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"(CNN) -- The suspected ringleader of a group arrested for allegedly luring a 15-year-old boy to a Florida home, shooting him several times, burning his body in a fire pit and putting the remains into paint cans, could face the death penalty if convicted, his attorney said Thursday.",
"But defense attorney Charles Holloman added, \"We are not admitting any guilt at this time.\"",
"Michael Bargo, 18, appeared in court Thursday where he was denied bond in the killing of Seath Jackson, an act that allegedly involved five other people Sunday in the central Florida city of Ocala, according to a statement from the Marion County Sheriff's Office.",
"Holloman said Jackson and Bargo had dated the same girl, though not at the same time.",
"Jackson at one point went to Bargo's home yelling and screaming in the front yard, threatening to burn down Bargo's house, Holloman added.",
"CNN cannot independently confirm that statement.",
"Prosecutors say two females later lured Jackson to the home, where he was beaten with a wooden object.",
"He was then shot several times with a .22 caliber gun, authorities said.",
"As the wounded teen attempted to flee, he was tackled and shot again, according to the sheriff's statement.",
"His body was allegedly placed in a sleeping bag and burned in a fire pit outside the home.",
"His ashes were placed into several paint containers and thrown into a large garbage can, authorities said.",
"Authorities said they learned of the alleged plot from a member of the group who admitted witnessing the killing.",
"Four adults and two minors have been charged in connection with the death.",
"Bargo, Charlie Kay Ely, 18; Justin Soto, 20, and two minors face first-degree murder charges, the Marion County Sheriff's Office said.",
"James Haven, 37, faces charges of accessory to the crime for allegedly helping to dispose of Jackson's remains and driving one of the suspects out of the area to avoid arrest, authorities said.",
"Sheriff's department documents gave little information on what led to the killing other than brief statements by suspects about a dispute and a growing hatred.",
"Divers on Wednesday found three paint buckets in a water-filled rock quarry that are suspected of containing the victim's remains, authorities said.",
"The contents of the buckets were delivered to a forensic specialist at the University of Florida in Gainesville to determine if the ashes and bone fragments match those of Jackson.",
"Haven, who is not represented by an attorney, posted a $10,000 bond and was released Wednesday morning.",
"The two minors involved in the case are currently being represented by public defenders, who could not comment.",
"A jury trial that was expected to take place on May 2 has been postponed, said Holloman.",
"Soto's public defender, Bill Miller, would not comment on the case.",
"Ely is not represented by an attorney.",
"Bargo also had a restraining order issued against him, forbidding contact with a person named Calib, who is not connected to the Jackson case, Holloman said."
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"NEW: Michael Bargo could face the death penalty if convicted, his attorney says .",
"NEW: \"We are not admitting any guilt at this time,\" says attorney Charles Holloman .",
"Divers find three paint buckets suspected of containing the victim's remains .",
"Bargo appeared in court Thursday, where he was denied bond."
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"Tokyo (CNN) -- Radioactive iodine in seawater around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant dropped sharply even before workers plugged a water leak believed to be from its crippled No.",
"2 reactor, the plant's owner said Wednesday night.",
"Stopping the flow of highly radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean was a key victory for workers who have struggled to keep the earthquake-damaged plant's reactors from overheating for nearly four weeks.",
"But the Tokyo Electric Power Co. and a top Japanese official warned the fight was far from over.",
"Concentrations of iodine-131 had been as high as 7.5 million times legal standards in water directly behind the plant after the leak was discovered Saturday.",
"They had dropped to less than 4 percent of that amount in the 24 hours before the leak had been cut off Wednesday morning, according to figures released by Tokyo Electric.",
"The level remained 280,000 times higher than the legal limit, but those concentrations were dropping sharply as the water flowed out into the Pacific.",
"Levels of longer-lived cesium-137 were down sharply as well but remained 61,000 times the legal standard, according to Tokyo Electric's water sampling data.",
"Samples from a monitoring point 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) southeast of the plant found iodine-131 levels down to 1.5 times legal levels, with no reading for cesium.",
"Japanese authorities said they believe the leaking water was part of the 8 metric tons (2,100 gallons) per hour being pumped in the No.",
"2 reactor, one of three that suffered core damage after the massive earthquake that struck northern Japan on March 11.",
"The water has been leaking into the basement of the unit's turbine plant, carrying with it radioactive particles that are the byproduct of nuclear reactors.",
"Until Wednesday, the fluid was pouring into the ocean from a cracked concrete shaft near the turbine plant's water intake.",
"Workers managed to use a silica-based polymer dubbed \"liquid glass\" to seal the breach Wednesday morning, but the Japanese government's top spokesman on the crisis said government and utility officials had other problems.",
"\"Is it completely stopped?",
"Are there any other areas where (radioactive) water is being released?\"",
"said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, the spokesman.",
"\"We cannot be optimistic, just because we were able to plug this one.\"",
"Hidehiko Nishiyama of Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said the now-contained water \"may lead to more leakage somewhere else.\"",
"Tokyo Electric began pumping nonflammable nitrogen into the primary containment vessel around reactor No.",
"1 early Thursday in what it said was a precautionary measure to counteract a possible buildup of hydrogen.",
"\"The possibility of a hydrogen explosion is extremely low,\" the company announced Wednesday night.",
"\"But more hydrogen could eventually develop in the containment vessel.\"",
"Hydrogen buildup is a symptom of overheating fuel rods and can cause explosions like the spectacular blasts that blew the roofs off the No 1 and No.",
"3 reactor buildings in the days after the March 11 earthquake.",
"But Tokyo Electric said it did not believe an explosion was imminent.",
"The radioactive cores of units 1-3 were damaged when the tsunami that followed the earthquake flooded the plant, knocking out power to its coolant systems and disabling backup generators needed to restore electricity.",
"Engineers responded by pumping water into the reactors from outside to stave off a feared meltdown, but they are now struggling with what to do with thousands of tons of now-contaminated liquid.",
"Since Monday night, the plant has been discharging nearly 10,000 tons of less radioactive water into the ocean, largely to make room in a waste treatment reservoir for the supercharged coolant leaking from the No.",
"2 reactor. \"Right now they have no systems available to them for processing liquid rad waste, and they're generating liquid rad waste at the rate of about 400,000 gallons a day,\" said Michael Friedlander, a former nuclear power plant operator.",
"\"So without any doubt whatsoever, if they don't put in place some systems to handle this, they are going to have to continue dumping the water into the ocean.\"",
"Tokyo Electric had released about three-quarters of the water -- which also came from the subdrains below reactors 5 and 6 -- by Wednesday night and had reduced its estimate of how much was being dumped from the treatment facility.",
"But the discharge, which Japanese officials called an emergency measure, drew protests from neighboring South Korea and enraged the country's fishermen.",
"Edano said Wednesday that the move was \"unavoidable\" and would minimize harm to the environment.",
"But he told reporters, \"We should have reported (more information) to the people who may be concerned, especially to the neighboring countries.\"",
"\"It was a measure to prevent more serious marine contamination, but we needed to explain the reasoning better,\" he said.",
"Members of Japan's fishery association voiced their ire in a Wednesday morning meeting with Tokyo Electric officials, complaining that they had argued against the measure beforehand and were not told until later that the process would begin.",
"Edano said the Japanese government is considering \"provisional compensation\" to give a more immediate boost to fishermen, ahead of a more final payment plan that may be established in the future.",
"Experts have said the releases likely won't pose any long-term health risks to humans or sea life.",
"It also helps that most of the radiatioactive particles detected are iodine-131, which loses half its radiation every eight days.",
"The emergency discharge equates to about five swimming pools, compared to \"about 300 trillion swimming pools of water\" that fill the Pacific Ocean, said Timothy Jorgensen, chairman of the radiation safety committee at Georgetown University Medical Center.",
"\"So hopefully the churning of the ocean and the currents will quickly disperse this so that it gets to very dilute concentrations relatively quickly.\"",
"After a tumultuous first few weeks, utility and government officials have described conditions recently in the plant's reactors and spent nuclear fuel pools as generally stable.",
"Levels of airborne radiation nearby and further away, meanwhile, steadily have been declining.",
"Still, the existence of significant amounts of collected radioactive water around the facility suggests that there may be other leaks -- and other problems.",
"Hiroo Saso, Susan Olson and Tsukushi Ikeda contributed to this report for CNN ."
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"Nitrogen being injected into Unit 1 due to hydrogen buildup .",
"One leak of highly radioactive water, from Unit No.",
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"(CNN) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could open the Morganza Spillway as early as Saturday, Louisiana Gov.",
"Bobby Jindal said Friday.",
"The Mississippi River Commission has directed the Corps to operate the crucial spillway once river flows reach a certain trigger: 1.5 million cubic feet per second.",
"Projections indicate the tipping point could be hit as early as Saturday evening, Jindal has said.",
"Opening the spillway would lower anticipated cresting levels along the lower Mississippi River and divert water from Baton Rouge and New Orleans but would flood much of low-lying south-central Louisiana.",
"Seven parishes are expected to be affected by the opening, according to the Corps.",
"The Mississippi River Commission has advised a \"slow opening,\" and the flood would spread gradually over several days, the Corps said.",
"The Morganza Spillway has not been opened since 1973.",
"Louisiana state and local officials braced for the possibility of major flooding in the Atchafalaya River Basin if, or when, federal authorities open the spillway north of Baton Rouge.",
"They advised residents to expect road closings.",
"Residents gawk at Mississippi's rise .",
"The National Guard worked around the clock to construct a flood barrier in Morgan City, Louisiana, where the Atchafalaya River was already 3.15 feet above flood stage, according to the National Weather Service.",
"The strategy in Morgan City, officials say, is to reinforce the levees around the city.",
"That's where efforts were being focused Friday, rather than on handing out sandbags to individual residents.",
"\"Really, we're just waiting,\" said Evie Bertaut, who has lived in Morgan City for 50 years.",
"Officials believe that the levees will protect the city from flooding, but some are taking preliminary precautions, she said.",
"At Sacred Heart Church, where Bertaut works, people spent the day moving important documents such a baptismal, marriage and financial records to the second floor.",
"\"Most people are getting their photographs together, things that you can't replace in case you have to go,\" she said.",
"A collective gasp as Louisiana town braces for flood .",
"Meanwhile, in the Arkansas town of Helena, the river crested at 56.5 feet -- 12.5 feet above flood stage, according to the National Weather Service.",
"The river's slow pace has given emergency responders more time to prepare, forecasters said.",
"But while the slow-moving water gives residents extra time to get ready, it also means that land could remain under water for some time.",
"Jindal urged southeastern Louisiana residents to evacuate.",
"\"Now is the time to take action,\" he said.",
"The U.S. Coast Guard said floodwaters could close the Mississippi River to ships at the New Orleans port as early as Monday morning.",
"To help New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers said Friday that it will open 52 more bays at the Bonnet Carre Spillway just north of the city, diverting water into Lake Pontchartrain.",
"That will mean a total of 264 bays will be open in the 350-bay spillway.",
"Stars talk about the flooding and response .",
"The National Weather Service said that as of Friday morning, the river was at 16.8 feet in New Orleans, just a fraction below flood stage.",
"It is expected to crest May 23 at more than 19 feet.",
"The New Orleans levees are built to withstand 20 feet, according to the weather service.",
"Upriver in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Police Chief Walter Armstrong said 600 residents had been evacuated as of Thursday night.",
"The river was expected to crest at 57.5 feet.",
"Flood stage at Vicksburg, the level at which the river may begin flowing over its banks, is 43 feet.",
"Armstrong said he expected higher water Friday, with more homes affected.",
"More than two dozen roads were closed and about 45 businesses will be closed by Friday.",
"Homes that were built between the levee and the Mississippi River were the first affected.",
"\"We estimate that every home built on the river side of the levee from Memphis all the way to the Louisiana line is flooded,\" said Mike Womack, executive director of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.",
"Residents near Vicksburg counted on a levee for protection.",
"In addition to the mainline levee along the river, starting near Vicksburg and extending northeast for more than 20 miles, a so-called backwater levee offers shelter.",
"The backwater levee is designed to keep water from backing into the Yazoo River delta and is designed lower than the mainline levee so that water can flow over it.",
"That level is expected to be reached Monday, said Charlie Tindall, attorney for the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners.",
"The backwater levee was being \"armored\" by a heavy plastic coating to prevent it from washing out, he said.",
"Nonetheless, 1.4 million acres in Mississippi, including 602,000 acres where crops are growing, could flood, said Rickey Grey of the state's Department of Agriculture.",
"Across the South and lower Midwest, floodwaters have covered about 3 million acres of farmland, eroding for many farmers what could have been a profitable year for corn, wheat, rice and cotton, officials said.",
"In Arkansas, the Farm Bureau estimated that damage to the state's agriculture could top more than $500 million as more than 1 million acres of cropland are under water.",
"Womack talks about flood costs .",
"\"It's in about 10 feet of water,\" Dyersburg, Tennessee, farmer Jimmy Moody said of his 440 acres of winter wheat, which was to be harvested in the coming month.",
"Other farmers in Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Arkansas rushed to salvage what wheat they could ahead of the rising water.",
"As for corn, farmers who were able to get into the fields during a soggy planting season in late March and April are seeing their crops in some cases under several feet of water.",
"Some officials said Thursday that spillover effects resulting from the flood could threaten other industries.",
"That includes the possibility that the Waterford 3 nuclear power plant in Taft, Louisiana, could be closed, according to CNN affiliate WGNO.",
"The Mississippi River is expected to crest at 26.6 feet in Taft on May 23.",
"If it reaches 27 feet, officials told WGNO, the plant's water intake system could shut down.",
"NBA's Grizzlies inspired by fans in flooded Memphis .",
"Carl Rhode of Entergy, the plant's operator, told WGNO that the threat to the intake system is not a matter of nuclear safety.",
"However, Scott Welchel, a St. Charles Parish Emergency Operations Center official, said shutting down the plant would have a \"domino effect\" on local industries.",
"\"It would impact every industry along the river,\" Welchel said.",
"\"That's just something that isn't easy for people to deal with, especially on a moment's notice.\"",
"For residents in communities along the river, the damage has been far more devastating than can be measured in dollars and cents.",
"Danny Moore of Millington, Tennessee, told CNN affiliate WPTY that the recent disaster marked the second time in one year that flooding took away nearly everything he had.",
"Moore said that after a flood destroyed all of his furniture last year, he decided to move everything he owned into rented storage space.",
"However, those belongings were destroyed when his storage unit was flooded several days ago.",
"\"They say bad luck comes in threes.",
"I hope this is the end of it,\" Moore told WPTY.",
"The Millington resident said he lost a house to a fire in 2009.",
"Moore said he is too preoccupied with taking care of his girlfriend, who is suffering from an infection that is damaging her liver, to look for new furniture.",
"\"We'll do what we've got to do and keep praying,\" Moore said, holding back tears.",
"CNN's Mariano Castillo, Mia Aquino and Erica Henry contributed to this report."
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"NEW: Army Corps of Engineers is expected to open the spillway once river flows hit a trigger .",
"NEW: Projections indicate the tipping point could come as early as Saturday, Jindal says .",
"NEW: The Morganza Spillway has not been opened since 1973 .",
"Opening the Morganza Spillway would flood the Atchafalaya River Basin ."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama doesn't often offer praise for President George W. Bush's foreign policy, but on Monday he offered the outgoing head of state accolades for battling AIDS in Africa.",
"Zimbabwean orphan Evans Mahlangu shows the free medicine he got by walking to Mozambique in February.",
"\"I salute President Bush for his leadership in crafting a plan for AIDS relief in Africa and backing it up with funding dedicated to saving lives and preventing the spread of the disease,\" Obama said in taped remarks to the Saddleback Civil Forum on Global Health.",
"The videotape was played during a forum marking the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day, established by the World Health Organization to raise awareness about the disease.",
"Under the Bush administration, more than 2 million people infected with HIV -- most of them in Africa -- have received lifesaving anti-retroviral treatment as part of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR.",
"In July, Bush signed legislation re-authorizing the program and authorizing up to $48 billion to expand it.",
"Watch how one man is using soccer to raise awareness » .",
"Obama promised to continue working \"to address the crisis around the world.\"",
"Obama's compliment was one in a series of paeans offered via videotape by world leaders to Bush, who will step down in January after two terms in the Oval Office.",
"\"President Bush's efforts have saved literally millions of lives,\" said former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.",
"President Paul Kagame said Rwanda was much better off because of Bush's dedication to improving global health, and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated Bush on \"his legacy of leadership.\"",
"\"The president's emergency plan for AIDS relief has made it possible for people in countries hardest hit by the disease to receive treatment,\" the U.N. chief said.",
"Afterward, first lady Laura Bush said, \"That's sweet, so sweet.\"",
"Bush, who was awarded the first \"International Medal of Peace\" by Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren, said Monday the program had beaten its goal of getting anti-retroviral medicines to 2 million people infected with HIV within five years.",
"Watch a South African discuss living with AIDS » .",
"\"I insisted upon measurable goals because I felt that lives needed to be saved,\" he said.",
"\"And if you don't have measurable goals, lives might not be saved.\"",
"On Sunday, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters that nearly 240,000 babies have been born HIV-free because of U.S. support for programs to prevent HIV-positive pregnant women from infecting their children.",
"PEPFAR was launched in 2003, when just 50,000 people in all of sub-Saharan Africa were receiving anti-retroviral treatment.",
"Even with Bush's effort, WHO reports that only 31 percent of people in low- to middle-income countries who needed treatment received it last year, and the number of new cases is increasing 2.7 times faster than the number of new people getting treatment.",
"The U.S. Centers for Disease Control first brought AIDS to the public's attention in 1981 when it published a report about five gay men who had become sick with a rare form of pneumonia linked to depressed immunity.",
"Twenty-seven years later, CDC estimates that 1.1 million people in the United States are infected with HIV, and that about one in five of them is not aware of his or her status.",
"Watch how the stigma still lingers in the U.S. » .",
"The WHO estimates that 33 million people worldwide live with HIV, and another 7,500 infections occur daily.",
"In a statement posted on the organization's Web site, WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan called AIDS \"the most challenging and probably the most devastating infectious disease humanity has ever had to face.\"",
"She also emphasized the need for \"predictable, sustainable and substantial\" funding, despite the world economic crisis.",
"\"We must ensure that the current unprecedented rollout of treatment reaches more people and is fully sustainable.",
"Stepping back or slowing down on treatment is not an acceptable option on ethical and humanitarian grounds,\" Chan said.",
"CNN's Elaine Quijano contributed to this report."
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"More than 2 million people received lifesaving drugs because of Bush's plan .",
"Obama promises to continue working \"to address the crisis around the world\"\nWHO: Cases crop up 2.7 times faster than number of new people getting treatment .",
"White House: Nearly quarter-million babies born HIV-free because of plan ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- Three Somali men pleaded guilty on Friday to piracy and hostage-taking charges involving the yacht Quest, a February hijacking that ended with the death of four American citizens.",
"Mohamud Hirs Issa Ali, Mohamud Salad Ali and Ali Abdi Mohamed -- all in their 30s -- entered guilty pleas in federal court in Norfolk, Virginia.",
"The piracy and hostage-taking charges carry mandatory life sentences.",
"In their plea agreements, the three men said, \"They played no role in the murder of the four United States citizens,\" according to a news release.",
"Americans Scott and Jean Adams, Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle were found shot to death when U.S. forces boarded the yacht.",
"The guilty pleas are an important step, said FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Janice Fedarcyk of the New York Field Office.",
"\"Modern piracy isn't swordplay and derring-do; it's armed robbery and cold-blooded murder at sea.",
"The FBI remains determined to see pirates brought to justice,\" she said.",
"U.S. Attorney Neil MacBride said, \"If you pirate an American ship, you will be caught and you'll face severe consequences in an American courtroom.\""
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"The hijacking of the yacht Quest in February ended with four deaths .",
"The piracy and hostage-taking charges carry mandatory life sentences .",
"The three Somali men deny any role in the deaths ."
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"(CNN) -- Vowing to crackdown on a new wave of anti-government protests, President Alexander Lukashenko warned Sunday in Minsk there will be \"no color revolution\" scenarios in Belarus, the nation he has ruled with an iron fist since 1994, the official Belarusian Telegraph Company reported.",
"The so called \"clapping protesters\", as the peaceful yet defiant anti-government movement gaining momentum throughout Belarus has become known, will not be allowed to snowball into another government-toppling insurrection inspired by the Arab Spring and fueled by the Internet, Lukashenko said.",
"In late 2004 and early 2005, the so-called \"Orange Revolution\" toppled the government of Ukraine, another former Soviet republic.",
"\"We will overcome any difficulties and endure the hardships imposed on us,\" Lukashenko said.",
"\"They want to bring us to our knees... That's not going to happen,\" he said.",
"On Sunday, police used tear gas and batons against hundreds of protesters as they marched peacefully on Independence Day by clapping in unison as the president spoke, Russia's official Ria Novosti news agency reported.",
"In return, Lukashenko lashed out against the protesting crowd saying he will continue to meet any dissent with full-force, blaming outside influences for fomenting domestic unrest by handing support the Internet-fueled protesters who call themselves The Revolution Through Social Networks, the agency reported.",
"In the past weeks, protesters have been organizing themselves via the Internet through social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, despite a government forced shutdown of these sites.",
"According VIASNA, a Faceboook page on Human Rights in Belarus, 460 people were detained on the June 21, including several journalists, foreign nationals and even a Swedish diplomat who was later released.",
"The Internet-organized rallies spread over the republic and took place in Brest, Grodno, Gomel, Mogilev and other cities, Russia's Itar-Tass news agency reported.",
"While CNN cannot independently confirm the arrests, Russian news agencies reported that hundreds of people have been detained in the last few weeks, many sent to isolation units.",
"Belarus, once called \"last remaining true dictatorship in the heart of Europe\" by former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, is facing one of its worse economic crisis since it became independent from the Soviet Union in 1991.",
"Early this year, the United States and the European Union prolonged sanctions against Belarus as a response to the political crackdown in the wake of the presidential election of December 2010.",
"According to the U.S. Department of State, presidential opposition candidate Andrey Sannikau and five other candidates and activists and were convicted and given hard sentences as part of the post-electoral crackdown.",
"The United Nations Human Rights Council voted in June to condemn what they deemed the \"persecution\" of opposition leaders in Belarus.",
"The U.N. resolution \"urges the Government of Belarus to end the politically motivated persecution and harassment of opposition leaders, representatives of civil society, human rights defenders, lawyers, independent media, students and those defending them.\"",
"Heavily dependent on Russian imports, Belarus is facing a 36% devaluation of its currency, Russia's Itar-Tass reported."
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"Belarus president vows to resist anti-government movement .",
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"News reports say police used tear gas and batons on protesters Sunday ."
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"(CNN) -- Chechen security agents have killed a top al Qaeda militant believed to responsible for numerous terrorist attacks in Russia's Northern Caucasus region, officials announced Friday.",
"Chechnya's Interior Ministry said Yusef Muhammed al Emirat, a native of Saudi Arabia, died Thursday during a sting operation in the mountainous district of south Chechnya.",
"He also operated under the name \"Mohanned.\"",
"\"Mohanned was one of the most notorious warlords,\" Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov told reporters in the Chechen capital, Grozny.",
"\"For a long period of time, he was responsible for supplying armed groups with money, training militants and devising plans to commit terrorist acts.\"",
"Russia's National Anti-Terrorist Committee said Mohanned was\"directly involved in virtually every suicide terrorist attack committed in the Russian Federation over the past few years,\" according to intelligence information gained from captured Chechen rebels.",
"According to the Interior Ministry, Mohanned and another rebel, Chechen Ilez Sultygov, were killed on Thursday after security forces approached the men and ordered them to surrender.",
"Police said they responded with machine-gun fire and were killed.",
"No security officers were killed or wounded.",
"Rebels in Chechnya started out fighting for independence in the 1990s, but in recent years, the fight has been aimed more at imposing Islamist rule and asserting their authority in the area.",
"The fight has exacted a heavy toll in the North Caucasus region where Chechnya is located, and has now spread to other regions of Russia.",
"The standard of living in the southwestern republic is poor compared with the rest of Russia.",
"Unemployment is rampant and infant mortality is high.",
"In addition, the Chechen population of about 1 million is mostly made up of Sunni Muslims, who maintain a distinctly different cultural and linguistic identity from Russian Orthodox Christians.",
"The conflict dates back some 20 years, with Chechens having laid claim to land in the Caucasus Mountains region.",
"Thousands have been killed and 500,000 Chechen people have been displaced from the fighting.",
"A Chechen rebel leader took the responsibility for the deadly bombings that rocked two subway stations in central Moscow in March 2010.",
"Russian security forces killed 17 suspected militants in the southern Russian region of Ingushetia last month, after a January 24 airport suicide bombing in Moscow this year.",
"In addition, Chechen rebels held 700 audience-members hostage in a Moscow theater in 2002.",
"A Russian effort to free them resulted in the deaths of 120 hostages.",
"Chechen rebels also were accused of downing two Russian airplanes in 2004.",
"And they took over a school in Beslan in the North Ossetia region in 2004.",
"When the siege ended, more than 330 people had died -- half of them children.",
"In recent years, the insurgency has moved to the east and the west -- to the republics of Dagestan and Ingushetia, where rebels are fighting troops to destabilize the region."
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"Two al Qaeda militants die on Thursday after Chechen security forces confront them .",
"Chechen's president says one of the militants was responsible for supplying armed groups in the region .",
"Yusef Muhammed al Emirat is accused of being involved in nearly every suicide attack in the Russian Federation in recent years .",
"Rebels in Chechnya started out fighting for independence ."
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"(CNN) -- New Mexico homeowners who were evacuated more than a week ago will be allowed to return home Tuesday, fire officials said.",
"\"Homeowners will be driven to their homes in government vehicles to stay,\" said Reynaldo Rivera, public information officer for the Los Conchas fire.",
"Thousands of families in Cochiti Mesa were forced from their homes shortly after the massive fire began June 26.",
"On Monday, more than 2,100 firefighters were battling the wildfire that was still threatening hundreds of buildings and ancient sites on Indian lands in northern New Mexico.",
"The Las Conchas fire has scorched more than 123,000 acres and destroyed more than 100 buildings, including 63 homes, according to InciWeb, an online interagency database that keeps track of natural disasters such as fires and floods.",
"The fire was 27 percent contained, the website stated.",
"\"We are not out of the woods yet,\" said Brad Pitassi, an incident management team spokesman.",
"\"This will take a long time to contain.\"",
"The fire was threatening a number of ancient American Indian sites.",
"It had burned thousands of acres on the Santa Clara Indian Reservation and had spread onto the Bandelier National Monument, home to ancient Pueblo homes, rock paintings and petroglyphs, fire officials said.",
"Federal agencies also warned that heavy smoke and ash was making air quality unhealthy as far away as Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Taos, and they warned the elderly, children and those with heart or lung problems to stay indoors, according to a news release from federal agencies associated with the firefight.",
"Since starting last week, the Las Conchas fire quickly expanded into the Santa Fe National Forest and Jemez Ranger District.",
"It spread rapidly because of strong winds, high temperatures and dry conditions that have similarly fueled dozens of other fires around the region.",
"Despite continued challenges, firefighters made some significant progress over the weekend.",
"Most notably, Los Alamos County Police Chief Wayne Torpy announced that a majority of roadblocks across the county were being lifted, allowing roughly 10,000 residents to return home.",
"Investigators determined that the fire was sparked after an aspen tree knocked down by strong winds struck a power line and caught fire, said New Mexico State Forester Tony Delfin.",
"The tree then hit the ground and sparked nearby vegetation, he said.",
"The fire has engulfed much of the Santa Fe National Forest, the Valles Caldera National Preserve and Bandelier National Park.",
"It also prompted the closure of Los Alamos National Laboratory.",
"On Saturday, the state of emergency for the lab was lifted, and the lab announced that it will reopen to employees Wednesday.",
"At no time were nuclear or hazardous materials on site threatened, the laboratory said in a statement, adding that it was moving into an \"operational recovery mode.\"",
"About 20 archaeologists are also part of the firefighting effort, charged with identifying and helping minimize damage from spreading fires or suppression efforts.",
"At least one is assigned to each bulldozer and road grader, one of a host of measures taken to protect archaeological sites, according to the Incident Management Team.",
"The fire already burned over many such sites in the area, which is known for its Native American history.",
"The Las Conchas fire is just one of dozens still burning in the United States, especially in the Southwest.",
"Several of those are also in New Mexico, including the 100,831-acre Donaldson fire, about 10 miles south of Hondo, and the 10,250-acre Pacheco fire, about nine miles north of Santa Fe.",
"Pitassi said that a combination of \"extremely dry fuels,\" rugged terrain, strong winds and high temperatures have led to a \"record-breaking year\" for wildfires in the United States -- and one that still has no clear end in sight.",
"\"We've had almost a perfect-storm scenario,\" he said.",
"CNN's Antoinette Campbell contributed to this report ."
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"Thousands of residents can return home Tuesday .",
"The Las Conchas fire is still threatening a number of ancient American Indian sites .",
"Los Alamos National Laboratory will reopen to employees Wednesday .",
"More than 123,000 acres have been burned since the fire started ."
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"(CNN) -- Federal authorities began closing portions of central Louisiana's Morganza Spillway as the swollen Mississippi River receded Wednesday, reducing the need to divert water down another waterway.",
"The Army Corps of Engineers announced Wednesday that it already had closed three of the 17 open bays at the Morganza Spillway, which was opened May 14 to prevent the Mississippi from flooding New Orleans and Baton Rouge.",
"The Corps said much as 1.2 million gallons (172,000 cubic feet) per second had been pouring through the spillway, which diverted water through the Atchafalaya River basin to the Gulf of Mexico west of New Orleans.",
"The resulting high water has caused some flooding down the Atchafalaya.",
"But the water levels \"continue to be lower than anticipated\" throughout the basin, Corps spokesman Ken Holder said in a statement announcing the decision.",
"The river remained about four feet above flood stage Wednesday night at Bayou Sorrel and about 7 feet over flood stage at Morgan City, on the approaches to the Gulf.",
"But it was more than five feet lower at the town of Krotz Springs and about two feet below flood stage at Butte LaRose, about 20 miles south of the spillway.",
"Rising water levels forced Louisiana authorities to halt boat traffic down a four-mile stretch of the Atchafalaya around the town of Butte LaRose starting Thursday, since the surface of the river had climbed to within seven feet of high-voltage power lines, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced.",
"The 125-bay Morganza Spillway was last opened during a 1973 flood."
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"The spillway was opened May 14 to head off flooding in southern Louisiana .",
"The move diverted water down the Atchafalaya River basin to the Gulf of Mexico .",
"Three of the spillway's 17 opened bays had been closed by Wednesday ."
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"(CNN) -- The Syrian government on Thursday warned its citizens not to participate in unlicensed protests, saying that \"the laws in force in Syria will be implemented for serving the security of the citizens and the stability of the homeland.\"",
"The announcement came late in a day during which Syrian tanks and security forces swooped down hard on the restive city of Daraa, witnesses said.",
"Helicopters hovered as security forces fanned out across the besieged city, breaking into homes and making arrests.",
"Streets were littered with dead bodies and dwellings had no water or electricity.",
"A city near the Jordanian border, Daraa is where the anti-government protests began and took hold last month.",
"Now it is a test for police and soldiers attempting to quell protests and a government trying to cope with angry unrest.",
"Also Thursday, the Muslim Brotherhood entered the fray by offering support for the protesters.",
"\"Hereby, we announce that we will be part of this national project led by the spectacular vision and the great spirit of the Syrian youth and we call upon all Syrians of all backgrounds to join in establishing a national project in which all Syrians achieve what they have dreamt of -- liberty, freedom and progress,\" the Islamic political group said in a statement.",
"Human Rights Watch said army troops and other security forces have killed more than 300 protesters since March 16.",
"Other sources have cited higher numbers, and the government reports security personnel have also been killed.",
"Many of the deaths have occurred in and around Daraa, where heavy firing could be heard Thursday and smoke was seen rising from homes, mosques and schools.",
"Hundreds of snipers were stationed on the roofs of several buildings and security forces were shelling the city with mortars and anti-aircraft weapons, a witness said.",
"One witness said dozens of tanks rumbled across a bridge and fired shells, as people hurled rocks at the tanks and tried to stop them from moving into the old part of the city.",
"Another witness said security forces making mass arrests detained a large number of young men.",
"A resident said people were too scared to take the wounded to hospitals since the streets were filled with security forces.",
"Residents have gone without electricity, milk and medicine for four days, said the witness, who asked not to be named for security reasons.",
"CNN was not able to independently confirm the accounts.",
"The unrest began in Daraa in March after teens were arrested for scribbling anti-government graffiti.",
"People protested the arrests, security forces greeted the demonstrators harshly, and that emboldened more rallies.",
"Protests spread to other parts of Syria, where the same dynamic played out, despite promises and gestures of reform by the regime of Bashar al-Assad.",
"There's been an outcry in many international quarters due to the use of force against the peaceful gatherings.",
"Human Rights Watch Wednesday urged Arab countries to \"join international efforts to establish an independent international inquiry\" into the issue.",
"\"In recent days President Bashar al-Assad's government cut off access and communications with several cities, sending in tanks and troops in an effort to crush widespread public dissent,\" the group said.",
"The U.N. Security Council debated Syria on Wednesday but failed to agree on a response to the crisis.",
"The situation has even made its way into the planning for Friday's royal wedding in Britain of Prince William and Kate Middleton.",
"The entire Syrian diplomatic corps was invited to the event as a matter of protocol, but the British Foreign Office said Thursday that Syria's ambassador to the United Kingdom is now not welcome \"in the light of this week's attacks against civilians by the Syrian security forces, which we have condemned.\"",
"CNN's Raja Razek and Nada Husseini contributed to this report ."
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"NEW: Muslim Brotherhood offers support for the protesters .",
"\"The laws in force in Syria will be implemented,\" government warns .",
"Daraa is the scene of tanks, helicopters, and mass arrests, witnesses say .",
"Residents are afraid to go out to collect the dead, a witness says ."
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"BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNN) -- Argentinians planning to travel to the northern part of the country, Brazil and Paraguay were lining up for vaccinations Tuesday, because of a yellow fever breakout that has killed at least 21 people in the region.",
"An Argentinian man receives a vaccination in Buenos Aires, Argentina.",
"Public health officials recommend that anyone planning to travel to an affected area get the vaccine -- which is effective for a decade -- 10 days before arriving.",
"Concern in Argentina began last month, when health authorities reported finding 17 dead monkeys in Pinalito Park, in the San Pedro Department of Misiones Province.",
"Tests showed they had died of yellow fever.",
"But the Ministry of Health's Dr. Hugo Fernandez pointed out that the last documented case of yellow fever among people in Argentina was in 1841.",
"\"What we have had until now is death in monkeys from the transmission of the virus,\" he said.",
"\"That put us on alert, and we have put in place all the necessary controls since January of this year.\"",
"Watch residents line up for the vaccines » .",
"The Ministry of Health recommended that residents and travelers to the \"high-alert\" area in northern Argentina, near the borders of Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, also receive the vaccine.",
"On Monday, Paraguay's Ministry of Health and Social Welfare confirmed 16 cases, eight of them fatal, in two areas in the center of the country -- San Pedro Department and Central Department.",
"Brazil had tallied 13 deaths, the country's Ministry of Health said.",
"As of Saturday, more than half of the 2 million vaccine doses obtained by Paraguay from the World Health Organization had been administered, the government said.",
"A team from the WHO's Pan American Health Organization has been working in the country since February 15.",
"Some Paraguayans have endured long waits for vaccines in sweltering heat.",
"\"Citizens pay taxes for our health and education, but there are no vaccines here,\" Cynthia Shaerer, told CNN last week.",
"\"We don't need speeches here.",
"We need vaccines.\"",
"People contract yellow fever from the bite of an infected mosquito.",
"The disease causes fever, muscle pain, headaches, shivering, nausea and vomiting, the World Health Organization says.",
"Most people improve after three or four days, but some enter a second \"toxic\" phase that causes fever, jaundice and blood in the vomit, the health organization says.",
"About half of the people who enter the second phase of yellow fever die within 10 days.",
"There is no treatment, so medical authorities recommend vaccinations.",
"Yellow fever typically is found in tropical regions of Africa and Latin America.",
"E-mail to a friend .",
"CNN's Carolina Cayazzo and Sanie Lopez Garelli contributed to this story ."
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"Disease outbreak has occurred in northern Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay .",
"The outbreak has killed at least 21 people .",
"Health officials recommend that people planning to go to affected areas get vaccine .",
"Concern began in Argentina last month after 17 monkeys died of yellow fever ."
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"Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- About 250 people raced across the Syrian border into Turkey, government officials said Saturday, a flight that reflects the fear and violence gripping the Arab nation.",
"The people hustled to the southern Turkish Yaylidagi district in Hatay province on Friday afternoon, according to local and federal government officials.",
"Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Selcuk Unal said the government is trying to determine more about the people and how and why they chose to leave Syria.",
"\"They just came to the border post and want to go in without passports.",
"They were let in,\" Unal said.",
"\"We are trying to figure out whether this is an individual event or the tip of the iceberg.\"",
"Yaylidagi Mayor Mustafa Kemal Dagistanli and another local government official, who asked not to be named, said the people are Syrian citizens and Muslims.",
"The local official said most of the people are ethnic Turkmens, and three of them speak Turkish.",
"Most of them are from Qamishli, in the northeastern region, and Latakia, on the western coast.",
"The official said the people say they've been persecuted by the government of President Bashar al-Assad -- now locked in confrontation across the country with anti-government protesters.",
"\"The group is mostly young, there are women and children among them,\" the official said.",
"\"They are in good health condition.",
"There are no health problems.\"",
"The military, the local government and the Red Crescent are assisting them with tents and food."
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"Syrians citizens hightail it to Turkey .",
"Most of them are ethnic Turkmens, an official says .",
"Turkey wonders if this is \"the tip of the iceberg\""
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"(CNN) -- Dozens more workers Monday joined the effort to clean up an oil spill that dumped hundreds of barrels of crude into Montana's Yellowstone River over the weekend, ExxonMobil said.",
"ExxonMobil said between 750 to 1,000 barrels (32,000 to 42,000 gallons) of oil escaped late Friday when a pipeline ruptured beneath the river near Billings.",
"Some of the oil has washed ashore or formed pools of \"milky brown\" residue in river eddies, Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder said.",
"High water and a swift current has helped break up the spill, local officials said.",
"But cleanup efforts have been hampered by flooding that has made it harder to track and clean up the oil, said Linder and Duane Winslow, the county's emergency services director.",
"The Yellowstone was running above flood stage over the weekend, sweeping brush and logs into the river, and had a 5- to 7-mph current Sunday.",
"\"It's too dangerous to do anything on the river, to put out any sort of boats or anything,\" Winslow said.",
"\"So people will be working from the shores rather than out in the middle of the river.\"",
"About 80 people were expected Monday to join the 120 working to contain the oil spill, ExxonMobil said in a statement posted late Sunday on its website.",
"Cleanup crews are using absorbent pads to soak up oil, boom to isolate oil that has pooled adjacent to the river and vacuum trucks and tankers to pick up and dispose of the oil, it said.",
"The spill was discovered late Friday night near Laurel, west of Billings and about 100 miles downstream from Yellowstone National Park.",
"The pipeline feeds an ExxonMobil refinery in Billings, and the company said it had shut down the line within minutes.",
"\"We will stay with the cleanup until it is complete, and we sincerely apologize to the people of Montana for any inconvenience the incident is creating,\" Gary Pruessing, the president of ExxonMobil's pipeline subsidiary, said in a statement issued Sunday.",
"There were no reports of wildlife being endangered by the spill, Tim Thennis, who is leading the response for the Montana's Disaster Emergency Services agency, said Sunday.",
"Rescue worker with the International Bird Rescue also were expected to join cleanup efforts Monday, ExxonMobil said.",
"The Montana Audubon Conservation Education Center and Yellowstone Valley Audubon have offered to provide wildlife recovery services and facilities, it said.",
"The spill forced the evacuation of more than 200 nearby residents after it was discovered Friday night, but they were allowed to return Saturday morning.",
"Laurel rancher Lloyd Webber said the spill left a \"pretty heavy\" smell of oil hanging over the area Friday night as he and his wife left their home.",
"\"We went to the Perkins in Billings and drank coffee for two or three hours, then went back,\" said Webber, who lives about a half-mile from the river.",
"ExxonMobil said it had received more than 70 calls to its community claims line.",
"ExxonMobil did not say whether these calls were individual claims or what the claims were being made.",
"The Yellowstone is one of the tributaries of the Missouri River, which it joins in neighboring North Dakota.",
"Thennis said state agencies, the federal Environmental Protection Agency and ExxonMobil are working together to clean up the spill.",
"CNN's Matt Smith, Joe Sutton and Chelsea J. Carter contributed to this report."
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"High water and a swift current has helped break up an oil spill .",
"Exxon says about 750 to 1,000 barrels of oil spilled in the Yellowstone .",
"The spill occurred when a pipeline ruptured near Billings .",
"Cleanup efforts have been hampered by flooding ."
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"(CNN) -- A man who was taking part in a human cannonball show in Detling, England, was fatally injured Monday when the event failed to go off as planned, Kent police said.",
"The incident occurred in the afternoon during Scott May's Daredevil Stunt Show at the Kent County Showground, southeast of London, police said.",
"The British Press Association, citing police, said a safety net failed to engage.",
"A Kent Police spokesman declined to identify the man beyond saying he was in his 20s.",
"Relatives of the man had been informed of the mishap, but his body had not been formally identified, a police spokesman said.",
"A statement on the Scott May website said all shows had been canceled \"until further notice.\"",
"The stunt show, which has been touring since 1991, features monster trucks, two-wheel driving, fire stunts and car crashes.",
"David Smith Jr., who holds the Guinness Book of World Records entry for distance shot from a cannon (59.05 meters), said he had not before heard the terminology about a safety net's failure to engage, but said careful planning can make the shots less dangerous.",
"Smith, 33, whose father taught the stunt to his seven children, has been ejected from the barrel of a cannon some 5,000 times.",
"It can be nerve-wracking, the record-holder said, but should not prove disastrous.",
"\"We've never had a cannon not fire or miss a net, and I mean we're talking tens of thousands of cannon shots combined between us all,\" he told CNN in a telephone interview.",
"After 14 years of taking his act across around the world, \"I feel that my cannon shots are probably safer than me driving to the next show -- because I control my environment and I control my equipment.\"",
"Still, he acknowledged, \"We've had some broken bones and stuff.\"",
"He expressed condolences to the family of the man who died."
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"The incident occurred during Scott May's Daredevil Stunt Show .",
"The British Press Association said a safety net failed during the stunt .",
"Police have not released the victim's name ."
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"(CNN) -- Ferrari's Fernando Alonso set a blistering pace on the first practice day ahead of this weekend's Formula One Monaco Grand Prix.",
"The Spaniard edged out McLaren's British driver Lewis Hamilton in the afternoon session after drivers' championship leader Sebastian Vettel had gone fastest for Red Bull in the morning.",
"Alonso's quickest lap of one minute 15.123 seconds was 0.105 secs ahead of Hamilton, while Nico Rosberg was third in his Mercedes.",
"McLaren's Jenson Button was fourth with Vettel fifth, Felipe Massa sixth and Michael Schumacher seventh.",
"\"I'm confident with the car,\" Alonso told reporters.",
"\"I'm happy to push and I'm pushing more and more every lap with no big surprises from the car.",
"\"Monaco is about confidence in the car and having a good set-up which enables you to brake later, to go into the corners quicker and to go closer to the wall with no big risk.",
"At the moment the car is offering me that possibility so I'm happy.\"",
"Alonso is currently fifth in the standings, 67 points behind Vettel but is showing signs of improvement after a difficult start to the season.",
"The Spaniard showed glimpses of form at last Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix, which he led for 18 laps before finishing fifth, but was wary that his rivals would raise their game going into qualifying on Saturday.",
"\"It's only Thursday and we know that on Saturday the pressure will increase,\" he said.",
"\"Red Bull always test different things on Fridays and then on Saturday they are very strong so I expect them to be competitive in qualifying.",
"This is a very unique venue so anything can happen here.\"",
"Hamilton, whose victory in China is his sole success this season, trails Vettel by 41 points, but demonstrated in the afternoon session he could be a big threat to the podium this weekend.",
"Hamilton told reporters he is a big fan of Monaco: \"It is fantastic, I love this track.",
"I've just been so excited all day.",
"I kept it out of trouble and I'm happy with the balance of the car and our high-fuel run.",
"\"It is going to be close, though, as the Red Bull is fast and the Ferrari looks fast too.",
"But I'm pushing and pushing, I want to win this grand prix.\"",
"In the morning session Vettel's recorded a fastest lap of one minute 16.619secs with Alonso close behind.",
"The second practice session at Monaco is on Saturday, swiftly followed by qualifying."
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"Fernando Alonso is fastest during practice for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix .",
"The Ferrari driver edged out McLaren's Lewis Hamilton with Nico Rosberg third .",
"McLaren's Jenson Button was fourth with championship leader Sebastian Vettel fifth .",
"Red Bull's Vettel was quickest during the morning session ."
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"LONDON, England -- Malaria is preventable and curable, yet every 30 seconds, a child in sub-Saharan Africa dies from the disease, according to the World Health Organization.",
"The Roll Back Malaria partnership has pledged money for nets, anti-malarial treatments and research for a vaccine.",
"Last year on April 25, the World Malaria Day initiative was launched to raise awareness of the disease and efforts to control malaria around the world, as part of the Roll Back Malaria partnership -- a global group of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and governments.",
"The groups behind Roll Back Malaria set ambitious goals to ensure universal access to malaria medication and treated mosquito nets in Africa by the end of 2010.",
"They also announced plans to attain near zero malaria-related deaths by 2015.",
"According to the WHO, the malaria currently kills one million people every year.",
"As the second World Malaria Day approaches, how successful has the Roll Back Malaria partnership been in its aims?",
"Certainly, in the past two years, rapid progress has been made in malaria control, including a 60 percent decrease in malaria-related deaths in some countries such as Ethiopia and Zambia, according to figures from the WHO.",
"Richard Feachem is director of the Global Health Group, an organization launched to design malaria control programs in developing countries.",
"Writing in the medical journal Lancet, he said: \"Overall, we have many reasons to be optimistic.",
"\"Except for those countries that are politically dysfunctional or suffering major conflicts, the 61 malaria control countries in the heartland will make great progress in reducing death and sickness from malaria over the next 10 years.\"",
"\"The challenge now is the implementation gap between political commitment, ambition, and availability of funds, and the capacity at ground level to do the work that needs to be done.\"",
"The Roll Back Malaria partnership's profile has also been raised by the surge of new NGOs such as Malaria No More, and their partnerships with international celebrities.",
"Footballer David Beckham and actor Ashton Kutcher recently lent their support to the cause.",
"Earlier this month, Kutcher won a Twitter race against CNN to reach one million followers.",
"The actor pledged 10,000 mosquito nets to Malaria No More, if he beat CNN, and 1,000 if he lost.",
"CNN agreed to do the same.",
"CNN's founder Ted Turner's United Nations Foundation has also donated $2 million to deliver insecticide-treated bed nets to more than 630,000 people in African refugee camps.",
"\"Since last year, we have achieved enormous progress in many countries by donating money, assistance and monitoring progress,\" executive director of Roll Back Malaria, professor Awa-Marie Coll-Seck, told CNN.",
"Read our malaria A to Z guide .",
"And last week, the partnership decided on a new plan to subsidize anti-malarial medication in 11 African countries at first, where one treatment dose now costs $10 in the private sector, more than many Africans earn in a week.",
"\"We will negotiate with pharmaceutical companies to make them reduce the price of anti-malarial medication\" said Coll-Seck, a former Senegalese Health Minister.",
"As a result, the price of medication will be expected to drop to at least a tenth of its current price.",
"To achieve all its goals, Coll-Seck says the partnership needs $5 billion.",
"They have already received $2 billion from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the United States Presidential Malaria Initiative -- launched by President Bush in 2005 -- and foundations like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.",
"\"I think that achieving zero deaths by 2015 is a very ambitious goal,\" Awa explained, \"but I believe at least several countries will be able to achieve it.",
"On a global scale, we still need progress.\"",
"Janet Hemingway, CEO of the Innovative Vector Control Consortium at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, believes the Roll Back Malaria partnership was right to strive for such ambitious targets.",
"\"We have to strive for these goals\" she told CNN, \"because unless they set these goals, we're never going to achieve them.",
"\"Now it's up to us on the ground to make them happen.\""
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"As World Malaria Day approaches, many are optimistic about ending malaria deaths .",
"In the past two years, rapid progress has been made in malaria control .",
"Some countries like Zambia have reported a 60 percent decrease in malaria deaths ."
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"Atlanta (CNN) -- A robbery suspect nicknamed the \"Grandma Bandit\" died in a shootout Friday in Atlanta, Georgia, authorities said.",
"Later, authorities discovered that Grandma was actually Grandpa.",
"\"After further investigation, detectives have determined the person believed to be a female suspect in fact is a male,\" DeKalb County police spokeswoman Mekka Parish said Friday evening.",
"\"His name is Roxanne Taylor, a 57-year-old man.\"",
"Police had issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for someone they thought was a 58-year-old woman, Roxanne Taylor, charging her with three robberies.",
"The \"Grandma Bandit\" gained notoriety because of the apparent woman's age and signature robbing style -- approaching cashiers at Atlanta-area CVS and Rite-Aid pharmacies and demanding cash after producing a revolver from her purse.",
"She was a distinctive-looking woman with swollen cheeks who wore oversize, dark sunglasses and a baseball cap, according to surveillance video and witness accounts.",
"On Friday morning, Taylor was spotted at a Wendy's fast-food restaurant.",
"Witnesses identified him as the \"Grandma Bandit\" because he was profiled on a Crime Stoppers piece earlier in the week, Parish said.",
"\"The individuals called 9-1-1 and nearby Atlanta police officers arrived to investigate, leading to a pursuit,\" she said.",
"Taylor led police on a car chase that ended with a multi-car accident off an interstate exit.",
"\"When officers pursued to investigate the accident, they heard a shot ring out,\" Parish said.",
"\"The responding officers returned fire.\"",
"It was not immediately known whether Taylor's fatal gunshot wounds were self-inflicted or caused by police, Parish said.",
"The arrest warrant for Taylor said he had netted about $400 from the three holdups."
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"Police give chase after bystanders call .",
"Crime Stoppers profiled the suspect earlier in the week .",
"An arrest warrant was out for a 58-year-old woman ."
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"(CNN) -- At their president's urging, Sri Lankans took to the streets Sunday to rail against a critical United Nations report that found credible allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by both sides during the final stages of the country's civil war.",
"Hundreds turned out for the peaceful demonstration in Colombo, answering a call from President Mahinda Rajapaksa.",
"The protesters, who joined up with a larger May Day rally demonstrating for worker's rights, targeted the United Nations, some of them holding up signs tweaking the world body's Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.",
"It was in response to a U.N. report released Monday, in which a three-member panel recommended that Sri Lanka immediately conduct an investigation into the alleged violations of international law and take other measures to \"advance accountability.\"",
"Human rights groups have already alleged that both government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels violated humanitarian laws and that thousands of civilians were killed during the war, which ended in May 2009 after the government declared victory.",
"The rebels had fought a 26-year bloody separatist war that left thousands dead and large numbers of others internally displaced, according to the United Nations.",
"The report concluded there were \"credible allegations, which if proven, indicate that a wide range of serious violations of international humanitarian law and international humanitarian rights law was committed both by the government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE (rebels), some of which would amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.\"",
"In the war's final stage, which lasted from September 2008 to May 2009, the Sri Lankan army advanced into an area of northern Sri Lanka known as the Vanni, where about 330,000 people were trapped by fighting.",
"The report said the government used \"large-scale and widespread shelling\" that left large numbers of civilians dead.",
"Some of the shelling happened in no-fire zones where the government had encouraged civilians to congregate, the report said.",
"Government forces also shelled a U.N. hub, food distribution lines and fired near ships belonging to the International Committee of the Red Cross that were picking up the wounded and their relatives from beaches, the report said.",
"The government shelled hospitals on the front lines as well, some of them repeatedly, the report said.",
"\"Most civilian casualties in the final phases of the war were caused by government shelling,\" the report said.",
"The U.N. secretary-general's spokesman said Ban \"sincerely hopes that this advisory report will make a contribution to full accountability and justice so that the Sri Lankan government and people will be able to proceed towards national reconciliation and peace.\"",
"CNN's Aliza Kassim and journalist Iqbal Athas contributed to this report."
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"President Mahinda Rajapaksa urged Sri Lankans to protest in Colombo on Sunday .",
"They came to protest a critical U.N. report alleging war crimes .",
"Human rights groups have accused both rebels and government troops of abuses ."
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"Cambridge, Massachusetts (CNN) -- In the coming weeks, Congress will attempt to forge a health care bill from proposals developed by five House and Senate committees.",
"The final bill will likely include a mandate that most Americans buy health insurance, subsidies for the purchase of insurance and bans on denial of coverage based on pre-existing conditions.",
"The bill may also include a \"public option,\" government insurance that would compete with private insurance.",
"The underlying presumption behind this legislation is that government health insurance should be expanded to cover the uninsured.",
"This presumption is wrong.",
"Government should not subsidize health insurance -- for the uninsured, the poor, the elderly or anyone else -- or regulate health insurance markets.",
"Here's why. Subsidizing health insurance means that patients and doctors are insulated from the costs of health care, so they utilize too much -- often in the form of unnecessary tests or medical procedures whose value hasn't been proven.",
"This excess demand, along with technological progress, means rapidly growing deficits, so governments limit reimbursements to health providers or ration care.",
"This kills innovation and creates its own inequities.",
"The taxes necessary to fund subsidies are a drag on economic growth.",
"The reason the Obama administration and congressional Democrats are seeking to cover the uninsured is that health insurance is expensive.",
"Without government support, many people could not afford health insurance.",
"The conventional wisdom is that government should therefore subsidize health insurance for those who cannot afford it.",
"This confuses two issues: whether government should help the poor, and how government should help the poor.",
"If society wants everyone to have health insurance, the obvious approach is to give the poor enough money so that individuals can purchase on their own.",
"Just because people want government to help the poor doesn't require it to pay for specific kinds of goods.",
"If some people do not purchase insurance and then become ill, they would have to rely on private charity.",
"Now one possible objection to designing anti-poverty programs in this way -- cash transfers, but no subsidies for health insurance -- is that it would require a lot of cash.",
"That is not a convincing objection.",
"Health insurance is just as expensive if provided as a separate benefit.",
"The cash approach makes clear just how much money is involved, but it does not increase the amount.",
"The other possible objection to the cash transfer approach holds that, if left unregulated, private health insurers would deny coverage based on pre-existing conditions.",
"Thus, some people might get no health insurance at all.",
"This outcome is unlikely, however, assuming health insurance is unregulated.",
"In that case, insurers would set higher premiums for the unhealthy, but they would cover anyone willing to pay a sufficiently high price.",
"Thus, the question is whether society should compensate those who face higher prices because of their health status?",
"The answer is no. Advocates for such compensation would suggest that it is basic fairness for society to insure people against the bad luck of being born with lousy genes.",
"Many differences in health status, however, arise from behavior: heart disease from overeating, lung cancer from smoking, and cirrhosis from drinking, to name a few.",
"If society compensates everyone for differences in their health status, it is often rewarding unhealthy behavior, perhaps even encouraging it.",
"In addition, it is logical for society to treat the differences in financial well-being due to health in the same way it treats differences due to IQ, athletic ability, race, country of origin, family background, and so on.",
"These and other factors mean that some people, through no fault of their own, face hard financial circumstances, whether because of their ability to earn income or because of the higher prices they face for certain goods, such as health insurance.",
"Yet if society tried to equalize all differences resulting from, say, IQ, it would kill the incentive to work hard and destroy the economy's productive capacity.",
"Thus, most people believe society should reduce these differences -- by helping the poor -- but most also recognize that society should not attempt to eliminate all differences.",
"This same tradeoff -- between helping the least fortunate and promoting an efficient economy -- applies in the case of health insurance.",
"A reasonable balance is for government to provide a social safety net that protects the poor and allows them to purchase some health insurance on their own.",
"An alternative is to provide health insurance vouchers, but only to the poorest segment of society.",
"Guaranteeing health insurance for everyone is too costly, and it means worse health care for everyone.",
"That is why Obamacare, and existing subsidies for health insurance, are treatments that are worse than the disease.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Jeffrey Miron."
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"Islamabad (CNN) -- A bombing Monday at a restaurant in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border wounded 11 people, including four children, authorities said.",
"The blast occurred in the town of Miran Shah in North Waziristan, said Muhammed Khan, a government official.",
"The blast comes as the United States has put increasing pressure on Islamabad to root out terror groups believed to be running training camps in North Waziristan, a mountainous region of northern Pakistan.",
"U.S. officials have long believed terror groups, such as the Haqqani network, are running training camps in the district.",
"The Haqqani is an insurgent group based in North Waziristan that is allied with the Taliban.",
"Last week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with Pakistan's president to repair the relationship between the two countries following a U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden.",
"Clinton said Pakistan has a responsibility to prevent insurgents from waging war in Afghanistan from its territory."
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"(CNN) -- The body found in a creek near Indianapolis is not missing Indiana University student Lauren Spierer, a medical official said Tuesday.",
"Forensic tests found no link to Spierer and have determined the body belongs to an African-American female, said Alfarena Ballew, chief deputy coroner for Marion County.",
"Officials believe the decomposed body had been in the creek for about two and a half weeks before it was discovered on Sunday.",
"Bloomington police have been searching for Spierer, a 20-year-old sophomore, since June 2, when she was last seen leaving a sports bar after a night out with friends.",
"In mid-June, police found possible new clues to Spierer's disappearance -- images of a white pickup caught on a security surveillance video.",
"But they ruled out a connection.",
"Officials have received thousands of tips, but none so far have yielded anything concrete.",
"In late June, hundreds of volunteers searched a 10-mile area in Indiana in an event called \"Find Lauren Day.\"",
"Spierer's mother was at the event and thanked the volunteers even though they were not successful.",
"Charlene Spierer described her daughter as a sweet, bubbly girl.",
"\"Perhaps it was a terrible accident that happened and we can deal with that,\" Charlene Spierer said in late June.",
"\"What we can't deal with is what we don't know. So information is the most valuable thing we need right now.\"",
"Officials still don't know how the body ended up in Fall Creek.",
"Ballew said her office will use DNA evidence and dental records to help identify the woman and make a determination about how she died.",
"CNN's Joe Sutton contributed to this report."
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"(CNN) -- Don't be surprised if Casey Anthony walks out of jail a free woman after her sentencing Thursday, legal experts say.",
"And, they add, there is nothing stopping her from cashing in on book or movie deals -- as her acquittal on serious charges now means she is free to profit off her story.",
"With Tuesday's not guilty verdict on murder charges behind her, Anthony -- and the thousands riveted by every twist in the case -- now turn their attention to Thursday when the 25-year-old will learn her fate.",
"A jury on Tuesday found Anthony not guilty of first degree murder, aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaughter in the 2008 death of her daughter Caylee.",
"But she still faces sentencing on four counts of lying to police regarding a missing person case.",
"Each misdemeanor count carries a maximum sentence of one year in county jail, for which Judge Belvin Perry has the option of sentencing her consecutively or concurrently.",
"Many legal experts believe Anthony will be freed on time-served because she has already been jailed for about three years.",
"\"I would be surprised if she doesn't walk out of the courtroom Thursday,\" said Atlanta defense lawyer Penny Douglas Furr.",
"\"She has served so much time already.",
"I don't think the judge will make her serve any more time.",
"The real question now is, what will she do next.\"",
"There will be no legal restrictions on Anthony profiting on the details of this case, cashing in on deals for movies, books or interviews, analysts say.",
"Because of her acquittal, so-called Son of Sam laws -- laws designed to keep criminals from earning money from their crimes -- do not apply, they say.",
"\"Why can't she make money off of her story?\"",
"said Drew Findling, another defense lawyer.",
"\"You've seen so many cases where witnesses for the prosecution have profited from the case.",
"Look at the O.J. Simpson case and how the prosecutor, who lost the case, wrote books and made money afterwards.",
"So why can't Casey do it?\" HLN's Nancy Grace, who has covered the Anthony case extensively since Caylee was reported missing, did not mince words about Anthony's possible plans.",
"\"Now tot mom finally has the beautiful life that she envisioned.",
"She's free,\" Grace said on her show Tuesday.",
"\"She will walk free as early as this Thursday.",
"She's set up to make very likely over a million dollars off the murder of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee Anthony.\"",
"The seven-week long trial ended with 11 hours of deliberation when an Orange County, Florida, jury found Anthony not guilty of the most serious charges.",
"\"This jury ignored the scientific evidence,\" said New York lawyer Susan Moss.",
"\"Apparently, they found the only 12 people who still think the world is flat.\"",
"But Andrea Lyon, who once represented Anthony, said the evidence wasn't there.",
"\"That prosecution overreached,\" Lyon said \"AC 360.\"",
"\"They used junk science.",
"They attempted to overwhelm the lack of evidence with character assassination.",
"They did not have evidence of a homicide.\"",
"The jurors in the case declined to speak to the media as did four alternate jurors.",
"The fifth, Russell Huekler, told CNN he agreed with the verdict \"wholeheartedly.\"",
"\"The prosecution did not prove their case,\" Huekler said.",
"\"The big question that was not answered: How did Caylee die?\"",
"Through the course of the trial, dozens lined outside the Orlando courtoom to get a glance at the spectacle.",
"The proceedings featured allegations of sexual abuse, questions regarding Anthony's competence and various theories on what happened to Caylee.",
"Prosecutors alleged Anthony used chloroform to render her daughter unconscious and then duct-taped her mouth and nose to suffocate her.",
"They alleged that she put the child's body in the trunk of her car for a few days before disposing of it.",
"Anthony's defense attorneys maintained that Caylee was not murdered at all.",
"They said the child drowned in the Anthony's above-ground pool on July 16, and that Anthony and her father, George, panicked upon finding her there and covered up the death.",
"Anthony's lawyer, Jose Baez, also alleged that Anthony's father sexually abused her from the age of 8 and she had been taught to conceal her pain.",
"The upbringing explained some Anthony's bizarre behavior during the time her daughter was missing, he argued.",
"According to testimony, Anthony was not looking frantically for her missing child as she later told police.",
"Instead, she moved out of her parents' home and stayed with her then-boyfriend, Tony Lazzaro.",
"She also got a tattoo saying \"Bella Vita\" -- Italian for \"beautiful life\" -- and went shopping, witnesses said.",
"She also partied at Orlando nightclubs and participated in a \"hot body\" contest at one point, according to testimony.",
"George Anthony denied the molestation claim in testimony, saying, \"I would never do anything like that to my daughter.\"",
"Throughout the trial, the pain experienced by Anthony's family was evident.",
"Both her father and mother sobbed on the stand at times recalling their granddaughter.",
"George Anthony also cried as he testified about his January 2009 suicide attempt, which came shortly after Caylee's remains were identified.",
"At one point during the trial, Anthony's mother, Cindy, was seen mouthing the words \"I love you\" to her.",
"After the verdict, the parents released a statement saying they wished to \"move forward privately\" and requested the media respect their privacy.",
"\"While the family may never know what has happened to Caylee Marie Anthony, they now have closure for this chapter of their life.",
"They will now begin the long process of rebuilding their lives,\" the parents said.",
"If Anthony is released Thursday, it is unclear if she will be rebuilding her relationship with her parents.",
"In Session correspondent Jean Casarez said she asked Cheney Mason of Anthony's defense team where Anthony will go when she is free.",
"\"He told me it would not, with all seriousness, be back to her family home,\" Cesarez recounted.",
"\"But, of course, anything is possible.\"",
"Watch Nancy Grace Monday through Sunday starting at 8 p.m.",
"ET on HLN. For the latest from Nancy Grace click here."
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"(CNN Student News) -- May 23, 2011 .",
"Download PDF maps related to today's show: .",
"• Baghdad, Iraq • Israel • Iceland .",
"Transcript . THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.",
"THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.",
"CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Your school probably has fire drills, tornado drills.",
"But how should you prepare for zombies?!",
"Believe it or not, the government has an answer.",
"I'm Carl Azuz. This is CNN Student News!",
"First Up: Violence in Baghdad .",
"AZUZ: First up today, deadly violence in Baghdad, as a string of bombings hits the Iraqi capital.",
"Fifteen explosions went off within hours of each other on Sunday.",
"Iraqi authorities said the mix of car bombs and roadside bombs killed at least 18 people and wounded at least 80 others.",
"There's been an increase recently of violence in Iraq.",
"That includes yesterday's attacks.",
"It's raising some concerns about whether or not Iraqi security forces will be able to protect their own country.",
"Britain pulled the last of its combat troops out of Iraq yesterday, and U.S. troops are scheduled to leave Iraq by the start of next year, though Iraqi leaders might ask them to stay longer.",
"Just the Facts . STAN CASE, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Just the Facts!",
"There is a history of conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people.",
"The areas at the center of that conflict are Gaza and the West Bank.",
"Israel took control of these areas in 1967 during the six-day Arab-Israeli War.",
"Right now, around 4 million Palestinians live in Gaza and the West Bank.",
"Leadership Differences .",
"AZUZ: For decades, there have been attempts to make peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.",
"President Obama tried to push for a new start to peace talks in a speech he gave last week.",
"During that speech, he mentioned going back to the pre-1967 war borders, but with exchanges in land that both sides would agree on.",
"The idea did not go over well with Israel's prime minister.",
"Yesterday, President Obama explained what he meant when he gave a speech to AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.",
"He told the conference that the pre-1967 borders should be a starting point for negotiations, and that he expects Israel and the Palestinians to work together to define new borders.",
"Part of the reason the U.S. is so involved in what's going on in Israel is that the two countries are very close allies.",
"The U.S. has supported Israel since it was founded in 1948.",
"But as Brianna Keilar explains, that friendship was pretty tense late last week.",
"(BEGIN VIDEO) BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu was about to leave for the U.S. when President Obama made the announcement that infuriated him.",
"BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We believe the borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines wiith mutually agreed swaps.",
"KEILAR: At the White House Friday, Netanyahu panned the proposal.",
"BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER: These lines are indefensible because they don't take into account certain changes that have taken place on the ground, demographic changes that have taken place over the last 44 years.",
"KEILER: After the initial war of words, the White House hoped the meeting would be a time to kiss and make up.",
"OBAMA: Obviously, there are some differences between us, the precise formulations and language.",
"And that's going to happen between friends.",
"NETANYAHU: We have an enduring bond of friendship between our two countries.",
"KEILER: But for all of the niceties, Netanyahu drew a line in the sand, and not only on a return to pre-1967 borders.",
"He said Israel will not negotiate with a Palestinian government supported by Hamas or house Palestinian refugees.",
"NETANYAHU: That's not going to happen.",
"Everybody knows it's not going to happen, and I think it's time to tell the Palestinians forthrightly that it's not going to happen.",
"KEILER: Despite tough words, the U.S. and Israel will remain allies, even past this rough spot.",
"But the tension between the two leaders was palpable.",
"After the President's meeting with Netanyahu, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was peppered with questions about the disagreement on the borders issue.",
"He said the president made clear the pre-1967 border proposal is a starting point, that the mutual swaps that would create the eventual borders would be negotiated.",
"The thing is, what the White House considers a starting point, Israel still considers a non-starter, even after the meeting.",
"Brianna Keiler, CNN, Washington.",
"(END VIDEO) Trip to Europe .",
"AZUZ: President Obama is working on some other alliances this week.",
"He's heading to Europe to visit four countries there.",
"Today, he lands in Dublin, Ireland to meet with that nation's leaders.",
"Tomorrow, the president travels to London, where he'll talk with British Prime Minister David Cameron and address the British Parliament.",
"Then it's off to France for the G-8.",
"That's a meeting of world economic powers.",
"And the last stop: Warsaw, Poland.",
"President Obama will meet with the Polish president and visit some of Poland's historic sites.",
"Today, the president plans to take a side trip to visit some of his personal history: an Irish village where President Obama's great-great-great-grandfather lived.",
"Iceland Volcano .",
"AZUZ: From Ireland, we're hopping across the Northern Atlantic Ocean to Iceland.",
"Something happening there might not affect President Obama's travel plans, but it was certainly having an impact on Iceland yesterday.",
"A volcano erupted over the weekend; it sent a cloud of ash up into the sky.",
"No flights were allowed in or out of the country's four international airports.",
"This is one of the most active volcanoes in Iceland.",
"Local media said it last erupted in 2004.",
"Last year, another Icelandic volcano eruption -- you might remember this -- caused air travel problems across all of Europe.",
"One official said she doesn't think this new eruption will have that kind of impact, although she said it's hard to predict how the ash cloud might move.",
"Shoutout . TOMEKA JONES, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Today's Shoutout goes out to Mrs.",
"Rash's 6th grade classes at Grant County Middle School in Dry Ridge, Kentucky!",
"Who performed the first American spacewalk?",
"You know what to do! Was it: A) Ed White, B) Buzz Aldrin, C) Michael Collins or D) Alan Shepard?",
"You've got three seconds -- GO!",
"Ed White floated out of his Gemini capsule and into history in 1965.",
"That's your answer and that's your Shoutout!",
"Endeavour Spacewalk .",
"AZUZ: Ed White's spacewalk in 1965 lasted 23 minutes.",
"He said it wasn't nearly long enough.",
"He might have preferred yesterday's spacewalk at the international space station.",
"That one lasted more than eight hours!",
"It was the sixth-longest spacewalk ever and the second one on this mission for the crew of the space shuttle Endeavour.",
"This was the mission's first spacewalk.",
"Happened back on Friday; lasted a little over six hours.",
"You really get a good view of the astronauts moving around out there.",
"What they've been doing is some routine maintenance.",
"That includes working on a two-armed robot that will eventually take care of some of the work that astronauts are doing now.",
"There are two more spacewalks planned for Endeavour's mission.",
"Zombie Survival Kit .",
"AZUZ: From walking in space to the walking dead.",
"You don't hear much about this on CNN Student News.",
"We're talking about a zombie apocalypse, and it brought down the Centers for Disease Control's website last week.",
"That is because -- as a joke -- the CDC posted a zombie survival plan.",
"And it was heavy traffic that crashed the internet site.",
"The living dead might be taking over pop culture, but the government agency doesn't think there's any real threat from zombies.",
"So we can all breathe easier.",
"The reason it posted the survival plan was to raise awareness about preparing for disasters.",
"The CDC says preparing for zombies would pretty much be the same as preparing for hurricanes or widespread disease.",
"That includes stocking up on food, water, medicine; and having a battery-powered radio, plus some changes of clothes.",
"Blog Report .",
"AZUZ: Well, what's more fun than exams?",
"Anything! But here are some tips that students have for getting through them.",
"Gretchen tries to write everything down on paper and put a little drawing next to it, making it colorful.",
"The color helps her absorb information better.",
"Erik suggests this: record yourself reading the material, then listen to it every day in the morning and evening.",
"It's like your own personal teacher.",
"N'kayla's method: \"I use flash cards because they help me memorize things better.\"",
"Chia-sheng says, \"I review what I've learned right after class to have impressions of what's covered and what's important.",
"Before tests, I just skim through the materials.\"",
"Keagan likes things quiet.",
"\"It seems I can fit more into my head when I'm not distracted.\"",
"Reading the textbook and making a song throughout the chapter works for Calista.",
"Jake goes to a certain room in his house and picks out something in that room to remember the information when he's taking the test.",
"And Chelsea connects different types of music to different subjects and then breaks it into songs that fit the genre.",
"Before We Go . AZUZ: Before we go, a new museum invites visitors to dive in, 'cause that's the only way they can get there.",
"It claims to be the world's largest underwater museum.",
"It's located off the coast of Cancun, Mexico.",
"The sculptures are made out of a special kind of cement that encourages coral reefs and marine life to grow.",
"So if you visit several times, it'll actually look different each time.",
"Of course, if you don't know to expect the changes, it might throw you for a loop.",
"Goodbye . AZUZ: We guess it's a subject that deserves some in-depth exploration.",
"You only have so long to make puns about underwater museums before the statue of limitations runs out.",
"All right! Before we run out of time, we want to give a special shoutout to all you graduating seniors out there.",
"Just two weeks left before we wrap up our school year.",
"For CNN Student News, I'm Carl Azuz."
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"(CNN) -- A Yemeni man pleaded guilty to acts of piracy on Thursday for his role in the hijacking of a yacht off the coast of east Africa that resulted in the deaths of four Americans.",
"Mounir Ali, 23, accepted a plea deal by U.S. District Judge Mark S. Davis, becoming the 11th person to plead guilty in the armed hijacking of the Quest in February, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's office for the Eastern District of Virginia.",
"Ali said that he and four other men from Yemen were crew members aboard a boat that was pirated by Somalis in February.",
"He \"willingly elected to join them in return for a share of the ransom money,\" but did not personally shoot or instruct to shoot any of the four Americans, the statement said.",
"Americans Scott and Jean Adams, Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle were found shot to death when U.S. forces boarded the yacht.",
"Sentencing for Ali is scheduled for October 21 at 11:30 a.m."
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"(CNN) -- Days after blocking a Gaza-bound flotilla, Greece's government offered Sunday to ship aid to the Palestinian territory -- a move applauded by the U.N. chief but derided as insufficient by protest organizers and Palestinian authorities.",
"Greece's foreign ministry released a statement Sunday afternoon in which it proposed to \"undertake the task of transporting the humanitarian aid, with Greek vessels or other appropriate means, through existing channels.\"",
"That same day, Foreign Minister Stavros Lambrinidis talked by phone with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.",
"The U.N. chief \"thanked\" the Greek official and \"expressed support for the Greek initiative,\" according to a statement from the United Nations.",
"\"In his view, it could help to reduce tensions in the region and ensure much-needed aid is delivered to those who need it in Gaza,\" the U.N. statement said of Ban's views, adding the world body will \"work closely with Greece, Israel and Palestinian authorities on this matter.\"",
"However, one Palestinian official, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat, said that funneling food, cement and other goods via other means, such as Greek ships, missed the point, which he said is to \"immediately lift, not ease\" Israel's maritime blockade of Gaza.",
"He lauded those behind the flotilla as people \"who have dedicated their time, effort and passion for a just cause.\"",
"\"The situation in Gaza is not about border crossings,\" Erakat said Sunday in a statement.",
"\"It is about the illegally denied and internationally recognized rights of the Palestinian people to dignity, freedom and self-determination.\"",
"A spokeswoman for The Audacity of Hope, a U.S. ship full of activists (but no humanitarian aid) that was barred last week by Greek authorities from sailing to Gaza, said the Greek offer \"doesn't really address the issue for us, (which is) ending the naval blockade.\"",
"\"It's all very well and good that there are some channels (for aid to Gaza),\" Leslie Cagan said.",
"\"But that is not the same as lifting the siege of Gaza.\"",
"The vessel's captain, John Klusmire, remained in Greek custody on Sunday, one day after being asked to report to a police station.",
"A spokesperson with the Greek Coast Guard, who was not named per custom, said Klusmire, an American, was arrested because he left the mainland without permission and put passengers in danger.",
"He will appear before Greek prosecutors on Tuesday.",
"Jane Hirschmann, one of the flotilla organizers, called the arrest \"intimidation\" aimed at likewise preventing the other nine boats in the flotilla from setting sail to Gaza.",
"On Sunday, eight passengers from the U.S. ship began a hunger strike outside the U.S. Embassy in Athens, demanding their captain's release and allowing the ship to set sail.",
"The vessel -- which carried 36 American passengers, four crew members and several journalists, including CNN reporter Phil Black -- was intercepted last Friday by a Greek Coast Guard patrol vessel roughly 10 minutes after it had departed Perama.",
"After an hours-long standoff, the ship eventually returned to Greece, where it is tied up at a Greek naval facility.",
"The Audacity of Hope and the nine other ships are aiming to promote public awareness about Israel's blockade of Gaza and, in part, to commemorate a May 2010 incident in which Israeli troops boarded Mavi Marmara, a Turkish ship filled with humanitarian aid and 700 activists from various countries.",
"Nine people died in subsequent clashes with Israeli Navy commandos.",
"Cagan said that while the American ship's crew are frustrated they haven't been able to head to Gaza, there is some degree of satisfaction that their cause has drawn attention and provoked debate worldwide.",
"\"People went to Athens and still would like to complete the mission,\" said Cagan, who is in the United States but is in close contact with her fellow activists in Greece.",
"\"At the same time, the feeling is very good that important work is being done that is shedding more light on the situation, with the whole blockade.\"",
"The Greek government has said it won't allow any of the boats in the flotilla to sail to Gaza because their mission is too dangerous.",
"Flotilla members accuse the Greek government of buckling to pressure from Israel's government.",
"For their part, the Israelis have said they are mounting a diplomatic offensive to try to stop the flotilla from setting sail at all.",
"On Tuesday, the Israeli government said flotilla participants had threatened to kill Israeli military personnel should their boats be boarded.",
"They said that the participants were stockpiling sacks of sulfuric acid on boats to be used in the event of any attacks on Israeli commandos.",
"Flotilla organizer Medea Benjamin dismissed the allegations Tuesday as ludicrous, saying: \"They see this nonviolent, ragtag group of ships as such a threat they're using their entire propaganda apparatus, and their diplomatic and economic clout to try to stop 300 peace activists.",
"It's pathetic.\" The Middle East Quartet -- composed of officials from the United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia -- on Saturday issued a joint statement asking \"all governments concerned to use their influence to discourage additional flotillas, which risk the safety of their participants and carry the potential for escalation.\"",
"The Quartet added in its statement that it \"strongly urges all those wishing to deliver goods to the people of Gaza to do so through established channels, so that their cargo can be inspected and transferred via established land crossings.\"",
"Doing so, the group contends, is the best way to both help Palestinians and address Israel's \"legitimate security concerns.\"",
"On Sunday, Erakat said that while Palestinian leaders \"support international engagement in lifting the unjust and inhumane Israeli blockade,\" the Quartet's statement and their opposition to the planned flotilla to Gaza skirt the broader challenges in the region.",
"\"We invite them to focus on resolving the root cause of the conflict, which is the occupation, rather than seeking ways to manage its destructive symptoms.\"",
"Erakat said of the Quartet.",
"CNN's Greg Botelho contributed to this report."
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"Atlanta (CNN) -- A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Monday temporarily blocking key provisions of a new Georgia law that aims to crack down on illegal immigration, while allowing other parts of the law to move forward.",
"Most of the law, known as HB 87, was scheduled to go into effect Friday.",
"U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash Jr.'s ruling blocks enforcement of two of the most controversial sections of the law.",
"\"State and local law enforcement officers and officials have no authorization to arrest, detain or prosecute anyone based upon sections 7 and 8 of HB 87 while this injunction remains in effect,\" Thrash ruled.",
"Those sections would allow police to inquire about immigration status when questioning suspects in certain criminal investigations.",
"They also would punish people who, during the commission of a crime, knowingly transport or harbor illegal immigrants.",
"Something like speeding or driving without proper equipment could constitute a crime.",
"\"The apparent legislative intent is to create such a climate of hostility, fear, mistrust and insecurity that all illegal aliens will leave Georgia,\" Thrash wrote.",
"In his 45-page ruling, the judge cited a previous court decision that said preliminary injunctions were in the public interest \"when civil rights are at stake.\"",
"He also wrote that state officials were attempting to overstep federal authority on immigration enforcement.",
"\"I'm very happy, as are all those who believe the Constitution is important,\" said Charles Kuck, an Atlanta attorney whose firm represented some of the plaintiffs.",
"He said the stayed provisions were poorly written and that it was unclear how they would have been enforced, if allowed to move forward.",
"Although the ruling was hailed as a victory by the plaintiffs, Thrash also tossed out a number of their arguments at the state's request, a point stressed by Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens soon after the decision.",
"\"I appreciate the speed with which Judge Thrash ruled, given the complexity of the issues.",
"I am pleased with the dismissal of the 4th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 'Right to Travel,' and Georgia constitutional claims by the plaintiffs -- even after this ruling, 21 of the 23 sections of HB 87 will go into effect as planned,\" Olens wrote in a statement.",
"A part of the law that will still go into effect is a provision that workers convicted of using fake identification to get jobs could be sentenced to 15 years in prison and fined $250,000.",
"The law will also require people applying for public benefits to provide certain types of identification.",
"Olens said his office will appeal the judge's ruling regarding sections 7 and 8.",
"The office of Georgia Gov.",
"Nathan Deal, which supports the law, also weighed in on the judge's ruling.",
"\"Beyond refusing to help with our state's illegal immigration problem, the federal government is determined to be an obstacle.",
"The state of Georgia narrowly tailored its immigration law to conform with existing federal law and court rulings,\" said Brian Robinson, the governor's deputy chief of staff for communications.",
"\"Georgians can rest assured that this battle doesn't end here.\"",
"The Georgia lawsuit is the latest battle in a nationwide skirmish between state and federal officials over who controls immigration enforcement.",
"Arizona's controversial law aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration catapulted the issue onto the national stage last year, drawing a lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Justice, which argues the law is unconstitutional.",
"In April, a three-judge panel on the 9th U.S.",
"Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the Justice Department and against Arizona Gov.",
"Jan Brewer, who signed Arizona's law last year.",
"Brewer announced last month that the state would appeal directly to the U.S. Supreme Court.",
"CNN's Gustavo Valdes and Dana Ford contributed to this report."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- Lindsay Lohan got a temporary reprieve from a 120-day jail term for violating probation Friday, but the actress must immediately start court-ordered community service that should keep her busy for months.",
"Lohan released from jail .",
"While Lohan recently traveled to New York to discuss acting roles, including in the upcoming \"Gotti\" film, her next year could be spent in Los Angeles working on Skid Row, in court and behind bars.",
"Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner sentenced Lohan to jail and community service after deciding Friday that Lohan violated her probation when she was charged with stealing a necklace from a jewelry store in January.",
"It's the latest punishment for Lohan in a four-year-long legal saga that started with two drunk driving convictions in 2007, followed by three judges ordering her to jail for probation violations in the past year.",
"Unlike last September, when Lohan's entry into drug rehab convinced another judge not to enforce a jail sentence for a failed drug test, a rehab stint does not appear to be an alternative this time.",
"Lohan has spent a total of eight months in rehab programs since the start of 2007 for treatment of a self-admitted substance abuse problem.",
"Sautner made it clear she thought Lohan did not respect the previous judges who sent her to jail twice last year.",
"\"She thumbs her nose at the court,\" Sautner said, referring to an incident last July that was caught by a courtroom camera.",
"\"She walks into court with 'F U' on her fingernails.",
"I don't know what that means unless it has 'I am' before it.\"",
"It would take Lohan three months of working five days a week, eight hours a day to complete the 480 hours community service Sautner ordered Friday, along with the four-month jail sentence.",
"Her first job will be for 360 hours at the Downtown Women's Center on Skid Row in Los Angeles.",
"Sautner suggested Lohan might behave better after seeing \"how truly needy women and women who have fallen on real hard times have to live.\"",
"Lohan must then work 120 hours at the Los Angeles County morgue, an assignment other drunk driving probationers have served.",
"She still has a June 3 trial date for the necklace theft charge.",
"The judge said she would \"give her an opportunity\" by reducing the felony to a misdemeanor.",
"The opportunity may be for Lohan to accept a plea deal, something she rejected last month when she demanded a trial by jury.",
"At the time, defense attorney Shawn Holley said she \"has a strong defense and we are confident that a jury will listen to the evidence fairly and acquit her.\"",
"Sautner was unimpressed with the defense presented at Friday's preliminary hearing.",
"It centered on Holley arguing that Lohan was \"doing a million different things,\" including texting, when she walked out of the jewelry store with the gold and diamond necklace she had tried on 20 minutes earlier.",
"Lohan was \"more scattered than crafty,\" Holley told the judge.",
"The RidicuList: Lindsay Lohan .",
"\"It's undisputed that Ms. Lohan walked out of the store with the necklace on,\" Holley said.",
"The prosecution must show she had \"specific intent to permanently deprive the store of that necklace.\"",
"Holley conceded that Lohan \"did not rush to return the necklace,\" but she said it just \"makes her not a very considerate or courteous person,\" but not a thief.",
"Sautner did not buy the defense argument.",
"\"If in fact it was an accident, she could have called the store back,\" Sautner said.",
"Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Danette Meyers called it a \"classic garden variety theft.\"",
"There was no mention Friday of the defense theory floated before the hearing that Lohan believed the store owner was loaning the necklace to her because she was a celebrity.",
"Lohan's Friday ended with her posing for her fifth mugshot at Los Angeles County's Lynwood Correctional Facility, where she's been several times before.",
"She was out after five hours when she posted the $75,000 bond set by Sautner.",
"She can stay out of jail while Holley appeals the probation violation decision, but Sautner ordered her to immediately begin the community service work at the women's center."
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"Her community service also includes several weeks at the morgue .",
"The actress stays out of jail while her lawyer appeals the 120-day sentence .",
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"(CNN) -- Security forces have begun removing tanks from the volatile Syrian city of Hama, a sign that the tensions there could be easing.",
"Ammar Qurabi, chairman of the National Organization for Human Rights in Syria and Omar Habbal, a prominent opposition activist in Hama told CNN that tanks just inside the city are withdrawing.",
"Hama has been wracked with violence and a general strike this week after a series of peaceful demonstrations, including a huge anti-government demonstration on Friday.",
"President Bashar al-Assad fired the Hama provincial governor on Saturday and security forces moved to the outskirts of the city.",
"A fierce crackdown ensued in the area, with activists and Human Rights Watch reporting many arrests and deaths.",
"Qurabi said 34 people were killed Tuesday and Wednesday alone.",
"He and Habbal said the general strike called by activists several days ago continues with businesses, schools, and offices across the city closed.",
"Residents have created security barriers to protect themselves.",
"\"The city streets are deserted and it is difficult to move thorough the city because of the checkpoints set up on every corner by residents,\" Habbal said.",
"Syria has denied that a military campaign was under way against Hama, even as human rights groups reported deaths, arrests and clashes on the outskirts of the city.",
"\"The Syrian army did not enter and will not enter Hama,\" a Syrian government official told CNN Wednesday.",
"\"The army is present at the city's entrances to facilitate the entry of government employees who live in the Hama countryside and work in government offices in the city; some people in Hama prevented them from entering the city by cutting off roads.\"",
"It is unclear whether Hama residents will turn out for nationwide demonstrations on Friday after Muslim prayers.",
"The theme of the protests is \"no dialogue,\" a reference to the government-sponsored dialogue with the opposition members this weekend.",
"Demonstrators are calling for all opposition leaders to boycott the initiative.",
"Activists have said that, since mid-March, violence has been started by security personnel who have used brute force to break up peaceful demonstrations, but the Syrian regime has blamed \"armed groups\" for the bloodshed.",
"The city is a sensitive spot for Syrian authorities.",
"In 1982, it was the scene of a brutal military crackdown targeting Sunni Muslims by the Alawite-dominated government of Hafez al-Assad, President Bashar al-Assad's late father.",
"Many thousands were killed, with Human Rights Watch putting the toll at 10,000."
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"Syria has denied that a military campaign was under way against Hama ."
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"New York (CNN) -- A New York billboard that focused exclusively on African-American abortion rates was taken down because of concerns for public safety, said Hal Kilshaw, spokesperson for Louisiana-based Lamar Advertising, on Thursday.",
"The billboard was erected by group opposed to abortions.",
"The billboard was attached to a building that houses the restaurant Lupe's Kitchen.",
"Some of the wait staff, Kilshaw said, were being harassed by patrons who objected to the billboard.",
"In addition, a scheduled protest Friday by people opposed to the billboard prompted public safety concerns, which led to the company's decision.",
"Kilshaw said the controversy surrounding the billboard did not factor into the company's decision to take it down.",
"\"We accepted the copy in accordance with our policy,\" Kilshaw said.",
"\"We believe in people's right to advertise, [we] thought it [the copy] was OK, [and] we stand behind that decision,\" Kilshaw said.",
"The sign, paid for by the organization Life Always, reads: \"The most dangerous place for an African-American is in the womb.\"",
"The billboard, about a half mile from a Planned Parenthood facility in Manhattan's Soho neighborhood, featured an African-American girl.",
"\"They're attacking women for choosing abortion while simultaneously destroying family planning,\" a spokeswoman Mary Alice Carr of NARAL Pro-Choice America said before the billboard was taken down.",
"\"Their hypocrisy is as large and as obnoxious as this billboard.\"",
"But Stephen Broden, a pastor and Life Always board member, told reporters at a news conference on Wednesday that \"it's hard to celebrate Black History Month\" with abortion \"hanging over our community.\"",
"\"Abortion is outpacing life in our community\" and he said the billboard's message is meant to be a \"provocative\" way to illustrate the problem.",
"African-Americans have high abortion rates compared with other demographic groups, according to Rebecca Wind, a spokeswoman for the Guttmacher Institute, a New York-based research center for sexual and reproductive health.",
"The disparity is in part attributed to a \"lack of adequate services\" in many black communities, which \"has resulted in more unintended pregnancies,\" Wind said.",
"According to the Life Always website, the move is an attempt \"to raise public awareness of Life issues through advertising and raise truths about Life issues to educate and empower individuals.\"",
"The sign was part of a national campaign where more billboards will appear over the next couple of months across the country, Life Always spokeswoman Marissa Gabrysch said.",
"Calls to Life Always and NARAL Pro-Choice America were not returned Thursday evening after news of the billboard's removal broke.",
"Bill Donahue, Catholic League president, released a statement Thursday in support of the billboard.",
"\"Life Always says it wants to raise public awareness of Planned Parenthood's war on black people.",
"Good for them,\" he said. Critics say the message is misleading.",
"\"The issue is here they are doing a campaign, targeting one group of women and making them feel guilty and shameful about family choices that they are making,\" Carr said.",
"\"You can't take a woman and lift her out of her experience.\"",
"But the Rev. Derek A. McCoy, another Life Always board member, told reporters something needs to be done about abortion in the black community and this is \"calling attention to a dramatic event.\"",
"\"This is a truth and tragedy,\" he said.",
"Broden said \"The child (in the billboard) was selected for her innocence.\""
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"Juba, Sudan (CNN) -- The president of Sudan will visit South Sudan when it marks its independence from the north on Saturday, a government official said Thursday.",
"President Omar al-Bashir will make the trip as an expression of hope for \"brotherly relations\" between his government based in the north and South Sudan, his spokesman said.",
"South Sudan is to become the world's newest country Saturday after South Sudan natives voted overwhelmingly in January for independence.",
"The referendum to split was part of a 2005 peace deal to end decades of violence between the two sides.",
"The planned visit comes amid tense relations between north and South Sudan.",
"Violence erupted two months ago along the contested border area of Abyei and subsequently in South Kordofan, a state that lies north of the border but where many people, especially in the Nuba Mountains, are allied with the south.",
"Thousands of people were displaced and many fear that after strict borders go into place with independence, they will not be able to return home.",
"Critical issues -- including oil and the final status of Abyei -- remain unresolved days before the separation."
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"Benghazi, Libya (CNN) -- As clashes in the Libyan capital continued Friday between government security forces and anti-regime protesters, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told reporters unequivocally: \"The violence must stop.\"",
"His remarks came as state television was airing images of the embattled but defiant strongman urging viewers to defend the nation.",
"A man CNN will identify only as Reda to protect his identity said in a telephone interview that armed men dressed in plainclothes fatally shot his two brothers Friday as they were demonstrating against the government.",
"Also killed were his two neighbors, he said.",
"\"The bodies have been kidnapped from the street,\" Reda said.",
"\"My other neighbors told me they kidnapped the injured people in the hospital to somewhere, nobody knows (where).",
"This is the perfect crime.",
"He's hiding all evidence for every crime he has.",
"This is the horrible situation that nobody knows.\"",
"More than 1,000 people have been killed, according to estimates cited Friday by Ban.",
"He noted that the eastern part of the country \"is reported to be under the control of opposition elements, who have taken over arms and ammunition from weapon depots.\"",
"At least three cities near Tripoli have been the site of daily clashes, and the streets of the capital are largely deserted because people are afraid of being shot by government forces or militias, he said.",
"Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's supporters \"are reportedly conducting house-by-house searches and arrests.",
"According to some reports, they have even gone into hospitals to kill wounded opponents,\" Ban said.",
"Accounts from the news media and human rights groups and witnesses \"raise grave concerns about the nature and scale of the conflict,\" he said.",
"He said they include reports of indiscriminate killings, shooting of peaceful demonstrators, torture of the opposition and use of foreign mercenaries.",
"The victims have included women and children and \"indiscriminate attacks on foreigners believed to be mercenaries,\" he said, referring to reports.",
"Ban called on the international community \"to do everything possible\" to protect civilians at demonstrable risk.",
"Ban said there appeared to be a growing crisis of refugees, with some 22,000 people having fled to Tunisia and a reported 15,000 to Egypt in the past few days.",
"For many, the trip has been a harrowing one.",
"\"There are widespread reports of refugees being harassed and threatened with guns and knives,\" Ban said.",
"\"The violence must stop,\" he said.",
"\"Those responsible for so brutally shedding the blood of innocents must be punished.",
"Fundamental human rights must be respected.\"",
"Ban said he will travel Monday to Washington to speak with U.S. President Barack Obama.",
"Also at the United Nations, Libyan Ambassador Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalgham told reporters that he hoped Gadhafi and his sons would end the rampage \"against our people\" within hours.",
"Asked why he had continued to support Gadhafi until just a few days ago, the diplomat said, \"I couldn't imagine in the beginning that it was going to be (this bad).\"",
"But he now supports the protesters.",
"\"It's not a crime to say, 'I want to be free,' \" he said.",
"The Libyan ambassador to the United States, Ali Suleiman Aujali, told CNN that he too has joined the opposition.",
"\"When I see the mercenaries killing our peoples, and we see our women screaming in the street, and I see there is no distinguishing between who they are target, I can't take this,\" said the diplomat, who served the Libyan government's foreign service for more than 40 years.",
"He said his fellow diplomats and many of the country's police had also turned against Gadhafi in his quest to retain control of Libya.",
"\"The problem now is western part,\" he said, speaking in Washington.",
"\"Unfortunately, they've been confronted with mercenaries.\"",
"Asked whether he would want to see his former boss dead, he said, \"I want him to be out of my country.",
"I want him to be out of the Libyan life.\"",
"As he spoke, reports emerged of sniper and artillery fire in Tripoli, said Mohammed Ali Abdallah of the National Front for the Salvation of Libya, which opposes Gadhafi's regime.",
"He based his account on reports that he said he received from witnesses.",
"Another witness told CNN that protesters in western Tripoli were met by plainclothes security forces who fired guns at them and later tear gas to disperse the crowds.",
"Prior to the clashes on Friday morning, security forces had removed barricades, disposed of bodies and painted over graffiti in Tripoli, witnesses said.",
"On state television, Gadhafi -- wearing a fur trooper's hat and addressing a crowd of supporters -- threatened to escalate the violence.",
"\"We can destroy any assault with the people's will, with the armed people,\" he said.",
"\"And when it is necessary, the weapons depots will be open to all the Libyan people to be armed.\"",
"At that time, he continued, \"Libya will become a red fire, Libya will become an ember.\"",
"He vowed to overcome what he described as external forces attempting to take down his nation.",
"\"We will defeat any foreign attempt like we defeated them before, like we did with the Italian colonization, like we did with American airstrikes.\"",
"But he presented a carrot with his stick, offering to increase state salaries by 150% and to give $400 to each family.",
"Earlier, Gadhafi's son said his father has no intention of stepping down.",
"Asked if Gadhafi has a \"Plan B\" to leave Libya, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi told CNN Turk: \"We have Plan A, Plan B, Plan C. Plan A is to live and die in Libya.",
"Plan B is to live and die in Libya.",
"Plan C is to live and die in Libya.\"",
"He said he hoped Libya would emerge from the crisis united.",
"\"I am sure Libya will have a better future,\" he said.",
"\"However, such a strong state as we are, we will never allow our people to be controlled by a handful of terrorists.",
"This will never happen.\"",
"But global leaders were meeting Friday to talk about what kind of pressure can be brought on Gadhafi to surrender control and limit the humanitarian consequences.",
"White House press secretary Jay Carney said Washington was suspending embassy operations in Tripoli and pursuing sanctions.",
"\"It has been shuttered,\" he told reporters about the embassy.",
"But State Department officials said they still have channels through which they can still communicate with the Libyan government.",
"Libyan employees were remaining at the embassy, said Under Secretary ofState for Management Patrick Kennedy.",
"\"The flag is still flying.",
"The embassy is not closed.",
"Operations are suspended,\" he said.",
"\"Relations are not broken.\"",
"The charge d'affaires at the embassy, Joan Polaschik, expressed relief that she and other Americans had left.",
"\"It's a very dangerous and fluid situation,\" she told CNN in a telephone interview from Istanbul, Turkey.",
"But she praised the Libyan forces who were charged with providing security for the embassy.",
"\"They stayed with me till the bitter end,\" she said.",
"The United Nations Security Council discussed a proposed draft resolution that would impose new sanctions on Libya.",
"They include an arms embargo, asset freeze and a travel ban.",
"The draft also refers Libya to the International Criminal Court.",
"An Obama administration official involved in deliberations regarding sanctions told CNN that the Libyan government has said it has as much as $130 billion in reserves and another $70 billion in foreign assets held abroad.",
"The legally binding resolution is backed by the possible threat of force but approval of such measures could be stalled by Russia and China, both unlikely to support military intervention.",
"A vote on the resolution could occur Saturday.",
"NATO Secretary-General Anders Rasmussen said the alliance has assets that can be used in this crisis and that it could \"act as an enabler and coordinator, if and when, individual member states want to take action.\"",
"Meanwhile, foreign nationals faced a \"massive challenge,\" Rasmussen said, as they braved rough seas to escape the violence in the north African nation.",
"A British ship left Benghazi -- the nation's second-largest city -- with 207 people on board.",
"A ferry carrying 338 people -- 183 of them Americans -- departed Tripoli Friday and arrived in Malta at night.",
"\"I feel for the people who are still there and didn't get a chance to get out, because it's chaos,\" said Yusra Tekbalim, one of the passengers.",
"She said she had remained hunkered down in her house for four days, during which she heard what sounded like machine-gun fire.",
"\"I think that the Libyans know what this regime is capable of, but I think for the first time the world is actually seeing it,\" she said.",
"Another ferry arrived in Malta from Tripoli carrying more than 300 people, including 200 employees of Schlumberger, the oil and gas technology, and their families, a company spokeswoman said.",
"Libya's uprising, after four decades of Gadhafi's iron rule, took root first in the nation's eastern province.",
"Benghazi and other smaller eastern towns are no longer within Gadhafi's control.",
"But closer to Tripoli, where the dictator maintains some support, protesters were still being met with brute force.",
"The city of Zawiya -- about 55 kilometers (35 miles) west of Tripoli -- was the epicenter of violent protests Thursday.",
"Doctors at a field hospital said early Friday that 17 people were killed and 150 more wounded when government forces attacked.",
"CNN could not confirm reports for many areas in Libya.",
"The Libyan government maintains tight control of communications and has not responded to repeated requests for access to the country.",
"CNN has interviewed numerous witnesses by phone.",
"Anti-government forces said they had gained control of Zawiya as Gadhafi accused followers of Osama bin Laden of adding hallucinogenic drugs to residents' drinks to spark the unrest.",
"\"They put it with milk or with other drinks, spiked drinks,\" he said Thursday in a telephone call to state television.",
"The international fallout, like the protests, has also spread.",
"Switzerland ordered Gadhafi's assets frozen, the foreign ministry said.",
"CNN's Yousuf Basil, Ben Wedeman, Saad Abedine, Richard Roth, John King, Whitney Hurst, Pam Benson, Ingrid Formanek and Salma Abdelaziz contributed to this report."
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"Birds Point, Missouri (CNN) -- Persistent, heavy rains have helped swell the Mississippi and Ohio rivers to the highest levels ever recorded, said an Army Corps of Engineers official Sunday.",
"This ominous development prompted Maj. Gen. Michael Walsh, president of the Mississippi River Commission, to order several barges into place at 3 p.m. to begin pumping explosive slurry into a levee near where the two rivers meet.",
"This is all in preparation -- if the decision is made -- to blow up the Birds Point-New Madrid levee and potentially flood 130,000 acres of Missouri farmland, in part to save the town of Cairo, Illinois.",
"At 8 p.m., the water levels on the Ohio River outside Cairo had reached 60.27 feet -- well above the flood stage of 40 feet -- according to the National Weather Service.",
"And, boosted by more rain, the forecast calls for a continued rise to as high as 61.5 feet by Tuesday afternoon.",
"\"This is the largest flood that we have ever seen in our lifetimes,\" Walsh said.",
"Two states divided by river, flooding .",
"The U.S. Supreme Court refused Sunday to block any plan to intentionally breach the levee.",
"Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito ruled against Missouri -- effectively giving Walsh the authority to execute on the levee-breach plan.",
"Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster's office had appealed to the court, questioning the Corps' authority to do so.",
"He had hoped to overturn a federal judge's ruling against Missouri on Friday, saying a 1928 law permits the breach of the levee to ease pressure on the river.",
"Hours before the Supreme Court ruling came down, Missouri Gov.",
"Jay Nixon told reporters Sunday that he was not dwelling on the legal battle.",
"Rather, he said that local and state authorities are focused first and foremost on making all necessary preparations, including steps to protect property and lives, assuming that the levee will be breached and massive flooding will occur.",
"\"The litigation is out there, but that's not our focal point, quite frankly,\" Nixon said, flanked by Walsh.",
"\"This doesn't thrill us, where we are, but this is a (difficult) situation.",
"... We understand the general and his team have difficult decisions to make.\"",
"Walsh said he'd directed crews to move the barges across the river to Missouri and load the pipes with the blasting agent.",
"The entire process -- including priming the explosives and breaching the levee -- would take about 20 hours, at which point the controlled blast could occur.",
"\"I have not given the command to put it into operation, just to get it to the next step,\" Walsh said.",
"The crisis is centered on the stretch of the Mississippi River between Memphis and St. Louis, but it relates to a far broader issue of excess water in the river and its tributaries.",
"Engineers have warned that should the rising waters of the Mississippi River overwhelm the entire flood control project, it could deluge cities, destroy crops, destroy businesses and paralyze river transportation.",
"Engineers already have reported sand boils and seepage at a number of levees near the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, a condition that Walsh said also threatens the integrity of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project -- the world's largest flood control project.",
"Belief Blog: Baptism in floodwaters .",
"\"There is water in places where we have never ever seen it before,\" Walsh said.",
"The potential for disaster -- and with the levees deteriorating and more rain falling -- prompted Cairo Mayor Judson Childs to order his city's 2,800 residents to evacuate by midnight Saturday.",
"\"I'm here to try to protect the city of Cairo,\" Childs said.",
"\"I care about them and I don't want them in harm's way.",
"I would much rather issue a mandatory evacuation and nothing happen than not to do it and people lose their life.\"",
"Meanwhile, Missouri is likewise preparing for the worst -- specifically, the immersion or other negative effects on what Nixon called \"the most productive part of our continent\" for farming.",
"About 750 National Guard personnel are in the area, with nearly 100 state police also on hand to safeguard the area and residents' property.",
"In addition, 230 residents who were potentially in harm's way in Mississippi and New Madrid counties have been evacuated.",
"\"The point is, if this is going to occur here, we're going to do it safely, we're going to do it an orderly fashion and we're going to do the best we can to defend it and save property where available,\" the governor said.",
"The uncertain scenario threatened to turned the lives of thousands upside down.",
"In Dexter, Missouri, Amanda Jones spent much of her Sunday morning in tears, bouncing from her computer to her phone and back again, pausing only to care for her sick toddler.",
"She and others are concerned about the economic impact on Mississippi County -- and are even more worried about the unforeseen consequences if all doesn't go according to plan and water inundates the nearby Missouri towns of New Madrid, Charleston, Wyatt and East Prairie.",
"Residents are being told a second levee built to protect the towns will hold, but \"they really have no clue what's going to happen,\" Jones said.",
"And even out of the flood plain, she said she's worried an explosion may trigger an earthquake on the New Madrid Fault, which runs through the region.",
"Jones posted on her Facebook page a transcript of a 1988 public meeting in which it was discussed that such a plan could go awry, as the force of the water would be uncontrollable after such a breach and the second levee cannot be guaranteed.",
"\"As we all know too well, plans don't always go according to plan, especially when Old Man River is involved,\" board member Lester Goodin said, according to the transcript.",
"\"It has time after time fooled people who weren't fools, people who merely miscalculated, or failed to take into account its almost infinite variables, or used inadequate models, or out-of-date models, or mistaken assumptions.\"",
"In East Prairie, Cassie Sutton isn't waiting around to find out.",
"Her family's bags are packed, she said Sunday.",
"And should word be given that the levee will be blown up, they plan to head to stay with relatives about 45 minutes away.",
"\"They did say the secondary levee will hold, but we've also never been in times like these,\" she said. ...",
"I'm not willing to be the guinea pig.",
"That's the bottom line.\"",
"Sutton said her aunt and uncle have evacuated two homes near the levee, moving out all their possessions, and are now living in a camper.",
"\"They honestly think they'll have nothing to go back to,\" she said, adding the Corps of Engineers has told them the water will cover their home by at least 5 or 6 feet.",
"The levee was breached before, in 1937.",
"But, Jones and Sutton pointed out, the area was heavily forested then, with trees to slow the water before it reached the second levee.",
"That forestation is no longer there, they said.",
"Koster's office said last week that \"the flooding would leave a layer of silt on the farmland that could take as much as a generation to clear, causing significant injury to the quality of the farmland for many years.\"",
"Still, even if they don't prefer it, not everyone in the Show-Me State opposes the levee breach if it's truly a last resort.",
"Sutton said her family has traditionally made its living farming, but \"when it comes over people's lives to farmland, I say save the lives.\"",
"\"They say it's going to help Cairo, then I'm for it,\" she said.",
"\"But I have a feeling that will destroy Mississippi County, financially bankrupt our county.\"",
"CNN's Ashley Hayes, Bill Mears and Chelsea J. Carter contributed to this report."
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"NEW: The Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois, is 60.3 feet -- 50% above flood stage .",
"Missouri asks the Supreme Court to halt a plan to explode a levee to lessen pressure .",
"The proposal would flood Missouri farmland but save an Illinois town ."
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"(CNN) -- Jury selection begins Thursday for an Army sergeant charged in what military authorities say was a conspiracy by a group of soldiers to kill Afghan civilians for sport and then cover it up.",
"Sgt. Darren Jones is one of 12 soldiers, all members of the Washington-based 5th Stryker Combat Brigade, accused in a case that strained U.S. relations with Afghanistan after details emerged that some of the soldiers allegedly posed with dead Afghans and collected souvenirs from the killings.",
"Jones is one of six soldiers facing trial and the only one not charged with killing Afghans.",
"Six other soldiers, including one who posed for photos with a dead Afghan, have accepted plea deals.",
"Jones, who faces courts-martial at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and conspiracy to commit assault and battery.",
"The government maintains that sometime in March 2010, Jones along with other soldiers opened fire on three Afghan men near Forward Operating Base Ramrod, in the volatile Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan.",
"The Army charge sheet, which spells out the allegations against Jones, does not provide the date of the shooting, the identities of the victims or whether they were wounded.",
"There is no evidence Jones killed or wounded any Afghan civilians, his lawyer, Kevin McDermott, told CNN late Wednesday .",
"\"They're calling it aggravated assault, even though he didn't hit anybody,\" McDermott said.",
"\"There is no forensic evidence, no ballistic, no bodies, no identities.\"",
"A telephone call by CNN late Wednesday to the prosecutor's office at Joint Base Lewis-McChord went unanswered.",
"The military also alleges that Jones, 30, of Brea, California, joined others in his unit in the May 2010 beating of a fellow soldier to prevent him from talking to investigators about the killings and other misconduct at the base in southern Afghanistan.",
"McDermott said Jones was never interviewed by military investigators about his alleged role.",
"The government alleges the killing-for-sport plan was hatched by Staff Sgt.",
"Calvin R. Gibbs, 25, of Billings, Montana, and that the group began killing civilians in January 2010.",
"The case drew international outrage in March when Der Spiegel, a German news magazine, published photos that showed two of the accused -- Spec.",
"Jeremy Morlock and Pfc.",
"Andrew Holmes -- posing over dead bodies of Afghans.",
"The U.S. Army apologized for any distress caused by the photos, calling the photographs \"repugnant to us as human beings and contrary to the standards and values of the United States Army.\"",
"Army officials asserted in the statement that ongoing court-martial proceedings related to the alleged atrocities \"speak for themselves.",
"The photos appear in stark contrast to the discipline, professionalism and respect that have characterized our soldiers' performance during nearly 10 years of sustained operations.\"",
"In March 2011, Morlock of Wasilla, Alaska, pleaded guilty to killing Afghan civilians in a deal that sentenced him to 24 years in prison and positioned him to be the prosecution's key witness against the other soldiers still facing trial.",
"Among those facing murder charges are Holmes of Boise, Idaho; Spec.",
"Adam Winfield of Cape Coral, Florida; Spec.",
"Michael Wagnon of Las Vegas and Gibbs.",
"Holmes is charged with the premeditated deaths of three civilians, possessing a dismembered human finger, wrongfully possessing photographs of human casualties and smoking hashish.",
"He is also accused of conspiring with Morlock to shoot at a civilian and then toss a grenade so it would look like the soldiers were under attack.",
"Authorities allege Gibbs kept finger bones, leg bones and a tooth from Afghan corpses.",
"Wagnon allegedly kept a skull from a corpse, according to charging documents.",
"All five accused in the killings have pleaded not guilty."
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"Darren Jones has pleaded not guilty .",
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"His lawyer says there is no evidence Jones killed or wounded anyone ."
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"(CNN) -- Boxing world champion Wladimir Klitschko has told CNN that David Haye will become the 50th knockout victim of his career when the two face-off in July.",
"The IBF, IBO and WBO heavyweight champion is set to face WBA champ Haye in Hamburg, Germany, on July 2 in a bid to unify four of the division's five belts.",
"The Ukrainian recently pulled out of his scheduled April 30 fight with another British boxer, Derek Chisora, and boasts a formidable record during his 15-year career, winning 55 of his 58 fights -- 49 coming via knockout.",
"And he claims Haye is the perfect man to help him notch up a landmark half century.",
"He told CNN: \"I knocked out 49 fighters and David Haye is going to be the 50th on my list.",
"I am looking forward to it, I will get a great challenge in the ring.",
"\"He will try to get through with his strategy, psychological and physical game and I'm ready for it because I'm a true professional athlete and have been doing it for such a long time.",
"I love to be challenged.\"",
"Londoner Haye can also point to an impressive record in the sport, having won 25 of his 26 fights, 23 coming via knockout.",
"The 30-year-old moved up from the Cruiserweight division in 2008 and has made public his desire to fight Wladimir, and his older brother, the WBC heavyweight champion Vitali, before he retires on his birthday -- October 13 this year.",
"When Wladimir was asked what would happen if Haye was to win their July bout, he replied: \"(Defeat) is not an option -- myself and Vitali are going to unify all the belts.",
"\"Haye is quick and his record speaks for itself.",
"He won a lot of fights by knockout, so I will not underestimate his speed or his punching power.",
"\"I've been in boxing for last 15 years and I'm going to be close to 60 fights, I know exactly what to expect from every single opponent.\"",
"Wladimir also denied that he will enjoy any advantage from the fact that the contest will be staged in Germany -- the country that has hosted many of his title fights in the past.",
"He explained: \"It's not really an advantage because the ring is the same everywhere -- it has four corners with a referee in between you and your opponent.",
"\"It's all about the way you fight and how you follow through with your plan and tactics.\""
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"Wladimir Klitschko tells CNN that David Haye will be his 50th knockout victim .",
"The two heavyweight boxers face off in Hamburg, Germany on July 2 .",
"Klitschko holds the IBF, WBO & IBO belts, Haye the WBA version .",
"The Ukrainian has won 55 of his 58 fights during a 15-year career with 49 via KOs ."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A former Army commander who underwent a sex change operation was discriminated against by the U.S. government, a federal judge ruled Friday in an important victory for transgenders claiming bias in the workplace.",
"Diane Schroer won her federal lawsuit against the Library of Congress after officials backed out of a 2005 job offer when told of her intention to become a transsexual.",
"At the time of the job interview for a position as a senior terrorism research analyst, David Schroer was a male.",
"He had been a onetime Army Special Forces commander.",
"U.S. District Court Judge James Robinson said Schroer's civil rights were violated.",
"\"The evidence established that the Library was enthusiastic about hiring David Schroer -- until she disclosed her transsexuality,\" Robinson wrote.",
"\"The Library revoked the offer when it learned that a man named David intended to become, legally, culturally and physically, a woman named Diane.",
"This was discrimination 'because of ... sex.' \" The judge will later rule on what financial damages Schroer is due.",
"\"It is especially gratifying that the court has ruled that discriminating against someone for transitioning is illegal,\" said Schroer in a statement from the ACLU, which represented her in court.",
"\"I knew all along that the 25 years of experience I gained defending our country didn't disappear when I transitioned, so it was hard to understand why I was being turned down for a job doing what I do best just because I'm transgender.",
"It is tremendously gratifying to have your faith in this country, and what is fundamentally right and fair, be reaffirmed.\"",
"After Schroer had retired from the military, she applied for a job at the Library of Congress.",
"Court records show that Schroer, then a male, took her future boss to lunch to outline her transition to a female, as she planned to present herself as a female on her first day of the job.",
"Schroer testified that on the day after the lunch, the job offer was rescinded, and she was told she wasn't a \"good fit\" for the library.",
"The ACLU said the ruling sends a \"loud and clear\" message to employers against firing or refusing to hire someone for changing their gender.",
"There was no immediate reaction from the library, which had claimed at trial that transgender people are not covered under federal anti-discrimination laws.",
"The case is Schroer v. Billington (Cv-05-1090)."
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"Judge finds discrimination on basis of gender .",
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"Phuket, Thailand (CNN) -- When Southeast Asia was rocked by a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2004, Susanne Janson was glued to her television in Stockholm, Sweden.",
"Her two daughters -- 14-year-old Eleonor and 12-year-old Josefin -- were vacationing in Thailand at the time with her ex-husband and his new family, and she hadn't heard any news of their whereabouts because phone lines were unreliable.",
"With such a lack of information, it didn't take long for Janson and her partner, Hans Forssell, to hop on a plane.",
"\"I was so sure that when we arrived in Thailand, I would have a (text) message telling me that I could come back home because we missed each other in the air,\" Janson recalls.",
"\"Unfortunately, I didn't have that message.\"",
"When Janson and Forssell arrived in Khao Lak, the city her daughters were staying in, they learned that it had been one of Thailand's hardest-hit areas.",
"\"There was nothing left ... everything had disappeared,\" Janson said.",
"Eventually, she had to face a tragic reality: that her daughters had perished along with their father and three other members of his family.",
"\"When I realized I wouldn't bring them back home alive, I wanted to die,\" said Janson, 47.",
"Grief-stricken, and with no interest in returning to her advertising career, Janson was lost.",
"But she frequently remembered the support and grace offered to her by the Thai people in their time of mutual crisis.",
"So when she read that a Thai-Swedish couple she'd met were building an orphanage in Phuket for children who'd lost their families in the tsunami, she decided she wanted to help.",
"\"I felt a connection with the Thai people,\" Janson said.",
"\"They had suffered so much more than I suffered.",
"Here, you had people that lost children, homes, everything, and they were strong.",
"So I think that affected me, and their kindness to me was such that I wanted to give something back.\"",
"In March 2005, Janson and Forssell returned to Thailand as volunteers at the orphanage, and in 2006 they made their stay permanent.",
"They sold their Swedish apartment and became the managers of Barnhem Muang Mai, a care home that has helped more than 100 children to date.",
"For the first year, the facility cared for children and families directly affected by the tsunami.",
"But as relatives reconnected after the tragedy, the original beneficiaries moved on and Barnhem's mission evolved.",
"Although Barnhem means \"orphanage\" in Swedish, Janson says Barnhem is no longer an orphanage in the traditional sense.",
"\"It's a home for children and ... families actually in need,\" she said.",
"\"We don't just help children.",
"If we can help a child ... by helping mother or grandmother and keep them together, that's even better than just (helping) the child.\"",
"All of the children at Barnhem come from dire poverty, and they've often endured abuse, crime or neglect.",
"While most have no one else to care for them, some do.",
"And whenever possible, Janson works to keep families together.",
"Barnhem currently houses 24 children, one mother and one grandmother, providing daily ongoing care.",
"\"Love is the first thing they need,\" she said.",
"\"Second (is) food ... but then it's school and education.\"",
"Do you know a hero? Nominations are open for 2011 CNN Heroes .",
"Janson and Forssell have learned to speak Thai fairly well, and with the help of their Thai co-manager, nicknamed Wow, they strive to give the children a real home with all of the love, household chores and homework that come with it.",
"\"We want to be as close to a family as possible,\" Janson said.",
"\"Of course, we can't do it all the way, as we are a very big family.",
"... (But) when something is good, we are happy together.",
"If something bad happens, we cry together.",
"That's the most important if you work with children.",
"Not so much head, but a lot of heart.\"",
"Education is also an important part of the Barnhem home, which is funded by charities, foundations and private individual donations.",
"Janson ensures that a teacher visits after school to tutor youngsters who need extra support.",
"\"We can't decide what they should do with their lives,\" she said.",
"\"But by helping them with education, we hope that we can help them have a choice.\"",
"In June, Barnhem achieved an important milestone.",
"Fame, a teenage boy who's lived at the home since 2006, started college.",
"After he passed his entrance exam, Janson found a Swedish family to sponsor his studies.",
"She is excited about what it means for his future and that of the other children in her care.",
"\"We hope we can help the other kids understand that they actually can change their lives,\" she said.",
"While Janson has made a new life and family for herself in Thailand, her daughters -- whose remains eventually were found in Khao Lak -- are never far from her mind.",
"\"I think I feel closer to them here than I do in Sweden.",
"I don't know why,\" she said. \"I think of them every day.",
"... \"My daughters loved their life.",
"And I wanted to show them that I would survive this.",
"And if (I) could help my new children to love their lives, at least one good thing came out of this.\"",
"Want to get involved?",
"Check out Barnhem Muang Mai's website at www.barnhem.org and see how to help."
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"Janson's two young daughters perished in the 2004 tsunami that ravaged nine Asian countries .",
"Since moving to Thailand, Janson has helped raise more than 100 children .",
"Do you know a hero?",
"Nominations are open for 2011 CNN Heroes ."
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"London (CNN) -- Lawyers for WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange have filed an appeal against his extradition to Sweden to face questioning on sex charges, a member of his defense team said Thursday.",
"The appeal was submitted to London's High Court on Tuesday, but lawyers do not expect the case to be heard for another two or three months, said Jennifer Robinson, who is part of Assange's defense team.",
"A judge at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court ruled on February 24 that Assange should be extradited from the United Kingdom to Sweden to face allegations of sex crimes.",
"He says the charges are an attempt to smear him.",
"The case is not related to the work of Assange's website, which facilitates the publication of secret information.",
"It made headlines last year for leaking documents and videos related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables.",
"At a news conference after the judge's extradition ruling last month, he lashed out at the decision.",
"He said to thrust someone into a foreign land where someone does not speak the language or understand the judicial system \"is a very grave matter.\"",
"Assange has not been charged with a crime, but Swedish prosecutors want to question him in connection with sexual misconduct allegations related to separate incidents in August.",
"Assange denies the accusations.",
"His attorneys are fighting his extradition on procedural and human-rights grounds.",
"Judge Howard Riddell, however, dismissed almost all the arguments by the defense.",
"He ruled that the allegations against Assange are extraditable offenses.",
"He disagreed with Assange's lawyers that Swedish prosecutor Marianne Ny did not have the authority to issue a European arrest warrant and ruled that the warrant was valid.",
"Riddell also tossed out claims that Assange would not be able to obtain a fair trial in Sweden or that Swedish prosecutors had not made any effort to promptly interview Assange before he left Sweden last year.",
"\"In fact this is untrue,\" the judge said in the ruling.",
"He said Assange's Swedish lawyer Bjorn Hurtig had made a \"deliberate attempt to mislead the court\" and that it was Assange who had avoided interrogation before he left Sweden.",
"\"It would be a reasonable assumption from the facts that Mr. Assange was deliberately avoiding interrogation before he left Sweden,\" Riddell wrote.",
"Assange's lawyers have raised the possibility that Sweden would hand him over to the United States if Britain extradites him to Sweden.",
"Prosecutor Clare Montgomery, representing Sweden, has dismissed that claim.",
"CNN's David Wilkinson and Andrew Carey contributed to this report."
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"WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange is fighting extradition to Sweden over sex allegations .",
"The case is not related to his website, which leaks secret information .",
"He says the allegations are an attempt to smear him .",
"A judge last month rejected his lawyers' arguments against extradition ."
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"(CNN) -- A small plane went down short of an airport in rural Alabama, killing a couple and five of their children, authorities said.",
"\"It's going to take a long time (to investigate) since the wreckage is so deep in the woods,\" Nick Worrell of the National Transportation Safety Board said Sunday night.",
"The NTSB and the Federal Aviation Administration are looking into the deadly crash, which occurred Saturday evening near Demopolis, Alabama.",
"According to preliminary information, the Cessna C421 was flying from St. Louis to Destin, Florida, when it lost its right engine, said the FAA's Kathleen Bergen.",
"The plane was diverted to Demopolis Municipal Airport but crashed about two miles short of the runway, Bergen said.",
"Seven people were on board the plane, according to Bergen.",
"All seven died.",
"Marengo County Coroner Stuart Eatmon told CNN the father was the pilot.",
"The wife and at least five children perished in the crash, he said.",
"The bodies were burned \"beyond recognition,\" he said.",
"Eatmon said it took hours for officials to remove the victims from the plane.",
"The wreckage was discovered around 2 a.m. Sunday, but rescue workers could not remove the bodies for about 12 hours because they had to wait for the plane to cool down.",
"Officials had to use an infrared camera to locate the bodies, he said.",
"Authorities are waiting to release the names of the victims until family members have been notified.",
"CNN's Greg Morrison and Stephanie Gallman contributed to this report ."
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"NEW: NTSB: The investigation will take a \"long time\" due to the location of the wreck .",
"A small plane experienced engine trouble near Demopolis, Alabama .",
"FAA official: All seven family members on board died .",
"The Cessna aircraft crashed about 2 miles short of a runway ."
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"London, England (CNN) -- Baggage handlers and check-in staff at Heathrow Airport threatened Wednesday to strike during the week of Christmas, as British Airways went to court to try to stop a strike called by its cabin crews.",
"The planned industrial action looked set to throw one of the world's busiest airports into chaos over Christmas -- while United Kingdom-based drivers of the Eurostar train announced they would go on strike at the same time.",
"British Airways hopes a London court will order cabin crews to stay on the job, despite a vote by 92 percent of members of the Unite union to walk out.",
"The strike could threaten 1 million passengers' holiday travel plans.",
"BA made its case before Judge Laura Cox at London's High Court Wednesday.",
"Unite also is expected to present its views Thursday and the judge could rule the same day.",
"The airline held emergency talks with union leaders even as it sought the court order to block the 12-day walkout.",
"The two sides talked for about four hours on Wednesday afternoon, a BA spokeswoman told CNN, without disclosing the contents of the discussions.",
"She declined to be named.",
"BA is challenging the Unite union's ballot of its 12,500 cabin crew members, arguing that some workers who had taken voluntary redundancy -- or buyouts -- took part in the voting even though they would have left the airline by the time the strike took place.",
"Unite, which said British Airways cabin crews will strike from December 22 to January 2, also announced the threat of the second air travel strike as BA fought its case in court.",
"Baggage handlers and check-in staff at Heathrow and at Aberdeen airport in Scotland will strike next week unless there is movement on resolving a pay dispute, Unite announced.",
"The strike is not related to the BA dispute.",
"The baggage handlers and check-in staff are employed by SAS Ground Services UK Ltd. Unite said the strike would affect travelers on Turkish, Emirates and Thai airlines at Heathrow and passengers on KLM, Air France, Wideroe and Atlantic at Aberdeen.",
"The walkout, which is over pay and pensions, is scheduled for December 22 to 24, December 26 to 27 and January 3 to 4, 2010.",
"SAS said it was preparing a statement in response.",
"Opening the British Airways hearing at London's High Court, the airline's legal counsel, Bruce Carr, told the presiding justice that the balloting process contained \"serious and substantial irregularities.\"",
"He called the union's action in choosing to strike over Christmas \"willfully disproportionate and clearly unlawful.\"",
"Carr referred several times to the serious disruption that will be felt by the airline's passengers, saying some \"ordinary people will find it very difficult to understand.\"",
"Passengers angry and despairing .",
"Meanwhile the Unite union said it had accepted an offer from British Airways to meet for talks Wednesday afternoon.",
"\"We are pleased the company has seen sense and will meet with us to seek an opportunity to get the talks back on track,\" union spokeswoman Pauline Doyle told CNN.",
"Those talks do not affect the airline's attempt to seek an injunction to prevent the strike.",
"Unite union members voted in November to walk out because of planned changes to cabin crew conditions.",
"The union's Deputy General Secretary Len McCluskey announced the result of the ballot Monday.",
"The strike vote came after the airline introduced cost-cutting measures, including a two-year pay freeze and reducing the numbers of cabin-crew members on long-haul flights.",
"Tell us about your BA travel troubles .",
"British Airways says the changes, introduced in the wake of a record pre-tax loss of more than $485 million for the six months from April to September, will save the airline $665 million.",
"Meanwhile, Eurostar train drivers based in the United Kingdom announced Wednesday they will strike Friday and Saturday, and again December 26 and 27.",
"Eurostar, however, said service would not be affected, because drivers from France and Belgium would be used.",
"The train line provides service between London and both Paris, France, and Brussels, Belgium.",
"Talks between the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen and Eurostar \"concerning international allowances\" broke down, the union said.",
"The dispute is over how much drivers' meal allowances should be when they are in Paris and Brussels.",
"A Eurostar spokeswoman said it offered the drivers what it believes is a reasonable amount, but the drivers rejected the offer.",
"She would not divulge specifics of the offer, saying only that it was \"enough for a good meal.\"",
"Separately, the International Air Transport Association, an umbrella group for the air travel industry, predicted Tuesday that the world's airlines will lose $5.6 billion in 2010.",
"That's more than the group's previous prediction of a $3.8 billion loss in 2010, but still only half as much as it expects the industry to lose this year.",
"\"The world's airlines will lose $11 billion in 2009,\" said Giovanni Bisignani, the association's director general and CEO, in a statement.",
"\"Between 2000 and 2009, airlines lost $49.1 billion, which is an average of $5 billion per year.\"",
"Analysts warn strike could wreck BA .",
"If the BA strike goes forward, passengers will find themselves unable to take their flights or be stranded at their destinations, unable to return home, said travel expert Simon Calder of The Independent newspaper on CNN's \"Quest Means Business\" Tuesday.",
"British Airways has said passengers holding tickets for the strike period may rebook for any date in the next 12 months with no penalty, but ticketholders still hoping to fly over the holidays are faced with a dilemma.",
"What's the advice for travellers affected by the strike?",
"The airline has said it will refund a passenger's ticket only if their flight is canceled, and so far it has not canceled any flights because of the strike.",
"Passengers not willing to wait to see whether their flight will be canceled can try to rebook on another airline, but British Airways has said it will not reimburse them for the cost of that ticket if their original flight goes ahead as planned.",
"There is little availability on other airlines, and any tickets are likely to be expensive, Calder said.",
"Follow news of strike on Twitter .",
"CNN's Alysen Miller contributed to this report."
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"Baggage handlers and check-in staff at Heathrow Airport threaten to strike over Christmas .",
"BA starts legal action in bid to prevent strike by cabin crews that could threaten 1 million passengers' travel plans .",
"Cabin crew union Unite meanwhile accepts British Airways' offer to meet for talks .",
"Union plans to begin action from December 22 for 12 days ."
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"Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A Pakistani court has indicted six soldiers and one civilian on murder and terrorism charges in the death of an unarmed man whose fatal shooting was caught on video.",
"The seven men pleaded not guilty, said Muhammad Khan, a public prosecutor in a special anti-terrorism court in the southern city of Karachi.",
"Teenager Sarfraz Shah was shot and killed by Rangers providing security at a public park this month.",
"A chilling video of the incident was played repeatedly on national television and became the latest in a series of human rights violations that horrified Pakistanis and eroded public confidence in security agencies.",
"In the video, an unarmed Shah begs not to be shot.",
"He pleads with the men carrying automatic rifles.",
"\"I am helpless,\" he cries.",
"\"Please do not fire.\"",
"Then, two shots and screams of pain.",
"Blood streams out onto the ground beneath him.",
"The Rangers are Pakistan's paramilitary force primarily responsible for border protection, but at the request of provinces, it helps to maintain law and order in cities.",
"Karachi police said Shah tried to rob people at a park named in honor of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto by pointing a pistol and trying to steal cash and cell phones.",
"He was handed over to park security and then to the Rangers.",
"A hearing on the case begins Thursday.",
"Journalist Nasir Habib contributed to this report."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- An unidentified man twice jumped over a fence and into actress Halle Berry's yard this past weekend, a Los Angeles police spokeswoman said Monday.",
"Berry or her employees called police each time, but no one has been arrested, according to LAPD Officer Sarah Faden.",
"It's not unusual for photographers to stake out positions around Berry's Los Angeles home to get shots of the Oscar-winning actress, but investigators don't know what this intruder was trying to do, Faden said.",
"The man was first confronted by a Berry employee after he hopped over the outer fence at 11 a.m. Saturday, she said.",
"He told the staffer he was \"there to see somebody,\" but he left after the employee ordered him out, she said.",
"The police spokeswoman would not reveal who the man said he was looking for.",
"The same man jumped the same fence at the same time Sunday morning, Faden said.",
"Again, he said he was \"there to see somebody.\"",
"Again, he left when the the staff member told to leave, she said.",
"Police are looking at security camera video for clues to identify the intruder, she said.",
"CNN's Jack Hannah contributed to this report."
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"He left each time after the employee told him to go, police say ."
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"(CNN) -- Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien will be out of action until 2012 after undergoing surgery on his right knee.",
"The 28-year-old Ghana international damaged ligaments in his right knee during training last week, the third serious knee injury of his professional career.",
"The English Premier League side confirmed the news in a statement on their official website.",
"Villas-Boas confirmed as new Chelsea manager .",
"\"Following an injury to his right knee in training last week, Michael Essien has had surgery to repair a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus.\"",
"The statement continued: \"The surgery was successful and Michael's full recovery could take up to six months.\"",
"Meanwhile, New Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas added: \"Everyone at Chelsea wishes Michael well for his recovery.",
"\"His teammates and all the staff and I look forward to helping him return to playing as soon as possible.\"",
"Essien's injury could see Chelsea enter the transfer market for a replacement, with Tottenham's Luka Modric and Porto's Joao Moutinho both being heavily linked with a move to Stamford Bridge."
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"(CNN) -- Barry H. Landau is recognized as one of the foremost collectors of presidential artifacts and memorabilia, having worked with every White House since the Lyndon Johnson administration.",
"Now police in Baltimore are accusing him and another man of stealing millions of dollars worth of historical documents from the Maryland Historical Society.",
"Landau and Jason Savedoff are accused of stealing documents from the society's museum library after an employee thought the pair exhibited suspicious behavior.",
"According to a Baltimore Police Department report, the employee said he watched Savedoff take a document, conceal it in a portfolio and walk out of the library with it on Saturday.",
"The employee then called police.",
"The report states 60 documents were found in Savedoff's locker near the library, some of which were signed out by Landau.",
"The men were found to be in possession of documents signed by President Abraham Lincoln valued at $300,000, along with signed commemorations of both the Statue of Liberty and the Washington Monument, each valued at $100,000.",
"The recovered documents also included several presidential inaugural ball invitations and programs with an estimated value of $500,000, according to the police report.",
"\"These are only four (4) of the (60) documents recovered from Mr. Landau and Mr. Savedoff,\" the police report stated.",
"\"The staff of the Maryland Historical Society advised that the other 56 documents are of the same approximate value.\"",
"Baltimore police say the FBI has also started an investigation.",
"Maryland Historical Society President Burt Kummerow said he is proud of how the museum handled the situation and is pleased the documents have been returned.",
"\"It would have been a huge loss because then (the documents) are no longer in the public record and then they're no longer available,\" he said.",
"Dozens of people enter the museum's special collections unit every day to view original artifacts and conduct research.",
"\"We're in business to study the history of Maryland, and that's why people come in,\" Kummerow said.",
"\"But there are others who would love to collect important documents and own them.\"",
"Landau is the author of \"The President's Table: Two Hundred Years of Dining and Diplomacy.\"",
"Earlier this month, he told CNN he has collected more than a million presidential objects.",
"In a July 4 piece, Landau discussed how various presidents displayed the American flag and how aides went about positioning them.",
"\"I would like to be appointed to some national position to assure that there will be a resurgence of the flag pole on every new building, and the American flag more prominently displayed on a day to day basis,\" Landau said in an interview for the \"In The Arena\" blog.",
"CNN's Jay Kernis contributed to this report ."
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"Police: Barry H. Landau and Jason Savedoff had millions of dollars worth of documents .",
"Pieces include documents signed by Abraham Lincoln and inaugural ball invitations .",
"Landau is the author of \"The President's Table: Two Hundred Years of Dining and Diplomacy\"\nLandau has told CNN he has collected more than a million presidential objects ."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- A federal judge ruled Tuesday that there is enough evidence that former reality TV producer Bruce Beresford-Redman murdered his wife at a Cancun resort to justify his return to Mexico to face trial.",
"Beresford-Redman, once a producer on TV's \"Survivor,\" will appeal the extradition order to a higher court, which could keep him in the United States for another year, his defense lawyers said.",
"Mexican prosecutors charged Beresford-Redman last year with the aggravated murder of Monica Burgos Beresford-Redman while the couple and their two young children vacationed at a resort.",
"The defense withdrew its request to have the 6-year-old daughter take the stand at Tuesday's extradition hearing because of \"some concerns about her ability to testify today,\" lawyer Vicki Podberesky said.",
"The situation was \"very upsetting\" to the child, she said.",
"Instead, the judge allowed the defense to use a sworn statement from the child's counselor that quoted her saying she never saw her parents argue of fight during the vacation.",
"The child's statements to her therapist were also used to explain how her father got some cuts and scrapes on his body that investigators said indicated he was in a struggle with his wife.",
"Beresford-Redman, who has been in jail in Los Angeles since November, has been allowed to visit with his children each week, his lawyer said.",
"He will apparently attend a probate court hearing this week in a Los Angeles County courthouse across the street from federal court.",
"The federal judge approved the request that he testify before the judge considering the permanent custody of his children and the control of his estate.. Mexican prosecutors contend that Beresford-Redman killed his wife by asphyxiating her in their room at the Moon Palace Resort on April 5, 2010.",
"Beresford-Redman's lawyers accuse Mexican investigators of rushing to judgment in charging the husband because they wanted to protect Cancun's valuable tourist industry.",
"The case is \"replete with inconsistencies and unsupported innuendos,\" attorney Richard Hirsch said.",
"The Cancun trip was intended to help the couple work out their marital problems caused by the producer's affair with another woman, his lawyers said.",
"But prosecutors contend it was murder, not reconciliation, on Beresford-Redman's mind.",
"\"The fugitive's continued infidelity provides a strong motive for him to have committed the crime,\" U.S. prosecutors wrote in an extradition filing.",
"\"The fugitive's affair was still an issue with the couple during their trip.\"",
"The fact that he brought their young son and daughter along supports his innocence, Hirsch said.",
"\"How absurd it is to think that our client, or anyone, would book a trip to Mexico with his two minor children, have a room in which all of them, the whole family, is staying together, and have this with some motive to commit a homicide,\" Hirsch said.",
"\"It makes no sense in logic, whatsoever.\"",
"Prosecution documents describe a loud argument ending with a violent death in the same one-room hotel suite where the children were staying.",
"While investigators have not talked to the children, a therapist who has helped them deal with the loss of their mother did question the daughter about her memories of the Mexico trip, Hirsch said.",
"An affidavit signed by the therapist said the girl told her she never heard her parents argue in Mexico and that she was never left alone at the resort.",
"\"Mommy and Daddy did not yell at each other and never hit each other,\" the statement quotes the daughter saying.",
"\"Mommy and Daddy never hit each other anywhere, anytime.\""
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"Judge orders extradition of suspect to Mexico .",
"Bruce Beresford-Redman is charged with killing his wife at a Cancun resort in 2010 .",
"The former reality TV producer has been jailed in Los Angeles while fighting extradition ."
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"Orlando (CNN) -- The detectives who built the murder case against Casey Anthony said Tuesday they stand behind their evidence but urge the public to respect the jury's verdict of acquittal.",
"\"In any case -- especially a case with this many witnesses and this much evidence -- you can always look back and improve on what you have done,\" Orange County Sheriff's Office Sgt.",
"John Allen told reporters.",
"\"I don't know if anybody up here can think of anything we could have done differently that would change the outcome.\"",
"Anthony was acquitted last week of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, but convicted of four misdemeanor counts of lying to investigators.",
"The verdict provoked outrage among many who watched the intensely publicized case closely in the three years since Caylee's disappearance.",
"\"I wish there was something I could say that would bring closure to everyone, but there isn't,\" Cpl.",
"Yuri Melich told reporters.",
"\"I just know that, unfortunately, people are going to have to come to their own sense of closure within themselves and understand that as far as this case is concerned, as far as the judicial system is concerned, there's nothing else we can do.\"",
"Anthony, 25, was given the maximum sentence on each of the misdemeanor counts -- a total of four years.",
"But with credit for the time she has spent jailed since her 2008 arrest, she is slated to be released Sunday.",
"\"I think all of us respect the jury system, and we respect the jury's verdict,\" Allen said.",
"\"I would hope that people who followed us, people in the community, would also respect the jury's verdict and our process.",
"\"But for us, I certainly don't have any doubt after working on this,\" he said.",
"\"I felt our case was solid.\"",
"Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said that despite the \"plethora of chatter\" surrounding the controversial verdict, investigators have not received any \"credible threats\" to Anthony and won't offer any special protection to her upon release.",
"In a case built on circumstantial evidence, prosecutors accused Anthony of using chloroform to render her daughter unconscious, then duct-taping her mouth and nose to suffocate her.",
"They alleged that she put the child's body in the trunk of her car for a few days before disposing of it.",
"Her lawyers argued that Caylee accidentally drowned in the Anthony family's above-ground pool, and that Casey Anthony and her father, George Anthony, panicked and covered up the death -- something George Anthony denied on the witness stand.",
"The case began drew national attention in part because Anthony failed to report Caylee missing for a month, during which she moved out of her parent's home, partied in Orlando nightclubs and shopped.",
"When confronted, she accused a nonexistent nanny of taking the girl.",
"Caylee's skeletal remains weren't found until December 2008, six months after she was last seen alive.",
"If her body had been discovered earlier, \"I would like to say that maybe more evidence would have been found,\" Allen said.",
"\"But it's impossible to say.\"",
"Anthony's scattershot defense included challenges to forensic evidence; allegations that she had been molested by her father; an attempt to cast suspicion on the meter reader who discovered the girl's body; and an unsuccessful attempt to call her own competency to stand trial into question.",
"Ultimately, however, lead attorney Jose Baez argued that the prosecution's case failed to show how the girl died, and left jurors with \"more questions than you have answers.\"",
"Allen said detectives had no evidence beyond \"Casey's word\" that her father had sexually abused her -- an allegation George Anthony also denied in his sometimes-emotional testimony.",
"And Melich said Casey Anthony never said anything about an accident when she was questioned by police about her daughter's disappearance.",
"\"That would have been her opportunity to say so, had it been,\" Melich said.",
"He added, \"Even to this day, I'm still surprised that she just didn't come off it, she wouldn't tell us the truth.\"",
"\"That's all we were after, was the truth -- that day, this whole thing could have ended had we known the truth.\""
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"\"I felt our case was solid,\" detective tells reporters .",
"Casey Anthony was acquitted of killing her daughter last week .",
"She is scheduled to be released from jail Sunday ."
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"(CNN) -- Norwegian marathon runner Grete Waitz, winner of a record nine New York City marathons, has died at the age of 57 following a six-year fight with cancer.",
"Waitz, who had been undergoing treatment for cancer since 2005, died overnight on Tuesday in hospital in Norway's capital Oslo, according to Helle Aanesen, co-founder of Waitz's Active Against Cancer Foundation.",
"She won her first New York title in 1978 setting a world record time of two hours, 32 minutes and 30 seconds.",
"The last of her nine wins -- more than any other athlete, male or female, at the event -- came in 1988, by which time she had also won the London marathon twice (1983 and 1986).",
"Waitz took marathon gold at the inaugural world athletics championships at Helsinki in 1983 and picked up the silver medal at the Los Angeles Olympics the following year.",
"International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) president Lamine Diack described Waitz as \"one of the brightest flames of the modern athletics era,\" AFP reported.",
"\"The dedication, perseverance and fortitude with which Grete carved out her athletics career on the track, across the country and on the road is an example to us all, as is the positive way she tackled the illness that beset her life in recent years,\" he said, AFP reported.",
"Waitz's talents extended to other distances as well.",
"She won the world cross-country title five times and twice broke the 3,000 meter world record -- in 1975 and 1976.",
"In her native Norway she won a total of 33 national championships across a range of distances.",
"Svein Arne Hansen, head of the Norwegian athletics federation called her \"the greatest Norwegian athlete of all times\" and \"a model for women's sport,\" AFP reported."
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"Marathon great, Grete Waitz dies of cancer aged 57 .",
"Norwegian runner won a record nine New York City marathons and two London marathons .",
"Waitz won the gold medal at the world athletics championships in Helsinki in 1983 ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- A same-sex couple has asked the Supreme Court to intervene in a cross-state dispute over their efforts to have both of them officially listed as the parents of an adopted 5-year-old boy.",
"The California couple filed an appeal this week with the high court, saying Louisiana, where the child was born, has an unconstitutional policy against adoption by unmarried couples.",
"The state used that policy to justify naming only one of them on an amended birth certificate.",
"The men, Oren Adar and Mickey Ray Smith, argue that gay couples have a due process right to be listed on such certificates as joint custodial parents.",
"A federal appeals court has ruled against the couple.",
"The case could have broader implications in the current legal fight in state and federal courts over same-sex marriage and whether states -- and Washington -- must honor legal rights that gays and lesbians enjoy in other states.",
"The men, who live in San Diego, had legally adopted a year-old boy from Shreveport, Louisiana, in 2006.",
"The adoption was finalized in New York state, where the couple was then residing.",
"In their appeal, spearheaded by the gay rights advocacy group Lambda Legal, the couple said it is important both practically and symbolically that they both be listed as the legal parents.",
"\"Obtaining an amended birth certificate that accurately identifies both parents of an adopted child is vitally important for multiple purposes, including determining the parents' and child's right to make medical decisions for other family members at the necessary moments; determining custody, care, and support of the child in the event of a separation or divorce between the parents,\" the legal brief said.",
"Lawyers for the men also said it is vitally necessary for Social Security and tax purposes, inheritance, insurance, school registration, and obtaining a passport.",
"Adar and Smith tried to have the birth certificate changed in Louisiana.",
"All states have laws creating a right to accurate, amended official birth and identity documents that would be recognized in other states and by the federal government.",
"Darlene Smith, Louisiana's registrar of vital records and statistics, refused their request.",
"She took the position that the term \"adoptive parents\" in the applicable section of state law applies only to married parents, because in Louisiana, only married couples may jointly adopt a child.",
"Louisiana state officials argue they have not refused to recognize the New York adoption decree, and had offered to list one of the parents on the official amended birth certificate.",
"But Adar and Smith insisted both of them should be named.",
"The 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in April that Adar and Smith cannot file a federal civil rights claim under the Constitution's \"full faith and credit\" clause.",
"That refers to Article IV, Section 1, which says states must respect the \"public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.\"",
"The full 16-member court, in an 11-5 ruling, concluded the clause applies only to court actions, not those of state legislators or executive officials, and added that \"there is no legal basis on which to conclude that failure to issue a revised birth certificate denies 'recognition' to the New York adoption decree.\"",
"More importantly, the court said states have the power to make their own decisions about issuing birth certificates.",
"\"Adoption is not a fundamental right,\" said the appeals court, citing studies that found marriage provides a more stable environment in which to raise children.",
"\"Louisiana has a legitimate interest in encouraging a stable and nurturing environment for the education and socialization of its adopted children.",
"... Louisiana may rationally conclude that having parenthood focused on a married couple or single individual -- not on the freely severable relationship of unmarried partners -- furthers the interests of adopted children.\"",
"The Supreme Court is likely to decide in late September whether to accept the case for review.",
"If it does, oral arguments would likely be held early next year, and a ruling would come some weeks afterward.",
"A decision by the justices not to intervene would be a final legal defeat for Adar and Smith on the certificate question, but would not affect their continuing custody of the boy.",
"The case is Adar v. Smith, State Registrar (11-46)."
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"Louisiana refuses to list two men as adoptive parents on an amended birth certificate .",
"The men argue they have a due process right to have both officially recognized .",
"The adoption was finalized in New York, but the child was born in Louisiana .",
"An appeals court has ruled against the same-sex couple ."
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"Orlando, Florida (CNN) -- AT&T's wireless network will face major challenges \"in the short term\" unless the carrier is able to begin integrating T-Mobile USA's infrastructure, said AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega.",
"He didn't specify an exact timeframe for when his company's problems could compound but acknowledged that the network's needs must be addressed in less than three years.",
"AT&T announced plans to acquire the American T-Mobile unit from Deutsche Telekom on Sunday in a $39 billion transaction.",
"\"With this deal, we're set\" for both the short and long haul, de la Vega said in a brief interview on Tuesday.",
"Analysts predict that AT&T could see major scrutiny from the regulating bodies that must approve the deal.",
"However, it's unclear how long that process might draw out.",
"\"One of the key drivers (for the deal) was the need for additional spectrum,\" he said on a panel at the CTIA Wireless conference.",
"\"It resolves the pending spectrum challenges that we're facing in major cities.\"",
"Wireless spectrum is the airwaves on which cellular signals travel.",
"Without enough spectrum, phone calls can get dropped and internet surfing can slow to a crawl when too many gadgets are trying to connect at the same time.",
"People in the industry talk of an impending \"spectrum crunch.\"",
"Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski dedicated a large part of his speech at this week's mobile conference to the topic.",
"\"Unleashing more spectrum must be a national priority,\" he said.",
"\"Every day we are not freeing up spectrum for mobile broadband is a day with real costs to our economy.\"",
"The FCC is one regulator, along with the Department of Justice, that will review AT&T's acquisition proposal.",
"Genachowski declined in his speech to comment on the deal.",
"He promoted the idea for broadcasters to auction their spectrum -- something he's championed but hasn't succeeded in implementing.",
"However, Verizon Wireless CTO David Small isn't feeling a spectrum crunch.",
"He said Verizon secured ample airwaves at the FCC auction in 2008, when the company spent an estimated $9.6 billion.",
"\"We bet pretty big with the 700 megahertz spectrum that we bought, and we feel that that gives us a very good path forward for 4G LTE,\" Small said.",
"\"There is not a Verizon Wireless spectrum concern in the short term.\"",
"At that same auction, AT&T paid $6.6 billion, analysts said then, in addition to the $2.5 billion spent to acquire Aloha Partners earlier that year.",
"AT&T is positioning the T-Mobile purchase as a proactive move to alleviate overflow in major cities.",
"Poor service quality in cities such as New York and San Francisco has been a criticism lobbed at AT&T over the past several years.",
"De la Vega, the AT&T executive, said he expects Verizon will face issues down the road if it doesn't continue to aggressively buy spectrum.",
"\"You wait and see,\" he said.",
"Verizon's forecast determines that its network will be stable until 2015 before it will need to buy more or free up spectrum from its own holdings, Small said.",
"That's despite iPhone data usage being \"a little bit higher than what we had expected,\" he said.",
"\"We feel we're in pretty good shape for the next three to four years.\"",
"Small was also unimpressed with AT&T's pledge to expand the rollout of its faster 4G LTE network to 95% of the U.S. population from 80% if federal regulators approve the T-Mobile merger.",
"\"From my view, that's old news,\" Small said of AT&T's promise.",
"Verizon had set a deadline in 2013 for when its own version of that network technology will match its 3G coverage, which blankets about 97% of Americans.",
"Verizon's 4G LTE began deployment in December, currently covers 59 cities and will add 88 more by the end of the year."
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"AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega says the network faces short-term problems .",
"T-Mobile USA's assets could alleviate the troubles AT&T faces, he says .",
"But AT&T faces a potentially long regulatory approval process ."
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"(CNN) -- The Pakistani president Tuesday said his country provided initial help that ultimately led to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, but he said it had no clue about the terror mastermind's whereabouts and didn't participate in the U.S. raid to kill the top militant.",
"Asif Ali Zardari, writing in a Washington Post op-ed column, said that the raid was not a \"joint operation\" and bin Laden \"was not anywhere we had anticipated he would be.\"",
"\"And we in Pakistan take some satisfaction that our early assistance in identifying an al Qaeda courier ultimately led to this day,\" Zardari said, referring to the trusted bin Laden aide whose movements helped the United States find the al Qaeda leader.",
"U.S. politicians and military officials have roundly criticized Pakistan for not being more robust in the fight against al Qaeda, the Taliban and other militants who have a strong presence along the Afghan-Pakistani border.",
"But Zardari defended Pakistan's anti-terror activities, saying there has been \"a decade of cooperation and partnership between the United States\" and his country that ultimately led to bin Laden's death.",
"Zardari said he \"endorses the words\" of and \"appreciates the credit\" from U.S. President Barack Obama about Pakistan's role.",
"In his announcement of bin Laden's death, Obama said it's \"important to note that our counterterrorism cooperation with Pakistan helped lead us to bin Laden and the compound where he was hiding.\"",
"Zardari said that \"some in the U.S. press have suggested that Pakistan lacked vitality in its pursuit of terrorism, or worse yet, that we were disingenuous and actually protected the terrorists we claimed to be pursuing.",
"Such baseless speculation may make exciting cable news, but it doesn't reflect fact.",
"\"Pakistan had as much reason to despise al Qaeda as any nation.",
"The war on terrorism is as much Pakistan's war as it is America's.",
"And though it may have started with bin Laden, the forces of modernity and moderation remain under serious threat,\" Zardari said.",
"He emphasized that Pakistan \"paid an enormous price for its stand against terrorism,\" noting that the country lost thousands of soldiers, police, and civilians in the battle.",
"He also mentioned his late wife, Benazir Bhutto, the Pakistani politician who was assassinated in 2007.",
"\"Justice against bin Laden was not just political; it was also personal, as the terrorists murdered our greatest leader, the mother of my children.",
"Twice he tried to assassinate my wife.",
"In 1989 he poured $50 million into a no-confidence vote to topple her first government.",
"She said that she was bin Laden's worst nightmare -- a democratically elected, progressive, moderate, pluralistic female leader.",
"She was right, and she paid for it with her life,\" he said.",
"He said the Taliban reacted to bin Laden's death \"by blaming the government of Pakistan and calling for retribution against its leaders, and specifically against me as the nation's president.\"",
"But Zardari said Pakistanis won't be \"intimidated.\"",
"\"Pakistan has never been and never will be the hotbed of fanaticism that is often described by the media,\" he said."
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"He claims \"early assistance\" helped lead to bin Laden's courier .",
"Zardari says there have been years of cooperation ."
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"(CNN) -- A three-judge federal appeals panel has ruled that Tucson shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner can refuse anti-psychotic medication.",
"Tuesday's ruling comes days after the court said it would review an appeal by attorneys for the government who argued the alleged gunman should be forced to take anti-psychotic drugs for his behavior.",
"The federal appeals court last week temporarily halted the forced medication.",
"\"Since Loughner has not been convicted of a crime, he is presumptively innocent and is therefore entitled to greater constitutional protections than a convicted inmate,\" court documents said.",
"\"While both interests are significant, we conclude that preserving the dignity and bodily integrity of an individual who has not been convicted of a crime is the stronger interest, especially when the government has demonstrated that it is able to prevent that individual from harming himself or others.\"",
"Loughner is being held in a federal mental hospital after an earlier court ruling found him incompetent to stand trial.",
"The hospital's medical staff began forcing him to take psychotropic medication after it deemed him to be a danger to himself and others.",
"He is charged with killing six people -- including the chief federal judge of Arizona, John Roll -- in a supermarket parking lot in Tucson, Arizona, on January 8.",
"Among the 13 people wounded was U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Arizona, who was shot in the head.",
"On May 25, a judge found Loughner incompetent to stand trial and committed him to federal custody for hospitalization at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri, where the staff will determine whether Loughner will become competent in the foreseeable future and, if so, oversee his mental restoration.",
"CNN's Scott Thompson contributed to this report."
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"Jared Lee Loughner no longer has to take anti-psychotic medication, a court says .",
"The defendant has also been diagnosed as schizophrenic, prosecutors say .",
"Loughner's attorneys say forcing him to take strong drugs violates his rights .",
"Loughner is accused of shooting U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and several others ."
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"(CNN) -- Martin Kaymer's victory in last year's U.S. PGA Championship has given him the \"belief and motivation\" to add to his major tally at this week's British Open at Royal St George's this week.",
"The 26-year-old German burst to prominence with his victory at Whistling Straits and had a brief spell as the world's top-ranked golfer earlier this year.",
"Kaymer told CNN that his triumph had impacted on him in a \"very positive\" way as he approached each major.",
"\"It gave me a lot of belief and motivation I could do well, especially coming to big events like the British Open,\" he said.",
"Kaymer believes that putting could well prove the key to victory come Sunday on the links course in south-east England.",
"\"You will miss the greens and you will have some long putts with a lot of slopes between you and the hole,\" he told the official tournament website.",
"\"It's very tough to hit them to a foot or two, so that's why I think there will be plenty of tricky putts that you have to save for par,\" he added.",
"Kaymer is a big supporter of the only major outside of the United States, saying it was his \"favorite\" tournament of the year.",
"\"It's a fantastic major and is so different than all the other tournaments and that makes it very special and new.",
"\"You have to be creative and you have to think a lot and mentally it's very tiring.",
"That's what I like about it. It's not normal. You have to play different golf.\"",
"Looking at the other contenders for the title, Kaymer made a point of singling out U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy and admitted he watched on in admiration as the Northern Irishman dominated the field at Congressional.",
"\"The way he played made me feel like I need to practice more.",
"I need to hit more balls, need to become a better player because he played that golf course almost in a perfect way.\"",
"he said. Kaymer is paired with defending champion Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa and American star Phil Mickelson for the first two rounds."
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"Martin Kaymer chasing second major title at this week's British Open .",
"German won last year's U.S. PGA Championship at Whistling Straits .",
"He signals out good putting as the key to victory at Royal St George's .",
"Kaymer singles out U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy as big threat ."
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"(CNN) -- A Southern California woman was in jail Wednesday after allegedly drugging her husband, cutting off his penis, throwing it into the garbage disposal and turning it on, Orange County police said.",
"Catherine Kieu Becker put a drug or poison in her husband's dinner Monday evening to make him sleepy, according to the initial police investigation.",
"\"The victim went to lie down and he woke up tied to the bed with his wife tugging his clothes off,\" police said.",
"\"The suspect grabbed the victim's penis and cut it off.\"",
"Becker told police he \"deserved it\" when they arrived at the scene after she called 911, the police report said.",
"The couple is going through a divorce.",
"Becker, 48, was arrested for aggravated mayhem, false imprisonment, assault with a deadly weapon, administering a drug with intent to commit a felony, poisoning, and spousal abuse.",
"She was booked into the Orange County Jail.",
"The 51-year-old victim, who hasn't been identified because he is an alleged victim of spousal abuse, underwent emergency surgery at the UCI Medical Center, police said.",
"CNN's Samuel Gardner III contributed to this report ."
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"(CNN) -- The death of a University of Oklahoma football player was caused by multiple drugs in his system -- including five different painkillers -- at the time of death nearly two months ago, according to the state's toxicology report released Tuesday.",
"\"It is with much sadness we look back and see that recently Austin had turned to other methods of managing his pain,\" said the parents of Austin Box, 22.",
"They said they hoped others dealing with pain in a similar manner \"will see this tragic accident as a message and think about the consequences.\"",
"\"Our greatest regret is that Austin did not feel he could share his pain with those who loved him,\" his parents said.",
"Box was found unconscious and not breathing in an El Reno, Oklahoma, home May 19, according to a 911 tape released by CNN affiliate KWTV.",
"\"He takes pain pills, and he's not responding to me,\" a voice on the tape told a police dispatcher.",
"Box was pronounced dead later that morning at an Oklahoma City Hospital, according to police who told KWTV.",
"According to the autopsy report, Box had five different painkillers in his system -- oxymorphone, morphine, hydrocodone, hydromorphone and oxycodone -- as well as alprazolam, an anti-anxiety drug.",
"The last few years of Box's life were full of injuries that often required surgeries, his parents said.",
"The most recent injury was a ruptured disc in his back in August 2010.",
"Box was able to return to the field after recovery to help his team.",
"He was considered a big part of Oklahoma's late-season resurgence, according to the coaching staff, and was slated to begin his senior year as the Sooners' starting middle linebacker.",
"Box was \"an integral part in our success the last three years and was looking forward to a big senior year,\" Bob Stoops, the head football coach, said in May.",
"\"As heart-wrenching as this is for us, we know it's even more difficult for his family.",
"More than anything, our thoughts and prayers are with them.\""
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"Medical examiner's report shows player had five different painkillers in his system .",
"Austin Box, 22, was found unconscious May 19 and later declared dead .",
"Parents say they regret Box couldn't \"share his pain\" with loved ones .",
"He was slated to begin next season as the starting middle linebacker ."
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"(CNN) -- A blistering heat wave retreated to the south Wednesday, bringing some relief to the Ohio Valley and northeastern United States.",
"The number of states under heat advisories has diminished to 12 -- half the number earlier in the week.",
"Dangerous heat is expected across parts of northern Texas through Thursday evening, according to the National Weather Service.",
"Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington and other areas will experience afternoon heat indices of 105 degrees or more through Thursday.",
"Other states still sweltering under heat advisories include Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.",
"Many Tennesseans should expect the heat index to be between 110 and 114 degrees for the rest of the week, according to the National Weather Service.",
"\"I just had to stop once in a while and catch a breath, it was just that tough to breathe,\" said Marion, Illinois, resident Ceasar Maragni, who opted to stay inside Tuesday after a swampy Monday evening trip to the Williamson County Fair.",
"Even the frozen lemonade vendor was lagging with few customers in the nearly 100-degree evening heat, he said.",
"Other areas of the country not under heat advisories touted new record highs Tuesday.",
"Newark, New Jersey, broke its previous record of 98, set in 1966, when it hit 99 degrees.",
"JFK Airport and Islip, New York, did the same, reporting 97 and 93 degrees respectively, beating 1993 records of 94 degrees at JFK and 91 in Islip.",
"In central Oklahoma, temperatures in some places shot past the 100 mark for the 14th consecutive day Tuesday.",
"Highs in much of the state are likely to flirt with triple-digits for almost another week, according to the National Weather Service.",
"High demand for water amid the heat wave and problems with soil shrinking as the ground warms has resulted in burst pipes and low water pressure in Oklahoma City.",
"This prompted officials to issue mandatory water-use restrictions for the first time in at least a decade, according to utilities department spokeswoman Debbie Ragan.",
"More than 200 people have suffered from heat-related emergencies in Tulsa and Oklahoma City since June 17, when the agency issued its first heat alert, said Lara O'Leary, spokeswoman for the Emergency Medical Services Authority of Oklahoma.",
"The heat has been so extreme that a portion of the Cimarron Turnpike in Pawnee County, Oklahoma, buckled on Sunday, creating a 2-foot ramp that sent a motorcyclist flying 150 feet through the air.",
"In addition to the discomfort and potential danger, the heat could wreak havoc on crops, especially corn, said Chad Hart, assistant professor of agricultural economics at Iowa State University.",
"The heat wave comes at a sensitive time for corn, he said.",
"\"That's why markets are watching the heat wave.",
"We're entering a period of time when corn pollinates, and so if you get a heat wave in the early- to mid-part of July across Iowa, Illinois and Indiana, it can have a big impact,\" he said.",
"\"The last time we had a big heat wave and drought was in 1988, and that year we saw corn production fall off by over 30% ... so if we think of where we are today with already-high corn prices, a true drought scenario can push prices to highs we've never seen before.\"",
"Temperatures will return to nearly normal summertime levels by Wednesday throughout the Northeast, said Chris Vaccaro, a spokesman for the National Weather Service.",
"High pressure over the Plains is keeping the weather pattern stable, allowing heat to build.",
"A cooler, dryer weather system is nibbling at the northern edges of the heat wave, threatening to exchange high temperatures for potentially dangerous thunderstorms, according to forecasters.",
"There's not quite so much relief in store for residents of the lower Midwest and South.",
"\"This has been going on all weekend and will continue into this week,\" Vaccaro said.",
"In Oklahoma City, forecasters are calling for nearly another full week of temperatures near or above 100 degrees, threatening to break a 1936 record for 22 consecutive days of such heat.",
"Nighttime will bring little solace.",
"While record- and near-record daytime highs are being set, many areas are also experiencing record warm lows at night.",
"For instance, the low temperature of 83 recorded early Tuesday in North Little Rock, Arkansas, set a new record for the warmest low in July, Vaccaro said.",
"Warm nights are a problem for people without air conditioning, he said.",
"\"If you're exposed to the outside elements, your body can't cool down at night,\" he said.",
"The heat has already claimed at least one victim, a 51-year-old man in Granite City, Illinois, who died Sunday because of the excessive heat, according to the Madison County coroner.",
"Forecasters say people should limit outdoor activity during the hottest portions of the day, wear lightweight clothing, drink plenty of water and be watchful for signs of heat exhaustion, which include heavy sweating, pale and clammy skin, weak pulse, fainting and vomiting.",
"CNN's Monica O'Connor, Meteorologist Jacqui Jeras, Ed Payne, Karen Smith and Chelsea Bailey contributed to this report."
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"The National Weather Service has taken down heat advisories in some states .",
"High pressure over the Plains is keeping the weather pattern stable, allowing heat to build .",
"The heat wave could harm crops, especially corn .",
"Parts of New Jersey and New York also reported record highs ."
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"(CNN) -- American Steve Stricker clinched a one-shot victory on the final day of the John Deere Classic to win the event in Illinois for the third year in a row.",
"The 44-year-old finished with two birdies to card a 69 and move onto 22-under-par, narrowly defeating rookie Kyle Stanley.",
"Canadian Matt McQuillan and world number 33 Zach Johnson were four strokes behind the 23-year-old Stanley, tied for third position on 17-under-par.",
"Stricker, who has claimed 19 tournament wins since turning pro in 1990, is only the 10th post-war golfer to have triumphed at the same event three years running.",
"Donald secures Scottish Open victory .",
"\"It was an unbelievable week and an unbelievable finish,\" the new world number five told the PGA Tour's official web site.",
"\"I still can't believe I'm sitting here.",
"Stricker holed a 25-foot putt on the 18th to complete his triumph, having recovered from losing a five-stroke lead during his final round to emerge victorious.",
"\"When I get into a situation where I have to make a putt, I feel like my nerves kind of go away and I focus extremely hard on trying to make that putt.",
"And that's kind of like the little zone I got into on 17 and 18, I guess.\"",
"Americans Charles Howell III and Chez Reavie shared fifth place on the final leaderboard, both carding 16-under for their 72 holes.",
"Australia's Cameron Percy and Brendon de Jonge of Zimbabwe were tied for seventh on 15-under, with Briny Baird and Brian Gay one shot back in ninth.",
"Meanwhile, So Yeon Ryu defeated her fellow South Korean Hee Kyung Seo in a three-hole playoff to clinch the women's U.S. Open.",
"The 21-year-old secured her first major championship win after finishing the additional holes on two-under-par, three shots better than 25-year-old Seo."
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"Steve Stricker finished on 22-under to win the John Deere Classic by one stroke .",
"Stricker has now won the tournament for the last three years in a row .",
"Rookie Kyle Stanley was second, with Matt McQuillian and Zach Johnson tied for third ."
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"Boston (CNN) -- Government prosecutors have released a series of new photographs showing cash, weapons and even a grenade recovered from the Santa Monica, California, apartment where fugitive James \"Whitey\" Bulger and his long-time companion, Catherine Greig, apparently lived for 15 years while he was being hunted by the FBI.",
"The photographs were introduced as evidence Monday during a detention hearing for Greig, whose court-appointed attorney is seeking to have her released on bail.",
"FBI Agent Michael Carazza testified that agents found 30 weapons inside the apartment, some of them hidden behind living room and bathroom walls.",
"The evidence photographs show several handguns, one automatic rifle and a hand grenade the FBI says was recovered after it arrested Bulger in late June at the small apartment only a few blocks from the beach.",
"The government also released a brief security camera video of Greig walking in and out of a local drugstore, picking up a prescription, prosecutors said, that was under an assumed name.",
"Bulger and Greig were known in Santa Monica as Charles and Carol Gasko.",
"One neighbor, 88-year-old Catalina Schlank, told CNN that the couple was always friendly to her.",
"But, she added, they refused to be listed as an emergency contact in the event Schlank became ill, and the only phone number they provided was one that was directed to an answering service.",
"The detention hearing was to determine whether Greig will be granted bail on charges of harboring a fugitive.",
"During the hearing, her attorney, Kevin Reddington, told the judge that his client was a \"kind, gentle person\" who had a \"loving personality.\"",
"For his part, Bulger had entered a plea of not guilty to 19 counts of murder.",
"Bulger fled Boston in 1995 after learning from an FBI agent who had recruited him as an informant that he was about to be indicted on a series of racketeering and drug charges.",
"He spent those years, prosecutors said, in several cities before landing in California.",
"Special Agent Carazza told the court Bulger had 15 different aliases during that time."
] | [
"James \"Whitey\" Bulger was hunted by the FBI for 16 years .",
"An FBI agent says Bulger had 15 different aliases during that time .",
"Bulger and his companion were arrested in California in late June .",
"Newly released photos show cash and weapons recovered from Bulger's apartment ."
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"(CNN) -- In a shaky videotape released Tuesday, the couple who kidnapped Jaycee Lee Dugard can be heard discussing how to operate their new camera as they zoom in to capture images of children in a playground.",
"In another, taken some years later, Phillip Garrido accompanies a parole agent who is searching their home as his wife, Nancy Garrido, films the search, mere yards from the outbuildings where Dugard is hidden.",
"The videotapes were released Tuesday by the El Dorado County, California, district attorney's office in response to media inquiries under open-records laws, and \"to highlight the gravity and severity of the mistakes made\" by law enforcement in the 18 years the Garridos held Dugard captive, during which time she gave birth to two children by Phillip Garrido.",
"Dugard and her children do not appear in the videos released Tuesday.",
"Dugard was just 11 years old when she was abducted in 1991 from the street in front of her South Lake Tahoe, California, home by Phillip Garrido, a convicted sex offender who had served 11 years for rape.",
"Despite the fact that as a parolee he was regularly visited by police, he and his wife held Dugard and her daughters in a hidden compound of sheds and tarpaulins until 2009.",
"Last month, a judge sentenced Phillip Garrido, 60, to 431 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to one count of kidnapping and 12 counts of sexual assault.",
"Nancy Garrido, 55, got 36 years to life in prison for her role in the crimes, including kidnapping and one count of rape by force.",
"The couple had pleaded guilty in late April in El Dorado Superior Court.",
"A statement from Dugard, read by her mother at the sentencing hearing, called the Garridos \"evil\" and described her kidnapping by them as a \"sexual perversion.\"",
"In a statement accompanying the release of the videos, the DA's office said it had decided to reveal \"certain details of this horrific case\" at the request of Dugard's family \"in hopes of improving the supervision and detection of sexual predators.\"",
"In one of the three videotapes, taken sometime between 1989 and 1993, the Garridos can be heard talking in low tones about how the autofocus and other features of the camera work.",
"Meanwhile, the jostled camera catches fleeting images of children playing in a playground some yards away -- then settles on a small girl playing in the sand as older girls gambol on a tire swing.",
"Then, Phillip Garrido stands against a tree, and begins playing the guitar and singing while the camera pans to either side, pushing his face to the margins and centering on the children in the background.",
"\"You got me real good?\"",
"he asks at one point while barely on camera.",
"\"Yeah,\" she responds, \"I can see you really good.\"",
"Another brief and inept video, apparently taken from a car in which the Garridos are sitting, shows a girl getting onto a bicycle and people in a parking lot.",
"The camera zooms in on the legs.",
"Nancy Garrido appears onscreen briefly, affecting a grin.",
"The third clip, taken between 2000 and 2007, was taken by Nancy Garrido during a parole agent's search of their home in Antioch, California.",
"As the agent goes from room to room, Phillip Garrido has little to say to his queries.",
"But Nancy Garrido does, and raises some non sequiturs of her own.",
"\"What does a parole agent do for his parolees?\"",
"she asks at one point.",
"\"Ma'am, you can come to the office and we'll discuss that at an appropriate time,\" the parole agent responds.",
"\"Right now I'm doing a search, and I'd really -- uh, if you'll stay in this front room, then I don't have to place you in restraints.\"",
"The agent's face is blurred in the video clip, and a portion where his name is mentioned is edited out.",
"The images of children's faces also are blurred.",
"CNN's Cameron Tankersley contributed to this report."
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"Videotapes taken by Phillip and Nancy Garrido were released by prosecutors Tuesday .",
"DA's office: Release is part of an effort to improve \"detection of sexual predators\"\nOne clip shows children in playground as Phillip Garrido plays a guitar and sings .",
"In another, a parole agent searches house, some years before Dugard was found ."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- Los Angeles County authorities exhumed the remains Wednesday of a woman whose mysterious disappearance and death in Malibu Canyon have been the subject of a family crusade for justice, the coroner's office said.",
"The grave of Mitrice Richardson, who disappeared at age 24 in September 2009, was exhumed so that her family's private pathologist could investigate the remains, said Ed Winter, assistant chief of operations and investigations of the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner.",
"The cause of Richardson's death remains undetermined, Winter said Wednesday.",
"\"We just don't know,\" Winter said about the cause of death.",
"Her remains were scheduled to be reburied in Inglewood (California) Cemetery Park on Wednesday afternoon, he said.",
"The exhumation also took place so that authorities could return to her grave some of her bones that were found after her body was discovered in Malibu Canyon in August 2010, Winter said.",
"The bones, found on two different occasions following the discovery of her body, underwent DNA analysis to confirm that they were Richardson's, Winter said.",
"Last January, after an emotional public appeal, Richardson's mother persuaded Los Angeles County authorities to exhume the remains and involve the FBI crime lab in examining them and Richardson's clothing.",
"The exhumation and the FBI participation marked a victory in Latice Sutton's long struggle to get authorities to investigate her daughter's mysterious disappearance as a murder.",
"Richardson disappeared after she left the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lost Hills/Malibu station, where she had been detained for allegedly being unable to pay $89.51 for food and drink at a Malibu restaurant.",
"At one point in the controversy over her death, Richardson's father, Michael Richard, blamed the Sheriff's Office for releasing his daughter without any assistance even though she had mental health issues and was in a manic state.",
"He accused local authorities of providing special treatment and transportation to celebrities running afoul of the law such as Mel Gibson and Charlie Sheen, but said his daughter didn't receive similar courtesy.",
"Richardson's skeletal and mummified remains were found about eight miles from the sheriff's station, in the Monte Nido section of the Santa Monica Mountains, which bisect Los Angeles, Latice Sutton said.",
"Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca has said Richardson's case showed \"no indication of a homicide,\" but he and the coroner's office agreed to the exhumation as a matter of cooperation with her family.",
"\"We've been working with family ever since her remains were recovered,\" Winter said Wednesday."
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"Mitrice Richardson's family has fought to have her death investigated as a murder .",
"But Los Angeles County authorities don't have any evidence of a homicide .",
"Richardson's body is exhumed so that the family's private pathologist could investigate .",
"Richardson disappeared in 2009, and her mummified remains were discovered in 2010 ."
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"(Ars Technica) -- Amazon has sold loads of cheap Kindles ever since it decided to introduce a WiFi-only model and drop the price to just $139.",
"Now, the company is taking its low-priced-Kindle initiative a step further by introducing on-screen ads to its lowest-price model, allowing the company to drop the price by another $25.",
"The ad-supported Kindles will begin shipping on May 3.",
"Kindle director Jay Marine revealed the company's plans in an interview with the Associated Press on Monday afternoon.",
"\"It was very important that we didn't interfere with the reading experience,\" Marine told the publication, noting that ads would display across the bottom of the screen and on the Kindle's screen saver, but not while the user was reading a Kindle book.",
"\"We think customers are going to love it.\"",
"Loving the new Kindle with Special Offers -- yes, that's the actual product name -- might be somewhat of a stretch for many users.",
"If the ads stay out of Kindle books and remain limited to the navigation screen and screen saver, they will at least be unobtrusive, and users might be OK with that.",
"Ars Technica: DNA unlikely to explode in presence of cellphone radiation .",
"However, the device will still cost $114; the $25 savings may not be enough to convince some cheapskates.",
"(Call us when the ad-supported Kindle costs $50, and we may be more impressed.)",
"So, loving it might be hard, but liking it is a remote possibility.",
"On the upside, Amazon doesn't look like it's replacing the previous ad-free version of the WiFi-only Kindle.",
"According to a new ad on the front page of its website, Amazon offers three options: the Special Offers Kindle for $114, WiFi-only Kindle for $139, and the 3G Kindle for $189.",
"Ars Technica: Adobe connects tablets to Photoshop .",
"The company also said it's introducing an app called AdMash that will allow customers to help choose future (ad-related) screensavers, and that users will be able to specify their screen saver preferences so they only see the images they like the most.",
"These elements combined make the Kindle with Special Offers a little easier to swallow, but we're glad the option is still there to fork over an extra $25 for an advertising-free e-book reader.",
"More on gadgets from Ars Technica .",
"COPYRIGHT 2010 ARSTECHNICA.COM ."
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"Amazon introducing on-screen ads to its lowest-price model .",
"Ad-supported Kindles will begin shipping on May 3 .",
"Director: \"It was very important that we didn't interfere with the reading experience\""
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"(CNN) -- Nicki Minaj suffered a swollen lip when a man shoved a suitcase across her chin Monday night at a Dallas hotel, but the hip-hop artist refused to file a complaint against him, according to a police report.",
"Minaj, 28, and Safaree Samuels, 30, had \"a verbal altercation\" at the Hotel Palomar pool, Dallas police said.",
"The dispute continued in the hotel room that they shared, according to the report.",
"After Minaj told Samuels \"that she didn't want him taking anything out of the room,\" she peered into a suitcase where he had packed \"some of his personal belongings,\" the report said.",
"Samuels \"grabbed the suitcase and as he was picking it up, he shoved the suitcase across (her) chin and lower lip,\" the document said.",
"Her \"teeth struck the inside of her lower lip, causing the inside of the lower lip to cut and start to bleed,\" the police report said.",
"The officer \"observed a slight swelling and redness\" on her chin, it said.",
"Minaj declined to have photos taken or to file a complaint, police said.",
"\"She just wanted her suitcase back,\" the report said.",
"The rapper-singer-songwriter told police she and Samuels \"were only friends and had never been involved in an intimate relationship and were not related at all,\" it said.",
"Minaj was in Dallas for a Tuesday night show at the American Airlines Center.",
"CNN's Vivian Kuo contributed to this report."
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"A man she shared a Dallas hotel room with shoved a suitcase across her chin, police say .",
"The hip-hop artist's lower lip was cut, police say .",
"Minaj refused to file a complaint against the man she was arguing with, police say .",
"The two were \"only friends\" and not lovers, Minaj tells police ."
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"St. Paul, Minnesota (CNN) -- Seventeen-year-old Claire Thomas has found the silver lining in Minnesota's government shutdown: she gets to spend more time with her two mothers on her summer vacation.",
"Toby McAdams and her partner, Wendy Crowell, were both included in the mass layoff that left more than 20,000 state workers jobless.",
"\"It's actually a little bit nice to have my mothers home for a teency bit,\" said the soon-to-be high school senior.",
"\"But if it's (going to last) months, I can't imagine.",
"I mean already my mom is wandering around a little lost, because she wants to work. ...",
"Both of my moms' jobs are so important to them.\"",
"McAdams, 43, has worked for the state for 17 years, currently in the office of emergency preparedness, and Crowell, 50, studies invasive species for the Department of Natural Resources.",
"Both their jobs were deemed \"nonessential\" by the state, thus they've been laid off.",
"They'll receive benefits but no pay, and there's no guarantee they will keep their jobs when all is said and done.",
"Coming spending cuts could be significant when or if a new state budget is finally agreed upon.",
"Democratic Gov.",
"Mark Dayton offered a budget proposal that included a mix of spending cuts and tax increases to offset the state's $5 billion budget gap, but Republicans in control of the legislature have thus far refused to budge on any plan that includes a tax increase.",
"The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported this week that 138 legislators are still collecting paychecks during the shutdown, while 62 have declined to accept the checks.",
"iReporter: \"I'm not sure I can wait for my job to come back to me.\"",
"That news certainly doesn't make McAdams' and Crowell's layoffs any easier to swallow.",
"\"It's hard. I miss my job, and I miss doing the work that I know is so important for Minnesota,\" McAdams said.",
"The couple worry that, should this continue very long, they'll have to tap into a college savings fund they set up for Claire and her younger brother, Adam.",
"\"I'm counting on our family to have a safety net if something bad happens,\" Claire said, just minutes after a brief discussion with her parents over lunch regarding the varying costs of her top college choices.",
"The family has also had discussions on how to cut back with everyday trips to the grocery store.",
"Claire, who also works part time at a nearby farm, has an affinity for \"fancy\" food, which is organic and chemical-free.",
"Doing the family's shopping will be tougher.",
"\"I would have to compromise my values a little bit ...",
"I would buy cheaper things, buy cheaper milk,\" she said.",
"\"But I work at a farm (so) I can use the surplus there, and it helps that we have a garden.\"",
"Aside from the financial effects, McAdams and Crowell worry what a lack of government services -- and thousands of employees -- will do to the state long-term.",
"\"Things are going to get worse, and we aren't going to be able to do anything about it.",
"So it's going to be painful to watch,\" McAdams said.",
"\"Minnesota won't be such a nice place to live after a while.\"",
"\"We have legislators. And their job is to work out a budget for us,\" she added. \"I'd like to see them do it.\""
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"Government shutdown results in dual layoffs for St. Paul, Minnesota, family .",
"Democrats, Republicans at odds on how to pay for state budget gap .",
"Both parents' jobs were deemed \"nonessential\" by the state .",
"They fear they'll have to dip into kids' college savings to survive ."
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"New York (CNN) -- Levi Aron was arraigned in a New York court Thursday on charges of murder and kidnapping in the first degree in the killing of an 8-year-old boy and remanded under suicide watch until a mental evaluation is completed.",
"Aron, 35, showed no emotion as he entered the court handcuffed and did not enter a plea.",
"He said earlier in a statement that he was sorry for the trouble he has caused, said New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.",
"Defense attorneys Pierre Bazile and Gerard Marrone told the court that Aron hears voices and requested an exam to determine whether he understands the charges.",
"Aron's next court date is July 28.",
"Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes had said he would ask a grand jury for the \"maximum charges permitted by law\" for \"the vicious and callous murder and dismemberment of eight-year-old Leiby Kletzky.\"",
"Police found human remains in Aron's freezer and a trash bin which they believe are those of the boy, who went missing Monday afternoon.",
"Kelly called the case \"heartbreaking.\"",
"\"Obviously in this business you see a lot of violence, but there's usually some sort of irrational twisted logic that's given to why a violent event took place,\" Kelly said.",
"\"Here, I mean it's just, it defies all logic and I think that's what's really so, so terribly disturbing about this case.",
"There's absolutely no reason.",
"There's nothing more innocent than an 8-year-old child and to be, you know, killed in this manner it's just ...",
"heartbreaking.\" Police said Aron, 35, made statements Wednesday implicating himself in the death of Kletzky.",
"Both are members of the close-knit Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn.",
"Kelly said detectives found the remains in a freezer in Aron's third-floor attic apartment and in a trash bin more than two miles away, wrapped in a black plastic garbage bag inside a suitcase.",
"A cause of death has yet to be determined but police believe Kletzky was suffocated.",
"Kletzky was supposed to meet his parents after walking seven blocks from his summer day camp, but became lost and asked the suspect for directions, Kelly said.",
"Surveillance video showed Aron entering a dentist's office Monday while Kletzky waited for him across the street for seven minutes, Kelly said.",
"Aron claims he took Kletzky to a wedding Monday night in Monsey, New York, and then brought him back, Kelly said.",
"Police said Aron went to the wedding, but have not been able to confirm that Kletzky actually went with him, as no one has said they've seen him.",
"According to Kelly, police showed up at Aron's residence at 2:40 a.m. Wednesday and asked him about Kletzky's whereabouts.",
"The suspect pointed them to the kitchen, where blood was visible on the freezer handle.",
"Inside the refrigerator was a cutting board with three blood-spattered carving knives, Kelly said.",
"Aron, a clerk at a maintenance supply company, did not appear to have known Kletzky, Kelly said.",
"His only known criminal summons was for urinating in public last year.",
"Kelly said that statements made by the suspect indicated that he kidnapped Kletzky and, as a neighborhood search for the boy intensified, he became panicked and killed him.",
"\"We're all in shock,\" said state Assemblyman Dov Hikind of the people in his district.",
"\"What kind of people are out there that are capable of creating these dastardly acts?\"",
"Aron's ex-wife, Debbie Aron of Memphis, Tennessee, said she has been in \"total shock\" since she heard the news.",
"She said her children from an earlier marriage lived with her when she was married to Levi Aron and that he helped take care of them.",
"He also enjoyed karaoke.",
"\"I can't believe it. It's definitely not in his character from ... the person I knew,\" she told CNN affiliate WMC.",
"\"Even as I talked to him not long ago, everything was fine, no indications that anything was wrong.\"",
"After Kletzky went missing Monday, residents joined with local and federal authorities in a massive search effort.",
"FBI spokesman Jim Margolin said the FBI assisted in interviewing witnesses and deployed the FBI's Crimes Against Children squad in the case.",
"CNN's Jesse Solomon contributed to this report."
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"Levi Aron appeared in a New York court to be formally charged .",
"Defense attorneys said Aron hears voices and requested a mental evaluation .",
"Leiby Kletzky, 8, went missing Monday .",
"Police recovered human remains they believe to be those of Kletzky ."
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"(CNN) -- \"Homefront\" tries to craft an expansive, historical \"What if?\"",
"scenario. But the new game ends up delivering \"Oh ... not again!\"",
"game play. The first-person shooter from Kaos Studios and THQ expands on current tensions with North Korea, but delves into a future where North and South Korea unify and ultimately occupy the United States in 2027.",
"You play as Robert Jacobs, a former pilot who is thrown in with a band of rebels intent on fighting to regain control of America.",
"The depiction of a brutalized and beaten-down Colorado city is very well done.",
"In the game, the Korean forces have erected a wall around the city and the remaining homes and businesses look as if they have been under siege for quite some time.",
"It is hard to find an oasis in the bleak surroundings and the scene accurately portrays a sense of doom that plagues a nation after a wartime loss.",
"But The Resistance remembers the old glory of the USA and wants to do what it can to bring it back.",
"Game play is straightforward, first-person shooter action -- with a massive emphasis on shooting.",
"There is very little stealth or strategy involved as the game progresses along a pretty strict linear path -- giving players few choices as they move from one virtual shooting gallery to the next.",
"Weapons are the automatic rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles, pistols and grenades that are typical for the genre.",
"Ammo is scarce early in the game but seems to become easier to find as the story moves forward.",
"The characters who initially rescue Jacobs and assist him throughout the missions border on stereotypical, with very little personality other than what's needed to move the game from point A to point B.",
"There is the strong but calm leader, who ends up getting killed during a cut scene.",
"There is the overbearing foul-mouth who just wants to attack at nearly every chance.",
"There is a female nonplayer character who is good at stealth and is really the only character who exhibits any emotion other than anger.",
"And there is a character of Korean descent that is great at fixing the tech, but is the target of racial hatred.",
"None of the characters really connect on any level.",
"Even when they die, it doesn't really evoke any empathy from the player and just feels like another video-game casualty.",
"The game is frequented by buggy movement and areas that load awkwardly.",
"Often, a scene will be completed and an opening will appear to move on, but instead of walking through, a nonplayer character will block your way for a minute or so before moving on.",
"Other characters will also appear to be having some sort of fit when standing around as they shake violently before progressing.",
"It was really hard to feel immersed in the game play.",
"While there were objectives to be met, there was no real sense of accomplishment in getting them done.",
"In fact, there was one scene where I decided to see what would happen if I made Jacobs just stand off to the side.",
"A nonplayer character completed the mission without my help.",
"The story and the idea for an alternative future with a unified Korea as a world power had great potential.",
"Trying to retake American soil against overwhelming odds is rooted within our national DNA and would have made a great tale for an FPS/strategy-style game.",
"In one scene, the Resistance fighters crest a hill overlooking the town they are attempting to flee, only to see it in flames from Korean rockets and explosives.",
"Instead of exploring possible revenge or expressing remorse, the characters quickly gloss over it and head to the next shooting ground.",
"It was that sort of repetition that brought the game down.",
"Individually, the pieces felt like they were there -- good action, nice story -- but without any sense of accomplishment or involvement, \"Homefront\" stagnated, hampered by slow transitions and spotty animation.",
"It also didn't help that the single-player campaign was over quickly (six hours for me).",
"\"Homefront\" also stirred up controversy with its choice of a real world opponent.",
"The game has been banned in South Korea and censored in Japan, removing all references to North Korea and its leader, Kim Jong Il.",
"On the positive side, the multiplayer action was better than the campaign because it took the elements that worked and added objectives that felt real when accomplished.",
"Ground-control mode and \"team deathmatch\" mode pit one side against the other, but there are bonuses and points that let you rack up new weapons and ablatives as the fighting is still ongoing.",
"Kill streaks can also gain players additional abilities, like increased weapon damage.",
"There's a twist, though.",
"The longer your kill streak, the more likely you are to be targeted by enemy forces.",
"Players become \"Instigators\" for completing mission elements and the opposite side can then use Hunters to eliminate you.",
"The more missions you complete, the more Hunters can be assigned to find you and kill you.",
"It makes the game feel alive in multiplayer action and it really does take teamwork to win.",
"It is just too bad those qualities couldn't transfer over to the single player.",
"\"Homefront\" is available on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.",
"It is rated M for Mature due to strong language, violence, and blood.",
"This review was done on a retail copy for the Xbox 360."
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"\"Homefront\" is a first-person shooter from Kaos Studios and THQ .",
"The game shooter expands on current tensions with North Korea .",
"North and South Korea unify and ultimately occupy the United States in 2027 in the game ."
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"Beijing (CNN) -- A company that Chinese authorities say is controlled by dissident artist Ai Weiwei challenged tax evasion allegations Thursday.",
"An attorney; Ai's wife, Lu Qing; and an accountant were to represent the design firm at the hearing.",
"Pu Zhiqiang, a famous human rights lawyer in China, told CNN that the Beijing tax bureau declined to have an open hearing and provided no reason.",
"Ai said he disagreed with plans to have a closed hearing.",
"\"If we wish the modern society to function effectively, cases like this should be conducted openly with transparency and public witness,\" Ai said.",
"\"Otherwise a lot of problems would emerge.\"",
"Pu said that if the evidence is valid, he will advise Ai's company, which includes a studio, to pay the back taxes of 5 million RMB (US $770,000) and the punishment fee of 7 million RMB (US $1 million), which is in accordance with Chinese regulations.",
"If he does not find the evidence valid, however, Pu said that the company will appeal.",
"Ai, considered China's most famous artist, was originally detained in April on grounds of tax evasion.",
"However, his family and human rights advocates believe that the real reason for his imprisonment is his outspoken criticism of the Chinese state.",
"After three months in jail, Ai was released on bail in June, possibly for medical concerns.",
"Most famous for designing the Bird's Nest stadium for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Ai later called for a boycott of the games because he said China was using them as propaganda.",
"Ai also has accused the Chinese government of trying to silence dissidents.",
"Also Thursday, Ai confirmed he had received an invitation from the Berlin University of the Arts to accept a professorship there.",
"\"I won't be allowed to leave the country for at least a year so I'll have to wait until I'm free to have a clear plan about my future and my work,\" he said.",
"The president of the university, Martin Rennert, said the institution will welcome Ai whenever he can make it.",
"\"We will wait for him to come when he feels the time is right,\" Rennert said."
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"Weiwei was released last month on bail .",
"Chinese dissident is answering tax evasion charges ."
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"Santa Ana, California -- Federal authorities arrested 26 members or associates of the Mexican Mafia gang in southern California Wednesday on charges involving drug trafficking, racketeering and murder, officials said.",
"A total of 57 defendants were charged, including 25 already incarcerated on unrelated offenses, authorities said.",
"The remaining six are fugitives, authorities said.",
"The 57 are charged in five indictments accusing them of being members or associates of the Mexican Mafia and the affiliated Forming Kaos street gang, both of which operate in Orange County, California, officials said.",
"Two of the five indictments allege racketeering.",
"One names 28 alleged members of the Mexican Mafia, including its Orange County leader Peter Ojeda, who is currently serving a federal prison sentence for an unrelated 2006 conviction, authorities said.",
"The other racketeering indictment identifies 17 alleged members of the Forming Kaos street gang in Costa Mesa, California, which has ties to the Mexican Mafia, officials said.",
"The remaining three indictments charge 13 of the defendants with trafficking of heroine, methamphetamine and cocaine and with firearms offenses, authorities said.",
"The Orange County District Attorney's Office also filed various charges in connection with the alleged murder and assault conspiracies, authorities said.",
"More than 500 federal and local law enforcement officers carried out Wednesday's arrest and search warrants, culminating an investigation that lasted years, authorities said.",
"The Mexican Mafia is a powerful and violent prison gang that controls drug distribution and other illegal activities within the California penal system and on the streets of southern California by organizing Hispanic street gang members to establish a larger network for the Mexican Mafia's illegal activities, authorities claimed in a statement .",
"\"If a gang does not accede to the Mexican Mafia, the Mexican Mafia will assault or kill the gang's members who are not in custody, as well as those members who are incarcerated within the California penal system,\" authorities said in a statement.",
"Ojeda, who served as the Orange County leader of the Mexican Mafia for decades, is accused of ordering Hispanic gangs to pay a \"tax\" or \"tribute,\" and in exchange, they were permitted to exert influence over their neighborhoods and seek Mexican Mafia protection, authorities said.",
"For those gangs not paying the tax, Ojeda allegedly ordered them to be physically disciplined under \"green lights\" or targeted them for death by putting them on a \"Hard Candy\" list, authorities said.",
"\"No member of the Mexican Mafia, and no gang member affiliated with the Mexican Mafia, is beyond the reach of the law,\" U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte Jr., said in a statement.",
"CNN's Gabe Ramirez contributed from Santa Ana, California."
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"Charges include drug trafficking, assaults and murder .",
"26 of 57 defendants were arrested; 25 others were already in prison .",
"The remaining six are fugitives ."
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"(Mashable) -- Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr. is confident that the auto industry is on its way to eliminating CO2 emissions.",
"He's less confident, however, that the world is prepared to adequately deal with an even larger problem: the global gridlock created by a population set to grow to 9 billion people by 2044.",
"The growth, said Ford in a talk at the TED conference in Long Beach, CA on Wednesday, will see the number of vehicles on the road go from 800 million today to 2-3 billion by 2050.",
"The global gridlock crisis, as Ford describes it, will \"stifle economic growth and our ability to deliver food and healthcare ... [and] our quality of life will be significantly compromised.\"",
"Mashable: TED videos: web's best brainfood translated into 40+ languages .",
"Citing the fact that the average American spends one week per year in traffic, and that the average resident in Beijing spends 5 hours per day commuting, Ford thinks the answer to the crisis is not to build more roads, but to build a smarter transportation system that makes use of real-time data and connected cars.",
"Ford envisions a future where all cars are connected and as he puts it, \"talk to each other,\" such that you already have a parking spot at your destination when you leave your house, be automatically re-routed to avoid traffic based on data being sent in real-time by the cars in front of you, and find a cab via your smartphone.",
"In theory, this data would also let you live a more efficient life, enabling you to leave your home such that you'll get to your destination precisely on time.",
"Ford thinks such a future \"will be ready for prime time really soon,\" noting that tests of such systems are already under way around the world.",
"Of course, Ford's company has been an early mover in the connected car space, with Ford SYNC technology now on board 3 million vehicles.",
"Ultimately though, he sees solving the global gridlock crisis as a huge opportunity for entrepreneurs of all sizes, that can both be profitable and as he puts it, \"preserve the freedom to move effortlessly around the world\" that has been responsible for so much economic growth in the century since his great grandfather created the Ford Motor Company.",
"© 2010 MASHABLE.com.",
"All rights reserved."
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"Ford envisions a future where all cars are connected .",
"The answer to the crisis is not to build more roads, but to build a smarter transportation system ."
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"(CNN) -- Australian spin legend Shane Warne has retired from all forms of cricket after playing his final match for Indian Premier League side (IPL) Rajasthan Royals.",
"The 41-year-old, one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, ended his career on a high note, captaining the Rajasthan Royals to a 10-wicket win over the Mumbai Indians, taking one wicket for 30 runs in the process.",
"\"It's been a privilege and a pleasure to captain the Royals,\" Warne said after the match.",
"\"Hopefully, I've helped Indian cricket.\"",
"Warne fined $50K ahead of retirement .",
"The colorful Warne has been popular with his teammates and supporters alike during this IPL campaign despite struggling for form and being involved in some off-field controversies.",
"Even this week, Warne was fined $50,000 following a row with Rajasthan Cricket Association secretary Sanjay Dixit over a choice of wicket.",
"Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar paid tribute to Warne, telling reporters: \"He is a true champion, a wonderful friend.",
"I have not been privileged to play with him in the same team, but it's been a real treat to play against him.\"",
"Warne retired from international cricket in 2007 after becoming the first player in history to take 700 wickets.",
"The leg-spinner always proved as controversial off the field as he was brilliant on it, surviving drug and betting scandals, as well as a much-publicized private life, during his career.",
"His retirement is expected to include more TV commentating, charity work and coaching.",
"\"I'm going to be 42 this year, I'm in a great place in life, both personally and from the business point of view, I just want to thank everyone who supported me,\" Warne told reporters."
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"Shane Warne has retired from all forms of cricket after playing his final match .",
"Warne captained Rajasthan Royals to a 10-wicket win over the Mumbai Indians .",
"41-year-old quit international cricket in 2007 after taking 700 Test wickets ."
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"(CNN) -- Cricket legend Shane Warne will end his playing career as planned on Friday, but the former Australia bowler has been fined $50,000 over a row with an Indian official.",
"The Rajasthan Cricket Association had called for the 41-year-old to be banned after he criticized its secretary Sanjay Dixit following a defeat by the region's Royals team in the Indian Premier League competition.",
"Warne, who is captain and coach of the Royals, had been unhappy about a switch of playing pitches in Jaipur during the 20-over tournament.",
"The Board of Control for Cricket in India, of which Dixit is a finance committee member, said that Warne had made a \"serious\" breach of the rules of his IPL contract.",
"However, its disciplinary committee said it had taken into account that Warne, the second-highest wicket-taker in Test history, had apologized to Dixit for his comments.",
"\"The commission is conscious of the duty of all parties involved in the Indian Premier League, to uphold the image and reputation of the game of cricket, the BCCI and the League at all relevant times,\" it said in a statement on the BCCI website after Wednesday's hearing.",
"\"Any action which is a breach of this duty is to be treated with all necessary severity.",
"It regards the public criticism of Mr. Dixit as being a serious breach by Mr. Warne of his IPL playing contract.",
"\"However, at the same time, the commission also recognizes that Mr. Warne has apologized to Mr. Dixit, and that the incident occurred just after the match.",
"In addition, the commission is cognizant of the contribution to the game of cricket in general, and to the Indian Premier League, which has been made by Mr.",
"Warne.\" The BCCI warned that similar future transgressions by Warne or any other player would result in a higher fine, a suspension and/or a deduction in points for their team.",
"Warne retired from international cricket in early 2007, having taken 708 wickets in the five-day format.",
"He joined Rajasthan in 2008, leading the Royals to the IPL title in the tournament's inaugural season, but the leg-spinner was unable to take his team to this year's playoffs.",
"Warne's final game will be away to Mumbai Indians on Friday, with the Royals having lost four in a row.",
"The franchise's chief marketing officer Raghu Iyer said earlier this month that it hoped Warne would retain his association with it and help develop young talent."
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"Shane Warne fined $50,000 by Indian cricket's ruling body after criticizing official .",
"Former Australia star had faced a possible ban ahead of his final IPL match .",
"The 41-year-old will be allowed to play in Friday's match for Rajasthan against Mumbai .",
"He has been playing in the Indian Twenty20 tournament since it started in 2008 ."
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"(CNN) -- Greetings, everyone!",
"It's a great day for baseball.",
"We've got a great battle for you today between two of the heaviest hitters in the baseball video game universe: \"MLB 11 The Show\" (Sony) and \"MLB2K11\" (2KSports).",
"Both of these popular annual titles have retooled their lineups with some new additions this season.",
"So in honor or baseball's opening day Thursday, we match them up, feature by feature, in a nine-inning smackdown.",
"Here we go: . 1st inning -- Pitching: .",
"Both titles use buttons to select the type of pitch and the right analog stick for the delivery.",
"\"MLB 11 The Show\" is a simple pull-back, push-forward motion with the analog stick for the velocity and direction of the pitch.",
"The more you use a pitch, the better it becomes.",
"A sliding bar indicates the best time to go from back to forward on the stick for optimum accuracy.",
"\"MLB2K11\" uses the left stick for direction and right stick for a series of movements that correspond to the type of pitch you select.",
"For example, a cut fastball might require a move to the left followed by a sweeping motion down.",
"Your success is based on how well you time the power of the pitch and how accurate you are with your analog movements.",
"For ease of playability and not feeling like I have to contort every pitch, \"MLB11 The Show\" scores first here.",
"2nd inning -- Hitting: .",
"Analog hitting is something both games do, but again, there is a difference in the execution.",
"\"MLB2K11\" uses the left stick to indicate the direction you want to try to hit the ball and the right stick to make contact.",
"A simple swing is a push forward and a power swing is pull back, then push forward.",
"Bunting is done with the square button.",
"Analog hitting on \"MLB 11 The Show\" is all done with the right stick.",
"You can decide if you want a normal swing or power swing by using the circle or square button, respectively.",
"Pull back on the stick to have the player stride and then push forward to swing.",
"Bunting is just a push forward motion.",
"Both are easy enough to use, although I cannot figure out if there is a timing to striding that helps hitting with \"MLB 11 The Show.\"",
"However, check swings are a bit easier with the stride, so I'm giving one run each to both games.",
"3rd inning -- Fielding: .",
"Fielding in the games is identical.",
"Move the left stick to get your player in position and use the correct buttons (or move the right stick if you are doing analog controls) to throw to the proper base.",
"While fly balls in each game use a circle shadow on the field to indicate where the ball is traveling, \"MLB2K11\" changes things up a bit by utilizing a second circle inside the shadow to more precisely tell you where the ball is coming down.",
"That second circle changes in size depending on the fielding rating of the player trying to make the catch.",
"The better the fielder, the smaller the circle.",
"For that, \"MLB2K11\" gets a run.",
"4th inning -- Players: .",
"Each game is associated with the Major League Baseball Players Association, so almost all of the majors' current players are in the game, and their likenesses are recreated in digital format.",
"The rosters are updated online, but when I tried to get the latest Baltimore Orioles roster, \"MLB 11 The Show\" didn't include offseason acquisition Vladimir Guerrero in the lineup while \"MLB2K11\" did.",
"I did find Vlad in the free agent pool, however.",
"Both games try to recreate a realistic look and feeling with their digital players.",
"\"MLB 11 The Show\" seemed to do a better job at portraying facial features and reactions without being repetitive.",
"\"MLB2K11\" had a couple instances where players would have sunglasses on while walking up to the batter's box, then suddenly lose them when they stepped in.",
"Also, \"MLB2K11\" would sometimes repeat the same player motions over and over after every pitch.",
"Movement in the field felt more natural with \"MLB 11 The Show\" with fluid action and no noticeable hiccups.",
"\"MLB2K11\" had more than a few glitches when transitioning from fielding to throwing, but nothing that took away from actual game play.",
"\"MLB2K11\" gets a run for the roster update out of the box, while \"MLB 11 The Show\" gets 2 for a better look for the players and smoother animation.",
"5th inning -- Stadiums: .",
"Both games do a great job rendering all 30 major league parks with all the identifying quirks and traits that make each different.",
"And both also have generic-looking minor league ballparks.",
"Since there is no real difference between the two games here, I awarded no runs this inning.",
"6th inning -- Living the dream: .",
"Each game has a mode that allows you to create a player and take them from AA rookie to the Hall of Fame.",
"\"MLB2K11\" My Player mode provides a mentor that tells you what you need to work on in the minors to get your call-up to the bigs.",
"Skill points can be earned during each at-bat, fielding chance or running opportunity.",
"Increase your skills enough, and you earn a promotion to AAA or the big leagues.",
"\"MLB 11 The Show\" also lets you earn skill points and advance your way through your organization but offers more options when setting up your player.",
"You can figure out what type of player you want to be (contact hitter, power swinger, speedster, etc.).",
"Players also receive evaluations and training to make them better and get them ready for the majors.",
"I played as a 2nd baseman and an outfielder in both.",
"The infield experience was similar, but in the outfield, the camera angle on \"MLB2K11\" sometimes made it difficult to tell where I needed to go to catch the ball.",
"It got to be really frustrating at times.",
"So \"MLB 11 The Show\" scores a run this inning.",
"7th inning -- Real life: .",
"Baseball is a game driven by statistics, and virtual baseball is no different.",
"\"MLB 11 The Show\" has developed a weather database that attempts to accurately reflect the real weather expected at each MLB stadium.",
"That weather also affects what happens on the field and each player rating.",
"\"MLB2K11\" tries to bring the real game into your virtual game by adjusting player skills as the season progresses.",
"If a player in the real world gets on a hot streak, he will experience a hot streak in the game.",
"Likewise, if he is not playing well, expect his performance to lag in the virtual world.",
"So thanks to those in-season adjustments, \"MLB2K11\" gets the run here.",
"8th inning -- What's new?",
"\"MLB2K11\" has some improved camera angles, a new revamped fielding system and upgraded player models (although they still could use some work).",
"The interface is better than last year, but still glitchy at times.",
"It sometimes missed easy plays or threw to the wrong base.",
"\"MLB 11 The Show\" offers a new co-op mode that allows for a variety of options when you're playing others online.",
"The game also supports the Sony Move controller and offers a Challenge of the Week, where gamers can earn points toward prizes.",
"And it offers 3-D functionality on the PlayStation 3, if you want to see bats and balls flying at you.",
"Each game earns a run this inning because these new enhancements add value to both.",
"9th inning -- Bonus items: .",
"\"MLB 11 The Show\" has a limited edition DualShock3 wireless controller that looks sort of like a baseball -- it's white and has baseball seams where the left and right buttons are located.",
"But it's only worthy if you have a PlayStation 3.",
"\"MLB2K11\" is once again offering $1 million to anyone who can pitch (and record) a perfect game using specific criteria.",
"Last year, an Alabama man won the prize using a spring training roster and game.",
"This year, the contest does not actually start until opening day, so the feat may be harder to accomplish.",
"Let's award one run for the awesome DualShock3 controller and one run for the potential of winning a million dollars.",
"And the winner is ...? Final score: \"MLB 11 The Show\" 6, \"MLB2K11\" 5.",
"Both games reach for as much realism as they can.",
"But overall, smoother animation and player renderings make \"MLB 11 The Show\" a better choice in achieving the feeling of immersion in the game.",
"There seems to be more variation in movements and reactions with \"The Show,\" which appears cleaner that \"MLB2K11.\"",
"That said, the in-season adjustments in \"MLB2K11\" are an interesting real-life addition to your season.",
"Bottom line: Today's contest was a close call, but either game would be a winner in your collection.",
"Both games were reviewed on the PlayStation 3 using the DualShock 3 controller.",
"\"MLB2K11\" is available on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PlayStation 2, PSP, Nintendo DS and PC.",
"\"MLB 11 The Show\" is available on the PS3, PS2 and PSP.",
"Both are rated E for Everyone and available now."
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"We pit \"MLB 11 The Show\" against \"MLB2K11\" in a nine-inning contest .",
"Both games do a great job rendering realistic major league players and parks .",
"Each game allows you to create a fictional player and take them from AA to the Hall of Fame .",
"It was close, but one of the games emerged as our favorite ."
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"(CNN) -- Spaniard Igor Anton claimed the most prestigious win of his cycling career as he took the 14th stage of the Giro d'Italia Saturday which finished on the feared Monte Zoncolan climb.",
"He finished 33 seconds clear of his compatriot Alberto Contador, who increased his advantage in the overall classification after distancing Italy's Vincenzo Nibali in the closing stages.",
"Contador leads Liquigas star Nibali by three minutes 20 seconds with Euskatel's Anton rewarded for his bold ride by moving into third place, just a second behind.",
"The stage from Lienz in Austria had originally been scheduled for 210km but was shortened on Friday when race organizers bowed to pressure from the teams to remove Monte Crostis, with its steep and narrow 15km descent, from the route.",
"It was further reduced while racing was in progress to bypass a fans' protest on the revised route.",
"It left the main action for the winding and narrow Zoncolan, with Saxo Bank's Contador easily covering any threats to his pink jersey.",
"But Anton, who started the day seventh on overall classification, took advantage to ride clear for his first grand tour win since crashing out while leading the Tour of Spain last year.",
"Nibali, who went on to claim victory in Spain for his first win in a major tour, bravely battled to stay with the all-conquering Contador, but in the closing kilometre lost valuable time."
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"Igor Anton of Spain wins prestigious 14th stage of the Giro d'Italia .",
"Anton finishes 33 seconds clear of Alberto Contador who increases overall lead .",
"Vincenzo Nibali claims third place on stage which finished on Zoncolan climb ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday his office is looking into requests by lawmakers to investigate News Corp., the multinational media conglomerate run by Rupert Murdoch.",
"News Corp. is embroiled in a phone hacking scandal in the United Kingdom that forced one of its top executives, Rebekah Brooks, to resign Friday.",
"Now, U.S. legislators say they want to know if the company engaged in that illegal activity in the United States.",
"\"There have been serious allegations raised in that regard in Great Britain, there is an ongoing investigation,\" Holder told reporters in Sydney, Australia.",
"\"There have been members of Congress in the United States who have asked us to investigate those same allegations.",
"And we are progressing in the regard using the appropriate federal agencies in the United Sates. \"",
"The FBI has launched an investigation into News Corp. after a report that the company's employees or associates may have attempted to hack into phone conversations and voice mail boxes of September 11 survivors, victims and their families, a federal law enforcement source told CNN Thursday.",
"\"We are aware of the allegations and are looking into them,\" said the source, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the investigation.",
"\"We'll be looking at anyone acting for or on behalf of News Corp., from the top down to janitors,\" to gather information and determine whether any laws may have been broken.",
"Because the investigation just began, it's too early to say when the first interviews will be conducted, the source said, adding the probe is a \"high priority.\"",
"Rep. Peter King, R-New York, earlier this week asked FBI Director Robert Mueller to investigate the possibility that journalists working for Murdoch may have tapped into the phones of 9/11 victims and relatives.",
"News Corp. said Thursday it had no comment on the FBI investigation or the possibility of congressional hearings.",
"Meanwhile, News Corp. boss Rupert Murdoch said in an interview Thursday with the Wall Street Journal newspaper -- one of News Corp.'s own publications -- that he felt the company had handled the crisis \"extremely well in every way possible.\"",
"He told the newspaper he had decided to appear before British politicians next Tuesday, after initially declining to attend the hearing, because he wanted to address \"some of the things that have been said in Parliament, some of which are total lies.",
"We think it's important to absolutely establish our integrity in the eyes of the public...",
"I felt it's best just to be as transparent as possible.\"",
"Murdoch told the Journal that News Corp. would establish its own independent committee, to be led by a \"distinguished non-employee,\" \"to investigate every charge of improper conduct\" and to draw up a \"protocol for behavior\" for the company's new reporters.",
"Those new reporters won't be working for Brooks.",
"The chief executive of News International, the subsidiary that runs News Corp.'s British print media, resigned Friday in the wake of the scandal.",
"Brooks, who was editor of News of the World at the time of some of the most serious allegations against the newspaper, has been under pressure to step down since the allegations began.",
"In a statement released through News International, she said: \"As chief executive of the company, I feel a deep sense of responsibility for the people we have hurt and I want to reiterate how sorry I am for what we now know to have taken place...",
"While it has been a subject of discussion, this time my resignation has been accepted.\"",
"Concerns over the hacking of phones belonging to 9/11 victims and relatives appear to be traceable to a story published Wednesday by the Mirror, a British tabloid that includes a section it describes as \"gossip gone toxic.\"",
"The newspaper cited \"a source\" who referred to a former police officer who now works as a private investigator.",
"\"The investigator is used by a lot of journalists in America and he recently told me that he was asked to hack into the 9/11 victims' private phone data,\" the source reportedly told the newspaper.",
"The source told the Mirror the request came from News of the World, the newspaper at the center of the phone-hacking scandal in Britain.",
"\"He said that the journalists asked him to access records showing the calls that had been made to and from the mobile phones belonging to the victims and their relatives,\" the newspaper said.",
"\"His presumption was that they wanted the information so they could hack into the relevant voice mails, just like has been shown they have done in the UK.",
"The PI said he had to turn the job down.",
"He knew how insensitive such research would be, and how bad it would look.",
"\"The investigator said the journalists seemed particularly interested in getting the phone records belonging to the British victims of the attacks.\"",
"Relatives of the victims of the terrorist attacks expressed outrage over the possibility they may have been hacking victims.",
"What they went through is \"heartfelt stuff, and it shouldn't be out there for all to see unless the family approves,\" said Jim Riches, a retired New York Fire Department deputy chief who lost a son in the attacks.",
"\"Until we get some accountability, they're just going to keep doing it,\" Riches said.",
"\"It's completely unethical, unprofessional and basically criminal.\"",
"Sally Regenhard, who also lost a son in the attacks, called it \"very horrifying that privacy and personal security could be violated in such an egregious manner.\"",
"\"I would hold these people accountable and responsible,\" she told CNN Thursday.",
"\"Someone has to defend the dead.\"",
"Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey said the September 11 families have \"suffered enough\" and deserve answers.",
"Murdoch has one prominent U.S. politician, who was praised for his leadership following the 9/11 attacks, coming to his defense, saying Murdoch may have been unaware of what was going on.",
"\"Give people the presumption of innocence,\" former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani told CNN's Candy Crowley in New Hampshire on Thursday.",
"\"I think that just how high up it goes is a big question and one we shouldn't be jumping to conclusions about.\"",
"Murdoch and Giuliani are longtime friends.",
"Also, a law and lobbying firm in which Giuliani is partner received $100,000 in lobbying fees from News Corp. in 2005, according to congressional disclosure filings.",
"News of the World, a 168-year-old British newspaper owned by Murdoch, folded over the weekend in the wake of accusations that its reporters illegally eavesdropped on the phone messages of murder and terrorist victims, politicians and celebrities.",
"Police in the United Kingdom have identified almost 4,000 potential targets of phone hacking.",
"There also were allegations that reporters may have bribed law enforcement officers.",
"On Wednesday, several senators sent letters to Holder, asking him to look into concerns that News Corp. violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.",
"The law, enacted in 1977, makes it illegal for a U.S. person or company to pay foreign officials to obtain or retain business.",
"Potential liability flows from journalists at News of the World to its parent, News International, and to its parent, News Corp., which is a publicly held company in the United States, and runs Fox News.",
"CNN's Susan Candiotti, Carol Cratty and Terry Frieden contributed to this report."
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"Attorney General Eric Holder says federal agencies are looking into News Corp.",
"The FBI has launched an investigation into the media conglomerate, a source tells CNN .",
"Rebekah Brooks, the CEO of News Corp.'s News International unit, resigned Friday .",
"Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani says not to rush to judgment about News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch ."
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"(CNN) -- West Indies captain Darren Sammy took five wickets as his side wrapped up a 40-run victory over Pakistan in the opening Test match in Guyana.",
"Pakistan resumed day four on 80-3 seeking 219 to win but slumped to 178 all out just after lunch with Sammy and Ravi Rampaul chief architects of their downfall.",
"It means the hosts now take an unassailable 1-0 lead in the two Test series, with the next match starting in St Kitts on Friday.",
"\"This is what West Indies cricket is all about,\" Sammy told the official West Indies Cricket Board web site.",
"\"We're happy. We worked really hard for this win.",
"It was really great the way we were able to deliver on the plans we set out on how we would attack the Pakistanis.",
"\"It's a good feeling.",
"This is about West Indies cricket, we as a team needed this performance, it was total team effort and it was good to come out with a win.",
"\"Lately things haven't been going well but I still have the belief and the rest of the team also have belief.",
"It is still only one victory though and we still have to continue working hard and improving.\"",
"Rampaul was the first to strike when he dismissed Asad Shafiq for 42 but Misbah-ul-Haq and Umar Akmal steadied the ship, putting on a partnership of 52.",
"Their resistance was broken by Sammy as he trapped Misbah LBW, one of a record 20 given in the match.",
"Sammy removed debutant Mohammad Salman two balls later, again LBW, before Rampaul had Abdur Rehman caught in the slips shortly after lunch.",
"Captain Sammy polished off the tail with three quick wickets, dismissing Akmal for 47 and Umar Gul for one before he bowled Saeed Ajmal to seal victory."
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"West Indies beat Pakistan by 40 runs in Guyana to seal victory in the first Test .",
"Captain Darren Sammy takes five wickets as Pakistan are all out for 178 chasing 219 to win .",
"West Indies take a 1-0 lead in the series, the second and final Test starts in St Kitts on Friday ."
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"(CNN) -- Are you among those who have been pondering the future of cricket in the wake of the recent spot-fixing scandal involving three former members of the Pakistan cricket team?",
"Maybe you are concerned about proposals to reduce the amount of teams for the 2015 Cricket World Cup to ten or perhaps you simply want to know more about plans to introduce a Test Championship that would crown a world champion of the five-day game.",
"Here is your chance to put your questions to the man with all the answers, Haroon Lorgat, the chief executive of the International Cricket Council (ICC), which governs the sport internationally.",
"Lorgat will speak exclusively to CNN in London on Wednesday May 11 and answer any burning questions you may have about the major trends and developments in cricket -- all you have to do is add your query to the bottom of the page.",
"Cricket plans Test league to crown world champion .",
"Born in South Africa and of Indian descent, Lorgat succeeded Malcolm Speed as head of the ICC in 2008.",
"Trained as a chartered accountant, Lorgat cut his cricketing teeth as an all-rounder in South Africa, where he played 76 first-class games between 1977 and 1991.",
"Dhoni leads India to Cricket World Cup glory .",
"The 50-year-old then served as chairman of Western Province Professional Cricket, a national selector and non-executive director for Cricket South Africa and chairman of the national selectors for the South African cricket team.",
"His vast experience in the game is now being put to work at the ICC, where he is keen to restructure the international game.",
"Pakistan trio banned by cricket's anti-corruption body .",
"The ICC's Cricket Committee will be meeting in London this week with such items on the agenda as the possibility of playing Test matches at night under floodlights and the continued progress of the Decision Review System, whereby teams can refer umpiring decisions to a video match official.",
"The ICC recently handed out lengthy bans to Pakistani trio Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir after they were found to have been involved in \"spot-fixing\" -- a practice involving illegal gambling during matches.",
"So, with plenty going on in the modern game, leave your questions for Haroon Lorgat below."
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"Your chance to pose your questions to Haroon Lorgat, chief executive of the ICC .",
"Lorgat assumed the role in 2008, succeeding Australian Malcolm Speed .",
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"(CNN) -- Alberto Contador wrapped up his second Giro d'Italia victory -- and sixth grand tour success -- after the 21st and final stage time-trial in Milan, won by Briton David Millar.",
"Millar completed the 26km stage in 30 minutes and 13 seconds, with Contador taking third place, 36 seconds behind.",
"That meant the 28-year-old Spaniard finished a comfortable six minutes and 10 seconds clear of Italian Michele Scarponi in the overall classification with another Italian, Tour of Spain champion Vincenzo Nibali, back in third place a further 46 seconds behind.",
"Team Leopard rider Weylandt dies in Giro d'Italia crash .",
"Saxo Bank rider Contador, who also has three Tour de France titles and one Tour of Spain success to his name, proved the dominant rider in the race after taking the leader's pink jersey on the ninth stage to Mount Etna.",
"He will now seek to become the first rider since Marco Pantani in 1998 to win the Giro and Tour de France in the same year.",
"Contador won the Tour in 2007, 2009 and last year and was only prevented from racing in 2008 because his then team, Astana, were denied a start place by organizers due to doping infringements.",
"However, a question mark still hangs over last year's Tour victory after Contador tested positive for a tiny amount of the banned muscle-building substance clenbuterol during last July's race.",
"The Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) acquitted Contador of any wrong-doing, rescinding an initial decision to give him a one-year ban after accepting the rider's claim that he had unknowingly eaten drug-contaminated meat and was therefore not negligent.",
"But the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and cycling's governing body (UCI) have appealed against the RFEC decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).",
"The case concerning Contador was due to be heard by CAS from June 6-8 in order to have the decision before the start of this year's Tour de France on July 2 -- but CAS announced last week they had postponed the hearing to allow further preparation by all parties."
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"Alberto Contador clinches his second Giro d'Italia victory on Sunday .",
"The Spaniard finishes third in the final time-trial won by David Millar .",
"Saxo Bank's Contador will now attempt to win the Giro-Tour De France double .",
"Italian Marco Pantani was the last rider to achieve the double in 1998 ."
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"Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) -- The final results from Ukraine's presidential election on Wednesday showed former Prime Minister Victor Yanukovich winning a close race, but an official declaration of a victor was still to come.",
"Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has refused to concede defeat and plans to demand a recount in some districts, officials from her party, Bloc Tymoshenko, said Tuesday.",
"The tally from the Central Election Commission from Sunday's runoff showed Yanukovich holding 48.95 percent of the vote, and Tymoshenko claiming 45.47 percent.",
"Nearly seven in 10 registered voters showed up at the polls.",
"Yanukovich's supporters rallied outside the commission Tuesday and vowed not to leave until their candidate was named the winner, Ukrainian news agencies and state media reported.",
"In an exclusive interview with CNN on Tuesday, Yanukovich called on Tymoshenko to accept defeat and remember the pro-Western Orange Revolution that swept her to power.",
"\"This country has been democratic for five years, and that's been proven again by this election,\" he said.",
"\"Yulia Tymoshenko is betraying the principles of her Orange Revolution\" by failing to acknowledge defeat.",
"A Yanukovich win would put the finishing touches on a remarkable comeback for the former prime minister five years after he was ousted in a populist uprising.",
"Russian President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated Yanukovich by telephone Tuesday, the Kremlin said.",
"\"Medvedev congratulated Yanukovich on the completion of the election campaign, which was highly rated by international observers, and the success achieved at the presidential election,\" a Kremlin statement news statement said.",
"Appearing on television after the polls closed Sunday night, Yanukovich said his opponent should begin preparations to step down.",
"But officials from Tymoshenko's party said Tuesday that she has evidence of election fraud and intends to demand a recount in some districts.",
"The two politicians have fought a bitter battle.",
"Yanukovich has strong links to Russia, and a checkered election history.",
"In 2004, he was declared the winner of the presidential election before the ballot's legitimacy was questioned and he was accused of stealing the race.",
"\"The country remembers times when there were presidents announced, they received congratulations, and then things changed,\" Tymoshenko said Sunday, referring to the 2004 race.",
"A pro-Western uprising, known as the Orange Revolution, followed.",
"Yanukovich's win was annulled, and current President Victor Yushchenko won the re-vote.",
"Yushchenko ran for a second term this year, but, blamed for Ukraine's faltering economy, he did not make the runoff.",
"This year's elections, by contrast to those in 2004, got a clean bill of health from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which sent observers.",
"The OSCE hailed the process as \"professional, transparent and honest,\" saying it should \"serve as a solid foundation for a peaceful transition of power.\""
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"(CNN) -- \"I will say, this moment is one that I will never, ever forget,\" said Jason Glisson, recalling a 2008 trip to La Milpa, Belize.",
"\"I was the first person inside a very, very old manmade chamber.",
"It was an incredible feeling.",
"Then I turned on my headlamp and saw three huge spiders.\"",
"The opening to a possible future \"Indiana Jones\" movie?",
"Close. Glisson was describing his discovery of an ancient tomb -- including very well-preserved bones found therein -- as part of his study of archaeology, a passion that began for him when he saw the Indiana Jones movies as a child.",
"\"Obsessed is more like it,\" he said, describing his interest in the movies, the first of which, \"Raiders of the Lost Ark,\" was released 30 years ago this summer.",
"\"I could probably recite a large majority of the movies.\"",
"Even though he's a fictional character, it's fairly safe to say that Indiana Jones is the most famous archaeologist in the world.",
"\"As a teacher, I would ask my students, 'How many of you were influenced by Indiana Jones films?'\"",
"said Fred Hiebert, an archaeology fellow with National Geographic.",
"\"Everyone in the class would raise their hands.\"",
"Hiebert is the co-curator of \"Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology,\" an exhibition that makes its worldwide debut at the Montreal Science Centre from April 28 through September 19 and then moves on to other international locations.",
"His enthusiasm for Indy, and the exhibition, is infectious.",
"The exhibition \"has an incredible array of movie props from the films.",
"It's got a lot of the designs and paintings and artwork behind the making of these films,\" he said.",
"\"And, we not only have almost 100 incredible treasures from around the world, but we also have the archaeologist's drawings and techniques they use to investigate the past.",
"You get to see what was in the minds of the filmmakers, and the archaeologists.\"",
"Aside from the \"Indy\" versions of the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail, there is a lot in the exhibit for hardcore fans of archaeology as well.",
"\"We have a clay tablet with a map of a Mesopotamian city, one of the world's oldest maps,\" Hiebert said.",
"\"We have a fragment of a pot made 6,000 years ago, with the oldest representation of wine.",
"We have a whole series of gorgeous prescribed pots from South America, and the first video of a scholar reading a scene from a stela, in a language no one has spoken for hundreds of years.\"",
"Hiebert said he hopes that with this exhibition, \"People will enter the door as Indiana Jones and they will exit very inspired about archaeology.",
"We want to inspire as many people as possible about science.\"",
"Indy has certainly inspired a lot of people in the last few decades, judging from the iReporters, like Glisson, who shared their stories of adventure.",
"iReport: Watch video of Glisson's excavation .",
"\"Thirty years ago I sat in a darkened theater, my eyes glued to the big screen, and was swept away into a world of wonder as 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' unfolded in front of me,\" said Tim Preston of Petaluma, California.",
"\"Like many of my generation, I dreamed of donning a fedora, picking up a bullwhip and setting off to confront the unknown.\"",
"Things didn't quite work out like that for Preston, but 10 years ago, he took a chance and flew to Belize to join an excavation with the Maya Research Program.",
"\"One summer turned into another, followed soon thereafter by a graduate degree in archaeology and finally a job doing what I love the most: excavating Maya ruins deep in the jungles of Belize.\"",
"Preston finds his occupation quite fulfilling: \"While I have never had to evade a cunningly constructed death trap or hold off a sword-wielding fanatic with my trusty bullwhip, I feel that I am living out the dream that I had as a young man.\"",
"iReport: See photos of Preston's archaeological adventures .",
"Jamin Eggert of La Jolla, California, who left his dedicated four-year engineering program at the University of California, San Diego, had a similar experience in 2009.",
"\"I had dreamed of exploring hidden chambers and escaping in runaway coal cars since I first saw the 'Raiders' movies as a child,\" he said.",
"\"Once the opportunity presented itself, I grabbed my hat and jacket and flew along the 'red arrow' over the Atlantic.\"",
"Taking part in an archaeological dig in Khirbat-en-Nahas, Jordan, was unforgettable for Eggert.",
"\"It was an adventure in detailing history, and I am very fortunate to have been able to be a part.\"",
"The excavation was documented in a 2010 issue of \"National Geographic.\"",
"iReport: Eggert's memorable trip to Jordan .",
"Jasmine Prater was also intrigued by archaeology at an early age, thanks to Indy, and studied geoarchaeology at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio.",
"In 2007, she participated in a study in Guatemala's Maya lowlands.",
"\"The study is ongoing and we hope to learn a great deal about the site selection of the inhabitants in the region.\"",
"\"Even though there isn't as much danger and none of the spectacular Hollywood effects, it is no less exciting seeing these sites firsthand,\" she said.",
"iReport: Adventures in Guatemala .",
"\"Indy's gung-ho, get anything done attitude has served me well over the past 15 years working in the developing world,\" said Dr. R. Grant Gilmore, who runs the archaeology volunteer program at the St. Eustatius Center for Archaeological Research in the Netherlands Antilles.",
"\"Indy is passionate when he is teaching -- that is perhaps the most common adjective used by my students to describe me.",
"I would like to think that I strike a bit better balance between archaeology 'work' and family life -- thus Indy provides an example of how not to go about things.\"",
"Gilmore said he keeps Indy in mind, along with other influences, like Norman Barka and Geoff Egan, when managing more than 650 archaeology sites.",
"iReport: Archaeology in paradise?",
"Thomas Riddle from Greenville, South Carolina, integrates Indiana Jones' adventures into his history classes and created the website \"Adventures in Learning with Indiana Jones.\"",
"His work on this and in promoting the educational value of the \"Young Indiana Jones\" series on DVD led to the opportunity to visit George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch in October: \"Twenty-nine years after first seeing a scruffy-looking, thrill-seeking archaeologist acquire, then lose, an odd-looking golden idol, I stood face-to-face with that same idol as it grinned at me from behind the glass of a display case.",
"In an instant, I was sitting in a darkened theater watching Indiana Jones do his thing.",
"It was 1981, and I was 12 years old again.\"",
"iReport: Adventures in learning with Indiana Jones .",
"Of course, there's a big difference between the fantastical adventures of the \"man in the hat\" and real archaeology (the vast amounts of paperwork, for example), but even so, fans like Glisson call it \"a wonderful source for inspiration and adventure.\"",
"More iReporters talk about how \"Indiana Jones\" affected their lives .",
"In a time where it seems just about anything can be found simply by searching online, the legacy of Indiana Jones is a reminder that there's still more of the world left to be explored."
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"Indiana Jones' legacy extends to scientists inspired by the films .",
"Several iReporters describe how the movies sparked career choices ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- A 24-year-old Baltimore man was arrested at a major airport last week after 13 knives were discovered in his carry-on bag, authorities said Thursday.",
"The man, who said he collected knives, was charged with three counts relating to possessing knives in an airport, authorities said.",
"He was not charged with any terror-related counts.",
"The incident occurred about 5:45 p.m. last Thursday at Baltimore-Washington International Airport near Baltimore.",
"Police identified the traveler as Amr Gamal Shedid, 24.",
"Shedid was charged with one count of possession of a dangerous concealed weapon, one count of carrying an unauthorized weapon into an airport and one count of interfering with security procedures of the airport, said Sgt.",
"Kirk Perez of the Maryland Transportation Authority Police.",
"Perez said the third count is a standard charge in incidents of this nature.",
"As of Thursday, Shedid was being held at the Anne Arundel County Detention Center in Annapolis, Maryland, on $10,000 bail, which was increased at a bail hearing this week from $2,600.",
"Jail personnel did not have the name of Shedid's attorney."
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"Washington (CNN) -- Democrats and Republicans squared off in the 50th annual Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park Thursday night.",
"Unlike the midterm elections, the Republicans never led in this one, falling to the Democrats 8-2 in front of more than 7,000 people.",
"Freshmen Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-Louisiana, shone on the mound for the Democrats going five innings before giving up a hit.",
"\"We gained 87 seats in the last election, they gained three but one of theirs is a pitcher from New Orleans, Cedric Richmond, who I do want to point out to Mr. Richmond that the Congressional salary is $175,000.",
"The Major League minimum salary $350,000 and I know the owner of the Astros and the Texas Rangers,\" said Republican coach Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas.",
"While Democrats and Republicans were adversaries on the field, Democratic coach Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Pennsylvania, says he hopes events like this can help make bipartisanship a little more likely on Capitol Hill.",
"\"It gives us a chance to get to know one another and it helps a lot when you see someone on the floor that you played ball with, you have something else in common with them,\" Doyle said.",
"\"You're going to give them the benefit of the doubt and be a little bit more civil.\"",
"Barton agreed.",
"\"It does, it honestly does help,\" Barton said.",
"\"We spend a lot of time on the floor talking baseball; that makes it easier when we do try to talk policy.\"",
"Congress played their first baseball game in 1909 with a few interruptions such as the Great Depression and World War II.",
"Ticket proceeds from this year's game raised more than $150,000 for The Washington Literacy Council and The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington."
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"Participants say the event helps improve relations .",
"The event raised money for literacy and childrens charities in Washington ."
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"(CNN) -- When sheriff's deputies arrested Casey Anthony in 2008 over the death of her 2-year-old daughter, few would have anticipated it would end like this: just days after her trial, jailers arranging a clandestine release launching the Orlando woman back into a world where her story could make her rich or put her life in danger.",
"But that's precisely the scenario that will play out sometime Sunday when Anthony completes serving her time on four misdemeanor counts of misleading police.",
"Anthony, 25, was acquitted July 5 of murder and child neglect charges in the death of her daughter, Caylee, whose skeletal remains were found in 2008 in a wooded field.",
"She was convicted on four counts of misleading police and was sentenced to four years in prison.",
"After serving nearly three years in prison while awaiting trial, she was ordered released this weekend.",
"The abrupt end to a criminal case that at times transfixed the nation resulted in anger and revulsion as well as donations of cash to her jailhouse account.",
"It's also led to speculation that the polarizing subject of the \"I Hate Casey Anthony\" Facebook page -- and the source of ire for its more than 40,000 fans -- might change her name and appearance and move someplace far away.",
"\"If her attorneys are doing the right thing and are doing their jobs, they're going to have to explain to her that there is real hatred out there for her, that there have been death threats, that she cannot just walk amongst the population,\" HLN legal contributor Sunny Hostin said.",
"\"That is not just going to happen.\"",
"Whatever she ends up doing, first she has to get out of jail.",
"Few details have been publicly released about how Anthony will be let out of the Orange County Jail, where she has been held since her arrest in October 2008.",
"Court officials have released limited information to reporters, mostly plans to bring three journalists inside a secure area of the jail sometime late Friday or early Saturday and cut them off from outside access while they wait for Anthony's release.",
"When exactly Anthony will be freed hasn't been made public.",
"That's in part likely due to the intense emotions Anthony's release has generated.",
"\"I know it's bad God Forgive me but i hope someone wipes that smirk off her face.",
"With a mack truck,\" one poster on the \"I Hate Casey Anthony\" Facebook page wrote.",
"Another poster, referencing rumored lucrative interview, book and movie deals, said the only thing she'd pay to see or read would be about \"Casey Anthony's dead body.\"",
"The page features Anthony's mug shot with a bullseye target on her forehead under the headline \"Hey, Casey, I'd watch out if I were you, just sayin'.\"",
"An Oklahoma woman said she has already faced the kind of ire Anthony may face when she's no longer behind the protective walls of the Orange County Jail.",
"Sammy Blackwell told CNN affiliate KOTV that a woman who mistook her for Anthony on July 8 rammed her car twice, flipping it over.",
"\"She said that I was trying to hurt babies, I was killing babies and she was going to stop it before it happened again,\" Blackwell told the station.",
"As it happens, Blackwell has a daughter named Caylee too, but that's the end of the similarities.",
"She says she really doesn't even look that much like Anthony and worries for women who do.",
"Sheriff Jerry Demings said Tuesday that investigators are assessing threats to Anthony's safety.",
"While he said that the department was not aware of any credible threats to her life, it's a concern that was clearly on his mind.",
"\"Nobody has a right to take the law in their own hands,\" he said.",
"\"Casey Anthony had her day in court and the jury made a decision.",
"I would hope people would step back and would not go out and commit another crime.\"",
"It's also a concern for her attorneys.",
"\"Myself and other members of the team are concerned for her safety, very much so,\" one of her attorneys, Dorothy Sims, told HLN.",
"What Anthony will do after her release is unclear.",
"\"Well if I knew at this point I'm sure you can appreciate that I wouldn't' tell you,\" Sims said.",
"\"I don't believe that that has been resolved.",
"My hope for her would be that she would be left alone and her privacy would be respected.\"",
"Hostin said on CNN that she's heard reports that Anthony will go into hiding, live under an assumed name or get plastic surgery.",
"\"But I think we are going to hear her story because people have offered her a million dollars already for her story,\" she said.",
"Anthony also still has legal issues to deal with.",
"Her criminal team is appealing her convictions for misleading police, and she is being sued in two separate actions in civil court.",
"One is filed by a woman with the same name Anthony gave to investigators as the name of her daughter's nanny.",
"The other involves a search group that wants Anthony to repay expenses they incurred looking for Caylee.",
"Anthony may be offered money for book and movie deals, but one offer won't be on the table.",
"Playboy founder Hugh Hefner told CNN's Piers Morgan that the magazine won't be offering Anthony a pictorial.",
"\"I wouldn't reward someone like that for what has happened,\" Hefner said.",
"Attorney J. Cheney Mason, who once said he thought of Anthony as a granddaughter, said he doesn't know what life holds in store for his client, but has hopes.",
"\"She is only 25 year old.",
"A decade from now, hopefully, she'll have some stability in her life and maybe a husband, and they can be somewhere in Montana and start over,\" he said."
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"Casey Anthony is due to be released from jail sometime Sunday .",
"An attorney for her says she does not know what Anthony will do .",
"She was acquitted of murder and child neglect charges in the death of her daughter, Caylee ."
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"(CNN) -- Comedian Jamie Kaler knows a universal truth: Women love a man in uniform.",
"Sadly, he just can't fit into his anymore.",
"\"I can't snap my dress white bottoms anymore -- I think I put them on for some girl a few years ago.\"",
"But these days, the former Navy lieutenant can barely even get his pants all the way up.",
"\"How does your thigh grow bigger as you get older?\"",
"However, those pants used to fit a really funny sailor who never took things too seriously.",
"\"I got lowered off of a helicopter onto the ship, and I'm cracking jokes,\" he recalls.",
"\"And they're like, 'This is not funny.'",
"And I'm like, 'Look at me! I'm Chuck Norris!'",
"\" It's been years since Kaler served, but what used to get him in trouble in the Navy now fuels his comedy.",
"And while some fans may be familiar with his stand-up routine and the show \"Kaler\" on SiriusXM's Blue Collar Radio, most people know him from his past role as the \"drunken red-headed guy\" on the TBS comedy \"My Boys.\"",
"This summer, Kaler will re-team with his \"My Boys\" co-star Mike Bunin for an original series with DirecTV called \"On Deck with Jamie and Mike,\" where they'll tour some of America's best baseball stadiums.",
"He also just completed filming for the feature film, \"The Wicked.\"",
"Kaler sat down with CNN for a video interview in Chicago to discuss life in the Navy, which, apparently, can be a little dirty.",
"(Read: Everybody stinks.)"
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"Comedian Jamie Kaler is a former Navy lieutenant who can no longer zip up his uniform .",
"Kaler is known as the \"drunken red-headed guy\" on the TBS comedy \"My Boys\"\nThe comedian just completed filming for the feature film \"The Wicked\""
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"Spoiler alert: Please do not read on if you have not seen the last Harry Potter film yet.",
"This article is entirely spoilers.",
"If you DID see the movie last night, read on and tell us what you thought!",
"Atlanta, Georgia -- If you're bleary-eyed and yawning after a late-night screening of \"Harry Potter's\" final movie installment, the lasting impressions of \"Deathly Hallows Part II\" are no doubt the only things keeping you awake today.",
"Millions of \"Harry Potter\" fans flocked to midnight screenings, celebrating J.K. Rowling's epic conclusion with great enthusiasm and wizardly costumes.",
"Here are some of the moments from the film that made fans gasp, applaud and giggle: .",
"• The 3-D specs are in the shape of Harry's iconic round glasses!",
"• When the Ukrainian Ironbelly guard dragon in Gringotts takes flight, it's a magical moment: The animation is some of the best fantasy fans have ever seen on screen.",
"The beautiful and slinky movements of the dragon allow the viewers to suspend any disbelief, and this beast is a \"Harry Potter\" best.",
"• Alan Rickman shows off his acting chops as Professor Snape.",
"The Headmaster of Hogwarts' first deliciously evil line comes when he warns the students and staff that anyone who does not come forth with information regarding the whereabouts of Harry Potter will be found, \"Equally.",
"Guilty,\" as those actively hiding him.",
"The delivery is thrillingly sinister!",
"• Maggie Smith as Professor McGonagall unleashes her inner geek when she says, \"I've always wanted to use that spell,\" after rousing the stone knights to protect Hogwarts.",
"• Yes, it's really the end: The first moment you realize this is the view of the quidditch field burning down as Voldemort's forces storm Hogwarts.",
"• Hermione and Ron share a very sexy smootch.",
"Finally, these two characters seal their love for one another with a kiss, and when the initial excitement of the scene wears off, viewers begin to realize that this is a very steamy and adult liplock.",
"Rupert Grint and Emma Watson bring authenticity and spark to the scene.",
"• Neville Longbottom has the hots for Luna and is ready to do something about it after steeling his nerves in battle.",
"\"Have you seen Luna?\" he asks Harry.",
"\"I've got the hots for her!\" • Snape's death scene is brutal, violent and elemental.",
"Even though viewers don't get to see the killing, they hear it.",
"The sound of an attacking Nagini is shocking in its intensity and the scene leaves the audience raw.",
"• Moviegoers will need a Kleenex when Harry Potter put Snape's memories in the Pensieve.",
"The scenes of Snape and Lily show a life of love, torture and loss that Alan Rickman masterfully embodies.",
"• Did you know Gollum is in this movie?",
"Voldemort's dead soul seems like it took a wrong turn in cinema purgatory and ended up in the \"Harry Potter\" film instead of one from the \"Lord of the Rings\" franchise.",
"• Elitist wizards sure have some awful teeth!",
"Both Voldemort's and Bellatrix Lestrange's grins during the final assault on Hogwarts are unsettling for all the wrong reasons.",
"• Mrs. Weasley's besting of Bellatrix in their duel is sure to be a big hit with audiences.",
"• When Neville slays Nagini with the sword of Gryffindor, it's the ultimate fantasy moment.",
"In case you were wondering, Neville is a hero now.",
"The beautifully rendered scene looks like an homage to Raphael's painting, \"St. George and the Dragon.\"",
"• Mr. Filch is so very grumpy as he settles in to clean up the rubble from the most significant battle in Hogwart's history.",
"He is not amused. • In the epilogue, Draco's beard and Ron's pot belly are so bad they're good.",
"What did you think of \"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II\"?",
"Did we miss any of the moments from the film that most inspired you?",
"Let us know in the comments section below."
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"Orlando (CNN) -- The judge handling the defamation lawsuit against Casey Anthony has stepped away from the case, leaving open the question of whether the Orlando woman will have to submit to a formal interview by her accuser's lawyers just days after leaving jail.",
"Judge Jose Rodriguez, after a 14 minute sidebar, announced without explanation that the case would be assigned to another judge.",
"A new judge, Lisa Munyon, was assigned to the case later Friday morning.",
"She was expected to hold another hearing Friday afternoon.",
"Anthony, 25, is being sued in civil court by a woman named Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez.",
"Anthony told investigators that was the name of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee's nanny, and that the woman had taken the girl and disappeared.",
"Investigators were never able to find evidence such a woman existed, but were able to find Gonzalez, who denied knowing Anthony or her daughter.",
"Gonzalez said Anthony's accusations turned her life upside down and led to death threats against her and her children.",
"Two-year-old Caylee's remains were found in a wooded field not far from the Anthony's home.",
"Anthony was acquitted July 5 of murder and child neglect charges in her daughter's death.",
"The jury did convict her of lying to investigators and she is expected to be released from jail on Sunday.",
"The lawsuit is separate from those charges.",
"Lawyers for Gonzalez want Anthony to answer their questions in a deposition on Tuesday.",
"In seeking an emergency order forcing her to attend, they wrote that they expect her to leave the Orlando area and change her name, making it impossible to interview her.",
"After the abbreviated morning hearing, Gonzalez attorney Keither Mitnik said there's no reason the deposition should not go on as scheduled.",
"\"She's under subpoena, there's no protective order,\" he said.",
"\"She better have her behind in that deposition.\"",
"But Anthony's attorney in the civil case, Charles Greene, said she can't be forced to sit for a deposition so soon after a trial that left her \"emotionally and mentally exhausted.\"",
"Greene also said he will be in trial on another case that day.",
"If forced to attend the deposition, Greene said Anthony would invoke her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.",
"\"Consequently, the deposition would be nothing more than yet another media spectacle and frenzy,\" Greene wrote in court documents."
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"NEW: A new judge is assigned to the Casey Anthony defamation lawsuit .",
"Judge Jose Rodriguez stepped aside Friday morning .",
"It's still unclear whether Anthony will have to attend a deposition .",
"Anthony is being sued by a woman with the same name as the nanny she said took her daughter ."
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"Riverside, California (CNN) -- A conservative county supervisor in Southern California wants to form the 51st state by seceding the region from California, saying the state's problems require \"radical\" solutions.",
"\"Listen, I knew I'd be criticized.",
"I learned in my tenure of being a politician for 19 years, sometimes you have to do radical things to get people's attention,\" Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone said on CNN Thursday.",
"\"We have hit a nerve with citizens who are just fed up with business as usual in the state,\" Stone said.",
"\"I'm talking about a secession plan from the state of California.\"",
"This week, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors gave the OK to Stone to hold a summit of California's local leaders to discuss remedies for the state's long list of woes -- including secession.",
"But the county board stopped short of endorsing Stone's secessionist plan by insisting no taxpayer money be used for the conference.",
"Stone has come up with a name for the new state: South California.",
"It would be composed of 13 largely Republican counties, most of which are inland along the Nevada and Arizona state lines.",
"The plan would exclude Los Angeles County, but would include Orange and San Diego Counties, both on the coast.",
"Stone has a long list of grievances against the state and its legislators: high taxes and fees, inability to reform welfare programs, high unemployment and excessive regulations.",
"\"What the state has done is they've been balancing their budgets on the backs of our local coffers.",
"They've been stealing our sales tax, property tax,\" Stone said.",
"\"The bottom line for me and my constituents is jobs.",
"We are sending jobs out of the state of California by the train load.\"",
"Riverside County is among the hardest hit communities by the recession and mortgage meltdown, leaving many communities pockmarked with vacant homes, Stone said.",
"\"We are the foreclosure capital of the world,\" Stone asserted.",
"\"We have some areas of the county that have 25% unemployment.",
"The average in Riverside County is about 15%.\"",
"Stone's plan seems a long shot, one analyst said.",
"There have been at least 27 efforts for secession within parts of California since the 1800s, and none has been successful.",
"Robert Melsh, a political science instructor at Mount San Jacinto College in San Jacinto, California, which is in Riverside County, said Stone's plan stunned him, largely because of the high cost of putting a secessionist plan before voters.",
"He called it a \"scare tactic.\"",
"\"Insanity,\" Melsh said.",
"\"I mean this is major surgery where we need a Band-Aid.",
"\"It takes millions of dollars to get the signatures necessary to put up an initiative,\" Melsh added.",
"Melsh also raised the question of getting a 51st state's government up and running.",
"\"Where is he going to put the capitol?",
"Disneyland?\" Melsh said.",
"Stone, a pharmacist and owner of an innovative compounding pharmacy, said he drew the lines for a new state by picking 13 counties that were contiguous and fiscally conservative or moderate.",
"A date for the summit of local leaders has yet to be scheduled, he said.",
"CNN's Traci Tamura contributed to this report."
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"A Republican supervisor in Riverside County is fed up with California's financial woes .",
"He has drawn plans for 13 counties to form the 51st state .",
"The would-be state's name: South California .",
"A summit of the local state leaders will consider the idea ."
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"(CNN) -- As the blondest brat in the Harry Potter universe, actor Tom Felton has no qualms about portraying the theoretically unlikable Draco Malfoy.",
"So why do so many fans devote themselves to \"Team Slytherin?\"",
"Felton muses on the possibilities with CNN.",
"CNN: You have a fairly active dialogue with your fans.",
"Can you explain to the muggles why fans are so into \"Team Slytherin?\"",
"Felton: I definitely can't answer; I have no idea.",
"I'm always curious when 7-year-olds and 8-year-olds come up to me and say, \"Yeah, Draco's my favorite character.\"",
"I always think, \"Hmmm, I'm not sure if he should be.\"",
"I'm not sure. I've been told that people like a bad guy, or I guess people love to hate someone.",
"I guess Draco has filled that role for quite a few years.",
"But yeah, I'm \"Team Slytherin\" all the way.",
"CNN: Was it ever difficult to play such a mean-spirited and dirisive character as Draco Malfoy?",
"Felton: Nothing but joy.",
"I took great joy in every minute of it.",
"It was like playing the polar opposite of me, really.",
"It was kind of easy to step into his shoes and be delightfully horrible to everyone around me.",
"I really enjoyed it and it never struck me as being difficult.",
"Which is a little strange, in itself.",
"I guess there's an evil kid inside me waiting to get out.",
"CNN: Is it ever possible for you to have a good hair day after a decade of bleaching your locks for the role?",
"Felton: Not really.",
"I'm just grateful that I still have hair on my head after that many years of dying it.",
"So yeah, it's actually turned back to its normal condition and is in not bad shape.",
"Thanks for asking.",
"CNN: What kinds of perks do you get for being a part of the Harry Potter franchise?",
"Do you get a lifetime supply of butter beer?",
"Felton: I've yet to cash in that coupon.",
"What perks? We get the DVD a week before it comes out.",
"We've been a couple of times to the Orlando theme park, the Wizarding World, and when we're there we're usually told to drink as much butter beer as we like.",
"So yeah, you could call that a lifetime supply, I guess.",
"CNN: Harry Potter has established itself as a consequential fantasy franchise.",
"Has it influenced your tastes or is there a different genre that inspires you?",
"Felton: I'm sure Harry will go down as this kind of fantasy thriller, but I see it as everything.",
"It's a romantic comedy, it's dark humor, it's kind of everything in every one of the films.",
"It encompasses a lot.",
"I'm not really a genre kind of guy.",
"I don't like to label films with a genre.",
"I like all films whether it's dark or light, love, hate, whatever it is, I enjoy it.",
"CNN: Was it ever heroes vs. villains on the set?",
"Did you have a \"Team Baddies?\"",
"Felton: You mean as the actors?",
"No, not really. Bear in mind, we usually spend about 2% of the day in character, the rest of it is just us.",
"So most of it is just normal chat.",
"I hate to sound boring!",
"CNN: Do you have a favorite memory of your time spent on the Harry Potter films?",
"Felton: I don't really have one, that's sort of like saying pick your favorite memory of the last 15 years.",
"Everyone asks that.",
"It's the whole experience.",
"The people that we work with, the relationships that we've made, the costumes we got to wear and all the stupid stuff we got to do.",
"It's just the whole experience really.",
"it's very hard for me to pick one memory.",
"CNN: What's the most unexpected thing about being a part of Harry Potter?",
"Felton: I guess that we're still here.",
"Every year we kind of said, \"When are the fans gonna get bored of these and move on?\"",
"But they never did. Every year the fans got more and more excited by everything.",
"And it's kind of crazy that we're still here today talking about it.",
"That's definitely one of the things that surprised me the most about the whole thing.",
"CNN: What is J.K. Rowling like?",
"Felton: She's exceptionally down to earth.",
"She's one of the most down to earth people I've met.",
"She's very, very sweet -- I'm always blown away by how down to earth she is.",
"She's a really, really nice person and it's always a pleasure getting a chance to hang out with her.",
"CNN: So many people around the world are fans of Draco.",
"What is Draco a fan of? Felton: Other than villainous ways?",
"He's a fan of snakes.",
"Slitherin. Evil deeds.",
"You know what, it's weird because that's kind of a changing question.",
"Because in the recent films I think it's slightly different.",
"Probably freedom and, you know, not his parents.",
"It's a tough one. He's a character with two sides."
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"As cast of the Harry Potter films, Felton lists few perks, but they do include butter beer ."
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"(CNN) -- Four-time NBA champion Shaquille O'Neal formally announced his retirement from basketball Friday, thanking fans and teammates for their support and saying he looks forward to earning his Ph.D. \"It is now time for me to begin my new life,\" O'Neal said at a press conference at his home.",
"Dale Brown, who coached him while at Louisiana State University, sat by O'Neal's side.",
"The announcement was an upbeat occasion, with the athlete thanking his parents for stressing the importance of education, especially if he were to endure a career-ending injury.",
"O'Neal is completing his doctorate in human resource development at Barry University in Miami.",
"O'Neal first said Wednesday afternoon that he was going to hang up his jersey.",
"The 39-year-old posted a link to a video on his Twitter account.",
"In a brief message he said: \"We did it.",
"Nineteen years, baby.",
"I want to thank you very much.",
"That's why I'm telling you first.",
"I'm about to retire. Love you. Talk to you soon.\" O'Neal has been dogged by injuries in the latter stages of his career and played only 37 games for the Boston Celtics this season after struggling with an Achilles tendon problem.",
"He told reporters he did not want the Celtics to have to wait to see whether he fully rebounded from surgery.",
"The superstar returned for two playoff games against the Miami Heat but managed just 12 minutes, and he told an ESPN reporter that he didn't want to let Celtics fans down.",
"O'Neal won three titles with the Los Angeles Lakers after forming a devastating partnership with Kobe Bryant, and added a fourth in 2006 with the Miami Heat.",
"With 28,596 points, O'Neal is fifth on the all-time NBA scoring list and is second only to Michael Jordan on the all-time list of NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Awards.",
"\"I'm really going to miss the free throws,\" he quipped Friday.",
"He began his career in 1992 when the Orlando Magic picked him first in the NBA Draft and quickly won rookie of the year honors.",
"O'Neal took the NBA scoring title in 1995 as he led the Magic to the NBA finals, but they were beaten by Houston.",
"He won the accolade again in 2000, when the Lakers won the finals."
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"Shaquille O'Neal first announced his retirement Wednesday .",
"The 39-year-old is fifth on the all-time NBA scoring list .",
"He will complete his doctorate ."
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"Orlando, Florida (CNN) -- As I write this from a conference of 3500 Harry Potter fans outside of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park in Orlando, the energy in the air around the final film is not only excitement, but gratitude.",
"We are grateful for the bonds of friendship we have made in this fan community and grateful for those \"other friends\" we know we can always visit in Hagrid's hut, to sit down over tea and rock cakes and plot new adventures.",
"We've spent years being called \"delusional\" for taking the Gryffindor Common Room, the Great Hall at Hogwarts, and the sweet shops in Hogsmeade so seriously -- as if they were real.",
"As if they were nothing more than a cheap way to escape from our daily reality.",
"But as the book comes to a close, Dumbledore reminds us that \"Of course it is happening inside [our] head...but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?\"",
"Reality is mysterious.",
"And the reality is that a fantasy book aimed at children has forever changed writing, publishing, literature, music, sports, social media and social activism.",
"In a digital age filled with families lining up for iPods, iPads and iPhones, there was one exception to the rule: For well over a decade, millions lined up at midnight to get their hands on a copy of a hardback book.",
"Translated into almost every language as it seamlessly cuts across cultures, Harry Potter became the most requested book by detainees in Guantanamo Bay (outside of the Quran).",
"The reality is that Harry Potter has taught a generation to be creative, compassionate and courageous as we continue to love.",
"For some, the final film means it's an end of an era.",
"Not for me and not for most fans. As we approach the final film in the Potter franchise, I'd like to point out that the moment in book seven when a Golden Snitch Harry is holding \"opens at the close\" so too does the Harry Potter Generation -- our minds, our hearts, all open at the close.",
"Like the snitch, we \"open at the close.\"",
"The advent of the seventh movie is not an ending, but an opportunity to take what we have learned at Hogwarts into the world.",
"The organization that I run, the Harry Potter Alliance, inspiriing fellow fans to act as Harry would in our world.",
"We've sent five cargo planes to Haiti, donated more than 88,000 books across the world and funded the protection of civilians in Darfur and Burma.",
"Right now we are negotiating with the CEO of Warner Brothers to make all Harry Potter chocolate fair trade so that the Harry Potter brand is no longer associated with the practice of child slavery that is common in the cocoa trade.",
"To date we have the signatures of more than 15,000 Harry Potter fans including four stars of the films.",
"In a world that is, like Harry's, often in dark and difficult times, we in the Harry Potter Generation are ready to open at the close.",
"We are ready Ms. Rowling, Harry, and Dumbledore.",
"Thank you for preparing us.",
"We look forward to this last film and we will see you soon!"
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"Fans don't see \"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II\" as an end to their favorite story .",
"\"Harry Potter\" taught a generation to be creative and compassionate, Slack says .",
"The Harry Potter Alliance is a real-world Dumbledore's Army ."
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"Seoul (CNN) -- South Korea demanded Tokyo withdraw a ban that asks Japanese diplomats to refrain from flying with Korean Air to protest a test flight above islets in the sea east of Korea that Japan claims is its territory.",
"\"The government is taking this seriously, as the Japanese government in effect is placing sanctions on one of our private companies,\" the South Korean foreign ministry spokesman said in a briefing Thursday.",
"The islets in the sea east of Korea, known as Dokdo in Korea and Takeshima in Japan, have been a prickly issue for the countries.",
"Japan has long claimed the islets as its territory, but Seoul leaves no room for debate and says all Korean territory was returned after the country won independence from colonial rule by Japan in 1945.",
"The Japanese government has shown no intention of stepping down from its recent move.",
"\"Because Korean Air did a domain invasion to our Takeshima clearly this time, we have expressed our strong intention regarding this problem with Korean Air,\" the Japanese deputy foreign minister said.",
"South Korea said it will consider various measures if Tokyo does not withdraw the measure that goes into effect Thursday.",
"Seoul expressed strong disappointment at the move, saying it should not have been made given the relationship between the two countries.",
"Korean Air, the country's largest airliner, carried out two test flights over Dokdo less than a month ago but did not comment on the Japanese government's decision.",
"South Korea views the islets as a source of national pride and has taken various measures to reassert its ownership.",
"The land is largely uninhabited with only seven registered residents."
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"Japan asked diplomats to refrain from flying with Korean Air .",
"The move is to protest a test flight above islets in the sea east of Korea .",
"Japan claims it is its territory .",
"South Korea says it's taking the ban \"seriously\""
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"(CNN) -- YouTube has made another match for a U.S. Marine looking to score a date to the Marine Corps Ball.",
"Justin Timberlake said Friday that he will accept an invitation extended through a YouTube video by Cpl.",
"Kelsey de Santis.",
"\"If my schedule works out to do it, I'd love to do it.",
"It's an honor,\" Timberlake said at a media event to promote the film \"Friends with Benefits.\"",
"De Santis made the video after Timberlake's \"Friends with Benefits\" co-star Mila Kunis received a similar invitation from a Marine serving in Afghanistan.",
"\"If you can't go, all I have to say is 'Cry Me a River,' \" De Santis, flanked by a contingent of tough-looking male Marines, said on the video, referencing one of Timberlake's hit songs.",
"Timberlake joked that he was not accepting \"because she shouted out one of my songs, which I love,\" but because \"I don't get asked out ever, so I was very flattered by that.\"",
"His acceptance comes one day after Kunis addressed rumors that work would keep her from her date, despite saying she would attend Sgt.",
"Scott Moore's YouTube invitation to attend the Marine Corps Ball in Greenville, North Carolina.",
"\"I will happily clear it up, once and for all,\" Kunis said Thursday.",
"\"Never did I say that I was not going. ...",
"I am attending. I'm going. November 18 I will be there.\"",
"If Timberlake follows through on his acceptance, he will attend the November 12 Marine Corps Ball in Washington, D.C."
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"\"I'd love to do it.",
"It's an honor,\" Timberlake says of date with Cpl.",
"Kelsey de Santis .",
"A similar invitation was extended to his \"Friends with Benefits\" co-star Mila Kunis .",
"Kunis will attend a November 18 event with Sgt.",
"Scott Moore ."
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"(CNN) -- By giving away seeds and teaching people how to grow their own food, Holly Hirshberg is helping to fight hunger in the United States.",
"Hirshberg is founder of The Dinner Garden, a nonprofit that has provided free packs of seeds to 65,000 families nationwide.",
"The group also offers gardening supplies and tips.",
"CNN's Allie Torgan recently spoke with Hirshberg about her group's efforts to help families during the recession.",
"Allie Torgan: How easy is it for someone to take part in your program?",
"Holly Hirshberg: Anybody who wants to garden with us can.",
"They fill out the forms, and then we find between 10 and 11 varieties of seeds that will grow in their area.",
"We package up those seeds into little bags, and we label them individually.",
"We try to ship out stuff so people can grow year round.",
"If you don't have an area to plant in your yard, grow in containers.",
"You can grow on your front porch.",
"You can grow in a window.",
"People have more space to plant than they think they do.",
"We had one gardener who grew on the headboard of her bed.",
"Torgan: Along with the financial benefits of growing one's own food -- and the health benefits from eating nutritious foods -- how else does gardening help people?",
"Hirshberg: When you're so stressed about being unemployed or about struggling to take care of your family -- which so many Americans struggle with every day -- it's so nice to have something to get your mind off it.",
"It's a great place to spend family time.",
"When you have a crisis like this, especially on a national level, people feel bad and want to be alone.",
"And that's the time when it's most important to be around other people.",
"You feel better getting out in the world and seeing that things are going on, and feeling that ... energy.",
"When people were able to get out in their garden, they were able to feel like there's hope.",
"Things are going to get better.",
"Torgan: What's it like for you when you see kids holding fresh vegetables that came from your seeds?",
"Hirshberg: It's wonderful.",
"That's the reward. We work for no money, and to see that we are making a difference -- to see that people's lives are improving -- it's magical.",
"It's brilliant. It doesn't matter how I'm staying up till 2 in the morning.",
"It doesn't matter how hard I'm working ... the long hours.",
"It's so worth it that I look at those children and I think: \"Those are going to be kids who never have to worry.",
"That is a skill they will have forever.\"",
"Family is so important to me.",
"And I love to see families doing things together.",
"It's a nice way to bring them together.",
"Parents and children are talking.",
"Grandparents and children are talking.",
"Neighbors and everybody are communicating, and I love that.",
"Torgan: What are your future goals for The Dinner Garden?",
"Hirshberg: We'd like to get through our waiting list (for free seeds).",
"That's our main No. 1 goal because we do have so many people who still need our help.",
"We would like to go into more educational things to teach people how to use the fruit and vegetables that they grow.",
"And we'd like to teach some gardening classes.",
"... With just a couple minutes a day, you really can grow a lot of food for your family.",
"You know, the seeds do all the work.",
"That's what we tell our gardeners.",
"We provide the seeds.",
"We help you grow them. You eat the food. Goodbye hunger.",
"See the full story on CNN Hero Holly Hirshberg: Free seeds helping Americans get by, live healthier ."
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"CNN Hero Holly Hirshberg offers free seeds and gardening advice through her nonprofit .",
"The Dinner Garden has helped more than 65,000 American families since 2008 .",
"Hirshberg says gardening is easy: \"The seeds do all the work\""
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"(CNN) -- Southern California police on Friday closed their investigation into Hollywood publicist Ronnie Chasen's shooting death late last year, concluding that an ex-convict murdered her in a random, botched robbery.",
"The suspect, 43-year-old Harold Martin Smith, pulled a handgun and shot himself last December as Beverly Hills detectives approached him at Hollywood's Harvey Apartments.",
"But despite evidence even then tying Smith to Chasen's murder last November, authorities kept the case open.",
"Beverly Hills police Lt. Tony Lee told CNN early this year that \"we hope to close it soon.\"",
"That decision came six months later.",
"The city's police department issued a press release Friday stating that it had \"completed the exhaustive investigation\" by determining that Smith was \"the sole perpetrator of this most heinous crime.\"",
"\"All facts and evidence conclusively indicate that Mr. Smith acted alone and was in possession of the murder weapon when confronted in Hollywood for questioning\" the night he committed suicide, the Beverly Hills police department said.",
"Chasen, 64, was driving last fall through a posh Beverly Hills neighborhood on her way home from a Hollywood movie premiere party when she was shot several times, police said.",
"Speculation thrived after the shooting, including a theory that a professional hit man had targeted Chasen.",
"That was until, at least, investigators began to hone in on Smith.",
"\"With Mr. Smith's background, we believe most likely it was a robbery gone bad,\" Beverly Hills Detective Sgt.",
"Mike Publicker said in December 2010.",
"\"We believe it was a random act.\"",
"Yet authorities continued to look into the case, with Police Chief David Snowden saying then that the investigation was just \"60% to 70% complete.\"",
"Still, through Friday, police never indicated that anyone other than Smith was ever a suspect.",
"Detectives scanned 150,000 e-mails and texts belonging to Chasen, investigated thousands of tips and reviewed thousands of financial documents tied to the victim, Beverly Hills police said Friday.",
"They also revisited Chasen's route on the night of her murder, recovered video footage and conducted numerous interviews with relatives, friends, contacts and others.",
"Ultimately, the most telling piece of evidence was that the gun that fired several rounds into Chasen's chest was the same weapon Smith used to kill himself when police approached to question him about her death.",
"\"Beverly Hills police personnel assigned to this case worked in excess of 10,000 hours to thoroughly investigate each and every tip, theory and legitimate lead in order to bring this investigation to conclusion,\" the police statement said."
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"They reach this conclusion after police spent 10,000 hours on the probe .",
"Smith, an ex-convict, was the only person ever identified as a suspect .",
"Police say he killed Chasen in a botched robbery, then later killed himself ."
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"(CNN) -- A New Jersey man pleaded not guilty Friday to stealing a pencil-on-paper Picasso sketch from a San Francisco gallery last week, his defense attorney said.",
"Mark Lugo, 30, was charged with three counts -- burglary, grand theft and possession of stolen property -- and pleaded not guilty to all counts, according to his attorney, Douglas Horngrad.",
"Police have estimated the value of the piece at around $275,000, though Horngrad said it is not worth nearly that much.",
"The New Jersey man was arrested in Napa, California on July 6, police have said.",
"His bail was set at $5 million dollars.",
"He is accused of entering the Weinstein Gallery in San Francisco on July 5, walking straight to the painting, removing it and walking back out, police have said.",
"The artwork, \"Tete de Femme,\" or \"Head of a Woman,\" was drawn in 1965.",
"Following his arrest in San Francisco, New York police tied Lugo to surveillance footage from another theft at a New York City hotel.",
"Lugo was allegedly seen lifting a $350,000 Fernand Leger sketch from the Carlyle Hotel on June 28, according to Hoboken Detective Sergeant Edwin Pantoja.",
"After viewing the surveillance video, police obtained a search warrant for Lugo's Hoboken, New Jersey apartment early Wednesday, Pantoja said.",
"There, authorities found eleven paintings hung on the walls, he added.",
"\"A mini-exhibit was going on in the apartment,\" said Pantoja.",
"The artworks -- which included another Picasso piece -- were allegedly stolen from seven different Manhattan galleries in June and July, according to a statement issued Friday by New York Police Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne.",
"The eleven pieces have a combined value totaling more than $420,000, police said.",
"Following the discovery in Lugo's New Jersey apartment, New York police issued a warrant for his arrest.",
"Lugo faces extradition to New York on suspicion of grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, said Browne.",
"Given that all the pieces were allegedly pinched during the last 45 days, Lugo appears to be \"someone in the midst of a manic, compulsive exercise rather than an art-thief,\" his San Francisco attorney said.",
"Horngrad added that Lugo \"had no intention to sell the pieces.\"",
"Lugo will next appear in San Francisco court on August 23, his lawyer said."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- My rosary-packing mom taught me not to say that four-letter word that begins with \"h,\" not talking about hell but hate.",
"But she forbids lying, too, so I am going to be straight -- I HATE driving on the 405 Freeway.",
"I avoid the 405 like poison oak, or wild-eyed people you randomly meet on story shoots who want you to pitch their product.",
"The 405 is a time bandit, a concrete thief that steals hours as you take agonizing drives in awful traffic.",
"Quakes, riots, Lohan and now this?",
"l live in the San Fernando Valley, but the 405 is a mandatory evil for times when I must head to LAX for CNN trips or vacation.",
"I tolerate the 405 by blasting the radio or stopping at Tito's Tacos in Culver City like it's some oasis.",
"The only thing more horrendous than the 405 is the 405 in rush hour.",
"The only thing more horrendous than the 405 in rush hour is the 405 in rush hour during an accident.",
"The only thing worse than the 405 in rush hour during an accident is to throw in construction.",
"'Carmageddon' officially on in Los Angeles .",
"The 405 defines relationships.",
"A budding romance might wilt under pressure of having to drive or cross the 405 for a rendezvous.",
"True friends will endure the 405's whims.",
"The 405 tests commitment -- to work, athletic teams and even family.",
"My relatives who are clustered up the 101 Freeway in Solvang and points beyond fortunately have zero reason to drive the 405 to get to my house, But to them, the 405 is a barrier they still must navigate in Encino, like the Alps, or the Straits of Magellan.",
"During \"Carmageddon\" I will test whether it's faster to fly from Burbank to Long Beach via JetBlue or just drive it.",
"I will win this contest because it takes time to board a plane, and I can mainly avoid the 405.",
"I'll slip around and past it, using the almost as heinous Interstate 5 and the 710 to get to Long Beach.",
"The 405 is almost completely out of range as I maneuver far away from its reach, as if I'm dodging English archers.",
"But for all my abject hate for the 405, I want this billion-dollar HOV lane, improvement and overhaul to work.",
"I am rooting for the pain to be eased by new lanes, bridges, on ramps, off ramps interchanges and attitude."
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"CNN senior producer Paul Vercammen: \"I HATE\" driving the 405 Freeway .",
"The highway steals hours as you take agonizing drives in awful traffic, he writes .",
"For all his hate, he hopes this weekend's interruption will lead to less pain on the 405 ."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- Los Angeles survived what officials warned could have been a traffic nightmare this weekend when a section of one of the nation's busiest freeways, closed for construction, was reopened ahead of schedule Sunday.",
"\"Carmadegeddon, shmarmageddon,\" said Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, as he and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced at midday Sunday that Interstate 405 would reopen 17 hours before Monday's morning rush hour begins.",
"Despite Los Angeles' reputation as \"the car capital of the United States of America, the congestion capital, the city most addicted to the single-passenger automobile,\" motorists found alternatives to driving for the weekend, Mayor Villaraigosa said.",
"A 10-mile segment of the freeway was closed Friday night to allow crews to demolish a section of bridge to make way for a car pool lane.",
"Workers completed the demolition faster than expected, Mayor Villaraigosa said Sunday morning.",
"\"The fact that we were able to do it sooner meant that things went very, very smoothly,\" Villaraigosa said Sunday.",
"\"Had they not, we might have had this press conference on Monday afternoon.\"",
"Barriers that had detoured northbound and southbound traffic away from the 405 since late Friday were removed at noon Sunday, with the opening of interchanges and ramps to follow.",
"The real story may be how Los Angeles residents reacted to dire warnings to keep their cars parked or else get struck in predicted gridlock that Yaroslavsky had dubbed Carmadegeddon.",
"The number of cars driving on Los Angeles roads dropped a dramatic two-thirds Saturday, Yaroslavsky said.",
"\"I propose a yearly carmageddon holiday!",
"What a lovely chill summer day in Santa Monica,\" resident Novena Carmel said in a Twitter posting Saturday afternoon.",
"Yaroslavsky and Villaraigosa both agreed Sunday, sounding as if they were only half-joking.",
"\"I like the idea of us taking a time out once a year,\" Villaraigosa said.",
"\"I think everybody has realized that we can get out of our car once in a while and survive.\"",
"The mayor said he was pleased with reports of \"people going to their neighborhood restaurants, going to a coffee shops, talking with neighbors, having family dinners or barbecues that they might not otherwise have done in the rat race that we live in.\"",
"In fact, the city will do it again in 11 months when the second half of the Mulholland bridge is demolished to complete the expansion project.",
"While fear of gridlock motivated the change in habits this time, Yaroslavsky suggested Los Angeles residents may have learned an unexpected lesson.",
"\"I think a lot of people in Los Angeles have learned that you can get along without taking long rides in your cars on weekends these past couple of days,\" he said.",
"\"There's a feeling in Los Angeles that if you don't get in your car on a weekend that you're somehow being cheated of something.\"",
"Demolition of a section of the southern half of the Mulholland bridge, necessary to make room for a northbound car pool lane, was expected to keep the freeway closed for 53 hours, ending at 5 a.m. Monday, the start of the morning rush hour.",
"Crews closed ramps late Friday on the 405, where it passes over the Santa Monica Mountains, California Department of Transportation officials said.",
"The $1.2 billion construction project calls for replacing a portion of a bridge at Mulholland Drive, a mountain summit road that is featured in many Hollywood films, authorities said.",
"A year from now, crews will have to shut down the 405 again to replace a final portion of the Mulholland Drive bridge, officials said.",
"The project also calls for adding a car-pool lane in each direction, creating \"the largest HOV system in the world\" at 48.6 miles in length between the San Fernando Valley and Orange County, said Mike Miles, the California Department of Transportation's director for Los Angeles and Ventura counties.",
"The two-year project will replace two more bridges, also to accommodate the widening of the 405, and will improve about two dozen on-off ramps and add 18 miles of sound-deadening walls for nearby residents, Miles said.",
"The 405 is usually one of the busiest freeways in the country, carrying about 500,000 cars a day through the Sepulveda Pass, a critical artery connecting Californians along the coast.",
"The 405 achieved notoriety on national television as the corridor that former NFL player O.J.",
"Simpson used as he was being slowly chased by police in 1994.",
"The highway also cuts through the west side of Los Angeles, an area that includes the high-status communities of Bel Air, Brentwood, Beverly Hills and Santa Monica.",
"CNN's Michael Martinez, Sara Weisfeldt, Sonya Hamasaki and Zohreen Adamjee contributed to this report."
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"NEW: Interstate 405 reopened 17 hours ahead of schedule .",
"NEW: Los Angeles traffic dropped by two-thirds because of dire gridlock warnings .",
"NEW: \"We can get out of our car once in a while and survive,\" Mayor Villaraigosa says .",
"\"Carmegeddon\" was not the traffic nightmare predicted for Los Angeles drivers ."
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"Jerusalem (CNN) -- A new Israel Defense Forces order aimed at preventing infiltration in the West Bank is sparking angry condemnations in the Palestinian Authority.",
"The order, which will take effect on Wednesday, poses a threat to thousands of Palestinians who will now be considered illegal under the new regulations.",
"The new order is in fact an amendment to an existing order from 1969.",
"It extends the definition of an infiltrator to \"a person who is present in the area and does not lawfully hold a permit.\"",
"The order threatens those defined as infiltrators with deportation or imprisonment of up to seven years.",
"It is unclear from the wording of the document -- signed six months ago by the commander of the IDF in the West Bank at the time, Maj. Gen. Gadi Shamni -- exactly who would fall under the new provisions.",
"Clauses in the order state that \"a person is an infiltrator if he is present in the area without a document or a permit indicating his lawful presence in the area without reasonable justification.\"",
"A permit would be a document \"issued by the commander of IDF forces in the Judea and Samaria area or someone acting on his behalf, or issued by the authorities of the State of Israel,\" according to the document, using the Israeli terminology referring to the West Bank.",
"The human rights organization Hamoked and nine other rights groups urgently appealed to the Israeli defense minister, demanding postponement of the implementation of the order that the groups said \"will turn all residents of the West Bank into criminals.\"",
"Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat said in a statement: \"These military orders belong in an apartheid state.",
"Extensive in scope, they make it infinitely easier for Israel to imprison and expel Palestinians from the West Bank.",
"They are an assault on ordinary Palestinians, and an affront to the most fundamental principles of human rights.\"",
"He added, \"These orders have the effect of turning Palestinians into criminals in their own homes, while directly undermining the efforts of Palestinians to run their own internal affairs.",
"They also open the flood gate for Israel to target foreign-born spouses, foreign workers, and even Israeli citizens as 'infiltrators', as well as anyone participating in demonstrations in support of Palestinian rights and against Israel's occupation.\"",
"Erakat said the order reveals \"the invidious design behind Israel's settlement policy.",
"\"The fewer Palestinians there are in the West Bank, including in occupied East Jerusalem, the more settlers there will be.",
"Israel's endgame is not peace.",
"It is the colonization of the West Bank.\"",
"An IDF spokesman told CNN: \"The purpose of the order which was signed by the ... central command and which is scheduled to become affective on April 14th, is the extradition of those residing illegally in Judea and Samaria.",
"This is a preexisting order which has no change with regard to who is illegal or illegal.",
"There was a correction to ensure judicial oversight of the extradition process\"."
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"Palestinian negotiator: \"These military orders belong in an apartheid state\"\nIsrael Defense Forces says order does not change definition of who is illegal ."
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"(CNN) -- After three years in jail and a \"trial of the century,\" Casey Anthony is free.",
"But the 25-year-old Florida woman faces an uncertain future and an uphill battle as she re-enters society.",
"Anthony was released from jail Sunday, 12 days after a jury acquitted her on murder and child neglect charges related to the 2008 death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.",
"Following the polarizing verdict, public opinion was not on Anthony's side.",
"The fact that she was given credit for time served on a four-year sentence for lying to police, allowing for her release this weekend, seems to have only added fuel to the fire.",
"The \"I hate Casey Anthony\" Facebook page has more than 45,000 fans; the \"F--- Casey Anthony\" page has more than 775,000.",
"There are more dedicated to keeping her from seeking refuge in Puerto Rico, Europe, Oregon, Texas and Virginia, among other locales.",
"Death threats and unkind words abound in the social media realm, and in the real world, Anthony's civil attorney, Charles Greene, said he's received several death threats directed at his client.",
"Is Casey Anthony in danger?",
"Anthony is not the first acquitted defendant to face an unadmiring public upon her release.",
"She's been compared to O.J.",
"Simpson, Michael Jackson and Mary Winkler, the Tennessee woman who served less than two months in jail on a manslaughter conviction for shooting her preacher husband.",
"But even they had the benefit of a support network -- friends, family, entourage -- to help them get back on their feet (at least for a little while).",
"\"The first thing Casey Anthony needs to do is go to comfort zone and I don't know where that safe place, that happy place is for her.",
"She's going to need counseling and comforting from others.",
"The question for her is where will she find the others?\"",
"said defense lawyer Steve Farese Sr., who represented Mary Winkler in her 2007 trial.",
"\"My advice to her would be to grow up: you lost three years in prison, try to get your life on the right track.",
"I'd advise her to move from the community in which she lived.",
"I might even advise her to change her name and be careful who your friends are, because there will be people who want to latch on to her infamy.\"",
"Plans for her release from the Orange County Booking and Release Center in Orlando reflected the extraordinary level of scrutiny that the case has received.",
"Law enforcement didn't reveal the time of her release or her precise exit point from the sprawling facility.",
"Three journalists -- one still photographer, one videographer and a print reporter -- were admitted into the facility Saturday night to document her release, but they weren't allowed to share any information until she left the grounds.",
"Beyond that point, she was to be treated just like any other inmate leaving the custody of the state, Orange County Sheriff Jeffrey Demmings told reporters Thursday.",
"\"We will not be providing any elaborate security protection for Casey once she leaves,\" he said.",
"\"We don't pick up security concerns unless there's a credible threat.\"",
"It's unclear where Anthony will head to first for comfort or support.",
"She turned down a jailhouse visit from her mother after the verdict and her lawyers have implied that there's no reunion with her parents planned in the immediate future.",
"No friends have come forward to publicly speak on her behalf.",
"Her most vocal defenders have been her lawyers, who have expressed fear for her safety in light of public outrage over the verdict and sentence.",
"\"People support her more theoretically than personally.",
"They'll say the verdict shows the system works, stop second-guessing it.",
"That's the support she's receiving, rather than people supporting her personally or what she did,\" said California criminal defense lawyer Mark Geragos, who represented convicted wife killer Scott Peterson in what was referred to at the time as the \"trial of the century.\"",
"The most apparent sign that she has any supporters comes from her jailhouse commissary account, which showed nearly $500 in donations from strangers across the United States and Canada.",
"(The money paid for snacks like jalapeño nachos, peanut M&Ms and a strawberry toaster pastry, as well as cosmetics and toiletries: mascara, toothpaste and ponytail holders.)",
"Otherwise, Anthony lacks the financial backing that allowed Simpson and Jackson to seek refuge in foreign countries while the heat died down.",
"Simpson spent years resuscitating his career in Japan after he was acquitted of murder charges in the death of wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman.",
"Jackson wound up in Bahrain, at the invitation of the king's son, after his acquittal on child molestation charges.",
"Anthony also lacks the support of friends, family and a group of sympathetic well-wishers that awaited Winkler upon her release from the mental health facility where she received treatment as part of her sentence.",
"Winkler had a job at a laundromat in McMinnville, Tennessee, and a custody battle for her two daughters awaiting her.",
"\"The main thing that Mary had is, she had the goal of getting her children back.",
"She had a purpose and when you have a purpose that keeps you going every day,\" said Farese, Winkler's attorney.",
"Some certainties lie ahead for Anthony, all drawing her back into the justice system.",
"Her lawyers have filed notices of intent to appeal her four misdemeanor convictions.",
"The move is widely considered to be strategic, as it will allow her to claim her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in the various civil suits piling up against her.",
"Among those parties is search and rescue group Texas EquuSearch, which claims that Anthony misled them into providing more than $112,000 in services in an unnecessary attempt to locate Caylee for months despite knowing she was dead.",
"Anthony is also being sued for defamation by a woman named Zenaida Gonzalez.",
"Anthony told investigators that was the name of Caylee's nanny and that the woman had taken her daughter.",
"The judge handling the defamation lawsuit set Anthony's deposition for October 8, despite requests from attorneys for Gonzalez, who said they feared she might disappear after her release from jail.",
"Apart from $537.68 she received from her inmate account, Anthony appears to be broke.",
"Her lawyers declared her indigent before the trial began and have been defending her free of charge.",
"But there could be money for her in her story down the road.",
"Son of Sam laws, which prevent criminals from profiting off their crimes, would not apply to her.",
"Could Casey Anthony get a reality show?",
"Attorneys who spoke with CNN said they would not advise her against selling her story after the fervor has died down.",
"\"The problem is, people get antsy or feel like they've got to do something or monetize their 15 minutes.",
"She doesn't immediately need to be doing interviews, photo shoots, anything to bring any attention to herself,\" Geragos said.",
"\"The public has a very short memory, and if she waits an appropriate period of time, people will move on to the next scandal du jour and she'll probably be able to build a life for herself sooner than she thinks.\"",
"Really, Mr. Geragos?",
"\"Yes. Come September, when the Conrad Murray case comes along, people will be focused on that, or an arrest or trial will come soon that will eclipse this,\" he said.",
"\"I've seen too many so-called 'trials of the century' that happen biannually.\""
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"Casey Anthony lacks family, friends, supporters to help her get back on feet .",
"Most apparent sign of support comes from donors to her jailhouse commissary account .",
"Unlike Michael Jackson, O.J.",
"Simpson she doesn't have funds to flee country .",
"Lawyers say she should sell her story when fervor dies down ."
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"(CNN) -- Venezuelan national guard troops have rescued some inmates from a prison where a standoff between prisoners and authorities continued Tuesday, but hundreds more remain inside.",
"Armed inmates inside the Rodeo II prison in the northern state of Miranda, east of Caracas, have rejected government calls to disarm since last week.",
"According to the government, a group of about 50 inmates out of 1,000 is behind the resistance.",
"Authorities had already raided another prison, Rodeo I, and seized a number of weapons, drugs and cell phones.",
"Two troops and one inmate were killed in that raid, officials said.",
"On Monday night, a national guard contingent rescued 36 inmates from the \"mafias\" that have control of Rodeo II, the state-run AVN news agency reported.",
"Eleven were injured in the operation.",
"About 3,500 troops were surrounding the Rodeo II prison, the agency reported.",
"The operations at the Rodeo prison complex come a week after a prison riot that left 22 dead.",
"According to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the riot reportedly revolved around a fight between rival gangs for control of the prison.",
"The inmates allegedly attacked each other with weapons, the commission said.",
"Details of the situation inside Rodeo II are hard to come by.",
"However, a video that surfaced on YouTube purports to show the scene inside one of the prisons.",
"The video, which was aired by Venezuelan news outlet Reportero 24, shows what appears to be the inside of a prison filmed by one of the inmates.",
"The date the video was shot and the location where it was shot were not verified.",
"In the video, two white freezers are shown and opened.",
"Inside each, there is one body.",
"\"We have to keep them in the freezer, so they don't rot,\" the narrator says.",
"He describes the bodies as \"two of the compatriots who have died in the fight.\"",
"If indeed both of the deceased are from inside one of the Rodeo prisons, it would increase the official death toll.",
"As the video pans away from the freezers, noises like gunfire can be heard.",
"The narrator blames officials for firing on the inmates.",
"\"Listen! We are not lying,\" he says.",
"Conditions in Venezuelan prisons have been the subject of concern for human rights organizations for some time.",
"According to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, 476 inmates reportedly died in Venezuelan prisons in 2010 and another 967 were injured.",
"From 1999 to 2010, a total of 4,506 inmates reportedly died and 12,518 were injured, the commission found.",
"As far back as 2008, the commission had issued orders to reform and regain control of Rodeo I.",
"In another report, the commission found that \"the state has failed to adopt an effective policy to prevent violence within its detention centers\" and that \"Venezuelan prisons are the most violent in the region.\"",
"A recent feature by The New York Times looked at the San Antonio prison in Porlamar, on Margarita Island.",
"The rule of authority had deteriorated so much there, the paper found, that it \"looks more like a Hugh Hefner-inspired fleshpot than a stockade for toughened smugglers.\"",
"The prisoners there run the show, one inmate told the paper.",
"Among the problems that the commission cited were inmates' possession of weapons, extortion of inmates, overcrowding and lack of medical care.",
"The Inter-American Commission has repeatedly recommended -- and reaffirmed after last week's riot -- reducing the overcrowd conditions, confiscating weapons, and establishing a division between those who are being prosecuted and those who have been convicted.",
"The commission also recommended better trained guards and better investigations into acts of violence inside the prisons."
] | [
"A standoff over weapons continues to brew at the Rodeo II prison .",
"A human rights commission has repeatedly called for reforms at prisons .",
"A video allegedly shows a scene from inside one of the prisons ."
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"Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Egypt's foreign minister resigned Saturday, part of a reshuffling of Egypt's government in the face of continued demonstrations calling for reforms.",
"Prime Minister Esam Sharaf accepted the submitted resignation of Mohamed el-Orabi, who had been in office for less than a month, according to foreign ministry spokesman Menha Bakhoum.",
"The move came amid continued change in Egypt's government, with Sharaf announcing Saturday that Hazem Al-Beblawy and Ali Al-Selmy had been appointed as deputy prime ministers.",
"Beblawy will oversee economy-related matters while Selmy will head \"the political development and the democratic transition,\" according to a release on the Egyptian cabinet's website.",
"These developments come as public pressure has intensified in recent weeks.",
"Some Egyptians are claiming that the reforms instituted since President Hosni Mubarak stepped down February 11 are not significant enough.",
"Several people working within the current government have been criticized for allegedly being too close to the former leader and those who helped suppress protests last winter.",
"Thousands of disgruntled pro-democracy activists have again descended on Cairo's Tahrir Square, setting up tents in the iconic roundabout that was the hub of the uprising earlier this year.",
"The exact circumstances surrounding Orabi's resignation are unknown, though he had a long history of government service in Mubarak's government.",
"A former deputy foreign minister for foreign affairs, he became foreign minister in June in place of Nabil Elaraby.",
"Elaraby was elected in May to head the 22-member Arab League after Amre Moussa decided to be a candidate in the next presidential elections in Egypt.",
"Orabi served in the Egyptian Army before he joined the foreign service in 1976.",
"He was deputy ambassador in Tel Aviv, Israel, from 1994 to 1998 and has worked in Kuwait, London and Washington.",
"He held the position of ambassador to Germany from 2001 to 2008.",
"There was no immediate word on who might succeed Orabi as foreign minister.",
"The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and Sharaf's caretaker cabinet have been in charge of the country since Mubarak's ouster, a time that has been marked by significant, evolving changes in Egypt's government.",
"Journalist Mohamed Fadel Fahmy contributed to this report."
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"NEW: Two men are appointed as deputy prime ministers in Egypt's government .",
"Prime Minister Esam Sharaf accepts the resignation Saturday of Mohamed el-Orabi .",
"Orabi had been appointed in June as foreign minister, replacing Nabil Elaraby .",
"Protesters have again descended on a Cairo square, demanding more change ."
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"(CNN) -- Two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso has signed a three-year deal with Ferrari that will keep him at the Italian motorsport giants until 2016.",
"The Spaniard has only been with Ferrari for one full season after joining from McLaren at the end of the 2009 campaign but has stated his desire to finish his career with the team.",
"\"I am very happy to have reached this agreement,\" Alonso said on Ferrari's official web site.",
"\"I immediately felt comfortable within Ferrari and now it feels to me like a second family.",
"\"I have the utmost faith in the men and women who work in Maranello and in those who lead them: it is therefore natural for me to decide to extend my relationship in the long term like this, with a team at which I will no doubt end my Formula One career one day.\"",
"Alonso missed out on the drivers' championship by four points to Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel in 2010 but has suffered a disappointing start to the current campaign.",
"He is fifth in the standings, 52 points behind leader Vettel, but did claim his first podium finish at the Turkish Grand Prix earlier this month.",
"Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo said of the new deal: \"It is a great pleasure to have renewed our agreement with a driver who has always demonstrated a winning mentality even in the most difficult circumstances.",
"\"Fernando has all the required qualities, both technically and personally to play a leading role in the history of Ferrari and I hope he will be enriching it with further wins very soon.\"",
"Vettel has spoken of his desire to represent the Italian team one day, but with Ferrari's other driver, Brazilian Felipe Massa, having another season after this to run on his contract, it won't happen until 2013 at the earliest.",
"There had also been speculation that Ferrari would pursue an interest in McLaren's English driver and 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton, but he is tied to the British-based team until 2012.",
"Alonso has competed in 23 races with Ferrari, with five wins, 11 podiums, two pole positions and 293 world championship points to his name.",
"Mwanwhile, MotoGP could be set to expand for the 2012 season.",
"The sport's governing body said 11 teams boasting 16 riders had advanced to the next stage of selection to compete in the motorbike world championship."
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"Fernando Alonso extends his contract with Ferrari until 2016 .",
"Two-time world champion Alonso pens a three-year deal with the Italian giants .",
"The Spaniard finished second to Sebastian Vettel by four points in 2010 .",
"MotoGP could be set to expand for the 2012 season ."
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"(CNN) -- An aspiring astronaut steals a safe full of moon rocks worth millions to impress his girlfriend.",
"Sounds like the pitch to the latest Hollywood heist movie, and it may soon end up on the big screen, but this story really happened and now it's become one of the summer's most buzzed-about books.",
"Best-selling author Ben Mezrich has turned the true-life caper into \"Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History.\"",
"Mezrich chronicles the exploits of Thad Roberts, a 25-year-old NASA trainee who in 2002 stole 17 pounds of moon rocks from Johnson Space Center, got caught and went to federal prison.",
"Roberts claims he did it all in the name of love.",
"This is the 12th book from Harvard graduate who has created his own subgenre of nonfiction, chronicling the stories of young geniuses, some with questionable ethics, who challenge the establishment in a quest to make millions, even billions of dollars.",
"Mezrich's \"Bringing Down the House,\" about MIT students who won big at blackjack, was turned into the 2008 movie, \"21.\"",
"His previous book \"The Accidental Billionaires,\" became the Oscar-winning movie, \"The Social Network\" last year.",
"Now \"Sex on the Moon\" is climbing the best-seller lists, getting rave reviews and is also headed for a Hollywood adaptation.",
"CNN spoke with the author, who's now on a national tour promoting his book.",
"The following is an edited transcript of our interview: .",
"CNN: This sounds more like a Hollywood heist movie, but amazingly \"Sex on the Moon\" is a true story.",
"What led you to write it? Mezrich: Actually, Thad's story came to me.",
"Soon after he was released from prison, he reached me through mutual friends; he'd read my stuff in prison and wanted to tell me his story.",
"Ever since \"Bringing Down The House\" and especially since \"The Social Network\" every genius kid who pulls of a scheme calls me, but this story was different -- it really blew my mind.",
"I'd always wanted to write about NASA, because when you think of NASA you think of the '60s, the Apollo stuff, not the NASA of today.",
"Thad's story was a great way to get inside one of the most amazing places on earth.",
"'The Hypnotist' unleashes terrifying events .",
"CNN: Tell me more about Thad Roberts, the man at the center of your book.",
"Mezrich: Thad is the most complex character I've ever written about.",
"He's brilliant, charismatic, very nice, and yet he did this crazy thing that derailed his life and ruined his dreams.",
"He fell in love, did something stupid for love -- but more than that, he became this James Bond character.",
"Usually, the geeky guys I write about do what they do because they can't get laid.",
"Thad was kind of the opposite.",
"He got in trouble because he could get the girl.",
"CNN: Where is Roberts now?",
"Mezrich: Utah.",
"When he got out of prison, he went back to the University of Utah to finish his Ph.D.",
"Currently, I think he's looking for somewhere else to continue that work -- he's got a theory of physics he's been working on, and he's really out there.",
"He's an intense, interesting person, so I have no idea what's next for him.",
"'Social Network' scores big at the Golden Globes .",
"CNN: Hollywood turned your last book, \"The Accidental Billionaires\" into the Oscar-winning film, \"The Social Network.\"",
"I understand similar plans are under way for \"Sex on the Moon.\"",
"Mezrich: Yes, the same producers from \"The Social Network\" are making \"Sex On The Moon.\"",
"Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Mike DeLuca, Kevin Spacey.",
"They are unbelievable talents and it's amazing to have them making this.",
"It's with Sony/Columbia Pictures again, they've done such great things with my previous two movies.",
"It's going to be awesome.",
"And hopefully \"Sex On The Moon\" will be my first movie that keeps the title of the book!",
"How can you not love \"Sex On The Moon?\"",
"CNN: I understand your wife helped you come up with the book title?",
"Mezrich: Yes, she was the dirty mind behind \"Sex On The Moon.\"",
"In the story, Thad actually spread some moon rocks on a bed and had sex with his girlfriend on them, so that's where it comes from.",
"But I think it's very catchy.",
"Author: Watch out for 'the accident people' CNN: You've written about card-counting math geniuses, Facebook billionaires, and a failed moon- rock heist.",
"They all show a darker side of the American dream, so what draws you to these stories?",
"Mezrich: I live vicariously through my subjects.",
"I try to be Hunter S. Thompson without the drugs, guns, and alcohol.",
"I am fascinated by geeks turned rock stars, by smart people who do crazy things, by stories involving sex, money and betrayal.",
"It's what I like to read and watch so it's what I like to write.",
"CNN: What are you working on next?",
"Mezrich: A couple of projects, a documentary TV show where I go inside these wild stories every week, a scripted show idea or two, but I don't have my next book yet.",
"I'm waiting for someone to call me with a crazy enough story."
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"\"Sex on the Moon\" chronicles the true story of Thad Roberts .",
"Roberts went to prison for stealing moon rocks from NASA to impress his girlfriend .",
"Ben Mezrich's previous books were turned into movies \"The Social Network\" and \"21\""
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"(CNN) -- Baseball great Nolan Ryan, president and chief executive officer of the Texas Rangers, was to undergo medical tests Monday after being hospitalized a day earlier, the Rangers said.",
"Ryan was hospitalized in Houston, Texas, \"for what is believed to be a recurrence of the heart condition which he has previously experienced,\" the team said in a statement.",
"He was taken to the hospital Sunday after experiencing discomfort Sunday at his home in Georgetown, Texas, the statement said.",
"Ryan expects to be released in a few days, the Rangers said.",
"During 27 years in the major leagues, Ryan threw a record 5,714 strikeouts while playing for the New York Mets, the California Angels, the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers.",
"In 1999, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, which says he had \"a blazing fastball that approached 100mph and a work ethic like none other.\"",
"CNN's Matt Cherry contributed to this report."
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"Nolan Ryan was to undergo medical testing Monday .",
"He went to the hospital on Sunday after experiencing discomfort .",
"Problem believed to be recurrence of heart condition, team says ."
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