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"(CNN) -- Pitcher Derek Holland restricted St. Louis Cardinals to just two hits in eight and a third innings to help Texas Rangers record a 4-0 win Sunday night to level the World Series at 2-2.",
"The Cardinals had hit 16 runs in a comprehensive victory in game three on Saturday, with Dominican Albert Pujols smashing three home runs, but Holland was instrumental as the Rangers scored a shut-out success.",
"\"Our pitcher was in complete control of the game,\" Rangers designated hitter Michael Young told Major League Baseball's (MLB) official website.",
"\"That was the story of the game.",
"\"Every game in the postseason is huge -- every game is massive, and rightfully so -- but Derek pitched a great game tonight.\"",
"Young's view was echoed by the Cardinals' designated hitter, Lance Berkman, who conceded Holland had been the difference between the two teams.",
"\"He was on,\" said Berkman, 35.",
"\"The story of the game, for me, is Derek Holland was better than the St. Louis Cardinals tonight.",
"He just was. He was great.\" The Rangers' manager Ron Washington was full of praise for the left-hander, saying the 25-year-old showed his game-winning quality.",
"\"We needed him to go out there and pitch well and he did,\" Washington said.",
"\"He showed the world what he's capable of doing.\"",
"The Rangers' first run came at the bottom of the first, with Elvis Andrus running in from first base to score off the batting of Josh Hamilton.",
"The game's deciding moment came at the bottom of the sixth, when Mike Napoli went deep off pitcher Mitchell Boggs to score three for Texas and cement their winning lead.",
"The Rangers are searching for the first World Series triumph with Game Five in the best-of-seven series Monday night in Texas.",
"Game Six is at the Cardinals' Busch Stadium Wednesday."
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"Texas Rangers record a 4-0 win over St. Louis Cardinals to level World Series 2-2 .",
"Pitcher Derek Holland restricts Cardinals to two hits in eight 1/3 innings .",
"Game Five of the best-seven-series is at Texas Monday ."
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"Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Troops loyal to Libya's new leaders maintained strong momentum Tuesday against pro-Moammar Gadhafi holdouts as they planned an assault on one loyalist city and moved into another without resistance.",
"A National Transitional Council official said fighters were planning a major assault on Bani Walid, a northern town still held by Gadhafi loyalists.",
"\"Our fighters are planning a massive attack today to bring the siege to an end,\" Abdallah Kenshil said.",
"Meanwhile, NTC fighters moved into Sabha, a southern town long regarded as a pro-Gadhafi stronghold, and have met no resistance so far, according to a CNN team that accompanied the forces.",
"This comes as an audio message purported to be from the deposed Libyan leader said the Gadhafi political system represented the people's will and could not be overthrown.",
"The message -- broadcast Tuesday on Al-Rai TV, a Syrian-based, pro-Gadhafi television station -- said Gadhafi supporters are mocking the belief that the longtime ruler and his government can be overthrown.",
"\"This wonderful system is impossible to be overthrown,\" the speaker said.",
"\"There is a regime that is being forced on the Libyan people by air and naval bombardment.",
"This is a joke, and its legitimacy is hanging in the air, tied up with bombs and NATO planes that will not last.\"",
"In Bani Walid, forces loyal to the deposed Libyan leader are creating a humanitarian disaster, the NTC said.",
"Col. Ahmed Bani told reporters Monday that Gadhafi forces are robbing food stores, leaving civilian residents to starve.",
"He also charged that Gadhafi loyalists are shooting everyone trying to join the revolution, including men, women and children.",
"\"They are carrying out mass killings,\" said Bani, the NTC military spokesman.",
"\"This proves they are trying to destroy the town before it is liberated,\" he added, calling the Gadhafi forces \"criminals\" and \"killers.\"",
"Asked by CNN why, if there is such a humanitarian disaster, NTC forces do not immediately enter the city, the colonel said the problem is \"geography.\"",
"There are tactics the forces must follow to reduce casualties, he said.",
"Bani Walid is surrounded by anti-Gadhafi forces, he said.",
"Asked to comment on assertions by Gadhafi spokesman Musa Ibrahim that loyalist forces in Bani Walid had captured a group of 17 mercenaries fighting for the NTC, including some British, Qatari, French and Asians, the spokesman dismissed the claim, saying, \"Don't listen to him, he's from another planet.\"",
"The rebel spokesman's remarks at a news conference came after rebel fighters suffered a sizable blow.",
"More than 20 were killed in the northern city of Sirte on Sunday, the country's transitional government said Monday.",
"Another 31 fighters were injured, said Abdel Rahman Busin, an NTC spokesman.",
"Sirte, Gadhafi's hometown, is among a handful of pro-Gadhafi strongholds left in the country.",
"\"The injured revolutionaries in Sirte have all been hit with RPGs (rocket-propelled grenades) fired from areas congested with civilians where Gadhafi loyalists are hiding,\" Adel Ghulaek, spokesman for the NTC in Misrata, said Monday.",
"\"Our men are not even firing back because they do not want to kill any innocent people.",
"Two helicopters evacuated the injured fighters last night.\"",
"Dibeh Fakhri,a spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, called the situation in Bani Walid and Sirte \"deteriorating.\"",
"\"We have not been able to enter yet,\" Fakhri said.",
"\"We have surgical and medical supplies ready in Misrata in case we are able to deliver them into Sirte shortly.",
"Our teams have positioned supplies in the town of Tarhuna close to Bani Walid but we have not been able to contact the authorities to be able to enter the town itself.",
"Our teams are monitoring the situation very closely.\""
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"NTC fighters move into Sabha without resistance .",
"Pro-Gadhafi forces are leaving Bani Walid residents to starve, an NTC spokesman says .",
"Purported Gadhafi message touts his political system .",
"Libya's revolutionary fighters plan an assault on Bani Walid ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- Alabama now has the toughest immigration law in the nation.",
"The law went into effect on September 29, prompting hundreds of families to pull their children from school and workers to disappear from Alabama farms.",
"A federal appeals court has blocked some provisions, including the one requiring state officials to check the legal status of students in public schools.",
"No doubt, the issue is far from being settled.",
"Alabama is just one state where an uproar over immigration has been heard.",
"The rapid growth in Alabama's immigrant population, a large proportion estimated to be mostly present illegally, was the impetus behind the law.",
"But the reality of immigration is more complex than the perception.",
"You wouldn't know it from the rhetoric the last few years, but immigration nationally over the past decade was slower than in the 1990s.",
"Between 1990 and 2000, the United States gained 11.3 million immigrants, the largest increase this country has ever experienced, a growth rate of 57%.",
"The 2000s, by contrast, witnessed an 8.8 million increase in immigrants, a 28% growth rate.",
"An estimated 40 million foreign-born individuals now call the United States home, according to Census Bureau data released in September, which we analyze in a new report.",
"So why the ruckus now? The context for immigration has changed considerably since 2000.",
"Economic times were good at the beginning of the decade, so immigrants, legal and illegal, were drawn by plentiful jobs in an expanding economy.",
"Back then, they were viewed as assets to our labor force and society.",
"Today, amid economic distress, unemployment and shrinking public coffers, immigrants are more likely to be viewed as a drain on resources and as competitors for jobs.",
"During the economic expansion of the late 1990s, immigrants found new opportunities in some unexpected places.",
"This trend continued in this decade as immigrants dispersed to new metro areas and suburbs within metro areas.",
"The five metropolitan areas with the largest foreign-born populations -- New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago and Houston -- housed a smaller share of the nation's immigrants, just 38% in 2010, compared to 43% in 2000.",
"Meanwhile, immigrants have increasingly settled in the suburbs, so by 2010 a majority of the nation's immigrants are suburban residents.",
"Nine metropolitan areas—from Scranton, Pennsylvania to Indianapolis, Indiana to Nashville, Tennessee—experienced at least a doubling of their foreign-born populations between 2000 and 2010.",
"This rapid change did not come without resistance.",
"In the eight states represented by these metro areas, restrictive immigration legislation was introduced, if not passed.",
"Florida, Tennessee, and Alabama all participate in the 287(g) program, an agreement between state and local law enforcement with Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) delegating authority for immigration enforcement within their jurisdictions.",
"The friction in places unaccustomed to or unprepared for new inflows of foreigners, particularly those who are assumed to be present illegally, manifests itself in different ways.",
"In Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, Indiana and South Carolina, where metro areas experienced some of the fastest or largest growth in their foreign-born populations over the decade, state legislatures passed laws in 2011 to crack down on unauthorized residents.",
"Not every region is reacting in this way.",
"Metro areas that want to stem their population loss and boost economic growth -- such as Detroit and Cleveland -- are devising ways to woo immigrants.",
"These areas experienced the slowest growth of their immigrant populations among all metropolitan areas -- Detroit at 9% and Cleveland at 6% -- well below the 26% growth across the 100 largest metro areas.",
"Dayton, Ohio, where the tiny immigrant population grew by 57% over the past 10 years, is the most recent place to buck the \"stay out\" trend.",
"The city council agreed to a new plan, crafted by 130 community members from all segments of Dayton's communities, outlining a framework for new policies to make the city more open and supportive of immigrants.",
"Dayton's Mayor Gary Leitzel emphasized, \"This is not a city of Dayton government program.",
"For this effort to be successful, it will take the support and active participation of businesses, schools, institutions and organizations throughout the Dayton area.",
"The Welcome Dayton plan represents an attitude we all must adopt to take advantage of the brainpower, energy and resources available through the various immigrant groups coming to Dayton.\"",
"Even as Alabama state legislators were passing their restrictive legislation, city council members in Birmingham voted unanimously on a resolution condemning the law when it was passed in June, calling for a commission to figure out better ways to address the issues.",
"There is widespread agreement that the national immigration system is broken, but no consensus on how to fix it.",
"Given an acrimonious Congress, the emotional nature of the immigration issue -- especially in tough economic times -- and the looming presidential campaign season, federal reform is an unlikely prospect in the near future.",
"In the meantime, a patchwork of state and local approaches will continue to address the benefits and challenges of immigration that confront people where they live, where they govern, and where budgets are made.",
"In other words, don't expect the uproar to die down anytime soon.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the authors."
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"Immigration actually slowed down in the last decade despite the uproar, authors say .",
"They say the immigration issue is much more contentious because of a poor economy .",
"Some areas have seen immigrant population more than double, prompting controversy .",
"Authors: While some pass laws to curb immigrants, other places welcome them ."
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"(CNN) -- Dan Wheldon brought a bit of England with him when he began driving extremely fast cars in the United States.",
"\"When I first started racing, a lot of the guys said that I raced with a lot of heart, occasionally not my head, but always with a lot of heart, like the way that Richard the Lionheart fought in battle,\" Wheldon wrote on a sponsor's blog in 2010.",
"Wheldon placed a small mural of the 12th-century warrior king on his helmet in 1995, before he competed in America and eventually released \"Lionheart,\" a biographical photo book.",
"Wheldon's fellow IndyCar drivers remembered the heart, competitiveness and growing maturity of the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner, who died in a horrific multi-car wreck at a Las Vegas event on Sunday at age 33.",
"\"Dan came over years ago as a young, brash kid from England,\" former IndyCar driver Lyn St. James said Monday, \"and we watched him mature into being this absolute, consummate professional ...",
"He touched so many people.\"",
"A shaken Dario Franchitti, speaking after the canceled Las Vegas Indy 300, said \"one minute you're joking around ... the next, Dan's gone.\"",
"\"We can put so much pressure on ourselves to win races and championships and it's what we love to do,\" said Franchitti, who knew Wheldon since he was a child.",
"\"And it's what we live for. And then on days like today, it doesn't really matter.",
"I lost, we lost ... a good friend.\"",
"Franchitti recalled Wheldon's early IndyCar years.",
"\"He was kind of brash, but he was a charmer,\" Franchitti said.",
"\"He became this loving family guy.",
"He was still charming, but he had this whole new side to him.\"",
"Wheldon, 33, left behind his wife, Susie, and two young boys, Sebastian and Oliver.",
"They live in St. Petersburg, Florida.",
"Born in Emberton, England, Wheldon raced go-karts at the age of 4.",
"His father was a go-kart racer and his mother was the timer at a local track.",
"He was an IndyCar rookie in 2003 and won his first Indianapolis 500 two years later.",
"Superstitious, the driver as an adult would tap his race car three times before getting in on the non-gear stick side, according to his IndyCar bio.",
"After his second Indy 500 victory in May, Wheldon talked with CNN's \"American Morning\" about serving as a spokesman for the Alzheimer's Association.",
"His mother was diagnosed with the disease in 2009.",
"After his win, however, he found himself unemployed.",
"\"This time off that I've had has truly made me understand and really grasp how much I love driving the cars themselves,\" he told CNN World Sport in June.",
"\"Indy cars are fantastic to drive ...",
"I want to be part of that, there's no doubt about it.\"",
"At that time he said he wasn't sure what the rest of the year would hold as far as sponsorship.",
"\"If it means me sitting out the rest of the season in order to have a positive ride in 2012, then that's the best thing for me,\" he said.",
"Sunday, drivers in Las Vegas did a five-lap salute in Wheldon's memory.",
"\"Amazing Grace\" played as the drivers slowly wound their way around the track.",
"The driver's father-in-law, Sven Behm, told CNN North Carolina affiliate WGHP that he had told Wheldon to have a safe race.",
"The competitor assured him vehicles, which routinely reached speeds in excess of 225 miles per hour, had been made safer in recent years.",
"\"He wasn't just a great driver,\" said Behm.",
"\"But he was a great human being.",
"He was always very positive.\"",
"He said Wheldon's sons are age 2 1/2 and 7 months.",
"CNN \"World Sport\" anchor Patrick Snell said \"Dan Wheldon is a character. ...",
"Extremely popular.",
"Huge respect from his peers.\"",
"There is no question that the world of motorsports has lost one of its favorite sons,\" Snell said Sunday night."
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"Born in England, he likened himself to Richard the Lionheart .",
"He also was a bit superstitious .",
"Drivers recall Dan Wheldon's growing maturity, love of family ."
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"(EW.com) -- Enough with the chains and whips already.",
"Ever since 2009's \"Rated R,\" the relentlessly dark, blood-on-your-hands record she released after being assaulted by her then boyfriend Chris Brown, Rihanna, 23, has equated falling for someone with feeling tortured.",
"On last year's \"LOUD,\" she even tried to make pain seem empowering with the hard-pounding single ''S&M.''",
"But between ''Love the Way You Lie,'' a domestic-violence saga played out with Eminem, and ''Man Down,'' a ragga-tinged murder ballad, she just sounded like she needed a hug.",
"So it's a relief to find that on her blissed-out sixth album, \"Talk That Talk,\" she's stopped trying to play it so tough.",
"''I'll let you in on a dirty secret,'' she purrs on ''Roc Me Out,'' ''I just want to be loved.''",
"And apparently, love's never come so easily to RiRi, whose new song titles include ''We Found Love,'' ''We All Want Love,'' and (yes) ''Drunk on Love.''",
"Is she finally admitting that being young and crushed-out on someone might feel, y'know, kind of fun?",
"AMA adult rating flat, but a hit with teens .",
"True, she's still got two token I-like-it-rough tracks -- ''Birthday Cake'' and ''Cockiness (Love It)'' -- but they're just filler on an album that's all about dragging you out of the bedroom and onto the dance floor.",
"U.K. club king Calvin Harris trades Rihanna's usual somber synths for disco ecstasy on ''We Found Love,'' a song that builds and builds to a climax that's so arena-ready it practically begs for someone to blow a vuvuzela.",
"Teaming with pop vet Dr. Luke, Harris offers up more house-DJ bait with ''Where Have You Been,'' which begins with a cold-pulsing 4/4 beat before falling into a rapturous Daft Punk-style breakdown.",
"Kelly Clarkson, Bruno Mars on 'X Factor' There's an international appeal to these songs, which were recorded in luxury suites across France, Germany, and Sweden.",
"(For the aspirational traveler, room numbers are cited in the credits.)",
"When Rihanna's not singing over Euro-friendly thumps, she's bouncing to a Caribbean melody, or dipping into dubstep; ''Watch n' Learn'' begins with a reggae drum fill straight out of Bob Marley's ''Buffalo Soldier.''",
"Jay-Z even touts their jet-set lifestyle on the title track, bragging that he can ''fly out to Ibiza/Just to get some pizza.''",
"Even with all those options, RiRi's ready to settle down on album highlight ''We All Want Love,'' which begins with a Red Hot Chili Peppers-echoing guitar riff and expands into a soaring sing-along.",
"And the heartfelt power ballad ''Farewell'' finds her pledging loyalty to a guy who takes almost as many business trips as she does: ''Even though it kills me that you have to go/I know I'd be sadder if you didn't hit the road,'' she wails, with just enough of a wink to make him wonder what she'll do while he's gone.",
"Smart girl.",
"Let him get his pizza from Ibiza, but never let him forget what he's missing back home.",
"B+ . See full article at EW.com.",
"CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly .",
"© 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"She's still got two token I-like-it-rough tracks -- ''Birthday Cake'' and ''Cockiness (Love It)''\nThe album is all about dragging you out of the bedroom and onto the dance floor ."
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"(CNN) -- A racially-charged word with many meanings may be at the root of a dispute between two sports rivals that reaches far beyond the soccer field, analysts say.",
"Manchester United's Patrice Evra, who is black, says the word Uruguayan Luis Suarez shouted repeatedly during a match last month was a racial slur.",
"Evra demanded that Suarez be held accountable for the controversial exchange, which erupted as authorities investigate other accusations of racism in soccer.",
"Suarez, a striker for Liverpool, hasn't specified what he said, but he argues that it wasn't offensive.",
"\"I didn't insult him. It was only a form of expressing myself.",
"I called him something his own teammates from Manchester call him,\" Suarez said, according to the Uruguayan newspaper El Pais.",
"British media reports have suggested Suarez used the Spanish word \"negrito.\"",
"If that's the case, whether Suarez's remark was racist is a complicated question that doesn't have a black-and-white answer, according to scholars who've studied race issues in Latin America.",
"Leading figures call on soccer chief to step down .",
"\"It's about questions of translation or context,\" said Mark Sawyer, director of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Politics at the University of California Los Angeles.",
"The word's literal translation is \"little black man.\"",
"But generally, negrito is not considered a racial slur in Latin America, Sawyer said.",
"In fact, it frequently has a positive meaning.",
"\"It's often a term of endearment,\" he said.",
"But what the word means also depends on where -- and how -- it's said.",
"\"In Puerto Rico, it has one meaning.",
"In Cuba it has a slightly different connotation and in the Dominican Republic it has a slightly different connotation,\" said Jorge Chinea, director of the Center for Chicano-Boricua Studies at Wayne State University in Detroit.",
"Blatter a controversial figure .",
"Chinea said his mother and stepfather, both of whom were light-skinned, frequently used the word.",
"\"When they talked as a couple, my mother would say, 'negrito, I love you.' ...",
"I grew up listening to those expressions commonly being used by a lot of people in my community in Puerto Rico.",
"And it was never associated with any color,\" he said.",
"After he moved to the United States in the 1960s, Chinea said, the word took on a different meaning.",
"Many of his acquaintances used racial nicknames, he said, but there was no harm intended.",
"\"It was always more like a quick way of acknowledging the distinctiveness of that person in a very friendly way,\" he said.",
"But Chinea said one of his Cuban colleagues in graduate school who employed the word drew criticism.",
"\"When he used it and other people heard it, people came to me to complain. ...",
"In the United States, it sounds offensive to some people,\" Chinea said.",
"In Uruguay, the meaning is clear, said U.S. radio talk show host Fernando Espuelas, who originally hails from the South American country.",
"\"It's not a slur whatsoever,\" said Espuelas, whose show often addresses racism in the Latino community.",
"\"It's a term of endearment.",
"You definitely would not use that if you were angry.",
"It would sound ridiculous.\"",
"Blatter comments spark Twitter storm .",
"Several scholars said the word's meaning could be connected with complicated racial politics in different Latin American countries, which each had unique historical experiences with colonization and the slave trade.",
"Uruguay, Chinea noted, has a smaller population of African descendants than some other Latin American nations.",
"In 2006, about 9% of the population declared \"Afro or black\" roots, according to Uruguay's National Statistics Institute.",
"\"If I were of African descent and someone from that part of the world was to use the word toward me, I would probably think twice about what the intentions are, whereas if the person who was saying it was from Cuba you'd probably take it as a joke.",
"And if you said it to a Puerto Rican, they'd just love it,\" Chinea said.",
"Using the word negrito to describe U.S. President Barack Obama got a Honduran government official into hot water in 2009.",
"Then-Foreign Minister Enrique Ortez was forced to resign after he called Obama a \"negrito who does not know where (the Honduran capital of) Tegucigalpa is.\"",
"But analysts said without hearing exactly what Suarez shouted in the October football match, or how he said it, it's impossible to know what he meant.",
"\"It's a very interesting case.",
"It will be interesting to see if the English Football Association actually consults experts on this,\" Sawyer said.",
"\"If you want to charge someone with racism or making a racial slur, the person should at least have the intent of making a slur.",
"It's not necessarily clear that Luis Suarez had that intent.\"",
"The association said Wednesday that it was charging Suarez, but did not provide details about what transpired.",
"\"It is alleged that Suarez used abusive and/or insulting words and/or behavior towards Manchester United's Patrice Evra contrary to FA rules,\" the association said in a statement.",
"\"It is further alleged that this included a reference to the ethnic origin and/or color and/or race of Patrice Evra,\" the statement said.",
"Liverpool said in a statement that the club expects Suarez to request a personal hearing on the issue and \"remains determined to clear his name of the allegation made against him by Patrice Evra.\"",
"In a post on his Facebook page shortly after the October match, Suarez said the accusations of racism upset him.",
"\"I can only say that I have always respected and respect everybody,\" he said.",
"\"We are all the same. I go to the field with the maximum (enthusiasm) of a little child who enjoys what he does, not to create conflicts.\"",
"Evra, in an interview with France's Canal Plus, said evidence would support his claim.",
"\"There are cameras. You can see him say a certain word to me at least 10 times.",
"There is no place for that in 2011,\" he said.",
"Issues of racism have repeatedly surged on the soccer field in recent years, despite efforts to combat it.",
"Chelsea and England captain John Terry is at the center of a investigation by London's Metropolitan Police and the English Football Association after allegedly making racist remarks to Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand during an October game.",
"Former Brazil defender Robert Carlos walked off the field during a Russian league match in June after a banana was thrown at him from the stands, while the Malaysian Football Association was forced to apologize to Chelsea in July when their Israeli midfielder Yossi Benayoun was subject to racial slurs during a pre-season encounter.",
"But FIFA president Sepp Blatter told CNN this week that he believes there is no on-field racism in the sport.",
"\"Maybe one of the players towards the other, he has a word or a gesture which is not the correct one.",
"But also, the one who is affected by that, he should say, 'It's a game.'",
"We are in a game. At the end of the game, we shake hands, this can happen, because we have worked so hard against racism and discrimination,\" he said.",
"Blatter's comments provoked an immediate response from some players, including Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand, Anton's brother.",
"\"Your comments on racism are so condescending (it's) almost laughable.",
"If fans shout racist chants but shake our hands is that ok?\"",
"he wrote in a Twitter post.",
"Blatter later took to Twitter to explain his comments, posting: \"Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, things are said and done on the field of play which are wrong.",
"This does not mean that, in general, there is racism on the field of play.",
"Football unites people more than it divides them.\"",
"CNN's Chris Murphy contributed to this report."
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"\"It's often a term of endearment,\" one scholar says ."
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"Philadelphia (CNN) -- The suspects charged with imprisoning four mentally disabled people in a Philadelphia boiler room may have been holding seven other people, including the accused ringleader's 19-year-old niece and six children, police said Wednesday.",
"The niece, Beatrice Weston, had been kept in a closet in an upstairs apartment in the same building where the first four were found Saturday afternoon, police said.",
"She was being treated for \"horrific\" injuries after being found beaten, malnourished and covered with scars Tuesday afternoon, Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey told reporters.",
"\"I've been a police officer for more than 40 years, and I've never seen injuries like this,\" Ramsey said.",
"Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter added, \"I'm not sure horrific covers it.",
"This is sheer madness.\"",
"The owner of the northeast Philadelphia apartment building found the original four victims locked in a dank sub-basement chamber that reeked of urine and excrement.",
"Authorities are investigating whether Beatrice Weston's aunt, 51-year-old Linda Weston, and three others now charged in the case had been stealing the victims' Social Security checks.",
"The 19-year-old was being held in the apartment rented by Linda Weston's daughter, Jean McIntosh, who became the fourth person charged in the case Wednesday afternoon, Philadelphia police spokesman Lt. Ray Evers told CNN.",
"\"Jean was a cooperating witness.",
"We didn't know she was a defendant,\" Evers said.",
"\"But after talking with the captives and others, we discovered Jean was lying.\"",
"When police returned to the building Tuesday with a warrant to search McIntosh's apartment, Beatrice Weston had been moved.",
"But they found evidence she had been there, and convinced McIntosh to produce her, Evers said.",
"Beatrice Weston had burn marks on her body and marks on her ankles as though she'd been struck by pellets, Ramsey said -- injuries that clearly had been inflicted over some length of time.",
"\"This girl was beaten and tortured.",
"It makes you want to cry when you see her,\" Ramsey said.",
"Beatrice Weston, who had been reported missing in 2009, and the six children were taken into protective custody at various locations around Philadelphia as the investigation spread, Evers said.",
"In addition, McIntosh's 8- and 10-year-old children were also placed in protective custody, he said.",
"McIntosh, 32, was charged with kidnapping, conspiracy, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, aggravated assault, simple assault, burglary and trespass, the Philadelphia district attorney's office said in a statement.",
"A judge set her bail at $1 million Wednesday, office spokeswoman Tasha Jameson said.",
"Bail has been set at $2.5 million apiece for Weston and the two men charged in the case, 47-year-old Gregory Thomas and 49-year-old Eddie Wright.",
"\"I'm feeling sick to my stomach,\" Danyell Tisdale, a neighborhood block captain who alerted landlord Turgut Gozleveli to suspicious activity, told CNN on Wednesday.",
"\"I was speaking so highly for her.",
"She was a nice neighbor and didn't bother anybody.",
"It's shocking to me that she had anything to do with it.",
"My sister's children played with her two children.\"",
"Police believe two of the six children placed in protective custody Wednesday -- ages 2 and 5 -- are the children of Tamara Breeden, one of the four people found in the boiler room.",
"Authorities did not divulge how Breeden became pregnant.",
"Investigators took DNA samples from Breeden and the three men held with her to determine whether any of them are fathers of the children, Evers said.",
"Breeden, Edwin Sanabria and Herbert Knowles were found locked in the pitch-black, 15-by-6-foot room with no food and only a bucket for a toilet.",
"A fourth man, identified as Derwin McLemire, had been chained to the boiler, police said.",
"McLemire, Breeden and a Knowles, told CNN affiliate KYW that their Social Security information was taken from them, that they had been beaten and that they lived in fear of their alleged captors.",
"\"That was real dirty of you.",
"That was wrong,\" a tearful McLemire told KYW.",
"He said he is from North Carolina, that he met Weston on an online dating site and had once he attempted to escape, only to be recaptured.",
"The FBI joined the probe after detectives discovered one of the accused had traveled to at least two other states with the people found in the boiler room.",
"Weston served eight years in prison for killing her sister's boyfriend in the early 1980s, Ramsey said earlier.",
"In that case, the victim \"was held captive for an extended period of time, locked in a closet and he literally starved to death,\" he said.",
"\"You would think that someone who's committed a crime that horrific would still be in jail,\" he said Tuesday.",
"\"But she wasn't, and obviously she wasn't fully rehabilitated, either.\"",
"CNN's Melanie Whitley, Tom Faust, Ross Levitt and Kyra Phillips contributed to this report."
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"Police took the woman and 6 children into protective custody .",
"Four others were found locked in a filthy basement on Saturday .",
"Philadelphia's mayor calls the case \"sheer madness\""
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"(CNN) -- The body of Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, the heir to the Saudi throne who died in New York on Saturday, arrived Monday in the Saudi capital, greeted by crowds of people, authorities and troops.",
"The body was flown into Riyadh Air Base, according to two Saudi government officials.",
"The death of Sultan, the half-brother of King Abdullah, raises succession questions in the key oil-producing country at a time of turmoil in the Arab world.",
"Sultan was thought to be in his 80s.",
"He had been ill for some time -- various reports indicated he was battling cancer -- and was receiving treatment in a New York hospital at the time of his death.",
"His burial is scheduled for Tuesday, officials have said.",
"Sultan had served for decades as the Saudi defense minister.",
"President Barack Obama called him a \"valued friend\" of the United States.",
"Ascension to the Saudi throne does not pass from father to son.",
"Instead, it's a complex process, and decisions in the conservative kingdom are often cloaked in secrecy.",
"King Abdullah set up the Allegiance Council in 2006 to allow for more transparency in the succession.",
"It was unclear when the group, made up of members of the royal family, will be employed to make a decision on the next crown prince.",
"Sultan's death leaves his brother Nayef, a reputed conservative, as the likely successor.",
"Nayef has served as the Saudi interior minister since 1975 and oversaw the kingdom's counterterrorism efforts.",
"Sultan took a leading role in Saudi Arabia's involvement in the 1991 Gulf War against Iraq, heading a coalition of about half a million troops from more than 30 countries.",
"Abdullah left a hospital in Riyadh on Saturday following successful back surgery, the Saudi Press Agency reported.",
"It was the third back surgery in the past year for the 87-year-old king.",
"CNN's Mohammed Jamjoom contributed to this report."
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"He died Saturday in a New York hospital .",
"His death raises succession questions for Saudi Arabia ."
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"(CNN) -- Three gone (Gadhafi, Mubarak, Ben Ali), two holding on in the face of daily protests (al-Assad, Saleh), two more (Kings Abdullah of Jordan and Mohammed of Morocco) trying to stay ahead of the curve of protest: After 10 months of the Arab Spring, the region is still in the throes of a heady and unpredictable transformation.",
"Moammar Gadhafi's demise, after the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia, means that three rulers in power collectively for 95 years are gone.",
"Scholar and author Fouad Ajami, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, says that 2011 \"is to the Arabs what 1989 was to the communist world.",
"The Arabs are now coming into ownership of their own history and we have to celebrate.\"",
"Protesters in Yemen and Syria may be re-energized by the pictures from Sirte, Libya, showing the almost pathetic end of a ruler whose flowing robes and uniforms had long given him an aura of invincibility.",
"Demonstrators in Syrian cities celebrated Gadhafi's death and warned President Bashar al-Assad that he would be next.",
"As one Syrian activist told CNN: \"The clear fate of all who kill his people is to end up under the feet of the nation.\"",
"Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri (no friend of the Syria regime) said: \"Any Arab citizen, watching the course of events in Libya, cannot but think of the popular revolutionary movement that is taking place in Syria.\"",
"There has been one refrain common across the Arab world this year -- from the dusty streets of Sidi Bouzid in Tunisia, where it all began, to the barricades that litter Homs in Syria today: \"The fear is gone, the people have put away their fear.\"",
"Those words, spoken by Tunisian activist Sana Ben Achour in January, have echoed across the region ever since.",
"It was quickly followed by a chant: \"The people want the downfall of the regime.\"",
"Even so, it took U.N. resolutions and thousands of NATO sorties to degrade Gadhafi's forces.",
"And that's unlikely elsewhere.",
"The United States and Western Europe are applying economic sanctions against the Syrian regime but have persistently discounted military intervention.",
"President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen seems impervious to outside pressure and even his own injuries as he maneuvers back into the game.",
"And in a majority of Arab countries, the power of the state remains formidable if not overwhelming.",
"In 1989, the people of Eastern Europe shared a continent with developed democracies; they had a model to copy -- and considerable help in shaking off the legacy of communism.",
"The Arab states, which did not even draw their own borders, each have different dynamics.",
"Explosive sectarian and regional divides have enabled authoritarian rule in Syria, Yemen and Libya.",
"Like the Gulf states, Jordan and Morocco are monarchies and their kings at least have the legitimacy of succession.",
"Egypt and Tunisia have by Arab standards a large and capable middle class; Yemen does not.",
"The Gulf states are enriched by massive oil and gas reserves; countries such as Jordan have little or none.",
"The attitude toward women's rights varies widely; Islamists are stronger in some countries than others.",
"Perhaps most importantly, security forces are in some places loyal to the flag, in others bound to the regime, or split down the middle.",
"The military in Tunisia and Egypt would not defend leaders who became liabilities; the military in Syria has remained cohesive and loyal to al-Assad.",
"But one of the few characteristics Arab states have long shared is the \"freedom deficit,\" the product of decades of authoritarian rule.",
"A landmark report on Arab societies by the U.N. Development Program in 2002 concluded: \"This freedom deficit undermines human development and is one of the most painful manifestations of lagging political development.\"",
"The situation changed little in the following decade, but other forces were at work.",
"The pan-Arab satellite television networks -- so different from the sclerotic state broadcasters -- gave Arabs a new window on the world.",
"The educated young began to harness the power of the Internet, outflanking the ability of bureaucracies to control it.",
"They saw their contemporaries in the rest of the world -- Latin America, Asia, Eastern Europe -- gaining new skills and opportunities, while they remained out of work.",
"At the same time, unemployment in the Arab world, especially among graduates, remained high; corruption and nepotism were rampant.",
"Time and again U.S. diplomatic cables sent from Arab capitals noted a growing tide of popular resentment toward their rulers.",
"The 2009 edition of the U.N. Development Program report wrote: \"The result is an all-too-common sense of limited opportunities and personal insecurity, witnessed in the world's highest levels of unemployment, deep and contentious patterns of exclusion, and, ultimately, strong calls from within for reform.\"",
"Ultimately, those calls spilled onto the streets in spontaneous and chaotic fashion.",
"Now, in three countries that between them occupy 2,000 miles of Mediterranean coastline, the hard work has begun of shaping what's next.",
"Revolutions are invariably messy affairs whose outcomes are never guaranteed, whatever the ideals of their leaders.",
"The French historian Alexis de Tocqueville wrote: \"In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the end.\"",
"Fawaz Gerges, director of the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics, said that in Libya's case \"the cleavages that we have seen in Sirte and Bani Walid that have resisted the new government are extremely alarming.",
"We shall see whether out of this particular turmoil will emerge a unified government with a unified leadership or the political struggle will escalate and intensify.\"",
"This weekend Tunisians will become the first Arabs to elect a constituent assembly, which in turn will draw up a new constitution.",
"But there is no path to follow.",
"What should be the powers of president, prime minister and parliament?",
"How is power shared between the center and regions?",
"How are minority rights protected and the independence of the judiciary guaranteed?",
"What is the role of Islam in society?",
"That last question has already made its way to the top of the agenda in Tunisia, with the Islamist Ennahada party leading polls.",
"Its leader, Rachid Ganouchi, accuses opponents of scare tactics to frighten businesses and women.",
"But the leader of one secular party says the Islamists pose a threat to the country.",
"As Arabs scour the horizon for templates, some look to Turkey, where a moderate Islamist party has been elected three times in a decade and presided over an economic renaissance.",
"Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan even embarked on a tour of Arab states last month (and in most places was greeted rapturously) to promote the Turkish model.",
"\"A secular state does not mean that the people are atheists,\" Erdogan told a television show in Cairo.",
"\"It means respect for all religions and each individual has the freedom to practice his own religion.\"",
"But even in Ankara, tensions persist between the government and a military command that sees itself as the guardian of a secular state, and the government is accused of stifling and harassing its critics.",
"The overthrow of three men does not change the basic dilemmas faced by the Arab world: illiteracy, unemployment, a youth bulge (the United Nations estimates that Arab countries will need 50 million new jobs by 2020), chronic water shortages, a lack of women's rights, the legacy of the \"freedom deficit\" -- to which perhaps add now a burgeoning crisis of expectations.",
"If the Arab Spring were on a calendar, we would still be in the first week."
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"Scholar says 2011 \"is to the Arabs what 1989 was to the communist world\"\nU.N. resolutions, NATA sorties helped in Libya but are unlikely elsewhere .",
"The power of the state remains formidable in a majority of Arab countries .",
"The overthrow of three leaders doesn't change the dilemmas that Arab world faces ."
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"(CNN) -- South Korean golfer K.J.",
"Choi has pledged $100,000 to the Japan disaster relief fund through his personal charity foundation.",
"The 40-year-old, who won two tournaments on the Japanese circuit before becoming the first from his country to qualify for the U.S. PGA Tour, will give the money to the American Red Cross.",
"\"It is shocking and terribly sad to see what is happening every day in Japan and the difficulty they face in overcoming this disaster.",
"The situation in Japan impacts us all on a global level,\" Choi said in a statement on Friday.",
"\"This is the time for us to join our hands together and do all we can to help our friends in Japan.",
"I have special memories of playing in Japan as it set the stepping stone in helping me to become the first Korean to earn a PGA Tour card.",
"\"Through the K.J. Choi Foundation, I want to implement projects that can attract continuous interest and support to help our neighbors in Japan.\"",
"Choi has followed the example set by Japanese golfer Ryuji Imada, who is also playing at the Transitions Championship in Tampa Bay, Florida.",
"Imada wrote a note on Wednesday stating that he would donate $1,000 for every birdie score he makes at the tournament this week, and left copies in the media room and players' locker area asking for similar contributions.",
"The Hiroshima native, who moved to the U.S. in 1990 at the age of 14 to pursue a career as a golfer, carded no birdies in his opening round of 74 on Thursday but managed two in his 75 on Friday.",
"He was 16 shots behind American leaders Chris Couch and Garrett Willis as he missed the halfway cut along with 19-year-old compatriot Ryo Ishikawa (73) and seven-time PGA Tour winner Choi (75).",
"Spain's Sergio Garcia made a welcome return to form with a 66 that left him tied for third with American Webb Simpson, a shot behind the leaders.",
"World No. 1 Martin Kaymer was five shots off the pace, tied for 26th in a group including last weekend's WGC-Cadillac Championship winner Nick Watney.",
"Meanwhile, English golfer Anthony Wall has credited a cheap mobile-phone application for the form which has taken him to the top of the leaderboard at the halfway stage of the European Tour's Sicilian Open.",
"Seeking to follow up his maiden victory 11 years ago, the 35-year-old carded a bogey-free four-under-par 67 in Friday's second round to claim a two-shot lead at Donnafugata Golf Resort.",
"He said tips from former European Tour player Tony Johnstone had helped his putting stroke, but an iPhone application about reading greens by noted short-game specialist David Stockton -- who has helped the likes of three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson -- had really paid off.",
"\"That is the best 59 pence (95 cents) I have ever spent because his tips have really simplified a few things for me,\" Wall told the European Tour website.",
"\"I have just been looking at the low side of every putt for the last two days -- really concentrating on the last third of the putt as opposed to the whole putt -- and that has definitely helped me.",
"I haven't holed everything but I have hit my putts a lot better.",
"\"It was a bargain, I have to say -- you don't get many valuable lessons for 59 pence these days!",
"The thing about Dave Stockton is that he is and always was an amazing putter, and you tend to listen to those guys a bit more.\"",
"Wall, ranked 206th in the world, is being chased by Australia's No.",
"64 Richard Green and France's Raphael Jacquelin, both on seven-under 135.",
"Left-hander Green, at 64th the top player in the field, bounced back from a double-bogey at his opening hole to card 67, with birdies at two of his last three greens.",
"They are followed by a group of five players tied for fourth on 137, while former European Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie was in a bunch of six another shot back after his second successive 69."
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"Choi makes contribution to help those in Japan, where he played earlier in career .",
"Korean veteran follows example of Japan's Ryuji Imada, who asked for donations .",
"Both are playing at the PGA Tour's Transitions Championship in Florida this week .",
"Anthony Wall takes two-shot lead at halfway stage of European Tour's Italian event ."
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"(PEOPLE.com) -- Get ready to feel old.",
"Jonathan Lipnicki, the inquisitive tyke who charmed Tom Cruise's \"Jerry Maguire\" with his oversized glasses and musings on bees' ability to smell fear in the 1997 film, turned 21 Saturday.",
"The actor is celebrating the milestone birthday in Las Vegas with his parents, his sister, an aunt, three cousins and an assortment of friends.",
"The Lipnickis celebrated Friday with a dinner at Tao before arriving a little after midnight at the Surrender Nightclub at the Encore, where he enjoyed vodka cocktails with his buddies late into the night.",
"The party continued Saturday with a cake and dinner at Lavo.",
"Virtually unrecognizable since his days starring in films like \"Stuart Little\" and \"Like Mike,\" Lipnicki has spent a bulk of his time since graduating high school three years ago studying and fiercely working out, spending six days a week weightlifting and training in jujitsu.",
"\"I live in Hollywood,\" Lipnicki, who clocks in at 5'7\" and 150 lbs., told PEOPLE in September.",
"\"Go three feet and you will run into someone more cut and better looking than me.",
"For me working out is more about keeping my temperament great.",
"Jujitsu and lifting keep me very even.\"",
"See the full article at PEOPLE.com.",
"© 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"Lipnicki is celebrating the milestone birthday in Las Vegas .",
"The party continued Saturday with a cake and dinner at Lavo .",
"Lipnicki has spent a bulk of his time studying and fiercely working out ."
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"(CNN) -- This may be the last time Los Angeles Lakers forward Ron Artest will answer to that name.",
"The NBA star, who is known for his defense and unpredictable behavior, will now be known by a different name.",
"On Friday, the basketball player formerly known as Ron Artest will officially become Metta World Peace, his publicist says.",
"\"Metta is his official first name; which in the Buddhist tradition means loving-kindness and friendliness toward others and his last name is World Peace,\" his publicist said.",
"The basketball star is scheduled to be at the Los Angeles County Superior Court at 8:30 a.m. (11:30 a.m.",
"ET) where he will officially become Mr. World Peace.",
"Artest (World Peace) joins a fraternity of sports stars who have changed their names.",
"Kareem Abdul-Jabaar and Ahmad Rashad changed their names for religious reasons.",
"Chad Ochocinco changed his name because .... maybe he likes incorrect Spanish versions of his jersey number?",
"Artest's (World Peace's) reason for changing his name seems similar to the reason that former NBA player Lloyd Bernard Free changed his name to World B.",
"Free in the 80s. \"Ron Artest, (World Peace) has contemplated the name change for years and always knew that he wanted his last name to be World Peace but it took many years of research and soul searching to find a first name that was both personally meaningful and inspirational,\" his publicist said.",
"Artest (World Peace) first announced that he was seeking the name change in the summer.",
"At that time, some said seeing the name World Peace on the back of his jersey would be ironic given that he is known for thrashing fans in an infamous 2004 brawl during a game against the Detroit Pistons at The Palace of Auburn Hills.",
"Artest (World Peace) was suspended a record-setting 86 games for jumping into stands and punching fans during that incident when he played for the Indiana Pacers.",
"But the new name may speak to his new reformed image.",
"In recent years, Artest (World Peace) has shed his bad boy image and is more known for his basketball skills and his random acts of kindness.",
"Recently, he raffled off his 2010 NBA Championship ring to help youngsters with mental illnesses and he won the NBA's citizenship award for his philanthropy in that field.",
"He will also be in the upcoming season of \"Dancing With the Stars.\"",
"CNN's Alan Duke and Eliot C. McLaughlin contributed to this report."
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"\"Metta ... means loving, kindness and friendliness,\" his publicist says .",
"He is scheduled to be at a Los Angeles court Friday morning .",
"He joins a group of sports stars who have changed their names ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- Americans don't usually pay a lot of attention to Spanish politics, but the election of 2004 proved an exception.",
"The election that occurred Sunday should be a second.",
"The election of 2004 was seen as a referendum on the Iraq war.",
"Sunday's election could be seen as a referendum on the euro-elites who so strongly opposed that war.",
"The conservatives who governed Spain in 2004 had strongly aligned themselves with the United States after the 9/11 attacks.",
"In 2003-2004, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar gained the limelight -- and endured abuse -- as George Bush's most prominent ally on the European continent.",
"Aznar joined the Iraq war and cooperated strongly with U.S. counterterrorism efforts.",
"Aznar was swept from power in the election of March 2004, in an election overshadowed by a terrible terrorist attack three days beforehand: a bombing of Madrid's central railway station that killed 191 people and wounded 1,800.",
"Aznar's replacement, Jose Luis Zapatero, ended the Spanish commitment to Iraq and sundered the close relationship with the United States.",
"He introduced same-sex marriage to Spain and granted amnesty to 750,000 illegal aliens.",
"He engaged in flashy diplomatic maneuvers with Turkey and against Israel.",
"Yet even as he jabbed aggressively at hot-button issues, Zapatero was visibly befuddled by Spain's gathering economic challenges.",
"Indeed for a long time, Zapatero seemed not to comprehend that Spain faced any economic challenges at all.",
"I made a couple of visits to Spain during the early Zapatero years.",
"The officials I talked to then seemed almost giddy with optimism.",
"For centuries, Spain had lagged behind the rest of Europe economically.",
"Now at last the economy was surging.",
"In the early 2000s, average living standards caught up to those of Italy; if Spain (they said) continued to grow at current rates, it would catch up to France within the decade.",
"Spain created nearly half of all the net new jobs created across the whole continent of Europe in the years between 2000 and 2005.",
"How? Now we come to the fine print.",
"If you looked closely, the Spanish economy of the 2000s was a very sick puppy.",
"Spain had signed up for the euro currency back in the 1990s.",
"The currency launched in 2002.",
"Signing up for a monetary union with Germany created a temporary illusion of wealth for the people of Spain.",
"The German economy is much more productive than the Spanish economy.",
"One way a less productive economy can adjust its trade is by allowing its currency to depreciate.",
"The advent of the euro deprived Spain of that option.",
"Instead, the price of German goods and services steadily declined inside Spain.",
"Result: Between 2002 and the onset of recession in 2008, the Spanish trade deficit tripled, from 3% of GDP in 2002 to more than 10% in 2008.",
"You might wonder: wait a minute!",
"If the price of German goods and services declined inside Spain, then logically the price of Spanish goods and services (including vacations) must have risen to Germans.",
"So how did Spain finance its German buying boom?",
"Answer: The same currency union that cut the cost of buying goods from Germany also cut the cost of borrowing money from Germany.",
"The euro did to the German-Spanish economic relationship exactly what China's currency manipulation has done to the U.S.-China relationship.",
"Between 2002 and 2008, Spanish households went on a borrowing binge.",
"They used the borrowed money to build and buy new homes.",
"Through the 2000s, Spain built houses at a rate of 700,000 a year - more than Britain, Germany and France combined.",
"Spain built shopping malls and office buildings to match.",
"By 2008, construction accounted for a staggering 16% of the Spanish economy.",
"And all of it was financed by debt: Spanish households accumulated debt equal to 90% of GDP (only slightly less than U.S. households at the top of the housing bubble), and Spanish businesses had accumulated debt equal to 205% of GDP (vastly more than U.S. business has ever borrowed).",
"Americans well-understand how this game ends.",
"One day, the market loses faith that housing values must endlessly rise.",
"The bubble pops.",
"Asset values tumble.",
"The debts remain.",
"As debtors scramble to service their debts, they cut back their buying of goods and services.",
"That causes a recession, which causes asset values to tumble more, which causes debts to go into default -- and the whole economy painfully unwinds.",
"Spain now faces nearly 22% unemployment -- Great Depression levels -- and staggering government deficits.",
"The government must cut to balance its books if it is to remain within the euro, but government cutbacks only make it that much more difficult for households and business to service their debts.",
"Zapatero slunk out of town a little while ago.",
"Good riddance to the man who boorishly insulted the American flag at the Spanish National Day parade in 2003 to score a point with the left wing of his political party.",
"Spain's conservatives scored a crushing victory in the Sunday vote, as the Spanish people try any desperate measure to restore their lost prosperity.",
"But it will take more than an election to do the job.",
"It will take a grand rethink of the whole euro currency project, a rethink that either emancipates Spain to quit the euro and export enough to repay its debts or else reduces the debt enough that Spain can sustain its expensive new currency.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of David Frum."
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"David Frum: Elections in Spain were a victory for conservatives .",
"He says Spanish economic boom was financed by huge debts .",
"Unemployment now tops 20%, and the euro handicaps Spain, he says .",
"Frum: Rethinking the Euro is key to solving Spain's problems ."
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"(CNN) -- A warrant has been issued for a New Jersey man who is suspected in the death of his 2-year-old daughter, authorities announced Wednesday.",
"Multiple law-enforcement agencies are searching for Arthur E. Morgan III, authorities said at a news conference.",
"A group of boys discovered the child's body partly submerged in a stream in Shark River Park in Monmouth County on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.",
"She was strapped into her car seat, CNN affiliate WABC reported.",
"The stream runs beneath an overpass, suggesting that the child and car seat were thrown from the overpass, said county prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni.",
"Morgan was supposed to return the child to her mother Monday night following a custody visit, Gramiccioni said.",
"When he didn't return the girl, prosecutors in Ocean County on Tuesday morning charged him with endangering the welfare of a child and interfering with child custody.",
"The girl was found dead about 20 hours later, WABC reported.",
"Police say Morgan was last seen between 7 and 8 p.m. Monday on the Asbury Park train platform.",
"A number of federal and state agencies, including the FBI, are involved in the search, suggesting that Morgan might try to leave New Jersey, where he and the child's mother live separately, Gramiccioni said.",
"\"Police are working with every ounce of their being to locate him,\" Monmouth County Prosecutor Peter E. Warshaw Jr. said.",
"CNN's Deborah Feyerick contributed to this report."
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"His 2-year-old daughter's body was found Tuesday in a New Jersey stream .",
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"(CNN) -- Dutch striker Robin van Persie continued his superb scoring streak this season, netting another double as Arsenal beat German champions Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the European Champions League to clinch top spot in Group F and secure qualification for the last 16.",
"Captain Van Persie had already found the net 15 times for Arsenal this season, and he added another one to his tally in the 49th minute when he headed home after some superb individual play on the left from Alex Song.",
"And Van Persie wrapped up a comfortable night for the Gunners when scoring his 17th goal from just 18 matches, tapping home from close range after Mikel Arteta's corner had been flicked on at the near post by Thomas Vermaelen.",
"Dortmund did pull one back through Shinji Kagawa with the final kick of the game, but it was too late to make a difference as Arsenal made it eight wins and a draw from their last nine matches, following a poor start to the season.",
"Andre-Villas Boas needs to be given more time .",
"Arsenal are on 11 points, four clear of Greek champions Olympiakos, who stunned Marseille 1-0 in France.",
"Koannis Fetfatzidis netted a late winner to leave Olympiakos third on six points, one point behind Marseille, with Dortmund bottom of the table on four points.",
"However, there is a scenario that could see all those teams finish on seven points, if Olympiakos draw with Arsenal and Dortmund defeat Marseille in the final group matches in a fortnight.",
"Meanwhile, there was drama in Group E, with Bayer Leverkusen scoring a last-gasp winner against Chelsea to virtually secure their place in the last 16 with a 2-1 victory.",
"An injury time header from defender Manuel Friedrich saw the home side fight back from going a goal down, to inflict Chelsea's fourth defeat in seven matches and increase the pressure on under-fire manager Andre Villas-Boas.",
"The visitors went ahead three minutes after the break when Didier Drogba turned smartly in the area before firing into the bottom corner of the net.",
"But the German side levelled in the 73rd minute when substitute Eren Derdiyok headed into an empty net after goalkeeper Petr Cech came off his line to try and intercept Sidney Sam's superb cross.",
"And Friedrich rose highest from a corner in the dying stages to secure a stunning comeback for Leverkusen.",
"That result leaves Leverkusen on nine points, one clear of Chelsea and Valencia, who crushed Genk 7-0 at the Mestalla stadium.",
"Roberto Soldado scored a first-half hat-trick for the Spanish side to leave qualification finely poised.",
"If Chelsea beat Valencia, or draw 0-0 at Stamford Bridge in their final match, they will qualify, while Leverkusen need to avoid defeat against Genk to also go through.",
"Defending champions Barcelona had already secured qualification, but a 3-2 victory over Milan at the San Siro ensured they will go through as Group H winners, with Milan in second place.",
"Barca took a 14th minute lead when Mark van Bommel turned Seydou Keita's cross into his own net but Milan leveled six minutes later when Barca old boy Zlatan Ibrahimovic's shot crept under goalkeeper Victor Valdes.",
"Lionel Messi restored Barca's lead from the penalty spot in the 31st minute after Alberto Aquilani had fouled Xavi in the area, but once again Milan equalized with a superb individual goal from Kevin-Prince Boateng.",
"However, Barca were not to be denied and they clinched the win when Messi picked out Xavi, who expertly slotted home.",
"In the other group game, Czech side Viktoria Plzen secured their first-ever competition win with a 1-0 success at BATE Borisov, to move onto four points, while BATE remain bottom on two points.",
"Meanwhile, outsiders APOEL Nicosia have become the first Cypriot club to reach the last 16 after a 0-0 Group G draw at Russian side Zenit St Petersburg.",
"APOEL, who were completely unfancied going into the group stage, held their nerve in a highly-charged atmosphere, which saw play halted twice when smoke bombs covered the whole pitch making it impossible to carry on.",
"The result means APOEL have nine points from their five matches, one ahead of Zenit and two clear of Porto, who won 2-0 at Shakhtar Donetsk in the other group match.",
"Porto entertain Zenit in their final group game, with the winners going through alongside APOEL, although a draw would also see Zenit go through."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- The man accused of shooting and paralyzing a U.S. Army soldier at a homecoming party in the soldier's honor faces one count of attempted murder, the spokesman for the San Bernardino, California, district attorney said Tuesday.",
"District Attorney Michael Ramos filed the charge Tuesday against 19-year-old Ruben Jurado, spokesman Christopher Lee said.",
"He also filed \"four special allegations involving premeditation and the use and discharge of a firearm causing great bodily injury,\" the DA's office said in a statement.",
"Jurado was being held at the West Valley Detention Center and was expected to be arraigned Wednesday or Thursday.",
"Jurado is accused of shooting Army Spc.",
"Christopher Sullivan on Friday night at a homecoming party in Sullivan's native San Bernardino.",
"Sullivan was there celebrating his recent return to California from Kentucky, where he was stationed while recovering from wounds sustained in a suicide bombing a year ago in Afghanistan.",
"Sullivan narrowly survived the attack, which killed five members of his unit and left him with a cracked collar bone and brain damage, according to the San Bernardino County Sun.",
"Sullivan was awarded the Purple Heart after the incident.",
"He was shot at the party after an \"argument and physical confrontation\" with Jurado, San Bernardino Police Department Sgt.",
"Pete Higgins told CNN.",
"Accompanied by an attorney, Jurado turned himself in to authorities in Chino Hills early Monday afternoon, said Lt. Gwendolyn Waters.",
"The fight at the party broke out after Jurado and Sullivan's younger brother began arguing about football, the brothers' mother, Suzanne Sullivan, told CNN.",
"Jurado \"pulled out a gun and shot him twice,\" she said.",
"Higgins said Jurado fled the scene after the shooting.",
"Sullivan was rushed to a hospital, where he was being treated, officials said.",
"\"Right now, my son is hanging in physically,\" Suzanne Sullivan told CNN.",
"\"He's on 100% life support.",
"He can move his head and he responds through nodding and blinking to us.",
"His eyes aren't always open, but we try to encourage him to do so as often as possible.\"",
"She said her son tried to ask what happened to him at the hospital and when they told him he wanted to know, \"Why?\"",
"\"We told him what it was about and he just closed his eyes,\" Suzanne Sullivan told CNN.",
"She said she was told that the suspect and her son might have gone to school and played football together.",
"She also said she couldn't believe what had happened to her son, who she said joined the Army to try and help her out.",
"\"He's a wonderful son.",
"... the best person you could meet on this Earth,\" she said.",
"\"He's a giver, not a taker, and just wants to be there for and help people.",
"He was so happy when he joined the Army, because he really wanted to defend his country.\"",
"The mother and her family have been at her son's hospital bedside.",
"A fellow soldier from Christopher Sullivan's 101st Airborne Division brought the infantry's flag to the hospital, Suzanne Sullivan told CNN.",
"\"He loved his platoon.",
"He loved his fellow soldiers,\" she said as she began to sob.",
"\"He was so proud to serve our country.\"",
"Tears rolled down Christopher Sullivan's face when he saw the flag of the Screaming Eagles, the nickname for the division, his mother said.",
"\"I asked Chris if he wanted to me to hang it on the wall or cover him in it,\" Suzanne Sullivan said.",
"\"He nodded that he wanted me to cover him with it.",
"Once I did that he started to cry, which made me start to cry.",
"It's been really hard on all of us.\"",
"She said she was distraught over the news that her son, who was already recovering from injuries sustained during his tour abroad, had returned to the United States only to be paralyzed during a party.",
"\"He once told me that if defending this country takes his life, so be it,\" she said.",
"\"But to see he survived that, and now for this to happen to him, just breaks my heart.\"",
"Suzanne Sullivan said her family is having a difficult time coming to terms with what happened.",
"\"We just want justice to be done,\" she said.",
"CNN's Carey Bodenheimer contributed to this report."
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"NEW: The DA also filed special allegations including premeditation .",
"19-year-old Ruben Jurado is expected to be arraigned Wednesday or Thursday .",
"He is accused of shooting an Army soldier at his homecoming .",
"The soldier was already recovering from wounds suffered in Afghanistan ."
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"(CNN) -- At least 361 people have died and 600,000 were living in refugee camps because of flooding in Pakistan, the country's national disaster authority said Tuesday.",
"The flooding in Sindh and Balochistan provinces has destroyed 1.5 million homes in 41,000 villages, the government said.",
"The United Nations World Food Program has been distributing food, starting in the hard-hit city of Badin.",
"As of Friday, more than 15,000 people have received assistance, the agency said.",
"The agency estimated that 73% of food crops in the flood zone and 36% of livestock were lost or destroyed.",
"The United Nations said Monday that it is seeking donors to build a $357 million fund to help the Pakistani government's flood response efforts.",
"It is meant to provide food, water, sanitation, health care and shelter for some flood victims for up to six months.",
"\"More than five million people are struggling to survive massive flooding across southern Pakistan, and the rains continue to fall,\" said Valerie Amos, the U.N. under-secretary-general for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.",
"Last year, Pakistan was also the site of massive and deadly flooding.",
"In August 2010, weeks of flooding caused $9.7 billion in damages to homes, roads and farms in southwest Pakistan.",
"More than 1,700 people died in the 2010 flooding, and more than 20 million were displaced.",
"CNN's Nasir Habib contributed to this report."
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"About 600,000 people are living in refugee camps .",
"The United Nations wants donations for flood relief efforts ."
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"(Mashable) -- Facebook is rolling out an update to News Feed that lets people sort information by Recent Stories or Highlighted Stories.",
"The update adds a \"Sort\" link at the top of the News Feed.",
"Clicking it brings up two options for organizing News Feed content: \"Highlighted Stories First\" or \"Recent Stories First.\"",
"Highlighted Stories will push the most important content to the top of the page -- the current way it operates.",
"The Recent Stories option will order News Feed items in reverse chronological order, though it is not as comprehensive as Facebook's real-time \"Ticker\".",
"The social network revamped News Feed in September in an attempt to make sure users don't miss the important events in their friends' lives.",
"This was accomplished through the launch of Ticker and an update that highlighted key events that occurred within users' social graphs.",
"As part of this change, Facebook removed the \"Top Stores\" and \"Most Recent\" links at the top of the page.",
"It looks like that some users still wanted a simple way to see News Feed items at any time, though.",
"The new News Feed has the ability to see recent stories in News Feed if you had logged in recently, but it wasn't a comprehensive option.",
"Facebook says that the Sort feature will be rolling out over the next few days.",
"Do you think bringing Recent Stories back is a good idea?",
"Let us know in the comments.",
"See the original story on Mashable.com .",
"© 2011 MASHABLE.com.",
"All rights reserved."
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"Update lets people sort information by Recent Stories or Highlighted Stories .",
"Recent Stories option will order News Feed items in reverse chronological order .",
"The social network originally revamped News Feed in September ."
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"Hong Kong (CNN) -- A Buddhist nun in southwest China has died after setting herself on fire, the 11th Tibetan -- and second nun -- to self-immolate since March.",
"The death of the nun, identified as Qiu Xiang, was reported by state-run Xinhua and confirmed by exile groups.",
"The 35-year old set herself on fire at a road crossing in Dawu County, in the Ganzi region of Sichuan Province, the South China Morning Post said, citing Xinhua.",
"It was unclear why she killed herself, though Tibetan campaign groups say it was in protest against Chinese rule.",
"But China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed the incident related to \"pro-Tibetan independence forces\" overseas.",
"\"Everyone knows that nowadays, except for the very few evil cults and extremist forces, all religions advocate respect for human life and oppose violence,\" said spokesperson Hong Lei.",
"\"It is a challenge to the moral bottom line of all human beings if, instead of condemning the extreme act of self-immolation, some people are hyping or instigating it.\"",
"According to the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), which advocates Tibetan independence, Palden Choetso -- Qiu's Tibetan name -- called for freedom and the return from exile of the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, as she was burning.",
"London-based Free Tibet also confirmed the incident.",
"Her body was then taken by fellow nuns into the Ganden Choeling nunnery in Tawu, the ICT said.",
"Six of the 11Tibetans -- all monks or former monks -- who have set themselves ablaze died from their injuries.",
"Most of the suicide attempts occurred in Aba Prefecture and the Kirti monastery, also in Sichuan, which has become a focal point for ethnic Tibetans angry at the erosion of their culture.",
"Last month, a nun in Ngaba County, Sichuan Province, became the first Tibetan woman known to have killed herself.",
"Free Tibet said Tenzin Wangmo, 20, died outside the Dechen Chokorling Nunnery.",
"The State Administration for Religious Affairs in Beijing told CNN they were not aware of the incident.",
"Activists and exiled Tibetans say the disturbing acts reflect an increasingly repressive environment under Beijing's control.",
"\"The incidents are a clear indication of the genuine grievances of the Tibetans and their sense of deep resentment and despair over the prevailing conditions in Tibet,\" said new Tibetan leader in exile, Lobsang Sangay, in quotes carried by Free Tibet.",
"\"It is therefore of the utmost urgency that every possible effort be made to address the underlying root causes of Tibetan grievances and resentment.\"",
"A statement from the Tibetan government in exile in Dharamsala, India read: \"The Kashag (Cabinet) would like to make it clear that it stands in solidarity with the Tibetan people in Tibet who endure continued suppression under the Chinese authorities, whose short-sighted policies have driven till now eleven Tibetans to set themselves on fire.",
"\"Instead of addressing the real problems that drive Tibetans to commit self-immolation, Xinhua, the official news organ of the Chinese government, blames the Tibetans-in-exile for instigating such desperate and despairing acts.",
"\"The Kashag strongly urges the Chinese government to stop hurling baseless allegations and to start solving the real problems.",
"(The) People's Republic of China can do this by stopping its repressive policy on Tibet and allowing more freedom of religion and speech.\"",
"Prominent Tibetan writer and activist Tsering Woeser told CNN this kind of protest will continue as long as the Chinese government's Tibet policy remains the same.",
"\"If there is no improvement Tibetans will feel it's better to die than be alive.",
"They commit suicide to protest,\" she said.",
"\"The international community should impose pressure and condemn the Chinese government,\" she added.",
"\"But so far, the pressure is not enough, the international community only appeals to Chinese government but there are no real actions such as economic boycott.\"",
"In an interview with CNN last month, Woeser said Tibetan Buddhists can't use violence against others to protest, so they harm themselves to people pay attention to their plight.",
"\"This is not suicide. This is sacrifice in order to draw the world's attention,\" she said.",
"China rejects accusations of oppression of Tibetans, saying its rule has greatly improved living standards for the Tibetan people.",
"The Dalai Lama's representative signed an agreement with Beijing in 1951 to affirm China's sovereignty over Tibet but also grant autonomy to the area.",
"A failed uprising against Beijing's rule in 1959 forced the Dalai Lama into exile.",
"The Dalai Lama denies seeking independence for Tibet, saying he wants genuine autonomy, under which Tibetans can make their own policies on key issues, such as religious practices.",
"In a 2008 uprising, violent unrest in Tibet and the subsequent military crackdown left at least 18 dead, and activists say tensions have remained high in many areas since then.",
"CNN's Haolan Hong and Xiaoni Chen contributed to this report."
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"Death of the nun, identified as Qiu Xiang, was reported by state-run Xinhua and exile groups .",
"She is the second Tibetan woman, and sixth person overall, to die in this way since March .",
"Activists say the suicides reflect an increasingly repressive environment under Beijing's control .",
"China rejects accusations of oppression, saying its rule has greatly improved living standards ."
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"(CNN) -- I've been a trend spotter for almost 20 years, and people have asked me -- some joking, some not -- if I foresaw that I'd be identifying cultural trends this long.",
"Trend spotting and ESP: not the same thing.",
"Nobody can foresee something that precise that far ahead.",
"But I love using my background in sociology, marketing and PR to dig deep, looking for social patterns.",
"Plus, trend spotting is huge on so many levels, especially for anybody in any industry who needs to be thinking ahead.",
"(And isn't that everyone today?)",
"So while other people make holiday wish lists, my tradition is making my annual trends list.",
"While other people browse through malls, I sift through movements, mindsets and moods to come up with a rundown of what will be trending in the next 12 months.",
"What I find doesn't always make people happy.",
"In 2008, for instance, a controversy erupted after I was accused of attacking baby boomers when I predicted the rise of the cuspers (the age group between Gen Xers and boomers).",
"This year, anger actually tops my list.",
"There's plenty to be angry about in 2011; is overdosing on Sarah Palin what makes you full of rage?",
"The economy? Airport frisking?",
"See if that trend and my 10 others for 2011 ring true throughout the coming year: .",
"Mad as hell, and only getting madder In the U.S., expect the prevalent mood to grow angrier, with men at home angry at their wives and the economy, women at work angry that they're the sole breadwinners, and everyone angry about taxes, reforms, individual freedoms and more.",
"Talk to the hands In today's rebooting world, people are re-evaluating what jobs and activities are worth something deeper than the next bonus, promotion, gadget or status symbol.",
"It grows from a yearning for an era when ordinary Americans were practical people who looked after themselves with their own hands.",
"Net gain People worldwide are losing faith.",
"Many Americans, for example, have lost trust in their politicians, their institutions, their media and the direction of the nation.",
"To compensate (because they haven't lost trust in self-reliance and faith in technology), they are looking to their networks, turbocharged by computers and the internet.",
"Public mycasting system In the emerging world of mycasting (individually curated interactive content), each individual expresses his or her worldview through what they write, the images they upload, the \"share this\" links they create, the tweets they retweet.",
"Booting up Watch out for the return of boot camps to toughen up kids and employees for the rigors of the 21st century.",
"Imagine manners classes and empathy workshops being replaced by emotional-resilience-conditioning workouts.",
"Yes, we can -- reinvent ourselves \"Change\" has faded as a political slogan, but it's becoming a way of life for many.",
"Some people are volunteering for a change in their lives; others are being forced into it.",
"Whether the changes are voluntary or mandatory, it's time to tap into that legendary can-do spirit and remember that America is the land of second chances.",
"Reinvention, Part II The fires of public anger burn very intensely but then hop to the next tinder.",
"With the right timing, the right words, the right attitudes and behavior, and enough money to pay for top-class professional advocacy, even the most egregious corporate and celebrity wrongdoers might get a second chance.",
"Separated at worth In a world where pay and compensation have become confused, and big money has begun to smell rotten, emotional wealth -- the love and respect of others -- looks like a much better bet.",
"The extreme-cash bling of luxury objects will be overtaken by the extreme emo bling of adoring friends going the extra 10 miles.",
"Gender bender Women are growing into new roles, and men are growing out of the traditional male roles that gave them their top-class swagger; no longer are they automatically the head of household, the sexual initiator, the protector, provider and decision maker.",
"Who's in control? The demand for greater control is a trend that unites Americans of all persuasions.",
"What divides them -- and what will raise passions in the near future -- is what should be controlled, how and by whom.",
"One of the fault lines is between those who demand more self-control and those who demand more regulatory control.",
"Tapping minitrends Some trends start small and inevitably grow huge with their own momentum; others spell opportunity for innovators.",
"Next year, the latter includes the rise of African consumers, small-scale solar energy, mobile money-transfer services and mobile health care.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Marian Salzman."
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"Marian Salzman says next year could be a year of anger .",
"She says the lukewarm economy is making men and women angrier .",
"People are focusing on technology to broadcast views, strengthen social ties, she says .",
"2011 could also be a year of reinvention for many people, Salzman says ."
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"(CNN) -- Supporters of the rulers of Bahrain threatened about 5,000 university students protesting against the government at Bahrain University Sunday, eyewitnesses said.",
"The government denied that unjustified force was used.",
"Elsewhere in the strategically important kingdom, riot police fired tear gas at protesters to break up the blockade of a highway, the government said.",
"A video posted by an opposition party showed police appearing to fire two tear gas canisters at a man standing only a few feet from them.",
"He doubles over after the first shot, and drops to the ground after the second, which appears to hit him in the face.",
"The man is not obviously threatening the police in the video, which was posted Sunday by Wefaq.",
"The opposition party told CNN it was filmed Sunday near Pearl Roundabout, the center of month-old protests in the kingdom.",
"About 150 supporters of the royal family tried to get onto Bahrain University campus during the protest there, but only some managed to get in.",
"An unknown number of people were injured, but it's not clear how many or how badly.",
"Security forces tried to prevent the regime supporters from entering the campus, and allowed people to leave the grounds but not to enter.",
"According to the state-run Bahrain News Agency, security forces intervened for the safety of students after clashes broke out.",
"\"Some of the university's facilities have been vandalized by the demonstrators in breach of the allegedly claimed peaceful nature of the protests,\" the news agency reported.",
"The tense standoff was one of at least three protests Sunday against the rulers of the small Gulf kingdom triggered by popular demonstrations that brought down the long-time presidents of Tunisia and Egypt earlier this year.",
"The latest protests came a day after America's defense secretary said he's \"convinced\" that Bahrain's royal leaders are \"serious about real reform and moving forward,\" but emphasized that they must move quickly.",
"Defense Secretary Robert Gates was visiting the restive island kingdom, where he huddled with King Hamad and Crown Prince Salman and talked about the importance of engaging with opposition forces.",
"\"I think that the concern now is that it's important that they have somebody to talk to and that the opposition be willing to sit down with the government and carry this process forward,\" he said.",
"Sunday, the United States again called the government to pursue talks with the opposition and to refrain from using force.",
"\"In particular, we urge our GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) partners to show restraint and respect the rights of the people of Bahrain, and to act in a way that supports dialogue instead of undermining it,\" said White House Press Secretary Jay Carney.",
"The crown prince similarly renewed his call for dialogue Sunday, calling on the opposition to negotiate.",
"He said talks could include discussion of parliament and corruption and that any decision reached could be put to a vote in a special referendum.",
"The crown prince also stressed, however, the significance of Bahrain's security.",
"\"Bahrain's security and the safety of its people have never been, and will never be, negotiable,\" he said in a statement.",
"Also Sunday, some 250 young people organized a protest in front of Bahrain Financial Harbor in the capital Manama, witnesses said.",
"Text messages exchanged between them and others in the area warned of regime supporters approaching from Muharak, another island, but it's not clear whether the warnings were accurate.",
"Police and anti-riot squads stationed near the harbor fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters, leaving 20 injured, according to Salmanya Hospital.",
"Al Wasat cameraman Mohammed Al-Mukharaq was among the seriously injured, his editor said.",
"The government says protest camp tents were \"removed,\" but did not say how.",
"Many protesters mobilized to block off King Faisal highway to prevent the pro-regime groups from entering Bahrain's main island.",
"The government and eyewitnesses disagree about how the blockade ended.",
"Eyewitnesses and journalists say security officers asked them to disband and open the highway, and they complied.",
"The government said attempts by uniformed police officers to persuade the protesters to re-open the road reached an impasse and that a group of protesters attacked unarmed police officers, resulting in one police officer being stabbed and another sustaining a serious head injury.",
"Police then sought to disperse approximately 350 protesters by using tear gas in order to clear the road, the government statement said.",
"\"The Ministry of Interior is currently undergoing operations to reopen the King Faisal Highway and advised all protesters to return to the Pearl Roundabout for their own safety,\" the government statement said.",
"The roundabout has been the center of protests in the kingdom for a month.",
"Bahrain, which sits in the Persian Gulf and is the base of the U.S. Fifth Fleet, has been wracked by anti-government protests since mid-February.",
"Sunni Muslims -- a minority in the kingdom -- dominate the government of Bahrain.",
"The Shiite Muslim majority has staged protests in recent years to complain about discrimination, unemployment and corruption, issues they say the country's Sunni rulers have done little to address.",
"Many of them are in the anti-government coalition that has been demanding reform as part of the eruption of discontent sweeping across the Arab world for the past several months.",
"They have staged dramatic protests and camped out in the capital's Pearl Roundabout .",
"Initially, protesters took to the streets of Manama to demand reform and the introduction of a constitutional monarchy.",
"But some are now calling for the removal of the royal family that has led the Persian Gulf state since the 18th century.",
"Bahrain is in the shadow of Iran, a predominantly Shiite country and antagonist of Bahrain's close ally, the United States.",
"But Gates told reporters Saturday he \"expressed the view that we had no evidence that suggested that Iran started any of these popular revolutions or demonstrations across the region.\"",
"However, he said, there's evidence that Iranians \"are looking for ways to exploit\" the protracted processes unfolding in the region, \"particularly in Bahrain.\"",
"Three hard-line groups in the Gulf kingdom -- the Haq, Wafa and Bahrain Freedom Movement -- have united and called for the ruling family to step aside.",
"The new coalition is calling for a democratic republic with no ruling family -- a step further than other opposition groups, which are calling for a constitutional monarchy.",
"It appeared the hard-line groups represented a minority of the protesters at the roundabout.",
"In response to the protests, the government has promised to build 50,000 new housing units and hire an additional 20,000 .",
"police officers, roughly doubling the size of the force.",
"Members of Bahrain's majority Shiite Muslim community are not allowed to join the force.",
"Bahrain's king reshuffled his Cabinet last month as protesters continued to call for reforms.",
"He has also touted a \"national dialogue\" and urged Bahrainis \"to engage in this new process\" and \"move away from polarization.\"",
"Journalist Mansoor Al-Jamri and CNN's Christine Theodorou, Dominique van Heerden, Mohammed Jamjoom and Jenifer Fenton contributed to this report."
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"NEW: Bahrain's crown prince says security is not negotiable and calls for dialogue .",
"Riot police appear to shoot a man point blank with tear gas, a video shows .",
"About 5,000 university students demonstrate against the government .",
"It's one of several protests in Bahrain Sunday, eyewitnesses say ."
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"(CNN) -- Following the World Health Organization's announcement that radio frequency emissions from cell phones may increase the risk of some kinds of brain cancer, what do you need to know about the radiation coming from your phone?",
"How can you protect yourself? And should RF emission information be listed on cell phone packaging, and in stores?",
"First things first: The WHO study did not say \"cell phones cause brain cancer.\"",
"Rather, there is some evidence indicating a possible connection -- and while not conclusive, it warrants further study.",
"Consequently, WHO has now categorized radio frequency electromagnetic fields as a \"group 2B\" possible human carcinogen.",
"Here's how Ed Yong, head of health information at Cancer Research UK, explained it in his detailed analysis of the WHO announcement: .",
"\"Group 2B means that there is some evidence for a risk but it's not that convincing.",
"This group ends up being a bit of a catch-all category, and includes everything from carpentry to chloroform.\"",
"Dr. Gupta: Cell phones, brain tumors .",
"So it's worth being aware of this classification -- just as you should be mindful of your intake of coffee, another group 2B carcinogen.",
"But this announcement is not a reason to panic.",
"Would labels help?",
"San Francisco has been wrestling with whether to require cell phones to be labeled for their RF emissions.",
"Last year, the city tried to mandate cell phone radiation labeling in stores, originally to take effect February 2011.",
"But according to the San Francisco Chronicle, \"implementation was delayed until May 1, then June 15.",
"There now is no proposed start date.\"",
"The city backtracked on this partly out of concern over a lawsuit filed by the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association -- but also because officials didn't know how to ensure the accuracy of the labels.",
"Scientists aren't sure what's the most realistic, intuitive way to communicate cell phone RF emissions to consumers.",
"Specific absorption rate, a measure of the rate of RF energy that your body absorbs from the phone, is the most commonly cited benchmark.",
"For a phone to be certified by the FCC and sold in the U.S., for example, its maximum SAR level must be less than 1.6 watts per kilogram.",
"But Joel Moskowitz, director of the Center for Family and Community Health at University of California, Berkeley, told the Chronicle that \"specific absorption rate isn't a very useful measure because it's the peak reading on a variety of tests conducted on cell phones to measure their radiation, but doesn't indicate the average amount of radiation a user would generally be exposed to.\"",
"He likened it to a car's gas mileage being reported only based on driving it up a steep hill.",
"Such a measurement could actually make a car shopper avoid a hybrid because it doesn't perform well on hills, even though it would generally consume less gas.",
"CNET recently updated its guide to cell phone radiation levels, which ranks phones according to SAR.",
"Cell phones and radiation: The 10 highest- and lowest-emitting models .",
"What cell phone users can do .",
"If you are concerned that cell phones might increase your cancer risk, probably the best way to put the WHO announcement to good use is to minimize how much you hold your cell phone next to your head.",
"More tips on minimizing cell phone radiation .",
"Your best bet is to use a headset that physically plugs in to your phone, such as earbuds with a microphone attached.",
"Unlike Bluetooth headsets, this entails no additional RF exposure near your head -- although it may take a moment to connect your headset to your phone.",
"While the WHO examined only the possible risk of brain cancer, you can further reduce your cell phone RF exposure by placing your phone a few inches away from your body while using it -- such as in a purse or on the table.",
"Or whenever possible, talk via your phone's speaker function, or send a text message instead of placing a call.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Amy Gahran."
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"WHO classifies radio frequency electromagnetic fields as a \"group 2B\" possible carcinogen .",
"Group is catch-all category, and includes everything from carpentry to chloroform .",
"Scientists aren't sure how to communicate cell phone RF emissions to consumers .",
"Specific absorption rate is the most commonly cited benchmark ."
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"(CNN) -- A prominent group of Muslim American and Christian leaders are scheduled to return to Washington Monday, following a six day visit to Iran where top government and clerical officials indicated to them that two American hikers would be released.",
"\"Our goal has been to foster interfaith ties, build a system of understanding and ask the Iranian leadership to show compassion and mercy for the American hikers by allowing them to come home,\" said Nihad Awad, national executive director of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) who went to Tehran last week as part of a religious delegation.",
"The American delegation included Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, the Rt.",
"Rev. John Bryson Chane, Episcopal Bishop of Washington, and Interim Dean of Washington National Cathedral, and former North Carolina State Sen. Larry Shaw, said Awad.",
"\"The delegation was informed by the Iranian authorities that its work prior to this trip and during its current stay in Iran was very helpful and important in the decision to release the hikers,\" according to a CAIR statement released Sunday.",
"Awad told CNN the delegation traveled to Tehran at the invitation of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.",
"The appeal for the release of Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal began with a series of personal letters addressed to Ahmadinejad and other Iranian leaders in September 2010, CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper said.",
"In May, boxing legend Muhammad Ali joined more than a dozen prominent Muslim American and various interfaith leaders -- including CAIR -- at a news conference in Washington to publicly ask for the release of the two hikers.",
"Their appeal to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khameni, was endorsed by the group, which has maintained a dialogue with clerical leaders in Iran, said Awad.",
"Last week, Awad and three other members of the delegation, boarded a flight to Tehran with a stop in Istanbul, Turkey.",
"Their visit this week included meetings with Iranian religious scholars and leaders in the holy city of Qom and a meeting on Saturday with Ahmadinejad, said Awad.",
"\"We can only hope the two men are freed soon on humanitarian grounds and that our visit fosters a better dialogue between Iranian and American leaders of faith,\" he said.",
"The delegation was granted permission by government officials to visit Baur and Fattal in prison on Sunday but their request was postponed, said Awad.",
"The delegation also met with family members of Iranian citizens held in the United States adding that government officials there emphasized the need to work more effectively at \"securing the freedom of Iranians in American jails,\" Awad said.",
"The two men, along a third hiker, Sarah Shourd, were arrested and taken into custody along the Iran-Iraq border in July 2009 and charged with espionage.",
"Bauer and Fattal, both 29, were tried and sentenced last month to three years each for illegal entry into Iran and five years each for spying for the United States.",
"The Americans say they accidentally crossed into Iran when they veered off a dirt road while hiking near a sight seeing venture in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq.",
"They have denied the charges and appealed the sentence while serving time in Tehran's Evin prison.",
"Ms. Shourd, was released last year on humanitarian grounds.",
"CNN's Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report."
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"Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer have been held as spies for more than two years .",
"Muslim American and Christian leaders are returning from Iran, group says .",
"The group was in Iran at the invitation of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ."
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"(CNN) -- Unsanitary conditions at a Colorado cantaloupe farm's packing facility are a possible contributing cause of one of the nation's worst outbreaks of listeria contamination in food, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.",
"Meanwhile, a Centers for Disease Control official said it is too early to declare the outbreak over, but the number of new cases appeared to be diminishing.",
"\"The peak in illnesses appears to have occurred from late August until the middle of September,\" said Dr. Barbara Mahon of the CDC, who added that additional monitoring will be needed for at least another two weeks.",
"The FDA said it was unable to pinpoint the definitive cause of the outbreak, which has been linked to 25 deaths so far.",
"An FDA letter to Jensen Farms of Granada, Colorado, however, cited violations in sanitary conditions that must be addressed.",
"It said tests showed \"widespread contamination throughout your facility and indicates poor sanitary practices in the facility.\"",
"The agency cited several likely causes of the spread of the Listeria monocytogenes bacteria at Jensen Farms.",
"The likely causes included packing equipment that \"was not easily cleaned and sanitized\" and the use of washing and drying equipment for cantaloupe packing as well as other raw agricultural commodities.",
"In addition, the agency said in a statement, the facility lacked a \"pre-cooling step\" to remove field heat from the cantaloupes before cold storage, possibly leading to condensation in the cooling process that promoted growth of the listeria bacteria.",
"A letter dated Tuesday from the FDA to Jensen Farms cited violations in sanitary conditions.",
"The letter said tests at the facility found listeria bacteria contamination.",
"\"These positive swabs were taken from different locations throughout the washing and packing areas in your facility, all of which were either food contact surfaces or areas adjacent to food contact surfaces,\" the letter said.",
"\"This significant percentage of swabs that tested positive for outbreak strains of Listeria monocytogenes demonstrates widespread contamination throughout your facility and indicates poor sanitary practices in the facility.\"",
"According to the letter, the company has 15 days to document steps it has taken to correct the problems.",
"The letter also said the company notified the FDA on Monday that it agreed to inspection by the agency of its growing, packaging, and cold storage operations before it resumes food harvesting, packaging, or processing.",
"Jensen Farms also agreed to correct all objectionable observations noted during said FDA inspections, the letter said.",
"A total of 123 people in 26 states have been infected by the listeria outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.",
"Additionally, a woman who was pregnant at the time of her illness had a miscarriage, the agency said.",
"The listeria outbreak is the deadliest food-borne illness outbreak in the United States since 1998.",
"Groups at high risk for listeria include older adults, people with weakened immune systems and pregnant women.",
"Jensen Farms issued a voluntary recall of its Rocky Ford brand cantaloupes on September 14.",
"The tainted cantaloupes should be off store shelves, the CDC has said.",
"Cantaloupes from Jensen Farms should be disposed of immediately, even if some of them have been eaten, the agency recommended.",
"If consumers are uncertain about the source of a cantaloupe, they are urged to ask their supermarket.",
"If the source remains unknown, the fruit should be thrown out.",
"Refrigerating a cantaloupe will not kill the bacteria, which can grow at low temperatures, and consumers should not try to wash off the bacteria."
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"The outbreak is not over, but new cases are on the decline .",
"At least 123 cases have been reported in 26 states; 25 people have died .",
"The tainted cantaloupes were recalled last month .",
"The outbreak is the deadliest food-borne illness outbreak in the United States since 1998 ."
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"Plano, Texas (CNN) -- Texas police are hunting for a man they believe broke into the homes of four former members of the same sorority, then sexually assaulted them.",
"The alleged attacks took place over a span of months, and occurred in the Texas cities of Plano, Coppell and Corinth, according to police.",
"No one has been named yet as a suspect, though Plano police last week released a video -- dated in April -- showing a man they believe is responsible for all four assaults.",
"The alleged victims -- all black females in their mid-50s to mid-60s -- offered similar descriptions of their assailant as a stout, black male in his late 30s to mid-40s.",
"And all were alumnae of the same sorority: Delta Sigma Theta.",
"\"He made it obvious to our victims that he knew information ... about them personally,\" said Plano police spokesman Andre Smith, adding that none of the women believe they knew their attacker in advance.",
"While ceding the sorority membership is a \"common denominator\" of all four cases, Smith cautioned against assuming that the accused attacker had only targeted this sorority's alumnae.",
"\"We don't want to give a false sense of security to any other group that's out there,\" he said.",
"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.",
"He noted that the Corinth police department is currently processing DNA evidence, as are other police departments.",
"Still, Wilkerson said that the suspect's physical traits -- weighing from 275 to 300 pounds and between 5-foot-7 and 5-foot-9 tall, in his department's estimation, and balding or with a close-shaven head -- were common, as were other characteristics like what he called the man's distinctive \"swagger\" as shown in the video.",
"Police described the video as coming from a surveillance camera, but they did not describe the specific source or location.",
"\"There are some things ... that stick out -- his size, the glasses, the mannerism with which he walks,\" added Smith.",
"\"We know somebody knows (him) ... We just hope that they give us a call, so we can put a stop to this.\"",
"Wilkerson said that the nature of the assaults suggests the assailant was \"possibly suspecting surveillance, spending some time around the areas ... prior to the attacks.\"",
"The police captain added 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.",
"\"We want them to understand that their group is being targeted,\" Wilkerson said of the sorority's alumnae, urging them \"not to advertise\" their affiliation with Delta Sigma Theta and advising those who live alone to stay with a relative or friend until the case is resolved.",
"\"(But) we don't want to create any pandemonium.\"",
"The sorority's Washington-based headquarters, in a statement Monday, urged all its members in the Dallas area to take precautions.",
"\"To think that our members are being targeted is disturbing and extremely disheartening,\" said Cynthia M.A.",
"Butler-McIntyre, Delta Sigma Theta's president.",
"\"Until the individual responsible for these crimes is brought to justice, we will continue to remain in close communication with one another and law enforcement officials.\""
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"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 .",
"Authorities have not named anyone, though they've released a video of a possible suspect ."
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"London (CNN) -- Graphic photos of the violent death of former Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi dominate most front newspaper pages on Friday, amid a sense of relief that an end to the conflict in the North African country is in sight.",
"Some tabloids effectively dance on Gadhafi's grave.",
"The headline in The Sun tabloid in Britain has the headline: \"That's for Lockerbie.\"",
"In an editorial, the paper adds: \"British forces should be very proud today as a liberated Libya celebrates the death\" of Gadhafi.",
"\"Our brilliant troops spearheaded the operation to end the dictator's tyranny.",
"\"Revenge is sweet.",
"The architect of Lockerbie, who supplied the IRA with bombs and had London WPC (policewoman) Yvonne Fletcher murdered, died like a rat after being cornered in a drain.",
"\"Six months after the killing of Osama bin Laden, the world is rid of another madman.\"",
"Even the left-leaning Guardian recognizes the success of NATO's military campaign in Libya.",
"\"After all the waiting, the killings and the tears, the wheel of history turned inexorably, and all who watched knew it would never turn back,\" wrote the paper's Simon Tisdall.",
"\"The Arab Spring had claimed another infamous scalp.",
"The risky western intervention had worked.",
"And Libya was liberated at last.\"",
"France's Le Figaro reports the events of Thursday as \"Mission Accomplished\" for NATO after a seven-month-long campaign which has seen 26,000 sorties flown over Libya.",
"But it warns that Libya's new leaders, the National Transitional Council, must do all they can to avoid the country falling into the same state of chaos and anarchy which hit Iraq in 2003 after the fall of Saddam Hussein.",
"\"The National Transitional Council has an obligation to put an end to the ragtag bands of rebels, to protect those Libyan residents with darker skin than others, to forbid any wild behavior; in short it must ensure the spirit of justice and reconciliation prevails over that of revenge.\"",
"In Germany, Die Welt ponders the question of how exactly Gadhafi's end came about, reporting on the conflicting information about his capture and subsequent killing, and questioning whether he died \"in the crossfire or at the hands of a lynch mob.\"",
"The Berlin-based daily reports on the bizarre combination of character traits that made up the \"poet and butcher\" Gadhafi, reporting that with his death, \"the world has one less mass murderer and brutally inhuman dictator, but also one less paranoid 'bird of paradise.'\"",
"The Financial Times also hints at a sense of unease over the killing, commenting in an op-ed that \"it might perhaps have been better\" if Gadhafi had been captured alive and put on trial.",
"However it added that his death \"has the merit of depriving the remnants of the old regime of a figurehead to rally round.\"",
"The European edition of the Wall Street Journal reflects on what the Western intervention in Libya shows us about the contenders for the White House in next year's presidential election.",
"\"Mr. Obama's decision to keep a political low profile during the war -- to 'lead from behind' -- hurt the cause.",
"NATO was left without a political general, and at times it wobbled.",
"The U.S. was too late to recognize the Benghazi government, and Mr. Obama's calculated reticence invited a backlash in Congress over war powers.",
"\"Yet the president was a statesman compared with some GOP pretenders to the commander-in-chief's chair.",
"Michele Bachmann, Jon Huntsman and Newt Gingrich opposed U.S. participation as a high-risk intervention, a claim that now looks strategically mistaken and politically opportunistic.",
"John McCain, a Republican who never wavered on Libya, yesterday offered adult advice for the U.S. now 'to deepen our support' for Libya's coming move from dictatorship to something new.\"",
"It concluded by saying the world's sole superpower \"can still shape events for the better.\"",
"\"Libya's successful revolution is the latest proof that liberating the world of a dictator can serve America's strategic interests and its moral principles.\"",
"In Britain's Independent newspaper, Robert Fisk, who met Gadhafi 30 years ago, recalls how the former Libyan strongman was alternately feted, then demonized by the West -- often with confusing haste.",
"\"We loved him. We hated him. Then we loved him again. Blair slobbered over him.",
"Then we hated him again. Then La Clinton slobbered over her BlackBerry and we really hated him even more again.",
"Let us all pray that he wasn't murdered.",
"'Died of wounds suffered during capture.'",
"What did that mean? \"He was a crazy combination of Don Corleone and Donald Duck ... and we who had to watch his ridiculous march-pasts and his speeches bit our lips and wrote about Libyan tanks and marines and missiles that were supposed to take this nonsense seriously.",
"His frogmen flipped and flapped through Green Square in the heat and we had to take this rubbish at face value and pretend that it was a real threat to Israel; just as Blair tried to persuade us (not unsuccessfully) that (Gadhafi's) pathetic attempts to create 'weapons of mass destruction' had been skewered.",
"This, in a country that couldn't repair a public lavatory.\"",
"Finally across the Atlantic, another of Rupert Murdoch's tabloids, the New York Post managed to produce one of the most bizarre front pages on Gadhafi.",
"Alongside a photo of one of Gadhafi's alleged captors wearing a New York Yankees baseball cap, the paper got in a cheeky critique of star player Alex Rodriguez's recent performances, with the sub-headline: \"Gunman had more hits than A-Rod.\""
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"Some tabloids effectively dance on Gadhafi's grave.",
"Sun headline: \"That's for Lockerbie\"\nEven the left-leaning Guardian recognizes the success of NATO's military campaign .",
"Germany's Die Welt ponders question of how Gadhafi's end came about ."
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"(CNN) -- A couple years ago, a Microsoft researcher named Gordon Bell embarked on a personal experiment: He would wear a video camera around his neck all the time and keep this \"life recorder\" always turned on, so it would record everything he did.",
"It was like an external memory drive for his brain, he wrote in a book called \"Total Recall.\"",
"Sounds pretty sci-fi, right?",
"Not so much. The \"real-time sharing\" updates Facebook announced Thursday aim to do something quite similar -- only for the Internet instead of in real life.",
"Before we get into the details and implications, here's a \"real-time\" example of how the updates, which are rolling out in the coming weeks, will work: As I write this, I'm listening to the band LCD Soundsystem on an Internet music service called Spotify.",
"Because I've updated my Facebook page (here's a TechCrunch article on how to do that if you're interested) and because I've logged in to Spotify with my Facebook identity, every song I listen to is automatically shared to Facebook.",
"Suddenly, my listening experience isn't private.",
"It's public. All my Facebook friends are watching.",
"And judging. Chances are this will affect people's behavior online.",
"If you're a closet fan of Lady Gaga or Bjork or Enya (I'm all three), then you'll just have to stop listening to those potentially mockable artists -- either that, or all your Facebook friends will be chiming in with comments: .",
"\"OMG, you're listening to that?!\"",
"In the old world of Facebook, I would have to click that I \"liked\" a song for it to show up on my Facebook profile page.",
"That's something you have to think about: \"OK, I really like this song, and I really want all of my friends to know that I'm listening to it right now.\"",
"Now, sharing is both passive and automatic.",
"It's a choice you make in advance -- one time -- and never again.",
"And so it goes with all kinds of the new \"real-time\" apps.",
"Since I've logged in to Yahoo!",
"News with Facebook, every time I read an article on that site, it goes to my Timeline.",
"The same is true for Hulu and TV shows.",
"And for the Internet game \"Words with Friends.\"",
"When I play a Scrabble-style word in that game, it will show up on Facebook, along with an image of the current playing board.",
"For Facebook, this is obviously a good thing.",
"The site's goal -- as postulated in \"Zuckerberg's Law\" -- always has been to get people to share more and more information about themselves.",
"That's bound to happen in this new auto-share era.",
"It's also ostensibly good for makers of Facebook apps.",
"In a presentation in San Francisco on Thursday, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said he was initially skeptical of the deal, since it would give Facebook so much information about Netflix's customers' preferences for movies and TV shows.",
"He decided it was smart, however, after he used the real-time app integration for himself and decided it was so addictive that it would doubtlessly result in more people watching more videos on Netflix -- a good thing for him, of course.",
"But the benefits for Facebook users are less clear.",
"Tech bloggers and analysts worry these automatic, real-time updates will kick off a new level of oversharing.",
"If you were sick of hearing about what your aunt had for breakfast and who your co-workers had \"friended\" on Facebook, wait until you know every single song they've listened to and every single movie they've watched.",
"\"It's not hard to imagine Facebook sharing more than doubling after the f8 launches,\" Liz Gannes wrote at the blog AllThingsD.",
"\"Millions of tiny little actions are going to move from implicit to explicit.",
"You can start to see why Facebook enabled its 'ticker' news feed earlier this week (that's the dizzying real-time stream that many users have been complaining about).",
"There's going to be a ton of information flying by.\"",
"With every one of these \"passive\" shares, users are teaching Facebook a little more about themselves.",
"That's incredibly valuable to advertisers, who can use that data for target marketing.",
"It's also a potential invasion of privacy, Justin Brookman of the Center for Democracy and Technology writes at The Daily Beast.",
"\"Since a one-time click will grant a persistent permission to any app to collect and disclose personal information on your behalf, Facebook will have to make sure its users fully understand the implications of these new apps before roll-out, or risk another round of privacy backlash,\" he says.",
"Brookman sides with Facebook on the changes, though.",
"\"For Facebook, of course, the point is for you to provide them more data about your life, which they can use to serve you ads you'll be more likely to engage with (which makes them more money).",
"But there's potentially real value here too, if people can discover ways to share their music-listening and cooking habits with friends in a perhaps lighter-touch way.\"",
"Passive sharing isn't a privacy invasion, but it is \"killing taste,\" Farhad Manjoo wrote at Slate.",
"\"Why do you share a story, video, or photo?",
"Because you want your friends to see it.",
"Because you think they'll get a kick out of it,\" he says.",
"\"I know this sounds obvious, but it's somehow eluded Zuckerberg that sharing is fundamentally about choosing.",
"You experience a huge number of things every day, but you choose to tell your friends about only a fraction of them, because most of what you do isn't worth mentioning.\"",
"The MIT Technology Review notes that Facebook tried something like this in 2007.",
"It failed. \"The new features may prove controversial,\" Tom Simonite says.",
"\"In some ways they resemble Beacon, a failed project from 2007 in which sites like Amazon automatically posted updates to Facebook when a person bought something.",
"Beacon was canceled after public protests over a lack of privacy controls.\"",
"We'll see how the public reacts to what Zuckerberg calls \"real-time serendipity\" when these changes launch in a few weeks.",
"But if these changes stand, and if people do sign up for these new-new Facebook apps with auto-share built in, then all of us may soon have a semi-public record of everything we do online.",
"Just like Bell, the researcher with a camera around his neck."
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"Washington (CNN) -- The 17-year sentence given to convicted terrorist plotter Jose Padilla was ruled too lenient by a federal appeals court on Monday, a legal victory for the Obama administration.",
"A divided 2-1 panel of the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said the federal judge presiding over the 2007 conspiracy trial did not properly take into account the former gang member's past criminal history when sentencing him.",
"Padilla and two others were found guilty of conspiracy to murder U.S. citizens and provide material support to terrorists.",
"\"Padilla's sentence is substantively unreasonable because it ... does not adequately account for his risk of recidivism, was based partly on an impermissible comparison to sentences imposed in other terrorism cases, and was based in part on inappropriate factors,\" said the majority.",
"\"First, the district court acknowledged that Padilla had a criminal history but then unreasonably discounted this criminal history when it imposed a sentence.",
"The presentence investigation report classified Padilla as a career offender, pursuant to [federal law] because of his extensive criminal history, which included 17 arrests and a murder conviction.\"",
"Padilla was originally arrested nearly a decade ago on accusations he planned to set off radioactive \"dirty bombs\" in the United States.",
"He had been held for 3 ½ years as an \"enemy combatant\" in military confinement, without being charged in that alleged plot.",
"His later convictions were not related to those accusations, and prosecutors did not present the \"dirty bomb\" plot to the jury.",
"He and co-defendants Adham Hassoun and Kifan Jayyousi were also found guilty of the three counts charged: conspiracy to murder, kidnap, and maim people in a foreign country; conspiracy to provide material support for terrorists; and providing material support for terrorists.",
"The appeals panel upheld the convictions and sentences of the other two defendants but said Padilla's prison term was too light, ordering the trial judge to resentence him.",
"The judges supporting the tougher sentence were Chief Judge Joel Dubina -- a George H.W.",
"Bush appointee -- and William Pryor, a George W. Bush appointee.",
"The order did not include a deadline for resentencing.",
"A federal court jury in Miami in August 2007 had deliberated for just under two days before handing down the guilty verdicts.",
"Padilla received a \"fair trial and a just verdict,\" the Bush White House said in a statement at the time, but the administration decided to appeal the sentence.",
"The Obama administration picked up the case in 2009.",
"There was no immediate reaction to the appeals ruling from either Padilla's legal team or the Justice Department.",
"During the trial, prosecutors played more than 70 intercepted phone calls among the defendants for jurors, including seven that featured Padilla, now 40.",
"He is a Brooklyn-born convert to Islam who also is referred to in court papers as Abu Abdullah al Mujahir.",
"FBI agent John Kavanaugh testified that the calls were made in code, which Padilla used to discuss traveling overseas to fight with Islamic militants, along with side trips to Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan.",
"Padilla's lawyers had argued he never spoke in code.",
"His voice is heard on only seven of 300,000 taped conversations.",
"In dissent in Monday's ruling, Judge Rosemary Barkett questioned Kavanaugh's testimony, saying his \"opinion testimony should have been excluded because he was never qualified as an expert and did not have the requisite firsthand knowledge to offer his lay opinion.\"",
"She also said the appeals court should not have questioned the trial judge's discretion over the sentence.",
"The Supreme Court in 2004 had heard Padilla's original appeal over his former enemy- combatant status, claiming he deserved a chance to contest his prior military detention on constitutional grounds.",
"He was arrested in May 2002 at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport as he returned from overseas, where he had been living.",
"He was detained as a material witness in the September 11, 2001, attacks investigation.",
"President George W. Bush designated him an \"enemy combatant\" the following month and turned him over to the military.",
"He was one of the few terror suspects designated by the U.S. as an enemy combatant since 9/11.",
"Padilla was held in a South Carolina naval brig for 3 1/2 years before the government brought criminal charges against him.",
"In November 2006, he was added to an existing indictment in south Florida, which said Padilla and his co-defendants belonged to a North American terrorist support cell and intended to carry out jihad, or holy war, in foreign countries.",
"He was originally accused of, but never charged with, being a potential \"dirty bomber,\" allegedly plotting to detonate a crude explosive device laden with radioactive materials in the United States.",
"Those allegations were not included in the criminal indictment.",
"Two other enemy combatants eventually were sent overseas to the custody of other nations.",
"The Obama administration has since abandoned using the term \"enemy combatant.\"",
"The current White House has been criticized for continuing many of the anti-terror policies of the Bush administration, including military prosecutions of high-value suspected terrorists held in Guantanamo Bay.",
"But some conservatives have also slammed President Barack Obama for his previous desire to close the prison facility in Cuba and prosecute terrorists in civilian federal courts in the United States.",
"That policy has since been abandoned.\"",
"Those three cases that include Padilla, as well as other appeals from foreign nationals held as enemy combatants overseas at a U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have tested the government's power to interrogate captives without allowing them regular access to a lawyer or the judicial system, on the grounds that they may pose a future threat or know about pending terrorist attacks.",
"The current ruling is U.S. v. Padilla (08-10494)."
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"Ruling: Federal judge in 2007 trial didn't weigh criminal history adequately .",
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"(CNN) -- The number of deaths linked to cantaloupes contaminated with the Listeria monocytogenes bacteria has risen to 23, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Wednesday.",
"At least 116 cases of listeria have been reported in 25 states, the agency said.",
"The two latest fatalities came in Louisiana.",
"The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals confirmed this week that an 87-year-old Baton Rouge woman died earlier this month.",
"Last week the department also indentified a Shreveport-area woman, 81, who died from the same strain.",
"Health officials have said the number of cases could continue to grow, citing reporting lags and the fact the disease can develop slowly in some people, taking up to two months.",
"The listeria outbreak is the deadliest food-borne illness outbreak in the United States since 1998.",
"Five people each have died in New Mexico and Colorado from consuming the tainted fruit, along with two people each in Kansas, Texas and now Louisiana.",
"One has died in Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Oklahoma and Wyoming, the CDC said.",
"In addition, one woman who was pregnant at the time of the illness had a miscarriage.",
"Cases have also been reported in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Idaho, Illinois, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.",
"Groups at high risk for listeria include older adults, people with weakened immune systems and pregnant women, officials have said.",
"The grower, Jensen Farms of Granada, Colorado, issued a voluntary recall of its Rocky Ford brand cantaloupes on September 14.",
"The tainted cantaloupes should be off store shelves, the CDC said.",
"Cantaloupes from Jensen Farms should be disposed of immediately, even if some of them have been eaten, the CDC said.",
"If consumers are uncertain about the source of a cantaloupe, they are urged to ask their supermarket.",
"If the source remains unknown, the fruit should be thrown out, officials have said.",
"Refrigerating a cantaloupe will not kill the bacteria, which can grow at low temperatures, authorities have said, and consumers should not try to wash off the bacteria."
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"Atlanta (CNN) -- In October 1991, I came to America with my wife, my 6-year-old son and my mother-in-law.",
"Last month, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of our life in this country.",
"I remember the journey from what was then the Soviet Union vividly.",
"Being driven to Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow, the long goodbyes with my family and friends.",
"I remember the faces of my crying mother, my puzzled father.",
"They were afraid of what would happen to their son and their grandson in a strange land.",
"As we were leaving, I had to brace myself for the possibility that I would not see my family again.",
"After all, the Iron Curtain, although rusty and crumbling, was still around.",
"The unknown lay ahead, and it was scary.",
"Thirty-three years in the Soviet Union were over.",
"I felt like our lives were about to start anew.",
"For us, life in Moscow was actually not bad at all.",
"Family and numerous friends always compensated for living behind the Iron Curtain and numerous day-to-day shortcomings.",
"My generation grew up in a culture of near-deprivation, constant shortages of everything imaginable.",
"But that was nothing compared with the lives of my parents and especially my grandparents'.",
"I recall how people used to stock up on everything.",
"Everyone's refrigerators were actually packed with food.",
"And, as I said, we made it through with the support of friends and family.",
"But since my early childhood, I had heard about the \"Zapad\" -- the West, in Russian.",
"And the older I grew, the more attractive Zapad seemed.",
"I can still visualize my grandfather opening a package from his brother, who lived in New York.",
"Unheard-of luxuries: Parker pens and Gillette razors wrapped in glitzy plastic.",
"We were asked to get off the plane for the layover at Gander airport.",
"Sunny skies, fall colors, very warm compared with slushy Moscow.",
"That's how I remember our arrival in North America.",
"At JFK International airport, we were told to follow the line for new immigrants.",
"We then stayed with my friend's parents in New Jersey.",
"We experienced hospitality and goodwill like we never had before.",
"My friend's parents gave our family of four shelter and fed us for nearly two months.",
"Once, they had been new immigrants, too.",
"When we came to Atlanta, we were surprised.",
"Everyone was driving cars, and there were no sidewalks to walk on.",
"Once, when we walked on a street looking for an apartment to rent, a friend from CNN pulled up and offered us a ride.",
"He ended up driving us around for the rest of the day.",
"A lot has changed since then.",
"I have been working for CNN since 1992.",
"My son is a young man who lives in New York City, where he works in book publishing.",
"My wife is an IT specialist whose long working hours are hard to be envious of.",
"Last year, I was diagnosed with a brain tumor.",
"I had to undergo surgery and have been monitored and given treatment since.",
"But, for now at least, I like to consider myself healthy.",
"I am in good physical shape, and I continue to work full time at CNN.",
"I see friends and enjoy a bottle of fine wine.",
"I rejoice when I listen to music in my car.",
"My illness taught me to appreciate life.",
"I feel grateful every day: for a beautiful day, for what I have.",
"That's why Thanksgiving is so meaningful to me.",
"In a way, I feel like every day is Thanksgiving.",
"But on Thanksgiving Day, the last Thursday in November, everyone in America feels the same way -- I hope.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Igor Krotov."
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"I have worked for CNN since 1992, and my son is now a young man, he says .",
"Last year I was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and I had to undergo surgery, Krotov says .",
"Krotov: My illness taught me to appreciate life; I feel grateful every day for what I have ."
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"(CNN) -- Many leading brands, including Cadbury-Schweppes, Tropicana and Tesco, have begun introducing \"carbon labeling\" on products to give customers an idea of the environmental impact of the food that they are buying.",
"How much carbon has that created?",
"Food with CO2 emissions labels can be confusing.",
"CNN spoke to Tara Garnett, director of the UK-based Food Climate Research Network, an initiative committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the food chain, about the pros and cons of the system.",
"CNN: How do carbon emissions arise in food production?",
"Garnett: Only talking about carbon emissions is actually a bit of a misnomer.",
"We should be looking at the full spectrum of greenhouse gases produced during food production.",
"Once food has left the farm gate, then we are mainly dealing with carbon dioxide from transport and packaging.",
"But while on the farm it's nitrogen oxide and methane.",
"They are present in smaller quantities but are much more potent in terms of the effect they have.",
"CNN: What proportion of our carbon emissions come from food?",
"Garnett: Estimates vary.",
"For the UK it's around 19 percent, but one EU report puts European emissions at 31 percent.",
"The thing to understand is this is a relative statistic, so if you're talking about a society where people don't have many cars and TVs, then the proportion will be quite high.",
"It may actually be lower in countries with a high material standard of living.",
"Also, the estimates differ depending upon the boundaries they use, what's included and what's not included in the calculations.",
"CNN: Do you think food-miles are a useful measure of the environmental impact of food?",
"Garnett: They have been useful in raising awareness of where food comes from and how it is transported, but in real environmental terms it's more useful to look at total greenhouse emissions.",
"When we do that then there are often quite counterintuitive results.",
"For example, it might be more environmentally friendly to truck tomatoes from Italy to northern Europe rather than grow them in heated greenhouses closer by.",
"Also, different modes of transport have different footprints; sea freight is better than road, for example.",
"CNN: What does carbon labeling hope to achieve?",
"Garnett: Well, it's predicated on the assumption that it will persuade consumers to make the right choice to cut their emissions, and I'm not sure it will.",
"That would depend on having the time to construct a very consistent, clear message, and I'm not sure we do.",
"Carbon labeling could be very good for manufacturers, to help them understand the wastage and unnecessary expense in their business, but if it's left to consumer choice I'm not sure it will achieve the wholesale shift towards more sustainable living that we need.",
"Just buying low carbon chips won't change anything; we need to reduce the overall percentage of the high impact foods -- meat and dairy -- in our diet.",
"CNN: Is there a global standard of labeling?",
"Garnett: There are a plethora of different labels in Europe and the U.S., and at present there isn't a global standard.",
"It would certainly be a good idea, and at the European level it looks quite likely.",
"But I'm not sure about the U.S. My impression is that they are quite behind on food awareness.",
"CNN: Do you think labeling can reduce carbon emissions in the food production system?",
"Garnett: That depends on significant interest from consumers in their carbon emissions, which I'm not sure exists.",
"But even if it does, shaving 10 or 20 percent off certain products doesn't create a different mind-set.",
"Low carbon snacks won't change the world.",
"We need to be asking: do we need all this stuff?",
"The science says we need to make 80 percent cuts in emission by 2050, and we just don't have time to be trimming the edges.",
"CNN: Do you think labeling could damage developing world economies that are based around exports?",
"Garnett: Possibly.",
"When the Soil Association (a British organic certification body) had a consultation on whether they would certify air freighted products, there was an outcry from the UK Department for International Development as well as producers overseas.",
"But they might find if we looked at total carbon emissions rather than food miles, they might do better, with hours of free sunshine and long growing seasons reducing the need for heating and other inputs.",
"CNN: Do you think labeling will change consumer behavior?",
"Garnett: We need a far stronger steer from government on what a low-impact lifestyle looks like.",
"Tinkering around with elements of consumer behavior won't deliver the changes we need.",
"The government needs to be involved.",
"We need to work on choice editing, and make sure products are sending the right signals to consumers about the kind of diet they need to adopt, but they are very scared of doing this.",
"There are certain synergies with health that could be exploited -- less meat and dairy is better for us as well as the environment.",
"We need to be looking at the portions of meat and dairy in ready meals, and getting people used to a different way of eating.",
"I think a lot can be achieved in quite subtle ways, as well as with more gung-ho regulation.",
"Ultimately, this is a systemic problem.",
"Of course public awareness and information is important, but to get the change we need we will have to take drastic action.",
"We just haven't got time to woo people for years.",
"We need to act right now."
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"Garnett: Low carbon foods not answer; we need to reduce \"high impact foods\" in diet .",
"Garnett: Carbon labeling not always clear for consumers but good for manufacturers ."
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"(CNN) -- In a case that drew national attention because it was to be videotaped, convicted murderer Andrew Grant DeYoung was executed by lethal injection Thursday night, a corrections department spokeswoman said.",
"DeYoung was declared dead at 8:04 p.m. at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, said Joan Heath, the spokeswoman.",
"His last words were: \"I'm sorry for everyone I've hurt,\" according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which was one of the media outlets granted access to the execution.",
"The execution occurred after the state Supreme Court denied DeYoung's motion to take another look at a lower court judge's decision Tuesday allowing the state to replace sodium thiopental with pentobarbital as the anesthetizing agent in the execution, the court's statement said.",
"That lower court judge's ruling, however, did approve the rare videotaping of the execution at the request of DeYoung's attorneys, who argued that the substitution of drugs would cause needless pain and suffering.",
"For the first time in Georgia, a videographer was present in the execution chamber to document DeYoung's death and his reaction to a new three-drug lethal injection that anti-death penalty activists said caused unnecessary pain and suffering, according to reports in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.",
"On October 13, 1995, DeYoung was convicted in Cobb County of fatally stabbing his parents, Kathryn and Gary DeYoung, and his 14-year-old sister, Sarah.",
"His final meal was an institutional one -- chicken and rice, Heath said.",
"DeYoung's special request for pizza, breadsticks, all-fruit strawberry preserves, Concord grape juice and vanilla ice cream was carried out on Wednesday, Heath said.",
"With Thursday's execution, Georgia has put to death 51 men since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1973.",
"DeYoung was the 28th inmate put to death by lethal injection, the state corrections department said.",
"CNN's Bill Mears and Michael Martinez contributed to this report."
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"He was convicted of killing his parents and sister .",
"At the defense's request, a lower court allows for a videotaping of the execution ."
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"Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Under heavy criticism for a telling cell phone carriers to ban certain words in text messages, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority went into damage control mode Wednesday.",
"PTA spokesman Mohammed Younis Wednesday denied the existence of the plan, which has met with derision from mobile phone users in the country.",
"\"If at all we finally decide to go for this process, then we will prepare a list in consultation with the mobile operators,\" Younis told CNN.",
"In another conversation with CNN two days earlier, however, Younis acknowledged that the telecommunications authority had sent out a notice to carriers -- but said that the agency was giving the operators more time to come up with a shorter list.",
"Earlier this week, three carriers -- Mobilink, Warid and Telenor -- received the notice, officials there confirmed.",
"In it, the PTA , which regulates cell phone and internet carriers in Pakistan, called on them to implement the ban within seven days.",
"This would mean blocking text messages containing the offending words.",
"Most of the 1,500 banned words were deemed sexually explicit or obscene by the PTA, the officials said.",
"The words include \"taxi\" -- often used to refer to prostitutes in Pakistan -- \"gay,\" \"tongue,\" \"homosexual,\" \"intercourse,\" \"condom\" and \"hole.\"",
"CNN has obtained a copy of the list.",
"In the notice, which is available online, the PTA cited a law that bans the transmission of indecent and obscene messages.",
"The notice says the banned words are part of an effort to cut down on spam and unsolicited text messages, the officials said.",
"Last month, the PTA banned thousands of websites containing pornography.",
"But the latest about face on text messages appears to mean the PTA will not act on the notice -- at least, any time soon."
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"Pakistan tells phone companies to block 1,500 words from text messages .",
"Cell phone users respond with derision .",
"The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority sends mixed messages on its plan .",
"The banned words list includes terms related to sex and prostitution ."
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"(CNN) -- Odds are a lot of people who find gambling winnings stuffed into two envelopes would pocket the cash and move on.",
"Not Mitch Gilbert.",
"\"Some people thought I was crazy to give it back,\" the Greenwood Village, Colorado, real estate businessman, told CNN on Tuesday.",
"\"I had to give it back. It wasn't my money to start with.\"",
"\"It\" was $10,000 held in two sealed Caesars Palace envelopes and left December 6 by a passenger at the airport in Las Vegas.",
"Gilbert said he had an inkling the envelopes carried money, but he hesitated to give it to someone he saw a few feet away because he wasn't sure the person was the rightful owner.",
"Gilbert waited about 40 minutes for someone to come searching for the money.",
"He flew home with the envelopes, and found they each held $5,000 in cash.",
"KUSA reports: Colorado man returns envelopes of cash .",
"Gilbert said he called McCarran International Airport and was told it could not put third parties together.",
"He vowed to follow up and about two weeks later was told an El Paso, Texas, man had reported losing the money.",
"KUSA reached Ignacio Marquez, who said he dropped the envelopes as he was running to catch a flight.",
"\"Relief is an understatement.",
"Cash money is very difficult to get back.",
"I'm very appreciative to Mitch and his family.",
"You do not find people like this,\" Marquez said.",
"McCarran International Airport released a statement to CNN thanking Gilbert, who got the cash to Marquez late last week.",
"\"We appreciate Mr. Gilbert's honesty and willingness to set a great example for others, and we are pleased our Lost and Found staff was able to assist in his efforts to track down the money's owner,\" the statement said.",
"Gilbert, who won some money of his own at Vegas, told KUSA he would want someone to do the same thing for him, even if the cash could go toward a mountain of bills.",
"\"I wanted to show my kids the right thing to do,\" he said."
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"Mitch Gilbert found two envelopes, each containing $5,000, at Las Vegas airport .",
"He waited for someone to come looking for it, and checked back two weeks later .",
"He recently returned the money to an El Paso, Texas, man who had lost it .",
"\"I wanted to show my kids the right thing to do,\" the Colorado man says ."
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"(CNN) -- Brad Drewett is reluctant to divulge exact numbers, but the ATP World Tour Finals is a big deal for men's tennis.",
"The season-ending event, worth $5 million in prize money this year, is the tour's marquee event -- an elite eight-man showpiece that attracts top sponsors and acts as a massive advert for the game.",
"\"It's one the of the ATP's biggest assets,\" longtime tournament director Brad Drewett told CNN during this week's round-robin matches.",
"\"For it to be a commercial success is extremely important for us.\"",
"Drewett, a 58-year-old former tennis prodigy, has been running the finals for more than a decade now.",
"It came to London's glitzy O2 Arena -- best known as a concert venue -- in 2009 after Drewett took it back to Shanghai for three years.",
"Rihanna to Rafa: Tennis gets popstar makeover .",
"\"The actual financial structure is a bit different.",
"We have a partnership here with AEG, the owners of the O2, whereas in Shanghai we had a partnership with the municipal government who were very keen to have the event for the purpose of promoting China and Shanghai and also promoting the sport of tennis in China,\" he said.",
"\"Here it was us wanting to bring the event back to the traditional market of Europe, and in particular London.\"",
"The UK capital has a contract until 2013, but doubts have been raised about the event's future on the banks of the River Thames due to complaints about British laws which require players to be taxed on all endorsements during the time they are in the country.",
"The Lawn Tennis Association, which runs Wimbledon and is also an event partner of the ATP finals, is lobbying the government for an exemption.",
"\"If we lose events like this it will have a big impact not just on the economy but also on sponsors and television and in other areas,\" LTA chief executive Roger Draper told the UK Press Association.",
"Can Federer make finals history in London?",
"Drewett said the ATP is happy for the event to stay in London, which is one of the ruling body's global headquarters alongside Florida, Sydney and Monte Carlo.",
"\"That decision won't be made until the second or third quarter of next year.",
"That's a decision for our board.",
"We're very happy here,\" he said.",
"\"We have every reason to believe that next year and the following year will be just as popular.\"",
"More than 250,000 people attended the 17,500-capacity arena over eight days in the first two years, and sponsorship has \"sold out\" with title partner Barclays bank joined by luxury-goods brands such as Rolex, Lacoste and Moet & Chandon along with the likes of FedEx, South African Airways, Nissan, Ricoh and Italian power giant Enel.",
"It is broadcast in the UK by public and subscription channels, and in more than 150 countries around the world.",
"\"It's our marquee event and it generates a significant amount of money for us,\" Drewett said.",
"\"And from a promotional point of view this week is the event that everyone is talking about.\"",
"The 2009 rebranding from the Masters Cup has also given the tournament a distinct identity from the four grand slam events of the tennis calendar.",
"\"A grand slam has two or three major courts, men and women, plus the outside courts over 14 days.",
"To have quarter of a million in that time frame on one court is testament to the strength of the event and the players we have right now and their popularity,\" Drewett said.",
"\"I personally like the rebranding.",
"It tells a good story, it's pretty clear what it is.",
"The message is very clear to the consumer.",
"\"We're not looking to compete in any way with the grand slams.",
"This event is what it is -- the format being eight players, only men, indoors, round-robin -- it speaks for itself as being totally different from a grand slam.",
"The public understand that.\"",
"Drewett was one of the most promising young players of the 1970s, winning the Australian Open junior title twice, but was not quite so successful on the senior circuit as he reached a career-high ranking of 34.",
"However, he did appear at the season-ending event once, in the doubles at London's Royal Albert Hall in 1988 when it was a separate tournament -- now both formats are run during the same week.",
"At that time, Madison Square Gardens was nearing the end of a 13-year run of hosting the singles -- and Drewett believes that the O2 is taking on a similar status to the iconic New York venue.",
"\"In its time it was one of the special ones, like here.",
"The finals was a very special event.",
"People still talk about playing at Madison Square Gardens, and this is going to be the same,\" he said.",
"\"When you go out there, the court, the crowd -- there's a certain atmosphere you don't get very often at sporting events.\"",
"After ending his career, Drewett became involved in businesses before being asked to run for a place on the ATP board to represent the players.",
"He did so for five years before taking on the role of chief executive of the ATP's International Group.",
"\"I was always interested in the politics and business.",
"I was interested in what made the tour tick even as a player,\" Drewett said.",
"\"Tennis has been, in relative terms, pretty big business for a long time.",
"In terms of professional sport it's one of the most mature.",
"\"Tennis was one of the first where pro athletes could make a serious living from it, back in the 1950s.",
"The business has got bigger and more mature, and it's as strong as it's ever been 60 years later.\""
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"Season-ending tournament brings in 250,000 people over eight days .",
"Event director says sponsorship has sold out, generating significant revenue .",
"ATP happy for it to stay in London but decision to be made in 2012 ."
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"(CNN) -- Left-leaning Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, leading the polls in a three-man race, looked poised to win re-election on Sunday.",
"Ortega cast his ballot shortly after polls opened.",
"They closed at 7 p.m.",
"ET , with early results expected Sunday night.",
"Nicaragua's constitution bars presidents from being re-elected, but that did not stop Ortega from running in his sixth straight presidential race.",
"He was first elected as president in 1985, 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 uprising there.",
"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 Ortega's backers, continuity will guarantee that social and economic programs will keep on.",
"They want to see more investment in infrastructure, technology and more public housing, projects often financed through Venezuela.",
"He came to power as part of the Sandinista rebels who overthrew the Somoza dynasty in 1979, and 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 for his candidacy.",
"Yet his popular support remains high.",
"\"From my point of view, it has been a good government and we hope to keep working in this way,\" said one voter, Julio Lara, ahead of the election.",
"Another voter, Magdalena Miranda said, \"I think he has done much to help the poor.\"",
"Ortega's closest challenger is Fabio Gadea, who until recently was known as a radio-station owner and journalist, and as creator of the popular Nicaraguan radio character \"Pancho Madrigal.\"",
"Gadea ran on the Independent Liberal Party, which includes support from former Sandinista backers who in the past may have supported Ortega.",
"\"We have proclaimed that we are going to make an honest government, a revolution of honesty that will end corruption, and with the end of corruption we can start to fix all the problems,\" Gadea said before the vote.",
"Those who consider Ortega's candidacy unconstitutional say they found a strong candidate in the 80-year-old Gadea.",
"\"He is the man who all Nicaraguans can confide in to defeat\" Ortega's party, resident Marlene Castillo said.",
"\"He is the one who respects our rights, now we don't have fear like before,\" said Wilfredo Treminio.",
"Running third in polls ahead of the election was Arnoldo Aleman, a former president who represents another liberal party.",
"But some of those supporters have joined the ranks of Gadea's party.",
"After leaving office, Aleman 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."
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"Ortega's opponents are backing two competing candidates .",
"Ortega was first elected president in 1985 ."
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"LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Former baseball great Lenny Dykstra reached a deal with prosecutors, pleading no contest Wednesday to three counts of grand theft auto and filing a false financial statement, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said.",
"Dykstra, a three-time Major League Baseball All-Star who led the New York Mets to a World Series championship, was released pending sentencing Jan. 20, 2012, the office said in a statement.",
"The former athlete, who faces up to four years in prison, admitted the loss was more than $100,000, according to a statement from the district attorney's office.",
"In exchange for Dykstra's plea, 21 charges against him, including attempted grand theft auto, identity theft, possession of a controlled substance and unauthorized possession of a syringe, will be dismissed at sentencing, according to the statement.",
"Beginning in January, Dykstra, 48, and two co-defendants tried to lease various high-end automobiles from several area dealerships by providing fraudulent information and claiming credit through a phony business, prosecutors said.",
"A criminal complaint contended that Dykstra and Robert Hymers, 27, his accountant, provided information from a man they claimed was a co-signer, but who had not authorized his name to be used.",
"Leases were not approved at two dealerships, but the pair and Christopher Gavanis, 30, a friend of Dykstra's, drove off with three cars at one company by providing fraudulent information to a dealer, Deputy District Attorney Alex Karkanen said.",
"When Dykstra was arrested in April, Los Angeles police detectives allegedly found cocaine and ecstasy along with somatropin, a synthetic human growth hormone, when they searched his Encino home.",
"In September, Hymers pleaded no contest to one felony count of identity theft.",
"Gavanis pleaded no contest to one felony count of filing a false financial statement, prosecutors said.",
"In a separate case, Dykstra was indicted in May on federal charges, including obstruction of justice for allegedly taking more than $400,000 in property that should have gone to his bankruptcy creditors and then lying about it under oath, prosecutors claim.",
"Dykstra's stellar professional baseball career began in 1981, when the New York Mets drafted him out of high school.",
"During his second year in the majors, the player nicknamed \"Nails\" for his tenacity, hit a lead-off home run in Game 3 of the 1986 World Series at Boston's Fenway Park, after the Mets lost the first two games.",
"That spark rallied the Mets to a seven-game series victory over the Boston Red Sox.",
"CNN's Stan Wilson contributed to this report."
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"He faces up to four years in prison at January sentencing .",
"Complaint says Dykstra, two friends fraudulently drove off with luxury cars from dealership ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- Disturbed by the news that Moammar Gadhafi's wife and three children, along with some grandchildren, were able to flee over the Libyan border to Algeria in spite of a U.N. travel ban, the U.S. State Department nonetheless is taking a low-key approach.",
"\"There are concerns that this isn't in keeping with the travel ban restrictions,\" State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters Tuesday but, defending the administration's response, she said the United States is reviewing Algeria's explanation for why it let the family into the country.",
"Gadhafi's two sons who fled, Hannibal and Mohammed, along with his daughter, Aisha, are specifically named in the U.N. travel ban for \"closeness of association with (the) regime.\"",
"\"We care, in terms of the fact that under U.N. Security Council Resolution 1970, the Gadhafi family was subject to a travel ban,\" Nuland said.",
"\"So, they have now traveled. The government of Algeria has now sent a letter to the UN.",
"We are reviewing that letter now in New York but, clearly, there has to be an international community decision and response in regard to the travel ban restrictions that (the resolution) imposes.\"",
"The Algerian representative to the U.N. said Monday that his government let the Gadhafis into the country on \"humanitarian grounds.\"",
"Aisha Gadhafi gave birth to a daughter at the border.",
"Algeria's Ambassador to the U.N., Mourad Benmehidi, told CNN, \"The wife of someone who has grievances with the international community is not necessarily subject to the same grievances.\"",
"The U.N. resolution does allow exceptions to the travel ban resolution: \"Where the Committee determines on a case-by-case basis that such travel is justified on the grounds of humanitarian need, including religious obligation.\"",
"It requires a state to inform the United Nations within 48 hours of any such decision.",
"\"We have said that members of Gadhafi's family should be held accountable,\" the State Department's Nuland said, but added: \"...we need to review the Algerian government explanation, so does the (National Transitional Council), and we need to see where we go from there.\"",
"Algeria's decision to accept the family, however, has infuriated the rebel National Transitional Council.",
"The council is demanding that Algerian authorities hand the family over to be tried by Libyan courts, calling Algeria's decision an \"act of aggression.\"",
"Rebels who picked through Hannibal Gadhafi's seaside villa in Libya on Sunday introduced CNN's Dan Rivers to his family's badly scarred former nanny, who said she had been doused with boiling water by Hannibal's wife, model Aline Skaf, when she refused to beat one of their crying toddlers.",
"The abuse was corroborated by another member of the household staff."
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"Gadhafi's wife, three children, some grandchildren were able to flee Libya into Algeria .",
"Libya's National Transitional Council called Algeria's decision an \"act of aggression\"\nState Department: International decision is \"clearly\" called for in this instance ."
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"(CNN) -- World Player of the Year Lionel Messi grabbed his second straight hat-trick in Spain's La Liga to power Barcelona to a 4-2 in over Real Zaragoza on Sunday night.",
"Messi, who scored twice in the midweek Champions League defeat of Stuttgart, has scored eight goals in a week and 11 of Barca's last 14.",
"He is also he leading scorer in the league with 25.",
"The away victory sees the reigning champions draw level on points with leaders Real Madrid in the Spanish title race.",
"They are a staggering 18 points clear of third placed Valencia, who won 2-0 against Almeria earlier in the day.",
"It was Argentine star Messi's fifth hat-trick while at the Catalan giants and followed his triple in the 3-0 win over Valencia last weekend.",
"Barcelona were playing catch up after Real's 3-1 win over Sporting Gijon the day before and were given the ideal start as Messi headed them in front on four minutes.",
"His second goal came midway through the second half after a typically incisive run as the beat two players before scoring.",
"Messi soon completed his hat-trick before a double from home substitute Adrian Colunga gave Zaragoza late hope.",
"But Messi was not to be denied after his earlier heroics and won a penalty which Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic converted in injury time, his first league goal since February 14.",
"\"Messi did well, I'll leave it for others to find the adjectives to describe him,\" Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola told AFP.. Valencia recovered from their drubbing against Barcelona and a midweek Europa League outing to post an easy win -- their first in three games.",
"Almeria keeper Diego Alves kept them in the match which was scoreless at halftime, but he was beaten after the break as a fine pass from David Silva set up Juan Mata for the opener.",
"Silva sealed the win as he scored from close range.",
"Real Mallorca continued their fine form at home with a 4-1 thrashing of Atletico Madrid to stay in the fourth and final Champions League slot.",
"Victor Casadesus scored their opener but Diego Forlan equalized for Atletico.",
"But within two minutes Aritz Aduriz headed Mallorca in front again.",
"Atletico had Raul Garcia sent off in the second half to seal their fate as a Luis Perea own goal and Felipe Mattioni strike made the game safe for Mallorca.",
"\"We showed that we are a strong and ambitious side who are candidates for a place in Europe,\" a delighted Mallorca coach Gregorio Manzano told AFP.",
"\"In the first half we were very good and then after the sending off we were able to control the play more easily.\"",
"On Saturday, Real Madrid claimed their ninth straight victory but had to come from behind after David Barral scored.",
"Real hit back through Rafael van der Vaart, Xabi Alonso and Gonzalo to open up a temporary three point gap on Barcelona."
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"Washington (CNN) -- If the government does not take drastic steps, another deepwater oil spill like the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico could devastate the coastal areas of the United States, an oversight commission warned Tuesday in a long-awaited report to the president.",
"More research, funding and oversight are needed to help prevent another disaster, concluded the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling.",
"\"As drilling pushes into ever deeper and riskier waters where more of America's oil lies, only systemic reforms of both government and industry will prevent a similar, future disaster,\" said William K. Reilly, the commission co-chairman.",
"Halliburton criticized the report's conclusions, saying the commission selectively omitted information it submitted.",
"The disaster \"was almost the inevitable result of years of industry and government complacency and lack of attention to safety,\" Reilly said.",
"The disaster led to the worst maritime oil spill in U.S. history.",
"That was \"indisputably the case\" with BP; Transocean, which owned the Deepwater Horizon oil rig; and Halliburton, which installed a cement casing for drill operations, he said.",
"It also was the case with the government agency charged with regulating offshore drilling, Reilly said.",
"The report, \"Deep Water: The Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling,\" proposed \"comprehensive\" government and industry actions \"to overhaul the U.S. approach to drilling safety and greatly reduce the chances of a similar, large-scale disaster in the future.\"",
"Over the past 20 years \"we became lulled into a sense of inevitable success,\" which masked the heightened risk in deepwater drilling, said the commission's co-chair, former Sen. Bob Graham.",
"Advances in science, both in drilling offshore safely and in containing a spill, are vastly inadequate and must be improved, Graham said.",
"The commission faulted the government for passivity, saying regulators were outmatched, underfunded and had conflicting responsibilities that kept them from effective oversight.",
"They called for a new regulatory office headed by a scientist with a fixed term that would be created under the Interior Department.",
"The position would be designed to remain more immune to industry pressures than current oversight agencies.",
"Since the spill, there have already been reforms and new rules requiring companies to strengthen safety practices and modernize equipment, said Kendra Barkoff, deputy communications director for the Interior Department.",
"\"Over the last eight months, the Department of Interior has undertaken an aggressive overhaul of the regulatory agency responsible for overseeing offshore oil and gas operations, increasing safety and ensuring oil and gas development is conducted responsibly,\" she said.",
"The commission, convened by the president this summer, cited a systemic failure in the oil industry, blaming all three companies -- BP, Transocean and Halliburton -- involved in constructing the Deepwater Horizon rig.",
"\"The industry needs to pick up its own game,\" said Reilly, who said the industry was already considering the commission's charge that it form a self-policing \"safety institute.\"",
"Halliburton spokeswoman Cathy Mann criticized the report's conclusions, saying the commission \"selectively omitted information provided to it by Halliburton in response to its numerous inquiries.\"",
"Mann specifically noted what she described as a mischaracterization of the February and April foam stability tests related to the cement pumped at the deepwater well, according to a company statement Tuesday.",
"Transocean spokesperson Samantha Cohen blamed BP for the incident, lauding the Transocean crew who \"took appropriate actions to gain control of the well.\"",
"She added that \"it would be premature to draw final conclusions at this juncture,\" according to a written statement.",
"In contrast, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune said his organization commends \"the oil spill commission for its thorough and thoughtful examination of the worst environmental disaster in our nation's history.\"",
"\"This report is very timely, following a severe Alaskan pipeline leak this past week that reinforced the need for us to take a hard look at safety standards and our nation's addiction to oil,\" he said in a written statement.",
"To help fund some recommendations, the commission suggested both raising fines on oil companies and charging them for a lease to drill off the U.S. coastline.",
"BP said Tuesday it cooperated fully with the commission.",
"\"Given the emerging consensus that the Deepwater Horizon accident was the result of multiple causes involving multiple parties, we support the commission's efforts to strengthen industrywide safety practices,\" BP spokeswoman Ellen Moskowitz said.",
"\"We are committed to working with government officials and other operators and contractors to identify and implement operational and regulatory changes that will enhance safety practices throughout the oil and gas industry.\"",
"The commission recommended lifting the $75 million liability cap for offshore facility incidents, but said the members could not agree on whether an oil company's liability should be unlimited.",
"Reilly said it would be unreasonable to expect the bill to be sent to the public if the companies cause billions in dollars of damages.",
"He suggested smaller independent oil companies could join an insurance pool to cover their risk.",
"The commission found several \"preventable human and engineering failures were the immediate causes\" of the BP disaster.",
"However, the commission did not weigh in on whether BP, Transocean or Halliburton broke the law in developing the Deepwater Horizon rig, and deferred the question of criminal charges to the Department of Justice.",
"Members answered media questions Tuesday about contentious debates over drilling near Florida and Alaska.",
"Graham referenced former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's call to \"drill, baby, drill,\" a battle cry co-opted by proponents of drilling off Florida's coast.",
"\"The numbers are not sustainable,\" Graham said when asked about drilling off Florida.",
"\"We need to be holding back some areas that have potential for future generations.\"",
"However, members did not object to continued drilling off Alaska, instead calling for more safety research, funds that would allow for more training for the Coast Guard in the state and new organizational structure that would allow for input from local communities.",
"The American Petroleum Institute, which represents more than 400 oil and natural gas companies, said the group is pleased with the commission's recommendation to increase funding for more federal inspection and monitoring of offshore activity.",
"However, API Upstream Director Erik Milito said the group is concerned that the report reflects negatively on an entire industry based on a single incident.",
"\"This does a great disservice to the thousands of men and women who work in the industry and have the highest personal and professional commitment to safety,\" Milito said.",
"The commission met with President Barack Obama Tuesday before presenting its report to Congress.",
"The commission emphasized its message was clear and unanimous, and was delivered on time -- a rarity in Washington.",
"\"Drilling offshore is inherently risky and we can never reduce the risk to zero,\" Graham said.",
"\"But we can mitigate the risk.\""
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"NEW: Halliburton says the report unfairly criticizes them .",
"Government regulators were outmatched and underfunded, report says .",
"Years of industry and government complacency is cited ."
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"Madrid, Spain (CNN) -- A Cuban man arrested in Spain this week for alleged ties to al Qaeda was released Friday on provisional liberty, but must report daily to police, a National Court spokeswoman told CNN.",
"The 24-year-old suspect, identified only by his initials J.E.F.M., was released after a 45-minute closed-door arraignment before Judge Fernando Andreu at the National Court, which handles terrorism cases.",
"The court-appointed defense lawyer, Francisco Fernandez Castan, told CNN after the hearing that he argued for all charges to be dropped, saying that police allegations the Cuban had incited terrorism through internet postings was in fact just an example of \"freedom of expression.\"",
"But the judge maintained the charges of alleged links to al Qaeda, while police further analyze the suspect's various portable computers, external hard drives and USB memory sticks that were seized at the time of his arrest on Spain's Mallorca island Tuesday, said the court spokeswoman, who by custom is not identified.",
"The suspect was accompanied by two uniformed police officers outside the judge's chambers, and at times was handcuffed.",
"He wore a black T-shirt, dark ankle-high blue jeans and gray sandals.",
"The judge's order requires him to report daily to the police station nearest his home in Cala Rajada, on the northeast side of Mallorca, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the island's capital, Palma de Mallorca.",
"The Interior Ministry said in a statement that he was wanted for alleged membership in al Qaeda and had 1,120 radical videos on the Internet, mostly produced by him, and that he used the internet for the radical indoctrination of other individuals .",
"Authorities have been investigating the suspect since last year, the ministry statement said.",
"Civil Guards detained him for allegedly recruiting and indoctrinating others for the terrorist group and for distributing public messages aimed at provoking terrorist attacks, the statement added.",
"Spain's Balearic archipelago in the Mediterranean is a popular tourist resort for Spaniards and others from Europe, with large contingents of Britons and Germans visiting or residing there.",
"Since the Madrid train bombings of 2004 that killed 191 people and wounded 1,800 others, Spanish police have arrested more than 400 suspected al Qaeda militants or collaborators, the Interior Ministry website says.",
"Most have been of North African or Middle Eastern origin, with a few from Latin America."
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"The suspect must report daily to police, a court spokeswoman said .",
"The judge's order requires him to report daily to the police station nearest his home .",
"The Cuban national was arrested on the resort island of Mallorca .",
"Spanish authorities say he was attempting to recruit for al Qaeda ."
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"(CNN) -- A satellite whose orbit is degrading is likely to crash back to Earth on Friday, and 26 pieces have a good chance of surviving the heat of re-entry, NASA said.",
"Despite being pretty sure that the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, will re-enter the atmosphere sometime Friday afternoon, U.S. time, NASA says there is no way to know where it will fall.",
"Because the satellite travels thousands of miles in a matter of minutes, even minutes before re-entry, it will be impossible to pinpoint an exact location, Mark Matney of NASA's Orbital Debris team said Wednesday.",
"On top of that, he said, \"part of the problem is the spacecraft is tumbling in unpredictable ways and it is very difficult to very precisely pinpoint where it's coming down even right before the re-entry.\"",
"NASA says most of the six-ton spacecraft is made of aluminum, which has a relatively low melting temperature and will burn up on re-entry.",
"But about half a ton of material is likely to make it through.",
"\"There are some pieces that are made of stainless steel and titanium and beryllium that have very high melting temperatures, and those pieces will survive,\" Matney said.",
"He said NASA has identified 26 pieces, ranging from tens of pounds to a few hundred pounds, that could make it.",
"Because water covers about 70 percent of the Earth's surface, NASA believes most, if not all the debris that survives will land in an ocean or sea.",
"And even if pieces strike dry land, there's very little risk any will hit people.",
"Objects this size re-enter the Earth's atmosphere about once a year, according to NASA.",
"This is the largest NASA satellite to re-enter in about 30 years, but at six tons, it's only a fraction of the size of the 75-ton Skylab that fell back to Earth in 1979.",
"Portions of it hit Western Australia."
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"Re-entry of the atmospheric research satellite is likely to come Friday afternoon, NASA says .",
"Most of the satellite will burn up during re-entry, it says .",
"There is little chance that the pieces that survive will hit anyone, it adds ."
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"(CNN) -- The wait is almost over.",
"After months of hype, a reported $35 million in marketing costs and one high-profile judge switcheroo, Simon Cowell's \"X Factor\" will finally premiere on Wednesday.",
"But will it be one talent contest too many?",
"And can the show possibly be as big a hit in the U.S. as it is back in the UK?",
"I've been eagerly anticipating the U.S. launch of \"The X Factor\" for a long time now and have been frequently posting updates on my site Remote Patrolled.",
"As a reality TV producer, originally from the UK but now living here in the United States, I'm very familiar with \"The X Factor\" format and its influence on British culture.",
"For the past eight years, \"The X Factor\" has been the No.",
"1 entertainment show in British television, launching the career of several British pop stars and one international singing sensation, Leona Lewis.",
"So can lightning strike twice?",
"In case you're not too familiar with \"The X Factor\" back story, here's a quick refresher.",
"Over in England in 2001, the ITV1 network unleashed a new talent contest called \"Pop Idol.\"",
"The show became an instant smash, due in large part to its toughest judge, Simon Cowell, and an addictive elimination format.",
"In 2002, \"Pop Idol\" relocated to the U.S. as \"American Idol.\"",
"That show became an even bigger hit, launching stars like Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson and Carrie Underwood and making Cowell one of the richest people in show business.",
"Now here's where it gets really interesting.",
"\"American\" Idol was overseen by Spice Girls guru Simon Fuller, leaving Cowell as a mere (highly paid) gun-for-hire with no stake in the show -- or the success of its artists.",
"As vocal as Cowell has been about being competitive, it is not surprising that he wanted to run his own show and reap the subsequent rewards.",
"So back in England, \"Pop Idol\" was canceled after two seasons and replaced by the Cowell-produced \"X Factor,\" resulting in some bad blood between the two Simons and a high-profile lawsuit (eventually settled).",
"The format of \"The X Factor\" is similar to \"Idol,\" but there are several key differences.",
"On \"The X Factor,\" each of the four judges 'mentor' a category of contestant: Males younger than 30; females younger than 30; groups; and 30s and older.",
"The show therefore becomes a contest between the judges as much as the contestants, often resulting in plenty of judges' bickering (\"X Factor\" judges Sharon Osbourne and Dannii Minogue were reportedly barely on speaking terms by the end of their run on the show).",
"At the same time, the diversity of the contestants also makes the show rather different from \"Idol,\" which these days only seems to crown white male guitar players.",
"One other key difference is that \"The X Factor\" is BIG!",
"Auditions take place in front of a live audience, rather than a tiny audition room.",
"And as the show progresses, it's the job of the judges to produce each of the contestants' performances as though they were staging an awards show style performance.",
"So \"X Factor\" finalists get dancers, elaborate sets and complex lighting arrangements in contrast to the \"static stand-and-sing\" style of \"American Idol.\"",
"Those are the differences. But can \"The X Factor\" succeed in the fiercely competitive U.S. marketplace?",
"Back in England, the show faced little competition in the music competition genre.",
"The BBC had \"Fame Academy\" (for which I produced all the live performance shows) and ITV1 had \"Popstars\" (a version of which also ran for two seasons here in the U.S.), but both shows had effectively run out of steam by the time \"The X Factor\" launched.",
"By contrast, the U.S. version of \"The X Factor\" is entering a crowded market dominated by a decade of the very successful \" American Idol.\"",
"Then there's NBC upstart \"The Voice,\" which came out of nowhere in the spring to achieve strong ratings, especially among the highly coveted 18-49 demo.",
"And at the same time as \"The X Factor,\" NBC will also be rolling out a new season of another singing competition, \"The Sing Off.\"",
"And those are just the success stories.",
"Over the last few years countless music competition series have come and go.",
"Remember \"Rock Star,\" \"The One,\" \"R U The Girl,\" \"Clash of the Choirs\" and MTV's \"Top Pop Group?\"",
"Exactly! Even this year we've seen the heavily hyped \"Glee Project\" struggle on Oxygen, while Bravo's \"Platinum Hit\" was an outright flop.",
"Can \"X Factor\" buck the trend and become a bona fide phenomenon?",
"In large part, the success of \"The X Factor\" will depend on whether it can discover a true international superstar.",
"Even Simon Cowell has admitted this will be the benchmark of the show's success.",
"Unfortunately this will also be the show's toughest challenge.",
"It's been a long time since \"Idol\" discovered a true star.",
"Not since Season 7's David Cook has an \"Idol\" artist sold a million albums (though Season 8 runner-up Adam Lambert has done reasonably well), and Season 10 winner Scotty McCreery seems unlikely to buck the trend.",
"And while \"The Voice's\" Javier Colon has received plenty of critical kudos, \"The Voice\" finale was actually one of the lower-rated episodes of the season.",
"It could be argued that the public appetite for music competition pop stars has already been sated.",
"Another challenge for \"The X Factor\" is that \"The Voice\" has effectively stolen one of the key gimmicks of the Simon Cowell series -- the idea of judges as 'mentors' who work with their contestants and are in a competition with one another.",
"Even more damaging is that \"The Voice's\" starry line up -- Christina Aguilera, Blake Shelton, Adam Levine and Cee Lo Green -- is a heck of a lot more contemporary, successful and A-list then \"X Factor\" judges Paula Abdul, Nicole Scherzinger and L.A. Reid.",
"But \"The X Factor\" has one undeniable ace in its hand -- Cowell himself.",
"After a pitiful season of \"Idol\" in which Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson could barely utter a word of criticism to any of the contestants, it will be refreshing to once again hear Simon's sharp-tongued but truthful feedback.",
"On this year's \"Idol,\" everyone was 'amazing', resulting in a tedious series that eliminated strong contenders such as Pia Toscano far too early and neutered others such as Casey Abrams who needed some harsh truth telling to raise their game.",
"Personally I think \"The X Factor\" will be a huge hit for Fox, enabling the network to dominate the fall season in much the same way it does the second half of the TV season.",
"With all the hype and hoopla surrounding Cowell's new show, audience awareness is higher than for any other show this season.",
"The only remaining question is just how big will \"The X Factor\" be?",
"Can it possibly beat the 20 million plus audience \"Idol\" still routinely clocks up?",
"Or will it have to settle for the more modest 12 million to 14 million \"The Voice\" pulled in?",
"Knowing Simon Cowell, nothing less than No.",
"1 will be good enough.",
"But for now it's up for us the audience to decide."
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"Simon Cowell's \"X Factor\" will finally premiere on Wednesday .",
"The format of \"The X Factor\" is similar to \"American Idol\"\nThe show becomes a contest between the judges as much as the contestants .",
"Cowell himself is likely to be the show's biggest draw ."
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"(CNN) -- The mysterious visitor stands in a patch of scrubland in Somalia, surrounded by Islamic militants wielding AK-47s.",
"His face is covered by a white-and-red headscarf; he is slim and seems young.",
"But there is something puzzling about him: His skin is fair, and when he speaks in an audio recording, his English is near perfect and spoken with a North American accent.",
"The militants -- belonging to Al-Shabaab -- say his name is Abu Abdulla Almuhajir (the foreigner).",
"And they say he is an envoy from the al Qaeda leader, Ayman al Zawahiri, thousands of miles away in Pakistan.",
"Almuhajir has turned up in the desolate scrubland, they say, to offer al Qaeda's help with famine relief.",
"Photographs show him at what appears to be an aid camp that Al-Shabaab claims it has set up for victims of the famine.",
"The recording says he is delivering aid that al Qaeda had purportedly collected, including food, clothing and $12,000 converted into Somali currency.",
"A video showing the images and audio recording was posted to Islamist websites last week.",
"U.S. counter-terrorism agencies are still trying to ascertain Almuhajir's identity and whether he really was an al Qaeda envoy -- about which there is some doubt.",
"The event, at which a large group of Somalis were shown sitting crossed-legged on the ground, was clearly a propaganda ploy by Al-Shabaab to boost its popularity -- and that of the al Qaeda brand.",
"International aid agencies have sharply criticized the group for banning or obstructing aid in areas in central and southern Somalia worst hit by the famine.",
"The group's brutal imposition of Taliban-like practices in territory under its control has also alienated many Somalis.",
"If authentic, the event suggests a strengthening of the relationship between hard-line factions of Al-Shabaab and al Qaeda.",
"Though factions of the group have long been allied with al Qaeda and share its vision of global jihad, the video of the meeting would be a rare demonstration of such ties.",
"The so-called emissary told his Somali audience that al Qaeda felt their pain and urged Muslims to support Al-Shabaab, which is fighting Somalia's government in an effort to implement a stricter form of Islamic law.",
"He also recalled Osama bin Laden's long interest in Somalia, saying he \"played a major role in repelling invading forces of the Muslim land in Somalia.\"",
"And Almuhajir promised that al Qaeda's new leader, Zawahiri, would continue that support.",
"\"In a recent release, Sheikh Ayman brought the drought in Somalia to the attention of the Muslim Ummah (or global Muslim community) and encouraged them to support their brothers in Somalia,\" he said.",
"Western counter-terrorism analysts have been puzzling over the identity of \"the foreigner.\"",
"Several Americans and Canadians are believed to have joined al Qaeda in Pakistan in recent years and risen through the group's hierarchy.",
"The most prominent has been Oregon-born Adam Gadahn, 33, al Qaeda's English-language spokesman who joined forces with the group around a decade ago.",
"But counter-terrorism analysts say that Gadahn's voice (and waistline) is very different from that of the mysterious al Qaeda envoy pictured in the Al-Shabaab video.",
"Another candidate is Adnan Shukrijumah, 36, an American citizen born in Saudi Arabia who spent much of his youth in New York and South Florida, who joined al Qaeda around the time of 9/11 and rose up the ranks to become a planner for the group's external operations.",
"But the envoy appears to have fairer skin than Shukrijumah.",
"And then there is Jude Kenan Mohammed, 22, from Raleigh, North Carolina.",
"He is believed to be still at large in Pakistan after leaving the United States in October 2008 to allegedly wage jihad.",
"Just after he arrived, he was arrested by Pakistani officials, charged with weapons possession and released on bail.",
"The following year, he failed to show up to his court hearing, suggesting he may have slipped into tribal areas.",
"It may be that the whole event was manufactured in an effort to bolster Al-Shabaab's credentials after a series of military setbacks.",
"Sending an al Qaeda envoy from Pakistan to Somalia -- especially a Caucasian -- would be risky.",
"And there are more than a dozen North Americans (from both the U.S. and Canada) who have gravitated to Somalia to wage jihad in recent years, among them Abu Mansoor al-Amriki.",
"The 27-year old from Alabama, whose real name is Omar Hammami, has produced Al-Shabaab hip-hop videos in an effort to extend the group's appeal to English-speaking youths.",
"Despite several unconfirmed reports that he had been killed, Hammami remains on the FBI's most-wanted list.",
"But his voice is not an obvious match to that of the mysterious al Qaeda envoy.",
"Al-Shabaab still controls most of central and southern Somalia, and has recently shown ambitions to take its campaign beyond Somalia's borders.",
"In July 2010, the group carried out a pair of deadly bombings in Kampala, Uganda, killing more than 70 people.",
"it was the first attack the group launched outside Somalia, and was in retaliation, Al-Shabaab claimed, for Uganda's deployment of peace support forces in Somalia.",
"In September, the U.S. Africa Command warned that Al-Shabaab, Boko Haram in Nigeria and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb were trying to synchronize their efforts to launch attacks on U.S and Western interests, but had yet to show a significant capability to export terror.",
"There is also evidence, according to Western intelligence officials, of cooperation between Al-Shabaab and the al Qaeda affiliate in Yemen.",
"But within Somalia, the group is under growing pressure.",
"It has been pushed from its last redoubts in the capital, Mogadishu, even though it retains the ability to launch suicide bombings in the city.",
"And in recent weeks, Kenya has accused Al-Shabaab of kidnapping Western tourists and aid workers in northern Kenya, allegations which the Somali group denies.",
"Kenyan troops have launched a cross-border operation against Al-Shabaab in southern Somalia with the apparent intention of setting up a buffer zone across the border.",
"That's prompted the threat of retaliatory strikes inside Kenya.",
"\"The Kenyan public must understand that the impetuous decision by their troops to cross the border into Somalia will not be without severe repercussions,\" the group said in a news release in English on Monday.",
"Somalia analysts view this threat as real but believe Al-Shabaab will carefully weigh the costs and benefits of any such reprisal.",
"The Somali group has an extensive presence in Nairobi -- home to a quarter-million Somali refugees -- and operates a network of safe houses in the city.",
"\"They could easily tear apart Nairobi, but they've done nothing there at all because they realize this is their golden egg,\" said Michael Taarnby, an Al-Shabaab expert at the University of Central Florida."
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"Recording, images on Islamist websites purport to show fair-skinned man fluent in English .",
"Al-Shabaab militants say he's from al Qaeda leader al Zawahiri, in Somalia to dispense aid .",
"Event suggests a strengthening of ties between Al-Shabaab and al Qaeda hard-liners .",
"But the identitiy of the man hasn't been determined, and the event may be a ploy ."
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"(EW.com) -- Gordon Ramsay is expanding beyond cooking and setting his sights on a new makeover target: Hotels.",
"Fox has ordered a new Ramsay series where the reality kingpin will partner with a team of hospitality experts, traveling across the country to try and fix every aspect of struggling hotels, motels and bed & breakfasts.",
"The working title: \"Hotel Hell.\"",
"The series is both familiar territory for Ramsay and a real departure, combining the business makeover format of \"Kitchen Nightmares\" with the internationally known chef moving beyond a cooking-centric show on Fox for the first time.",
"Ramsay has hotel experience, having studied hotel management as a young man, and having worked and owned hotel-based restaurants throughout his career.",
"'DWTS': First dancer eliminated is... With this series, and presuming his other franchises continue, Ramsay will have four shows on the air, more than any other broadcast network reality TV personality -- including \"Hell's Kitchen,\" \"Kitchen Nightmares\" and \"MasterChef.\"",
"\"Gordon is amazing to work with and no matter what the premise, he delivers every time,\" said Mike Darnell, president of alternative entertainment at Fox.",
"\"With an unprecedented three shows already on the air, Gordon is an incredible television success, and we're really thrilled to put him through 'Hotel Hell.'",
"\" Emmys 2011: Best/worst style .",
"Added Ramsay in a statement: \"These are stories that everyone can relate to, because virtually all of us have had a bad hotel experience that's turned a holiday or business trip into a total disaster.",
"It's time to put the hospitality industry to the test.\"",
"Ramsay, Adeline Ramage Rooney, Patricia Llewellyn and Ben Adler are executive producers on the project, which does not yet have an air date.",
"See full article at EW.com.",
"CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly .",
"© 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"Fox has ordered a new series, \"Hotel Hell,\" featuring Gordon Ramsay .",
"Ramsay will travel across the country to try and fix every aspect of struggling hotels .",
"He'll have four shows on the air, more than any other broadcast network reality TV personality ."
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"Kansas City, Missouri (CNN) -- A command post set up to investigate the disappearance of missing Missouri girl Lisa Irwin has been shut down, Kansas City police said Wednesday.",
"Investigators are back in their usual offices, but Detective Kevin Boehm said the case is still open and police continue to work on it.",
"Police told CNN affiliate KCTV that investigators also have to focus their attention on child abuse and neglect cases that have come in since Lisa's disappearance.",
"But, they said, eight detectives remain assigned to the case.",
"Lisa, 1, has been missing since October 4, after her father arrived home from work to find the door unlocked, the lights on and a window tampered with.",
"The girl's mother said she last saw Lisa at 6:40 p.m. the previous day.",
"Dozens of investigators, including police and FBI personnel, have conducted numerous searches for the missing girl -- but have come up empty.",
"Read more about this story from CNN affiliate KCTV."
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"Eight detectives will remain assigned to the case .",
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"(CNN) -- A 24-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter for the death of Wang Yue, the toddler who garnered international attention after she was run over and ignored by passersby, authorities said Tuesday.",
"Authorities arrested a man named Hu Jun, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported.",
"The man, who is from eastern China, is accused of being one of two drivers who drove over the two-year-old girl on a narrow street in southern China earlier this month.",
"The girl, known by the nickname Yue Yue, later died.",
"Video captured by a nearby security camera showed the drivers, one after the other, hitting the girl in Foshan, Guangdong province.",
"More than a dozen people walked, cycled or drove past the toddler as she lay bleeding in a busy market area.",
"The video footage sparked a global outcry about the state of morality in China's fast-changing society.",
"That included generating a flurry of activity on Sina Weibo, China's equivalent of Twitter, and spurring a \"Stop Apathy\" online campaign.",
"The girl was eventually rescued by a 58-year-old scavenger who pulled her aside and tried to get help.",
"CNN's Haolan Hong contributed to this report."
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"Video showed more than a dozen people passing by the two-year-old .",
"The girl later died from her injuries .",
"Her story spurred intense debate about morals in Chinese society ."
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"(CNN) -- Manchester United secured their first victory in this season's UEFA Champions League with an unconvincing 2-0 victory against Romanian side Otelul Galati at The National Stadium in Bucharest.",
"After a tepid first period the game burst into life in the second half with a string of penalties and red cards following a handball by the Galati defender Sergiu Costin.",
"Wayne Rooney scored from the penalty spot but the relief was short lived.",
"Two minutes later, Manchester United's Serbian center back Nemanja Vidic was harshly sent off for a high tackle on Gabriel Giurgiu.",
"Galati pushed on but failed to make their numerical supremacy count, with Bratislav Punosevic guilty of missing the target when found unmarked in front of goal.",
"A second red card was flashed, this time for the Romanian side, when Milan Perendija picked up a second yellow card.",
"Deep in injury time Rooney was tripped in the Galati box and awarded a second penalty which he duly dispatched.",
"It was a far from convincing performance from Manchester United, who now sit second in Group C, two points behind Portugal's Benfica who beat Basel 2-0 in Switzerland.",
"\"We didn't have the penetration first half,\" coach Alex Ferguson told the cameras after the game.",
"\"[Wayne Rooney showed] Composure with his two penalties, he took them well.\"",
"He was less convinced by Nemanja Vidic's red card.",
"\"He's raised his foot and in the context of the interpretation [of the rules] I can see why he [the referee] has given it,\" he admitted.",
"\"But it's very harsh.\" Manchester City kept up appearances with the neighbors after they too secured their first UEFA Champions League win.",
"City have found life harder in the Champions League compared to the English Premier League - where they are currently top - and soon fell behind to Spanish side Villarreal after Ruben Cani scored within four minutes.",
"A Villarreal own goal leveled the match but Sergio Aguero scored with virtually the last kick of the match to keep City in touch with Group A leaders Bayern Munich, who drew 1-1 with Napoli .",
"Real Madrid continued their perfect start to their Group D campaign by thumping French side Lyon 4-0.",
"Karim Benzema scored against his old club before Sami Khedira, Mesut Ozil and Sergio Ramos completed the rout.",
"With Madrid all but through to the next round Ajax gave their chances of finishing second a boost with a 2-0 victory against Dinamo Zagreb in Croatia.",
"Group B, on the other hand, is much harder to predict.",
"Troubled Inter Milan went top after beating French side Lille on the road thanks to a first half Giampaolo Pazzini strike.",
"Meanwhile CSKA Moscow beat Turkish side Trabzonspor 3-0.",
"But only four points separate top from bottom at the half way stage."
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"Real Madrid thumped Lyon 4-0 .",
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"San Diego, California (CNN) -- When is wearing a T-shirt with the American flag on it considered provocative?",
"Answer: When you wear it to a high school with a dress code that explicitly prohibits \"any clothing or decoration which detracts from the learning environment.\"",
"And when the high school, where 20% of the 1,300 students are English-language learners and 18% come from low-income families, has been described by the San Francisco Chronicle as having \"an ethnically charged atmosphere.\"",
"And when, despite concerns about potential violence, you and some of your friends make your patriotic wardrobe choices on, of all days, Cinco de Mayo.",
"Last week, Chief U.S. District Court Judge James Ware said as much when he dismissed a lawsuit by a group of students and their parents against the Morgan Hill Unified School District in North California.",
"The plaintiffs had alleged that, on May 5, 2010, the students' rights to freedom of speech were violated when Live Oak High School Assistant Principal Miguel Rodriguez ordered them to remove or turn inside out T-shirts bearing the American flag.",
"The students refused, and two of them were sent home.",
"Under ordinary circumstances, wearing a T-shirt with the American flag on it would probably not be a big deal.",
"But this high school is no ordinary place, especially not on Cinco de Mayo.",
"It's a cultural powder keg.",
"The previous year, in 2009, a group of Mexican students marked the holiday by walking around campus holding a Mexican flag.",
"A group of white students responded by hanging a makeshift American flag from a tree and chanting \"USA.\"",
"According to the Chronicle, tensions flared and the two groups faced off with profanity and threats.",
"Little wonder that when some students showed up at school wearing T-shirts with American flags on them administrators decided to err on the side of caution.",
"Meanwhile, the judge did the right thing in dismissing the case and declaring that administrators had the right to take preventive action if there was a \"reasonable fear\" of violence.",
"Score one for common sense.",
"Can you imagine where we'd be if the court had gone the other way and stripped school officials of the power to maintain order?",
"It's easy for conservative radio talk show hosts and other right-wing commentators to criticize the administrators, but they weren't there.",
"They're speaking from ignorance.",
"They don't have even the most basic understanding of the mood at the high school or the events of previous years.",
"Conservatives are confused.",
"For the last four decades, they have chipped away at the idea that students' free speech rights should trump every other consideration.",
"The Supreme Court established those rights in 1969 in a case called Tinker v Des Moines Independent Community School District.",
"In that case, a group of high school and junior high school students were suspended when they wore black armbands to protest the Vietnam War.",
"The high court declared that students don't \"shed their constitutional rights to free speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.\"",
"But since Tinker, and at the urging of conservatives, the Supreme Court has curtailed First Amendment rights of students, especially when the expression of those rights is disruptive, obscene or might lead to violence.",
"It did so in three other cases: Bethel School District v Fraser (1986), in which the high court held that a high school student's speech during an assembly -- filled with sexual innuendo -- was not protected; Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier (1988), in which the justices held that schools can regulate the content of student newspapers; and Morse v Frederick (2007), in which the Court held that school officials can restrict student speech at a school-supervised event even if it takes place off-campus.",
"That's the new legal reality, and it's one that conservatives helped create.",
"Now they have to live with it. The other problem is the parents, who did their offspring no favors by encouraging them to play the victim and call a lawyer.",
"They were so eager to sue and teach their kids to stand up for their rights that they neglected to teach them that, in our system, rights come with responsibilities.",
"Like this one: Americans have the responsibility to treat one another, and one another's cultures, with respect.",
"Just because someone shows cultural pride -- St. Patrick's Day, anyone?",
"-- doesn't mean it's an expression of anti-Americanism.",
"Quite the opposite.",
"America is all about coming together as one, while preserving the cultural attributes that make us unique.",
"There's the rub: The students who brought the lawsuit against school officials claim to be proud of the American flag.",
"But it's obvious they don't have the foggiest idea what it represents.",
"And, when they had the chance, their parents failed to teach them.",
"Follow CNN Opinion on Twitter for more views on the news .",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Ruben Navarrette Jr."
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"Ruben Navarrette: Students wore flag T-shirts to provoke Mexican-American students .",
"Navarrette: Principal asked them to remove shirts, and they and their parents sued .",
"Showing common sense, he says, a judge dismissed the case, ruling in school's favor .",
"Navarrette: Parents taught kids to play the victim, failed to teach them respect for others ."
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"Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra warned Saturday that more water would pour into the capital, Bangkok, as the country endures its worst flood in half a century, state media reported.",
"Giving her weekly television address to the nation, Shinawatra said efforts were being made to manage the flow of floodwaters to minimize the impact on residents.",
"Extra protection would be given to historical sites, palaces, hospitals, business districts, utilities and transportation infrastructure, state-run news agency MCOT quoted her as saying.",
"The government has set up more than 1,700 shelters for victims of flooding in affected provinces, Shinawatra said, according to the agency.",
"There are currently more than 113,000 people staying at the shelters, which can cater for about 800,000, she said.",
"The government had hoped that strengthening flood barriers and widening canals would keep populated areas safe.",
"But now the government is trying a different tack: opening floodgates to relieve pressure on dams and levees and send the water toward the sea.",
"The decision to divert water through canals in Bangkok means parts of the city, and its surrounding suburbs such as Rangsit, are flooded.",
"The flooding, which follows months of monsoon rains, has already killed 356 people, with nearly 9 million others affected, authorities said.",
"Overall damage from the floods could top $2 billion, with the worst yet to come as the waters destroy shops and paralyze factories nationwide, the Thai Finance Ministry said.",
"Many residents waded through dirty water in the capital Friday as they made a desperate attempt to save their belongings.",
"Among them was a teary-eyed woman named Surirat Prapankarn, from a suburb outside Bangkok, who could be seen lugging her sodden possessions through waist-high water.",
"Pulling her things out of her front room, Prapankarn said she was overcome with sadness when she looked at her destroyed home and at what had been lost.",
"She wondered how she would find food for her 16 dogs.",
"Waters rose overnight in the northern Bangkok suburb of Rangsit, giving residents little chance to save what they could.",
"The lucky few moved out of flooded homes by boat, or anything that could float.",
"The rest waded through water with plastic bags balanced on their heads.",
"Pets could be seen tucked into coats or pushed inside boats.",
"Children, meanwhile, seemed to struggle to stay on their feet against the fast-moving water.",
"Another resident, named Saisamorn Pongsairak, said she had lived in the inundated Rangsit neighborhood all her life.",
"\"I woke up this morning around 2 a.m. and the water was only at my ankle high.",
"But now it is up to my waist,\" she said.",
"Pongsairak runs a food store, which she said she refuses to close, frying chicken in waist-high water on an elevated stove.",
"Thailand's prime minister has urged all Bangkok residents to move their belongings to higher ground as government workers endeavor to contain the flooding.",
"Government spokeswoman Thitima Chaisaeng said the move was a precautionary measure.",
"To protect their cars, residents double parked along elevated highways, making it nearly impossible to navigate a city where traffic is congested on a normal day.",
"On Thursday, authorities expressed confidence that the main international airport, Suvarnabhumi Airport, was prepared to withstand the water's impact.",
"Airport officials said a 3.5-meter-high flood prevention wall protects the airport.",
"Thailand derives a significant portion of its revenue from tourism.",
"CNN's Kocha Olarn and Karen Smith contributed to this report."
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"(Oprah.com) -- Her technique .",
"Yulia Brodskaya uses two simple materials -- paper and glue -- to make lush, vibrant, so-three-dimensional-they're-practically-hallucinogenic \"papergraphics.\"",
"Once called quilling, this style of intricate paper filigree is believed to have been used by nuns and monks during the Renaissance to adorn religious objects.",
"Brodskaya's modern take on the practice has helped her build an impressive list of clients in just a few short years, from Target to Hermès to this magazine (her work served as a motif for O's tenth anniversary issue).",
"Oprah.com: 3 questions that will help you find your true calling .",
"Her start . After earning a master's degree in graphic design in the UK, Brodskaya abandoned the computer programs she'd been trained on in favor of a simpler artistic tool: her hands.",
"Trying to drum up work as an illustrator, she created a brochure for prospective clients; on the front, she used a technique she'd seen in an old textbook in her native Russia.",
"Oprah.com: What's holding you back from making your dream come true?",
"Gluing the edges of thin strips of paper to a page, she wrote her name in big red block letters, filling each with lively strands of white that curled around each other like smoke, or tiny, tangled tree roots.",
"The letters teemed with life, exploding from their borders.",
"Soon Brodskaya had a commission from The Guardian, the British newspaper, to design the cover of its 2008 holiday supplement.",
"\"I've never been out of work since,\" she says.",
"Oprah.com: 8 people who made their dreams a reality .",
"Her passion . Brodskaya's studio, in the home she shares outside London with her husband and their infant daughter, is stacked with \"piles of paper,\" she says, all arranged by color and cut into strips about one centimeter wide.",
"\"I'm passionate about what I do,\" she says.",
"\"I can happily spend hours gluing and listening to audiobooks\" (a recent favorite: The Time Traveler's Wife).",
"Oprah.com: How to discover your passion .",
"Her international roster of clients keeps her busy, but she'd eventually like to apply her signature technique to more personal work, not for an ad campaign or magazine but for \"live\" viewing in a gallery.",
"\"People have only seen pictures of my illustrations,\" she says.",
"\"It would be interesting to see how they react to the actual physical thing.\"",
"Oprah.com: 10 more creative women who make beautiful things .",
"Subscribe to O, The Oprah Magazine for up to 75% off the newsstand price.",
"That's like getting 18 issues FREE.",
"Subscribe now! TM & © 2011 Harpo Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved."
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"A Russian-born artist resurrects a centuries-old art form for her delightfully intricate paper illustrations .",
"Brodskaya learned the technique from an old Russian textbook .",
"While her clients include Target and Hermès Brodskaya hopes to make more personal work in the future ."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- After missing her first day of community service at the Los Angeles County morgue, actress Lindsay Lohan gets a second chance to appear on time Friday.",
"\"Lindsay arrived at the morgue approximately 20 minutes late and will be returning for orientation tomorrow,\" said her publicist Steven Honig Thursday.",
"Just a day earlier, a judge rebuked Lohan for similar failures, revoked her probation and forced her to post $100,000 bail.",
"\"Her lateness was due to a combination of not knowing what entrance to go through and confusion caused by the media waiting for her arrival,\" Honig said in a statement.",
"\"Lindsay spoke with the supervisors at the morgue.",
"They showed her how to get in, and everything is all cleared up.\"",
"Chief Coroner Craig Harvey said Lohan failed to show up on time -- 10 a.m.",
"ET Thursday -- to the coroner's office.",
"Though she arrived late, Lohan was turned away because there wasn't enough time to complete her hours for the day, officials said.",
"Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner ruled Wednesday that after Lohan posted $100,000 bail for her probation revocation, she had to perform two working shifts -- or eight hours a day -- twice a week until her probation revocation hearing November 2.",
"Lohan's tardiness Thursday doesn't mean she is turned away from the program, Harvey said.",
"If Lohan shows up Friday on time, she will be allowed to work and perform her community service, Harvey said.",
"The coroner's office will dismiss Lohan from her morgue duties only if she does something \"terribly\" wrong or shows misconduct, Harvey said.",
"Sautner revoked probation for Lohan because of her failure to comply with community service at a downtown Los Angeles women's center.",
"Under Sautner's ruling, once Lohan made bail the same day, the actress now must perform 16 hours of community service a week -- over a minimum of two days a week -- at the county morgue before her probation violation hearing next month.",
"Lohan, 25, was on probation after pleading guilty in May to stealing a necklace from a Venice, California, jewelry store.",
"She served five weeks of home confinement ending in June for that misdemeanor theft and violation of another probation.",
"Lohan's legal woes began in 2007 with two drunken driving arrests and have been compounded by her failure to attend counseling classes and her failures of alcohol and drug tests.",
"Her current probation calls for her to perform 360 hours at the Los Angeles Downtown Women's Center and 120 hours at the county morgue within a year.",
"But the judge expressed anger Wednesday at Lohan's repeated probation failures.",
"She said Lohan posted nine absences at the women's center since her last court hearing July 21 -- and performed, at most, only two hours of service.",
"Lohan's attempt to perform community service at a nearby Red Cross facility -- instead of the women's center -- was voided Wednesday because the judge said she didn't authorize that change.",
"After the hearing, Lohan publicist Honig released a statement: \"Lindsay is hoping this matter will be resolved on November 2 and the court will reinstate probation and allow her to continue fulfilling her community service.\"",
"Lohan's estranged father, Michael Lohan, told HLN's \"Issues With Jane Velez-Mitchell\" that his daughter needs \"a very, very intensive\" program of rehabilitation for substance abuse.",
"\"What the judge did, she had to do,\" he said Wednesday.",
"But he said jail time would not be the proper remedy.",
"\"She's not going to be working the morgue.",
"She's going to wind up in a morgue if someone doesn't do something to get her help,\" he said.",
"At one point during this week's hearing, Los Angeles city attorneys Lisa Houle and Melanie Chavira asked the court to revoke Lohan's probation and impose jail time because of her failure to do community service.",
"One of the city attorneys said Lohan \"is in violation for getting herself kicked out of the women's center, which she was ordered to do.\"",
"But Lohan's attorney told the court that the actress received \"a glowing\" probation report, which said that \"Ms. Lohan has reached a turning point\" in her behavior and maturity.",
"The judge raised several questions about the reliability of that report, however.",
"Sautner remarked how the probation report showed Lohan had excused absences from community service between September 9 and October 5 so that she could travel to New York, Milan, Italy, and Paris for work.",
"But a psychologist's report said Lohan had perfect attendance for counseling every week, the judge observed.",
"\"The psychologist said she appeared in person for her counseling every Tuesday,\" the judge said.",
"\"I don't know how she did that.\" \"Did she go to Milan for five days and come back in time or go to Paris for five days and come back in time?\"",
"Sautner asked the defense attorney.",
"\"If she was gone from September 9 to October 5, did she get beamed across the pond?",
"I don't know how that happened,\" the judge said.",
"Lohan's attorney, Shawn Holley, told Sautner that she didn't know the specifics of Lohan's psychological appointments, but the attorney said the arrangement did call for phone conferences.",
"Holley added that Lohan's work in Europe was done to support her and her family -- and affected her ability to carry out the community service.",
"\"Because the work is out of the county, it did cause a disruption to her schedule\" to do community service, Holley said.",
"Lohan's community service at the county morgue won't be easy, the judge noted.",
"\"They don't mess around and you show up and do what they tell you to do,\" Sautner said.",
"CNN's Carolyn Sung contributed to this report."
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"(CNN) -- If the congressional \"super committee\" does not reach a deficit reduction deal by Wednesday's legally mandated deadline, I propose we take a page from the NBA owners and lock Congress out.",
"I'm serious. We, the taxpayers, are the owners of Congress and if Congress won't make a deal that helps our nation, then let's put a big padlock on the doors of the House and Senate -- or at least change the locks and not give them the keys.",
"Polls show that me and apparently 91% of my fellow Americans have never been more frustrated with the dysfunctional nature of \"our\" Congress.",
"Congress' approval rating has fallen to an abysmal 9% -- to put this in perspective, herpes is now slightly more popular than Congress.",
"Bed bugs really can't be that far behind.",
"I'm not sure who the 9% of voters are who think Congress is doing a good job -- I can only assume it's Congress' friends and families as well as some of the well-connected lobbyists who have reaped benefits.",
"Maybe the 9% are those pleased when Congress made history in August after waiting until the last minute to compromise on a budget deal, which led to the first downgrade of the U.S. credit rating by Standard & Poor's.",
"Or possibly the 9% were impressed when House Democrats and Republicans joined together in a rare moment of bipartisanship a few weeks ago and voted in favor of a resolution by a whopping 396-9.",
"Was this vote to create jobs for the more than 25 million Americans who are unemployed or underemployed?",
"Or maybe this vote was to help Americans on the brink of foreclosure?",
"Nope, this vote was to address an issue that Congress felt demanded immediate attention: Affirming that our national motto is: \"In God We Trust.\"",
"Wow, that should really put some food on the table of a hungry family whose unemployment benefits are close to expiring.",
"I hope you take the time to \"thank\" Rep. J. Randy Forbes, a Republican from Virginia, for leading the courageous charge on that issue.",
"Instead of a congressional lock out, perhaps Donald Trump could host a new TV show entitled: \"Congressional Apprentice,\" where each week members of Congress are given a task to help our nation.",
"Those who fail will be met by Trump gleefully declaring: \"Congressman ... You're fired!\"",
"I'm at the point that when I hear about a king in a foreign nation dissolving the legislature in his country, I almost wish our president could do the same.",
"Despite all its negatives, Congress can take credit for one positive achievement: Inspiring more Americans to become engaged in politics as witnessed by both the rise of the Occupy movement and the tea party movement.",
"Congress' failures have awakened both the left and the right of the American electorate.",
"I hope that both the Occupy and tea party groups (and everyone else in the middle) can agree on a concrete change to our electoral system, namely: Term limits for Congress.",
"Even though Congress' approval rating had fallen to 21% at the time of the November 2010 congressional mid-term elections, the inherent advantages of incumbency for members of Congress are so powerful that still 87% of incumbents in the House and 90% in the Senate won re-election.",
"Term limits would mandate a turnover in the composition of Congress so that federal elected officials no longer focus on political concerns and making a career out of serving in Congress but instead on enacting legislation that benefits all Americans in the short time they will serve.",
"Term limits are the only way to ensure meaningful change of our Congress.",
"But that won't be easy. To impose congressional term limits, the U.S. Constitution must be amended -- just as it was with the 22nd amendment, which set a term limit for our president.",
"The problem is that absent a constitutional convention, the only way to start the process for a Constitutional amendment is that Congress -- the people with a 9% approval rating -- have to pass it by a two-thirds vote in each chamber before it can be sent for the required approval by three-fourths of the state legislatures.",
"Good luck getting Congress to agree on that.",
"Our best and most practical hope is asking candidates running for Congress to make a personal pledge to limits of two terms in the Senate and three in the House.",
"Congress, though, still has a chance to atone for its mistakes.",
"It's like at the end of the holiday classic, \"The Christmas Carol\" when Ebenezer Scrooge awoke on Christmas morning, and after realizing he still had a chance to redeem himself, joyfully declared: \"I haven't missed it. \"",
"Well, Congress, you have almost missed it.",
"While we don't have three ghosts to warn you, we do have hundreds of millions of Americans sending you a message: Stop the political posturing, make a deficit reduction deal and then work together to revive our nation's economy.",
"If not, there are numerous locksmiths in the Washington area who promise that they can change locks within 15 minutes.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Dean Obeidallah."
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"Dean Obeidallah: Follow NBA owners' example and lock out members of Congress .",
"The only way to force dramatic change is to limit congressional terms, he says .",
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"(CNN) -- One year ago this week, America got a wake-up call about a core problem in our politics that empowers ideological extremists and special interests.",
"On September 14, 2010, both Delaware Rep. Mike Castle and Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty lost closed partisan primaries, depriving most voters of a chance to vote for them in a general election.",
"One a Republican and the other a Democrat, they both fell prey to a system that is rigged to punish political independence and that artificially polarizes American politics.",
"Each of their stories is worth retelling.",
"One gave us Christine O'Donnell, and the other was regarded as a serious, but hopefully temporary, setback to education reform.",
"Call it a case of RINO (Republican in name only)-hunting and DINO-hunting -- the results are far-reaching.",
"Mike Castle was a former governor and longtime Republican congressman from Delaware.",
"He had established a fiscally conservative record as the successor to supply-sider Pete DuPont, balancing the budget and cutting tax rates three times.",
"As a congressman, he voted against President Barack Obama's health care bill, in part because he felt there were not enough medical malpractice reforms, and he voted against the stimulus bill.",
"But he was centrist on social issues, a supporter of abortion rights and gay rights.",
"He was concerned about the environment and climate change and was no great fan of the National Rifle Association.",
"In other words, he was no hyperconservative warrior but an excellent fit for his state, and one of the most broadly popular politicians precisely because he was center-right.",
"He was consequently considered an easy pick to succeed Vice President Joe Biden in the Senate and flip the seat from Democrat to Republican.",
"But in the tea party-driven purges of 2010, Mike Castle was considered a traitor to the conservative cause because he had a record of working across the aisle.",
"And so they turned to activist and serial candidate Christine O'Donnell.",
"Keep a few things in mind.",
"O'Donnell had just five in-state donations in the first quarter of the 2010 cycle.",
"But in the third quarter, as the RINO-hunting fever took hold, she received a quarter-million dollars in tea party national activist cash.",
"A video posted by an O'Donnell supporter prominently -- and without any facts whatsoever -- suggested that the married Mike Castle was gay, a frequent tactic of the far right against anyone they deem a squish.",
"(My favorite antecedent: Then-Gen. Dwight David Eisenhower was called \"the candidate of effeminates\" by supporters of conservative isolationist Sen. Robert A. Taft in their 1952 primary.)",
"O'Donnell, then unemployed, had previously lost two statewide races and never served in elected office.",
"She was best known for being a social conservative activist, talking about her anti-masturbation policy and pre-evangelical flirtation with witchcraft on Bill Maher's late-night show.",
"Suddenly, she was lauded as the grass-roots candidate of fiscal conservatives, parroting libertarian rhetoric that had nothing to do with her beliefs to date.",
"But on September 14, 2010, she beat Castle in a closed partisan primary in which only 32% of Republicans voted (and keep in mind that Republicans are a distinct minority in Delaware).",
"The result? In November, Republicans lost a Senate seat they were likely to win, especially in a GOP-leaning year.",
"Like Sharron Angle in Nevada, O'Donnell got the nomination but was too extreme for the general election.",
"The Democrats held on to the U.S. Senate.",
"Extremes are ultimately their own side's worst enemy.",
"Mayor Adrian Fenty's story in Washington is less well known, but no less resonant.",
"Tea party primary challenges are already infamous, but left-wing challenges to more centrist Democrats are in the process of catching up.",
"And this is Exhibit A in the annals of DINO-hunting to date.",
"Fenty was in his first term as mayor, young and charismatic, but he alienated allies by seeming aloof and out of touch (sound familiar?)",
"Some leaders in the the inner-city African-American community felt that Fenty, who is also black, was not spending adequate attention on their community's concerns.",
"The real issue in his re-election, however, was his embrace of education reform, led by his controversial but nationally known schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee -- one of the stars of the education reform documentary \"Waiting for Superman.\"",
"Teachers unions are among the top donors to Democratic campaigns.",
"They expect their way to be obeyed.",
"And they decided to use Fenty as an example.",
"They ended up pouring about $1 million into the September closed partisan primary, in which Fenty faced City Council President Vincent Gray.",
"That money -- and directly linked get-out-the-vote efforts -- ended Fenty's tenure as mayor despite a majority of residents saying that the city had improved under his watch.",
"Independent voters and Republicans -- who might well have been strong supporters of Fenty's reforms -- never had a chance to cast a ballot in this election for their mayor.",
"Instead, the election was effectively over before the higher-turnout general election was ever held.",
"Michelle Rhee left the school chancellorship to start a national education reform group called Students First.",
"And Mayor Vincent Gray's administration almost immediately encountered a series of scandals, leading to near-record low approval ratings for such a young administration.",
"The lesson: Closed partisan primaries are fundamentally unrepresentative.",
"They're too easily hijacked by ideological activists and party hacks beholden to special interests.",
"And because these local primaries are the gauntlet that candidates have to run, they lead directly to the culture of hyperpartisanship that now threatens to paralyze our capacity for effective self-government.",
"The parties have forgotten that they are not the purpose of our politics.",
"So here's one reform whose time has come: Replace closed partisan primaries with open primaries -- like those in California and New Hampshire and many other states -- allowing independents and other candidates full access to the political process.",
"That, along with redistricting reform, would help heal the harsh but ultimately artificial polarization of our politics.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of John Avlon."
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"Christine O'Donnell appealed to the party base but lost the general election .",
"Avlon: Having open primaries would go a long way to improving politics ."
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"Waltham, Massachusetts (CNN) -- Mitt Romney has pledged to repeal President Obama's universal health care law if he is elected president.",
"Critics find his position rather strange, arguing that the plan he helped develop when he was governor of Massachusetts is quite similar in design to the Obama plan.",
"Romney disputes his critics, saying there are important and fundamental differences between the plans.",
"Who is correct? In actuality, both plans draw extensively from legislation offered by President Nixon in January 1974.",
"In a book just published, \"Power, Politics, and Universal Health Care,\" David Shactman and I explain how Romney and Obama used the same approach as Nixon to lower the number of uninsured.",
"All three built their system on private, employer-sponsored insurance in which all but the smallest employers had to provide insurance to their workers or pay a penalty.",
"All utilized Medicare to insure the elderly and an expanded Medicaid-type program to insure the poor.",
"All provided subsidies to low-income individuals and small employers.",
"The Romney and Obama plans created state-based private insurance exchanges to make insurance more accessible and affordable to small business and individuals.",
"President Obama has been heavily criticized by conservatives because his plan includes a mandate for all individuals to have insurance or pay a penalty.",
"Romney, too, has joined those criticizing the president, yet his plan in Massachusetts included just such a mandate.",
"This idea was originally proposed by conservative groups as a measure of personal responsibility and an alternative to a single-payer system advocated by many progressive organizations.",
"Romney believes it is alright to have a state require all to have coverage but that it cannot be mandated by the federal government.",
"Romney contends the Massachusetts plan required no new funding, whereas the Obama law calls for nearly a trillion dollars in increased taxes and cuts in projected Medicare spending over 10 years.",
"What Romney doesn't say is that the Massachusetts plan is partly funded with earmarked federal dollars and partly with state funds generated by a tax increase previously enacted to pay for a universal coverage plan that was never implemented.",
"Unfortunately for Obama, there was no larger entity to support his plan.",
"He had to pay for his plan with new federal monies and cuts in future federal spending.",
"Although the federal government will assume a greater proportion of health spending, total health spending in the United States is projected to increase only 2% more by 2019 under the Obama plan than it would have otherwise.",
"As with the Nixon proposal, neither Romney nor Obama decided to include significant measures to reduce health care costs.",
"Although both were criticized, I believe that was a sound political decision that allowed all the major health groups to support both plans.",
"President Clinton's health plan drew strong opposition from many stakeholders because it included a tight spending budget.",
"Under Obama's plan, hospitals, insurers and drug companies agreed to modest cuts in future revenues or rate increases, because all expected increased revenues from the millions of newly insured Americans.",
"Both Obama and Romney expected that constraining health costs would be necessary in future years.",
"A complete review of the two plans should acknowledge that the Obama plan includes many components not in the Massachusetts legislation.",
"The most controversial are a board appointed to control Medicare spending and a requirement that insurance companies spend a minimum percentage of their revenues on direct patient care.",
"The plan also includes a number of provisions to reform Medicare and Medicaid, and an extensive list of new delivery system approaches to be tested with federal pilot and demonstration programs.",
"Important as these components may be, they are not part of the basic framework of the plan.",
"After comparing the Romney and Obama plans, it is clear that the similarities far outweigh the differences.",
"Romney could argue, however, that Obama didn't use the Massachusetts plan as a model but rather drew on the proposal put forth by Richard Nixon almost 40 years earlier.",
"Romney's plan worked for Massachusetts, reducing its uninsured rate to the lowest in the country.",
"Although the legislation did not put a brake on rising health care costs, there is some evidence it did reduce its rate of growth compared to other parts of the country.",
"Health insurance premiums have traditionally been higher in Massachusetts than in the rest of the United States.",
"The gap, however, has narrowed somewhat as premium growth between 2006 and 2010 in the United States grew by an average yearly rate of 5.1% while in Massachusetts the average growth was 4.4%.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Stuart Altman."
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"GEORGETOWN, South Carolina (CNN) -- In many places across the South you can walk in the footsteps of slaves, and if you understand the history, it is not a happy journey.",
"The same is true at Friendfield Plantation outside Georgetown, South Carolina.",
"This is a former slave house on Friendfield Plantation, where Michelle Obama's family has roots.",
"It's not exactly \"Gone With the Wind,\" but what makes this overgrown 3,300 acres of marsh and pine trees stand out is this: The family of first lady Michelle Obama believes her great-great grandfather was held as a slave here and labored in the mosquito-infested rice fields.",
"It makes Friendfield Plantation a symbol of something more than servitude.",
"It's the symbol of something that's never happened before, one important segment of an American family's journey from the humiliation of slavery to the very top of the nation's ruling class.",
"CNN recently was the first television network allowed to visit the plantation and shoot video.",
"It's not a museum. It's just private land, still with shadows of its past.",
"Friendfield's most distinctive historical feature, perhaps, is the dirt road known as Slave Street.",
"Stroll across the plantation with CNN's Joe Johns » .",
"Six white-washed little shacks are all that remain of the slave quarters, even though rows of these houses once stood on the property.",
"About 350 slaves lived here during the 19th century.",
"The houses are nothing special -- no plumbing, of course.",
"The wooden walls are paper thin in places.",
"It would have been hot and humid in summer, and most certainly cold in winter, although the shacks had fireplaces.",
"They would have been crowded: probably one or two families living in a space smaller than a modern-day garage.",
"The White House is some 472 miles from Georgetown, South Carolina.",
"But long before Michelle Obama was born, her great-great grandfather, Jim Robinson, likely toiled in the fields here six days a week, from sunup to sundown.",
"The place he probably called home was a little white shack smaller than -- by comparison -- a Secret Service security shed on the grounds of the executive mansion at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.",
"All told, hundreds of people lived like this, on this one plantation alone.",
"\"Anywhere between 200 to 500 at different times,\" said Ed Carter, the property manager.",
"\"The older the plantation got, they kept adding on more cabins.",
"[Some] cabins are 1847.",
"\"There was some on the other street that were about probably 1820s.",
"And when they added on, got a bit more wealthy, they just kept adding on more slaves, more cabins.\"",
"Watch Obama's recent comments on slavery » .",
"The shacks probably weren't much refuge from the vicious clouds of mosquitoes, chiggers and other pests that still impinge on a person's every move on the plantation.",
"Then, consider the dangers of the alligators and snakes.",
"There was also the oppressive heat and humidity of South Carolina.",
"And on the day CNN visited, the skies opened up in a violent rainstorm.",
"Add up all of these factors and you begin to get a picture of what life probably was, and was not, for the slaves on Friendfield Plantation.",
"Workers on the rice plantation -- and Friendfield was one of the largest in these parts -- faced all these elements, plus the threat of disease, including malaria and yellow fever.",
"And unlike the CNN crew, the slaves were not free to leave.",
"Even in death, the slaves stayed.",
"Three cemeteries are on the Friendfield grounds.",
"The one slave cemetery CNN visited had mostly unmarked graves, but Jim Robinson -- who was born into slavery and died a free man -- is believed to be buried there somewhere.",
"The cemetery clearly has been segregated from the rest of the property.",
"Slave cemeteries were typically situated on land unsuitable for any other use.",
"Surrounded by trees, it might have been a beautiful place.",
"Now, it is hard to tell that you are standing in a cemetery -- except for half a dozen grave markers, some made of wood, bearing no names.",
"All that's known about Jim Robinson's life comes from the few remaining records that mention him.",
"Slaves weren't documented as individuals in the census, nor in life and death certificates.",
"They were property, not people.",
"But Michelle Obama's great-great grandfather was a teenager when slavery was abolished, so as a free man, he started to leave a paper trail.",
"The 1880 census shows he was born about 1850, in South Carolina, and that his parents were born in South Carolina as well.",
"He married a woman named Louiser, and in 1880 they already had three children, two boys and a girl, ages 1, 2, and 3.",
"The son that would become Michelle Obama's great grandfather was not born yet.",
"The census lists Jim's occupation as a farmer, and Louiser's as \"keeping house.\"",
"They are both recorded as unable to read or write.",
"It's good fortune to uncover even this much information; the original handwritten census got wet, the ink ran and it is nearly illegible.",
"Proof of life, nearly washed away.",
"There are a lot of unknowns concerning Michelle Obama's ancestry -- how many generations of slaves there were, or what route they took to this hemisphere.",
"The Obama election campaign commissioned a study of Michelle's genealogy by the research group Lowcountry Africana, but they couldn't make the link back to Africa.",
"As with so many African-Americans' family histories, the paper trail runs dry.",
"\"I don't think that that sort of information is available for anyone from Friendfield Plantation at this point,\" historian Tori Carrier, of Lowcountry Africana, said.",
"\"Very, very few, if any, of the Friendfield records actually survived except in public records: wills and estate inventories.",
"... \"There's not a real Friendfield Plantation records set, or plantation journals that have been preserved ... and there's certainly not a shred of documentary evidence right now which would even suggest to us what the African origins would be,\" Carrier said.",
"In an interview with The Washington Post last year, Michelle Obama talked about learning her family's past and understanding the history of slavery.",
"\"A lot of times these stories get buried, because sometimes the pain of them makes it hard to want to remember,\" she said told the Post for an October story.",
"\"You've got to be able to acknowledge and understand the past and move on from it.",
"You have to understand it, and I think a lot of us just don't have an opportunity to understand it -- but it's there.\"",
"Back in Georgetown, South Carolina, Margretta Knox remembers attending the Bethel AME church with the first lady's grandparents -- Jim Robinson's grandson and his wife -- when she was a girl.",
"The couple spent many of their years in Chicago, but returned back South after they retired.",
"\"My father knew that Fraser Robinson's father sold newspapers,\" she recalled.",
"\"He made his kids read them.",
"Mr. Robinson was very, very smart, he could recite poetry.",
"... Their grandfather could recite poetry and that kind of thing. ...",
"Her grandfather and her grandmother, they were both very smart people.\"",
"But the family ties to the old plantation just got lost.",
"\"We let our parents die before we really thought about asking them questions,\" Knox said.",
"\"We didn't think about it until much later, and then it was too late.",
"They were already gone.",
"So there was no history after that. ... \"Because we live here, we don't think about it.",
"It's just like, you've been around it all of your life, it doesn't cross your mind.",
"You're just living for today.\"",
"In that same way, it probably never crossed Jim Robinson's mind, as a slave in a white-washed cabin, that one day his great-great granddaughter would be living in a white house so very, very different from his own."
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"Her great-great grandfather is believed to have been a slave on Friendfield Plantation .",
"Anywhere from 200 to 500 slaves lived on the plantation over the years .",
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"(CNN) -- \"It was booked as a Kids in the Hall tour, but the stages were too small.\"",
"Kevin McDonald explains -- as only he can -- his current U.S. comedy act with Scott Thompson.",
"They're calling it \"Two Kids, One Hall.\"",
"\"They could only fit two-and-a-half of us,\" he says, \"So we fired two-and-a-half, and the other guy didn't want to come as a half.",
"After some contract negotiation, it became Scott and I.\"",
"Longtime fans of the legendary Canadian sketch comedy group know the full cast as also including Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch and Mark McKinney.",
"(McDonald didn't specify which of these three was asked to be half a man on the tour, but the smart money is on Foley.)",
"From 1989 to 1995, the Kids in the Hall enjoyed TV success, and many of their sketches and phrases have become a part of pop culture lore.",
"For instance, if you've ever crushed somebody's head, you, sir, have enjoyed a Kids in the Hall moment.",
"There's plenty more from their catalog of absurdity, and you can pretty much find them all somewhere on the Interwebs.",
"But if you're looking for a place to start, this author's personal favorite is a sketch called \"Citizen Kane.\"",
"And my friend Paul favors one called \"Wrong Number.\"",
"So, here, now, you have some Kids in the Hall advice from somebody named Paul, and somebody with the last name Bellini.",
"Feel free to touch us.",
"Despite being known for their sketches, the current Scott Thompson/Kevin McDonald tour is actually more focused on stand-up comedy.",
"Thompson says, \"I never liked it until very recently.",
"I always felt too exposed and out of control.\"",
"It's definitely something new for Thompson and McDonald, and, perhaps, even more new for their fans.",
"But the chemistry between the two comedians comes out best when they share the stage during moments throughout the show.",
"And it certainly came out when we sat down with them in Atlanta before their performances at The Punchline.",
"As you'll see in our video, Thompson and McDonald feed off each other with ease, often completing each other's thoughts.",
"Certainly, like all comedy, the Kids in the Hall aren't for everyone, but there's no denying their success; especially if catching the eye of a young Uma Thurman is the barometer of that success.",
"Thompson recalls meeting her backstage after a show early in the group's career.",
"\"Uma Thurman at the time was the sexiest woman in the world,\" he says.",
"\"We had never met a celebrity before.",
"We all thought she wanted to sleep with us.",
"It really was a big launching pad for us.",
"It made us think that wow, we're in the big leagues.",
"She was the first responder.\" She didn't sleep with them."
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"From 1989 to 1995, the Kids in the Hall enjoyed TV success and pop culture fame .",
"Despite being known for sketches, the current tour is stand-up comedy ."
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"Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Dengue fever has killed 25 people and affected more than 6,000 over the past two months in Lahore, Pakistan, a health department spokesman said Monday.",
"In total, 6,400 cases of dengue fever have been documented, said Ikhlaq Ahmed, spokesman for the health department of Punjab province.",
"Of those, 6,000 are in Lahore, a city of more than 6 million people known as Pakistan's cultural capital.",
"The 25 who died are all from Lahore, in eastern Pakistan.",
"An average of 300 new cases of the virus-based disease, spread by mosquitoes, are being reported in the city daily.",
"\"We prefer to stay at home rather than going shopping,\" because of the threat of disease, said Zainab Khan, a 25-year-old professional from Lahore.",
"Asim Hussain, who works in an office in Lahore, said, \"I may lose my job,\" since he hasn't gone to work because of the outbreak.",
"All the schools in Lahore have been closed by the provincial government, Ahmed said.",
"The outbreak has created panic in the city, he said, as thousands of people crowd hospitals for testing.",
"The city's poshest areas are among the hardest hit, he said."
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"Most of the cases are in the city of Lahore .",
"The outbreak has caused panic in the city ."
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"(CNN) -- Ten days later and despite an $11,000 reward, police have not found a missing 5-year old Arizona girl.",
"Jahessye Shockley wandered out of her Glendale, Arizona home on October 11, unnoticed by her older siblings who were supposed to be watching her.",
"Her mother called police after returning home from an errand.",
"In the first three days after the girl went missing, Glendale police wrapped up a grid search of her neighborhood and moved into the second phase of their investigation where they are following up on tips they receive from the public.",
"Family members have begged for information on Jahessye's whereabouts.",
"\"Please bring my baby back...",
"Her safe return is all I want,\" Jahessye 's mother, Jerice Hunter, said last week.",
"\"She belongs to this family... She's somebody's child.",
"Mine. Please bring my child home.\"",
"Shirley Johnson, the girl's grandmother, said she is wondering why the national media hasn't spread the word on the case.",
"\"I want the national media to pick it up...",
"I won't stop til they do. I don't know why it's not national now,\" Shirley Johnson, Jahessye's worried grandmother, told CNN affiliate KPHO Thursday.",
"\"They have the ability to make sure someone from across the nation knows what's going on.\"",
"Jahessye 's case has been mentioned in the Washington Post and the Huffington Post in recent days.",
"But it has not received much national television coverage compared to cases like Baby Lisa, the 11-month-old missing Missouri girl.",
"That case has received daily national news coverage and has been featured on the cover of People magazine.",
"Retired police officer and child advocate Paul Penzone told KPHO that he noticed the lack of national media coverage.",
"\"I don't know what's missing or why, but in our community this is a big deal,\" said Penzone.",
"\"Continued coverage absolutely is critical.",
"The eyes of the community are going to be biggest tool for law enforcement if this little girl is somewhere where she can be seen and recovered.\"",
"On the day she disappeared Jahessye was left home with her 13-, 9- and 6-year-old siblings, police said.",
"The children have been interviewed separately by experts and have maintained that they do not know what happened to her, Glendale police Sgt.",
"Brent Coombs has said.",
"Ann $11,000 reward has been offered in the case.",
"Jahessye is described as a black female about 3 feet 5-inches tall, 55 pounds with black hair in a ponytail and brown eyes.",
"She was last seen wearing a white t-shirt, blue jean shorts and pink sandals.",
"Anyone with information about Jahessye's disappearance is asked to call the Glendale Police Department at 623-930-HELP (4357)."
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"Jahessye Shockley was last seen on October 11 .",
"An $11,000 reward has been offered in the case .",
"\"I want the national media to pick it up,\" her grandmother says .",
"\"Continued coverage absolutely is critical,\" a retired police officer says ."
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"(CNN) -- At least three Tunisian government officials resigned Monday and Tuesday, the country's official news agency reported, in the wake of the resignation of the prime minister on Sunday.",
"Popular protests in the North African nation led to the resignation of the longtime president in January, prompting a wave of unrest across the Arab world.",
"But the flight from Tunisia of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali did not end the protests there, and Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi quit on Sunday.",
"The minister of higher education and scientific research, Ahmad Ibrahim, and the higher education secretary, Faouzia Farida Charfi, both quit on Tuesday, Tunis Afrique Presse reported.",
"Mohamed Nouri Jouini, the planning and international cooperation minister, resigned on Monday, the agency said.",
"The country's stock market is due to reopen on Thursday, after shutting down Monday, TAP reported.",
"Tunisia's interim president tapped Al-Baji Qa'ed Al-Sebsi as the country's new prime minister Sunday after Ghannouchi resigned, state-run media reported.",
"Ghannouchi told reporters Sunday that he was \"resigning today because I am not willing to be a person that takes decisions that could cause casualties.\"",
"Three people were killed during protests in the capital, Tunis, on Saturday.",
"He also questioned \"why a lot of people considered their main target to keep attacking the government, although a lot of its members agreed to join in this critical time.\"",
"In addition to the three killed, nine others were injured during the mayhem in Tunis, according to an Interior Ministry statement cited by Tunis Afrique Presse.",
"More than 100 people were arrested in the area around Habib Bourguiba Avenue, in the city's center, and accused of \"acts of destruction and burning,\" the ministry said.",
"Protesters had gathered in the area to demand that the interim government step down and the current parliament be disbanded.",
"Demonstrators also were asking for suspension of the current constitution and the election of an assembly that can write a new one, as well as organize the transition to democracy.",
"Protests in Tunisia erupted late last year.",
"Fed up with corruption, unemployment and escalating prices of food, people began demonstrating en masse after the self-immolation suicide of a fruit cart vendor in December.",
"By January 13, Ben Ali -- who had ruled Tunisia since 1987 -- had turned executive power over to his prime minister and fled the country.",
"CNN's Tracy Doueiry and Jack Maddox contributed to this report."
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"NEW: The stock market is due to reopen Thursday .",
"Three top government officials quit Monday and Tuesday, the state news agency reports .",
"The prime minister resigned Sunday, after three people died in protests .",
"Demonstrations in Tunisia have triggered unrest across the Arab world ."
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"(CNN) -- The sun had not risen yet on that February day in 1986 when Jean-Claude \"Baby Doc\" Duvalier's eight-vehicle motorcade of luxury cars and jeeps arrived at the Port-au-Prince airport, then named for his father.",
"Surrounded by soldiers and about 100 journalists who came to witness the end of an era in Haiti, the dictator boarded a United States Air Force C-141 jet along with his glamorous wife, Michele Bennet, their two children and 20 friends and servants.",
"Also on the plane that day were trunks of designer clothes, gold, jewels and priceless art.",
"What could not be seen was the hundreds of millions of dollars Haitian officials accused the Duvalier clan of stealing from state coffers.",
"The pillaging of Haiti's national treasury now lies at the heart of legal action against Duvalier, who stunned the world by returning to Haiti this week from some 25 years of quiet exile in France.",
"Some lawyers who have been following the Duvalier money trail for years were flabbergasted that such a man was able to enter Haiti legally, that he was not arrested right away.",
"\"I don't know how a criminal like him goes free,\" said Enrico Monfrini, a Switzerland-based lawyer who has been representing the Haitian government in a long and drawn out legal battle over Duvalier's cash.",
"Duvalier reportedly lost a chunk of his wealth when he and Bennet divorced, but the family still has $5.7 million in assets in a frozen bank account in Switzerland that belongs to a family foundation.",
"Now, a Swiss law enacted specifically to help repatriate stolen funds from failing states may help return the Duvalier money to Haiti, said Daniel Thelesklaf, executive director of the International Centre for Asset Recovery in Switzerland.",
"\"I am optimistic there will be a decision by the end of the year,\" he said.",
"The law, which goes into effect February 1, was enacted to help Switzerland overcome existing hurdles with states that have no mutual legal assistance partnership with Switzerland or with troubled nations that are incapable of dealing with such issues, according to the Swiss Foreign Ministry.",
"For a judge order restitution, a government must prove a discrepancy between the wealth of a \"politically exposed person\" and his or her earnings, along with high levels of corruption in that country.",
"\"They managed to draft this law very quickly,\" Monfrini said, adding that legal proceedings in Haiti would not affect efforts at restitution.",
"He said $5.7 million is not a large amount compared to what Duvalier allegedly stole, but morally, repatriation of the money would be a huge victory.",
"But not a complete one until Duvalier is made to stand trial for his alleged crimes, said human rights lawyer Mario Joseph, who has worked in Haiti on building the legal case against Duvalier.",
"Joseph said no one in Haiti ever imagined that Duvalier would return to face charges.",
"His presence in the country has enabled the court to reopen a 2008 case against the strongman, he said.",
"But Duvalier's lawyer, Reynold Georges, expressed confidence Wednesday that Haitian authorities have little evidence to press charges.",
"Duvalier, said Georges, would not only remain a free man but he could decide to return to politics.",
"Georges later told CNN that Duvalier had given \"all that money\" to charity for Haitian relief after the earthquake.",
"\"I don't know if the Swiss bank transferred that money already, so I don't have any details on that,\" Georges said, \"but I guarantee you that that has been done.\"",
"Dismayed by the thought of the return of a brutal dictator, Monfrini pressed upon Haiti's justice system to prevail, and for the courts not to forget what Duvalier pledged in the aftermath of Haiti's devastating 2010 earthquake.",
"He expressed \"complete solidarity\" with those who were suffering in \"these hours of great national distress\" and called on Swiss authorities to transfer all of the money from his foundation to the American Red Cross for the relief effort.",
"Monfrini doubted Duvalier's sincerity but not the new Swiss law.",
"\"This money will go back to Haiti for sure,\" he said.",
"\"It will never go back to Duvalier.\""
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"A new Swiss law will ease repatriation of funds .",
"A government lawyer in Haiti says the money will never go back to Duvalier .",
"Jean-Claude Duvalier may be charged in Haiti for pillaging state coffers ."
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"(CNN) -- Hours after Libya's former interior minister said he resigned to support anti-government protesters, the Libyan government said he had been kidnapped.",
"Abdul Fattah Younis al Abidi told CNN Wednesday that he resigned Monday after hearing that 300 unarmed civilians had been killed in Benghazi, Libya's second-largest city.",
"He accused Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi of planning to attack civilians on a wide scale.",
"But the same day, Libyan state media reported that \"gangs\" in Benghazi had kidnapped him.",
"Witnesses have reported that Benghazi has essentially been taken over by the opposition.",
"Witnesses also told CNN they saw Younis on Sunday and Monday in Benghazi, where he was siding with the protesters.",
"CNN could not immediately confirm reports for areas beyond Benghazi.",
"The Libyan government maintains tight control on communications and has not responded to repeated requests from CNN for access to the country.",
"CNN has interviewed numerous witnesses by phone.",
"Libyan state television added that Libyan forces have warned those responsible for the kidnapping that they \"will be chased in their hiding places.\"",
"Earlier Wednesday, al Abidi said he had quit the government and is supporting the protesters, who he predicted will achieve victory in \"days or hours.\"",
"\"Gadhafi told me he was planning on using airplanes against the people in Benghazi, and I told him that he will have thousands of people killed if he does that,\" al Abidi said in an Arabic-language telephone interview Wednesday.",
"He called Gadhafi \"a stubborn man\" who will not give up.",
"\"He will either commit suicide or he will get killed,\" said al Abidi, who said he has known him since 1964.",
"Al Abidi called on Libyan security forces \"to join the people in the intifada.\"",
"Already, he said, \"many members\" of the security forces had defected, including those in the capital, Tripoli.",
"Since the recent protests in Libya started February 15, a growing number of Libyan officials have reportedly resigned.",
"Libya's ambassador to Bangladesh, A.H. Elimam, resigned to side with pro-democracy protesters, said BSS, the official news agency of Bangladesh, citing a Foreign Ministry official Tuesday.",
"iReport: Are you there? share photos, video .",
"Justice Minister Mustafa Abdul Jalil also resigned, saying he was protesting the \"bloody situation\" and \"use of excessive force\" against unarmed protesters, according to the Libyan newspaper Quryna.",
"CNN's Waffa Munayyer contributed to this report."
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"Libyan state TV reports \"gangs\" in Benghazi kidnapped Abdul Fattah Younis al Abidi .",
"Earlier Wednesday, al Abidi said he quit the government and supports protesters .",
"He predicted protesters will achieve victory in \"days or hours\""
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"(CNN) -- At least 24 people were killed in cities across Syria during a government crackdown Saturday against those in opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, according to a U.K.-based human rights group.",
"Gunfire and explosions could be heard in the western Syrian city of Homs, as residents contended with fuel shortages and power outages throughout the day, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.",
"CNN cannot independently confirm accounts from the ground in Syria because the government has not provided access to Western media.",
"Also Saturday, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that al-Assad had passed the \"point of no return -- no way that he will resume his authority or legitimacy over his people.\"",
"\"I think that the world response ... these are real signals that there is acceleration toward the end of this regime,\" he said, citing the responses of the Arab League and Jordan.",
"The clashes come the same day as a deadline set by the 22-member Arab League to put forth a peace plan meant to stem violence against protesters which has resulted in months of bloodshed.",
"Earlier this week, Syria accepted \"in principle\" the alliance's plan to permit observers into the country to verify whether the regime has taken measures to protect civilians, a senior Arab diplomat said Friday.",
"Originally, 500 observers were believed to be destined for Syria.",
"But on Friday, Arab Doctors Association Head Ibrahim Zafarani said he received an email from Arab League officials that indicated only 40 names would be submitted.",
"U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said Friday afternoon that the proposed number had been reduced to 40.",
"Last week, the league's 22 nations voted to suspend Syria's membership, but later gave Damascus three days to implement a protocol to allow observers to enter the nation.",
"International pressure has since been mounting against al-Assad over his regime's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, amid concerns that violence in Syria is escalating.",
"CNN's Yasmin Amer contributed to this report."
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"NEW: President Bashar al-Assad has passed the \"point of no return,\" says an Israeli minister .",
"24 people are killed during clashes in Syria, a rights groups says .",
"The violence coincides with an Arab League deadline .",
"International pressure has been mounting against al-Assad ."
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"(CNN) -- Britain's David Cameron and Germany's Angela Merkel restated their commitment to a strong Europe Friday, as they sought to show a united front in the face of Europe's debt crisis.",
"Their talks in Berlin come amid tensions between the two nations over how to restore financial stability in Europe.",
"\"The United Kingdom has a great interest, and very sensibly so, in seeing the eurozone being strong,\" Merkel said.",
"While Britain has some differences of opinion with Germany over the EU treaty and ways to boost competitiveness, she said, the two countries are tied by \"strong bonds of friendship.\"",
"Both will work closely together ahead of a meeting of European leaders next month, she said.",
"Britain is the biggest economy in Europe outside the 17-nation eurozone, which uses the euro as its currency, while Germany is the economic powerhouse within it.",
"The pair have not always agreed on the best ways to tackle the current debt crisis, which has seen attention focused on Italy and Greece in recent weeks.",
"Senior members of Cameron's Conservative Party have been calling for more powers to be brought back to Britain from Europe, as EU treaty changes are made to ensure economic stability.",
"Cameron, who has previously expressed concern that Europe's difficulties are affecting Britain's economic recovery, also downplayed divisions between the countries as he stood alongside Merkel.",
"\"We have had a very good discussion between very good friends,\" he said.",
"\"There are many things on which we are in absolute agreement.\"",
"However they have not made progress on plans for a European financial transactions tax, Merkel acknowledged.",
"Britain opposes such a tax, fearing it could disadvantage London as a global financial center.",
"Cameron called for the deal reached at a summit in Europe on October 27 to be implemented as soon as possible.",
"The plan includes a series of measures to address the crisis, including debt relief for Greece, new capital requirements for banks and plans to build a financial \"firewall\" around vulnerable euro area economies.",
"\"A strong, successful and stable eurozone is in all our interests,\" Cameron said.",
"\"We need this crisis to be resolved.",
"Britain, like Germany, has a big national interest in that happening.\"",
"And while the two do not agree on all matters, they can discuss and accommodate each other's views, he said.",
"Cameron met earlier Friday with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in Brussels.",
"Global markets have been volatile, as political turmoil linked to the financial crisis has forced a change of government in both Greece and Italy in the past week."
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"Miami (CNN) -- A defunct satellite plummeting toward Earth is expected to re-enter the atmosphere between 11:45 p.m. Friday and 12:45 a.m. Saturday ET, NASA reported late Friday evening.",
"\"During that time period, the satellite will be passing over Canada and Africa, as well as vast areas of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans.",
"The risk to public safety is very remote,\" the space agency said.",
"The United States is once again an unlikely but potential target for the 26 pieces of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, expected to survive the descent.",
"Those pieces, made of stainless steel, titanium and beryllium that won't burn, will range from about 10 pounds to hundreds of pounds, according to NASA.",
"\"There is a low probability any debris that survives re-entry will land in the United States,\" NASA headquarters said, \"but the possibility cannot be discounted because of this changing rate of descent.\"",
"Mark Matney of NASA's Orbital Debris team in Houston said there's no way to know exactly where the pieces will come down.",
"\"Keep in mind, they won't be traveling at those high orbital velocities.",
"As they hit the air, they tend to slow down. ...",
"They're still traveling fast, a few tens to hundreds of miles per hour, but no longer those tremendous orbital velocities,\" he explained.",
"Because the satellite travels thousands of miles in a matter of minutes as it orbits -- even just before it begins re-entry -- it will be impossible to pinpoint the exact location the pieces will come down.",
"On top of that, Matney said, the satellite is not stable.",
"\"Part of the problem is, the spacecraft is tumbling in unpredictable ways, and it is very difficult to very precisely pinpoint where it's coming down even right before the re-entry.\"",
"Because water covers 70% of the Earth's surface, NASA has said that most if not all of the surviving debris will land in water.",
"Even if pieces strike dry land, there's very little risk any of it will hit people.",
"However, in an abundance of caution, the Federal Aviation Administration released an advisory Thursday warning pilots about the falling satellite, calling it a potential hazard.",
"\"It is critical that all pilots/flight crew members report any observed falling space debris to the appropriate (air traffic control) facility and include position, altitude, time and direction of debris observed,\" the FAA statement said.",
"The FAA said warnings of this sort typically are sent out to pilots concerning specific hazards they may encounter during flights such as air shows, rocket launches, kites and inoperable radio navigational aids.",
"NASA says space debris the size of the satellite's components re-enters the atmosphere about once a year.",
"Harvard University astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell noted that the satellite is far from being the biggest space junk to come back.",
"\"This is nothing like the old Skylab scare of the '70s, when you had a 70-ton space station crashing out of the sky.",
"So, I agree with the folks in Houston.",
"It's nothing to be worried about,\" McDowell said.",
"Pieces of Skylab came down in western Australia in 1979.",
"The only wild card McDowell sees is if somehow a chunk hits a populated area.",
"\"If the thing happens to come down in a city, that would be bad.",
"The chances of it causing extensive damage or injuring someone are much higher.\"",
"NASA said that once the debris hits the atmosphere 50 miles up, it will take only a matter of minutes before the surviving pieces hit the Earth.",
"CNN's Mike Ahlers contributed to this report."
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"About 26 pieces, some weighing hundreds of pounds, are expected to survive reentry ."
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"(CNN) -- Some legendary names in music and art are voicing their support for the Occupy movement, with a music compilation record called \"Occupy This Album,\" the album producers say.",
"David Crosby, Jackson Brown, Devo, Third Eye Blind, Yo La Tengo, Lloyd Cole, The Guthrie Family and filmmaker/activist Michael Moore have signed on to the project, the producers said in a press release.",
"The album was inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement and will \"provide an anthem and rallying cry for the protesters involved in the uprising,\" producers say.",
"Graham Nash, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and former member of the band Crosby, Stills and Nash has also signed on to help with the project, according to the press release.",
"\"The Occupation movement is really the voice of the people, it's an idea that's been a long time coming.",
"I fully support their non-violent protests against a system that is carefully crafted in favor of the rich one percent,\" Nash is quoted as saying.",
"Producers of the album say all of the proceeds will benefit the Occupy movement.",
"50% of the proceeds will be donated to the Occupy Wall Street General Fund.",
"The other half of money generated will be distributed evenly among the major occupations across the country, according to Jason Samel of Music for Occupy, who is producing the album.",
"According to the press release, \"Occupy This Album\" is supposed to be released this winter."
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"The album is inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement .",
"David Crosby, Graham Nash and Jackson Brown are a few of the artists who will be on the record .",
"All proceeds from the record will be distributed to the Occupy movement ."
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"TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Dancing in public is not allowed in Iran, but thousands could hardly contain themselves at a recent presidential campaign rally in the capital city, Tehran.",
"Supporters hope Zahra Rahnavard will become Iran's future first lady.",
"On this day, the deafening cheers were not for presidential hopeful Mir Hossein Mousavi, but rather for his wife -- a woman some are calling Iran's Michelle Obama.",
"The comparisons to the first lady of the United States stem from the role Zahra Rahnavard is playing in her husband's quest for the presidency.",
"Never in the history of Iranian presidential elections has a candidate put his wife in the forefront of his campaign.",
"Wherever Mousavi -- a centrist candidate -- goes, Rahnavard is usually nearby.",
"Watch more about Zahra Rahnavard » .",
"\"We look at her and we say, 'we want to be like her in the future, ' \" said Shakiba Shakerhosseie, one of 12,000 people who packed into Tehran's indoor Azadi (Freedom) sports stadium to hear Rahnavard speak.",
"Iran became an Islamic republic in 1979 after the ruling monarchy was overthrown and Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was forced into exile.",
"The revolution also ended the ceremonial role of first lady that the last queen, Farah, enjoyed.",
"At this rally, Rahnavard -- a writer and art professor -- spoke for her husband, who was campaigning elsewhere.",
"Wearing a floral headscarf and a traditional black chador -- a full-length loose robe that women in Iran wear like a cloak -- Rahnavard called for freedoms she says were lost during President Mahmoud Ahmadijenad's term.",
"\"I hope freedom of speech, freedom of the pen and freedom of thought will not be forgotten,\" she said.",
"The crowd, which was clad in Mousavi's trademark color green, cheered wildly.",
"It waved placards with his picture and swayed from side to side, chanting and beating drums.",
"The women sat on one side; the men on the other.",
"The overwhelming majority were young voters, many of whom said they attended because of Mousavi's wife, a mother of three.",
"Iran's population -- estimated at more than 66 million -- has a median age of 27.",
"\"I am really angry here in Iran with the position of women,\" said Saghar Kouhestani, adding that she supports Mousavi because of his wife.",
"Mousavi, a former prime minister, is considered a threat to Ahmadinejad, a hard-liner, in the June 12 elections.",
"He is credited for successfully navigating the Iranian economy during a bloody eight-year war with Iraq in the 1980s.",
"Over the weekend, the Iranian government blocked access to the social networking site Facebook, where Mousavi has a page with more than 5,000 supporters, the semi-official Iranian Labor News Agency (ILNA) said.",
"Those attempting to visit Facebook received a message in Farsi saying, \"Access to this site is not possible.\"",
"Political science professor Mohammad Marandi downplays Rahnavard's impact.",
"She may win over reformists and women, he says, but what will win the election is a solution to the floundering economy and a strong performance in the debates.",
"\"If Ahmadinejad does well in the debates, I don't think anyone will be able to defeat him,\" Marandi said.",
"But try selling that to Rahnavard's enthusiastic supporters.",
"\"This is the first time after the Revolution we see a lady behind the president,\" said Farhad Mahmoudi.",
"\"And this is why we're so happy because we can have a first lady.\""
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"\"This is the first time after the Revolution we see a lady behind the president\"\nCould draw young voters in Iran, where median age is 27 ."
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"Guadalajara, Mexico (CNN) -- Authorities found 26 bodies Thursday inside three abandoned vehicles in Guadalajara, Mexico, an official said.",
"All the victims were men, said Ulises EnrÃquez, a spokesman for the Jalisco delegation of the Attorney General's Office.",
"The vehicles were discovered near a monument on one of the city's main avenues, the state-run Notimex news agency reported, citing police sources.",
"Jalisco state Attorney General Tomas Coronado Olmos told CNN affiliate TV Azteca that a message was found with the bodies, but he did not disclose what it said.",
"In a Twitter post, Jalisco Gov.",
"Emilio Gonzalez, a former mayor of Guadalajara, said he was \"appalled and outraged\" by the discovery, which came a day after authorities in Sinaloa state found 16 charred bodies inside two trucks that had been set ablaze.",
"Speaking about those bodies and also those found in Guadalajara, Mexico's new interior minister promised to provide federal support.",
"\"I would like to express our solidarity and support to the governments (of Jalisco and Sinaloa) and, in particular, let them know that the federal government will assist in investigating these cases, finding those responsible and making sure these crimes don't go unpunished,\" said Alejandro Poiré, who was sworn in last week.",
"Also Thursday, the Mexican military said it had seized 15 tons of marijuana in a rural area of Jalisco state several hours from the city.",
"About 43,000 people have been killed in drug-related violence since Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced a crackdown on cartels in December 2006, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.",
"But brutal cartel killings are rare in Guadalajara, Mexico's second-most populous city.",
"The city recently hosted the Pan American Games and is scheduled to host a large international book festival next week a few miles away from where the bodies were found.",
"In a security report published before the games began, analysts said Guadalajara would probably be the next hot spot in Mexico's drug war, as the Zetas drug cartel tries to take over turf long dominated by the Sinaloa cartel.",
"The analysis, published in September by Southern Pulse, an online information network focused on Latin America, noted that major offensives were unlikely amid stepped-up security in the city during the high-profile sporting event.",
"\"With over 10,000 police and a quantity of soldiers -- pulled from their duties in Ciudad Juarez -- on special assignment during the games, we would be surprised to register anything more than a slight blip during the games,\" the analysis said.",
"\"Though when they are over, a major criminal offensive for the city could surface in early November, developing into a protracted battle for the city that will last though the end of the year, and possibly well into 2012.\"",
"CNN's Ariel Crespo, Krupskaia Alis, Rey Rodriguez, Rene Hernandez and CNNMexico.com contributed to this report."
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"NEW: Mexico's new interior minister promises federal support .",
"A recent analysis says Guadalajara could become the next drug war hot spot .",
"The bodies were left near a monument on one of the city's main avenues .",
"Major violence is rare in Guadalajara, Mexico's second-most populous city ."
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"Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Libya's interim leaders will declare liberation on Sunday and hold elections in the coming months as the war-torn country works toward building a new society in the post-Moammar Gadhafi era.",
"Mahmoud Jibril, chairman of the National Transitional Council executive board, said elections \"should be within a period of eight months, maximum.\"",
"He spoke at the World Economic Forum in Jordan.",
"The first vote will be for a National Congress that will draft a constitution.",
"After that, parliamentary and presidential elections will be held.",
"Jibril said that oil-rich Libya is currently producing around 300,000 barrels per day, up from near zero during the depths of the conflict.",
"The country should be back at its prewar output of 1.6 million barrels of oil per day within 15 months, he said.",
"Gadhafi's death Thursday solidified the power of the NTC, which will mark the country's liberation on Sunday in the eastern city of Benghazi, where the uprising started.",
"NATO, which launched an operation to protect Libyan citizens against the Gadhafi regime during the Libyan war, plans to ends its operations by October 31.",
"Speaking in his weekly address Saturday, Obama said Gadhafi's death \"showed that our role in protecting the Libyan people, and helping them break free from a tyrant, was the right thing to do.\"",
"\"Our brave pilots and crews helped prevent a massacre, save countless lives, and give the Libyan people the chance to prevail.",
"Without putting a single U.S. service member on the ground, we achieved our objectives.",
"Soon, our NATO mission will come to a successful end even as we continue to support the Libyan people, and people across the Arab world, who seek a democratic future.\"",
"Questions persist about what would happen to Gadhafi's body, which was on public display Saturday at a Misrata meat market cooler.",
"Queues of people lined up to view the corpse, which appeared to have a bullet hole on the left temple.",
"His family issued a statement Friday calling on the United Nations and Amnesty International to push Libya's new leadership \"to hand over the bodies of the martyrs of their tribe so they can be buried according to Islamic rites,\" a pro-Gadhafi TV station reported.",
"Libyan and world powers wanted to capture Gadhafi and prosecute him for war crimes.",
"The U.N. human rights office and activist groups like Amnesty and Human Rights Watch have called for a probe into his death amid questions over the final moments of the late Libyan strongman's life.",
"They want to know whether Gadhafi was killed in crossfire or executed by fighters.",
"\"There are at least two cell-phone videos, one showing him alive and one showing him dead.",
"Taken together, these videos are very disturbing,\" human rights office spokesman Rupert Colville told reporters in Geneva on Friday.",
"\"We believe there is a need for an investigation and more details are needed to ascertain whether he was killed in the fighting or after his capture.\"",
"Human Rights Watch, which is also calling for an internationally supervised autopsy and an investigation into the death, said it is unlikely that Gadhafi was killed in crossfire.",
"Peter Bouckaert, the group's emergencies director, told CNN that fighting had ended when Gadhafi was cornered in a drainage ditch.",
"He said crowds beat Gadhafi in what was a \"humiliating end\" for the former dictator.",
"\"When he left the area, he was very much alive,\" Bouckaert said.",
"\"There's no reason why he should have been subjected to this kind of mob justice.\"",
"CNN's Dan Rivers and Victoria Brown contributed to this report ."
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"Interim leaders will declare Liberation Day on Sunday .",
"Libya is seeking a new constitution .",
"NATO is scaling back operations ."
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"(PEOPLE.com) -- Brooke Burke waited five years before marrying her hubby David Charvet, but she's wasting no time taking his last name.",
"\"Tomorrow on Dancing with the Stars will be the first time I go by my new name [on TV],\" the ABC show's host, 39, told PEOPLE at Sunday's Emmy Awards.",
"\"I'm happy about being Brooke Charvet.\"",
"Although the former Ms. Burke is excited about the change, not all people agree with her decision.",
"\"It's been 50-50 from everybody, but I'm doing it!\"",
"she says. The mother of four is still basking in the joy of being a newlywed.",
"\"The timing just felt right,\" she says of her secret nuptials.",
"\"It was a very selfish, but meaningful moment.",
"It was really spontaneous and romantic and really about us and not about what everyone else wanted or thought.\"",
"See full article at PEOPLE.com.",
"© 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"Bali, Indonesia (CNN) -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta praised China on more than one occasion Sunday during a series of meetings with fellow defense ministers from southeast Asia, but hinted if relations between the United States and China worsen, it could be a threat to \"the security of the world.\"",
"He said he appreciates China's muted response to the United States announcing a deal last month to sell more arms to Taiwan, and he lauded China for working with its neighbors with regards to the contentious issues involving the South China Sea.",
"\"I would commend them for the way that they've handled the news of that sale to Taiwan, compared to the past,\" Panetta told reporters after a meeting with Indonesia's defense minister Sunday in Bali.",
"China regards Taiwan as a renegade province.",
"Taiwan began as the remnant of the government that ruled over mainland China, until a Communist uprising proved victorious in 1949.",
"The $5.3 billion arms package, announced last month, includes upgrades to Taiwan's F-16 fighter fleet.",
"Last year, a similar deal prompted China to temporarily cut off military to military relations with Americans.",
"This time, aside from some strong objections voiced by Beijing, Panetta said there has been no tangible action taken in response by China.",
"\"I've heard nothing that indicates that they're taking any steps in reaction to that,\" Panetta said.",
"Part of the reason might be the way the United States government handled the sales.",
"\"It was something that the United States had announced but we had given the Chinese a heads up as to what was going to take place,\" Panetta said.",
"\"I think in the end ... they handled it in a professional and diplomatic way and we appreciate that. \"",
"The South China Sea, a body of water east of Vietnam, north of Malaysia and west of the Philippines, has been a source of regional tensions for decades.",
"But because of recent discoveries of massive oil reserves as well as its importance to regional maritime and aviation navigation, tensions have increased recently.",
"Many countries lay claims to the same parts of the sea.",
"After his meeting with the Indonesian defense minister, Panetta met with defense ministers from all eight member nations of ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which includes all the nations that border the South China Sea, except China.",
"In remarks prepared for the start of the meeting, Panetta said, \"I applaud the July accord between ASEAN and China on implementing guidelines to the 2002 declaration on the conduct of parties in the South China Sea.",
"I would encourage you to maintain this momentum, and continue working towards a binding code of conduct.\"",
"But Panetta said there are still some concerns regarding China's military that bear watching.",
"\"Obviously there are some concerns about some of the things they are doing on modernization, there are concerns about some of the things they are doing with some of the more sophisticated weapons that have been developed.\"",
"He said China being open and letting the world know what its military is doing is key.",
"\"As long as they are transparent, as long as we can discuss these issues on a frank and direct basis then I think we can develop a strong working relationship.\"",
"He ended his discussion of China with the reporters on an ominous note about positive relations.",
"\"I think it would be in the interest, not only in the interest of both nations, but also in the interest of the security of the world.\""
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"(CNN) -- Scientists have found a decline in oxygen levels in the Gulf of Mexico following the BP oil spill but have found no \"dead zones\" as a result, a federal task force reported Tuesday.",
"Levels of dissolved oxygen in deep water have dropped about 20 percent below their long-term average, according to data collected from up to 60 miles from the well at the center of the worst oil spill in U.S. history.",
"But much of that dip appears to be the result of microbes using oxygen to dissolve oil underwater, and the decline is not enough to be fatal to marine life, said National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official Steve Murawski, the head the Joint Analysis Group studying the spill's impact.",
"\"Even the lowest observations in all of these was substantially above the threshold,\" Murawski said.",
"The samples were collected from 419 points at varying distances from the ruptured well at the heart of the disaster and at depths as far down as 4,800 feet, the group reported.",
"The task force is made up of NOAA, the Environmental Protection Agency and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.",
"The undersea gusher erupted in April, releasing an estimated 4.9 million barrels (205 million gallons) of crude before being temporarily capped in July.",
"The volume of oil -- and the amount of chemical dispersants used to break it up -- have created concerns about the long-term health of the Gulf.",
"At the same time, the spill delivered a severe economic blow to the region, where fisheries and beach resorts are major employers.",
"Early findings from a mid-August survey led by the University of South Florida indicated oil had settled to the bottom of the Gulf further east than previously suspected and at levels toxic to marine life.",
"At about the same time, a team from Georgia Sea Grant and the University of Georgia released a report that estimates that 70 to 79 percent of the oil that leaked from the well \"has not been recovered and remains a threat to the ecosystem.\"",
"The latest study \"does not discuss the broad ecosystem consequences of hydrocarbons released into the environment,\" NOAA said.",
"But it concludes that the oil is continuing to break up and disperse underneath the surface, making the emergency of a major oxygen-poor dead zone unlikely.",
"In early August, the federal government estimated that about three-quarters of the oil spilled had either evaporated or been dispersed, or had been skimmed or burned off the surface.",
"The disaster began with an April 20 explosion aboard the oil rig Deepwater Horizon that left 11 men dead.",
"The blast uncorked a BP-owned well off southeastern Louisiana that spewed for 87 days before being temporarily capped.",
"Operations are under way to permanently seal the well.",
"BP, rig owner Transocean and well cement contractor Halliburton have blamed each other for the disaster.",
"BP plans to release the findings of its internal investigation of the accident on Wednesday, the company said."
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"The study tracked dissolved oxygen levels from May to August .",
"Latest federal report doesn't address the spill's \"broad ecoystem consequences\"\nBP's report on the disaster is scheduled for release Wednesday ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- The Obama administration made public all information available throughout the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Thursday in response to a preliminary report that criticized how it handled the disaster.",
"\"This was an unprecedented environmental disaster met with an unprecedented federal response which prevented any of the worst-case scenarios from coming to fruition,\" Gibbs told reporters when asked about the report made public the previous day.",
"\"When we had information, we gave it to the public.\"",
"According to the working paper released Wednesday from the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, the administration vastly underestimated the tens of thousands of barrels of oil pouring into the Gulf after the April 20 oil rig explosion that caused the disaster, despite contrary information from scientists using better methodologies.",
"The explosion claimed 11 lives and led to more than 60,000 barrels of oil being spewed into the Gulf daily for almost three months.",
"According to the working paper, the White House Office of Management and Budget squelched higher worst-case estimates accepted by government officials, preventing the public from hearing them.",
"In addition, the commission staff sharply criticized later White House estimates that 75 percent of the oil had been scooped up, burned or naturally dispersed, saying an operational tool -- known as the oil budget -- used by responders failed to accurately account for biodegradation and was not peer-reviewed by scientists.",
"Gibbs acknowledged that some mistakes were made, in particular citing comments regarding the estimated oil dispersal by former White House environmental adviser Carol Browner in one of \"hundreds\" of interviews she gave.",
"However, he insisted that the administration worked with the information available at all times, noting that it was impossible to see or measure the oil spill rate in the initial weeks after the explosion.",
"\"Throughout this process, we got better information,\" Gibbs said.",
"\"When the rig exploded and the blowout preventer failed 5,000 feet below the ocean, nobody could see what happened.\"",
"The installation of video cameras and other technology improved the ability to estimate the spill flow in ensuing months, Gibbs said.",
"At the insistence of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, the administration required BP to install pressure monitors to provide the \"best available data on the flow rate,\" he added.",
"The commission working paper said the government's low estimates of oil flow from the spill, as well as the apparent underestimation of how much oil remained in the Gulf, \"created the impression that it was either not fully competent to handle the spill or not fully candid with the American people about the scope of the problem.\"",
"Gibbs echoed federal officials who say the low flow-rate estimates did not negatively affect their operations to stop the oil spill, describing the overall effort as the \"most robust federal response that we've ever seen\" to such an accident.",
"However, the 29-page report said: \"Even if responders are correct, however, loss of the public's trust during a disaster is not an incidental public relations problem.",
"The absence of trust fuels public fears, and those fears in turn can cause major harm, whether because the public loses confidence in the federal government's assurances that beaches or seafood are safe, or because the government's lack of credibility makes it harder to build relationships ... that are necessary for effective response actions.\"",
"The report is considered a working paper.",
"The commission will issue a formal report on January 12, 2011.",
"The president appointed the commission in June and tasked it with providing recommendations on how to prevent future spills and mitigate the impact of any that do occur.",
"The commission is headed by former Florida governor and former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham, a Democrat, and former Environmental Protection Agency administrator William K. Reilly from the Republican administration of President George H.W Bush.",
"Rep. Edward Markey, D-Massachusetts, chairman of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, said BP was providing too-low figures for the oil flow in effort to escape liability.",
"\"Low-balling the flow rate numbers was BP's attempt to hide both the truth and their wallet from the American people,\" Markey said.",
"After the oil rig sank, the U.S. Coast Guard and BP initially put the spill at 1,000 barrels per day.",
"The administration later derived a 5,000-barrels-per-day estimate, depending on an \"unsolicited, one-page document\" based on visual operation of the speed at which the oil was leaking from the end of the riser at the bottom of the Gulf.",
"Despite \"inaccuracies\" in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists' estimate of 5,000 barrels, the government stuck with that number through May 27, despite estimates from outside experts suggesting a much higher figure, the report said.",
"The panel's staff wrote that in some cases, nongovernment scientists relied on more refined or better-established methodologies.",
"\"It is possible that the early official flow estimates would have been more accurate if the government had either enlisted greater in-house scientific expertise, or enlisted outside scientific expertise by making available the data on which government estimates were based,\" the report said.",
"\"The government appears to have taken an overly casual approach to the calculation and release of the 5,000 barrels a day estimate -- which as the only official estimate for most of May, took on great importance,\" the report said.",
"Soon after the spill, the Minerals Management Service and BP reported a worst-case estimate of 162,000 barrels, but that was replaced by another estimate received by the Coast Guard and NOAA of 64,000 to 110,000 barrels per day.",
"The actual figure turned out to be about 62,000 barrels per day.",
"According to the report, NOAA wanted to make public some of its worst-case models and requested approval from the Office of Management and Budget.",
"That request was denied.",
"On Thursday, NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco challenged some of the working paper's assertions, saying the commission staff erroneously equated NOAA's worst-case scenarios with projections of flow rates.",
"The two were different, she said in a letter to the commission.",
"Lubchenco also said the early flow-rate estimates did not hamper the government response, and that there was no unwarranted delay or squelching of NOAA's information by the Office of Management and Budget.",
"\"The worst-case scenario models and documents had nothing to do with calculation of the flow rate, but they did help inform the Unified Command's preparations for possible eventualities,\" her letter said.",
"\"And the worst-case scenario paper was made public.\"",
"A member of the government team assembled to address the gulf between official and independent flow-rate estimates told CNN, \"We were never pressured [by the government] that we should change our [flow rate] number.\"",
"Ira Leifer blamed the initially low oil flow-rate estimates on the poor quality of data the group of scientists had from BP.",
"Better video and data led to the rise in the daily oil spill estimate, he said.",
"The report also faulted the government's tracking of the spill.",
"It said a White House official in August claimed 75 percent of the oil was \"gone.\"",
"But the response team could not support that claim, panel staffers wrote.",
"That information was never meant \"to be a precise tool,\" and the administration should not have used it as a scientific report, they said.",
"\"It did not attempt to quantify biodegradation, or the exact amounts of remaining, dissolved, and dispersed oil, which were not the targets of response action.\"",
"Further, it said, the government's failure to account for the stages of biodegradation increased public confusion of how much oil was actually \"gone.\"",
"The federal government later Wednesday said it acted appropriately with regard to spill estimates and the cleanup.",
"\"As for the predictions about the spill flow rate, senior government officials were clear with the public what the worst-case flow rate could be: in early May, [Interior] Secretary [Ken] Salazar and Admiral Thad Allen told the American people [in media interviews] that the worst case scenario could be more than 100,000 barrels a day,\" said a statement from OMB Acting Director Jeffrey Zients and Lubchenco of NOAA.",
"\"The federal government response was full force and immediate, and the response focused on state and local plans and evolved when needed,\" the statement continued.",
"\"As directed by the President, the response was based on science, even when that pitted us against BP or state and local officials, and the response pushed BP every step of the way.",
"Finally, and most importantly, the response provided results for the people of the Gulf Coast.\"",
"Regarding the flow and recovery of the spilled oil, Zients and Lubchenco said responders worked with best known information at the time and later came up with improved analysis.",
"\"The facts bear out that the federal response significantly mitigated the impact of the spill,\" they said.",
"The report can be read online at http://www.oilspillcommission.gov/document/amount-and-fate-oil .",
"CNN's Phil Gast contributed to this story."
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"Madison, Wisconsin (CNN) -- Republicans retained four of the six state Senate seats that were in jeopardy in Tuesday's recall elections in Wisconsin, news media in the state reported.",
"Democrats won two seats but needed three to take control.",
"The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, which certifies election results, said official results will begin to come in Thursday and will be certified that day at the earliest.",
"The unofficial results released Wednesday were collected by The Associated Press and distributed to newspapers, television and radio stations.",
"The recall election stems from the bitter battle last winter that saw pro-union protesters camping out in the state Capitol and Democratic senators fleeing the state in an unsuccessful attempt to halt legislation by Wisconsin Gov.",
"Scott Walker that some felt was anti-union.",
"Democrats were angling to win GOP-held seats to capture control of the upper chamber.",
"Before the election, Republicans held a 19-14 majority in the state Senate.",
"With a victory, Democrats had hoped to build momentum for a planned effort to recall Walker.",
"Walker, who was elected in November with strong support from tea party activists, can't be recalled until after he serves a year in office.",
"Republicans have countered with their own recall attempts against three Democrats.",
"One of them survived a challenge in July, while two others will be on the ballot next week.",
"Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus applauded the results of the Tuesday vote.",
"\"Today, Wisconsin voters rejected the reckless spending of Wisconsin Democrats and the downgrade-inducing policies of their Washington counterparts.",
"They have given their seal of approval to Republicans' successful efforts to balance the budget and ensure a healthy economy,\" he said.",
"Priebus also said the vote was an affirmation of Walker's policies.",
"Walker set off a firestorm in January when he moved to curtail the collective bargaining rights of most state employees.",
"With majorities in both houses of the Legislature, Walker and his GOP allies voted to limit raises for public employees except police and firefighters to the rate of inflation, bar unions from deducting dues from workers' paychecks and force them to hold a new certification vote every year.",
"Republicans insisted that the legislation was necessary to control skyrocketing public employee benefit costs and close a budget shortfall, while Democrats called it an attempt to gut public-sector labor unions, one of their core constituencies.",
"The state Supreme Court upheld the legislation in June.",
"While Democrats would not have been able to roll back the union restrictions with control of only one chamber of the Legislature, they would have been able to block any of Walker's other initiatives.",
"Tea Party Express chief strategist Sal Russo said he was pleased about the vote.",
"\"The importance of those achievements cannot be overstated,\" Russo said.",
"\"Wisconsin has set an example that the nation as a whole should follow.\"",
"CNN's Ted Rowlands, Gabriella Schwarz, Paul Steinhauser and Ashley Killough contributed to this report."
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"RNC chair: Vote is an affirmation of Walker's policies .",
"Six Republican senators faced recall votes Tuesday .",
"The recalls stem from the winter battles over union rights ."
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"(CNN) -- Italy's MotoGP star Marco Simoncelli was killed in a crash on the second lap of the Malaysian MotoGP Sunday.",
"The tragic accident happened when Simoncelli came off at Turn 11 of the Sepang circuit while in fourth place.",
"His Honda bike swerved across the track and he was hit by fellow competitors Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi.",
"Simoncelli, 24, had his helmet knocked off in the crash and he lay motionless on the track.",
"American Edwards also fell but escaped serious injury, while former multi-world champion Rossi returned unhurt to the pits on his Ducati.",
"The race was abandoned and Simoncelli was given emergency treatment at the track's medical center, but it was to no avail.",
"\"Marco Simoncelli succumbed to injuries sustained in the Malaysian MotoGP,\" read a short statement on the official MotoGP website to confirm the fatality.",
"It came just a week after the tragic death of two-time Indianapolis 500 champion Dan Wheldon at a race in Las Vegas.",
"On the same day, 2010 MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo crashed as he warmed up for last week's round in Australia and sustained a serious hand injury.",
"Lorenzo's misfortune meant Australian Casey Stoner wrapped up the world title with two races still to go, Sunday's race in Malaysia, and the final round in Spain.",
"Rossi, a seven-time world champion in motorcycling's elite category, left the track devastated by the accident involving his fellow Italian and \"good friend\" Simoncelli.",
"Rossi's team manager at Ducati, Vittoriano Gureschi, gave his reaction.",
"\"Valentino is shocked by this incident.",
"Valentino is a strong man but this incident is a big tragedy.",
"He has lost a good friend,\" he said.",
"The Italian sports community was left stunned by Simoncelli's death and a minute's silence was held at all major events, including Serie A football games."
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"Italy's Marco Simoncelli dies after an accident at Malaysian Grand Prix .",
"Simoncelli came off on second lap while in fourth place .",
"He was struck by the bikes of fellow competitors Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi .",
"Official MotoGP website reported he had 'succumbed' to his injuries ."
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"(CNN) -- An Australian woman is suing the nation's top four banks for their alleged role in laundering money from her teenage son's $200,000 eBay scam that afforded him a $6,000-a-day playboy lifestyle.",
"Australian media reported that in 2007, the then 14 year old boy was making so much money selling non-existent laptops, mobile phones and watches on eBay he could afford to book a $4300-a-night penthouses overlooking Sydney Harbour, fly friends interstate for lavish parties and hire limousines to take him to the beach.",
"A spokesman for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia confirmed to CNN that the woman from the south coast of New South Wales, who along with her son cannot be named for legal reasons, had launched an action in the Supreme Court seeking damages over the scam.",
"Reports said she was seeking an apology from the Commonwealth Bank, ANZ, Westpac and NAB for ''unconscionable conduct'' after allegedly allowing her son to open numerous bank accounts with debit cards \"without reasonable scrutiny\".",
"She claims the banks ignored her or refused to discuss the matter for privacy reasons when she warned them they had issued accounts that were being used by a minor to bank illegal funds, reports said.",
"''He was an intelligent boy who worked out how to cheat the system and play it for all it was worth,'' she told Australia's Sun Herald newspaper.",
"''As his parent and legal guardian, I begged the banks to stop giving him accounts and debit cards but each time I got nowhere because of the Privacy Act.''",
"She said her suspicions were aroused four years ago when her son began spending lavishly.",
"She told the Sun-Herald she later uncovered a log book listing thousands of dollars worth of transactions with eBay.",
"The boy, now 19, allegedly deceived the Commonwealth Bank into opening an account after fronting up to the bank with a birth certificate and a friend over the age of 18 who claimed to be his guardian, according to reports in Australian media.",
"''Once he secured that, he was able to accumulate check and Visa debit accounts with many other financial institutions including Westpac, the Bank of Queensland, ANZ, Credit Union Australia and the Hume Building Society,'' the mother was quoted as saying in the Sun-Herald report.",
"Police eventually arrested the boy at school after many of the frauds were linked to an IP address attached to a classroom computer.",
"By the time of his arrest, the boy was already allegedly working another scam, milking the $1,500 overdraft facility on a series of debit accounts.",
"In the meantime, reports said, the boy lived a playboy lifestyle with shopping sprees for Versace and Prada clothes and Louis Vuitton luggage.",
"''There I was, a single mum of two, desperately struggling to put food on the table.",
"He, meanwhile, would stroll in after feasting at the latest fancy restaurant of his choice and chuck me leftovers in a plastic tub,'' she told the Sun-Herald .",
"Underneath the exterior, her son was an ''insecure boy out to impress,'' she told the newspaper.",
"Reports said that during the past four years, she had reluctantly handed her son to the police 15 times."
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"Woman seeks damages over the scam, a bank spokesman says .",
"Reports: She claims banks ignored her after she warned accounts were issued to minor .",
"Boy funded lavish lifestyle with eBay scam ."
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"(CNN) -- \"Success with Honor.\"",
"So proclaims the motto of Penn State University's athletics program.",
"For years that seemed to be the case.",
"Under the tutelage of Coach Joe Paterno, the football program has never been sanctioned by the NCAA for a major violation and boasts one of the highest graduation percentages for athletes in Division I-A football.",
"But just as a major program is only as good as its last win, so is one's honor, one's ethical status.",
"The recent charges of sexual abuse of boys by a former Penn State assistant football coach and the seeming years-long cover-up by university officials has befouled an illustrious program and the school's honor.",
"For those of us who have been influenced deeply by Joe Paterno's football career as proof that an ethical program can indeed be run in high-power college football, the visceral and immediate response is that of the child to Shoeless Joe Jackson after the breaking of the \"Black Sox\" scandal in baseball, \"Say it ain't so, Joe.\"",
"But alas, it appears to be so.",
"Rather, however, than bemoan the decline in college sports, a topic upon which one could write for weeks, I am more concerned about what lessons we can learn from this experience and how it fits within a wide and, seemingly, growing culture committed to prostrating itself before the idol of monetary success.",
"From banking scandals to Wall Street, elementary schools to universities, the scramble to succeed in dollar terms, to bring in ever more money has led individuals and organizations to ignore visible, powerful, and pressing evidence of malfeasance.",
"Money and power buy impunity, or at least rent it.",
"The Catholic Church, News Corporation, Citigroup, and now Penn State deserve the opprobrium that has been, and should be, heaped upon them for looking away, feigning ignorance, or covering-up the frauds, the abuses, the criminality.",
"When we place our loyalty, our commitment, in the service of individuals, organizations, or money we already have started down the path of corruption.",
"Such misplaced loyalty, whether to a colleague in a hospital, a comrade in battle, or a stock trader on the floor, can only lead to error, wrongdoing, and evil.",
"In appearing to place success above honor, the administration of Penn State University has aided a sexual predator and ruined numerous lives.",
"In their loyalty to the university's good name, they failed in their loyalty, nay their duty, to the victims and to society as a whole.",
"For this they should be wholeheartedly condemned and punished.",
"The firing of Coach Paterno and university president, Graham Spanier, are clearly the right steps in that direction.",
"For the rest of us, we need also to look inward.",
"As fans, investors, administrators and co-workers, how have we furthered this reality?",
"Do we really desire the NCAA to clamp down on abuses, even if it is our team?",
"As surgeons, do we report the incompetent or drunken medical colleague?",
"As individuals whose wealth increases, do we really care about the nature of the stock trades or the processes?",
"How we answer those questions determines the nature of our society.",
"Let us honor the coach who reports boosters slipping money to players, the co-worker who reports malfeasance, and the soldier who decries abuse and illegal orders.",
"For if we do not, we ourselves must bear the guilt.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Edward Queen."
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"Edward Queen: Penn State has betrayed its athletics motto, \"Success with Honor'\nFailing to report alleged crimes has befouled an illustrious program, he says .",
"He says those who don't report wrongdoing bear part of the guilt .",
"Queen: Desire to preserve institutions or make more money corrupts many ."
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"(CNN) -- A grandfather who perished in a Christmas day fire at a Connecticut home died from blunt-force head and neck trauma as well as smoke inhalation, while his wife and their three grandchildren died from smoke inhalation, the state medical examiner's office said Wednesday.",
"Authorities said on Tuesday that Lomer Johnson fell through roof rafters outside a window.",
"One of the children's bodies was found just inside the window.",
"It appeared Johnson was trying to get the child out, but died after climbing through the window, said Stamford, Connecticut, Acting Fire Chief Antonio Conte.",
"The medical examiner's office said Wednesday Johnson suffered from smoke inhalation in addition to trauma from the fall.",
"Three young sisters -- a 10-year-old and 7-year-old twins -- died in the fire along with the Johnsons.",
"The girls' mother, Madonna Badger, and a friend escaped the blaze.",
"The fire, which broke out about 5 a.m. Sunday morning in the three-story Victorian home, is believed to have been caused by smoldering embers removed from a fireplace about two hours before and taken to an area in the rear of the house, Stamford Chief Fire Marshal Barry Callahan said.",
"The city of Stamford razed the three-story home on Monday after determining it was unsafe.",
"The million-dollar home in the wealthy Shippan Point neighborhood was under renovation.",
"All that was left of it was the mailbox, around which grieving neighbors placed flowers.",
"CNN affiliate WFSB reported that Badger attempted to climb the renovation scaffolding outside the home in an apparent attempt to reach her family.",
"Witnesses said they heard her screaming that her whole life was inside the home, the station said.",
"Intense flames and heat pushed back firefighters searching for the trapped family members, Conte told reporters on Tuesday.",
"The investigation into the fire continues, officials said.",
"\"It's going to take a while,\" Conte said.",
"\"That poor woman lost her entire family in one fell swoop.\"",
"Badger, a New York advertising executive, purchased the Connecticut home for $1.7 million in December 2010, according to property records.",
"Johnson worked as a Santa at Saks Fifth Avenue's Manhattan store this holiday season, the department store said.",
"He and his wife would have celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary on Monday, according to WFSB.",
"Authorities said Tuesday it was unclear whether the home had working smoke detectors.",
"CNN's Ronni Berke contributed to this report."
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"Two grandparents and their 3 grandchildren died in the blaze .",
"Lomer Johnson fell through roof rafters while apparently trying to get a child out .",
"The fire is thought to have been caused by smoldering fireplace embers ."
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"(PEOPLE.com) -- Two weeks after undergoing a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery, Giuliana Rancic was back on the set at \"E!",
"News\" on Tuesday.",
"\"Even though I moved a tad slower than usual today, everyone welcomed me back with open arms and it was a wonderful homecoming,\" she says in a statement on the network's Web site.",
"Rancic, 37, had the surgery December 13 after lumpectomies failed to eradicate her breast cancer.",
"\"It feels great to be back at work,\" she says.",
"\"I wasn't sure whether I was going to return to 'E!",
"News' this week or after the new year.",
"The last thing I wanted to do was rush my recovery.\"",
"She adds: \"Thankfully, I've been feeling better every single day since surgery and this weekend my doctors gave me the green light to get back to work.\"",
"See the full article at PEOPLE.com .",
"© 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"Giuliana Rancic was back on the set at E!",
"News on Tuesday after her surgery .",
"Rancic, 37, had the surgery after lumpectomies failed to eradicate her breast cancer .",
"\"It feels great to be back at work,\" she says ."
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"(CNN) -- A man accused of shooting and paralyzing a U.S. Army soldier at a homecoming party intends to plead not guilty to all charges, his attorney said Wednesday.",
"Ruben Jurado, 19, faces a charge of attempted murder in the shooting of Army Spc.",
"Christopher Sullivan on Friday night at a homecoming party in Sullivan's native San Bernardino, California.",
"He also faces charges on \"allegations involving premeditation and the use and discharge of a firearm causing great bodily injury,\" the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office said in a statement on Tuesday.",
"Jurado \"will deny any and all allegations,\" defense attorney Michael Holmes said in a written statement to CNN on Wednesday.",
"\"We anticipate receiving the initial discovery of police reports and any other evidence that the district attorney has at this time.\"",
"Holmes noted that the court \"allows video arraignment,\" but said he and Jurado had \"discussed this process and he wanted to be present in court during the entire process.",
"He requested to be present and the next available date is tomorrow (Thursday) morning.\"",
"The party in Sullivan's honor was to celebrate his recent return to California from Kentucky, where he was stationed while recovering from wounds sustained in a suicide bombing a year ago in Afghanistan.",
"The bombing killed five members of his unit and left him with a cracked collarbone and brain damage, according to the San Bernardino County Sun.",
"Sullivan received the Purple Heart, the newspaper reported.",
"At the party, Sullivan was shot twice after an argument and physical confrontation with Jurado, who fled the scene, according to police and witnesses.",
"The fight broke out after Jurado and Sullivan's younger brother began arguing about football, the brothers' mother, Suzanne Sullivan, told CNN.",
"Jurado turned himself in to authorities in Chino Hills, California, on Monday afternoon, said Lt. Gwendolyn Waters.",
"On Tuesday, Sullivan's mother told CNN he was \"on 100% life support.\"",
"\"He can move his head and he responds through nodding and blinking to us.",
"His eyes aren't always open, but we try to encourage him to do so as often as possible,\" Suzanne Sullivan said.",
"She said her son asked what had happened to him and wanted to know why.",
"\"We told him what it was about and he just closed his eyes,\" she said.",
"Suzanne Sullivan said her family is having a difficult time coming to terms with what happened.",
"\"He once told me that if defending this country takes his life, so be it,\" she said.",
"\"But to see he survived that, and now for this to happen to him, just breaks my heart.\"",
"CNN's Stella Chan and Carey Bodenheimer contributed to this report."
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"Ruben Jurado, 19, \"will deny any and all allegations,\" his attorney says .",
"Jurado is accused of shooting Army Spc.",
"Christopher Sullivan at a party .",
"Sullivan, wounded in Afghanistan, was being welcomed home after recuperation .",
"Jurado and Sullivan's brother were arguing about football, mother says ."
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"(CNN) -- From color-popping dresses to bold prints and shapes, Afro-centric designs have been storming catwalks in recent years, catching the eye of fashionistas across the world.",
"But for many international consumers, especially those with no access to shops dedicated to African brands, it can often be hard to get their hands on designer garments from the continent.",
"As a result, more and more African designers are taking their lines to the web in a bid to reach out to a larger market.",
"And while many are setting up their own websites, others rely on internet boutiques which have more experience navigating the online market.",
"One such store is My Asho -- launched in June 2009, this UK-based web boutique carries the work of established and up-and-coming African designers, giving them a chance to showcase their creations to a wider audience.",
"Founder Dolapo Shobanjo says she started My Asho -- taken from the Yoruba word \"aso\" which means cloth -- when she realized that African designers were not getting the promotion they deserved.",
"\"I contacted the top designers, I spoke to them and asked them about their struggle and how difficult it is for them,\" says Shobanjo.",
"\"That's really how it got started, so to create that credible infrastructure is to show the global demand for the products and that will kick start the productions.\"",
"Today, My Asho stocks a variety of womenswear, children's clothes and accessories from more than 30 African designers.",
"Shobanjo says she is very careful when it comes to selecting new designers, making sure they have high professional standards.",
"\"We're very happy to add new people in the site but we have to ensure that the designers we add are serious,\" she says.",
"\"There are a lot of people out there who claim to be African designers but it's more like 'oh, I have a tailor who can sew very well and who can copy items,' so we have to distinguish between copy-cats and people doing this as a hobby.\"",
"One of the designers featured on the site is Erzumah Ackerson who runs clothing label Bestow Elan.",
"She says My Asho is an ideal platform for her work, helping her to make her creations more visible as well as boost demand.",
"\"I think there's still an element of investment that still needs to be done so we are recognized on an international as well as mainstream platform but I think My Asho is a perfect platform because since I've been on there, I've had a lot of international buyers and got into mainstream magazines.\"",
"And as this digital expansion is helping create more demand, many African designers are now having to keep up in their supply.",
"Titi Ademola, a Ghana-based designer who is the founder of the KIKI Clothing brand, says the biggest challenge for many fashion designers is manufacturing.",
"\"You get a lot of excitement from so many places but once you get an order, how do you manufacture in large quantities?\"",
"says Ademola.",
"\"So, that's the issue that I'm facing, trying to focus on quality control and trying to ensure that you consistently provide quality and appealing garments to other companies and other markets,\" she adds.",
"With clients in more than 50 countries, Shobanjo's goal is to create a sustainable business model for My Asho.",
"At the same time, she also wants her company to help her continent by supporting local African communities where the clothes are manufactured.",
"As a result, Shobanjo's prioritized working with ethical brands that show a commitment to fair labor practices and create opportunities for their communities.",
"\"I'm supporting Africa, helping it grow and creating jobs but it's not to say that a certain percentage of x is going to here because I don't think that is a sustainable business model,\" says Shobanjo.",
"\"I think it is better to create from the start ethical principles and work with designers who pay their tailors well, who are investing in helping their communities grow and then once you grow as a business then you know that they will also grow as well.\"",
"Teo Kermeliotis contributed to this article ."
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"My Asho is an online store that carries the work of established and aspiring African designers .",
"It stocks clothes and accessories from over 30 African designers .",
"Founder Dolapo Shobanjo aims to support local communities where the clothes are produced ."
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"(CNN) -- Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died of respiratory arrest brought on by a pancreatic tumor, a public health official said Monday.",
"Jobs died at 3 p.m. Wednesday at home in Palo Alto, California, said Amy Cornell of the Santa Clara County Public Health Department.",
"His death was announced Wednesday by Apple, the Silicon Valley company he founded with Steve Wozniak.",
"Jobs was 56. The hard-driving executive pioneered the concept of the personal computer and of navigating them by clicking onscreen images with a mouse.",
"In more recent years, he introduced the iPod portable music player, the iPhone and the iPad tablet -- all of which changed how digital content was consumed.",
"Jobs' death, while dreaded by Apple's legions of fans, was not unexpected.",
"He had battled cancer for years, took a medical leave from Apple in January and stepped down as chief executive in August because he could \"no longer meet (his) duties and expectations.\"",
"On October 19, Apple employees will celebrate Jobs' life and contributions.",
"A company memo from Apple CEO Tim Cook said: .",
"\"Like many of you, I have experienced the saddest days of my lifetime and shed many tears during the past week.",
"But I've found some comfort in the extraordinary number of tributes and condolences from people all over the world who were touched by Steve and his genius.",
"And I've found comfort in both telling and listening to stories about Steve.",
"\"Although many of our hearts are still heavy, we are planning a celebration of his life for Apple employees to take time to remember the incredible things Steve achieved in his life and the many ways he made our world a better place.\"",
"Jobs was buried Friday in Palo Alto.",
"CNN's Dan Simon and Greg Morrison contributed to this report."
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"NEW: Apple employees will celebrate Steve Jobs' life on Oct. 19 .",
"Jobs died Wednesday .",
"He co-founded Apple with Steve Wozniak .",
"Jobs had battled cancer for years ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- Latino voters strongly support President Barack Obama and his Democratic Party, despite dissatisfaction with the administration's deportation policies, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Pew Hispanic Center.",
"The results are good news for Obama and Democrats for next year's election, as Hispanics are the fastest-growing population group in the country and comprise a major voting bloc.",
"According to the survey, Latino registered voters favor Obama over Republican presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney or Texas Gov.",
"Rick Perry by margin of more than 2-to-1.",
"The results are similar to the presidential election in 2008, when Obama got 67% of the Latino vote compared with 31% for Republican candidate Sen. John McCain.",
"Hispanic voters have traditionally identified with the Democratic Party, and the Pew survey's results showed that connection continues.",
"It said two-thirds of Hispanic registered voters identified with or leaned toward the Democratic Party, while 20% felt that way about the Republican Party.",
"\"It is interesting that among Latino voters, the voters who are registered, there is a lot of support for the Democrats, but also for Barack Obama,\" Mark Hugo Lopez, executive director of the Pew Hispanic Center, said in an interview with CNN.",
"The survey of 1,200 Hispanic adults was conducted in English and Spanish from November 9 through December 7, and has a margin of error of 3.6%.",
"While showing strong Latino support for Obama and Democrats, the survey also showed Hispanics dislike immigration policies of the Obama administration, which increased deportations to 395,000 in 2009 and 387,000 in 2010.",
"According to the Pew survey, 59% of Latino respondents disapproved of the administration's handling of deportations, while 27% approved.",
"At the same time, the survey found that less than half of the Hispanic respondents -- 41% -- knew that more deportations were occurring under the Obama administration than the Bush administration that preceded it.",
"A strong majority -- 77% -- of Latino respondents who were aware of the increased deportations under Obama disapproved of his administration's policy, while just over half of those unaware of the increase also expressed disapproval.",
"Hispanics accounted for 97% of deportees in 2010, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.",
"More than 90% of Latino respondents in the survey support the DREAM Act, a Democratic measure pushed by Obama that provides a pathway to legal residency for children of illegal immigrants who attend college or serve in the military.",
"Republicans have blocked passage of the measure in Congress.",
"In the interview with CNN, the Pew Hispanic Center's Lopez said that the most important issues for Hispanic registered voters were jobs, education and health care -- the same as in past years.",
"CNN's Catherine Shoichet contributed to this report."
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"Hispanic support for President Obama is strong over possible Republican opponents .",
"Latinos surveyed disapprove of increased deportations under the Obama administration .",
"The main issues for Hispanic respondents are jobs, education and health care ."
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"Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel declared himself impressed after road testing the new Pirelli tires that are to be used for the 2011 season.",
"The Red Bull driver was back at the Abu Dhabi circuit where he clinched his first ever drivers' championship crown last weekend, after edging out teammate Mark Webber and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.",
"The Yas Marina track played host to all 12 Formula One teams as they began a two-day tire test on the Pirelli rubbers, set to replace Bridgestone from next year.",
"A total of eight sets of tires are available to teams during testing.",
"Ferrari's Felipe Massa, who finished a disappointing sixth in the drivers' standings, was quickest in the unofficial timings on Friday, with Vettel in second.",
"\"I think the tires behaved well, better than expected given the short amount of time Pirelli have had and they've done a good job,\" Vettel told the official Formula One website.",
"\"Pirelli are obviously in the middle of their development and what we used today is not what we will race with, but it was a good start.\"",
"Massa was three-tenths of a second faster than Vettel, and completed 94 laps of the circuit using two different types of tires.",
"\"It was a positive start to begin to understand the behavior of the Pirelli tires.",
"I felt at ease right from the start and there were no unpleasant surprises,\" Massa added.",
"\"We acquired a lot of data which will be useful for the Italian company to develop the tires still further for the start of the 2011 season.",
"\"On the harder tires, there were some difficulties over a long run while the softs worked well both on the very first lap and also after they had done a larger number of laps.\"",
"McLaren test driver Gary Paffett claimed third place while Kamui Kobayashi of BMW Sauber was fourth.",
"\"We have to hand it to Pirelli, the tyres are already on a good level and we feel it was a very positive day,\" said BMW Sauber technical director James Key.",
"\"We feel we learned a lot about the way the tyres are behaving and responding to different set-up changes.\""
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"Sebastian Vettel impressed after road testing new Pirelli tires to be used in 2011 season .",
"Formula One world champion completed 78 laps of the Abu Dhabi circuit .",
"Ferrari's Felipe Massa was fastest in the unofficial timings ."
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"Jerusalem (CNN) -- Newly discovered artifacts beneath the huge stones of Jerusalem's Western Wall, one of Judaism's holiest sites, indicate it took longer to build than previously believed.",
"Until now, the wall constructed as part of King Herod's enlargement of the Temple Mount area was thought to have been completed before he died in 4 B.C.",
"However, the discovery of three oil lamps from the first century and 17 bronze coins, four of which were dated A.D. 16, in a ritual bath beneath the Western Wall appears to confirm the writings of a first-century Jewish historian, who said the project was completed decades after Herod's death.",
"\"This is important because now we would not speak any more of the Temple Mount being built by Herod\" alone, said University of Haifa professor Ronny Reich, an archaeologist working on the site on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority.",
"\"This is an archaeological finding that indeed the works of the Temple Mount took a long time, far after Herod's death.\"",
"A statement by the antiquities authority said the ancient historian, Flavius Josephus, wrote that Herod began constructing and enlarging the Temple Mount area in 22 B.C., which was the 18th year of his reign.",
"Josephus wrote that it was \"the largest project the world has ever heard of,\" according to the authority's statement.",
"Josephus also wrote that the completion of the building project, which included the Western Wall and Robinson's Arch as part of the Temple Mount complex, did not end until A.D. 50, the statement said.",
"\"This bit of archaeological information illustrates the fact that the construction of the Temple Mount walls and Robinson's Arch was an enormous project that lasted decades and was not completed during Herod's lifetime,\" the authority's statement said.",
"\"This dramatic find confirms Josephus' descriptions which state that it was only during the reign of King Agrippa II (Herod's great-grandson) that the work was finished, and upon its completion there were 8,000-10,000 unemployed in Jerusalem.\"",
"CNN's Tom Cohen contributed to this report."
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"Coins found by archaeologists shed light on construction of one of Judaism's holiest sites .",
"King Herod started the wall, but the new evidence indicates he died before it was finished .",
"Until now, the wall was believed to have been completed during Herod's reign ."
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"(EW.com) -- So long, Reege.",
"At least, that's what fans of \"Live!",
"With Regis and Kelly\" will be saying when the 80-year-old co-host tapes his last episode of the syndicated talk show on Friday, November 18.",
"Philbin made the announcement during today's show.",
"\"Friday, November 18 is my last day,\" Philbin said, adding, \"But don't worry, the show goes on.\"",
"Back in January, the television icon officially announced that he would be stepping down from \"Live!\"",
"after co-hosting for nearly 28 years.",
"Philbin said of his retirement from the show at the time, \"There is a time that everything must come to an end for certain people on camera, especially certain old people.\"",
"The Emmy-winner joked on Tuesday, \"Last January I made the announcement that I'll be moving on.",
"But I never gave you an exact date.",
"So I'm pushing it back five years.",
"Just kidding.\" While no new co-host has yet been named for Philbin's right-hand woman Kelly Ripa (we here at EW had some suggestions of our own, however), the two discussed finding a replacement.",
"\"Kelly will be trying out new co-hosts, just like we did 11 years ago when we found her,\" Philbin said, kidding that Ripa would be looking for a \"new young hot\" male co-host.",
"Ripa, who joined Philbin in 2001 after Kathie Lee Gifford exited, fired back by saying that she was just looking for someone, \"Alive and breathing.\"",
"Will you be tuning in for Regis Philbin's last episode of 'Live!'?",
"See full article at EW.com.",
"CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly .",
"© 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"The 80-year-old co-host will tape his last episode of the syndicated talk show on November 18 .",
"Back in January, the television icon officially announced that he would be stepping down from \"Live!\"",
"No new co-host has yet been named for Philbin's right-hand woman Kelly Ripa ."
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"BOGOTA, Colombia (CNN) -- Former hostage Sigifredo Lopez landed in the Colombian city of Palmira to a hero's welcome Thursday afternoon, free after nearly seven years of captivity by Marxist rebels in the jungle.",
"A Brazilian helicopter takes off Thursday from an airport in Palmira, Colombia, to pick up Sigifredo Lopez.",
"Lopez was met at the helicopter that ferried him to freedom by his wife and two sons, who cried openly and deeply as they hugged him.",
"One son held his father's head in his hands and spoke to him fervently as he kissed his forehead.",
"Lopez's mother also hugged him before the freed hostage was swallowed by a mob of family members of other hostages who had died in captivity.",
"After hugging well-wishers for more than 20 minutes, Lopez climbed into a white Red Cross sport utility vehicle and drove off in a four-vehicle convoy.",
"The former regional legislator was abducted April 11, 2002, by rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, better known as FARC.",
"Lopez's release was the sixth unilateral one by the rebels in a week, but few of the kidnappings were as dramatic as the one in which Lopez and 11 other lawmakers were taken.",
"He is the only one of that group who remains alive.",
"A video taken by the FARC that day in April 2002 and released in late 2006 shows the first minutes of the bold kidnapping that led to his captivity.",
"The rebels had been training for months.",
"At a FARC camp, they practiced in Colombian army and police uniforms and made mock-ups of the regional parliament in Cali with plastic tarps and sticks.",
"A rebel camera was rolling as the 20-strong commando group drove a bus to Cali, Colombia's third-largest city.",
"Salsa music was blaring.",
"Watch the FARC footage of the dramatic abduction of Lopez and other lawmakers » .",
"They were posing as government soldiers.",
"Motorcycle outriders cleared the way.",
"Once they reached the parliament building, they faked a bomb alert.",
"The bus pulled out in front of the building, and the video shows people running from the perceived threat.",
"On the video, an unseen rebel is heard to say, \"For the deputies, we have a special vehicle.\"",
"Twelve congressmen took their seats, believing the military was shepherding them to safety.",
"Minutes passed, and one politician asked where they are headed.",
"A few minutes later, the muffled reply can be heard: \"Ladies and gentlemen.",
"We are the FARC.\" Back in the mountains, the hostages were herded aboard a truck.",
"Guerrillas waved and hugged as they celebrated their audacious mission.",
"In 2003, Lopez and some of the other hostages appeared in a proof-of-life video.",
"One of his colleagues simply wrote, \"Until when?\"",
"on his hand and held it up to camera.",
"Another, Jairo Hoyos, sent a prophetic plea to the president: \"Mister President.",
"Those who are about to die salute you.\"",
"Eleven of the congressmen were killed in captivity in June 2007.",
"The FARC said they died in cross-fire during a military rescue mission.",
"The Colombian army rejects that assertion.",
"When the bodies were recovered three months later, autopsies showed most had been shot multiple times in the back.",
"Lopez was the sole survivor.",
"On Thursday night, he may be able to tell the rest of the world what happened that day.",
"FARC has released five other hostages in the past week.",
"On Tuesday, Alan Jara, the former governor of Colombia's Meta state, arrived at the airport in Villavicencio, southeast of Bogota.",
"Four hostages -- three police officers and a soldier -- were released over the weekend.",
"Colombian Sen. Piedad Cordoba has brokered the releases with the help of the the International Committee of the Red Cross and a group called Colombians for Peace.",
"Brazil also has helped, providing the aircraft used in the releases.",
"The FARC, the largest and oldest guerrilla group in Colombia, announced the releases December 21 and designated Cordoba as the coordinator.",
"Some analysts see these releases as a first step toward an eventual peace accord.",
"Others suggest this is just another sign that government military gains combined with a tough right-wing political line are gradually beating the FARC into submission.",
"Colombia has said the rebels are still holding about 700 captives .",
"The government recently has offered rewards to guerrillas who surrender and free hostages.",
"Last month, two guerrillas fled their camp deep in the jungles of southern Colombia, bringing along two captives, a 14-year-old boy and a male adult who were kidnapped in December.",
"And a July rescue operation freed former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, who had been held captive since 2002, along with three American military contractors and 11 Colombian police and military members.",
"The government has said the FARC's military force has been severely compromised in recent months, but authorities still accuse it of trafficking huge quantities of cocaine to finance its decades-old insurgency.",
"Security analysts said FARC, established in the early 1960s, has about 9,000 to 12,000 armed guerillas and several thousand supporters, mostly in rural areas.",
"The guerrilla group operates mostly in Colombia but has carried out extortion, kidnappings and other activities in Venezuela, Panama and Ecuador, analysts say."
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"NEW: Family greets Sigifredo Lopez, the sixth hostage to be freed by FARC this week .",
"Lopez is only survivor of 12 lawmakers who were abducted in April 2002 .",
"FARC filmed video of audacious mission to kidnap congressmen .",
"Eleven of congressmen were killed in captivity in June 2007 ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- John Kerry got Swift-boated.",
"Jimmy Carter had his re-election chances decimated in the Iranian desert.",
"Then there was Michael Dukakis and that tank photo.",
"It is a tradition of presidential politics in recent decades that Democrats get accused of being soft and inexperienced on military and foreign policy issues, and Barack Obama was no different in 2008.",
"However, a string of foreign policy successes -- including the killings of terrorist leaders Osama bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki, and now the toppling of the Gadhafi regime in Libya without the loss of any U.S. service members -- have made Obama seemingly invulnerable to the quadrennial Republican attack line.",
"The question is whether it will matter a year from now, when voters decide if he should get a second term.",
"To analysts interviewed Monday, the president's policies and actions during almost three years in power have helped him shed the knee-jerk, anti-war reputation affixed to Democrats since the Vietnam era.",
"They cite increased drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen, including the one that killed the U.S.-born al-Awlaki, as well as the Special Forces mission that raided a compound in Pakistan housing bin Laden.",
"\"Those actions demonstrate a degree of toughness that insulates him from the charge of being soft on defense,\" said Darrell West, vice president and director of governance studies at the Brookings Institution think tank in Washington.",
"However, voter dissatisfaction with 9% unemployment and crawling economic recovery is likely to overwhelm any benefit the president gets from foreign policy successes, said David Gergen, a CNN senior political analyst.",
"According to Gergen, the association of Democrats with liberal pacifism dates back decades.",
"In the middle of the 20th century, he noted, Democrats were the party of international engagement willing to \"bear any burden\" to defend the nation and its interests, as President John F. Kennedy put it at his 1961 inaugural address.",
"Then the Vietnam War deeply divided the country, with Democrats becoming inextricably linked to the fervent anti-war movement by nominating liberal South Dakota Sen. George McGovern for president in 1972, according to Gergen.",
"In subsequent decades, the perception persisted of Democrats as liberals who were soft on communism and unwilling to use military force.",
"In 1980, the failure of a military mission in Iran ordered by Carter to rescue 52 Americans held hostage since the revolution the previous year cemented his image as a weak leader.",
"Crashed helicopters in the desert became the foreign policy symbol of a presidency that helped orchestrate the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt.",
"Carter then was defeated by Ronald Reagan in the presidential election that year.",
"Eight years later.",
"Dukakis saw his campaign against then-Vice President George H.W.",
"Bush undermined in part by a photo that sought to prop up his military credentials by showing him riding a tank.",
"However, the image of Dukakis in what appeared to be an over-large military helmet with his name affixed to the front, his tie and business shirt visible beneath military outer garb, instead prompted ridicule.",
"The \"soft on war\" legacy for Democrats continued in 2004, when Kerry came under fierce, privately funded attacks that accused him of falsifying his account of a battle that earned him a Silver Star as a Swift boat operator, as well as making false claims about misconduct by other U.S. forces in Vietnam and Cambodia.",
"The campaign against Kerry coined the phrase \"swift-boating\" in reference to an acute, partisan and not necessarily truthful political attack.",
"It also turned what should have been a benefit for Kerry -- his war record compared to the non-service in Vietnam by Republican incumbent George W. Bush -- into a controversial issue.",
"Kerry lost the election.",
"For Obama, what was perhaps his greatest foreign policy triumph -- the covert mission to send U.S. special forces into Pakistan after bin Laden -- came close to the kind of failure that plagued Carter's rescue mission 31 years earlier.",
"One of the U.S. helicopters involved became disabled, forcing a change in how the mission was carried out.",
"This time, though, the U.S. forces were able to infiltrate bin Laden's compound, kill him and fly out with his body.",
"Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who served in both Republican and Democratic administrations, called Obama's decision to launch the mission one of the most courageous he ever saw a president make.",
"If the bin Laden mission had failed, West and Gergen noted, Obama would likely find himself in the same position as Carter -- an incumbent candidate labeled as weak and ineffective.",
"\"They would have tried to turn Obama into Jimmy Carter,\" West said, adding: \"People would have said that even though the mission was ambitious, the execution was flawed and that this would reflect poorly on presidential leadership.\"",
"Instead, \"I don't think it's going to be possible for Republicans to Swift-boat Obama,\" West said.",
"The president's actions \"demonstrate a degree of toughness that Jimmy Carter didn't have.\"",
"Both Gergen and West said Obama's strategy seeks to exert U.S. influence while minimizing the nation's long-term commitment to overseas conflict and any loss of American lives.",
"That strategy was most evident in the Libya campaign, which was launched by the United States under a U.N. resolution authorizing establishment of a no-fly zone to protect civilians from attack by Gadhafi's military.",
"Eventually, the campaign shifted to NATO control, with U.S. forces playing a supporting role for air strikes that targeted Gadhafi forces.",
"In the end, the total cost to the U.S. government is expected to be under $2 billion with no loss of American lives, compared to the more than $800 billion in costs and more than 4,000 U.S. fatalities in the Iraq War launched by the Bush administration.",
"Some Republicans have tried to defuse credit for Obama's policy, complaining it lasted longer than necessary because the administration withheld the full might and leadership of U.S. forces throughout the Libya campaign.",
"But to West, the successful completion of the mission -- with Gadhafi gone and no long-term U.S. commitment or cost -- will bolster Obama in next year's election.",
"\"I've seen that a lot of people are arguing foreign policy is not going to be relevant in 2012,\" according to West.",
"\"I think those interpretations miss the leadership Obama has displayed in foreign affairs.\"",
"Gergen warned that Obama remains vulnerable to problems in Iraq and Afghanistan, where the president is ending or reducing long-running U.S. wars.",
"Last week, Obama announced that virtually all U.S. troops would leave Iraq by the end of the year, which would fulfill a campaign pledge from 2008.",
"At the same time, the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan is being decreased following an earlier surge ordered by Obama, with the goal of ending the war by the end of 2014.",
"Republicans such as veteran Sen. John McCain of Arizona -- who lost to Obama in 2008 -- have criticized both moves, saying they undermined the long-running missions by providing U.S. enemies with an end date to the nation's military commitments in those countries.",
"\"I do think he's fortified himself against these Republican attacks,\" Gergen said of Obama, but he added that \"Iraq or Afghanistan or both could become a crisis between now and the election.",
"Overall, though, the president has strengthened his standing as commander-in-chief, Gergen and research assistant Michael Zuckerman wrote in a CNN column last week.",
"Obama's foreign policy approach will \"bolster a campaign argument that may resonate not only with his base, but also with swing voters increasingly wary of foreign engagements: that Obama wields force much more prudently and surgically than the reckless GOP -- that he has wound down Iraq and helped win back international respect, all while delivering strong results,\" the column said."
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"Foreign policy wins fortify the president against Vietnam-era criticism of Democrats .",
"Analyst: President Obama is tougher than Jimmy Carter was .",
"Domestic woes may trump foreign policy successes, however ."
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"(PEOPLE.com) -- Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber squeezed in some very public displays of affection at a hockey game in Canada on Saturday night, but just one day earlier, they made a decidedly more private outing to a local animal shelter -- and quietly adopted a dog.",
"Winnipeg animal rescue D'Arcy's A.R.C.",
"got a surprise visit from the young lovebirds, who stopped by for some canine therapy.",
"\"They spent a lot of time with the puppies,\" the rescue's chief executive officer, D'Arcy Johnston, tells PEOPLE.",
"\"I was told that [Gomez] was missing the dogs that she has at home.\"",
"Gomez, who is currently on tour and performed in Winnipeg over the weekend, owns five rescue dogs and has advocated publicly on behalf of animal rescue.",
"During the hour she and Bieber spent at the shelter, they zeroed in on a 10-week-old husky mix and fell in love -- puppy love, that is.",
"\"I wasn't expecting her to adopt a dog while she was on tour and has a busy schedule,\" Johnston says.",
"Gomez went through the standard screening process and was able to leave with the puppy, which she named Baylor, that day.",
"\"Baylor probably would have had a bad life or a very short life,\" Johnston says.",
"\"But he got rescued and brought to our shelter and is now going to live a very good life.\"",
"See the full article at PEOPLE.com.",
"© 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"Gomez and Bieber quietly adopted a dog .",
"Gomez is currently on tour .",
"Gomez and Bieber stopped by for some canine therapy ."
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"(CNN) -- Tottenham moved up to third in the English Premier League as Emmanuel Adebayor helped welcome manager Harry Redknapp back to the dugout with both goals in Monday's 2-0 win against Aston Villa.",
"Redknapp had minor heart surgery three weeks ago, but returned earlier than expected to see his side edge above London rivals Chelsea and Newcastle on goal difference.",
"Tottenham now trail Manchester United by four points and Manchester City by nine, with a game in hand on both teams.",
"The victory extended Spurs' unbeaten league run to nine matches following two early defeats to the Manchester sides -- the club's best showing in the opening 11 games since the 1967-68 season.",
"\"I enjoyed the way we played tonight, I think the fans enjoyed it as well -- they've seen lots of great teams over the years and they're enjoying the way this team's playing,\" Redknapp said.",
"\"It's great to be back tonight - I wouldn't want to watch it at home again, that was nerve-wracking.\"",
"Adebayor's brace at White Hart Lane represented his first goals for Spurs since a double against Liverpool in his second league appearance for the club on September 18.",
"Rafael van der Vaart had netted in five successive games after that before missing the win over Fulham, and the Dutchman's return from a hamstring injury gave Tottenham too much potency for a Villa side which included former Spurs fullback Alan Hutton in right midfield to combat the threat of Gareth Bale.",
"But manager Alex McLeish's ploy failed to pay off as Welsh winger Bale caused constant problems, and it was from his scuffed shot after Villa failed to clear a corner that Adebayor acrobatically hooked home the 13th-minute opener.",
"The on-loan Manchester City forward, who made his international return for Togo last week, doubled the lead five minutes before the break when he forced in from close range after Villa defender James Collins failed to cut out Bale's teasing near-post cross.",
"Adebayor should have completed a hat-trick in the second half but Spurs could not convert their continued dominance into more goals.",
"Redknapp was able to bring off Van der Vaart with 20 minutes to play, allowing striker Jermain Defoe a chance to impress ahead of Saturday's trip to West Bromwich Albion.",
"Villa stayed eighth on 15 points after 12 games, but have yet to win away in the league this season after four draws and two defeats.",
"Meanwhile, Chelsea manager Andre Villas Boas earlier insisted that his job is safe despite Sunday's 2-1 defeat by Liverpool, the club's third in four league games.",
"The 33-year-old former Porto coach said his relationship with billionaire owner Roman Abramovich was still good.",
"\"He didn't pay 15 million euros ($20 million) to get me out of Porto and another fortune to get me out of Chelsea,\" he said.",
"\"It is not a question of the owner having patience.",
"I have said we have set out to build something new at this club and the club is committed to what we are building for the future.\"",
"Malaga moved up to fifth in Spain with a 3-1 victory away to struggling Racing Santander on Monday.",
"Santander dropped to the bottom on goal difference below Real Sociedad and Granada, whose match against Mallorca on Sunday was called off when a linesman was hit by an object thrown from the crowd.",
"Visiting Malaga broke the deadlock three minutes after halftime through teenage midfielder Isco, and a 66th-minute own-goal by Alvaro Gonzalez doubled the lead.",
"Manuel Arana gave Santander hope four minutes later, but veteran Dutch substitute Ruud van Nistelrooy set up Uruguayan forward Seba Fernandez for a late volley."
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"Emmanuel Adebayor scores both goals in Tottenham's 2-0 win over Aston Villa .",
"Manager Harry Redknapp returns to the dugout following minor heart surgery .",
"Home win lifts Tottenham above Chelsea and Newcastle into third place on goal difference .",
"Malaga up to fifth in Spain's La Liga with 3-1 win at bottom club Racing Santander ."
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"(CNN) -- Nearly a month after false rumors on Twitter about school attacks caused car crashes when parents panicked on the streets of Veracruz, Mexico, state lawmakers there approved new regulations Tuesday making disturbing the peace a crime.",
"The new law could mean that imprisoned suspects previously accused of \"terrorism\" for their online posts could face significantly less time behind bars.",
"Now, those convicted of disturbing the peace could face up to four years in prison.",
"State laws allow for a punishment of up to 30 years in prison for those convicted of terrorism.",
"Authorities say two suspects are behind false statements on Twitter and Facebook that fueled a chaotic scene in the Mexican port city of Veracruz last month.",
"One post claimed that five children were kidnapped.",
"One mentioned bomb threats.",
"Another described a helicopter was firing gunshots at an elementary school.",
"\"Remain calm.",
"I think that the children should be in their homes.",
"Go get them,\" another post warned.",
"Gov. Javier Duarte initially accused those behind the messages of \"terrorism.\"",
"But he proposed the new regulations amid a firestorm of criticism from activists and human rights groups, who said the terrorism accusation -- and the possible punishment -- didn't fit the crime.",
"In a debate in the state's congress Tuesday, opposition lawmakers called on Duarte to retract the initiative, arguing that the document was designed to help two people but could have a much broader impact.",
"A lawyer representing suspects Maria de la Luz Bravo Pagola and Gilberto Martinez Vera said his clients would not use the new provision in Veracruz state's penal code to defend themselves.",
"Instead, attorney Fidel Ordonez Solana said he planned to make the case that they should be set free before a federal judge at a hearing Friday."
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"The new measure stems from accusations over false posts on Twitter that caused chaos .",
"It includes a maximum sentence of four years in prison for disturbing the peace .",
"Another state provision says those accused of terrorism face up to 30 years behind bars .",
"Opponents of the new measure call on the state's governor to retract it ."
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"(CNN) -- It's a tough time for businesses, but one entrepreneur may have found the recipe for success.",
"Male and female servers go topless at Grand View Topless Coffee Shop.",
"On Monday, Donald Crabtree opened Grand View Topless Coffee Shop in Vassalboro, Maine, where the waiters and waitresses serve their customers topless.",
"In a town with fewer than 4,500 residents, the topless coffee shop is booming with business.",
"Paul Crabtree, the owner's brother, describes business so far as \"fantastic.\"",
"\"It's just been crowds mobbing in,\" he said.",
"Donald Crabtree faced initial opposition to his plan, but he won the right to go ahead in a planning board hearing last week.",
"Many local residents were irate over the idea of combining coffee and nudity.",
"Crabtree, however, saw a profitable business venture.",
"\"I know what people want,\" he said.",
"\"People like nudity, and coffee is profitable.",
"Sure, I'd start a coffee shop, but I'd be out of work in a week.\"",
"The flood of job applications -- more than 150 -- for Grand View Topless Coffee Shop reflected the rough job market.",
"Crabtree hired 10 women and five men under stringent requirements, including friendliness and, what he considered most important, that the wait staff \"treat everyone equally.\"",
"Watch townspeople, employees talk about coffee shop .",
"\"We didn't hire '10s,' \" he said, referring to appearance.",
"\"We hired everyone from skinny to big-boned women.\"",
"Of the 15 selected, most had been laid off from other jobs in the past few months.",
"Elvis Thompson of Brunswick, for example, was a line cook at a restaurant before he lost his job.",
"\"They couldn't afford me anymore,\" he said.",
"He said he doesn't mind fielding interesting requests from customers.",
"\"An 80-year-old woman told me she wanted to see me in spandex,\" Thompson said.",
"\"I just feel really lucky to have a job.",
"I need the money so I can pay my rent.\"",
"Ginni Labree from Palermo, Maine, said she applied to several restaurants before being hired at the Grand View.",
"All the restaurants declined to hire her because of her lack of experience.",
"\"I'm so excited, so excited to have a job,\" she said.",
"The coffee shop jobs are paying off.",
"One waitress received a $100 tip for a cup of coffee, and most of the wait staff make about $30 a table.",
"Although the topless coffee shop has been open less than a week, Crabtree said he is already seeing regulars.",
"Customers include a variety of individuals, but mainly couples and females.",
"He also sees his new business venture as a temporary fix for customers struggling through tough economic times.",
"\"The economy is so bad,\" Crabtree said, \"Everyone's losing their homes, their ties, everything they own.",
"People leave here happy and can't wait to come back.",
"It's nice to see people smile again.\""
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"Men, women without tops wait tables at Maine coffee shop .",
"Owner says high number of applicants a reflection of tough job market .",
"Staff hired on basis of friendliness and willingness to \"treat everyone equally\"\n\"People leave here happy and can't wait to come back,\" owner says ."
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"Tunis, Tunisia (CNN) -- The number of people killed during riots in Tunisia recently is about 21, the government said Wednesday, rejecting international media reports that the figure is higher.",
"Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has fired Interior Minister Rafik Belhaj Kacem, the government announced Wednesday, in the wake of the deadly protests over high unemployment and poor living conditions.",
"Tunisian protests fueled by social media networks .",
"Ahmad Freaa will be his replacement, Minister of Information Samir Abidi announced.",
"Meanwhile, the government announced a curfew for the greater Tunis area from 8 p.m. Wednesday (2 p.m.",
"ET) until 6 a.m. Thursday (midnight ET).",
"Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi declined to answer a CNN question about whether live ammunition or snipers were used against demonstrators, saying those matters will be part of an investigation into the conduct of the security forces.",
"Everyone arrested in the past few days has been released other than those accused of looting and vandalism, he said.",
"Ghannouchi also announced that the government will begin providing a monthly grant and social security coverage to every unemployed person, providing they do nonprofit or volunteer work while looking for jobs.",
"Sources with the Union of Tunisian Workers said eight people were killed Wednesday in demonstrations in the towns of Dkash and Douz in the southern part of the country.",
"The union says more than 50 people have died since the demonstrations erupted.",
"Lofti al Ahwal, a member of the union, said the organization is waiting for further action by the government before determining its next step.",
"The union rejects government claims that members of al Qaeda have infiltrated the rioters, he said.",
"Al Ahwal said violence will be met with violence, and cautioned that shooting at demonstrators will escalate the situation.",
"The union is unable to control the angry crowds, he acknowledged, and some of the actions and statements from enraged rioters do not comply with union policy.",
"The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, urged the Tunisian government in a statement \"to ensure that its security forces cease using excessive force against demonstrators, and to launch transparent and credible investigations into the deaths.\"",
"While the situation escalated over the weekend, deaths were also previously reported in preceding weeks, the statement said.",
"\"Whatever the precise total (of deaths), I am extremely concerned about the very high number of people killed in Tunisia in recent weeks,\" Pillay said.",
"\"It is essential that basic international human rights norms and guidelines governing the use of firearms are urgently and strictly adhered to.\"",
"Reports suggest that most protests have been peaceful and that security forces used excessive force, she said in the statement.",
"A leading human rights group, Amnesty International, condemned Friday what it called a violent crackdown by Tunisian authorities on the recent protests.",
"The wave of demonstrations was sparked by the suicide of an unemployed college graduate in early December.",
"Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in front of a government building in the town of Sidi Bouzid after police confiscated his fruit cart, saying he was selling without a permit, according to Amnesty International.",
"He died January 4 from his injuries.",
"The protests grew in size and sometimes turned violent.",
"Human rights groups said last week at least three others have died since the protests started -- two demonstrators shot by police and another man who electrocuted himself by touching a 30,000-megawatt pole and shouting, \"No to misery!",
"No to unemployment!\" Amnesty reported that 10 other protesters have been injured in confrontations with security forces and that lawyers have been singled out for beatings and arrest after a nationwide sit-in on December 31.",
"If there is evidence that members of the security forces have used excessive force or conducted extra-judicial killings, they should be arrested, tried and -- if convicted -- punished, Pillay said in the statement.",
"She also expressed concern about reports of widespread arrests, including those of human rights advocates and bloggers advocating human rights, as well as reports that those detained are being mistreated and tortured.",
"\"While it is correct that people should be arrested if there is evidence they have committed crimes such as violence or arson, no one should be arrested or harassed for standing up for human rights,\" she said.",
"\"Human rights defenders and bloggers, arrested solely for their peaceful activities, must be released immediately.\"",
"Tunisian authorities have said they are acting in self-defense.",
"Security forces fired on protesters in December, the state-run TAP news agency reported at the time.",
"Witnesses say the demonstrators consisted largely of people urging the government to improve social services.",
"Tunisia's government called them violent troublemakers.",
"Tunisia has been ruled for 23 years by Ben Ali, an ally of Western powers and a target of activist and human rights groups that claim he runs a corrupt police state that has infringed on citizens' rights."
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"NEW: A curfew is established in the greater Tunis area .",
"The U.N. human rights commissioner says the deaths should be investigated .",
"The prime minister will not say if police used live ammunition on demonstrators .",
"About 21 people died in the riots, the government says, rejecting higher claims ."
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"(EW.com) -- Spidey will cast his net across millions of TV screens during Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, but that's not where Thursday's televisual treats end.",
"Whether you're a certified dude, a lady with a taste for the finer things, a procedural junkie, a spy fan, or someone who understands \"There's always money in the banana stand,\" we present a list of the all that's worth watching this Turkey Day.",
"Fun for the Whole Family .",
"While you're slaving over your bird bright and early, give the kids a taste of what could await them if they don't toe the line with the Style Network's \"Supernanny\" marathon (6 a.m.-6 p.m.) Kids will also love back-to-back \"Tom & Jerry\" episodes on Cartoon Network (9 a.m.-7 p.m.), and teens will be occupied by MTV's double header of \"Friendzone\" (9 a.m.-1 p.m.) and \"Ridiculousness\" (3-7 p.m.).",
"Dudesgiving . There's a plethora of guy-friendly fare on all day.",
"Early risers can flip between A&E's \"The First 48\" marathon (8 a.m.-4 a.m. Friday) and History's 12-hour block of \"Ice Road Truckers: Deadliest Roads\" (8 a.m.-8 p.m.).",
"Outdoorsy types can catch up with \"Hillbilly Handfishin'\" on Animal Planet (9 a.m.-5 p.m.), and weapons buffs have a choice between Discovery's two-series gun spectacular (\"American Guns\" from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and \"Sons of Guns\" from 1 p.m.-6:30 p.m.) or G4′s \"Bomb Patrol\" (1-11 p.m.).",
"For those with a truly unquenchable blood lust, Spike TV is kicking off the day at 10 a.m. with a \"Steven Seagal marathon\" spearheaded by the martial arts master's 1994 eco-actioner \"On Deadly Ground.\"",
"Ladies' Choice .",
"Where better to go to appreciate your own dysfunctional family than WE tv?",
"The lady net is airing episodes of \"Braxton Family Values\" from 10 a.m.-1 a.m. Friday.",
"Past noon, the time will be right to bust our your diamonds (and perhaps even your claws) with Bravo's \"Real Housewives of Beverly Hills\" (noon-6 p.m.), not to mention pop open the champagne with Patsy and Edina of \"Absolutely Fabulous\" on LOGO (1-7 p.m.).",
"Come nightfall, BET is catching you up with its newest original offering, \"Reed Between the Lines\" starting at 6 p.m. Get Your Procedural On .",
"For those who can't get enough of procedurals, TNT is airing \"Bones\" all day starting at 10 a.m., followed by a \"CSI: NY\" marathon at 8 p.m. USA has \"NCIS\" fans covered (10 a.m.-8 p.m.) and Oxygen is taking the night shift with a \"Law & Order: Criminal Intent\" block from 7 p.m.-midnight.",
"Eating With Your Eyes .",
"We have no idea how you could possibly be hungry, but in case you are, choose between TLC's \"Cake Boss\" and \"Cake Boss: Next Great Baker\" (6 a.m.-8:30 p.m.), Nadia G's \"Bitchin' Kitchen\" on the Cooking Channel (2-8 p.m.), and OWN's \"Welcome To Sweetie Pie's\" (5-11 p.m.) The Geek Tube .",
"Whether you geek out over music, space (the final frontier), or Buster Bluth, there's a choice for you.",
"VH1 i showing \"Pop Up Video\" back-to-back from 12:30-2:30 p.m., and Fuse is airing its MC series \"Beef\" from 6 a.m.-5 p.m. Over on BBC America, spend the day with Captain Picard on \"Star Trek: The Next Generation\" (8 a.m.-5 a.m. Friday).",
"Perhaps most thankful of all, fans can eagerly anticipate the 2013 return of \"Arrested Development\" with 12 hours of the show on IFC (6 a.m.-6:30 p.m.).",
"Just Like Old Times .",
"The end of the year always lends itself to a bit of nostalgia, so why not embrace the remembrance of things past with some old classics?",
"Syfy presents its annual \"James Bond Marathon\" (8 a.m.-5:30 a.m. Friday), spanning 44 years from 1964′s \"Goldfinger\" to 2008′s \"Quantum of Solace.\"",
"Over on AMC, catch the first two \"Godfather\" movies (it's best to forget about that third one anyway) from 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m. And if you're looking for a little bit lighter fare, look no further than Don Knotts.",
"TV Land will show back-to-back episodes of \"The Andy Griffith Show\" (8 a.m.-6:48 p.m.).",
"See the full article at EW.com.",
"CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly .",
"© 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"Outdoorsy types can catch up with \"Hillbilly Handfishin'\" on Animal Planet .",
"BET is catching you up with its newest original offering, \"Reed Between the Lines\"\nTNT is airing \"Bones\" all day starting at 10 a.m., followed by a \"CSI: NY\" marathon .",
"Fans can enjoy 12 hours of \"Arrested Development\" reruns over on IFC ."
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"New Orleans (CNN) -- Two people were killed and more than 50 others injured Thursday in a 40-car pileup that shut down Interstate 10 in eastern New Orleans, authorities said.",
"Both eastbound and westbound lanes were closed following the crashes, which began about 4 a.m. local time (5 a.m.",
"ET), said Garry Flot, New Orleans police spokesman.",
"It was unknown how long the interstate would be closed, he said.",
"Twenty-two people were transported to hospitals with minor to critical injuries.",
"Another 37 complained of minor injuries at the scene but refused medical care, Flot said.",
"One firefighter suffered a cut on his face while performing his duties at the scene, Flot said.",
"He was taken to a local hospital for stitches.",
"The area was experiencing heavy fog at the time the crashes occurred, according to CNN meteorologists.",
"CNN's Sara Pratley contributed to this report."
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"(CNN) -- A San Francisco Giants baseball fan severely beaten in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium has taken a monumental step in his recovery -- speaking for the first time in nearly six months.",
"\"We are blown away with all of this,\" the family of Bryan Stow posted Wednesday on its website, support4bryanstow.com.",
"\"Literally one day we got some facial responses and the next, he's talking.",
"His voice is gravelly and you have to be close to hear him, but he is talking.\"",
"Stow, 42, a paramedic from Santa Cruz, California, went into a coma as a result of the March 31 beating after a game between the Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers.",
"According to the family, when speech therapists asked Stow his first and last name, he responded.",
"A therapist asked what his daughter's name was and Stow said, \"Tabby.\"",
"The therapist asked what that was short for and he correctly said, \"Tabitha.\"",
"Stow was also able to say the name of his son, Tyler, the family said.",
"The critically injured man also was able to give his birth date and say he wanted to see Tabitha and Tyler.",
"Doctors are trying to control Stow's blood clots and keep them from his lungs, his family said.",
"\"Bryan's had many ups and downs, and though we see how far he has come, we try not to look too far back into these past 6 months, and we can't look too far down the road so we focus on right now,\" his family wrote.",
"\"Bryan is more awake and more responsive then ever.\"",
"The men police believe were responsible for his attack -- Marvin Norwood, 30, and Louie Sanchez, 29 -- pleaded not guilty last month to felony charges related to the beating.",
"In the parking lot, two men confronted Stow and -- unprovoked -- began kicking and punching him while yelling profanities about the Giants, police have said.",
"It took 10 to 15 minutes after the attack for personnel to reach Stow."
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"Bryan Stow, 42, was severely beaten outside Dodger Stadium on March 31 .",
"He recently was able to speak for the first time since incident .",
"His family members say they are \"blown away\" by Stow's improvement ."
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"(CNN) -- After his infamous \"brain freeze\" that drew laughter and ridicule from his detractors, Texas Gov.",
"Rick Perry poked fun at himself Thursday night while delivering the \"Top Ten\" list on CBS' \"The Late Show with David Letterman.\"",
"Perry sauntered on stage smiling, clapped his hands and saluted the crowd before rattling off the \"Top Ten Rick Perry Excuses.\"",
"Among them: . No. 6: \"You try concentrating with Mitt Romney smiling at you.",
"That is one handsome dude!\"",
"No. 5: \"Uh, El Nino?\"",
"No. 4: \"I had a 5-hour Energy drink six hours before the debate.\"",
"No. 2: \"I wanted to help take the heat off my buddy Herman Cain.\"",
"No. 1: \"I just learned Justin Bieber is my father.\"",
"Perry made sure he was in control of the jokes after Wednesday's GOP debate in Rochester, Michigan, when he said he would eliminate three federal agencies if elected president -- but could name only two of them.",
"That produced a painful period of more than 50 seconds during which Perry tried in vain to remember the third federal agency.",
"It ended only after Perry conceded that he could not remember it -- even after appearing to consult his notes.",
"\"Oops,\" he said. Perry has a chance to redeem himself on the debate front Saturday, when he is scheduled face off with other Republican presidential hopefuls at the CBS News-National Journal debate in South Carolina.",
"The morning after the debacle, Perry said his \"brain freeze\" showed he is not \"the slickest politician\" among the field of Republican presidential hopefuls.",
"His campaign, meanwhile, sought to raise funds off the gaffe, encouraging supporters to send $5 for every government agency they \"would like to forget.\"",
"Operatives from the left and the right slammed the moment as a potential sign of Perry's campaign imploding.",
"The New York Times quoted Mark McKinnon, an aide to former President George W. Bush, as calling the moment the \"human equivalent of shuttle Challenger.\"",
"Speaking to CNN's Christine Romans on Thursday, Perry said, \"we need substance more than we need style\" and tried to turn the incident into an attack on President Barack Obama.",
"When Romans said that the president has to be \"debater in chief,\" Perry responded, \"We've got a debater in chief right now.",
"And you've got to ask yourself: How's that working out for America?\"",
"His campaign sent out a note to supporters saying, \"We've all had human moments.\"",
"The note from \"Team Perry\" points out that Obama, at a campaign stop during the 2008 election, referred to having visited \"57 states.\"",
"\"Ronald Reagan got lost somewhere on the Pacific Highway in an answer to a debate question,\" the note adds.",
"\"Gerald Ford ate a tamale without removing the husk.",
"And tonight Rick Perry forgot the third agency he wants to eliminate.",
"Just goes to show there are too damn many federal agencies.\"",
"In a 1984 debate against Walter Mondale, then-President Reagan delivered a closing statement that was widely viewed as rambling.",
"He began by describing a day he had driven down the California coast.",
"Reagan had to be cut off by the moderator.",
"Ford, in 1976, was meeting voters in Texas when he bit into a tamale.",
"Unaware of how to eat it, he did not first remove the husk.",
"At Wednesday's debate, Perry was facing Texas Rep. Ron Paul when he started to answer the question.",
"\"I will tell you, it is three agencies of government when I get there that are gone,\" Perry said.",
"\"Commerce, Education, and the -- what's the third one there?",
"Let's see. OK. Commerce, Education, and the ... \" \"EPA?\"",
"Mitt Romney offered.",
"\"EPA, there you go,\" Perry said.",
"When pressed by moderator John Harwood if the Environmental Protection Agency was indeed the third agency he proposes shuttering, Perry admitted that it wasn't.",
"He then attempted again to remember the details from his plan.",
"\"The third agency of government I would -- I would do away with Education, the Commerce, and, let's see.",
"I can't. The third one, I can't. Sorry. Oops.\" Several minutes later, Perry clarified that the agency he was trying to remember was the Department of Energy.",
"Perry was already saddled with a series of lackluster debate performances and is down in the polls.",
"On Twitter, reaction was swift.",
"\"Perry collapses.",
"Cannot remember a list of three federal government departments he wants to abolish past the first two.",
"Seriously. And then he says 'oops.' He has all but disappeared inside his suit in this debate and is now basically done,\" conservative blogger Andrew Sullivan tweeted.",
"Democratic strategist and CNN contributor Roland Martin exclaimed, \"Damn, he actually forgot the third federal agency he would get rid of!",
"That is THE MOST EMBARRASSING moment of any debate I've seen!\"",
"Appearing in the spin room after the debate, Perry tried to make light of the gaffe.",
"\"I'm sure glad I had my boots on,\" he said, \"because I sure stepped in it out there.\"",
"CNN's Kevin Liptak, Josh Levs and Peter Hamby contributed to this report."
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"NEW: Rick Perry is scheduled to participate in another debate Saturday .",
"Perry delivers the \"Top Ten\" list on \"The Late Show with David Letterman\"\nAt Wednesday's debate, Perry could name only 2 of 3 agencies he would eliminate .",
"Perry's team points to gaffes by presidents Obama, Reagan and Ford ."
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"(CNN) -- Officials with the Iowa Lottery are seeking the winner of a $10.75 million Hot Lotto jackpot who has until 4 p.m. Thursday to claim it.",
"\"Someone legitimately won this money and we want them to take it home,\" lottery CEO Terry Rich said in a news release.",
"\"But you must present the winning ticket to the lottery in order to claim the prize.\"",
"The ticket, which was bought December 29, 2010, at a QuikTrip in Des Moines, must be redeemed by 4 p.m. Thursday.",
"The ticket matched all six numbers: 3-12-16-26-33 and Hot Ball 11.",
"Few financial advisers would consider the $1 spent on the ticket to have been a wise investment.",
"The buyer overcame 1 in 10.9 million odds to win, said Mary Neubauer, a spokeswoman for the state lottery.",
"If the ticket is redeemed, the winner would owe 25% in federal taxes and 5% in state taxes, she said.",
"But the possibility of taxes and the absence of a ticket haven't deterred the hopeful from lining up -- just in case.",
"\"We've been getting calls from the public all day long today,\" Neubauer said Wednesday night.",
"\"The closer that the deadline gets, the more people seem to be calling.\"",
"Huge-money ticket in Georgia goes unclaimed .",
"Some of the calls are from people who say they may have lost the ticket, or put it through a washing machine, she said.",
"They are walked through a series of questions to determine whether they may indeed be the winner.",
"So far, no luck. Other calls, she said, are from people who believe in the power of their own creativity.",
"Once told they could not have been the winner, they call back again -- and again, each time with a different story, she said.",
"\"That's why we keep emphasizing that it comes down to -- you have to have the winning ticket,\" she said.",
"If the prize goes unclaimed, the money would return to the 15 lotteries that offer the game -- in proportion to the percentage of sales that came from each state.",
"\"Iowa would get back about $1.3 million if this prize were to go unclaimed,\" Rich said.",
"States differ on how they would use the money.",
"In Iowa, the money would go into the prize pools for future games.",
"Though a $77 million jackpot went unclaimed this week in Georgia, such cases are exceedingly rare, said Neubauer."
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"$10.75 million jackpot is set to expire at 4 p.m. Thursday if no one claims it .",
"\"You must present the ticket in order to claim the prize,\" lottery CEO Rich says .",
"$77 million jackpot went unclaimed this week in Georgia ."
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"New Haven, Connecticut (CNN) -- The lone survivor of a deadly home invasion wrapped up his testimony Tuesday afternoon after taking the stand against the second man charged with brutally killing his wife and two daughters.",
"With relatives packed shoulder to shoulder in the two rows closest to the jury, Dr. William Petit testified in detail about the tragic events at his Cheshire, Connecticut, home on July 23, 2007, beginning with him being awakened by being hit by a bat.",
"After his hands and feet were tied and a cloth was thrown over his head, he said, he heard a voice say, \"If he moves, shoot him.\"",
"Some of the evidence presented in court Tuesday included a handgun and photos of the rope used to bind Petit.",
"The jury also saw pictures of his bloody head injuries.",
"Petit told the court that while he was tied to a pole in the basement, he could hear \"loud thuds\" and \"moaning,\" likely from his wife, Jennifer Hawke-Petit.",
"Shortly before hearing his wife, Petit was told by one of the intruders, \"Don't worry.",
"It'll all be over in a few minutes.\" Petit said that's when he knew \"I had to get out.\"",
"Petit managed to escape but could not summon help in time to save his family.",
"He described his eldest daughter, Hayley, as captain of her varsity basketball team, a crew participant and soccer player, and Dartmouth-bound.",
"His younger daughter, Michaela, was a piano player, a flute player, into sports and a member of a Brownies troop, he said.",
"Joshua Komisarjevsky, 31, faces 17 charges in connection with the brutal home invasion.",
"The first defendant to stand trial in the case, Steven Hayes, was sentenced to death in December after being convicted on 16 of the 17 charges filed against him.",
"Testimony in the trial began Monday, with witnesses describing the final moments of Petit's wife and daughters inside their burning home and the futile attempts to save them.",
"Prosecutors declined to give an opening statement to start the trial.",
"But they did introduce tapes from two 911 calls, a bank teller who claimed the mother tried to withdraw $15,000 as ransom and a police officer who found Petit fighting for life outside his family's burning home.",
"Prosecutors allege that Hayes and Komisarjevsky went into the Petit home, beat and tied up Petit, raped and strangled his wife, molested one of their daughters and set the house on fire before attempting to flee.",
"The two daughters, who were both tied to their beds, died of smoke inhalation.",
"William Petit managed to escape.",
"Entering the New Haven court on Monday, the first day of the trial, Petit succinctly told reporters, \"I just hope justice is served.\"",
"Several other members of the victims' family packed the courtroom, many of them wearing pins that Judge Jon C. Blue allowed over defense lawyers' objections that they might sway the jury.",
"While he didn't present a comprehensive statement, New Haven State's Attorney Michael Dearington briefly spoke to jurors Monday, explaining that prosecutors believe the jury will be able to listen to the evidence and render a decision.",
"As allowed by law, Dearington said, Komisarjevsky is charged both as a principal and an accessory.",
"Komisarjevsky's defense attorney, Walter Bansley, told jurors that his client never intended to kill anyone, that his sole purpose in breaking into the Petit home was to steal.",
"Bansley said Komisarjevsky did not have a weapon.",
"He told jurors that in order to convict Komisarjevsky of capital murder, they must determine he intended to kill someone.",
"It was Hayes, Bansley said, who raped and strangled Hawke-Petit, poured gasoline in the house and lit a match.",
"Komisarjevsky was a willing participant in the break-in and theft but not the murders, according to Bansley, who recounted mounting dissension between Hayes and Komisarjevsky as the home invasion progressed that morning.",
"Hayes felt that the Petits needed to be killed, Bansley claimed, but Komisarjevsky refused to kill anyone.",
"Bansley did allude to a \"confession\" that Komisarjevsky had later made in the incident.",
"It was not entered into testimony Monday.",
"During Hayes' trial, a court clerk read from a 40-page letter Komisarjevsky wrote to author Brian McDonald in 2008 in which he described the incident.",
"\"All were compliant,\" he wrote.",
"\"This time I took a risk, pulled the trigger, and the chamber was loaded. ...",
"The Petit family passed through their fears and into terror. ...",
"It was captivating, validating that this pain in me was real. ...",
"I was looking right at my personal demon, reflected back in their eyes.",
"... Hayley is a fighter; she tried time and time again to free herself.",
"... Mr. Petit is a coward; he ran away when he thought his life was threatened, and ran away to leave his wife and children to madmen. ...",
"I was cheated of my retribution, and so was Steve. ...",
"I am what I am; I make no excuses. ...",
"I'm a criminal with a criminal mind.\"",
"The reading continued, \"Michaela, Hayley, and Jennifer, forgive me; I am damned. ...",
"I can't believe I lost control; I hate myself/I love myself. ...",
"I stand condemned.\"",
"After the defense lawyers presented their opening statements Monday, the prosecution began to present evidence and call witnesses, starting with the same five people, in the same order, as in Hayes' trial.",
"The first person on the stand Monday was Mona Huggard, a registered nurse at Petit's medical practice who said Hawke-Petit had called in to say her husband was sick -- only the second time, in her recollection, that he'd ever done so.",
"Then Kristin Makhzangi testified how Hawke-Petit came to her bank window to withdraw $15,000.",
"Video showed the transaction, which spurred a 911 call from the Bank of America branch's manager, Mary Lyons, warning that that the family might be in trouble.",
"Lyons described Hawke-Petit as \"terrified.\"",
"About an hour after the visit, authorities say, she was dead.",
"Another 911 call came from the Petits' next-door neighbor David Simcik, who testified spotting William Petit \"all banged up\" and asking him to call police.",
"The day ended with Cheshire Police Office Thomas Wright taking the stand to explain how he'd arrived to find Petit bloodied on his neighbor's driveway.",
"By the time he tried, unsuccessfully, to enter the door of the home, Hayes and Komisarjevsky had left and \"everything was burning,\" Wright said.",
"Authorities threw rocks at windows and doused flames with a nearby hose.",
"But once they finally got in, \"We saw no signs of life,\" he said.",
"In Session's Sunny Hostin and CNN's Deborah Feyerick contributed to this report."
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"Dr. William Petit describes the details of the deadly home invasion .",
"Petit's wife and two daughters were killed in the February 2007 incident .",
"Joshua Komisarjevsky faces 17 charges, including murder and arson ."
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"(PEOPLE.com) -- Cameron Douglas, who is serving a five- year federal prison sentence for drug dealing, pleaded guilty Thursday to possessing drugs in his jail cell.",
"For the latest charges, the son of actor Michael Douglas faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, plus a $250,000 fine.",
"Douglas, 32, is charged with possessing items that tested positive for cocaine and heroin, which were found in his cell by an investigator.",
"Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Anderson told the court one of the substances tested positive for methadone, which he described as \"something that people take when they're coming off a heroin addiction in order to facilitate the withdrawal,\" according to a court transcript.",
"The charges state that Douglas obtained the narcotics both at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, as well as after he was transferred to a minimum-security jail in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania In court Thursday, he admitted struggling with addictions to heroin, cocaine and alcohol.",
"\"God knows I am sorry,\" records show he told the judge.",
"Michael Douglas said in a statement: \"Cameron accepts full responsibility for his conduct, which involved a small user-quantity of drugs.",
"While he has made much progress, he is still not cured.",
"Most people and their families are able to address this illness privately and outside of the spotlight.",
"Unfortunately this has not been possible here, for reasons completely outside of his control.",
"He thanks those that have rooted for his recovery and looks forward to the day when he will not disappoint.\"",
"Douglas is scheduled to be sentenced December 21.",
"See the full article at PEOPLE.com.",
"© 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"Cameron Douglas faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison .",
"Douglas obtained the narcotics at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan .",
"\"God knows I am sorry,\" he says ."
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