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"(CNN) -- Tiger Woods' former caddy Steve Williams has issued an apology after apparently making racially tinged remarks at an awards dinner in Shanghai, China.",
"Williams -- who was fired by Woods in July -- was being presented with a satirical award for \"celebration of the year\" for comments he made after his new boss, golfer Adam Scott, beat Woods at the Bridgestone Invitational in Ohio a month later.",
"According to media reports, when asked about those comments during his acceptance speech Friday night, Williams said: \"I wanted to shove it up that black ---.\"",
"Should Williams be punished for Tiger remarks?",
"Shortly afterward, the New Zealander issued an contrite statement on his website.",
"\"I apologize for comments I made last night at the Annual Caddy Awards dinner in Shanghai.",
"Players and caddies look forward to this evening all year and the spirit is always joking and fun.",
"\"I now realize how my comments could be construed as racist.",
"However I assure you that was not my intent.",
"I sincerely apologize to Tiger and anyone else I have offended.\"",
"Woods is in Australia preparing for the President Cups teams event in Melbourne starting November 17.",
"His agent Mark Steinberg said in a statement: \"I was with Tiger when the story broke.",
"We were obviously not there, but if all the reports are accurate, it is regrettable.",
"Really nothing more to say.\"",
"In several interviews after his dismissal, which brought to an end a 13-year working relationship, Williams let it be known that he was disappointed and shocked and also brought up Woods' sex scandal.",
"Interviewed after Scott's Bridgestone victory, Williams called it the \"greatest week I've had in my career.\"",
"Scott and Williams are at Sheshan, near Shanghai, to take part in the HSBC Champions golf tournament and the Australian was reportedly among the audience at the awards dinner.",
"The row over Williams' remarks has led to media speculation that the partnership may not last much longer.",
"However, Scott told reporters that he would not be taking any action.",
"\"Steve issued a statement and apologized, and he did the right thing.",
"That's all there is to say about that from my side of things,\" said the 31-year-old, who was in third place at the Chinese tournament ahead of Sunday's final round, three shots behind Swedish leader Fredrik Jacobson.",
"\"It's not an issue for me. I think everything in that room last night was all in good spirits and a bit of fun, and I think it probably got taken out of that room in the wrong context.",
"\"Anything with Tiger involved is a story.",
"I value Steve's contribution to my game and while he's caddying I hope he can caddy for me.",
"\"There was a lot of language used last night and it's just this was reported.",
"I don't really think that stuff has ever left the room before and it's probably good reasons why.",
"I think it's probably all very unnecessary.\"",
"It is not the first time Williams has had to apologize for inappropriate remarks.",
"Three years ago he made derogatory comments about Woods' great rival Phil Mickelson at a charity event in New Zealand and was later forced to back down by his employer.",
"Former U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell told the UK Press Association that he did not believe Williams had intended to make a racial remark.",
"\"The comments were surprising, yes.",
"These are racially sensitive times, especially in sport.",
"It's unfortunate because it was a very sticky situation,\" the Northern Irishman said.",
"\"I don't think Stevie Williams was trying to be racial.",
"I don't think it was a racial comment.",
"I think he was trying to be funny and make a joke of it.",
"\"It was an embarrassing situation that he was put in.",
"He was up in front of his peers and colleagues and it came out wrong.\"",
"Scott shot three-under-par 69 in Saturday's third round to be on 13-under 203 at the tournament, which offers more than $1.1 million to the winner and will have a big influence on who wins the European Tour money list.",
"World No. 3 Rory McIlroy is seeking to overhaul top-ranked Luke Donald and prevent the Englishman from making history by topping both the U.S. and European money lists in the same year.",
"The Northern Irishman shot 65 on Saturday to climb up to a tie for fourth with Lee Westwood -- four shots behind Jacobson, who carded 67.",
"Former world No.",
"1 Martin Kaymer, who is fourth in the Race To Dubai standings behind McIlroy and Charl Schwartzel, was tied for sixth with McDowell on 205."
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"Steve Williams: \"I sincerely apologize to Tiger and anyone else I have offended\"\nThe New Zealander was sacked by Tiger Woods in July after 13 years together .",
"He now caddies for Australian golfer Adam Scott, who says he will not sack him .",
"Woods' agent says Williams' comments at awards dinner were \"regrettable\""
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"(CNN) -- Real Madrid moved six points clear in Spain after winning a fiery derby match against nine-man Atletico on Saturday and then seeing defending champions Barcelona suffer a shock first La Liga defeat this season.",
"Real marched to a 13th successive victory in all competitions, while Barca lost 1-0 at lowly Getafe -- who had won just once in seven games.",
"Cristiano Ronaldo scored two penalties as Jose Mourinho's side came from behind to win 4-1 at the Bernabeu, with Atletico having teenage goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois sent off in the 23rd minute for bringing down Karim Benzema when the French striker tried to go around him.",
"The 19-year-old was replaced by substitute keeper Sergio Asenjo, whose first job was to pick the ball out of the net after being beaten by Ronaldo.",
"Angel Di Maria made it 2-1 four minutes after the break when Ronaldo's intended pass to Benzema fell in his path, and fellow Argentina international Gonzalo Higuain pounced on a mistake by Diego Godin in the 65th minute.",
"Godin was also sent off for an 81st-minute foul on Higuain, who had been put through by Ronaldo's clever pass -- and the Portugal forward sent Asenjo the wrong way from the spot to make it 4-1.",
"Atletico had not beaten Real for 12 years, but started the match promisingly as Adrian finished off a fine move to give the mid-table visitors the lead in the 15th minute.",
"Barcelona, seeking to win the league for the fourth season in a row, succumbed to a 67th-minute header from Getafe defender Juan Valera after being caught napping at a corner.",
"The Catalan side poured forward in search of a last-gasp equalizer, but Lionel Messi had an injury-time effort ruled out when substitute Seydou Keita was judged to be offside and then the Argentina star hit the post as he failed to match Ronaldo's leading tally of 16 league goals.",
"Pep Guardiola's team will be hoping to reduce Real's lead in the first Clasico clash in the league this season in Madrid on December 10.",
"Third-placed Valencia bounced back from last weekend's home defeat by Real by winning 2-1 at mid-table Rayo Vallecano.",
"Brazilian striker Jonas put Valencia ahead in the 21st minute and Argentine midfielder Tino Costa made it 2-0 on 56, while Raul Talmudo scored a late consolation.",
"The win left Valencia one point behind Barca after 13 rounds."
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"Real Madrid extend La Liga lead with 4-1 victory over nine-man Atletico .",
"Derby success puts Jose Mourinho's team six points clear of Barcelona .",
"Defending champions crash to first defeat of La Liga season at Getafe .",
"Third-placed Valencia close to within one point of Barcelona with victory ."
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"Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- For the first time in more than 40 years, dawn in Libya rose on Friday without the dictator and his shadow.",
"Libyans awoke to empty Friday streets, typical for the holy day of the Muslim week, and engaged in somber reflection about Moammar Gadhafi's life and death.",
"That solemnity followed a wave of unbridled joy Thursday as people exulted over the news of Gadhafi's death and fired their guns in celebration.",
"After Friday prayers at the Salahaddin Mosque in Tripoli, worshippers said their imam had given thanks during his sermon for Gadhafi's downfall.",
"\"Today is a special day at the mosque,\" said Sala Mersal after prayers.",
"\"Since 42 years, we cannot say anything.",
"... Nobody could say anything inside the mosque.",
"Today it is free, and anybody can say anything they want.\"",
"A small crowd gathered outside the mosque, with bullet casings littering the streets, and chanted \"God is great\" and \"One, two, three ... Libya is free!\"",
"Amid the smiles and victory signs, Hisham Boaishi conceded that he did not approve of the \"un-Islamic way\" that Gadhafi was killed.",
"\"We would have liked to take him to court and have his judgment,\" said Boaishi, 33, an information technology specialist who sported a long beard.",
"\"But not this way. We are Muslims; we don't support this way.\"",
"Not all residents of Tripoli welcomed Gadhafi's bloody death.",
"One young man, who asked not to be identified for fear of reprisal from anti-Gadhafi forces, said he was \"ashamed\" at the way the former dictator died.",
"He said his mother cried in front of the television Thursday night upon seeing images of the bleeding leader.",
"\"He should have been taken to court,\" the man said.",
"\"I'm not ashamed. I'm proud that we captured him ... no matter how many soldiers he hired,\" said Mohamed Saya, a member of the media committee for Libya's new governing National Transitional Council.",
"NTC officials insist shortly after his capture by rebel forces, the ousted leader was killed in a crossfire between pro- and anti-Gadhafi fighters.",
"With Gadhafi dead, Saya said Libya's de facto government was preparing to hold a \"Liberation Day\" celebration in the eastern city of Benghazi this weekend.",
"Benghazi was the launching point of Libya's uprising in February.",
"In the meantime, some Libyans continued to hold their own smaller festivities.",
"On one Tripoli street, fighters and residents gathered beneath the tri-color banner of Libya's anti-Gadhafi flag next to a camel they planned to slaughter in honor of the dictator's death."
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"At one mosque in Tripoli, imam gives thanks for dictator's downfall .",
"But one man said Moammar Gadhafi died in an 'un-Islamic way'\nSome Libyans still celebrating with smaller festivities.",
"Not everyone welcomed Gadhafi's death ."
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"(CNN) -- A grizzly bear attacked and killed a hunter Friday in a remote part of northwestern Montana before being gunned down itself, authorities said.",
"The man who was killed had been part of a hunting party of three men, said Mike Weland, a spokesman for Boundary County, Idaho, which borders Canada and abuts the area where the attack took place.",
"By the time the other two hunters -- one of whom witnessed the attack -- arrived on the site, the man was dead, Weland said.",
"One of the victim's hunting partners eventually shot and killed the grizzly, according to the sheriff's office.",
"Authorities received a cell phone call about 10 a.m. reporting the incident near Buckhorn Mountain, the sheriff's office said.",
"Officials from multiple government agencies were at the site by Friday evening, Weland added a short time later in an e-mail to reporters.",
"At that point, authorities determined that the incident -- initially believed to have happened in northern Idaho -- actually occurred on the Montana side of Buckhorn Mountain, according to Weland.",
"Boundary County sheriff deputies remain on site, but jurisdiction was being transferred to authorities from Lincoln County, Montana.",
"Weland said earlier Friday that authorities were talking with the two survivors and could see the attack site from a distance as they climbed.",
"The sheriff's offices, the Idaho Fish and Game Department, and the U.S.",
"Fish and Wildlife Service are investigating.",
"The name of the victim, who was not from Boundary County, was not being released until authorities could notify his next of kin.",
"The incident follows a series of bear attacks in recent months in the United States.",
"Two men were killed this summer in Yellowstone National Park by grizzly bears, Park Superintendent Dan Wenk said.",
"In August, a lone 50-year-old man was bit by a grizzly bear in Montana's Glacier National Park but was able to continue hiking until he found help, the National Park Service said.",
"And earlier this month, two young campers were injured when they were attacked by a black bear at Stokes State Forest in northwestern New Jersey, the state's Department of Environmental Protection said.",
"CNN's Anna Rhett Miller contributed to this report."
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"NEW: The attack was on the Montana side of Buckhorn Mountain, an Idaho official says .",
"A man was hunting near the Canadian border when a bear attacked him, an official says .",
"By the time the two others in his hunting party arrived, the man was dead, they say .",
"One of those hunters shot and killed the grizzly bear, they say ."
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"(CNN) -- The motorsport community was in mourning on Monday as competitors from across various racing disciplines paid tribute to Marco Simoncelli, the Italian MotoGP rider who lost his life after a crash in Malaysia on Sunday.",
"Simoncelli, 24, sustained critical injuries when he was struck by compatriot Valentino Rossi and American Colin Edwards after losing control of his Honda bike and sliding across Turn 11 of the Sepang Circuit.",
"Rossi, a seven-time MotoGP world champion, used the @ValeYellow46 Twitter account to pay tribute to Simoncelli, who he described as \"a younger brother.\"",
"\"Sic [Simoncelli's nickname] for me was like a youngest brother.",
"So strong on track and so sweet in the normal life.",
"I will miss him a lot,\" read the Tweet.",
"Simoncelli killed in Malaysia crash .",
"Honda president and CEO Takanobu Ito praised Simoncelli's commitment and personality, while expressing the team's gratitude for the results he achieved during two seasons with the Japanese outfit.",
"\"Marco Simoncelli was a passionate rider bubbling over with a challenging spirit and blessed with a cheerful personality,\" Ito said on Honda's official website.",
"\"With a promising future on the Grand Prix circuit, Marco had both genuine ability and a large following among racing fans.",
"\"We are very thankful for his sterling results riding for Honda Racing Corporation as a factory rider.",
"We express our heartfelt condolences to Marco's family.\"",
"Last year's title winner Jorge Lorenzo missed the race due to surgery on his finger, but the Yamaha rider also paid tribute to Simoncelli -- who was sixth in the 2011 MotoGP standings at the time of his death.",
"\"I don't know what to say on a day like today,\" Lorenzo said via his official Twitter account.",
"\"Only that you will be missed - rest in peace Marco.\"",
"Another former world champion to pay his respects to the Cattolica-born star was 2006 winner and current Ducati rider Nicky Hayden.",
"\"Sometimes life just don't make sense,\" said the American.",
"\"RIP #58 you were a star on & off track we all going to miss you.\"",
"Spaniard Jorge Martinez is a former rider and current owner of the Aspar Racing Team.",
"The 49-year-old expressed his sadness, while also stating there was nothing Rossi or Edwards could have done to avoid the collision.",
"\"Marco lost the front end and attempted to save the crash, but unfortunately the inertia of the bike took him onto the inside of the corner just when Edwards and Valentino were passing,\" Martinez told the sport's official website.",
"\"There was nothing that they could do to avoid him.",
"Today is a tremendously sad day for the entire paddock and for those who love motorcycle racing.\"",
"Outside of MotoGP, drivers from other motorsport disciplines also passed on their condolences to Simoncelli's family and friends.",
"\"My thoughts are with his family, friends and team at this extremely sad time.",
"Another tragic loss at such an early age,\" Tweeted 2008 Formula One world champion and McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton.",
"Hamilton's teammate and 2009 champion Jenson Button also used Twitter to pass on his sympathies.",
"\"R.I.P Marco ... Such an exciting talent lost.",
"My thoughts are with his family, friends and everyone involved in MotoGP,\" said the British driver, before later adding, \"Sometimes motorsport can be so cruel.\"",
"Simoncelli's death came a week after British IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon lost his life during a fatal multi-car crash at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.",
"The president and CEO of the venue Jeff Belskus praised Simoncelli as a racer who was loved among motorsport fans.",
"\"We are deeply saddened at the passing of Marco Simoncelli,\" said Belskus in a statement.",
"\"He was one of the most charismatic figures in the world championship and had a fantastic future ahead of him in MotoGP.",
"\"Marco was one of the most popular riders at the MotoGP event at Indianapolis, as his talent on the motorcycle and his ability to connect with fans both were very special.",
"We extend our sincere sympathies to his family, team and fans.\""
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"The motorsport community is in mourning after death of Marco Simoncelli .",
"Simoncelli lost his life after a fatal crash in Malaysia on Sunday .",
"MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi has described Simoncelli as like a brother ."
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"(CNN) -- A 19-year-old Mississippi man was charged with capital murder Tuesday in the death of an African-American man who died after allegedly being beaten by a group of white teens and run over by a truck, authorities said.",
"Deryl Paul Dedmon, 19, of Brandon, Mississippi was also charged by a grand jury with hate-crime enhancement in the murder of James Craig Anderson, said Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith.",
"The indictment alleges that Dedmon killed Anderson while in the commission of committing felony robbery, Smith said in a statement.",
"Anderson's family, however, is asking state and federal officials not to seek the death penalty in the case.",
"Relatives of Anderson, who died shortly after receiving his injuries on June 26, sent a letter with their request to Smith, saying the family is opposed to the death penalty partly for religious reasons.",
"The indictment against Dedmon alleged Anderson was targeted because of his race.",
"Dedmon's arraignment has yet to be scheduled, Smith said.",
"Federal authorities have joined the local investigation, and both authorities are determining \"the appropriate venue for the prosecution of any remaining suspects,\" Smith's statement said.",
"\"All options are being considered and with each passing day, more evidence is being gathered,\" Smith said.",
"The death of Anderson, 48, occurred early June 26 in Jackson, allegedly at the hands of white teens who, after a night of partying and drinking, decided to go looking for black people to assault, law enforcement officials have said, quoting one of the suspects in the case.",
"Watch: Incident caught on video .",
"Anderson's death drew national attention after CNN first reported it and aired exclusive surveillance video of the killing, captured by a parking lot security camera in a Jackson suburb.",
"Smith, the district attorney, has called it \"vicious\" and a \"premeditated hate crime.\"",
"The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the death as a possible federal hate crime and assisting local prosecutors.",
"The killing has also prompted several large marches and prayer vigils in Jackson, a city of about 175,000 people.",
"A second teen, John Aaron Rice, 18, was initially charged with murder, but a judge reduced the charge to simple assault because Rice was not believed to be driving the vehicle used to kill Anderson.",
"However, Hinds County prosecutors have said they plan to seek indictments against Rice for murder and a hate crime, and will seek indictments against other teens who were at the scene.",
"The district attorney's office has not officially commented on the family's request for no death penalty in the case.",
"Last week, the Anderson family filed a wrongful death suit against all seven of the white teens alleged to have been present at the beating of Anderson that immediately preceded him being run over by the truck.",
"The Southern Poverty Law Center, a nationally recognized organization based in Montgomery, Alabama, that opposes racism and intolerance, joined the lawsuit.",
"In addition to Dedmon and Rice, the lawsuit names five other teens as taking part in the incident: Sarah Graves of Crystal Springs; Shelbie Richards of Pearl; and William Kirk Montgomery, John Blaylock and Dylan Butler, all of Brandon.",
"None of the five has been arrested or charged.",
"Anderson, a line worker at a Nissan plant, sang in his church choir, according to the family's attorney, Winston J. Thompson III.",
"He leaves behind his partner of 17 years.",
"Attorneys for Dedmon and Rice have not responded to requests for comment from CNN.",
"During a recent bond hearing, Dedmon's attorney told the court he saw nothing to back up the \"racial allegations.\"",
"A civil trial can proceed at the same time as a criminal case, but often the civil case is delayed pending the resolution of a criminal trial.",
"While a criminal case is pending, a defendant in a civil case may need to invoke the Fifth Amendment.",
"Authorities believe Dedmon led and instigated the attack, which took place after a night of drinking in largely white Rankin County, outside Jackson.",
"The gang of teens climbed into Dedmon's green truck and a white SUV and drove 16 miles to the western edge of Jackson.",
"They would have seen Anderson immediately as they exited the highway, officials said.",
"He was standing in a hotel parking lot just beyond the exit ramp.",
"On the videotape obtained exclusively by CNN, the group of teens is seen pulling into the parking lot and stopping where Anderson is standing, although he is just off camera and not visible.",
"The teens can then be seen going back and forth between their cars and Anderson.",
"Witnesses told authorities this is when Anderson's beating took place, as the teens yelled racial epithets, including \"white power.\"",
"Authorities allege Dedmon and many of the other teens pummeled Anderson repeatedly as he crumpled to the ground, although this is not visible on the tape.",
"After the beating, some of the teens left and others got into the green Ford truck.",
"At this moment, Anderson becomes visible on the tape as he staggers into view and walks toward the truck.",
"\"Defendant Dedmon drove the F-250 out of the parking lot and turned right onto Ellis Avenue,\" the lawsuit says.",
"\"Just as Dedmon turned right, his headlights shone directly on Anderson, who, having been severely beaten, was stumbling in a grassy area near the motel's entrance.",
"Dedmon accelerated, drove onto and over the street curb, and struck Anderson with the front of the F-250.\"",
"Shortly afterward, Dedmon allegedly boasted and laughed about the killing, according to statements some of the teens made to detectives.",
"\"I ran that n----- over,\" he allegedly said in a phone conversation to the teens in the other car.",
"The proceedings of the case are taking place in the Hinds County courthouse, where in 1994 Byron de la Beckwith was convicted in the notorious killing of civil rights leader Medgar Evers in 1963.",
"CNN Special Investigation Unit's Drew Griffin and Scott Bronstein contributed to this report."
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"James Craig Anderson, 48, who is black, was beaten by a group of white teens .",
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"(CNN) -- Each year around September 11, CNN Hero Jeff Parness and his volunteers go to a disaster-stricken community to help them rebuild.",
"The efforts are part of New York Says Thank You, an organization Parness created to honor the support that other cities provided after the 2001 terrorist attacks.",
"The volunteer group continues to grow because many of the people it helps go on to \"pay it forward\" and participate in the next year's rebuilding project.",
"Since 2004, nearly 10,000 people nationwide have participated in projects organized by Parness.",
"CNN's Kathleen Toner recently spoke with Parness about his group's plans for the 10th anniversary of 9/11, which includes the final restoration of the National 9/11 Flag.",
"Kathleen Toner: Where did your group decide to go for this year's build?",
"Jeff Parness: (In April) we were watching the news and there were tornadoes that came through northwest Georgia.",
"In the middle of this news clip, there's this beautiful older woman in a destroyed barn with all of her animals.",
"This lovely woman, Susan Littlejohn, lived in the barn with 65 animals that she had rescued (and) used as therapeutic companions for disabled children and seniors. ...",
"So we decided (that) we're going to bring about 300 volunteers from around the country and do a \"barn raising\" in Ellijay, Georgia.",
"Toner: How did it go? Parness: It's hard to compare projects, but in terms of the numbers of people that we got and who turned out from the local community, it was one of most successful events we've ever done.",
"So many local folks came with their families.",
"I think we had close to 2,000 people.",
"We finished about 80 percent of the barn, but the real metric we used to measure success was how many people we drew from the community to teach them about Susan's Build An Ark animal rescue program.",
"... She's dedicated her life and sacrificed so much for caring for animals and using them as a way to inspire other people and inspire volunteerism.",
"We thought that if she got one more volunteer or one more dollar, it was worth it.",
"That weekend we raised over $15,000 for her, and all kinds of people were volunteering to donate their talents and help with bookkeeping, et cetera.",
"... At the end of the day, the community of Ellijay realized Susan and her work are very special.",
"Toner: What are your plans for 9/11 this year?",
"Parness: Normally we always do one main building project before 9/11, but for various reasons we did this year's project at the end of July.",
"Now it looks like we've got around 100 people who are going to be gathering in Joplin, Missouri, from September 8 to 11.",
"We're going to be doing two main things.",
"We're painting 3,000 \"Stars of Hope.\"",
"This is a project where kids paint inspirational messages of hope and they're planted in all of the corners of the town that were wiped out when the tornado hit on May 22.",
"There are more than 600 intersections that aren't there anymore.",
"When we leave, they are going to be transformed.",
"Everywhere you look there will be these colorful, inspirational messages.",
"The second thing we're doing is really significant: the National 9/11 Flag is going to finish its tour in Joplin.",
"Toner: What is the National 9/11 Flag?",
"Parness: One of the greatest projects that's come out of New York Says Thank You is we wound up being custodians for what's now known as the National 9/11 Flag, which was one of the largest American flags to survive ground zero.",
"The flag is 20 feet high and 30.5 feet wide.",
"The pieces of the flag (were brought) to Greensburg, Kansas, when we were helping to rebuild there (after a 2007 tornado).",
"While we were out building this 14,000-square-foot 4-H barn, all the ladies in the senior citizens' center stitched the flag back together.",
"And where pieces of the original flag were missing, they sewed in American flags that survived the Greensburg tornado.",
"(It) literally stitched together our two histories, both tragedy and triumph, seven years later.",
"After the initial restoration (see photo at left), the flag looked like a beautiful patchwork quilt.",
"But for the past couple of years, we've taken the flag around the country to all 50 states to let local service heroes stitch it back to its original 13-stripe format using pieces of American flags that were being retired.",
"The idea was to (finish it) for this 10th year anniversary of 9/11.",
"It's going to become part of the permanent collection of the 9/11 Memorial Museum that's being built at the World Trade Center.",
"Toner: You really brought it to all 50 states?",
"Parness: Yep.",
"We had a stitching ceremony in Hawaii on Pearl Harbor Day and had World War II veterans stitch the flag.",
"We brought it to Mount Rushmore. ...",
"There have been so many extraordinary locations and people.",
"We've had 25,000 people so far stitch the flag.",
"Toner: What will you be doing with the flag in Joplin on 9/11?",
"Parness: On the morning of the 11th, the National 9/11 Flag will be displayed in a silent tribute at the exact moment that the north and south towers fell.",
"It will be held by Joplin first responders, local residents and disaster survivors from across the United States.",
"The flag will then serve as the backdrop for a 9/11 Memorial Service.",
"And following that, all of the folks in Joplin will be invited to place the final stitches in the flag using fabric that survived the Joplin tornado.",
"It's about bringing people together and giving them the ability to put a stitch in and connect the stories of all of us. ...",
"The symbolism is going to be super powerful.",
"9/11 didn't just happen in New York or Washington or Shanksville, Pennsylvania -- it happened in America.",
"There are always going to be tragedies in our country like tornadoes.",
"This says we're all going to be there for each other.",
"Read the full story on CNN Hero Jeff Parness: 'Paying it forward' after 9/11 ."
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"Jeff Parness continues to \"pay it forward\" through his nonprofit, New York Says Thank You .",
"The volunteer group helps rebuild communities after a disaster .",
"It has also become custodians for the National 9/11 Flag, which was damaged at ground zero .",
"People in all 50 states are helping to stitch the flag back to its original 13-stripe format ."
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"Kansas City, Missouri (CNN) -- Deborah Bradley appeared calm and joyful just hours before her baby daughter was reported missing, according to a supermarket clerk who sold her baby wipes, baby food and boxed wine.",
"\"She had a smile on her face, like she always does when she comes in here,\" said clerk Rebecca Guerrero, whom FBI agents interviewed Saturday about conversations she'd had with Bradley.",
"Surveillance video recorded at a grocery store on October 3 shows Bradley and a man purchasing the items from Guerrero the day before 11-month-old Lisa Irwin was reported missing.",
"Police, who were joined in their search effort by federal authorities last week, have said they have no suspects or solid leads in Lisa's disappearance.",
"In an exclusive interview with CNN, Guerrero described the FBI agents' questions.",
"\"They pretty much asked me if she was depressed, ... how she acted around the baby, if she seemed stressed out,\" Guerrero said.",
"\"I told them she never looked depressed around me.",
"You know, she always seemed to have a smile on her face when her kids were around.\"",
"Bradley and the girl's father, Jeremy Irwin, are friendly people who were thrilled to have a baby daughter, Guerrero said.",
"\"When they're here, they're happy. They're smiling. They love their kids,\" she said.",
"After two years chatting with Bradley in the checkout line at Festival Foods in Kansas City, Missouri, Guerrero said she had learned a lot about the family.",
"\"We would just pretty much talk about what they've been doing, stuff like that; the children, her two sons, and then when she found out she was pregnant with Lisa, that's all we talked about,\" Guerrero said.",
"The supermarket clerk said she also told FBI agents Lisa's parents never mentioned anyone wanting to harm them.",
"\"From my interaction (with the parents), I really don't think that they have anything to do with this,\" she told CNN.",
"Authorities had expressed frustration recently after Lisa's parents had stopped cooperating with investigators, police Capt.",
"Steve Young said.",
"However, a family spokeswoman for Bradley and father Jeremy Irwin attributed the frustration to \"miscommunication,\" and a subsequent meeting with the parents was held Saturday.",
"On Tuesday, Irwin's family announced they had brought in a prominent private investigator to help with the search -- a high-profile twist in a case that has gripped national headlines.",
"Flanked by family members wearing T-shirts with a picture of Lisa and the word \"Kidnapped\" above it, investigator Bill Stanton said Tuesday night that he wants a \"happy ending\" to the case.",
"He told CNN a family friend was paying for his services.",
"\"I will be asking questions,\" he added.",
"\"I am here to seek the truth.\"",
"Stanton is a former New York City police officer who has served as a security consultant for several television networks.",
"He said his role is to help \"coordinate and focus the family\" in both the investigation and in its dealings with the media.",
"\"We are here to cooperate with anyone and everyone that will help us find the guilty party and return Lisa home safely,\" he said.",
"Stanton said the family, which remains united and strong despite the \"tremendous hardship,\" will release more information soon.",
"He did not elaborate. \"I know everybody's watching this family and watching this house, and that's fair,\" he said.",
"\"Keep one eye on them, but also keep the other eye out on the streets, in every place.",
"Because there is a bad guy out there, or bad people, with this child.",
"And we want to get this child home safe and sound.\"",
"Lisa was last seen around 10:30 p.m. October 3, asleep in her crib, police said.",
"Authorities were called to the home about 4 a.m. October 4.",
"She turned 11 months old Tuesday, the eighth day of the search.",
"On Tuesday, authorities focused on an abandoned home about a half mile from the Irwin home, and included an inspection of a well in the backyard of the property.",
"The search did not yield any evidence, police said.",
"Authorities had previously combed a nearby landfill and creek.",
"\"It appears the suspect entered/exited through a bedroom window,\" authorities said in a statement.",
"\"Evidence at the scene leads police to believe the child has been abducted.\"",
"Lisa's father, Jeremy Irwin, told reporters that he discovered the girl was missing when he got home from work.",
"\"The front door was unlocked,\" he said last week.",
"\"Most of the lights were on in the house, and the window in front was open -- all very unusual.\"",
"Three cell phones were also reported missing at the home, Young said.",
"Lisa is described as 30 inches tall with blue eyes and blond hair, police said.",
"She weighs between 26 and 30 pounds and was last seen wearing purple shorts and a purple shirt with white kittens on it.",
"The missing girl has two bottom teeth and a \"beauty mark\" on her right outer thigh.",
"She had a cold with a cough, police said.",
"CNN's Bill Kirkos and Karan Olson contributed to this report."
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"Investigator Bill Stanton says he wants a \"happy ending\"\nLisa turned 11 months on Tuesday, the eighth day of the search .",
"She was last seen in her crib the night of October 3 ."
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"Casablanca, Morocco (CNN) -- A moderate Islamist party claimed victory in Morocco's first parliamentary elections since constitutional reforms this summer.",
"The Justice and Development Party (PJD) won 107 of the 395 seats, Interior Minister Taib Cherkaoui said Sunday.",
"The next biggest winner was the Istiqlal Party, also known as the Independence Party, with 60 seats, the Interior Ministry's website reported.",
"The number of parties involved in Morocco's multiparty system means it was unlikely a single party would win a majority of the seats, so a coalition government would have to be formed.",
"U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered her congratulations Saturday \"on the successful completion\" of the elections.",
"\"The United States stands ready to work with the new parliament and the people of Morocco to strengthen the rule of law, raise human rights standards, promote transparent and accountable governance, and work toward sustained, democratic reform,\" she said.",
"Turnout in the North African country was 45%, the Interior Ministry said Friday.",
"The National Democratic Institute -- which had 41 accredited observers from 21 countries that went to over 200 polling stations on Friday -- said in a news release that the elections \"were conducted transparently.\"",
"The voting process was described as \"technically sound\" and \"without fear of tampering or procedural violations.\"",
"But one institute member, Canadian Liberal Party leader Bob Rae, also pointed to the turnout and a number of invalid and spoiled ballots as negatives.",
"\"Seeing the number of people who actively spoiled their ballots as well as those who did not participate, it is clear that the path to real change will take more effort and time,\" Rae said.",
"Lise Storm, senior lecturer in Middle East Politics at the University of Exeter in England, said Friday that the outcome might signal whether the population is happy with the monarchy or not.",
"The more votes for the PJD appear to indicate a desire for greater change, she said -- as opposed to votes for the bloc of traditional loyalist parties, which would suggest voters favor the status quo.",
"Under the new constitution, approved by referendum in July, both Parliament and the prime minister have greater powers, while the monarch's sway has been slightly lessened.",
"The changes mean the prime minister must now be chosen from the party that wins the greatest number of votes -- which, based on the preliminary results, would be the Justice and Development Party -- rather than King Mohammed VI selecting his own nominee for the job.",
"The reforms came after thousands of Moroccans took to the streets to demonstrate earlier this year, inspired by what became known as the Arab Spring.",
"The youth-based February 20 Movement called for jobs and an end to corruption its members say stems from royal cronies.",
"Analysts say economic reform is needed to create more jobs for the country's young people, particularly many university graduates who are unemployed.",
"Journalist Aida Alami contributed to this report."
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"Observers call the election transparent .",
"Hillary Clinton congratulates Morrocans on the \"successful\" elections .",
"Constitutional reforms were approved by referendum in July ."
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"(CNN) -- Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will begin chemotherapy in the coming days to treat a malignant tumor in his larynx, a hospital official said Saturday.",
"Lula, 66, will be treated at Sao Paulo's Syrian-Lebanese Hospital, said hospital spokeswoman Mirtes Bogea.",
"It is not clear what day the treatment will begin.",
"He was diagnosed Saturday morning after undergoing medical examinations, Bogea said.",
"\"This is a localized tumor,\" noted Bogea, meaning that it has not spread elsewhere in the body.",
"She added that the tumor has not metastasized, a characteristic of most cancerous cells.",
"Finance Minister Guido Mantega told reporters that he attended Lula's birthday party last week and noticed that his voice sounded hoarse.",
"\"But since he has been traveling a lot and delivering speeches, we all thought it was normal,\" he told CNN affiliate Rede Record TV.",
"On Saturday, Mantega predicted Lula would beat cancer.",
"He noted that former first lady Marisa Leticia has been with Lula ever since he came to the hospital for a check-up on Friday.",
"\"He is a fighter,\" Mantega told reporters, adding he expected Lula will leave the hospital later Saturday.",
"\"He has overcome lesser obstacles and will overcome this one as well.\"",
"Raul Cutait, one of the doctors treating the former president told Rede Record TV that Lula appears well.",
"He said it is also likely that therapy will begin early next week.",
"Sao Paulo's Syrian-Lebanese hospital is considered one of the region's top cancer treatment centers.",
"Founded in 1921 by Syrian and Lebanese immigrants, the facility's staff has also treated Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo and former Brazilian Vice President Jose Alencar, who died in March after a long battle against abdominal cancer.",
"Its patients also include current Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff -- Lula's handpicked successor and is the first woman to hold the presidency -- who was treated in 2005 for lymphoma.",
"Rousseff said on her Twitter account that she'd spoken to Lula's wife, and in a press release issued Saturday wished her predecessor a \"fast recovery.\"",
"\"As you all know, I went through the same thing, with the competent team of the Syrian-Lebanese hospital, which allowed me to completely recover,\" she said.",
"\"I am sure the same thing will happen to President Lula.\"",
"Lula, who rose from a childhood of poverty to become a union leader, won elections in 2002 to become Brazil's first working-class president.",
"He is widely credited with helping steer the nation into becoming an economic powerhouse, leaving office last year with high approval ratings.",
"Presidents, however, are barred from running for a third consecutive term.",
"When Lula turned 66 years-old last Thursday, he addressed the Brazilian public via the Internet, saying that he had dedicated more than half his half to improving Brazil's democracy.",
"\"The cake is not one of the biggest cakes,\" he said, with a wink, during a speech.",
"\"But I hope to give to all of you a tiny bite.\""
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"NEW: Brazil's finance minister says Lula is \"a fighter\" and will beat cancer .",
"One of Lula's doctors says that he appears to be doing well .",
"The ex-president is being treated at Sao Paulo's Syrian-Lebanese Hospital .",
"His tumor is localized and has not metastisized, a hospital spokeswoman says ."
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"Belfast, Northern Ireland (CNN) -- Northern Ireland's Martin McGuinness will be the Sinn Fein candidate for president of the Republic of Ireland when elections are held next month, the party's executive committee voted unanimously Sunday.",
"McGuinness, a former leader of the IRA, is now deputy first minister of Northern Ireland.",
"Accepting his party's nomination Sunday, he said republicans have an obligation to \"heal the wounds of their actions.\"",
"McGuinness has admitted that he was a leader of the Provisional IRA during the 30-year conflict in Northern Ireland between pro-British and pro-Irish forces.",
"In recent years, he has received death threats from hardline dissident IRA splinter groups because of his support for the peace process.",
"He referred to a recent upsurge in violence in the province in his speech Sunday.",
"\"I know there will be a very strong temptation for people to drag us back to the past.",
"God knows there are enough of them trying to do so, in a violent sense, at the moment,\" he said.",
"He described himself as a man of peace who can work across sectarian lines.",
"\"People see me very much as a peacemaker, but, more importantly, they see me as a peacemaker who can be trusted,\" he said.",
"\"I have every confidence that the peace process will be strengthened by my participation in the presidential election.\"",
"\"I am proud to have served in government alongside unionists,\" he said, referring to those who want Northern Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom rather than uniting with the republic to the south.",
"\"I can work with anyone.",
"Times have changed in the North.\"",
"Sinn Fein won 14 seats in the Irish parliament, the Dail Eireann, in elections this year.",
"The party's leader, Gerry Adams, moved from his west Belfast constituency in Northern Ireland to win a parliamentary seat in the republic, topping the poll in the Louth constituency.",
"McGuinness will step down temporarily as deputy first minister in Northern Ireland's power-sharing government during the election campaign, to be replaced by Education Minister John O'Dowd, Sinn Fein said.",
"If elected, he would resign from his position in Northern Ireland.",
"Ireland's president is a largely ceremonial role, with national elections held every seven years.",
"The president is the guardian of the constitution and has the power to refer contentious laws to Ireland's Supreme Court.",
"Mary McAleese has been the president since 1997 and is nearing the end of her second term of office.",
"McAleese hosted a historic visit to Ireland by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in May, days before U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in the country.",
"Elections are due to be held October 27.",
"On Friday, Irish Senator David Norris said he intends to re-enter the race.",
"Norris -- previously tipped to be the first openly gay president of Ireland -- withdrew from the contest August 2.",
"He abandoned his bid after it emerged he had made a plea for clemency for a former lover convicted of the statutory rape of a 15-year-old Palestinian boy in Israel in the 1990s.",
"However, Norris told Irish television Friday night he had changed his mind and is seeking support to relaunch his campaign following a \"consistent outpouring\" of public support.",
"He now has to secure political nominations to get his name on the presidential ballot paper.",
"An opinion poll published Sunday showed Labour's Michael D. Higgins leading Norris, who might be backed by the Fianna Fail party.",
"But the Sunday Independent/Millward Brown Lansdowne poll was completed before Norris said he was rejoining the race and before Sinn Fein put McGuinness' name forward."
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"The former IRA leader says republicans have a responsibility to heal wounds .",
"He says he can \"work with anyone\"\nMcGuinness is deputy first minister of Northern Ireland .",
"Elections for the largely ceremonial post are scheduled for October 27 ."
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"Beijing (CNN) -- Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has confirmed Russia is close to sealing an energy supply agreement with China worth $1 trillion.",
"\"It's fair to say that we're very close to reach an agreement on the natural gas deal,\" Putin told the journalists at a joint press conference after meeting with Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao.",
"Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a two-day visit.",
"He also met with President Hu Jintao and other Chinese leaders on Wednesday.",
"The negotiations over the natural gas supply had stalled for more than a year due to disagreements over price.",
"If an agreement can be reached, the deal would see Russia supply China with up to 68 billion cubic meters of gas every year.",
"\"The trade volume will increase significantly, and this will change the fact that the economic cooperation between the two countries lags behind the political cooperation,\" said Zhao Huasheng, director of the Center for Russia and Central Asia Studies at Fudan University.",
"\"Together with cooperation in other economic fields, China and Russia will become real strategic partners in economic terms,\" he added.",
"Recent years have seen a steady increase in trade between the two countries.",
"According to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, bilateral trade volume in the year to July increased by 37.4% to a record $42.2 billion.",
"The ministry forecasts that this will reach a new record in 2011-- possibly in excess of $70 billion.",
"\"The economic and trade cooperation between the two countries has reached to an unprecedented level,\" Putin said in an interview with the state-run Xinhua agency.",
"But energy cooperation stands out as the main focus between Russia, a major energy exporter, and China, the world's biggest energy consumer, according to a 2010 report from the International Energy Agency.",
"Putin has also brought along a group of 160 Russian business leaders for the visit, including the CEOs of Russian energy giants Gazprom, Rosneft and aluminum producer UC RUSAL.",
"During Putin's visit, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan also met with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin to discuss energy needs.",
"\"We're discussing opening new energy transportation routes,\" explained Putin at the joint press conference.",
"On January 2011, China and Russia opened an oil pipeline from Daqing, northeast China, to Skovorodino in eastern Russia.",
"The line is 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) and aims to provide 15 million metric tons of oil annually to China."
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"Russian PM: Russia, China close to agreement on a $1 trillion natural gas deal .",
"Deal would see Russia supply China with up to 68 billion cubic meters of gas per year .",
"Recent years have seen a steady increase in trade volume between the two countries .",
"Putin has held talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao and PM Wen Jiabao ."
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"(CNN) -- An 11th person has died because of injuries sustained in the crash Friday at an air race at Reno, Nevada, an official with the Washoe County Medical Examiner's Office said Tuesday.",
"No details about this latest victim were released.",
"The official, Michelle Anderson, said there would be a news conference revealing more information late Tuesday.",
"Authorities have so far identified seven people who died from the crash.",
"The list includes the pilot, 74-year-old Jimmy Leeward, who lost control of his vintage plane before it plummeted into a crowd of spectators.",
"He and six others were killed on the tarmac, while four have now died at hospitals.",
"The six others identified are Joseph Wogan, 22, of Arizona; George and Wendy Hewitt of Washington state; Regina Bynum, 53, of Texas; Sharon Stewart, 47, of Nevada; and Gregory Morcom, 47, from Washington state.",
"Almost 70 people were injured in the crash.",
"Five patients remained hospitalized Tuesday at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center, four in serious condition and one in fair condition, the hospital said in a statement.",
"Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board announced Sunday that the World War II-era plane was equipped with data and video recording devices that they hope to use to help determine what happened and why.",
"NTSB member Mark Rosekind described the devices, as well as the discovery of information and pieces that may have come from the devices, as \"significant new information.\"",
"It was also not entirely expected, given the relatively small size and nature of the P-51 aircraft.",
"\"I'm not aware of a lot of aircraft having it; this is the first one I came across,\" said Howard Plagens, the NTSB official heading the investigation.",
"Plagens was referring to a \"box\" that recorded key variables such as altitude, latitude and oil pressure.",
"In addition, there was an outward-facing video camera on the plane, according to Rosekind.",
"Several memory cards have been found at the wreckage site that may have come from either device and will be sent to the NTSB laboratory in Washington for a full analysis, Rosekind said.",
"They may belong to some of the 200,000 spectators who were at the annual National Championship Air Races and Air Show.",
"Investigators do have a copy of the \"box\" data, since it was sent in real time by telemetry to sources outside the aircraft.",
"Besides the cards, Rosekind said, parts of a plane's tail, an \"elevator trim tab\" and video camera fragments have been found.",
"\"There were thousands of pieces of debris,\" Plagens said, explaining how the site had been laid out in a grid system to help organize the investigation.",
"As with the memory cards, one of the authorities' first goals will be to determine whether these came from the plane.",
"Countering earlier reports, Rosekind said Sunday that Leeward did not send a \"Mayday call,\" indicating he was in distress.",
"Investigators have repeatedly stated that it is not known why the aircraft nosedived.",
"Some speculation has surrounded the elevator trim tab, which was breaking apart prior to the crash, a photograph shows.",
"Investigators also will pore over \"a tremendous (amount of) video that was captured\" at the scene, according to Rosekind.",
"A preliminary report will be available Friday, but Rosekind has said the full investigation could take six to nine months.",
"\"It's not just what happened, it's why it happened,\" he said Sunday.",
"\"(We're) trying to make sure this doesn't happen again.\""
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"Identities of seven of the dead are released .",
"The downed plane had video and data recording devices, an NTSB official says .",
"It's unclear why the aircraft crashed, investigators have said ."
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"(CNN) -- Whoever came up with the phrase \"location is everything\" when it comes to real estate must have had Malta in mind.",
"This tiny island nation sits in the middle of the Mediterranean, about 60 miles south of Sicily and 180 miles east of the African coast at Tunisia.",
"The result is that anyone who was anyone visited, settled, invaded or conquered this prime piece of land.",
"And with each leaving their mark, a visit to Malta is truly a journey through the region's history.",
"The Republic of Malta is actually three islands.",
"The country's name comes from the largest of the three; to the northwest of that is Gozo, and in between them is Comino.",
"And tiny really means tiny.",
"At only 122 square miles (316 square kilometers), the total area of the country is about one-tenth the size of Rhode Island, by far the smallest of the United States.",
"London, New York, Tokyo -- each of these metropolitan areas is bigger than Malta.",
"That compactness, coupled with an extensive bus system, lets you see the best of what it has to offer with ease.",
"Begin your journey through the millennia with the stone temples at Ħaġar Qim and Mnajdra, on the southern coast.",
"Construction on these sites started around 3600 BC, making them centuries older than the best guesses we have for England's Stonehenge.",
"And the temples are every bit as mysterious, since it is not clear how or why they were built.",
"The structures aren't as massive as their English counterpart, and they lack the graceful symmetry.",
"Yet walk among the exposed chambers -- with the sea just beyond the cliffs -- and you know that the generations who built these temples believed they were constructing something for the ages.",
"It is here that you start to get a sense of what sets a journey to Malta apart from Europe's more visited travel destinations.",
"Ħaġar Qim and Mnajdra are just two of seven ancient temples that make up a UNESCO World Heritage site described by a leading prehistorian as \"the oldest free-standing monuments in the world.\"",
"These sites represent just one epoch of many you will find on your trip.",
"Travel seven miles (11 kilometers) to the east -- and skip forward more than 2,000 years from the time the stones for those temples were laid -- and you will be standing where the first seafaring Phoenicians arrived on Malta from the eastern end of the Mediterranean.",
"To this day the village of Marsaxlokk is a key port for the country's fishing industry, seen in the market held every Sunday and in the seafood restaurants lining the harbor.",
"But look closely at the colorfully painted traditional fishing boats known as luzzu bobbing gently on the water, and you can't help but notice how they are still painted with the Eye of Osiris, a custom said to have been handed down by the Phoenicians to ward off evil.",
"From Marsaxlokk head northwest 10 miles (16 kilometers) inland toward the walled city of Mdina, which sits on one of the highest plateaus on the island.",
"Just outside the main gate of this walled city is the Domus Romana, or \"Roman house.\"",
"Here we have moved forward another thousand years to when Malta was part of the Roman Republic.",
"The Roman House is a museum built on the excavated ruins of a nobleman's home, dating back to sometime shortly after 100 B.C.",
"While the museum on the main floor houses a respectable collection of artifacts, it is the excavated floors of the villa -- among the finest mosaics uncovered anywhere in the former empire -- that will astonish you.",
"As for Mdina itself, the city's name comes from the Arabic word simply meaning \"the city,\" which belies its status as the former capital of Malta.",
"A millennium after our Roman nobleman walked across his tiled floors Malta was part of the Fatimid Caliphate -- a form of government based on the tenets of Islam -- that stretched across northern Africa and into the Arabian Peninsula.",
"It was during this period that the moat and walls that surround Mdina were first constructed.",
"With few vehicles permitted today inside its gates, a walk through the narrow stone alleys of Mdina makes it clear why it is known locally as \"the silent city.\"",
"For one of the best views anywhere on Malta, make your way to the upper terrace of the Fontanella Tea Garden restaurant.",
"On a clear day over a cup of coffee you can see practically the entire island.",
"While the island nation has changed hands countless times over the ages, the influence that is most widely felt in Malta today didn't come from an invading empire, but from a group known as the Knights Hospitallers, later the Knights of Malta.",
"This order was first set up to run a hospital in Jerusalem for pilgrims who traveled there and eventually developed into a religious and military order.",
"When Islamic forces pushed them out in 1291, the Knights re-established themselves first in Cyprus and then in Rhodes before arriving on Malta in the 16th century.",
"It was in those first decades on the island that the Knights of Malta built the current capital, Valletta, following an unsuccessful siege by Ottoman forces.",
"With its impenetrable stone walls and regular battle towers surrounding a regular grid of streets, the entire city stands as tribute to the order's military and engineering prowess.",
"Within the battlements, the interiors of churches such as St John's Co-Cathedral, completed in 1577, are among the most ornate that you will find anywhere.",
"These monuments, like those reaching back into prehistory, outlasted both their creators and those who followed to lay their own claim to Malta.",
"The Knights were forced out by the French, when Napoleon invaded in 1798, who were expelled a couple years later by the British.",
"World War II saw a failed attempt by Axis powers to bomb the country into submission.",
"Independence came in 1964.",
"Today Malta, still as staunchly Catholic as it was under the Knights, is content to take its place as part of the European Union.",
"A trip to Malta is not merely a walk through a living history book.",
"Along the way are stunning natural formations, like the Blue Grotto on the southern coast near the village of Żurrieq.",
"When the weather permits and seas are not too choppy, boats take visitors to the 140-foot-high natural stone arch and surrounding caves.",
"Of course, on an island this small you are never far from the coast, though sun seekers often head to the beaches of the northern resort of Mellieħa to soak in the rays.",
"The cafés and wine bars of modern-day Valletta make you feel like you're in southern Italy, as will much of the cuisine.",
"The nightlife at the clubs in St. Julian's, just north of Valletta, can hold its own against just about anything the rest of Europe has to offer.",
"Prices for hotels and restaurants overall are less than on mainland Europe, especially in the off-season, and the bus system on Malta makes getting around simple and affordable.",
"Full-day tickets are only €1.50 (about $2.)",
"You can get pretty much anywhere from the main terminal just outside the Valletta city gate.",
"No matter where you go and what you see, Malta's unique spot -- in the Mediterranean and in history -- is felt everywhere."
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"Seven ancient temples date back more than 5,000 years .",
"Roman, Phoenician, Islamic and Catholic influences are evident ."
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"(PEOPLE.com) -- And baby makes 22!",
"Polygamist reality television star Kody Brown and his fourth wife, Robyn, welcomed their first child together -- a son named Solomon -- at 2:02 a.m. Wednesday morning at the couple's home in Las Vegas, they tell PEOPLE exclusively.",
"The baby boy weighed in at 9 lbs., 10.5 oz., and is 22 inches long.",
"\"He's perfect and we couldn't be happier,\" Kody tells PEOPLE.",
"\"We are so thrilled.\" Brown, 43, and Robyn, 33, married during last year's season finale of the TLC reality show \"Sister Wives\" and now work to blend a family that includes three other wives and 16 additional children, some from previous marriages.",
"The family -- including Brown's first and only legal wife Meri, 40, their daughter, Meriah, 16; wife Janelle, 42, and their children Logan, 17, Madison, 15, Hunter, 14, Garrison, 13, Gabriel, 10, and Savanah, 6; and wife Christine, 39, and their children Aspyn, 16, Mykelti, 15, Paedon, 13, Gwendyln, 10, Ysabel, 8, and Truely, 1 -- added Robyn and her three children from a previous marriage, Dayton, 11, Aurora, 9, and Breanna, 7, to the expansive Brown clan, and moved from Utah to Nevada after police launched an investigation into the family last year.",
"(The Browns have since filed a federal lawsuit in July challenging the constitutionality of Utah's bigamy law.)",
"This season, the Browns are residing in four separate homes in Las Vegas and dealing with the emotional, financial and physical strain that comes from living a \"plural\" lifestyle.",
"Sister Wives airs Sunday nights (9 p.m.",
"ET) on TLC. Solomon's birth will air on the show's season finale on November 27.",
"See the full article at PEOPLE.com.",
"© 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"Kody Brown and his fourth wife, Robyn, welcomed their first child .",
"The baby boy weighed in at 9 lbs.",
"Brown, 43, and Robyn, 33, married during last year's season finale ."
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"(PEOPLE.com) -- As if you couldn't tell by that massive rock taking up residence on her ring finger, Kim Kardashian is a big fan of bling.",
"And the reality-star-turned-fashion-designer continues to channel her sparkly aesthetic as her Belle Noel jewelry collection -- created in collaboration with designer Pascal Mouawad -- enters into its third season.",
"\"I love to accessorize.",
"I think more is more when it comes to fun accessories,\" the newlywed (in Milly) tells WWD of her taste in jewelry, which she describes as \"both glitz and glam, polished and put together.\"",
"But just because Kardashian likes her ice doesn't mean she never goes without it.",
"\"I don't wear it to work out,\" she admits.",
"\"I see women coming to the gym with earrings on.",
"I can't do it.\" Same goes for bedtime, she says.",
"\"For some reason I need it all off, though people do ... sleep with their earrings on.\"",
"While she's enjoyed collaborating with her sisters on items like their book, \"Kardashian Konfidential,\" and their \"Kardashian Kollection\" clothing line for Sears, the star admits she does love having a jewelry line to call her own.",
"\"It's something I do independently from my sisters.",
"That's kind of rewarding when they see pieces and really like it and want it,\" she shares.",
"\"It's all mine.\" See full article at PEOPLE.com.",
"© 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"\"I think more is more when it comes to fun accessories,\" Kardashian says .",
"Kardashian likes her ice, but she doesn't wear it to the gym .",
"Kardashian admits that she loves having a jewelry line to call her own ."
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"(EW.com) -- \"True Blood\" fans are still reeling from last night's epic and bloody season finale.",
"SPOILER ALERT!",
"We saw the returns of Grands (Lois Smith) and Rene (Michael Raymond-James), as well as possibly the resurrection of Russell (Denis O'Hare).",
"But the most disturbing twists were Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) stabbing Jesus (Kevin Alejandro), and Tara (Rutina Wesley) getting shot in the head by Debbie Pelt (Britt Morgan).",
"EW talked to Wesley about the finale and whether or not Tara survived the gunshot wound.",
"What did you think when you read the season finale script?",
"Well I mean, I knew ahead of time that it was coming.",
"It's always a scary place as an actor to go there.",
"I don't know what their plans are for next season.",
"I know that Alan has said there are \"big plans,\" but I don't know what that really means, and things can always change.",
"I'm not for sure, but I trust him completely.",
"At the end of the day, it's hard to see how I'm coming back, seeing as half of my head was just blown off.",
"I don't know. They may figure something out.",
"I mean it's True Blood.",
"There's always flashbacks.",
"There's phantasms. There's all this crazy stuff.",
"It's very possible. But I'm excited either way.",
"If it does all end, I've had the most amazing time of my life.",
"It's really great.",
"In your mind, is Tara dead?",
"Well I mean half my head is missing.",
"I'm just gonna keep saying that.",
"You know, it's \"True Blood.\"",
"I feel like anything is possible.",
"If anything, it is the golden hour though.",
"If she is able to be saved, it's like she's got 20 seconds.",
"It's not a lot of time. I'm curious to see what they're going to do with all of it.",
"I hope I'm back. But again half my head is missing [laughs].",
"Maybe Tara will just wear a lot of hats?",
"Yeah I mean yeah she can wear a lot of hats.",
"Put some gauze on it. But people are going crazy!",
"[Laughs] . It was crazy! Are people approaching you?",
"Well my phone has been blowing up.",
"I talked to Nelsan and his phone was blowing up.",
"He was like, \"People are about to start a riot over you.\"",
"I think that's so sweet to know that people out there are really upset and some people are like, \"I'm not watching the show anymore!\"",
"I'm like, C'mon guys.",
"But it's not over. It ain't over til the fat lady sings.",
"I'm just gonna take it one day at a time.",
"As I said, I haven't seen any scripts from next season, but I know that I'm involved -- I just don't know in what way.",
"Are you signed on for a season 5?",
"Yeah. It's out there that Alan has already said that he has big plans for Tara.",
"But things change.",
"I don't know exactly what they have in store for me and how long that will be.",
"It's tricky. And if I did know, I'm just not going to say.",
"[Laughs] But again -- half the head is missing.",
"The cool part is people are talking.",
"And that's the question is: Is she dead or is she not?",
"Because people can survive head wounds.",
"But we have people on the show that can make things happen -- you know what I mean?",
"I don't know what's going to happen the first episode of next season.",
"I'm just as excited and curious you are.",
"I hope it's good. I hope I stick around for a while.",
"That would be nice.",
"[Laughs] . Was it emotional shooting that scene on the kitchen floor?",
"It was emotional. I think we all went out afterwards -- me, Britt and Anna -- just to sort of have a little celebration.",
"But it was very very emotional. I don't think there was a dry eye when we shot that scene.",
"It's very clear the relationship when Tara goes, \"I would die for you.\"",
"Basically, I would take a bullet for you.",
"That's not necessarily a best friend -- she's like my sister.",
"I think it was so amazing to see that.",
"To see her walk in and go, \"Oh, uh-uh.\"",
"That goes to show you how much love Tara has.",
"Anna in that moment I think played it so beautifully, and it was hard for me because I was like, \"Okay, play dead.",
"Play dead.\" For more on \"True Blood's\" finale as well as a preview of what's in store for season 5, pick up the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly on stands Friday, September 16.",
"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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"\"I don't know exactly what they have in store for me,\" Wesley said of her role on the show .",
"Wesley: \"It's 'True Blood.'",
"I feel like anything is possible.\"",
"\"If it does all end, I've had the most amazing time of my life,\" she said."
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"(CNN) -- A central Maine police chief said Friday that authorities now believe there was \"foul play\" in the disappearance two weeks ago of a 20-month-old girl.",
"Ayla Reynolds was last seen December 16 when her father, Justin Dipietro, said he put her to bed.",
"Dipietro -- who has insisted that he has \"no idea what happened to Ayla\" -- later reported the girl missing.",
"Waterville Police Chief Joseph Massey previously has said authorities were confident that someone took Ayla from the house.",
"But in his comments Friday, issued in a statement, Massey went a step further in saying the case \"has evolved from the search for a missing child to a criminal investigation.\"",
"Given this shift, the Maine State Police will now take over as the lead in the investigation from Waterville police, according to Massey.",
"\"We base our conclusions on evidence gathered by investigators during the past two weeks,\" the police chief said.",
"Maine state police did not respond immediately to a call Friday from CNN seeking comment on their new role in the investigation.",
"Jessica Reynolds, the missing girl's aunt, told CNN on Friday that authorities said they \"can't tell us right now\" about what evidence spurred the change, claiming they were told \"it isn't done being processed.\"",
"\"We believed from the beginning that Ayla didn't walk out (of the house) on her own,\" Reynolds said.",
"\"Why it took 14 days for police to say this, I don't understand.",
"\"Time is ticking.",
"The statistics may be that she's not going to come home alive, but, there's also a chance that whoever has her will bring her back safely ... Whoever has her will be found eventually.\"",
"Police said Wednesday they had received 370 leads, and Massey said Friday that investigators and searchers had spent \"many thousands of hours looking for Ayla (and) evaluating evidence.\"",
"A $30,000 reward -- coming from anonymous private citizens and business leaders -- was offered earlier this week for information that leads investigators to the girl.",
"Ayla is described as having blond hair, being about 2 feet, 9 inches tall, and weighing 30 pounds.",
"She was last seen wearing green pajamas with white polka dots and the words \"Daddy's Princess\" across the front.",
"When she disappeared, the girl had her arm in a soft cast.",
"The toddler's mother, Trista Reynolds, told HLN's Nancy Grace that she'd raised Ayla for 18 months and Dipietro became involved after \"I needed to go and get a little bit of help for myself.\"",
"She told HLN she underwent rehab.",
"The father had sole custody of the girl when she disappeared.",
"On December 15, the day before Ayla went missing, Reynolds filed a complaint seeking sole custody.",
"The 23-year-old mother told HLN she didn't tell Dipietro she was going to court because he was \"vindictive\" and \"verbally abusive.\"",
"For his part, Dipietro, 24, has said he would never do anything to hurt Ayla.",
"\"I have to believe that Ayla is with somebody, and I just want that person to find the courage to do the right thing and find a way to return her safely,\" the father said in his statement Wednesday.",
"\"The truth is the truth and when the case is solved it will be out there.",
"Until then, please try to remain positive and hopeful as I remain confident that Ayla will return safely.\"",
"Jessica Reynolds said Friday that she and her sister, Trista, are frantic in their efforts to find Ayla.",
"\"She's extremely intelligent,\" she said of her niece.",
"\"She makes everybody smile when they see a smile on her face.\"",
"CNN's Ross Levitt and Susan Candiotti contributed to this report."
] | [
"The case has \"evolved\" from a missing child case to a criminal probe, police chief says .",
"Ayla Reynolds' father says he hasn't seen the girl since putting her to bed December 16 .",
"He says he has \"no idea what happened\" to the 20-month-old girl ."
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"(CNN) -- 10-man Manchester City were held to a 1-1 draw by Liverpool at Anfield Sunday but have a five-point lead the top of the English Premier League.",
"City were forced to play the closing moments a man short after second half substitute Mario Balotelli was shown red for a second bookable offence.",
"It nearly proved costly as Liverpool's late substitute Andy Carroll saw his header brilliantly saved by City goalkeeper Joe Hart.",
"It preserved his side's unbeaten start to the EPL season and they have 35 points from 13 games, leaving city rivals and defending champions Manchester United trailing in second spot.",
"Tottenham Hotspur, who won 3-1 at WBA Saturday, are seven points adrift but have played a game less.",
"Wales manager Gary Speed found dead at home .",
"Vincent Kompany headed the leaders in front from a David Silva corner in the first half, but Liverpool were soon level as a Charlie Adam shot took a huge deflection off Joleon Lescott for an own-goal that left Hart wrong-footed.",
"Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish was delighted by his team's performance as they stretched their unbeaten run to 10 games to stay in a challenging sixth spot.",
"\"I don't think you could have asked for much more in terms of effort and commitment from the players.",
"I think they were fantastic,\" he told Sky Sports.",
"Swansea and Aston Villa played to a goalless draw in Sunday's other EPL game, both of which were overshadowed by the tragic death of Wales manager Gary Speed.",
"In Germany's Bundesliga, there was a shock 3-2 defeat for Bayern Munich at Mainz Sunday, a result which leaves the Bavarian giants third in the table with reigning champions Borussia Dortmund on top.",
"A draw for Bayern would have seen them return to the summit but they were always struggling once Austrian midfielder Andreas Ivanschitz put Mainz ahead after 11 minutes.",
"Bayern defender Daniel van Buyten equalized on 56 minutes, but Mainz took a two-goal lead as Marco Caligiuri and defender Niko Bungert scored.",
"Van Buyten then grabbed his second, but Bayern could not salvage a point.",
"In Italy's Serie A, Luc Castaignos scored a late winner as Inter Milan continued their revival with a 1-0 win at Siena.",
"Following their 2-1 home win over Cagliari last weekend, it lifted Claudio Ranieri's men to 14 points, but just one win adrift from sixth-placed Roma."
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"Manchester City held 1-1 at Liverpool in the English Premier League .",
"City striker Mario Balotelli sent off late in the second half .",
"Draw leaves City five points clear of Manchester United at top .",
"Bayern Munich suffer shock defeat in Bundesliga to Mainz ."
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"New York (CNN) -- Work on the National September 11 Memorial Museum has been halted over a budgetary dispute, delaying its opening, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.",
"\"There's no chance of it being open on time.",
"Work has basically stopped,\" Bloomberg said during a press conference Thursday.",
"The museum was scheduled to open on the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.",
"Bloomberg blamed the holdup on \"disagreements\" with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which is responsible for a portion of the project's financing.",
"\"The Port Authority has to spend money to do the infrastructure that they agreed to,\" the mayor said.",
"\"We have a legitimate claim against the Port Authority for delays for roughly $140 million dollars which has increased our cost.\"",
"Bloomberg did not specify when work on the museum halted.",
"The Port Authority did not immediately respond to a request for comment.",
"Bloomberg's disclosure of the setback came the same day the National September 11 Memorial & Museum Foundation announced that more than a million people have visited the site since it opened on the 10th anniversary of the attacks.",
"The memorial features two large reflecting pools in the footprints of the two towers.",
"Located underground in the former World Trade Center's \"archaeological heart,\" the museum will feature 110,000 square feet of exhibition space, according to the website for The National September 11 Memorial & Museum foundation.",
"It will house a vast array of 9/11 artifacts, including \"photographs, videotapes, voice messages, recovered property, clothing and other personal effects, workplace memorabilia, [and] incident-specific documents,\" among other items.",
"Bloomberg sounded a note of optimism, telling reporters that both sides would come to \"some agreement pretty soon.\"",
"He also said he thought the disagreement would not require judges to resolve it.",
"\"I don't think it'll get to the court.\""
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"\"There's no chance of it being open on time,\" Mayor Michael Bloomberg says .",
"The museum was scheduled to open on the 11th anniversary of the terror attacks .",
"Bloomberg blames the delay on the Port Authority on New York and New Jersey ."
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"(CNN) -- If presidential hopeful Rick Perry should awaken one night in a cold sweat with the Ghost of Republican Past hovering by his bedside, the apparition will likely take the form of Sen. Charles Percy, who passed away on Saturday after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease.",
"Percy's political career ended when he lost his Illinois Senate seat in 1984, the same year that future Texas Gov.",
"Rick Perry won his first election to the Texas House of Representatives as a Democrat.",
"Charles Percy's fall from GOP wunderkind to party outcast offers a vivid illustration of the Republican Party's mutation from a vibrant and diverse coalition to the dogmatic cult of conservative ideology that it has become today.",
"In 1968, political gossips buzzed about the possibility that the rich, handsome, \"All-American\" Charles Percy might run for president.",
"The New York Times called him \"the hottest political article in the Republican Party,\" and Richard Nixon worried that Percy would be his most formidable competitor in the primaries.",
"Percy was a moderate-to-liberal Republican from the Rockefeller wing of the party who had made his name promoting affordable housing and combating urban poverty.",
"Such positions were seen as positive political attributes in 1968.",
"Four years earlier, Barry Goldwater's libertarian presidential campaign had proved a disaster, and Republicans were not eager to repeat the experience.",
"But Percy chose not to run and instead endorsed his colleague Nelson Rockefeller, who lost to Richard Nixon.",
"Over the next few years, Percy clashed frequently with Nixon over defense spending and Supreme Court appointments.",
"During the Watergate scandal, he again defied Nixon by demanding an independent investigation.",
"With his popularity and national name-recognition peaking, Percy might have had another shot at the presidency in 1976, but he deferred to the incumbent, Gerald Ford.",
"There would not be another chance, for the Republican Party was moving away from Charles Percy.",
"In the mid-1970s, a group of conservative insurgents known as the New Right began plotting to extinguish the party's liberal wing.",
"They despised men such as Percy and embraced a fanatical brand of social conservatism.",
"One of their leaders, Paul Weyrich, founded the Heritage Foundation and recruited Jerry Falwell to lead the Moral Majority.",
"One by one, the New Right knocked off the liberal Republicans, either by defeating them in primaries or fatally weakening them in general elections -- names now barely remembered such as Clifford Case of New Jersey or Edward Brooke of Massachusetts.",
"In 1984, New Right leaders backed a primary challenge against Percy.",
"When that failed, they endorsed his Democratic challenger, the liberal, bow-tie wearing Paul Simon.",
"One of the leaders, Richard Viguerie, explained that Percy's defeat was more important to conservatives than retaining Republican control of the Senate.",
"When the voting was over, the Republicans kept the Senate, but they lost Charles Percy.",
"The drive for ideological purity has continued ever since, with tea party groups and fundraisers such as the Club for Growth targeting moderate conservatives after the liberals went extinct.",
"In recent years, they helped force out Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island and Charlie Crist of Florida.",
"Perry, the front-runner of the Republican presidential field in polls, is a deep social and fiscal conservative who would never have had a shot at the presidential nomination in 1968.",
"But in 2012, it's the liberal Charles Percy who wouldn't have stood a chance.",
"Even Goldwater's refusal to embrace the religious right would doom his candidacy were he to run today.",
"Yet perhaps Perry would still be wise to pay attention to the Ghost of Republican Past.",
"He might get to see the old Democratic Party advertisement showing a disembodied pair of hands ripping apart a Social Security card.",
"That advertisement helped turn the tide against Goldwater, who like Perry had challenged Social Security.",
"Conservative activists have succeeded in driving American politics far to the right, but there may still be limits.",
"The opinions in this commentary are solely those of Michael Wolraich."
] | [
"Michael Wolraich: In 1968, Charles Percy was a rising GOP star who fought urban poverty, Nixon .",
"Emerging New Right toppled Percy and other liberal Republicans, he writes .",
"Wolraich: Percy's career shows how a diverse GOP became lock-stepped in ideology ."
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"(CNN) -- FIFA president Sepp Blatter claimed on Wednesday he has apologized enough for remarks he made last week regarding on-field racism in football, with the Swiss saying he now considers the matter \"closed.\"",
"The head of world soccer's governing body was heavily criticized for comments he made in an interview with CNN, where he suggested racism between players on the pitch could be settled with a handshake.",
"Blatter, speaking at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) headquarters in Malaysia, reaffirmed his stance against discrimination, saying he was hurt by the accusations which were leveled against him.",
"\"I can only say this item for me is closed,\" the 75-year-old told a press conference.",
"\"There is no tolerance (of) racism.",
"I have been interpreted as such and I have made my apologies.",
"I cannot say anything more.",
"\"There is no discrimination in my feelings, there is no racism, nothing at all.",
"This matter for me is over. We go forward.",
"There is zero tolerance (for) racism, zero tolerance (for) discrimination in all activities in the field of play and outside the field.",
"\"[I was] very much hurt by these comments because it touched me in my conscience and my determination to go against racism.\"",
"It has been a turbulent 18 months for FIFA, with allegations of bribery and corruption surrounding the presidential election which saw Blatter voted in unopposed for a fourth term as the organization's chief in June.",
"Former AFC head Mohammad Bin Hammam was due to be one of Blatter's opponents in the ballot, but the Qatari has since received a lifetime ban from football for alleged corruption during his presidential campaign.",
"Bin Hammam is challenging his ban in the Court of Arbitration for Sport and Blatter declined to comment on whether there was a way back into FIFA for the former executive committee member.",
"\"We will wait for the outcome of the next step,\" said Blatter."
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"Sepp Blatter has said he considers the recent racism controversy closed .",
"FIFA president suggested last week on-field racism could be settled with a handshake .",
"Blatter says he felt hurt by the widespread criticism he received ."
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"(CNN) -- Tribal rivalries, an east-west divide, a rebel leadership lacking coherence, a shattered economy and the absence of a \"civil society\" -- these are just a few of the challenges that a post-Gadhafi Libya will face.",
"The rebel National Transitional Council is aware of the perils ahead and has produced a blueprint for the immediate aftermath of Gadhafi's downfall and for a political process leading to democratic elections.",
"Haunted by the lack of planning in Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, the international community -- in the shape of the Libyan Contact Group -- has urged the NTC to pursue reconciliation.",
"In a statement Sunday night, President Barack Obama called on the NTC to pursue \"a transition to democracy that is just and inclusive for all of the people of Libya.\"",
"But that is no simple formula in a society riven by deep-seated rivalries and with no experience of democracy.",
"In 42 years as Libyan leader, Moammar Gadhafi purged Libyan society of any alternative voice or real discourse.",
"His Revolutionary Committees were ubiquitous, silencing dissent and enforcing the eccentric orthodoxy of the \"Brother Leader's\" teachings.",
"In such a warped society, there has been little space for the emergence of a professional, qualified middle-class, and none for trade unions, opposition groups or other symbols of civil society.",
"The only organized group not tied to the regime was the Muslim Brotherhood, driven underground by Gadhafi.",
"As in Iraq in 2003 or Syria now, there is no recognized opposition figure or group that transcends tribal, regional and sectarian rifts.",
"Gadhafi survived as long as he did, according to Libyan scholar Mansour O. El-Kikhia, by breaking up the power bases of Libya's largest and most influential tribes.",
"Lands and influence were redistributed to more \"dependable\" tribes such as the Warfalla, Qadhadfa and Megarha.",
"Places like Gadhafi's hometown -- Sirte -- received more resources than those regarded as less loyal.",
"But tribal loyalties have survived and perhaps become more important in the absence of other political institutions.",
"Eastern Libya -- where the rebellion began and is still based -- has long been at odds with the west, Gadhafi's power base.",
"The pattern of the past six months' conflict suggests that geographical divide persists.",
"Tribes in the west may not take kindly to the sudden dominance of a movement that began in the east.",
"The rebel leadership in Benghazi has tried to co-ordinate with the rebellion in the west -- which began in the Nafusa Mountains and in some ways has been more effective on the battlefield -- but has not directed or controlled it.",
"Libya is a vast country -- 1.75 million square kilometers - with many \"under-governed\" spaces, especially in the immense Sahara.",
"In neighboring states such as Chad, Algeria and Niger, these are the spaces claimed by revolts and more recently by Islamist groups professing allegiance to al Qaeda.",
"Gadhafi had his own problems with Islamic extremism -- the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group was one of the most effective groups sympathetic to al Qaeda before its leaders turned against jihad in return for a mass release from Libyan jails.",
"Towns in eastern Libya became well-known for supplying fighters to the insurgency in Iraq, though the rebel leadership insists Gadhafi has exaggerated the threat of Islamist extremism for his own ends.",
"Then there is the resurgent Berber identity in the western mountains.",
"Gadhafi persecuted the Berbers, a non-Arab minority -- even accusing them of being agents of the CIA.",
"But in the months since his forces have lost control of the Nafusa Mountains, the Berbers have re-established their language (Tamazight), their culture and even their flag.",
"They are determined not to be subjugated again.",
"The Berber Institute for Civil Society issued a statement this weekend setting out the community's demands: \"Tamazight should be recognised in the Constitution in all its dimensions ...",
"This is a prerequisite of the Amazigh movement.\"",
"Libya's oil wealth has been a curse as well as a blessing.",
"It has allowed lavish spending on education (with thousands of students sent to universities overseas) and infrastructure, and government subsidies have made staples affordable for millions.",
"But there's been virtually no diversification of the economy; about 95% of the Libyan state's revenues derive from hydrocarbons.",
"Unemployment probably exceeds 30% and half the population is under the age of 15.",
"The civil service is thought to employ about one in five Libyans.",
"Gadhafi built up a byzantine bureaucracy, but not one known for its efficiency.",
"The adage among Libyans is \"Inshallah, bokra, moumken,\" which means \"With the will of God, tomorrow, maybe.\"",
"Nor is there much entrepreneurial spirit.",
"Much of the hard work -- building railroads, servicing oil installations -- has been done by economic migrants and contract workers -- and hundreds of thousands of them fled when the fighting began.",
"But Libya has advantages.",
"About 80% of its people are literate; electricity is connected to almost the whole country.",
"Economists say there are long-term opportunities -- Libyan oil is plentiful and low in sulphur -- if new industries can be built and a work ethic encouraged.",
"Much also depends on whether opposition figures like Ali Tarhouni, who taught at the University of Washington State and holds the economic and oil portfolio, are given authority.",
"But the immediate priorities, according to western diplomats, center on basic services: electricity, food, water and above all security -- priorities that were ignored in Iraq.",
"British Foreign Secretary William Hague has urged the NTC to ensure that technocrats in the Libyan government are not purged.",
"Libyan opposition officials envisage several thousand Arab troops -- possibly from the United Arab Emirates and Qatar -- being drafted into the capital to help stabilize what could be a chaotic situation.",
"Saddam Hussein's fall was followed by an orgy of looting in Baghdad.",
"How far the remnants of Gadhafi's army and police can be integrated into new security forces is a huge open question.",
"But a template drawn up by the NTC's envoy in the Emirates, Aref Ali Nayed, includes detailed plans for keeping police units in uniform.",
"Journalist Derek Flood of the Jamestown Foundation, who has recently been in the western mountains, told CNN that he witnessed police training programs under way.",
"The rebels seem to be aware that a new security force imposed from the east would be a recipe for trouble.",
"Much will depend on whether Gadhafi loyalists begin a campaign of sabotage after he has gone, much as Saddam Hussein's Baathists did.",
"There are also plans for an airlift of humanitarian supplies and the rapid rehabilitation of the oil infrastructure, though industry experts say it will be some time before pre-war exports of 1.6 million barrels a day can be attained.",
"Plans are one thing, but without an inclusive transition and transparency they will be quickly overwhelmed.",
"For the more unscrupulous, there will be temptations to divert oil revenues to private accounts.",
"The anti-corruption group Transparency International rates Libya 146th in its corruption perception index, close to the bottom of the league.",
"The NTC lacks cohesion -- a hastily devised group of former regime figures, intellectuals, nationalists, secularists and Islamists.",
"It has also shown disunity to a murderous degree -- witness the murky circumstances of the killing of military chief Abdel Fatah Younis last month.",
"But it's now the only game in town and under its own transition plan will run Libya for the next eight months.",
"Even the NTC's chairman, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, has described this option as the \"best of the worst.\"",
"Any collapse of authority in Libya would have grim implications for its neighbors -- especially Egypt and Tunisia.",
"Libya has been a source of work for millions of other North Africans.",
"But chaos in Libya would also worry Europe.",
"It could become another route for the flow of drugs from Africa.",
"Illegal immigration across the Mediterranean is already taxing Italy.",
"And were Islamist extremists, such as al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, to gain a foothold, they would have ready access to Europe."
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"Tribal rivalries, an east-west divide and a shattered economy are just a few of the challenges .",
"Moammar Gadhafi has purged Libyan society of any alternative voice or real discourse .",
"The rebel government produces a blueprint for the immediate aftermath .",
"The international community urges the NTC to pursue reconciliation ."
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"(CNN) -- Xavi Hernandez scored the only goal of the game with a thunderous free kick as Barcelona beat nine-man Granada Tuesday to return to the top of La Liga.",
"The Spanish champions, held 0-0 at home by Sevilla at the weekend, once again found goals hard to come by against their struggling opponents.",
"But midfield ace Xavi did find the net with a long-range free kick on 32 minutes which flew into the top corner.",
"At the start of the second half Granada's Jaime Romero was shown red, but despite dominating possession Barca could not grab a second, but they have gone seven games, a club record, without conceding a goal.",
"In injury time, Granada's Daniel Benitez was also red carded after being cautioned for a second time.",
"Barcelona can be overtaken at the top by perennial strugglers Levante, who go in search of a remarkable seventh straight win against Real Sociedad Wednesday.",
"Real Madrid play Villarreal and can also leapfrog their arch-rivals with a win as Cristiano Ronaldo, on 98 goals for the club, aims to reach triple figures after his weekend hat-trick against Malaga.",
"In Italy, Juventus went back to the top of Serie A after beating Fiorentina 2-1 in Turin Tuesday night.",
"Udinese and Lazio are not playing until Wednesday as Juve took full advantage to regain the leadership they held until a 2-2 draw against Genoa Saturday.",
"Leonardo Bonucci put them in front but Fiorentina hit back after the break and equalized through Stevan Jovetic.",
"But Alessandro Matri grabbed the winner as Juve kept up their unbeaten start to the season.",
"England's League Cup fourth round saw an immediate return to winning ways for Manchester United after their 6-1 defeat to Manchester City Sunday in the EPL.",
"Making 11 changes to that team, Alex Ferguson's men beat fourth-flight Aldershot 3-0.",
"Strikers Dimitar Berbatov and Michael Owen, who have been frozen out of league action, scored the opening two goals with Antonio Valencia getting the third.",
"Arsenal also reached the last eight with a 2-1 home win over Bolton."
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"Barcelona beat Granada 1-0 to regain leadership of La Liga .",
"Zavi Hernandez scores only goal of game with a fine free kick .",
"Juventus back on top in Ialy after 2-1 win over Fiorentina .",
"Manchester United beat Aldershot to reach last eight of English League Cup ."
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"(CNN) -- Maria Sharapova has pulled out of the season-ending WTA Championships in Istanbul after suffering successive straight-sets defeats.",
"The Russian lost to China's Li Na 7-6 (7-4) 6-4, who had herself not won a match, or even a set, since August.",
"It was a match that ebbed and flowed as Li came from 2-4 down in the first set to force a tie-break, which she won despite losing the first four points.",
"Li, who this year became the first Asian Grand Slam winner after victory in the French Open, then fought off a late Sharapova surge when 5-2 up to take the second set 6-4.",
"The defeat followed Sharapova's capitulation against U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur 6-1, 7-5 on Wednesday.",
"\"I really wasn't thinking about too much during the match,\" Li was quoted as saying on the WTA's official website after the match.",
"\"I'm so happy I was able to beat Maria because she's a top player, and also today was my first match ever at the Championships, so I want to thank all the crowd here for supporting me.\"",
"But for Sharapova, who has struggled with an ankle injury but had the chance to become world number one with victory in Istanbul, there were some positives to be taken from two defeats in two days.",
"\"I just have to be pleased that I recovered quickly enough to allow myself a chance of playing here,\" she told AFP.",
"World number one Caroline Wozniacki crashed to defeat in her second red group match, losing 6-2 4-6 6-3 to Russia's Vera Zvonareva.",
"In a repeat of last year's semifinal, which Wozniacki won in straight sets, Zvonareva, 27, hit 49 winners to overpower her Danish opponent in two hours and 18 minutes.",
"\"We always have tough matches and this one was very tough too, three sets as usual,\" Zvonareva said of the pair's first meeting since the final of the Qatar Open in February, which she won 6-4 6-4.",
"Despite losing, Wozniacki, 21, is now guaranteed to finish the year at the top of the world rankings courtesy of Sharapova's withdrawal.",
"Elsewhere fourth seed Victoria Azarenka carded a victory in her first match of the Championships with a 6-2 6-2 defeat of U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur.",
"Azarenka has now won all five of the matches she has played against Australia's Stosur, sealing success on Wednesday in one hour and 17 minutes on her fourth match point.",
"Stosur, seeded seventh, was broken four times in the match and will need to bounce back quickly in order to repeat her semifinal appearance at last year's tournament.",
"Azarenka, eliminated at the group stage of the event in 2010, was delighted with her form in the match.",
"\"I feel great,\" she told the WTA's official website after scoring a sixth straight-sets triumph in a row.",
"\"I wasn't expecting to play so well in my first match here.",
"It was getting close in the end, we had a really close last game.",
"\"Sam started to really go for every shot with nothing to lose, and I backed up a little bit.",
"She made some incredible shots.",
"But I stayed strong.",
"I had to work for it. I'm glad I finished it now.\""
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"Maria Sharapova has quit the end-of-season WTA Championships in Istanbul .",
"The Russian had lost in straight sets to China's Li Na .",
"It was Sharapova's second straight-sets defeat in two days .",
"Elsewhere Victoria Azarenka beat U.S. Open Sam Stosur ."
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"(CNN) -- Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was furious after his team's hopes of retaining the English Premier League title were dented by a controversial 1-1 draw with Newcastle on Saturday.",
"Demba Ba's second-half penalty kept the visitors in fourth place despite having Jonas Gutierrez sent off with 11 minutes to play, and Manchester City can now move seven points clear at the top by winning at Liverpool on Sunday.",
"Javier Hernandez put second-placed United ahead four minutes after the halftime break with a lucky goal when a volley by teammate Wayne Rooney hit visiting defender Steven Taylor and ricocheted into the net off the Mexico striker.",
"Ba continued his hot scoring run, with the Senegalese striker netting his ninth league goal this season in the 64th minute as referee Mike Jones ruled that Rio Ferdinand fouled Hatem Ben Arfa -- but only after consulting with his linesman.",
"Ferguson insisted the England defender had made a fair tackle.",
"\"I think it was everyone's view, including the referee as he thought Rio won the ball because he gave the corner kick,\" the Scot told reporters.",
"\"He let the assistant referee over-rule him.",
"\"We had that situation a few weeks ago when the linesman gave a penalty kick for handball against Sunderland when it was obviously an opponent's hand.\"",
"United hit the woodwork through England winger Ashley Young after Argentina international Gutierrez was dismissed for a second booking.",
"Tottenham retained third place after winning 3-1 at West Bromwich Albion as Emmanuel Adebayor followed up his double against Aston Villa with two more goals to put his side two points behind United.",
"The on-loan striker canceled out Youssouf Mulumbu's early header when he was quickest to react after Ben Foster saved his 25th-minute penalty.",
"Striker Jermain Defoe, handed a rare start in place of Rafael van der Vaart, put the London side ahead in the 81st minute after Adebayor helped put him clear with a backheel, then the Togo international sealed it in time added on from Gareth Bale's cross.",
"Fifth-placed Chelsea bounced back from successive defeats to beat Wolverhampton 3-0 and relieve the pressure on manager Andre Villas-Boas.",
"The Portuguese has had to defend himself with Chelsea well off the pace and battling to stay in Europe after losing to Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League in midweek.",
"Captain John Terry headed the London side ahead in the seventh minute, while young striker Daniel Sturridge and Spain winger Juan Mata also scored before halftime to leave the visitors hovering above the relegation zone.",
"Sixth-placed Arsenal failed to join Chelsea on 25 points after being held 1-1 by London rivals Fulham, who moved up to 15th.",
"Thomas Vermaelen's 65th-minute own-goal gave Fulham hope of a first win at the Emirates, but the Belgium defender made amends by heading an equalizer with eight minutes to play from Theo Walcott's right-wing cross.",
"Bolton remained third from bottom after a 2-0 home defeat by Everton.",
"Bolton had David Wheater sent off after just 20 minutes before second-half goals from Belgium midfielder Marouane Fellaini and Greek forward Apostolos Vellios lifted the visitors up to eighth.",
"Norwich moved up to ninth with a 2-1 win at home to fellow promoted side Queens Park Rangers, as substitute striker Grant Holt scored a close-range decider with 17 minutes to play.",
"Russell Martin put Norwich ahead in the 15th minute but Luke Young leveled on the hour after Jamie Mackie's shot hit the post.",
"Wigan moved off the bottom with a last-gasp 2-1 win at Sunderland, the club's second victory in 13 games.",
"Franco di Santo profited from an injury-time error by former Manchester United defender Wes Brown, after Jordi Gomez's 44th-minute penalty had canceled out Sebastian Larsson's opener for the home side.",
"The result left Blackburn at the foot of the table in seven points following a 3-1 defeat by Stoke in the early match.",
"Goals from Rory Delap, Glenn Whelan and Peter Crouch helped the home side end a run of four defeats and move up to 12th."
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"Second-half penalty gives Manchester City chance to move seven points clear on Sunday .",
"Third-placed Tottenham close gap on United to two points with 3-1 win at West Brom .",
"Chelsea return to winning ways against Wolves but Arsenal draw with Fulham ."
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"(CNN) -- Minnesota Vikings cornerback Chris Cook was arrested and charged with domestic assault Friday night, the Hennepin County, Minnesota, sheriff's office said.",
"According to the sheriff's office, Cook was charged with two counts of domestic assault and was being held without bail.",
"Details of the alleged incident leading to the arrest were not immediately available.",
"The Vikings released a brief statement but offered no details.",
"\"The Minnesota Vikings are aware of the incident involving Chris Cook.",
"We take this matter very seriously and are still gathering all the details of the incident,\" the statement said.",
"Cook was booked at the Hennepin County Jail at 4 a.m., and his arrest likely means he will not play on Sunday against the Green Bay Packers, CNN affiliate WCCO reported."
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"He faces two charges of domestic assault .",
"Details of the alleged incident were not immediately known ."
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"(CNN) -- Barcelona and Real Madrid have roared back to form ahead of next week's Champions League challenges, with the Spanish giants recording comfortable victories in La Liga on Saturday.",
"Barca's title defense has been uncharactistically unconvincing so far, with last Tuesday's 2-2 draw with Valencia their second dropped points in four outings.",
"But Pep Guardiola's team responded by crushing Atletico Madrid 5-0 on the day the club confirmed a historic five-year shirt sponsorship with a Qatari group and also banned smoking at the Camp Nou stadium.",
"The Catalan club's financial problems have led members to accept 171 million euros ($230 million) from Qatar Sports Investment, with 697 out of 809 delegates voting to end a longstanding tradition of no commercial shirt endorsements.",
"Having reported a loss of 9.3 million euros ($12 million) in 2010-11, the board has projected a 20.1 million euros ($27 million) profit for this season.",
"Guardiola started with key defenders Carles Puyol and Gerard Pique on the bench against Atletico, ahead of Wednesday's Champions League trip to BATE Borisov of Belarus.",
"The visitors' five-goal new striker Falcao was unable to take advantage -- but at the other end Argentine scoring machine Lionel Messi took his league tally to eight this season with a superb hat-trick.",
"Tiago Mendes crashed an early shot off the Barca crossbar, but David Villa settled home nerves in the ninth minute and it was 2-0 six minutes later when Joao Miranda unluckily ricocheted a blocked shot from Messi into his own net.",
"With rain pouring down, Messi notched his first of the night in typical style as he jinked into the box from the right flank and curled home at the near post in the 26th minute for his 190th goal in 278 games for Barca.",
"Atletico held out until the final 12 minutes when Messi provided two more moments of solo artistry as Barca moved up to second in the table -- a point behind Real Betis, who travel to Getafe on Monday.",
"The two-time world player of the year matched the efforts of Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo, who also netted a treble in the earlier 6-2 thrashing of Rayo Vallecano.",
"Real's title challenge has also faltered, first with a 1-0 defeat by Levante and then the midweek 0-0 draw with Racing Santander, and Jose Mourinho's team suffered a horror start at home when Michu scored after just 14 seconds.",
"Ronaldo leveled seven minutes before halftime after being set free on the counterattack by Kaka, and Gonzalo Higuain put Real ahead in injury-time with a simple finish after Sergio Ramos headed Xabi Alonso's freekick across the goal.",
"Ronaldo made it 3-1 from the penalty spot when Kaka was fouled five minutes after the break, but Real were then reduced to 10 men when winger Angel Di Maria was sent off after being booked a second time for handball.",
"Michu capitalized in the 54th minute with his second from a corner, stabbing a shot across the line despite keeper Iker Casillas' best efforts to drag it back out.",
"Teenage defender Raphael Varane made it 4-2 in the 67th minute, with the 18-year-old Frenchman somehow volleying in a corner with the back of his foot.",
"Karim Benzema drove in Real's fifth on 73 after a square pass from fellow substitute Mesut Ozil, whose first-half introduction in place of Lassana Diarra swung the match in Madrid's favor.",
"Ronaldo completed his second hat-trick this season with six minutes to play, chipping in a penalty after being fouled.",
"Real's third win in five outings lifted Mourinho's men into fourth place ahead of Tuesday's Champions League visit by Dutch side Ajax.",
"In Saturday's other games, third-placed Sevilla joined Barcelona on 11 points with a 1-0 win at home to Valencia as striker Fredi Kanoute scored the only goal in the 18th minute.",
"Valencia dropped to fifth behind Real Madrid on goal difference.",
"Athletic Bilbao moved out of the bottom three with a 1-1 draw at home to Villarreal, with Brazilian striker Nilmar netting a second-half equalizer for the visitors."
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"Lionel Messi scores a hat-trick to take his tally to eight league goals this season .",
"Cristiano Ronaldo also nets treble as 10-man Real Madrid triumph 6-2 .",
"Sevilla claim third place above Real with 1-0 victory over Valencia ."
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"(CNN) -- You can't get much more \"inside baseball\" than this: the story of how statisticians trump scouts when it comes to putting together a winning team.",
"But thanks to a great script by Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, a quietly compelling performance from Brad Pitt and shrewd direction by Bennett Miller (\"Capote\"), \"Moneyball\" should appeal to audiences well beyond sports fans.",
"It's one of the classiest movies of the year and a strong bet for a ribbon of Oscar nominations.",
"Michael Lewis' book chronicled the 2002 season of the Oakland As, when general manager Billy Beane infuriated conventional wisdom by applying \"sabermetrics\" to squad selection.",
"Because the Athletics couldn't compete with wealthier teams for the big hitters, he looked to a different set of criteria, and especially at on-base percentages.",
"It didn't have to be pretty. If the As walked their way to the World Series, that would be just fine.",
"There's a conventional revenge-of-the-underdogs scenario lurking beneath the surface: something like \"Major League\" and \"The Bad News Bears.\"",
"There's the catcher who is drafted in to play first base (Chris Pratt as Scott Hatteberg), the pitcher with the wacky arm (Casey Bond as Chad Bradford) and the star who spends too much time partying in Vegas (Nick Porrazzo as Jeremy Giambi).",
"Mostly, though, \"Moneyball\" ignores the clichés by keeping the focus off the field and on Beane and his new statistics guru Pete Brand (Jonah Hill).",
"They make a great odd couple, and because the roles have been cast so well, Miller doesn't need to labor the point.",
"Pitt is the ex-golden boy grown restive with a game he feels he can't win.",
"Hill's an overweight computer geek straight out of Yale, the only guy wearing a suit to work.",
"Naturally authoritative and at ease with himself -- except when a game's on (he can't bring himself to watch but can't resist checking in every other minute) -- Beane takes this awkward, earnest kid under his arm and shows him the ropes: how to cut players, how to trade.",
"It's an unsentimental education for Pete and for us, too, as unexpectedly entertaining as the entrepreneurial maneuvers in \"The Social Network.\"",
"This is the everyday business of baseball, a side we might read about but rarely see for ourselves.",
"The movie falls into a more familiar groove when the As season turns, and there isn't much Miller or anyone else can do to make short flashbacks to Billy's playing days anything other than functional.",
"But the writing is always sharp and smart, it's lovingly photographed and delicately scored (by Wally Pfister and Mychael Danna, respectively).",
"Yet it's Pitt's movie.",
"Whether he's brooding in the dark as the As lose again, having it out with the team's recalcitrant coach (Philip Seymour Hoffman in a thankless role) and angry head scout (Vyto Ruginis), or trying to reassure his precocious 12-year-old (Kerris Dorsey) that his head isn't really on the block, Pitt has a watchful, introspective quality that makes \"Moneyball\" more than the sum of its statistical components.",
"It's a fascinating portrait of a man who's given his life to baseball and is trying to figure out if it's worth it.",
"The movie itself is not a game changer by any means, but it's more than good enough to make you think again about what success adds up to in the long run."
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"\"Moneyball\" is a fascinating portrait of a man who gives his life to baseball .",
"The writing is always sharp and smart .",
"Brad Pitt has a watchful, introspective quality ."
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"(CNN) -- Rina was almost a Category 3 hurricane as it careened near Honduras and Belize Wednesday before heading towards Cancun.",
"The storm was packing 110 mph winds early Wednesday morning and moving at 3 mph, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center.",
"That is 1 mph away from a Category 3 hurricane.",
"Forecast models show Rina strengthening into a Category 3 hurricane before approaching the Yucatan.",
"The projected path shows Rina back at Category 2 intensity when it takes aim at Cancun on Thursday.",
"Residents and worried travelers in Cancun stocked up on supplies Tuesday to prepare for the storm to hit the popular Mexican resort city.",
"Carla Bautista bought bread, water and canned tuna.",
"\"It's my first hurricane.",
"This is new. ... I'm a little afraid, because I don't know what to expect,\" said Bautista, 28, who moved to Cancun two months ago from Mexico City.",
"Mexican officials issued a hurricane warning for the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula from north of Punta Gruesa to Cancun as the Category 2 storm strengthened.",
"Similarly, U.S. officials issued a travel alert, advising U.S. citizens in the area to prepare themselves for the possibility of a hurricane.",
"Some tourists decided not to take any chances.",
"\"We wanted to get out of there.",
"... We were on vacation and just didn't want to be stressed,\" said Kathy Davis, 57, an American with a timeshare in Cancun.",
"She said she and her husband celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary at the airport while waiting to catch a flight.",
"In Cancun's hotel area, crews were securing boats and clearing palm fronds and debris.",
"Kelly McLaughlin moved her 6-year-old son's toys inside and trimmed tree branches around her home.",
"\"I'm just checking everything to make sure there's nothing loose,\" said McLaughlin, a Canadian who's lived in Cancun for eight years.",
"McLaughlin, 40, said preparing for storms has become routine since Hurricane Wilma devastated the area in 2005.",
"\"My friends that are fairly new to Cancun are a lot more nervous and starting to get a little stressed,\" she said.",
"\"I'm just trying to keep everyone calm.\"",
"Lines at supermarkets and gas stations were long, residents said.",
"As of 2 a.m. ET Wednesday, the center of Rina was about 240 miles east-southeast of Chetumal, Mexico, and 250 miles southeast of Cozumel, Mexico.",
"It was moving west at 3 mph, but was expected to gradually turn northwest and speed up over the next two days, forecasters said.",
"CNN's Catherine E. Shoiche and journalist Brisa Munoz of CNNMexico.com contributed to this report."
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"Rina is just shy of being a Category 3 hurricane .",
"The United States issues a travel alert .",
"Shoppers head to local supermarkets in Cancun, lining up to buy bread and water ."
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"(CNN) -- Spanish underdogs Levante kept up their remarkable early-season form by beating Real Sociedad 3-2, their seventh successive victory, to stay top of La Liga.",
"Levante, a team that has played second fiddle to city rivals Valencia during their 102 year history and who have never finished higher than 10th, has remarkably fended off the attentions of Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona with a quarter of the season gone.",
"But it took an injury time free kick by Ruben Suarez to make sure of all three points after Real Sociedad's Inigo MartÃnez had scored a late equalizer.",
"Sociedad had taken an early lead through Daniel Estrada before Nano Rivas and Valdo Lopes put Levante in front.",
"But despite a late equalizer, Levante came back with Suarez's stunning free kick, which saw them leapfrog Barcelona into top spot.",
"Real Madrid did their best to keep up with Levante after blowing Villarreal away in the first half an hour at the Santiago Bernabeu.",
"Villarreal, perennial UEFA Champions League qualifiers in recent years, have endured a torrid start to the season, made worse when Karim Benzema scored an early goal.",
"Kaka was then set up by Argentine international Angel Di Maria, who capped a fine half by scoring the third.",
"The match petered out in the second half, finishing 3-0 and sending Real Madrid second above Barcelona.",
"In Italy's Serie A Udinese missed the chance of returning to the top of the league after losing away to Napoli 2-0.",
"Two first half strikes from Ezequiel Lavezzi and Christian Maggio ended Udinese's unbeaten start to the season.",
"But the result of the night saw AC Milan score four goals in successive games after beating Parma 4-1.",
"Milan found themselves 3-0 down against Lecce last week before mounting a thrilling comeback.",
"A second half Kevin Prince Boetang hat-trick secured an unlikely 4-3 victory and it was another three-goal haul that guaranteed all the points against Parma.",
"This time Antonio Nocerino was the hero.",
"His first half double put Milan in control before Zlatan Ibrahimovic put the victory beyond Parma, who scored a late consolation before Nocerino completed his hat-trick in the 90th minute.",
"\"Right now the important thing is to return to the top and we can do that,\" coach Massimiliano Allegri told AFP.",
"\"This is an important result to give us consistency.",
"The table is starting to get stretched and we must stay amongst the leaders.\""
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"Levante beat Real Sociedad 3-2 to stay top of Spain's La Liga .",
"Midfielder Ruben Suarez scored deep in to injury time to secure victory .",
"The team, from Valencia, has never finished higher than 10th .",
"In Serie A Udinese missed the chance to go top as AC Milan scored four ."
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"(CNN) -- Kimi Raikkonen will return to Formula One in 2012, after Renault announced on Tuesday that the 2007 world champion has signed a two-year deal with the team.",
"The Finn won the drivers' championship with Ferrari in 2007 before leaving the sport in 2009, but he will return next season after spending time in the World Rally Championship and NASCAR.",
"\"I'm delighted to be coming back to Formula 1 after a two-year break, and I'm grateful to Lotus Renault GP for offering me this opportunity,\" the 32-year-old told the team's official website.",
"\"My time in the World Rally Championship has been a useful stage in my career as a driver, but I can't deny the fact that my hunger for F1 has recently become overwhelming.",
"Final F1 2011 season standings .",
"\"It was an easy choice to return with Lotus Renault GP as I have been impressed by the scope of the team's ambition.",
"Now I'm looking forward to playing an important role in pushing the team to the very front of the grid.\"",
"Raikkonen entered F1 with Sauber in 2001 before going on to enjoy a successful five-season spell with McLaren between 2002 and 2006, winning nine grands prix and twice finishing runner-up in the world championship.",
"Speaking to CNN World Sport, Renault team principal Eric Boullier said he was delighted to have secured Raikkonen's services and insisted the Finn would soon be challenging the sport's top echelon of drivers.",
"\"His motivation is huge and clearly the talent he has will maybe need a little bit of time to get back on track and to adapt to the new car and the new tires but I'm very confident he will get back,\" he said.",
"\"I hope we push as much as we can, as much as we did at the beginning of the season.",
"It is difficult to set up a competitive Formula One team, it takes time, but we learn every year from the experience.",
"\"Kimi's experience is huge, he has been world champion, he has won many races, he has been working and driving for great constructors like Sauber and McLaren.",
"It will be a huge boost for us and his determination will be a big boost for the team.\"",
"Ferrari's Alonso eyes 2012 charge .",
"Boullier said Renault, who will compete under the Lotus name in 2012, were still yet to decide who would partner Raikkonen after they were represented by three drivers last season.",
"Russian Vitaly Petrov initially partnered Nick Heidfeld before Brazilian Bruno Senna replaced the German in August.",
"Polish driver Robert Kubica raced for the team in 2010, but missed all of last season following a rally crash in Italy in February.",
"It had been hoped Kubica would return in time for the 2012 season, but the 26-year-old announced last week that his recovery from serious arm injuries was not yet complete.",
"Boullier said he did not yet know if Kubica would be fit to race: \"It's a little bit early to answer this question,\" he added.",
"\"If we can bring him back into F1 we will try our best.\"",
"The 2011 season came to an end at last Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix, with Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel finishing the race second behind teammate Mark Webber having already sealed a second consecutive championship.",
"The 2012 season will is see a total of six former world champions line-up on the grid, with Raikonnen and Vettel being joined by Mercedes' seven-time winner Michael Schumacher, Ferrari's two-time champion Fernando Alonso and McLaren's championship-winning duo of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton."
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"2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen will return to F1 in 2012 .",
"The 32-year-old Finn has signed a two-year deal with Renault .",
"Raikkonen initially left F1 in 2009 and has since raced in WRC and NASCAR .",
"Renault team boss Eric Boullier says Raikkonen's motivation is \"huge\""
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"(Oprah.com) -- A decade ago Alissa Everett was holed up in her cubicle at an investment bank in San Francisco, flipping through acceptance packages from two top MBA programs.",
"Numb from 100-hour workweeks, she'd applied to business school \"because that's what everyone else was doing,\" she recalls.",
"But as she read about statistics, accounting, and operations courses, \"I had an aha moment,\" she says.",
"Oprah.com: 10 pieces of advice to get you through a terrible day .",
"It suddenly seemed ridiculous to take on crushing debt to study subjects she wasn't passionate about.",
"Within weeks, Everett had tossed her acceptance letters in the trash, quit her job, and flown to Southeast Asia to do some soul-searching.",
"Oprah.com: The one thing everybody in the world wants .",
"Backpacking for months through Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Burma -- and later the Balkans, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, and Egypt -- she snapped thousands of photos.",
"\"As a kid, I wanted to be a National Geographic photographer,\" she says.",
"\"When I left my all-consuming job and cleared my head, I realized taking pictures was still what I wanted to do.\"",
"Oprah.com: How to say no at work -- and still keep your job .",
"By 2003 the invasion of Iraq was dominating the airwaves.",
"Everett made a gut decision \"to go where the news was happening,\" she says, hoping it would help her get her work published.",
"She drove over the border from Jordan with a fellow journalist, and after she met an army media person, got embedded with the 101st Airborne.",
"When U.S. forces killed Saddam Hussein's sons in Mosul that July, Everett was in the right place at the right time.",
"She showed her photos to an NBC producer, who ran them on Dateline.",
"Oprah.com: 7 women who turned their passion for food into a career .",
"Since then Everett has worked in Pakistan, Darfur, the Congo, and the Gaza Strip.",
"Eschewing the sensationalized scenes of explosions and gunfire favored by many news outlets, she tries to capture war's more mundane human dramas: a farmer reaping a modest harvest in ravaged Darfur, a rape victim refugee starting a sewing business in the Congo.",
"\"I'm drawn to under-the-radar stories that have passion, hope, and optimism,\" she says.",
"Everett's time in Sudan inspired her to cofound Care Through Action, which raises funds for women and children who are victims of human rights abuses; her photos help fund the charity.",
"\"I don't go to places just because they're risky,\" she says.",
"\"I go because I believe the world needs to know what's going on.",
"I want to tell stories for people who can't.\"",
"Oprah.com: A 4-step guide to discovering your true calling .",
"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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"Alissa Everett was deciding on a MBA program when she decided to do some soul-searching .",
"A childhood dream of being a National Geographic photographer was still what she wanted to do .",
"Everett takes photos to tell stories for people who can't ."
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"(WIRED) -- Forget relying solely on touch to control your Apple device.",
"On future iPads, you may be able to control your tablet from across the room using 3-D gestures, such as a swirl or swipe of the hand.",
"As suggested by a newly uncovered Apple patent, you would be able to manipulate and control graphical elements on your display, such as icons, media files, text and images.",
"The gestures themselves could take many forms: geometric shapes (e.g., a half-circle or square), symbols (like a check mark or question mark), the letters of the alphabet, and other sorts of predetermined patterns.",
"One interesting application the patent highlights is video annotation and editing via a gesture-based toolbar.",
"The toolbar would provide pre-set options for beginners, but would also allow more advanced users to customize their own gestures.",
"A previously discovered patent indicates that Apple could be working on an integrated projector for iDevices that would incorporate physical gestures as a method to manipulate a projected image.",
"This newer patent, however, focuses more on the gestures themselves and other ways they could be used to control onscreen images and video.",
"There's no mention of Siri or combining voice control with physical gestures.",
"The 3-D gesture-capturing method would employ a device's front-facing camera.",
"The iPad 2, iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S all include a front-facing camera, so if Apple, say, decided to integrate this feature in an upcoming version of iOS, it's possible that legacy iDevice models could employ the technology as well.",
"That said, the patent does suggest that older iPhones may not have enough processing power for the gesture-capturing workload, as it shows a way to transfer video from the iPhone to an iPad for more advanced editing options.",
"The patent pre-defines a number of gestures, such as ones for facial recognition, a selection gesture and a pointing gesture (to identify a specific section of an onscreen image).",
"The patent was originally filed in mid-2010.",
"Subscribe to WIRED magazine for less than $1 an issue and get a FREE GIFT!",
"Click here! Copyright 2011 Wired.com."
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"3-D gestures could be in geometric shapes, symbols, letters or patterns .",
"Apple could be working on an integrated projector for iDevices .",
"Older iPhones may not have enough processing power for the gesture-capturing ."
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"(CNN) -- It was the first house she looked at upon arriving in the small town in central Italy that would be her home for a semester abroad.",
"But Amanda Knox immediately knew it was the one for her.",
"The University of Washington student had been in Perugia for just a few hours on a hot summer day in 2007 with her younger sister, Deanna, who saw a poster that included the word \"appartamento.\"",
"They followed the girl who had posted the ad to a charming, four-bedroom villa near the University for Foreigners of Perugia overlooking a small valley where figs grew.",
"The sisters chatted for hours in the kitchen with the two friendly Italian girls who lived there and made plans with them to tour the town the next day.",
"To the wanderlust-driven young American, who had been hitting the books hard and working multiple jobs since high school so she could study abroad, it was a dream come true.",
"\"She didn't need to see any other place, she didn't need to see any other listings, she was set,\" says her sister.",
"British exchange student Meredith Kercher moved into the house shortly after Knox settled in.",
"The two foreigners became fast friends, Knox's friends and family say, as they explored Perugia together.",
"None of them had any way of knowing that just weeks later, the home would be the scene of a grisly stabbing that would leave Kercher dead and Knox branded her cold-blooded killer.",
"Prosecutors in Perugia said Knox directed then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito and another man infatuated with her, Rudy Guede, to hold Kercher down as Knox played with a knife before slashing Kercher's throat.",
"Knox and Sollecito were convicted in 2009.",
"Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison and Sollecito is serving a 25-year sentence.",
"Guede, a drifter originally from the Ivory Coast, was tried separately and is serving a 16-year sentence.",
"Knox and Sollecito are awaiting a ruling on their appeal against conviction.",
"Media paints two portraits of Knox .",
"The sordid saga has played out in worldwide media long enough to have broken into dual narratives.",
"Some journalists have portrayed Knox as an overly trusting college student who some believe was railroaded by the Italian justice system.",
"Other media paint her as a licentious, manipulative young American still trying to get away with murder, despite an alleged confession, which she quickly recanted, and a conviction.",
"To Knox's friends and family, it's a no-brainer.",
"They grimace at the description prosecutors painted of Knox as a resentful American so angry with Kercher that she exacted revenge during a twisted sexual misadventure.",
"Nothing in her past indicated she had the desire or capacity to kill anyone, let alone a friend, they say.",
"One friend told CNN she was the kind of person who would pick up a spider and take it outside rather than kill it.",
"More than anything, they say, her life had been all about immersing herself in new experiences and creating opportunities to travel abroad.",
"Easy daughter .",
"Growing up in Seattle, Washington, Knox was an easy daughter from the start, says Edda Mellas, Knox's mother.",
"She was a child who never had to be told to do her homework or go to bed on time.",
"She maintained a balance between a life indoors, where she studied regularly and read for pleasure, and a passion for outdoor activities and sports, in particular gymnastics and soccer.",
"Knox's desire to study foreign languages and experience different cultures also became apparent early on, Mellas says.",
"She took Latin in middle school and began expressing a desire to travel abroad.",
"Even though her parents told her they couldn't afford a private high school, she applied on her own and was accepted with a substantial scholarship.",
"She learned Japanese in high school and spent time in Japan as part of her studies, her mother says.",
"\"She loved learning languages.",
"She thought about being an interpreter.",
"She really wanted to be a writer and I said, 'Maybe you need to get a day job while you're trying to make money being a writer.'",
"Languages were definitely her kind of gift.\"",
"In 2004, her mother took her daughters to Europe.",
"They visited family in Austria and spent Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany.",
"\"They just loved seeing the history and the culture and differences in people.",
"And it was a great experience,\" Mellas said.",
"Knox eventually turned her sights to studying abroad in college.",
"She rejected soccer scholarships from several schools because she knew she would have to commit to the sports program.",
"So again, she set her sights on a longshot: the highly competitive University of Washington.",
"She got in and made a positive first impression on practically everyone she met, says friend Andrew Seliber, who testified at her trial as a character witness.",
"\"I think it was her just open personality to, you know, see the good things in people and have always a positive attitude about everybody and everything in the world.",
"And it was really refreshing coming to school and meeting people like that, especially like her, who were, you know, so willing to see everybody's perspectives about, you know, anything.\"",
"Seliber adds she worked hard to keep up her GPA, making the dean's list almost every quarter, so she could travel her junior year.",
"\"I think (studying abroad) was kind of an extension of that personality where she always wanted to meet people and -- and just get their perspectives on the world, because there's really no better way of opening yourself up than to travel the world,\" Seliber says.",
"She considered Germany, Austria and Scotland, her mother says, before deciding on Italy, a place she'd never been and where the people spoke a language she hadn't studied.",
"\"She wanted to try something different,\" Mellas says.",
"\"Once she decided on Italy, she thought about going to the really typical places: Florence or Rome.",
"But she really thought that to her seemed more touristy.",
"And she wanted just everyday, small-town, regular Italians and not where there would be hundreds of English-speaking people.",
"She wanted to immerse herself in a smaller town and -- she looked around and Perugia had a program.\"",
"Mellas worried about her but took comfort in the fact that she would be close to relatives in Europe.",
"\"You worry if you send your kids that far away.",
"But it was also a dream of hers that you know, nobody was going to squash.",
"I worried that she was too trusting.",
"I worried that she didn't have enough self-preservation kind of instincts.\"",
"European adventure .",
"Knox worked in two coffee shops and an art gallery, living frugally to save the $10,000 she would need for the trip.",
"Finally, the time arrived for her to begin her adventure in August 2007.",
"She and her sister went to Europe to visit relatives before catching a train to Perugia.",
"From the start, it was an adventure, her sister says.",
"\"We showed up in Perugia on the train and just thought we could find our way to her hotel, and realized that we had no idea where we were going.",
"So we ended up hiking with our backpacks like, five miles right off the train station to even find a bus that would take us to our hotel,\" Deanna Knox says.",
"As soon as they arrived, Knox made her way to the University for Foreigners of Perugia to get the lay of the land.",
"\"The city was really beautiful.",
"You could really tell on Amanda's face and how she was acting that she was instantly in love.\"",
"After school began, Knox sent enthusiastic e-mails to her family nearly every day.",
"She described attending a chocolate festival and a book fair with Kercher.",
"A few weeks into her stay, she wrote in various e-mails that she had met a handsome computer engineering student who looked like Harry Potter at a classical music concert.",
"Knox had been a \"late bloomer\" in terms of dating, so news that she had met Raffaele Sollecito made her sister happy.",
"\"She was just infatuated with the whole idea of him.",
"First of all, he was a foreign guy, he was sweet, he was really kind, he was smart. ...",
"He was exactly my sister's type.\"",
"Deanna Knox says.",
"\"It was pretty exciting.",
"I wanted to learn more about him, and it just happened that they were only dating for two weeks before everything happened.",
"I wish -- I really wish that they could've gotten to know each other a lot better.\"",
"CNN's Mallory Simon and Todd Schwarzschild contributed to this report."
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"Friends, family: Nothing about Amanda Knox's past suggests she's a killer .",
"Knox is serving a 26-year Italian prison sentence for killing Meredith Kercher .",
"Friends grimace at description prosecutors painted of Knox as resentful American ."
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"(CNN) -- An Arizona man lay handcuffed and non-responsive on the floor of a Walmart on Black Friday, as his emotional grandson stood nearby.",
"Jerald Newman, 54, spent Friday night in a Maricopa County jail hours after being arrested for allegedly resisting arrest and shoplifting, according to the county sheriff's department.",
"But the suspect's family members, as well as at least one witness, said the man is innocent and that the treatment was unnecessary.",
"Newman's daughter said that she, her father and other family members were in the packed Buckeye, Arizona, store soon after it opened late Thursday night.",
"\"They were just letting people in; there was nowhere to walk,\" Berneta Sanchez told CNN.",
"\"And teenagers and adults were fighting for these games, taking them away from little kids and away from my father.\"",
"The grandson, Nicholas Nava, told CNN affiliate KNXV that Newman had grabbed one video game and put it under his shirt so that others jostling for the game didn't take it from him.",
"One person alerted a police officer, who then approached Newman.",
"David Chadd, a CNN iReporter from Las Vegas, was among those shopping for video games set up in the Walmart's grocery section in a mass of people.",
"He said Newman \"was not resisting\" arrest as he was led away from the crowd by a police officer.",
"The officer, Chadd said, then suddenly hooked the suspect around the leg, grabbed him and \"slammed him face first into the ground.\"",
"\"It was like a bowling ball hitting the ground, that's how bad it was,\" he said.",
"That was around when Sanchez said she heard of the altercation from across the store and ran toward her father.",
"\"I was fuming,\" she recalled upon seeing her father on the floor.",
"\"They wouldn't let me near him at all, they were telling me to stay back.\"",
"Video, recorded by Chadd and later posted on CNN's iReport, shows an apparently unconscious Newman head-down on the floor in a pool of blood.",
"As he's turned over, Buckeye police officers appear to attempt to revive him -- at which point his face, covered mostly in blood, is revealed.",
"Several voices, apparently those of fellow shoppers, are heard saying, \"Why would you throw him down so hard?",
"All he did was shoplifting and you threw him down like that?\"",
"Another person says, \"They threw him down.",
"He wasn't doing anything wrong.\"",
"Two citizens then appear to come to Newman's aid by applying paper towels to the man's nose.",
"Chadd estimated that Newman was knocked out for about 10 minutes, all the while gushing blood and handcuffed.",
"Walmart spokeswoman Ashley Hardie said the retail giant was aware of the incident.",
"\"We are concerned whenever there is an incident involving a customer at one of our stores,\" Hardie said.",
"\"We are in contact with the local police and are sharing any information we have with them.\"",
"Members of the Buckeye Police Department did not immediately respond to CNN calls Friday for comment.",
"Assistant Chief Larry Hall told KNXV that Newman struggled after getting hurt, saying he was aggressive and escalated the situation.",
"\"There's a whole other side to this story that wasn't videotaped,\" Hall said.",
"\"There is nothing, on the surface, (that) deems our officer acted inappropriate at this time.\"",
"The Buckeye incident was one of a few such incidents involving police and shoppers at the chain's stores nationwide.",
"Sanchez said that Newman was \"emotional\" when she talked to him, briefly, on Friday from a hospital where he was treated before being sent to jail.",
"\"He was complaining of his pain, and he was angry,\" she said.",
"She described her father as \"a really nice man,\" noting he is a custom furniture-maker who preaches through the California prison system.",
"He has raised his grandson from birth and, even while in the hospital, Sanchez said the boy was her father's chief concern.",
"Family members are hoping for a call from law enforcement, informing them that they can pick up Newman, Sanchez said.",
"Until then, she said her mother plans to talk to a lawyer Saturday to work on expediting the man's release.",
"Whatever happens, Sanchez vowed that next year she won't be shopping in the wee hours of the Friday morning after Thanksgiving.",
"\"I will never leave my house again on Black Friday, because I don't want to put my daughter through that again,\" she said, noting her daughter was there to see police standing over her bloody grandfather.",
"\"I'd rather stay home.",
"And if they have Black Friday, they need more security.\"",
"CNN's Marlena Baldacci and Greg Morrison contributed to this report."
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"NEW: A witness says the man's head hit the ground \"like a bowling ball\"\nJerald Newman, 54, is charged with resisting arrest and shoplifting .",
"His grandson says he tried to hide a video game from jostling shoppers .",
"Video shows the man later bloodied and unconscious on a Walmart floor ."
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"(CNN) -- Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova will open proceedings at the WTA Championships in Istanbul Tuesday in her first appearance in the prestigious end-of-season finale.",
"The Czech was a surprise winner at SW19, beating Maria Sharapova in the final of the grass court grand slam, helping her to earn a place in the elite eight-strong field in Turkey.",
"She faces experienced Russian Vera Zvonerava in the first match in Red Group and knows that to progress from the robin stage will be tough.",
"\"It doesn't matter who's in the group.",
"All eight players are very strong,\" she told the WTA official website.",
"Kvitova, with four other titles in her breakthrough season, must emerge in the top two out of section which also includes World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki and Agnieszka Radwanska.",
"Pole Radwanska is also a newcomer to the WTA Championships after a storming late season run with two titles.",
"Arguably, she is in better form than her opponent Wozniacki in the second match on court Tuesday.",
"While she was winning titles in Beijing and Tokyo, Danish ace Wozniacki was making early exits.",
"\"I was the last one to get in here so I'm just going to enjoy myself and try to play my best tennis, like in Asia,\" said Radwanska, who had to sweat on the performance of first alternate Marion Bartoli in the final counting event at the Kremlin Cup before sealing her place.",
"The final match of the first day's proceedings pits Sharapova against newly-crowned U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur in the Blue Group.",
"Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and China's Li Na complete the section and will be in action Wednesday.",
"Stosur, who stunned Serena Williams to claim her first grand slam title at Flushing Meadows, knows she faces a tough task to progress.",
"\"Maria (Sharapova) and Victoria (Azarenka) I've never beaten before, so there's a great challenge in itself,\" she said.",
"Defending champion Kim Clijsters, who beat Wozniacki in last year's final, did not qualify for the tournament after a season ruined by injury, while Williams has not played since reaching the final at the U.S. Open and is in 12th place in the rankings.",
"Sharapova, who beat Williams for the title in 2004, is the only previous winner of the event in an inexperienced field with French Open champion Li Na joining Kvitova and Radwanska as first timers."
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"WTA Championships begin in Istanbul Tuesday .",
"Eight-strong tournament has three newcomers .",
"Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova opens proceedings against Vera Zvonareva .",
"Maria Sharapova the only member of the field to have won the tournament ."
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"(CNN) -- New striker Gervinho was sent off on his Premier League debut as Arsenal drew 0-0 against Newcastle United at St James Park in their opening match of the season on Saturday.",
"It was unedifying end to a difficult week for Gunners' fans who appear to be on the brink of losing star midfielder Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona and Samir Nasri to the blue side of Manchester.",
"Fabregas expected to join Barcelona .",
"Arsenal dominated possession with little to show for their efforts as Newcastle defended stoutly.",
"And the home side's cause was helped no end by the Ivorian striker who was given his marching orders in the 76th minute after he slapped Newcastle's Joey Barton during an altercation in the penalty area.",
"Liverpool's new summer signings couldn't fashion a win at Anfield as they drew 1-1 with Sunderland.",
"Luis Suarez opened the scoring with a header in the 12th minute, making amends for a penalty he missed in the third minute after Sunderland midfielder Kieron Richardson had brought down the Uruguayan striker.",
"New midfielder's Stewart Downing, Charlie Adam and Jordan Henderson all started for Liverpool, as did new defender Jose Enrique, but after a bright first half the Reds faded.",
"Sunderland's stubborn collective defensive effort in the second half was rewarded with a moment of individual brilliance when Swedish international Sebastian Larsson equalized with a spectacular volley in the 57th minute.",
"\"Sunderland made it difficult for us, they worked really hard and I think they deserved a point,\" Liverpool's manager, Kenny Dalglish said afterwards, AFP reported.",
"Bolton Wanderers were one of only two teams to manage a win on the opening day of the new season, thumping newly-promoted Queens Park Rangers 4-0 at Loftus Road.",
"Gary Cahill opened the scoring in first-half injury time with a curling effort from 25 yards.",
"QPR defender Danny Gabbidon then handed Bolton a 2-0 lead when he deflected a Chris Eagles' free-kick into his own net.",
"Croatian striker Ivan Klasnic added a third with 20 minutes remaining before Fabrice Muamba completed the rout of the west Londoners.",
"Wolverhampton Wanderers were the other winners on Saturday as they came from behind to beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 at Ewood Park.",
"Blackburn debutant Mauro Formica gave the home side the lead after 20 minutes only to see Steven Fletcher level the scores two minutes later.",
"Wolves were ahead shortly after the break when Stephen Ward volleyed home from close range after Irish striker Kevin Doyle had his penalty saved by Blackburn's 'keeper Paul Robinson.",
"New boys Norwich City fared better in their first Premier League outing claiming a creditable 1-1 draw at Wigan.",
"Ben Watson slotted home a penalty in the 21st minute (after Ritchie de Laet felled Franco di Santo) to give the home side the lead.",
"But Norwich fought their way back into the match and were rewarded when Wes Hoolahan pounced on a mistake Wigan keeper Ali Al Habsi to equalize moments before halftime.",
"Fulham and Aston Villa played out a goalless draw at Craven Cottage.",
"Champions Manchester United kick off their campaign on Sunday when they travel to West Bromwich Albion, while Chelsea are away to Stoke City.",
"Roberto Mancini's Manchester City host newly-promoted Swansea City on Monday."
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"Liverpool start with 1-1 home draw against Sunderland; Villa draw 0-0 at Fulham .",
"Bolton beat new boys Queens Park Rangers 4-0; Wolves open with win at Blackburn ."
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"(CNN) -- Ground-to-air missiles at the 2012 Olympic Games?",
"It's not a new sport added to the London line-up, but proof that Britain's government is taking security seriously.",
"Defense secretary Phillip Hammond has confirmed that such weapons will be at the disposal of those tasked with ensuring public safety at the UK capital's summer showpiece.",
"He told parliament that a full range of options would be available for protecting the Games, which kick off on July 27.",
"Hammond was asked by his predecessor, Liam Fox, to confirm if a \"full range of multilayered defense and deterrents\" would be on hand, including surface-to-air missiles.",
"\"I can assure him that all necessary measures to ensure the security and safety of the London Olympic Games will be taken including -- if the advice of the military is that it is required -- appropriate ground-to-air defenses,\" Hammond replied.",
"Earlier on Monday, British newspaper The Guardian had claimed the United States was planning to send 1,000 security personnel, including FBI agents, to the Olympics after developing concerns about arrangements.",
"The paper said that the UK government is having to field more and more questions on security from its U.S. counterpart, with one source saying of the White House: \"They are being very demanding.\"",
"It also claimed the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games has decided to more than double the amount of security guards protecting the 32 Olympic sites across the country to 21,000 from 10,000.",
"The Guardian quoted the UK Home Office, responsible for home security, as saying its Olympic planning was \"on track\" and that the funding was in place.",
"\"The government is committed to delivering a safe and secure Games that London, the UK and the world can enjoy,\" a spokesman said."
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"MP tells British parliament ground-to-air missiles available to protect London 2012 .",
"Defense secretary Phillip Hammond says a range of security options are available .",
"British newspaper had claimed the U.S. was unhappy with planned level of security ."
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"(CNN) -- Eleven people were killed Tuesday during clashes with Yemeni security forces after anti-government protests again filled the streets of the country's capital, according to a hospital official.",
"Crowds marched through downtown Sanaa, where government forces allegedly gunned down protesters -- the latest in a series of confrontations between those loyal to embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh, demonstrators and rival factions.",
"Hundreds of security forces attempted to restrict the protesters' movements, and tear-gas canisters could be seen flying toward the crowd, said hospital director Mohammed Qubati.",
"Others carrying sticks and knives also advanced toward the crowds, Qubati added.",
"CNN has not independently confirmed the details of casualties, and the government has not yet responded to requests for comment.",
"The violence comes one day after thousands of women demonstrated in front of Yemen's Foreign Ministry in Sanaa, demanding U.N. intervention in the ongoing unrest in the Persian Gulf nation.",
"The women called for sanctions against Saleh and asked that the International Criminal Court try him.",
"Saleh said Sunday that \"strong documentation of the cooperation\" between al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood indicate a military coup that is destabilizing the country.",
"He described the opposition as \"insane people, who can't sleep and only want to take power.\""
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"Crowds march through downtown Sanaa .",
"CNN has not independently confirmed the details of casualties ."
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"(CNN) -- Stocks on key Asian exchanges dropped modestly early Monday on what is likely to be an eventful day in world markets, following Standard and Poor's downgrade of the U.S. credit rating.",
"In early Tokyo trading, the Nikkei index fell 124 points, or 1.3%.",
"South Korea's KOSPI index slipped 1.6%.",
"In Australia, the All Ordinaries index lost 0.7%.",
"The Shanghai composite started 0.8% lower.",
"Hong Kong's Hang Seng index tumbled 2.6% at the open.",
"Similarly, U.S. stock futures fell around 1.7% in early electronic trading Sunday.",
"The futures were the first U.S. gauge of investor sentiment following Friday night's downgrade, removing the United States' AAA status for the first time.",
"They give an indication of how investors will react when regular-hours U.S. trading begins at 9:30 a.m.",
"ET Monday. Besides the U.S. downgrade, investors are concerned about the debt crisis in some European nations, though actions on the part of the G7 and the European Central Bank Sunday helped to allay some of those fears.",
"Financial representatives of leading industrial nations said they are committed to taking \"all necessary measures to support financial stability and growth in a spirit of close cooperation and confidence.\"",
"They welcomed the \"decisive actions taken in the U.S. and Europe\" and \"the additional policy measures announced by Italy and Spain to strengthen fiscal discipline and underpin the recovery in economic activity and job creation.\"",
"\"We are committed to taking coordinated action where needed, to ensuring liquidity, and to supporting financial market functioning, financial stability and economic growth,\" G7 finance ministers and central bank governors said in a Sunday night statement.",
"Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner had been expected to take part in a conference call with representatives of the other G7 nations to discuss the downgraded U.S. credit rating, a G7 official told CNN.",
"The G7 nations are the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada and the United States.",
"Similarly, the European Central Bank made a bid to calm markets Sunday.",
"It said it would implement a bond-purchase program and welcomed announcements by Italy and Spain on new measures meant to reduce their deficits.",
"It told the governments of those countries that a \"decisive and swift implementation\" of reforms is \"essential.\"",
"The move represents an escalation in the official response to Europe's debt crisis, which is now more than a year old and until recently was contained to smaller economies like Greece, Ireland and Portugal.",
"International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde cheered the announcements.",
"\"I welcome the statements from the European Central Bank, from the leaders of Germany and France as well as from the G7, and their renewed commitment to take all necessary action in a coordinated way to ensure stability and liquidity in the financial markets.",
"This cooperation will contribute to maintaining confidence and spurring global economic growth,\" she said in a statement.",
"Middle Eastern markets, the first to open since the downgrade, were sharply lower on Sunday.",
"Israel's market temporarily halted trading at one point and finished down more than 6%, while the Dubai Financial Market General Index fell 3.7%.",
"The General Index on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange was down more than 2.5%, while in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All-Share Index dropped nearly 5.5% in trading Saturday.",
"U.S. officials are talking to a \"wide range of investors\" about the downgrade by the credit agency to try to \"mitigate\" any short-term negative impact from Friday's announcement, a Treasury official told CNN.",
"Top Standard & Poor's officials said Sunday that the downgraded credit rating for the United States was both a call for political consensus on significant deficit reduction and a warning of possible further credit problems down the road.",
"\"We have a negative outlook on the rating and that means that we think the risks currently on the rating are to the downside,\" said David Beers, the S&P global head of sovereign ratings, on \"Fox News Sunday.\"",
"However, Beers said markets were reacting to the debt crises in some European countries and fears of a global economic slump, rather than the U.S. credit downgrade alone.",
"John Chambers, the S&P head of sovereign ratings, told ABC's \"This Week\" program Saturday that it could take years for the United States to return to AAA status.",
"\"Well, if history is a guide, it could take a while,\" Chambers said.",
"\"We've had five governments that lost their AAA that got it back.",
"The amount of time that it took for those five range from nine years to 18 years, so it takes a while.\"",
"The agency's concerns \"are centered on the political side and on the fiscal side,\" Chambers said.",
"\"So it would take a stabilization of the debt as a share of the economy and eventual decline,\" he said.",
"\"And it would take, I think, more ability to reach consensus in Washington than what we're observing now.\"",
"Both Beers and Bill Miller, chairman and chief investment officer at Legg Mason Capital Management, told the Fox program that they don't expect the U.S. downgrade to cause a spike in interest rates, one of the possible results of the higher risk now attached to U.S. debt.",
"\"I don't think we'll pay more in interest,\" Miller said, calling the downgrade more of a symbolic event than an economic event.",
"However, he warned of continuing market volatility in coming days driven by uncertainty.",
"Rating agencies such as S&P, Moody's and Fitch analyze risk and give debt a grade that is supposed to reflect the borrower's ability to repay its loans.",
"The safest bets are stamped AAA.",
"That's where the U.S. debt has stood for years.",
"Moody's first assigned the United States an AAA rating in 1917.",
"Fitch and Moody's, the other two main credit ratings agencies, maintained the AAA rating for the United States after last week's debt deal, though Moody's lowered its outlook on U.S. debt to \"negative.\"",
"A negative outlook indicates the possibility that Moody's could downgrade the country's sovereign credit rating within a year or two.",
"U.S. Treasury officials received S&P's analysis Friday afternoon and alerted the agency to an error that inflated U.S. deficits by $2 trillion, said an administration official, who was not authorized to speak for attribution.",
"The agency acknowledged the mistake, but said it was sticking with its decision.",
"The administration official called it \"a facts-be-damned decision ... Their analysis was way off, but they wouldn't budge.\"",
"Saturday, Gene Sperling, director of Obama's National Economic Council, criticized S&P's call.",
"\"The magnitude of their error and the amateurism it displayed, combined with their willingness to simply change on the spot their lead rationale in their press release once the error was pointed out, was breathtaking.",
"It smacked of an institution starting with a conclusion and shaping any arguments to fit it,\" he said.",
"But Beers defended his agency's move on Sunday, telling the Fox program: \"The underlying debt burden of the U.S. government is rising and will continue to rise over the next decade.\"",
"CNN's Tom Cohen, Kyung Lah and Mark Meinero contributed to this report."
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"Losses are modest in Tokyo, Seoul, Sydney and Shanghai .",
"Investors are weighing both the downgrade and the European debt crisis .",
"G7 leaders say they are committed to taking \"all necessary measures\"\nU.S. stock futures tumble around 1.7% in early electronic trading ."
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"(CNN) -- When the 13th cannon raised from Blackbeard's flagship, Queen Anne's Revenge, came to the surface this morning, researchers at the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources had one question: Was it loaded?",
"The 8-foot cannon is one of 25 found since the vessel's discovery in 1997, a treasure trove of 280,000 artifacts pulled to surface over 14 years.",
"Shackles, ship riggings, crystal wine glasses' remains, and cannon shot are among the booty.",
"Four cannons have so far been found \"with cannon shot and wads in place ready to be fired,\" said Sarah Watkins-Kenney, Queen Ann's Revenge chief conservator.",
"Christened \"Baby Ruth,\" the newest cannon can only reveal its secrets after researchers painstakingly remove the \"concretion\" from the 1-ton weapon.",
"Concretion is a cement-like shell of sand, salt and sea life that can take archaeologists up to five years to remove.",
"The Queen Anne's Revenge's remains are scuttled two miles off the North Carolina coast near Atlantic Beach in 25 feet of water, where the pirate Blackbeard left the vessel in June 1718.",
"Historians believe Blackbeard and his fleet of 300 to 400 pirates wanted to rid themselves of the vessel.",
"\"It's believed he ran this aground intentionally as a part of corporate downsizing,\" said Fay Mitchell with North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources.",
"Researchers continue to work the site.",
"\"Our goal is to have research on the site completed by 2013, assuming the funding holds out,\" Mitchell said."
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"(CNN) -- These are hard times in the United States.",
"The government released its annual report on income, poverty and insurance coverage last week.",
"The median income in the U.S. in 2010 was $49,445, which is 2.3% lower than it was in 2009.",
"But that's just the median. To understand how bad things really are, we need to look at poverty.",
"Let's be explicit.",
"To qualify as below the poverty line, you have to be really poor.",
"A single person under the age of 65 has to earn less than $11,244 to be considered in poverty.",
"That's significantly less than a full-time minimum wage job.",
"A single mother with a child has to make less than $15,030 to be considered in poverty.",
"The percentage of people who met these criteria increased to 15.1% in 2010 from 14.3% in 2009.",
"It's gone up steadily since 2007 when it was 12.5%.",
"What really hurts, however, is exactly who in America qualifies as living in poverty.",
"Because of the social safety nets in place, relatively few people over 64 are very poor (9%).",
"Children, on the other hand, suffer greatly.",
"About 22% of Americans under 18 live in poverty.",
"Let me say that again: More than one in five children in the United States is living in poverty.",
"Children account for more than one-third of all such people in the U.S. right now.",
"Think about that when we talk about how to save money in the future.",
"I'm a health services researcher, and incredibly invested in how we reform the health care system of this country.",
"It's why I'd also like you to focus on the plight of the uninsured.",
"In 2010, the report said, the number of people in the United States who lacked insurance for an entire year was 49.9 million.",
"This is the largest number of people without insurance since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid.",
"Almost all of these people are below 65.",
"(Pretty much every American over 65 is on Medicare, after all.)",
"It gets worse.",
"The percentage of Americans who were covered by private health insurance decreased again -- to 64%; the number of people covered by employer-provided health insurance dropped to 55.3%.",
"Where did all of these people go? Lots of them went to the government, as the number with Medicaid coverage increased to 15.9% and those with Medicare coverage increased to 14.5%.",
"America is hurting.",
"Unemployment is on the rise.",
"Poverty is increasing.",
"More people are losing or unable to get private insurance, and turning to our safety nets for coverage.",
"Most of the benefits and improvements of the Affordable Care Act -- the large Medicaid expansion, the exchanges, the mandate, the subsidies -- won't go into effect until 2014.",
"(An early feature of the act that has already gone into effect has allowed hundreds of thousands of young people under 26 to remain on their parents' insurance, and this group has fared better.)",
"This is the truth we face as we talk about how to reform the health care system: Some claim we need to depend on the private market more and more, but it's shrinking and unable to cover those who need it.",
"Some want to cut Medicaid funding, but it's responsible for covering more and more Americans.",
"It's important to face reality.",
"Of the 75 million or so children in the United States right now, more than one third are covered by Medicaid; an additional 10% or so are uninsured.",
"When we talk about cutting Medicaid funding, we're talking about making things worse for these children.",
"There's no getting around that.",
"I know that there's a deficit problem, and I know that it's important to get a handle on entitlement spending.",
"But we can't ignore that right now Medicaid is one of the cheapest insurance programs around.",
"People seem to have forgotten, but the reason the Affordable Care Act puts 20 million more people in Medicaid is that it was cheaper than putting them in the exchanges to get private insurance.",
"Moreover, about 5% of Medicaid enrollees account for more than 50% of all Medicaid spending.",
"That spending is almost all on elderly and disabled people.",
"It's unlikely these people will be cut from Medicaid.",
"Poor children?",
"Poor adults?",
"Far more likely.",
"There will be hard decisions ahead.",
"No one can deny that entitlement spending, especially health care spending, is unsustainable on its current path.",
"We must be able to look at the budget and talk about areas where we might spend less.",
"That will inevitably lead to some groups getting less than they did before.",
"Yet, as voting blocs and advocacy groups defend their piece of the pie, let's not forget those who cannot speak for themselves.",
"The ranks of the poor are growing.",
"They're populated with children.",
"And they depend on Medicaid for their health care in increasing numbers.",
"Let's not sacrifice their future while we're trying to save it for the rest of us.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Aaron E. Carroll."
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"Aaron E. Carroll says rising poverty numbers show one in five children affected .",
"He says this reality must be faced when deciding how to save government money .",
"He says more can't afford private insurance but must rely on Medicaid, which faces cuts .",
"Carroll: Reliance on safety net is growing and we must perserve it ."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- A third day of testimony gets underway in a Los Angeles courtroom Thursday as a judge decides whether Dr. Conrad Murray will face trial for involuntary manslaughter in the death of singer Michael Jackson.",
"On Wednesday, a paramedic and a security guard testified that Jackson appeared to be dead when an ambulance arrived at his home at 12:26 p.m. June 25, 2009.",
"\"When I picked him up, his legs were quite cool,\" Los Angeles County Paramedic Richard Senneff said.",
"\"His eyes were quite dry.\"",
"No pulse was detected, and the paramedics' heart monitor showed Jackson was \"flatlined\" as he lay on his bedroom floor, Senneff testified.",
"Prosecutors contend that Murray's should be held criminally responsible for giving the pop star a surgical anesthetic, propofol, at home without monitoring equipment.",
"The coroner concluded Jackson died from \"acute propofol intoxication,\" in combination \"the contributory affects of the benzodiazepines,\" Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney David Walgren said.",
"Murray allegedly delayed calling for help when he found Jackson was not breathing, misled paramedics and doctors about the series of sedatives and the anesthetic he'd given him and that he tried to hide evidence when he should have been trying to revive Jackson.",
"Murray told paramedics he had only given Jackson a dose of lorazepam to help him sleep and that he was treating him for dehydration, Senneff testified.",
"When he asked \"how long the patient was down,\" the doctor responded \"'It just happened,'\" Senneff testified.",
"The paramedic said that account\"it didn't add up.\"",
"Testimony Wednesday also included emotional accounts of crying and praying in the home as Jackson's children and employees realized something was very wrong upstairs.",
"Jackson chef Kia Chase said the first indication of a crisis was when Murray ran downstairs in a panic and asked her to send Jackson's oldest son, Prince, and the security guard upstairs.",
"\"His eyes were enlarged,\" Chase testified.",
"\"He was screaming.\" After the housekeepers started crying, the rest of the staff joined them, she said.",
"\"We started praying,\" Chase said.",
"\"We held hands, and we were crying.\"",
"Jackson's two oldest children, Prince and Paris, watched from a bedroom doorway as Murray tried to revive their father before the ambulance arrived, according to Alberto Alvarez, who worked on Jackson's security team.",
"\"Paris screamed 'Daddy!'",
"and she started crying,\" Alvarez testified.",
"Michael Jackson's three sisters, parents and brother Randy listened from the second row of the courtroom as Alvarez appeared to be near tears as he described the scene.",
"\"Dr. Murray then said 'Get them out, get them out.",
"Don't let them see their father like this,' \" Alvarez said.",
"\"I turned to the children and I told them 'Don't worry, children, we'll take care of it.",
"Go outside please.'",
"\" Alvarez testified that Murray asked for his help in collecting medicines from around the bedroom.",
"\"He then grabbed a handful of bottles or vials,\" Alvarez said.",
"\"He instructed me to put them in a bag.\"",
"It was only then, about 21 minutes after prosecutors say Murray realized Jackson was not breathing, that he asked Alvarez to call for an ambulance.",
"It arrived four minutes later.",
"Jackson's former security chief testified that Murray seemed not to know how to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation as he waited for paramedics to arrive at the singer's house.",
"Faheem Muhammed said he and Alvarez saw Murray crouched next to Jackson's bed \"in a panicked state asking, 'Does anyone know CPR?'",
"\" \"I looked at Alberto because we knew Dr. Murray was a heart surgeon, so we were shocked,\" Muhammed said.",
"When defense lawyer Ed Chernoff asked if perhaps Murray was only asking for help because he was tired, Muhammed said, \"The way that he asked it is as if he didn't know CPR.\"",
"Alvarez testified that Murray told him and Muhammed that he was inexperienced at mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.",
"\"After the second time, he gave a breath, he said 'You know, this is the first time that I give mouth-to-mouth, but I have to do it, because he's my friend,' \" Alvarez said.",
"Jackson appeared to be dead at that time, with his \"eyes open and his mouth open, just laying there,\" Muhammed said.",
"Walgren, the deputy district attorney, earlier said that Murray used \"ineffectual CPR with one hand while the patient was prone on a soft bed.\"",
"Using two hands with the patient prone on a hard surface is the proper method, he said.",
"Muhammed, testifying Tuesday, said he never saw Murray performing CPR on Jackson before paramedics arrived and transported the singer to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.",
"The hearing, which began Tuesday, is expected to last two or three weeks, with 20 to 30 witnesses testifying.",
"Judge Michael Pastor will determine whether there is probable cause to send Murray to trial.",
"Murray remains free on $75,000 bond.",
"InSession Producer Michael Christian contributed to this report."
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"(CNN) -- As Occupy Wall Street demonstrates its staying power, media increasingly portray it favorably.",
"Because of its success, the movement is being asked to put forth a list of its demands.",
"So far, members have said no.",
"And well they should. The refusal of Occupy Wall Street to tie itself down with an agenda that can be debated piecemeal is one of its great strengths.",
"The decision allows Occupy Wall Street to remain a cri de coeur for all who believe they have lost ground over the last decade.",
"In choosing this strategy, Occupy Wall Street is doing more than defying expectations.",
"It is linking itself with the best of 1960s America.",
"Fifty years ago in his 1961 Inaugural Address, President John F. Kennedy declared that the torch had been passed to a new generation of Americans.",
"A year later, in its Port Huron Statement of 1962, the group Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), took Kennedy's generational declaration a step further, insisting that the time had come for America to make a new commitment to social justice.",
"For SDS, an organization dominated by college and graduate students, participatory democracy was a version of Occupy Wall Street's horizontal democracy, and to look back at SDS's Port Huron Statement is to see why Occupy Wall Street activists should feel confident about the path they have chosen.",
"The Port Huron Statement was often maddeningly vague.",
"But like Occupy Wall Street's chant, \"We are the 99 percent,\" the Port Huron Statement left no doubt about the all-inclusive equality SDS sought.",
"As Kirkpatrick Sale has written in his definitive history \"SDS: The Rise and Development of the Students for a Democratic Society,\" the organization both captured and shaped the spirit of the new student mood.",
"\"America rests in national stalemate\" was the underlying premise of the Port Huron Statement.",
"SDS believed the \"decline of utopia and hope\" was the defining feature of the American political landscape in the early '60s, and its task was to search for \"truly democratic alternatives.\"",
"SDS members had, they believed, grown up when America was the wealthiest and strongest country in the world, and they saw themselves struggling with the complacency such power produced.",
"SDS did not underestimate the difficulty of overcoming the problems it faced.",
"At a time when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was still years away and the fall of the Berlin Wall was impossible to imagine, SDS was concerned not only with the questions of economic equality but the entrenched racism of the South and the nuclear arms race.",
"The organization conceded that much groundwork had to be laid if serious change was possible.",
"\"The first task of any social movement is to convince people that the search for orienting theories and the creation of human values is complex but worthwhile,\" the Port Huron Statement says.",
"The group never said exactly how it would succeed at that task.",
"But it was clear about what it wanted.",
"\"We would replace power rooted in possession, privilege, or circumstance by power and uniqueness rooted in love, reflectiveness, reason, and creativity.\"",
"SDS was not bothered by criticism that such a declaration of principles was too idealistic.",
"It faced its critics head on.",
"\"If we appear to seek the unattainable, as it has been said, then let it be known that we do so to avoid the unimaginable,\" the concluding lines of the Port Huron Statement declare.",
"The organization's faith in people, particularly those belonging to its college-age generation, was knowingly idealistic.",
"At the core of the Port Huron Statement was SDS's unapologetic insistence: \"We regard men as infinitely precious and possessed of unfilled capacities for reason, freedom, and love.\"",
"By the end of the 1960s, SDS was a spent force, but the values expressed in the Port Huron Statement had a life of their own.",
"They were echoed in the civil rights movement as well as in the social programs of Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society, and they continued into the 1970s with the antiwar movement.",
"It is too early to predict what will follow from Occupy Wall Street, but the example of SDS and its Port Huron Statement provides a basis for believing Occupy Wall Street rests on much more solid ground than its critics realize.",
"As Occupy Wall Street's General Assembly, its daily mass meeting open to everyone, shows, the movement is not about to be intimidated by the charge -- even when voiced by those on the left -- that it is too elusive and too egalitarian for its own good.",
"Occupy Wall Street's September 29 Declaration of Occupation lists a multitude of grievances, ranging from anger about illegal house foreclosures to outsourcing jobs, but the declaration never departs from its core article of faith and source of appeal.",
"They are registered in its opening sentence, \"As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together.\"",
"The opinions in this commentary are solely those of Nicolaus Mills."
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"Mills: In 1962, Students for a Democratic Society's Port Huron Statement didn't list demands .",
"Mills says the values outlined in that statement lived on long after SDS ended .",
"Occupy allows room for all who have lost ground to bring issues to light, he writes ."
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"(CNN) -- University of Arkansas authorities say they see no \"suspicious circumstances\" surrounding the death of a 19-year-old football player who was was found dead in his room Sunday.",
"Garrett Uekman, a sophomore tight end for the Razorbacks, was found unconscious and unresponsive in his room about 11:15 a.m., the university said in a written statement Sunday afternoon.",
"Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital shortly after noon.",
"A roommate last saw Uekman playing video games about an hour earlier, \"and he appeared to be in good health,\" the university said.",
"An autopsy will be performed.",
"\"The cause of Uekman's death is not known at this time, but there are no suspicious circumstances,\" the statement said.",
"Uekman, of Little Rock, \"was living his dream of going to the U of A and playing football for the Razorbacks,\" parents Danny and Michelle Uekman said in a statement released through the school.",
"He appeared in nine games for the 10-1 Arkansas squad this season."
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"(CNN) -- In a videotaped interrogation with Peruvian police broadcast Monday, Joran van der Sloot admitted that he hit, strangled and ultimately killed a 21-year-old woman last year in his Lima hotel room.",
"Footage of the confession by the 24-year-old Dutch national was aired by America TV, a CNN affiliate, as well as other Peruvian news organizations.",
"In it, an interrogator twice asks van der Sloot in Spanish whether he killed Stephany Flores.",
"Both times, he answers yes.",
"The admission is part of a lengthier conversation in which van der Sloot explains that he met the young woman in a casino in Miraflores, and then they went to his hotel room.",
"There, the suspect said, he began hitting her after noticing that she had pulled up news about him on his computer.",
"Wearing a hooded sweatshirt and smoking a cigarette, a seemingly calm van der Sloot answers a series of detailed questions about the case on the video.",
"Among other things, he describes hitting the victim in the head with his elbow and putting two hands around her neck.",
"Van der Sloot was arrested in June 2010 in relation to Flores' death but was not formally charged until this month.",
"The three Peruvian drivers who allegedly helped him flee to Chile after the incident are also charged in the case.",
"Prosecutors want five-year prison sentences for them and fines of about $1,800.",
"Before he resigned as van der Sloot's lawyer this year, Maximo Altez told In Session that his client attacked Flores after she found something on his computer that tied him to the disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway, who vanished while on a graduation trip to the Caribbean island of Aruba in 2005.",
"Van der Sloot was arrested twice but never charged in connection with Holloway's disappearance, which remains unsolved.",
"\"My client ... admits having murdered the victim, but not with ferocity, for profit or pleasure, nor any of the other element(s) that make up this murder, but only by violent emotion that overtook him at the time he was attacked by the victim,\" Altez said in a motion that was given to In Session.",
"In a September 2010 jailhouse interview with a Dutch television station, van der Sloot refused to answer questions about the Flores case, saying it is \"not in my best interest to talk about it at all.\"",
"But he maintained that police tricked him into making a confession, saying they would not let him call his mother, talk to anyone or arrange for an attorney.",
"Van der Sloot's present attorney, Luis Jiminez Navarro, said this month that this client was willing to confess to a \"simple homicide\" charge in relation to Flores' death but not to more serious charges that would carry longer prison terms.",
"Both the accused and the victim's family disagree with the indictment proposed by prosecutor Miriam Riveros Castellares.",
"She asked a three-judge panel to indict van der Sloot on charges of qualified murder and simple robbery, which carry 28-year and two-year sentences.",
"He would also have to make a restitution payment of $73,000 to the victim's family, if convicted.",
"The judges received a proposed counter-indictment in writing from Navarro on September 12, proposing van der Sloot would confess to the simple homicide charge that carried a 20-year maximum prison sentence.",
"But the attorney for the family of the victim told the three judges that the prosecutor's proposed indictment against van der Sloot had \"mistakes,\" a news release from the court said.",
"According to Navarro, the Flores family's lawyer Edward Alvarez Yrala asked the court to charge van der Sloot with a charge similar to aggravated murder, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison."
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"Van der Sloot tells police he killed Stephany Flores and describes how he did it .",
"He was arrested in June 2010 and charged this month in the woman's death .",
"His lawyer has said his client would confess to \"simple homicide\" but not other charges ."
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"(CNN) -- China is continuing to speak out against a multibillion-dollar U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, with the Chinese foreign minister telling U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday that the Obama administration should reconsider the deal.",
"Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with Clinton in New York, where the United Nations General Assembly is in session, according to a senior State Department official who spoke on background.",
"Yang \"was making very serious representations to Secretary Clinton, asked the Obama administration to reconsider this decision and indicated that it would harm the trust and confidence that was established between the two sides,\" the official said.",
"Chinese officials \"have indicated that they're going to suspend or to cancel or postpone a series of ... military-to-military engagements,\" the official said.",
"Clinton \"responded very clearly\" that the United States has a strategic interest in stability in the region, and that the Taiwan Relations Act \"provides for a strong rationale for the provision of defensive capabilities and weapons to Taiwan as part of a larger context to preserve that peace and stability,\" the official said.",
"Clinton also told Yang that the United States supports improved relations between mainland China and Taiwan.",
"The $5.3 billion arms package includes upgrades to Taiwan's F-16 fighter fleet, a five-year extension of F-16 pilot training at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona and spare parts for the upkeep of three different planes currently in use by the Taiwanese, according to the State Department.",
"The deal is part of the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program.",
"China voiced strong opposition to the deal when it was announced last week, with the state-run Xinhua news agency quoting China's vice foreign minister, Zhang Zhijun, as saying, \"The wrongdoing by the U.S. side will inevitably undermine bilateral relations as well as exchanges and cooperation in military and security areas.\"",
"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 Taiwan Strait separates the mainland from the island.",
"In 1979, the United States carried out its \"one China\" policy by switching diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing.",
"But the Taiwan Relations Act obligates the United States to help defend the island if needed.",
"The United States also is Taiwan's main arms supplier.",
"Beijing broke off military contacts with Washington last year to protest another arms sale to Taiwan.",
"The sale included more than $6 billion in Patriot missiles, Black Hawk helicopters and communications equipment, which Taiwan said it needed for self-defense."
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"Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi meets with Secretary of State Clinton in New York .",
"Yang calls on the U.S. to reconsider an arms sale to Taiwan .",
"The $5.3 billion package includes upgrades to Taiwan's F-16 fighers .",
"China voiced strong opposition to the deal when it was announced last week ."
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"Boise, Idaho (CNN) -- Five American soldiers have been charged with killing Afghan civilians for sport and staging the slayings to look like legitimate war casualties.",
"The youngest of those five -- a now 20-year-old private from Idaho -- came home a changed man, his mother says.",
"And, said Dana Holmes, the Army not only should have known something had gone dreadfully wrong, but commanding officers should be held responsible.",
"\"The man that came home was not my son,\" said Holmes.",
"\"He was very thin. He'd lost about 50 pounds.",
"He said the Army told him he had a parasite.",
"I made him his favorite sandwich, and it took him two days to eat the whole sandwich.",
"Just couldn't eat; he didn't sleep.\" Pfc. Andrew Holmes was a healthy, 185-pound 18-year-old when he joined the Army, his mother said.",
"He came home on leave in April -- weeks before the Army launched an investigation into the suspected illegal drug use by his platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, Fifth Brigade.",
"Holmes' family had him hospitalized in Idaho to restore his strength.",
"He told his mother that he gave himself daily IVs of fluids in Afghanistan to keep hydrated, a claim that horrifies his mother, who cannot believe the Army would not treat a soldier who was clearly ill. During his time on leave, she said, he was paranoid, always asking the family their whereabouts, concerned that someone was going to harm them.",
"Shortly afterward, he returned to Afghanistan to rejoin his unit.",
"\"I threatened to break his leg and keep him home, but he just hugged me and said, 'Mom, I've got a job to finish.'",
"It was hard to put him on the plane.",
"It was the first time I've seen him fall apart, when we put him on the plane. ...",
"He was still hyper-vigilant about making sure we weren't alone,\" she said.",
"And not long after Holmes returned to action, the Army launched its investigation, which quickly grew in scope -- with a new main focus on the murder of Afghan civilians.",
"Now, Holmes and four others face numerous charges, including drug use, premeditated murder, possessing body parts and possessing photos of corpses.",
"Seven others in the platoon are charged with various other crimes, from assaulting a fellow soldier who blew the whistle on the group's hashish smoking to collecting body parts as war trophies and posing them in grisly photos.",
"Tapes describe killings for sport .",
"Holmes and some of the others are being held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington, where the platoon was based, to await courts-martial.",
"Dana Holmes thinks the Army should be held accountable for what happened at that forward operating post in Afghanistan.",
"\"If they were smoking that much hashish, you can smell it,\" she said.",
"\"Where was the command? Did they just dump these boys off and say go forth and conquer?\"",
"\"How did they know what was going on?",
"My son was a healthy 18-year-old kid when he went over there, and now he is a mess.",
"And I don't understand why the Army is not going after the officers.\"",
"The highest-ranking soldier accused is a staff sergeant, Calvin Gibbs.",
"His attorney has declined comment on the numerous charges Gibbs faces, including premeditated murder.",
"He has not entered a plea.",
"Reports show Army sgt.",
"tracked kills with tattoos .",
"Gibbs has been depicted in documents and discussed in interrogation videos by some soldiers as the ringleader they feared.",
"But no one above his rank has been charged with any offenses -- or, according to lawyers, disciplined for allegedly allowing the platoon to make up its own rules of war.",
"Holmes is charged with the first reported civilian killing in January.",
"He is accused of conspiring with Cpl.",
"Jeremy Morlock to shoot at the civilian and then toss a grenade to look like the soldiers were under attack.",
"Morlock's attorney disputes those accusations.",
"\"As I stated before, my client through that period of time was suffering from brain damage,\" said Michael Waddington, a civilian attorney representing Morlock.",
"\"He was treated, not properly treated by a cocktail of drugs, given to him by the military.",
"\"Our defense is not that three people were not shot.",
"I don't think that that's in dispute at this point.",
"...There is a question of who shot them, whether or not my client was mentally responsible at the time of the shootings and what role he played in the shootings.\"",
"Holmes is also charged with smoking hashish, possessing a dismembered human finger and wrongfully possessing photos of human casualties.",
"His civilian lawyer, Dan Conway, said his client did not kill any civilian and was ordered by his supervisor, Gibbs, to keep a human finger.",
"\"All I can speak for is the charge Pfc.",
"Andrew Holmes is associated with, and I'll tell you that there is no proof that ... Holmes caused or conspired to cause the death of any human being unlawfully,'' Conway said.",
"The Army refuses to comment on any aspect of any of the cases and has sought to limit circulation of evidence, especially since videotaped interrogations of some of the soldiers and alleged written confessions by some soldiers were obtained and reported by media outlets, including CNN.",
"But it was the Army's own charging documents that portrayed a platoon gone rogue.",
"In explicit detail the Army wrote how killings were staged -- how a fellow soldier was beaten and how Gibbs threw human fingers at another soldier believed to have snitched about the group's hashish smoking.",
"It even charged one soldier with possessing a human skull.",
"The charges drew media attention from around the world.",
"The Army's response: mostly silence.",
"The Army moved to restrict attorney access to what has been described to CNN by some who have seen them as a series to a series of gruesome photos of dead Afghans by allowing inspection of the material only at a secure facility in Lewis-McChord.",
"A number of attorneys have objected, telling CNN the Army is limiting their ability to defend their clients because it is more concerned how the charges are being played in the media and perceived in Afghanistan.",
"The Army even ordered military attorneys to return photos and documents that may have \"inadvertently\" been sent to them.",
"Those who have seen the photos say they are worse than those depicting Iraqi prisoners in humiliating poses at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison.",
"\"These remain allegations,\" said Geoff Morrell, a spokesman for the Defense Department.",
"\"They are abhorrent, even as allegations.",
"But I think they are, they are an aberration in terms of the behavior of our force, thankfully, and so I don't think they are in any way representative of how, you know, American military men and women behave in the field.",
"\"But let's let this trial take place, and let's see what judgment is ultimately rendered.",
"And talk to the Army about whether there's a larger effort to try to look into the chain-of-command issues,\" Morrell said.",
"CNN tried to pose questions about those chain-of-command issues with both Army Secretary John McHugh and Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. but received only a brief email in response: .",
"\"The secretary and chief are going to decline the opportunity to do the interview.\"",
"Soldier blew whistle on platoon .",
"That doesn't surprise Dana Holmes, who said the Army has ignored the soldiers and their families in this case from the beginning.",
"She said her son insisted on having an attorney present for his questioning and was placed under guard for weeks and told he did not need one.",
"Eventually he agreed to talk, but Conway said he was tricked into doing so, believing he was receiving representation when he was not.",
"Christopher Winfield, the father of another soldier charged with murder, told CNN he tried to report to the Army that his son had told him about the first murder, only to be ignored by the Army.",
"Two more civilians died, according to the timeline provided by the Army in its charging documents.",
"Winfield said that if the Army had heeded his calls for help those civilians might be alive and his son would not be in trouble.",
"The Army is now investigating his allegations that he tried to alert the Army.",
"Warning may have been ignored .",
"Spc. Adam Winfield is charged with premeditated murder, although he is seen in an interrogation tape saying he fired his rifle but aimed high and missed.",
"His lawyer, Eric Montalvo, said his client is not guilty of premeditated murder despite what his client told investigators on the videotaped interrogation.",
"Dana Holmes said she doesn't believe anything the Army says.",
"\"I hold the Army responsible for this whole mess,\" she said.",
"\"Especially now that the Winfields have come forward and said they warned them about all this.",
"This was going on and the Army chose to do nothing about it.\"",
"Pfc. Holmes' attorney said he plans to put on a vigorous defense of his client, arguing that he killed no one.",
"And he said he plans to ask serious questions about the Army's command of a platoon that everyone agrees went terribly astray.",
"\"The only way these kind of allegations can occur is the command is completely derelict in supervising, meaning not there, or they're ignoring that this kind of conduct may be occurring,\" Conway said.",
"\"And I don't know which one it is at this point.\"",
"CNN's Todd Schwarzschild and Courtney Yager contributed to this report.",
"Watch The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer weekdays at 5pm to 7pm ET and Saturdays at 6pm ET.",
"For the latest from The Situation Room click here."
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"Hong Kong (CNN) -- A nearly 9-hour flight delay turned into a standoff at Hong Kong airport Wednesday, with passengers refusing to leave the plane for 5-hours until the airline agreed to higher compensation.",
"The incident underscores just how high tensions can rise in modern air travel with passengers and airlines jockeying it out in a low-frill, high-fee world.",
"There is no global standard for passenger compensation in the case of airline delays and wide gulf can exist between passenger expectations and airline offers.",
"When Hong Kong Airlines flight 752 from Singapore arrived at 530 a.m. Wednesday morning, the airline says 80 passengers refused to get off.",
"The travelers, mainly members of package tours from mainland China, demanded the airline increase the original compensation offer of $50 per passenger.",
"Twenty-one of the passengers stayed on board for another five hours, requesting reimbursement for the unused hotel rooms they had paid for the night before.",
"The airport police were called in to negotiate and the passengers finally at 10:25 a.m., after the airline agreed to pay them $150.",
"Hong Kong's I-Cable News quoted one passenger who said it wasn't the money, but the attitude of the airline that irked them.",
"This isn't the first such incident in Hong Kong.",
"The Standard newspaper reported in February that a group of Mainland tourists staged an all-night protest in the airport over flight delays.",
"Hong Kong Airlines spokesperson Eva Chan blamed the incident on cultural differences.",
"\"Our air staff never had any bad attitude towards the passenger,\" she said.",
"\"They tried to negotiate and explain that the compensation policy of HK airlines is different from mainland Chinese airlines.\"",
"The irate travelers would likely have been better off if they had been traveling within the European Union.",
"The EU requires passengers be compensated between $330 and $800 if their flight is delayed by two hours or more, depending on the flight length.",
"However, the airline can claim exclusion for \"extraordinary circumstances,\" including weather and security incidences.",
"The United States has no federal regulation on delay compensation, but it has instituted regulations that penalize airlines if passengers are stuck in a plane on the tarmac for more than three hours.",
"The Department Transportation just fined an American Airlines' subsidiary $900,000, in the first penalty since the regulations went into effect last year."
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"Ercis, Turkey (CNN) -- The death toll from the massive earthquake that shook eastern Turkey over the weekend rose to 535 Thursday, up from 471 the day before, but crews have been able to rescue 185 people alive from the rubble, Turkish officials said.",
"In addition, about 2,300 people were injured by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck Sunday, according to the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Relief Agency.",
"Meanwhile, crews rescued 18-year-old Imdat Padak alive from the rubble of an apartment building in Ercis almost 100 hours after the earthquake, the semi-official Anatolian new agency reported.",
"After teams from Azerbaijan retrieved him, Padak was taken to a hospital for initial treatment, and then was airlifted by helicopter to Van.",
"Padak appeared not to have any significant trauma, but was suffering dehydration.",
"He is reported to be a student from the village of Kiziloren and was taking courses while preparing for university entrance exams.",
"Earlier in the week, crews pulled a 2-week-old baby, Azra Karaduman, alive from the debris.",
"The developments came as there were reports of a moderate earthquake in the country's south.",
"A 5.2 earthquake hit about 200 kilometers (125 miles) south of the center of Sunday's quake, near the border with Iraq, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.",
"There were no immediate reports of damage from the latest quake.",
"Padak was the latest of several people found alive in the rubble days after Sunday's quake.",
"On Wednesday rescuers pulled two people from collapsed buildings.",
"Britain has pledged emergency tents for more than 5,500 people whose homes were destroyed, Home Secretary Theresa May said during a visit to Turkey Thursday.",
"CNN's Diana Magnay, Yesim Comert and Michael Martinez contributed to this story ."
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"NEW: The death toll rises to 535 .",
"NEW: Crews have rescued 185 people alive from the rubble .",
"One person saved is an 18-year-old man .",
"Britain pledges emergency tents for more than 5,500 people ."
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"(EW.com) -- Kelly Clarkson will turn 30 next year.",
"By then, \"Idol's\" favorite ex-waitress will have grown from America's sweetheart (see: 2004's \"Breakaway\") to a slightly goth brooder (2007's \"My December\") to pop's resident angry grrrl (2009's \"All I Ever Wanted\") right before the proud eyes of Mom and Dad -- or as we call them, Paula and Simon.",
"In 2011, she's still young enough to pull off gleefully bratty kiss-offs like ''Einstein,'' on which she does the math for a no-good boyfriend: ''Dumb plus dumb equals you.''",
"But it may not be long before she can't get away with writing songs with ''suck'' in the title.",
"So it's the perfect time for \"Stronger,\" Clarkson's older-better-tougher-smarter album.",
"'Once Upon A Time' premiere review: Did this fairy-tale show makes your dreams come true?",
"The excellent pink-bubblegum explosion ''I Forgive You'' plays like a heartfelt postscript to the guy who left her in ''Since U Been Gone,'' with Clarkson's lived-through-this vocals making the lyrics even more poignant: ''We were just a couple of kids...no shame, no blame.''",
"She's got Gwen Stefani's just-a-girl strut down on ''You Can't Win,'' a punchy guitar rave-up about making peace with your inner walking disaster.",
"Best of all is ''What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger),'' a throbbing glitter-disco tribute to believing that it really does get better.",
"(By the time you finish this review, 9,000 pride-parade DJs will have already added it to their playlists.)",
"Box office report: 'Paranormal Activity 3' scores best October opening ever with $54 mil .",
"Clarkson's voice is made for anthems, and too many of the slow, snoozy ballads here don't do it justice.",
"But she pulls off the downtempo ''Mr.",
"Know It All'' -- because you're never too old for a good wag-your-finger-at-the-boys song.",
"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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"\"Stronger\" is Clarkson's older-better-tougher-smarter album .",
"In 2011, Clarkson is still young enough to pull off gleefully bratty kiss-offs like \"Einstein\"\nClarkson's voice is made for anthems, and the slow, snoozy ballads here don't do it justice ."
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"(CNN) -- The number of deaths linked to cantaloupes contaminated with the Listeria monocytogenes bacteria has risen to 28, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.",
"A total of 133 people in 26 states have been infected, according to the CDC.",
"Additionally, a woman who was pregnant at the time of her illness had a miscarriage.",
"Although health officials have said it is too early to declare the outbreak over, the number of new cases is falling.",
"\"The peak in illnesses appears to have occurred from late August until the middle of September,\" Dr. Barbara Mahon of the CDC said last week, adding that additional monitoring will be needed for at least another two weeks.",
"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 has said.",
"Unsanitary conditions at the Colorado cantaloupe farm's packing facility are a possible contributing cause of one of the nation's worst outbreaks of listeria contamination in food, health officials have 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.",
"Cantaloupes from Jensen Farms should be disposed of immediately, even if some of them have been partially 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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"At least 133 cases have been reported in 26 states .",
"The outbreak is not over, but new cases are on the decline .",
"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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"(CNN) -- Fernando Alonso has targeted a \"very different 2012\" after his finish in the final grand prix of the Formula One season meant he ended 2011 in fourth place in the drivers' standings.",
"The Spaniard narrowly missed out on the title in 2010 and was expected to prove a major challenger to Sebastian Vettel's crown but he only won one race all season -- at the British Grand Prix.",
"Ferrari have toiled behind Red Bull and McLaren throughout the entire campaign, Alonso finishing 135 points behind Vettel while his team lagged 275 points behind Red Bull in the constructors' race.",
"And the two-time world champion says his team must improve next year.",
"Webber claims first win of 2011 in Brazil .",
"\"In terms of team work we grew a lot in 2011 and we must absolutely make this the starting point for a very different 2012,\" Alonso told Ferrari's official website.",
"\"If I had to score our performance, I can but repeat what Ferrari president (Luca di) Montezemolo said, giving us something between a five and six, but all the same I am proud of what the team was able to do.",
"\"We need a car that is about five or six tenths quicker: achieving that won't be a walk in the park, but I have every confidence in our engineers and in a team that dominated the last decade in Formula One and holds every possible record in this sport.",
"\"Let us not forget that I managed to get on the podium ten times and to score more points than last year.",
"\"Losing out on third in the drivers' championship is definitely not a big problem: first place is the only one that really counts.\"",
"Final Formula One standings .",
"Alonso's performance at the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix mirrored his campaign as he trailed the Red Bull pair of Vettel -- who secured the 2011 title with four races remaining -- and Mark Webber, who won his first race of the season.",
"Alonso held third for a time before Jenson Button's McLaren proved too fast for him, and says he couldn't extract any more from his car.",
"He added: \"Yet another race in which we did everything to perfection, from the start to the strategy and the work of the team.",
"The final result is more down to the performance of the others than our own, because we could not have done more.",
"\"I was not fighting closely with other drivers, but it would certainly have helped me gain a few tenths while overtaking.",
"\"This grand prix produced an accurate reflection of the season: we have almost always done our maximum, fighting for a podium finish in a car that was not as good as the top two. \""
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"Fernando Alonso says his Formula One team Ferrari needs a 'very different' 2012 .",
"Alonso had a disappointing year finishing fourth in the drivers' championship .",
"Spaniard is a two-time winner of the title but was never in contention in 2011 .",
"Alonso says Ferrari's performance across the season only rates as a 'five or six'"
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"(CNN) -- An investigation is under way into a previously unrevealed incident last week in which two jetliners nearly collided over Hong Kong, aviation authorities said Tuesday.",
"The September 18 incident reportedly did not come to light publicly until an article revealing it was published Tuesday in the English-language newspaper The Standard of Hong Kong.",
"The two jets, carrying more than 600 passengers and crew members, came within seconds of colliding, the newspaper reported, citing a former Hong Kong aviation official.",
"According to a statement issued by Hong Kong's Civil Aviation Department, a Cathay Pacific Airways flight that was bound for Hong Kong International Airport came within 1 nautical mile (2 km) of a Dragonair A330 airplane that was in a holding pattern for landing.",
"The international standard for separation between aircraft is 5 nautical miles (9.26 kilometers) horizontally or 1,000 feet (304) meters vertically), the department said.",
"The incident happened during a stormy afternoon when aircraft were stacked up for landing over Hong Kong, the department said.",
"An air traffic controller was trying to shuffle waiting aircraft around so that the Cathay Pacific flight, which was low on fuel, could land more quickly.",
"That's when controllers noticed the flights were too close.",
"The pilots of both aircraft failed to respond to commands to change course at one point or another during the incident, the department said.",
"Collision avoidance systems on both aircraft activated after the crew of the Cathay Pacific flight failed to respond to a command to climb to a higher altitude.",
"Cathay Pacific said in a statement that \"both Cathay Pacific and Dragonair pilots had taken appropriate actions under the circumstances to re-establish standard separation between the two aircraft.\"",
"The pilots could see each other's planes during the incident and there was no risk of collision, the department and Cathay Pacific said.",
"But The Standard quoted Hong Kong's former civil aviation chief Albert Lam Kwong-yu as saying that, based on normal speeds of the airliners involved, they were about six seconds from colliding.",
"\"The chance of a crash is absolutely high,\" the paper quoted Lam as saying.",
"\"The passengers really came back from hell.\"",
"The flights involved were Cathay 841 from New York to Hong Kong, and Dragonair 433 from Kaoshiung, Taiwan, to Hong Kong.",
"The Cathay jet had 317 people aboard and the Dragonair jet had 296 aboard, according to aviation officials.",
"Investigators have ruled out air traffic controller fatigue as a cause of the near-collision, the department said.",
"The air controller in charge of the flights was appropriately rested and has since returned to work, the agency said.",
"Investigators will examine air traffic procedures, staffing levels and flight crew operations, the department said.",
"Hong Kong has been the site of four other near-collision incidents in the last 11 years.",
"-- In September 2010, a Cathay Pacific plane taking off for London after midnight had to deviate from the runway center line at high speed because the tail of another plane was too close to its path.",
"-- In July 2006, a Dragonair Airbus and a Northwest Airlines Boeing -- both heading for Tokyo -- were reported to be just 100 meters apart vertically while 80 nautical miles east of the Hong Kong airport.",
"-- In September 2004, a China Southern Airlines plane leaving Hong Kong and an incoming Malaysia Airlines cargo plane came within 304 meters of each other 55 nautical miles south of the airport.",
"-- In June 2001, a Dragonair Airbus to Shanghai and a Cathay Pacific flight arriving from Seoul were reported 210 meters apart 110 nautical miles east of Hong Kong."
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"An investigation is under way into a near-collision last week over Hong Kong .",
"The incident was not reported publicly until a Hong Kong newspaper revealed it Tuesday .",
"Aviation and airline officials say passengers were never at risk .",
"It's at least the fourth near-collision over Hong Kong in 11 years ."
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"(CNN) -- Foreign ministry officials in Mali said Saturday three people from other countries were kidnapped Friday, while a fellow foreigner who was killed was probably German.",
"The incidents in northern Mali are the latest in a series targeting Westerners in recent days, with France confirming Thursday that one person had been killed and five kidnapped elsewhere in the West African nation.",
"Friday's abductions and killing occurred in the northern Timbuktu province of Mali.",
"A spokesman at the German Foreign Office told CNN there was \"a high probability\" that the foreigner killed was a German citizen.",
"\"No further German has been involved in the abductions,\" the spokesman said.",
"Ward Bezemer, a spokesman at the Dutch Foreign Ministry, confirmed that one Dutchman had been kidnapped.",
"And Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt confirmed via Twitter that a Swede was among those seized.",
"\"Entire region becoming even more dangerous,\" he posted.",
"Media reports suggest the third person kidnapped Friday is a South African who lives in the UK.",
"A British Foreign Office spokeswoman told CNN: \"We are aware of the reports and we are urgently looking into them to establish the facts.\"",
"The British Foreign Office advices against all travel to northern Mali, which encompasses part of the Sahel region that lies south of the Sahara desert.",
"EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton condemned the kidnappings in a statement Saturday.",
"\"I was appalled to learn of the death of one person yesterday,\" she said.",
"\"I offer my deep condolences to the family and friends of the victim and my solidarity with all the hostages currently being held in the Sahel.",
"\"I call on the Malian authorities to do their utmost to ensure that the hostages are quickly and safely released.",
"Malian commitment to fight the scourge of terrorism is key to security and prosperity in the Sahel region.\"",
"French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe told French television Thursday that two French citizens were among those kidnapped in the town of Hombori in central Mali.",
"CNN's Saskya Vandoorne contributed to this report."
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"A foreigner killed in northern Mali Friday was probably a German, officials say .",
"A Swede and a Dutchman were kidnapped, along with a third person, officials say .",
"Two French citizens were confirmed kidnapped in central Mali Thursday ."
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"Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A British soldier who was reported missing from a checkpoint in Afghanistan early Monday was found dead later in the day, the British Ministry of Defense announced.",
"\"It is with great sadness that I announce the death of a soldier from The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland,\" said Lt. Col. Tim Purbrick, spokesman for Task Force Helmand, in a statement.",
"After an \"extensive search,\" fellow members of NATO's International Security Assistance Force found his body in the Nahr-e Saraj District of Helmand Province, Purbrick said.",
"The soldier had suffered gunshot wounds.",
"His identity was not immediately released.",
"A spokeswoman for David Cameron said the British prime minister is \"deeply saddened by this news.\"",
"CNN's Nick Paton Walsh contributed to this report."
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"British soldier was found dead after going missing from a checkpoint .",
"ISAF members found his body after an \"extensive search\"\nHe was found in the Nahr-e Saraj District of Helmand province ."
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"(CNN) -- Unbeaten Juventus returned to the top of Italy's Serie A with a 1-0 win at third-placed Lazio on Saturday.",
"Midfielder Simone Pepe netted the only goal from close range in the 34th minute after a cross by striker Alessandro Matri.",
"It put the Turin club one point clear of Udinese, who beat Roma 2-0 on Friday, and three ahead of Rome side Lazio.",
"Juve, seeking a first league title since 2003 and 28th overall, can extend that lead to four points on Tuesday with victory away to Napoli.",
"Napoli moved up to seventh as striker Edinson Cavani netted a 90th-minute equalizer in the 1-1 draw at Atalanta.",
"The Uruguay forward followed up his match-winning double in the midweek Champions League triumph over Manchester City, but the Naples side now trail Juve by nine points.",
"Atalanta had taken the lead in the 64th minute through on-loan Udinese striker German Denis, who scored against his former club.",
"Catania claimed sixth place with a 1-0 win at second-bottom Lecce, as Pablo Barrientos scored in the last minute.",
"Novara moved out of the bottom three with a 2-1 win over Parma, as striker Raffaele and midfielder Marco Rigoni scored in the final 20 minutes after veteran captain Matteo Centurioni put through his own net in the first half.",
"Champions AC Milan can join Udinese on 24 points with a home victory against Chievo on Sunday."
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"Simone Pepe scores the only goal in Juventus' 1-0 win at title rivals Lazio .",
"Turin side can now go four points clear of Udinese by beating Napoli on Tuesday .",
"Napoli need a late goal from striker Edinson Cavani to draw 1-1 with Atalanta .",
"Champions AC Milan can join Udinese on 24 points with a home victory against Chievo ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- To hear Paul Ryan explain it, there's just one way to cope with becoming the Democrats' favorite man to hate: \"I gave fear up for Lent this year,\" Ryan told CNN during an extensive interview.",
"And he's not kidding. It's probably a good idea, given the fact that Ryan's budget -- passed nearly unanimously by House Republicans -- has become the GOP Holy Grail.",
"It includes entitlement cuts, most notably the gradual shifting of Medicare into a program dominated by private insurers.",
"It's no surprise, then, that Democrats call it dangerous, mean and reckless -- and that's not all.",
"\"The Ryan road map is the way to the cliff and then over the cliff,\" said Rep. John Yarmuth.",
"D-Kentucky. \"The Ryan proposal would destroy our government,\" economist and Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs declared at a Democratic Progressive Caucus event.",
"Ryan remains undeterred.",
"\"There's a big test to this country and whether we apply our country's principles -- you know liberty, free enterprise, self-determination, government by the consent of the governed -- all of these really core principles are being tested right now,\" Ryan told CNN.",
"\"You can't have fear if you try to fix these problems.\"",
"The 41-year-old Ryan has been on a fast track.",
"First elected to Congress in 1998 after a stint as a congressional staffer and adviser at the conservative think tank Empower America, the Janesville, Wisconsin, native ran for the House at the ripe old age of 28.",
"It was a long shot, but he won, convincingly.",
"Always a fiscal conservative, Ryan made his mark delving into the nuance of federal budgets.",
"Now he's become famous as the face of a new brand of Republican economics -- one that includes the most sweeping plan to cut government spending in decades and enact major entitlement reforms.",
"As evidence of his growing influence in the party, the Republican National Committee on Friday tapped Ryan to be its Presidential Trust Chairman to lead its fundraising effort against President Barack Obama.",
"Ryan had the deficit in his sights for years.",
"At first, even Republicans steered clear of some of his more controversial budget ideas like Medicare reform.",
"But then the economy went south and the tea party became the rage.",
"Suddenly, the push to slash budget deficits became popular.",
"So popular, in fact, that Ryan's budget outline overwhelmingly passed the Republican-controlled House in the spring.",
"It cuts $6.2 trillion over 10 years in federal government spending.",
"That's big bucks, and Ryan does it by gradually transforming Medicare into a program in which recipients receive vouchers to help buy private insurance.",
"He also gradually raises the program's eligibility age and transforms Medicaid into a block grant program.",
"On the tax side, the Ryan plan includes major tax reform that reduces the top rate for both individuals and corporations.",
"The plan died in the Senate and handed the Democrats a political issue.",
"\"...His budget would kill people.",
"No question,\" Princeton University and Nobel Prize -inning economist Paul Krugman told CNN.",
"\"The cuts in Medicare he's proposing, the replacement of Medicare by a voucher system would in the end mean that tens of millions of Americans would not be able to afford essential health care.",
"So that counts as cruelty to me.\"",
"Ryan scoffs at the criticism.",
"\"There's sort of a shoot-the-messenger strategy these days,\" he added.",
"\"I'm the messenger, and you can't fear that if you are who you are.\"",
"It's a pattern for Ryan, who has grown in popularity by pushing the unpopular, a fairly unconventional route.",
"Not only has he proposed major reforms in entitlements; he's also tried to end his colleagues' pork projects.",
"When he became chairman of the House Budget Committee this year after Republicans captured control of the House, he continued to touch the untouchable-- the third rail of American politics.",
"\"I used to say I'm like a koala bear grabbing on.",
"So here's the problem: if you don't address these issues now, they're going to steamroll us as a country, and the issue the more you delay fixing these problems, the much uglier the solutions are going to be,\" he told CNN.",
"\"Fifty-one percent of Medicare right now is funded with borrowed money, and so if we're going to keep the promise, you have to change it for our generation.",
"You have to change it for those of us in the X Generation that won't have a program when we retire.\"",
"It's become the mantra of the GOP, including presidential candidates.",
"So when former House Speaker Newt Gingrich criticized Ryan's plan as \"right-wing social engineering,\" in a television appearance in May, it created an immediate furor.",
"Gingrich was forced to take the comments back.",
"He called Ryan within days to say he was wrong and misspoke, according to Ryan.",
"Apology accepted.",
"The other GOP candidates have supported his ideas -- although with some nuances, because the notion of changing entitlements is a controversial proposition for a presidential candidate.",
"Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who has not backed away from his comments calling Social Security a \"Ponzi scheme,\" said he and Ryan talked recently about the program and the need to reform it.",
"Speaking at an Iowa event, Perry said he told Ryan, \"'hank you for having the courage to stand up and being, talking about this,' and I said, 'I am proud to join you in this discussion with America for clearly calling the Social Security program that we have in place today broken.'\"",
"Last week on Laura Ingraham's radio show, Ryan said he didn't think the program is a criminal enterprise but is operating like a Ponzi scheme.",
"\"It's a pay-as-you-go system where earlier investors, or, say, taxpayers, get a positive rate of return... and later investors, or taxpayers, get a negative rate of return,\" he said, according to a partial transcript.",
"\"And so ... that is how those schemes work.",
"The point is, unless you fix this problem, it's going to get much worse.\"",
"And how would Ryan make Social Security financially sustainable?",
"By gradually raising the eligibility age, tying the benefits for more wealthy recipients to inflation and offering workers under the age of 55 the option of investing some of their taxes into personal retirement accounts.",
"Say what you will about Ryan's willingness to take on sacrificial lambs, he is not shy about pushing controversial proposals -- and that's a rarity in Washington.",
"\"He is a guy without guile, without pretense.",
"He likes to hang out with actuaries for relaxation,\" conservative commentator and CNN analyst Bill Bennett said in an interview.",
"Ryan worked for Bennett at Empower America.",
"And there's more to Ryan than the D.C. wonk.",
"He's also a hunter who can target elk with a bow and arrow.",
"And he's an exercise buff -- when in Washington, he works out each morning with some of his congressional colleagues using a grueling fitness routine called P90X.",
"One favorite pastime: trekking the Colorado Rockies.",
"His devotion to fitness was spurred by the early death of his father at age 55 when Ryan was 16.",
"\"I basically had to learn to sink and swim,\" he recalled.",
"\"I did a lot of growing up very fast.",
"And it made me take stock of who I am, what kind of person I want to be.",
"It made me, I would say, very initiative-prone -- live life to its fullest because you never know how long it is going to last.\"",
"Ryan was pushed again this summer to run for the Republican presidential nomination by assorted GOP luminaries.",
"His answer: No, not yet.",
"\"I think there are other good people who can do this job,\" he told CNN.",
"\"But there are not other good people who can raise my kids.\"",
"-- CNN's Katie Ross and Eric Marrapodi contributed to this report."
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"But Democrats call the plan dangerous, mean and reckless .",
"Ryan shrugs off the criticism, calling it \"a shoot-the-messenger strategy\""
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"(CNN) -- Moroccans went to the polls Friday in the country's first parliamentary elections since adopting a new constitution following mass protests over unemployment and corruption.",
"Turnout in the North African country was 45%, the Interior Ministry said.",
"Both Parliament and the prime minister have greater powers under the new constitution, while the monarch's sway has been slightly lessened.",
"More than 300 international observers monitored the voting, alongside 3,500 Moroccan observers, the semiofficial Le Matin newspaper reported.",
"Morocco's moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) is expected to do well in the vote.",
"Lise Storm, senior lecturer in Middle East Politics at the University of Exeter in England, told CNN the elections were important because \"they are exciting for the first time.\"",
"After years in which the results have been predictable, this time more is at stake and the outcome may signal whether the population is happy with the monarchy or not, Storm said.",
"If people voted for the bloc of traditional loyalist parties, that would suggest they want to maintain the status quo, she said, whereas more votes for the PJD would signal a desire for greater change.",
"\"We don't know who's going to win for once,\" she said.",
"Zeineb, 29, a business owner in Casablanca who would give only her first name, told CNN she did not expect a great deal to change as a result of the elections.",
"\"I don't expect this to be a historical turn,\" she said.",
"\"I am waiting for real changes from the government.",
"As long as parties controlled by the palace will be around, and Mounir Majidi, the king's private secretary, will dominate the economy, nothing will change for me.\"",
"She said the PJD's pledge to fight corruption was appealing but she does not subscribe to its ideology, so her vote was likely to go to the Socialist Union of Popular Forces as the \"less bad\" option.",
"Others were less motivated to use their ballot.",
"\"I am not going to vote for people who don't care about my fate,\" one taxi driver said.",
"\"Today, I am not going to the polls.",
"I am staying home.\"",
"The elections were first set for September 2012, but they were rescheduled after negotiations between the Interior Ministry, which oversees elections, and some 20 political parties.",
"Under the constitutional changes approved in July, the country's prime minister must now be chosen from the party that wins the greatest number of votes, rather than King Mohammed VI selecting his own nominee for the job.",
"However, he is not obliged to choose the leader of the winning party, Storm said, which gives him more room to maneuver.",
"Also, the number of political parties involved means that a coalition government is almost inevitable, she said.",
"The PJD is more moderate than Turkey's governing Justice and Development Party or the Islamists who won power in Tunisian elections last month, Storm said.",
"The constitutional changes came after thousands of Moroccans took to the streets to demonstrate earlier this year, inspired by what became known as the Arab Spring.",
"The youth-based February 20 Movement called for jobs and an end to corruption its members say stems from royal cronies.",
"Economic reform is needed to create more jobs for the country's young people, particularly many university graduates who are unemployed, Storm said.",
"Journalist Aida Alami in Casablanca contributed to this report."
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"NEW: Turnout is 45%, the Interior Ministry says .",
"The poll is important as a reflection of the desire for change, an analyst says .",
"The elections are the first to be held since protests forced constitutional reform .",
"Morocco has not seen the same major upheaval as some other countries in the region ."
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"(CNN) -- Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner became Latin America's first female president to win a second term when she sailed to victory in Argentina's elections.",
"With 98% of votes counted Monday, Fernandez was the decisive winner, obtaining nearly 54% of votes cast and far surpassing her closest competitor.",
"Hermes Binner, a Socialist governor from Santa Fe, came in second place with almost 17% of the votes.",
"Economic issues played a large role in Sunday's vote, political analyst Carlos Germano told CNN en Español.",
"South America's second-largest economy has bounced back from the brink and shaped a most unlikely recovery, driven by high commodities demand from China and a series of unorthodox economic policies that worked to help shelter Argentina from much of the economic malaise that is gripping the rest of the planet right now.",
"Under Fernandez's leadership, Argentina's economy has enjoyed sustained growth of about 8% annually.",
"The president points to this expansion and a low debt load as examples of how Argentina is well-positioned to weather the uncertainty in the current global markets.",
"Fernandez's win was a sign that Argentinians want to see economic growth continue, Germano said.",
"\"It was an overwhelming vote to preserve what we have in light of the imminence of the problems that we are seeing in the United States and Europe,\" he said.",
"Fernandez, a center-left member of the Peronist party, went into Sunday's vote as the undisputed front-runner after handily winning the primary vote.",
"Continuously weaving her role as the nation's leader with being the widow of former president Nestor Carlos Kirchner, who died in 2010, Fernandez said she carries her husband's ideals as she returns to office.",
"Fernandez, 58, has said her second presidential term will be dedicated to her late husband's memory.",
"\"Today is a rare day for me, because there are too many feelings,\" Fernandez said as results came in Sunday night.",
"\"If I tell you I am happy, I lie, if I tell you I am sad, I lie. ...",
"I am not speaking as his widow but as his partner in militancy for the rest of my life,\" she said.",
"In 2007, Kirchner stepped aside so his wife, Fernandez, could run.",
"She was elected with 45% of the vote, becoming Argentina's first elected female president.",
"Thousands crammed into Buenos Aires' Plaza de Mayo waving flags and shouting \"Viva Cristina, Viva Peronismo!'",
"to welcome back their charismatic leader.",
"Entire families and groups of activists cheered as results trickled in showing the incumbent president with a considerable advantage over her opponents.",
"But Binner and his party still had a significant showing in Sunday's election, Germano said.",
"\"I think it's a force with the possibility of growing both in the short and long term,\" he said.",
"Binner told supporters Sunday that he had congratulated Kirchner on her win, Argentina's official Telam news agency reported.",
"But he vowed that his party will keep fighting for its progressive beliefs.",
"\"We will be in the opposition. We will be the ones who make alternative proposals, but we will be relentless,\" he said, according to Telam.",
"CNN's Guillermo Fontana and Brian Byrnes contributed to this report."
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"Analyst: Economic issues played a large role in the voters' choice .",
"The runner-up vows to keep fighting for his party's values .",
"The 58-year-old president went into Sunday's vote as the undisputed front-runner .",
"Fernandez has said her second term will be dedicated to her late husband's memory ."
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"(CNN) -- With more than 5 million people suffering from Alzheimer's disease in the United States, a number that's expected to rise to 16 million by 2050, the pressure is on to find better methods of diagnosis, treatment and prevention.",
"Around the world, Alzheimer's disease is the second most feared disease, behind cancer, according to a recent survey of five countries conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health.",
"Yet there is still a lot of misinformation: Only 61% of Americans who responded to the survey correctly identified Alzheimer's disease as a fatal illness.",
"Many participants also mistakenly believe there are sure diagnostic methods and effective treatments to slow the disease, but most would seek medical attention if they became aware of their own early signs.",
"The research that came out of the Alzheimer's Association 2011 International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease, which took place in Paris last week, reflects a growing emphasis on early detection.",
"Research suggests the best targets for exploring treatments are patients who do not have full-blown Alzheimer's disease, but experience mild symptoms.",
"Scientists have identified biological indicators called biomarkers that seem to be associated with Alzheimer's, although they are not perfect predictors.",
"Alzheimer's Association: 10 signs of Alzheimer's .",
"\"Things are heading earlier and earlier.",
"And the use of biomarkers has been really essential for helping everybody move toward an understanding of what the earliest changes are and when they can be detected,\" said Dr. Allan Levey, chair of neurology at Emory University School of Medicine.",
"Early detection .",
"So far, no drug has been developed to significantly slow the progression of the disease in all patients.",
"And there's no way to halt or reverse the decline of memory and other cognitive abilities once Alzheimer's has been diagnosed.",
"Since attempts to help patients who already have symptoms in these ways have failed, scientists must look to the earliest stages of Alzheimer's in hopes of stopping it before it begins.",
"Studies presented at the conference reinforced the notion that signs of Alzheimer's may develop in the brain 10 to 20 years before any symptoms begin.",
"A substance in the brain called beta-amyloid has been associated with dementia in people who have those kinds of symptoms.",
"This is the main ingredient of plaques that build up in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.",
"People with a rare genetic form of Alzheimer's, whose specific genetic mutations guarantee that they will develop the disease, tended to show signs of amyloid plaques in PET scans and cerebrospinal fluid 10 to 20 years before the onset of symptoms.",
"These results come from the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network project.",
"But that represents only a small fraction of Alzheimer's patients -- 1% of cases worldwide, specifically.",
"If you don't have the genetic form, there's no way to tell if you will go on to develop the disease, even if you have accumulation of amyloid plaques.",
"There are some people who have them but do not show symptoms of Alzheimer's.",
"The kinds of tests that would detect beta-amyloid levels are not widely available.",
"And it's not clear that pulling the amyloid plaques out of the brain reverses the process of cognitive decline; this is one area of research right now.",
"Another biomarker of interest is a protein called tau, implicated in the neurofibrillary tangles -- which basically take the shape of cells and destroy them -- that build up in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, particularly in the memory center called the hippocampus.",
"But there's no scan to detect these tangles in a living patient.",
"A major focus of research on early detection is patients who have mild cognitive impairment, a collection of symptoms involving difficulty with memory, language and other mental functions, but which does not interfere with everyday life.",
"It is not necessarily a precursor to Alzheimer's disease, but it does raise the risk of progressing into that more severe illness.",
"Understanding mild cognitive impairment is important in coming up with better treatments for dementia in general, because the brain hasn't deteriorated as much as in Alzheimer's, so it may not be too late to intervene, experts say.",
"The brain is the primary organ the disease attacks, but a small study presented at the conference suggests the eyes may also reveal signs of Alzheimer's.",
"Researchers looked at photos of retinal blood vessels and found some differences in Alzheimer's patients, but further research is needed to confirm this idea of using an eye exam to help diagnose Alzheimer's.",
"The same holds for a study suggesting that falling is indicative of Alzheimer's early stages: It's a preliminary idea that needs further investigation.",
"Identifying risk and prevention factors .",
"Another area of focus is identifying risk factors for Alzheimer's disease.",
"These are associations, not known direct causes.",
"\"Age is a risk factor we can't modify, at least yet.",
"Our genetics, we can't modify yet, which is another major risk factor,\" Levey said.",
"\"But certainly seeking clues about ones that are modifiable is an important\" research area.",
"At the Paris conference, researchers said 3 million cases of Alzheimer's could be prevented worldwide if lifestyle-based, chronic disease risk factors were reduced by 25%.",
"This estimate is based on a mathematical model.",
"In the United States, physical inactivity had the biggest association with Alzheimer's out of the risk factors studied, followed by depression and smoking.",
"Midlife hypertension, midlife obesity, low educational attainment and diabetes are other risk factors.",
"\"If we can demonstrate that these risk factors can be modified, and that it will lead to lower rates of Alzheimer's disease, the impact could be huge,\" Levey said.",
"People in their 40s and 50s have still got perhaps a couple of decades to modify lifestyle to potentially lower risk, he said.",
"There is also growing evidence that head trauma may increase the risk of dementia.",
"One study presented at the conference in Paris found that traumatic brain injury was associated with dementia among older veterans.",
"A study of former NFL players suggests that football players also may be at increased risk for mild cognitive impairment or similar cognitive decline, perhaps as a result of repeated head injury during these former athletes' sports careers.",
"In fact, 75 former professional football players are suing the NFL, alleging that the league concealed information about the harmful effects of concussions on the brain for decades.",
"There is also the idea of cognitive reserve: that keeping the mind active can at least delay the onset of dementia.",
"It also seems that intelligence might help the brain stay in the mild phase of the disease longer, although more study needs to be done in this area as well.",
"\"We know that highly intelligent people have more tolerance to plaque buildup and to loss of energy in their brains than people with lower levels of intelligence and less education,\" said Dr. Steven DeKosky, vice president and dean of the University of Virginia's School of Medicine, at an Alzheimer's forum at the National Press Foundation in May.",
"\"Their brain basically fights it off and finds some other ways to get the things done.\"",
"Caregiving . One of the underappreciated effects of Alzheimer's disease is how great a toll it takes on caregivers.",
"Caregivers are much more frequently ill and die earlier than people who do not care for someone with the disease, studies have shown.",
"The stress of taking care of someone chronically ill is sometimes called caregiver syndrome.",
"Caregiving is hazardous to health because of the stress of helping Alzheimer's patients, and because caregivers may ignore their own health, DeKosky said.",
"\"Alzheimer's patients, when they get into moderate and severe stages, don't have some real sense of time,\" DeKosky said.",
"\"They have to be watched every minute.\"",
"Patients may hurt themselves or wander off if not under constant supervision.",
"And it's common for patients to reverse their sleeping and waking cycles, so caregivers' daily habits are likewise disrupted.",
"The cost is staggering: Caregivers provide more than $200 billion in unpaid care, 17 billion hours each year, according to the Alzheimer's Association.",
"Gibbons' advice to Alzheimer's caregivers: Breathe, believe and receive .",
"Why don't we know more? Two of the biggest obstacles to finding treatments for Alzheimer's disease are lack of money and difficulty enrolling people in clinical trials, experts say.",
"The United States spends $450 million each year in Alzheimer's research money, compared to $6 billion for cancer, $4 billion for heart disease and $3 billion for HIV/AIDS research.",
"In spite of the money that does exist for research, Alzheimer's clinical trials are hard to fill with participants, said Dr. R. Scott Turner, director of the Georgetown University Memory Disorders Program.",
"Sometimes people believe they're just having \"senior moments\" and don't want to acknowledge their illness, Turner said.",
"In other cases, patients don't want to go through the hassle of the trial if they're not guaranteed to receive an experimental drug; but, in order for a scientific study to be valid, patients must be randomly assigned to either the drug or a placebo.",
"Also, some trials don't test drugs at all, but simply look for those biomarkers that may help predict disease later or explore other early diagnostic methods.",
"Such methods will be in high demand when an effective treatment is developed, DeKosky said.",
"\"When the first drug is successful, let's say in symptomatic disease -- may it be so -- the crush to take advantage of what we know, while it's still in research format now, will be immense,\" DeKosky said.",
"If you or a loved one are interested in exploring clinical trials, the Alzheimer's Association runs a system called TrialMatch to assist in finding a trial near you.",
"Follow cnnhealth on Twitter ."
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"Physical inactivity, depression and smoking are risk factors in the U.S., study says .",
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"(Rolling Stone) -- \"Like a Rolling Stone\" (Highway 61 Revisited, 1965) By Bono .",
"That sneer -- it's something to behold.",
"Elvis had a sneer, of course.",
"And the Rolling Stones had a sneer that, if you note the title of the song, Bob wasn't unaware of.",
"But Bob Dylan's sneer on \"Like a Rolling Stone\" turns the wine to vinegar.",
"It's a black eye of a pop song.",
"The verbal pugilism on display here cracks open songwriting for a generation and leaves the listener on the canvas.",
"\"Like a Rolling Stone\" is the birth of an iconoclast that will give the rock era its greatest voice and vandal.",
"This is Bob Dylan as the Jeremiah of the heart, torching romantic verse and \"the girl\" with a firestorm of unforgiving words.",
"Having railed against the hypocrisies of the body politic, he now starts to pick on enemies that are a little more familiar: the scene, high society, the \"pretty people\" who think they've \"got it made.\"",
"He hasn't made it to his own hypocrisies -- that would come later.",
"But the \"us\" and \"them\" are not so clearly defined as earlier albums.",
"Here he bares his teeth at the hipsters, the vanity of that time, the idea that you had a better value system if you were wearing the right pair of boots.",
"For some, the Sixties was a revolution.",
"But there were others who were erecting a guillotine in Greenwich Village not for their political enemies, but rather for the squares.",
"Bob was already turning on that idea, even as he best embodied it, with the corkscrew hair Jimi Hendrix would later admit to imitating.",
"The tumble of words, images, ire and spleen on \"Rolling Stone\" shape-shifts easily into music forms 10 or 20 years away, like punk, grunge or hip-hop.",
"Looking at the character in the lyric, you ask the question \"How quickly could she have plunged from high society to 'scrounging' for her 'next meal'?\"",
"Perhaps it is a glance into the future; perhaps it's just fiction, a screenplay distilled into one song.",
"It must have been hard to be or be around Dylan then; that unblinking eye was turning on everybody and everything.",
"But for all the tirading, the real mischief is in its ear-biting humor.",
"\"If you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose\" is the T-shirt.",
"But the line that I like the best is \"You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns/When they all did tricks for you/You never understood that it ain't no good/You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you.\"",
"The playing on this track -- by the likes of guitarist Mike Bloomfield and keyboardist Al Kooper -- is so alive and immediate that it's like you're getting to see the paint splash the canvas.",
"As is often the case with Bob in the studio, the musicians don't fully know the song.",
"It's like the first touch.",
"They're getting to know it, and you can feel their joy of discovery as they're experiencing it.",
"When the desire to communicate is met with an equal and opposite urge not to compromise in order to communicate -- those two things are in perfect balance -- is when everything happens with rock & roll.",
"And that's what Dylan achieved in \"Rolling Stone.\"",
"I don't know or particularly care who this song is about -- though I've met a few people who have claimed it was about them (some who weren't even born in 1965).",
"The real thrill for me was that \"once upon a time\" in the world, a song this radical was a hit on the radio.",
"The world was changed by a cranky voice, a romantic spirit, somebody who cared enough about an unrequited love to write such a devastatingly caustic put-down.",
"I love to hear a song that changes everything.",
"That's the reason I'm in a band: David Bowie's \"Heroes,\" Arcade Fire's \"Rebellion (Lies),\" Joy Division's \"Love Will Tear Us Apart,\" Marvin Gaye's \"Sexual Healing,\" Nirvana's \"Smells Like Teen Spirit,\" Public Enemy's \"Fight the Power.\"",
"But at the top of this dysfunctional family tree sits the king of spitting fire himself, the juggler of beauty and truth, our own Willy Shakespeare in a polka-dot shirt.",
"It's why every songwriter after him carries his baggage and why this lowly Irish bard would proudly carry his luggage.",
"Any day. \"Mr. Tambourine Man\" (Bringing It All Back Home, 1965) By David Crosby .",
"As far as I can tell, the Byrds' recording of \"Mr. Tambourine Man\" was the first time anyone put really good poetry on the radio.",
"The Beatles hadn't gotten to \"Eleanor Rigby\" or \"A Day in the Life\" -- they were still writing \"Ooh, baby.\"",
"But Bob's lyrics were exquisite.",
"\"To dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free\" -- that was the line that got me.",
"At the time of \"Mr. Tambourine Man,\" I think he was finding himself as a poet.",
"He was learning to be beautiful.",
"I had seen Bob back at Gerde's Folk City in New York years earlier.",
"Everyone was talking about him.",
"I saw him play and thought, \"(Expletive), I can sing better than that.",
"Why are they making all that fuss about him?\"",
"Then I started really listening.",
"And I almost quit, right there.",
"Truthfully, I think the Byrds were Bob's best translators.",
"Bob did not envision this song the way we did it.",
"When he came to the studio where we were rehearsing and heard us do \"Mr. Tambourine Man,\" he was stoked.",
"I think hearing our version was part of what made Dylan shift over to being a rocker.",
"He thought, \"Wait a minute, that's my song,\" and he heard how it could be different.",
"Copyright © 2011 Rolling Stone."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- A man who allegedly shot his ex-wife and seven other people to death in the deadliest shooting in Orange County, California, history pleaded not guilty Tuesday, prosecutors said.",
"An Orange County Superior Court judge scheduled an April 24, 2012, preliminary hearing for Scott Evans Dekraai, 41.",
"Dekraai is charged with eight counts of first-degree murder and a felony count of attempted murder in the October 12 shooting at the Salon Meritage hair salon in the small coastal community of Seal Beach, a district attorney's spokeswoman said.",
"The first-degree murder charges carry the special circumstance of multiple murder.",
"The attempted murder count is for a ninth victim who was wounded.",
"Prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty.",
"Dekraai is being held without bond.",
"Dekraai and his ex-wife, Michelle Fournier, 48, were battling over custody of their 8-year-old son, and the dispute was the motive in the shooting, Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas said in October.",
"The prosecutor called Dekraai \"a methodical and merciless killer.\"",
"On the morning of the shooting, Dekraai and Fournier got into an argument about child custody, authorities said.",
"\"We're sort of guessing.",
"We believe that the custody battle wasn't going well for him.",
"We don't know the contents of their conversation or anything,\" Rackauckas said.",
"Hours later, the gunfire rampage at the salon, just blocks from the ocean, unfolded, authorities said.",
"\"He also considered the people who were friends and who worked with his ex-wife were enablers, and he didn't have much use for them either,\" Rackauckas said.",
"The gunman was armed with three weapons -- a 9 mm Springfield, a Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum, and a Heckler & Koch .45 -- and was wearing body armor during the shooting rampage, Rackauckas said.",
"He used at least two of those guns, the prosecutor said.",
"Rackauckas summarized the mass shooting, saying Dekraai \"walked through the salon shooting anyone close enough to hit.",
"He stopped to reload during this spree, and he continued gunning people down.",
"He was not satisfied with murdering his intended target, his ex-wife.",
"For almost two minutes, Dekraai shot victim after victim, executing people by shooting them in the head and chest.",
"\"He shot eight people inside the salon.",
"But he was not done. He then walked out of the salon and shot a ninth victim, a male who was sitting nearby in a parked Range Rover.",
"The reason for this rampage: revenge,\" he said.",
"\"We believe that the defendant committed this unimaginable act of violence because he wanted to kill his ex-wife over a custody dispute concerning their 8-year-old son.",
"He was willing to end any life in his path, and he did.",
"Clearly this two-minute murder spree could not have been about loving his son,\" the prosecutor said.",
"While Dekraai allegedly carried out the mass murder, his son was sitting alone in the principal's office at school, waiting for his mother or father to pick him up, authorities said.",
"\"That little boy is also a victim.",
"He is now left to mourn the murder of his mother and grow up with the knowledge that his father (allegedly) committed a mass murder,\" Rackauckas said.",
"\"What sick, twisted fatherly love is this?\"",
"In addition to Fournier, of Los Alamitos, the people killed were salon employee Victoria Ann Buzzo, 54, of Laguna Beach; David Caouette, 64, of Seal Beach, who was in the vehicle outside the salon; salon employee Laura Lee Elody, 46, of Huntington Beach; salon owner Randy Lee Fannin, 62, of Murrieta; salon client Michele Daschbach Fast, 47, of Seal Beach; salon client Lucia Bernice Kondas, 65, of Huntington Beach; and salon employee Christy Lynn Wilson, 47, of Lakewood, authorities said.",
"Dekraai allegedly shot Caouette, who was in the parked vehicle, in the head through a closed front passenger side window, authorities said.",
"The ninth victim, Harriet Stretz, 73, of Los Alamitos was at the salon getting her hair done by her daughter, Laura Elody, who was among the victims.",
"\"We do know that the victims were shot multiple times each,\" Rackauckas said.",
"About 20 people were inside the salon during the shooting, and many of them were \"playing dead, hiding in back rooms, trying to get back behind things, just trying to stay out of his way,\" Rackauckas said.",
"Police arrested Dekraai without incident as he was trying to leave the scene in a vehicle two blocks from the salon, police said.",
"Dekraai was in possession of the three guns and \"a significant amount of ammunition in his truck,\" according to prosecutors.",
"In the past several months, Fournier complained to Seal Beach police about Dekraai picking up their son from school earlier than the court-ordered mandate, Tim Olson of the Seal Beach police said.",
"That matter was forwarded to family court, and Olson said he didn't know of the complaint's disposition.",
"In 2007, in Long Beach, Dekraai's father-in-law applied for a temporary restraining order, but there was no follow-up, Rackauckas said.",
"An online search of Orange County court records shows the couple filed for divorce in 2007.",
"A child custody evaluator was appointed by the court in April, records show.",
"Fournier said in court papers that Dekraai was mentally unstable, had threatened to kill himself or someone else and \"was almost manic when it comes to demanding absolute right to control our son,\" CNN affiliate KTLA said.",
"The couple was in court the day before the shooting, and a judge had kept custody between them equal, KTLA said.",
"In 1994, Dekraai filed for bankruptcy, according to court records.",
"The Salon Meritage is located on the Pacific Coast Highway in Seal Beach, which residents describe as a small and \"fairly intimate\" coastal town.",
"\"We have multiple years with zero homicides, so this obviously is an unusual and tragic circumstance,\" Seal Beach police Sgt.",
"Steve Bowles said.",
"The shooting is the deadliest in Orange County history.",
"In 1976, Edward Charles Allaway shot nine people, killing seven, at California State University Fullerton.",
"CNN's Traci Tamura, Gabriel Ramirez, Ashley Hayes and Carey Bodenheimer contributed to this report."
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"Scott Evans Dekraai, 41, is charged with killing his ex-wife and 7 others .",
"He pleads not guilty to 8 counts of first-degree murder .",
"He also pleads not guilty to a felony count of attempted murder of a 9th victim .",
"Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty ."
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"Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Doctors completed an autopsy of Moammar Gadhafi on Sunday, with the chief pathologist confirming the former Libyan leader died of a gunshot wound to the head.",
"Dr. Othman el-Zentani would not disclose whether findings revealed if Gadhafi suffered the wound in crossfire or at close-range -- a key question that has prompted the United Nations and international human rights groups to call for an investigation into the final moments of the late Libyan strongman's life.",
"Doctors performed the autopsy at a Misrata hospital in the presence of officials from the prosecutor's office, Zentani said.",
"Autopsies were also conducted on the bodies of Gadhafi's son, Mutassim, and his former defense minister, Abu Baker Yunis.",
"No foreign or independent officials were present, Zentani said.",
"The autopsy report will go to the attorney general's office before it is released to the public, he said.",
"Meanwhile, the three bodies would likely return to a cold storage unit at a Misrata meat market for public viewing, Zentani said.",
"Long lines of people turned up all weekend long to view the corpses.",
"Gadhafi's 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.",
"Gadhafi's death Thursday solidified the power of the National Transitional Council, which marked the country's liberation on Sunday in the eastern city of Benghazi, where the uprising started.",
"But uncertainty was still swirling Sunday about the death of the Libyan leader, who Libyan and world powers wanted to capture and prosecute for war crimes.",
"Leaders of Libya's interim government have said Gadhafi was killed in crossfire after fighters captured him Thursday.",
"But others have questioned that account.",
"Peter Bouckaert, Human Rights Watch'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.\"",
"An amateur video distributed by the Reuters news agency Sunday showed NTC fighters congratulating a man the fighters say killed Gadhafi.",
"CNN could not independently verify that claim.",
"The video, purportedly recorded near an ambulance carrying Gadhafi's body, shows a jubilant group of fighters pouring water on a man's head.",
"\"He is the one who killed him,\" one man says, pointing.",
"\"He killed him in front of me, I swear to God,\" another man chimes in.",
"A lawyer for Gadhafi's son Saadi, who fled in September to Niger, issued a statement Sunday saying, \"Saadi Gadhafi is shocked and outraged by the vicious brutality which accompanied the murders of his father and brother.\"",
"\"The contradictory statements issued by the NTC excusing these barbaric executions and the grotesque abuse of the corpses make it clear that no person affiliated with the former regime will receive a fair trial in Libya nor will they receive justice for crimes committed against them,\" the statement said.",
"Mahmoud Jibril, chairman of the NTC's executive board, has said Gadhafi's right arm was wounded when a gunbattle erupted between the fighters and Gadhafi loyalists as his captors attempted to load him into a vehicle.",
"More shooting erupted as the vehicle drove away, and Gadhafi was shot in the head, dying moments before arriving at a hospital in Misrata, Jibril said, citing the city's coroner.",
"The United Nations human rights office and activist groups like Amnesty and Human Rights Watch have called for a probe into Gadhafi's death.",
"The United States supports those investigation requests, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told CNN's \"State of the Union\" Sunday.",
"\"As Libyans move into the future once again, they need to do so with a sense of unity and reconciliation.",
"They need to hold each other accountable.",
"Those who do not have blood on their hands must be made to feel safe and included, regardless of whether or not they supported Gadhafi in the past,\" she said.",
"\"So we believe in the rule of law, and accountability, and such an investigation would contribute to that.\"",
"U.N. human rights spokesman Rupert Colville told reporters in Geneva on Friday that there were \"at least two cell-phone videos, one showing (Gadhafi) alive and one showing him dead.\"",
"\"Taken together, these videos are very disturbing,\" he said.",
"\"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."
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"Gadhafi was killed Thursday but questions remain how he died .",
"Doctors have not revealed additional details about their autopsy .",
"Clinton says the United States supports calls for an investigation into Gadhafi's killing ."
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"Cambridge, Massachusetts (CNN) -- Throughout President Barack Obama's political career, he has been dogged by insinuations or, indeed, accusations that he is not \"black enough\" to warrant strong support from African-Americans.",
"Rep. Bobby Rush made that assertion when he successfully fended off Obama's effort to wrest from him his seat in the House of Representatives in the Democratic primary in 2000.",
"Alan Keyes voiced that sentiment in his losing campaign against Obama for the U.S. Senate.",
"When Obama accepted the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party, the celebrity scholar Cornel West groused that the first African-American standard-bearer for a major party had \"run from history\" by failing to mention explicitly the \"black freedom movement.\"",
"Skepticism regarding Obama's racial bona fides has continued to surface since he moved into the White House.",
"Rep. Maxine Waters, for instance, has recently chided him for failing to craft policies that would explicitly target black unemployment and for otherwise neglecting, in her view, to evince a proper acknowledgment of the baleful and disproportionate pain being experienced in black communities on account of the economic downturn.",
"What is one to make of this critique?",
"First, it should not be at all surprising.",
"Black America is ideologically diverse, just like other communities.",
"Moreover, as I document in \"Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal,\" there exists in black America a special anxiety about the loyalties of high achievers, especially when their success is largely dependent on whites and others who are not black.",
"Every prominent black in a predominantly white setting faces, at one time or another, claims from fellow blacks that he or she is \"selling out.\"",
"Second, Obama's black detractors receive a degree of attention in the news media that is far greater than their representativeness of black America or their influence within it.",
"The great bulk of black American voters -- upward of 90% -- supported Obama in 2008 and do so today.",
"They do so because of his party affiliation, his liberal policy preferences, his identification with the African-American community (the offspring of an interracial couple, he calls himself black and married a black woman), his personal attractiveness -- he is uncommonly articulate, handsome, knowledgeable and gracious -- and the fact that with all of the added burdens attendant to his blackness, he was still able to climb the Mount Everest of American politics.",
"Unlike some of Obama's most vocal detractors, the black rank-and-file have a realistic appreciation of the limits of his authority and the power of the forces arrayed against him, including a large, albeit amorphous, strain of racial resentment.",
"Pained by the economic recession, they refrain from blaming Obama and instead direct their ire at those who not only saddled the first black chief executive with such a harrowing task of cleanup but also obstruct him relentlessly and often with barely disguised contempt.",
"Third, even though Obama's black detractors constitute currently only a small sliver of African-American public opinion, their critique is nonetheless important in practical, electoral terms.",
"It is often the case that a vocal, motivated minority can exercise influence that far exceeds their numbers.",
"Enthusiasm matters.",
"A drumbeat of complaint calling into question Obama's attentiveness to blacks might well diminish the fervency of the support he will need for his re-election effort.",
"Furthermore, certain actions he might take to respond to the racial critique might well alienate other, nonblack, potential supporters.",
"The race line will ensnare Obama no matter how he proceeds.",
"It will not necessarily defeat him.",
"His epochal victory in 2008 showed that, unlike previous eras, our own is one in which a black politician can overcome racial barriers to win the highest office in the land.",
"Still, the sobering reality is that race remains an important, persistent force in American life despite the presence of a black family in the White House.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Randall Kennedy."
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"Kennedy says Obama's rank-and-file support in black community remains strong .",
"Most realize that Obama is confronting difficult issues, powerful forces, he says ."
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"(CNN) -- Cameroon's high rate of teenage pregnancy is being blamed for driving mothers to use harmful traditions on their daughters -- including the unspeakable practice of breast ironing.",
"Some mothers \"iron\" their daughters' breasts with a hot pestle to make them less desirable to men.",
"It's a practice that's meant to stop them getting pregnant at a young age, but it leaves many girls physically and emotionally scarred.",
"A study in 2006 found nearly one in four Cameroonian girls have been affected.",
"But a new generation of Cameroonian women are on a mission to eradicate the practice.",
"Among them is Georgette Taku.",
"She believes better sex education is the key to reducing teenage pregnancy and changing attitudes to breast ironing.",
"\"What is killing the Cameroonian girl in society is that mothers don't communicate with their daughters, they don't talk,\" said Taku.",
"Taku works for the Association of Aunties, a national network that promotes sexual dialogue.",
"It was her own pregnancy and the birth of her son that pushed her into a life of activism.",
"\"They (mothers) only resort to some actions, some practices to try to help the girl,\" said Taku.",
"\"It's better to talk to your daughter -- that's why we teach the mothers even things like puberty.\"",
"\"The mothers are ignorant, they don't know how to approach their daughters,\" she added.",
"With the help of sponsors, the association produces television and print campaigns urging Cameroonian girls to find their voice and confront their mothers.",
"Malawi's 'Florence Nightingale' saving babies and mothers .",
"Workshops are also held to educate women about reproductive health.",
"The idea is that when they graduate they'll become trusted sources of information for other Cameroonian girls.",
"One workshop participant, Terisia, became pregnant aged 15.",
"Her mother ironed her breasts when she was just nine years old.",
"Terisia believes she might not have become pregnant so young if her mother had talked to her about sex instead.",
"\"The advice could have worked better than pressing the breasts,\" Terisia said.",
"\"Sitting with the child, giving the child advice, telling her to prevent sexual intercourse, or if you want to have (sex) you should protect yourself.\"",
"But like other mothers, Terisia's mother Grace says she ironed her daughter's breasts to stop boys looking at her.",
"\"If you ask mothers who are doing breast ironing on their daughters, they will tell you that, 'no I'm doing it because I want to help her, I want to protect her from men,'\" said Taku.",
"Among those working for the Association of Aunties is a former victim of breast ironing who says she regrets not speaking out about what was happening to her.",
"Cathy Aba now hopes to save other girls by confronting mothers about the effects of their actions.",
"\"It's not easy to approach mothers who are involved in the practice of breast ironing,\" she said.",
"\"They consider it a cultural practice.",
"'My grandmother did it to me,' they tell us.\"",
"The 23-year-old still has painful scars, 14 years after her breasts were ironed.",
"Her doctor says surgery is no longer an option.",
"\"When you finally pass the message to them, they finally accept and decide to never do it again,\" Aba added.",
"The campaign group says former victims like Aba really drive home its message.",
"\"Our victims help us a lot because they talk to mothers; they make the mothers understand that they suffered from this practice,\" Taku said.",
"\"Even though they had the breasts ironed they grew up ignorant when it came to pregnancy, HIV and other sexual diseases because the mothers were not talking with them.\""
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"Breast ironing widespread in Cameroon, says study .",
"The Association of Aunties is educating women about sexual health .",
"Former victims are among those campaigning for the practice to be eradicated .",
"Some mothers say they don't know they are harming their daughters ."
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"New Delhi (CNN) -- India is in the fast lane.",
"The trillion-plus-dollar economy, Asia's largest after Japan and China, is set to host the world's fastest sport this weekend.",
"The subcontinent's inaugural Grand Prix comes barely a year after India earned international scorn for all the chaos and corruption allegations that plagued the 2010 Commonwealth Games staged in New Delhi.",
"That event was marred by a host of problems including athletes' alarm over the shoddy construction and condition of their quarters, while a pedestrian bridge leading to the main Jawarhalal Nehru Stadium collapsed two days before the competitors were due to arrive.",
"In April this year, India's federal police arrested the Games' chief organizer, Suresh Kalmadi, for suspected corruption.",
"Kalmadi, who was involved in bringing F1 to India through his former role at the Indian Olympic Association, was jailed for allegedly buying a time, scoring and result system from a Swiss company at inflated costs.",
"He was also suspended by the political party with which he was an MP.",
"But promoters of India's first F1 race hope their $400 million project will repair the damage done to the country's reputation.",
"\"The world's perception of India is going to change after the Grand Prix and people will forget what happened because of the Commonwealth Games,\" said Jaiprakash Gaur, founding chairman of Jaypee Group that built the Buddh International Circuit.",
"A few weeks ago, a fleet of Mercedes-Benz cars whizzed media crews around the 5.125-kilometer circuit, giving them a glimpse of what Indian businesses lauded as a stirring example of their competence.",
"\"Corporate India is completely capable, and they are capable of executing projects of world class, which has been demonstrated by the F1 track, which looks certainly as one of the best in the world,\" said Ajay Sharma, a senior director with the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India.",
"\"This is great news for the country because the investors are also now excited that this is the country where, you know, all the happening things are happening,\" he told CNN.",
"Sharma's lobby group predicts that investments in the motorsport infrastructure could potentially fuel overall economic prosperity by some $10 billion over the next decade.",
"It says the arrival of global sporting bodies -- themselves seeking a foothold in emerging markets -- is an ideal opportunity for international brand-building by Indian businesses.",
"However, not everyone is as excited about the event when so many Indians live in abject poverty.",
"\"The contrast between the rich and the poor is very large in India,\" said Arun Kumar, a professor at the Center of Economic Studies and Planning at New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University.",
"\"Here, about 40% of our people live in extreme poverty without even basic facilities.",
"In a sense, it sounds very cruel that the nation is spending a large amount of its wealth on such sports.\"",
"The track complex, complete with stands and team enclosures painted in the colors of India's flag, was built by private developers on land acquired from farmers, who later alleged they were short-changed for their properties.",
"Last week, the country's Supreme Court froze 25% of ticket revenue after a litigant challenged government tax waivers on the race.",
"Critics are questioning the taste of putting up such high-octane shows in a country where a quarter of its billion-plus people still lives on less than a dollar a day.",
"With organizers struggling to sell out the event, ticket prices for Sunday's race have already been slashed.",
"The most expensive has dropped from $715 to about $300, and the cheapest from about $120 to $60.",
"But even the lowest amount is equivalent to the monthly wages of tens of thousands of Indians.",
"\"What do we consider to be a nation?",
"A nation means having a concern for all citizens.",
"In this day and age when advertising has become so large, expectations have risen and these lavish displays only increase discontent,\" Kumar said.",
"\"And the ruling elite in the country is backing such displays, which shows it's becoming more callous.\"",
"In cricket-crazy India, some also accept that motorsport, though exciting, is too new to them.",
"\"I don't think we Indians are much into Formula racing,\" admits Jai Sethi, a New Delhi resident.",
"\"And I guess how the race is being done, who wins it, what the rules are and who the teams are have to be known to the Indian public.",
"I'm talking of the masses, not just the elite.\""
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"India hosts a Formula One race for the first time this weekend, near Delhi .",
"Organizers hoping to overcome the legacy of the 2010 Commonwealth Games .",
"Venue was built on land bought from farmers, who have been unhappy with deal .",
"Ticket prices for Sunday's race have been slashed to attract more local supporters ."
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"Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Tensions among Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States jumped a notch Monday, with Pakistan's prime minister warning there would be \"no more business as usual\" with Washington after NATO aircraft killed two dozen Pakistan troops.",
"Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told CNN in an exclusive interview that Pakistan is re-evaluating its relationship with the United States in light of the airstrike, which NATO called a \"tragic unintended\" event.",
"He said the South Asian nation wants to maintain its relationship with the United States so long as there is mutual respect and respect for Pakistani sovereignty.",
"Asked directly if Pakistan is getting that respect, Gilani said: \"At the moment not.\"",
"\"If I can't protect the sovereignty of my country, how can we say that this is mutual respect and mutual interest?\"",
"he asked. The Pakistani Taliban urged Pakistan to respond in kind to the airstrike, while a top adviser to Afghan President Hamid Karzai warned that Afghanistan and Pakistan could be on a path to conflict.",
"In his CNN interview, Gilani highlighted incidents such as the killing of the Pakistani troops and a U.S. raid into Pakistan to kill Osama bin Laden as violations of his country's sovereignty.",
"\"You cannot win any war without the support of the masses ... and such sort of incidents makes people move away from this situation,\" he said.",
"Pakistan is a vital land supply route into Afghanistan for the United States and its allies, and a key partner in the battle against al Qaeda and its aligned jihadist movements.",
"But Pakistani authorities turned back 300 trucks carrying NATO supplies and fuel into Afghanistan on Monday, and the prime minister said his government had not yet decided whether to boycott an upcoming Bonn conference on the future of Afghanistan.",
"Details of Saturday's deadly raid remained unclear Monday, and the chief of U.S. forces in the region named an Air Force general from the military's Special Operations Command to lead an investigation.",
"Gen. James Mattis ordered the investigating officer, Brig.",
"Gen. Stephen Clark, to report back to him by December 23.",
"According to two senior U.S. officials with direct knowledge of initial reporting on the incident, the probe is focusing on what coordination failures occurred before the airstrike.",
"One of the officials said initial reports indicate U.S. and Afghan forces said shots were fired across the border from Pakistan, noting that it is a known tactic of insurgents to fire into Afghanistan from very close to Pakistan border checkpoints because they believe it will give them sanctuary.",
"The United States believes the Pakistanis \"were called\" before NATO opened fire, the official said, but he added that \"at this point, we just don't know exactly what coordination was done.\"",
"A NATO official said Afghan troops were working with elements of U.S. Special Operations forces in a combined mission on the Afghan side of the border.",
"Pakistani military spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas denied the reports that Pakistani troops had prompted the attack Saturday by firing on the NATO helicopters.",
"Speaking by phone to Pakistan's Geo TV News, Abbas said NATO helicopters fired first on the Pakistani military checkpoints.",
"Abbas said the soldiers notified Pakistani military headquarters, which informed NATO authorities immediately.",
"The spokesman said Pakistani soldiers fired at the NATO aircraft in retaliation.",
"Speaking in London, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, acknowledged that the U.S.-Pakistani relationship was \"troubled.\"",
"But he suggested it would survive once the two nations work through the \"real tragedy\" of the Pakistani deaths.",
"\"We've had other moments before,\" Dempsey said.",
"\"I'm hopeful that with the relationships we've built leader-to-leader and worked at over the past years, that we can find our way forward.",
"But I understand the anger.",
"I understand the concern.\"",
"The White House offered its condolences to Pakistan, while State Department spokesman Mark Toner said Washington was concerned about the impact the incident could have on relations with Pakistan.",
"\"The relationship is vitally important to both countries.",
"We both face a shared threat from extremists.",
"... We're taking this very seriously,\" he said.",
"A U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity told CNN that Pakistan remains a \"critical\" partner in counterterrorism, \"and we do not anticipate significant changes in that relationship.\"",
"The Pakistani Taliban appeared to try to widen the rift Monday.",
"A spokesman for the fundamentalist Islamic movement, Ihsanullah Ihsan, said in a phone call to CNN that the U.S. will infringe on Pakistan's sovereignty and continue operations on Pakistani soil in the coming days.",
"Ihsan said Pakistan must respond in kind to the NATO attacks, and he warned that the Pakistani Taliban will continue jihad as long as Pakistan remains an ally of the United States.",
"In Kabul, meanwhile, a senior adviser to President Karzai said Afghanistan and Pakistan may be on a course toward military conflict.",
"Ashraf Ghani said the link between Pakistan and the assassination of a former Afghan president had united his country \"against interference.\"",
"Ghani accused Pakistan of harboring and assisting the insurgency in Afghanistan, and said his country's neighbor probably helped the suicide bomber who killed former Afghan President Burhanudin Rabbani in September.",
"\"The assassination of President Rabbani has gelled the nation together against interference.",
"And one or two more actions could put us in an irreversible course (toward) conflict.",
"And we've shown through our history that we are a match for any invader,\" he said.",
"The two nations have been trading accusations in the border regions in the past few months, with Pakistan accusing the Afghans of harboring militants and Afghanistan claiming Pakistani shells have hit Afghan territory.",
"But on Sunday, a spokesman for Karzai urged Pakistan to come to the Bonn conference, which is being billed as a chance to start a reconciliation process in Afghanistan.",
"\"We want Pakistan to participate in that.",
"We want Pakistan to be part of the solution in Afghanistan,\" Aimal Faizi said.",
"CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reported from Kabul, Afghanistan.",
"CNN's Barbara Starr and Chris Lawrence and journalists Nasir Habib, Shaan Khan and Saboor Khattak contributed to this report."
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"NEW: U.S. commander wants an investigation complete before Christmas .",
"Pakistan denies firing first at a NATO aircraft that killed two dozen Pakistanis .",
"The Pakistani Taliban say Pakistan must respond in kind to the attack .",
"A top Afghan official warns of possible conflict with Pakistan ."
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"Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- High tide on Friday sent some water pouring into the Bangkok's Chinatown area, but it receded within a few hours, while the commercial district remained largely dry.",
"Those who have stayed in the city despite the government's pleas to leave are waiting to see if the highest tide, forecast to come Saturday afternoon, will overwhelm defenses along the city's river and many canals and bring more damaging floods.",
"Floodwaters that drenched much of central and lower parts of northern Thailand crept Thursday into Bangkok, stressing embankments and flooding roads, parking lots, factories and markets and sending many residents fleeing for dry ground.",
"Up to 1 meter (3.2 feet) of water was expected in some areas, said Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, as the Chao Phraya River spilled into the city of 12 million people.",
"Several districts were under a mandatory evacuation order.",
"\"There is water from underground coming up,\" said Pracha Promnok, chief of the Flood Relief Operations Center.",
"\"We are unable to do anything (to stop it).\"",
"Yingluck fielded criticism that the flood relief center had not done enough and -- with tears in her eyes -- called on the public to sympathize with emergency staff, as some of them had also become victims of the flooding.",
"\"Many are exhausted and some problems cannot be controlled and were not caused by (the center),\" Yingluck said, according to MCOT.",
"Thailand's government declared public holidays through the rest of the month in 21 flood-affected provinces, and appealed to Bangkok residents to head to the countryside.",
"People flocked to bus terminals and crowded the Suvarnabhumi Airport, the main airport, in hopes of reaching higher ground.",
"The smaller domestic airport, its runways inundated, was closed until November 1, but Suvarnabhumi was operating normally, protected by 3.5 meters (almost 12 feet) of dikes, said Toopetch Booyarith of the Airport Authority of Thailand.",
"\"We are confident that we will not be affected,\" Toopetch said.",
"CNNGo: Updated info for tourists .",
"The streets of the normally bustling metropolis that is notorious for massive traffic jams stood empty Thursday, save for a few public buses and taxis that were able to navigate through.",
"There was even water standing before the Grand Palace, perhaps the most adored of Bangkok's landmarks.",
"In some neighborhoods vacated by people, domestic animals were left to fend for themselves.",
"\"You'll see dogs stranded on rooftops, dogs trying to swim,\" said Marcelo Cacciola, of the Soi Dog Foundation.",
"\"So we went to these little towns around the Bangkok area with boats and rescued the dogs.\"",
"Some hotels slashed prices to accommodate the flood-affected and some tourist areas reported full occupancies.",
"In the resort town of Pattaya, fleeing Bangkok residents found it hard to get a room in hotels overflowing with European tourists, the Bangkok Post reported.",
"Thanyarat Hemkittiwat said she was planning to leave Bangkok to stay with relatives outside the city.",
"\"Some families in southern Bangkok had their house flooded,\" said the 31-year-old worker at a furniture export company, which was shut after it, too, was flooded.",
"\"The water level is two meters (six feet) high and smells very bad,\" she said.",
"She said the military had set up a flood relief center, \"but now even that has water coming in it.\"",
"UNICEF said it was providing $300,000 in aid that includes 20,000 insecticide-treated mosquito nets.",
"The U.S. State Department issued a travel alert recommending against all but essential travel to affected areas.",
"It noted that most tourist destinations, such as Phuket and Chiang Mai, were unaffected.",
"U.S. Ambassador Kristie Kenny said the crisis was slow-moving and it was hard to know what would be hit next.",
"The United States has already provided civilian relief resources, including water pumps, water purifiers and life vests, she said, and two U.S. helicopters are helping the Thai military determine the extent of the flooding.",
"The floods, caused by monsoon rains that saturated rivers, have killed 373 people nationwide and affected more than 9.5 million people, authorities said.",
"Are you there? Share photos, video but stay safe .",
"The government has called the flooding the worst to afflict the nation in half a century and said it might take more than a month before the waters recede from some areas.",
"The government has set up more than 1,700 shelters nationwide, and more than 113,000 people have taken refuge in them.",
"Overall damage from the floods could exceed $6 billion, the Thai Finance Ministry said.",
"CNN's Sara Sidner, Aliza Kassim and Elizabeth Yuan contributed to this report.",
"Kocha Olarn reported from Bangkok and Moni Basu from Atlanta ."
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"NEW: High tide sends water pouring into Bangkok's Chinatown area .",
"The prime minister says Bangkok is entering a critical stage .",
"A holiday was declared so that residents could flee to safer ground .",
"Flooding has killed 373 people and affected more than 9.5 million ."
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"Casablanca, Morocco (CNN) -- A moderate Islamist party appears to be heading toward victory as votes are counted in Morocco's first parliamentary elections since constitutional reforms in the summer.",
"The Justice and Development Party (PJD) won at least 80 seats, Interior Minister Taib Cherkaoui said Saturday, with at least 288 seats out of 395 counted.",
"The party's secretary general Abdelilah Benkirane said the party had won more than 100 seats.",
"Even the lower figure of 80 would give the PJD more seats than any other party, according to the Moroccan government's website.",
"The next biggest winner was the Independence Party, with 45 seats, that website reported.",
"The number of parties involved in Morocco's multi-party system means no single party is likely to win a majority of the seats, so a coalition government would have to be formed.",
"U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered her congratulations Saturday \"on the successful completion\" of the elections.",
"\"The United States stands ready to work with the new parliament and the people of Morocco to strengthen the rule of law, raise human rights standards, promote transparent and accountable governance, and work toward sustained, democratic reform,\" she said.",
"Turnout in the North African country was 45%, the Interior Ministry said Friday.",
"The National Democratic Institute -- which had 41 accredited observers from 21 countries that went to over 200 polling stations on Friday -- said in a press release that the elections \"were conducted transparently.\"",
"The voting process was described as \"technically sound\" and \"without fear of tampering or procedural violations.\"",
"But one institute member, Canadian Liberal Party leader Bob Rae, also pointed to the turnout and a number of invalid and spoiled ballots as negatives.",
"\"Seeing the number of people who actively spoiled their ballots as well as those who did not participate, it is clear that the path to real change will take more effort and time,\" Rae said.",
"Lise Storm, senior lecturer in Middle East Politics at the University of Exeter in England, said Friday that the outcome might signal whether the population is happy with the monarchy or not.",
"The more votes for the PJD appear to indicate a desire for greater change, she said -- as opposed to votes for the bloc of traditional loyalist parties, which would suggest voters favor the status quo.",
"Under the new constitution, approved by referendum in July, both Parliament and the prime minister have greater powers, while the monarch's sway has been slightly lessened.",
"The changes mean the prime minister must now be chosen from the party that wins the greatest number of votes -- which, based on the preliminary results, would be the Justice and Development Party -- rather than King Mohammed VI selecting his own nominee for the job.",
"The reforms came after thousands of Moroccans took to the streets to demonstrate earlier this year, inspired by what became known as the Arab Spring.",
"The youth-based February 20 Movement called for jobs and an end to corruption its members say stems from royal cronies.",
"Analysts say economic reform is needed to create more jobs for the country's young people, particularly many university graduates who are unemployed.",
"Journalist Aida Alami contributed to this report."
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"NEW: The Islamist Justice and Development Party wins more votes than any other party .",
"NEW: Observers call the election transparent, while faulting the relatively low turnout .",
"NEW: Hillary Clinton congratulates Morrocans on the \"successful\" elections .",
"Constitutional reforms were approved by referendum in July ."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- A brawl between motorcycle club members at a western Nevada casino devolved into a gunfight that left one person dead and two wounded, police said Saturday.",
"Around 11:25 p.m. Friday, a fight broke out among members of the Hell's Angels and Vagos clubs in front of the Trader Dick's bar inside John Ascuaga's Nugget, a family-owned casino in Sparks, that city's deputy police chief Brian Allen told reporters.",
"Police in Sparks, which is just east of Reno, responded with assistance from overhead helicopters after hearing several people involved in the brawl had guns and that shots were fired.",
"Authorities earlier reported that as many as 30 people total took part in the altercation.",
"They came upon what Sparks police Lt. Pete Krall described earlier Saturday as a \"very chaotic scene.\"",
"That included \"multiple gunshot victims\" who were transported to area hospitals, according to Allen.",
"One Hell's Angels member died from his wounds, while two associated with Vagos suffered what the deputy chief described as \"non-life-threatening\" injuries.",
"No bystanders or casino employees were wounded in the incident, he added.",
"The incident, as well a \"subsequent drive-by shooting\" elsewhere in the city, prompted the declaration of a \"state of emergency\" in Sparks, the city announced late Saturday afternoon on its website.",
"\"Whenever you have people who enter our city with bad intentions, bad things are going to happen,\" Sparks Mayor Geno Martini said during a press conference Saturday.",
"\"That's what happened here last night.\"",
"Sparks police have arrested \"one Hell's Angels member for his involvement in the fight and subsequent shooting,\" Allen said.",
"\"Other law enforcement agencies made additional arrests on the outskirts of the incident, and we are coordinating to determine their ... involvement in the case.\"",
"Renown Medical Center, located in Reno, announced on its website at 1:45 p.m. Saturday that it had \"applied extra security measures and locked all exterior access to the hospital, except for (one) emergency room entrance\" because of the shooting.",
"By 3 p.m., the hospital said it would be \"easing precautionary security measures for various entrances/exits,\" though there would be \"limited access\" for certain areas.",
"The incident erupted in the midst of the Street Vibrations Fall Rally, an event that began Wednesday and is set to continue into Sunday in Reno.",
"Allen said that since the 18th annual event recently expanded into Sparks, there have been no incidents such as the one Friday night.",
"He did state that, after the shooting, Reno, Sparks and Washoe County authorities are \"increasing personnel at the event.\"",
"The event's activities in Sparks were canceled through the weekend because of the shooting, the city announced Saturday afternoon.",
"Still, hours earlier, its mayor said the incident -- while worrisome -- shouldn't cast a negative light on all motorcycle club members.",
"\"I hope the people out there won't judge the motorcycle community by the incident that happened last night,\" said Martini.",
"\"I don't think it's a true picture.\"",
"CNN's Michael Martinez, Maggie Schneider and Divina Mims contributed to this report."
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"Gunfire breaks out in a fight between Hell's Angels and Vagos motorcycle club members .",
"1 person arrested in Sparks, Nevada, while others in custody may be involved, police say .",
"A Reno hospital institutes \"extra security\" and restricts access after the incident .",
"1 Hell's Angels member has died, 2 Vagos members have \"non-life-threatening\" injuries ."
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"(CNN) -- Andrew Niccol's \"In Time\" is the winner of this year's \"Most Obvious and Pun-Filled Allegory\" competition and while it gets points for an excellent premise, some fine acting and for being, occasionally, genuinely exciting, the execution of the idea fails far more often than it succeeds.",
"\"In Time\" is set in some future time/alternate reality Los Angeles (the locations are referred to as Dayton and New Greenwich but it's all too obviously L.A.) where humans cease aging at 25 with only an additional one year on their internal clocks, displayed as a sub-dermal, glowing digital countdown on their forearms.",
"Everyone in the film is young and (mostly) beautiful and aside from running out of time, people can only die by acts of violence, random or otherwise -- disease is apparently nonexistent.",
"But more time can be earned (or stolen) so those who are wealthy live, while those who are poor die.",
"As a result, the poor take risks because they have nothing to lose, while the rich play it very safe, some refusing to take even minuscule physical risks like swimming in the ocean.",
"The poor, those short on time, live in Dayton (downtown L.A., near the river) and if they have jobs at all, they live literally day-to-day, hoping that they can get enough work to purchase another day on their clocks.",
"Those without jobs resort to begging or \"fighting,\" a sort of arm-wrestling for time.",
"Many work in a factory that makes time storage devices that can be used to move time around from place to place or person to person, like a wallet with money in it.",
"As with most films set in a poor neighborhood, the denizens of Dayton have dreams.",
"In general, to have enough time so that they can live a decent life without having to wake up every day thinking it's their last.",
"They are literally slaves to time, forced to either beg, steal or work at sub-standard wages simply in order to live.",
"While this set-up should give ample opportunity for visual and emotional shock, Dayton is spectacularly clean and well organized for what's essentially a factory slum.",
"The only indication that the locals are in any peril at all is the (very) occasional shot of a dead \"timed out\" body on the street.",
"You'd think it would happen more often.",
"Justin Timberlake plays Will Salas, a factory worker whose personal dream is to be able to celebrate his mother's birthday in the rich playground of New Greenwich (which looks very much like Century City and Malibu) and early on, it looks like he might have achieved that dream when he suddenly finds himself with over a century of time.",
"In a local bar, Salas rescues Henry Hamilton, a suspiciously well-dressed stranger (\"White Collar\" star Matt Bomer) from a group of time thieves called Minute Men, who \"clean the clocks\" of their victims.",
"However, it turns out that the rescued man was trying to die.",
"He's 105 and has simply grown tired of living.",
"Having been thwarted in his initial attempt at suicide, Hamilton gives Will all but a few minutes of his life while the latter man is asleep, leaving him the message \"don't waste my time,\" hoping that Will will do something worthy with his new found riches.",
"Lo and behold, before Will is able to enjoy his windfall a personal tragedy sets him on his path towards addressing the injustices of the world, by single-handedly (at first) destroying the \"monetary\" system.",
"If it were only that easy, eh? After arriving in New Greenwich, he quickly attracts the attention of not only one of the richest men around (Philippe Weis, played by a perfectly smug Vincent Kartheiser) but also that of his daughter, Sylvia (Amanda Seyfried).",
"Coming from the \"wrong side of the tracks,\" Will proves to be an oddity among the swells, as he knows how to live and take risks, like swimming in the ocean or driving a car really fast on the empty Pacific Coast Highway.",
"While the setting of the film is ostensibly in the future, everyone is driving vintage Lincolns and Jaguars (although they do have the whine of electric vehicles) and people use pay phones.",
"While of course it's perfectly OK for a future vision to have seemingly anachronistic touches, these play like prosaic failures of imagination.",
"If you're going to ground a science fiction story in such mundane realities, at least give a reason why.",
"Timberlake continues to prove that his prolonged hiatus from music is a well thought out decision.",
"For all the success his recording career brought him, it's entirely possible that he has a brighter career as an actor.",
"He is as capable here at action adventure as he was at broad comedy in \"Friends With Benefits.\"",
"I could easily see him in a musical or a straight drama.",
"Seyfried, her doe-eyes framed with a cute bob a la Anna Karina or even more apropos, Faye Dunaway in \"Bonnie and Clyde,\" does her level best with what she's given, but her \"rich girl with a rebellious streak\" isn't as well-developed a character as it could be.It's never really clear if Sylvia's transition from slightly rebellious rich girl to full-on criminal is due to her belief in Salas' Robin Hood-esque cause or to her having the hots for him.",
"I suspect it's both, but the former aspect isn't really fleshed out.",
"The real crime here is that there is a potentially great movie in the premise.",
"The concept of a brutally fascist world were time is literally money and where the poor are haunted and driven by the specter of impending death is an intriguing one.",
"Alas, Niccol's screenplay doesn't quite nail it, giving us a flat, uncomplicated story, some rather herky-jerky character development and an endless stream of absurd plot points.",
"Yes, there are some legitimately suspenseful moments, but not enough to make up for the rest.",
"There is a lot of dramatic fodder in the story of a future as horrific as this one and \"In Time\" doesn't really take advantage of the opportunities.",
"It's not nearly as menacing or terrifying as its premise suggests and it doesn't say much, except in the simplest It's-bad-when-rich-people-hoard-resources fashion.",
"I'm curious as to what a filmmaker like Sidney Lumet, Alan J. Pakula or William Friedkin would have done with as rich of a set-up.",
"The fact that \"In Time\" could have been an exceptional film is the most upsetting part.",
"I would rather it have been a truly bad film than a mediocre film with the specter of greatness hovering just out of reach.",
"\"In Time\" is rated PG-13.",
"There's a fair amount of gun violence, death, the occasional four-letter word (and their various variants) an underwater bare bottom, and some clothed sexual suggestions."
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"Justin Timberlake plays Will Salas, a factory worker in a race against time .",
"Hamilton gives Will all but a few minutes of his life .",
"Tragedy sets him on his path towards addressing the injustices of the world ."
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"(CNN) -- Patti Stanger, the star of Bravo's \"The Millionaire Matchmaker,\" issued an apology for saying gay men have difficulty staying monogamous.",
"She made the comments on another Bravo show \"Watch What Happens Live,\" which aired Sunday.",
"In response to a caller who wanted to know if long-distance, open relationships are possible, Stanger said, \"In the gay world, there's always going to be open (relationships). ...",
"There is no curbing the gay.\"",
"She asked the caller if he was gay.",
"When he said yes, Stanger said, \"I've tried to curb you people.\"",
"Stanger's apology came via her Twitter account the next day, following a firestorm of negative comments online.",
"\"Attn male Gays: I support you,\" she said.",
"\"So sorry -- didn't mean to offend anyone.",
"Love you all. X0.\" On HLN's \"The Joy Behar Show,\" Stanger said she apologizes if GLAAD -- the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation -- was offended and then touted her record of support for gay dating and marriage during the five years of her matchmaker show.",
"The apology did not sit well with many.",
"\"'I didn't mean to offend you' ≠'What I said was bigoted and wrong,'\" Matt Algren of Dayton, Ohio, tweeted, while another post said: \"More homophobic generalizations.",
"Just stop girl. You're done.\""
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"She says she didn't mean to offend anyone .",
"\"There's no curbing the gay,\" she says .",
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"(CNN) -- More than 150 students at the University of California at Berkeley took over a campus building Thursday to protest a proposed 81% increase in tuition fees, university officials said.",
"UC-Berkeley spokeswoman Callie Maidhof described the scene as \"an open occupation with people coming and going\" at Tolman Hall on the campus that has been known for decades as a hotbed of student activism and protests.",
"The tuition increase proposed by the board of regents would be phased in over a four-year period.",
"Maidhof added that when the protest began Thursday afternoon, campus police initially resisted the demonstrators and used pepper spray at one point.",
"The university maintained a hands-off approach after that, but according to Maidhof the situation could change at the building's scheduled closing time of 9 p.m. (midnight ET).",
"As evening fell, there were between 60 and 70 students occupying one of the classrooms and another group was participating in a teach-in outside on the lawn.",
"Helicopter aerials of the scene from CNN affiliate KTVU showed a few protest banners hung from windows of the classroom building."
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"San Diego, California (CNN) -- Marco Rubio is writing his life story.",
"Now the only question is: Which life?",
"The 40-year-old Florida senator, and Republican Party rock star, is shopping his memoir to New York publishing houses.",
"There is sure to be a market; Republicans want to embrace a Latino conservative to shield them from accusations that their immigration rhetoric is anti-Latino, and so, for them, Rubio is the most beloved Latino since Desi Arnaz.",
"A memoir is a good idea.",
"Rubio may need a whole book to explain the contradictions surrounding his biography.",
"Rubio has repeatedly said that his parents left Cuba after Fidel Castro took power in January 1959.",
"But documents brought to light by the Washington Post and St. Petersburg Times reveal that Mario and Oriales Rubio arrived in the United States, legally on an immigration visa, much earlier -- in May 1956.",
"So what? That's the scandal? Rubio is clearly not the only American with a bad memory.",
"Many European-Americans are so far removed from their families' immigrant past that, not only can they not tell you when their ancestors migrated to the United States, sometimes they can barely tell you what country their family came from.",
"\"Let's see, I'm part German, and I think I have a little Irish and some Italian.",
"No, some French.\" Apparently, if you're Cuban-American, it matters a lot.",
"There is a pecking order in South Florida.",
"Being a descendant of those who came as political exiles after Castro came to power supposedly carries more cachet than if your family simply came as economic immigrants before Castro took power.",
"I don't get it. But then, I'm not Cuban-American.",
"So I defer to two friends (and media colleagues) who are.",
"Alfredo Estrada, publisher of Latino Magazine, is skeptical about Rubio getting the dates wrong.",
"\"When your parents left Cuba is seared into the memory of every Cuban-American,\" he told me.",
"Rick Sanchez, whose family left Cuba in the winter of 1962, was much harder on Rubio.",
"In an op-ed for The Huffington Post, the former CNN host blasted the inconsistency and tied it back to the senator's immigration views.",
"\"[Rubio] convinced Americans that he was the son of political refugees,\" Sanchez wrote, \"implying that it somehow made him different from the other Hispanics who he attacks regularly -- the ones in Arizona, Georgia and Alabama that he and others want to detain, arrest and kick out.",
"How dare they come here looking for work and to better their lot in life?",
"Marco Rubio made us believe he is different from them when he's not.\"",
"I understand what my friends are saying.",
"And I understand that, as a Mexican-American and not a Cuban-American, there are some things I will never understand.",
"Nevertheless, I thought that Rubio did a fine job of acquitting himself in an op-ed for Politico.",
"\"The Washington Post accused me of seeking political advantage by embellishing the story of how my parents arrived in the United States,\" he wrote.",
"\"That is an outrageous allegation that is not only incorrect, but an insult to the sacrifices my parents made to provide a better life for their children...I am the son of immigrants and exiles, raised by people who know all too well that you can lose your country.",
"By people who know firsthand that America is a very special place...Ultimately what The Post writes is not that important to me.",
"I am the son of exiles.",
"I inherited two generations of unfulfilled dreams.",
"This is a story that needs no embellishing.\"",
"That's poetry, and yet that op-ed may have backfired.",
"National Public Radio says that it has found discrepancies between what Rubio wrote for Politico and the account that Rubio offered on one of its shows two years ago.",
"For Politico, Rubio wrote, \"In February 1961, my mother took my older siblings to Cuba with the intention of moving back...",
"But after just a few weeks, it became clear that the change happening in Cuba was not for the better...So in late March 1961...my mother and siblings left Cuba and my family settled permanently in the United States.\"",
"But, in 2009, Rubio told NPR's \"All Things Considered\" that his mother returned to Cuba in 1960 with his older siblings to care for her ailing father and that she wound up staying nine months because the Cuban government wouldn't let her and her eldest son, Mario, return to the United States.",
"Eventually, she and her children were allowed to leave.",
"Which is it? Did Rubio's mother return to Cuba in 1960 or 1961?",
"Was she preparing to move back, or caring for a sick parent?",
"And did she stay \"just a few weeks\" or nine months?",
"Documents confirm that Oriales Rubio was in Cuba for just over one month.",
"So the story that Rubio wrote in Politico was closer to the truth than the one he shared with NPR.",
"Frankly, I don't know what to make of this story.",
"My reporter's nose tells me there are more \"gotcha\" revelations to come.",
"My head tells me that this whole story doesn't matter to most Americans.",
"And my heart tells me that Rubio would not even be in hot water -- especially with fellow Latinos -- if he was not a Republican.",
"Rubio is someone with a shot at becoming the first Latino in the White House, he terrifies the Democratic establishment.",
"And so they want to take him out. Yet, I am quite impressed that the story of one family's exodus from Cuba more than 60 years ago has captured the attention of so many of my media colleagues.",
"Now if I could just get them to focus on a much more important story to which many of them are turning a blind eye: the exodus of more than one million illegal immigrants from the United States, and the breaking up of hundreds of thousands of families, at the hands of the Obama administration.",
"All of it for the sake of politics.",
"Now that's what I call a scandal.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Ruben Navarrette."
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"Ruben Navarrette: GOP \"rock star\" Marco Rubio has warring details in his life story .",
"He says there are conflicts in when Rubio says parents left Cuba and when they actually did .",
"He says Latino friends doubt Rubio's explanation: Cuban emigres know when they left .",
"Navarrette: Only reason it's an issue is because Rubio is real threat to Democats ."
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"(CNN) -- Former college and pro football star Charles Aaron \"Bubba\" Smith, who went on to an acting career after his retirement from sports, was found dead at his home, the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office said Wednesday.",
"He was 66. Police and fire officials were called to Smith's home after \"he was found unresponsive\" and pronounced him dead, said Ed Winter, assistant chief of operations and investigation for the coroner.",
"An autopsy will be performed to determine cause of death, Winter said.",
"However, asked if there was any reason to believe the death was due to anything other than natural causes, he replied, \"Not at this time.\"",
"An imposing 6 foot 8 and 260 pounds, Smith was considered one of the most fearsome pass rushers of his day.",
"The No. 1 overall pick in the 1967 National Football League draft, he played nine seasons in the NFL -- for the Baltimore Colts, Oakland Raiders and Houston Oilers.",
"Sports Illustrated gallery: The NFL goes Hollywood .",
"He played for the Colts in two Super Bowls and was also a two-time Pro Bowl pick.",
"Smith was one of the anchors of an overwhelming defense that was heavily favored to win Super Bowl III.",
"Nonetheless, the New York Jets, led by Joe Namath, defeated the Colts in the 1969 championship of pro football, widely considered one of the biggest upsets in U.S. sports history.",
"The Colts atoned for that embarrassment -- somewhat -- two years later in a 16-13 victory over the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl V, but Smith reportedly said he was so dismayed by the game's sloppiness that he never wore his Super Bowl ring.",
"Smith was sidelined by a severe knee injury during an exhibition game in 1972, and the next season joined the Raiders.",
"He told Sports Illustrated in 1973 that \"not playing was terrible.",
"I didn't want to show my face in public.",
"I don't know if it was that we were losing or what, but it almost drove me crazy.\"",
"After retiring from pro football in 1975, Smith landed small roles on TV series such as \"Good Times,\" \"Charlie's Angels\" and \"Semi-Tough,\" according to IMDb, before landing his signature role as Lt. Moses Hightower in the first \"Police Academy\" movie in 1984.",
"He reprised the role in all six movies in the popular comedy franchise.",
"Smith was a two-time All-America defensive end at Michigan State University.",
"He played in what the national media dubbed \"the game of the century\" between Michigan State and Notre Dame in 1966, a 10-10 tie that resulted in the two teams' splitting the vote for that year's national championship.",
"Smith was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988, an event he called \"the jewel in my crown, for my collegiate days were very special to me.\"",
"Smith was born on February 28, 1945, in Beaumont Texas.",
"His father was a high school football coach and his mother had earned two college degrees.",
"According to his member biography on the College Football Hall of Fame website, he said he took his parents with him when he went to speak to youth groups \"to demonstrate my respect for them.\""
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"Smith was a two-time All-America defensive end at Michigan State .",
"He played in two Super Bowls for the Baltimore Colts, and two Pro Bowls .",
"He went into acting, landed a starring role in the \"Police Academy\" movies ."
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"Perugia, Italy (CNN) -- The lawyer for Meredith Kercher's family showed photos of the British murder victim's bloodied body Monday, pointing out multiple stab wounds, as he urged an Italian jury not to overturn the murder convictions of Amanda Knox and Rafaelle Sollecito.",
"\"I show you these pictures to show you the pain of Meredith,\" Francesco Maresca said.",
"\"She didn't have defensive wounds.",
"It means that she was tied up, that she had more than one aggressor,\" the lawyer said.",
"\"Given the type, number and locations of the wounds, there had to be multiple attackers,\" he insisted.",
"He attacked as \"useless\" a review of DNA evidence that may cast doubt on the original convictions.",
"American student Knox and her former boyfriend Sollecito were convicted of the killing in 2009 and are now fighting to have the verdicts overturned.",
"Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison, while Sollecito got 25.",
"A third man, Rudy Guede, was convicted separately and is serving 16 years.",
"Knox and Sollecito's defense teams have suggested he could have been the sole killer.",
"Lawyers for the civil suits related to the case presented their closing arguments Monday.",
"Knox avoided looking at the photographs of Kercher's body as they were shown.",
"Another lawyer called Knox two-faced and \"diabolical.\"",
"\"Within her lives a double soul: one which is angelic, good, compassionate ... tender and ingenuous,\" Carlo Pacelli said.",
"But she had another side, he said: \"And a Lucifer-like, demonic, satanic, diabolical one which sometimes leads her to borderline and dissolute behavior,\" saying that was the Knox who had killed her roommate.",
"Pacelli sought to portray Knox as sexually promiscuous and a difficult roommate as he fights for damages for Patrick Lumumba.",
"His closing arguments were based on earlier testimony by friends of Kercher's.",
"Curt Knox, Amanda Knox's father, said the language used by the lawyer \"was extraordinarily hard to listen to.\"",
"\"What I find very hard to believe is how this person can start calling her that when he's never even talked to her, never met her,\" Curt Knox told CNN's Brooke Baldwin on Monday night.",
"Knox accused Lumumba of the murder in 2007.",
"He was arrested but released after his alibi checked out.",
"He later sued Knox for libel, winning 40,000 euros ($54,000) in damages.",
"Knox's accusation of Lumumba shows that she committed the crime, Pacelli argued.",
"\"Knox told lies,\" he said, adding that she was guilty and her conviction should stand.",
"He urged the court not to \"fall under the spell of the defendant\" but to \"stick to the proof.\"",
"Knox testified in the initial trial that comments she made to police the night of the killing were the result of stress, mistreatment by police and inadequate translation help.",
"Lawyers are making closing arguments this week, and a verdict could come as soon as October 3.",
"Curt Knox said the defense will begin presenting its final arguments Tuesday, \"and I think we're going to see a very different picture of what this case is all about, and so will the world.\"",
"\"What we saw and what we heard in the first three hearings is really all circumstantial evidence,\" Curt Knox said.",
"\"When it really comes down to the nuts and bolts of this case, you're going to hear in the next couple of days there really is no forensic case.\"",
"Knox was in court Monday, wearing an off-white top and black hooded sweater as the months-long process nears its conclusion.",
"Curt Knox said his daughter has had trouble sleeping and has lost weight in recent weeks.",
"\"These two judges and six jurors really have her life in their hands, and these last three hearings have been extraordinarily hard,\" he said.",
"Sollecito was also present at Monday's hearing, with his hair cut short.",
"He wore a long-sleeved shirt with a geometric pattern.",
"The defense has sought to discredit DNA evidence linking the two of them to the killing, in which Kercher's throat was slashed.",
"Her semi-clothed body was found in the house they shared in Perugia, a picturesque central Italian university town.",
"An Italian prosecutor put forward a vigorous defense in closing arguments Saturday of the DNA evidence used to find her guilty.",
"Prosecutor Manuela Comodi rejected testimony from independent forensics experts that cast doubt on the reliability of the evidence, insisting police forensic officers had handled the DNA material properly.",
"And she urged the court to increase Knox and Sollecito's sentences to life.",
"Comodi's appearance came on the second day of closing arguments for prosecutors in the appeal.",
"On Saturday, she told jurors that the original court had concluded \"beyond any reasonable doubt\" that blood from both Knox and Kercher found in the bathroom sink had been left there when Knox washed herself after the killing.",
"The prosecutor also pointed to a partial footprint with Kercher's blood found on a bathroom mat, saying analysis had shown that it was most likely to have been left by Sollecito.",
"He and Knox say they were at Sollecito's house on the night Kercher died, not the villa the two girls shared.",
"But Maresca disputed that Monday, calling their claim the \"false alibi.\"",
"Under Italian law, he said, in a trial based on circumstantial evidence, a defendant's alibi that turns out to be false can be used against them.",
"The computer from Sollecito's house showed no activity on the night in question, he said, suggesting that he and Knox were not there.",
"Defense attorneys for Sollecito are expected to present their final arguments Tuesday, to be followed by Knox's attorneys Thursday.",
"Knox will be allowed to address the court one more time before the jury begins its deliberations, an opportunity her father says she has been thinking about the past three months.",
"\"This is really her final opportunity to express her heartfelt thoughts as it relates to how she's being judged and the fact that she had nothing to do with this horrific crime and that Meredith was her friend,\" Curt Knox said.",
"Knox and Sollecito are appealing their convictions together, having been convicted in a joint trial.",
"CNN's Hada Messia contributed to this report."
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"Another lawyer shows the court photos of the victim's bloodied body .",
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"Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Britain condemned Iran for allowing protesters to storm its embassy and a separate diplomatic compound in Tehran on Tuesday, warning there will be \"serious consequences\" as a result.",
"The incursion happened after about 1,000 people gathered near the embassy to demand that the British ambassador be sent home immediately.",
"The rally began quietly, but some participants then stormed the building, breaking down the door, throwing around papers and replacing the British flag with an Iranian one.",
"A CNN producer saw protesters -- identified as students in state news outlets -- throwing stones at the embassy's windows.",
"They scuffled with and overwhelmed police at the embassy gate and around the compound.",
"British Prime Minister David Cameron described the incursion as \"outrageous and indefensible\" and demanded that Iran immediately ensure the safety of all British Embassy personnel.",
"Iranian security forces are responsible for guarding the embassy under international law, he said.",
"\"The failure of the Iranian government to defend British staff and property was a disgrace,\" he said.",
"He called on Iran's government to guarantee the safety of embassy staff, return property seized in the fracas and prosecute those responsible.",
"\"The Iranian government must recognize that there will be serious consequences for failing to protect our staff,\" Cameron said.",
"\"We will consider what these measures should be in the coming days.\"",
"By Tuesday evening, the protesters had been cleared from both sites by police, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.",
"Police arrested 12 students as they left the diplomatic compound, called Gholhak Garden, the news agency said.",
"British diplomats and their families and Iranian families who work for the British Embassy live at Gholak Garden, in northern Tehran.",
"Foreign Secretary William Hague said the \"irresponsible action\" had put the safety of diplomats and their families at risk and caused extensive damage to embassy property.",
"He had spoken to his Iranian counterpart, Ali Akbar Salehi, Tuesday to \"protest in the strongest terms,\" he said.",
"\"While he said that he was sorry for what had happened and that action would be taken in response, this remains a very serious failure by the Iranian government,\" Hague said.",
"\"Clearly there will be other, further, and serious consequences.\"",
"Hague will address the British Parliament Wednesday, he said.",
"Iran's Foreign Ministry expressed its regret for the student protest, \"which turned into an out of control demonstration,\" in a statement on its website.",
"The ministry said it would \"take action through legal channels\" against those who stormed the embassy building.",
"The Foreign Office said it had asked the Iranian charge d'affaires in London \"to urge the Iranian authorities to act with utmost urgency to ensure the situation is brought under control.\"",
"It is now advising British nationals in Iran \"to stay indoors, keep a low profile and await further advice.\"",
"\"There has been an incursion by a significant number of demonstrators into our embassy premises, including vandalism to our property,\" the Foreign Office said earlier.",
"\"We are outraged by this. It is utterly unacceptable and we condemn it.\"",
"The U.N. Security Council condemned the incursion \"in the strongest terms\" in New York.",
"Its statement called on Iran \"to protect diplomatic and consular property and personnel, and to respect fully their international obligations in this regard.\"",
"The White House condemned the incident and \"urged Iran to fully respect its international obligations, to condemn the incident, to prosecute the offenders, and to ensure that no further such incidents take place either at the British Embassy or any other mission in Iran.\"",
"\"Our State Department is in close contact with the British government and we stand ready to support our allies at this difficult time,\" the White House said.",
"The Russian Foreign Ministry also condemned the protesters' actions.",
"\"We are expressing our support for the British diplomats.",
"We hope that the Iranian authorities will take necessary measures to immediately restore order, investigate the incident and prevent a repeat of such incidents,\" the ministry said in a written statement.",
"The demonstration followed a vote Sunday by the Iranian Parliament to expel the ambassador and reduce diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom in retaliation for newly imposed Western sanctions, according to Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency, or IRNA.",
"Alaedi Boroujerd, the member of Parliament who introduced the measure, was quoted by IRNA as saying the students' protest was \"the crystallization of their pure inner feelings.\"",
"\"As declared many times before, because of its behavior, Britain is hated by the Iranian nation throughout history,\" he said, according to IRNA.",
"However, he also was quoted as saying Iran respects all international rules and the Vienna Convention, and no country or their embassies should have any further worries, including the British.",
"The British Foreign Office called the Iranian Parliament's vote Sunday \"regrettable.\"",
"\"This unwarranted move will do nothing to help the regime address their growing isolation or international concerns about their nuclear program and human rights record,\" the office said in a written statement.",
"\"If the Iranian government acts on this, we will respond robustly in consultation with our international partners.\"",
"Britain cut all financial ties with Iran last week over concerns about Iran's nuclear program, the first time it has cut an entire country's banking sector off from British finance, the British Treasury announced.",
"All British credit and financial institutions were ordered to end their business relationships and transactions with all Iranian banks, their branches and subsidiaries by Monday.",
"The move came after an International Atomic Energy Agency report highlighted new concerns about \"the possible military dimensions of Iran's nuclear program,\" the Treasury statement said Monday.",
"\"The IAEA's report last week provided further credible and detailed evidence about the possible military dimensions of the Iranian nuclear program,\" Hague said in a statement last Monday.",
"\"Today we have responded resolutely by introducing a set of new sanctions that prohibit all business with Iranian banks.\"",
"Iran insists its nuclear program is peaceful and has called the U.N. watchdog's report \"unbalanced\" and \"politically motivated.\"",
"The British sanctions underline \"the severity of the government's concerns about Iran's activities,\" Britain's chancellor of the exchequer said.",
"The chancellor's statement said other \"partner countries\" will make similar announcements about banking sanctions against Iran.",
"Iran's proposal mandates the Foreign Ministry to adopt similar positions against any other countries that impose the same policies as Britain, IRNA reported.",
"CNN's Antonia Mortensen, Claudia Rebaza, Shirzad Bozorgmehr and Mitra Mobasherat contributed to this report."
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"Cameron: The embassy incursion was \"outrageous and indefensible\"\n\"Clearly there will be other, further, and serious consequences,\" Hague says .",
"The Iranian students have now left the British Embassy compound, local media say .",
"Iran's Foreign Ministry expresses regret for the embassy incursion ."
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"(EW.com) -- The last time we saw him on our TV sets, T. R. Knight was playing \"Grey's Anatomy\"'s beloved Dr. George O'Malley before he met an untimely end in 2009.",
"In his first television role since (he's been continuing a successful stage career), Knight plays somewhat against type: George O'Malley was the bumbling, baby-faced surgeon with a nervous smile and horrible luck with women; his latest character, Gabriel Thomas from last night's \"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,\" is an alleged (SPOILER ALERT!)",
"\"power-reassurance serial rapist\" with a neck tattoo -- sure, the tat is of a yin-yang symbol -- but still, a neck tattoo pretty much never screams \"nice guy.\"",
"Gabriel sure looks like George, but that's where the similarities end.",
"Like George, Gabriel's into blonds, but only of the submissive variety -- that would certainly exclude Izzie Stevens.",
"It's rather inspired to cast an actor so associated with a recognizably benevolent character in such a disturbing role (sort of the effect Elijah Wood had as the expressionless, evil Kevin in \"Sin City\").",
"Seeing Knight go from a bright-eyed family man one moment to a sinister predator who snarls, \"Tell me you love me, Mommy\" to the women he's assaulting (ick) in the next is appropriately chilling.",
"And, as it turns out, the dichotomy makes even more sense as, in a twist typical of this long-in-the-tooth series, Knight is pulling a Sarah Michelle Gellar and playing estranged identical twins, one of whom has a seemingly charmed life whereas the other's is in serious shambles.",
"It may be a long shot, but for fans, his appearance on \"Law & Order\" might be a sign of more T. R. to come.",
"In the enduring spirit of cross-promotion, NBC seems to use \"SVU\" as a testing ground for future series leads.",
"Beautiful relationships between NBC and stars often begin in that famous interrogation room.",
"Just look at Hayden Panettiere's two roles ramping up to Heroes, and Maria Bello's significant role last season en route to Prime Suspect (which really is getting better -- save that show!).",
"Even though Knight's return to TV was welcome in my eyes, I found his performance weirdly unsatisfying.",
"He didn't get to sink his teeth into his role(s) as much as I'd hoped because a lot of the episode was devoted to initiating new detectives Nick Amaro (Danny Pino) and Amanda Rollins (Kelli Giddish); plus, his characters' Southern accent sounded a bit inconsistent -- anyone else notice that?",
"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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"His character is into blonds, but only of the submissive variety .",
"He didn't get to sink his teeth into his role ."
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"(CNN) -- The 32-year-old Texas man who died in a shark attack over the weekend while scuba diving off Western Australia was remembered Sunday by his sisters as \"unique\" and \"one of a kind.\"",
"Sharon Wainwright of Panama City, Florida, identified the victim as her son, George Thomas Wainwright.",
"His sisters, Brenda Wainwright and Wanda Brannon, spoke to CNN affiliate WMBB-TV.",
"\"It's devastating. It's hard to even wrap your head around.",
"I can't believe he's gone.",
"I think it was just wrong place, wrong time because he was very wise.",
"I would trust him with anything to do with being on the water,\" said Brenda Wainwright.",
"She described her brother as \"unique ... that rare combination of incredibly intelligent, very kind, great sense of humor.\"",
"Police said Saturday the man was scuba diving with two friends near Rottnest Island, a popular tourist destination about 15 miles off the Australian mainland, when the attack occurred.",
"The man's friends, who were not in the water at the time, noticed an abnormal amount of air bubbles rising to the surface in the area where he was diving, followed by a plume of blood, said police spokesman Michael Wear.",
"Moments later, the man's body rose to the surface.",
"Police said he succumbed to his injuries not long after the incident.",
"Following a preliminary review of bite marks on the body, authorities said he is believed to have been killed by a great white shark.",
"\"He was in the water by himself, I believe,\" Sgt.",
"Greg True of Western Australia police told CNN affiliate Channel Nine.",
"\"There's been some pretty massive injuries inflicted.\"",
"Sharon Wainwright told CNN her family was notified of the incident Saturday morning.",
"Authorities said the man had been living in Western Australia.",
"Wainright's relatives expect his body to arrive in Florida in about four days, Sharon Wainwright said.",
"Saturday's attack was the second fatal shark attack in the past two weeks near the city of Perth, capital of the state of Western Australia.",
"\"He was one of a kind,\" the victim's sister, Brannon, told WMBB.",
"\"He's more than just a quick news spot.",
"He was our brother and we loved him.",
"He will be missed.\" CNN's Jeremy Ryan and Kara Devlin contributed to this report."
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"His mother says his body is expected in Florida in about four days .",
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"New York (CNN) -- A group of union-backed organizations joined the loosely defined Occupy Wall Street movement again Tuesday, leaving behind the confines of New York's financial district for the posh neighborhoods that dot Manhattan's Upper East Side, according to multiple group representatives.",
"Crowds also swelled in Lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park, where demonstrators waved placards and chanted slogans attacking corporate greed and social inequality.",
"The union-organized march, meanwhile, took protesters past the homes of well-to-do residents like billionaire David Koch, News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch and JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.",
"Organizations such as UnitedNY, the Strong Economy for All Coalition, the Working Families Party, and New York Communities for Change were accompanied by protesters typically based in Zuccotti Park, a privately owned park in New York's financial district.",
"The Upper East Side march was \"in support\" of the Occupy Wall Street movement, but was not organized by it, said T.J. Helmstetter, a spokesman for Working Families Party, a coalition of New York community and labor groups.",
"Protesters hopped on the subway, emerging at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street near Central Park, where organizers held a press conference that addressed both New York-centric themes, such as state taxes, and the movement's broader concerns of social inequity.",
"\"We are the 99%,\" the group chanted, a reference to their insistence that most Americans lack the influence in their country's political and financial affairs enjoyed by the elite 1%.",
"\"I think it's time that these people realize that people are hurting in this country and it's time to reform what's going on in Washington,\" said New York resident Lenore Silverstein, who attended Tuesday's march.",
"Emily Monroe , a North Carolina college student and marcher, said the city's wealthiest \"are buying billion-dollar apartments and living lavishly, while we are just trying to sustain ourselves.\"",
"\"The American dream is no longer possible because these people are stealing from the middle class,\" she told CNN Radio.",
"New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, meanwhile, said authorities will defend protesters' right to demonstrate, but he doesn't appreciate \"the bashing of all of the hardworking people who live and work here.\"",
"\"Our city depends on the jobs that the financial services industry provides,\" Bloomberg said during a news conference in the Bronx.",
"He added that he didn't understand what the picketing of wealthy and prominent New Yorkers is intended to achieve.",
"The mayor's comments coincided with a state comptroller report released Tuesday that predicts Wall Street could lose an additional 10,000 jobs by the end of next year, raising the total number of jobs lost in the securities industry since 2008 to 32,000.",
"Earlier, in Boston, 129 protesters were arrested during a similar demonstration Tuesday, mostly for \"unlawful assembly and trespassing,\" said police spokesman Eddy Chrispin.",
"The group allegedly blocked traffic and refused to disperse while marching to \"areas of the city where they hadn't been previously,\" he said.",
"Protesters have been occupying Dewey Square Park in downtown Boston, but expanded to the neighboring Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway on Monday night.",
"Protesters were given a 1:30 a.m. deadline to move back to Dewey Square.",
"Those who did not were arrested. The nationwide Occupy movement has been largely peaceful, though it has led to some skirmishes with police and arrests.",
"It has also stoked fervent public debate, including among politicians.",
"Democrats have generally offered sympathy for protesters' concerns while several Republicans, among them 2012 presidential candidates Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich, have described the demonstrations as \"class warfare.\"",
"The movement shows few signs of slowing down.",
"Rallies and marches have been held in numerous towns and cities in recent days, with many more planned.",
"That includes a \"Call to Action Against Banks\" planned for Saturday, which New York's Occupy Wall Street announced on its Facebook site.",
"\"No longer will banks take our homes.",
"No longer will banks rob students of our future.",
"No longer will banks destroy the environment.",
"No longer will banks fund the misery of war.",
"No longer will banks cause massive unemployment.",
"And no longer will banks create and profit from economic crisis without a struggle,\" according to the online message Monday.",
"It then urges people to \"visit your local Bank of America, Wells Fargo or Chase (branches) and let them know, we will not allow business as usual.\"",
"\"We. Will. Occupy. Everywhere,\" the posting ends.",
"CNN Radio's Steve Kastenbaum, CNNMoney's Charles Riley and CNN's Marina Landis contributed to this report ."
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"NEW: \"People are stealing from the middle class,\" a protester says .",
"NEW: Bloomberg says he doesn't understand what the picketing is intended to achieve .",
"NEW: He says authorities will defend protesters' right to demonstrate .",
"NEW: The New York securities sector could lose 10,000 jobs by 2012 year, report says ."
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"(CNN) -- The United States are aiming to win the Solheim Cup for a fourth successive occasion when they face Europe in the 12th edition of the women's team golf tournament, which begins at the Killeen Castle Golf Resort in Ireland on Friday.",
"The competition, an exact replica of the men's Ryder Cup, begins on Friday morning with four foursomes, where the players alternate playing the same ball, before the afternoon's four fourballs -- which sees each player playing their own ball.",
"Saturday's two sessions then follow exactly the same format, before Sunday's 12 individual singles, which will determine the winners.",
"With a total of 28 points up for grabs, the winning team is the first to reach 14 1/2 points, with the Americans securing 16-12 triumphs in Illinois in 2009 and Sweden in 2007.",
"Alison Nicholas, who is captaining Europe for a second time following their 2009 defeat, has paired Maria Hjorth and Anna Nordqvist in the opening foursomes match -- with the Swedish duo lining up against Michelle Wie and Cristie Kerr.",
"The English duo of Karen Stupples and Melissa Reid face Paula Creamer and Brittany Lincicome in the second of the foursomes, while the third sees veteran Scot Catriona Matthew and Spanish rookie Azahara Munoz against Stacy Lewis and Angela Stanford.",
"And Friday's morning session is completed by Suzann Pettersen of Norway and Sweden's Sophie Gustafson facing Brittany Lang and Juli Inkster -- who becomes the oldest-ever Solheim Cup player at the age of 51.",
"The United States lead Europe 8-3 overall and both Nicholas and her American counterpart Rosie Jones are aware of the need to get a good start in the competition.",
"Nicholas told the official Solheim Cup website: \"I think I have a good blend in my team and I am very happy with the way the draw has worked out.",
"\"Catriona, for instance, is a great leader and gets on so well with everyone.",
"She has lots of experience and I think she will make a great pairing with Azahara.",
"They are both steady players.\"",
"The United States come into the match as favorites to retain their title, with four of the world's top 10 amongst their ranks.",
"\"I've put Michelle and Cristie out first because they are both good leaders,\" Jones told the official website.",
"\"They have played a lot together and had success.",
"I want them to get out there and put up a point.\"",
"She continued: \"I've got heavy hitters in every match.",
"I have a master plan and I'm going to stick to it as much as possible.",
"But you have to wait and see how the matches go and maybe adjust.\"",
"European team: (number of previous Solheim Cup appearances in brackets) Melissa Reid (Eng) (-) Laura Davies (Eng) (11) Karen Stupples (Eng) (1) Suzann Pettersen (Nor) (5) Sophie Gustafson (Swe) (7) Maria Hjorth (Swe) (4) Anna Nordqvist (Swe) (1) Caroline Hedwall (Swe) (-) Catriona Matthew (Sco) (4) Azahara Munoz (Sp) (-) Sandra Gal (Ger) (-) Christel Boeljon (Net) (-) United States team: .",
"Michelle Wie (1) Julie Inkster (8) Cristie Kerr (5) Paula Creamer (3) Angela Stanford (3) Brittany Lang (1) Brittany Lincicome (2) Morgan Pressel (2) Christina Kim (2) Vicky Hurst (-) Ryann O'Toole (-) Stacy Lewis (-)"
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"Europe and the United States begin the 12th edition of golf's Solheim Cup on Friday .",
"The American women are aiming to win the title for a fourth successive time this weekend .",
"The action starts at the Killeen Castle Resort in Ireland with the opening fourballs ."
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"(CNN) -- An international footballer who played for the United Arab Emirates, and who became an internet sensation after scoring a backheeled penalty, has died following a car accident near the country's capital, Abu Dhabi.",
"Theyab Awana, a 21-year-old winger for local club Bani Yas, was one of the country's brightest prospects after winning the 2008 AFC Under 18 Cup and was instrumental in the UAE reaching the quarterfinals of the 2009 FIFA Under 20 World Cup.",
"\"Theyab Awana has passed away on Sunday night after a horrible traffic accident on Sheikh Zayed Road in Abu Dhabi,\" the UAE Football Association confirmed in a statement on Monday.",
"\"God blesses his soul and wholehearted condolences to his family, friends and fans.\"",
"Last year he won a silver medal at the 2010 Asian Games after the UAE reached the final and had been picked for both senior and Olympic national teams.",
"But it was his actions during a friendly against Lebanon in July that brought him international recognition.",
"With the UAE leading 5-2, Awana stepped up to take a penalty.",
"Instead of conventionally striking the ball he twisted around and backheeled the ball into the corner of the net.",
"He was immediately substituted by then coach Srecko Katanec, who was angry at what he saw was a lack of respect for the opposition.",
"Yet the fans didn't agree.",
"Instead the YouTube clip of his penalty went viral.",
"More than 1.2 million people have since viewed it.",
"\"On behalf of AFC and the Asian football family, I would like to offer my sincere condolences to the UAE football community, family and friends of Awana,\" the Asian Football Confederation's acting president Zhang Jilong said in a statement.",
"Awana's death comes soon after another young Emirati player Saeed al Nooby, who played for second division side Al Dhafra, also died in a car accident.",
"\"We had just returned last night with the club officials and players after visiting the family of Saeed al Nooby and paying our condolences,\" Bani Yas' Brazilian coach Jorvan Vieira told the Dubai-based newspaper the Gulf News.",
"\"An hour later I got a call from the club's manager informing me of the accident and I rushed to the hospital but Awana had died.",
"\"It will take some time for the club and his teammates to get over Awana's death.",
"We have lost a man, a player and a boy and it will be hard to replace him.\""
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"UAE international footballer Theyab Awana killed in a car accident .",
"The video of his backheeled penalty against Lebanon in July was a world wide sensation .",
"Over 1.2 million people have viewed it on YouTube .",
"It's the second death of a UAE footballer in a traffic accident in a month ."
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"(CNN) -- A Molotov cocktail was tossed at an Islamic center in one of three attacks in New York City, authorities said early Monday.",
"The three attacks in Queens were at a bodega, Islamic center and a private house on Sunday night.",
"Molotov cocktails were used in all the attacks, resulting in some damage, but no injuries, the New York Police Department said.",
"In a fourth incident, a fire damaged part of house, but it was too early to tell whether it was a result of a Molotov cocktail or whether it's related to the other incidents, police said.",
"An investigation is ongoing."
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"(CNN) -- Renewable energy is generating a lot of political heat.",
"The bankruptcy of solar-panel manufacturer Solyndra, after a half billion dollar loan from the Federal government, has set off a hot debate on Capitol Hill.",
"And a group of American-based solar companies are demanding 100% tariffs on imports of Chinese solar panels.",
"They charge that China unfairly competes by subsidizing the Chinese industry, which Beijing resolutely denies.",
"All this, however, is occurring against a larger backdrop.",
"Around the world renewable energy is going through a rebirth.",
"It is becoming a big business.",
"It is also becoming a more established part of the world's overall energy supply.",
"Last year, $120 billion was spent to install renewable electricity generation worldwide.",
"Yet it is still a relatively small business compared to the overall energy business, and one that still faces big challenges in getting to scale on a global basis.",
"The position of renewable energy is very different from where it was even a decade ago.",
"The modern renewable industry -- wind, solar, and other forms of energy -- was born with a great deal of excitement in the 1970s and early 1980s.",
"But the early hopes soon crashed on the harsh reality of lower energy prices and the fact that the technologies were still immature and not yet ready for primetime.",
"The subsequent years were tough.",
"For many people in the renewable business, the late 1980s and 1990s are remembered as the \"valley of death\" as the pioneers struggled to hang on, often by their fingernails.",
"But around the beginning of this century, several things came together to breathe new life into the field.",
"Now, it was not only concerns about energy security and general environmental protection, which had stimulated the first boom.",
"The rise of climate change as a central issue in energy policy drove governments to much more actively promote carbon-free electricity.",
"The European Union's energy policy is now predicated on using renewables to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 80% by 2050.",
"The other is the rapidly growing energy needs of emerging market countries such as China and India.",
"They have turned to renewables as part of their future supply.",
"As a senior official in Beijing told me, China used to regard the fierce winds in its northwest as a \"natural disaster,\" but now they are prized as a \"very precious resource.\"",
"But it would be a mistake, as is sometimes said, to assume that China has embraced renewables as the only solution.",
"In order to meet its rapidly growing needs for energy, China is pursuing all options -- oil and coal and natural gas and nuclear power, as well as renewables.",
"Over the last decade, growing support by governments for renewable energy has been critical to its development.",
"Germany and Denmark took the lead in repowering renewables with a new system of electricity rates that blended the higher cost of renewable power into the overall price.",
"As a result, consumers do not see the direct cost of the renewables when it comes time to pay their bills.",
"In the United States, both federal and state governments provide tax incentives and subsidies that have been critical in stimulating demand, with the aim of increasing output and reducing costs.",
"Moreover, an increasing number of states now require that a certain percentage of electricity must be renewable -- the so-called \"renewable portfolio standards.\"",
"The most aggressive of all is California, where about 15% of electricity today is renewable.",
"Earlier this year, Gov.",
"Jerry Brown signed a new law requiring that a third of California's electricity be renewable by 2020.",
"This is considered extremely ambitious, especially given the state's difficult economic situation and a 12% unemployment rate.",
"Renewables need to overcome two big hurdles.",
"One is that the sun does not shine all the time, and wind does not blow all the time.",
"As the renewable share of electric power goes up, this \"intermittency\" will be a bigger concern.",
"One solution is more use of natural gas as renewables' \"partner\" -- to generate electricity at those times when the sun and wind are off duty.",
"Another -- the subject of much research -- is to find some way to store electricity in large scale.",
"Success there would be a major breakthrough for renewable energy .",
"The other challenge is costs.",
"Renewables are carbon free.",
"But, without direct incentives and subsidies, renewables are still generally more expensive than competing sources.",
"Technology also is critical.",
"A \"great bubbling\" of innovation is at work all across the energy spectrum, conventional as well as alternatives.",
"In the case of renewables, much of the focus is on cost reduction.",
"And certainly the technological advance is evident.",
"A wind turbine today is a far larger and more sophisticated machine than a wind turbine of the 1980s, and it may produce as much as a hundred times more electricity.",
"The costs of solar energy continue to come down, and many of the new approaches under development and in the lab are aimed at further cost reductions.",
"To achieve big impact, however, renewables still need to establish that they are competitive at large scale.",
"And they are not there yet. Indeed, they have run into an unexpected new challenge.",
"This comes from the recent appearance of large volumes of low-cost natural gas, known as shale gas, which is extremely competitive as a fuel for electricity generation.",
"That adds to the cost pressures on renewable energy.",
"In the first half of 2011, renewables constituted 9% of total U.S. energy.",
"But over 80% of that renewable energy comes from three sources -- hydropower, which has been around a long time; wood, which has been around even longer; and biofuels, primarily ethanol in gasoline.",
"Wind and solar are small, but they are growing.",
"Wind today constitutes over 3% of U.S. electricity.",
"Solar is much, much smaller.",
"As costs go down, more solar will come into use around the world.",
"Solar panels will proliferate both on rooftops and in generating stations.",
"As much as 6% of the capacity installed between now and 2025 could be solar.",
"But, in total, because of the huge size of the global electric power industry, it would only constitute 1% of total electricity supply.",
"In other words, wind and solar have much ground to cover, and it will take time.",
"But they have been growing fast, and in the past few years, wind has been one of the main choices of many utilities for new generation.",
"Wind-generated electricity today in the United States is 20 times greater than it was a decade ago.",
"Overall, renewables are destined to grow.",
"There will be cycles, and hills and valleys to cross -- but no more \"valley of death.\"",
"Renewable will be part of a growing global business that will be measured in hundreds of billions of dollars.",
"But how big a role will they have in keeping on our lights and powering our computers and all the other proliferating gadgets on which we depend?",
"That will be determined by a mix of government policy, technological advance, the world's energy needs -- and by sheer economics.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Daniel Yergin."
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"Daniel Yergin: Solyndra failure doesn't mean renewable energy is in trouble .",
"He says renewables have become big business because of demand, climate change .",
"Solar and wind are still negligible contributors, but they are destined to grow, he says .",
"Yergin: Renewables must overcome cost issues, problem of \"intermittency\""
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"(CNN) -- Wing Bryan Habana became South Africa's all-time leading try scorer on Thursday as the Springboks thrashed Namibia 87-0 at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.",
"The 28-year-old went over for the reigning world champions in the first half for his 39th Test try -- his first since a score against Italy in June 2010 -- to move clear of previous record-holder Joost van der Westhuizen.",
"The two-time World Cup winners registered 11 other tries to extend their winning run at the four-yearly tournament to 10 matches, and also condemn Namibia to elimination at the pool stage for the fourth competition in a row.",
"South Africa's comprehensive victory also secured an unwanted record for Namibia, who suffered a 14th successive World Cup defeat -- the worst run in the tournament's 24-year history.",
"After an error-ridden first half, the Springboks scored six tries in the final 20 minutes in only their second encounter with their African neighbors following a 105-13 romp in a warm-up game four years ago.",
"\"The first 40 minutes we had a few bad habits which happens as you often get different types of opposition at the World Cup,\" winning captain John Smit told the tournament website.",
"\"It was a good chance for us to refocus at halftime, and we had better shape in the second half and got more rewards.",
"We are making progress.",
"Tonight was a good run-out.\"",
"Flyhalf Morne Steyn set the 1995 and 2007 champions on their way when he kicked a successful penalty after three minutes, before wing Gio Aplon went over for the game's first try three minutes later.",
"Habana touched down for his historic score on 21 minutes, with South Africa awarded a penalty try after Namibia were overpowered in the scrum on the half-hour.",
"Center Jaque Fourie registered South Africa's fourth and final try of the opening period after 38 minutes, before Steyn again converted to make the halftime score 31-0.",
"Center Francois Steyn added to the tally after the break, and Morne Steyn continued his perfect record in the match by successfully converting before notching a try of his own on the hour mark.",
"The tries kept coming for the Springboks with center Juan de Jongh coming off the bench to go over the Namibia line with 63 minutes gone, and scrumhalf Ruan Pienaar -- on as a replacement for kicker Steyn -- converted to make the score 54-0.",
"There was a second try for the 28-year-old Aplon, before a brace from flyhalf Derick Hougaard and further scores from de Jongh and forward Danie Rossouw completed the rout.",
"South Africa are now in a strong position to reach the quarterfinals ahead of their fourth and final Pool D match with second-placed Samoa on September 30, while Namibia face Wales, who also have last-eight aspirations, in New Plymouth on Monday.",
"The Boks are on 14 points, eight clear of Samoa -- who like Wales, on five, have two matches to play."
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"South Africa thrash Namibia 87-0 at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand .",
"Bryan Habana becomes the Springboks' all-time leading Test try scorer .",
"Winger's score in the first haf is his 39th international try .",
"Defeat extends Namibia's World Cup losing streak to 14 matches ."
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"New York (CNN) -- For New Yorkers, a gambling fix is now just a subway ride away.",
"The first casino in New York City opened Friday at the Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens to thousands of eager gamblers, some waiting hours to get in.",
"\"It was such a hassle to get in, but I'm glad I'm here,\" said Carmen Beverly, who said she took the subway to the casino from her home in nearby Brooklyn.",
"\"Not winning anything yet, but I'm having fun.\"",
"The Resorts World Casino hit capacity almost immediately after opening, organizers said.",
"Lines stretched around the building as police struggled to contain hundreds of people hoping for opening-day luck.",
"Backers of the casino said they hope its close proximity to the airport and the subway will make it a draw for New Yorkers and tourists alike.",
"It is the first casino to be built in New York City since the state legislature paved the way for its construction during the post-September 11, 2001, economic slump.",
"\"Finally New York gets money,\" said Helen Alamia, a slots player who said she would no longer travel to out-of-state casinos.",
"\"We're giving it to Pennsylvania and Jersey, now New York gets it, I'm very happy.\"",
"Because of a technicality in the 2001 law, the casino features only video games, no live dealers.",
"Nonetheless, Gordon Medenica, director of the New York Lottery, espoused the casino's contribution to state funds.",
"\"This facility will probably increase our video lottery income by 50%,\" Medenica said.",
"Video lottery is the organization's fastest-growing source of income, he said.",
"Some customers expressed disappointment that they would not be able to gamble with a live dealer, but most seemed happy just to have a casino nearby.",
"Billboards for the casino advertise it as being \"minutes, not hours away,\" a clear swipe at the more well-known -- and farther away -- gambling sites of Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Indian reservations such as Foxwoods in Connecticut.",
"\"It's not competition with Las Vegas,\" said Mike Speller, president of Resorts World Casino.",
"\"We are 10 minutes from JFK -- 55 million customers a year come in there.",
"We are 25 minutes from Manhattan -- another 50 million tourists come in there.",
"So we think it's going to be a very, very busy place.\""
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"The casino features only video games, no live dealers .",
"The state legislature paved the way for its construction during the post-9/11 economic slump ."
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"(CNN) -- To be a Texas Rangers baseball fan doesn't compare to the prestige of growing up in the shadows of Yankee Stadium, Fenway Park or Wrigley Field.",
"The pinstriped jerseys, classic uniforms and ball caps of those Major League Baseball teams are timeless and have become iconic touchstones in pop culture.",
"It's easy to be a baseball fan if you root for teams with rich history like the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox and both Chicago teams, the Cubs and White Sox.",
"Baseball purists must have cringed back in 1972 when the Rangers unveiled the team logo of a baseball wearing a 10-gallon cowboy hat.",
"Calling the Rangers your team meant you truly loved baseball.",
"What's the power of a good luck charm?",
"The Yankees spent decades playing in the \"House that Babe Ruth Built\" while the Rangers spent most of my childhood playing in an uninspired location.",
"The \"stadium\" was a converted minor-league field that looked like an open-air county arena better suited for rodeos than baseball games.",
"But it was our Ebbets Field.",
"Just hours before Opening Day in 1975, a helicopter was brought in to hover over the wet field to dry out two days worth of rain.",
"The result? The chopper crashed and gashed the field just beyond third base.",
"It would take another 20 years for the Texas Rangers to taste the playoffs.",
"But the \"Curse of the Rotor Blade\" doesn't have the same mystique as the Red Sox's \"Curse of the Bambino\" or the Cubs' \"Curse of the Billy Goat.\"",
"The Rangers team was a collection of misfit has-beens and never-would-bes who made every kid think, \"If these guys can be ballplayers, surely I can be one, too.\"",
"April 12, 1991, was my chance to impress the Rangers scouts.",
"Before the game, I was invited to play in a fly-ball catching contest.",
"After hearing the stadium announcer call my name, I trotted out onto the hallowed grass of Arlington Stadium.",
"A pitching machine launched the first two fly balls toward me, and with thousands of people watching, I snagged both balls.",
"One more catch and the entire stadium would be rewarded with a free medium soft drink from Wendy's.",
"This is where I learned never to underestimate America's love for winning free stuff no matter how trivial it might be.",
"The crowd came to its feet and erupted into the loudest cheers I think I've ever heard.",
"The machine launched a major league pop fly that seemed to take forever to come down.",
"As I started to fall over I put my glove up and felt the ball smack the leather webbing.",
"I got up, looked into the glove and it was still there.",
"That was the first time I was able to scream, \"Free drinks for everyone!\"",
"I ran off the field in glory.",
"I still have that ball.",
"I had all my buddies with me that day autograph it, just like real ball players do.",
"Chicago has its \"Lovable Losers\" in the Cubs.",
"Rangers fans needed Lone Star beer to love its losers.",
"Even the most fanatic baseball fan is hard-pressed to name the players who we called our own.",
"Pete O'Brien, Larry Parrish, Oddibe McDowell, Jeff Russell, Gary Ward.",
"Who? We watched a guy named Charlie Hough throw 50 mph knuckleballs and then puff on cigarettes in the dugout between innings.",
"We went to the stadium and bought $4 outfield seats.",
"All for the privilege of watching terrible baseball in the scorching Texas heat, suffering third-degree burns from sitting on the metal bleacher seats.",
"In those early years, the season of hope was usually short-lived.",
"You could count on the Rangers to be out of playoff contention by the end of May, which was fine.",
"We had bigger things to focus on, like the Dallas Cowboys packing their bags for training camp.",
"The losing kept the bleacher seats cheap, which was fine for most fans.",
"One of the best days of my life was witnessing the Rangers battle the Red Sox on April 30, 1989, on my father's birthday.",
"I still have the ticket stub.",
"Hall-of-Famer Nolan Ryan pitched for the Rangers, and future accused steroid user Roger Clemens pitched for the Red Sox.",
"An epic matchup that turned out to be an epic game.",
"We witnessed poetic pitching.",
"Ryan struck out 11 batters.",
"I was in awe. Ryan and Clemens cruised but the Red Sox had a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the eighth inning.",
"Until our favorite Cuban-exile came to the plate, Rafael Palmeiro stroked a beautiful two-run home run down the right field.",
"The Rangers won 2-1.",
"Outside the stadium after the game, I got Nolan Ryan to autograph my baseball, and then I tried to get Roger Clemens' autograph and learned a valuable lesson from my dad.",
"Clemens was intimidating.",
"My dad patted me on the back and said, \"Don't be afraid.",
"Go up to him and ask him for an autograph.\"",
"With quivering hands I gave Clemens the ball.",
"Clemens took the ball, and now I can say I'm the proud owner of Roger Clemens scribble.",
"Most days I've spent watching Rangers baseball haven't compared to that day.",
"But we Cubans love our baseball, and we'll take it any way we can get it.",
"In the early 1990s, baseball started to change.",
"The old stadium was bulldozed and replaced with a shrine more fitting of a noble baseball team.",
"The Rangers flirted with the playoffs three times in the late-1990s.",
"They played 10 games and lost nine.",
"It's the kind of angst and teasing that only Cubs and Red Sox fans can truly appreciate.",
"That brush with success didn't last long.",
"The Rangers ushered in another decade of abysmal baseball that took the team to the brink of bankruptcy.",
"That is until February 2008, when Nolan Ryan and the new ownership group rode into town and saved the day.",
"In 2010, under Ryan's leadership, the Rangers made it to the World Series for the first time in franchise history.",
"SI.com: Rangers' Ron Washington: World Series hero or goat .",
"These modern-day Rangers are a different story.",
"The players probably aren't as fun and crazy as the misfits who sported the long-gone logo of the baseball wearing a 10-gallon cowboy hat, but the team's manager, Ron Washington, is a throwback to the good old days.",
"Washington dances, struts, mangles the English language in a beautiful way and frantically chomps on sunflower seeds.",
"He is a baseball genius with the heart of a 12-year-old kid cheering the team.",
"In Ron Washington's world, \"That's the way baseball go!\"",
"Now the Texas Rangers are on the brink of being World Series champions.",
"The Cardinals, Yankees, Red Sox and Cubs fans look on with envy at a franchise that spent decades as a laughingstock.",
"No one ever imagined we could even have a World Series parade to plan.",
"Arlington, Texas, (where the Rangers play) has a downtown not worthy of a World Series party.",
"But there is a Six Flags amusement park next to the stadium.",
"Instead of a parade, I think fans should ride the roller coasters with the players.",
"That would be a fitting way to celebrate a tear-jerking relationship full of ups and downs."
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"The Rangers have been a beleaguered team for more than 20 years .",
"Ed Lavandera: Calling the Rangers your team means you \"truly loved baseball\""
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"(CNN) -- Back in 2006, volunteers with No More Deaths, a humanitarian organization dedicated to helping migrants along the Arizona-Mexico border, began hearing the same stories from many who had been in the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol.",
"Thwarted would-be unauthorized immigrants spoke of being denied water or food during their custody.",
"Others said they were beaten.",
"The organization started properly documenting these allegations, and the stories added up to nearly 13,000 testimonies whose results were released in a report this week.",
"The findings went beyond denial of food and water.",
"Migrants held by the Border Patrol spoke of being exposed to extreme heat or cold, sleep deprivation, death threats, and psychological abuse such as blaring music with lyrics about migrants dying in the desert.",
"A previous report by No More Deaths in 2008 raised the same concerns, but now the number of recorded cases point to a systematic problem.",
"\"By this point, the overwhelming weight of the corroborated evidence should eliminate any doubt that Border Patrol abuse is widespread,\" the report states.",
"The Border Patrol responded with a statement highlighting the fact that respect for detainees is taught in training and consistently reinforced during an agent's career.",
"\"Mistreatment or agent misconduct will not be tolerated in any way,\" the statement said.",
"\"We appreciate the efforts of individuals to report concerns as soon as they arise and we will continue to cooperate fully with any effort to investigate allegations of agent misconduct or mistreatment of individuals.\"",
"The interviews were conducted with migrants in Naco, Nogales and Agua Prieta, in Mexico's Sonora state who were in border patrol custody.",
"Although No More Deaths conducted thousands of interviews, in places like Nogales they could only speak with a fraction of the migrants who crossed.",
"This raised the issue of how representative their sample was, said Katerina Sinclair, a statistical consultant on the report.",
"But in Naco, a smaller town, they were able to speak with enough migrants to have a representative sample.",
"So the report stays away from making conclusions about percentages except for the subset of interviewees from Naco.",
"But despite the difficulties with such an ambitious project, the authors say that the numbers on their own are cause for concern.",
"Some 2,981 people reported they were denied food, and more than 11,000 said they were given insufficient food by the Border Patrol, the report states.",
"The report found that 863 people, many of whom were already dehydrated, were denied water.",
"There were nearly 6,000 cases of overcrowding reported, and almost 3,000 people had at least some personal belongings not returned, the report states.",
"In addition, 869 people -- including 17 children and 41 teenagers -- reported that they were split from their families and deported separately.",
"No More Deaths also recorded instances of sleep deprivation, death threats, and the forced holding of strenuous positions.",
"\"There's no question that there is systematic abuse of people in Border Patrol custody,\" Danielle Alvarado, one of the report's authors, told CNN.",
"Although the research focused on migrants in the Arizona border area, the findings are consistent with reports from Border Patrol sectors across the country, she said.",
"\"This systematic abuse must be confronted aggressively at the institutional level, not denied or dismissed as a series of aberrational incidents attributable to a few rogue agents,\" the report states.",
"In its statement, the Border Patrol responded that, \"on a daily basis, agents make every effort to ensure that people in our custody are given food, water, and medical attention as needed.\"",
"\"The sad reality is that between what they say on paper and the day-to-day reality there is a big disconnect,\" Alvarado said.",
"Brandon Judd, president of Local 2544, the Tucson branch of the National Border Patrol Council, said that it is No More Deaths' report that is disconnected from reality.",
"Border patrol agents are law-abiding citizens who believe in accountability, he said.",
"\"If these allegations are true, these are crimes,\" he said.",
"There are 3,000 agents in the Tucson Sector of the Border Patrol, Judd said, and one complaint every two weeks would be considered a lot.",
"Agents also police themselves, he said.",
"\"I can tell you that our agents are the ones who report mistreatment if they see it,\" he said.",
"He was skeptical about the types of questions that were asked and the credibility of the interviewees who were freshly repatriated.",
"\"There's some glaring weaknesses in the story,\" he said.",
"But Sinclair said that care was taken to make sure that all conclusions were drawn from the Naco sample, which also happened to report the lowest rate of incidents.",
"The questions were also phrased in a way to give credit to the Border Patrol where due.",
"\"We gave them every benefit of the doubt,\" she said.",
"But their research shows that \"it only gets worse from here.\"",
"\"It just doesn't ring true,\" Judd said.",
"The reports of abuses come as the number of apprehensions along the border has decreased.",
"Increased border enforcement and a slow economic recovery in the United States have reduced the amount of illegal traffic across the border.",
"Also, No More Deaths reported, the demographics of those being deported have changed.",
"A number of the migrants they interviewed were older and had been in the United States longer.",
"One sample of 100 migrants revealed an average of 14.4 years of living in the United States before deportation.",
"In light of its report, its authors argue for legally enforceable standards, and a tougher oversight mechanism.",
"From October of last year to the present, about 115,000 migrants were apprehended by the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector."
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"Many migrants reported similar cases of abuse by U.S. Border Patrol .",
"They alleged incidents of beatings, denial of food, and extreme temperatures .",
"U.S. Border Patrol says it will not allow any misconduct among agents ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- As Libyans in the United States cheered the death of Moammar Gadhafi, President Barack Obama on Thursday called the fate of the former Libyan leader both the end of a \"long and painful chapter for the people of Libya\" and the hallmark of a successful U.S. foreign policy.",
"In the first official government remarks on the killing of a longtime foe who was behind terrorist attacks against U.S. citizens, Obama pledged American support as Libya builds a democratic system from the ruins of dictatorship.",
"\"You have won your revolution,\" he said to the Libyan people.",
"Obama also praised the efforts of U.S. military personnel who took part in the NATO-led military mission that launched thousands of airstrikes in support of Libya's rebel forces.",
"\"Without putting a single U.S. service member on the ground, we achieved our objectives,\" Obama said in heralding a strategy that \"demonstrated what collective action can achieve in the 21st century.\"",
"In an obvious reference to Syria and the crackdown on dissent by President Bashar al-Assad, Obama noted that Gadhafi's death proved \"once more that the rule of an iron fist inevitably comes to an end.\"",
"\"Across the Arab world, citizens have stood up to claim their rights,\" the president said.",
"\"Youth are delivering a powerful rebuke to dictatorship, and those leaders who try to deny human dignity will not succeed.\"",
"His statement, delivered in the White House Rose Garden, followed hours of silence by top government officials as initial reports that Gadhafi had been captured or killed emerged from Libya.",
"It was a very different scene hours later outside the White House, as dozens of people waved and wrapped themselves in the Libyan flag while cheering Gadhafi's death.",
"Many sang to the beat of a drum Thursday evening, while one celebrant held a hand-drawn sign showing a newborn baby drawn over the outline of Libya -- symbolizing a country reborn.",
"Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Afghanistan when she said \"Wow\" after an aide handed her a Blackberry that spoke of Gadhafi's capture.",
"At the time, she stressed the reports were \"unconfirmed\" and noted similar stories had proven false, .",
"Politicians were less reticent, especially as it became more clear that Gadhafi was in fact dead.",
"Sens. John Kerry and John McCain, both foreign affairs veterans, were among several legislators who remarked about Gadhafi's death long before Obama issued his statement.",
"McCain, an Arizona Republican who lost to Obama in the 2008 presidential election, called it a \"great day\" and said the administration he previously criticized for withholding full U.S. military capacity in Libya \"deserves great credit.\"",
"\"Obviously, I had different ideas on the tactical side, but ... the world is a better place, and the Libyan people now have a chance,\" McCain told CNN.",
"Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat, said Obama's policy of building a NATO-led coalition for the Libya mission \"demonstrated clear-eyed leadership, patience and foresight by pushing the international community into action.\"",
"\"Though the administration was criticized both for moving too quickly and for not moving quickly enough, it is undeniable that the NATO campaign prevented a massacre and contributed mightily to Gadhafi's undoing without deploying boots on the ground or suffering a single American fatality,\" Kerry said.",
"Rep. Mike Rogers, the chairman of the House intelligence committee, cheered the news that Gadhafi's \"brutal regime is finally over.\"",
"At the same time, the Michigan Republican stressed what he deemed an urgent need to secure \"Libya's large stockpile of chemical and other advanced weapons\" in this period of transition.",
"Vice President Joe Biden noted that the U.S. role in the campaign cost no more than $2 billion and that no American lives were lost, saying: \"This is more a prescription about how we ought to deal going forward.",
"\"We do not have to do it ourselves. ... The NATO alliance worked like it was designed to do,\" Biden told CNN's Candy Crowley in New Hampshire, calling Gadhafi \"one bad guy.",
"This was real burden sharing.\"",
"According to figures from the Pentagon and State Department, the total bill as of September 30 for the U.S. role in the Libya campaign was about $1.3 billion.",
"However, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida complained that Obama's strategy unnecessarily extended the conflict by withholding full U.S. involvement and firepower.",
"\"If the U.S. had gotten involved early, aggressively and decisively, today would have happened months ago,\" Rubio said.",
"\"Sometimes you don't just have to do the right thing.",
"You have to do the right thing at the right time, and I think this administration failed to do that.\"",
"The news of Gadhafi's death marked the end of the seven-month NATO-led Libya campaign initially spearheaded by the United States to prevent Gadhafi's forces from attacking Benghazi, the opposition stronghold.",
"NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced Thursday, hours after Gadhafi was killed, that the alliance \"will terminate our mission\" in the North African nation.",
"Clinton visited the Libyan capital of Tripoli this week, making her the highest-level U.S. government official to go to the country since 2008.",
"In a CNN interview in Afghanistan as the reports of Gadhafi's death were emerging, Clinton said Libya's governing National Transition Council didn't want to begin the process of forming a new government until Gadhafi was captured or killed, fearing \"security problems.\"",
"While challenges remain for Libya, Clinton said that Gadhafi's absence -- meaning that he cannot marshal popular support, pay for mercenaries or lead a guerrilla warfare campaign -- would make \"a big difference.\"",
"\"(His death brings) a lot of legitimacy and validation and relief to the formation of the new government,\" she said.",
"The killing of Gadhafi also raises anew the question of whether a Libyan convicted of helping bomb Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988, killing 270 people, would be forced to resume serving a prison sentence in Scotland.",
"Abdelbeset al-Megrahi returned to a hero's welcome in Libya two years ago after his humanitarian release from a Scottish prison due to advanced cancer.",
"He is still alive today, and some U.S. legislators have mounted a vigorous campaign for his return to prison.",
"House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican, said the United States can be a \"willing friend and partner\" to Libya's new government if it can \"resolve all issues associated with Gadhafi's terrorism-sponsored activities.\"",
"To the brother of a victim of the Pan Am bombing, Gadhafi's death represents justice delayed but not denied.",
"Brian Flynn said that when his brother John Patrick Flynn died, \"I promised him and myself that I wouldn't let it go, that there would be justice.\"",
"\"Today is an example that after 22 years, finally justice is done,\" Flynn said.",
"\"I owed him that. And I feel that the Libyan people have helped me fulfill my promise to him, an example that we've been able to do that.\"",
"CNN's Alex Mooney, Kate Bolduan, Jamie Crawford, Susan Candiotti, Jill Dougherty and Adam Aigner-Treworgy contributed to this report."
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"VP Biden says \"the NATO alliance worked like it was designed to do\"\nThe president says Gadhafi's death ends a \"long and painful chapter\"\nNATO's leader announces the alliance will end its mission in Libya ."
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"(CNN) -- Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Housing Administration own about 250,000 foreclosed properties awaiting resale.",
"Hundreds of thousands of additional units will likely be taken over by the government and become available in the next few years.",
"At least another 250,000 foreclosed properties are awaiting sale in the private market.",
"This drag on the housing market is one of the reasons why housing prices continue to fall and new housing construction is stalled.",
"All these properties could provide families with housing instead of sitting empty (and, in some cases, looking the part).",
"To increase the use of idle government properties and recover some of the massive losses on mortgages, the Obama administration is looking mainly for proposals from firms or nonprofit organizations to buy and rent out the vacant properties.",
"The Department of Housing and Urban Development gets a gold star for this new strategy, but pursuing another approach at the same time — helping more families become homeowners — would take us further still toward ending the housing crisis.",
"Both approaches would reduce rents: As more renters buy vacant homes, demand for rentals will ease, and renting out vacant units will increase the supply of rental housing.",
"Both approaches are also likely to jack up demand for idle or underemployed construction workers, who'd be needed to repair and renovate the properties.",
"Right now, millions of families are paying more in rent than the monthly carrying costs of owning a comparable property.",
"In 2009, 3 million families with children and annual household incomes below $30,000 were paying more than $800 per month in rent, according to the 2009 American Community Survey.",
"If they can pay that much, they could certainly afford homes costing at least $115,000 — well above the value of homes at the 25th percentile of the price curve.",
"With better access to financing, they could take advantage of bargain prices on foreclosed or other properties, and homeownership would immediately cut renters' housing costs and lock in great rates.",
"Some past efforts at promoting homeownership failed when bad mortgages supported housing costs far higher than monthly rents on the expectation of home price appreciation.",
"But that doesn't mean we can't learn from past mistakes or take advantage of the current market context to make a major dent in family housing costs by using idle housing and human resources.",
"As we spell out in our book, \"Moving Working Families Forward,\" the government could create 1 million homeownership vouchers to cover the carrying costs of homes up to the 25th percentile of area home prices.",
"Given today's low-home prices, such a plan would cost no more than about $3 billion per year and could be at least partially financed by phasing out the more costly and supply-oriented Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, which offers a reduction in tax liability to property owners and private investors who develop low-income housing — and is a corporate honey pot that yields high profits and relatively few units for low-income families.",
"A second approach would use turnkey programs.",
"Firms and nonprofit organizations would purchase homes, qualify the buyers through credit counseling and credit repair, ready buyers for homeownership, make modest renovations and repairs, and sell the properties.",
"With this option, like the homeowner voucher, government could lay claim to a modest share of any capital gain (say 15%-20%) when the property is resold.",
"Among others, the Neighborhood Reinvestment Group of Cleveland is already trying the turnkey approach.",
"Starting with unused housing from the Cuyahoga County land bank, the company hired local construction workers and trained the unemployed to spiff up the units, helped renters correct and raise their credit scores enough to qualify for low interest mortgages and down payment assistance, helped them get financing, and walked the families through the sale.",
"Some renters took classes offered in financial literacy, too.",
"On average, the renters reduced their monthly housing expenditures by a minimum of 25%, including taxes and insurance.",
"As the project scales up to involve scores of properties, it will create new jobs and training opportunities for underutilized construction workers.",
"Scaling up either homeownership initiative would be a move in the right direction, and either approach would help millions of middle income and near-poor families limit their housing costs.",
"Finally, targeting demand policies toward housing can cost-effectively reinvigorate the broader economic recovery because of the close links between construction, manufacturing, and other industries.",
"Just as important, by taking depressed units out of the housing market, the outlook for future housing prices will improve.",
"This will reduce future foreclosures as more homeowners will make their payments rather than walking away from their mortgage commitments.",
"It might even be enough to invigorate new housing construction.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Robert Lerman and Robert Cherry."
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"Lerman, Cherry: Hundreds of thousands of foreclosed homes drag on housing market .",
"They say government should help families buy these properties; ease rental market .",
"They say fixing up unused housing for homeownership would create construction jobs .",
"Writers: Upping homeownership would help families, invigorate economy and provide jobs ."
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"(EW.com) -- On \"A Very She & Him Christmas,\" professionally adorkable \"New Girl\" star Zooey Deschanel reunites with Portland folkie M. Ward, this time wrapped in holly and (mostly) good cheer.",
"While some covers feel dreary -- ''Silver Bells'' is less tinkly than dirgelike -- Deschanel's unfussy voice puts a charming spin on yuletide chestnuts ''Blue Christmas'' and ''Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree.''",
"The self-penned ''Christmas Day,'' with its gingerbread-spicy surf licks, is sweet enough to cure an eggnog hangover.",
"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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"London (CNN) -- Singer Amy Winehouse's death this summer was the result of alcohol poisoning, an inquest ruled Wednesday, as it reached a verdict of \"death by misadventure.\"",
"A pathologist told a coroner's court in north London that alcohol toxicity was the cause of the 27-year-old's death, with her blood-alcohol levels measured at more than five times the legal limit for driving.",
"The Grammy award-winning artist, who had battled with alcohol and drug abuse over several years, was found dead at her north London home July 23.",
"Testimony at her inquest showed no traces of illegal drugs in Winehouse's system -- but more details emerged about her losing battle with alcohol.",
"Winehouse's physician, Dr. Christina Romete, said she saw Winehouse at 7 p.m. the day before she died, when the singer was tipsy but still able to hold a conversation.",
"Asked when she was going to stop drinking, Winehouse replied that she would call Romete over the weekend to discuss it, the physician said.",
"Winehouse was determined to do things her own way, including therapy, Romete said, but was aware of the risks of alcohol abuse.",
"The singer's personal security guard, Andrew Morris, said he last spoke to her at 2 a.m. on July 23.",
"He said he looked in on her at 10 a.m. and saw her lying on her bed, but figured she was sleeping in, which wasn't unusual, the court heard.",
"Morris said he realized something was wrong when he checked in again at 3 p.m. and saw Winehouse had not moved.",
"She wasn't breathing and had no pulse, he said.",
"Morris said the singer didn't \"drink to get drunk,\" but that he noticed she had started drinking alcohol again that week.",
"Police who searched the flat after her death found three empty vodka bottles, the inquest heard.",
"The pathologist's tests revealed that Winehouse's blood-alcohol level was 416 milligrams per 100 milliliters of blood.",
"The level considered lethal is 350 milligrams per 100 milliliters of blood, and the legal limit to drive in Britain is 80 milligrams of alcohol.",
"The pathologist found no traces of tablets in Winehouse's stomach and said her organs appeared to be normal.",
"The verdict of misadventure means that it is judged to be an accidental death in which no law was broken or criminal negligence involved.",
"A family statement, given by spokesman Chris Goodman, said: \"It is (with) some relief we finally found out what happened to Amy.",
"\"We understand there was alcohol in her system when she passed away.",
"It is likely a buildup of alcohol in her system over a number of days.",
"\"The court heard that Amy was battling hard to conquer her problems with alcohol and it is a source of great pain that she could not win in time.",
"She had started drinking again that week after a period of abstinence,\" Goodman said.",
"Winehouse's father Mitch and mother Janet were among those who packed the small courtroom at St. Pancras Coroners Court to hear the evidence from key witnesses.",
"Her family set up the Amy Winehouse Foundation last month to raise money to help young people in Britain and elsewhere, especially those suffering the effects of ill health, disability, poverty and addiction.",
"Goodman said the ruling \"underlines how important our work with the Amy Winehouse Foundation is to us to help as many young people and children we can in her name.\"",
"Winehouse's family said in August that toxicology tests had found that \"no illegal substances\" were in her system at the time of her death but alcohol was present.",
"The singer's soulful, throaty vocals brought her stardom in 2007, but her troubled off-stage life -- chronicled in her top 10 hit \"Rehab\" -- won her notoriety.",
"Her death came less than two months after her latest release from a rehabilitation program and weeks after she was booed offstage by disappointed fans in Serbia.",
"The tattooed London-born singer-songwriter's first album, \"Frank,\" debuted in 2003, when she was 19. International success came with her 2007 album \"Back to Black.\"",
"She dominated the 2008 Grammys, winning five awards that night and delivering, via satellite from London, a strong performance of \"Rehab.\"",
"Mitch Winehouse has said he plans to write a memoir, called \"Amy: My Daughter,\" to be released next summer, which he said would tell the story of the Amy that the public never got to know."
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"Her family hopes a foundation set up in her memory will help other young people .",
"Winehouse was found dead at age 27 at her London home in July ."
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"(CNN) -- Civilians are in hiding in the Yemeni capital as protesters and government forces struggle for control on the streets of Sanaa.",
"Residents in Sanaa are stranded in their homes, and some even fear looking out of their windows as they are left to wonder how long the violence will rage around them.",
"\"We can't leave our houses to get food for our children.",
"As soon as we walk on the street we are shot,\" says Rami al-Shaibani, a Sanaa resident.",
"Thousands protested in Sanaa's Change Square last week, but this week the square has been quiet, except for groups of youths carrying away the dead and helping the injured.",
"Multiple witnesses and medics said dozens were killed in a violent government crackdown that started on Sunday.",
"Protesters have used Change Square for a seven-month sit-in demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.",
"He is recuperating in Saudi Arabia from a attack in June on his palace but has vowed to return to Yemen to finish his term.",
"Each wounded protester was carried by six or seven others -- sometimes friends of the casualty -- and taken to the medical camp in the square.",
"Drops of blood created trails on the ground tracing the long, bloody route to a field hospital.",
"At the medical camp, hundreds of young people were covered in blood and screaming from pain.",
"Thousands more volunteered and donated blood for those in need.",
"It seemed that not a minute passed without another injured youth entering the medical camp.",
"The International Committee of the Red Cross has called for calm in Yemen, which, it said, is facing an \"unprecedented level of violence.\"",
"With the limited-capacity field hospital full of patients, doctors made a desperate call for volunteers to try to help save the injured.",
"Dozens were killed and more than 700 were wounded -- many of them by gunshots -- over the last three days in clashes with the military, according to medical staff in Change Square.",
"Eyewitnesses said they had seen snipers on the rooftops of buildings surrounding the square firing almost continuously.",
"In one incident, an ambulance carrying three injured protesters flipped over when a rocket propelled grenade hit it, killing all five on board, the medical staff added.",
"Abdul Rahman Barman, the executive director of a local human rights organization, said Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's regime is attacking with no limits and does not differentiate between civilians, protesters or gunmen.",
"The Yemeni government has repeatedly denied accusations of excessive use of force, and said the government is committed to establishing a peaceful transfer of power.",
"Yemeni officials have said forces cracked down on those committing acts of violence during protests.",
"Vice President Abdu Rabu Hadi has called for a cease-fire from all sides, state-run Saba news agency reported."
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"The Red Cross says Yemen is facing an \"unprecedented level of violence\"\nEyewitnesses say they saw snipers firing on crowds in Sanaa's Change Square ."
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"(CNN) -- Color is coming to the Kindle.",
"At least that's what the tech blogosphere expects to happen on Wednesday at an Amazon press conference.",
"The maker of the world's most popular e-book reader is rumored to be announcing a color, touch-screen tablet device called the \"Kindle Fire,\" according to the blog TechCrunch, which claims to have seen the gadget.",
"Here are the Kindle Fire's specs, according to that site and others: .",
"-- 7-inch color screen, compared to 6-inch for current Kindles .",
"-- Wi-Fi only (no 3G version) -- Touch-screen navigation .",
"-- Glowing LED screen instead of paper-like e-ink .",
"-- Android operating system .",
"-- Hits stores in November .",
"-- Current Kindle will remain on sale .",
"The Kindle tablet is remarkably similar to BlackBerry's PlayBook tablet, says Ryan Block at the blog GDGT, and that's because both were built and designed by the same manufacturing company.",
"Block, who cites unnamed sources, says Amazon used the design for the unpopular BlackBerry tablet as a starting point.",
"Even though details about the device haven't been confirmed, Block and other bloggers are already throwing water on the Kindle Fire.",
"\"Although Amazon did refresh the ID of their PlayBook derivative, I'm told that this first tablet of theirs is 'supposed to be pretty poor' and is a 'stopgap' in order to get a tablet out the door for the 2011 holiday season -- which doesn't exactly leave the best taste in my mouth,\" he writes.",
"\"But it's also not the most uncommon story, either: when you're breaking into a new market, sometimes you have to do whatever it takes to get in the game.",
"You may remember how crappy the original Kindle was compared to later models!\"",
"Three major magazine companies have signed on to provide content for the new Kindle tablet, according to Peter Kafka at the blog network AllThingsD, which is owned by the Wall Street Journal.",
"Hearst, Conde Nast and Meredith will sell digital versions of their magazines on the upcoming Kindle tablet; but Time Inc., which shares a parent company with CNN, will not settle on a deal this week, Kafka says.",
"All of this is just conjecture for now, of course.",
"Amazon's press conference is scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday in New York.",
"Many details should become clearer then.",
"Barnes & Noble, one of Amazon's competitors in e-books, is expected to announce a new version of its Nook color e-reader later this year."
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"Amazon's current Kindle will still be available, according to reports ."
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"(CNN) -- Pink Floyd are not who you think they are.",
"With effects-laden production, Hipgnosis-illustrated concept albums and expansive live shows, the band is famously associated with rock 'n' roll excess.",
"It wasn't for nothing that the Sex Pistols' John Lydon scrawled \"I HATE\" on a Pink Floyd T-shirt (though he later admitted he loved the band).",
"But, almost 45 years on, a closer look at the band's catalog reveals as much hardcore pile-driving (\"Run Like Hell\") and wistful melodies (\"Wish You Were Here\") as the long-form \"Interstellar Overdrive\" space rock with which it's frequently classified.",
"Still, drummer Nick Mason says, it's hard to escape the pigeonholing.",
"\"I think these labels are generally delivered by people who sometimes haven't listened to the music,\" he said in a phone interview.",
"Longtime fans and new listeners will have another chance to size up Mason's words.",
"The band's entire studio catalog, including the Syd Barrett-led 1967 debut \"The Piper at the Gates of Dawn,\" the Roger Waters-dominated \"The Wall\" (1979) and the career-concluding \"The Division Bell\" (1994), has been remastered and is scheduled for release on Tuesday.",
"\"The Dark Side of the Moon,\" the band's 1973 classic, which still holds the record for longest run on the Billboard album charts, will be issued in three versions: a single CD, a two-disc \"Experience Edition\" that includes a live album, and a six-disc \"Immersion Edition\" boxed set.",
"Mason talked to CNN about the band's evolution, the pitfalls of playing live and fantasies about being the Monkees.",
"The following is an edited version of the interview.",
"CNN: How often do you go back and listen to the old material?",
"Mason: The answer is, I would never willingly put on one of our old records at home for entertainment.",
"But with this project, that all changed -- and I was forced at gunpoint to listen to everything, again and again.",
"(laughs) Actually, it's really interesting.",
"It's a bit like a diary -- looking at old photographs.",
"What you get is not only the music but the memories that come with it of what you were doing, and how it was in the studio, and all the rest of it.",
"CNN: There's been the label placed on Floyd as \"space rock.\"",
"How did you guys take that label?",
"Mason: One tends to try and reject any labeling anyway, as a matter of principle.",
"And I think the labels tend to reflect whatever you were doing before.",
"So we were labeled psychedelic -- well, \"Dark Side of the Moon\" was the least psychedelic album you could hope to listen to.",
"It's terribly specific and measured and not floaty-off anywhere.",
"I think these labels are generally delivered by people who sometimes haven't listened to the music -- sometimes by just looking at the photographs.",
"If the band have got curly hair and flared trousers, then they're prog-rock or space rock, and if they're very, very grubby, with waistcoats and jeans, then they're an R&B band.",
"CNN: Also, it probably has something to do with what you were smoking or doing when you were listening to the album.",
"Mason: Yeah.",
"Always be very careful if you're listening to country and western and doing drugs.",
"CNN: Let's talk about \"Dark Side.\"",
"Were you aware that you were creating something different?",
"Mason: I don't think so.",
"My opinion was that we knew we'd done the best thing so far.",
"But as I've told people, even if you think you've done the world's greatest record, that does not guarantee that the public will feel the same way.",
"What happened with \"Dark Side\" was we were out touring with it and it began to come up the American charts, but we were actually on tour, so there wasn't that time to reflect and bask in the glory of being No.",
"1. It was much more, \"Where are we tomorrow?",
"Dallas. OK.\" We were slightly disjointed from its success.",
"What the success really bought for us was the thing of moving up a notch.",
"You suddenly go from playing theaters to playing arenas.",
"And in some cases, arenas into stadiums.",
"So that's the way things catch up with you.",
"Sometimes they catch you out.",
"If you're used to playing smaller venues, and you suddenly find yourself in a stadium, it's not necessarily the best place to be working.",
"CNN: After that, you guys did play a lot of stadiums.",
"That led to a lot of discord.",
"Was there a time when you thought, I wish I could go back to the clubs?",
"Mason: No. I don't think there was a wish to go back.",
"But I think stadiums make quite a lot of bands feel a little uneasy.",
"There is that sense that you're not really connecting with the audience as well as you would.",
"I think arenas are fine -- I think arenas are really suited for rock concerts.",
"But stadiums, it gets away from you a bit.",
"There's too many people at the back not listening.",
"CNN: How did the band change for you over the years as leadership went from Syd to Roger to David Gilmour?",
"Mason: I've always been happy with the way it operates.",
"I have no wish to be the fearless leader.",
"And interestingly, I think even David found it pretty wearing when he was sort of in command on the last couple of tours.",
"It's not always easy being the chief.",
"I've always felt that I have my say and I am a partner in it, rather than an employee.",
"CNN: What do you think are some of the underrated aspects of the band?",
"Mason: To be honest, after this long and this many releases, there's not much that's been overlooked.",
"I was telling someone yesterday, I feel like a stately home with people taking tours around me.",
"CNN: How are you guys getting along nowadays?",
"Mason: Fine, I think.",
"We haven't had any fights recently.",
"David and I pitched up for Roger's show in London.",
"And it was really nice -- we had dinner together.",
"There's a lot of shared stuff as well as plenty of aggro.",
"The fact of the matter is you grow up together.",
"The problem is when you start in a band you think it's all going to be like the Monkees -- four lovable moptops running around at double speed.",
"But then you get married and have children, and being rock and roll often the marriages break up.",
"People change as they grow.",
"CNN: And here you are still with people you knew at 18.",
"Mason: Yes, it's very unsatisfactory.",
"(chuckles) CNN: Do you feel like sitting in with an R&B band some night?",
"I still really like playing music, and playing with other people is terrific.",
"I was talking with someone about a charity record we did a year or so ago, and the rhythm track was Bill Wyman playing bass and me playing drums.",
"I've known Bill for 35 years or something, and it was great to finally end up playing together.",
"It's always a little bit nerve-wracking -- you're always alarmed at the prospect of f***ing up -- and if you get through it, and someone says, \"It's good,\" it's a very warming feeling."
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"Drummer Nick Mason says band isn't just \"space rock\"\nBand is getting along fine these days, Mason says ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- Law enforcement officers arrested 22 people Friday in Orlando and Tampa, Florida, as part of an effort to shut down so-called pill mills distributing illegal prescription drugs.",
"Those arrested include five doctors and two pharmacists, federal officials said.",
"Attorney General Eric Holder said the latest busts send \"a clear message that in Florida, which has long been an epicenter for the illegal use and distribution of prescription drugs, the days of easily acquiring these drugs from corrupt doctors and pharmacists are numbered.\"",
"The arrests were made as part of Operation Pill Nation II.",
"Drug Enforcement Agency Administrator Michele Leonhart said the operation is part of a strategy to end \"Florida's role as an epicenter for rogue pain clinics in the United States.\"",
"In addition to Friday's arrests, federal and local law enforcement officers also executed six search warrants in the Tampa area and served orders to a doctor and a pharmacy, immediately revoking their authority to dispense or prescribe controlled substances such as pain medication, according to U.S. Attorney Robert O'Neill.",
"Forty-nine other arrests were made earlier in the operation.",
"Asked whether the crackdown could hamper the ability of people with legitimate needs for pain medicine to get it, Leonhart said, \"a legitimate patient going to a legitimate doctor has no problem.\"",
"Leonhart noted the ease of distinguishing real caregivers from pill mills, which run a \"cash and carry\" business and do not examine patients before prescribing drugs.",
"Operation Pill Nation I began in South Florida in February.",
"Forty-seven people have been arrested so far in the region, including 17 doctors and five clinic owners, according to federal officials.",
"Seventy doctors and six pharmacies there have lost their ability to dispense controlled substances.",
"In addition, more than $18.9 million in cash and other assets have been seized.",
"Friday's arrests come as the DEA prepares to hold its third Prescription Drug Take Back on Saturday as part of its nationwide efforts to stop the abuse of prescription drugs.",
"Five thousand DEA collection sites will be sprinkled around the country where people can dispose of drugs that may have expired or are unwanted.",
"The DEA said two earlier collection drives brought in more than 309 tons of drugs."
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"(CNN) -- An explosion caused by a chemical reaction at a University of Maryland-College Park chemistry lab caused minor injuries to two students and forced authorities to evacuate the four-story building, according to the Prince George's Fire Department.",
"Initial reports described an explosion and fire inside the building, but fire department spokesman Mark Brady said in a post to the department's Twitter account that there was no fire.",
"The department's hazardous materials team was preparing to go into the building, he said.",
"Two students were being treated at the scene for first-degree chemical burns and superficial cuts, Brady said on the social networking service."
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"Chemical reaction injures two University of Maryland-College park students .",
"Authorities evacuated the chemistry building, a fire department spokesman says ."
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"Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) -- An English tourist kidnapped from a remote Kenyan resort is being held by Somali pirates in a remote corner of the lawless country, according to experts and security analysts in Nairobi.",
"\"Gangs from Southern Somalia took her up the coast and then moved her several times,\" said Andrew Mwangura, a piracy expert and maritime editor of Somalia Report, an independent online publication.",
"Judith Tebbutt was abducted by armed men from a remote safari lodge near to the Somali border earlier this month.",
"Her husband, David Tebbutt, was killed in the attack when he resisted, according to Kenyan police.",
"Details of the incident are still sketchy and the British government has asked journalists not to reveal the exact location of Tebbutt to avoid abduction attempts from rival gangs.",
"Initially, it was feared that al-Shabaab, the al Qaeda-linked militant group, had conducted the operation as a revenge attack against the British nationals.",
"But a security analyst based in Nairobi, who tracks piracy operations but is not authorized to speak to the media, also believes this is the work of pirates.",
"\"This is not the work of al-Shabaab,\" he said, \"this is the work of Southern armed gangs and pirates.\"",
"No ransom demands have been made yet, says Mwangura.",
"But if Somali pirates carried out the operation, it represents a marked departure in tactics.",
"For years, pirates have attacked commercial ships in the busy shipping lanes between Europe and Asia.",
"A cargo ship has insurance, and after months of negotiations pirates can often clear several million U.S. dollars.",
"Some analysts believe that Somali pirates are now moving onto land because it's getting harder out at sea.",
"\"Their inability to operate freely in the their waters is forcing them onto land,\" says Andrews Atta-Asamoah, a senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies.",
"\"It's significant if you place it in the context of the struggle against piracy.",
"Since the whole push against piracy by international navies, the pirates have been looking for new territory and new frontiers.\"",
"Atta-Asamoah says that Kenya is a natural target because if its porous border with Somalia and a high number of foreign visitors and workers.",
"The Kenyan government, prompted by their reliance on tourism for foreign exchange, says they are making every effort to secure the border with Somalia.",
"Others say that, rather than a trend, this is a one-time attack caused by a more prosaic fact: the weather.",
"Monsoon rains off the coast of Somalia at this time of year makes operating offshore difficult.",
"\"This incident is a special case,\" says Mwangura."
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