the morning of December 22, 1980, family members found Martha von Bulow unconscious in the bathroom of the family's posh Newport, Rhode Island, home.", "She never regained consciousness.", "She had been hospitalized a year earlier after lapsing into a coma but recovered, according to the Crime Library site.", "Doctors had diagnosed her with hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar.", "Prosecutors accused Claus von Bulow of twice attempting to kill his wife by injecting her with insulin.", "The case also led to a major motion picture, \"Reversal of Fortune.\"", "Actor Jeremy Irons won an Oscar for his portrayal of Claus von Bulow.", "Famed defense attorney Alan Dershowitz, who won Claus von Bulow a new trial on appeal after his conviction, said in a statement Saturday that Martha von Bulow's death is \"a sad ending to a sad tragedy that some members of her family tried to turn into a crime.", "We proved overwhelming[ly] that there was no crime and that the coma was self-induced.", "We saved his life, but could not save hers.\"", "Claus von Bulow's defense team maintained that Martha von Bulow's alcohol use, among other factors, caused her coma.", "Dershowitz said he had spoken with Claus von Bulow, who now lives in London, England.", "Claus von Bulow was saddened by his former wife's passing, Dershowitz said.", "The family statement said Martha von Bulow is survived by her children, their spouses and nine grandchildren.", "Alexander von Auersperg and Ala von Auersperg Isham, who had sided with prosecutors against Claus von Bulow, filed a civil suit against their stepfather after his acquittal.", "The case was settled out of court in 1987, according to a 2007 article in the Providence Journal newspaper in Rhode Island.", "Claus von Bulow had agreed to waive his claim to his wife's money and to a divorce in exchange for the suit being dropped.", "The von Bulows' daughter, Cosima, sided with her father.", "Vanity Fair writer Dominick Dunne, who covered the von Bulow case, told the New York Daily News in 2007 that Sunny von Bulow was moved from Columbia Presbyterian hospital to a private nursing home in 1998.", "Watch Dunne recall case » .", "Ala von Auersperg Isham served for a time as president of the Sunny von Bulow Coma and Head Trauma Research Foundation, according to the Providence Journal.", "An offshoot of that organization, the Brain Trauma Foundation, still operates in New York, the newspaper said.", "The family statement notes that Martha von Bulow actively supported the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Opera and the J.P. Morgan Library in New York and the Preservation Society of Newport, Rhode Island.", "A private memorial service will be held for family and friends in New York in the coming days, the family statement said Saturday, along with a private burial.", "CNN's Julian Cummings contributed to this report." ]	[ "Husband Claus von Bulow was accused of trying to kill her with insulin overdose .", "Conviction overturned on appeal; he was acquitted in second trial .", "Claus von Bulow, living in England, is saddened by former wife's death, lawyer says .", "She is survived by three children and nine grandchildren ." ]	[ 3, 5, 16, 19, 22, 27, 28 ]
[ "Editor's note: Join Roland S. Martin for his weekly sound-off segment on CNN.com Live at 11:10 a.m.", "ET Wednesday.", "If you're passionate about politics, he wants to hear from you.", "A nationally syndicated columnist, Martin has said he will vote for Barack Obama in November.", "He is the author of \"Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith\" and \"Speak, Brother!", "A Black Man's View of America.\"", "Visit his Web site for more information.", "Roland Martin says Howard Dean bucked other leaders and insisted on a 50-state Democratic strategy.", "(CNN) -- If Sen. Barack Obama is able to prevail over Sen. John McCain on Tuesday, all of those Democrats who ripped Howard Dean's 50-state strategy over the last four years should call the head of the Democratic National Committee and offer a heartfelt apology.", "First in line should be New York Sen. Charles Schumer, Chicago, Illinois, Rep. Rahm Emanuel and my CNN colleague, political strategist James Carville.", "When Democrats were in the final stages of winning back Congress in 2006, those three were at odds with Dean, saying he should forget about his pie-in-the-sky plan to have the Democratic Party competitive in all 50 states.", "They reasoned that money spent on get-out-the vote efforts in non-congressional elections was futile, and all the effort should be on reclaiming Congress.", "But Dean resisted their suggestions, weathering repeated calls for him to resign after that election.", "Dean's insistence on having a Democratic Party that existed in the heartland, and not just California, New York and Massachusetts, was brilliant in that it made clear that the party recognized the rest of America.", "iReport.com: What would you ask Obama?", "The Democratic Party earned its liberal label because it ignored the moderate and conservative voices that paved the way for the Reagan revolution to win three consecutive elections.", "Yet the decisive wins weren't just on the national level.", "Texas is a prime example.", "What used to be a blue dog Democratic state now has Republicans holding every statewide office.", "But things are looking up.", "In Dallas County, all of the county positions except for a handful were in the hands of the GOP, especially the judges.", "That changed four years ago, and now the party could solidify itself this time around.", "The same thing in Harris County.", "The state's most populous county saw Republicans take everything in sight.", "This time around, Democrats are poised to take back Houston and surrounding cities.", "Texas Democratic leaders used to cry the blues when an election was near, but after seeing the massive turnout during the primary, they have been able to build their voter database and cultivate a new generation of politicians to run for office.", "Will the state go red?", "Sure. But with a rock solid black vote, the ability to attract more Hispanic voters and a growing appeal to whites, Democrats may soon make Texas a competitive two-party state.", "If Democrats are going to achieve success on the national level, they must have significant enthusiasm on the local level.", "It's hard to get your supporters ginned up for a national campaign if they see no infrastructure, especially local get-out-the-vote operations.", "When Obama announced that he was implementing a 50-state strategy, he was laughed at.", "But here we are with six days left in the campaign and the Republicans are having to spend precious dollars on ads in Montana, North Carolina, Virginia, Missouri, Iowa, Colorado and Nevada, GOP locks in past elections.", "Obama deserves a lot of the credit for this because his \"change\" campaign theme, along with the horrible leadership of Republicans nationwide, is helping his candidacy.", "But changing the attitude among the nation's Democrats was also vital, and that's where Dean played a role.", "The former governor of Vermont saw firsthand the sorry shape of the party when he ran for president in 2004.", "Republicans, led by Karl Rove, perfected their voter registration efforts, targeting voters down to the neighborhood, block and household.", "They knew that to win they needed a well-oiled machine that wasn't activated every four years; it needed to be active all year round and in every election cycle.", "So Dean put the people and resources behind substantial voter efforts in a number of states, and they went about rebuilding a crippled party that had no central voter registration effort, an outdated database of supporters, a fundraising arm that heavily relied on trial attorneys and Hollywood types, and a message that changed depending on the day.", "In addition to seeing how Obama performs on Tuesday, we will also watch and see if Democrats are able to increase the number of governorships and legislatures they control.", "That will be critical in 2010, because that's when the electoral map will be gerrymandered, redrawing the borders of congressional districts, and the party that rules the general assemblies, legislatures and governor's mansions will write the rules to the game.", "Old pols always said that all politics is local, and the only way for a revitalized Democratic Party to expand its reach nationally is by re-branding the party on the home front.", "That takes time, money and leadership, and Howard Dean was willing to put his money where his mouth is.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Roland Martin." ]	[ "Roland Martin: DNC chair Howard Dean stuck to his 50-state strategy .", "If Obama wins, other top Dems should apologize to Dean, he says .", "Martin says the party needed to rebuild its local infrastructure .", "Dean's strategy is creating a year-round base for Democratic efforts, he says ." ]	[ 3, 7, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A Dutch-operated container ship outran pirates off the coast of Tanzania this weekend, an official with the International Maritime Bureau said Sunday.", "French soldiers, who have joined British, Indian, Russian and American patrols off Somalia, during an exercise.", "The incident took place \"very far out to sea,\" showing that Somali-based pirates are extending their reach further and further, Noel Choong of the IMB's Piracy Reporting Center told CNN.", "\"Earlier attacks were on ships off the coast of Somalia, then off the coast of Kenya, and now this was 450 nautical miles off Dar es Salaam,\" he said, tracing the southward expansion of the pirates' area of operations.", "The ship, which Choong declined to name, came under attack from rocket-propelled grenades, starting a fire on board, he said.", "The crew was able to put out the fire and escape by increasing speed.", "The ship and crew are now out of danger, he said, following the incident at 11:42 GMT Saturday.", "Piracy has become increasingly common in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean this year.", "So far, pirates have attacked almost 100 vessels off Somalia's coast and successfully hijacked nearly 40, according to the center.", "Watch how NATO is combating piracy » .", "Those hijacked vessels include an enormous oil tanker, a chemical tanker, and a ship laden with Soviet-era arms including tanks.", "The pirates normally hold the ships for ransom.", "A luxury cruise ship carrying more than 1,000 passengers and crew successfully outran pirates off the coast of Yemen last weekend.", "The IMB has tracked at least 11 incidents of actual or attempted piracy near the Tanzanian coast this year.", "A multinational fleet, including vessels from the U.S., NATO member states, Russia and India, has been patrolling the Indian Ocean waters near the Gulf of Aden, which connects the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea.", "Around 20,000 oil tankers, freighters and merchant vessels pass along the crucial shipping route each year.", "Watch anti-piracy vessels patrol the region. ...", "In a recent interview provided to CNN, a pirate leader claimed attacks on shipping would continue as long as life in Somalia remained desperate.", "\"The pirates are living between life and death,\" said the pirate leader, identified by only one name, Boyah.", "\"Who can stop them? Americans and British all put together cannot do anything.\"" ]	[ "Piracy has become increasingly common in the Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean .", "Experts have tracked 11-plus incidents of actual or attempted piracy near Tanzania .", "Around 20,000 oil tankers, freighters and merchant vessels use the route annually .", "A multinational fleet has been patrolling the Indian Ocean and nearby waters ." ]	[ 7, 13, 14, 15 ]
[ "(CNN) -- \"Shh ... shh get back,\" the man with the walkie-talkie said.", "\"We're filming.\" Contadora, one of Panama's Pearl Islands, draws visitors with beautiful beaches and excellent snorkeling.", "We had stumbled onto the set of a \"Survivor\"-like television show.", "But I'm getting ahead of myself.", "First let me tell you how we stumbled onto the Pearl Islands in Panama, and then I'll tell you how we came upon the Orange Tribe on the island of Mogo Mogo.", "Every year, my husband and I take my niece on a summer vacation.", "This year, we decided to go to Panama.", "Besides the canal, Panama has a lot to offer: There are mountains, beaches, colonial cities and rain forests.", "After we found a $158 round trip flight from Miami, Florida, the decision was made.", "My only fear was the weather; it was rainy season in Central America.", "After weeks of research, I was torn.", "We had enough time to visit one set of islands, and there were two island chains that I was having a hard time choosing between.", "The San Blas Islands are off the northeast coast of Panama in the Caribbean.", "They're also known as Kuna Yala and are home to the Kuna Indians.", "It would be a chance to see the Kunas up close, living as they have for centuries in grass huts along the water's edge.", "The other option was the Pearl Islands.", "The Archipiélago de las Perlas, less well-known than the San Blas, is off the southern Pacific coast of Panama.", "After an agonizing week of self-debate, I decided that our summer vacation would include a trip to the Pearl Islands.", "The flight was only 20 minutes from Panama City, but more importantly, I was told it didn't rain as much on the Pacific side.", "The sales pitch to my niece: \"We are going to where the 2003 edition of 'Survivor' and 'Survivor: All-Stars' were filmed.\"", "I was referring to the popular American reality TV show, and I didn't realize that dozens of other countries had their own versions.", "I admit my destination choice was not as educational as a few days with the Kuna Indians, but I thought it would be better than being rained in with a bored teenager.", "After a short flight from Panama City in a puddle jumper, we were on the island of Contadora, one of hundreds that make up the Pearl Islands and one of three that can be reached by commercial flight.", "It's a tiny island with a handful of places to stay and even fewer places to get a meal.", "Golf carts, the primary mode of transportation, can be rented upon arrival.", "All of Contadora's entertainment is provided by the sea.", "It's a beach bum's paradise.", "If you are a beach bum and a reality TV fan, you can sit on the sand and watch props being built for the contestants' challenges.", "It's probably the best set shop in the world, or at least the one with the nicest view.", "But the Pearl Islands offer more than just an exotic TV set.", "For $30 an hour, you can go snorkeling and island hopping in a small but comfortable wooden fishing boat.", "We found Niño, our boat captain and guide, on Playa Larga, the beach in front of the Contadora Beach Resort.", "We did some of the best snorkeling I've ever done anywhere in the world.", "After a morning of fantastic snorkeling, I asked Niño where \"Survivor\" was filmed.", "\"Close by. I will take you there,\" he said. Niño took us to Mogo Mogo, one of many uninhabited islands just off the shore of Contadora.", "As the island's white sandy beaches came into sight, we noticed a clearing where people were putting finishing touches on what looked like a game for contestants.", "Our boat captain told us it was for \"Desafío\" (\"Challenge\"), a Colombian version of the popular reality show.", "The word on Contadora was that a few countries (Bulgaria, Serbia and Israel, to name a few) were either finishing filming \"Survivor\"-type shows or starting new seasons.", "A representative for the Panamanian Institute of Tourism told me the government had limited information on the filming and could not confirm the word on the street.", "We jumped out of the boat, waded through the clear, warm blue water and onto Mogo Mogo, unacknowledged as work continued on the wooden set.", "Noticing a well-worn path, we decided to check out the rest of the island.", "We thought we were alone when we reached the beach on the other side.", "But as we walked down what we thought was a deserted beach, we spotted an orange flag in the sand.", "We knew the American \"Survivor\" was filmed on this island, but we did not expect to be standing in front of contestants in orange buffs, sitting on a log in the shade.", "This is when the man with the walkie-talkie shushed us because they were filming.", "The locals talk about the shows and the many countries they hail from, but they don't seem to capitalize on the \"Survivor\" fame.", "Contadora locals certainly make money off the film staff, medics and contestants, but evidently they haven't printed the T-shirts yet.", "The only shirts we saw were on the backs of others that identified them as \"Survivor Crew.\"", "Perhaps a true fan could purchase a shirt directly off someone's back.", "The island is only so big, and you are bound to run into a crew from some country.", "One night, we were the only non-reality show customers in Gerald's restaurant, a popular place for beer and pizza.", "After our innocent but failed attempt at a guest appearance on \"Desafío,\" we returned to the basic comforts on Contadora.", "That night, as we relaxed in a restaurant -- cold drinks in hand, a warm hearty meal just ordered -- darkness fell.", "The rain, as it often does in the tropics, started coming down in sheets.", "I leaned back and thought to myself, \"If I was a contestant, tonight I would vote myself off of Mogo Mogo.\"" ]	[ "\"Survivor\" and similar shows have been filmed on Panama's Pearl Islands .", "The island of Contadora is a 20-minute flight from Panama City .", "Beaches and marine exploration are the main sources of entertainment ." ]	[ 1, 22 ]
[ "(CNN) -- California voters on Tuesday appear to have approved Proposition 8, a measure banning same-sex marriage in the state.", "CNN legal analyst Sunny Hostin says the U.S. Supreme Court may have to rule on the issue of same-sex marriage.", "California's secretary of state late Tuesday released semi-official results showing Proposition 8 had passed 52.5 percent to 47.5 percent.", "CNN has not officially called the result one way or the other.", "On Wednesday protesters took to the streets of Los Angeles to voice their opposition to the potential ban.", "And there are at least three legal challenges to it now pending in court.", "Kiran Chetry of CNN's \"American Morning\" spoke Thursday with the program's legal analyst, Sunny Hostin, about the issue.", "Chetry: California's attorney general says that the constitutional amendment is not retroactive, and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom says he will continue to marry people until someone sues him to stop.", "So what does Prop 8 mean first of all to people who want to get married in the state of California?", "Hostin: Well, we already know in Los Angeles they are no longer issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.", "So in Los Angeles, it's a no go.", "In San Francisco, as you mentioned, the mayor is saying, \"We're still going to be doing it.\"", "So for people that aren't married yet, it's really legal limbo.", "Chetry: All right.", "And what about people who from the time that they allowed same-sex marriage, this was in May until November, some 18,000 couples decided they were going to do it.", "What happens to them? Is their marriage still valid?", "Hostin: It's still valid right now.", "But really they are also in a legal limbo.", "The bottom line it's all over the place.", "The law is really unclear here.", "Last night, I was poring over these legal papers.", "I was also discussing this with a lot of law professors, a lot of different lawyers, and everyone is all over the place.", "Some folks said, you know, the bottom line is when you look at the language of Proposition 8, it is very clear that it was meant to be retroactive and that means that all the marriages will be invalidated.", "Then another law professor that I spoke to said that is absolutely fundamentally ridiculous.", "The bottom line is this is a fundamental right that was given to couples and this is a right that is not going to be given away.", "I think we're going to see a lot of litigation here, Kiran, and the bottom line is everyone is in a legal, legal limbo.", "Chetry: It's very interesting the grounds for which they are challenging.", "At least in one of these lawsuits they said that it was a constitutional revision rather than an amendment.", "And that means it would need two-thirds approval of the House in the legislature.", "So do we think it could go to the state house in California as well as being fought in the courts?", "Hostin: I really think this is going to be a legal issue.", "I think this is going to go before the California Supreme Court.", "And we already know as you mentioned that there are three cases pending before the California Supreme Court.", "And what is interesting to note is that it's the very same court that allowed these marriages in the first place.", "And so, my guess is that that court is going to weigh in, probably reinstitute the right to marry for same-sex couples and then that's going to be likely based on the U.S. Constitution and our Supreme Court is going to weigh in.", "What is I think extremely interesting here is that we now know that we have a president-elect, Obama.", "He's going to get the opportunity likely to appoint Supreme Court justices.", "So we don't even know which type of court or the makeup of the court that will hear this.", "But I think the Supreme Court will likely weigh in on this issue.", "Chetry: This was such a hot button issue in the state.", "More spending on either side, $35 million, $37 million on both sides.", "Hostin: Yes.", "Chetry: It was the highest funded campaign on any state ballot.", "Hostin: That's right.", "Chetry: They say it trumped every other campaign except the presidential.", "Hostin: People care about this issue.", "I mean, they're talking about discrimination, equal protection.", "It's an issue that's a hotbed issue.", "We also know, Kiran, that in Arizona and Florida that this ban was implemented.", "And so, you know, it's all over the place.", "People care about this issue, and this is an issue that is really present.", "And I think that it's something that, we, of course, have to watch because we're talking about equal protection, we're talking about discrimination.", "People care about these issues.", "Chetry: Sunny Hostin, great to see you.", "Thank you. Hostin: Thanks.", "iReport.com: Did you vote on a same-sex measure?" ]	[ "California voters appear to have approved a ban on same-sex marriage .", "At least three court challenges have been filed against ban .", "CNN legal analyst says opinions on ban's legality are \"all over the place\"\nAnalyst says U.S. Supreme Court will likely be called upon to decide issue ." ]	[ 0, 1, 5, 18 ]
[ "Editor's Note: Drew Westen, Ph.D., is professor of psychology and psychiatry at Emory University, founder of Westen Strategies, and author of \"The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation.\"", "He has been a consultant or adviser to several candidates and organizations, including the AFL-CIO, and has informally advised the Obama campaign.", "Drew Westen says Democrats realized you need more than position papers to sway the voters.", "ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A single factor never produces a complex event like the historic election of Barack Obama.", "But when the final post-mortem on the election of 2008 is someday written, it will no doubt include at least three.", "First, John McCain started with three strikes against him.", "Those strikes happen to be the three strongest predictors that enter into the equations used by political scientists to predict who will win an election: an unpopular incumbent president (in this case, the most unpopular in the history of polling), an economic downturn (in this case an understatement), and an unpopular war.", "In some ways, McCain lost the presidency twice to George W. Bush.", "In the 2000 South Carolina primary, McCain was defeated by what have been generously referred to as \"dirty tricks;\" and in the two-year run-up to the 2008 election, he allied himself with Bush and his policies to win his party's nomination (even referring to Bush as \"one of our greatest presidents\"), which was his undoing with independent voters in the general election.", "Second, whether McCain rues the day he chose Sarah Palin (who moved from the asset to the liability column around the same time Lehman Brothers did), Palin no doubt rues the day she chose to become a small-town mayor instead of a community organizer.", "It was precisely the extraordinary capacity to organize people that allowed Obama and his chief advisers to bring such unprecedented numbers of people to the polls.", "Not only was this the first election in recent memory in which Democrats outgunned Republicans with their get-out-the-vote efforts, but it was the first time since Eisenhower recognized the potential value of television as a medium for advertising over 50 years ago that Democrats have led Republicans in technology.", "From the moment I met Obama's media wizard, Scott Goodstein, 18 months ago, I realized Obama would have a tremendous advantage on that front, but I didn't realize by how much.", "But then there's that other major factor: For the first time since Bill Clinton, the Democrats chose a candidate with both the general intelligence to govern and the emotional and political intelligence to win.", "And they finally abandoned the approach to campaigning that has been their downfall for generations: peppering voters with facts, figures, and policy positions and assuming they will see what a rational choice the candidate is.", "We don't choose any of the important people in our lives that way, whether spouses or presidents.", "Obama beat McCain the same way he beat Hillary Clinton: by out-inspiring them, boxing them into the role of the candidate against hope, and defining himself as the candidate who represents change.", "And in the last few weeks of the campaign, Obama finally began to control the four stories that matter in an election: .", "1. the story you tell about your yourself (that he was the candidate of change, fleshing out what he meant by change); .", "2. the story you tell about your opponent (that McCain was four more years of Bush); .", "3. the story the other candidate is telling about himself (McCain the maverick, which Obama countered by citing McCain's proud proclamation that he had voted with Bush over 90 percent of the time and parrying, \"That's not a maverick, that's a sidekick\"); and .", "4. the story McCain was telling about Obama (that he lacked the experience and judgment to lead, which Obama countered with his steadiness in the face of the Wall Street meltdown and his strong, steady performances in the debates).", "Elections are won by candidates who control those four stories and in so doing inspire the electorate and channel their fears (in this case, fears about the economy trumping all else).", "Going forward, Obama needs to find his way as a leader between the excesses of the \"permanent campaign,\" in which a president remains in campaign mode throughout his presidency -- taken to its extreme under George W. Bush, who allowed his political strategist, Karl Rove, an inordinate role in crafting policies rather than just figuring out how to talk with the public about them -- and Obama's more natural predilection to talk like a law professor.", "What Democrats learned from this election is that if their candidate thinks like a professor but inspires like a preacher, they can have their cake and eat it, too.", "President-elect Obama faces enormous mountains to climb that will require enormous public support.", "He will no doubt pursue the policies he considers best for digging our nation out of some deep ditches, both domestically and internationally.", "But the best policies don't sell themselves, whether the date is November 3 or January 21, and the style that led him to the White House -- a calm, thoughtful, steady approach to policy combined with an extraordinary capacity to inspire -- is the same style that will make him an extraordinary leader.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Drew Westen." ]	[ "Drew Westen: McCain was burdened by bad economy, Bush unpopularity .", "Democrats had technological edge for first time in decades, Westen says .", "Westen says Democrats learned you can't win with position papers, statistics .", "They dealt with people's fears, mostly about the economy, Westen says ." ]	[ 2, 13, 19 ]
[ "LAKE LANIER, Georgia (CNN) -- Georgia Gov.", "Sonny Perdue declared a water supply emergency in north Georgia on Saturday as its water resources dwindled to a dangerously low level after months of drought.", "But an Army Corps of Engineers official denied there is a water crisis.", "Perdue, who signed an executive order Saturday, asked for President Bush's help in easing regulations that require the state to send water downstream to Alabama and Florida.", "He also asked the president to declare 85 counties as federal disaster areas.", "Perdue blasted what he called the \"silly rules\" governing the water supplies, noting that even if the state got replenishing rains, it could not by law conserve those, but must release 3.2 billion gallons a day downstream.", "\"The actions of the Corps of Engineers and Fish and Wildlife Service are not only irresponsible, I believe they're downright dangerous and Georgia cannot stand for this negligence,\" Perdue said.", "The Army Corps of Engineers, however, presented a different assessment.", "If there were nine months without rain, water supplies still would be adequate, said Maj. Daren Payne, the Army Corps' deputy commander for the Mobile, Alabama, District.", "The corps sent a letter to Perdue assessing the situation and pointing out that they are \"not going to run out [of water] any time soon,\" Payne said.", "The corps -- under an agreement reached in the 1980s with U.S.", "Fish and Wildlife Service, the state and downstream users -- releases 5,000 feet of water per second from the dam between Lake Lanier and the Chattahoochee River.", "The figure was based on a Florida hydroelectric power plant's needs, as well as concern for endangered species in the river, including mussels and sturgeon.", "On Friday, Georgia filed a motion seeking to require the Army Corps of Engineers to restrict water flows from the lake and other north Georgia reservoirs.", "Watch Gov. Perdue blast a \"disaster of federal bureaucracy\" » .", "The corps said it needs 120 days to review its water policies, according to Perdue.", "The Bush administration has been in contact with the Georgia congressional delegation on the matter, the White House said Saturday afternoon .", "\"We have already begun drafting interim rules to ... address the endangered species requirements, and the Army Corps has started the process of revising the operations manual for the river basin,\" said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino.", "Months of drought .", "Rainfall in north Georgia, which includes the Atlanta metropolitan area, is far below normal for this time of year.", "That was evident as Perdue addressed reporters on packed red clay on the shore of Lake Lanier -- the main water source for the Atlanta area's 5 million residents.", "Normally, he'd be standing in water, but levels have dropped to historically low levels.", "The drought is hurting businesses and scaring away tourists.", "Efforts are under way to try to reduce the flow from Lake Lanier by looking into requirements for endangered species and demands downstream for power plants and industries, Payne said.", "A new biological review of endangered species needs will end in November and will be examined by officials from the U.S.", "Fish and Wildlife Service to see if water requirements can be reduced, he added.", "\"The corps is not opposed to reducing the flow, if it can do it legally,\" Payne said.", "Georgia, Alabama and Florida have been wrangling over how to allocate water from the Chattahoochee watershed for years as metro Atlanta's population has doubled since 1980.", "\"No one is sacrificing, no one is sharing the pain like the people in north Georgia are,\" Perdue said, noting there are no water restrictions in Florida or southern Alabama.", "Georgia has imposed a mandatory ban on outdoor water use by homeowners in the region, but Lt. Gov.", "Casey Cagle warned this is a situation \"we cannot conserve our way out of.\"", "Meanwhile, individual counties are monitoring illegal water use.", "In Douglas County, violators will have their water supply turned off and may have to pay up to $1,000 to get it turned back on.", "Cobb County, just north of Atlanta, is doling out fines of up to $500 for repeat offenders.", "E-mail to a friend .", "CNN's Rusty Dornin and Tristan Smith contributed to this report." ]	[ "Governor asks president to declare North Georgia a disaster area .", "Army Corps official denies there is a Lake Lanier water crisis .", "Army Corps releases millions of gallons daily from the lake .", "Georgia will seek injunction to stop water releases from reservoir ." ]	[ 0, 2, 13 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The European Union will launch its first naval operation Tuesday, protecting vessels from pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia, EU policy chief Javier Solana announced Monday.", "A French army helicopter taking off from French frigate Nivose, on patrol in the Gulf of Aden.", "EU foreign ministers approved the mission during their regular meeting in Brussels on Monday.", "Solana said the operation is \"very important\" because EU vessels will be operating \"in a place in the world that everybody's looking at because of the new problems related to piracy.\"", "\"It's very important that we have taken that decision to launch it tomorrow,\" he added.", "The EU naval force will take over the role of escorting United Nations World Food Program vessels carrying food and relief supplies to war-torn Somalia, an EU news release said.", "Its mandate, which is spelled out in several U.N. Security Council resolutions, also will include \"the protection of vulnerable vessels cruising off the Somali coast, and the deterrence, prevention and repression of acts of piracy and armed robbery off the Somali coast,\" the news release stated.", "The deployment follows a decision by the European Council in September that established a coordination cell that supported surveillance and protection operations by several member states off the Somali coast.", "Piracy has become increasingly common in that area this year, particularly in the Gulf of Aden.", "So far, pirates have attacked almost 100 vessels off Somalia's coast and successfully hijacked nearly 40, according to the International Maritime Bureau.", "Those hijacked vessels include an enormous oil tanker, a chemical tanker, and a ship laden with Soviet-era arms, including tanks.", "The pirates normally hold the ships for ransom.", "The Somali-based pirates have extended their reach beyond Somalia's coastline.", "On Saturday, a Dutch-operated container ship outran pirates off the coast of Tanzania, an IMB official told CNN.", "A luxury cruise ship carrying more than 1,000 passengers and crew successfully outran pirates off the coast of Yemen last weekend.", "A multinational fleet -- including vessels from the United States, NATO member states, Russia and India -- has been patrolling the Indian Ocean waters near the Gulf of Aden, which connects the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea.", "Around 20,000 oil tankers, freighters and merchant vessels pass along the crucial shipping route each year.", "In a recent interview provided to CNN, a pirate leader claimed attacks on shipping would continue so long as life in Somalia remained desperate.", "\"The pirates are living between life and death,\" said the pirate leader, identified by only one name, Boyah.", "\"Who can stop them? Americans and British all put together cannot do anything.\"" ]	[ "EU force will take over the role of escorting U.N. World Food Program vessels .", "Role includes \"protection of vulnerable vessels cruising off the Somali coast\"\nPirates have attacked almost 100 vessels off Somalia's coast this year .", "Warships from U.S., India, Russia and Malaysia also patrol region ." ]	[ 5, 6, 9 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A Washington woman who hid a sedated monkey under her blouse on a flight from Thailand was convicted of violating wildlife laws for smuggling the monkey into the United States, prosecutors said Tuesday.", "Authorities rescued the monkey from Gypsy Lawson's fake womb.", "Gypsy Lawson, 28, and her mother, Fran Ogren, 56, were convicted of smuggling and conspiracy to smuggle the monkey in violation of the Endangered Species Act and other federal laws.", "Lawson hid the young rhesus macaque monkey under a loose-fitting blouse on a flight from Bangkok, Thailand, to Los Angeles, California, International Airport, pretending she was pregnant, the U.S.", "Attorneys Office for the Eastern District of Washington said.", "Permits are required to possess rhesus monkeys and many other species of animals.", "Such permits are granted for research, enhancement and conservation purposes.", "Additionally, transporting such species into the United States requires a customs declaration.", "Lawson and Ogren had neither.", "\"These defendants purposely undertook a course of action which could well have endangered many citizens, as well as the life of the animal in question,\" said U.S. Attorney James McDevitt.", "Rhesus monkeys are known to carry viruses and parasites that can be transmitted to humans, said Paul Chang, a U.S.", "Fish and Wildlife Service agent.", "\"This particular animal tested negative,\" he said.", "Chang said the monkey has been placed with a rescue center for abandoned primates, \"but it could have been living out its life with its family in its native habitat.\"", "Authorities found journals and handwritten notes describing the mother and daughter's attempts to find a monkey small enough to smuggle back to the United States.", "The journal also described the pair's \"acquisition of a small monkey and their experimenting with different medicines to sedate the monkey for their journey home,\" McDevitt's office said.", "Authorities also found photographs of Lawson at two airports and on an airplane in which she is wearing loose-fitting clothing and appears to be pregnant.", "\"The journal confirms that she and her mother smuggled the monkey into the United States by hiding it under her shirt, pretending she was pregnant in order to get past authorities,\" the statement from McDevitt's office said.", "Co-defendant James Edward Pratt, 34, already has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of possession and transportation of prohibited wildlife.", "He will be sentenced in January.", "Sentencing for Lawson and Ogren is scheduled for March 3, 2009.", "The smuggling conviction carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and up to three years of court supervision after release.", "The conspiracy charge carries a maximum of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and up to three years of court supervision after release.", "Flight itineraries show the pair flew from Spokane, Washington, to Bangkok on November 4-5, 2007, with stops in Seattle, Washington, and Inchon, South Korea.", "They returned on a direct flight from Bangkok to Los Angeles, California, on November 28, 2007." ]	[ "Gypsy Lawson, 28, faked pregnancy to hide sedated monkey under her blouse .", "Lawson, mother convicted of conspiracy, smuggling for taking monkey from Thailand .", "Prosecutors say they found notes between women planning the smuggling .", "Smuggling conviction carries maximum 20-year sentence ." ]	[ 0, 2, 21 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Two airmen were found dead in the Pacific Ocean and rescuers were trying to find four others after a U.S. Air Force B-52 crashed off the island of Guam on Monday, the Air Force said.", "The B-52H Stratofortress, like this one, was in Guam as part of a four-month rotation.", "Rescuers found the bodies about 30 miles northwest of Guam, not far from where the bomber was believed to have crashed at about 9:45 a.m. local time, the Air Force said.", "One of the dead airmen was identified, but the identity was withheld pending family notification, the Air Force said.", "Search crews have found no survivors, but they are still looking, said Lt. Elizabeth Buendia, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Coast Guard in Guam, which is a U.S. territory.", "The B-52H Stratofortress had six airmen aboard and was on a training mission when it crashed, the Air Force said.", "It was scheduled to fly over crowds celebrating Liberation Day, which commemorates the U.S. capture of Guam from Japan in 1944, the Air Force said.", "The bomber was based at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana but was at Guam's Andersen Air Force Base as part of a four-month rotation, said Capt.", "Joel Stark, an Andersen Air Force Base spokesman.", "No weapons or munitions were aboard the aircraft and information on what led to the crash wasn't available, the Air Force said.", "In February, a B-2 stealth bomber crashed shortly after takeoff from Andersen Air Force Base.", "Two crew members ejected and were in good condition afterward." ]	[ "NEW: Bodies of two airmen found in Pacific Ocean; four other airmen sought .", "A U.S. Air Force B-52 with six airmen crashed off the island of Guam .", "Rescuers search a point in the Pacific about 30 miles northwest of Guam .", "The B-52H Stratofortress was based at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana ." ]	[ 0, 1, 2 ]
[ "(CNN Student News) -- Record the CNN Special Investigations Unit Classroom Edition: Busted!", "Mortgage Meltdown when it airs commercial-free on Monday, October 6, 2008, from approximately 4:10-- 5:00 a.m.", "ET on CNN. (A short feature begins at 4:00 a.m. and precedes the program.)", "Program Overview .", "Home loans gone bad are wrecking the U.S. economy.", "CNN teams up with Fortune Magazine's Andy Serwer to investigate how the housing boom went bust.", "The fallout begins on Wall Street, where billions of dollars in American mortgages were bought, bundled and sold around the world.", "CNN takes the high-stakes mortgage game to Delmonico's, a Wall Street institution since 1837, where the likes of J.P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie once wheeled and dealed.", "Host Andy Serwer plays dealer and invites a few experts to face off on the mortgage crisis.", "Guest players include New York Times columnist and Princeton economist Paul Krugman, CNN's Personal Finance Editor Gerri Willis, securities guru Janet Tavakoli, investment strategist Peter Dunay and mortgage broker Jon Shibley.", "Grade Levels: 11-12, College .", "Subject Areas: Business, Economics, Finance, Social Studies, Life Skills .", "Objectives: . The CNN Special Investigations Unit Classroom Edition: Busted!", "Mortgage Meltdown and its corresponding discussion questions and activity challenge students to: .", "Curriculum Connections .", "Economics America National Standards .", "Standard 10 : Role of Economic Institutions .", "Students will understand that: Institutions evolve in market economies to help individuals and groups accomplish their goals.", "Banks, labor unions, corporations, legal systems, and not-for-profit organizations are examples of important institutions.", "A different kind of institution, clearly defined and enforced property rights, is essential to a market economy.", "Standard 16 : Role of Government .", "Students will understand that: There is an economic role for government in a market economy whenever the benefits of a government policy outweigh its costs.", "Governments often provide for national defense, address environmental concerns, define and protect property rights, and attempt to make markets more competitive.", "Most government policies also redistribute income.", "The Economics America National Standards (http://www.ncee.net/ea/standards/) are published by the National Council on Economic Education (http://www.ncee.net/).", "Social Studies .", "Standard V. Individuals, Groups and Institutions: Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of interactions among individuals, groups, and institutions.", "Standard VI.", "Power, Authority, and Governance: Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of how people create and change structures of power, authority, and governance.", "The Curriculum Standards for Social Studies (http://www.socialstudies.org/standards/strands/) are published by the National Council for Social Studies (http://ncss.org/).", "Discussion Questions .", "Suggested Activity .", "Point out to students that one of the best ways for them to prepare for homeownership is to arm themselves with knowledge, and that the purpose of this activity is to help them obtain this information.", "Group students and instruct each group to prepare a PowerPoint presentation on the top ten things that first-time homebuyers should know before they shop for a mortgage.", "Groups may want to include information that addresses these points: .", "Have groups deliver their presentations to the class.", "If possible, invite a realtor or mortgage broker to attend the presentations and discuss the guidelines that are used to determine whether or not a homebuyer can afford a home.", "Extension . Following the presentations, direct students to print and online resources to identify homes that are for sale in their community, as well as the current interest rates for a 30-year fixed mortgage, a 15-year fixed mortgage and a 5/1 ARM.", "Next, have each student select a house and use an online amortization schedule calculator to determine what the monthly payment (principle + interest) would be for each type of loan, assuming that the loan was for 80% of the purchase price of the home.", "Instruct students to identify the potential benefits and drawbacks of each type of loan, and to select the loan type that they feel would be the best choice for the homebuyer.", "Then, have each student determine the salary that he or she thinks a person would need to earn to afford the monthly mortgage payments.", "After students share their research, ask: .", "Keywords . mortgage, subprime, foreclosure, economy, interest rates, credit risk, housing prices, homeowner, real estate, mortgage broker, reverse redlining, Wall Street, Federal Reserve, securities, regulation, predatory lending, housing bubble, capitalism, recession, depression ." ]	[ "Learn about the different types of home loans that are available to consumers .", "Examine the current mortgage crisis in the U.S.\nIdentify the economic and social ripple effects of this crisis .", "Determine ten things homebuyers should know before they shop for a mortgage ." ]	[ 4, 25, 33, 39 ]
[ "Editor's Note: Barry Eichengreen is George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley.", "He is the author of \"Golden Fetters: the Gold Standard and the Great Depression, 1919-1939.\"", "Barry Eichengreen says strong action should be taken to stop the financial crisis from getting worse.", "BERKELEY, California (CNN) -- Every time the economy and stock market turn down, financial historians get predictable calls from reporters.", "Could this be the start of another Great Depression?", "Could \"it\" possibly happen again?", "My stock answer has always been no.", "The Great Depression resulted from a series of economic and financial shocks -- the end of a housing bubble in 1926 and the end of a high-tech bubble in 1929 -- but also from truly breathtaking neglect and incompetence on the part of policymakers.", "It couldn't happen again precisely because policymakers know this history.", "Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is a student of the Great Depression.", "Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson remembers the mistakes of Andrew Mellon, Herbert Hoover's treasury secretary.", "We can be confident, I always answered, that there will not be another Great Depression because policymakers have read financial histories like mine.", "At least that was my line until recently.", "Now I have stopped taking reporters' calls.", "The first thing that made the Great Depression great, of course, was the Fed's failure to act.", "It basically stood by as the banking system and the economy collapsed around it.", "This time, in contrast, the Fed can hardly be criticized for inaction.", "Not only has it cut rates, but it has rolled out one new unprecedented initiative after another.", "Unfortunately, it has reacted more than acted.", "First, it provided funds to the commercial banks.", "Then, it targeted broker-dealers.", "Now, it is desperately propping up the commercial paper market.", "All the while however, the problem has been infecting new parts of the financial system.", "One thing that restrained the Fed in the 1930s was the fear that rate cuts might cause capital to flee to other countries and the dollar to crash.", "The danger was that the same liquidity that the Fed poured in through the top of the bucket might just leak back out through these holes in the bottom.", "There was a solution: coordinated rate cuts here and in Europe.", "Unfortunately, central bankers couldn't agree on what was needed.", "The result was further instability.", "That central banks have learned this lesson of history and now see the need for coordinated action is at least one ground for hope.", "The problem is that they have already used their bullets.", "iReport.com: What lessons have your family passed down from the Great Depression?", "U.S. Treasury bill rates have essentially fallen to zero, and the Fed's policy interest rates are only slightly above that level.", "Central banks are out of ammunition.", "This is no longer a problem they can solve by themselves.", "What is needed now is Treasury action to address what has morphed into a global banking crisis.", "Between 1930 and 1933, not just the U.S. but also Europe and Latin America experienced rolling banking crises.", "When Austria took desperate measures to prop up its banking system, its banking crisis only shifted to Germany.", "When Germany did the same, the crisis spread to the United States.", "This was beggar-thy-neighbor policy at its worst.", "We have seen some disturbing evidence of the same in recent weeks, as when Ireland unilaterally guaranteed all bank deposits and thereby sucked funds out of the British banking system.", "G7 leaders, when they meet in Washington at the end of this week, need to explain exactly how they will address this aspect of the problem.", "They need to commit money to recapitalizing their banking systems -- now, and not next week.", "The U.K., which has just announced a $50 billion plan for bank recapitalization, has shown how this can be done in a matter of days.", "But a coordinated initiative will require the U.S. to put up a considerably larger sum.", "My recommendation would be to abandon the idea of reverse auctions for toxic assets and instead use the $700 billion of the recently passed rescue plan for bank recapitalization.", "Although the Great Depression started in 1929, it took until 1933 for American leaders to grasp this nettle and recapitalize the banks.", "We can't afford to wait for years this time around.", "A final thing that made the Great Depression such a catastrophe was that some of the worst shocks occurred right before the 1932 presidential election.", "There then followed an extended interregnum between the election and inauguration of the new president when no one was in charge.", "The outgoing president, Hoover, asked his successor designate, Franklin Roosevelt, to cooperate with him on joint statements and policies, but FDR refused to do so.", "Meanwhile, the banking crisis deepened.", "Corporations failed.", "The economy was allowed to spiral downward.", "It was this disaster that led us to amend the constitution to shorten the time between presidential election and inauguration from 4 to 2½ months.", "The implication is clear.", "The two presidential candidates should be assembling their financial SWAT teams now.", "Paulson should promise that they will be invited into his office on November 5.", "This problem cannot wait until Inauguration Day.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writer." ]	[ "Eichengreen: Serious mistakes were made by policy makers in Depression .", "Today's leaders know the lessons of the Depression, he says .", "Still, events are rapidly overtaking the resources of the central banks, he says .", "Eichengreen: The problem can't wait until Inauguration Day to be solved ." ]	[ 14, 32, 45, 57 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- China has canceled or postponed several military exchanges with the U.S. in reaction to last week's announcement that the U.S. is selling weapons to Taiwan, a Defense Department spokesman said Monday.", "Apache attack helicopters are part of the $6.4 billion weapons deal between the U.S. and Taiwan.", "Officials announced last week an intention to sell $6.4 billion in arms to Taiwan, though the deal still needs to be approved by Congress.", "Maj. Stewart Upton said the sale does not violate the Taiwan Relations Act, which allows the United States to provide Taiwan with items for self-defense .", "Taiwan split from the Chinese mainland in 1949 and the United States has vowed to support them if China initiates an unprovoked attack.", "The arms deal comes at a time when the United States needs China in negotiations over Iran's and North Korea's nuclear programs.", "\"The Chinese reaction is unfortunate and results in missed opportunities,\" Upton said.", "\"We feel that the global security environment calls for U.S. and [Chinese] officials to maintain close relations to address common security challenges.\"", "The \"bilateral events\" China called off or postponed involve \"senior level visits and humanitarian assistance/disaster relief exchanges\" scheduled to happen by the end of November, he said.", "The Chinese ambassador was said to be on his way to the State Department Monday afternoon to protest the proposed weapons sale to Taiwan.", "One U.S. official said the tension with China will not affect the role China is playing in negotiations with Iran or North Korea over its nuclear program.", "The official declined to speak for attribution because of the sensitive diplomacy involved.", "The arms deal package includes a variety of U.S.-made weapons systems, including Patriot III anti-missile system, Apache attack helicopters, Harpoon missiles and Javelin anti-tank missiles." ]	[ "China protesting U.S. deal to sell $6.4 billion in arms to Taiwan .", "Deal comes when the U.S. needs China in negotiations over Iran and N. Korea .", "Chinese ambassador expected to protest sale to the State Department .", "U.S. defended deal, saying it does not violate international agreement ." ]	[ 1, 5, 9 ]
[ "(CNN) -- On Tuesday, America elected its first black president, Barack Obama.", "But what does Obama's sweeping victory mean for the United States?", "Bill Maher is the host of \"Real Time with Bill Maher,\" which airs on Friday nights on HBO.", "Bill Maher has the answer to that, and other questions -- including why he wants President George W. Bush to stay at home for the next 76 days.", "Maher, the host of HBO's \"Real Time with Bill Maher\" and the star of the current film \"Religulous,\" was a guest on Wednesday's \"Larry King Live.\"", "He talked with CNN's King about Sarah Palin's future, George W. Bush's past and the impact of GOP adviser Karl Rove.", "The following is an edited version of that interview.", "Larry King: Were you ever -- I don't want to use the word scared -- were you ever worried last night?", "Bill Maher: Why?", "What happened? (LAUGHTER) I think, you know, we all had this paranoid feeling like we're Charlie Brown and they're going to snatch the football away again.", "So, you know, until about when he won Pennsylvania, that's when it started to look pretty good for the people who were for him.", "King: What does this election say to you, Bill?", "Maher: I think that the lesson of the election is that the old America that Sarah Palin was saying was the real America, the small town, \"Joe the Plumber,\" white America, that's still out there.", "But the other America, the more diverse, liberal America, has edged it out.", "And maybe that's the real America now.", "Watch King and Maher talk about the election » .", "King: Is Karl Rovism dead?", "Maher: Never.", "Negative campaigning, mudslinging, tearing people down -- that will always be in vogue.", "McCain did make a classy speech last night.", "But, you know, they all make a classy speech when they lose.", "What else can you do? And it does ring a little less true when only a day before you're calling the guy a socialist, a communist, a terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American.", "Oh, we lost? He's a great guy. Forget what I said yesterday.", "Let's all get behind the guy I just said was a communist.", "Please. King: Did the McCain campaign -- I know you admired him in the past -- did it disappoint you?", "Maher: Terribly.", "I think it even disappointed the people who were voting for him.", "I sensed something in conservatives reacting to the election yesterday.", "Even the ones who voted for McCain, they sort of were relieved.", "I sensed that. It was like, yes, I guess I kind of had to pull the lever for McCain, but secretly a part of me knew that this country needed a breath of fresh air, needed a new kind of president, a new kind of politics, a new face, a smart guy, a flexible guy, a supple leader.", "King: Is Gov. Palin the new star of the Republican Party?", "Maher: If they're not very bright, she is.", "I mean, that's going to be the gut check for the Republicans ... what direction are they going to go in now?", "Now, I think politicians are usually led by the idea that they want to win elections.", "And Sarah Palin was a bit of an Alaskan albatross around John McCain's neck -- not that he would have won anyway.", "King: You said you don't want President Bush meeting with any more foreign leaders between now and the inauguration.", "Why? Maher:: Because I don't trust him.", "He's got 76 days left to pull off one more giant screw-up and I don't think it's beyond him.", "I mean, the man does have a track record, Larry.", "You know, I keep saying it, but I don't think this man will be happy until he leaves the White House smoldering behind him as he walks back to Texas.", "King: You recently issued one of your new rules decreeing that Obama must give comedians something to work with.", "Any suggestions? Maher: No. It's very difficult. We have been spoiled, first with Bill Clinton and then George Bush.", "And here's a president now who -- he's not stupid.", "He's not angry. He's not a phony. He's not fat. He's not cheating on his wife.", "Who needs a jerk like that around for the next four years?", "Come on. (LAUGHTER) But look, he's going to be the president and we're going to have to get over our nervousness about making fun of a black person.", "He's not a black person.", "He's the president. King: So then you must want Gov.", "Palin to stay around, comedically.", "Maher: I do and she will. I think what people did not understand about Gov.", "Palin was that she campaigned for that job.", "She wanted it. She lobbied for it. She's a very ambitious person.", "And, of course, she's a super religious person.", "So she believes that God chose her for this job.", "I guess -- I guess God had a bad night yesterday, because she didn't get it.", "But, you know, the Lord works mysterious ways, as we know.", "So maybe he's saving her for next election or the next after that.", "She's only 44 years old.", "I mean she could be on the public stage for the next 30 years." ]	[ "Bill Maher says he thinks the liberal, diverse America may now be the real America .", "Maher on Obama: \"He's not a phony.", "He's not fat.", "He's not cheating on his wife\"\nMaher says he wants Gov.", "Sarah Palin to stick around for comedic reasons .", "I was disappointed in the McCain campaign, Maher tells Larry King ." ]	[ 4, 8, 13, 17, 32, 43, 48 ]
[ "NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will undergo a routine medical examination at a hospital in the Indian capital on Tuesday, his spokesman Tenzin Taklha told CNN Sunday.", "The Dalai Lama with French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy on a recent visit to France.", "The check-up in New Delhi is likely to take several hours, but the Dalai Lama will not be admitted to the hospital, the spokesman said.", "The Dalai Lama, who lives in exile in the north Indian hill town of Dharamsala, will travel to the Indian capital on Monday.", "The 73-year-old Tibetan leader was hospitalized in Mumbai in August for abdominal discomfort.", "Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will undergo a routine medical examination at a hospital in the Indian capital on Tuesday." ]	[ "Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will undergo a medical exam this week .", "Dalai Lama was recently admitted for tests after suffering abdominal discomfort .", "The check-up in New Delhi is likely to take several hours ." ]	[ 2, 5 ]
[ "ATHENS, Greece (CNN) -- Authorities vowed to re-impose order after demonstrators rose up across Greece Monday in a third day of rioting over Saturday's killing of a 15-year-old boy that has left dozens injured and scores of properties destroyed.", "An undated photo of Alexandros Grigoropoulos, whose death has sparked riots across Greece.", "\"Under no circumstances will the government accept what is occurring,\" said Greek Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos.", "\"We will do what is necessary.\" It was unclear what would be necessary to placate the demonstrators.", "\"We've just lost count of how many demonstrations are taking place now,\" a police spokesman in Athens told CNN.", "Police said 34 civilians and 16 police officers were injured Monday in rioting that spread into new municipalities, including Trikala, Larissam and Veria.", "Riots broke out Saturday in Thessaloniki and Athens, where police killed the teen.", "Watch the latest report on the rioting » .", "Demonstrators had torched three government buildings and three offices of the ruling conservative political party in downtown Athens, a National Fire Brigade spokesman told Greek state television.", "Watch as iReporter witnesses the clashes .", "Thirty-five cars and 160 trash containers also had been set ablaze, he said.", "See images of anarchy on Greek streets » .", "Demonstrators Monday barricaded streets in Athens and Thessaloniki and hurled gasoline bombs as they battled with police.", "Clouds of tear gas hung over the capital city as riot police continued to battle the hundreds of young self-styled anarchists rioting over the boy's death.", "\"Rage is what I feel for what has happened, rage, and that this cop who did it must see what it is to kill a kid and to destroy a life,\" a student in Athens told reporters Monday.", "Watch protesters clash with police » .", "In a nationally televised address broadcast on state television, Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis condemned the violence and promised to punish those responsible for Saturday's shooting.", "He also announced a decision to drop plans to reimburse business owners affected by the rioting.", "The police officer who fired the fatal shot has been charged with \"manslaughter with intent\" and suspended from duty, police said, adding that a second police officer was arrested Saturday on criminal accessory charges.", "Government officials have condemned the shooting.", "\"An investigation is under way and those found responsible will be punished,\" said Pavlopoulos.", "\"Measures will also be taken to avoid such incidents again in the future.\"", "iReport.com: Are you there?", "Share photos, video of rioting .", "On Monday, authorities conducted an autopsy on the teenage boy in an effort to answer questions about the circumstances of the shooting, but the boy's family has called in their own investigators to verify state findings, the Athens coroner told CNN.", "The U.S. and British embassies issued warnings to employees and tourists on Sunday, instructing them to avoid downtown Athens and other major cities until rioting subsides.", "Tourists in central Athens hotels were advised by hotel staff not to leave their rooms as police fanned out across the city.", "\"There are lots of burning bins and debris in the street and a huge amount of tear gas in the air, which we got choked with on the way back to our hotel,\" according to Joel Brown, a CNN senior press officer visiting Athens on Sunday.", "A police statement about the teenage boy's death said the incident started when six young protesters pelted a police patrol car with stones.", "The teen was shot as he tried to throw a petrol bomb at the officers, police said.", "Other angry teens converged on the site almost immediately.", "Fighting between youths and police erupted elsewhere, including Thessaloniki, the country's second-largest city.", "Hundreds of young people took to the streets of the sprawling port city, finally barricading themselves behind the gates of a state university.", "Authorities have been barred from entering university grounds since tanks crushed a 1973 student uprising protesting the ruling military junta.", "It was not clear what authorities would do about the demonstrators still holed up at the university.", "No deaths have been reported since Saturday.", "Police said Monday that 20 protesters had been rounded up for questioning.", "Journalist Anthee Carassava in Athens contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Authorities vow to re-impose order as rioting enters third day .", "NEW: Police say 34 civilians, 16 police officers injured Monday in rioting .", "Protests exploded after police shoot dead a teenage boy in Athens .", "Government says investigation into shooting is under way ." ]	[ 0, 5, 19, 20 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Federal immigration agents arrested about 300 workers Tuesday in a raid at a poultry processing plant in Greenville, South Carolina, the Department of Justice said.", "The agents executed a criminal search warrant at 9 a.m. at the Columbia Farms poultry processing plant, capping a 10-month investigation into the plant's employment practices, said Barbara Gonzalez, a spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.", "About 58 of those arrested were allowed to return to their homes to take care of their children or for other humanitarian reasons, she said.", "The others were to be held in an ICE detention facility in the area.", "\"They are all illegals,\" Gonzalez said.", "\"We have charged them with being in violation of U.S. immigration laws.\"", "The investigation has already resulted in criminal charges being filed against 11 supervisors and a human resources manager, she said.", "Maria Juan, 22, was one of about 50 relatives and friends of workers who huddled at the edge of the plant after the raid, some weeping and others talking frantically on cell phones, The Associated Press reported.", "She was seeking information about her 68-year-old grandmother, a legal immigrant from Guatemala who went to work without identification papers but was later released, the AP reported.", "\"Families are going to be broken apart,\" Juan told the AP.", "\"There will be kids and babies left behind.", "Why are they doing this? Why? They didn't do anything. They only wanted to work.\"", "No one from Columbia Farms or from its parent company, House of Raeford Farms in Raeford, North Carolina, responded immediately to telephone messages.", "The Charlotte Observer newspaper first reported in February that plant workers were in the country illegally and company managers knew it, the AP reported.", "The raid \"is a drop in the bucket\" that is unlikely to persuade anyone in the United States illegally to go home, said Dan Kowalski, an Austin, Texas-based lawyer specializing in immigration law.", "He questioned the conclusion by Gonzalez and ICE that all of those arrested are indeed illegal immigrants.", "\"A judge has to say that, they can't just say that,\" he said." ]	[ "Federal immigration agents conduct raid at plant in Greenville, South Carolina .", "About 58 allowed to return to their homes to take care of their children .", "No response from Columbia Farms or parent company, House of Raeford Farms ." ]	[ 2, 12 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Blake Mycoskie is the founder and \"chief shoe giver\" of TOMS Shoes, a company that matches every pair of shoes it sells with a free pair to an impoverished child.", "Blake Mycoskie started TOMS Shoes in 2006.", "The company is committed to giving free shoes to poor children around the world.", "CNN caught up with the 32-year-old entrepreneur to talk about the inspiration behind his revolutionary business and what he has planned next.", "CNN: Tell us about the TOMS model.", "Mycoskie: The TOMS initiative is very simple: For every pair of shoes we sell, we give a pair away.", "When we know that say, we're going to sell 10,000 pairs this spring, we make another 10,000 to be given away.", "CNN: Where did you get the idea to start TOMS?", "Mycoskie: I decided to go back to some of the places that my sister and I had visited on \"The Amazing Race.\"", "[Mycoskie and his sister participated in the reality TV show in 2002.] ...", "I found myself going on to Argentina.", "I went to some of the villages and it was one of the defining moments of my life when I saw these kids not wearing shoes.", "That's where I kind of had this 'ah ha' moment.", "I started thinking, what if I started a business where every time I sold a pair of shoes, I would guarantee that customer that I would give another pair to someone who does not have shoes?", "CNN: How did you pursue your vision?", "Did you have any experience as a designer or shoemaker?", "Mycoskie: I had absolutely no experience in shoes or fashion so I approached the business how I have done everything in my life, and that's with reckless ambition.", "There were a lot of really cool styles of shoes in Argentina that we did not have in the United States so I picked one of them, the alpargata, and I started figuring out how to make shoes.", "CNN: Did you expect the company to be a big success when you launched?", "Mycoskie: I was not really looking to make any money on the deal.", "I wanted to be able to sell the shoes for enough money to give away another pair and to hire one or two people to administer it and keep it going once I went back to work.", "But what I found was that not only did people find this concept just very intriguing - from a fashion perspective, people loved these shoes.", "All of a sudden I started selling in the top boutiques.", "CNN: When did you realize that TOMS was going to be much more than a small project?", "Mycoskie: I think the crowning moment was when Vogue magazine called and that was a few months after we started.", "That was when I was really like, 'Wow, this is not just some small little shoe philanthropy that I have created.'", "This could be a real business and it could be a real player in the fashion industry and it could really set a tone for how fashion companies could give back.", "CNN: Has philanthropy always been a priority for you?", "Mycoskie: I always thought that I would spend the first half of my life making money so I can spend the second half of my life giving it all away.", "And one of the defining moments of my life was when I realized that I could do both at the same time with TOMS.", "CNN: What are some of your proudest achievements?", "Mycoskie: One thing that is most unique about TOMS and I think that I'm most proud of is that every single pair [of shoes] is hand placed onto a child's foot.", "CNN: How has TOMS evolved since you started it in 2006?", "Mycoskie: A big part of our business that has changed over the past year is that now we also have a travel organization that takes volunteers all over the world on these trips and [they] get the experience of giving away the shoes.", "CNN: Tell us about the process of producing TOMS.", "Mycoskie: A very big passion of mine and that of the people that run our production is finding factories that have fair labor practices and treating them more like partners in our family than people just who are going to produce for us.", "One of the things we have always done with all of our factories is I personally visit them and we actually show our documentary film about what we do.", "When you connect with the factory like that, everything goes much better.", "CNN: You've called yourself a serial entrepreneur.", "Do you have another business in the pipeline?", "Mycoskie: I can honestly say that TOMS is my future.", "I mean I have no desire to start any other company for as long as I live because this is the perfect blend of business and philanthropy to me.", "CNN: What's next for TOMS?", "Mycoskie: The future of TOMS is really creating a whole new business model of this one-for-one giving and expanding the TOMS model from shoes into other products as well.", "So while we are not committed to doing anything else right now, we are looking for partners out there who have great products and that want to find a way to incorporate giving back." ]	[ "Blake Mycoskie talks about his innovative business, TOMS Shoes .", "He wants to provide children in need with shoes in a sustainable way .", "Mycoskie wants other firms to incorporate the idea of \"one-for-one\" giving ." ]	[ 0, 7, 9, 43 ]
[ "ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan has indefinitely blocked travel for convoys, carrying food and military supplies to U.S. troops in Afghanistan, through a key mountain pass.", "Armed militants pose next to a captured armored vehicle near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.", "But in a statement, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan said, \"We do not expect any impact on ISAF's ability to carry out operations.\"", "The decision to suspend travel through the Khyber Pass in northwest Pakistan was taken due to security concerns, said Gula Jan, a security official in Khyber Agency, on Sunday.", "The mountain pass links Pakistan to its neighbor, Afghanistan.", "It is in the Khyber Agency, one of seven semiautonomous tribal agencies along the Afghan border.", "Because Afghanistan is landlocked, many supplies for NATO-led troops fighting Islamic militants there have to be trucked in from Pakistan.", "Officials said militants aligned with the Taliban and al Qaeda have carried several attacks there.", "The Pakistani central government has little control in the area, and the area is believed to be a haven for militants.", "On Tuesday, as many as 60 to 70 armed militants launched back-to-back assaults on convoys.", "The militants seized 13 trucks -- 12 carrying wheat into Afghanistan as part of a World Food Programme convoy, and one transporting Humvees to the U.S.-led coalition, Khyber Agency officials said.", "Jan said the decision to suspend travel came after local leaders met with representatives of some of the shipping firms.", "He said trucks will be allowed through the pass once the security situation improves, but did not specify a date.", "Dozens of trucks idled by the side of roads Sunday in the Khyber Agency and in Peshawar waiting for the green light.", "In its statement, ISAF said it has \"multiple, robust and complementary lines of support.\"", "It added that for security and geographical reasons, \"the movements of civilian convoys destined for ISAF are coordinated with Pakistani authorities and border crossing points.", "The current temporary adjustments in convoy movements are as a result of this coordination.\"", "CNN's Reza Sayah contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: NATO force expects no impact on ability to carry out operations .", "Pakistan suspends convoys into Afghanistan through key mountain pass .", "Route was used to carry food and military supplies to U.S. troops .", "Militants seized U.S. humvees, food aid in ambush earlier this week ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The Louisiana man who Saturday became the first Vietnamese-American elected to the House says he hopes his win will push more young people to become politically active.", "Anh \"Joseph\" Cao says his win shows that \"really anything can happen.\"", "\"I am very honored and at this point, somewhat speechless to be the first Vietnamese-American congressman,\" Anh \"Joseph\" Cao told CNN on Sunday.", "\"But I also hope that many of our young people will consider being more politically active and being move involved in the community.", "Because as you can see, really anything can happen.\"", "The Republican defeated nine-term Democratic Rep. William Jefferson in the mostly African-American and heavily Democratic New Orleans-area district.", "Jefferson had been expected to win a 10th term despite battling scandals and a federal indictment for the past three years.", "The contest, which drew a light turnout, was delayed until Saturday after Hurricane Gustav swept through southern Louisiana in late August.", "Had the vote been held during the November 4 general election, Jefferson -- who is black -- may have benefited from the heavy African-American voter turnout for Barack Obama.", "Cao conceded that low voter turnout aided his victory.", "\"We were hoping for a low turnout because it would provide us with the greater chance of winning,\" said Cao, a lawyer and community activist.", "\"Based on the demographics of the district, a high voter turnout would have gone to our disadvantage.\"", "Cao also may have been helped by the scandal that has plagued Jefferson.", "Jefferson, who pleaded not guilty to 16 criminal counts of racketeering, bribery, money laundering and obstruction of justice, denies any wrongdoing.", "In 2005, Jefferson's private homes in Washington and New Orleans were raided, and FBI agents say they found $90,000 in cash stashed in one of his freezers.", "Officials say the money was part of a payment in marked bills from an FBI informant in a transaction captured on videotape.", "Jefferson also is accused of soliciting and receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes for himself and his family in exchange for promoting their products and services to countries in Africa.", "Cao said he came to the United States at the age of 8 after his family fled Vietnam as it fell to communists.", "\"When I [was] 9 years old, I received a letter from my father while he was in the re-education camp,\" Cao said.", "\"He told me to study hard, to work hard and to give back to your country and to your community.", "So I hope to do that in Congress.\"" ]	[ "Anh \"Joseph\" Cao is first Vietnamese-American elected to the U.S. House .", "Cao, of Louisiana, defeated Rep. William Jefferson, who was battling scandal .", "Cao says he hopes win will encourage young people to become politically active ." ]	[ 0 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The U.S. Embassy in Beirut is asking for assistance in locating two missing American journalists who were on vacation in Lebanon and have not been heard from since they left the Lebanese capital last week.", "Holli Chmela, 27, was last heard from when she and a fellow journalist left Beirut, Lebanon, on October 1.", "Holli Chmela, 27, and her male companion, Taylor Luck, 23, arrived in Lebanon on September 29 from Amman, Jordan, the embassy said.", "They left Beirut on October 1, telling friends they were headed for the northern Lebanese cities of Byblos and Tripoli that day.", "No one has reported any contact with them since then, the embassy said.", "\"They were then to cross by land to Syria before returning to Jordan,\" the embassy said.", "\"Chmela and Luck were due to report to work in Jordan on October 4.\"", "Luck is an editor with The Jordan Times in Amman, and Chmela had been working as a freelancer for the newspaper, said Sameer Barhoum, the paper's editor.", "After flying into Beirut last week, the two planned to travel by land to the northern Syrian city of Aleppo before returning to Jordan -- also by land -- by Saturday, Barhoum said.", "Luck's mother called Barhoum on Sunday after not hearing from her son in three days, he said.", "She also said the last time Luck used his credit card was October 1 in Lebanon.", "\"We are hoping that both are safe and looking forward to see them with us soon,\" Barhoum said.", "Abdul Wahab Zugaylat, the head of Jordan's press association, said, \"We are waiting to hear officially from the U.S. Embassy that they did not depart the Lebanese borders.\"", "The U.S. Embassy said it is working with the Lebanese Internal Security Force to investigate the whereabouts of the pair.", "\"In addition, the U.S. Embassy in Beirut is coordinating efforts with the U.S. embassies in Amman and Damascus [Syria] as well as with the Department of State in Washington,\" the embassy said.", "In Washington, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said he had no details about the missing Americans.", "CNN's Caroline Faraj in Dubai contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Mom called newspaper after she hadn't heard from son in three days .", "Two on vacation in Lebanon and haven't been heard from since a week ago .", "They reportedly were headed for northern Lebanese cities of Byblos and Tripoli ." ]	[ 0, 3, 9 ]
[ "SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- The California Supreme Court has cleared the way for Californians to vote in November on whether to ban same-sex marriages in the state.", "A gay couple is married in California in June.", "Voters could void same-sex marriages in the state in November.", "The court on Wednesday denied a petition to remove the initiative from the state's general election ballots.", "The unanimous decision was handed down without elaboration.", "Hundreds of marriage licenses have been issued to same-sex couples since mid-June, a month after the court overturned the state's laws against such unions.", "However, on June 2, opponents of same-sex marriage filed for a ballot initiative that would ban such marriages in the state's constitution.", "Such a ban would overturn the court's May ruling.", "Equality California, a Sacramento-based activist group, filed a petition against the initiative -- Proposition 8 -- arguing that it involves a constitutional revision that can't be adopted through a ballot vote.", "The group also contended that petitions circulated to qualify the proposition for the ballot contained material that misled readers about the measure's effects.", "Jennifer Kerns, a spokeswoman for the proposition, called Wednesday's decision \"a huge victory.\"", "\"We believe it deals a strong blow to our opponents and sends a strong message that they won't be able to keep the ballot initiative away from the people of California,\" she said.", "Calls Wednesday to Equality California were not immediately returned.", "If the proposition is approved, it would be the second time same-sex marriages have been voided in California.", "In February 2004, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom -- who is considering a run for governor -- challenged the state's laws against same-sex marriage, ordering city officials to issue marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples.", "Those unions were voided by the California Supreme Court, though the justices sidestepped the issue of whether banning same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, allowing legal cases to work their way through the lower courts.", "Several gay and lesbian couples -- along with the city of San Francisco and gay-rights groups -- sued, saying they were victims of unlawful discrimination.", "A lower court ruled San Francisco had acted unlawfully in issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.", "However, the state Supreme Court's ruling in May struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional.", "That decision made California the nation's second state, after Massachusetts, to legalize same-sex marriage.", "Four other states allow civil unions." ]	[ "California Supreme Court declines to block November vote .", "State residents to vote on whether to ban same-sex marriages .", "Activist group had sought to block ballot initiative .", "Same-sex marriages were legalized in state earlier this year ." ]	[ 0, 6 ]
[ "TBLISI, Georgia (CNN) -- As Georgian troops launched a major military offensive Friday to regain control over the breakaway province of South Ossetia, the former Soviet republic's president accused Russia of bombing its territory.", "Georgian troops fire rockets at seperatist South Ossetian troops from an unnamed location not far from Tskhinvali.", "According to the Associated Press, Mikhail Saakashvili said in a televised statement that Russian aircraft bombed several Georgian villages and other civilian facilities.", "He said there were injuries and damage to the buildings.", "\"A full-scale aggression has been launched against Georgia,\" he said in a televised statement.", "A Georgian official said seven people were hurt in the attack, AP reported.", "Saakashvili urged Russia to immediately stop bombing Georgian territory.", "\"Georgia will not yield its territory or renounce its freedom,\" he said.", "Meanwhile, AP reported that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, speaking in televised remarks Friday during his trip to the opening of the Beijing Olympics, blamed Georgia for launching the effort to take control over South Ossetia and warned it would cause an unspecified retaliatory action.", "Watch more about the increased violence in Georgia » .", "The bombing charge came about an hour after Russia's ambassador to the United Nations brushed off a question about whether Russia would intervene militarily in a conflict between Georgia and its breakaway territory.", "Violence in the former Soviet republic prompted an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council that lasted into Friday morning.", "The security council failed to issue a statement on the dramatic escalation of violence in a breakaway territory of the former Soviet republic of Georgia.", "Meanwhile, Georgia's president also announced that his government will be calling up reservists as fighting continued to rage in South Ossetia's capital.", "Georgian forces launched fresh attacks into region late Thursday after a top government official said a unilateral cease-fire offer was met with artillery fire.", "About 2,000 Georgian troops attempted to storm the breakaway territory's capital overnight and were regrouping south of the city, Tskhinvali, according to Russia's ITAR-TASS news agency.", "Georgia's ambassador to the United Nations, Irakli Alasania, said that \"Russia has become a party to the conflict.\"", "He said Russia has supported separatists in South Ossetia, a charge Russia dismissed.", "Around 10 a.m. Friday, Georgia said Russian military aircraft violated Georgian airspace and dropped two bombs on Kareli, a part of Georgia that is about 50 miles northwest of the capital, Tblisi, and is not in the conflict zone, said Shota Utiashvili, spokesman for the Georgian Ministry of Interior.", "No casualties were reported, he said.", "Georgian troops pushed into South Ossetia after separatists attacked Georgian soil, destroying one village and killing several civilians, soldiers and police officers, Alasania said.", "Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, denied allegations that his country planned to intervene militarily.", "In comments to the Security Council, he decried the \"blatant aggressive action of Georgia.\"", "The latest developments follow a week of sporadic clashes between the Georgian central government and authorities in South Ossetia, which declared its independence from Georgia in the early 1990s after a bloody ethnic conflict between Georgians and Ossetians.", "Alexander Lomaia, the secretary of Georgia's National Security Council, said his country had to act.", "\"The objective of the operation is to protect the civilian population, to ensure their security and then convince the separatists that there is not a military solution to this conflict,\" he said.", "Lomaia said Georgian troops were responding proportionately to separatist mortar and artillery attacks on two villages -- attacks he said followed a Thursday evening cease-fire and call for negotiations by Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili.", "\"There were up to 10 people killed, including peacekeepers and the peaceful population, and up to 23 people wounded, including four of them wounded quite badly,\" Lomaia said.", "But he said Georgia wants a peaceful solution to the conflict and is leaving the door open to negotiations and has offered the territory \"the widest possible autonomy.\"", "The official news agency of the South Ossetian government reported heavy shelling in the South Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali, that left dozens of buildings ablaze.", "Lomaia said Georgian troops have no plans to reclaim control over the territory as part of the operation launched Thursday night -- but he said how far they advance \"is really dependent on how the situation evolves on the ground.\"", "\"Obviously, there will be a moment when we will be forced to respond, we will be forced to advance in order to prevent such bombardment,\" he said.", "\"But at the time being, there is no such aim of the operation.\"", "Georgia, located on the Black Sea coast between Russia and Turkey, has been split by Russian-backed separatist movements in South Ossetia and another region, Abkhzia.", "Neither region's government has international recognition.", "-- Journalist Elene Gotsadze contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Georgia said Russian aircraft violated its airspace dropping 2 bombs on Kareli .", "NEW: Georgia's president: \"A full-scale aggression has been launched\"\nGeorgia launched military offensive to regain control of South Ossetia .", "Russian PM warned it will cause an unspecified retaliatory action ." ]	[ 0, 4, 8 ]
[ "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Protests continued Friday in several California cities, including San Francisco, Palm Springs and Long Beach, over the passage of Proposition 8, which outlaws same-sex marriage.", "The passage of California's Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriages, has led to a number of protests.", "The ballot initiative, which passed 52.5 percent to 47.5 percent Tuesday, overturns a May ruling by the California Supreme Court that struck down a 2000 ban on same-sex unions.", "In San Francisco, an estimated 2,000 protesters marched down Market Street toward Dolores Park.", "The march stretched out for at least three city blocks, and the protesters completely blocked Market Street's westbound lanes and the eastbound lanes in places.", "\"I believe that politics and religion should be completely separate,\" protester Eric Rogers told CNN affiliate KGO-TV.", "\"This has been, actually, one of those lines that has been blurred by that.\"", "\"It really feels personal.", "It feels like why would someone not want us to live in love and respect,\" said protester Jayne Dean-McGilpin.", "A demonstration in Long Beach stretched out for five or six blocks.", "\"Hate is not hot,\" read a banner at the front of the marchers.", "About 2,000 demonstrators marched in a peaceful protest in Long Beach, and a few hundred remained in the streets around 10 p.m. (1 a.m.", "ET), said Sgt.", "David Marander of the Long Beach Police Department.", "Marander said Long Beach officers arrested three people after they tried to persuade others to leave the protest route that was described in a permit that organizers obtained for the march.", "At one point, demonstrators stopped at a street corner for a few moments to allow traffic to cross.", "Later, demonstrators congregated for about 20 minutes at the intersection of Broadway and Alameda Street, blocking traffic in all directions.", "The demonstrators then moved on before stopping at the intersection of Long Beach Boulevard and First Street, where many of them sat down in the street.", "After a few minutes, the demonstrators were on the move again.", "Police kept a watchful eye on the protesters but did not intervene.", "In Palm Springs, a crowd of several hundred gathered in front of the city hall, chanting \"Civil rights\" and \"Tax the Church.\"", "One sign read: \"We will not give up.\"", "iReport.com: Your thoughts on gay marriage?", "Several protesters surrounded an elderly looking woman, an apparent Proposition 8 supporter, and shouted at her.", "No arrests were reported at any of the demonstrations.", "In Salt Lake City, Utah, about 2,000 demonstrators gathered at Temple Square to protest against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.", "The Mormon church strongly supported Proposition 8, which amends California's constitution to define marriage as legal only between one man and one woman.", "Proposition 8 opponents say the Salt Lake City-based church donated a majority of the money raised in support of the measure.", "The LDS Church believes it should not be singled out when other groups also supported the proposition.", "\"It is disturbing that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is being singled out for speaking up as part of its democratic right in a free election,\" the church said in a statement Friday.", "On Thursday, Roman Catholic and Mormon leaders said their efforts did not target any specific group.", "The coalition of religious communities and citizens who supported Proposition 8 wanted to preserve \"the bedrock institution of marriage\" between a man and a woman, said Cardinal Roger Mahoney, the Catholic archbishop of Los Angeles.", "\"Proposition 8 is not against any group in our society,\" Mahoney said in a written statement.", "About 2,000 protesters picketed Thursday afternoon outside the Los Angeles temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.", "Several groups have petitioned the California Supreme Court to prevent the constitutional revision from taking effect.", "The American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal and the National Center for Lesbian Rights have filed a lawsuit contending the ballot initiative was \"improperly used.\"", "According to the three groups, \"such radical changes\" as outlawing gay marriage cannot be made by ballot initiative, but must, \"at a minimum, go through the state legislature first.\"", "The groups also argue the measure takes away a \"fundamental right\" from lesbian and gay Californians.", "The three organizations filed the legal challenges on behalf of Equality California and six same-sex couples who did not marry before Tuesday's election, but would like to be able to wed now.", "The three groups contend that California must honor the marriages of the 18,000 lesbian and gay couples who have already married.", "Sunny Hostin, a CNN legal analyst, said Thursday it is unclear whether same-sex weddings that took place before Tuesday are still valid.", "Referring to those couples, she said, \"I think they really are in a legal limbo, a legal black hole.\"", "Voters in Arizona and Florida also banned same-sex marriages in ballot initiatives Tuesday." ]	[ "Protests continue over recent passage of same-sex marriage ban in California .", "Measure overturns May ruling by California Supreme Court allowing gay marriages .", "Legal status of same-sex weddings that occurred before ban remains unclear ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iran's parliament speaker has criticized U.S. President-elect Barack Obama for saying that Iran's development of a nuclear weapon is unacceptable.", "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has outlined where he thinks U.S. policy needs to change.", "Ali Larijani said Saturday that Obama should apply his campaign message of change to U.S. dealings with Iran.", "\"Obama must know that the change that he talks about is not simply a superficial changing of colors or tactics,\" Larijani said in comments carried by the semi-official Mehr News Agency.", "\"What is expected is a change in strategy, not the repetition of objections to Iran's nuclear program, which will be taking a step in the wrong direction.\"", "In his first post-election news conference Friday afternoon, Obama reiterated that he believes a nuclear-armed Iran would be \"unacceptable.\"", "He also said he would help mount an international effort to prevent it from happening.", "Larijani said that U.S. behavior toward Iran \"will not change so simply\" but that Obama's election showed internal conditions in the United States have shifted.", "He added that Iran does not mind if the United States provides other Persian Gulf countries with nuclear technology, but \"you should know that you cannot prevent the Islamic Republic [from reaching its goals in the nuclear field],\" according to the news agency.", "Obama cautioned Friday that it had only been a few days since the election and that he was not in office.", "\"Obviously, how we approach and deal with a country like Iran is not something that we should simply do in a knee-jerk fashion.", "I think we've got to think it through,\" Obama said.", "\"But I have to reiterate once again that we only have one president at a time.", "And I want to be very careful that we are sending the right signals to the world as a whole that I am not the president, and I won't be until January 20th.\"", "Larijani was speaking two days after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad congratulated Obama, the first time an Iranian leader has offered such wishes to a U.S. president-elect since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.", "One analyst said the welcome was a gesture from the hard-line president that he is open to a more conciliatory relationship with the United States.", "Ahmadinejad said Tehran \"welcomes basic and fair changes in U.S. policies and conducts,\" according to the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency on Thursday.", "Relations between the United States and Iran have historically been chilly and have been further strained in recent years over Iran's nuclear program.", "Tehran insists that the program exists for peaceful purposes, but the United States and other Western nations are concerned by Iran's refusal to halt uranium enrichment activities.", "CNN's Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report.", "Copyright 2008 CNN.", "All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.", "Associated Press contributed to this report." ]	[ "Iran criticizes Obama for saying nuclear weapon development unacceptable .", "Parliamentary speaker says Obama should apply campaign message of change .", "U.S.-Iran tensions high over Tehran's nuclear ambitions ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The United States and other Western powers have \"exacerbated Somalia's downward spiral\" and must revise their policies in the east African country, a Human Rights Watch report has warned.", "Recent image of Islamist fighters at a camp in the northern outskirts of Mogadishu .", "The report, released Monday, blames the policies under President George W. Bush for \"breeding the very extremism that it is supposed to defeat.\"", "\"The new administration of U.S. President Barack Obama should urgently review U.S. policy in Somalia and the broader Horn of Africa and break with the failed approach of his predecessor,\" the report said.", "It also cites key European governments for failing \"to address the human rights dimensions of the crisis, with many officials hoping that somehow unfettered support to abusive TFG (Somali transitional government) forces will improve stability.\"", "Somalia's weak transitional government, backed by Ethiopian forces, continues to battle Islamic militias with the fighting concentrated in the capital, Mogadishu.", "Ethiopian forces have not withdrawn from the country, as required under a recent cease-fire agreement.", "Ethiopia invaded Somalia two years ago and successfully routed the Islamic militia that seized control of the capital.", "The HRW report states that the United States \"directly backed Ethiopia's intervention.\"", "Since the 2006 overthrow of the Islamic Courts Union, Somalia has suffered from \"unconstrained warfare and violent rights abuses\" by all warring parties.", "\"All sides have used indiscriminate force as a matter of routine, and in 2008 violence has taken on a new dimension with the targeted murders of aid workers and civil society activists,\" the report states.", "\"The human rights and humanitarian catastrophe facing Somalia today threatens the lives and livelihoods of millions of Somalis on a scale not witnessed since the early 1990s.\"", "Heavy fighting in Mogadishu and across Somalia has driven more than a million people from their homes.", "The lawlessness has also spilled onto the seas off the Horn of Africa, where international vessels are routinely hijacked by suspected Somali pirates who demand large ransoms.", "Human Rights Watch offers specific recommendations to the Somali and Ethiopian governments, the main militias, and the international community to address the human rights abuses.", "It calls on the West to \"insist upon an end to the impunity that has fueled the worst abuses - and the right place to start is by moving the U.N. Security Council to establish a Commission of Inquiry to document abuses and lay the groundwork for accountability.\"", "Journalist Abdinasir Mohamed Guled contributed to this report." ]	[ "Bush policies blamed for \"breeding the very extremism that it is supposed to defeat\"\nReport: European govts failed to address \"human rights dimensions of the crisis\"\nSomalia's Ethiopian-backed transitional government battling Islamic militias .", "Fighting has driven more than a million people from their homes ." ]	[ 2, 4, 12 ]
[ "(CNN) -- British-based mining giant Rio Tinto announced plans to cut 14,000 jobs on Wednesday, just weeks after a planned buyout by rival BHP Billiton collapsed.", "Rio Tinto has nearly $39 billion in corporate debt.", "Rio Tinto made the announcement as part of a plan to cut its nearly $39 billion in corporate debt by an estimated $10 billion by the end of 2009.", "The company issued a gloomy forecast in October.", "\"Since that time, demand conditions have worsened further, and as a result the group's priorities have reoriented around conserving cash flow and reducing near-term borrowings,\" it said in a statement announcing the cuts.", "The layoffs would include 5,500 direct employees and 8,500 contract jobs, the elimination of which would save about $1.2 billion a year, the company said.", "The layoffs would cost $400 million in severance packages, however.", "BHP withdrew from its planned buyout in late November, citing a high level of debt the combined company would be required to service in \"difficult\" economic conditions and concerns about whether it would be able to sell off units Rio Tinto already had targeted for divestment.", "Rio Tinto said it would consider selling off other elements of the company in an effort to raise more cash, but disclosed no details." ]	[ "Rio Tinto announces cuts, citing worsening demand conditions .", "BHP withdrew from planned buyout last month .", "Layoffs would save $1.2 billion a year but cost $400 million in severance packages ." ]	[ 6, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Pop superstar Madonna reaches a major milestone Saturday.", "She's turning 50.", "Becky Oliphant went skydiving two weeks before turning 50.", "\"I'm doing things I've never done before,\" she said.", "The singer is showing no signs of slowing down as she reaches 50.", "She will soon begin a world tour and is still regarded as a beauty and fashion icon by many.", "In honor of Madonna's big day, we asked iReporters to share their stories about turning 50 and what the milestone means to them.", "Dr. Becky Oliphant jokes with her marketing students at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, that she and Madonna are just months apart in age.", "Oliphant turned 50 in May.", "Oliphant went skydiving with her graduate class weeks before her birthday.", "The jump was a first for her, one of many exciting things Oliphant hopes to experience now that she's 50.", "\"It's a very liberating feeling,\" she said.", "\"I'm doing things I've never done before; I'm trying more things.", "Maybe it's because I feel like I don't have that much time left to do everything that I want to.\"", "Oliphant says she works hard to maintain a healthy diet and walks often.", "She said it's necessary to stay in shape to keep up with her sons, ages 12 and 14.", "\"I have to stay young to keep up with them.\"", "John Tackett Jr. celebrated turning 50 by running in a marathon in San Diego, California, followed by two days of hiking in Yosemite National Park.", "See photos of iReporters who have reached the 50-year mark » .", "Now 51, Tackett says he's \"doing more now than I ever thought I could.\"", "After losing 140 pounds in 2004, Tackett has embraced a healthy and active lifestyle.", "He bikes three times a week to work and runs and swims on a regular basis.", "He ran the Boston Marathon in 3 hours and 45 minutes in April.", "Three weeks later, he clocked in at 6½ hours during a half-Iron Man competition in Panama City Beach, Florida.", "Watch Tackett describe how he prepared for races » .", "\"As I got older, my eyes opened up,\" Tackett said.", "Learning that the human life span is increasing made him realize the importance of staying healthy.", "In 2006, life expectancy at birth in the United States hit a record high of 78.1 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.", "Life expectancy for white males is 76 years, and white women have a life expectancy of 81 years.", "The numbers are slightly lower for black men and women, at 70 and 76.9 years, respectively.", "\"If I'm going to live that long, I want to be in the best shape I possibly can be,\" Tackett said.", "At 50, Deborah Elston says she's in the best shape of her life.", "The Chicago, Illinois, resident does yoga and walks at least 15 miles a week.", "She and her partner regularly walk 13.1-mile half marathons, and Elston recently completed 26-mile marathon walk with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.", "Although she was not athletic in her younger years, Elston works hard to stay active.", "Her brother died of a heart attack in February 2004 at the age of 39, a tragedy that strengthened her desire to be healthy.", "\"If that isn't a wakeup call to live each day as if it were your last, nothing is,\" she wrote on iReport.com.", "Although Elston said the thought of turning 50 initially scared her, she continues to feel \"young at heart.\"", "iReport.com: See why Elston thinks \"50 is the new 30\" \"I feel great and plan on fighting the aging process every step of the way,\" she said.", "Like many iReporters, Carol Herm is embracing 50 with open arms.", "The mother of three celebrated her 50th in December and said that, since then, \"life has taken off.\"", "\"I feel like I am the best 'me' I have ever been,\" she wrote on iReport.com.", "\"I am confident and so sure of myself, something that I never enjoyed in my younger years.\"", "Herm, who lives in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, said she and her husband love being 50.", "With three grown children, they spend more time together and less time worrying about the cost of braces, tuition and other expenses.", "\"This is an awesome age,\" Herm said.", "\"My husband and I are enjoying every minute.\"", "Elonda Abrams of Beaverton, Oregon, agrees.", "\"Turning 50 has given me a new awakening and zest for life,\" she said.", "Abrams explained that a vigorous lifestyle is achieved physically and mentally.", "She exercises often, has a healthy diet, surrounds herself with positive friends and regularly attends church.", "Abrams believes that Madonna is just one example of \"the 50, fit and foxy club.\"", "\"I want to be an example to women all over that age really doesn't matter.\"" ]	[ "As Madonna celebrates her birthday, iReporters share what it means to be 50 .", "Becky Oliphant celebrated her 50th by skydiving in Florida .", "After losing 140 pounds, John Tackett says he's more active than ever .", "iReport.com: Are you 50 and fabulous?", "Share your story ." ]	[ 1, 6, 9, 19, 20 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush signed an executive order Friday expanding U.S. sanctions against Zimbabwe, the White House said.", "About 200 victims of election violence seek safety outside the U.S. Embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe, this month.", "\"The new executive order significantly enhances our ability to designate individuals in and entities connected to the Mugabe regime,\" Bush said in a written statement that calls the Zimbabwean government under president Robert Mugabe \"illegitimate.\"", "Just after the announcement, the Treasury Department said it has designated for sanctions 17 entities, including three government-owned or controlled companies used by Mugabe and his government \"to illegally siphon revenue and foreign exchange from the Zimbabwean people,\" as well as one individual.", "\"This action is a direct result of the Mugabe regime's continued politically motivated violence, disregarding calls from the Southern African Development Community, the African Union and the United Nations to halt the attacks,\" the White House said.", "\"The regime has also continued its ban against NGO activities that would provide assistance to the suffering and vulnerable people of Zimbabwe.", "No regime should ignore the will of its own people and calls from the international community without consequences.\"", "The U.S. has been pushing for sanctions against Zimbabwe since Mugabe ignored a U.N. Security Council appeal to postpone a presidential runoff election June 27.", "The vote initially was intended to be a runoff between Mugabe and opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai, who did not win the presidency outright in the general election, according to government tallies.", "But Tsvangirai, of the Movement for Democratic Change, withdrew just before the vote, saying Mugabe's supporters had orchestrated a campaign of beatings, intimidation and murders against Tsvangirai supporters.", "Earlier this month, Russia and China vetoed a Security Council resolution pushed by the United States, Britain and France that would have imposed international sanctions on Mugabe and senior members of his government.", "Bush said last week he was \"displeased\" at the vetoes, but the Treasury and State Departments were working on potential U.S. action.", "Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer told members of Congress last week that more than 100 people have been murdered, more than 3,000 have been injured by beatings or torture and more than 30,000 have been driven from their homes because of violence that broke out after the general election.", "Entities designated by the Treasury Department include Minerals Marketing Corp. of Zimbabwe, the company that serves as the sole marketing and export agent for all minerals mined in Zimbabwe except gold and silver; Zimbabwe Mining Development Corp.; and Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Co., among others.", "The individual named is Thamer Bin Saeed Ahmed al-Shanfari.", "The Treasury Department said he is an Omani national who has close ties to Mugabe and his top officials and uses his company, Oryx Natural Resources, to \"enable Mugabe ... to maintain access to, and derive personal benefit from, various mining ventures in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.", "Under the sanctions, any assets tied to al-Shanfari or to the designated companies that are within U.S. jurisdictions must be frozen, and people living in the United States are prohibited from doing business with them.", "On Monday, Mugabe and Tsvangirai signed an agreement that paves the way for power-sharing talks to take place in the next few weeks.", "They will be mediated by South African President Thabo Mbeki, as a representative of the Southern African Development Community, and Jean Ping, chairman of the African Union Commission.", "Bush said Friday the United States is ready to provide a \"substantial assistance package, development aid and normalization with international financial institutions\" should those talks result in a new government \"that reflects the will of the Zimbabwean people.\"", "In the meantime, the president said he is authorizing the use of up to $2.5 million from the U.S.", "Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund to assist Zimbabwean refugees and those displaced by the violence.", "In addition, he said the United States will continue efforts to provide food and medical care to Zimbabweans." ]	[ "U.S. President Bush signs order expanding sanctions against Zimbabwe .", "In written statement, Bush calls Robert Mugabe's government \"illegitimate\"\nRussia, China have vetoed U.N. resolution calling for international sanctions .", "Mugabe, Tsvangirai have signed agreement paving way for power-sharing talks ." ]	[ 0, 2, 17 ]
[ "(The Frisky) -- Despite the tough economic times, you can't just expect to stop lusting after those Frye riding boots you've had your eye on forever, or that your longtime trusted hair stylist is going to suddenly start cutting her prices.", "From hobbies to bake sales to your own Web site, there are ways to make extra money in your spare time.", "The fact is no matter how frugally you learn to live, there are still going to be some things you'll want to splurge on, and that's okay.", "I mean, this is a recession, after all, not a potato famine.", "You don't have to give up all your luxuries or switch to low-cost everything; you just have to get savvier about making extra money for those treats you enjoy.", "But I'm not talking about getting a second job or really working that much harder; a true recessionista knows how to make extra cash for little luxuries while leaving plenty of free time to enjoy them, too.", "After the jump, seven ways to make more money without taking a second job... 1.", "Become a focus group participant: An old co-worker turned me on to focus groups about 8 years ago and after I made 75 bucks giving my opinion on a series of coffee ads, I immediately went home, opened the phone book (remember those?", "), and called dozens of market research companies to get my name added to their databases for future groups.", "Over the years I've made thousands of dollars telling people what I think about ads, product concepts, packaging, services, and the taste of food and beverages.", "Once, I even made $200 tasting vodka for an hour.", "Talk about easy money!", "Check the \"Etc.\" section of Craigslist for current focus groups in your area, or do an online search for market research recruiting companies and then can call and have your name added to their databases.", "2. Use your blog: If you have a blog -- and who doesn't these days?", "-- you're sitting on valuable real estate.", "Depending on the size of your readership, you could make anywhere from enough money to buy a magazine and a latte to enough to support your entire family (á la Dooce).", "There are lots of different ways to make money on a blog, from virtual tip jars to product reviews, but the most popular is through running ads.", "In the past, I've recruited sponsors directly for a niche blog I used to write, but I currently use an advertising program on my personal blog that basically takes care of everything so all I have to do is post regularly and collect my check at the end of the month.", "Free money for writing about my cats and boyfriend and favorite TV shows!", "What could be easier?", "There are a host of ad programs open to anyone, so do your research to find one that's right for you.", "3. Sell the stuff you no longer want: When I moved to New York from Chicago a year ago to be with my long-distance boyfriend, I used the opportunity to unload all the crap I no longer wanted or needed.", "I sold furniture, home goods, clothes, accessories, and my car (no need for one in Manhattan!).", "In addition to hosting a yard sale where I made about 200 bucks for candles, pots and pans and old Halloween costumes, I used the hell out of Craigslist and eBay, both before my move and after I arrived when I realized I still needed to unload quite a bit to fit into my boyfriend's one-bedroom apartment.", "I honestly don't miss anything I got rid of (and can't remember what most of it even was), and the money from the sales paid a big chunk of my moving costs.", "Now that I'm settled in, I like to go through my belongings each season, selling a few items and making room and money for new stuff, like dresses and cute shoes.", "4. Make money from your hobbies: From hawking your crafts on Etsy, and selling produce from your garden, to playing piano once a week at a local restaurant, or reading tarot cards at a party, there are innumerable ways to make cash doing the activities you love.", "The key here is to convince yourself you have a product or skill someone else wants and then search out those people or companies who can pay you for them.", "5. Host a bake sale: Remember when we were kids and our parents used to make cookies and brownies and stuff for school bake sales to raise money for a new flagpole or air conditioning in the gym?", "Well, why not do the same thing now that we're grown-ups and need to raise money for our vacations to Barcelona?", "I say get a few friends together, bake up a storm, and then sell your goods at a local market, a festival, or even online at a place like Etsy.", "If you love baking, this is another great way to make money from a hobby...without inhaling all the extra calories eating the goods yourself!", "6. Shop and sell: What recessionista doesn't like shopping, right?", "So instead of giving it up or cutting back, start making money off your great eye and awesome buying skills.", "Whether you live in an area with fantastic sample sales, or a town with the best thrift and antique stores, chances are you're able to score stuff your recessionista sisters in other parts of the country can't.", "So make your next shopping spree a moneymaking one and sell your finds for a profit on eBay, or open a vintage shop on Etsy (can you tell I'm a fan of the site?).", "7. Pet sit: If you know people with pets, volunteer to watch them -- for a small fee, of course -- the next time they leave town for a few days.", "Sure, they could kennel them or hire a professional, but most people feel better when they leave their beloved pets (not to mention their house keys) in the hands of someone they know and trust.", "And, hey, if they have cable and throw in a bottle of wine for your trouble, you'll score a bit of a vacation yourself...and make money for a pedicure, to boot.", "TM & © 2008 TMV, Inc. \| All Rights Reserved ." ]	[ "You don't have to get a second job to make extra money in spare time .", "Sell the stuff in your home that you no longer use -- try eBay or Craigslist .", "Sign up to be a focus group participant or become a dog sitter .", "Set up your own blog and use an advertising service ." ]	[ 1, 4, 19, 35 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Armored cars patrolled the streets of Zimbabwe's capital and residents flocked to banks Thursday after limits on cash withdrawals were lifted in the inflation-ravaged African nation.", "With prices rising even more than once a day, shopping is a mathematical proficiency test for Zimbabweans.", "The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe had capped maximum daily withdrawals at 500,000 Zimbabwean dollars -- about 25 U.S. cents, and about a quarter of the price of a loaf of bread.", "But faced with mounting chaos in a country already in economic free fall, the bank decided last week to raise that limit to 100 million dollars ($50 U.S.) per week.", "Soldiers were deployed to all banks in anticipation of throngs of people lining up to withdraw money Thursday, when the increase took effect.", "Wednesday, police chased depositors away and arrested union leaders who planned to protest the limits.", "Zimbabwe's inflation rate of 231 million percent is the world's highest.", "In addition, the country is faced with a growing outbreak of cholera that its government declared a national emergency Thursday.", "The outbreak has killed at least 565 people and sickened more than 11,000, the U.N. Humanitarian Affairs Office said.", "Medical professionals blame the resurgence of the water-borne disease on the lack of safe water in many parts of the country.", "The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions said 69 people were arrested across the country during Wednesday's demonstrations.", "Amnesty International has demanded to know the whereabouts of human rights activist Jestina Mukoko, whom it said was abducted at dawn Wednesday by armed men in plainclothes posing as police.", "And angry, unpaid soldiers clashed with foreign currency exchangers and some civilians Monday, three days after troops who had failed to get cash from their banks looted shops they suspected to be illegally dealing in foreign currency." ]	[ "Residents flock to banks after limits on cash withdrawals lifted; troops patrol streets .", "Central bank caps maximum daily withdrawals at 500,000 Zimbabwean dollars .", "Bank last week raise that limit to 100 million dollars ($50 U.S.) per week .", "Zimbabwe's inflation rate of 231 million percent is the world's highest ." ]	[ 0, 3, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- What do Copernicus and a Britney Spears look-a-like have in common?", "Despite centuries separating the two, both have inspired greatness in Poland.", "Maxim named Joanna Crupa, a Polish/American model and actress, 61st in its 2006 Hot 100 list.", "Here we look at some of Poland's most famous nationals -- from years gone by to the present day.", "Many have influenced a world far beyond their country's boundary.", "Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) Copernicus was a mathematician, astronomer, physician, classical scholar, translator, Catholic cleric, jurist, governor, military leader, diplomat and economist.", "He is primarily known, however, for his theory that earth is not the center of the universe.", "His book, \"De revolutionibus orbium coelestium\" (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres), is often regarded as the starting point of modern astronomy and the defining moment that began the Scientific Revolution.", "Copernicus was born in 1473 in Thorn.", "Thorn was a city in Prussia, an autonomous region in the old Kingdom of Poland.", "Frederick Chopin (Fryderyk Chopin) (1810-1849) Born in the village of Zelazowa Wola in Warsaw, to a Polish mother and French father, he was regarded early on as a child-prodigy piano virtuoso.", "He is generally considered to be Poland's greatest composer, and ranks as one of music's greatest tone poets.", "Always in fragile health, he died in Paris in 1849 from chronic pulmonary tuberculosis.", "He was only 39. Mari-Sklodowska (Marie Curie) (1867-1934) Marie Curie, a Polish physicist and chemist, is arguably the most famous female scientist.", "She was a pioneer in the field of radioactivity, the only person honored with Nobel Prizes in two different sciences, and the first female professor at the University of Paris.", "Her French husband Pierre Curie and both her daughter Irène Joliot-Curie and son-in-law Frederic Joliot-Curie were awarded a Nobel prizes.", "Marie Curie was born in Warsaw.", "In 1891 she moved to Paris to further her studies and work on scientific projects.", "She found the theory of radioactivity and also found two new elements, radium and polonium (the latter being named after her native Poland.)", "Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II) (1920-2005) Karol Józef Wojtyla was born on 18 May, 1920 in the Polish town of Wadowice.", "At only 58 years of age, he was the youngest pope elected since Pope Pius IX in 1846.", "He reigned as the 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1978 until his death in 2005.", "His reign of over 26 years was the second-longest after Pius IX's 32-year reign.", "He has been the only Polish pope, and was the first non-Italian pope since the Dutch Adrian VI in the 1520s.", "The pope traveled extensively, visiting over 100 countries, more than any other pope and was fluent in numerous languages: Polish, Italian, French, German, English, Spanish, Croatian, Portuguese, Russian and Latin.", "He was the victim of several assassination attempts, but later said he forgave the perpetrators.", "He was chosen twice as person of the year by Time magazine.", "Andrzej Wajda (1926 - ) Wajda, born in Suwalki, Poland is an award-winning Polish film Director.", "He received an honorary Oscar in 2000.", "After the fall of communism in 1989, he was elected as a government senator while he continued his role as artistic director of Warsaw's Teatr Powszechny.", "His films often raise social awareness and have dealt with a number of subjects including war, communism and murder (based on the murder of his own father by the Soviets in 1940).", "Wajda married four times.", "He has one daughter and is currently married to actress Krystyna Zachwatowicz.", "Roman Raymond Polanski (1933 - ) Polanski is an Academy Award-winning and four-time nominated Polish film director, writer, actor and producer.", "After beginning his career in Poland, Polanski became a celebrated filmmaker and director of such films as Rosemary's Baby (1968) and Chinatown (1974).", "Recently Polanski has made acclaimed films such as the Academy Award-winning and Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or-winning The Pianist (2002), and Oliver Twist (2005).", "Polanski has a tragic personal history.", "He lived in Nazi-occupied Poland during the Second World War and was persecuted for being Jewish.", "He escaped death by hiding in a farmer's cow shed, while his mother was murdered in the infamous Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.", "After surviving the Holocaust and moving to the United States, Polanski married American actress Sharon Tate.", "In 1969, Tate, who was pregnant at the time, was murdered by serial killer Charles Manson's sect.", "In 1978, Polanski pleaded guilty in the United States to \"unlawful sexual intercourse\" with a 13-year-old girl.", "The director fled to France before sentencing.", "He now lives there and has French citizenship.", "He cannot return to the United States because he is likely to be imprisoned.", "Lech Walesa (1943 - ) A former President of Poland and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Walesa is often credited with changing the Polish political system.", "He founded the organization \"Solidarity,\" the country's first independent trade union, which was pivotal in bringing about the fall of the communist regime.", "He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 for his human rights activism.", "In 1989, after the fall of the Soviet Union, he persuaded leaders from formerly communist parties to form the first non-communist coalition government.", "He was president of Poland from 1990 to 1995.", "In 2000, Walesa once again stood for the presidential election, but received very little support and subsequently announced his retirement.", "Joanna Krupa (1979 - ) Krupa is a Polish-American model and actress.", "Born in Warsaw, the daughter of hotelier Steven Krupa, she eventually moved with her family to the United States at the age of five.", "Krupa has appeared on various magazine covers including FHM, Personal, Inside Sport, Stuff, Steppin' Out, Teeze and Maxim, in which she was named the Sexiest Swimsuit Model in the World.", "Maxim named her 61st in its 2006 Hot 100 list.", "She was also voted German Maxim's Model of the Year 2004-2005.", "She posed nude in the July 2005 issue of Playboy and also did a nude photoshoot for animal rights group PETA.", "The advertisements all have \"I would rather go naked than wear fur\" as a motto.", "Krupa has been quoted as saying, \"There is nothing sexy about wearing something that is so obviously tied to senseless pain and killing.\"", "Robert Kubica (1984 - ) Born in Krakow, Kubica is the first Polish racing driver to compete in Formula One.", "Since 2006 he has driven for the BMW Sauber F1 team, promoted from test driver to race driver during the 2006 season.", "In June 2008, he achieved his maiden F1 victory at the Canadian Grand Prix, becoming the 99th F1 racer to win a Grand Prix.", "Dorota Rabczewska or \"Doda\" (1984 - ) Dorota Rabczewska, or Dorota Rabczewska-Majdan, is often nicknamed Doda or Doda Elektroda or \"the Polish Britney Spears.\"", "She was born in Ciechanow, and is one of the most famous and successful pop singers in Poland.", "Doda started her career at the age of 14 and became popular after her participation in a reality TV show \"Bar.\"", "In 2000, at the age of 16, Rabczewska became the vocalist of the Polish rock band Virgin.", "In December 2005 and October 2007, she posed nude for the Polish edition of Playboy Magazine.", "She also posed for CKM Magazine several times.", "Doda received a Superjedynka award on National Festival of Polish Song in Opole in 2006.", "In 2007, she left her record company, Virgin, to begin a solo career.", "Her first solo album was released in 2007 and was certified as gold on the day before its official release.", "In 2008, her album \"Diamond Bitch\" went double platinum after 60,000 copies of the album had been sold." ]	[ "Top ten Poles: Marie Curie and her Nobel Prized family .", "Pope John Paul ll: 27 year-reign, visited over 100 countries, spoke ten languages .", "Joanna Crupa: Former \"Sexiest Swimsuit Model\" in the world ." ]	[ 2, 16, 24 ]
[ "LONDON, England -- Extra-time goals from Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba gave Chelsea a 3-2 victory over Liverpool to send the London side into a Champions League final showdown against English Premier League rivals Manchester United, 4-3 on aggregate.", "Didier Drogba (right) and Frank Lampard both found the net as Chelsea secured their final place in Moscow.", "Lampard, playing his first game since the death of his mother last week, coolly slotted home a 98th-minute penalty and Drogba, who had opened the scoring in the first-half, sent Chelsea to the final in Moscow on May 21 with a timely second goal.", "Fernando Torres had given Liverpool hope with a second-half equaliser but they failed to finish the job and Chelsea made them pay in a pulsating extra period which also saw Ryan Babel grab a late consolation goal for the visitors.", "Drogba, who Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez had accused of being a 'diver' prior to the match, looked like a man on a mission to ram the Spaniards words down his throat.", "The Ivory Coast striker forced Jose Reina to turn his skidding 15-meter effort around the post in the fifth minute.", "Four minutes later, Liverpool put together their only meaningful move of the opening half when a quick Steven Gerrard pass put Fernando Torres in behind the Chelsea defense.", "However, the Spanish striker's first touch was not deft enough and although he bore down on Petr Cech, the Chelsea goalkeeper did well to close down his space and options.", "The wet conditions hampered both sides but it was Chelsea who mastered them quicker.", "In the 18th minute, Lampard despatched a delightful pass into the path of Drogba but the striker was a meter wide with his shot.", "Chelsea were in the ascendancy and their supremacy was underlined by Michael Essien's 20-meter effort which had to be collected by Reina at the foot of his right-hand post.", "Liverpool were struggling to keep pace with the home side and their worries increased when central defender Martin Skrtel was forced off with a knee injury in the 21st minute to be replaced by Sami Hyypia.", "Reina was forced to punch clear a long-range effort from Ballack but the goal Chelsea had threatened for most of the half arrived in style in the 33rd minute.", "The architect was England midfielder Lampard.", "He cleverly split the Liverpool defense to give Salomon Kalou the chance to run on and fire a shot that Reina could only palm into the path of the onrushing Drogba.", "The Ivorian does not miss such gifts and he sent a low drive fizzing into the net at the near post to give London side a 2-1 aggregate lead.", "Drogba, clearly hurt by Benitez's criticism of his 'diving', then ran the length of the half to celebrate his goal in front of the Liverpool manager.", "Chelsea's domination almost brought them a second four minutes before the interval but Michael Ballack's measured free-kick veered just the wrong side of the post.", "Dirk Kuyt almost hauled Liverpool back into the tie three minutes after the restart but his shot met the outstretched leg of Cech before Ashley Cole cleared.", "After Lampard's 53rd-minute volley was well held by Reina, Liverpool finally broke their goalscoring hoodoo when Yossi Benayoun carved out a chance for Torres.", "The Spaniard collected the ball in his stride just inside the penalty area before sliding it beyond the exposed Cech to make it 2-2 on aggregate -- the 64th-minute effort was Liverpool's first at Stamford Bridge in nine games under Benitez.", "Both sides sought a winner -- but the 90 minutes ended all-square and the contest went into extra-time.", "Liverpool almost snatched the lead within minutes of the restart but Hyypia's header fell wide of the post with Cech beaten.", "Chelsea then thought they had done enough when Essien sent a 15-meter effort into the net -- but it was rightly disallowed for offside.", "However, in the 98th minute, Ballack was brought down by Hyypia inside the box and referee Roberto Rosetti pointed to the spot.", "Lampard kept his composure to send Reina the wrong way and was in tears as he celebrated with his teammates near the corner flag.", "Worse was to come for Liverpool when substitute Nicolas Anelka got free on the right and pulled the ball back for Drogba to fire under Reina.", "An error from Cech gifted Babel a late goal from longe range but Chelsea held on to reach their first ever Champions League final.", "\"This is something amazing.", "I am really pleased for the club because we have been looking for this final for too long,\" said Drogba, who admitted that he was \"disappointed\" by Benitez's pre-match comments.", "\"Benitez is a fantastic coach and I was a bit disappointed but I think he felt his team was not strong enough and Chelsea were going to beat them.", "\"I am just happy for my team and I don't want to think about others.", "It's not good for my image.", "I'm giving my best to put my team at the top and I think it's not fair but it's finished now.\"", "Benitez believed his side were in control when they handed Chelsea the initiative in extra-time.", "The Spaniard said: \"I thought we were very close.", "We played well in the second half but the third goal killed it.", "We had control of the game but missd two chances in extra-time.\"", "Benitez insisted he did not regret his criticism of Drogba, saying: \"I don't think so, when you play a semifinal in the Champions League I don't think you think about anything other than that.\"", "Chelsea manager Avram Grant admitted he was proud to have succeeded in beating Benitez's Liverpool in the Champions League last four -- something his predecessor Jose Mourinho failed to manage.", "\"There is only one special one,\" he joked.", "\"But this was special against Liverpool.", "They are a fantastic team and Rafa played it tactically well.", "\"You need to be clever against him but we did it.", "We have created history and I am very proud we did it my way -- but I don't like to say 'I' because owner Roman Abramovich created this club.", "Grant, who has guided his team to a strong end-of-season charge on two fronts, also praised Lampard's efforts in trying times.", "\"Frank played very well and in my opinion was one of our key players today.", "It is not an easy thing.", "He gave everything to the team,\" added Grant.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Chelsea beat Liverpool 3-2 to reach Champions League final 4-3 on aggregate .", "Didier Drogba scores twice and an emotional Frank Lampard is also on target .", "Chelsea to face title rivals Manchester United in an all-English final in Moscow ." ]	[ 0, 47 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Four Boy Scouts who died Wednesday when a tornado swept through a wilderness camp were remembered for the very qualities that had brought them to the camp in the first place.", "Clockwise from top left: Sam Thomsen, 13; Josh Fennen, 13; Aaron Eilerts, 14; and Ben Petrzilka, 14.", "Josh Fennen, 13, Sam Thomsen, 13, Ben Petrzilka, 14 , and Aaron Eilerts, 14, were among 93 Boy Scouts who were chosen by their troop leaders to attend leadership training this week at the Little Sioux Scout Ranch outside Omaha, Nebraska.", "In addition to the deaths, 48 Scouts and staff members were injured.", "Friends on Thursday described the fallen Scouts as multitalented, dedicated teens whose enthusiasm for life was matched only by their passion for Scouting.", "Aaron Eilerts' best friend described him as a \"kindhearted\" person who took his commitment to Boy Scouts very seriously.", "\"He would do anything that you asked him to do,\" Colby Gochanour, told CNN's Larry King.", "\"He just helped people.\"", "As a member of the Humboldt Boy Scout Troop No.", "108 in Eagle Grove, Iowa, Aaron used his own money to make pillowcases for hospital patients, Gochanour said.", "He tried to donate the pillowcases to hospitals during a family vacation to Memphis, where he visited the home of Elvis, one of his heroes, according to a story that was published in the Eagle Grove Eagle last year.", "Aaron extended the same dedication to making fleece blankets for the Humane Society, according to the Omaha World-Herald.", "\"He embodied everything Scouting stands for,\" Dawn Sievertsen, principal of Robert Blue Middle School in Eagle Grove, Iowa, told the newspaper.", "\"He would start these projects to earn badges, but took them very seriously and would continue them long after he earned the badge.\"", "People who knew Josh Fennen of Omaha said he used many of the skills he learned in Scouting in everyday life.", "\"We'd go hiking. He was a good hiker.", "He knew what to do, how to start fires and good with pocketknives,\" Josh's best friend, Jack Cormaci, told affiliate KETV.", "\"He'd always be there when you needed him, always playing outside.\"", "Jeff Alfrey, the principal at Andersen Middle School, where Josh recently finished eighth grade, described Josh as inquisitive and confident, with natural leadership qualities, according to the Omaha World-Herald.", "\"He was a good student, a hard worker, and he was always trying to be creative,\" Alfrey told the newspaper.", "Sam Thomsen, who was days away from his 14th birthday, divided his time among the Boy Scouts, sports, home-schooling and the Southwest Church of Christ, according to the Omaha World-Herald.", "Sam's Facebook page, where he last wrote, \"Sam is ready for a week in the great outdoors,\" lists his interests as Jesus, football, video games and the Roadrunners, a basketball team for home-schooled children, according to the newspaper.", "\"He was always just full-board with everything he did, whether it be church or Boy Scouts or sports,\" Dr. Jim White, pastor of Southwest Church of Christ, told Larry King.", "\"He always had a wonderful, engaging smile on his face.\"", "Ben Petrzilka, who just finished seventh grade at Mary Our Queen Catholic School, was remembered as kind and caring.", "\"He always gave it his best effort.", "It is a very devastating loss to the school,\" principal Kayleen Wallace told the newspaper.", "A candlelight vigil was scheduled for Thursday evening at the Durham Scout Center in Omaha, the Boy Scouts said." ]	[ "Teens who died in tornado said to embody the values of the Boy Scouts .", "Two 13-year-olds, two 14-year-olds killed; three from Nebraska, one from Iowa .", "Friends describe fallen Scouts as enthusiastic, hard-working, dedicated .", "Candlelight vigil set for Thursday night in Omaha ." ]	[ 4, 27 ]
[ "BEIJING, China (CNN) -- China has recalled two tainted leukemia drugs tied to \"adverse reactions\" in patients, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Sunday.", "The factories involved in the production of the tainted drugs have been closed for investigation.", "According to Xinhau, the State Food and Drug Administration and the Ministry of Health suspended the production, sale and usage of methotrexate and cytarabin hydrochloride, produced by Shanghai Hualian Pharmaceutical Co., on September 5.", "There is no indication the drugs in question were ever exported outside of China.", "On Friday, the two agencies issued a notice saying that vincristine sulfate was the culprit -- an anti-cancer medicine which had been mistakenly mixed with the leukemia drugs, causing leg pains and retention of urine -- Xinhua reported.", "The factories involved have been closed, while the cause is being investigated.", "Separately, China returned to U.S. and Canadian exporters 42 tons of pork and turkey products after samples of the pork in the shipments showed traces ractopamine, Xinhua reported.", "Ractopamine is a hormone used to promote lean meat growth in some animals and is banned in many parts of the world, including China and the European Union.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "China has recalled two tainted leukemia drugs causing \"adverse reactions\"\nProduction, sale of drug by Shanghai Hualian Pharmaceutical suspended .", "China returned to U.S., Canadian exporters 42 tons tainted pork, turkey products ." ]	[ 0, 6 ]
[ "BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNN) -- More than 10,000 charred bone fragments were found buried at the site of a former Argentine government detention center, the first find of its kind at one of the secret centers, Argentine officials said.", "Bones were unearthed during a seven-month search at an ex-detention post in La Plata, Argentina, officials said.", "Searchers said they also found a wall with more than 200 bullet holes and an \"important quantity\" of spent ammunition shells on the ground nearby.", "In some cases, bullets were still lodged in the wall.", "The announcement was made Tuesday at a news conference by government officials and representatives of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team, better known as EAAF, the initials of its name in Spanish.", "A team of six professional anthropologists and support crew said it believed the remains were human, but it was unable to determine how many bodies the fragments represented.", "\"I ask the forgiveness of family members, because I can imagine what the mothers and all who are gathered here will feel, but what we are about to show is not to detail the genocide but so that we have proof for the trials that are to come,\" said Sara Derotier de Cobacho, secretary of human rights for Buenos Aires province.", "\"But let us not forget,\" she said in a statement, \"that behind every clandestine center there were the names of the repressors. ...", "So it is very important for all citizens to know those names.\"", "The detention center was among those used in Argentina during the country's \"Dirty War,\" which started in 1976 when a group of generals staged a coup and started a vicious crackdown against anyone considered a subversive.", "By the time civilian control of the government resumed in 1983, up to 30,000 Argentines had been abducted and taken to the secret government detention centers, where they were tortured and killed.", "They are widely called \"los desaparecidos,\" or \"the disappeared.\"", "Thousands more people were abducted and killed by right-wing dictatorships in other South American countries during the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in Chile and Uruguay.", "The bone fragments in Argentina were unearthed during a seven-month search at the former detention post in the city of La Plata, near Buenos Aires.", "In 25 years of searching, this was the first time that human remains were found at a former detention center, said Luis Fondebrider, president of the EAAF.", "\"We've worked throughout the country and have always found remains in cemeteries, never outside,\" Fondebrider said in the release.", "The conference was called, he said, because of the extraordinary nature of the find.", "\"We usually don't hold press conferences about our work or what we find,\" Fondebrider said.", "\"But we understand that the magnitude of what we have found where the Clandestine Center of Arana was located merits that sometimes we show partial results.\"", "The searchers determined that bodies had been burned inside graves along with tires, combustibles and other material, Fondebrider said.", "\"The possibilities of identifying some of these remains is low because of the state they are in,\" Fondebrider said.", "The searchers will start analyzing the remains next year and are working with two prominent forensic genetic laboratories that specialize in working with remains that are in poor condition, he said.", "Lending an official air to Tuesday's proceedings, Carlos Stornelli, minister of security for the province of Buenos Aires, and Pablo Buruera, mayor of La Plata, also attended the news conference.", "\"We are looking for the truth so we can attain justice and construct, from there, the memory of our 30,000 'desaparecidos,' \" Derotier said." ]	[ "Remains believed to be human; number of bodies unknown, officials say .", "Detention center among those used in Argentina's 1976-1983 \"Dirty War\"\nTens of thousands said to have been abducted, killed during \"Dirty War\"" ]	[ 9, 10 ]
[ "BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A few months ago, it seemed liked nothing could stop Iraqi sprinter Dana Hussain from representing her country in the upcoming Summer Olympics.", "Iraqi sprinter Dana Hussain was devastated to learn she could not participate in the Beijing Summer Olympics.", "Then, the International Olympic Committee banned Iraq from competing because of what it says is the government's political interference in sports.", "Hussain cried for hours after hearing the news, which arrived in the form of a letter to Iraqi officials.", "\"She hasn't stopped. It's like finding out that a close relative has died,\" said her coach, Yousif Abdul Rahman.", "Abdul Rahman attempted to console Hussain by assuring her that she could compete in the 2012 Olympics.", "Watch Hussain react to the news » .", "\"In this horrible situation,\" she said, \"who can say I'll even be alive in 2012?\"", "CNN received a copy of the letter sent to Jassim Mohammed Jaffer, Iraqi minister of youth and sports, and Ali Mohsen Ismail, acting secretary general of the Iraqi general secretariat of the Council of Ministers.", "\"We deeply regret this outcome, which severely harms the Iraqi Olympic and Sports Movement and the Iraqi athletes, but which is unfortunately imposed by the circumstances,\" said the letter, signed by two IOC officials.", "Watch an official explain the decision » .", "The move stems from an Iraqi government decision in May to suspend the nation's Olympic Committee and form a temporary committee to handle its duties.", "The Iraqi government thought the committee had not been operating properly and as a result undermined the sporting movement there.", "The government said the original committee held meetings without quorums and had officials serving in one-year posts for more than five years.", "Many of the officials also lived outside Iraq, the government said.", "iReport.com: See a cartoonist's take on the decision .", "Emmanuelle Moreau, a spokeswoman for the International Olympic Committee, said it suspended Iraq's national Olympic Committee in June after the government removed elected officials and put in people the IOC didn't recognize.", "She said the IOC proposed to the Iraqi government that officials come to the organization's headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, \"to discuss possible solutions.\"", "But she said they didn't respond.", "\"We're extremely disappointed with the situation.", "The athletes have been ill-served by the government in Iraq,\" she said.", "Moreau said Iraq missed a Wednesday deadline for the entry of athletes to compete in archery, judo, rowing and weightlifting.", "Watch a historian discuss the Olympics in Iraq under Saddam Hussein » .", "She said there is a chance that track and field athletes could compete if the original committee is reinstated.", "The deadline for the track team to register is at the end of the month.", "The Games begin August 8.", "A former official from the disbanded Iraq Olympic Committee said the IOC's decision was justified because the government interfered with the national committee by suspending it.", "The former official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject.", "He said he believed that the government suspended the committee out of \"jealousy.\"", "The national committee was making great strides, and the government, namely the Ministry of Youth and Sports, wanted control of it, he said.", "The seven Iraqi athletes who were to travel to China for the Games' start in August are disappointed by the decision, officials said.", "They include an archer, a weightlifter, a judoka, two rowers and two sprinters, one of whom is Dana Hussain.", "Her coach called the decision unfair and said he blames \"everyone\": the Iraqi government and the Iraqi and International Olympic committees.", "In the end, Abdul Rahman said, the athletes are paying the price.", "\"It's a shame after all the efforts, ambitions, risks and dangers,\" he said.", "\"I wish from the bottom of my heart they would reconsider this unjust decision for the sake of the athletes.\"", "CNN's Mohammed Tawfeeq and Jomana Karadsheh contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Iraqi government interference in Olympic committee attributed to \"jealousy\"\nInternational Olympic Committee accuses Iraqi government of interference in sports .", "Iraqi government suspended nation's Olympic Committee in May .", "Seven Iraqi athletes were to compete in Beijing, China ." ]	[ 2, 11, 28, 30 ]
[ "BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- A German cruise liner said Tuesday it plans to fly its passengers over the Gulf of Aden, instead of sailing them through, out of fear of pirate attacks in the region.", "U.S. Navy image of pirates operating off coast of Somalia in October this year.", "Hapag-Lloyd Cruises said all 246 passengers and most of the crew aboard the MS Columbus, currently at the start of an around-the-world cruise, will disembark at an undisclosed port, then fly to Dubai to continue their journey.", "The company called the move a precautionary measure.", "Pirate attacks in the waters off Somalia have shot up this year, with pirates staging increasingly bolder attacks on ever-bigger targets.", "So far this year, pirates have attacked almost 100 vessels off Somalia's coast and successfully hijacked nearly 40, according to the International Maritime Bureau.", "Freight and cargo ships, cruise liners, and private yachts have all come under attack.", "In many hijackings, pirates take the crew and passengers hostage while they demand a ransom.", "The problem has forced companies like Hapag-Lloyd, that use the Gulf of Aden, to make new plans, including stepping up security or changing their routes.", "One shipping company announced last month it would bypass the region altogether, sailing instead around the Cape of Good Hope and adding thousands of kilometers to its voyages.", "Read more about how to solve the pirate problem here.", "Hapag-Lloyd said a general travel warning for the area, issued by the German Foreign Ministry, played a part in the decision.", "But the company also said it had asked the German government for naval protection and the request was turned down.", "Representatives of Hapag-Lloyd and the German Defense Ministry could not immediately be reached for further comment.", "The passengers on board the Columbus began the first leg of their world cruise November 28 in Genoa, Italy and are due in Dubai on December 17, according to Hapag-Lloyd's Web site.", "Further stops include Singapore, Bali, Indonesia and Sydney, Australia.", "Hapag-Lloyd said that after the passengers and most of the crew disembark, the Columbus will sail through the Gulf of Aden with a skeleton staff.", "The passengers will stay in a five-star hotel in Dubai for three days until the Columbus arrives to take them back onboard, the company said.", "Both the crew and passengers approve of the safety measure, Hapag-Lloyd said.", "The U.S. State Department and British Foreign Office advise those traveling near the Somali coast to use extreme caution because of the recent pirate attacks.", "Last week, the Australian government issued a similar warning about travel to the region.", "The advice also urged Australian ships \"to apply a robust and layered protective security regime\" when traveling through the area.", "-- CNN's Frederik Pleitgen contributed to this report." ]	[ "Passengers will fly to Dubai to continue their journey .", "Hapag-Lloyd: Involves 246 passengers, most of crew aboard MS Columbus .", "Prompted by travel warning for the area issued by German Foreign Ministry .", "United States, UK advise those traveling near Somali coast to use extreme caution ." ]	[ 2, 11, 19 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice invited the woman set to replace her as the nation's top diplomat, Sen. Hillary Clinton, to dinner Monday night, a State Department spokesman said.", "Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, and Sen. Hillary Clinton dined together Monday night.", "The dinner took place at Rice's home in the Watergate complex in downtown Washington, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said.", "The meeting lasted for two hours, he said.", "\"They talked just very generally about policy -- the challenges, the opportunities -- talked a little bit about the job of secretary of state, talked about the 'building,' managing a big operation,\" McCormack said.", "The two dined after Clinton met with members of President-elect Barack Obama's State Department transition team on Monday.", "Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Tuesday that important information often is exchanged during such dinners between outgoing and incoming secretaries of state.", "Albright, who was former President Bill Clinton's top diplomat during his second term, said she had a similar dinner with Colin Powell, President Bush's first secretary of state, in 2001.", "Watch Albright give her advice to Obama » .", "\"I'm sure they had a social part of it, but Secretary Rice told her what the major challenges are, how the department works -- we call it 'the building' -- and, generally, I think they are very nice times,\" Albright said.", "\"It's just a matter of really turning over the most important job in the world on foreign policy,\" she added.", "Albright said Clinton will have to get up to speed on a number of issues, including the status of negotiations the U.S. is engaged in, who will be part of her team and how she will work with other members of Obama's national security team.", "\"I know from talking to her that she has a great sense of excitement and desire to ... reintroduce America to the rest of the world,\" said Albright, who said she thought that Clinton would be \"a very great secretary of state.\"", "Earlier, Rice said she was looking forward to meeting her successor and said she believes Clinton will do \"a great job.\"", "\"I talked with her and we're going to sit down, and I'm really looking forward to it.", "I've known her a long time, and she is someone that I admire,\" Rice told CNN on Sunday.", "Despite being from different parties -- and Clinton's tough criticism of Bush's foreign policy while she was a Democratic presidential candidate -- Rice has been effusive in her praise of the former first lady.", "\"President-elect Obama has made his choice, and he's made a terrific choice.", "Hillary Clinton is somebody of intelligence, and she'll do a great job,\" Rice told ABC News on Sunday.", "\"She also has what's most important to being secretary of state, and that is that you love this country, and you represent it from a basis of faith in its values.", "And I know that she will do that,\" Rice added.", "Obama's decision to tap Clinton as his top diplomat already has brought about changes.", "On Tuesday, former President Clinton released the corporate sponsors of a Clinton Global Initiative meeting in Hong Kong, a practice he previously has resisted.", "The sponsors of last week's meeting included CLSA, Laureate, the Roberson Foundation, Citi, the Li Ka Shing Foundation, The Economist, HP, Ogilvy, Suzlon, Thomson Reuters and CNN.", "The former president agreed to make it a regular practice to disclose the sponsors of his global initiative as part of a deal with the Obama transition team to allow the nomination of his wife to go forward.", "He also has agreed to allow State Department officials to review his speeches and other personal activities." ]	[ "Secretary of state invites Sen. Hillary Clinton to dinner at her Washington home .", "Such dinners allow for exchange of important information, ex-secretary of state says .", "Bill Clinton releases names of sponsors of Clinton Global Initiative in Hong Kong ." ]	[ 0, 6, 22 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Four of O.J.", "Simpson's accomplices in the 2007 robbery at a Las Vegas hotel were given suspended sentences Tuesday by Nevada District Judge Jackie Glass.", "District Court Judge Jackie Glass sentenced four O.J.", "Simpson codefendants to probation on Tuesday.", "The four -- Charles Cashmore, Charles Erlich, Michael McClinton and Walter Alexander -- all turned on Simpson and cooperated in the case against him.", "Simpson was sentenced last week to at least nine and as many as 33 years in prison in the case.", "Glass called him \"arrogant\" and \"ignorant.\"", "Before announcing the suspended sentences Tuesday, Glass said the actions of Cashmore, Erlich, McClinton and Alexander were \"stupid but also criminal\" when they accompanied the former football star to the Palace Station Hotel and Casino on September 13, 2007.", "But she praised them for taking responsibility for their actions and for cooperating with the state's case against Simpson.", "Should they violate the terms of their probation, the four could face prison time ranging from 12 months to 84 months, depending on the specific charges against them.", "The four apologized to the state and the victims in the case before their sentences were read in court Tuesday.", "Simpson, a former Heisman Trophy winner and record-setting NFL running back, had enlisted the help of Cashmore, Erlich, McClinton and Alexander, along with Clarence \"C.J.\"", "Stewart, in an effort to get sports memorabilia items that Simpson claimed belong to him from dealers Bruce Fromong and Al Beardsley.", "The six men confronted the dealers in a hotel room, brandishing weapons but not firing them.", "Stewart received a sentence similar to Simpson's but will be eligible for parole in 7½ years.", "Watch how Simpson's conviction came down » .", "Glass ordered Fromong removed from the courtroom Tuesday after he made a comment during the sentencing of McClinton, who admitted brandishing a gun in the hotel room.", "Glass still has to decide restitution in the case a schedule a hearing on that for Friday morning.", "The four men sentenced Tuesday walked meekly from the courtroom to report to law enforcement officials and get details on their probation.", "On Friday, Simpson was led from the courtroom in shackles.", "He'll remain jailed while an appeal is pending." ]	[ "Charles Cashmore, Charles Erlich, Michael McClinton, Walter Alexander in court .", "Four accompanied Simpson, another man in robbery of memorabilia dealers .", "If they violate probation, four face prison terms of 12 months to 84 months .", "Judge must still decide restitution in case ." ]	[ 4, 9 ]
[ "ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistani authorities have arrested two top leaders of the Islamic militant group India blames for the November massacre in Mumbai, Pakistan's prime minister confirmed Wednesday.", "Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Pakistani security forces had rounded up a number of militant figures.", "The top military officer in the U.S. on Wednesday said he is \"encouraged\" by Pakistan's recent arrests of \"significant players\" in the Mumbai attacks.", "U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen said the arrests amount to \"first steps\" toward determining who plotted the three day siege last month that killed 160 people in Mumbai, India's financial capital.", "\"There are more steps to follow,\" he noted.", "He also thanked India for showing restraint against Pakistan, which it has accused of harboring the terrorist groups behind the November massacre.", "Zarar Shah, a top operational commander of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, and Zakir Rehman Lakhvi, whose arrest had been reported Tuesday, were among the militant figures rounded up in recent days, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told reporters.", "Gilani would not confirm the detention of Masood Azhar, the leader of another militant group, Jaish-e-Muhammad.", "But he said his government has launched its own investigation into India's allegations that the gunmen who killed more than 160 people in Mumbai had links to Pakistan.", "The acknowledgment came three days after Pakistani security forces raided an LeT camp near Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, in the first sign of government action against Lashkar-e-Tayyiba since the three-day siege of India's financial capital.", "Both LeT and Jaish-e-Muhammad were formed to battle Indian rule in the divided Himalayan territory of Kashmir, and both were banned after a 2001 attack on the Indian parliament that brought the South Asian nuclear rivals to the brink of war.", "The United States has listed LeT as a terrorist group with ties to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network.", "According to the U.S. government, Lakhvi, 47, has directed LeT's military operations in southeast Asia, Chechnya, Bosnia and Iraq.", "Pakistan's Defense Minister Choudhry Mukhtar Ahmed told CNN's sister network in India, CNN-IBN, that Lakhvi and Azhar had been arrested on Monday.", "Azhar has been in Pakistan since 1999, when he was released from an Indian prison in exchange for hostages aboard a hijacked Indian airliner.", "Indian authorities say the sole surviving gunman in the Mumbai attacks told investigators that he was trained at an LeT camp near Muzaffarabad, along with the nine other attackers who were killed in the three-day siege.", "A Pakistani security official said the terror raids on banned militant groups are ongoing and have resulted in at least 15 arrests." ]	[ "NEW: Top U.S. military officer encouraged by terror arrests .", "Pakistan arrests militant leaders blamed by India for Mumbai terror attacks .", "Zarar Shah, top commander of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, among those held .", "Blamed militant groups were formed to oppose Indian rule in divided Kashmir ." ]	[ 2, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has branded the cholera crisis in Zimbabwe \"an international emergency\" and called on the world community to confront President Robert Mugabe, leader of the central African nation.", "A shortage of clean drinking water has unleashed a cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe.", "\"This is now an international rather than a national emergency,\" Brown said in a statement Saturday.", "\"International because disease crosses borders.", "International because the systems of government in Zimbabwe are now broken.", "There is no state capable or willing of protecting its people.\"", "Earlier this week the government of Zimbabwe, which already suffers from severe economic problems and political instability, declared a national emergency following the outbreak, which has so far killed more than 600 people.", "Cholera, a water-borne disease, is on the increase in nine of Zimbabwe's 10 provinces, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned.", "It blamed \"poor water and sanitation supply, a collapsed health system and limited government capacity to respond to the emergency.\"", "Many of those afflicted with the disease have fled to neighboring countries to seek medical help -- which risks spreading the outbreak still further.", "Brown called on the international community to tell Mugabe \"enough is enough,\" and suggested that the United Nations Security Council meet to discuss the issue.", "He added that the most pressing issue was to ensure that testing and rehydration equipment and packs reach the right people, as well as for aid agencies to set up a organizational structure in the state capital Harare to confront the disease.", "\"The people of Zimbabwe voted for a better future.", "It is our duty to support that aspiration,\" Brown added.", "Brown's comments came one day after U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that the outbreak is the latest sign that Mugabe's rule over the country must end.", "\"It's well past time for Robert Mugabe to leave.", "I think that's now obvious,\" Rice said during a visit to Denmark.", "Washington has long called for Mugabe to leave office, with President George W. Bush calling Zimbabwe's runoff presidential election in June a \"sham\" and instructing Rice and other U.S. officials to develop additional sanctions against Mugabe's \"illegitimate government.\"", "\"The United States will always do anything and everything that it can to help innocent people who are suffering,\" Rice said.", "\"And we are not going to deny assistance to people in need because of their government.", "But if this is not evidence to the international community that it's time to stand up for what is right, I don't know what will be.", "And frankly, the nations of the region have to lead it.\"", "Rice -- who has just about a month left in office before President-elect Barack Obama's administration takes over -- also called on all African nations to speak up.", "Asked whether the United States and Europe should try to force out Mugabe, Rice responded, \"Well, without help in the region, it's very difficult to have the tools that will bring about a just resolution in Zimbabwe.", "The United States and Europe can't do everything alone.", "Other states are responsible too.", "And the southern African states should be the most responsible at this point, because they have the most at risk.", "And the people of Zimbabwe have suffered long enough.\"", "Supporters of Mugabe, who has come under heavy international criticism for several years, were accused of political intimidation following June's presidential runoff vote.", "For months there have been some efforts to build a power-sharing government between Mugabe's ruling Zanu PF party and the opposition movement for Democratic Change, led by Morgan Tsvangirai, to little avail.", "On Thursday, Mugabe hinted he may form a Cabinet without the opposition and call for early elections.", "The opposition responded that it would welcome a \"genuine election,\" with international supervision.", "The 84-year-old Mugabe, who has led Zimbabwe since its independence in 1980 from Great Britain, also suggested he would ignore an international tribunal ruling that declared illegal his government's seizure of farms from white Zimbabweans." ]	[ "UK PM Gordon Brown calls for more to be done about Zimbabwe cholera crisis .", "Cholera has killed 600-plus people in nation hit by hyperinflation, political unrest .", "Condoleezza Rice Friday called on all African nations to \"speak up\" about crisis .", "UK, U.S. have led international pressure on Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe ." ]	[ 0, 12, 22 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A Pennsylvania teen has been charged as an adult for allegedly planning to kill classmates he did not like before turning the gun on himself in a high school shooting spree, a Pennsylvania prosecutor said Tuesday.", "Richard Yanis allegedly stole three handguns from his father and told police he planned to \"shoot students in the school and then himself\" at Pottstown High School, Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman said in a press release.", "Yanis, 15, was charged with attempted murder in adult court because juvenile law in Montgomery County excludes crimes committed with a deadly weapon, Ferman said.", "The investigation began when the teen's father reported that three handguns were stolen from a secured gun locker in his basement, Ferman said.", "His son allegedly took a Smith & Wesson .357 caliber revolver, a Smith & Wesson .22 caliber semi-automatic pistol and a Colt .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol, Ferman said.", "Richard Yanis gave the guns and ammunition to an unnamed friend from school and asked him to \"hold onto it,\" the statement said.", "The friend allegedly showed his stepmother the guns, and the two drove to a nearby creek where they tossed in the weapons.", "The friend told a teacher at Pottstown High School what happened, and police were called.", "Yanis told police he planned to attack the school after the New Year, officials said.", "\"He was going to go into the school shooting, shoot everyone he did not like, and then himself,\" Ferman said.", "\"He was to have the guns loaded and have the additional ammunition inside his backpack,\" she said.", "\"On the day of the planned shooting, Yanis said he was going to tell his friends to go home from school.\"", "John Armato, director of community relations at Pottstown Senior High School, described Yanis \"as quiet, relatively introverted.\"", "\"He did not have a great number of friends or a history of discipline problems,\" Armato said.", "\"He had no history of aggressive behaviors in school.\"", "Yanis' parents had no comment, but family friend Brian Hanlon spoke on their behalf.", "\"I can say that it was definitely out of character, but that his parents are dealing with it as best as possible,\" Hanlon said.", "\"They want everyone to respect their privacy at this time while dealing with these events.\"", "CNN's Chloe Melas contributed to this report." ]	[ "Richard Yanis charged with attempted murder for alleged high school shooting plot .", "Yanis, 15, planned to kill people he didn't like and then himself, prosecutor says .", "Teen is charged as adult because of use of gun in alleged plot, prosecutor says .", "Teen described as introverted, no history of aggressive behavior ." ]	[ 0, 2, 12, 14 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Before middle-aged men started singing \"Viva Viagra\" in TV ads, before former Sen. Bob Dole appeared in its commercials in the '90s, before the blue pill with a funny name entered the public lexicon, impotence was hush-hush.", "Viagra entered the market 10 years ago, bringing once taboo subjects like erectile dysfunction out in the open.", "Now there's no getting away from it.", "In-boxes are clogged daily with spam mail promising cheap and instant manliness delivered fast and in bulk.", "Couples exchange amorous, come-hither looks followed by a lengthy recitation of side effects on TV ads.", "The pill helped more than 25 million men get their groove back and blasted the topic of erectile dysfunction into the open.", "\"It's like the nuclear explosion,\" said Dr. Irwin Goldstein, director of Sexual Medicine at Alvarado Hospital in San Diego, California.", "\"It created sexual medicine.", "It allowed the taboo to be broken.\"", "Since the diamond-shaped blue pill debuted 10 years ago, it has become embedded in the public psyche, late-night television jokes and urologists' offices.", "\"It is one of the revolutionary steps in sexual health,\" said Dr. Ira Sharlip, spokesman for the American Urological Association.", "\"It ranks with the changes in cultural attitudes about sexuality that were started by [Sigmund] Freud, continued by [William] Masters and [Virginia] Johnson, the two researchers in the '60s, and the work that [Alfred] Kinsey did in the '40s.", "\"These were the huge steps in the development of our understanding of human sexuality and cultural attitudes of sex.\"", "Men seldom talked about their bedroom troubles before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Viagra as the first oral medication for erectile dysfunction in 1998.", "\"We lamented the fact that the men had so much shame about erectile dysfunction, how rarely anyone came for medical attention,\" said Dr. Abraham Morgentaler, an associate clinical professor of urology at Harvard Medical School.", "Penis injections and vacuum pumps were available, but these treatments weren't appealing.", "Men with medical conditions such as diabetes, prostate cancer, hyper cholesterol, endocrinological and cardiovascular problems weren't able to enjoy sex, Goldstein said.", "\"People who couldn't enjoy intimacy before have been given a second life....\" he said.", "\"We have had a better life because of it.\"", "Viagra increases blood flow to the penis, enabling a man to have an erection.", "The drug does not induce desire and works when the man is sexually aroused, according to Pfizer, the makers of Viagra.", "Urologists heard from patients who had tried the pill that Viagra made them feel as if they were 20-year-olds again.", "Anti-impotence drugs Levitra and Cialis have come along since.", "\"Along with the birth control pill in the '60s, this pill really changed people, society and medicine,\" Goldstein said.", "\"It changed the patient-physician relationship.", "You can walk in and ask about sexual functions.", "It was a major taboo at some point.\"", "Dr. Gerald Melchiode, a Texas psychiatrist, agreed that the pill has helped men open up about their sexual health, but finds the commercials a bit much.", "\"I've never run across men singing about their impotency,\" he said.", "Since Viagra's appearance on the market, the dialogue about sexual dysfunctions has helped doctors identify other health problems in their patients, doctors say.", "\"You always hear someone drops dead,\"said Dr. Chris Steidle, a urologist who wrote the book \"Sex and the Heart.\"", "\"It's not sudden death if you couldn't get an erection.", "It's a symptom of a heart condition.", "You wouldn't ignore a stroke, but you would ignore erectile dysfunction -- it's a significant symptom.\"", "The man's penis is like \"the tip of the iceberg\" or \"the canary in the mines,\" which serve as an indicator of overall health, Morgentaler said.", "\"There's now good evidence that shows that men with ED who have no other symptoms of anything are at increased risk for heart attacks and strokes,\" he said.", "Thousands of studies have been conducted on Viagra.", "\"The pill that thrills\" is also being studied to see whether it gives athletes an edge in competition.", "It's been studied to see whether it helps women with their sexual health.", "Despite the deluge of attention, Viagra doesn't work for about 25 percent to 35 percent of men with erectile dysfunction.", "For others, it has revitalized and strained marriages.", "Experts say Viagra gave a window into the psyche of men and women.", "Some complain that sex should be spontaneous and that popping a pill ruins the romance.", "Eating food decreases the potency of Viagra, and some say the pill forces them to go on a schedule.", "Another complaint: Having to use Viagra makes a spouse or partner feel undesirable.", "\"Sometimes their spouse personalizes it,\" said Melchiode.", "\"Why does he have to take this pill? Aren't I attractive enough?", "Aren't I sexy enough for him?", "That's not unusual for the partner.\"", "Even when Viagra is effective, some men realize that it's not the magic bullet that solves their problems with intimacy, doctors said.", "Only about half refill their prescription.", "\"One has to think beyond just giving a pill to cure sexual problems,\" Melchiode said.", "\"A typical example is a couple where there's been problems over the years and they can't deal with the problems on a verbal level, so they start withdrawing from one another.", "They build up a resentment and anger, they have trouble being close to one another and having sex with each other.", "Just giving them a pill isn't going to touch on all the problems of the resentment and anger.\"", "Sex, it turns out, is part of a bigger web of relationship issues.", "Morgentaler, author of \"The Viagra Myth,\" said: \"It's unrealistic that there's a pill that fixes all of these things.\"" ]	[ "Viagra helped 25 million men with erectile dysfunction and bring awareness .", "Blue pill considered a huge step in understanding human sexuality, cultural attitudes .", "ED indicates other health issues and that blood vessels aren't working well .", "Viagra isn't a cure-all, some sex problems are indicative of relationship problems ." ]	[ 5, 12, 47, 49, 54, 55 ]
[ "SODDY-DAISY, Tennessee (CNN) -- Kat Koonce loves her Saturns.", "She owns three, and has pictures of them on Saturnfans.com, where she is one of almost 2,500 Saturn devotees who've posted photo albums of their vehicles.", "Saturn owners show off their Sky roadsters after a Christmas parade in Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, on Sunday.", "Judy Pearson shows off a photo album of her Saturn Sky roadster the way a grandmother might show off one of her grandchildren -- pictures of vacations and happy times together.", "The women are exactly the kind of customers General Motors was looking for when it introduced the Saturn brand two decades ago as \"a different kind of car company.\"", "The brand's slogan is now one word -- \"rethink\" -- but its fate may soon be summed up in another -- \"done.\"", "General Motors has raised the prospect of eliminating the nameplate as it tries to restructure to regain profitability.", "\"I just can't stand the thought of them doing away with Saturn,\" said Dianne Pollard of Hixson, Tennessee.", "She created the Sky Club of Chattanooga, dedicated to the sporty two-seater.", "General Motors hasn't officially announced the end of Saturn, but in a restructuring plan submitted to Congress, the automaker said it would concentrate resources on four core brands -- Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC.", "That leaves Saturn, along with GM's Pontiac, Saab and Hummer brands, with a dim future.", "See how Saturn owners are devoted to their vehicles » .", "Pollard drove her black 2008 RedLine (that's Saturn's name for a turbo) Sky in Sunday's Christmas parade in Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, northeast of Chattanooga.", "Fellow Hixson residents and Sky devotees Connie Terrell (red 2007 RedLine) and Pearson (dark blue 2007 standard edition) were there, too.", "All three have owned other, more sedate Saturns than the Sky, which Edmunds.com praises for \"sharp styling, low price and everyday comfort\" and Car and Driver.com calls a \"mini-Corvette\" at around half the price.", "They were joined by George and Brenda Holloway, who drove their 2007 Sky almost 100 miles from their farm in Centre, Alabama, to join in the parade.", "\"We thoroughly enjoy the Saturn.", "Our next vehicle, when we buy one, will be a Saturn,\" Brenda Holloway said.", "\"This is the only car I've ever owned that you can be driving down the interstate and people pull up beside you and take a picture of it,\" her husband, a retired 20-year Army veteran, said with amusement-tinged pride.", "But it's not just the cars -- including the original S series sedans and coupes -- that turn people into \"Saturnistas\"; it's also the pleasant buying experience and over-the-top customer service.", "\"It's a family. It's the Saturn family.", "And you become part of that family,\" Pearson said.", "All three Sky owners from Hixson had stories to tell about a sales consultant who went the extra mile or a service call that exceeded their expectations.", "Pearson said she has owned many makes of cars, including foreign nameplates, and Saturn's treatment of customers beats them all.", "\"The best experience I've ever had was with Saturn, bar none,\" she said.", "Koonce, of Dayton, Ohio, used to feel that way, too.", "But Koonce now says GM might as well kill off the brand, because that would be preferable to the slow death she sees as inevitable.", "Saturn sold slightly more than 8,000 cars in November and has delivered about 175,000 this year.", "That's a far cry from the half a million GM had hoped to sell each year when it introduced Saturn.", "Koonce said she fell in love with Saturn before she was old enough to drive.", "She became such a familiar figure at her local Saturn dealer and so knowledgeable about its lineup that she was hired as a sales consultant.", "She and her husband, Nick, met at a Saturn owners' event, their wedding was a Saturn owners' event, and they have owned six Saturns between them.", "They have brought numerous relatives and friends \"into the Saturn cult,\" said Nick, whose dream is to own a Saturn dealership.", "Saturn was conceived in the early 1980s as a separate-standing division of GM, with then-unheard-of features: .", "• an innovative new plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee; .", "• a separate agreement with the United Auto Workers that embraced more teamwork between union and management; .", "• the use of plastics instead of metal for many body parts; .", "• and a highly personalized consumer experience, including no-haggle buying and \"Homecomings,\" a sort of family reunion for Saturn owners at the Spring Hill campus.", "The first Saturn came off the Spring Hill assembly line on July 30, 1990.", "Unfortunately, Kat Koonce said, GM has abandoned what made Saturn different.", "The cars are now made of metal, and the models all have twins in other GM divisions.", "Even the original Spring Hill factory has been converted to build Chevrolets instead of Saturns; the Saturn VUE is built in Mexico.", "So disillusioned was Koonce that she quit her job at the Saturn dealership and went back to college.", "\"It was a success that became a failure,\" she said.", "Walter S. McManus, the head of the Automotive Analysis Division of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, says he could see it coming.", "\"Brand loyalty is overrated,\" McManus stated flatly.", "\"It is costly to do all the fuzzies, and Saturn's example is clear that it doesn't pay off for what is essentially an economy-car company.", "Women especially appreciated the Saturn way, but Honda sells more cars to women, despite having a less female-friendly approach.\"", "Don't tell that to Charlie Eickmeyer, who runs the Saturnfans Web site and has posted a \"Save Saturn\" petition for the site's 35,000 members to sign.", "And don't tell the Sky Club of Chattanooga.", "\"I think Saturn really is a different kind of car company, and that is what has brought me back to them,\" Pearson said." ]	[ "Owners of vulnerable GM brand rave about quality, service .", "Four owners of Sky roadsters drive in town's Christmas parade .", "Disillusioned longtime fan quits as sales consultant .", "\"Brand loyalty is overrated,\" auto industry researcher says ." ]	[ 2, 22, 33, 45 ]
[ "(CNN) -- It's hard to imagine Meryl Streep having second thoughts about tackling any role, but the actress admits that she had doubts about \"Doubt,\" her newest project.", "The cast of \"Doubt,\" from left: Viola Davis, Amy Adams, Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman.", "The film -- based on a Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning play by the same name -- examines what happens when a strict nun who heads a Catholic school in the Bronx suspects a charismatic priest of having an inappropriate relationship with a student.", "\"I actually didn't think it would ever be a movie,\" Streep said.", "\"It was so thoroughly realized on stage, and it was so minimal.", "It was hard to imagine how or why you would make a movie out of it.\"", "But Streep, who plays the terrifyingly severe and determined school principal, Sister Aloysius Beauvier, said she changed her mind when she saw the final product.", "\"How did they make the play without any children in it?", "It is just sort of amazing to me, because to me they are sort of the landscape.", "They are the lambs of the movie.", "They are the stakes. They are why everybody is passionate.\"", "Her co-stars are passionate about sharing the screen with a Hollywood legend.", "Philip Seymour Hoffman, who plays the priest targeted by Streep's character in the film, says he \"adores\" her.", "Amy Adams calls Streep \"a sweetheart.\"", "Viola Davis says she's \"just fantastic.\"", "Davis' performance in the movie is generating Oscar buzz, with Streep advising the actress to pick out a dress for the Academy Awards.", "Davis, who plays the mother of the student at the center of the sexual abuse allegations at the school, said she drew on the experiences of her mom and other women she knows to bring the role to life.", "She expressed awe about any suggestion of an Oscar nomination.", "\"It's surreal. I don't know how to respond to that anymore,\" Davis said.", "\"All I wanted to do was good work.", "... Everything else is just the icing on the cake.\"", "The movie is set in 1964, but the play was written by John Patrick Shanley after the sexual abuse scandal that rocked the Roman Catholic Church several years ago.", "Hoffman -- who plays Father Flynn, the priest under fire -- said the lurid headlines about molested children weren't even on his mind when he took on the project.", "\"It is really about something else.", "If people see it, they will know what I mean about that,\" Hoffman said.", "Some have suggested that the play served as a criticism of the Bush administration's dogged belief that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.", "Shanley, who won an Academy Award for his screenplay of \"Moonstruck,\" told Entertainment Weekly that the play did have a political point.", "\"I'm not interested in morality,\" he told the magazine.", "\"One of my larger premises in doing this play, in what's not said, is that doubt itself is a passionate exercise.", "I think it's perceived in this culture as something weak or denatured, and that's a huge mistake.\"", "Adams said she became \"a little obsessed\" with the adaptation of the play to the big screen.", "She plays Sister James, a nun who expresses her suspicions about Father Flynn's relationship with the student to Sister Aloysius.", "The movie is a departure for Adams, who became famous for sunnier roles in films like \"Enchanted\" and \"Talladega Nights.\"", "But she said she doesn't mind being known as an eternally cheerful actress, because that description reflects \"75 percent\" of her real persona.", "\"There's 25 percent that's probably dark and grumpy and not personable at all, but I keep her at home,\" Adams said.", "As for Oscar buzz surrounding her performance, the actress said she's keeping her fingers crossed for Streep and Davis to be nominated for their roles in \"Doubt\" but has no expectations for herself.", "\"It's always fun ,and I would love to.", "If it doesn't happen for me, it's all right as well,\" Adams said.", "\"So, the experience of making the film was my get in this case.\"" ]	[ "\"Doubt\" stars Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis .", "Film is based on a Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning play by the same name .", "It examines what happens when a nun suspects a priest of abusing a student .", "Streep advises co-star to pick out a dress for the Academy Awards ." ]	[ 1, 2, 15 ]
[ "(CNN) -- One of Zimbabwe's top officials blamed his country's spreading cholera outbreak on what he calls \"a genocidal onslaught\" by Zimbabwe's former colonial ruler -- Britain.", "Zimbabwean clinics have been overwhelmed by the cholera epidemic, according to aid organizations.", "\"Cholera is a calculated, racist attack on Zimbabwe by the unrepentant former colonial power, which has enlisted support from its American and Western allies so that they can invade the country,\" Information Minister Sikhanyiso Ndlovu told reporters.", "Britain ruled the country as a colony until 1965.", "Ndlovu's claims triggered quick and pointed reaction from Britain and the United States.", "In Washington, State Department spokesman Rob McInturff called Ndlovu's accusations \"patently ridiculous.\"", "Referring to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, McInturff said Friday that, \"Mugabe is clearly unwilling to take any meaningful action (to stop the cholera outbreak).\"", "On Thursday, Mugabe said \"there is no cholera in the country.\"", "His spokesman later said that Mugabe was sarcastically ridiculing what he believes are Western designs to invade the country.", "Britain's Africa minister, Mark Malloch-Brown responded by saying, \"I don't know what world he (Mugabe) is living in,\" according to the British newspaper The Guardian.", "Malloch-Brown made the comment during a one-day trip to South Africa, where he visited a Johannesburg church housing 1,600 Zimbabweans who have fled their country, the newspaper said.", "\"There is a raging humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe as well as an economic crisis and still there is no representative government able to lead the country out of this disaster,\" he said, according to The Guardian.", "Cholera has ravaged Zimbabwe, causing nearly 800 deaths and infecting more than 16,000 people, the World Health Organization says.", "The outbreak could surpass 60 000 cases, according to an estimate by the Zimbabwe Health Cluster, which is a group coordinated by the World Health Organization.", "View image gallery of Zimbabwe's cholera crisis » .", "Cholera, a bacterial waterborne disease that causes diarrhea, dehydration and, if not treated, death in a matter of hours, is widespread in Zimbabwe but help is not.", "Like the general Zimbabwean economy, the country's health delivery system is strapped, lacking modern drugs and machinery, while doctors and nurses have been striking for over a month.", "On Friday, the State Department issued a travel warning for U.S. citizens because of the cholera outbreak and violence that has flared as Zimbabwe's economy has deteriorated.", "\"The public health system in Zimbabwe no longer provides even basic services due to a lack of staff, electricity, clean water, and medical supplies,\" the travel warning said.", "\"Americans who fall ill while in Zimbabwe may find it difficult to find treatment.\"", "At the State Department's daily press briefing Friday, spokesman Sean McCormack said the situation in Zimbabwe will be one of the topics Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will discuss when she visits the United Nations next week.", "\"The number of cases of cholera -- statements from Robert Mugabe notwithstanding -- is going up, not down,\" McCormack said.", "\"The crisis has not ended.", "People's lives are in danger.\"", "Health experts say the Zimbabwean government can win the battle against cholera only if it imports adequate stocks of water-treating chemicals and disposes of refuse and sewerage properly.", "Watch shocking footage of Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis (Discretion advised) » .", "A Doctors Without Borders epidemiologist in Zimbabwe said, referring to the capital city, that \"the scale and sheer numbers of infection, especially in Harare, is unprecedented.\"", "He said the group has treated more than 11,000 patients since August and has 500 international and local staff members treating people in cholera centers across the country.", "He said the main reasons for the outbreak are poor access to clean water, uncollected garbage in the streets and burst and blocked sewage systems.", "\"The fact that the outbreak has become so large is an indication that the country's health system can't cope,\" he said.", "Meanwhile, in his statement Thursday Mugabe said, \"I am happy to say our doctors, assisted by others and the World Health Organization, have now arrested cholera.", "So now that there is no cholera, there is no cause for war anymore.", "Let's tell them (Britain and the United States) that the cholera cause does not exist anymore, if it was cause for war.\"", "The pro-government Herald, quoting presidential spokesman George Charamba, said Mugabe had been sarcastically reacting to \"calls for intrusive action\" against Zimbabwe from European leaders.", "Charamba said the country continues to want international assistance to combat the disease and has declared a state of emergency.", "The opposition Movement for Democratic Change, which rivals Mugabe's ZANU-PF party, issued statements deploring the Mugabe government's \"indifferent and casual approach\" to cholera and saying it was \"alarmed by Mugabe's irresponsible and false remarks\" on Thursday.", "\"The ZANU-PF caretaker government is in a denial mode.", "The MDC believes that it is such careless and reckless statements that have not helped the situation,\" MDC said.", "\"We should be honest with ourselves and with the world.", "The truth is that cholera remains a major disaster in Zimbabwe,\" the MDC said.", "In his remarks to reporters in Zimbabwe, Ndlovu -- who said the country's health system is working on the outbreak -- labeled the cholera outbreak \"a serious biological, chemical war force, a genocidal onslaught, on the people of Zimbabwe by the British,\" He also made reference to U.S. President George W. Bush and Rice: \"To the outgoing warmongers, please leave in peace and not in pieces.\"", "Ndlovu also slammed news outlets including CNN for what he called \"gunboat journalism.\"", "\"They take photos (of) people dying (in) the DRC and Darfur and say these are cholera victims from Zimbabwe,\" he said, making reference to the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Darfur region of Sudan." ]	[ "Zimbabwe information minister says UK responsible for cholera outbreak .", "He accuses CNN, BBC, other networks of falsifying news reports .", "WHO says cholera outbreak has killed almost 800, infected 16,000 ." ]	[ 0, 12 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A day before Democratic Illinois Gov.", "Rod Blagojevich was busted by federal investigators on corruption charges, he dared authorities to tape his phone calls if they thought he was guilty of anything.", "Illinois Gov.", "Rod Blagojevich, shown here in 2003, was known as a tireless campaigner.", "\"If anybody wants to tape my conversations, go right ahead, feel free to do it,\" Blagojevich said Monday outside a Chicago window factory where workers were protesting their layoffs.", "His comment came in response to a reporter's question about corruption allegations.", "Authorities had indeed bugged the governor's campaign office and tapped his home phone, catching him talking about alleged plans to sell the U.S. Senate seat left empty by President-elect Barack Obama.", "During his political career, Blagojevich made headlines.", "A native Chicagoan, he was thought of as a charismatic guy who always liked to ingratiate himself to the working man.", "But he was never considered a natural politician, particularly when he first began exploring a run for the governorship in 2002.", "His father, Rade Blagojevich, was a Yugoslavian immigrant who came to America after World War II.", "The elder Blagojevich worked in a steel mill to support his family, which was then living on the city's then-downtrodden northwest side.", "As a boy, Blagojevich held odd jobs -- shining shoes, delivering pizzas -- and worked in Alaska for two summers in his teens.", "He used the money to enroll in Northwestern University, a prestigious school in Evanston, Illinois, just outside of Chicago.", "He went on to law school at Pepperdine University, then went back to Chicago after graduation to be a lawyer.", "Blagojevich later joined the State's Attorney Office in Cook County -- the county in which Chicago is located -- and built a reputation for prosecuting domestic violence cases.", "During his time as a lawyer, where Blagojevich grew to enjoy the increasing public spotlight, he began flirting with the idea of running for office.", "He met his wife, Patricia Mell, in 1988 at a political fundraiser for her father, well-known Chicago Alderman Richard Mell.", "Blagojevich started working in the father's office, married Patricia Mell and had a daughter, Amy.", "They had another daughter a few years later.", "He served in the Illinois House from 1992 to 1996, representing the North Side Chicago district before moving on to Congress in 1997.", "During his three terms in Congress, he helped bring $240 million in federal funds to the Chicago Transit Authority and an additional $10 million to help protect Lake Michigan's shoreline.", "He grabbed headlines in 1999 when he traveled to Yugoslavia with the Rev.", "Jesse Jackson to negotiate the release of three American soldiers.", "Blagojevich met with then-President Slobodan Milosevic, who later faced a war crimes tribunal but died of a heart attack before the proceedings were concluded.", "Blagojevich set his sights on the governorship in 2002 with an aggressive appeal to the workaday Illinoisan.", "He portrayed himself as a regular guy who wanted to do right by the middle class.", "Tirelessly campaigning, knocking on doors and running down-home-flavored television ads, Blagojevich jokingly told voters not to worry about pronouncing his last name right.", "Just call me Rod, he said.", "At one point, a staunch supporter of his Republican opponent, Michael P. Flanagan, marveled to the Chicago Sun-Times that he was impressed by the number of appearances Blagojevich was making during the campaign.", "\"He is one of the most energetic guys in politics today,\" Flanagan said in a Sun-Times profile.", "\"If he was an athlete, they would test him for amphetamines.", "He would come up clean -- but they would test him.\"", "Blagojevich was able to leverage a string of endorsements from popular figures like Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley.", "He also got the support of the Service Employees International Union, the Illinois Federation of Teachers, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.", "In the 2002 governor's race, Blagojevich rode to victory 7 points ahead of opponent Jim Ryan.", "Blagojevich commenced his re-election campaign in 2006 by promising not to raise state income or sales taxes during his second term.", "In May 2008, Blagojevich proposed a $150 million initiative to combat youth violence.", "In July, he pardoned 19 convicted criminals, including several who had been exonerated, and in August called a special legislative session to consider reducing state construction costs in order to increase money for schools.", "Earlier this week, Blagojevich was in the news again -- standing beside and supporting the workers suddenly laid off at the Chicago window factory.", "The employees complained that the layoffs came without the 60 days' notice required by federal law.", "Speaking to reporters as he stood with the workers, Blagojevich spoke of the need to follow the law.", "\"We are going to do everything possible here in Illinois to side with these workers,\" he said.", "\"And it isn't just lending them moral support, but it's ... making sure that we have our court system enforce the federal laws so these workers are getting what they're entitled to under the law and under what is the right thing to do.\"" ]	[ "The son of a Yugoslavian immigrant has working-class roots in Chicago .", "Blagojevich worked in State's Attorney Office before serving 3 terms in Congress .", "He became known for his energy, political clout before joining 2002 race for governor .", "Blagojevich appealed to middle class Illinoisans with ads suggesting \"call me Rod\"" ]	[ 15, 17, 28, 35 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Sen. Tom Daschle will be announced Thursday as President-elect Barack Obama's nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, a Democratic source said Wednesday.", "Former Sen. Tom Daschle, shown with his wife, Linda, says he will write Obama's health care plan.", "CNN has previously reported that the 61-year-old former Senate majority leader from South Dakota would be Obama's choice, but not the announcement date.", "In November, Daschle said he was excited about the possibility of serving as point person in Obama's effort to change the nation's health care system.", "Daschle is on the health care advisory group of Obama's transition team and said he plans to write the health care plan that Obama submits to Congress next year.", "\"I hope to have the plan enacted by next year, and then it will take several years to implement,\" Daschle said last month.", "Daschle said reforming health care in the United States must be a priority in the current economic climate.", "\"We can't afford not to do it,\" he said.", "\"If we do nothing, we'll be paying twice as much on health care in 10 years as we do today.\"", "Daschle served as Democratic leader in the Senate from 1995 until he lost a re-election bid in 2004.", "Representing South Dakota, he was first elected as a congressman in 1978 and served in the House until he was elected to the Senate in 1986.", "He recently wrote a book on health care titled \"Critical: What We Can Do About the Health Care Crisis.\"", "In the book, he pushed for universal health care coverage to reach 46 million uninsured Americans by expanding the federal employee health benefits program to include private employer plans together with Medicaid and Medicare.", "Most Republicans oppose any such plan, saying it would give too much power to the government.", "They've also questioned Daschle's recent work for a Washington lobbying firm.", "His wife, Linda Daschle, is a registered lobbyist for a firm that includes health care clients.", "But a source close to Daschle told CNN that Linda Daschle would be leaving the firm at the end of the year to set up her own company focusing on transportation lobbying in order to clear any potential conflicts of interest.", "CNN's Candy Crowley and Ed Henry contributed to this report." ]	[ "Ex-Sen. Tom Daschle is a health care adviser on Obama's transition team .", "The former Senate majority leader says he plans to write Obama's health care plan .", "Daschle advocates expanding federal employee health benefits to private employers .", "Linda Daschle, a registered lobbyist, would leave firm to clear potential conflicts ." ]	[ 1, 4, 15 ]
[ "ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) -- Authorities cordoned off the home of missing toddler Caylee Anthony's grandparents on Thursday, hours after the remains of a small child were found nearby.", "Investigators have sealed off the Anthony home, which shows a large Caylee poster.", "The sheriff's office in Orange County, Florida, said it is seeking a warrant to search the home of George and Cindy Anthony.", "Sheriff Kevin Beary said the home has been secured \"pending more investigation.\"", "The house has the \"possibility of being more of a crime scene later,\" he added.", "A child's skull was found at about 9:30 a.m. by a utility meter reader who alerted authorities, sheriff's spokesman Jim Solomons said.", "Investigators, including those from the Anthony case, rushed to the scene, he added.", "Watch investigators swarm the scene » .", "CNN affiliate WFTV reported that the meter reader picked up a plastic bag at the site and a skull fell out.", "The remains have been removed by the medical examiner and will be sent to the FBI lab at Quantico, Virginia, Sheriff Beary said.", "The agency has told its lab analysts that the case is top priority, Beary added.", "\"If they have to work through the weekend, they'll work through the weekend.\"", "\"Bottom line, it's real simple, folks,\" Beary said.", "\"We've recovered this human skull, it appears to be that of a small child, and now the investigation continues.", "We've got a lot of lab work to do, a lot of DNA work to do, a lot of crime scene work to do.", "We could be here all night.\"", "Watch the sheriff talk about what needs to be done » .", "Prosecutors have asked police not to disclose many details surrounding the discovery, Beary said.", "Caylee Anthony, 3, has been missing since June in a case that has received national attention.", "Casey Anthony, the child's 22-year-old mother, was charged last month with murder and other offenses.", "She is being held at the Orange County Jail.", "The area where the remains were found had been searched as part of the investigation into Caylee's disappearance, he said.", "But the precise spot where a county meter reader found them -- \"45, 50, 60 feet back\" from the street -- was flooded at the time of the search.", "No clothes were found with the remains, Beary said.", "Asked whether the remains could belong to another child, Beary said, \"Not that we know of, but that's always a possibility, and that's why we've got a lot of work to do on this case still.\"", "Earlier, authorities said the Anthony family had been notified of the discovery.", "The remains were found \"in very close proximity\" to the Anthony home, Solomons said.", "View a map of where the remains were found » .", "An attorney for Casey Anthony filed legal papers Thursday afternoon seeking a court order to preserve all evidence collected, and to permit the defense to conduct its own forensic testing.", "A hearing has been scheduled for Friday morning.", "In a court hearing earlier Thursday, 9th Circuit Judge Stan Strickland postponed Casey Anthony's trial at the request of defense attorney Jose Baez.", "The attorney said he had not received all the evidence due him from prosecutors and was not ready to proceed with the January 5 trial.", "Baez asked Strickland whether the trial could be delayed until March.", "The judge scheduled a hearing January 15 to consider a new trial date as well as a possible change of venue.", "Casey Anthony remains in protective custody and has no contact with other inmates, corrections officials said.", "\"She has been seen by a Corrections Health Services psychologist and her status was reviewed,\" officials said in a statement, adding Anthony was under psychological observation -- which is not the same as suicide watch.", "Baez arrived at the jail just before noon Thursday and stayed about an hour and a half, officials said.", "Prosecutors said this month that they would not seek the death penalty against Casey Anthony.", "If convicted of murder, she could be sentenced to life in prison.", "Authorities have said Casey Anthony waited about a month before telling her family that Caylee was gone.", "Cindy Anthony -- Caylee's grandmother and Casey Anthony's mother -- called the Orange County sheriff's office July 15, saying her daughter would not tell her where Caylee was.", "When questioned, Casey Anthony gave conflicting statements to police, including some that were later disproved, according to hundreds of documents and investigative reports released in the case.", "She claimed that she dropped Caylee off with a baby-sitter, but when police checked out her story, they learned that the address Casey Anthony supplied belonged to an apartment that had been vacant for weeks.", "The woman Casey Anthony named as her baby-sitter told police she did not know her.", "Investigators have said that cadaver dogs picked up the scent of death in Anthony's car, as well as in her parents' backyard.", "They also said air quality tests conducted by the FBI found evidence consistent with human decomposition and chloroform in the car's trunk.", "A neighbor told police Anthony had asked to borrow a shovel.", "Also, an analysis of Anthony's computer found that she had visited Web sites discussing chloroform and had done Internet searches on missing children, according to information released in the case.", "\"There isn't a motive, and they haven't found a motive,\" Cindy Anthony said Wednesday night on CNN's \"Larry King Live.\"", "Watch Cindy Anthony insist her daughter is innocent » .", "She added, \"They told us they thought it was an accident, and she's scared and tried to cover it up.", "They don't feel there's a motive.\"", "Cindy Anthony stressed that five searches for the girl's body have \"come up with nothing.", "There's nothing that they have found that, you know, has given them any evidence that Caylee is no longer with us.\"", "The Anthonys said they believe that the girl is still alive and that someone has her, noting several reports of sightings.", "Last month, Strickland denied prosecutors' request to impose a gag order in Anthony's case, saying he could not state that continued publicity would pose a threat to her trial or even that a gag order would stem the flood of media attention.", "CNN's John Couwels and \"Nancy Grace\" producer Natisha Lance contributed to this story." ]	[ "NEW: Police to search home of Caylee Anthony's grandparents .", "Child's remains found nearby on Thursday morning .", "Affiliate reports that child's skull fell from plastic trash bag when found .", "Utilility worker found remains in bag in area once underwater ." ]	[ 0, 8, 26, 41 ]
[ "COVINGTON, Louisiana (CNN) -- A woman recruited over the Internet and shot to death during a Ku Klux Klan group's initiation rite felt a need to be wanted and was eager to be part of a group, authorities say family members told them.", "Relatives describe Cynthia Lynch as having a deep need to feel wanted and eager to join groups.", "Her relatives told investigators that Cynthia Lynch, 43, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, had never been outside her home state, said Capt.", "George Bonnett of the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Department.", "But she recently took a bus to Slidell, Louisiana, where she was met by two Klan members and taken to a campsite in the woods near Sun, Louisiana, about 60 miles north of New Orleans.", "Bonnett and Sheriff Jack Strain gave CNN this account of what happened: .", "During the initiation rite, members of the Klan group, which calls itself the Sons of Dixie, shaved Lynch's head.", "After 24 hours of drills, including chanting and running with torches, she asked to be taken to town.", "An argument began and the group's leader, Chuck Foster, allegedly pushed her to the ground and shot her to death without warning.", "Lynch wanted to leave the campsite because she was homesick, investigators concluded after talking to Lynch's family in Tulsa.", "Watch how an initiation rite went wrong » .", "Strain told CNN that Foster used a knife to remove the bullet.", "Other members of the Sons of Dixie helped cover up the slaying for Foster, their leader or \"Grand Lordship,\" Strain added.", "The attempt to conceal the killing included burning the woman's personal items, Strain said.", "The new details emerged Thursday as the FBI announced it was assisting local authorities.", "The FBI's top agent in New Orleans, Louisiana, said the agency usually doesn't monitor specific groups, but will look into whether any federal laws were violated.", "\"The FBI is working closely with local law enforcement authorities investigating this recent incident,\" said Special Agent in Charge David W. Welker.", "He added that the FBI would \"aggressively investigate\" any leads and urged anyone with information to call the FBI at 504-816-3000 .", "Sheriff's investigators said they received the intitial tip about the killing from a convenience store clerk.", "Two of the group members went into the store and asked the clerk if he knew how to get bloodstains out of their clothes, Strain said.", "The clerk told them no, and called the sheriff after they left.", "Officials tracked down those two members and arrested them.", "Authorities established telephone contact with other members of the group who were still at the campsite and let them know law enforcement officials were on their way.", "They surrendered without incident.", "Foster was elsewhere in the woods, but he also surrendered, the sheriff said.", "Watch report on Klan initiation gone awry » .", "The woman's body was found under loose brush along a road several miles from the campsite.", "At the campsite, investigators found Confederate flags, KKK banners, five Klan robes and an Imperial Wizard robe.", "Foster, 44, is charged with second-degree murder.", "He remained Thursday at the St. Tammany Parish jail with no bail set, authorities said.", "Seven other suspects also remained in jail Thursday, charged with obstruction of justice.", "Bail for each was set at $500,000.", "On Wednesday, sheriff's investigators searched a house Foster had rented for the past five years in Bogalusa.", "They found Klan paraphernalia, documents and computer files.", "Among the seized documents were membership applications, titles and a chain of command for group members .", "\"We recovered various documents out of that home that are giving us an indication of the organizational structure and the organizational guidelines of the group,\" Bonnett said.", "Fred Oswold, chief of criminal investigations for the sheriff's office, said the Sons of Dixie Klan group is small and that most of its members already had been arrested.", "\"So far we have learned that they were a small group, but they were fairly organized,\" said Oswold, who said his agency is working with the FBI to learn more about the group.", "CNN's Katie Ross contributed to this report." ]	[ "Louisiana Klan group called itself the \"Sons of Dixie\"\nFBI says it is working with local police .", "Chuck Foster, 44, charged with second-degree murder in death of Cynthia Lynch .", "Others involved in initiation are accused of trying to conceal the killing ." ]	[ 6, 28 ]
[ "(CNET) -- Suleman Ali cashed out just in time.", "Suleman Ali sold Esgut, his portfolio of Facebook applications, for seven figures in April.", "The 26-year-old, a former Microsoft employee who helped put together the Windows Home Server product, founded a company called Esgut within months of the debut of Facebook's developer platform in May 2007.", "Esgut is a portfolio of Facebook applications, and a few of them, like Superlatives and Entourage, became genuine viral hits.", "In April, Ali sold the 12-employee Esgut to the Social Gaming Network, a Silicon Valley company backed by the likes of Bezos Expeditions, the Founders Fund, and Greylock Partners.", "He said the price was in the seven figures.", "But Ali is the first to acknowledge that for upstart social-platform developers, hailed just months ago as the Valley's hottest breed of bright young things, the condition has taken a significant turn for the worse.", "\"Most people are not counting on anything,\" the lanky and bespectacled Ali said over lunch at an organic restaurant near New York's Union Square in early December.", "\"They're just operating from day to day.\"", "When Facebook's developer platform launched, the social network's traffic began to really skyrocket.", "What had started as a no-frills networking site for students at elite universities became a Silicon Valley buzz factory with legitimate geek credentials.", "And however gimmicky many of the most popular Facebook Platform apps were, millions of people decided they now had a reason to join the site.", "The floodgates had opened.", "Facebook was a phenomenon.", "When other social networks such as MySpace, Friendster, and Hi5 also paraded out developer platforms, the tech world took it as evidence that there was a big future in building platform applications.", "More importantly for developers and ambitious tech entrepreneurs, it looked like there could be gobs of money in it; the open, anyone-can-play attitude created the notion that there was enough for everyone.", "\"The social platform (on Facebook) actually launched the last day that I was at Microsoft...I was quitting without any idea of what I was going to do,\" Ali recalled.", "His aims for leaving Redmond were starry-eyed.", "\"I left because I wanted to do a start-up.", "I wanted to see what I could do out there on my own.", "And I wanted to care deeply about what I was working on.\"", "But he had no concrete plans to go the Facebook route initially, he said.", "\"I ended up in my parents' house in Florida and was kind of bored, and started building Facebook apps just out of restlessness and the desire to do something.\"", "Then, Ali continued, he went to the Graphing Social Patterns West conference in San Diego in March and met Social Gaming Network founder Shervin Pishevar.", "At the time, he was looking to raise venture funding but hadn't thought about selling his apps.", "\"We talked for 30 minutes and he was like, 'You sound like the exact type of people we want at SGN.'\"", "Ali sold Esgut to Pishevar's company the next month.", "Widgets buzz turns into hush .", "Ali got lucky.", "Even before the reality of the recession set in, the social-platform craze was subsiding.", "The venture capital buzz about widgets began to quiet over the summer.", "Some of the sillier novelty apps wore off in popularity.", "Companies that were snapping up small apps and raising huge amounts of venture capital, like Slide and RockYou, grew intimidatingly bigger--but the glut of independent apps made it more difficult to grab the attention of potential buyers.", "And after new restrictions, a redesign, and then the social network's focus on expanding through its Facebook Connect log-in service, it became evident that a social-network platform is still a new phenomenon that can change dramatically, and not always to the benefit of little start-ups.", "\"There's definitely a lot of tightening up,\" Ali said.", "\"There's a few people that I know that have apps that are relatively small, and they're selling them for valuations lower than what they could've sold them for a month ago, and there are just no buyers in the marketplace.", "I think they're going to have a hard time selling, period--forget trying to sell at a lower valuation.", "They're just having a hard time getting rid of them.\"", "So would he still be able to sell his company as easily now?", "\"No, probably not,\" Ali admitted.", "\"If we were the same company we were then, it would be much harder to sell today.", "I think we would've had to evolve as a company.", "I think we would need to be generating more revenue than we were.\"", "But for all his concern about the fate of social-platform developers in a recession, Ali is still strikingly bullish on Facebook--enough so that his newest project is a fund for Facebook stock.", "He started purchasing it in November, he said, and is meeting with investors in the hopes of purchasing more.", "He added with surprising gusto that Facebook's decision to delay direct cash-outs hasn't derailed his plan.", "\"I think that's actually good news for us,\" Ali said.", "\"I think that means that the price that we pay will actually go down because there are all these employees who intended to sell stock back to Facebook, and now they're not going to be able to sell it to Facebook, (so) they'll have to sell it somewhere else.\"", "He hopes to keep the stock until Facebook files for an initial public offering, and he still thinks that's on track, too.", "\"I think it's going to be a function of the economy and when the markets open back up for an IPO,\" he said, and cited target dates that had been provided in interviews by Facebook investor and board member Jim Breyer.", "\"From a Facebook perspective, I think it'll be ready to IPO in 2011.\"", "Many critics would say that's wishful thinking, and that the company will sell--to existing investor Microsoft, maybe--for much lower than its $15 billion preferred-stock valuation.", "But Ali got lucky on Facebook once already, and even in a recession he hasn't given up hope that it could happen again.", "© 2008 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved.", "CNET, CNET.com and the CNET logo are registered trademarks of CBS Interactive Inc. Used by permission." ]	[ "Suleman Ali sold Esgut, his tech startup, for seven figures in April .", "Esgut is a portfolio of Facebook applications; a few of them became big viral hits .", "Suleman \"started building Facebook apps just out of restlessness\"\nHe sold his company just before the social-platform craze subsided ." ]	[ 0, 1, 3, 29 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Despite Patricia Blagojevich's myriad charitable endeavors, she is now thought of as the goading voice in the background of a November phone call taped by the FBI.", "Illinois first lady Patricia Blagojevich was born into a political family.", "\"Hold up that f---ing Cubs s---.", "F--- them,\" she allegedly said as her husband, Democratic Illinois Gov.", "Rod Blagojevich, bandied about a scheme to withhold state funds from the Cubs' parent Tribune Company unless the owner agreed to fire certain Chicago Tribune employees.", "Seven days later, according to the affidavit, she took part in a meeting about whether President-elect Barack Obama would secure a lucrative job for her if her husband appointed Obama's preferred candidate to his vacant Senate seat.", "U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has said Patricia Blagojevich is not the target of the investigation of the governor's alleged attempts to sell Obama's Senate seat, pressure the Chicago Tribune and threaten to withdraw funding from a children's hospital.", "Watch what prosecutors say was the first lady's role in alleged scandal » .", "A glance at her profile on the governor's Web site details a list of philanthropic endeavors, including awareness campaigns for breast cancer, heart disease and food allergies.", "She also has championed children's health care and literacy, and has parlayed her love for gardening into the State Beautification Initiative.", "\"As first lady, she works hard to promote initiatives that will help the families of Illinois bring up happy, healthy and successful children,\" her biography says.", "Blagojevich and her family have been part of the Chicago machine for decades.", "The 43-year-old mother of two is the oldest daughter of Margaret Mell and longtime Chicago Alderman Richard Mell, whose district includes part of Chicago's Northwest Side, where Rod Blagojevich was raised.", "Patricia Blagojevich has two siblings, Rich Mell Jr. and Deborah Mell, a gay rights activist and incoming state representative who was arrested in March 2004 while protesting Cook County, Illinois,' refusal to grant her a same-sex marriage license.", "Deborah Mell had said she would run for the seat of U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel after Obama tapped him as his chief of staff, but she later withdrew from consideration.", "Richard Mell is a well-known Chicago power player who has served on the City Council since 1975.", "Rod Blagojevich met his future wife in 1988, at one of the alderman's fundraisers.", "The couple married in 1990, and Mell put his political weight behind Rod Blagojevich, who quickly ascended the political ranks.", "Mell has long been credited as choreographer of that rise, which took Rod Blagojevich from the Cook County state's attorney office to the Illinois General Assembly (1992) to the U.S. House of Representatives (1997) to the governor's office (2003).", "Rod and Patricia Blagojevich did not move into the governor's mansion in Springfield, opting instead to live 200 miles north in Chicago's upscale Ravenswood Manor neighborhood.", "There, they live with their daughters -- Amy, 10, and Annie, 4.", "After Rod Blagojevich was elected to the state's top post, a public feud erupted between the governor and Mell.", "Tensions reached a flash point in January 2005, when Rod Blagojevich reportedly shut down a Joliet, Illinois, landfill owned by Patricia Blagojevich's second cousin.", "Mell, in an interview with the Chicago-Sun Times, castigated Rod Blagojevich as someone who \"uses everybody, and when there's no more use, he discards them.\"", "Mell further said that his daughter was wearing \"blinders\" and didn't realize her husband was a manipulative political animal who would \"throw anyone under the bus.\"", "Mell also leveled a flurry of allegations against his son-in-law's administration -- most notably that Rod Blagojevich's fundraising chief, Christopher Kelly, \"trades appointments to commissions for checks for $50,000\" to the governor's political fund, the newspaper reported.", "Asked Wednesday if he would discuss his 2005 allegations, Mell responded via e-mail, \"My main concern right now is for my daughter and grandchildren.", "I would rather not discuss this sad situation in the public venue at this time.\"", "Reports vary on whether the family feud was ever laid to rest.", "Though fences were mended two years ago, after Mell's wife died of a terminal brain disease, the Sun-Times reported the bad feelings later resurfaced.", "Though Mell did not accuse his daughter of improprieties in his well-publicized rant, Patricia Blagojevich has been the subject of scrutiny over her real estate deals, most notably those involving businessman Antoin Rezko.", "Rezko, who was convicted in the summer on 16 counts, including fraud, money laundering and abetting bribery, is part of this week's allegations against Rod Blagojevich.", "Federal authorities allege Rezko is one of the conspirators with whom the governor schemed in what Fitzgerald called \"a corruption crime spree.\"", "The first lady, a licensed real estate broker and appraiser with an economics degree from the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, has not been charged with wrongdoing.", "Patricia Blagojevich's ties to Rezko came under fire after the Chicago Tribune in 2005 reported that 25 percent of her income in 2004 -- about $38,000 -- came via deals with Rezko, one of the governor's top fundraisers at the time.", "Aides to the governor said there was nothing nefarious about the business relationship.", "In October, the Chicago Tribune reported that the first lady's home-based real estate firm, River Realty, had received about $700,000 in commissions since 2000, when Blagojevich began raising funds for his gubernatorial run.", "Of those commissions, the paper reported, about three-quarters came from \"state contractors, family and others with political ties.\"", "Among her associates, the Tribune reported, were William Cellini, a key player in the Rezko trial, and Anita Mahajan, who was charged in 2007 with bilking Illinois out of more than $2 million for drug-screening services her firm never performed.", "The paper reported that Mahajan's husband, Amrish, was a former Blagojevich fundraiser.", "Despite the reported income, the federal affidavit outlining the charges against Rod Blagojevich states the governor was bemoaning his family's \"financial stress\" and expressing hope that Obama might help alleviate it.", "A six-figure salary for serving on a corporate or nonprofit board would help the \"struggling\" family, he allegedly said, noting that Patricia Blagojevich's Series 7 license to sell securities makes her an apt candidate for such work.", "The affidavit says the governor had harsh words for the president-elect should he not help the Blagojeviches.", "Calling Obama a \"motherf---er,\" the governor scoffs incredulously at the idea of appointing his preferred candidate without a kickback, the affidavit says.", "\"For nothing? F--- him,\" he said, according to the affidavit.", "The next day, the affidavit says, Rod Blagojevich firmly ruled out appointing Obama's preferred successor.", "\"They're not willing to give me anything except appreciation.", "F--- them,\" the affidavit quotes him as saying.", "CNN's Eliott C. McLaughlin contributed to this report." ]	[ "Patricia Blagojevich is allegedly heard urging her husband to withhold state funds .", "She comes from a political family; father is Chicago alderman, sister an activist .", "Her real estate deals with fraudster businessman Antoin Rezko have drawn scrutiny .", "Her father once accused husband's administration of selling state appointments ." ]	[ 3, 4, 11, 30, 34 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Joran van der Sloot is meeting with investigators Thursday in the Netherlands in response to the recently released videotape in the Natalee Holloway case, his U.S.-based attorney said.", "Joran van der Sloot awaits transfer from the Netherlands to Aruba in November.", "He later was released.", "The exact location of that meeting was not disclosed, but van der Sloot's attorney, Joe Tacopina, said his client has \"agreed to answer any questions.\"", "In the video that aired Sunday on Dutch television, van der Sloot, a suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Holloway, told a man he was with the Alabama teen on an Aruban beach when she apparently died and that a friend of his with a boat disposed of Holloway's body.", "Van der Sloot later said the statements were lies, and on Monday, Tacopina said the video contains \"no admission of a crime.\"", "The lawyer said facts in the case contradict two assertions van der Sloot made in the video, including that the boat-owner friend mentioned wasn't in Aruba in May 2005.", "Watch how video has brought new interest in case » .", "Meanwhile, prosecutors are still awaiting a decision from a three-judge appellate panel on the nearby Caribbean island of Curacao as to whether van der Sloot can be arrested in reaction to the video.", "The chief prosecutor in Aruba, Hans Mos, was denied an initial attempt to arrest van der Sloot by the investigating judge last Sunday.", "The judge determined that numerous pretrial detentions of van der Sloot in the past have created a \"high bar\" that current circumstances do not meet.", "The prosecutor appealed the judge's decision on Tuesday, and the appellate panel will have eight days to respond.", "Holloway disappeared while visiting Aruba with about 100 classmates celebrating their graduation from Mountain Brook High School in suburban Birmingham, Alabama, and was last seen leaving a nightclub with van der Sloot and brothers Deepak and Satish Kalpoe.", "Mos dropped charges against the three men in December, saying he couldn't be sure of a conviction.", "E-mail to a friend .", "CNN Tracy Sabo contributed to this report." ]	[ "Joran van der Sloot will answer questions about video story, lawyer said .", "Van der Sloot said videotaped story of how woman died was lie .", "Holloway disappeared in 2005 while on graduation trip to Aruba .", "Meet journalist who uncovered van der Sloot tape; tonight, 9 ET, \"Larry King Live\"" ]	[ 1, 3, 7, 12 ]
[ "MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- The Lear jet that crashed on landing last week in Mexico City, killing all aboard, including Mexico's interior minister, may have been felled by the turbulence from a large passenger jet it was following too closely, the nation's transportation secretary said Friday, citing results of a preliminary investigation.", "The scene of the plane crash in Mexico City was one of panic and confusion, witnesses said.", "Radar tapes show that the Lear 45 -- carrying three crew members and six passengers from San Luis Potosi -- was flying just 4.15 nautical miles behind a Boeing 767-300 at 6:45 p.m. November 4, Luis Tellez said.", "The International Civil Aviation Organization calls for a separation of at least 6 nautical miles between a heavy jet like the Boeing and a medium-weight jet like the Lear to ensure that turbulence does not affect the smaller plane's control, Tellez said.", "The flight controller in Mexico City recognized that the separation was insufficient and, at 6:44 p.m., told the Lear jet to reduce its speed, but \"the Lear jet didn't begin to decelerate significantly until a minute and 12 seconds later,\" Tellez said.", "\"The transcript of the [cockpit voice recorder] reveals that, in this period, the plane entered a turbulence that surprised the crew members, and the pilot attributed it to the wake of the plane ahead,\" Tellez said.", "The pilot asked the co-pilot, who had more experience, to take over, but he was unable to regain control, Tellez said.", "\"We know that the crew recognized the presence of the turbulence provoked by the wake of the plane that preceded it and, immediately after recognizing it, the plane gave a sharp turn and initiated its descent at a pronounced angle that culminated in its impact on the ground,\" he said.", "The Boeing, which weighs 175 tons, is classified as a heavy plane.", "The 8-year-old Lear, which weighed 9.5 tons, was classified as a medium-weight plane, though it was on the light end of that scale, Tellez said.", "\"Therefore, it is more vulnerable than most medium-sized planes to the phenomenon of turbulence,\" he said.", "Officials said last week that the left engine fell off the plane before it crashed.", "Lab tests found no traces of alcohol or drugs in either pilot and no evidence of sabotage or explosives, he said.", "Scrutiny of the wreckage has found no indication that anything was wrong with the plane or its engines, he said.", "But the investigation did find \"presumed deficiencies\" in the pilot's certification to operate a Lear jet, Tellez said.", "Audio from the cockpit voice recorder \"shows the lack of familiarity\" of the pilot, Capt.", "Martin de Jesus Oliva Perez, with the instruments in the cabin, he added.", "Among the plane's passengers was Interior Secretary Juan Camilo Mourino, the nation's second most-powerful official and a confidant of President Felipe Calderon's.", "The plane crashed in Mexico City traffic and erupted in flames, killing five people on the ground and injuring 14 in addition to killing the nine people aboard.", "Tellez said the final report, which will take several months to complete, will include studies carried out in a NASA simulator to confirm whether the wake was responsible." ]	[ "Lear jet was too close behind Boeing 767, transportation secretary says .", "Pilots were unable to regain control after hitting turbulence .", "Investigators found no alcohol or drugs in pilots, no explosives or sabotage .", "Crash killed 14 people, including nation's interior secretary ." ]	[ 0, 6, 12 ]
[ "(CNN) -- An ancient race that lived 2,700 years ago in the Gobi Desert may have been among the first to use cannabis for medical or religious purposes.", "Researchers believe an ancient Gushi shaman may have consumed or burned pot for medical or religious purposes.", "Nearly two pounds of the plant was found stashed in the tomb of a Gushi shaman.", "It was high in the chemical compounds that provide its psychoactive properties.", "\"It had evidence of the chemical attributes of cannabis used as a drug,\" said Dr. Ethan Russo, an author of a study published in the Journal of Experimental Botany.", "\"It could have been for pain control.", "It could have been for other medicinal properties.", "It could have been used as an aid to divination.\"", "The Gushi people were a Caucasian race with light hair and blue eyes who likely migrated thousands of years ago from the steppes of Russia to what is now China.", "A nomadic people, they were accomplished horsemen and archers.", "Chinese archaeologists excavating a network of 2,500 tombs near the town of Turpan in the Xinjiang-Uighur Autonomous Region unearthed the shaman's grave, which contained the cannabis, along with a trove of artifacts such as bridles, archery equipment and a rare harp.", "The shaman is thought to have been about 45 years old when he died.", "Many of the bodies recovered in the area were found in an incredibly well-preserved, almost mummified condition.", "The shaman, however, was a skeleton.", "\"The deceased was laid out on the bottom of this tomb on a little bier,\" Russo said.", "\"This individual seemed to be very high status because of the variety and quality of the grave goods, including the equestrian equipment, the archery equipment and the large amount of cannabis.\"", "Russo said no pipe for smoking the cannabis was found in the shaman's tomb.", "Researchers think he might have eaten the cannabis or possibly put it on a burning fire to create fumes.", "They don't think it was used to make hemp clothing or rope, as some other early cultures did.", "Genetic analysis of the plant suggests it was cultivated rather than gathered from the wild.", "This find is not the first or the oldest example of ancient people using cannabis, but it may be the best studied.", "\"There may have been older finds of cannabis, but not with this level of scientific investigation attached to them,\" Russo said." ]	[ "About two pounds of potent cannabis found stashed in Gushi shaman's tomb .", "The Gushi were horsemen and archers who lived 2,700 years ago in the Gobi Desert .", "Archaeologists found shaman among 2,500 tombs of mummies, bridles, rare harp .", "No pipe in grave, leading researchers to surmise shaman ate or burned cannabis ." ]	[ 0, 2, 9, 10, 16 ]
[ "HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- A child cries from hunger, but no tears come from her swollen eyes.", "Zimbabwean clinics have been overwhelmed by the cholera epidemic, according to aid organizations.", "Malnutrition has left this baby born in Zimbabwe fighting for her life.", "She is the face of an unfolding crisis in a country once known as Africa's bread basket.", "Today a loaf of bread costs 35 million worthless Zimbabwean dollars, and people are forced to sift through garbage piles for any morsel of food.", "Others huddle for warmth around a fire burning inside the shell of a broken-down van.", "All of these images were captured on video recently smuggled out of Zimbabwe by Solidarity Peace Trust, a South African human rights group.", "Zimbabwe's government maintains that the situation is being exaggerated by the West in an effort to exert pressure on President Robert Mugabe to leave office.", "But the World Health Organization (WHO) says the desperate situation has triggered a widening cholera outbreak that has killed 775 people and infected more than 15,000.", "\"You have to eat in the same place you sleep right next to the buckets, the same buckets that we used as toilets,\" one cholera patient says on the video.", "\"There is no water to bathe.\"", "Watch shocking footage of Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis (Discretion advised) » .", "And little to eat.", "Women foraging for food in the bush find dry branches with only a few berries.", "\"This packet of juice will be my supper tonight,\" one woman says.", "Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai -- who is still trying to form a unity government with Mugabe under a recent power-sharing deal -- said the situation can only be addressed once a \"legitimate government\" is in place.", "\"Once there is a legitimate government, it is up to that government to deal with the problems the country is facing, which are quite wide-ranging,\" Tsvangirai told CNN on Wednesday.", "\"But the immediate intervention of the health crisis has exacerbated the situation to the extent that it has now become an international crisis.\"", "The WHO says the current cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has a high fatality rate because sufferers are either not able to reach health centers in time or because health centers lack the capacity to treat the cases.", "View image gallery of Zimbabwe cholera crisis » .", "\"The epidemic is clearly on the increase,\" Dr. Eric Laroche, a WHO official in Harare, told CNN on Wednesday.", "\"I think it's going to last for several months.\"", "In addition to the WHO, the Red Cross has responded to the outbreak and is sending staff and medical supplies into Zimbabwe.", "Zimbabwe's main hospitals have all but shut down and the small clinics equipped by international aid organizations are overcrowded and unable to cope with the thousands of cholera patients.", "Health workers inside Zimbabwe believe scores are dying at home.", "Laroche said the WHO is receiving cooperation from the government, but the health care system is abysmal.", "\"The quality of the care, the supplies that come inside Zimbabwe, also need to be restored,\" Laroche said.", "\"So there's a lot of work to do, because the health system is collapsing for the time being.\"", "One Zimbabwean health care worker, who would not show his face on the video, said he fears the death toll will skyrocket.", "\"People are dying even at the health institution,\" he said.", "\"It's beyond control.", "We are going to witness so many deaths in the coming weeks.\"", "He expressed frustration that so many people are dying from cholera, a disease that \"is both preventable and curable.\"", "\"Nobody should die from cholera,\" he said.", "\"We are quite unfortunate.\"", "Zimbabwe, already experiencing an economic crisis, was struck with the raging water-borne cholera in August.", "Health experts say the battle against the disease can only be won if Harare has adequate water-treating chemicals and disposes of refuse properly.", "Zimbabwe's information minister Sikhanyiso Ndlovu said Tuesday that the country has enough chemicals to purify water and enough money to buy pipes to mend sanitation lines.", "He maintained that the outbreak is under control, blaming the West for causing the crisis as an excuse for military intervention.", "International leaders -- including U.S. President George W. Bush, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and Kenyan premier Raila Odinga -- have recently called for Mugabe to step down for failing to contain the cholera outbreak.", "Frustration inside Zimbabwe is building.", "Last week, doctors and nurses protested over the lack of medical supplies and other resources at the country's hospitals.", "Labor unions have protested over the deteriorating economy.", "Even soldiers once shielded from economic hardships by the Mugabe regime went on a rampage last week when they were unable to access wages from the country's banks.", "Human rights activist Elinor Sisulu, who has lived and worked in Zimbabwe and now coordinates civil action outside the country, called on African leaders to demand Mugabe step down before Zimbabwe explodes.", "\"In any population where you have high levels of desperation, anger and ... people arrive at the conclusion that we've tried a peaceful political process and this is not working, then anything can happen,\" she said.", "CNN's Nkepile Mabuse in Johannesburg, South Africa contributed to this report." ]	[ "Video images of starving children reveal scale of Zimbabwe's hunger crisis .", "WHO says widening cholera outbreak has killed 775, infected 15,000 .", "Zimbabwe's information minister maintains crisis is under control .", "Zimbabwe health care workers fear death toll could skyrocket ." ]	[ 8, 11, 19, 28, 30, 40 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The rapper Common wants to take hip-hop in a new direction, he says, and he has an unsuspecting ally -- President-elect Barack Obama.", "Common says he was looking for a new sound on his eighth album, \"Universal Mind Control.\"", "Obama \"is going to change hip-hop for the better,\" predicted the rapper, whose eighth album, \"Universal Mind Control\" (G.O.O.D.", "Music/Geffen), hits shelves Tuesday.", "\"I really do believe we as hip-hop artists pick up what's going on in the world and try to reflect that,\" he told CNN, outlining his belief that mainstream as well as so-called \"conscious\" rappers -- the more socially aware -- will pick up on what he sees as the more optimistic prospects of an Obama presidency.", "\"I think hip-hop artists will have no choice but to talk about different things and more positive things, and try to bring a brighter side to that because, even before Barack, I think people had been tired of hearing the same thing,\" he said.", "Likewise, \"Universal Mind Control,\" with its hook-heavy, synthed-out tracks, represents a \"broadening\" of hip-hop's audience -- one that demands evolution rather than hackneyed revamps of old beats, rhythms and rhymes, Common said.", "Listen to clips from the album and Common's interview with CNN.com » .", "Not that Common, born Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr., is altogether removed from the temptations of his hip-hop brethren.", "He serves as a spokesman for Lincoln Navigator and purports on his new album to \"rebel in YSL,\" a reference to designer Yves Saint Laurent.", "Money is also a weakness, as Common -- No.", "14 on Forbes magazine's 2008 list of richest rappers -- regularly invokes the greenbacks he makes and spends.", "iReport.com: Talk Grammy Awards and more showbiz with Todd .", "Still, Common has come at hip-hop from a different angle from many of his colleagues.", "He was generally considered \"underground\" until he linked up with Kanye West, who produced his albums \"Be\" (2005) and \"Finding Forever\" (2007).", "Even now, while paying homage at mainstream hip-hop's altar, the Chicago-born lyricist also enters parishes where most rappers wouldn't be seen.", "He's helped front movements for HIV/AIDS awareness and vegetarianism, and he's written two children's books emphasizing the importance of self-esteem.", "Lyrically, violence has never been his thing; soft-drug use has been mentioned but rarely glamorized; he removed homophobic references from his lyrics years ago; and while there have been hints of misogyny and the occasional N-word in his verses, neither has been a staple of his rhymes.", "\"I've always been conscious, honestly,\" he said.", "\"I made a choice on this album, 'Universal Mind Control,' to really make some music that was bright, that would be a little more lighthearted, just because of what was going on in the world.\"", "Read more from the interview .", "With a few exceptions, his latest lyrics are consummate Common.", "In his beat poet's cadence, the 36-year-old rhymesmith aggressively courts the ladies, personifies hip-hop, aggrandizes himself and his hometown (lovingly, \"the Chi\"), and respectfully doles out props to hip-hop's forefathers -- most notably to Afrika Bambaataa on the album's title track.", "Hear the title track » .", "The album's sound, however, is atypical, moving -- sometimes jerkily -- from club-banger to anthem to ballad to Top 40.", "The latter even runs counter to the opening verse of \"Everywhere\": \"No pop, no pop, no pop, no pop/We gonna do this thing till the sky just drop.\"", "But the sound is part of \"a whole new sound and a new movement\" in hip-hop, something he explored out of disdain for repetition and predictability, he said.", "That might explain Kanye West's relative absence on \"Universal Mind Control.\"", "The Louis Vuitton don appears on only one track, the pop-drenched \"Punch Drunk Love.\"", "But West has long been credited, even by Common, with bringing his fellow Chicagoan to the mainstream after \"Be\" and \"Finding Forever\" went gold and leapt up the Billboard 200.", "Of course, it's not all Kanye, said Common.", "\"I'm a true believer that it all boils down to the music, because Kanye can endorse something, and if people don't like it they ain't gonna get with it -- regardless of whoever endorses it,\" he said.", "He compared his working relationship with West to the collaboration he enjoyed with The Neptunes' Pharrell Williams on \"Universal Mind Control.\"", "Williams, whom Common casually likened to Quincy Jones, pushed him lyrically, much like West did, he said.", "Between Williams and Mr. DJ -- who composed backbeats for some of OutKast's biggest hits -- Common arrived at the evolution he sought, he added.", "Common also is plotting a change, or at least a detour, in his career path.", "Though his past cinematic endeavors have been primarily gangster flicks, Common has landed a role in the upcoming \"Terminator Salvation\" and could play Green Lantern in \"Justice League: Mortal\" should the derailed movie get back on track.", "\"I would truly love to go increasingly in the acting direction,\" he said.", "\"My goal is to be a movie star.", "I want to be at Will Smith's level.", "I want to be co-leading with Leonardo DiCaprio.\"", "Fear not, Common fans.", "The aspiring thespian is confident he can pull off both, though hip-hop might ride sidecar to the silver screen.", "Acting, he said, seems to improve his music.", "\"I don't take as much time overthinking it.", "Actually, since 'Be' I've been working on films and each album has been expanding and increasing, so I feel like I would still make music, but it wouldn't be the main gig,\" he said.", "Selling albums, Common said, is about more than good music, and though he stands proudly by the music he made pre-West, he concedes he didn't do enough to claw his way up from the underground.", "\"After you make good, quality music, then it's your job to go out there and promote it and to market it and to get it out there to the people.", "I feel like I wasn't doing that early on,\" he said.", "\"Now I am, and I feel like I'm growing as a songwriter and working with producers that are very incredible, so I feel all that is contributing to me getting the recognition that I'm getting.\"" ]	[ "Barack Obama should inspire a \"more positive\" message in hip-hop, Common says .", "Common sat down with CNN to discuss \"Universal Mind Control,\" his movie career .", "Producers Pharrell Williams, Kanye West pushed Common lyrically, he says .", "Common concedes he didn't do enough to promote his music in his early years ." ]	[ 0, 32, 35, 41, 46 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- The conviction of a terrorist doctor in the UK exposes how any section of society can become radicalized, a top police officer said Tuesday.", "Bilal Abdulla is shown being arrested after the attack at Glasgow Airport.", "Bilal Abdulla was well-educated and working as a doctor when he carried out his plot to plant car bombs in London -- rather than unemployed or with feelings of being outside or abandoned by society as has been seen before in the UK.", "Born in southern England, his family moved to Iraq when he was a child.", "He grew up in the capital during Saddam Hussein's rule and went to the University of Baghdad before returning to Britain to attend Cambridge University.", "The Cambridge-educated graduate became a doctor working in the National Health Service where the maxim is to treat anyone regardless of the ability to pay.", "Deputy Assistant Commissioner John McDowall, who heads the Counter Terrorism Command, said Abdulla and Kafeel Ahmed -- who died from burn injuries after he crashed a jeep into Glasgow International Airport, Scotland -- reveal a new type of terrorist.", "He told the UK's Press Association: \"These individuals were not on our radar and that in itself is very interesting.", "When you look at the profile of these individuals they are very different from the terrorists we have dealt with in this country before - being professional people.", "McDowell added they were probably inspired by al Qaeda in Iraq but developed their plan in Britain without help from abroad.", "\"I think this was a group that was largely self-motivated, came up with the ideas themselves, tutored themselves through the Internet.", "I don't think they received significant training elsewhere, which is unusual from what we have had in the past,\" he told PA. Abdulla's motive, prosecutors said, was revenge for the bloodshed in Iraq.", "Prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw said: 'There is no longer a conventional approach to terrorism.", "There are no rules to be broken any more, nothing can be taken for granted.\"", "Abdulla was found guilty Tuesday of conspiracy to murder and conspiring to cause explosions.", "He will be sentenced to Woolwich Crown Court, London, on Wednesday.", "The jury rejected his defense that he had planned only to set fire to cars in central London as a way of highlighting the plight of Iraqis." ]	[ "Dr. Bilal Abdulla's professional life is different to radicals seen before in UK .", "Anti terror officer tells PA Abdulla was a self-taught, self-starter .", "Abdulla planned car bomb attacks in June 2007 on targets in Glasgow and London .", "He was found guilty of conspiracy to murder in June 2007 ." ]	[ 1, 2, 14 ]
[ "MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- An engine fell off a Mexican government jet before it crashed, killing the second-highest official in the nation, the Cabinet member in charge of the investigation said Saturday.", "Firefighters at the scene of the crash Tuesday night in Mexico City.", "Officials also said they have ruled out the possibility that the crash was caused by a bomb.", "\"There is no trace of explosives on the plane wreckage or the [crash] site,\" said Luis Tellez, Mexican secretary of communication and transportation.", "Interior Minister Juan Camilo Mourino, former deputy attorney general Jose Luis Santiago Vasconcelos and six others onboard were killed in the crash.", "At least five others on the ground died, and others were reported missing.", "Officials said 40 people were injured.", "Camilo Mourino and Santiago Vasconcelos had been instrumental in the war on drugs, leading to widespread speculation among Mexicans that drug lords orchestrated the crash.", "But Mexican authorities have said there is no indication that foul play was involved.", "The government Learjet 45 was traveling at 500 kmh (310 mph) when it crashed in central Mexico City as it approached Benito Juarez International Airport.", "Gilberto Lopez Meyer, Mexico's director of airports and auxiliary services, said the jet's left engine fell off when the plane was traveling between 250 and 300 kmh (150 to 186 mph), according to Mexico's state-run Notimex news agency.", "An examination of the wreckage indicates that the engines were functioning at high speed, Lopez Meyer said.", "Tallez said the day after the crash that the Learjet 45 did not explode in the air because when that happens, pieces of the airplane are scattered over a wide area.", "But the wreckage in this instance was limited to a small area, he said.", "Tellez also said Wednesday that the pilot did not report an emergency, Notimex said.", "A recording released Wednesday of what Mexican officials said was dialogue between the pilot and the airport control tower did not appear to have an emergency call from the aircraft.", "Officials have vowed to make all aspects of the investigation public.", "Mexican President Felipe Calderon inspected the crash site Saturday, Notimex said." ]	[ "Jet's left engine fell off as plane traveled between 250 and 300 kmh, reports say .", "No traces of explosives found in wreckage; no foul play suspected, official says .", "Interior minister, former deputy attorney general among those who died Tuesday .", "Mexicans had speculated that drug lords were behind crash ." ]	[ 4, 7, 8, 10 ]

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