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"(CNN) -- Jose Mourinho's bust-up with a Barcelona coach has cost the Real Madrid boss a two-match ban which will not affect his pitch-side attendance in La Liga this season.",
"The 48-year-old was punished after being seen jabbing a finger into the eye of Barcelona assistant Tito Vilanova at the end of the second leg Spanish Super Cup in August.",
"Vilanova was suspended for one match for slapping the Portuguese in retaliation, with both men also fined 600 euros ($800).",
"However, the suspensions apply only to the pre-season Super Cup played between the league champions and Copa del Rey winners, and not other domestic matches.",
"Barca's website noted on Wednesday that the Spanish Football federation's ruling indicated \"the absence of injury or lack of conclusive evidence on the intention to do harm by Mr.",
"Mourinho.\" The August 17 match had erupted in ugly scenes in a repeat of last season's enmity between the two teams, with Barca winning 3-2 for a 5-4 aggregate success.",
"Marcelo was sent off for a bad tackle on Barca's new signing Cesc Fabregas, whose teammate David Villa was red-carded along with Real's Mesut Ozil when both returned to the pitch from the substitutes' bench.",
"Last season, Mourinho was given a European touchline ban for incidents in the tempestuous Champions League semifinal ties between the two teams.",
"Real lost 3-1 on aggregate and Barca went on to claim the title for the fourth time."
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"Real Madrid coach handed two-match ban for future Spanish Super Cup matches .",
"Jose Mourinho was seen to jab his finger in the eye of Barcelona assistant .",
"Tito Vilanova was also suspended for one Super Cup match for his retaliation .",
"Pre-season match between Spanish rivals at Camp Nou erupted into ugly scenes ."
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"(CNN) -- Samsung Electronics announced plans Wednesday to file preliminary injunction motions in Paris and Milan, Italy, to block the sale of Apple's iPhone 4S there.",
"Samsung is accusing Apple of two patent infringement, both dealing with wireless telecommunications technology.",
"It did not rule out filing preliminary injunctions in other countries as well.",
"Apple could not immediately be reached for comment.",
"Apple announced the latest incarnation of its smartphone -- the iPhone 4S -- on Tuesday.",
"The two companies have been at odds, suing and countersuing, for several months -- both accusing the other of patent infringements.",
"Apple claims Samsung's Galaxy tablets and smartphones have copied its own successful iPad tablets and iPhones.",
"Samsung denies the accusations and have made several of its own.",
"The latest accusation Wednesday deal with the Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) standards for 3G mobile handsets.",
"\"Apple has continued to flagrantly violate our intellectual property rights and free ride on our technology, and we will steadfastly protect our intellectual property,\" Samsung said in a statement.",
"Worldwide, millions of mobile phones carry CDMA technology while others carry GSM.",
"By incorporating both in its new iPhone 4S, Apple said it intends for it to be a \"world phone,\" working on any mobile network around the world."
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"The two companies have sued and countersued each other in recent months ."
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"(CNN) -- There are many luxurious amenities a business traveler enjoys while sleeping on the road: fluffy beds, room service, decked-out fitness centers and concierges.",
"These amenities make traveling more comfortable.",
"But when it comes down to it, take it from Dorothy: There's no place like home.",
"Some business travelers say they prefer staying in furnished vacation rentals, corporate housing and inns versus hotels, particularly for lengthier stays.",
"That's not just because alternative accommodations usually come with more space, free Wi-Fi, free laundry facilities and free parking, but doing so helps battle the lonesome blues while offering homey and off-the-beaten-path experiences.",
"\"Living in hotels can be very depressing,\" says Mark Mule, a traveling pit orchestra musician who is usually on the road for weeks or months at a time.",
"\"Corporate and vacation rentals are homes.",
"This is good for your head.\" Hotel occupancy rates have slowly declined in recent years.",
"Nationally, hotels enjoyed 63% average occupancy in 2005, according to Smith Travel Research.",
"By the end of 2010, that figure had fallen to 57.6% (but it's up from its five-year low in 2009 of 54.6%).",
"That's partly because of increased supply and less demand since then.",
"As the economy recovers, travelers seek value.",
"In a September 2010 survey by vacation rental booking site HomeAway.com, 10% of travelers say they have stayed in a vacation rental for a business trip, and 42% say they would consider a vacation rental while traveling for business.",
"But booking a hotel still has its benefits.",
"Survey results by market research group PhoCusWright show that hotels are, by far, the first-choice venue for corporate meetings and events, so staying in them is extremely convenient for attendees.",
"Hotels providing newer, better club lounges .",
"There's usually a fully equipped business center, maybe a pool and wait service.",
"Members of hotel loyalty programs enjoy perks like free nights, free room upgrades, access to VIP lounges and preferential treatment.",
"Sites like HomeAway.com, VacationRentals.com, VRBO.com, CorporateHousing.com, Wyndham Vacation Rentals (which rents the Breckenridge, Colorado, property in the photo above) and Craigslist.com have been around awhile for individuals to book short-term rentals, but new Web ventures such as AirBnB.com and Roomorama.com are making it possible for travelers to obtain cheaper rates for nightly lodging.",
"Adventurous entrepreneurs can rent a room, but full, vacant properties are also available.",
"AirBnB, which started in 2007, booked half of its 2 million bookings in the last six months, but it doesn't keep statistics on how many of those are business-related.",
"The convenience of paying one price for furniture, housewares, amenities and utilities is attractive to business travelers, says Amanda Cook, director of membership and marketing for the Corporate Housing Providers Association.",
"\"Corporate housing is ... specific to [clients'] unique needs and reduces stress for the user, which in turn makes them more productive at their jobs,\" Cook says.",
"Saving money and hatred for nickel-and-diming are many travelers' motivations for booking alternative lodging, particularly at inns, 91% of which have free Wi-Fi and full breakfast, says Marti Mayne of the bed-and-breakfast industry's Better Way to Stay campaign.",
"Many B&Bs also offer meal and activity packages, wine and cheese receptions, and 24/7 guest snack pantries.",
"Other travelers seek more control over their routines.",
"\"I almost exclusively stay in places I find through services such as AirBnB,\" says grant writer and frequent business traveler Ron Flavin.",
"\"The reason I do this is to stay fit.",
"Staying in an apartment with a kitchen makes it easy for me to prepare healthy meals.\"",
"Chris Brisson, an entrepreneur and co-founder of Automizeit.com, has used vacation rental websites AirBnB.com and VRBO.com to find private, local experiences for small, off-site company meetings.",
"One of his recent snags?",
"A three-story beachfront mansion in Costa Rica for $225 per night.",
"When traveling overseas for the long term, travel security expert Clinton Emerson suggests checking with the destination's U.S. Embassy, which performs security and safety checks on vetted rental properties.",
"This helps prevent what happened to Comunicano CEO Andy Abramson, who once reserved a corporate apartment online that did not turn out as promised.",
"\"The matter got resolved, but not without a loss of time and effort to get the kind of apartment we had reserved,\" he says.",
"\"Given the corporate apartment rentals are usually represented by multiple agencies, the key is to work with one that's reputable and to find a company where the level of consistency is there.\"",
"While more options are available for business travelers willing to be diligent, staying in a reputable hotel may be better when staying for the first time in a city, says Faruq Hunter, an executive vice president with GeniusCo who travels seven months out of the year.",
"There's a better chance it will be close to the action and meet a traveler's comfort and safety standards, he adds.",
"\"Remember the purpose of your trip,\" Hunter says.",
"Those who don't mind getting personal could consider staying with clients and colleagues, as public relations executive Elyse Bender-Segall does.",
"\"I have established great relationships with all of my clients and enjoy getting to know them on a personal level when I am in their towns,\" she says.",
"\"To me, it feels more like home rather than to wake up alone in an unfamiliar hotel in a random city.\"",
"But travelers who really miss home may opt to skip overnights altogether.",
"\"My schedule gets so tight sometimes that I choose not to spend a night in a hotel,\" says Ismail Humet, co-founder of MyFreebeez.com.",
"\"Instead, I take a red-eye flight back and get some sleep on the plane.",
"Oftentimes, a last-minute upgrade to first class will cost less than a room plus meal expenses.",
"First class is comfortable enough for me.",
"It's more important to get back home and spend time with my family.\""
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"\"Corporate and vacation rentals are homes.",
"This is good for your head,\" one traveler says .",
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"London (CNN) -- News International chief James Murdoch rejected allegations Thursday his company behaved like a Mafia organization over the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.",
"The accusation was put to the son of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch as he faced questions from lawmakers about what he knew and when.",
"It is alleged that his company's newspaper intercepted cellphone calls and messages of almost 5,800 royals, politicians, celebrities and business leaders -- and most controversially of all, a 13-year-old murder victim.",
"Public outrage over the scandal later led News International to close the best-selling tabloid in July and abandon a bid to take over British broadcaster BSkyB.",
"Questioning Murdoch about why so little information was shared, Labour Member of Parliament Tom Watson suggested the company operated an \"omerta\" code of silence.",
"He said the \"omerta\" was \"a group of people who are bound together by secrecy, who together pursue their group's business objectives with no regard for the law, using intimidation, corruption and general criminality.\"",
"\"Would you agree with me that this is an accurate description of News International in the UK?\"",
"Watson asked.",
"Murdoch replied: \"Absolutely not, I frankly think that's offensive and it's not true.\"",
"To gasps of amazement from fellow MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Watson went on: \"You must be the first Mafia boss in history who didn't know he was running a criminal enterprise.\"",
"Murdoch rolled his eyes, before saying that comment was \"inappropriate.\"",
"He said he \"disputed vigorously\" the version of events described by former News of the World editor Colin Myler and its former legal manager Tom Crone, who both left the company when the tabloid was closed.",
"Myler and Crone claimed they made Murdoch aware of the contents of the so-called \"for Neville\" e-mail in 2008, indicating phone-hacking was widespread.",
"The document is known as the \"for Neville\" e-mail, apparently after its intended recipient Neville Thurlbeck, then News of the World's chief reporter.",
"CNN's Atika Shubert said Murdoch was caught in a \"Catch-22\" situation: if he wasn't aware of the extent of phone-hacking when the company paid an out-of-court settlement of $1.2 million to one victim, he could be seen to be incompetent; if he did know about it, it could be regarded there was a cover-up.",
"Murdoch has maintained he only found about the full extent of phone-hacking by staff and investigators at News of the World in 2010 and was not shown the e-mail.",
"Asked by Watson if he had misled the committee during his previous high-drama appearance alongside his father in July, Murdoch said: \"No, I did not.\"",
"He added: \"I believe this committee was given evidence by individuals either without full possession of the facts, or now it appears in the process of my own discovery ... it was economical.\"",
"Asked if he was accusing Myler and Crone of misleading the committee, Murdoch replied: \"Certainly in the evidence they gave to you in 2011 in regard to my own knowledge, I believe it was inconsistent and not right, and I dispute it vigorously.\"",
"Questioned about the \"for Neville\" e-mail that included transcripts of 35 hacked conversations, Murdoch denied again having seen it.",
"His statement contradicted a letter Crone wrote to lawmakers in the summer saying he had \"no doubt\" Murdoch was aware of the e-mail in a meeting before he signed the check for $1.2 million.",
"Murdoch said Thursday: \"I want to be very clear.",
"No documents were shown to me or given to me at that meeting or prior to it.\"",
"Taking a contrite tone, Murdoch told lawmakers that the scandal had \"humbled\" the whole company and that he was \"very sorry\" about what had happened.",
"He also said the company had \"moved into an aggressive defense too quickly\" when some of the claims were made against it in early 2010.",
"If he had known then what he knows now, he said, he would have acted differently.",
"Murdoch's position at the helm of News International is widely believed to have been jeopardized by the scandal, which has cost its parent company $150 million.",
"Amid the furore, the Murdochs abandoned their attempt to buy the shares they did not own in British broadcaster BSkyB.",
"Thursday's hearing came only days after News International admitted the Sunday tabloid hired a private detective to spy on lawyers defending hacking victims.",
"Murdoch said he had no knowledge of the \"appalling\" and \"unacceptable\" action for which he apologized \"unreservedly.\"",
"The phone-hacking scandal blew up in July when News International admitted investigators hacked into the phone of missing teenager Milly Dowler, deleting messages to allow room for more.",
"This gave the 13-year-old's family hope that she was still alive when she was already dead.",
"Then it was alleged families of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as relatives of 9/11 victims had been targeted and police officers bribed.",
"Amid a storm of outrage and a boycott by advertisers, News of the World was closed down shortly afterwards while chief executive Rebekah Brooks and long-time Murdoch aide Les Hinton resigned.",
"In July the Murdochs were summoned before parliament.",
"At the dramatic appearance, Rupert Murdoch denied he was to blame for the scandal, but declared that this was \"the most humble day of my life.\"",
"Afterwards, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron said James Murdoch had \"questions to answer in Parliament,\" after Myler and Crone accused their former boss of giving \"mistaken\" evidence.",
"Until this year, News International had maintained that hacking was confined to one rogue reporter, Clive Goodman, and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire, who were jailed in 2007 for intercepting the royal family's phones.",
"CNN's Laura Smith-Spark contributed to this report."
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"James Murdoch grilled again by committee of Parliament over phone-hacking .",
"Murdoch accused two ex-News of the World executives of misleading lawmakers .",
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"(CNN) -- Syrian opposition groups said Saturday that they have formed a breakaway government, but many details were yet to emerge.",
"The Local Coordination Committees, which organizes and documents protests against the Syrian regime, said 188 seats have so far been assigned to the council, but it may be 24 hours before the announcement of a presidential body.",
"Groups including the Muslim Brotherhood of Syria, the Revolution Forces, the Public Council for Revolution Forces and the Superior Council of the Revolution have all joined the LCC in the opposition government, the LCC said Saturday.",
"The groups are trying to create a Syrian National Council aimed at toppling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.",
"Syria has been locked in a violent months-long uprising that has seen security forces clash with anti-government protesters calling for free elections and the end of al-Assad's rule.",
"Activists said at least eight people died in protests and random shootings on Saturday, a day after the government said 13 security forces and three civilians died in clashes and an opposition group said 23 people, mostly civilians, died in the fighting.",
"Activists also said women marched near the presidential palace in Damascus on Saturday, demanding the fall of the regime, the release of detainees and the lifting of blockades throughout the country.",
"CNN is unable to independently confirm the claims.",
"Al-Assad, who has characterized the protesters as \"armed gangs,\" has insisted his security forces are battling terrorists intent on targeting civilians and fomenting unrest.",
"The United States, the European Union and a number of Arab countries have called an al-Assad to end the crackdown and step down.",
"Tensions between the United States and Syria escalated after the Syrian ambassador to the U.S. was called Friday to the State Department over an attempted attack a day earlier in Damascus on American Ambassador Robert Ford, spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters.",
"\"The ambassador was reminded that Ambassador Ford is the personal representative of the president, and an attack on Ford is an attack on the United States,\" Nuland said.",
"About 100 pro-government protesters tried to storm a meeting between Ford and opposition leader Hassan Abdelazim, trapping Ford and others for more than an hour.",
"Later, his convoy was attacked.",
"The al-Assad regime had earlier accused Washington of inciting \"armed groups\" into violence against its security forces.",
"Nuland said Ambassador Imad Mustapha was asked to compensate the United States for damage to the vehicles.",
"In a Facebook post Friday, Ford said he respected \"peaceful protest\" -- including by pro-government factions to express their opposition to him and U.S. policy -- but insisted that Thursday's incident was \"not peaceful.\"",
"He described demonstrators wielding iron bars; throwing tomatoes, eggs and concrete blocks; attacking embassy vehicles; and trying to break into Azim's office.",
"\"Americans understand that we are seeing the ugly side of the Syrian regime, which uses brutal force, repression and intimidation to stay in power,\" Ford wrote.",
"\"We deeply feel for the Syrian families that are enduring the violence, killings and torture and pain.",
"We hope that Syrians find solutions to the crisis soon, but we strongly doubt that the regime's terrorizing the population will end the crisis.\"",
"Syrian state-run media, citing the Foreign Ministry, reported Friday that \"necessary measures\" had been taken to protect Ford.",
"Taking a page from the success of Libya's National Transitional Council, Syrian opposition groups meeting in Istanbul worked together to bring the various groups under one opposition umbrella.",
"Among those expected to be represented by the National Council are the Muslim Brotherhood, the Assyrian Organization and the General Authority of the Syrian Revolution, the LCC said.",
"The LCC does not identify its membership out of a fear of reprisals by al-Assad's security forces.",
"CNN cannot independently verify the claims of the group because the Syrian government has denied international journalists access to the country.",
"The meeting concluded the same day news broke that prominent anti-government activist Marwa al-Ghemyan was detained Friday by Syrian security forces at the Damascus airport.",
"Al-Ghemyan was detained as she was preparing to depart the capital and taken to a military security building, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a statement.",
"The opposition group, which documents Syria's anti-government movement, did not say how it confirmed her detention.",
"Al-Ghemyan was previously detained by Syrian forces on March 4 and released on March 21, the group said.",
"CNN's Elise Labott, Hamdi Alkhshali and Chelsea J. Carter contributed to this report."
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"NEW: Many details have yet to emerge on the new Syrian National Council.",
"NEW: Activists say eight people die in clashes and random gunfire on Saturday .",
"Syrian ambassador summoned over attack against U.S. ambassador, an official says ."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- Michael Jackson was \"totally addicted to propofol,\" the surgical anesthetic the coroner ruled killed him, the pop star's dermatologist said in an interview with the In Session network.",
"Dr. Arnold Klein said he personally tried several times to prevent other doctors from administering propofol to Jackson for sleep.",
"\"I knew this problem existed,\" Klein said in the interview Saturday.",
"\"I did my best to prevent it.",
"Whenever I could, I prevented it, but I'm only one man and I have to support my own life and take care of myself.\"",
"Klein disputed the argument by Dr. Conrad Murray's lawyers that he addicted Jackson to Demerol in the months before his death, saying he used only low doses of the painkiller while repairing Jackson's collapsed nose and jawline.",
"Because Demerol was not found in Jackson's blood, the judge did not allow Dr. Murray's defense to call Klein as a witness in Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial, in which jurors are scheduled to resume deliberations Monday morning.",
"But medical records of Jackson's visit to Klein's Beverly Hills clinic were introduced as evidence.",
"Klein described three instances in which he said he was involved as interventions to prevent Jackson from getting propofol, although Klein gave no indication of when the incidents occurred.",
"In the first instance, Klein said he chartered a plane to Las Vegas when he heard Jackson was getting propofol at a hotel where the singer was staying.",
"Klein claimed he threw out the doctor involved to prevent him from giving Jackson the drug.",
"In another encounter in Hawaii, Klein said he and his nurse slept on the floor of Jackson's room to prevent him from getting propofol from a plastic surgeon.",
"Klein claimed he once \"saved\" Jackson in New York when another doctor administered propofol, combined with another drug.",
"It made Jackson go \"running down the street,\" Klein said.",
"A Los Angeles County jury is deliberating the fate of Murray, the physician caring for Michael Jackson when he died in June 2009.",
"Klein, interviewed in his Beverly Hills home, said that while it was too upsetting to watch much of the trial, he watched enough to believe Murray wanted to \"make me look like a demon\" and \"make me as a scapegoat.\"",
"Murray's defense contends Jackson became addicted to Demerol through frequent visits to Klein's Beverly Hills dermatology clinic in the months before his death.",
"Murray was unaware of the addiction, and therefore unable to understand why he could not help Jackson sleep, the defense contends.",
"Medical records presented to the jury showed at least 24 visits by Jackson to Klein's office from March 12 until June 22, 2009, three days before Jackson's death.",
"The defense previously said Jackson was given 6,500 milligrams of Demerol at Klein's clinic during those visits.",
"Jackson received 900 milligrams of Demerol at Klein's clinic over three days in early May, the records showed.",
"\"I would never give a person those doses they attributed to me,\" Klein said.",
"The records are misleading because he was in Paris during most of May, he said.",
"Other doctors working out of Klein's office may have given Jackson that larger doses of Demerol, he said.",
"When asked if Murray's defense team knew they were not all Klein's medical records, Klein responded by saying, \"They absolutely had to know.",
"Why do you think they covered the signature on the bottom of the chart?\"",
"It was noted during testimony that no doctor's signature was on the medical records.",
"Murray's defense team, which is under an order from the judge not to talk to reporters about the case, did not immediately respond to Klein's comments.",
"Klein said he began the slow and painful process of rebuilding some of Jackson's facial skin in early April after his nose collapsed and after he lost his jaw line.",
"Jackson, who was preparing for his comeback concert tour, wanted to look his best, Klein said.",
"\"Michael was an absolute perfectionist,\" he said.",
"Klein said he is being attacked because he is different.",
"He likened his plight to Galileo and Michael Jackson.",
"He cited the molestation trial of Jackson as an example of how the singer was targeted for being different.",
"Klein said he was angry about Jackson's death under Murray's care.",
"\"Where did they find this man?\" he said. Jackson recruited Murray to work as his personal physician after Murray had treated him and his children for minor illnesses while they were in Las Vegas, according to testimony.",
"Klein said he did not believe Jackson would approve of the current trial of his doctor.",
"\"This is insanity,\" he said.",
"CNN's Alan Duke contributed to this report."
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"He did not testify in the trial of Jackson's physician, Dr. Conrad Murray .",
"Murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's death .",
"Jurors will resume deliberations at Murray's trial Monday morning ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- A half dozen Supreme Court justices, hundreds of members of the legal profession and other dignitaries attended the annual Red Mass in Washington Sunday to hear a call for them to pay attention to their spiritual health.",
"Chief Justice John Roberts joined associate justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Stephen Breyer and Samuel Alito for the service at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, a beautifully ornate church located a few blocks from the White House.",
"All are Roman Catholic except Breyer, who is Jewish.",
"The current Supreme Court is composed of six Catholics and three Jews.",
"The purpose of the Red Mass -- so named because of the color of the garments worn by clergy -- is to \"invoke God's blessings on those responsible for the administration of justice as well as on all public officials,\" according to the John Carroll Society, a lay Catholic group of prominent lawyers and professionals, which started the Mass in 1953.",
"The Mass is celebrated traditionally on the Sunday before the first Monday in October, which marks the beginning of the Supreme Court's annual term.",
"Critics have called the attendance of leading decision-makers, including members of the highest court in the land, inappropriate.",
"They see the services as an unhealthy mix of politics, the law and religion.",
"The Mass is a Catholic service, but power brokers of other faiths are asked to attend the event, which was also open to the public.",
"Sunday's attendees included Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and White House Chief of Staff William Daley.",
"Archbishop of Seattle Peter Sartain gave this year's sermon, which was largely devoid of controversy, telling those in attendance that \"we are not fully alive, even if we follow a balanced, healthy lifestyle ... unless we give ourselves to someone beyond ourselves.\"",
"\"In the end, it is in our relationship with the Lord in which we find the spiritual health that reveals and makes possible true balance, true integrity,\" Sartain said.",
"However, at one point in the service after the main sermon during what's called the Prayer of the Faithful, Montgomery County, Maryland, Circuit Court Associate Judge Joseph Quirk made a quick reference to the unborn, reciting a short prayer, \"We pray for the inalienable right to life for every human being.\"",
"See some of the important cases the court will consider .",
"Archdiocese of Washington spokeswoman Chieko Noguchi Scheve said the prayer readings are determined before the service by the John Carroll Society.",
"Past homilies by individual speakers have lamented the high court's ruling legalizing abortion and the constitutional separation of church and state, prompting one justice to stop going.",
"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg attended Red Masses in the past, but has said she grew tired of being lectured by Catholic officials.",
"Ginsburg, like Breyer and Associate Justice Elena Kagan, is Jewish.",
"\"I went one year, and I will never go again, because this sermon was outrageously anti-abortion,\" Ginsburg said in the book \"Stars of David: Prominent Jews talk About Being Jewish\" by author Abigail Pogrebin.",
"\"Even the Scalias - although they're much of that persuasion - were embarrassed for me.\"",
"CNN Supreme Court Producer Bill Mears contributed to this report."
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"The Mass is celebrated on the Sunday before Supreme Court's term opens .",
"Critics say it's inappropriate for justices to attend .",
"The tradition began in 1953 ."
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"Exmouth, England (CNN) -- \"We are the 99 percent.\"",
"This is the one belief all protesters in New York's Zuccotti Park have in common, according to OccupyWallSt.org.",
"Although they claim to be using Arab Spring tactics, they are actually continuing a practice that emerged in Great Britain and the United States near the end of the 18th century, quickly spread to other countries and is now a truly transnational phenomenon.",
"For centuries, the street had been the stage for the 1% of society instead.",
"Members of the civic, religious and military elite used public spaces to present themselves and underline their claim of authority and status in elaborate and carefully choreographed processions.",
"Nowadays, the street has primarily become the forum for those who feel excluded from the halls of power, or not properly represented by the existing political institutions.",
"Mass street protest has acquired a degree of political legitimacy that is astonishing, considering that well into the 20th century, the sight of ordinary people acting collectively in public on behalf of their own interest was widely regarded as a prelude to social unrest or even revolution.",
"The French writer Gustave Le Bon gave this widely held view pseudo-scientific credibility in his 1895 book \"The Crowd,\" which described the latter as a dangerous and primitive entity which was highly susceptible to manipulation by demagogues.",
"The perception of collective street protest as a public order problem persisted well into the 20th century and only started to change with the arrival of the middle-class based \"New Social Movements\" after the Second World War.",
"Until then, even democratic governments frequently felt at license to act with overwhelming force and sometimes great brutality against protesters.",
"The American Civil Rights Movement skillfully exploited this to its advantage in the 1960s, and new doctrines of restrained policing were developed in several countries to deny protesters the status of martyrs.",
"Police crackdowns on orderly protests became rare, although the WTO meeting in Seattle in 1999 marked a shift back to a stronger emphasis on public order, at least in the United States.",
"The events around the blockade of Brooklyn Bridge on October 1st show the dangers of this approach.",
"Although the police framed their actions as a measure to keep the traffic flowing -- an argument that authorities around the world have used since the late 19th century to regulate protest marches -- and did not arrest those who walked on the sidewalks, the detention of more than 700 people appeared heavy-handed.",
"The incident, together with a police officer using pepper spray against female protesters, turned the largely ignored campaign into a media story.",
"Gaining exposure and media coverage is an important aim of all street protest.",
"It not only provides opportunities to present political demands but also to showcase the movement behind the protest.",
"Already the Labour Movement, whose 19th century demonstrations provided the template for all subsequent demonstrations, used them to present the public with an image of the working class in action.",
"The choreography of the march with its orderly columns, the way the marchers dressed and the banners they carried with them represented the Labour Movement's intention as well as ability to create an alternative order of society.",
"The route of the column usually led them through the territory of their opponents or to the centers of political power, thereby laying claim to both of them.",
"Subsequent movements such as the suffragettes or the unemployed often followed the same pattern.",
"The protesters in New York continue this tradition.",
"By having a leaderless structure and holding general assemblies every day, they further underline their opposition to the hierarchical undemocratic world of Wall Street and publicly perform the alternative model of society they are propagating.",
"Occupying Zuccotti Park and referring to it by its former name, Liberty Plaza Park, makes the same point.",
"At least as important as the chance to gain access to the media is the effect such protests have on supporters and sympathizers.",
"Collective action and confrontations with the police foster the internal cohesion of movements.",
"Small successes, such as circumventing the ban on megaphones by collectively repeating the words of each public speaker, provide a sense of empowerment and create a positive public image.",
"Support from celebrities or academics such as Joseph Stiglitz give further encouragement.",
"Taken together, such successes can have a mobilizing effect as the start of demonstrations and occupations in other U.S. cities shows.",
"In the light of the relatively small number of people involved and the apparent scarcity of resources the movement controls, these are considerable achievements.",
"Unlike the protest in Tahrir Square in Cairo, the protest in New York will not start a revolution.",
"But it has started a public debate and forced the media in the United States and abroad to report on the event.",
"Because of that, whether the protesters will eventually be able to occupy Wall Street is of no real significance.",
"The opinions in this commentary are solely those of Matthias Reiss."
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"Matthias Reiss: Occupy Wall Streeters say they are the 99%, as opposed to the wealthy .",
"Reiss: Protest is part of tradition started in 18th century to take streets away from elites .",
"Harsh police tactics softened as Civil Rights movement made martyrs of victims, he says .",
"Reiss says movement has spread, started a public debate and forced media to report on it ."
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"(CNN) -- Two leading world sports officials were sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee Thursday over cash payments they received from a collapsed sports marketing agency.",
"The IOC executive board meeting in Lausanne handed down a warning to IAAF president Lamine Diack of Senegal, while Cameroon's Issa Hayatou, who heads the African football conferederation (CAF), was reprimanded.",
"But both will remain as IOC members.",
"The board was acting on recommendations made by the IOC Ethics Commission, who launched an investigation into corruption after a BBC television documentary which accused both men of taking money from International Sports and Leisure (ISL).",
"The agency, which was declared bankrupt with debts of around $300,000 in 2001, had among its clients FIFA and the IAAF, which runs world athletics .",
"The documentary also placed former FIFA President Joao Havelange under the microscope.",
"The 95-year-old Brazilian resigned as an IOC member earlier this week and the case against him was closed.",
"IOC President Jacques Rogge told a media conference Thursday that the fact Diack and Hayatou were not IOC members at the time they had taken money was a \"mitigating circumstance.\"",
"He added: \"The IOC has proved that we have a high respect for ethical behavior.\"",
"He refused to comment on Havelange's resignation.",
"Havelange resigns from IOC .",
"The details of the findings in the cases against Hayatou and Diack were published on the IOC official website Thursday.",
"Hayatou admitted in his evidence that he had received 100,000 French francs from ISL in 1995, but claimed that it was used to celebrate the 40th anniversary of CAF, which he has headed since 1987.",
"He produced minutes of a meeting in 1998 and a note from the CAF Finance Director from March 2011 to back his claims, but the IOC cast doubt on his explanation.",
"\"It (the Ethics Commission) noted that the documents produced by the person concerned, drawn up a long time after receipt of the funds, do not guarantee that the payments were indeed made into the CAF accounts,\" read their ruling.",
"\"It considers that personally accepting a sum of money in these conditions constitutes a conflict of interests.\"",
"Diack confirmed that in 1993 he had received three cash payments totaling $30,000 and 30,000 French francs from ISL executive Jean-Marie Weber.",
"He said Weber had given him the money because he felt sorry for him after his house was burnt down \"for political reasons\" in March 1993.",
"He denied any connection between the marketing contract that ISL and the IAAF, of which he was then a vice-president, signed in June that year.",
"The Ethics Commission took into account his personal circumstances at the time, but added: .",
"\"It notes that by accepting a cash donation in these conditions from a marketing partner of the International Federation of which he was vice-president, Mr Lamine Diack placed himself in a conflict of interests situation.\"",
"Hayatou's reprimand is a more serious sanction, but Rogge confirmed both men will be able to continue all their duties as IOC members."
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"(CNN) -- The strong performance of Islamist parties in the Egyptian elections this week raised eyebrows in some Western capitals.",
"On the one hand, analysts say, the West is inclined to support popular Arab Spring movements that have toppled dictators and brought nascent democracy to the region.",
"On the other hand, they worry about the ascension of radical Islamist movements in a region of critical interest to the United States and its allies.",
"Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reflected that tension this week when she urged Islamist parties in Egypt to \"embrace democratic norms and rules\" by creating a government that respects the full range of human rights.",
"\"Transitions require fair and inclusive elections, but they also demand that those who are elected embrace democratic norms and rules,\" Clinton said Tuesday in a speech to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, meeting in Lithuania.",
"The Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist party widely seen as being relatively moderate, won more than 40% of the vote, according to initial election results.",
"The more hardline al-Nour party took as much as 25%.",
"Run-off votes were held at the start of this week and more ballots are to come, as Egypt's complicated election process continues.",
"\"We ... expect all democratic actors and elected officials to uphold universal human rights, including women's rights, to allow free religious practice, to promote tolerance and good relations among communities of different faiths, and to support peaceful relations with their neighbors,\" Clinton said.",
"Analysts say the strong showing of Islamist parties in the first parliamentary elections since the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak, a long-time U.S. ally, could inflame regional tensions and complicate key relationships.",
"\"I don't think any Western government is happy about the result of the elections,\" said Marina Ottaway, a Middle East analyst at the Carnegie Endowment for Peace.",
"While the Muslim Brotherhood has pledged to respect minority rights and work with liberal parties, much of the concern has focused on the success of al-Nour, a Salafist party that supports broader application of strict Islamic law in Egypt.",
"How the United States deals with the often unpredictable results of democracy will be key.",
"\"The old formula is not going to work and if we want to be in a position to influence, it will depend on our credibility and the strength of our support for the processes of change,\" said Steven Heydemann, senior adviser for Middle East Initiatives for the United States Institute of Peace, an independent conflict management think tank created and funded by the U.S. Congress.",
"In May, President Barack Obama suggested a new formula, saying that the Arab Spring movements were an opportunity \"to show that America values the dignity of the street vendor in Tunisia more than the raw power of the dictator.\"",
"He followed up last month, when protests flared again in Cairo's Tahrir Square over concerns that the Egyptian military was trying to cling to power.",
"At the time, he called for the move to a civilian government \"that responds to the legitimate aspirations of the Egyptian people, as soon as possible.\"",
"But the ability of the United States to influence that change came into focus again Tuesday, when the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces granted most presidential powers to Prime Minister Kamal Ganzouri.",
"He took office Wednesday and swore in his Cabinet, which will serve until presidential elections are held next June.",
"Despite Obama's statements of support for a civilian government, Rami Shaath -- a member of the Egyptian Revolutionary Alliance -- reiterated previous statements contending that Ganzouri is a figurehead for the Supreme Council installed to \"serve the need of the U.S. in the region over its people's demands.\"",
"\"He was chosen by the Supreme Council with no political base from Tahrir,\" Shaath said.",
"\"When we demanded a national salvation government, we wanted a representative from the revolutionaries, not a puppet that serves the goals of the military who do not have the right to choose him anyway.\"",
"Criticisms such as Shaath's show how little influence the United States has over what's happening in Egypt, and how little it has to gain even if it supports democratic movements there, Ottaway said.",
"\"The most they can do is put some pressure on the liberal parties to make sure they really keep on talking to the Muslim Brotherhood,\" she said.",
"Should the United States pull back from its support for democratization in the region, it will lose all credibility among the Egyptian people, Ottaway said.",
"But even if the United States and other countries do continue to support democratic movements in the Middle East, public opinion in the region has barely shifted, Heydemann said.",
"\"The Arab Spring dividend has proven elusive for the Obama administration,\" he said.",
"The best course, analysts say, is for the United States to continue to support democratic movements while setting out expectations, much like Clinton did Tuesday in Lithuania.",
"If they do, the problem may sort itself out, CNN's Fareed Zakaria said in an opinion piece on CNN.com.",
"\"For decades, political Islam was the language through which people resisted dictatorial regimes.",
"That gave these parties a special status, a kind of halo effect, which has helped them once the dictators fell,\" he said.",
"But the only way these parties can retain their popularity once in power is to govern effectively, he said.",
"\"And to be competent at governing and to stay in power, these groups have to moderate themselves,\" he wrote.",
"\"The history of countries from Indonesia to Pakistan suggests that over time, the more radical political elements lose their popular appeal because their mystical attraction was tied up in their opposition to the dictatorships.",
"Once the dictatorships go, their appeal dwindles.\"",
"But it won't be a quick process, Heydemann said.",
"The region is in for years of tumult during which the new Arab Spring democracies sort out the differences between conservative and liberal visions of Islamic democracies.",
"And in many respects, the West will be left on the sidelines, watching and waiting, he said.",
"\"Across a broad spectrum of issues, we face a long period of uncertainty,\" he said.",
"\"We're kind of stuck in a way.\""
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"(CNN) -- Six volunteer astronauts emerged from a 'trip' to Mars on Friday, waving and grinning widely after spending 520 days in seclusion.",
"Crowds handed each member of the group a red rose after their capsule opened at the facility in Moscow.",
"Scientists placed the six male volunteers in isolation in 2010 to simulate a mission to Mars, part of the European Space Agency's experiment to determine challenges facing future space travelers.",
"The six, who are between ages 27 and 38, lived in a tight space the size of six buses in a row, said Rosita Suenson, the agency's program officer for human spaceflight.",
"During the period, the crew dressed in blue jumpsuits showered on rare occasions and survived on canned food.",
"Messages from friends and family came with a lag based on the simulated distance to Earth.",
"While they had a few luxuries -- a Christmas tree and a Halloween party -- they spent most of their seclusion gathering data to help future space travel.",
"The simulated trip replicated all aspects of a real spaceflight to Mars, including orbiting the planet, landing and returning to Earth.",
"\"This was like taking a psychological trip to Mars ... it was the first full-duration of a human mission to Mars,\" Suenson said.",
"Though it did not expose the six volunteers from China, Russia and Europe to the weightlessness and radiation of a space mission, it replicated an important aspect of space travel.",
"\"The study is helping to determine key psychological and physiological effects of being in such an enclosed environment for such an extended period of time,\" the space agency said.",
"Data from the mission will give experts an idea of how the mind and body would cope with a long spaceflight to the Red Planet, according to Suenson.",
"On their return Friday, the Mars500 crew addressed the media briefly and urged experts to put their data to good use.",
"They will meet select family members and undergo quarantine for four days.",
"Extra seclusion will allow them to get reacquainted with their surroundings, including sound and light, Suenson said.",
"The six had personal items such as books, films and personal laptops during their stay at the facility in Moscow's Institute for Biomedical Problems."
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"(CNN) -- When Apple introduced Siri, the talking, voice-activated \"personal assistant\" that will come with its new iPhone 4S, the Web leaped to the obvious, rational conclusion: That it's a sinister, potentially alien artificial intelligence that's bound to kill us all.",
"\"If you're wondering, 'Siri' can be pronounced two ways: 'Skynet' and 'GLaDOS,\" wrote Twitter user @AshleyEsqueda.",
"That's a reference to 1) the computer system in the \"Terminator\" stories that gains self-awareness and unleashes killer robots on mankind and 2) the talking, sinister artificial-intelligence system that puts players through their increasingly life-threatening paces in the \"Portal\" video game series.",
"To be sure, Siri's coming-out party Tuesday at Apple's Cupertino, California, headquarters seemed the stuff of science fiction.",
"When Apple Vice President Scott Forstall asked Siri where to find a Greek restaurant in Palo Alto, a monotone female voice responded that she'd found five and had listed them for him in order of their customer-review rankings.",
"She told Forstall when he had a text message, read it to him, took his \"dictation\" to respond to it and then made a lunch date for him.",
"\"Do I have any meetings Friday at noon?\"",
"Forstall asked.",
"\"You don't have anything on your calendar,\" Siri replied.",
"She even knew where he was. Forstall said he could ask her to remind him to call his wife when he left work.",
"Using global positioning, he said, Siri would see when he left Apple's campus and speak up.",
"But, for anyone who's ever pondered the inevitable rise of our digital overlords, here's the real kicker.",
"Forstall asks this simple, if existential, question: \"Who are you?\"",
"Siri's answer?",
"\"I am a humble personal assistant.\"",
"Uh huh. That's what they all say. \"Siri may be the beginning of Skynet,\" wrote Twitter user @KingJamesVrsn.",
"\"I swear, if my iPhone asks me if I am Sarah Connor...\" That wasn't the site's only reference to the famous scene in which Arnold Schwarzenegger, as a robot assassin, hunts for Linda Hamilton's Connor.",
"In fact, \"Skynet\" was briefly a trending topic Tuesday on the microblogging site, which tends to buzz during high-profile tech events like the Apple announcement.",
"\"SkyNet is currently trending,\" said user @jasonpinter.",
"\"This is EXACTLY what Siri wants.",
"Siri = Schwarzenegger Irradicating Redblooded Individuals.\"",
"Of course, some folks go for a more classic approach to menacing, monotone.",
"Enter HAL 9000, the digital antagonist in Stanley Kubrick's \"2001: A Space Odyssey.\"",
"This being 2011 and all, HAL has his own Twitter feed and, of course, was quick to chime in.",
"\"I think I went to school with Siri,\" @HAL9000 posted.",
"\"Cute female computer but she talked too much.\"",
"Then HAL had an apparent fit of jealousy (which cannot be a good thing).",
"\"Siri thinks she's so cool because she has voice recognition but can she lip read?\"",
"HAL wrote, a reference to a famous \"2001\" scene.",
"\"That's the sign of a truly awesome computer.\"",
"By the way, we've used \"she\" here to refer to Siri.",
"Apple's literature uses the gender-neutral \"it.\"",
"We're basing our determination on the female voice, as well as the fact that \"Siri\" is a female name that appears in several languages and is most often credited with having Scandinavian origins.",
"Its meaning in the frozen northlands: \"Victorious beauty.\"",
"Plus ... do we really want to make her mad?"
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"(CNN) -- Virginia State Police say they have identified the gunman who fired a high-powered rifle at four county deputies, killing two of them, officials said Monday, but they still don't have a motive for the shootings.",
"Buchanan County Deputies Eric Dewayne Rasnake, 32, and Shane Earl Charles, 25, were shot multiple times after responding to a \"larceny in progress\" call at a salvage business in Vansant, Virginia, Sheriff Roy Foster said.",
"The wounded deputies were able to crawl to a nearby residence for cover.",
"Deputies Cameron Neil Justus, 41, and William Ezra Stiltner, 46, were shot with the same high-powered weapon after they rushed to the scene to help their fallen comrades, police said.",
"Justus and Stiltner died at the scene.",
"\"Please take comfort in knowing that their sacrifice was not in vain,\" an emotional Foster said Monday.",
"\"These two men gave their lives for what they dedicated their lives to doing,\" Foster said.",
"On Monday, Virginia State Police named Randy Gilbert Newberry as the suspect in the shootings.",
"Officials say the 52-year-old was hiding on a ridge when he fired at officers responding to both crime scenes.",
"After the shootings, officials said, they found Newberry about a quarter of a mile up the road from the salvage business, talking on a cell phone.",
"Police said they repeatedly asked Newberry to \"put his hands up and get on the ground,\" but the suspect ignored their orders and instead aimed a handgun at officers.",
"According to the state police, Newberry was then shot and killed.",
"The Buchanan County Sheriff's Office is dealing with the tragic loss of its men while Virginia State Police tries to determine a possible motive.",
"Foster praised his officers for their valiant efforts in a difficult time.",
"\"I appreciate every single one of you that was there fighting for the lives of your fallen brothers,\" he said.",
"\"It's been about 40 years since Buchanan County lost a man in the line of duty,\" Foster said, and \"to lose two more and to have two more seriously injured in the same day is overwhelming.\"",
"Wounded deputies Rasnake and Charles both remain hospitalized.",
"Rasnake was shot three times, according to Foster, and Charles is on a respirator.",
"Both remain in critical condition.",
"\"Our prayers go out to their families to the hope that they will recover and maybe one day return to wear the uniform that we so proudly wear,\" a tearful Foster said.",
"The close community is coming together in support of the fallen deputies.",
"Local media report that a Facebook page has been set up to seek prayers for the deputies.",
"The site, which has more than 3,000 friends, is encouraging people to attend a candlelight service Monday night at the Buchanan County Courthouse.",
"Foster says churches will also be open for support and encouraged the community to come in and fellowship."
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"(CNN Student News) -- March 11, 2011 .",
"Download PDF maps related to today's show: .",
"• Washington, D.C. • Wisconsin • Boston, Massachusetts .",
"Transcript . THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.",
"THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.",
"NATISHA LANCE, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Fridays are always awesome here on CNN Student News.",
"And we thank you for spending part of your Friday with us.",
"Hi, everyone.",
"I'm Natisha Lance, sitting in today for Carl Azuz.",
"First Up: Congressional Hearings .",
"LANCE: First up, we're talking about hearings on Capitol Hill that caused controversy even before they started.",
"The House Homeland Security Committee is holding these hearings to look into the radicalization of American Muslims.",
"Basically, the idea that a group like al Qaeda could recruit U.S. Muslims and turn them into terrorists.",
"Some critics called the hearings an unfair attack on loyal Americans.",
"But Representative Peter King, who's the chairman of the committee, says that the goal is not to condemn Islam as a religion or American Muslims as a group.",
"But he says the hearings are designed to limit the threat of terrorism.",
"And he also believes they're important to America's safety.",
"REP. PETER KING, (R) NEW YORK: Let me make it clear today, that I remain convinced that these hearings must go forward and they will.",
"To back down would be a craven surrender to political correctness and an abdication of what I believe to be the main responsibility of this committee: to protect America from a terrorist attack.",
"LANCE: One of the people who testified during yesterday's hearings was Representative Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Congress.",
"He acknowledged that some Muslims are responsible for violent actions.",
"But he said you can't blame an entire community for the evil of some individuals.",
"He got especially emotional talking about a Muslim paramedic and police cadet who died trying to help others during the 9/11 terrorist attacks.",
"REP. KEITH ELLISON, (D) MINNESOTA: Mohammed Salman Hamdani was a fellow American who gave his life for other Americans.",
"His life should not be identified as just as a member of an ethnic group or just a member of a religion, but as an American who gave everything for his fellow Americans.",
"Bullying Prevention .",
"LANCE: Bullying has been a big topic in the news recently.",
"And yesterday, President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hosted the first ever White House Conference on Bullying Prevention.",
"Parents and students got together to talk about the effects of bullying and how to stop it in school and online.",
"Ed Henry, our senior White House correspondent, has more on that event.",
"(BEGIN VIDEO) ED HENRY, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: President Obama using this first-ever White House anti-bullying summit as a forum to try to bring attention to this very, very difficult issue and say, look, for too long there have been students all around the country who have just accepted it, that they were going to get picked on, that they were going to be bullied, be the subject of assaults and violence and that it was sort of a rite of passage for kids.",
"The president says that given all these tragic incidents where some kids have committed suicide over bullying, he says it's time for all of this to end, for schools to have higher standards.",
"And he and the first lady have used various social media tools like Facebook to bring that message directly to students, to report some of these bullying incidents, for example.",
"The president used his forum at the White House to say that even he as a kid was bullied.",
"U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: As adults, we all remember what it was like to see kids picked on in the hallways or in the schoolyard.",
"And I have to say, with big ears and the name that I have, I wasn't immune.",
"I didn't emerge unscathed.",
"But because it's something that happens a lot, and it's something that's always been around, sometimes we've turned a blind eye to the problem.",
"We've said, \"Kids will be kids.\"",
"And so, sometimes we overlook the real damage that bullying can do, especially when young people face harassment day after day, week after week.",
"HENRY: So the bottom line is, the key moving forward is going to be, will there actually be some action to back up some of the talk at this summit.",
"Ed Henry, CNN, the White House.",
"(END VIDEO) Wisconsin Showdown .",
"LANCE: The showdown in Wisconsin may be over.",
"The anger is not. This started with Republican Governor Scott Walker's budget proposal that would limit negotiating rights for workers' unions.",
"Fourteen Democratic state Senators fled the state so that there wouldn't be enough people there to pass the bill.",
"On Wednesday, Republicans took out all the parts of the bill that had to do with the budget.",
"Voting on non-budget bills requires less people, so the reduced negotiating rights passed.",
"Protesters at the capitol yesterday started pounding on the windows.",
"That forced police to put the building in lockdown!",
"They closed the capitol and forcibly removed anyone inside who wouldn't leave.",
"One entrance was re-opened later in the day.",
"Shoutout . THOMAS ANDRES, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Today's first Shoutout goes out to Mr.",
"Govern's social studies classes at Riceville Community High School in Riceville, Iowa!",
"What is the smallest type of bird?",
"If you think you know it, shout it out!",
"Is it the: A) Finch, B) Sparrow, C) Egret or D) Hummingbird?",
"You've got three seconds -- GO!",
"Hummingbirds are the smallest; even the largest variety is only about 8 inches long.",
"That's your answer and that's your Shoutout!",
"\"Hummingbird\" Drones .",
"LANCE: Imagine if the military had a vehicle that was as small as a hummingbird.",
"Definitely wouldn't be able to fit a pilot in there.",
"But that's actually the point.",
"We're talking about drones, aircraft that someone flies by remote control.",
"The U.S. military has used drones for years.",
"Chris Lawrence is going to show us one right now that could bring big changes to the battlefield.",
"(BEGIN VIDEO) CHRIS LAWRENCE, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Imagine a drone as small as a hummingbird; same shape, same sound.",
"Wait, don't imagine.",
"It's here in this California lab.",
"MATT KEENNON, AEROVIRONMENT PROJECT MANAGER: It looks more or less like an indigenous small bird, and it can fly through small clearings and through trees and seeing inside.",
"LAWRENCE: AeroVironment's Matt Keennon says this is how the bird sees us from above.",
"Right now, the hummingbird can only fly a little bit longer than 10 minutes.",
"But at that size, imagine what it could do in 10 hours.",
"The Defense Department has spent $4 million with that dream in mind: American troops armed with an unmanned vehicle that blends into the other birds or insects in a given country.",
"KEENNON: The operator hovers the aircraft around until it finds an opening.",
"LAWRENCE: Perhaps even buzz into a room, drop a payload and leave.",
"But most unmanned vehicles, the hummingbird included, still depend on man to control their cameras or movements.",
"LT. GEN. DAVID DEPTULA, U.S. AIR FORCE (RETIRED): But that's a vulnerability.",
"That can be interrupted. That can be hacked. LAWRENCE: Retired General David Deptula says future enemies will cut the operator's connection unless drones become more autonomous.",
"He says sure, drones have worked in Iraq and Afghanistan, because there's very few missiles to shoot them down.",
"DEPTULA: But if you fly these same vehicles where there is an air defense, those MQ-1 Predators and MQ-9 Reapers would be falling from the sky like rain.",
"LAWRENCE: Compared to other drones, the hummingbird has a six-inch wing span and weighs less than a AA battery.",
"But the designer needs to add intelligence to its small size.",
"KEENNON: It could be much more useful if the aircraft could keep itself safe.",
"LAWRENCE: If so, the military has designs beyond battle.",
"It envisions the bird helping to find victims, weaving through crevices created by an earthquake.",
"(END VIDEO) Shoutout Extra Credit .",
"TOMEKA JONES, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Time for a Shoutout Extra Credit!",
"Under which president did the start of Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. move from April to March?",
"You know what to do! Was it: A) George W. Bush, B) Bill Clinton, C) Ronald Reagan or D) Jimmy Carter?",
"Rewind the clock to three seconds -- and GO!",
"The shift happened in 2007 under President George W. Bush.",
"That's your answer and that's your Shoutout Extra Credit!",
"Wakeup Calls .",
"LANCE: That Daylight Saving shift comes this weekend.",
"You might be losing an hour of sleep.",
"But if you think that gives you an excuse to be late to school on Monday, school officials in Boston, Massachusetts are ready to give you a wake-up call!",
"Some of the city's students who are late to class on a regular basis will hear the phone ring at 6:15 a.m. Might be your principal, might be a celebrity.",
"But the message is simple: get up and get to school!",
"The district says the goal is to keep students from falling too far behind.",
"Some parents are okay with the wake-up calls.",
"But others say the schools are overstepping their bounds.",
"Blog Promo .",
"LANCE: So, whose responsibility is it?",
"That's what we're asking on our blog.",
"When it comes to making sure you're on time for school, is it on you, your parents, your teachers and principals?",
"Share your opinions on our blog at CNNStudentNews.com!",
"Before We Go . LANCE: And finally, if leg of lamb sounds good to you, you're gonna love today's Before We Go segment.",
"'Cause we have 20! Five baby lambs, born on a farm in Canada.",
"The owner says it's pretty rare.",
"Sheep usually give birth to single lambs, maybe twins or even triplets.",
"In fact, these little guys' mom has had triplets twice before.",
"But quintuplets don't come along too often.",
"We were hoping to get a reaction from the mama sheep, but she didn't seem too talkative.",
"Goodbye . LANCE: I guess she was just being sheepish.",
"Hopefully, this isn't a hoax, because we'd hate for someone to pull the wool over our eyes.",
"Ewe had to know that one was coming.",
"Remember to set your clocks ahead this weekend.",
"For CNN Student News, I'm Natisha Lance."
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"(CNN) -- The man who shot officers inside a Detroit police station had a relative who is scheduled to be sentenced for double homicide Monday, said the city's police chief, who would not confirm that as the motive behind the attack.",
"\"We can't speculate as to motive,\" Chief Ralph Godbee said in a news conference Monday.",
"\"There is nothing in this that makes sense at all.\"",
"Lamar Deshea Moore, 38, walked into a police precinct Sunday and \"indiscriminately began firing,\" Godbee said.",
"He was shot and killed by return gunfire from police, according to the chief.",
"Two of the four officers wounded in the shooting were hospitalized in stable condition Monday, Godbee said.",
"Cmdr. Brian Davis is recovering from a gunshot wound to back, and Sgt.",
"Brian Anderson was grazed in the head, he said.",
"Sgt. Ray Saati also was grazed in the head.",
"He and Sgt. Carrie Schultz have been treated and released from the hospital.",
"Schultz was shot in the chest, but was protected by a bulletproof vest, according to police.",
"The shooting has led to the reassessment of security measures by police officials.",
"According to the chief, Mayor Dave Bing has committed to bringing in resources necessary to provide a safe environment, and interim measures will be put in place.",
"\"We will do whatever is necessary to provide an environment for our officers that is safe,\" Godbee said, but he wouldn't specify any immediate changes.",
"The chief said his office will be presenting the mayor with recommendations of security protocols that are \"reflective of the reality that we have to live with every day.\"",
"Officers involved in the attack were praised for their bravery.",
"\"Through it all, our officers maintained courageous calm,\" he said.",
"\"They returned fire, they took cover, they did all the things we train them to do under pressure.\"",
"Counseling will be provided for officers affected by the shootings, said the chief.",
"Meanwhile, efforts to find a motive for the shooting continues.",
"Godbee said the police plan to speak with members of Moore's family and friends to see whether they can provide any helpful information."
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"(CNN) -- Courtney Hight told herself not to cry as police handcuffed her outside the White House.",
"\"I knew I was doing the right thing,\" she said.",
"\"So I did not cry.\" On a cloudy day last month Hight, a former member of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, took a huge career risk and joined more than 1,200 protesters who were demanding that President Obama deny a building permit for Keystone XL, a planned oil pipeline that would stretch from Alberta, Canada, to Texas.",
"The project, the protesters say, threatens to poison ground water across the heartland and extend America's reliance on climate-changing fossil fuels.",
"Pipeline owners, Alberta-based TransCanada, say the project will pose no ground water risk and will provide jobs and decreased U.S. dependence on Mideast oil.",
"A final decision on the permit is expected by the end of this year.",
"Since the pipeline was first proposed, Obama has said the decision rests with the State Department, but Hight and others point out that the president has the power to make the final call.",
"Hight, 32, worked as a grassroots student organizer.",
"She joined Obama's campaign in 2007, rising to a position of Florida's youth vote director.",
"For her and many other participants, the protest outside the White House represented a deeply personal threshold they'd never before crossed: \"It was the first time I'd ever remotely said anything critical of the president,\" she said.",
"Many other Obama supporters have found themselves critical of the president's environmental policies.",
"A big reason why Hight and other environmentalists, including former Vice President Al Gore, find themselves aligned against Obama goes back to his 2008 nomination speech when he pledged to fight the affects of climate change.",
"\"I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that ... this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal,\" Obama said during the speech.",
"\"That's great poetry, but it's not true anymore,\" says Joseph Romm, who served as acting assistant secretary of energy during the Clinton administration.",
"\"There's no question there's been a shift in what he campaigned on and what he has done -- most specifically in the area of climate change, but in other areas like air pollution.\"",
"What Obama could do to help slow the rise of the oceans .",
"It's a tough political climate for supporters of clean energy alternatives, such as solar or wind power.",
"Almost every issue in Washington -- including the environment -- is overshadowed by concerns about the struggling economy and unemployment.",
"Fossil fuel industries, blamed by many for climate change, are creating jobs and bolstering economies in the heartland and the Northeast.",
"\"We still are suffering from a lack of an energy policy that can deal both with our environmental challenges, but also our economic challenges,\" Obama said during a Democratic National Committee event last month.",
"Cody Pedigo, a 30-year-old welder in Bowling Green, Kentucky, understands the challenge, and he has a lot riding on the White House's decision about the pipeline.",
"\"I want to see oil production, but I do care about the environment and I think there's a lot of ways we can work both of them together,\" said Pedigo, who is between jobs and with his wife Cherry is raising two boys, Jacob, 9 and Joshua, age 6.",
"The country has been burning oil for a long time, he said, \"and it ain't going to change overnight.\"",
"He's very confident that he'll be able to snag a job on the project if it's green-lighted.",
"\"Financially, what a job on the Keystone pipeline would do for me is get me out of more debt and help me lower my monthly bills,\" says Pedigo, a third-generation pipe-liner who's been welding since age 18.",
"Environmentalists say Obama reneges on promises .",
"Environmentalists were incensed last month when Obama decided to delay tougher ozone air pollution standards until at least 2013.",
"The president's decision threatens the health of children, the elderly and victims of chronic lung diseases, the American Lung Association said.",
"Some of the president's supporters reacted harshly to the ozone standards decision, Gore who posted on his blog that \"Obama appears to have bowed to pressure from polluters\" who fear the cost of following tougher air pollution standards.",
"Gene Karpinski of the League of Conservation Voters -- which endorsed Obama in 2008 -- said the administration was \"caving\" to industry and the president's decision was a choice to \"punt.\"",
"Former Obama campaign staffer Elijah Zarlin, who also was arrested at the protest at the White House, said the president is \"missing an opportunity to lead this country in a better direction.\"",
"The White House insisted the delay wasn't political, but rather a need for further scientific study before implementing new rules, which would have cost 7.3 million jobs by 2020, said the Manufacturers Alliance.",
"The American Petroleum Institute told the Wall Street Journal that the White House is \"beginning to understand that the regulatory burden does more to chill job creation than just about anything else out there.\"",
"The White House declined to directly respond to specific questions about Obama's environmental stance, but spokesman Clark Stevens, in a written statement for this story, strongly defended the president's record.",
"\"In just a few years the Obama administration has put in place some of the most important public health protections since the passage of the Clean Air Act, achieved historic fuel economy standards that will save billions of barrels of oil and over a trillion dollars for families, while also expanding the clean energy economy, creating jobs, keeping America competitive, and putting our country on track to double renewable energy generation from sources like wind and solar in the president's first term,\" Clark wrote.",
"Will the pipeline create jobs?",
"Building the pipeline will directly create 13,000 construction jobs and indirectly generate 7,000 construction jobs, according to Ray Perryman of the Perryman Group, which TransCanada hired to provide an economic analysis of the project.",
"Imagine 1,500 well-paid workers coming into any community and spending their money at stores, restaurants, motels, trailer parks and apartments, says Danny Hendrix of the Pipeliner's Union local 798 out of Tulsa, Oklahoma.",
"\"It's like the circus coming to town -- but they stay,\" Hendrix said.",
"But pipeline and community officials agree the project will leave very few permanent jobs.",
"The lasting benefit from Keystone XL, says TransCanada spokesman Jim Prescott, would be greater economic stability in the U.S. energy sector by providing a reliable flow of about 1.1 million daily barrels of Canadian and U.S. oil to Texas refineries.",
"An onshore pipeline would be less likely to be interrupted by hurricanes than oil delivered by oil tankers or from offshore oil rigs, Prescott said.",
"\"That keeps thousands of workers at those refineries employed.\"",
"Does clean energy kill jobs?",
"The Perryman Group estimates that some $5 billion of the pipeline's $7 billion total price would be spent on direct construction costs, such as materials and labor.",
"That $5 billion -- if invested in clean energy production such as wind or solar power -- would generate slightly more jobs, says economist Heidi Garrett-Peltier of University of Massachusetts' Political Economy Research Institute and the Center for American Progress, an influential liberal think tank.",
"Solar panel maker Solyndra went bankrupt last month despite receiving about a half billion dollars in federal loan guarantees initiated by the administration.",
"A top energy official with the program has resigned in the wake of criticism.",
"Ex-staffer: Obama needs to be 'the guy that he was' So now, the green movement is putting the White House on notice.",
"The next three to six months present a \"very critical time\" for the relationship between Obama and environmentalists, says League of Conservation Voters' Karpinski.",
"Many of Hight's former colleagues she met during the '08 Obama campaign say they're frustrated by the White House environmental track record so far.",
"\"There is an element of feeling something owed,\" she says.",
"\"He made a promise.",
"This was a big promise that he talked a lot about.",
"And now he risks letting them down.\"",
"The green community, advocates say, will be watching.",
"Along with the pipeline, three other looming questions could serve as tests for the president's commitment to the environment.",
"-- How hard will Obama fight in Congress for proposed EPA rules to regulate mercury and other toxic pollution from power plants?",
"-- Will Obama consistently stand up and block efforts in Congress to limit the EPA's authority?",
"-- How hard will Obama fight to establish the EPA's first-ever standards for greenhouse gas emissions from power plants?",
"But the giant green issue for many will be the pipeline.",
"\"It's going to influence a lot of people,\" says Romm.",
"\"The cumulative weight of all these decisions will.\"",
"Bill McKibben, a top organizer of the White House sit-in, calls it \"gut check time\" for the president.",
"\"It's time for him to do some heroic things on the environment.\"",
"As ex-Obama campaign staffer Zarlin put it, \"If he's going to win the election, I think he needs to get back to that guy that he was.\""
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"Johannesburg (CNN) -- South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu turned 80 on Friday, days after a spat with the government over a visa delay that forced the Dalai Lama to cancel a trip to the nation.",
"Tutu celebrated Thursday by dancing with the Soweto Gospel Choir during a church celebration to mark his birthday.",
"Music and laughter rang out in the cathedral during the event attended by Irish rocker Bono of U2.",
"The Dalai Lama had hoped to deliver birthday greetings personally but scrapped his planned visit after South Africa failed to issue him a visa in time.",
"Instead, the Tibetan spiritual leader wished Tutu well in a webcast.",
"\"Please take care,\" the Dalai Lama said.",
"\"I will pray both to god as well as Buddha for your long life and healthy body.\"",
"\"I am quite sad,\" he said.",
"\"And also this time, I was very much hoping to see Nelson Mandela, (who is) now very old.",
"Now I have doubt whether I will have the occasion to meet Nelson Mandela or not.\"",
"Mandela turned 93 this year.",
"Tutu lashed out at his government Tuesday, saying it had forgotten what the nation stood for.",
"\"When we used to apply for passports under the apartheid government, we never knew until the last moment what their decision was,\" Tutu said at a news conference.",
"\"Our government is worse than the apartheid government because at least you were expecting it from the apartheid government.",
"The Dalai Lama had been invited to the country to receive a peace award and speak at various events, including a lecture in honor of Tutu's birthday.",
"Tutu and the Dalai Lama are recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize.",
"South Africa denies the visa was linked to pressure from China, a major trade partner.",
"The Dalai Lama fled Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule, and the nation pressures governments worldwide to deny him any legitimacy.",
"Despite the setback, tributes came in early Friday for the man known fondly as \"the people's priest\" and hailed for his fight for human rights.",
"In a birthday message, the U.S. Embassy in South Africa said he \"continues to provide a moral voice for the voiceless.\"",
"\"We congratulate Archbishop Desmond Tutu ... and join South Africa and the global community in honoring a man who is recognized for his fearlessness in speaking truth to power,\" the embassy in Pretoria said in a statement.",
"\"From his work against apartheid in South Africa, to his championing of democracy, freedom and human rights, and advocacy for those still living under the scourge of homophobia, racism or xenophobia, Archbishop Tutu has served as the vocal conscience of a generation.\"",
"This is not the first time the Dalai Lama has not been able to visit South Africa.",
"Two years ago, South Africa refused the Tibetan spiritual leader a visa to attend an international peace conference, saying it was not in the country's interest for him to attend.",
"CNN's Kim Norgaard contributed to this report."
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"Mexico City (CNN) -- A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit southern Mexico on Saturday night, killing two people and startling residents as far away as Mexico City, state media reported.",
"It struck in Guerrero state at 7:47 p.m. local time, about 100 miles south-southwest of the capital, the U.S. Geological Survey said.",
"The agency had previously put the quake's magnitude at 6.7.",
"One person was killed when a rock fell on a vehicle, while another was crushed by a collapsed house, the state-run Notimex news agency reported, citing civil protection officials in Guerrero.",
"At least 50 homes were damaged and at least four people were injured there, Notimex said.",
"There were no immediate reports of major damage in the capital, but several areas were without power, Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard wrote on his Twitter page soon after the quake.",
"Some startled residents in Mexico City ran out of their houses and into the streets.",
"Loud sirens sounded after the quake, which had an estimated depth of 40 miles, the USGS said.",
"Lorena Isla, a CNN iReporter in San Jeronimo Lidice, on the outskirts of Mexico City, took video of chandeliers swaying at her home.",
"The side-to-side movement of the earthquake lasted about three minutes, said Isla, who lives on the third floor of a residence.",
"\"This was the strongest one I ever felt,\" she said late Saturday.",
"She took the video and rushed outside, where she said she fainted.",
"\"Everybody is in panic,\" Isla said.",
"Authorities urged residents to turn off natural gas devices.",
"Some were having a hard time reaching relatives because of cell phone disruptions, according to Isla.",
"CNN's Jose Armijo and Phil Gast contributed to this report."
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"NEW: At least 50 homes are damaged, state media reports .",
"One person was reportedly killed in a vehicle; another crushed in a house .",
"Mexico City's mayor reports some blackouts, no major damage .",
"The depth of the quake was 40 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey says ."
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"(CNN) -- A bus carrying students and faculty from Abilene Christian University to a weekend mission project overturned Friday afternoon near Paint Rock, Texas, resulting in one death and multiple injuries, the school said.",
"Grant Rampy, director of public relations for the university in Abilene, said the bus was headed to a children's home in Medina in south-central Texas.",
"The crash occurred about 3:20 p.m. on U.S. 83 in Runnels County, the Texas Department of Public Safety said in a statement.",
"The driver lost control and the bus struck a concrete culvert and rolled once, authorities said.",
"Several students were ejected.",
"Authorities said Anabel Reid, 19, of Petersburg, Texas, was pronounced dead at the scene.",
"A number of helicopters were brought in to fly the injured to area hospitals, Rampy said.",
"The victims had varying degrees of injury.",
"The 2009 bus, registered to the university, is equipped for 24 passengers and a driver, officials said.",
"The school's website said that 12 students, three faculty members and the spouse of one faculty member were on board.",
"They were representing the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.",
"The Department of Public Safety said 16 people were on the bus.",
"Top leaders in the university administration traveled to four hospitals to be with families.",
"A prayer service was held at the campus amphitheater."
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"Officials: Driver lost control on curve, vehicle struck culvert ."
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"(CNN) -- Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was rushed again to the hospital late Saturday, her family said.",
"The ailing actress was taken from her home to UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center, her daughter Francesca Hilton said.",
"She did not provide details.",
"Gabor has suffered major health problems in the last year, including hip replacement surgery and a leg amputation.",
"She has been unable to walk since a 2002 car accident.",
"The Hungarian-born actress, the second of the three celebrated Gabor sisters, is famous for her many marriages and strong personality as well as her acting prowess.",
"Her more prominent films include John Huston's Toulouse-Lautrec biopic, \"Moulin Rouge,\" in 1952, \"The Story of Three Loves\" in 1953, \"The Girl in the Kremlin\" in 1957 and Orson Welles' 1958 cult classic, \"Touch of Evil.\""
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"(CNN Student News) -- April 14, 2011 .",
"Download PDF maps related to today's show: .",
"• Washington, D.C. • Gulf Coast .",
"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: In honor of National Library Week, I'm here with CNN's library team.... CNN LIBRARIANS: Shhh.",
"Welcome to CNN Student News.",
"CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Today's show goes out to all of our CNN librarians and to all of you librarians and media specialists out there.",
"Happy National Library Week.",
"Now, let's get to the headlines.",
"First Up: Deficit Plan .",
"AZUZ: First up, President Obama announces the details of his plan to lower the country's deficit.",
"It includes a mixture of spending cuts and tax increases.",
"The White House says the president's plan will cut the deficit by $4 trillion over the next 12 years.",
"Republicans have outlined their own plan.",
"It would cut about the same amount from the deficit, but in very different ways.",
"Republican leaders have criticized the president's plan, especially the idea of increasing government revenue by raising taxes on wealthy Americans.",
"House Speaker John Boehner says the government doesn't have a revenue problem, it has a spending problem.",
"During his speech yesterday, President Obama said he doesn't expect everyone to agree, but he does hope they can find a way to work together.",
"U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I don't expect the details in any final agreement to look exactly like the approach I laid out today.",
"This is a democracy; it's not how things work.",
"I'm eager to hear other ideas from all ends of the political spectrum.",
"And though I'm sure the criticism of what I've said here today will be fierce in some quarters, and my critique of the House Republican approach has been strong, Americans deserve and will demand that we all make an effort to bridge our differences and find common ground.",
"Is This Legit? TOMEKA JONES, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Is this legit?",
"The Latin word \"fauna\" refers to a region's plant life.",
"Nope. Not true! \"Flora\" refers to a region's natural plant life while \"fauna\" refers to animal life.",
"Gulf Wildlife Report .",
"AZUZ: There's a new report out looking at the status of the fauna from the U.S. Gulf Coast region.",
"One year after the devastating BP oil spill, the National Wildlife Federation classifies the coast's wetlands as \"poor.\"",
"Some of the problems were around before the spill: erosion, storms.",
"But the spill -- the worst in U.S. history -- made the situation worse.",
"According to the report, around 3,000 miles of coast were contaminated by oil.",
"And even the clean-up efforts can cause damage.",
"As for the animals that call the area home, sea turtles and bluefin tuna were some of the species that were hit pretty hard.",
"They were both given a condition of \"poor.\"",
"It's not all bad news, though.",
"Brown pelicans and dolphins in the Gulf both have a \"good\" status.",
"And the report says shrimp are recovering fairly well, too.",
"Gas Prices & Politics .",
"AZUZ: Drive past a gas station and you might just wince.",
"Gas prices are high, and they keep going up!",
"The national average for a gallon of regular unleaded was $3.81 yesterday.",
"That is an increase of 24 percent from the start of this year.",
"Lisa Sylvester is going to explain what's behind the rising prices and their impact on the political world.",
"(BEGIN VIDEO) LISA SYLVESTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Coast to coast, from Atlanta to New York to Los Angeles, consumers are getting socked by high gas prices.",
"UNIDENTIFIED MALE: $4.19 a gallon, that's ridiculous.",
"It's absolutely absurd.",
"UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I have to drive, and they don't pay mileage.",
"So, it's really, really sticking me.",
"UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You know, they're getting all the bailouts and the breaks, and we're getting squeezed.",
"UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's L.A., so it's even worse.",
"SYLVESTER: Why are oil prices shooting upward now?",
"The fighting in Libya is one contributing factor.",
"Fears of unrest spreading to other countries in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, also has markets on edge.",
"And, economists say, factoring in speculation and an increase in demand from countries like China.",
"Higher gas prices hit consumers where it hurts most: discretionary spending.",
"PETER MORICI, ECONOMICS PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND: Consumers really feel a pinch.",
"They are limited in their discretion because they have to pay their mortgage, they have to pay their utilities.",
"So, to pay higher gas prices, they go out to dinner less, they go to movies less, they buy fewer clothes.",
"The amount of money that most consumers have to work with is very limited.",
"SYLVESTER: Gas prices are expected to continue to rise through the spring.",
"The spike in prices is not just a pocketbook issue, it's also a political one.",
"KEN VOGEL, POLITICO: There is not a lot of evidence that anything that political leaders are doing in the short term has as much impact on gas prices as market trends or long-term energy policy.",
"But that doesn't stop politicians of both parties from pointing the finger at each other.",
"SYLVESTER: The issue is already playing out like a campaign ad.",
"Republicans are blaming President Obama.",
"Democrats pushing back, pointing to Republicans' cozy ties with the oil and gas industry.",
"(END VIDEO) Teens and Music .",
"AZUZ: You've probably heard this before: Music is one of those things that can define a generation.",
"But new research suggests that the music you're listening to might also define your state of mind.",
"This study looked at teens who listen to a lot of music.",
"By a lot, we mean four to five hours a day.",
"And the research says those teens may be at a higher risk for depression.",
"Scientists also looked into other forms of media.",
"Teens who read more have a lower risk of depression.",
"And TV doesn't seem to have much of an effect.",
"The study's author recognized that some teens might use music for comfort.",
"So, it raises the question: Do people listen to more music when they're sad?",
"Or can listening to a lot of music lead you to be sad?",
"Blog Promo .",
"AZUZ: You know this is something we're talking about on our blog at CNNStudentNews.com.",
"When we get a story like this one, that's really about you, we want to know what you think.",
"When you're feeling down, do you find that listening to music is more helpful or harmful?",
"Put some thought into it, let us know your opinions.",
"This Day in History .",
"AZUZ: It's April 14th, and on this day in history: In 1828, after more than two decades of work, Noah Webster published the first edition of his American Dictionary.",
"In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending a play at Ford's Theatre.",
"Lincoln died the following morning.",
"And in 1986, the U.S. launched air strikes against Libya.",
"This was in response to Libya supporting terrorism against American troops and citizens.",
"Before We Go . AZUZ: Another event happened on this day in history back in 1910: President William Howard Taft threw out the first ball at the Washington Senators' home opener.",
"With that flick of the wrist, he started the tradition of presidents tossing out the first pitch.",
"Some of them threw from the stands, some from the mound.",
"As we look back at this century-old tradition before we go today, see how many of these presidential pitchers you can recognize.",
"(BEGIN VIDEO) [MUSIC; CLIPS OF PRESIDENTIAL FIRST PITCHES] .",
"(END VIDEO) Goodbye .",
"AZUZ: I pitched the idea of getting in a few throws here in the studio, but my producer balked at the idea.",
"So instead, we'll toss it to your teachers and strike up another edition of CNN Student News tomorrow.",
"Hope y'all have a great day."
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"Learn about the status of wildlife recovery in the U.S. Gulf Coast region .",
"Find out some of the factors driving an increase in American gas prices .",
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"(CNN) -- Two of the biggest teams in world cycling are to merge next season, with the news that Lance Armstrong's RadioShack squad and Luxembourg outfit Leopard-Trek are to join forces.",
"The new team, which will be called RadioShack-Nissan-Trek, have secured sponsorship for a two-year period and will continue to be licenced in Luxembourg.",
"A formidable line-up of 30 riders will be confirmed later this month, which will contain Leopard's Schleck brothers Andy and Frank -- who finished second and third in this year's Tour de France -- and world time-trial champion Fabian Cancellara.",
"Other high-profile riders will include American Chris Horner, Germany's Andreas Kloden, Jani Brajkovic of Slovenia, Jakob Fuglsang of Denmark and Italy's Daniele Bennati.",
"Team chief Johan Bruyneel announced the news on the official RadioShack website, saying: \"With our sponsors' continuing commitment and the professionalism of our riders, I'm confident that RadioShack-Nissan-Trek will dominate cycling for years to come.",
"\"With Team RadioShack, we won 30 races and dominated the most important American races in 2011.",
"Now thanks to the presence of riders like Fabian Cancellara and the Schleck brothers, we now have the potential to win not only Classics and major stage races but Grand Tours as well.",
"\"We are grateful our sponsors believe in this project.",
"This is a great milestone for our team and our global sport.\"",
"Both teams are relatively new to the peloton, with RadioShack forming in 2010 around seven-time Tour de France champion Armstrong, while Leopard was set up last year and spearheaded by the Schleck brothers.",
"The merger will free up an extra place in the 18-team Pro Tour elite section following the recent demise of HTC-Highroad and another merger between Belgian squads Omega-Pharma and QuickStep.",
"However, one of those places is expected to be taken up by the new Australian outfit Green Edge, who have just announced the signing of top sprinter Matt Goss as one of their leaders."
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"(CNN) -- England captain Lewis Moody has dismissed suggestions his team have been handed an easy draw for the group stage of the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.",
"Moody, 33, is out of his team's opening match with Argentina in Dunedin on Saturday, as England look to reach a third successive World Cup final and repeat their victorious campaign at Australia 2003.",
"Argentina, who finished third at the 2007 tournament in France, look set to present Martin Johnson's team with their toughest test of the opening round, with England's archrivals Scotland and minnows Georgia and Romania making up the rest of Pool B.",
"\"No, there's no such thing,\" the Flanker told CNN when asked if his team's group was easy.",
"\"There really isn't, I mean people will say that but it's certainly not the case.",
"\"Argentina finished third in the last World Cup, Scotland have beaten South Africa ... We have a very big challenge in this tournament and first is making sure that we come out of the group in as strong a position as we can against tough opposition.",
"\"You know it's just great that every nation that's involved in this World Cup is really lifting their standards and you know that every game you're going to be playing is going to be tough.\"",
"The 2011 World Cup will see Russia make their debut at the quadrennial competition, and Moody is convinced the sport's continued expansion into new territories bodes well for the future.",
"\"More people are getting involved and will take it [rugby] back to their countries and, if they've done well, they will have all that support and it will grow their fan base in those countries,\" Mooday added.",
"\"It's great for the sport.\"",
"Moody has already been a world champion once in his career, as part of the team which, captained by current coach Johnson, defeated hosts Australia to lift the Webb-Ellis trophy in 2003.",
"Along with fly-half Jonny Wilkinson, who kicked the drop goal which won the final eight years ago, Moody is one of only two 2011 World Cup squad members who played in that historic match in Sydney.",
"\"I remember being very nervous for a vast majority [of the final] because I was sat on the bench and all your anticipation, your anxieties, they are all with you until step across that white line on the pitch.",
"\"When I did get on, I remember Ben Kay calling the line out with a minute to go with me at the back and, thankfully, Steve Thompson threw it, I caught it, the ball went to Matt Dawson and the rest is history.",
"\"Dawson managed to get the ball to Jonny, who then kicked the drop goal.",
"It was an incredible occasion and one that will stick with you for very fond reasons.\""
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"(CNN) -- Sebastian Vettel sealed his ninth win of the 2011 Formula One season in Singapore on Sunday, and the Red Bull driver is now just one point away from becoming the sport's youngest double world champion.",
"The German extended his lead at the top of the drivers' standings to 124 points, with McLaren's Jenson Button moving into second position after finishing runner-up at the Marina Bay circuit.",
"The 24-year-old can now wrap up the world championship at the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka on October 9, which is race 15 of 19.",
"Ferrari's Fernando Alonso dropped one position into third and the Spaniard is now only two points clear of Vettel's teammate Mark Webber in fourth, after the Australian claimed the final podium spot in Singapore.",
"Vettel wins in Singapore but title must wait .",
"Button's McLaren colleague and fellow Briton Lewis Hamilton lost ground on those above him after a disappointing fifth-place finish, the same position he occupies in the world championship.",
"In the race for the constructors' title, Red Bull continued to assert their dominance by moving 138 points clear at the top of the pile.",
"McLaren consolidated their position in second, with Ferrari a further 85 points back in third position.",
"Drivers' standings after round 14 in Singapore: .",
"1. Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull 309 points .",
"2. Jenson Button (GB) McLaren 185 .",
"3. Fernando Alonso (Spa) Ferrari 184 .",
"4. Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull 182 .",
"5. Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren 168 .",
"6. Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari 84 .",
"7. Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes 62 .",
"8. Michael Schumacher (Ger) Mercedes 52 .",
"9. Vitaly Petrov (Rus) Renault 34 .",
"Constructors' standings: .",
"1. Red Bull 451 points .",
"2. McLaren 325 .",
"3. Ferrari 254 .",
"4. Mercedes 108 .",
"5. Lotus Renault 70 .",
"6. Force India 36 .",
"7. Sauber 35 . 8. Toro Rosso 29 .",
"9. Williams 5 ."
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"Sebastian Vettel's ninth win takes him within one point of the title .",
"The Red Bull driver can seal his second triumph at Japanese Grand Prix .",
"McLaren's Jenson Button climbs above Fernando Alonso into second place .",
"Champions Red Bull extend their lead at the top of the constructors' standings ."
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"(CNN) -- Students at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee held a vigil Sunday night to remember a basketball player who was stabbed to death earlier in the day.",
"Police found Shannon Washington with a knife wound to her neck in her apartment early Sunday morning.",
"She later died at a hospital.",
"Authorities have charged a friend, 20-year-old Starquineshia Palmer, with first-degree murder in the death.",
"Police said Palmer was visiting Washington for the weekend, but have not disclosed a motive in the killing.",
"\"For Shannon to be killed in the prime of her life is tragic and senseless,\" said FAMU President James Ammons.",
"\"She had so much promise as a student athlete.",
"This is a great loss for the university and our athletic program.\"",
"Washington transferred to the university from Illinois Valley Community College and was expected to play in the fall as a shooting guard."
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"Police find Shannon Washington with a knife wound to the neck .",
"They arrest a friend who was visiting for the weekend .",
"Authorities have not disclosed a motive .",
"University president: \"She had so much promise as a student athlete\""
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"(CNN) -- England's Courtney Lawes was handed a two-match ban on Tuesday after he was found guilty of recklessly striking his opponent with a knee during his country's opening match of the 2011 Rugby World Cup.",
"Lawes, 22, made the tackle on Argentina's Mario Ledesma during England's 13-9 victory in Pool B on Saturday.",
"The Northampton Saints lock will now miss England's next two fixtures at the New Zealand tournament against Georgia on Sunday and Romania on September 24.",
"A plea of \"not guilty\" was entered by Lawes and he now has 48 hours in which he can launch an appeal.",
"\"Following a review of broadcast footage, Lawes was cited by Independent Citing Commissioner Murray Whyte (Ireland) under Law 10.4(a) for striking Mario Ledesma with the knee,\" read a statement on the official Rugby World Cup web site.",
"\"Taking into account mitigating factors being his excellent disciplinary record and remorse and the absence of aggravating factors, the Player was suspended for two weeks.",
"\"In the context of the Rugby World Cup Tournament a week equates to one match.",
"Therefore Lawes is suspended for two Rugby World Cup matches.\"",
"Lawes made his England debut in November 2009, in an 18-9 defeat to Australia at Twickenham, and now has nine caps.",
"The London-born player will be hoping he can still play a significant part in England's bid to reach a third successive World Cup final."
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"Courtney Lawes has been handed a two-match World Cup ban .",
"The England lock was found guilty of a dangerous tackle against Argentina .",
"Lawes will now miss England's matches with Georgia and Romania ."
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"Atlanta (CNN) -- Former NBA guard Javaris Crittenton waived his first appearance before a judge Friday as he faces murder charges in the death of an Atlanta mother.",
"He had arrived in Atlanta the previous night, extradited from California, where he was arrested.",
"Only his attorney appeared before Magistrate Judge Maureen Malone on Friday.",
"The 23-year-old former basketball player's next court date is September 30, Fulton County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Tracy Flanagan said.",
"He will remain in Fulton County Jail in the meantime.",
"Crittenton is charged with homicide murder, felony murder and intent to commit aggravated murder, Flanagan said.",
"He was arrested in late August at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, on a fugitive warrant.",
"Atlanta investigators say Julian Jones, 22, was killed in a drive-by shooting August 19.",
"The mother of four may not have been the target of the shooting, Atlanta police told CNN affiliate WSB.",
"Police believe Crittenton may have been targeting a man who stole jewelry from him.",
"Jones was walking with two men when she was shot, the affiliate reported.",
"Police believe one of the men with her was the target, the affiliate reported.",
"Crittenton, who played for Georgia Tech before going professional, was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in 2007 and then traded to the Memphis Grizzlies.",
"He was picked up by the Washington Wizards in December 2008, but he was suspended and later released by the NBA in 2010 after a gun-related incident involving teammate Gilbert Arenas."
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"He is charged with murder in the death of a mother of four in Atlanta .",
"He starrred at Georgia Tech and was drafted by the L.A. Lakers ."
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"(CNN) -- Rugby World Cup hosts New Zealand ran in 13 tries as they recorded a commanding 83-7 victory over Japan in Hamilton on Friday.",
"The Pool A match was all but over by half-time, with the All Blacks registering six unanswered tries to head into the interval at the Waikato Stadium with a 38-0 advantage.",
"With their second triumph of the tournament assured, Graham Henry's team continued to press in the second period and added a further seven tries to complete a resounding success.",
"Japan, who have participated in every edition of the World Cup and are coached by former New Zealand wing John Kirwan, had little reason to cheer, but did manage to touch down beyond the All Blacks' line in the second half through Hirotoki Onozawa.",
"The result left New Zealand top of their group, with a maximum 10 points from their two games so far.",
"For Japan, this was their second-straight defeat, after a 47-21 reverse against France, and they sit bottom of Pool A.",
"New Zealand wasted no time in opening the scoring, center Conrad Smith grabbing the game's first try after just three minutes.",
"The floodgates then opened as wing Richard Kahui, flanker Jerome Kaino and hooker Kevin Mealamu all went over to put the home side 22-0 ahead inside the first half an hour.",
"The Brave Blossoms were struggling to cope with the All Blacks, who are searching for a first world crown since 1987, and conceded two more tries before half time as both scrumhalf Andy Ellis and flyhalf Colin Slade, who also kicked 18 points in the match, both got in on the act.",
"New Zealand's pressure was relentless and after the break Kahui ran over for his second try of the match before center Sonny Bill Williams scored his first of the game.",
"Wing Isaia Toeava made the score 59-0 to New Zealand before Japan finally mustered a response through Onozawa's converted try.",
"Four more tries followed for New Zealand before the final whistle; hooker Andrew Hore, Ma'a Nonu and flanker Adam Thomas all contributing to the runaway score.",
"Williams' second try minutes from the end completed the rout for New Zealand, who will head into their September 24 clash with France, the team who eliminated them at the quarterfinal stage of the 2007 tournament, full of confidence.",
"Japan will continue their bid to advance beyond the pool stage of a World Cup for the first time against Tonga on Wednesday."
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"New Zealand thrash Japan 83-7 at the Rugby World Cup .",
"The hosts score 13 tries and have maximum 10 points after two games .",
"The All Blacks now face France, who eliminated them at 2007 tournament ."
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"LONDON, England (CNN) -- Life after the military can be tough for many war veterans who struggle to adjust to life after combat.",
"John Raftery accepts his Veteran Entrepreneur of the Year award.",
"But a scheme at The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University aims to provides business training for U.S. war veterans that will make that transition easier.",
"The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) teaches valuable skills that enable veterans to become self-employed and make their business ideas viable.",
"The EBV was the brainchild of Mike Haynie, a military veteran who spent 14 years in the air force before becoming an entrepreneurship professor at Syracuse, where his Dean is a Vietnam veteran.",
"\"Self-employment is a powerful path forward for people with disabilities, who may not have a way to plug in to traditional jobs,\" he told CNN.",
"\"We recognized that this was an opportunity to teach entrepreneurship to serve those who have served all of us.\"",
"John Raftery, 30, was in the Marine Corps between 1999 and 2003.",
"He left with post-traumatic stress disorder and told CNN that after leaving the military he endured a two-year \"desolate period\" when he was in and out of work.",
"Raftery attended the first EBV at Syracuse in 2007.",
"Two months later he quit his job and started his Dallas-based business Patriot Contractors, Inc. Patriot is now a thriving enterprise, with five employees and a projected revenue of $1 million for the year.",
"He returned to Syracuse this year to collect the EBV's inaugural Veteran Entrepreneur of the Year award.",
"\"It's been a lot of hard work but the program gave me the tools to do it,\" he told CNN.",
"\"Coming out of the military you lose part of yourself.",
"I was a Marine for so many years, and then I found myself back in the civilian world.",
"The big thing about the course is that it gave me the confidence to go out and do it.\"",
"The courses are open to veterans with a \"service-connected disability\" who have served since September 2001.",
"Haynie is proud of the fact that the program is funded entirely by donations from alumni and partner businesses with a stake in local communities.",
"There is no charge for attending the program, but places are limited.",
"Haynie said there were more than 400 applications this year for 115 places across the five schools, but there are hopes to expand the program.",
"Former U.S. marine Joshua Pitcher is another beneficiary of the program.",
"On his first tour of Iraq, with the Marines in 2005, Pitcher suffered a gunshot wound.",
"He returned for a second tour, but in February 2007 his team came under attack from insurgents and a grenade exploded inches from his head.",
"Surgeons in Iraq removed half his skull to relieve swelling in his brain, but the injury brought an end to his army career.",
"Pitcher's bravery earned him two purple heart medals.",
"Now 24 and living in New York State, he is trying to adjust to life after the military.",
"Pitcher told CNN he has found an alternative career in furniture making and now has a workshop behind his house.",
"Last week he attended his first session to help him on his way to building his furniture business.",
"The EBV has three stages -- an online module where students get up to speed with business fundamentals, an intensive nine-day \"bootcamp\" at a university, and a year-long mentorship from the EBV and successful local entrepreneurs.",
"Having completed stages one and two, Pitcher was impressed with the program.",
"\"You learn a lot on the course,\" he told CNN.",
"\"I had a business plan mostly set up before I went, but you're able to refine it, and that means you can actually hit the ground running when it's all done.\"",
"Syracuse University introduced the EBV in 2007.",
"Since then the EBV Consortium of Schools has been launched and UCLA Anderson, Florida State University's College of Business, Mays Business School at Texas A&M University and Purdue University all run the EBV program developed by Syracuse.",
"Elaine Hagan, executive director of Harold Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at UCLA Anderson School of Management, told CNN that veterans possess many of the qualities the school tries to instill in their MBA students, such as leadership, discipline and teamwork.",
"Haynie told CNN that a key part of the EBV is to instill belief in the veterans.",
"\"The program is designed not only to teach, but to inspire the students,\" he said.",
"\"We bring in world-class faculty, entrepreneurs from all over the country and business leaders.",
"We've had senators, congressmen and CEOs of Fortune 500 companies participate in the program.",
"It's sends out the message to the veterans that we believe they can really do it.\""
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"Marine Joshua Pitcher was wounded in Iraq and had to rethink his career .",
"He took part in the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities .",
"The program is run by five universities and teaches business skills to war vets .",
"\"It is designed to inspire the students,\" says program founder Mike Haynie ."
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"(CNN) -- There has been no change in NBA players' position in the face of an ultimatum from the owners as the two sides try to reach a collective bargaining agreement, the president of the players' association said Tuesday.",
"\"There isn't any player that wants us to take a bad deal,\" Derek Fisher said.",
"The league on Sunday gave the players' association until Wednesday afternoon to accept a deal after eight hours of meetings over the weekend.",
"Fisher said Sunday that the offer was not acceptable, and he reiterated Tuesday that the players' association is holding firm.",
"\"That doesn't mean we won't continue to negotiate,\" Fisher said at a news conference after a meeting of players representing all but one of the NBA's teams.",
"NBA Commissioner David Stern has said the newest proposal gives players between 49% and 51% of revenues.",
"If the players' association does not change its mind by Wednesday, the NBA will offer up another proposal -- one that offers players 47% of basketball revenues.",
"The current proposal says that if the league exceeds certain revenue forecasts, the players would receive 51%.",
"If it didn't, the share would fall to 49%.",
"But Fisher said Sunday that \"there'd be no way in the world we'd ever get to 51%\" under the provisions.",
"The players' association's executive director, Billy Hunter, told CNN sister network TBS that Tuesday's meeting was intended to spell out the details of the owners' proposal, which they were \"misunderstanding\" based on media reports that focused on the revenue sharing offer.",
"Once they heard the details of the proposal, he said, \"they were all horrified by it.\"",
"He said it would \"decimate\" gains made by players in recent years.",
"Hunter said he is likely to meet with Stern before the owners' deadline Wednesday to see if there was any movement in their position.",
"Fisher, during the news conference, said the players are confident an agreement giving players a better deal would still be possible despite the owners' ultimatum.",
"The NBA season has been canceled through at least November 30, and the two sides are hoping they can reach a resolution before more games are called off.",
"Stern has said the 2010-2011 season was not profitable for most of the league's 30 owners, who want cost-cutting help from players.",
"The league lost as much as $300 million last season, according to Stern.",
"One of the battles has focused on the owners' rejection of calls by the players' union for an average $7 million player salary in the sixth year of a new labor deal.",
"The current average salary is about $5 million.",
"Other big issues include a fight over a move by owners to gain the bigger share of revenues and whether the NBA will strengthen its salary cap.",
"The league's owners began a lockout of players in early July."
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"\"There isn't any player that wants us to take a bad deal,\" NBA players president Derek Fisher says .",
"Tuesday's meeting was to explain the owners' latest offer to player representatives .",
"The owners have given players a Wednesday deadline to accept the offer ."
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"(CNN) -- The struggle for women's rights against the backdrops of the Arab Spring and democratic progress in Africa will be recognized by this year's Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, at a ceremony unlikely to repeat controversy seen last year.",
"Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and Leymah Gbowee, a social worker and peace campaigner from the same country, will share the prize with Tawakkul Karman, an activist and journalist who this year played a key opposition role in Yemen.",
"The three, chosen \"for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work,\" will be honored in Oslo, Norway, during a program of events that culminates on Sunday in a star-studded concert.",
"All three will be interviewed by CNN's Jonathan Mann, a veteran of Nobel Peace Prize ceremonies, shortly after they receive their medals and $1.5 million in cash.",
"The interviews and concert, hosted by actors Helen Mirren and Rosario Dawson, will be broadcast live online and mobile on CNN.com.",
"Acts performing at the concert include David Gray, Jill Scott, rock band Evanescence and country duo Sugarland.",
"Johnson Sirleaf, a 73-year-old Harvard graduate whose political resilience has earned her the nickname \"Iron Lady,\" became Africa's first democratically-elected female president in 2006, three years after decades of civil war ended.",
"Crediting women with ending the conflict and challenging the dictatorship of former President Charles Taylor, she declared a zero-tolerance policy against corruption and made education compulsory and free for all primary-age children.",
"Gbowee, 39, led a women's movement that protested the use of rape and child soldiers in Liberia's civil war.",
"She mobilized hundreds of women to force delegates at 2003 peace talks to sign a treaty - at one point calling for a \"sex strike\" until demands were met.",
"Read more about this year's Nobel Peace Prize winners .",
"Although Karman, 32, emerged as an icon of change as Yemen was swept up in the tumult of the Arab Spring, the mother-of-three has long been active in campaigning for women and human rights.",
"Karman, the first Arab woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize -- and one of its youngest recipients -- founded the rights group Women Journalists without Chains, and emerged as a key figure in protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh's regime.",
"While Johnson Sirleaf's Nobel achievement has stirred anger among Liberian political opponents who claim recent elections were rigged in her favour, this year's Nobel Peace Price is unlikely to attract the level of controversy seen in 2010.",
"China and more than a dozen other countries, including Russia, Saudi Arabia and Iran, boycotted the event over the decision to award the prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, a key figure in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.",
"Read more about the Nobel Peace Prize .",
"Liu, who is serving an 11-year-sentence in a Chinese prison for what the government called \"inciting subversion of state power,\" was not allowed to travel to Norway to accept the prize, which China denounced as a \"political farce.\"",
"Awarded almost every year since 1901 (it has been halted during times of major international conflict) the Peace Prize has a history of contentious laureates.",
"Previous winners include former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who won alongside Vietnamese revolutionary Le Duc Tho (who declined the award), and the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who won jointly with Israeli President Shimon Peres and former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.",
"In 2009, the prize was awarded to U.S. President Barack Obama despite the fact he had spent less than one year in office.",
"Two years earlier, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore was a joint recipient in recognition of work highlighting climate change.",
"• Just hours after officially receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, this year's three co-laureates sit down with Jonathan Mann for an hour-long special interview.",
"The interview will broadcast live on CNN International and CNN.com on Saturday at 1600 GMT (11 am ET) and repeated on Sunday at 0300 GMT (10 pm ET Saturday).",
"• The concert in honor of the Nobel prize winners will be broadcast on CNN.com on Sunday between 1900-2000 GMT (2pm-3pm ET) and 2030-2130 GMT (3.30pm-4.30pm ET)."
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"Prize winners to be honored with a concert on Sunday hosted by Helen Mirren ."
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"Jerusalem (CNN) -- A Palestinian man shot in the face with a tear gas canister during a West Bank demonstration died Saturday morning, according to protest organizers.",
"Mustafa Tamimi, 28, was among dozens of protesters who gathered in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh on Friday for a weekly protest against the encroachment of a nearby Israeli settlement.",
"The protest turned violent when minor clashes erupted between Israeli military personnel and the protesters.",
"During the fighting, an Israeli soldier shot him from a close range with a tear gas projectile in the face, according to protest organizer Jonathan Pollak.",
"Tamimi was critically wounded and brought to an Israeli hospital for emergency treatment.",
"A photo of the incident appears to show a projectile fired in his direction from the back of an Israeli military vehicle.",
"Pollak, who serves as the spokesman for the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee that organizes the weekly protest, accused the Israeli military of acting \"in complete disregard\" of its own open fire regulations.",
"In a statement to the media, Pollak, claimed that \"soldiers often shoot tear-gas projectiles directly at groups of protesters or individuals.\"",
"The Israeli military said Saturday it was investigating the incident and referred reporters to its statement Friday.",
"In the statement, the military described the gathering in Nabih Saleh as a \"violent and illegal riot\" where protesters hurled rocks at Israeli security personnel who in turn responded with \"riot dispersal means.\""
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"They were protesting against the encroachment of a nearby Israeli settlement.",
"The protest turned violent when clashes erupted between Israeli forces and the protesters ."
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"(CNN) -- Unrest has spread across the Middle East and North Africa.",
"Here's a look at what has happened -- and what is happening -- in various countries: .",
"ALGERIA . Authorities in Algeria said Monday that they would lift a 20-year state of emergency in the \"coming days.\"",
"They acted after anti-government protesters chanting \"change the power!\"",
"clashed with security forces in the capital over the weekend, witnesses said.",
"The state of emergency was imposed in 1992 to quell a civil war that led to the deaths of what U.S. officials estimate to be more than 150,000 people.",
"About 100 protesters were arrested during the protests in Algiers on Saturday, according to the opposition Algerian League for Human Rights.",
"BAHRAIN . Protests were scheduled to take place Monday afternoon in the Persian Gulf nation of Bahrain, where at least three police officers and one demonstrator were injured in clashes Sunday, the state new agency reported.",
"The injuries occurred during an attack on a police station during protests Sunday evening, the news agency said.",
"After three officers were injured, police fired on protesters with rubber bullets, causing one injury, the news agency said.",
"EGYPT . Unrest persisted in Egypt on Monday even after an 18-day revolution toppled longtime President Hosni Mubarak, who stepped down Friday.",
"Egypt's banks remained closed Monday after protests by National Bank workers apparently drove out the head of the institution.",
"The nation's stock market remained closed until further notice because of turmoil in the banking sector.",
"In addition, current and former police officers continued a peaceful protest Monday in front of the Interior Ministry, saying they want higher pay, shorter hours, better benefits and more respect.",
"And some police officers told reporters they were ordered to shoot protesters during demonstrations last week and threatened with prison if they did not.",
"IRAN . Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched along Revolution Avenue in downtown Tehran on Monday, protesting the government of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, witnesses said.",
"The wave of people remained largely silent as they walked toward the capital city's Azadi Square, though some clashes between security forces and demonstrators broke out in several parts of Tehran, according to witnesses.",
"Security forces fired tear gas in some places and detained demonstrators in other areas of the city.",
"The Iranian government rounded up activists last week after opposition leaders Mehdi Karrubi and Mir Hossein Moussavi called for supporters to gather at Azadi Square -- the site of mass protests by Iran's opposition movement after the disputed 2009 presidential elections.",
"IRAQ . Thousands of people rallied this month in cities across the country, protesting rampant poverty, a 45% national unemployment rate and shortages of food, electricity and water.",
"Most recently, hundreds of angry demonstrators took to the streets of Ramadi -- about 60 miles (100 kilometers) west of Baghdad -- to protest the government's inability to provide basic services.",
"After the protests began, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced he would cut his salary in half amid the growing unrest over poor public services and water shortages.",
"State television also reported this month that al-Maliki would not run for a third term when his current one expires in 2014.",
"JORDAN . U.S. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, traveled over the weekend to Jordan, where King Abdullah II swore in a new government last week following anti-government protests in his country.",
"The new government has a mandate for political reform and is headed by a former general, with several opposition and media figures among its ranks.",
"The appointment of new Prime Minister Marouf al Bakhit was seen as an attempt to shore up support among Jordan's Bedouin tribes -- the bedrock of the monarchy.",
"Jordan's economy has been hard-hit by the global economic downturn and rising commodity prices, and youth unemployment is high, as it is in Egypt.",
"Officials close to the palace have told CNN that Abdullah is trying to turn a regional upheaval into an opportunity for reform.",
"LIBYA . There were calls made through Facebook for a day of peaceful demonstrations in Libya on Monday.",
"The protests come in the shadow of leader Moammar Gadhafi, who has ruled the country for almost 40 years and had expressed support for former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak during the crisis there.",
"It was not immediately clear Monday whether protests had taken place.",
"PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES .",
"Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's Cabinet submitted its resignations to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday, days after the announcement of new elections in September.",
"The Palestinian Territories have not seen the same kind of demonstrations as in many Arab countries, but the government has been under criticism since Al-Jazeera published secret papers claiming to reveal some of the wide-ranging concessions Palestinian officials were prepared to make in negotiations with Israel.",
"Negotiations have collapsed.",
"Abbas' Palestinian Authority holds sway only over the West Bank.",
"The militant Islamist movement Hamas controls Gaza.",
"SYRIA . As protests heated up around the region, the Syrian government pulled back from a plan to withdraw some subsidies that keep the cost of living down in the country.",
"President Bashar al-Assad also gave a rare interview to Western media, telling The Wall Street Journal for a January 31 article that he planned reforms that would allow for local elections and also included a new media law and more power for private organizations.",
"A planned \"Day of Rage\" that was being organized on Facebook for February 5 failed to materialize, The New York Times reported.",
"SUDAN . Demonstrators have clashed with authorities on several recent occasions in Sudan.",
"Human Rights Watch has said that \"authorities used excessive force during largely peaceful protests on January 30 and 31 in Khartoum and other northern cities to call for an end to the National Congress Party rule and government-imposed price increases.\"",
"Witnesses said that security forces used pipes, sticks and tear gas to disperse protesters and that several were arrested, including 20 who remain missing.",
"The Sudanese Embassy said that people in Sudan have the right to \"demonstrate as they wish\" but that \"some opportunists capitalize\" on incidents \"to inspire chaos or smear Sudan's image.\"",
"TUNISIA . The European Union's top foreign policy official, Catherine Ashton, met Monday with government and civil society leaders in Tunisia, the North African country where protests in December sparked unrest that has spread across North Africa and the Middle East.",
"After weeks of demonstrations that started in December, longtime President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the country.",
"Since then, Italy has complained about a wave of migrants from Tunisia coming into its territory.",
"YEMEN . Clashes broke out between pro- and anti-government protesters in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, for at least the third day in a row Monday.",
"About 200 anti-government protesters were confronted by about 300 counter-demonstrators, and the two sides threw rocks at each other and brandished daggers and knives.",
"Several protesters were arrested.",
"On Sunday, hundreds of anti-government protesters marched toward the presidential palace, but were blocked by security forces.",
"Protesters attempted to reach the palace on side streets, and riot police reportedly used force in attempting to disperse them.",
"Human rights group Amnesty International condemned the use of force in a statement issued Monday.",
"Clashes also erupted Friday night and Saturday.",
"Yemen's Embassy in Washington said the opposition coalition had announced its intention to hold a dialogue with the administration.",
"Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been in power for 32 years and has pledged not to run for re-election when his current term ends in 2013."
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"The winds of unrest have sailed through North Africa and the Middle East .",
"The demonstrations started in Tunisia in December .",
"The leaders of Tunisia and Egypt have resigned amid mass protests .",
"Protests happened Monday in Bahrain, Egypt, Iran and Yemen ."
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"(CNN) -- The liberation of St. Louis begins now.",
"Albert Pujols is leaving the city and you are free, dear people, to speak the truth.",
"No longer do you have to cower.",
"No longer do you have to worry about stern looks and furious retorts.",
"No longer do you have to tiptoe around the mighty slugger and his Ruthian numbers, fearful that he might say to hell with riverboat casinos and go elsewhere, someplace warmer.",
"No longer do you have to mindlessly utter the Cardinal company lines about all of Pujols' charity work and family life and what a wonderful person he is.",
"With Thursday's news that Pujols has agreed to a 10-year, $254 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Cardinals officials, players and fans are finally permitted say what has gone unsaid far too long -- that Albert Pujols is a pain in the rear.",
"I know. Albert loves kids.",
"And puppies. And kids with puppies.",
"He is a devout Christian who has written, \"My life's goal is to bring glory to Jesus.\"",
"His foundation raises large bundles of money to help kids with Down syndrome (and if you don't believe this, ask anyone associated with Pujols.",
"They'll tell you. And tell you. And tell you.). He has never, apparently, drowned a dog or shot himself in the leg.",
"Over the past 11 years, St. Louis' slugging infielder could do no wrong.",
"And yes, it helped that he averaged 42 homers and 126 RBIs while leading the club to two World Series titles.",
"And yet ... for the hundreds of people who work for the Cardinals, and for the majority of the thousands upon thousands of fans who have asked Pujols for an autograph or a handshake or the smallest of words, the three-time National League MVP is, well, terrible.",
"Having now covered sports for 17 years, I've witnessed few professional athletes who show greater disrespect and outright disdain for loyalists than Pujols.",
"He is a man who, during spring training, walks from station to station with his head down; who responds to \"Albert, we love you!\"",
"not with a smile or a nod, but with cold nothingness.",
"When people call his name, he almost never gazes up.",
"When people ask for an autograph, he doesn't even bother with a \"Not now\" or \"Try me later.\"",
"Instead, he turns to devices that men such as Barry Bonds and Jeff Kent perfected in the recent decades -- the steel-faced, how-dare-you-even-talk-to-me, ignore-the-world two-step.",
"It's not a problem that Pujols doesn't say much -- neither does Derek Jeter.",
"It's not that Pujols is intense -- Jimmy Rollins is certainly right there with him.",
"No, what rubs so many people wrongly is his frostiness.",
"Or, as one longtime Cardinals usher told me last March, \"How about looking up at people when they talk to you?",
"How about acknowledging that they exist?\"",
"During the waning days of last spring training, I stood alongside Pujols' table during the annual Cardinals Autograph Day at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida.",
"Admittedly, the event is one that no player enjoys; a contrived, goofy, strictly-for-the-benefit-of-the-fans labor of torturous obligation.",
"Here is a direct, play-by-play transcript from the opening minutes: .",
"Fan: \"Albert, great to meet you!",
"You're my favorite player in the world!\"",
"Pujols (not looking up): \"Thanks.\"",
"Fan 2: \"Albert, do you sign jerseys?\"",
"Pujols: (not looking up): \"No.\"",
"Fan 2: \"Helmets?\"",
"Fan 3: \"Good luck this year, Albert.",
"You deserve everything you get.\"",
"Pujols (not looking up): \"Uh-huh.",
"Thanks.\" Fan 4: \"Albert, my daughter loves you.\"",
"Because of his endorsement deal with Upper Deck, Pujols signed only pictures and baseballs (every other player signed whatever was presented to him).",
"To call him rude would be to personify an utter lack of emotion.",
"Pujols wasn't rude -- he was absent.",
"And yet, because baseball lathers itself in mythology, and because Pujols was St. Louis' Zeus, and because St. Louis clutches onto its ballplayers the way a 5-year-old clutches her American Girl doll, nothing negative could ever be said.",
"Truth be told, inside the Cardinals' clubhouse Pujols was, on his best days, pleasantly present.",
"When asked, younger players would praise his leadership skills because, frankly, that's what young players do.",
"Yet with last season's arrival of the affable, open, intelligent Lance Berkman, members of the team were able to witness what genuine leadership looks like.",
"Now, Pujols -- perhaps the most revered Cardinal since Stan Musial -- has pulled a LeBron James II, abandoning his adopted hometown when bigger bucks and a sniff of Hollywood came calling.",
"Whereas once he had a chance to stand alongside Ted Williams and Mickey Mantle and George Brett and Cal Ripken Jr. as legends who spent their entire careers with one franchise, now he is but a nomad -- richer, without question, but shockingly smaller in stature.",
"Though the idea of Pujols in an Angels uniform seems strange at this moment, our eyes will inevitably adjust.",
"And in St. Louis, I believe, so will opinions.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Jeff Pearlman."
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"Albert Pujols is leaving the Cardinals, and St. Louis should be relieved, Jeff Pearlman says .",
"Pujols may be worth a $254 million contract with the Angels, but he's a pain, Pearlman says .",
"Pearlman says he's seen few pro athletes who show more disrespect for loyalists .",
"Pujols was St. Louis' Zeus, and nothing negative could ever be said -- until now, he says ."
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"(CNN) -- At 44 meters long (145 ft), Hemisphere is the largest sailing catamaran in the world.",
"The makers of Hemisphere believe this is first catamaran superyacht to hit the water and could revolutionize the way people think about sailing.",
"But you'll need deep pockets to afford this kind of luxury -- the \"supercat\" costs more than $250,000 a week to lease.",
"It took more than three years for the first sketch of the vessel to become a reality.",
"Hemisphere made her debut on the world stage last week with Monaco as the appropriately lavish backdrop.",
"While it has taken longer than anticipated to build, those behind the project insist she is worth the wait.",
"\"The level of finishing and luxury of Hemisphere brings her to the category of a superyacht,\" says chief naval architect Marc Van Peteghem.",
"Peteghem believes those in the superyacht market are increasingly conscious of their environmental image and are turning to sailing vessels as a greener solution to luxury travel.",
"He says the catamaran is far greener than motor boats, making the most of nature, rather than fuel, to move.",
"Hemisphere's interior has been tailored specifically to the luxury market; 17 different types of granite have been used inside and 16 leather finishes have been applied, according to Burgess, the yacht's charterers.",
"There are also five spacious ensuite cabins to accommodate passengers with the main cabin featuring complete 360-degree views.",
"Hemisphere is decked out with a host of toys for the discerning seafarer to play with -- smaller speed boats to go water skiing and wake boarding, water scooters and diving gear, as well as a jacuzzi on the fly bridge.",
"It also comes fully equipped with the latest in diving gear to make the most of the boat's shallow waters capabilities.",
"The catamaran only has a draft of 3.1 meters, meaning it can explore areas previously out of bounds for superyachts."
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"At 44 meters long (145 ft), Hemisphere is largest sailing catamaran in the world .",
"Hemisphere's interior has been tailored specifically to the luxury market .",
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"Washington (CNN) -- The Air Force admitted Thursday that it sent more sets of military personnel remains to a Virginia landfill than it originally acknowledged.",
"Backtracking on initial information about how it handled the remains of American service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Air Force now says the cremated body parts of hundreds of the fallen were burned and dumped in the landfill.",
"Earlier, the Air Force said only a small number of body parts had been buried in a commercial landfill and claimed it would be impossible to make a final determination of how many remains were disposed of in that manner.",
"The Washington Post broke the story Thursday, and the Air Force now confirms that body fragments linked to at least 274 fallen military personnel sent to the Dover Air Force Base Mortuary were cremated, incinerated and buried with medical waste.",
"That procedure was in place between November 2003 and May 1, 2008.",
"The Air Force also said that 1,762 body parts were never identified and also were disposed of, first by cremation, then by further incineration and then buried in a landfill.",
"Congressman Rush Holt, D-New Jersey, Thursday accused the Pentagon of what he called \"willful blindness\" in not acting faster to identify and correct the problems and fully report them.",
"\"For years, this has been handled unceremoniously and insensitively and, I would say, dishonorably,\" Holt said in a telephone interview.",
"He said he had been asking the Pentagon for months about information about Dover, on behalf of a constituent whose husband was killed five years ago.",
"\"They don't get it. They don't understand the degree of dishonor involved in all of this,\" Holt said.",
"Last month, the Defense Department told the congressman that exact numbers could not be determined.",
"\"Without individual case-by-case review, the exact number of Service-directed disposition of subsequent remains cannot be determined,\" said a fact sheet sent to Holt in November.",
"\"It would require a massive effort and time to recall records and research individually.\"",
"When bodies are not intact -- for instance, in the aftermath of a crash or explosion -- a body may be released to the family before some parts have been identified by the Air Force Mortuary at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.",
"Families can elect to be notified when parts are identified or leave it up to the military to dispose of them appropriately.",
"Since the policy was changed in 2008, the unclaimed body parts are buried at sea.",
"An earlier report found instances of mismanagement and inadequate accounting at Dover, noting that some body parts were missing from the mortuary and in one case an arm was sawed off so a body would fit in a casket.",
"An independent group of experts is now investigating what happened at the mortuary and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has ordered the Air Force to look at how mortuary employees there were disciplined.",
"Two civilians were transferred to other jobs and a military officer received a career-ending letter of reprimand.",
"Holt pointed to how the United States spends millions each year searching for the remains of service members missing in action from previous wars, for instance in Southeast Asia.",
"\"That makes us proud to be an American, that we would do that,\" Holt said.",
"\"It is a level of response that honors our soldiers.\"",
"The mistakes at Dover send a different message, Holt said.",
"\"It sends shudders to think that we engage in this kind of desecration.\"",
"But at the Pentagon, aides to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Panetta is satisfied with how the Air Force responded in regard to the landfill policy and new information about how many of the American fallen were involved.",
"\"I think the secretary is comfortable with the way the Air Force has handled this,\" said Pentagon spokesman Capt.",
"John Kirby.",
"And Kirby strongly pushed back against criticism by Rep. Holt.",
"\"I don't think there is another federal agency in this town, I don't think there is another institution in this country,\" that understands more about how to properly treat the remains of fallen troops, said Kirby, tapping the briefing room table for emphasis.",
"Kirby said the Air Force is establishing a call center (1-855-637-2583 or e-mail dover.pm@pentagon.af.mil) so families of the fallen can seek information.",
"Until now, families may not have been informed if part of a loved ones remains had been burned and discarded with medical waste.",
"Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said Panetta was aware of the new reports.",
"\"The secretary supports the recent Air Force investigation and he wants to see all of this move forward in a way that allows the Air Force to do its work and to avoid the kinds of lapses we did witness, and those lapses were regrettable,\" Little said.",
"Later Thursday the Air Force said it was ready to apologize to any family that objected to the disposition of a loved one's remains.",
"\"We regret any additional grief to the families past practices may have caused,\" said Air Force Lt. Gen. Darrell Jones, deputy Air Force chief of staff.",
"\"We are prepared to apologize.",
"It causes great pain to know we have brought suffering to a family,\" Jones said.",
"Jones said only nine people have contacted a hotline seeking information about body fragments that may have been cremated, then incinerated and finally dumped with medical waste in a landfill prior to 2008.",
"Jones did not directly say that that now-abandoned policy was disrespectful.",
"\"It is certainly not the way we would have done it, looking back,\" Jones said.",
"\"That's why in 2008 when we saw that practice, we changed that practice.\"",
"He said that under current rules, body parts such as small fragments of soft tissue or bone are collected for \"retirement at sea,\" a respectful transfer of the remains to the ocean from a U.S. Navy ship.",
"So far since 2008, he said, only 14 urns containing body fragments have been disposed of at sea."
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"Mortuary at Dover Air Force Base handles remains of returning war dead .",
"New Jersey congressman says the Pentagon should have acted faster .",
"An earlier report found mismanagement at the mortuary .",
"Service members' body parts incinerated, buried with medical waste ."
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"(CNN) -- Taiwan's economy slumped 8.36 percent during the last three months of 2008, the government said Wednesday.",
"People line up to receive $108 U.S. dollars worth of shopping vouchers in Taipei, Taiwan, last month.",
"The island's economy spiraled into recession with its second straight quarter of economic losses.",
"For the third quarter of 2008, Taiwan's real gross domestic product (GDP), adjusted for inflation, slipped about 1 percent, according to the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics.",
"Behind the dismal economic numbers is a global recession that is sapping demand for the products Taiwan makes.",
"\"The types of exports that Taiwan ships to the West -- electronics -- are very severely affected, very sensitive to changes in Western consumer sentiment,\" said Frederic Neumann, a senior Asian economist for HSBC.",
"The GDP numbers are the broadest measure of Taiwan's economic activity.",
"A recession is defined as two consecutive quarters of falling GDP.",
"Taiwan's central bank, in a move to boost the economy, on Wednesday dropped its key interest rate one-quarter point, to 1.25 percent.",
"Since the end of 2007, the central bank has lowered rates by more than 2 percent.",
"In January, the Taiwanese government offered the island's residents up to $108 each to go shopping, in another attempt to stimulate the economy.",
"More than 90 percent of those eligible took up the offer, pumping about TW $86 billion ($2.6 billion) into the economy and sending shoppers to malls, officials said."
] | [
"Taiwanese economy now in recession now after second straight quarter of losses .",
"In January, government offered residents up to $108 each to stimulate economy .",
"Slump of 8.36 percent followed third-quarter slump of one percent ."
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"Orlando, Florida (CNN) -- The Florida A&M University Board of Trustees reprimanded the school's president Thursday for his actions in the aftermath of the suspected hazing-related death of a 26-year-old drum major.",
"The trustees also voted to allocate money to hire a public relations firm to represent the board during the hazing controversy.",
"By an 8-4 vote, the board chose to reprimand President James Ammons instead of putting him on administrative leave as administrators have done to the band's director, Julian White.",
"During the board meeting, FAMU Trustee Rufus Montgomery proposed administrative leave for Ammons because he said the university \"did not act\" following the death of Robert Champion, who died last month after a halftime performance in a football game in Orlando, Florida.",
"But Montgomery dropped the proposal, and the board delivered a reprimand instead.",
"As he argued to put Ammons on leave, Montgomery noted how the board of governors of the State University System of Florida took action before the university's trustees could.",
"\"It's been 19 days since the death of a student occurred, a death of a student that was in our structure of authority.",
"I'm being advised don't say anything that could put us in a bad position here or there.",
"What is right is right,\" Montgomery told the board Thursday.",
"\"This student was under our care, under our authority.",
"We did not act, we did not meet, we generally punted on this issue,\" Montgomery added.",
"\"I'm of the opinion the (State University System of Florida) Board of Governors stepped in to fill the vacuum, when they did not have to.",
"I believe that had we shown action -- prudent actions -- there would not have been a cause for them to have an investigation because we would have been conducting ourselves in a sound manner.",
"The board of governors stepped in in an attempt to do our job,\" he said.",
"No cause of death has been released in Champion's case, but police and university officials both have said they suspect it was related to hazing.",
"Prior to Montgomery's remarks, Ammons said his administration took \"these occurrences very seriously.\"",
"\"We have taken all the actions that are part of policies, practices and procedures in dealing with allegations of hazing.",
"Once allegations of hazing are (determined to be) true, they are immediately referred to our police department if it occurs on campus or to the Tallahassee Police Department if it occurs off campus,\" Ammons said.",
"Ammons said his administrators have \"cooperated fully\" with Orange County Sheriff's investigators and added that the school has provided grief counselors to the student body and heightened anti-hazing awareness.",
"White, who has served as director of bands since 1998, was placed on administrative leave with pay until the investigation is complete.",
"The university rescinded its earlier decision to suspend him, with termination scheduled for December 22.",
"The school also reversed an earlier decision to dismiss four students \"who received disciplinary action regarding a hazing incident with Mr. Champion,\" Ammons said.",
"CNN's John Couwels reported from Orlando, Florida, and Michael Martinez from Los Angeles."
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"FAMU trustees opt to reprimand president instead of putting him on administrative leave .",
"\"We generally punted on this issue,\" a trustee says .",
"Authorities are investigating death of drum major Robert Champion, 26 ."
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"(CNN) -- Liverpool are waiting to learn the extent of the injury which prevented captain Steven Gerrard playing in the club's 2-0 win at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, manager Kenny Dalglish has said.",
"England international Gerrard, 31, missed the match after picking up an infection in his right ankle, having only recently recovered from a groin injury which has restricted the midfielder to just four English Premier League appearances this season.",
"Dalglish also faced questions on the fitness of former England defender Jamie Carragher, who was ruled out of the match at the Hawthorns with a calf strain.",
"\"Carragher has a calf strain.",
"Steven Gerrard has an infection in his ankle,\" Dalglish, 60, told a press conference.",
"\"Steven was in my mind for the game today but it just flared up.",
"\"We are off tomorrow, so we'll have a more accurate idea on Monday or Tuesday when we return to training.",
"We will be more accurate next week than what we can be now.\"",
"Dalglish, who also managed the Anfield club between 1985 and 1991, praised the injured duo, while also expressing his delight at seeing his charges pick up three points without two of the team's most influential players.",
"\"We are certainly much better with them in the squad than out of it,\" he said.",
"\"They have done magnificently for this football club and they will continue to do magnificently for us too.",
"\"They will continue to make a contribution, even now.",
"I suppose it is a reflection on the strength of the squad when the two talisman figures are not playing and you still come and put on such a top performance.\"",
"Gerrard and Carragher are products of the Liverpool youth academy, with both players part of the team which earned a penalty shoot-out victory over Italian side AC Milan in the 2005 European Champions League final.",
"Dalglish will hope to have the duo available for the home match against Swansea City on Saturday."
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"Liverpool are waiting to learn how long injured captain Steven Gerrard will be out for .",
"Gerrard, 31, missed Saturday's win over West Brom with an ankle infection .",
"Kenny Dalglish was also without defender Jamie Carragher at the Hawthorns ."
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"(CNN) -- Xavier University and the University of Cincinnati both said on Sunday that they have suspended players in the wake of a brawl between their schools' basketball players.",
"The fight between the rivals broke out with just seconds left in Saturday night's game.",
"Cincinnati said it would suspend players Yancy Gates, Octavius Ellis and Cheikh Mbodj for six games and Ge'Lawn Guyn for one game.",
"Xavier suspended Dezmine Wells and Landen Amos for four games and Mark Lyons for two, the school said in a statement.",
"Senior Tu Holloway was given a one-game suspension.",
"\"I really apologize for what took place,\" Holloway told reporters on Sunday.",
"\"We're not thugs; we're not bad kids here at Xavier University.",
"We're all going to get degrees and we're incredible young men so I really apologize for what took place yesterday,\" he said.",
"Cincinnati athletic director Whit Babcock similarly apologized for the fight and said there \"will be zero tolerance for a repeat of this behavior.\"",
"\"We want to deal with this in a prompt and direct manner and send the message that we will not tolerate this from those who have the privilege of representing the University of Cincinnati,\" he said.",
"Video from the game, which was played at Xavier, shows players pushing and shoving as people try to keep the teams apart."
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"Each school suspends four men's basketball student-athletes .",
"A fight breaks out at a game between Cincinnati and Xavier .",
"Cincinnati says there \"will be zero tolerance for a repeat of this behavior\"\nAn Xavier player apologizes, says students aren't \"thugs\""
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"(CNN) -- Search and rescue teams on Friday were trying to reach an airplane that crashed with 18 people aboard in the mountains of western Indonesia, an air transportation official said.",
"Air traffic controllers lost contact with the airplane Thursday morning shortly after it took off from the Medan Polonia Airport in North Sumatra.",
"It was bound for the Kutacane district in Aceh province when it crashed in the mountains in North Sumatra, said Henry Bakti, Indonesia's director general for air transportation.",
"The plane was spotted during an aerial search, and it appeared to be largely intact, Bakti told reporters.",
"The condition of the passengers, including two children and two infants, was not immediately known, he said.",
"Nusantara Buana Air owns the plane, which operates nine planes and services destinations in Aceh from the Medan Polonia and Banda Aceh airports.",
"Airplanes are the primary mode of transportation between Indonesia's scattered islands.",
"In May, a plane that crashed off the coast of Kaimana killed at least 15 people.",
"Indonesia's poor aviation record has led the European Union and the United States to blacklist a number of the country's small airlines, including Nusantara Buana Air.",
"CNN's Kathy Quiano contributed to this report."
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"The airplane carrying 14 people crashed in the mountains in North Sumatra, an air official says .",
"The flight was bound for the Aceh province when it crashed .",
"Two children and two infants are among the passengers, the official says .",
"An aerial search spotted the plane, which appeared to be largely intact ."
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"San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN) -- The father of a 7-year-old girl abducted and killed near her north Georgia home this month said Sunday he is \"relieved\" to have his daughter back in Puerto Rico, where she will be buried this week.",
"A funeral for Jorelys Rivera will be held Monday in Penuelas, her father, Ricardo Galarza, said.",
"The burial will take place Tuesday, he said.",
"Services were held Saturday for mourners in Georgia before her body was flown to Puerto Rico.",
"Galarza told CNN last week that he last saw his daughter two years ago, when she visited for the summer.",
"She was supposed to visit for Christmas this year, Galarza said.",
"Jorelys disappeared December 2 near a playground at a Canton, Georgia, apartment complex.",
"Searchers found her body in a trash bin three days later.",
"Authorities have accused 20-year-old Ryan Brunn -- a maintenance worker at the complex -- of killing her.",
"Jorelys died of blunt force trauma to the head and was stabbed and sexually assaulted, according to authorities.",
"A date for Brunn's arraignment has not been set.",
"David Cannon Sr., one of Brunn's court-appointed attorneys, has said that his client will plead not guilty."
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"Jorelys Rivera's father says he is \"relieved\" to have her back in Puerto Rico .",
"Girl, 7, will be buried in Penuelas on Tuesday, he says .",
"Child disappeared December 2 and was found dead three days later .",
"20-year-old maintenance worker is accused of killing her ."
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"(CNN) -- Samuel Eto'o has rejected claims his move to Anzhi Makhachkala is all about money and claims he wants to transform the Russian club into a \"big\" team.",
"The former Barcelona striker signed with Anzhi, who hail from the war-torn Dagestan region of Russia, on Wednesday from Italian outfit Inter Milan.",
"The four-time African Footballer of the Year will be paid around $14 million a season for the length of his three-year deal with Anzhi said to have paid a reported fee of $30 million to seal the capture.",
"Eto'o jetted into Russia on Wednesday and joined up with his new team-mates in Moscow on Thursday as they prepare for the weekend match with Rostov.",
"Anzhi train in Moscow and fly to home games from the Russian capital -- a journey of some 1,250 miles.",
"At a press conference Eto'o, who has won the European Champions League three times, told reporters he was excited by his new challenge.",
"\"I'm impatient to play the first home game, but most important to take this project from the base and make it big,\" he said.",
"\"I never say how many goals I'm going to score, my intention is to be happy and make sure that people around me are too.",
"I think that when we are happy we can bring better results.",
"\"I'm happy that they have trusted me, with this project, I believe I can return to him (the Anzhi president) inside the field and outside as well, helping the club with good results.\"",
"In local paper Sovietsky Sport daily the Cameroon striker insisted his move was not purely about finance.",
"\"The project is very interesting, money is not so important for me, that's just part of football,\" Eto'o was quoted as saying.",
"\"It was always important for me to be happy -- and now I am happy.",
"I came to Anzhi because it is a new project and they are starting from scratch.",
"I am interested. I have won everything I possibly could have in Europe.\"",
"In a statement on Inter's official web site Eto'o thanked the club and its president, Massimo Moratti, for a \"fantastic\" two years in Italy.",
"\"I will never forget the affection of the Inter fans who made me feel like one of them and who always supported and helped me.\"",
"Meanwhile, English club Tottenham Hotspur confirmed Thursday they have signed Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor on a season-long loan.",
"The Togo striker spent part of last season at Real Madrid, where he scored eight times in 22 games."
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"Samuel Eto'o says he wants to transform Russian side Anzhi into a big club .",
"Cameroon striker has joined the club from Inter Milan on three-year deal .",
"Eto'o says his move is not about money despite his $14 million a year salary .",
"Emmanuel Adebayor joins Tottenham on loan from Manchester City ."
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"(CNN) -- Texas police on Friday released a composite sketch of a man they believe broke into the homes of four former members of the same sorority, then sexually assaulted them.",
"No name has been given for the suspect in the alleged break-ins and attacks, which took place between November 2010 and October 2011, according to a timeline from the Plano police.",
"Detectives, however, do have \"a definite DNA profile on the suspect\" after a crime lab report, the police statement noted.",
"Plano police in October released a video -- dated in April -- showing a man with a distinctive swagger who they believe is responsible.",
"Snapshots from that video were distributed Friday.",
"The alleged assaults occurred in the cities of Plano, Coppell and Corinth, all suburbs of Dallas.",
"The alleged victims -- all females in their mid-50s to mid-60s -- were alumnae of the same predominantly African-American sorority: Delta Sigma Theta, according to police.",
"They offered similar descriptions of their assailant as being a black male in his late 30s to mid-40s, weighing from 275 to 300 pounds and standing between 5 feet 7 inches and 5 feet 9 inches tall.",
"\"He made it obvious to our victims that he knew information ... about them personally,\" Plano police spokesman Andre Smith said this fall, adding that none of the women believes they knew their attacker in advance.",
"According to Corinth Police Capt.",
"Greg Wilkerson, all the assaults occurred in \"residential settings\" between 9:15 p.m. and 4 a.m. when the victims were alone.",
"The alleged attack in his city, 35 miles northwest of Dallas, took place on October 14.",
"The late-night setting, the fact the victims were often asleep and the alleged assailant's \"attempts to conceal his identity\" make it challenging to definitively identify the attacker, said Wilkerson.",
"Wilkerson said that the nature of the assaults suggest the alleged assailant was \"possibly suspecting surveillance, spending some time around the areas ... prior to the attacks.\"",
"The police captain said authorities do not know how the suspect learned details of the victims, speculating it may have been over the Internet, by accessing an old directory or noticing would-be victims with Delta Sigma Theta jewelry, placards or other paraphernalia out in public.",
"Delta Sigma Theta President Cynthia M.A.",
"Butler-McIntyre this fall issued a statement urging members in the Dallas area to take precautions.",
"\"To think that our members are being targeted is disturbing and extremely disheartening,\" she said."
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"Plano, Texas, police distribute composite sketch of the sexual assault suspect .",
"Four women in their 50s and 60s were allegedly attacked while at home alone, police say .",
"They were all alumnae of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority .",
"The alleged attacker, black and in his 30s or 40s, knew personal info about his victims ."
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"(CNN) -- The U.S. Secretary of Defense says any agreement reached that keeps American troops in Iraq past an end-of-the-year deadline to withdraw must include immunity from Iraqi prosecution.",
"\"If they want the benefits of what we can provide, if they want the assistance, if they want the training, if they want the operational skills that we can provide, then I think they have to understand that they've got to give us some protections in that process,\" Leon Panetta told sailors Friday during a visit to Naples, Italy, home of the U.S. 6th Fleet.",
"Panetta's statement follows news this week that Iraq's top political leadership agreed that a number of American troops should remain in the country to aid in training and security, though said it was \"unnecessary\" to grant U.S. forces legal immunity.",
"Panetta made the comments while answering a question from a sailor, who inquired about Iraq refusing to grant legal immunity to American forces and what it might mean for the future role of the U.S. military in Iraq.",
"\"This is obviously a very pertinent question right now as we try to deal with the issue of whether or not we'll have a future presence in Iraq,\" Panetta said, according to a transcript released by the Department of Defense.",
"The defense secretary said negotiations were ongoing between Iraq's political leadership, U.S.",
"Ambassador James F. Jeffrey and Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq.",
"Panetta said the meetings include discussions about what are the rights of American troops and what will be required in order for those troops to assist Iraqi forces in the future.",
"\"If you're going to play a large role in dealing with another country where it requires, as I said, a large group of troops to be on the ground and to be dealing with that country, I want to make damn sure that you're protected,\" Panetta told the sailors.",
"The U.S. has grown increasingly frustrated with the pace of the negotiations, which have dragged well past an Iraqi self-imposed August deadline to decide whether to keep troops.",
"The negotiations have been strained following WikiLeaks' release of a diplomatic cable that alleged Iraqi civilians, including children, were killed in a 2006 raid by American troops rather than in an airstrike as initially reported by the U.S. military.",
"The Pentagon dismissed the cable from U.N. investigator Philip Alston to U.S. officials, saying it had investigated the claims and found there was no merit.",
"Shortly after the WikiLeaks cable gained attention in news reports in September by McClatchy Newspapers, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered an investigation into the deaths outside of Tikrit.",
"U.S. officials have long said they believe Iraq may need help with training, counterterrorism, air defense, command and control and intelligence operations.",
"Any U.S. troops remaining to do those jobs might also need additional security forces.",
"The prospect of U.S. troops staying beyond the end of the year sits uncomfortably with many Iraqis, who have routinely questioned American motives following the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.",
"Radical anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose Sadrist political party is closely aligned with al-Maliki, has vowed to escalate armed resistance if the U.S. military does not leave as scheduled, a move that could destabilize the country should his militia repeat the bloody battles it waged against American and Iraqi forces during the height of violence.",
"Gen. Raymond Odierno, the new Army Chief of Staff, said last month there would be risks in leaving a large force of U.S. troops in Iraq.",
"A large U.S. force, he said, could provoke new claims of U.S. occupation and distract from efforts to develop the Iraqi military's abilities.",
"He would not comment directly on reports that the White House administration had decided to leave between 3,000 and 5,000 troops, should they be requested by Iraq.",
"Odierno, who served as the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said training of Iraqi security forces was not complete.",
"\"We need to probably be there to assist them at certain levels for a while,\" he said last month in a question-and-answer session with journalists at the Pentagon.",
"Panetta's visit to the Naples base was part of a trip that has taken him to Israel, Egypt and Belgium, where he met with NATO officials.",
"CNN's Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report."
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"Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says negotiations to keep U.S. troops in Iraq is ongoing .",
"Iraq's leadership has agreed to keep American forces in Iraq, but won't grant legal immunity .",
"Panetta says any agreement must include legal protections for U.S. troops .",
"Panetta made the comments during a meeting with American sailors in Naples, Italy ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- House Republican leaders will unveil a 21-page \"Pledge to America\" on Thursday that presents a \"governing agenda\" for what Republicans would do if they win control of Congress in November.",
"CNN obtained a copy of the document (PDF) Wednesday.",
"The plan focuses primarily on jobs and the economy, with a short reference in the \"preamble\" to the party's position on social issues.",
"According to the document, House Republicans want to permanently extend all the tax cuts due to expire at the end of this year, give small businesses a tax deduction equal to 20 percent of their income and require Congress to review any new federal regulations that add to the deficit.",
"The document lacks, however, a pledge against unrelated pet projects that members of Congress insert in spending bills to bring funding to their home districts -- known as earmarks.",
"Banning earmarks is typically a staple of Republican policy.",
"Some provisions matched positions of the conservative Tea Party movement that has helped defeat mainstream Republican candidates in several primary elections this year.",
"For example, the document calls for a federal hiring freeze on nonsecurity employees and requiring all legislation to include a clause showing that it is authorized under the Constitution.",
"Other items would cancel unspent funding authorized by the economic stimulus bill, roll back spending to levels before the stimulus bill and earlier federal bailout legislation and repeal the health care reform bill passed in March.",
"The document also calls for permanently prohibiting taxpayer funding for abortion.",
"Several Republican sources said there was no intention to directly address social issues because the electorate is so heavily focused on jobs and spending.",
"Republican leaders settled on a line that states: \"We pledge to honor families, traditional marriage, life, and the private and faith-based organizations that form the core of our American values.\"",
"This language was a late addition, according to a GOP source, after conservative Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana argued that social issues should be included in the document representing the agenda of House Republicans.",
"House Democratic leaders said the document showed that Republicans want to return to what they called failed policies of the past.",
"A statement from House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer's office mocked the GOP positions, saying they showed that Republicans pledged allegiance to hedge fund managers on Wall Street, insurance companies, the \"wealthiest of the wealthy,\" oil companies and big corporations that outsource jobs, \"with a recession and huge deficits for all.\"",
"The GOP document represents an updated version of the 1994 \"Contract with America.\"",
"That much shorter, 10-item document, with specific bills attached to each item that would be passed with a Republican victory, was rolled out on the steps of the U.S. Capitol and signed by GOP members of Congress and candidates.",
"The 2010 version has more than 20 items, including changes to how Congress works and broad policy goals such as tougher sanctions against Iran.",
"While it does contain legislative proposals, it does not include specific bills that would be introduced and passed if Republicans gain control of the House.",
"Introduced at roughly the same time as the previous contract, several weeks before midterm congressional elections, the \"Pledge to America\" will be unveiled at a hardware store in Sterling, Virginia, outside Washington.",
"A GOP lawmaker involved in putting together the document said House Republicans realize that voters are angry with both Democrats and Republicans.",
"The agenda contained in the \"Pledge to America\" is intended to convince such voters that their concerns are taken seriously by Republicans, who will act differently if returned to power than they did when controlling Congress during parts of the Bush administration, the legislator said.",
"CNN's Tom Cohen contributed to this story."
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"NEW: No pledge to ban earmarks .",
"Ban on federal funding for abortion, support for \"traditional marriage\" included .",
"Democrats call the GOP positions a pledge to special interests ."
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"(CNN) -- England striker Wayne Rooney has escaped further punishment after a show of petulance following his sending off during Manchester United's weekend defeat at Fulham.",
"Wayne Rooney confronts referee Phil Dowd following his dismissal during the defeat at Fulham.",
"But Rooney will receive a formal written warning from the Football Association after punching the corner flag when ordered from the pitch.",
"Rooney was dismissed for two bookable offences during his side's 2-0 defeat -- the second caution coming after he hurled the ball in the direction of where referee Phil Dowd wanted a free kick taken.",
"Although Rooney exchanged words with Dowd after being shown red, the official has confirmed he was not sworn at by the player.",
"An FA spokesman said: \"We have clarified with Phil Dowd that there was no abuse from the player after he was dismissed.",
"\"In relation to the incident when he punched the corner flag, the referee did not see that and we have written to Wayne Rooney reminding him of his responsibilities.\"",
"It means Rooney will only be suspended for one game, the Premier League visit of Aston Villa to Old Trafford on April 5."
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"England striker punched corner flag after being red carded by ref Phil Dowd .",
"Rooney must sit out Manchester United's home game against Aston Villa ."
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"(CNN) -- Airline passengers are already able to check in to flights, download boarding passes, select a seat on the go and keep an eye on the upgrades list thanks to recent evolutions in smartphone technology, and the options just keep growing.",
"A global industrywide Airline IT Trends Survey shows that more than 90% of the airlines surveyed are increasing their investment in mobile capabilities to ease the hassles of getting through the airport and improve the in-flight experience.",
"And the airlines are likely to find a way to generate revenue, too.",
"So what's a flier to expect from airline apps on the horizon?",
"In the not-too-distant future, you'll probably be able to rent a car, pay bag fees and use augmented reality to find the nearest airport bar through your airline's smartphone app.",
"Delta Air Lines is putting emphasis on improving mobile functionality.",
"While some airline apps allow travelers to make flight reservations (a feature that Delta has not introduced but promises is coming), the world's largest carrier is one of the few airlines that gives customers the ability to adjust travel itineraries from their mobile device.",
"Delayed Delta passengers who miss a connection now can immediately rebook a different flight and download a new boarding pass, all while in the air.",
"The airline has some new app plans up its sleeve as well.",
"Delta declines to give a release date for the feature, but it is close to unveiling a new tool where travelers can track checked baggage from their mobile devices, according to Delta spokesman Paul Skrbec.",
"(They can already do so on the airline's website.)",
"The airline eventually could offer other services on its mobile app that are already listed on its website, such as the ability to search for hotel and car rental reservations, Skrbec said.",
"GuestLogix, a company that creates onboard merchandising technology, is already trying to integrate these services into an airline app with the launch of its OnTouch Mobile Concierge platform, which it pitched to major airlines this week, a company official said.",
"The mobile app does not just offer access to itinerary details, but it also functions as a one-stop shop for airline passengers to make in-air purchases related to their trip, such as in-flight refreshments and arrangements for ground transportation, dining and entertainment in the destination city.",
"GuestLogix says it is in talks with most major North American carriers about implementing the OnTouch Mobile Concierge, which would likely be offered by airlines as a separate app from the ticketing-based ones that exist.",
"\"We are providing airlines with the opportunity to offer their passengers a streamlined experience,\" said Brett Proud, GuestLogix's executive vice president of new markets and products.",
"\"Disparity within the mobile channel is a huge issue despite the fact that consumers are increasingly expecting cross-platform integration and a consistent experience.",
"The fully integrated mobile platform that we have built allows travelers to check in to flights and hotels, view travel information and updates, and receive offers from multiple airline carriers, hotels and other services -- all at one time, and in one place.\"",
"The hope is the OnTouch Mobile Concierge will also allow airlines to generate new revenue streams by capitalizing for the first time on destination-related purchases.",
"But integrating outside products and services into airline apps is not the only way that airlines hope to customize the passenger experience while increasing revenue.",
"According to Delta's Skrbec, the demand is likely there for airlines eventually to offer add-ons such as standby upgrades and the ability to pay for extra checked baggage through mobile applications, but industry research suggests that offering those types of mobile transactions won't happen overnight.",
"According to a report released this year by Amadeus, a company that develops technology for the travel industry, ancillary services -- from premium seating to in-flight meals -- are unlikely to be sold on airlines' mobile platforms on a widespread level for another year or two.",
"So more add-ons and products will be available, but is help on the way for slogging through the airport?",
"American, United and Continental airlines currently offer airport maps in their mobile apps, with Delta soon to join them.",
"But the maps are generally useful only in locating gates; they don't offer detailed information on where to find food and shopping locations.",
"Augmented reality technology may come to the rescue here.",
"It allows users to point the camera on their smartphone at their surroundings and receive corresponding information about their current location, such as which restaurants and stores are nearby.",
"Amadeus's report estimates it will take three to five years for most airlines to find a way to integrate augmented reality into an airline app.",
"Airlines might take some cues from a new app released by Denmark's Copenhagen Airport this year, which became the world's first application to use augmented reality indoors successfully -- according to SITA, the app's developer.",
"The app allows travelers at the airport to access not just gate information but also details on surrounding shops and services, saving them time while trying to catch a flight.",
"Even when it comes to selling fares through mobile clients, a service that 85% of airlines in the Airline IT Trends Survey either offer or plan to offer by 2014, there is room for improvement.",
"Currently, airline apps only offer tickets with their specific carrier, and mobile customers can't take advantage of the flexibility offered by airline alliances.",
"\"Airline alliances, the Star Alliance in particular, haven't really kept pace with mobile developments,\" said Dennis Schaal, the North America editor of the travel tech site Tnooz.com.",
"\"Granted, creating a mobile app that brings in dozens of airlines would be no easy task, but there should be some kind of booking capability at this juncture.\"",
"The Star Alliance has two mobile apps available for download: one that offers airport information in addition to the ability to search and track flights, and another that is a fare finder for flights on the alliance's airlines.",
"The Star Alliance includes airlines such as United, Continental, Air Canada and US Airways -- which does not currently offer a mobile app.",
"But those airlines that fail to take the full leap into the mobile world will quickly find themselves in the minority.",
"Apps might not replace websites as the primary place where people purchase airline reservations, especially with new airline initiatives to integrate ticket-purchasing apps into social-media sites such as Facebook.",
"However, they're beginning to offer a level of customer service and convenience that has never before been possible in the industry, and perhaps could even transform the experience of traveling enough to create a new barometer on which airline brands will be judged in the future."
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"(CNN) -- Greece's economic turmoil threatens to topple the eurozone, shake the global financial markets and bring down the protagonist in the political drama: embattled Prime Minister George Papandreou.",
"Papandreou has been at the center of the financial storm in Europe, with his political future on the line after a turbulent day of political wrangling between the government and opposition.",
"As the 59-year-old comes under fire for his call for a referendum on the latest bailout package from Europe, the world is anxiously watching.",
"And uncertainty looms for a man surrounded by power from an early age.",
"Born in Minnesota and educated in the United States, Sweden and several other countries, Papandreou has seen the world as a student and a diplomat.",
"The son and grandson of former leaders, Papandreou is a product of Greece's political establishment.",
"His grandfather served as prime minister in the 1960s, a position assumed about two decades later by his father after he founded the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, or PASOK party.",
"During his first run for Greece's top job in 2004, Papandreou did not shy away from touting his family legacy.",
"\"I am very, very honored to have such a name,\" he said at the time.",
"\"It is a heavy responsibility, but it is the Greek people in the end who make the decision.\"",
"While his name is a political institution in the South European nation, his rise to power was hardly preordained -- considering he was born more than 5,000 miles from Athens, on June 16, 1952, in St. Paul, Minnesota.",
"His father, Andreas, joined the University of Minnesota faculty five years earlier as an associate economics professor, rising later to full professor before leaving in 1955 for a post at the University of Berkeley in California.",
"\"He was a most charismatic character: His eyes seemed to burn with zeal,\" Scott Maynes said of the elder Papandreou in a University of Minnesota economics department newsletter.",
"\"It bothered me that he seemed to see the CIA under every bed ...",
"But what impressed me most of all about Papandreou was the strong commitment he inspired.\"",
"The prime minister's mother, Margaret Chant, graduated with a journalism degree in 1946, from the Twin Cities university.",
"Six years later, the same year her son was born, she earned her master's degree in public health.",
"In a letter in the 1972 edition of the University of Minnesota alumni news magazine, Margaret Chant Papandreou explained how her family left the United States in 1959 and settled into \"political life\" in Greece.",
"She wrote then that she initially spoke little Greek, though her children -- young George included -- \"attended Greek schools.\"",
"Her friends, she said, tended to be educated in England or the United States.",
"And she particularly bristled at what she deemed Greece's \"machismo\" culture, and the tendency of men in authority to demean and unfairly punish women who spoke out.",
"\"They detested me,\" Chant Papandreou recalled of those aligned against her and her husband.",
"\"I had 'mingled too much in politics,' they declared...",
"If I weren't in the fight for the liberation of Greece, I'd surely be in the fight for the liberation of Greek women.\"",
"The Papandreou family's lives turned upside down following a military coup in April 1967, leading to a globe-trotting existence evident in the schools the prime minister attended including in Illinois, Stockholm and Toronto.",
"Papandreou also attended Amherst College, a small and prestigious liberal arts institution in central Massachusetts where he roomed with Antonis Samaras, according to Amherst's news office.",
"Samaras would later become his primary political rival as the leader of Greece's conservative New Democracy party.",
"He has described the prime minister as untrustworthy and demanded he resign and call for snap elections in six weeks.",
"After attending schools in far-flung cities, he eventually returned to Greece and immersed himself in politics.",
"He first won election to parliament in 1981 and within a few years, he was a key figure in his father's PASOK's party.",
"While still a parliamentary member, he assumed several ministerial positions where he coordinated the government's unsuccessful bid to win the 1996 Olympic summer games.",
"After a short stint away from top ministry positions and fresh off heading Greece's winning 2004 Olympic bid, he emerged as a prominent international figure in the late 1990s.",
"He became a tested diplomat on various issues, including fostering positive relations with Turkey, boosting support for the U.S.-led coalition against terrorism and serving as a key figure in helping defuse a 2002 crisis involving militants expelled from the West Bank after taking refuge in Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity.",
"One of his biggest milestones came last month when he negotiated another round of bailout funding (and mandated austerity measures), worth about 130 billion euros ($178 billion).",
"It remains to be seen whether that agreement will be realized, or whether Papandreou will be in power if, and when, Greece turns the financial corner.",
"Journalist Elinda Labropoulou contributed to this report."
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"During his first run for top job in 2004, he did not shy away from touting his family legacy ."
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"(CNN) -- Claudio Marchisio's late double gave Juventus a 2-0 win over reigning champions AC Milan Sunday to go back to the top of the Serie A standings.",
"The game in Turin looked set to end in a draw until Marchisio scored three minutes from time then added a late second to seal three points which put Juve ahead of Udinese on goal scored.",
"Defeat continued Milan's poor start to the campaign and they lanquish in 15th, two places and a point ahead of arch-rivals Inter.",
"Juventus created a number of openings to break the deadlock but with the clock counting down made the breakthrough.",
"Marchisio went for a one-two with Mirko Vucinic but in trying to intercept Milan's Daniele Bonera only succeeded in slamming the ball onto Marchisio's foot and into the net.",
"In injury time, Marchisio beat Christian Abbiati with a long range strike which the goalkeeper should have saved.",
"Earlier, Udinese kept pace with a 2-0 win over Bologna as Mehdi Benatia gave them the lead on 29 minutes.",
"Captain Antonio Di Natale scored the second from the penalty spot after Pablo Armero had been fouled.",
"Napoli are a point behind in third following a fine 3-0 win at 10-man Inter Saturday.",
"Meanwhile in the German Bundesliga Sunday, coach Huub Stevens made a winning start for Schalke as they won 2-1 at Hamburg.",
"Klaas Jan Huntelaar opened the scoring after 13 minutes only for Mladen Petric to level seven minutes before the break.",
"Dutch ace Huntelaar grabbed the winner with 17 minutes left.",
"In the other match played, Werder Bremen failed in their bid to join Bayern Munich at the top of the table as they were beaten 3-2 by Hanover.",
"Mohammed Abdellaoue scored a hat-trick for Hanover, who held on despite a late Claudio Pizarro goal for Bremen."
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"Claudio Marchisio scored two late goals to give Juve a crucial win .",
"Udinese are second on goals scored after beating Bologna 2-0 .",
"Huub Stevens makes winning start as Schalke coach in Bundesliga ."
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"(CNN) -- A federal judge on Monday blocked implementation of a law that would have mandated tobacco companies include on cigarette packages graphic pictures and messages showing the dangers of smoking.",
"\"This case poses a constitutional challenge to a bold new tact (sic) by the Congress, and the FDA, in their obvious and continuing efforts to minimize, if not eradicate, tobacco use in the United States,\" concluded U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon, who cited First Amendment rights against unconstitutionally compelled speech as a factor in his 29-page decision.",
"\"Notwithstanding the potential legal and financial ramifications of this challenge, the Government, for reasons known only to itself, is unwilling to voluntarily stay the effective date of this Rule until the Judicial Branch can appropriately review the constitutionality of the Government's novel -- and costly -- approach to regulating tobacco packaging and advertising.",
"Thus, this Court must -- and will -- act to preserve the status quo until it can evaluate, on the merits (and without incurring irreparable harm to those companies genuinely affected), the constitutionality of the commercial speech that these graphic images compel,\" Leon wrote in his decision.",
"Gallery: See the cigarette labels .",
"He said the tobacco companies had shown: a substantial likelihood of success; that allowing the labeling requirements to proceed would cause them to \"suffer irreparable harm\"; that \"neither the Government, nor the public, will suffer any comparable injury as a result of the relief sought\"; and that the public's \"interest in the protection of its First Amendment rights against unconstitutionally compelled speech would be furthered.\"",
"The 36 proposed images include a man exhaling smoke through a hole in his throat; diseased lungs next to healthy lungs; a mouth bearing what appear to be cancerous lesions; a bare-chested male cadaver with chest staples down his torso.",
"Opinion: Can scary labels, taxes end smoking?",
"Leon noted that the some of the pictures appeared to have been digitally enhanced or manipulated to make them \"evoke emotion\" and are not therefore \"purely factual,\" as the government had asserted.",
"Though Congress mandated the images fill the top half of the front and back of cigarette packages, Leon said the dimensions suggest it was trying to turn cigarettes into mini-billboards intended not to impart information about smoking but \"to advocate a change in consumer behavior.\"",
"In a statement, Matthew L. Myers, the president of Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, called the decision \"wrong on the science and wrong on the law\" and called for the Justice Department to appeal.",
"\"If allowed to stand, this ruling would make it impossible to implement any effective warning labels,\" he said, adding that Leon's ruling \"ignores the overwhelming scientific evidence about the need for the new cigarette warnings and their effectiveness\" and ignores First Amendment precedent that supports the right of the government to require warning labels to protect public health.",
"Myers noted that studies have shown that such graphic warnings are effective at \"informing consumers about the health risks of smoking, discouraging children and other nonsmokers from starting to smoke, and motivating smokers to quit.\"",
"FDA reveals bigger, graphic warning labels for cigarette packages .",
"At least 43 other countries require such cigarette box warnings, he said.",
"The law on the labels was to have kicked in beginning next September.",
"\"They serve the compelling goal of reducing the death and disease caused by tobacco use, which kills more than 400,000 Americans and costs the nation $96 billion in health care expenditures each year,\" Myers said.",
"Richard Daynard, a professor at Northeastern University Law School and head of the Tobacco Products Liability Project, said the case may not be resolved for years, and the matter is an urgent one.",
"\"Even a relatively modest percentage improvement or a percentage reduction in initiation or continued use will potentially save tens of thousands of lives per year,\" he said."
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"Court acts \"to preserve the status quo,\" he says .",
"Case may not be resolved for years, expert says .",
"More than 400,000 Americans die of tobacco-related disease each year ."
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"(CNN) -- Greece is in a state of political turmoil sparked by Prime Minister George Papandreou's call earlier this week for a referendum on the latest bailout package from Europe.",
"A confidence vote in his government is scheduled for Friday night -- in the meantime, uncertainty rules.",
"The crisis is unfolding as leaders of the G-20 group of nations meet in Cannes, France, for economic talks, amid fears that a debt default in Greece could send shock waves through the global economy.",
"So what could come next for Greece?",
"Analysts see several potential scenarios.",
"The vote of confidence in Papandreou's government is expected to go ahead as planned, despite discussions Thursday on the formation of an interim coalition or national unity government.",
"If he wins the confidence vote, he could claim a fresh mandate for his ruling Socialist PASOK party -- although even some within his party think its days in charge are numbered.",
"Senior PASOK lawmaker Tilemachos Chytiris told Greek state TV channel ERT that ideally Papandreou would win the vote, but a national unity government would then be formed.",
"If he loses the vote, the government would go into caretaker status until early elections can be held, said Heather Conley, senior fellow and director of the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state.",
"\"What's a foregone conclusion is that Papandreou would have to step down and allow a technocratic government that would receive the full support of parliament to be that caretaker,\" she said.",
"In another scenario, the leader of the main opposition New Democracy party said Thursday that his party could enter a coalition government with the PASOK party, as an interim stage leading to new elections.",
"Papandreou's office said he is prepared to enter a national unity government with the opposition, but rejected the condition that early elections be held.",
"Opposition leader Antonis Samaras later Thursday said Papandreou should step down and called for snap elections within six weeks.",
"Under Greek law, a vote cannot be held until at least 30 days after elections are called, meaning that the Greek people would go to the polls in early December at the soonest.",
"In that case, it would be likely that the conservatives would win the most votes but would not have a parliamentary majority, forcing them to form a coalition government, said Kostas Gemenis, an assistant professor of politics at the University of Twente in the Netherlands.",
"That coalition could include far-right parties or PASOK, but with the New Democracy lawmakers in the driver's seat.",
"The conservatives have said Greece needs to bargain harder with Europe on any deal.",
"Another scenario is that PASOK and the conservatives join in a longer-term grand coalition, or unity, government.",
"That option would give greater stability, as it would avoid elections, and could ensure that Greece stayed in the euro and the European Union, said Gemenis.",
"As for the planned referendum, the likelihood of it taking place appears to be diminishing.",
"Papandreou told his Cabinet Thursday he was backing off from a referendum vote because the opposition New Democracy party had agreed to the need to pass austerity measures required by the bailout.",
"And the office of Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos said Friday he had confirmed to the European Commission that the referendum had been scrapped.",
"That news would certainly come as a relief to Europe's leaders.",
"German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned Papandreou in Cannes Wednesday that Greece would have to leave the euro zone if voters rejected the bailout plan.",
"But Greece could find it hard to put the cat back in the bag now it's been allowed out, Conley said.",
"Although some observers say the referendum will not survive if Papandreou does not, she foresees a scenario where the Greek people demand a say in decisions that will affect them, and their country, for decades.",
"She warns it could also lead to the governments of other countries, such as the United Kingdom and Italy, facing calls for difficult decisions to be put them to a referendum.",
"The recent crisis has prompted talk of a \"democracy deficit,\" she said, as people in the different countries within the European Union complain that they have no say in important issues.",
"Defiance of Europe's wishes would come at a substantial cost for Greece.",
"At stake is a deal that would wipe out 100 billion euros in Greek debt, half of what it owes to private creditors, and a promise of 30 billion euros from the public sector to help pay off some of the remaining debts.",
"That makes the whole deal worth 130 billion euros ($178 billion).",
"If its people vote \"no\" to the bailout plan, European leaders have made clear they will not hand over a sixth tranche of European funds from a previously agreed bailout.",
"The Greek government is expected to run out of money in mid-November, and that 8 billion euro (about $10.9 billion) tranche is needed to keep it afloat.",
"There are already signs that Greece's domestic banking system is starting to seize up amid the doubts over future European funding, Conley said.",
"As for the euro zone -- the group of 17 European nations that use the euro as currency -- the top priority will be to stop the turmoil in Greece spreading beyond its borders.",
"Ahead of the G-20 summit, U.S. President Barack Obama made clear that the stakes were high for everyone and that \"contagion\" must be prevented.",
"\"The most important task for us is to resolve the financial crisis here in Europe,\" he said, adding that the United States will \"continue to be a partner with Europe to resolve these issues.\"",
"Paola Subacchi, research director in international economics at the London-based Chatham House think tank, said it was imperative that a robust firewall be put in place around Greece to stop other countries being dragged down.",
"Such a firewall would include a better-funded European bailout find and flexible credit for countries caught up on the margins of the crisis, she said.",
"She predicts that whatever the fate of Papandreou's government, Greece is likely to be in a state of political paralysis for some time.",
"Europe must put provisions in place to allow Greece to leave the euro, if that becomes necessary, with minimum damage, she said.",
"\"The priority now is to focus not on Greece but on the rest of Europe, in particular Italy, which is the country most likely to be affected,\" she said.",
"A joint statement from European Council president Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso at the G-20 reiterated Europe's commitment to keeping the euro zone above water.",
"\"Europe is fully aware of its responsibility in these difficult times.",
"We, as the world's largest market, have to play a major role in the global recovery,\" they said.",
"CNN's Elinda Labropoulou contributed to this report."
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"The main opposition leader calls for him to resign and for snap elections .",
"Greece has to accept tough bailout terms if it wants to stay in the eurozone ."
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"(CNN) -- October 6, 1981, remains etched in the minds of Egyptians who witnessed the assassination of President Mohamed Anwar al-Sadat at the hands of four military officers during an annual parade celebrating the anniversary of Egypt's 1973 war with Israel.",
"In 1979, Sadat signed the Camp David peace treaty with Israel that won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the fury of many Arabs who accused him of betraying their cause.",
"In a tribute to the former \"hero of war and peace,\" as the inscription on his grave reads, Egyptian State TV ran footage Thursday of the assassination, depicting the moment Sadat stood in the pavilion saluting his killers while they fired at him as French Mirage fighters screeched over the parade grounds as part of the festivities.",
"Khaled El Islambouly, the lead gunman, was captured and executed.",
"Sadat's bullet-riddled body was rushed to the Maadi Military Hospital and the president was proclaimed dead at 2.40 p.m. due to \"intense nervous shock and internal bleeding in the chest cavity.\"",
"Talaat El Sadat, a former member of parliament and the nephew of the slain president, recalls the details of that grim day.",
"\"The president thought the killers were part of the show when they approached the stands firing, so he stood saluting them,\" El Sadat told CNN.",
"El Sadat claims his uncle refused to wear bulletproof vests and always confidently argued, \"I am among my sons.\"",
"An investigation uncovered evidence that the killers had plotted the attack with Al Gamaa al-Islamiyya, a Muslim Brotherhood offshoot that had failed ambitions of launching an Islamic revolution in the mid-1980s.",
"Aboud El Zomor, the leader of Al Gamaa al-Islamiyya, was convicted of plotting the assassination and spent almost 30 years behind bars before his release in April, among hundreds of political prisoners detained during President Hosni Mubarak's regime.",
"Three decades later, in his first interview with a U.S. television news organization since his release, El Zomor was unapologetic about being a part of the killing of Sadat.",
"\"Our role was related to assisting but not decision-making,\" El Zomor recalled in his interview with CNN.",
"\"All that we did, our role, is that we had ammunition that we sent\" to the assassins.",
"\"The idea was just to change and provide an alternative leader who could save Egypt from a crisis of the political dead-end we lived in then,\" El Zomor explained.",
"\"I intended complete change, not just the murder of Sadat.\"",
"He cheered the January 25 revolution that ousted Mubarak on February 11 and felt \"jealous\" that his own religious revolution did not succeed.",
"He also claimed that Al Gamaa al-Islamiyya has renounced its military arm because there was \"no need to fight the oppression of the former Mubarak regime.\"",
"The fall of regimes almost always comes with the unveiling of secret documents and conspiracy theories.",
"Sadat's assassination was recently revisited by his daughter, Roqaya al-Sadat, a month after Mubarak was toppled.",
"She filed a case in March at the general prosecutor's office claiming new evidence had emerged implicating Mubarak, who was Sadat's vice president.",
"\"The lead gunman's machine gun jammed and he reached in the vehicle for another gun,\" said Talaat El Sadat.",
"He demands an explanation to how guns without their safety pins were smuggled in.",
"\"Where was my uncle's elite security all this time?\"",
"\"The answer (to all of this) is Hosni Mubarak.",
"He benefits the most from the killing, assisted by the Americans and the Israelis,\" El Sadat said.",
"Meanwhile, the peace with Israel that Sadat worked relentlessly to achieve may be at the brink of collapse.",
"Anti-Israeli sentiment in Egypt in the past few months has been its most violent since the times of Sadat, as highlighted by the pro-democracy protesters who breached the Israeli Embassy on September 9.",
"The same protesters who brought down the Mubarak regime insist on ending the exports of gas to Israel and many call for the cancellation of the Camp David Peace Treaty after an incident on the Israeli-Egyptian border left five Egyptian soldiers dead."
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"Sadat's daughter has implicated Hosni Mubarak .",
"Relations with Israel have deteriorated this year ."
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"Philadelphia (CNN) -- Boxing great Joe Frazier, who went toe to toe three times with Muhammad Ali, including the famous \"Thrilla in Manila\" fight, is seriously ill with liver cancer and is in a hospice, his personal and business manager said Saturday.",
"Frazier, 67, is in a Philadelphia facility, manager Leslie Wolff said.",
"The former heavyweight champion was diagnosed just four or five weeks ago.",
"\"He's a true gentleman,\" Wolff said.",
"\"Along with Muhammad Ali, (he is) one of the two most recognizable athletes in the world.\"",
"Frazier, nicknamed \"Smokin' Joe,\" used his devastating left hook with impunity during his professional career, retiring with a 32-4-1 record.",
"Frazier, the son of a South Carolina sharecropper, boxed during the glory days of the heavyweight division, going up against greats George Foreman, Oscar Bonavena, Joe Bugner and Jimmy Ellis.",
"But it was his three much-hyped fights against Ali that helped seal his legend.",
"Frazier bested Ali at 1971's \"Fight of the Century\" at Madison Square Garden.",
"In the 15th round, Frazier landed perhaps the most famous left hook in history, catching Ali on the jaw and dropping the former champ for a four-count, according to Frazier's bio at the International Boxing Hall of Fame.",
"Frazier left the ring still the champ after handing Ali his first professional defeat.",
"SI: Top 10 greatest fights of all time .",
"Ali won a 12-round decision in a January 1974 rematch, setting the stage for the classic \"Thrilla in Manila\" just outside the Philippine capital in 1975.",
"Ali took the early rounds, but Frazier rebounded before losing the last five rounds.",
"By the end of the 14th, Frazier's eyes were nearly swollen shut, and his corner stopped the bout, according to the biography.",
"Later, Ali said, \"It was the closest I've come to death.\"",
"Fans and well-wishers were encouraged to post their thoughts and prayers at joefrazierscorner.com.",
"CNN's Chuck Johnston contributed to this report."
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"He was recently diagnosed and is in a Philadelphia hospice .",
"Frazier fought Muhammad Ali three times in the 1970s ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- The White House position on extraterrestrials is now clear: aliens haven't contacted Earth, but that doesn't mean the U.S. government isn't looking for them.",
"\"The U.S. government has no evidence that any life exists outside our planet, or that an extraterrestrial presence has contacted or engaged any member of the human race,\" wrote Phil Larson of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy in a blog post on the White House website.",
"The response went on to say that even though there is no proof that life exists outside Earth, \"that doesn't mean the subject of life outside our planet isn't being discussed or explored,\" he said .",
"The petitions were submitted through \"We the People,\" a White House initiative that promises a White House response to any petition that can garner 5,000 signatures in 30 days.",
"This response by the White House satisfies the demands of two petitions, one of which garnered over 12,000 signatures.",
"That petition called on the White House to \"formally acknowledge an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race.\"",
"\"Hundreds of military and government agency witnesses have come forward with testimony confirming this extraterrestrial presence,\" stated the petition.",
"\"Opinion polls now indicate more than 50% of the American people believe there is an extraterrestrial presence and more than 80% believe the government is not telling the truth about this phenomenon.",
"The people have a right to know.",
"The people can handle the truth.\"",
"According to the White House, however, \"there is no credible information to suggest that any evidence is being hidden from the public's eye.\"",
"But Larson indicated that a host of government agencies are working \"toward the goal of understanding if life can or does exist off Earth,\" including the Mars Science Laboratory, SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Kepler, the NASA spacecraft.",
"And even though the White House was clear that there is no credible evidence that aliens have contacted earth, Larson did point out that the odds are in favor of extraterrestrial existence, but not contact.",
"\"Many scientists and mathematicians... have come to the conclusion that the odds are pretty high that somewhere among the trillions and trillions of stars in the universe there is a planet other than ours that is home to life,\" wrote Larson.",
"\"However, that the odds of us making contact with any of them — especially any intelligent ones — are extremely small, given the distances involved.\""
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"The U.S. government says there's no evidence of life outside our planet .",
"Thousands sign a petition asking for a government response on alien contact .",
"Many Americans believe in an extraterrestrial presence ."
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"(CNN) -- \"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3\" continues the franchise's tradition of high action, detailed fighting and a highly competitive multiplayer mode while still trying to let players play the way they want.",
"The latest in the wildly successful series hits all the right notes in both its cinematic single-player campaign and its intense multiplayer mode.",
"They also bring back the \"Special Ops\" mode from \"Modern Warfare 2,\" combining the best of both.",
"The single-player campaign, while short, takes you hopping around the globe to major cities in the world's most powerful countries.",
"Instead of battling in traditional hotspots (i.e., locales like Afghanistan), the story puts the player in Manhattan, London and Berlin to name a few.",
"Each city is richly detailed and the combat, against opponents run by a smart artificial-intelligence program, is intense.",
"The pacing from city to city varies based on mission and storyline presented in each location.",
"One city will be frantic while another city might be a bit slower.",
"But all are engaging. There are some unexpected, and tragic, moments played out in the single-player campaign's story.",
"But they combine to bring the \"Modern Warfare\" story to a satisfying end.",
"I wish it would have lasted longer, but the plot flowed nicely.",
"The \"Special Ops\" mode takes the intense AI from the single-player game and adds elements that are usually found in multiplayer action.",
"Creative strategist Robert Bowling said the development team wanted to give people who normally only tackle the single-player campaign the opportunity to experience some of the rewards only found during online multiplayer play.",
"\"We noticed there were a lot of experiences that you were missing out on if you only played single player or, vice versa, you only played multiplayer,\" Bowling said.",
"\"We wanted to find a platform that allowed the type of player from each of those to have those shared experiences rather than missing out because it wasn't their style of play.\"",
"Sixteen missions tie in to the campaign.",
"Along the way, players earn credit for achievements like kill streaks and customizing weapons.",
"There's a progressive ranking system that lets even the most \"lone wolf\" player climb up the leaderboard.",
"The Survival mode is particularly grueling, with wave after wave of opponents coming after you.",
"The core of the multiplayer action stays pretty true to the franchise's roots.",
"Huge battles, lots of action and an experience-point system keep players involved and interested.",
"Most of the modes remain the same with one new additional mode.",
"Collecting tags from dead bodies adds a cool twist to straightforward killing of an opponent and actually promotes teamwork, something that's lacking from time to time in multiplayer action.",
"There are 16 new maps to set the scene of your victories.",
"Bowling said there are 30 million players who have played \"Call of Duty\" online and a new Elite program will help provide stats, tips and bring together the franchise community without dividing them among consoles.",
"He also tweeted on Day One that the game's makers have already had to ban gamers from leaderboards -- and from playing altogether -- for trying to play unfairly or artificially boost their rankings.",
"While the multiplayer mode hasn't changed much, it never really needed to.",
"The \"Modern Warfare\" franchise has a great track record of addictive online play that remains enjoyable and exciting.",
"Fast and furious multiplayer action, a cinematic single-player campaign and a Special Ops mode offering the experience of both takes \"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3\" to the top of the class.",
"At least until the next one comes out.",
"\"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3\" is available now for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.",
"It is rated M for mature due to blood and gore, drug references, intense violence and strong language.",
"This review was done using the Xbox 360 version."
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"Special Ops mode takes the AI from single player, adds elements from multiplayer action .",
"There are 16 new maps to set the scene during multipayer action ."
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"(CNN) -- Left-leaning Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega easily won re-election with more than double the votes of his closest rival, election officials said on Monday, amid complaints of voting irregularities.",
"With 85% of the ballots counted, the incumbent had 62.6% of the vote, versus Fabio Gadea's 30.9%.",
"\"I want to congratulate the current president,\" Roberto Rivas, president of the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE), told reporters.",
"Opposition leaders have criticized Sunday's vote and Gadea, Ortega's closest rival, refused to accept the results.",
"He was known until recently as a radio-station owner and journalist and as creator of the popular Nicaraguan radio character \"Pancho Madrigal.\"",
"\"We can't accept the results presented by the CSE as they don't reflect the will of the people,\" Gadea said.",
"According to opposition leader Eliseo Nunez of the Liberal Independent Party, 20% of election observers had been stopped from entering polling stations.",
"\"This has been a process plagued with irregularities,\" he said.",
"U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland similarly weighed in Monday on reports of procedural irregularities and voter intimidation.",
"\"Frankly, if the Nicaraguan government had nothing to hide, it should have allowed a broad compliment of international monitors,\" she told reporters in Washington.",
"Placing third, with 6% of votes, was former President Arnoldo Aleman.",
"He was convicted of corruption during his term and sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2003, but in a controversial 2009 decision, the nation's top court overturned the conviction.",
"Nicaragua's constitution bars presidents from being re-elected, but that did not stop Ortega from running in his sixth straight presidential race.",
"Supporters of the president celebrated what was then his apparent re-election victory in the streets of the country's capital Sunday night.",
"He was first elected as president in 1984, and ran unsuccessfully in 1990, 1996 and 2001 before being elected again in 2006.",
"Ortega is known as an ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and was a public supporter of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi during the Libyan uprising.",
"But recently he has reached for the middle, making overtures to the business class and promising to lure foreign investors into the country.",
"\"Our government program is the one in practice now and the one we have to improve, strengthen (and) develop,\" Ortega said recently.",
"For his supporters, re-election guarantees that social and economic programs will continue.",
"They want to see more investment in infrastructure and technology, and more public housing, projects often financed through Venezuela.",
"Ortega came to power as part of the Sandinista rebels who overthrew the Somoza dynasty in 1979.",
"He represents the Sandinista National Liberation Front.",
"His detractors accuse Ortega of having too much influence over the Supreme Electoral Council and the Supreme Court of Justice, which allowed his candidacy.",
"Yet his popular support remains high, particularly among the country's youth.",
"\"The level of support shows a bit of a new generation that does not know the experience of the past, of 30 years ago, of the war that happened in Nicaragua,\" said Manuel Orozco, a senior associate at the Washington-based Inter-American Dialogue.",
"CNN's Lucia Navarro and Jack Maddox contributed to this report."
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"NEW: Daniel Ortega is declared the winner with more than double his closest rival's votes .",
"NEW: Opponent Fabio Gadea refuses to accept the results .",
"An opposition leader says the electoral process was \"plagued with irregularities\"\nOrtega's popular support remains high, particularly among Nicaragua's youth ."
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"(CNN) -- Federal health officials are expanding efforts to ensure no additional bacteria-tainted cantaloupes get to consumers in what has become the deadliest U.S. outbreak of a food-borne illness in more than a decade.",
"The Food and Drug Administration said it has teamed up with state officials in the effort.",
"\"FDA and its state partners are conducting checks at retail stores, wholesalers and distributors to make sure they have received notification about the Jensen Farms' whole cantaloupe recall and that they have taken appropriate action to notify their customers and remove the recalled whole cantaloupes from the shelves,\" the agency said in a statement Wednesday.",
"Thirteen people have died in what has become the deadliest U.S. outbreak of a food-borne illness since 1998, according to records from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.",
"The outbreak -- blamed on the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes -- was first reported September 12.",
"It was traced to consumption of Rocky Ford cantaloupes grown at Jensen Farms' fields in Granada, Colorado.",
"What you need to know about Listeria .",
"As of Monday, it had grown to 18 states, 72 illnesses and 13 deaths, according to the CDC's latest statistics.",
"\"Because some of the wholesalers and distributors may have further distributed the recalled cantaloupes to food processors, it is possible that additional products that contain cantaloupe from Jensen Farms could be recalled,\" the FDA said.",
"\"There is no indication of foreign distribution at this time.\"",
"In 1998, 21 people died from consuming tainted hot dogs, according to a CDC database.",
"Food poisoning 101 .",
"In the current outbreak, four people who ate contaminated cantaloupes died in New Mexico, two each in Colorado and Texas, and one each in Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.",
"Public health officials also have reported illnesses in California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Montana, North Dakota, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.",
"Listeria can grow even at low temperatures and can also can take three weeks or longer to make a person sick, so more cases may emerge in the coming weeks, officials said.",
"Listeriosis causes fever, muscle aches, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms.",
"It is rarely a serious concern for healthy children and adults, according to the CDC, but it is particularly dangerous for older adults, people with weakened immune systems.",
"In pregnant women, it can cause miscarriages, stillbirth and premature delivery.",
"Pregnant women may experience only mild flu-like symptoms, said Dr. David Acheson, a former chief medical officer for the FDA who is now the managing director for food and import safety practice at Leavitt Partners, a firm which advises clients on health care and food safety.",
"Listeria can be devastating to a fetus, he said, particularly in the second or third trimesters, so pregnant women who may have been exposed and have any flu-like symptoms should see a doctor.",
"Symptoms can be more pronounced in the elderly or those with compromised immune systems, he said.",
"About 1,600 people become seriously ill because of the bacteria each year, the CDC reports, and about 260 die.",
"How to keep your food safe ."
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"Listeria can take three weeks or longer to make a person sick .",
"Tainted cantaloupes are linked to 13 deaths; 72 illnesses have been reported in 18 states .",
"It is the deadliest U.S. outbreak of a food-borne illness in more than a decade ."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- A man wounded Friday when a gunman opened fire at passing vehicles along a downtown street in Hollywood has died, a spokeswoman at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles said Monday.",
"John Atterberry died shortly before 5 p.m. Monday, according to Simi Singer, the hospital spokeswoman.",
"The music-industry executive was shot in the jaw at Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street.",
"The gunman, 26-year-old Tyler Brehm, went on the rampage that ended with his being fatally shot by police, Los Angeles police spokeswoman Sgt.",
"Mitzi Fierro has said.",
"An amateur video captured the scene of Brehm walking down Sunset Boulevard wielding a handgun and firing at vehicles, seemingly at random.",
"Brehm fired a \"significant number\" of rounds, police said.",
"He then returned to an intersection, where he was confronted by a plainclothes police detective and an off-duty police officer working on a nearby movie set, officials said.",
"\"At that point the police ordered him to drop his weapon and he pointed his gun at the police and an officer-involved shooting occurred,\" Fierro said.",
"Brehm died later at a nearby hospital, according to a police statement.",
"Christopher Johns recorded much of the incident from his apartment window and can be heard shouting at Brehm throughout.",
"\"Why don't you come up here?\" he yelled, later telling CNN that he intended to distract the gunman.",
"At one point, Brehm spoke with Johns, asking him for ammunition and to call an ambulance.",
"Fierro said it appeared Johns could interact with the suspect without jeopardizing his safety.",
"\"It appears from the video that he was able to distract the suspect and keep him from shooting at additional people before the police arrived,\" she said.",
"Police have not indicated that they know Brehm's motive.",
"Two others suffered minor injuries.",
"Witnesses were stunned by the shooting spree.",
"Amy Torgeson told CNN affiliate KABC that vehicles began \"swerving and braking,\" and she sought cover at a nearby bank.",
"\"A car drove by and he just shot right into the car,\" Torgeson said.",
"\"He was just shooting everywhere.\"",
"CNN's Regina Graham contributed to this report."
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"John Atterberry died around 5 p.m. Monday, a Cedars-Sinai spokeswoman says .",
"He was among three wounded during a shooting spree Friday in Hollywood .",
"Tyler Brehm, 26, went on the Sunset Boulevard rampage before being fatally shot ."
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"New York (CNN) -- As the Occupy Wall Street movement grew and touched even more U.S. cities Saturday, the mayor of the city where it began blasted many involved and claimed they were targeting the nation's financial sector and \"trying to destroy the jobs of working people\" in New York City.",
"The protest effort continued into its 22nd day in New York on Saturday.",
"Yet its spread well beyond that city, with its anti-corporation, anti-government message echoing in many places this weekend -- from Cleveland to Las Vegas, from Washington to Prescott, Arizona.",
"Open Story: See iReports from the protests.",
"Yet this growing fervor has been met, in some cases, by vocal commentary.",
"That includes New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who in a WOR radio appearance Friday said that city's labor unions -- many of whom swelled demonstrator ranks earlier this week -- depend on salaries that \"come from the taxes paid by the people they're trying to vilify.\"",
"The mayor did describe the city's unemployment rate as \"unacceptably high,\" and acknowledged that \"a lot of people are disaffected.\"",
"\"Some are legit, some aren't,\" Bloomberg said, describing the concerns of the demonstrators in Lower Manhattan.",
"His comments coincided with the city's announcement that 700 education workers will be laid off in an effort to close a budget gap.",
"They also follow recently released census data that shows New York's poverty level has increased to 20.1%, the highest in more than a decade.",
"The remarks drew criticism from Tyler Combelic, a spokesman for Occupy Wall Street, who claimed Bloomberg \"hasn't really represented all of New Yorkers.\"",
"\"The fact is there are thousands and thousands of us out on the streets, and he's not really recognizing that we're a movement,\" Combelic told CNN on Saturday.",
"\"We should be heard by New York politicians.\"",
"On Saturday, New York protesters set up a second base at Washington Square Park.",
"The park in Greenwich Village is about two miles north of Zuccotti Park, a private park that's been considered the main rallying point for the largely leaderless movement in the city.",
"A rally was held in Washington Square, followed by a now-customary people's assembly to discuss the movement and an art show Saturday evening.",
"Demonstrators won't stay overnight at Washington Square Park, unlike Zuccotti, because it is a municipal park with a midnight curfew.",
"As of 9 p.m., the New York Police Department did not report any related arrests.",
"The ambiguously defined movement against corporate greed and other social ills has spread to more than a dozen cities, spurred lately by support from unions and other groups.",
"\"Social and economic inequalities are the tipping point, and people are hungry for getting involved and trying to do something to change it,\" Jim Nichols, who has been involved in Occupy Atlanta protests, told CNN on Saturday.",
"\"It's almost like, I want the American dream back.\"",
"Even before Bloomberg's comments Saturday, the effort was stirring a growing number of strong reactions from public figures.",
"President Barack Obama, even as he defended the need for a vibrant financial sector, acknowledged that the protesters \"are giving voice to a more broad-based frustration about how our financial system works.\"",
"The No. 2 Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, Eric Cantor, meanwhile, slammed what he called the \"growing mobs\" who he claimed were \"pitting ... Americans against Americans.\"",
"On Saturday, U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel backed the demonstrators -- whom he has been visiting regularly over the past three weeks -- for venting their frustrations and exercising their constitutional rights.",
"\"Their dreams are being shattered,\" Rangel told CNN's Don Lemon.",
"\"They may be an inconvenience to a whole lot of people in that area, but people are going to sleep at night with an economic nightmare.\"",
"The New York Democrat urged \"more spiritual leaders\" to join a movement he claimed championed the poor and disadvantaged, saying \"there's no moral reason why they have to wait for something to catch on.\"",
"He also dismissed criticism that the demonstrators don't have a coherent purpose, saying despite their varied issues and lack of organization, their sentiments are raw and real.",
"\"They don't have to know what the solution is,\" he said.",
"\"There's one thing they know is (there's) something wrong when so many people are out of work, and we find the disparity with the very rich.",
"... Something is wrong.\"",
"Combelic, the New York spokesman, said the movement chiefly is trying to showcase \"active democracy and (show that) everyone has a voice in government.\"",
"He said the protests -- which have been associated with progressive causes -- are \"a rebuke of government, that includes the left and the right.\"",
"\"We're trying to broaden the discussion base.",
"... We're trying to represent 99% of the country that's felt disenfranchised over the past five years because of the recession,\" Combelic said.",
"\"(Politicians) have not come together, they've not compromised on anything, and there's a reason why there's (low) congressional approval in this country.\"",
"The demonstrations have been largely peaceful.",
"But in New York, some have been marred by scuffles with police.",
"Last Saturday, police made hundreds of arrests as demonstrators marched without a permit toward the Brooklyn Bridge, blocking city traffic for hours.",
"A week earlier, authorities detained dozens of protesters as they marched, also without a permit, through Manhattan's financial district toward Union Square.",
"CNN's Susan Candiotti and Ross Levitt contributed to this report."
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"New York's mayor says some protester concerns \"are legit, some aren't\"\nBloomberg says protests that target banks are also targeting critical tax revenue .",
"A protest spokesman says Bloomberg \"hasn't represented all of New Yorkers\""
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"Washington (CNN) -- U.S. Air Force investigators found \"serious misconduct\" in the handling of remains of the nation's war dead at the Dover Air Force Base Mortuary, the Office of Special Counsel said Tuesday.",
"At a news conference Tuesday afternoon, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz referred to \"gross mismanagement\" in some aspects of the mortuary's operations.",
"Schwartz said Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has appointed a panel to review operations at the Dover mortuary.",
"\"What I want to talk about is tough stuff.",
"Given the context of this, if I find difficulty in finding the right words, you'll understand,\" Schwartz said at the news conference.",
"The findings came after the Air Force conducted a year-long investigation into 14 allegations of wrongdoing made by whistleblowers involving the remains of four U.S. service members killed in action, the Pentagon official said.",
"Although some of the specific allegations were not substantiated, the official said several cases of concern were confirmed, including: .",
"-- Several instances in which portions of remains from troops killed in action were lost or unaccounted for.",
"It included losing an ankle that had been in storage and some bags that held other body parts and remains.",
"-- The body of a dead Marine being prepared for viewing by his family had a badly-damaged arm sawed off because it could not be arranged suitably for viewing purposes.",
"The bone had fused at a 90-degree angle, according to officials.",
"The report said Quinton Keel, a Dover mortician, had the arm sawed off without consulting the Marine's family.",
"The Air Force found no wrongdoing and officials say preparing badly damaged bodies can be very difficult.",
"But the federal Office of Special Counsel, which also investigated the matter, said the family should have been notified, according to a statement issued by that office Tuesday.",
"-- A Pentagon official confirmed that elements of the Army and Air Force were criticized for shipping fetal remains from military families to Dover in cardboard boxes.",
"At his news conference, Schwartz said the investigation began after allegations from three employees \"became known to us.\"",
"He did not identify the employees or their positions.",
"But the report from the Office of Special Counsel identified the three as James Parsons, Mary Ellen Spera, and William Zwicharowski.",
"The Air Force said all three are still employed by Dover Air Force Base.",
"\"The fundamental result of the investigation was that senior Air Force mortuary operations affairs officials did not meet standards in that they failed to act with clear indications that processes and procedures ... were inadequate to ensure accountability of remains,\" Schwartz said.",
"He said among their findings, investigators \"concluded that the loss of two specific portions of remains constituted gross mismanagement.\"",
"Those two cases involved the remains of an Army soldier and those of an Air Force airman.",
"\"In one case we have reason to believe that the remains were properly disposed of; in the second case, we cannot make that argument.",
"It is simply unknown what happened to the second set of remains,\" Schwartz said.",
"\"This gross mismanagement dealt with the fact that ... supervisors, of which there were three, failed to properly perceive and then act upon ... clear indications that there were systemic issues with respect to accountability of remains in the mortuary.\"",
"A Defense Department official confirmed that Keel, a civilian, was demoted to a non-supervisory job and now works in another area at Dover outside the mortuary.",
"Another civilian, Trevor Dean, a mortician and funeral director there, has been transferred to a non-supervisory job.",
"Col. Robert Edmonson, the mortuary commander between January 2009 and October 2010 when the incident occurred, was issued a letter of reprimand, which is usually a career-ending move.",
"Special Counsel Carolyn Lerner said the Air Force hasn't taken \"sufficient disciplinary action against the officials responsible for wrongdoing,\" the OSC statement said.",
"But Schwartz said that he did not believe the situations cited in the report were intentional.",
"He emphasized that \"this was difficult work, 24/7.",
"And while their performance did not meet standards, this was not a deliberate act, in my personal view.\"",
"The Air Force said it is improving procedures at Dover but admitted that \"the mortuary staff failed to maintain accountability while processing remains for three service members.\"",
"\"While it is likely that the disposition of remains was by appropriate method, it could not be shown that it was in accordance with the families' directions,\" the Air Force said in a statement.",
"Panetta noted that \"one of the Department's most sacred responsibilities is ensuring that the remains of our fallen heroes are recovered and returned to their families with the honor and dignity they have earned.",
"\"I was deeply disturbed to learn about questions involving the possibilities of improper handling and preparation of remains of four service members at the Air Force's Dover Port Mortuary,\" Panetta said in a statement.",
"The Office of Special Counsel -- an independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency -- said that while the Air Force investigation \"confirmed most of the whistleblower's factual allegations,\" it \"nonetheless failed to admit wrongdoing.\"",
"\"The Air Force did, however, respond positively by changing numerous practices at the mortuary,\" the OSC said in a statement.",
"The OSC said that in the incidents in which \"three body parts of service members killed while on active duty were lost by the Port Mortuary,\" the Air Force acknowledged its \"negligent failure,\" but \"still concluded that there was no obligation to notify the families.\"",
"The families of the fallen whose remains were not properly handled were first notified of the investigation, and the results of the probe, over the past weekend.",
"Gen. Schwartz said Tuesday regarding the timing of the informing the families, \"We waited until it was clear that the Office of Special Counsel was going to render their report, we got 48 hours notice and we acted upon that notice.\"",
"The OSC also criticized the handling of some fetal remains from military families that \"were shipped to Dover inside plastic pails, which were in turn placed in non-reinforced, used cardboard boxes, even though military guidelines require that remains be treated with 'reverence, care and dignity.'",
"\"The Air Force acknowledged that this handling was 'substandard' and that it 'wasn't very dignified,' but nevertheless said the remains were afforded the requisite reverence, care and dignity,\" the OSC statement said.",
"The remains of those killed in Iraq and Afghanistan have regularly been flown to Dover since the wars began.",
"More than 6,300 deceased individuals have been returned there.",
"Due to combat injuries, remains are often difficult to identify and officials have long acknowledged that Dover does retain some human remains and parts that are so damaged they are not possible to identify.",
"During his tenure as defense secretary, Robert Gates allowed the media for the first time to attend some return-of-remains ceremonies with the permission of the service members' families.",
"President Barack Obama has also attended ceremonies at Dover.",
"Lerner said the OSC was investigating claims by three of the whistleblowers that the Air Force retaliated against them for bringing up the problems, in one case attempting to terminate the employment of one of them.",
"\"The mortuary for the United State military should boast the best conditions and best practices of any mortuary,\" Lerner said.",
"\"These events are deeply troubling, as is the Air Force's failure to acknowledge culpability.\"",
"In a letter to Obama, the OSC said the report \"demonstrates a pattern of the Air Force's failure to acknowledge culpability for wrongdoing relating to the treatment of remains of service members and their dependents.",
"While the report reflects a willingness to find paperwork violations and errors, with the exception of the cases of missing portions, the findings stop short of accepting accountability for failing to handle remains with the requisite 'reverence, care, and dignity befitting them and the circumstances.'\"",
"The Air Force has contacted families of the war dead and Schwartz has asked Panetta for an independent assessment of mortuary operations at Dover.",
"Former Surgeon General Richard Carmona will lead that investigation and provide a report to Panetta within 60 days.",
"Schwartz said that he and Air Force Secretary Michael Donley \"have taken personal responsibility for this.\"",
"\"I want to assure our men and women in uniform, and the American public, that the Air Force mortuary standards they expect for our fallen heroes are being met,\" Schwartz said in a statement.",
"The Air Force has set up a toll free number for the families of fallen service members to call if they have questions about the investigation.",
"They can call 1 855 637 2583 or e-mail dover.pm@pentagon.af.mil.",
"CNN's Larry Shaughnessy contributed to this report."
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"It also serves as the mortuary for military families overseas .",
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"(CNN) -- The Virginia Tech community on Monday remembered Deriek Crouse, the police officer who was gunned down last week while conducting a routine traffic stop on campus.",
"The funeral service for Crouse, 39, was held at Cassell Coliseum, near where authorities say he was shot dead Thursday by Ross Truett Ashley.",
"A witness saw Ashley approach the officer's vehicle -- where Crouse was at the time -- and open fire, then flee the scene, police said.",
"The 22-year-old shooter, who was not involved in the traffic stop and had no connection with Crouse before the shooting, killed himself about 30 minutes later a quarter of a mile away, authorities said.",
"\"He was a lifelong public servant,\" Virginia Gov.",
"Bob McDonnell said of Crouse at Monday's service.",
"\"For the last four years, he went to work here protecting the citizens of the state and the students and the faculty and the administrators of Virginia Tech, swearing the oath of the Constitution, strapping on his gun, putting on his badge and doing a police officer's duty.\"",
"Crouse, an Army veteran, joined the Virginia Tech police force six months after a 2007 mass shooting on the Virginia Tech campus, according to the school's website.",
"He had worked at the New River Valley jail and with the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department.",
"Crouse was trained as a crisis intervention officer, firearms instructor and defensive tactics instructor.",
"The Christiansburg, Virginia, resident is survived by his wife, Tina, plus five children and stepchildren, his mother and brother.",
"Students, supporters and others affiliated with Virginia Tech have championed Crouse's memory since his death, including making attempts to help his family.",
"An online effort known as \"Hokies for Crouse\" had raised nearly $75,000 for the Crouse family as of early Monday afternoon."
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"Deriek Crouse, 39, was killed Thursday conducting traffic stop on the Virginia Tech campus .",
"Authorities: Crouse shot while he was in his police vehicle, then shooter later killed himself .",
"Crouse, a U.S. Army veteran, had been on Virginia Tech police force since 2007 ."
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"Memphis, Tennessee (CNN) -- The leader of a Memphis-based YMCA group said he felt \"gut-punched\" by a televised report in which two men alleged a former coach with that organization had sexually abused them as boys.",
"Keith Johnson, the president and CEO of the YMCA of Memphis and the Mid-South, said he first heard of the allegations against Robert \"Bobby\" Dodd while watching ESPN's \"Outside the Lines\" program on Sunday.",
"He said the sports network didn't contact him in advance of the piece.",
"As of Monday, several days after Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong announced his department would investigate the claims against Dodd, Johnson said that law enforcement had not touched base with his YMCA organization.",
"In the ESPN report, Dodd's accusers said he sexually abused them in hotel rooms during tournaments when they were 12 to 16 years old.",
"CNN has not been able to reach Dodd, 63, for comment on the allegations.",
"ESPN said it also had been unable to reach him.",
"On Monday afternoon, Memphis police Deputy Chief Dave Martello said the investigators' options are limited given that no one has filed a formal complaint against Dodd.",
"\"A person is going to have to actually come to the police and report this,\" Martello told reporters.",
"\"The fact they go on TV and make these accusations is not notifying the authorities.\"",
"Martello said police are still trying to determine \"where (the alleged crimes) happened, when they happened and who was involved.\"",
"But if a person doesn't offer details directly to police, there are only \"going to be a lot of baby steps,\" he said.",
"Dodd, who is not a direct relative of the late former Georgia Tech football coach of the same name, was a basketball coach affiliated with the Memphis YMCA in the 1980s, Johnson confirmed.",
"Two now grown men alleged in the ESPN report that Dodd abused them during that time.",
"The allegations were made amid child sex scandals at Penn State and Syracuse universities and The Citadel.",
"Both men accusing Dodd told ESPN the publicity from the scandals prompted them to act.",
"The YMCA said Dodd left in 1992 \"to pursue AAU sports full-time,\" including founding an organization called the YOMCA, which stands for Youth of Memphis Competitive Association and is unrelated to the YMCA.",
"He eventually became president and CEO of the Amateur Athletic Union, a position he held until his dismissal on November 14.",
"Johnson came to Memphis as head of the Fogelman Downtown YMCA a year after Dodd left.",
"In his time with the organization, including over the last decade as an executive for the regional YMCA, Johnson said he had never heard complaints regarding the former coach.",
"Martello said that Memphis police began looking into the case after the AAU gave them information last Friday.",
"AAU spokesman Ron Sachs had also said that his organization kick-started the child sex abuse criminal probe -- although the group has varied as to whether it claims to have contacted authorities last Thursday or Friday -- telling CNN that the organization provided the identities of three of Dodd's accusers, including not brought up in the ESPN report.",
"This disclosure followed a nearly monthlong investigation ordered by the AAU, Sachs said Sunday.",
"The AAU got \"cryptic, brief\" e-mails, signed only as \"shrimp breath,\" on November 7, 8 and 9 that \"alleged, in a very general way, that Bobby Dodd engaged in child sexual abuse,\" Sachs said.",
"On November 9, the organization got two brief voice-mails along the same lines.",
"There was no name or contact information left in either case.",
"Those messages were sent to the AAU's compliance and general counsel office, and AAU officers were notified on November 11.",
"The board members, several of whom flew into Orlando, convened the next Monday, November 14, \"to confront then-President Bobby Dodd,\" said Sachs.",
"In that meeting, Dodd said he had gotten similar phone messages and said he was innocent, according to Sachs, who said he had spoken with several AAU officers who were at the meeting.",
"\"Despite those denials, the AAU officers directed that Bobby Dodd leave the premises and leave his position (as president and CEO) for an indefinite period,\" said Sachs.",
"The YMCA of Memphis and the Mid-South and the AAU have launched independent investigations into the matter, their respective leaders have said.",
"One of Dodd's accusers, identified by ESPN as Ralph West of Miami, said he was 14 at the time of the alleged abuse.",
"He said that he was talking publicly, despite the potential embarrassment to him and his family, not to \"gain anything\" but because he felt \"the guy shouldn't be around kids anymore.\"",
"West said that he was on a YMCA basketball team run by Dodd, who he said would sometimes slip into his then player's hotel room.",
"Asked how Dodd could have entered the hotel room on that and other occasions, West said, \"He had a key.",
"He always somehow had a key to whatever room I was in.\"",
"West said Dodd abused him or tried to abuse him six times, including at least once in which he tried \"to put his hand in my boxer shorts\" while West was sleeping.",
"During out-of-town basketball tournaments, West said that he tried to find ways to keep Dodd out of his hotel room,, adding he was \"afraid to even fall asleep.\"",
"\"He would push his way in the room and then end up, I'd see, I wouldn't see him, I would hear him, he'd lay at the floor of the bed masturbating,\" West said.",
"\"And you just lay there horrified.",
"But you don't know what to do. What, are you going to blow the lid off of this at 14 years?",
"All you want to do is pretend it didn't happen and not address it at all.",
"You want to hide and bury it.\"",
"Another accuser, whom ESPN did not identify, said Dodd gave him alcohol before taking him to a bedroom and touching him inappropriately.",
"\"The last thing that I can really remember was him carrying me into his bedroom and I can remember him, you know, touching me in ways that I, I didn't uh, I didn't want another man touching me,\" the man said.",
"That accuser said he called Dodd on November 11 and confronted him.",
"Dodd, he said, then apologized for the alleged abuse.",
"The network said it examined the man's phone records and verified an eight-minute phone call to Dodd's number.",
"Both men said they had never reported the alleged incidents to police and had only recently told their families, ESPN said.",
"Until they or other accusers contact Memphis police, Martello said investigators can only work from the limited information they've been given by the AAU.",
"\"We're just going to have to go with the facts, as they come forward,\" he said.",
"The statute of limitations, which mandates that charges cannot be filed for a crime if a certain amount of time has elapsed since it allegedly took place, could be a factor in the case.",
"Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich on Monday said such laws are \"very technical\" and \"very confusing,\" declining to go into details as to how it would apply in this case lest that would prevent complainants from talking to police.",
"\"What we don't want to do is encourage made-up claims or discourage valid claims to be made to the Memphis Police Department,\" Weirich told reporters, encouraging victims of any crime to contact police and not worry about the statute of limitations.",
"Sachs criticized the half-hour ESPN report for not quoting AAU President Louis Stout's video statement on the matter or others from the AAU.",
"The organization, which has 80,000 adult volunteers involved in coaching and works with hundreds of thousands of young people, is asking outside experts to review its policies for protecting children, which Sachs called the AAU's \"No.",
"1 priority.\"",
"The spokesman also clarified that Dodd told his successor, Stout, that he had colon cancer and needed surgery after his dismissal.",
"Dodd allegedly asked that he be able to retire for medical reasons, a request that Stout denied, according to Sachs.",
"\"(Stout) told Mr. Dodd to go focus on your health, go through this surgery and we'll deal with this issue later,\" said Sachs.",
"Dodd has been back at the AAU's offices one time since his ouster, contrary to the organization's earlier reports that he had not returned.",
"The occasion was a \"forensic audit\" that Sachs called standard for outgoing leaders of organizations.",
"\"Bobby Dodd is no longer part of the AAU,\" said Sachs.",
"\"He has no continuing role (or) involvement in their programs.",
"There's no contact with him. Whatever compensation he would have been entitled to -- accrued vacation time -- will be paid, and that's it.\""
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"Going \"on TV and (making) accusations is not notifying\" police, a deputy chief says .",
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"(CNN) -- Despite the worldwide economic downturn it seems there is one commodity that remains as valuable as ever.",
"With media companies around the world paying record sums for broadcasting rights, the English Premier League -- with its array of world-class players -- continues to prove a hugely marketable.",
"Manchester United won an English Premier League competition that was beamed into 600m homes.",
"With the new 2009-2010 football season approaching, the Premier League appears to have usurped every other domestic league as the sporting product of choice for most international broadcasters.",
"The fact that companies are still willing to hang their financial hats on the Premier League, despite increased global uncertainty, is a testament to the large audiences the thrills and excitement of the competition can draw.",
"And, with the division's international broadcasting rights for the next three years currently up for tender, there appears no sign that financial constraints are hindering the bidding process.",
"A Premier League spokesman told CNN: \"Currently we have 39 international rights broadcast holders, beaming the Premier League into 211 countries worldwide.",
"\"Premier League matches are played into 600 million homes around the world, with an estimated audience of four billion viewers and there is no sign that the huge interest in the product is subsiding in any way.\"",
"The spokesman added: \"The quality of the Premier League stimulates interest to markets everywhere and attracts audiences from all over the globe.",
"\"It's a very polished product.",
"The grounds are full, the atmosphere is passionate and the top clubs attract supporters from every corner of the globe.",
"\"If broadcasters are going to invest in any sporting property, they are going to choose the one that brings in the biggest audiences, which in turn makes it the most attractive for advertisers.\"",
"The Premier League is touted by many as the \"most competitive\" in Europe, but pinning all you financial strategy on one product is a dangerous game -- as one broadcaster recently found to its cost.",
"Ireland-based broadcaster Setanta, which also had major audiences in Great Britain and the United States, had an impressive portfolio of sporting rights and events at its disposal.",
"But the company's purchase of 46 Premier League matches, for £131 million ($215m) was the centerpiece of its coverage for two seasons -- a figure they hoped to recoup from customer subscriptions.",
"But when the company lost the rights to half of their games, meaning they could show only 23 matches of the upcoming campaign the British operation was forced to cease trading due to a projected loss in subscriptions.",
"American broadcaster, ESPN, quickly snapped up the rights in a bid to increase their market share, a policy that makes sense according to football business expert Michael Stirling, of sport sponsorship company Global Sponsors.",
"\"Not only is the quality of the product excellent, but the fact that the Premier League is full of players from all over the world makes it both viable and successful,\" Stirling said.",
"\"Unlike some other major leagues, it is not a foregone conclusion who wins the Premier League.",
"There is a greater distribution of top players across the teams than in any other league and that makes it both interesting and exciting.",
"\"In recent seasons we have seen the growth in popularity in Asia and Africa.",
"In the past, countries like China have tried to down-play the Premier League in an attempt to promote their own domestic competitions.",
"\"However, the demand and popularity of the league has been too great for these countries not to broadcast matches, and now they embrace it completely.\""
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"The English Premier League's international rights are currently up for tender .",
"Despite current economic downturn the Premier League is in high demand .",
"Premier League matches are played into 600 million homes around the world ."
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"(CNN) -- Syria's President Bashar al-Assad \"must step aside,\" European Union foreign ministers said in a blistering statement Monday, adding the Syrian government's crackdown on anti-government protesters may amount to crimes against humanity.",
"The EU also expanded sanctions on Iran and Belarus to protest their crackdowns on their citizens, it announced.",
"But the 27 foreign ministers of the union reserved their sharpest criticism for Syria and its president.",
"\"The EU condemns in the strongest possible terms the ongoing brutal repression led by the Syrian regime,\" they said after a meeting in Luxembourg.",
"Syria's leader must resign \"to allow a political transition to take place in Syria,\" they said.",
"And they welcomed the creation of the umbrella opposition Syrian National Council, a day after Syria's foreign minister warned other nations against recognizing it.",
"The ministers said they were \"deeply disappointed\" that the United Nations Security Council failed to increase sanctions on Syria -- a milder statement than had been expected.",
"EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said the union would continue to press for strong action on Syria.",
"The harsh words on Syria follow last week's failure by the U.N. Security Council to agree on a resolution calling for an immediate end to a military crackdown against opponents of President al-Assad.",
"China and Russia opposed the resolution, which was supported by the EU's Great Britain and France as well as the United States.",
"Al-Assad has been under international pressure to end a seven-month crackdown on demonstrators calling for the end to his regime.",
"The European Union has slapped Syria with a number of sanctions, including barring the import of Syrian oil and banning the delivery of Syrian currency produced in the EU to the Syrian Central Bank.",
"It also has placed travel restrictions on and frozen the assets of officials it says are involved in the attacks on the opposition.",
"The European Union is also expanding its sanctions on Iran in light of \"growing concern about the human rights situation\" there, Ashton announced Monday.",
"She expressed concern about \"repression of citizens and human rights defenders, journalists, women activists, minority groups, members of the opposition.\"",
"She called on Iran to \"fully respect the rights of their people.\"",
"Iran was already under EU economic and trade sanctions related to its nuclear program.",
"Ashton said the union was continuing to talk to Tehran about its controversial nuclear ambitions.",
"The EU also renewed and expanded sanctions on Belarus.",
"Nearly 200 people were already subject to an asset freeze and travel ban over the \"crackdown on civil society and democratic opposition\" after the last two presidential elections.",
"The EU added three companies and 16 individuals to the list of those facing restrictions, and it extended the existing restrictions until the end of October 2012, it announced.",
"It is expected to name them on Tuesday.",
"The ministers extended the visa ban and asset freeze on 192 people in Belarus who the EU maintains are responsible for political repression and \"violations of the international electoral standards\" in the former Soviet republic's 2006 and 2010 presidential elections.",
"The sanctions were imposed against Belarus following the December 2010 presidential election that saw the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko amid allegations of widespread electoral fraud.",
"The government cracked down on mass protests following the election, including the beating and jailing of former presidential candidate Uladzimir Nyaklyaeu.",
"Other political figures and journalists also were jailed.",
"The ministers also expressed support for Libya's interim government.",
"Ashton said the existing EU office in Tripoli would soon become \"a fully-fledged EU delegation.\"",
"CNN's Chelsea J. Carter contributed to this report."
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"They extend sanctions against Belarus for its crackdown on the opposition .",
"Libya and Yemen are also on the agenda ."
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"Tokyo (CNN) -- Norio Ohga, the former president and chairman of Sony Corporation who helped to develop the compact disc, died Saturday of multiple organ failure, the company said.",
"He was 81. Ohga worked for what is now Sony as a consultant and adviser while still a music student in Tokyo, before joining the company full time in 1959.",
"He rose to the ranks of chairman and president and is credited with driving the company's growth in movies, video games and music.",
"Ohga saw the potential of the compact disc early and spearheaded Sony's efforts in that area, the company said.",
"His training as a musician led him to push for a 12-centimeter format, providing enough storage to allow listeners to hear all of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony without interruption, according to Sony.",
"Those specifications are still in use today.",
"The company sold the world's first CD in 1982 and within five years, CD sales overtook LP record sales in Japan.",
"Ohga is also credited with launching Sony's game business and was head of Sony when it bought Columbia Pictures in 1989.",
"He was a senior adviser to Sony at the time of his death.",
"\"By redefining Sony as a company encompassing both hardware and software, Ohga-san succeeded where other Japanese companies failed.",
"It is no exaggeration to attribute Sony's evolution beyond audio and video products into music, movies and games, and subsequent transformation into a global entertainment leader to Ohga-san's foresight and vision,\" Sony Chief Executive Howard Stringer said in a statement.",
"\"I offer my deepest condolences on his passing and pray that he may rest in peace.\""
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"Ohga died of multiple organ failure at 81 ."
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"(CNN) -- Brett Ratner has resigned as a producer of this year's Academy Awards show for an anti-gay remark he made over the weekend, the movie director said Tuesday in an open letter to his colleagues.",
"\"Over the last few days, I've gotten a well-deserved earful from many of the people I admire most in this industry expressing their outrage and disappointment over the hurtful and stupid things I said in a number of recent media appearances,\" Ratner said in the letter, which was given to CNN by his representative, Allan Mayer.",
"\"To them, and to everyone I've hurt and offended, I'd like to apologize publicly and unreservedly.\"",
"Ratner met with the representatives of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation prior to announcing his resignation, GLAAD said in a news release Tuesday.",
"When asked during a question-and-answer session about his newly released action comedy, \"Tower Heist,\" whether he rehearses with his actors before shooting a scene, Ratner replied, \"Rehearsing is for f*gs,\" GLAAD said in its release, citing New York Magazine's Vulture blog.",
"\"When we sat down with Brett today, he seemed very sincere in his desire to use this experience as a way to begin speaking out against anti-gay language in popular culture,\" said Herndon Graddick, senior director of programs and communications at GLAAD.",
"\"We believe his resignation is just the first step and will be announcing a series of concrete actions with Brett in coming days and weeks.\"",
"In his statement Tuesday, Ratner said \"it pains me deeply that I may have hurt\" his colleagues who \"are members of the LGBT community.\"",
"\"Having love in your heart doesn't count for much if what comes out of your mouth is ugly and bigoted,\" Ratner said.",
"\"With this in mind, and to all those who understandably feel that apologies are not enough, please know that I will be taking real action over the coming weeks and months in an effort to do everything I can both professionally and personally to help stamp out the kind of thoughtless bigotry I've so foolishly perpetuated.\"",
"Ratner said he had called Tom Sherak, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, to resign as the producer of the Academy Awards show.",
"\"Being asked to help put on the Oscar show was the proudest moment of my career,\" Ratner said.",
"\"But as painful as this may be for me, it would be worse if my association with the show were to be a distraction from the Academy and the high ideals it represents.\"",
"\"Tower Heist,\" which stars Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy, made $24.2 million on its first weekend."
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"In a statement Tuesday, Ratner says he apologizes \"publicly and unreservedly\"\nRatner made a demeaning remark during a Q&A session about his movie \"Tower Heist\"\n\"Rehearsing is for f*gs,\" New York Magazine's Vulture Blog quoted Ratner as saying ."
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"(CNN) -- Jonny Wilkinson, who enshrined his name in rugby history with his match-winning drop-goal in the 2003 World Cup final, has announced the end of his international career.",
"The flyhalf struggled to regain the giddy heights of that day in Sydney, when England won the sport's biggest prize for the first time, as he suffered frustrating injury setbacks in the following years.",
"The 32-year-old was one of many England players to struggle at this year's tournament, which ended in a quarterfinal exit to France and the subsequent departure of his 2003 teammate Martin Johnson as manager following a series of controversies among the squad and the ruling body.",
"\"To do so fills me with great sadness, but I know that I have been blessed in so many ways to have experienced what I have with the England rugby team,\" Wilkinson said on his website on Monday.",
"\"To say I have played through four World Cups, two Lions tours, 91 international games and a ridiculous number of injuries and other setbacks gives me an incredibly special feeling of fulfillment.",
"But by now I know myself well enough to know that I will never truly be satisfied.\"",
"A perfectionist in his approach on and off the pitch, perhaps best illustrated by his painstaking goalkicking style, Wilkinson was twice rugby's record points scorer before the mantle was retaken by New Zealand's Dan Carter this year.",
"He totaled 1,246 in all internationals for England and the British & Irish Lions, and has a record 277 scored at World Cups -- helping beat Australia 20-17 in extra-time eight years ago, then losing to South Africa in the 2007 final.",
"Wilkinson started his career at Newcastle in 1997, but joined Toulon in 2009 and will continue his career with the French club.",
"Stuart Lancaster, who has taken over as England's interim head coach, said Wilkinson was one of the nation's greatest players.",
"\"He will of course be remembered for that drop-goal but he is more than that, a model sportsman -- down to earth and hard working, who has never stopped trying to be the best that he can,\" said England's head of elite player development.",
"\"Everyone who has played with, coached and watched Jonny play should feel privileged to have had an involvement with him.",
"Not only has he been a world-class player but he has inspired thousands to play and watch the game of rugby.",
"\"He will continue to do great things with Toulon and I would like to go and see him in France to learn from his vast knowledge and experience of 13 years at the very top of the international game.\""
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"The 2003 World Cup winner will continue to play for French club Toulon .",
"He struggled at this year's tournament as England lost in quarterfinals .",
"Wilkinson was twice the leading points scorer in international rugby ."
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"Moscow (CNN) -- Two policemen were killed by a suicide car bomber in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, the Dagestani Interior Ministry said on its website Monday.",
"The ministry said the officers were patrolling the town of Kizilyurt in a minivan around midnight when an unidentified bomber sitting in a parked Lada car set off an unidentified explosive device in his car as the police minivan was passing by.",
"The explosion left a crater 1.5 meters (5 feet) wide and 15 centimeters (6 inches) deep, the ministry said.",
"The police minivan was burned out, the ministry said.",
"Dagestan has been hit by a series of deadly attacks recently, including fatal bombings and shootings.",
"It is the largest and most volatile of the five Northern Caucasus regions.",
"Rebels continue to stage frequent attacks on security forces, police and civilians.",
"In August, the head of the Federal Security Service Alexandr Bortnikov told the Russian president that in the first six months of this year, 169 terrorist acts were committed, of which 110 took place in Dagestan.",
"In recent years, Dagestan has faced ethnic friction, spillover from the discord in neighboring Chechnya and attacks on government officials by militant Islamists, the International Crisis Group has said."
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"Dagestan is the largest and most volatile of the five Northern Caucasus regions ."
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"Second Life allows people to lead two lives -- one in the real world and another in the virtual.",
"But in a way, Second Life itself leads two lives.",
"In just fours years of existence, Second Life has moved far beyond people simulating other lives on the Internet.",
"In its first, well-publicized life, it's a forum for residents to socialize, shop and even have sex via on-screen avatars.",
"In its second life, it's a flexible platform for running inexpensive simulations and experiments.",
"The latter might prove to be the most important.",
"\"Second Life's real potential may be that of an experimentation platform,\" says Eric Klopfer, a professor at MIT.",
"He notes the ability within Second Life to rapidly construct objects and experiences \"without having to build the world from scratch.\"",
"Indeed, it's relatively easy for residents to build objects that others can use, sit on, walk through, pick up and so on.",
"That can mean anything from a hammer to a house to a landscape.",
"And since it's also easy to share, replicate and tweak creations, Second Life is a world of abundance for creators.",
"That makes it an effective testing platform for trying out concepts quickly and cheaply.",
"David E. Stone, an MIT research fellow, reports creating simulations in three days -- for $350 -- that others proposed building in six months for $60,000.",
"That's caught the attention of the corporate world.",
"Many companies see potential savings, for instance, in moving parts of their new-employee training programs to a virtual world.",
"Stone has been hired by a range of companies -- from a pest extermination firm to a power plant operator -- to create prototypes of such systems in Second Life.",
"Security concerns .",
"Testing a concept in Second Life doesn't have to mean hosting the final product there.",
"Security might be a concern, for instance.",
"\"By definition, social networking is open,\" notes Paul Terlemezian, president of iFive Alliances, a corporate-training consultancy in Atlanta.",
"\"That's kind of contrary to corporate training, which is closed and proprietary.\"",
"A company, then, might try to find a more secure virtual environment, or perhaps add security elements within Second Life.",
"Of course, most of the experimenting done in Second Life is far more light-hearted.",
"But it's still often easy to envision commercial or educational applications.",
"In one YouTube clip a man is seen exercising on a treadmill in front of a large plasma screen that displays scenes from Second Life.",
"Using the wireless controller from Nintendo's Wii console, he appears to indicate which scenery he would like to jog \"through\" on the screen.",
"If that's a workable concept, the fitness equipment industry might like to know about it.",
"Other Second Life experiments aim to make experimentation itself easier -- especially important for those with little programming knowledge.",
"This suggests that the level of creativity will only increase.",
"Many residents who have learned how to create objects -- like a house -- still lack the scripting skills to add behavior to those objects.",
"So Eric Rosenbaum, a grad student at MIT's Media Lab, is building a user-friendly programming tool for easily adding behaviors.",
"When the tool is available, turning a static dance floor into an interactive one that shakes when stepped on could simply require dragging a \"Shake\" module over it.",
"How a capability like that might be used is anyone's guess, including Rosenbaum's, he admits.",
"But, he adds, \"We could see a blossoming of new content created by people who don't have any background in programming, but who can imagine and create new kinds of experiences in Second Life.\"",
"Tapping users' creativity .",
"Of course, back in 2003 when Second Life was launched as a largely user-generated virtual world, how it would be used was anyone's guess.",
"But the whole idea was to tap the creativity of the residents themselves.",
"\"I'm not surprised by the amount of experimentation in Second Life,\" says Philip Rosedale, founder and CEO of Linden Research, the company behind the virtual world.",
"\"I always expected to see resident innovation and creativity.\"",
"Yet this aspect of Second Life has been overshadowed of late.",
"Residents who socialize primarily in the virtual world have been chided to \"get a first life.\"",
"Madison Avenue has been lampooned for spending large sums on branded virtual islands that nobody hangs out on.",
"But aside from these cycles of hype and anti-hype, the original goal of uninhibited mass experimentation proceeds apace.",
"Just as the company gave up some control to encourage creativity, some creations in Second Life operate freely on their own.",
"Resident-created Svarga Island, for instance, boasts an interdependent ecosystem within Second Life that acts according to the rules of \"nature,\" with tropical plants needing the insects and everything needing the physics-driven rain clouds.",
"Every element acts according to rules, but within that framework there is much randomness -- just like with nature.",
"It's easy to see the educational possibilities.",
"Some experiments involve bringing things out of Second Life and into the real world.",
"Residents are now looking to three-dimensional printers, among other methods, for turning their virtual objects into real ones.",
"\"The possibilities on Second Life are endless,\" says Janet Travers, who designs virtual ball gowns she hopes to bring to the real world.",
"\"We are only limited by our imaginations.\"",
"Other experiments within Second Life are kept out of general view.",
"Stone tells of a surreal encounter he had with a software programmer's avatar about six months ago.",
"On a dark night in the virtual world, he says, \"we walked off the edge of his land to a spot deep beneath the ocean and into an underwater cave.",
"He then showed me some achievements in software engineering that were well beyond what I then thought was possible in any environment, real or virtual.\"",
"Whether Second Life continues as a popular place to hold such experimentation remains to be seen.",
"Rosenbaum was attracted by its \"large existing user base\" and \"creative culture.\"",
"Other platforms, though, have drawn attention for their own merits.",
"Croquet, for instance, trumpets being open-source and decentralized.",
"As a proof of concept, though, Second Life has already been an interesting experiment.",
"E-mail to a friend ."
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"Many companies already have moved employee training to Second Life .",
"Some creations in Second Life are operating on their own ."
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"(CNN) -- Eight former executives and agents of Siemens AG and its subsidiaries have been indicted in a bribery scheme alleging that they paid or promised Argentine officials $100 million to land a contract worth 10 times as much, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday.",
"They are charged with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, wire fraud and money laundering.",
"None of the defendants named in the indictment is in the United States.",
"Justice officials said those involved in the decade-long scheme are from Germany, Switzerland, Argentina and other countries.",
"According to the indictment, the Siemens executives paid millions in bribes in 1994 to secure a bid to create a national identity card system in Argentina.",
"After the project faced suspension in 1999, the defendants are accused of promising even more bribes to the next presidential administration to keep the project afloat.",
"To top it off, once the project met its demise in 2001, Siemens filed an arbitration claim against Argentina claiming wrongful termination of the contract and seeking $500 million in lost profits.",
"The company hid from the proceedings that it had illegally acquired the contract in the first place, the indictment said.",
"Justice Department officials praised Siemen's cooperation and said the company that has 60,000 employees in the United States played a large and cooperative role in exposing the alleged conspiracy.",
"The eight indicted men include Uriel Sharef, former member of the central executive committee of Siemens AG; Herbert Steffen, former CEO of Siemens Argentina; and Andres Truppel, former CFO of Siemens Argentina.",
"Also named in the indictment are Ulrich Bock, Stephan Signer and Eberhard Reichert, former senior executives of Siemens Business Services; and Carlos Sergi and Miguel Czysch, who were agents of Siemens in the alleged bribe scheme.",
"\"There were few lines these executives were not willing to cross,\" said Robert Khuzami, director of enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission.",
"Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer said, \"Today's indictment alleges a shocking level of deception and corruption.\"",
"In short, the company committed to pay more than $100 million in bribes to win the $1 billion contract, Breuer said.",
"About $60 million was allegedly paid, he said.",
"\"Business should be won or lost on the merits of a company's products and services, not the amount of bribes paid to government officials,\" Breuer said.",
"Ronald Hosko, special agent in charge of the FBI in Washington, said corruption is among the FBI's highest investigative priorities, adding, \"Foreign bribery is not an acceptable business practice.",
"Backroom deals and corrupt payments to foreign officials to obtain business wear away public confidence in our global marketplace.\"",
"If convicted, the defendants could each be sentenced to 20 years in prison and face fines, officials said.",
"CNN's Jim Barnett contributed to this report."
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"The bribes allegedly were to get a $1 billion contract from Argentina .",
"The firm even tried to recoup its losses when the project was terminated, indictment says ."
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"(CNN) -- The rivalry is so intense that Barnes & Noble actually spoke its competitor's name: .",
"\"Kindle Fire is deficient for a media tablet,\" Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch said as he unveiled his company's Nook Tablet on Monday.",
"\"Content will render better on Nook than on Kindle Fire.\"",
"That jab essentially re-opened the fight between Barnes & Noble and Amazon over customers looking for digital-book-reading devices.",
"Round I in this donnybrook was between the Nook and Kindle e-readers.",
"Next week, however, both companies will put their next-generation tablets on the market, setting up a new battle for holiday shoppers looking for gadgets that are good for reading books, watching videos and browsing the Internet.",
"Here's a quick comparison of the devices, which are called the Nook Tablet and Kindle Fire.",
"(The gist, in case you're in a hurry, is that they're pretty darn similar; the Kindle costs $50 less, while the Nook has twice the storage space and a longer advertised battery life).",
"Price . Nook Tablet: $249 .",
"Kindle Fire: $199 .",
"Sale date . Nook Tablet: November 17 .",
"Kindle Fire: November 15 .",
"Screens . Both: 7-inch touch-sensitive screen with color display .",
"Purpose . Both: Reading books, watching videos and browsing the Web.",
"Both of these devices are more focused on the book-reading experience than the Apple iPad, which dominates the tablet field.",
"Operating system .",
"Both: Customized versions of Google Android .",
"Apps . You'd think these Android-based tablets would give owners access to the popular Google Android Market, which houses more than 250,000 apps.",
"But no. Barnes & Noble and Amazon require users to purchase apps through online stores that they've created.",
"Nook Tablet: \"Thousands of must-have apps,\" the company says, including Angry Birds, Scrabble, Bejeweled and Epicurious.",
"Kindle Fire: \"All the most popular apps and games,\" including Angry Birds and Plants vs. Zombies.",
"Storage space .",
"Nook Tablet: 16 GB .",
"Kindle Fire: 8 GB .",
"Memory . Nook Tablet: 1GB of RAM .",
"Kindle Fire: 512 MB of RAM, according to Computerworld .",
"Weight: . Nook Tablet: 14.1 ounces .",
"Kindle Fire: 14.6 ounces .",
"Battery life: .",
"Nook Tablet: 11.5 hours of reading or 9 hours of video .",
"Kindle Fire: 8 hours of reading or 7.5 hours of video with Wi-Fi turned off .",
"Books: . Nook Tablet: More than 2.5 million titles .",
"Kindle Fire: More than 1 million current titles and 2 million out-of-copyright ."
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"Barnes & Noble launches the Nook Tablet to compete with Kindle Fire .",
"Both tablets are cheaper than iPads and feature color screens .",
"They tie in with Amazon and Barnes & Noble content libraries .",
"Amazon's Kindle fire is $50 cheaper than the Nook Tablet ."
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"Miami (CNN) -- The 4-year-old girl sobbed as rescuers rushed her ashore.",
"In the boat behind her, the faces of her fellow survivors were painted with \"a thousand-yard stare,\" one witness said Monday.",
"That girl and three others spent 20 hours stranded in stormy water after their 22-foot boat capsized off the Florida Keys over the weekend.",
"They were picked up Sunday afternoon by Coast Guard rescuers.",
"A few hours earlier, David Jensen was maneuvering the Snap Shot, his fishing charter boat, from Duck Key to the open sea when he and others \"saw a big object floating in the distance.\"",
"\"The closer I got, I could see a guy waving,\" Jensen said.",
"They found three men clinging to part of what had been their boat.",
"One charter customer quickly jumped in to help, while others threw life jackets to the men, only one of which could muster the energy to swim over, Jensen said.",
"Once aboard, a language barrier -- the rescued men were Spanish-speaking -- and raw emotions made it difficult to ascertain exactly what had happened.",
"One who did speak English was very upset: \"He lost his mother,\" Jensen explained.",
"Officer Robert Dube of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said Monday that a son had tried to hold onto his 79-year-old mother in the hours after their ship went down around noon Saturday.",
"But she slipped away into the rough waters, Dube said, before rescuers could reach her.",
"This victim, later identified as Zaida San Jurjo Gonzalez, and the men had clung to the capsized boat's hull.",
"But four others -- three women and the young girl -- couldn't hold on, and drifted off, Jensen said, based on his conversations with the survivors and authorities.",
"The charter boat captain contacted the Coast Guard after learning others were unaccounted for, and he took his boat out five miles in the direction where the four had drifted away.",
"He saw no signs of them. But rescuers did come upon the four Sunday morning, bringing them aboard near Marathon, which is roughly halfway between Key Largo and Key West, according to a Coast Guard statement .",
"Authorities later learned that the three women, wearing life jackets, had held tight to a floating cooler and took turns holding the girl through the afternoon, night and next morning.",
"\"That definitely saved their lives,\" Dube told CNN.",
"\"It could have been a lot worse situation.\"",
"Wayne Crosby of Captain Hook's Marina and Dive Center said he watched rescuers bring the four to a dock in Marathon on Sunday.",
"They handed the girl off the boat first, he told CNN affiliate WSVN.",
"\"They had her all wrapped up. ... She couldn't stop crying.",
"She was panic-stricken,\" Crosby said.",
"At the dock, rescuers scrambled to tend to all the victims.",
"\"They just had that look on their face, like a thousand-yard stare,\" Crosby told WSVN.",
"The group had suffered multiple jellyfish stings over the course of their ordeal, Dube said.",
"And by Monday, the 4-year-old had been treated for mild hypothermia and exhaustion.",
"But the wildlife officer added that, by then, she appeared to be \"in very good spirits.\"",
"Ernie Perroncello, owner and operator of Sea Tow in Marathon, said weather in the area Saturday when the boat went down was terrible.",
"\"You can get yourself in trouble real quick \" on the area's water, said Perroncello, whose company salvaged the capsized boat.",
"CNN's Suzanne Malveaux and Dave Alsup contributed to this report."
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"NEW: A charter captain describes coming upon three men clinging to a capsized boat .",
"NEW: He says one was upset because \"he lost his mother,\" who had slipped away .",
"The Coast Guard later rescued four more who'd been on the boat, including a young girl .",
"A witness says the girl \"couldn't stop crying\" when rescuers brought her ashore ."
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"KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Two airmen on a U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle died when the plane crashed in eastern Afghanistan early Saturday, the U.S. military said.",
"A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle similar to this one crashed Saturday in eastern Afghanistan.",
"The two-man fighter went down while it was conducting military operations, another source, Lt. Col. Reid Christopherson, said earlier.",
"\"At this time, we are very comfortable in stating there was no hostile fire in the incident,\" Christopherson said.",
"He added that a board of officers will investigate the crash of the highly maneuverable, all-weather tactical fighter.",
"In a news release, the military said the incident occurred at 3:15 a.m. Kabul time and also noted that there was no \"hostile fire.\"",
"\"We mourn the loss of these two airmen and our thoughts are with their families, loved ones and their unit,\" the news release said.",
"\"Only after a deliberative and thorough investigation will we know what caused this event. \"",
"A spokesman for the governor of Afghanistan's central Ghazni province, who goes by the single name Jihangir, confirmed that a U.S. plane crashed in Ghazni's Nawur district before dawn.",
"\"The crash site was sealed off by coalition forces,\" Jihangir told CNN by telephone, \"Afghan police were not allowed to have access to this area.\"",
"The Afghan official said the plane crashed in Ghazni, some 160 kilometers west of the town of Ghazni, between the communities of Qaracha and Bahari.",
"The jet crash comes in a bloody month in Afghanistan.",
"July's toll of international military fatalities stands at 50, the highest tally so far, a CNN count of official statistics shows.",
"CNN's Ivan Watson contributed to this report."
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"Crash was not caused by hostile fire, Pentagon spokesman says .",
"Afghan police prevented from going to crash site, local official says ."
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"(CNN) -- As the dust settled after the latest agreement was struck to solve the Eurozone debt crisis, French President Nicolas Sarkozy admitted it had been a \"mistake\" to admit the stricken Greeks into the monetary union.",
"\"Let's be clear; it was a mistake,\" Sarkozy told French television.",
"\"Greece came into the Euro with numbers that were false and its economy was not prepared to assume an integration into the Eurozone.",
"It was a decision that was taken in, I believe, 2001, for which we now are paying the consequence.\"",
"Wednesday's agreement, reached in Brussels, will slash Greek debt, recapitalize European banks and more than double the European Union bailout fund's resources to handle future sovereign defaults.",
"\"It's great news that we've got an agreement,\" said Deutsche Bank economist Gilles Moec.",
"\"When Europe puts its heads together, they do actually begin to cooperate.\"",
"However speculation is rife about China's role in the success of the plan, with suggestions they will provide capital to bolster the euro -- a scenario Sarkozy has no qualms about.",
"\"If the Chinese, who have 60% of global reserves, decide to invest in the euro instead of the dollar, why refuse?\"",
"he asked. China has welcomed the EU Summit consensus, whose main elements include a 50% reduction in the value of Greek government bonds, steps recapitalize European banks and plans to attract capital for the already overburdened European Financial Stability Facility rescue fund, in order to reduce Greek debt from the current astronomical 160% of its current economy to 120% of total economic output over the next 10 years.",
"China indicated that it may be in its best interest to contribute to a solution, although made no mention of specific plans to do so.",
"\"We believe that, as the largest economy in the world, the steady, sound, and healthy growth of the EU economy and the Eurozone is vital to the world economy's recovery,\" Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said at a regular press briefing on Thursday.",
"\"We are also ready to work with the EU to overcome the difficulty.\"",
"But Chinese support would depend on Europe's ability to guarantee the safety of any investment, Li Daokui, a member of China's Central Bank Monetary Policy Committee, told the Financial Times.",
"\"It is in China's long-term and intrinsic interest to help Europe because they are our biggest trading partner but the chief concern of the Chinese government is how to explain this decision to our own people,\" Li said.",
"Li added that China could use fiscal support as leverage to deter Europe from criticizing China's currency policy, which is often criticized for being undervalued and unfairly benefiting Chinese exports.",
"Europe hopes to attract capital from sovereign wealth funds, particularly from developing nations like China and Russia, to supplement the €440 billion rescue fund, but analysts note that the structure of these investments remains unknown.",
"In a phone conversation with Sarkozy on Thursday, Chinese President Hu Jintao made no mention of specific plans to invest in the scheme, but lauded Europe's progress in solving the debt crisis.",
"The leaders discussed plans for the upcoming G20 Summit, with Hu saying the annual meeting had become a platform for cleaning up the global economy and that he hopes it can continue to adhere to the spirit of cooperation and common success, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported.",
"\"It is not in China's interest to fund this scheme,\" Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics told CNN Money.",
"\"It is better advised to sit this out and buy assets at liquidation than to invest in a sinking ship.\"",
"Meanwhile the EU's bailout fund chief Klaus Regling will meet with officials in Beijing and Tokyo Friday, though no reason has been given for his visit."
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"\"Let's be clear; it was a mistake,\" Sarkozy, on the Euro for Greece .",
"Europe hopes to attract private capital to supplement the €440 billion rescue fund .",
"China welcomed the deal, but has made no mentions of contributing capital .",
"The EU's bailout fund chief will meet with officials in Beijing and Tokyo Friday ."
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"(CNN) -- His golf career might be in a seemingly downward spiral, but Tiger Woods is still the world's most valuable sportsman according to a top business magazine.",
"The American, who this week dropped out of the world's top 50 golfers for the first time in 15 years, has retained his position as Forbes' top individual sports brand.",
"The 36-year-old has, according to Forbes' calculations, lost $17 million from his brand worth in the past year.",
"But his $55 million value is still $29 million higher than the second-placed athlete, tennis star Roger Federer.",
"Despite the scandal that broke in late 2009 about the marital infidelities that led to his divorce from wife Elin Nordegren, Woods has begun to restore his portfolio of endorsements with June's agreement with Japan's Kowa Company, which deals in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals.",
"Fellow golfer Phil Mickelson is ranked third with $24 million, while basketball star LeBron James is catching fast with $20 million.",
"The Miami Heat player earned half that total from his deal with Nike -- again Forbes' most valuable overall brand, up 40% to $15 billion after spreading its swoosh into even more world markets.",
"English football club Manchester United lost top spot in the team brands to baseball's New York Yankees.",
"While United suffered due to the British pound weakening against the dollar, with a worth of $269 million, the Yankees' value -- now $340 million -- has boomed 57% since 2007 according to Forbes' Mike Ozanian.",
"\"Had the exchange rate held fast since 2007 the Red Devils, who are looking to capitalize on their global fan base with an IPO (public share offering), would still be the most valuable team brand,\" Ozanian said.",
"The NFL's showpiece Super Bowl, with a brand value of $425 million, stayed well clear of the Summer Olympics ($230 million) and the FIFA World Cup ($147 million)."
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"Tiger Woods tops Forbes' most valuable brand list despite his form slump .",
"Golfer is $29 million ahead of second-placed tennis star Roger Federer .",
"Nike moved further ahead as the most valuable overall brand on $15 billion .",
"New York Yankees topple Manchester United as the best team brand ."
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"(CNN) -- Arriving in central Bangkok from the sparkling international airport, a visitor might not know at first glance that much of the city is under water.",
"Shops and restaurants are open as usual, while the futuristic sky train continues to ferry commuters to work in the numerous office complexes that make up the central business district.",
"But just a few miles northwards along the Vibhavadi Rangsit highway, the road gradually disappears into a sea of filthy brown water -- floodwater from the north of Thailand that shows little sign of disappearing quickly.",
"This is due in large part to a system of floodgates set up to protect the commercial center of the city and other key industrial areas by diverting the run-off to these parts.",
"For almost a month, residents in outlying areas such as Rangsit and Lumlukka have been living in water that is often chest-high.",
"Many defied government evacuation orders to protect their property, even if it meant being stranded with limited food and no clean running water.",
"Read predictions that flooding would remain for weeks .",
"Romeo Romei, a local businessman, lost his house and is battling to save his factory, but he still manages to take a boat out each day with his friend Alex Stamp and cousin Duccio Lucchesi to distribute water, food and clothes to those in need.",
"From his factory office in Rangsit, supplies donated by friends and family are sorted into rescue packs for men, women and children, while the factory workers man an array of water pumps -- some of them cannibalized swimming pool pumps -- around the clock, praying that the defensive wall they erected around the warehouse doesn't collapse.",
"They are literally under siege from the water.",
"Yet Romeo is concerned about the 10 families around the corner who have been forced to set up camp on the upper floors of a dilapidated industrial building nearby.",
"Watch Romeo visiting families in a Rangsit warehouse .",
"Riding in the fully-laden dinghy across what was once the factory's car park, he explains what spurred him into action.",
"\"For the first few days after the floods we went about our business dealing with the factory.",
"But soon we couldn't bear to see people suffering.\"",
"He says the government is not helping these people, while aid agencies are nowhere to be seen around these flood-hit streets.",
"\"I saw one boat with around 10 packs of food, but there are thousands of people here,\" he said.",
"On Tuesday, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra laid out a three-point recovery plan, including immediate aid to those whose homes and businesses have been destroyed.",
"Meanwhile, relief workers have been distributing aid to evacuation centers but face difficulties reaching residents who have decided to wait out the crisis in their homes.",
"As we unload the supplies of eggs, fruit, rice and medicine at our destination, the conditions the families are living in is humbling.",
"On the ground floor, children play in the same stagnant water that dogs defecate in, while the adults gather in their damp makeshift sleeping areas with what little they could salvage from their homes.",
"However, the atmosphere is not depressing, especially since a year-old baby has taken his first steps in this unlikely setting.",
"Romeo points out that Thais never complain and always have a smile on their faces.",
"He contends this is because there is no expectation that anyone will be there to help them.",
"Watch Romeo and friends boat down a road in Rangsit .",
"As the boat pushes off to find more people to help, we're immediately surrounded by people.",
"Some are asking if we have water, while others are looking for diapers.",
"No one seems greedy or aggressive.",
"They paddle around in anything that will float, from polystyrene blocks to an old refrigerator, while small children swim about in \"life jackets\" made from empty plastic bottles strung together and stuffed into pieces of clothing.",
"This, Alex says, is evidence of the Thai ability to improvise and adapt in adversity.",
"Impact Your World: See how you can help .",
"An internet security consultant, Alex frequently has to field calls from clients on the boat.",
"He says he even dropped his iPhone into the water during one call and could not find it for five minutes.",
"He eventually fished it out, and it continues to work.",
"After passing a partially submerged McDonalds drive-thru and a golf course which now resembles a Florida-style swamp, we spend time feeding countless abandoned dogs and cats -- a reminder of how quickly some people were forced to leave their homes.",
"Romeo points out that one dog had been tied to the same railing for over a week.",
"The obvious buildup of garbage, both in and around the water, has raised fears about the spread of disease.",
"According to the country's Ministry of Public Heath, some 20,700 kits have been distributed that test for leptospirosis, a severe bacterial infection that can affect areas where water has been stagnant for more than three weeks.",
"Romeo says he made sure his workers have had tetanus shots.",
"While most businesses around Rangsit and Lumlukka -- including the domestic Don Muang airport -- have been forced to close, the local hospital has remained open for emergency cases only -- provided patients can negotiate the improvised jetty and barking dogs at what was the emergency room entrance.",
"The ER has been completely destroyed, but a functioning triage unit has been set up on the first floor among piles of dental chairs rescued from another flooded wing.",
"The staff -- doctors, nurses and administrators -- have all been living in the hospital since the crisis began.",
"\"We are coping,\" says the friendly receptionist without a hint of dissent.",
"Back on the highway-turned-river, the boat makes several stops to help people struggling to paddle or wade their way through chest-high water -- including a woman pushing a five-month baby in a kitchen basin, as she searched for diapers -- before we reach the house of Romeo's father on an affluent street.",
"The street signs are almost all under water here, indicating a depth of at least two meters.",
"We take our own measurement: 2.20 meters.",
"When we reach the house, dark green tide marks on the outer walls illustrate how the water had recently neared 2.5 meters.",
"The ground floor is a disaster, as pieces of furniture float freely around what was the lounge.",
"\"I'm still smiling,\" Romeo's father says through gritted teeth.",
"His son can barely recognize the house he grew up in.",
"The smell of stagnant water is also overpowering, while mold is starting to appear on the upper floors, thanks to the \"cooking\" of the water below in mid-afternoon heat.",
"There's no electricity to power a fan or air-conditioning unit.",
"Two blocks away, Romeo's own house has not fared any better.",
"A car roof can just be seen in the drive.",
"Romeo's father, who moved from Italy to Thailand more than 30 years ago, thinks it will be months before the water will be gone.",
"\"But where will the water go?\" he asks. \"I can't see central Bangkok avoiding this.\"",
"By now it's almost pitch-black, with almost no street lamps working.",
"The water is so congested with other boats -- some carrying cars -- that it takes us an hour to reach dry land.",
"The changing depth is also a major hazard, as the propeller on the boat occasionally smashes against concrete.",
"Another hour-long journey in a car this time, and I'm back in central Bangkok.",
"Commuters are heading home, and bars and restaurants are open.",
"It's a different city."
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"Residents in outlying areas have been living in water for almost a month .",
"A factory owner is trying to keep floods out of his warehouse .",
"He feels compelled to help stranded people nearby ."
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"(CNN) -- Lewis Hamilton extended his Formula One drivers' championship lead after finishing fourth at the German Grand Prix.",
"The British driver moved 14 points clear of McLaren teammate Jenson Button, who was fifth at Hockenheim.",
"Red Bull's Mark Webber retained third after placing sixth, but was caught on 136 points by teammate Sebastian Vettel after the German finished third on his home track after starting from pole position.",
"Ferrari kept their title hopes alive as Fernando Alonso claimed his second victory of the season ahead of teammate Felipe Massa, mirroring their 1-2 at Bahrain in the opening race of the season.",
"Third-placed Ferrari trail leaders McLaren by 92 points with eight races left, with Red Bull in second a further 64 ahead of the Italians.",
"Drivers' Championship (after 11 rounds): .",
"1. Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren 157 points .",
"2. Jenson Button (GB) McLaren 143 .",
"3. Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull 136 .",
"4. Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull 136 .",
"5. Fernando Alonso (Spa) Ferrari 123 .",
"6. Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes GP 94 .",
"7. Robert Kubica (Pol) Renault 89 .",
"8. Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari 85 .",
"9. Michael Schumacher (Ger) Mercedes 38 .",
"10. Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India 35 Constructors' Championship: .",
"1. McLaren 300 points .",
"2. Red Bull 278 .",
"3. Ferrari 208 .",
"4. Mercedes GP 132 .",
"5. Renault 96 .",
"6. Force India 47 .",
"7. Williams 31 .",
"8. Sauber 15 . 9. Toro Rosso 10 ."
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"F1 leader Lewis Hamilton moves 14 points clear of McLaren teammate Jenson Button .",
"Hamilton finishes fourth at German Grand Prix, with his fellow Englishman fifth .",
"Red Bull's Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel locked on 136 points in third and fourth .",
"Ferrari's Fernando Alonso remains fifth overall despite his victory at Hockenheim ."
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"(CNN) -- For a good part of her career, Martina McBride's success has largely been due to relying on Nashville songwriters and approaching arrangements in a pop-country fashion.",
"While hits like \"Wild Angels,\" \"A Broken Wing\" and \"Wrong Again\" solidified her position as country radio royalty, McBride's shaking things up these days.",
"She's ditched both of those early crutches and now is exploring writing on her own and injecting a more roots-oriented sound into her instrumentation.",
"Such is the case with \"Eleven,\" McBride's 11th studio album, which drops today.",
"These days, she's working with new management, has a new label in Republic Nashville and wrote six of the 11 songs that appear on her latest project .",
"As the 45-year-old singer soldiers on, what about this moment inspired change, and how's her own songwriting coming along?",
"CNN spoke with McBride recently as she was prepping for a concert in Minot, North Dakota.",
"CNN: \"Eleven\" comes with a lot of professional changes.",
"Why is this? Martina McBride: You know, sometimes it's just time to shake things up a little bit.",
"When you've been at a certain place and management for 18 years, I just felt like I really need someone around me with some fresh ideas, some new passion and energy.",
"CNN: As female country musicians age these days, are there pressures to stay youthful?",
"How does one age gracefully in Nashville?",
"McBride: Oh, I think the same way you age gracefully anywhere else.",
"Females have always had more of a focus on the way they look.",
"No matter what business your in, if you're in the public eye -- whether you're an actor or a rock musician or even head of a corporation, it's always been that way.",
"You just try ... I don't know, I try not to focus on it.",
"I'm still the same voice I had before, and I still have a lot to say.",
"CNN: \"Eleven\" was largely written by you -- something you've taken on recently.",
"What's your writing process like?",
"McBride: It's different every time.",
"Sometimes I'll have an idea or a title. ...",
"I'm still growing as a writer.",
"One thing I think I bring to the table is having a certain type of lyric, in that I want the song to feel honest and real.",
"I don't do it 365 days a year, so I'm fresh.",
"I also don't know a lot of the rules, which is probably a good thing.",
"For me, it's still about discovery.",
"I'm still in the stage of writing that I'm discovering, getting confidence as a writer and that I do have some talent for it.",
"It's a good discovery at this stage of the game.",
"CNN: And sometimes songwriters who start out at 20, by 30 they feel like they're all tapped out.",
"McBride: I grew up admiring Linda Ronstadt, Pat Benatar, Reba (McEntire).",
"I didn't really grow up enamored only with singer-songwriters.",
"When I moved to Nashville, it wasn't a big deal for me just to find songs by great writers and make them my own.",
"But what I really found with this record was that it's so nice to not have to wait for someone to write something.",
"Obviously, I love every record I've made, but I feel like this record is more authentic to me.",
"I don't know. It's different than just singing a song after it's already been written.",
"I'm excited about that. CNN: On \"Eleven\" the first single's called \"Teenage Daughters,\" which is about the trouble they can cause.",
"Did you give your parents any heart attacks growing up?",
"McBride: Oh, oh, yeah.",
"So far, my daughter is much better than me.",
"I grew up on a farm in really rural Kansas, where there was nothing to do.",
"Out of boredom, the activities we found to do, weren't exactly the best for my parents to go through.",
"But I think the song's about -- the teenage experience and wanting that independence and rebelling against the rule is so common, no matter where you are in the world.",
"CNN: It seems harder these days to be a teenager.",
"McBride: It's different.",
"They have a lot of peer pressure.",
"We all did, but they have a cavalier attitude about things.",
"They don't have the same caution about certain things and are more like \"whatever, it's not that big a deal.\"",
"CNN: You were associated with the pop-country movement of the '90s, but listening to \"Eleven\" and looking at your recent output, it doesn't seem like you're interested in that anymore.",
"McBride: It's interesting that you say that.",
"I don't know if I ever stood out to make a particular type of record.",
"Before, I was so dependent on the songs I found and the songs that came in.",
"I was drawn to certain types of songs but I didn't have the luxury of waiting around for years and years.",
"I had a vision of \"Eleven\" being more organic, more retro, like a '70s rock record.",
"It is less pop. CNN: On the Grammys, you performed a tribute to Aretha Franklin with Christina Aguilera, Florence Welch, Jennifer Hudson and Yolanda Adams.",
"Are there aspects of pop and rock these days you find intriguing?",
"McBride: I love Train's new record.",
"And I love One Republic's record.",
"My daughter's really into the Avett Brothers and Mumford & Sons, so I've been listening to them recently.",
"That's a whole new type of thing; I don't know what you'd call that."
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"The singer is taking the reins and writing more of her own material .",
"She says her latest project is less pop than past albums ."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- Brooke Mueller has reconsidered her decision to undergo at-home drug rehab.",
"Instead, Charlie Sheen's ex-wife has checked into an in-patient treatment center, her spokesman said Tuesday.",
"Mueller was arrested in Aspen, Colorado, on December 3 and charged with assault and cocaine possession, police said.",
"Mueller's publicist told CNN Monday that she would \"take a different approach to deal with her addiction\" with a daytime rehab program and around-the-clock supervision at home.",
"\"After further reflection and consideration, Brooke has decided to remove herself from the media spotlight and has entered a long-term in-patient treatment center where she can focus on her recovery without distraction,\" spokesman Steve Honig said Tuesday.",
"Mueller, 34, checked into the rehab facility before the announcement was made, he said.",
"\"Brooke's goal is to maintain her sobriety and she believes this is the best option to reach that goal,\" Honig said.",
"The 2-year-old twin sons she shares with Sheen \"will remain in their home and familiar surroundings and be under the care of their longtime nanny,\" he said.",
"\"Charlie and Brooke's parents fully support her decision and everyone recognizes the importance of maintaining the children's normal routine,\" he said.",
"The incidents in Aspen began when a woman at the Belly Up -- a bar and performance venue there -- complained that Mueller had been \"the aggressor\" in an assault, Aspen police said.",
"Mueller was found and arrested after midnight at another bar, Escobar, police said.",
"She was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, which is a felony, and third-degree assault, which is a misdemeanor.",
"She was released after posting an $11,000 bond, Aspen police said.",
"A court date is scheduled for Monday.",
"Mueller has appeared as an actress in several movies, including 2004's \"A Love Song for Bobby Long,\" according to IMDb.",
"But she is more widely known as the ex-wife of Sheen.",
"The twin sons and Mueller were part of Sheen's volatile public fall-out with CBS earlier this year as he left his starring role on the network's \"Two and Half Men.\"",
"She claimed in March that he'd threatened to kill her, saying, \"I will cut your head off, put it in a box and send it to your mom,\" according to a declaration made in a restraining order against Sheen.",
"The revelations led to a court order removing the 2-year-old boys from Sheen's home.",
"The actor called the allegation \"colorful\" and described the quote attributed to him as fabricated in an interview with NBC's \"Today Show.\"",
"Mueller has sought help for substance abuse and stress-related issues in the past.",
"Last December, her attorney, Yale Galanter, said that she entered a sober living facility.",
"Earlier, in April 2010, Mueller had checked into a treatment facility for help with stress management to prevent a \"return to old problems,\" her representative said.",
"She was in substance abuse rehab earlier in 2010 \"to get her health in order,\" Galanter said at the time.",
"The couple was involved in an alleged domestic dispute in Aspen on Christmas Day 2009 that resulted in felony charges against Sheen.",
"CNN's Jack Hannah contributed to this report."
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"Charlie Sheen's ex-wife decides at-home care for her addiction is not the best .",
"Mueller faces drug charges in Aspen, Colorado, after a December 3 arrest .",
"Her twin sons will stay at home with their nanny ."
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"(Health.com) -- Women run a lower risk of having babies with certain birth defects if they eat a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains during their childbearing years, a new study suggests.",
"Women who followed healthy Mediterranean-style diets in the year before pregnancy were up to one-half as likely as those who ate diets high in meat, fat, and sugar to have a baby with anencephaly, a neural-tube defect that blocks the development of the brain and tends to result in miscarriage.",
"Compared with fat- and sugar-heavy diets, healthier diets -- which included plenty of folate, iron, and calcium -- were also associated with up to a one-third lower risk of cleft lip, a one-quarter lower risk of cleft palate, and a one-fifth lower risk of spina bifida, another neural-tube defect.",
"\"Diet quality matters, and it was protective,\" says Suzan L. Carmichael, Ph.D., the lead author of the study and an associate professor of pediatrics at the Stanford School of Medicine, in Palo Alto, California.",
"Health.com: Feed the Belly: Recipes for a healthy pregnancy .",
"The defects covered in the study are very rare overall, occurring in less than 0.1% of all births.",
"They have become less common since the 1990s, when government health officials led a campaign to increase folic-acid intake among pregnant women through supplements and fortified grain products.",
"Deficiencies in folic acid -- the synthetic form of folate, a B vitamin -- have been linked to both neural-tube defects and cleft lip and palate.",
"Carmichael and her colleagues took into account whether the women in the study were taking folic acid, which suggests that a healthy diet provides protection against birth defects over and above that provided by folic acid.",
"Women of childbearing age should, however, still take folic-acid supplements, says Gail Harrison, Ph.D., a professor of community health services at the UCLA School of Public Health, in Los Angeles.",
"\"Folic acid has made a difference,\" says Harrison, who was not involved in the study.",
"\"In countries that have used fortification levels higher than the U.S., it has made an even bigger impact.\"",
"Health.com: How to soothe heartburn during pregnancy .",
"Most research on diet and birth defects has focused on single nutrients, such as vitamins A and B12 (in addition to folate).",
"Carmichael and her colleagues took a different approach by looking at overall diet quality -- a method that has become common in cancer and heart-disease research.",
"The government-funded study, which appears this week in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, compared the diets of 3,824 mothers whose children experienced birth defects with those of 6,807 mothers of healthy children.",
"The researchers collected detailed questionnaires about the women's diets in the year before they became pregnant, and used that data to score their diet quality on two indexes, one modeled on the U.S. Department of Agriculture dietary guidelines and another based on the Mediterranean diet.",
"Both indexes considered fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and \"good\" fats to be healthy, and saturated fats and sweets to be unhealthy.",
"Health.com: Good fats, bad fats: how to choose .",
"Across the board, women with the healthiest diets were far less likely to have had children with birth defects than the women with the poorest-quality diets.",
"High scores on both indexes were associated with a reduced risk of defects, although the association was stronger for the USDA score.",
"Seventy-eight percent of the women took supplements containing folic acid during early pregnancy, but higher-quality diets were protective regardless of whether the women took folic acid.",
"The study authors and other experts strongly recommend that pregnant women continue taking folic-acid supplements.",
"But the study does raise the general question of whether \"eating the right foods\" can provide health benefits that supplements do not, says David R. Jacobs Jr., Ph.D., a professor of public health at the University of Minnesota, in Minneapolis.",
"Health.com: Diabetes?",
"7 tips for a healthy pregnancy .",
"\"We have evolved to eat food.",
"We have not evolved to eat supplements,\" says Jacobs, who cowrote an editorial accompanying the study.",
"\"If you would like to be healthy, the better way to do that is by getting what you need from food rather than isolated compounds.\"",
"Copyright Health Magazine 2011 ."
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"(CNN) -- As the powerhouses of the rugby world continue to battle over the Web Ellis trophy in the knockout stages of the World Cup, some of the sport's less-fancied teams are making their way home after a valiant, if unsuccessful, fight in the group stages.",
"Since the tournament began in 1987, only four nations have walked away as world champions: New Zealand, South Africa, Australia and England.",
"Canada's Canucks, Georgia's Lelos or the U.S. Eagles were never the bookmakers' favorites to win the Cup and for obvious reasons.",
"These emerging nations do not compete anywhere near as regularly as the elite sides and, along with tactical and experience deficiencies, face a daunting challenge to emerge from the bruising challenge of the pool matches in the world's most prestigious event.",
"But these teams do have heart and motivation and -- perhaps most of all -- they have the joy and passion of national pride.",
"Whether or not they walk away with wins, it's being there, representing their nations and improving the standard of rugby within their countries, that matters most for them.",
"\"When that flag is waving and the anthem plays before the game, if that doesn't get you going, you need to see a cardiologist,\" former Eagles player and coach Jack Clark told CNN.",
"\"It's just one of those moments where you feel not only a lot of responsibility, but you feel really privileged to have that responsibility.\"",
"Lelos making strides .",
"Georgia did not make an appearance in the Rugby World Cup until 2003, but the they became an overnight sensation during that year's tournament with their passionate play, despite not actually winning a match.",
"The Lelos, named after an indigenous Georgian sport similar to rugby, also qualified for the 2007 finals and nearly caused a sensation by coming within a whisker of beating established nation Ireland.",
"Just 11 days later, they beat Namibia 30-0 to record their first World Cup success.",
"For a nation that considers rugby to be a minority sport, Georgia are supported by an intensely loyal fan base and host a number of players who regularly compete in France, adding to their level of conditioning.",
"\"The strength of our team is in our physicality,\" media manager Lasha Khurtsidze told CNN.",
"\"We always have very good forwards and our scrum is considered to be in the top five in the world.",
"Our players have a very strong sense of pride and courage.",
"They play like they are on a battlefield protecting their country.\"",
"Georgia qualified for this year's tournament after defeating Russia 36-8 and winning the European Nations Cup in 2010.",
"\"We are determined to show the world that we are not underdogs,\" Khurtsidze added.",
"\"We want to prove that we deserve a place among the elite teams.",
"We aim more at playing with dignity rather than winning, however, to win one or two matches is very important because expectations are very high here in Georgia.\"",
"In this year's tournament, Georgia narrowly lost to Scotland, England and Argentina, but beat Romania 25-7.",
"\"I think Georgia surpassed expectations in this year's World Cup,\" Alex Payne, a Sky Sports broadcaster who regularly covers rugby, told CNN.",
"\"I would have expected them to have lost more heavily to Scotland, England and Argentina, given those teams would have been very aware of what Georgia are capable of.",
"Georgia were not taken lightly by any of those teams, and yet still, the margins of victory were more than respectable for a side that doesn't get that much competitive play.",
"\"Georgia have come a long way in a short state of time,\" Payne added.",
"\"If they can add a bit more creativity and flair behind what they've got up front, then they will push forward.\"",
"Eye on the Eagles .",
"The U.S. Eagles have participated in each World Cup since 1987 (except 1995, when they did not qualify), but going into this year's Cup, they had only ever won only two matches, both against Japan.",
"Although they are a national team, the Eagles are not considered part of the professional game.",
"The U.S. players were exposed to rugby in high school or college and many are former American football players.",
"\"These are regular people with normal jobs who have learned to challenge themselves outside the usual lifestyle,\" Julie McCoy, coach of the USA sevens side, told CNN.",
"\"The majority of those players have come through the high school and college All-American system over the last 10 years.",
"They finally have a pathway.",
"It's not just a bunch of guys saying 'Hey, who wants to go represent the U.S. in the World Cup?'",
"That was the mechanism 10 years ago.\"",
"While other countries were holding training camps in July, the Eagles were unable to practice as a team, according to head coach Eddie O'Sullivan.",
"When the players do get together, they have to make up for lost time in addition to preparing for a global tournament.",
"\"It's a pretty meager existence, but we make those sacrifices so we can get our proper training and conditioning in,\" Eagles center Paul Emerick told CNN.",
"\"It's a testament to the guys who are dedicated.",
"Everyone wants to be here and put their time in.\"",
"The main core of the current U.S. squad played together in the 2007 tournament, and the players have managed to maintain a tight chemistry.",
"That, combined with the pride they take in representing their country on a world stage, provides Team USA with its greatest strengths.",
"\"The ultimate thing you want to do is represent your country,\" Eagles lock Scot LaValla told CNN.",
"\"That's the dream, the goal, the end result if you're really committed to your sport.",
"One of the things I'm constantly impressed with is the chemistry on the team.",
"Physically you have a team here who is strong as any other team, but our commitment to each other is an asset.\"",
"The Eagles fell to Ireland and Italy , and were thrashed 67-5 by Australia.",
"However, they achieved an important goal by defeating Russia 13-6, a result that saw them finish fourth in Pool C, ahead of the Russians.",
"\"I would expect that they wanted to beat Russia by more,\" Payne said.",
"\"The disappointing thing for them will be the hammering at the hands of Australia.",
"That is the kind of gap they will want to close in the future.",
"They will be disappointed not to have made more of a statement at the Cup, but they showed that they've got some really talented players.\"",
"Canucks still improving .",
"Canada have appeared in every World Cup since 1987 and have already qualified for the 2015 tournament.",
"in England. Going into this year's tournament, the Canucks were the top qualifying Americas team and have continued to improve in rank throughout the year.",
"But they have only made it past the pool phase once, in 1991, where they were knocked out in the quarterfinals by New Zealand.",
"Canada entered this years tournament in good stead with victories over the U.S. and maintained that form with a 25-20 success over Tonga.",
"Defeat against France followed, before a tense 23-23 draw against Japan.",
"Former Canadian international Gareth Rees told CNN: \"They've been really honest and hardworking in this tournament despite not everything being perfect.",
"In terms of their attitude and setting up for the next four years, it's been an outstanding World Cup.\"",
"Canada were thrashed 79-15 by host nation and tournament favorites New Zealand in their final match and Rees believes if the Canucks want to improve on the international stage, they need to re-evaluate their structure, beginning with a bigger pool of players to choose from.",
"\"The biggest issue is we have is to be playing at a higher intensity,\" he said.",
"\"We need more regular games at a higher level, so when we get to the pool games, the intensity and the mental preparation isn't quite as much of a shock to the system.",
"\"I'd like to see us knocking on the door, like when Tonga upset France.",
"I'd like it if Canada could be that team upsetting other teams -- I think we can get up there to being at the top of the Tier 2 nations.\""
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"Georgia are building on their reputation for being competitive and physical .",
"The U.S. Eagles are a tight cohesive outfit that display deep national pride ."
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"(CNN) -- Move aside oom-pah bands.",
"The new Germany has no space for your lederhosen-clad image.",
"And forget that dark German music scene promulgated by metal industrial bands like Rammstein.",
"Here comes Madsen, a four-piece indie rock band with heart and high-energy live shows.",
"They are one of the most popular new bands in Germany, with several top 10 hits.",
"Madsen is made up of brothers Sebastian, Johannes and Sascha Madsen and their friend Nico Maurer.",
"They are touring the United States to promote the German language and their audience is mostly high school and college students like 10th grader Maya Dudley of Chamblee, Georgia.",
"She saw the band in Athens on a field trip with her German class.",
"\"Most of their songs sound like anything you would hear on the radio here,\" she says.",
"Their sound has been compared to Green Day and the band members claim Nirvana as one of their influences.",
"Their lyrics are smart, fun and distinctly German.",
"\"Our English isn't very good,\" said Madsen's lead singer, Sebastian Madsen, in his first interview in English.",
"While he only has a slight accent, he's not ready to translate into English any of their more popular tunes like \"Du schreibst Geschichte\" (You Write History) or \"Mein Herz bleibt hier (My Heart Stays Here)\".",
"\"It's more interesting to sing German in America, because it's a challenge for the people here,\" he says.",
"That's why the entire tour is sponsored by the German government, the European Recovery Program and others interested in promoting Germany's culture and language, such as the Goethe Institute.",
"\"In the U.S., many German programs have been cut down,\" says the Goethe Institute's Bjoern Technau.",
"German language education is being pushed out by other languages, like Mandarin Chinese, according to a 2009 survey by the Center of Applied Linguistics.",
"\"We try to keep German on the screen, so to speak.\"",
"Technau says.",
"The 12-city Madsen tour is supposed to help.",
"The band has been playing mostly in school auditoriums in the daytime.",
"The audiences are American students who dance and sing along in perfect German.",
"That's because they have studied the lyrics in class.",
"The Goethe Institute developed lesson plans for German teachers around the band's songs.",
"\"Mad about German -- Mad about Madsen\" is the tag line for the U.S. tour.",
"Besides getting kids interested in the language, Madsen wants to push out German music stereotypes one American auditorium at a time.",
"\"German music still has the reputation of being somewhat dark,\" says Sebastian Madsen.",
"\"We want to counter this cliché and surprise our audiences.\"",
"One big surprise is that Madsen's live shows are just as energetic in a school auditorium as they are at a huge Berlin music festival.",
"\"It doesn't matter if there are 10 people or 10,000, we always want to give a good show for everybody.",
"That's very important to us,\" says drummer Sascha Madsen.",
"The last date on Madsen's U.S. concert tour will be November 18 in Denver."
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"The group is helping promote the German language .",
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- After weeks of headlines about the outage of its hacker-compromised online gaming system, Sony on Monday looked to change the conversation with Playstation Vita, a machine they say will \"revolutionize\" handheld game play.",
"The gaming system, which will be available by this year's holiday season, marries advances in portable gaming with the Playstation's longstanding gaming pedigree, said Sony president of consumer products Kazuo Hirai.",
"\"Playstation Vita will revolutionize the portable entertainment experience,\" he said.",
"\"It is an experience you really need to see and feel to believe.\"",
"The Vita was unveiled as part of Sony's presentation on the eve of the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, which officially begins Tuesday.",
"The device will have a 5-inch touch screen and feature front and back-mounted cameras and touch pads in addition to a pair of mounted joysticks.",
"The system will let players use any, or all, of those controls during a game.",
"With more than 80 titles already in development, according to Sony, the Vita will offer cross-platform play, letting players continue some games between the Vita and the Playstation or, in some cases, even play multiplayer games against others using either a Vita or Playstation.",
"The Wi-Fi only version will sell for $249 and a 3G model, with exclusive AT&T service, will be $299.",
"The Vita, which Sony had been calling the NGP (next-generation portable) before its official unveiling, marks the company's biggest advance in the handheld gaming space since it introduced the Sony PSP in 2006.",
"It doesn't feature 3D gaming, like rival Nintendo's 3DS, which was rolled out at last year's E3.",
"But Hirai teased that the dual cameras will be used in another emerging video-game space -- augmented reality.",
"\"With Playstation Vita, the whole world really is in play,\" he said.",
"John Davidson, of gaming website GameSpot, liked what he saw of the Vita after an early look, calling its visual fidelity \"remarkable.\"",
"\"Definitely closer to handheld 'HD' experience than previous handhelds,\" he said in an email to CNN.",
"Jack Tretton, president of Sony Computer Entertainment of America, didn't waste time Monday addressing the hacker-caused outage that had the Playstation Network down for the better part of a month for most players.",
"He called it the \"elephant in the room\" and thanked gamers for staying loyal during the down time.",
"\"You are the lifeblood of this company.",
"Without you there is no Playstation,\" Tretton said.",
"\"I want to apologize, both personally and on behalf of the company, for any anxiety we caused you.",
"\"I know we took you away from what you enjoy most ... and it is you that causes us both to be humble and amazed at the amount of dedication and support you continue to give to the Playstation brand.\"",
"Noting the weeks of negative headlines, he jokingly said \"you're welcome\" to members of the media.",
"He said that more than 90 percent of users have returned to the online network, which saw its online store returned last week.",
"Sony also kept up the push for 3-D gaming Monday by taking on what's been considered one of the key stumbling blocks to its success: Price.",
"Acknowledging that the cost of 3-D television remains prohibitive for many gamers, Tretton announced that Sony will be making a Playstation-branded 3-D console that will sell, along with a set of 3-D glasses and the upcoming 3-D game \"Resistance 3,\" for $499.",
"The 24-inch console, which can also be used to watch 3-D movies and television, offers a split-screen mode for multi-player gaming.",
"\"We know that gaming is going to drive 3-D adoption,\" Tretton said.",
"Among the upcoming games Sony featured, the two that got the most attention were \"Uncharted: Drake's Deception\" and \"Bioshock: Infinite.\"",
"Both will be available for the Playstation and Vita."
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"(CNN) -- Some manufacturers of consumer-grade speaker systems are scrambling to make their products compatible with Apple's wireless features.",
"The first audio equipment with out-of-the-box support for Apple AirPlay protocol debuted in April.",
"The feature allows users to press a button on their iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad or iTunes software and instantly transmit audio from the device to the speaker system over a Wi-Fi connection.",
"Some audio equipment companies say they're feeling the pressure to add this Apple-specific feature to more of their product lines.",
"That comes as Apple is mulling whether it will scale back or entirely do away with the iPod-dock speakers and alarm clocks it sells in its retail stores, according to a person familiar with Apple's discussions who was not authorized to discuss the plans.",
"Apple's proposal to cut back on the supply of dock products it carries was first reported by Twice, a consumer-electronics trade publication.",
"An Apple spokeswoman didn't respond to a request for comment.",
"Apple's push for AirPlay is consistent with a history of flexing its influence to shape partners' businesses, as it did for pricing digital music, enforcing guidelines on accessory makers and changing rules for app developers.",
"Although some Apple product users enjoy having an alarm clock with a dock by their bedsides to charge their phones, AirPlay has notable advantages.",
"Docking a 10-inch tablet like the iPad is impractical, and AirPlay also allows you to transmit music directly from a computer.",
"Apple laid out its grand vision for an untethered computing world on Monday with the announcement of iCloud.",
"That came nine months after Apple announced AirPlay.",
"Apple often nudges its suppliers into supporting new technologies, and one of those ways is by putting its marketing might behind the company's newest offerings, said Ross Rubin, a music-industry analyst for the NPD Group.",
"\"The Apple Store is clearly an important retailer for selling iPod docks, and it is a retailer that strives to showcase the latest technology directions from Apple,\" Rubin said.",
"\"A lot of the products carried in the Apple Stores tend to be at the higher end of the price spectrum.\"",
"iPod-dock systems without the wireless bells and whistles should continue to drop in price, serving a large mass market at stores like Best Buy and Walmart, Rubin said.",
"However, for the equipment companies targeting the Apple faithful -- consumers who learn about and buy many of their products at Apple stores -- it's an important venue to occupy.",
"Pioneer Electronics, for one, is hoping to piggyback on Apple's customers.",
"Nearly half of the people who own a Pioneer device also own at least three Apple gadgets, according to a Pioneer survey.",
"Pioneer debuted its first batch of AirPlay-enabled receivers in March and announced five more this week, with all but the base model using AirPlay.",
"Philips is also marching to Apple's tune.",
"\"Philips has several products in the pipeline for the back half of 2011, including a new range that incorporates AirPlay, and we look forward to continuing our partnership with Apple,\" spokeswoman Shannon Jenest said in a statement.",
"Apple had not alerted the company to any changes in distribution plans, she said.",
"Two companies that sell speakers in Apple Stores, Altec Lansing and Harman International, which makes the JBL brand, declined to comment.",
"Another, Bose, didn't respond to requests for comment.",
"Integrating Apple's wireless technology into sound systems doesn't require manufacturers to pay additional licensing fees beyond the one Apple charges for including its iPod dock connector and \"Made for iPod\" sticker, equipment makers say.",
"However, Apple requires that companies use a certain processor in their electronics and, of course, include a Wi-Fi chip, which can increase costs, they said.",
"Where Apple does have ample space, like in its larger stores, speaker inventory appears to be unchanged.",
"But in other Apple retail locations like the one in Fashion Show Mall in Las Vegas, little space is left over since Apple redesigned its stores to include \"personal training\" and \"personal setup\" stations.",
"There, Jawbone's Jambox, a small rectangular gadget that uses Bluetooth for wireless transmission instead of AirPlay, is hanging on a wall in the back rather than on display like it is in other Apple Stores.",
"Jawbone is confident it's in a better position by embracing wireless technology, CEO Hosain Rahman wrote in an e-mailed statement.",
"\"We think docks are dead,\" Rahman wrote.",
"\"We need devices that can keep up with our on-the-go lifestyle.",
"You shouldn't be tethered to a dock.\"",
"Sonos, a wireless speaker system, isn't carried by Apple and sells most of its units through Best Buy and Amazon.com.",
"Sonos uses a proprietary wireless system but recently added a workaround for AirPlay.",
"The 8-year-old company began specializing in wireless music services long before the equipment makers turned their attention to that market.",
"\"In many ways, docks were more like CD players, tape players or record players in that you take this thing, and you stick it in,\" Sonos co-founder Thomas Cullen said.",
"\"Building an iPod dock was not very different from building a CD player.\"",
"Now, many equipment makers are looking at wireless options, and some are taking a scattershot approach.",
"AirPlay, Bluetooth and DLNA, another standard that works with Windows computers and some Android devices, are making their way into audio receivers, and in some cases, all three.",
"Add a dock to that, and you might have a product too big to fit on Apple's shelves."
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"(CNN) -- Glitzy Dubai lures globetrotters with its modern architectural wonders and a bounty of luxury shopping, dining and lodging.",
"This United Arab Emirates metropolis boasts \"sunshine, shopping, seaside, sports and safety\" as key selling points on its tourism website.",
"Caroline Faraj is CNN's chief operations director in Dubai and editor of CNN Arabic.",
"Faraj, originally from Jordan, moved to Dubai in December 2001.",
"We asked Faraj to share her tips for visiting this dynamic city: .",
"Where can you get the best view of the city?",
"At Burj Khalifa, which is the tallest building in the world.",
"The tower's observation deck, At The Top, is located on level 124.",
"To which restaurant would you take your loved one for an anniversary or other special occasion?",
"Try Pierchic at Madinat Jumeirah Hotel.",
"This romantic restaurant is at the end of a pier that stretches over the waters of the Persian Gulf.",
"Time Out Dubai named Pierchic as the best seafood restaurant in 2010.",
"Where is the best place to people watch?",
"The Dancing Fountain at Burj Khalifa.",
"On a lake outside, choreographed water shows are put on multiple times each evening.",
"What is your favorite neighborhood?",
"Zabeel Park, where you can run, walk, play games, barbecue, rent a boat on a small lake or visit the space and science museum.",
"This park stretches over about 117 acres in central Dubai.",
"What's the best way to blend in?",
"Visit one of the souks (markets), like the gold market, or spice, textile or fish souks.",
"What's the biggest misconception about your city?",
"Some come to Dubai with a misconception that you can do whatever you want in Dubai.",
"To a certain extent that might be true, but there are restrictions, rules and the need to respect the culture of the country.",
"For example, with regards to consuming alcohol, only Christian ex-pats can apply for a license to buy alcohol from special shops, but visitors can find it in hotels, too.",
"Where do you go to relax? I go to a spa, and the best one is at the Park Hyatt.",
"The hotel's Amara spa is on the banks of the Dubai Creek.",
"I also go sometimes to a resort to enjoy the beach.",
"What essential thing should visitors see/experience if they only have a few hours?",
"Take a creek tour in an abra, a small crossing boat.",
"And if there is time, take the bus tour that gives you a quick briefing on the architecture and souks as well as the desert safari trip in the middle of the dunes.",
"Where's your favorite place to spend a night out on the town?",
"Trader Vic's with its Cuban live music.",
"Are there local specialty dishes or drinks that visitors must try?",
"If you like seafood, then I would recommend trying fish cooked the traditional way, which is either salt cured (called maleh), sun-dried (Al kaseef) or ground dried fish (sahnah).",
"What is a good local souvenir?",
"The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven emirates, so I would suggest the bottles that have sands in seven colors coming from the seven emirates."
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"Try the traditional salt-cured or sun-dried fish .",
"For a stunning view, go to the observation deck at the Burj Khalifa .",
"Have a short time there?",
"Take a tour in an abra, a small crossing boat ."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- Keep debating whether video games are art if you wish.",
"At E3, the world's biggest gaming expo, it's a closed question.",
"Here, video games are definitely art -- and a gallery-style exhibit aims to prove it to as many people as care to look.",
"\"Into the Pixel,\" a juried art show now in its eighth year, opened on Tuesday, showcasing work that supporters say is finally receiving its just due in the sometimes-cloistered art world.",
"\"There actually is no line at all between the video-game artist and the fine-art world,\" said Nora Dolan, an independent curator who has worked at galleries including the Ansel Adams Museum in San Francisco and the Whitney Museum in New York and was one of the jurors for the show.",
"\"There's no difference to me. This is as high-quality an exhibit as could be.\"",
"Seventeen images were selected for the show out of hundreds of submissions.",
"After showing at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the exhibit will spend the next year traveling to festivals and conventions around the world.",
"As may be expected, there were dragons and spaceships, creepy monsters and brave heroes depicted in the show.",
"But other pieces might not be pegged as video-game images at all if not for the setting.",
"\"Oktonok Cay Cannery,\" by David Guertin from the game \"Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One,\" is a rendering of a highly abstracted shipyard that wouldn't look out of place next to work by Salvador Dali.",
"\"The Pelican,\" by Andrew Kim from \"Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception,\" is a detailed look at the interior of an empty and vaguely ominous East End London pub.",
"The prints on display at the opening in the Los Angeles Convention Center were created for video games that range from massive hits from major companies to small, independent games.",
"Some were touched up slightly for their gallery debut, but many are directly lifted from gameplay.",
"Tyler Breon's entry, \"Cronos Battle,\" from last year's \"God of War III,\" depicts an enormous monster hulking over the game's main character, peering down at him with a look hovering somewhere between perplexed and annoyed.",
"Breon, a senior character artist for Sony, had his first gallery showing at \"Into the Pixel.\"",
"Video-game art, like other emerging art forms, needed time to earn wider acceptance, he said.",
"\"You look at all kinds of media that were new -- anything that's new, people aren't really comfortable with initially,\" he said, citing the way comic-book art is now taken seriously, but only after decades of scorn.",
"\"I think the longer they're exposed to it, they come to be more comfortable with it.\"",
"The past year may have been a turning point in the art world's comfort with video games.",
"The Smithsonian Institution announced that, in 2012, it will be opening \"The Art of Video Games,\" an exhibition spanning four decades of gaming images.",
"And, last month, the National Endowment for the Arts announced video games would join film, radio and other media that are eligible for government support.",
"\"There are signs that this is really happening,\" said Martin Rae, president of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences which, along with the Entertainment Software Association, sponsors \"Into the Pixel.\"",
"\"We now have a realization within the government that what we do is art,\" Rae said.",
"Rae compares video-game art to photography.",
"In its infancy, art communities dismissed photo-taking as a simple act of point-and-shoot, merely copying an image that already existed.",
"\"I think we had the same thing here,\" he said.",
"\"But the public is catching up.\"",
"By showcasing the work in \"Into the Pixel,\" Rae and others hope to speed that process.",
"\"Every time traditional fine arts people look at what we have in our industry, they immediately recognize that the artists within our industry are exceptional,\" he said."
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"Curator: There's no line between the video-game artist and the fine-art world ."
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"(CNN) -- Singer Fantasia Barrino gave birth to a boy in North Carolina on Tuesday, her representative said.",
"Dallas Xavier Barrino, weighing 7 lbs 9 ounces and measuring 21 inches, was born at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, according Sherlen Archibald.",
"\"I feel so blessed that my son Dallas Xavier was born healthy, and is a wonderful new addition to our family,\" Barrino said, who also has a 10-year-old daughter.",
"\"I thank all my fans for their well wishes and continued support.\"",
"The 2004 \"American Idol\" winner announced her pregnancy in August at a Florida concert.",
"She has not said who the father is.",
"The past 18 months have been difficult for the 27-year-old Barrino, who acknowledged a relationship with a married man in the summer of 2010.",
"She initially denied knowing Antwaun Cook was married.",
"She was treated at a Charlotte, North Carolina, hospital for a \"sleep aid\" overdose several days after Cook's wife filed a child-custody petition that included allegations of the affair.",
"Barrino later testified in the child custody case that she knew from the first day of her relationship with Cook that he was married and still living with his wife, according to court records.",
"Barrino's raw talent as a songstress, combined with her hard-luck story as a teenage mother, won her many fans, starting with her winning the third season of \"American Idol.\"",
"Her six-year-long entertainment career has been pockmarked with adversity, including being sued by her own father and well-publicized financial troubles.",
"CNN's Denise Quan contributed to this report."
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"The singer also has a 10-year-old daughter .",
"The singer revealed her pregnancy during a Florida show ."
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"(CNN) -- Mansour Daou is known as the \"Black Box\" of Moammar Gadhafi's regime -- like an aircraft's data recorder, he knows some of Libya's darkest secrets.",
"And as one of Gadhafi's top security officials, who remained at his side until the final hours, Daou has a unique insight into the astonishing downfall of Africa's longest-serving leader.",
"Now in an interview with CNN he describes how the dictator, who was once of the world's most feared leaders, was forced to scavenge for food and hide in abandoned houses in the coastal city of Sirte.",
"\"He was very worried and erratic -- this could be because he was afraid,\" Daou said.",
"According to Daou, Gadhafi became desperate to travel to his birthplace, the village of Jaref, 20 kilometers west of Sirte, a journey that Daou feared was \"suicide.\"",
"\"He wanted to go to his village, maybe he wanted to die there or spend his last moments there,\" he said.",
"Finally, after NATO jets attacked his convoy, Gadhafi tried to escape on foot through drainage pipes, but was caught.",
"He was later killed in circumstances that are still far from clear.",
"Gadhafi's autopsy reveals he was shot in head .",
"Daou spoke as he awaited trial at a detention facility in the city of Misrata, which bore the brunt of the regime's most brutal assault during the conflict.",
"The most significant charges he faces relate to his alleged role in the Abu Salim prison massacre in 1996, and his role in the alleged hiring of African mercenaries by the regime during the conflict.",
"He told CNN he had no role in those events.",
"The interview was initially delayed by a few hours -- officials said Daou was being interrogated and asked CNN to return in the evening to speak to him.",
"The CNN crew was taken to the bottom floor of the building and led into a conference room where Daou sat at a long table with his interrogator -- a tall, tough-looking Libyan man.",
"Daou, in his late 50s, wore a traditional Arabic gray dishdasha robe and seemed to be in good health.",
"During the hour-long interview, Daou described how he had been in the same car as Gadhafi as they made their chaotic escape from the former leader's hometown of Sirte.",
"Gadhafi left Tripoli for Sirte on August 18, according to Daou -- just two days before fighters seeking to oust him entered the capital.",
"Daou said he remained in Tripoli until it became clear the city was no longer safe for the regime's top tier.",
"He then fled to the city of Bani Walid on August 22, along with Gadhafi's son, Saif al-Islam and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi.",
"He stayed with them for four days before joining the former dictator in Sirte.",
"Daou said their living conditions went from bad to worse as the rebels tightened their siege of the city.",
"They moved around abandoned houses every three to four days, he said, surviving on the little food they could find.",
"Towards the end, they had no power, water or communication with the outside world.",
"\"Our lives had turned by about 180 degrees.\"",
"Gadhafi spent his final days writing and reading books he had stacked in suitcases, Daou said, but his behavior became more unpredictable.",
"As fighters surrounded Sirte, Gadhafi's group wanted to leave the city.",
"Daou said he and others knew that if they did not leave before the siege there would be no way out.",
"But Gadhafi refused to leave -- until October 20 -- when he and his son Mutassem decided to make the move to the former dictator's birthplace.",
"Their group of about 350 men had dropped to fewer than 200, according to Daou.",
"\"It started dropping daily with some killed, others wounded and those who had left with their families,\" he said.",
"Daou described their force as a mostly undisciplined civilian one under the command of Mutassem.",
"They had no plan -- not for fleeing and certainly not for fighting.",
"Their convoy of more than 40 vehicles was supposed to head out before dawn when they thought anti-Gadhafi forces would be resting -- but they were too late.",
"At about 8 a.m. they set out to Gadhafi's birthplace but NATO jets quickly struck one of the vehicles in the convoy.",
"The impact of the explosion triggered the airbags in the car and Gadhafi sustained a slight injury to his head or chest.",
"Daou remembered a scene of chaos, confusion and horror.",
"As they tried to escape he says anti-Gadhafi fighters opened fire on their cars as they attempted to flee.",
"Then a second airstrike by NATO followed.",
"\"That is when we had the most casualties and destroyed vehicles, our car was hit after we got out of it.",
"Here were many injured: someone lost an arm, another a leg, some were dead.",
"It was terrifying,\" Daou recalled.",
"They had no option but to run; their escape on foot ended with heavy fire from fighters who surrounded them by the drainage pipes they were using to escape through.",
"Daou said he lost consciousness after he was hit by shrapnel in his back and does not know how Gadhafi died.",
"The death of Gadhafi ended the possibility of an insurgency that his loyalists could have mounted, he believes.",
"\"The regime and any power it may have had died with Gadhafi,\" he said.",
"The legacy of Libya's former dictator is now being debated.",
"\"It will be up to the historians, everyone has their opinion, some see him as a dictator who killed his own people, and there is an opposite view.",
"History is usually written by the more powerful,\" he said.",
"Gadhafi believed he could remain in power, Daou said, adding that he and other members of the inner circle tried to convince the former strongman to leave the country since March \"to leave with respect ... to save face.\"",
"His sons rejected the idea, especially Saif: \"It is not easy for someone who had been in power for 42 years, to believe that it is over in a minute,\" Daou said.",
"Daou said he had no idea where the former regime's most wanted men -- Saif and al-Senussi -- were.",
"But with the International Criminal Court pursuing them, he believes they are probably still in Libya as no country will take them.",
"ICC: Mercenaries may try to help Gadhafi son escape .",
"When asked if he thought Saif, who during the conflict vowed to fight until the end, was a fighter, Daou laughed quietly and said: \"I don't know -- I don't think so.\"",
"As unrest broke out in the region in January, officials in Libya were worried, Daou recalled.",
"\"There was fear and there was concern that this wave could reach Libya and the feeling was right,\" he said.",
"Daou said he was in a car with Gadhafi and al-Senussi driving back to Tripoli from Sabha in the south when news reached them about the ousting of the president of neighboring Tunisia.",
"He said they had a serious discussion, but the threat was not taken seriously.",
"According to Daou, Gadhafi felt betrayed by world leaders he considered allies.",
"\"He spoke of friends he said let him down, and did not stand by him, like (Italian Prime Minister Silvio) Berlusconi, (former British prime minister) Tony Blair, the French president (Nicolas Sarkozy) and (Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip) Erdogan,\" Daou said.",
"But a bigger betrayal came from within.",
"Daou says there was a defense plan in place for the capital, but it was treason among the ranks of those who were tasked with securing Tripoli that led to the fall of the capital in a few days.",
"He said more than 3,800 troops were supposed to guard Tripoli's gates, but on the night anti-Gadhafi fighters entered the capital, fewer than 200 troops were on duty.",
"\"There was big betrayal by the general who was in charge -- it was his brigade that was in charge.",
"Tanks and military vehicles had no crews, watch towers were abandoned, security forces withdrew from the streets because this brigade was not present,\" Daou said.",
"With the regime he served for decades now history, Daou awaits trial by Libya's new rulers.",
"He told us in the presence of his interrogators he is being treated well -- but has yet to see a lawyer whom he has requested.",
"Daou has not visited Tripoli since August.",
"He has no TV and does not know what it looks like now, with his former regime's green flags replaced by the new national flags and walls covered with anti-Gadhafi graffiti.",
"He says the revolution was the people's will and they won -- now he says they have to preserve it -- and Libya's unity.",
"Asked if he regretted being part of the regime, he sighed and chuckled.",
"\"Sometimes I regret everything, I have even regretted being alive, of course a person has regrets at a time in his life and looks back but unfortunately you sometimes regret when it is too late.\"",
"CNN's Raja Razek contributed to this report."
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"Daou describes how the former Libyan dictator was forced to scavenge for food .",
"Gadhafi spent his final days writing and reading books he had packed in suitcases .",
"Daou: Gadhafi became desperate to travel to his birthplace, the village of Jaref ."
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"(CNN) -- Move over, Cookie Monster.",
"And pipe down, Oscar the Grouch.",
"There's a new muppet in town, and she's hungry.",
"Her name is Lily, and the newest member of the muppet pantheon symbolizes a serious social condition in today's recessionary era: nationwide hunger.",
"Colored pink and sporting long pigtails, Lily has been designed by Sesame Street to look like a 7-year-old girl.",
"Her character confronts a growing national struggle -- food insecurity.",
"Her story offers an optimistic scenario of how the community at large is supporting her and her family.",
"Sesame Street and the Jim Henson Co. are introducing this new muppet in an hour-long special, \"Growing Hope Against Hunger,\" Sunday on PBS.",
"In the special, Lily is prompted to make a revelation when one of the more popular muppets -- Elmo -- remarks that he \"didn't know there were so many people who didn't have the food they needed.\"",
"Lily then confesses to him that she doesn't know where her next meal is coming from and that times can be difficult.",
"Food insecurity is defined as the lack of a consistent access to food for active, healthy lives, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.",
"The USDA says 14.5% of households were food insecure at least some time during 2010 and that 5.4% of households experienced very low food security the same year.",
"\"Numerous studies suggest that children in food-insecure households have higher risks of health and development problem than children in otherwise similar food-secure households,\" the USDA says.",
"The Great Recession, which set off a wave of layoffs and plummeting home values, left many families without access to adequate food.",
"Since 2001, the number of households receiving emergency food has grown steadily, according to the USDA.",
"The most significant increase took place between 2007 and 2009 -- during the recession -- when the number of households making use of food pantries rose from 3.9 million to 5.6 million, an increase of 44%, according to the USDA.",
"Sesame Street really wanted to convey the scope of the problem, a spokeswoman said.",
"Many children whose families suffer food insecurity are part of the program's target audience, said Rocio Galarza, senior director for content and outreach at the Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street.",
"\"We made very specific choices for this characters so it conveyed the message that anyone could be going through this,\" Galarza said.",
"\"It could be your neighbor, could be part of your family sometimes.",
"The character is going through this with her family but is benefiting from the support of her entire community.\"",
"This isn't the first Sesame Street muppet with a social message: The show has previously featured Jesse, whose father passed away, as a character dealing with the issue of grief.",
"Sesame Street in South Africa also has an HIV-positive muppet named Tammy."
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"Sesame Street portrays Lily and her family dealing with food insecurity .",
"Nationwide, more families visited food pantries during the recession, USDA says ."
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"(CNN) -- The musician Bjork is releasing the first ever app-album.",
"It's called \"Biophilia,\" and it goes on sale in the Apple App Store on Tuesday.",
"The app-album is a collection of games, visualizations and musical scores that accompany Bjork's songs, which also is available for a traditional audio-only download.",
"Each song, in effect, becomes its own visual-and-audio experience, letting Bjork's fans interact with her songs in an entirely new way.",
"The main \"Biophilia\" app is available for free.",
"Each sub-application, which contains a song and some sort of interactive game, costs 99-cents, or $9.99 for the whole album.",
"A non-app version of the album also is available.",
"The Icelandic artist is known for being innovative.",
"Her 2004 album \"Medulla\" was composed almost entirely from human voices, which were remixed into a myriad of sounds.",
"On \"Volta,\" she used touch-sensitive instruments that predate the iPad.",
"\"Apps and iPads are just tools -- they have to be human and they have to have soul,\" she said.",
"Bjork sat down with CNN to talk about the creative process and purpose behind \"Biophilia.\"",
"You can listen to a CNN Radio Report podcast of the interview.",
"The following is a transcript: .",
"CNN: How did the idea of creating an app for your album or wanting to make your music interactive first come about?",
"Bjork: Well, believe it or not, this project started because I wanted to simplify things, and then ended up being one of the most complex things I've done.",
"But the initial idea, in a way, was because of the arrival of the touch screen.",
"I was already on my last tour from 2006 to 2008, the \"Volta\" tour.",
"I had a touch screen instrument called the Lemur and another one called Reactable.",
"And I was performing or people who were playing with me in the band were on those.",
"Once the tour was finished in 2008, I was excited not just to perform with touch screens, but to write with them or kind of use it as much as you could.",
"For me, it tapped into an issue I had as a child and sort of had since.",
"CNN: Even before you started with this project and started developing with these technologies to write these songs in creative ways, what has been your experience with listening to music?",
"How do you experience music?",
"Is this something you wish had been around before as a way for you to interact with other artists' music?",
"Bjork: That's a good question, I never really thought about that.",
"Yeah, for sure! People obviously tend to be scared of new tools and always think they have no soul in them.",
"The reason why there is no soul in them is because no one put it there, like you cannot really blame the tool ... Obviously technology is so sophisticated now that you ... don't have to be the biggest programming genius on Earth to do it.",
"You can do it now in a simple way.",
"And I feel if some of my favorite musicians would do something like this, it would obviously be important that they would do something that is idiosyncratic for them.",
"That it is not just accessorizing their music just for the novelty factor.",
"Because tools are just tools and obviously apps and iPads are just tools, they have to be human and they have to have soul.",
"CNN: Could you elaborate on the educational workshops that you'll be doing and why they are important for you?",
"Bjork: The core of this project is kind of educational, not only that I want to teach basic musicology for beginners, but it actually ended up being the project that I learned most.",
"I feel like I've been three years in this intense university.",
"So that's really the core of the project.",
"It's hard to say why. Maybe I'll look back in 10 years time and say why.",
"It felt like the shows are only a part when I'm obviously singing and expressing myself.",
"But it also had to be the other angle where the kids could come and they could express themselves and be interactive.",
"So far, we've gotten offers from some natural history museums and science museums around the planet.",
"Because it would be nice if it was not just the musical side of things, but also the biological.",
"For example, they could come in and they could play with crystals and biologists could tell them about crystals.",
"And musicologists could tell them about structures in music.",
"Then they can get the app to try it out, write their own little songs, and put it on a USB key and take it home.",
"That's the way I think it will work best in the spirit of the project.",
"It cannot really be without that aspect.",
"CNN: What do you hope people can get out of this app and this experience of interacting with your music?",
"Bjork: For me, obviously, I want to show that there's connection between nature and music ...",
"It's kind of an interesting project because I understand it more now that I am doing interviews than when I was doing it -- that the core or idea of this project is taking something that has usually been quite academic or bookish and making it impulsive and tactile.",
"So actually explaining it or doing an interview about it or writing or reading a press release about it, makes it sound like 500 times more complicated that it actually is.",
"It's like trying to explain how to dance in an e-mail.",
"If you would just turn it on and do it together, it'd be way easier.",
"I am hoping that it would sort of dissolve this VIP status that musicology has -- that's in only for the chosen few, if you are super clever, and you've studied for billions of years, you understand about scales."
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"Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israeli sailors boarded two aid ships headed to the Palestinian territory of Gaza on Friday, the Israeli military said.",
"While no resistance was reported, activists criticized the Israeli action as \"illegal\" and vowed that activists \"will keep coming, wave after wave\" to try to deliver aid to Palestinians in Gaza.",
"Activists on board the \"Freedom Waves to Gaza\" mini-flotilla were \"attempting to break the maritime security blockade that is in place in accordance with international law,\" the Israeli military said, and were refusing to heed their calls to turn back.",
"\"The boarding was carried out in line with directives from the Israeli government and after all attempts to prevent the vessels from reaching the Gaza Strip were made, but to no avail,\" the military said.",
"\"The boarding was carried out following numerous calls to the activists on board and during different points at sea.",
"Following their unwillingness to cooperate, and after ignoring calls to divert to the port of Ashdod, the decision was made to board the vessels and lead them there.\"",
"Sailors \"took every precaution necessary to ensure the safety of the activists on board the vessels as well as themselves,\" the Israel Defense Forces said.",
"Activists will be handed over to Israeli police and immigration authorities, the military said.",
"According to the activist organizers, this mission was the eleventh attempt to run Israel's blockade of Gaza by sea.",
"Five missions arrived safely in Gaza between August and December 2008, with the rest intercepted by Israel.",
"The activists said Friday that \"ground support crews lost contact with two ships, the Saoirse of Ireland and the Tahrir of Canada.\"",
"It said there are 27 civilian passengers.",
"The boats are carrying medical supplies and letters of support for people in Gaza.",
"The activists said the navy interrogated people on the Tahrir around 7:30 a.m., when it was about 48 nautical miles from the Gaza coast.",
"Thirteen minutes later, ground support crews lost contact with two ships.",
"Asked by the Israeli Navy for their destination, Canadian activist Ehab Lotayef replied, \"The conscience of humanity,\" the activists' said in a statement.",
"When they repeated the question, asking for final destination, Lotayef said, \"The betterment of mankind.\"",
"Kit Kittredge, an American traveling with the Tahrir, said Israelis made contact with the group and told them to change their radio channel.",
"Kittredge said the group declined to do so.",
"Late Thursday, two Israeli navy ships shadowed the ships before pulling back, the group said.",
"The activists said the ships had been \"illegally boarded.\"",
"\"It's clear that 27 civilians on two small boats, carrying only medicine, constituted no security threat to the Israeli state, and that the determination to keep them out is only a furtherance of Israel's policy of collective punishment, a crime against humanity,\" said Huwaida Arraf, spokeswoman for Freedom Waves to Gaza.",
"\"Despite this Israeli aggression, we will keep coming, wave after wave, by air, sea, and land, to challenge Israel's illegal policies towards Gaza and all of Palestine,\" Arraf said.",
"\"Our movement will not stop or be stopped until Palestine is free.\"",
"Jane Hirschmann, U.S. coordinator for the Freedom Waves to Gaza flotilla, said, \"Had the passengers been permitted to proceed to Gaza rather than being stopped on the high seas by armed force, there would have been no threat to their safety.",
"The IDF's statement is like the mugger promising to escort his victim home safely.\"",
"Ann Wright, one of the organizers of the Freedom Flotilla that attempted to sail to Gaza last June, said,\"It's a little hard to imagine how 27 unarmed civilians on two small boats carrying medicine and letters threaten Israel's security.",
"Israel is simply determined to maintain its policy of collective punishment against the 1.6 million civilians in Gaza.",
"This is a crime against humanity and violation of international law.",
"Despite Israel's consistent use of military force against nonviolent protests and demonstrations, activists around the world will continue to challenge the occupation of Palestine and the blockade and Gaza.\"",
"Passengers on the boats are from Canada, Ireland, the United States, Australia, and the Palestinian territories, the activists say.",
"The flotillas have sparked international controversy.",
"In 2010, an Israeli raid on one flotilla ship, the Mavi Marmara, resulted in nine Turkish activists being killed, a development that led to the deterioration of relations between Israel and Turkey, once close allies.",
"Israel was roundly criticized by many over the deaths.",
"A U.N. report criticized Israel for its use of excessive force in the incident but described the blockade -- which activists call illegal -- as a \"legitimate security measure.\"",
"Israel says it is concerned about the smuggling of arms to Gaza militants intent on attacking the Jewish state.",
"Gaza is controlled by the anti-Israel Hamas militant group, regarded as a terrorist group by the United States and Israel, .",
"But activists say Israeli embargoes of goods into Gaza from land and sea are collective punishment of civilians in what is a tiny and densely populated strip of land along the Mediterranean coast.",
"Israel has said any organization or state that wants to give humanitarian aid to Gaza can do so in coordination with Israeli authorities via existing land crossings into the Palestinian territory.",
"CNN's Kareem Khadder and Nicky Robertson contributed to this report."
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"The ships will be diverted to the Ashdod port, Israel says .",
"Activists will be transferred to the custody of Israeli authorities .",
"No resistance was reported ."
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"Fort Lauderdale, Florida (CNN) -- When I'm not on the road working, I want to feel as if I'm on vacation.",
"That's why I live in Fort Lauderdale.",
"I travel a lot for work and for pleasure, but every time I walk through my door, I say to my husband, \"I love our home.\"",
"Fort Lauderdale, just north of Miami, is a beautiful oceanfront town known for seven miles of sandy beach.",
"When I'm in town, I take advantage of a path that gives bicyclists an ocean view while they exercise.",
"This inviting stretch of sand became popular when it was shown on the big screen in the 1960 film \"Where the Boys Are,\" starring Connie Frances and George Hamilton.",
"Things have changed a lot in Fort Lauderdale since that movie.",
"The strip, the section along the beach where most of the shops, hotels and restaurants are congregated, is still there, and the businesses have gone upscale over the past few years.",
"But you still don't have to dress fancy even for the finest restaurants.",
"Fort Lauderdale has embraced the laid-back beach culture where a nice pair of jeans with a presentable shirt is fine in almost any establishment.",
"An everyman's guide to L.A. Where can you get the best view of the city?",
"No one cares about the city views when you can look at the beach and the blue Atlantic Ocean.",
"So, I'll tell you the best place to sit, have a drink and look at the beach.",
"The recently opened deck at McSorley's Beach Pub has a great unobstructed view of the ocean and is walking distance from the strip.",
"On a night when the moon is not reflecting off the water and the ocean is obscure, you need to travel only a block or two from the beach to the Intracoastal Waterway.",
"There, you can sit at any of the restaurants or bars on the waterway and watch the boats go by.",
"If you're traveling with children, the best place to go is to Benihana; when you aren't being entertained by the chef, you can look out the window and watch boats of all sizes go by.",
"International correspondent shares Moscow tips .",
"Which restaurant would you take your loved one to for an anniversary or other special occasion?",
"We would go to one of several restaurants, depending on our mood and how much we want to spend.",
"I know I'm going to get in trouble with some locals for making this public, but Sage French Café and Café Vico are two very good restaurants off the tourist trail.",
"They are a few minutes from the beach in strip malls.",
"Sage French Café never disappoints.",
"The price is right, and the meal is always good.",
"You can bring your own bottle of wine for a $15 corkage fee.",
"The bar serves only beer and wine.",
"If you want a full bar and great Italian food, go to Café Vico.",
"It is also hard to resist a maître de, who is really the owner, greeting you as if you grew up in the old country together.",
"We always order a plate of gnocchi as an appetizer to share with the table.",
"It's wonderful, but it's too rich to eat as a meal.",
"If it's seafood you crave, then you must go see chef Dean Max at 3030 Ocean in the Marriott Harbor Beach hotel.",
"While you're there, make sure you congratulate the chef for wining last year's Great American Seafood Cook-Off.",
"He was handpicked by the governor to represent Florida and compete against chefs from 13 states.",
"I am proud to tell you that chef Max brought home the bacon -- bragging rights for the Sunshine State.",
"Speaking of bacon, if it's meat you're hungry for and you have plenty of money to spend, order the Kobe beef at Steak 954 in the W hotel.",
"An 8-ounce Kobe fillet is $65, but the entire menu is not that expensive.",
"You can get a regular 8-ounce fillet for $35.",
"Aside from the food, a highlight here is the jellyfish tank; it's worth, at the least, going to the bar for a drink.",
"What is your favorite neighborhood?",
"I'm not sure it has a name, but all my friends know where to find me when I'm in town.",
"I call it my favorite beach block.",
"It is on the beach and Sunrise Boulevard, about a mile north of the strip.",
"This three-block radius has something for everyone.",
"After the sun goes down and you get a drink at McSorley's, you can walk across the street to the Parrot Lounge.",
"I recently became the Foursquare \"mayor\" of the Parrot Lounge, although my mother thinks I should own the place by now.",
"The friendly staff has retained me as a loyal customer for decades.",
"For many locals, this is our version of Cheers.",
"But instead of a Norm, we have a Rich who can always be found at the end of the bar.",
"The Parrot is known by locals as a \"Philly bar.\"",
"It caters to Philadelphia's sports teams, and the place is packed when the Flyers, Phillies, Eagles or even Penn State has a televised game.",
"The extensive menu includes foods that Philadelphia is known for such as cheesesteak and soft pretzels.",
"Even if you can't find Philadelphia on a map, it's a fun place where tourists and locals mix.",
"Doors away from the Parrot, you will find a Thai restaurant, smoke shop, kava bar, St. Barts coffee shop, tattoo parlors, bar/restaurant Cafe Bluefish, Yo Mama's homemade ice cream shop and a couple of shops selling T-shirts and souvenirs.",
"It's also where you'll see my husband every Sunday at about 6 p.m. picking up pizza from my favorite spot, Primanti Bros.",
"This beachfront sandwich shop is open 24 hours a day and serves the best pizza in town.",
"How do tourists stick out?",
"Knowing a person is a tourist is easy in Florida.",
"I think our engineer Max Lewis said it best: \"You look for the pink people.",
"We used to call them flamingos when I was a kid.\"",
"I'm not sure that the term is still used, but the pink people continue to be one good way to tell when someone is in town on vacation.",
"If their sunburn doesn't give them away, things like a Hawaiian shirt or camera around the neck will.",
"A tip: Save your money on the new shirt and buy good sunscreen!",
"Is there a tourist trap actually worth seeing?",
"The Jungle Queen riverboat has been transporting tourists around Fort Lauderdale's canals and New River for as long as I can remember.",
"The tour guides are funny and informative as they point out the multimillion-dollar homes on the water and the names of famous residents who live there.",
"This tour allows you to see these residences from behind the gates.",
"They also stop on their own island, where you can watch an alligator being wrestled.",
"If you want to see an alligator in its natural habitat, I advise you to rent a car and drive to Shark Valley in the Florida Everglades.",
"It's not in Fort Lauderdale but worth the trip!",
"It was only last year when I discovered this spot, and I haven't stopped talking about it since.",
"I have never seen so many alligators in one place.",
"I was so amazed by what I saw that I wrote a story for CNN's Travel page.",
"Have you been to Fort Lauderdale?",
"Share your tips in the comments section below."
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"Fort Lauderdale's best views are of the water with cocktails in hand .",
"Don't forget sunscreen -- the pink people stand out as tourists .",
"Get a look at the glitzy side of the city from the Jungle Queen riverboat ."
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"(CNN) -- Most conservationists would agree that you should not interfere with mother nature.",
"But there are exceptions to every rule.",
"Staff and tourists at Kapani Safari Lodge in Zambia were caught by surprise when a mother and baby elephant became trapped in mud.",
"Saying they couldn't just \"stand by and watch them slowly die,\" what ensued was a dramatic rescue.",
"Together with the South Luangwa Conservation Society (SLCS) and the local wildlife authority, the team devised a plan to get the elephants out.",
"The rest of the herd initially tried to help the screaming mother and baby escape, but they were stuck too deep.",
"Team managers from the conservation society slipped a rope around the baby and after a few attempts managed to pull her out of the muddy pit.",
"The team says it took a lot of coaxing to get her out and on her feet though, adding that she \"was terribly frightened and wouldn't leave her mum's side\".",
"Getting the adult elephant out of the mud was a far more challenging task -- by the time the baby had been rescued, its mother was dehydrated and exhausted.",
"But the SLCS team eventually pulled her out too, using a tractor and rope.",
"Staff at Kapani Lodge say it was \"heart-warming to see how many local people joined in the efforts to free the two elephants... it was the happiest possible ending.\""
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"Mother and baby elephant stuck in mud at game lodge in Zambia .",
"Local conservationists rescued elephants using rope and a tractor .",
"Elephants were at risk of dehydration and exhaustion ."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- A 24-year-old Connecticut man affiliated with the Anonymous hacking group was arrested and charged Tuesday with electronically attacking the website belonging to Gene Simmons of the rock band KISS, authorities said.",
"Kevin George Poe, of Manchester, Connecticut, made an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Hartford on Tuesday, and a judge ordered him released in lieu of a $10,000 bond, federal prosecutors said.",
"Poe is charged with two counts: conspiracy and unauthorized impairment of a protected computer, prosecutors said.",
"He was ordered to appear in federal court in Los Angeles at an undetermined date, prosecutors said.",
"The servers to GeneSimmons.com, the website belonging to the KISS band member, are based in Los Angeles, said Thom Mrozek, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office in Los Angeles.",
"Poe's federal public defender didn't respond to messages late Tuesday.",
"Using the screen name of spydr101, Poe joined other persons linked to Anonymous and allegedly conducted a \"distributed denial of service\" attack against Simmons' website during a five-day period in October 2010.",
"That attack allegedly involved sending tens of thousands of electronic requests designed to overload the website and shut it down, a prosecutor's statement said.",
"Poe allegedly used the computer program Low Orbit Ion Cannon -- \"a favorite software tool of the Anonymous collective\" -- to send a high volume of \"packets\" or requests in an effort to overwhelm the server, prosecutors said.",
"If convicted of both charges, Poe could face up to 15 years in federal prison, prosecutors said."
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"Kevin George Poe, 24, of Connecticut is accused of being an Anonymous hacker .",
"He allegedly attacked KISS band member GeneSimmons.com in October 2010 .",
"Poe allegedly overwhelmed the website's server with electronic requests ."
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"Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israeli officials were working on repairs at a cemetery in an Arab section of the coastal city of Jaffa Sunday after vandals covered graves with graffiti.",
"\"I am shocked. We should not permit it. It was done by a tiny minority, but the crime is terrible,\" Israeli President Shimon Peres told CNN Sunday.",
"\"To try and violate the holiness of a cemetery is against everything that we stand for, so both in public terms and religious terms, we shall take all the measures to get hold of these criminals and put an end to it.\"",
"More than 100 graves were vandalized in the Muslim cemetery of al-Kazakhana and at a nearby Christian cemetery in the Ajami neighborhood of Jaffa, according to residents and a CNN producer who visited the locations.",
"Words spray-painted in Hebrew on the gravestones included \"death to all Arabs,\" \"death to all Russians\" and \"price tag.\"",
"Graffiti also included words associated with a local football fan club.",
"\"Price tag\" is a term frequently used by radical Israeli settlers to denote reprisal attacks against Palestinians in response to moves by the Israeli government to evacuate illegal West Bank outposts, or as retribution for attacks by Palestinians.",
"Mayor of Tel Aviv-Jaffa Ron Huldai decried the vandalism and met with leaders of the Arab community to discuss it Sunday.",
"\"I expect the hands of those who do such crimes to be cut off,\" he said.",
"\"The public in Jaffa has always been the most mature above all the extremists.",
"We will find the way to return to normal (relations) despite the provocations.\"",
"After authorities found the graffiti, Arab and Jewish residents of Jaffa held a small protest against racism and for coexistence Saturday night.",
"During their demonstration, a Molotov cocktail was thrown at a synagogue elsewhere in the city.",
"No one was injured and the building was not damaged in that incident, but police were investigating.",
"The vandalism in Jaffa took place less than a week after the arson of a mosque in northern Israel and the painting of swastikas on the walls of a Jewish holy site in the northern West Bank.",
"Residents say the vandalism took place Friday evening as the Yom Kippur holiday was beginning in Israel, but police suggested it might have taken place a day or two prior.",
"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also condemned the incident Sunday and pledged to prosecute those responsible.",
"\"We are not prepared to tolerate any act of vandalism, especially that directed against religious sensitivities,\" Netanyahu said at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting.",
"Police were still following leads and investigating the case Sunday, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.",
"No arrests had been made.",
"Contrary to previous reports, police said graves were spray painted but were not smashed.",
"Police officials said they had stepped up patrols in the area and were reaching out to community leaders.",
"But one lawmaker said Sunday that officials had not done enough to stop such attacks.",
"\"The Israeli government is responsible, Many times something like this has happened and they did nothing, and so these people who do that are not deterred.",
"They think they will not catch them and they will not be punished,\" said Dr. Jamal Zahalka, a member of the Israeli Knesset.",
"\"We call here now for everybody, Jewish and Arab to unite in a front against racism.",
"The situation is deteriorating rapidly.",
"After the mosque, the cemetery and tomorrow, actions against people.",
"It will not stop \" According to Israeli police, reprisal attacks have increased in the past year, prompting them to create a special investigative unit.",
"In the past year, four West Bank mosques have been set ablaze.",
"The United Nations has reported a measurable spike in violence against Palestinian property in 2011.",
"On Wednesday, a shrine holy to Jews was desecrated in the West Bank.",
"Jewish worshippers arrived at Joseph's Tomb in the city of Nablus to find swastikas and graffiti sprayed on the walls.",
"It is unclear when the graffiti was left there.",
"The site is under Palestinian Authority rule, and Jews visit every couple of months to pray.",
"CNN's Izzy Lemberg, Dan Morgan and Kevin Flower contributed to this report."
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"New York City is the quintessential metropolis, the city other cities aspire to be.",
"Frenetic, chaotic and glamorous, it may not be the capital of America, or even New York State, but in many ways it's the capital of the world.",
"New York's skyscrapers are instantly recognizable architectural icons.",
"More than anywhere else, New York symbolizes the American Dream and the aspirations of the 20th century.",
"Ever since it was christened New Amsterdam in 1694 it has been a beacon for immigrants, the Promised Land where anyone can be anything they want.",
"The \"huddled masses\" who disembarked at Ellis Island under the gaze of the Statue of Liberty built a city on hard work, determination, and a belief that anything was possible.",
"The result is the Big Apple, the city that never sleeps, the place where you can make things happen.",
"New York is a celebrity city -- even if you've never been there you'll recognize it from countless movies and TV cop shows.",
"There's something innately cinematic about its skyline of tapered high-rises reaching towards the heavens.",
"The skyscrapers of Shanghai and Hong Kong may be more modern, and those of Dubai and Kuala Lumpur more immense, but only New York's are instantly recognizable architectural icons.",
"When most people think of New York they think of Manhattan, but there are of course four other boroughs in the city, each made up of countless distinct neighborhoods.",
"The relentless pace of New York life means no neighborhood maintains its identity for too long -- you won't find many Italians in Little Italy these days.",
"Watch Candace Bushnell take My City_My Life on a tour of New York. ...",
"It also means that the latest \"in\" place will soon be \"out\", giving way to the newest up-and-coming neighborhood known by a suitably convoluted acronym -- whether its Soho (South of the Hudson), Tribeca (Triangle Below Canal Street), Sobro (South Bronx) or Dumbo (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass).",
"While Manhattan is still the beating heart of the city, rents there are beyond the reach of most New Yorkers, and the relentless tide of gentrification has flowed into the other boroughs.",
"Where New York was once known for its mean streets, mayors Giuliani and Bloomberg have cleaned up the city with their zero-tolerance approach to crime.",
"The city's murder rate is now a quarter that of the early 1990s, the height of New York's crack epidemic.",
"While no one would complain about that, some feel that recent noise laws and bans on smoking indoors and serving trans fats in restaurants are signs that the city is losing the edginess on which it always thrived.",
"The last century may have belonged to New York, but the world is changing.",
"London is staking a claim as the world's financial capital, with Singapore and Hong Kong close behind.",
"And while the Big Apple practically invented the idea of \"cool,\" cities like Berlin and Moscow are building a reputation as hipper, grittier alternatives, where the real underground action happens.",
"But New Yorkers love competition.",
"They're the reason the city bounced back from 9/11, the Great Depression and various Wall Street crises.",
"They put up with the noise, crowds and the astronomical rents because they know there's nowhere on Earth that can match New York for sheer excitement.",
"It's still the city where anything is possible and, for hopeful dreamers around the world, it's still the Promised Land, where anyone can be anything they want."
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"New York City is frenetic and glamorous, the quintessential metropolis .",
"The city's five boroughs are made up of countless distinct neighborhoods .",
"Despite up-and-coming rivals, it's still the most exciting city in the world ."
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"Los Angeles Film Festival (June 18 -- 28) Since the Oscars are a closed shop to the general public, turning up in L.A. for the biggest night in the movie calendar -- unless you happen to be on the guest list -- is pretty much a non-starter.",
"Don't miss the Mr and Mrs Muscle Beach competition on Venice Beach .",
"If you're a film buff much better instead to hit town for the annual film festival, where you can delight at over 100 features, as well as star-studded premieres, seminars with industry bigwigs and outdoor screenings.",
"Mr and Mrs Muscle Beach Competition (July 4) It may not seem the obvious way to celebrate America's emancipation from British colonial rule, but the annual Independence Day competition on Venice Beach is definitely a spectacle, and a unique slice of Americana to boot.",
"Now in its 75th year, the event features bikini-clad women contestants as well as a plethora of Arnie Schwarzenegger wannabes all hoping to be crowned the golden couple of muscle.",
"The Long Beach Jazz Festival (August 7 -- 9) What nicer way to enjoy a warm summer evening in the city than with the crash of the Pacific sounding on one side and melodious jazz on the other.",
"The only jazz festival in Southern California, the Long Beach event is beautifully located on a grassy knoll overlooking a long sweep of lagoon.",
"The festival begins at 5pm on the Friday and runs all weekend and features some of the top jazz artists of the year.",
"New Year's Eve Partying If it's a New Year burnout you're after, they don't come any bigger than Giant Maximus, which claims to be the biggest end of year party in the world aimed at over-21s (the age limit for drinking alcohol in the U.S., obviously).",
"Spread over a seven-acre site in the downtown, the event includes top DJs, acrobats, a psychedelic circus and a giant ferris wheel.",
"In all 10,000 revelers gather under three air-conditioned big tops to usher in the next year surrounded by skyscrapers."
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"The L.A. film festival offers a chance to enjoy cinema in its spiritual home .",
"Check out the ridiculously buffs bodies at the Muscle Beach competition .",
"Join thousands of party people for New Year's Eve at Giant Maximus ."
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"(CNN) -- Ten years ago, NBC, eager to come up with its own version of the unexpected CBS reality hit, the competition series \"Survivor,\" adapted a Dutch series called \"Now or Neverland\" and proudly presented it -- with pro-wrestling-style fanfare -- as its newest series: \"Fear Factor.\"",
"Monday night, NBC revived \"Fear Factor\" in a version best described as \"new and unimproved.\"",
"The show, which has contestants do disgusting things, is alarmingly gross, no question.",
"But should we worry that its return marks a new and deeper descent into depravity for American TV-watchers?",
"A jump-off into a new binge of revolting reality-show programming?",
"Never fear.",
"There are other factors at play.",
"For one thing, the show's earlier version had raised the bar very high for disgusting.",
"We've already gone there.",
"More important, it's NBC.",
"Only at NBC, where audience levels are well below every broadcast network, save Univision and the CW, would it be considered progress to reach back to a decade-old TV series -- and a horrible one, at that.",
"Then again, NBC is the network that in its most recent attempts to revive old TV series, looked over the entire history of broadcast television and opted to present new versions of ... \"The Bionic Woman\" and \"Knight Rider.\"",
"\"Fear Factor\" is a known entity -- not a good one, but a known one -- and that makes it easier to promote than a series created from scratch.",
"And \"Fear Factor,\" like any reality competition show, is the type of program that can be plugged into any airtime hole, in any order, and it'll get more viewers than whatever it's replacing.",
"For many, even seeing someone smothering on scorpions or immersed in blood (as in its premiere Monday night) beats watching \"The Playboy Club.\"",
"It didn't have to be, of course. There were other new NBC shows from 2001 that could have been brought back instead.",
"\"The Weakest Link,\" a quiz show based on another series from abroad, premiered that year.",
"So did \"Kristin,\" a sitcom starring Kristin Chenoweth, which I'll bet not even she remembers clearly.",
"And \"Emeril\"-- the sitcom, not the cooking show.",
"So to be fair, NBC's current management doesn't exactly have a lock on developing bad TV.",
"But each of those bottom-of-the-barrel NBC shows from a decade ago -- and sadly, as a TV critic, I saw and recall them all -- was better than \"Fear Factor.\"",
"Then and now. I'd say that \"Fear Factor,\" as a programming strategy for the fourth-ranked broadcast network, has an air of desperation.",
"Except that the air is a lot more foul than that.",
"It smells, in fact, a lot like cow's blood.",
"In Monday's two-hour 2011 revival premiere, returning host Joe Rogan (how proud he must be, to land that job twice) explained to the four pairs of contestants that one of their tasks was to climb inside a tank filled with \"3,000 gallons of cow's blood,\" submerge themselves to locate cow's hearts lying on the bottom of the tank and place them in the mouth of their partners, whose job was to spit them into smaller containers next to the giant tank.",
"Cow's blood. Cow's hearts.",
"Udderly revolting.",
"There were other tasks, too, such as chewing and eating live scorpions, which made some of the contestants gag.",
"At home, I wasn't far behind.",
"The stunts on \"Fear Factor,\" Rogan said helpfully at the start of each hour, were designed and supervised by trained professionals.",
"\"They should not be attempted,\" he added, \"by anyone, anywhere, anytime.\"",
"If you're watching \"Fear Factor\" to begin with, you just might need that warning.",
"(And if you need it, you probably aren't bright enough to heed it.)",
"I'm a TV-viewing professional.",
"Here's my warning: \" 'Fear Factor' should not be viewed by anyone, anywhere, anytime.\"",
"The real shame of it is, NBC has some really good programming coming up early next year, starting with the musical drama \"Smash\" and the psychological thriller \"Awake.\"",
"Preceding those with \"Fear Factor\" not only sends the wrong message, it gathers the wrong audience.",
"If NBC wants stupid, \"Fear Factor\" is the perfect smelly bait.",
"It's also, amazingly, the modern equivalent of \"The Magic Christian,\" the 1969 Terry Southern parody film starring Peter Sellers as Guy Grand, a wealthy man who spent a fortune proving that people would do anything for money.",
"In that film's climax, Guy filled a giant outdoor vat with animal waste -- blood, urine, feces -- and floated money on top of it, daring people to wade in and grab the cash.",
"And they did, to the tune of Thunderclap Newman's \"Something in the Air.\"",
"All these years later, \"Fear Factor\" and NBC have made that ridiculous image come true: people wading in animal waste in exchange for cash.",
"How offal. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of David Bianculli."
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"David Bianculli: NBC's \"Fear Factor\" redux is even more disgusting .",
"It's not a new wave of gross-out shows, Bianculli says; it's a desperate NBC .",
"Network is relaunching known entity because it's easier to promote, he says .",
"Bianculli's advice: \"Fear Factor\" shouldn't be viewed by anyone, anytime ."
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"(CNN) -- Mumbai is extreme India.",
"In this booming metropolis all the wealth, inequalities, colors, flavors and passions of India are magnified to an almost unbearable degree.",
"For many Indians, Mumbai is the place where dreams can come true.",
"Somewhere between 13 and 20 million people are squeezed into the city that is India's leading financial and industrial center and the home of the Bollywood movie.",
"For countless migrants from all over the country, be they business school graduates, aspiring actors or destitute laborers, Mumbai is the place where dreams can come true.",
"Those who like to think of India as a land of tradition and mystery would be shocked by the way modern Mumbai has embraced western consumerism.",
"In Mumbai the rigidities of India's traditional caste system are being replaced by a kind of brutal meritocracy in which the winners become extraordinarily rich and the losers struggle for survival.",
"While Mumbai is fearlessly embracing modernity, minting millionaires and erecting skyscrapers, its infrastructure is hopelessly outdated and creaking under the weight of the city's ever-expanding population.",
"Mumbai's road traffic is legendary -- a chaotic melange of cars, mopeds, motorized rickshaws and red double-decker buses, seemingly fused together in a writhing, gridlocked mass.",
"All big cities have deprived areas, but in Mumbai the deprivation is impossible to avoid.",
"Up to half of Mumbai's residents live in slums, about a million in the shacks of Dharavi, the biggest slum in Asia.",
"In these cities within a city children play next to the sewers that run through the streets, whole families often live in a single room and clean water is scarce.",
"Yet while the slums can be grindingly poor, they are also buzzing with activity.",
"Many residents of Dharavi work in cottage industries and in the thriving recycling trade, and their biggest threats are the annual monsoon floods and the developers eager to clear the slum in order to exploit the prime real estate it occupies.",
"For outsiders, the contrast between rich and poor can be jarring, but Mumbaikars have learned to live with adversity.",
"While the Mumbai terror attacks of November 2008 horrified the world, the killings were tragically familiar to those living in a city where hundreds have been killed by terrorists over the last 15 years and religious and social tensions simmer beneath the surface.",
"Yet, despite its very visible problems, Mumbai simply will not be denied.",
"Constantly growing in population and wealth, Mumbai is a world-class city when it comes to culture, commerce and consumption.",
"Mumbaikars are incredibly enterprising and their ability to bounce back from tragedy is testimony to their resourcefulness and resilience.",
"Danny Boyle, director of award-winning movie \"Slumdog Millionaire,\" set and filmed in Mumbai, said of the city, \"Despite all that has happened there recently it is a city moving towards happiness.",
"\"You have these incredible extremes but it feels like there's a destiny that binds it all together.\""
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"Despite the city's growing wealth, up to half of its residents live in slums .",
"Mumbai has been the target of numerous terrorist attacks in recent years .",
"Mumbaikers are resilient and the city is \"moving towards happiness\""
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