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"Baghdad (CNN) -- The last U.S. troops to occupy Camp Victory, once one of the largest and most high-profile American military bases in Iraq, left Friday afternoon as the Iraqi government assumed control of the sprawling complex near Baghdad's main airport.",
"The United States signed over control of the base on Thursday and it became effective on Friday, Col. Barry Johnson, a U.S. Army spokesman said.",
"No high-profile ceremony marked the transition, he said.",
"The last group of service members stationed at Camp Victory began moving off-base around 12 p.m., he said.",
"Within two hours, no U.S. troops remained, he said.",
"The base -- formally known as Victory Base Complex -- once housed as many as 40,000 service members.",
"It includes lavish palaces built by Saddam Hussein, some of which were used as barracks or dining facilities.",
"Hussein, the country's leader until the U.S. invasion in 2003 deposed him, was among prisoners held in a maximum security prison on the base.",
"The transition leaves the United States with five military bases in Iraq as it continues to draw down its forces there in preparation for a complete withdrawal by the end of the year.",
"President Barack Obama ordered U.S. forces out of Iraq in October after the two countries were unable to reach an agreement on a continued presence of troops."
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"United States hands control of Camp Victory to Iraq .",
"The sprawling base was once one of the United States' largest in Iraq .",
"U.S. troops are preparing to fully withdraw from Iraq by year's end ."
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"New York (CNN) -- Sgt.",
"Dakota Meyer, the 23-year-old Marine who received the Medal of Honor earlier this month, wants to join another well-known outfit celebrated for bravery in the face of danger, the New York City Fire Department.",
"Unfortunately, he missed the deadline to sign up, so he has to wait four more years.",
"And when a federal judge agreed Monday to reopen the application window for one day to allow Meyer, and only Meyer, to apply, he said no, no special treatment.",
"On September 15 Meyer met President Barack Obama and received the Medal of Honor in a ceremony at the White House.",
"Caught up in the bevy of activities surrounding the Medal of Honor ceremony, Meyer missed the deadline to apply to the FDNY, according to his attorney Keith Sullivan.",
"\"The Fire Department would love to have him.",
"Who wouldn't, whatever the organization?\"",
"said Frank Dwyer, a spokesman for the FDNY.",
"\"He's truly an example of what the military is all about, the best of what America has to offer.\"",
"According to Dwyer, the city generally offers the opportunity for members of the public to apply to become a New York City firefighter only every four years.",
"Step one in the process is to sign up to take an entrance exam.",
"This year, the window for potential candidates to sign up was July 15 through September 19, Dwyer said.",
"Monday, Sullivan and the city filed a motion to allow them to reopen the official application period to allow Meyer to apply.",
"The city sought to reopen the applications to all would-be candidates, but U.S. District Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis ruled that other applicants had plenty of time to sign up for the firefighter test, and the one-day window for a late application would only be open to Meyer, \"in view of Sergeant Meyer's recognized and truly exceptional military service,\" court documents said.",
"\"We suggested in our court filing that the application period should be reopened for both Sgt.",
"Meyer and the general public.",
"However, we will respect the judge's decision,\" said Kate O'Brien Ahlers, spokeswoman for the New York City Law Department.",
"Sullivan was disappointed in the court's decision and the city's decision to accept it.",
"\"The city made it perfectly clear that additional applications would be too burdensome for them to process.",
"I am actually ashamed for them.",
"If Dakota took the path of least resistance in Afghanistan the way the city did on this issue, he would not be a Medal of Honor recipient and there would be 36 more dead soldiers,\" he said.",
"Garaufis cited special recruitment efforts by the city intended to encourage members of black and Hispanic communities to apply to the FDNY.",
"\"A brief, general re-opening of the application period, especially without any accompanying recruitment effort beyond the City's proposed updates of the New York City Fire Department's and City Administrative Services's websites, would create a serious risk of an adverse impact on the minority groups who are substantially under-represented in the ranks of the FDNY,\" Garaufis wrote in his decision.",
"Meyer said he takes responsibility for missing the application deadline, and if no one else can apply during the reopened window, he won't apply either.",
"\"Unless the filing period is open to everyone, I can not morally accept it,\" said Meyer in a news release.",
"\"I got to where I am in life by sticking to my core values and principles, I'm not about to change.",
"I am very disappointed that I missed the deadline by only 12 hours, but I accept full responsibility for that.\"",
"The Kentucky Marine earned the nation's highest award for valor when he braved a storm of enemy fire to recover wounded and dead fellow American and Afghan troops during a six-hour firefight in Afghanistan.",
"His actions saved the lives of 13 U.S. Marines and soldiers and 23 Afghan soldiers, according to the Marines' Medal of Honor account.",
"Meyer is the first living U.S. Marine in 41 years to be awarded the medal."
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"A federal judge offered to reopen the window but only for him .",
"Meyer says he wants no special treatment ."
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"(CNN) -- American golfer Bill Haas said he was \"very lucky\" after securing the biggest win of his career on Sunday.",
"The 29-year-old beat U.S Ryder Cup star Hunter Mahan on the third playoff hole at the Tour Championship in Atlanta to clinch the PGA's season-ending FedEx Cup and $11.44 million in prize money.",
"Haas needed a dramatic save after hitting a water hazard before going on to sink a four-foot putt on the par-three 18th hole at East Lake to finally see off his compatriot, after the duo had finished tied on eight under par through 72 holes.",
"The dramatic triumph saw Haas -- whose father Jay played in the Ryder Cup on three occasions and won nine times on the PGA Tour -- leap from 25th in the FedEx Cup standings to claim the $10 million jackpot.",
"He also pocketed $1.44 million for winning the Tour Championship, the final event in the four-tournament series, but said he was unaware of his double success until he stepped up to collect both trophies.",
"\"I knew I was on the line, meaning the only way I could win in my position at the start of the week was to win the tournament,\" Haas told CNN.",
"\"Even with that happening I still could not win the FedEx Cup because other people who were way ahead of me, their points would have passed me.",
"\"So in my head, focus on one task -- and that was to win this playoff -- and whatever happens after that, happens.",
"The chips fell my way and I'm very lucky. \"",
"It looked like Haas had blown his shot at glory when he hit a bogey and double bogey on the final two holes of Saturday's third round to lose a share of the lead, but a 68 on Sunday allowed him to haul himself back up the leaderboard.",
"It then looked as if nerves might get the better of Haas when the playoff began, as he hit a loose shot into the crowd on the first additional hole before finding the water on the second.",
"But the new world number 20 found the green with a stunning shot to force a third playoff hole, where his par putt proved enough for victory.",
"\"When I got up there I'd heard the groans from the crowd,\" Haas said of the build-up to his incredible saving shot.",
"\"I thought it was in the water, so I get up there and it is somewhat in the water.",
"\"But it's not fully submerged, so in my head I said to myself, 'I do have some sort of shot here.'",
"I hit the shot I thought I had to hit, and it came out perfect.\"",
"Haas has also put himself in contention for the upcoming Presidents Cup clash between the U.S. and an International team starting on November 14, with American captain Fred Couples due to announce his final wildcard pick on Tuesday.",
"\"I'm not going to say it gets me to Australia,\" Haas told the PGA Tour's official website regarding the possibility of playing in the competition, which takes place in Melbourne.",
"\"It definitely puts me in the talk up there with some of the guys that everybody has been talking about.\"",
"Haas hopes to use this win as a springboard for the rest of his career as he looks to match some of the illustrious names who have previously clinched the FedEx Cup.",
"\"It's pretty sweet.",
"You look at the names who have previously won this, I'm trying to work my way to their stature and their level of play.",
"This is just another stepping stone, I think I can get up there,\" he said.",
"\"It'll take a lot of work.",
"Guys like Vijay (Singh), Jim Furyk and Tiger Woods, obviously they've put their time in, they've put their work in and I need to do the same.",
"I've got to work hard to try and get better each and every year.\"",
"Mahan thought he had the tournament sewn up after Haas ended up in the water, but the 29-year-old admitted Haas was in the ascendancy once his magnificent recovery shot fell close to the hole.",
"\"I thought I had one on the second playoff hole and then he hits it out of the water to two feet,\" Mahan said.",
"\"It seemed like he was destined to win this week.\"",
"World number one Luke Donald knew a win at this event would be enough for him to claim the FedEx Cup, and in the process become the first man to top both the PGA and European Tour money lists.",
"The Briton birdied three of the last five holes to finish one shot behind Haas and Mahan, in a three-way tie for third position along with South Korea's K.J Choi and Australian Aaron Baddeley.",
"\"I guess this is what the FedExCup is all about,\" said Donald, who would have claimed victory in the series if he had finished alone in third.",
"\"It's meant to be exciting.\"",
"Australian Jason Day fell away in the final two holes of the final round after he hit two bogeys to slide from eight under to finish in a tie for sixth place alongside compatriot Adam Scott and American Charles Howell III.",
"\"Obviously I'm a little disappointed that I bogeyed the last two holes,\" Day, 23, said.",
"\"But I was trying to win out there.\""
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"Bill Haas clinches the Tour Championship and FedEx Cup titles after playoff .",
"American claims $11.44 million in prize money at end-of-season event in Atlanta .",
"He defeats U.S. Ryder Cup star Hunter Mahan to seal his big-money triumph .",
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"1 Luke Donald ties for third, ending his hopes of historic double ."
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"(CNN) -- One person was killed and four critically injured Tuesday in a series of highway pileups triggered by a dense dust storm on Interstate 10 in central Arizona, a state law enforcement official said.",
"The dust storm moved through the Pichacho Peak area, about 40 miles north of Tucson, at about 12:15 p.m. (3:15 p.m.",
"ET) and caused \"minimal visibility\" on a stretch of Interstate 10 there, said Bart Graves, a spokesman for the Arizona Department of Public Safety.",
"\"We have two chain reaction crashes in the westbound lanes,\" Graves said.",
"\"All involve commercial vehicles and passenger cars.",
"There is one confirmed fatality and two additional victims with life-threatening injuries.\"",
"Graves said 16 vehicles were involved in the chain reaction accidents at Pichacho Peak.",
"\"We closed the eastbound lanes to allow emergency responders access to the scene,\" he said.",
"\"Due to the poor visibility, all patients were transported by ground ambulance to Tucson area hospitals.\"",
"\"The dust continues to cause a major hindrance to DPS officers and other rescue personnel,\" Graves said.",
"Another pileup, this one involving eight vehicles, occurred about an hour and a half later, 20 miles to the south on I-10, Graves said.",
"Two people were critically injured in that incident, which occurred on the eastbound lanes of I-10.",
"Graves said he could not estimate when the interstate would reopen in either direction.",
"CNN's Tina Burnside contributed to this report."
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"One person died and two suffered life-threatening injuries in Pichacho Peak incident .",
"The storm caused \"minimal visibility\" along Interstate 10 north of Tucson ."
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"(CNN) -- Not every travel adventure involves tracking wild animals or hanging off a mountain.",
"Some feats of endurance come in the form of festivals, and Munich's Oktoberfest is no exception.",
"This annual beer-soaked event is under way now, but a visit to the charming Bavarian town of Munich is a treat year-round.",
"Whether you're visiting in winter or in summer, there is sure to be plenty to do.",
"Read on for tips in each season: .",
"Take in the scenery when it's cold .",
"CNN's Emma Lacey-Bordeaux shares her tips for cold-weather explorations: .",
"I arrived in Munich by train.",
"The warm bright interiors of the train car and the boisterous passengers sharply contrasted with the increasingly snowy exterior as we left northern Italy, crossed the Alps and arrived in the neat metropolis.",
"After spending four months studying in the incredibly beautiful yet utterly perplexing city of Venice, Italy, Munich stood out first and foremost for its order.",
"Trains take you where you need to go, they run on time and the buildings all look like they could stand forever in their neat, thoughtful lines .",
"Walking, biking or taking public transport allows visitors to take in the interesting architecture of the city.",
"The city exhibits modern platzes, or squares, with glass buildings, impressive monuments and historic buildings galore.",
"Share your photos and tips for Munich .",
"Enjoy the Hofgarten, a lovely yet strangely haunting garden in the middle of the city replete with ornate buildings and statues.",
"As is the case with many landmarks and buildings in this charming city, the garden was first constructed in the 17th century, then destroyed during World War II and rebuilt much the same.",
"Around town, you'll notice some buildings with facades painted on to approximate a style lost in the war.",
"Across town, pay a visit to Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität.",
"The main building was designed by Friedrich von Gärtner, an important architect from the mid 19th century, and features large beautiful halls.",
"Plus a visit to a college area always pays off in good, cheap food options.",
"Munich has a festival for every season.",
"October boasts the übertraditional Oktoberfest, the summer months have outdoor concerts and Christmas carnivals fill the winter months.",
"Keep these tips in mind if you go for the holiday markets: Rule No.",
"1, bundle up! The icy wind here comes off the mountains and will chill you to the core.",
"Luckily, every outdoor Christmas market, or Christkindlmarkt, sells a variety of hot beverages including hot mulled wine or Glühwein.",
"Don't be surprised when vendors hand you a beautiful ceramic mug full of wine.",
"But don't walk away with the mug; you're just renting it.",
"Return it after drinking and move on to the next market for more shopping and sipping.",
"At the markets you'll find all manner of gifts and knickknacks from the classically Bavarian items to more modern crafts.",
"The Tollwood Festival stands out as one of the largest in town.",
"It also boasts musical and theatrical performances and a large variety of food from around the world.",
"The No. 1 rule with these markets: pace yourself -- these warm oases in a cold season are all over town.",
"Should market hopping make you ill, Munich has a very modern and well-run health care system.",
"Perhaps I succumbed to the cold weather, the festival food or the bug that I heard was going around town, but whatever the reason, my host and I both found ourselves sick to the point of dehydration.",
"After a quick train ride we arrived at an emergency room and were seen by a doctor almost immediately.",
"The visit to a lovely doctor who spoke perfect English was a mere 35 Euro, including intravenous fluids.",
"Afterward, I walked across the street, prescriptions in hand, shelled out 15 more Euro and felt right as rain.",
"I never once showed ID or an insurance card.",
"Getting sick should not rank high on your travel list, but if illness falls, fear not!",
"Get outdoors and soak up the sun in summer .",
"Read on for some warm-weather finds from CNN's Emily Smith.",
"Munich is delightful in the warmer months.",
"Locals and tourists alike flood the streets and fill cafes.",
"Take advantage of the weather and spend as much time outdoors as possible.",
"We rented bikes from a tour company opposite the train station.",
"Being a nervous biker I was pleasantly surprised that motorists moved over, and I never felt at all unsafe.",
"We opted for a tour that included both historical stops as well as a visit to a few beer gardens.",
"In Munich, beer is big business year-round and Hofbrauhaus is one of the oldest and most popular places to indulge.",
"Beer maidens carry giant mugs of frothy golden goodness between tables crammed family-style with tourists from all over the world.",
"The mood is jovial and spirited, and the schnitzel isn't half bad either.",
"Most of the food found at beer gardens is real stick to your ribs-type stuff.",
"We dined on giant pretzels and bratwurst for the most part.",
"The Chinese Tower Beer Garden, in the large city park called the English Garden, is also a must-try.",
"Located at the base of a wooden pagoda, seating is predominantly outdoors and there is often a live brass band.",
"If you opt for a guided tour, listen well and you'll learn some interesting facts.",
"For example, beer gardens used to store beer in underground cellars beneath the shade of chestnut trees.",
"The English garden, with its many chestnut trees, is beautiful and definitely worth a walk around.",
"It's rather expansive so plot out a route and be aware of the Schönfeldwiese lawn -- it's a favorite of nudists.",
"No judgment! Another fun outdoor activity off the garden can be found at the Eisbach River.",
"There you'll come across something unexpected -- surfers!",
"The river forms a natural standing wave that draws board riders to get their fix.",
"There's usually a crowd but patience is rewarded with a spot on the bridge overlooking the wave.",
"The sport has become so popular that the location now boasts multiple wave riding competitions.",
"It helps to have a tour guide in a city like Munich -- the city is large and while easy to navigate it's nice to have someone point out the pockmarked buildings from the war instead of walking right by with your nose glued to a map.",
"The city has a rich cultural history and is home to world-class museums and galleries.",
"Munich is the kind of city where it's easy to mix the fun of beer garden hopping with the opportunity to get your knowledge on."
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"Munich is great during Oktoberfest, but it's also wonderful year-round .",
"In the cooler months, enjoy the beautiful scenery and browse holiday markets .",
"When it's warm, check out a beer garden and make time for some fun in the sun .",
"Have you been to Munich?",
"Share your story with CNN iReport ."
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"(CNN) -- Lionel Messi scored his second hat-trick in four days as titleholders Barcelona marched into the knockout stage of the European Champions League on a night of milestones for the Spanish club on Tuesday.",
"The striker, a big favorite to win his third world player of the year award after heading the 2011 nominations before the match against Viktoria Plzen, passed a double century of goals for Barca to mark coach Josep Guardiola's 200th match in charge.",
"The Czech champions capitulated to a 4-0 home defeat in the Group H game after having Marian Cisovsky sent off for a foul in the box on Messi, who scored the resulting penalty to open the scoring in the 24th minute with his milestone goal.",
"The Argentine made it 2-0 in the second minute of first-half injury-time after combining with Adriano, and he sealed the rout in stoppage time after a superb backheel pass from central defender Gerard Pique set him free for his 202nd.",
"Is Messi the only candidate for Ballon d'Or?",
"Barca's third came in the 72nd minute when Cesc Fabregas -- among eight Barca players in the 23-man FIFA Ballon d'Or Shortlist -- headed home a cross by young winger Isaac Cuenca.",
"Guardiola became only the fifth Barca boss to reach 200 games, suffering just 17 defeats.",
"Messi has scored 160 of the 500 goals netted in that period.",
"The clean sheet meant that Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes set a new club record of 877 minutes without conceding, beating the previous mark set by Miguel Reina in 1973.",
"The win gave Barca 10 points from four games, leaving the Catalans two clear of second-placed AC Milan with two rounds to play.",
"The Italian champions went through to the second round despite being held 1-1 by BATE Borisov in Belarus in an earlier kickoff.",
"Milan went into the match denying reports that hospitalized striker Antonio Cassano had suffered a stroke.",
"\"I think every patient has the right to privacy, the doctors are working on it and there's nothing more to say,\" chief executive Adriano Galliani told the club's website.",
"\"I spoke to him today and he seemed in good form.",
"There was of course a bit of fear because the whole thing was so unexpected.\"",
"Milan took the lead in the 22nd minute through striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who won possession out wide on the right and then burst into the box to receive Robinho's pass and score.",
"But Borisov leveled 10 minutes after halftime with a penalty by Renan Bressan when Ignazio Abate fouled Artem Kontsevoy.",
"Chelsea missed the chance to go through in Group E after being held to a 1-1 draw by Genk in Belgium, as David Luiz missed a penalty for the visitors.",
"Captain John Terry was left on the bench after UK police confirmed he faces a formal investigation into claims the defender racially abused Queen's Park Rangers' Anton Ferdinand.",
"The London team, beaten 5-3 by Arsenal at the weekend, took a 26th-minute lead through Ramires but fellow Brazilian Luiz saw his spot-kick saved five minutes before the break.",
"Jelle Vossen leveled just after the hour to leave Chelsea on eight points, and Genk on bottom with two.",
"Second-placed Bayer Leverkusen remained on six points after losing 3-1 at Valencia, who are a point further back following the second-fastest goal in Champions League history.",
"Jonas netted just after 10 seconds, but Stefan Kiessling equalized on the half hour.",
"However, Roberto Soldado (65) and Adil Rami (75) kept the Spanish side's hopes alive ahead of the final two games.",
"Group F leaders Arsenal also failed to qualify for the last 16 after being held to a 0-0 draw at home to Marseille.",
"The French side remained one point behind Arsenal, who have two wins and two draws.",
"German champions Borussia Dortmund moved off the bottom with a 1-0 win over Greek club Olympiakos.",
"Kevin Grosskreutz scored the only goal in the seventh minute with a spectacular strike to put Dortmund within three points of Marseille ahead of the trip to Arsenal on November 23.",
"Group G was blown wide open when unfancied Cypriot side Apoel Nicosia shocked Europa League winners Porto 2-1 to stay top of the table.",
"Ailton put the home side ahead three minutes before halftime with a penalty, but fellow Brazilian Hulk leveled from the spot for the Portuguese champions in the 89th minute.",
"However, Gustavo Manduca headed a last-gasp winner to put Apoel a point clear of Zenit St. Petersburg.",
"The Russian champions won 1-0 against Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk, who were left bottom on two points after center-back Nicolas Lombaerts headed the only goal in first-half injury-time."
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"Lionel Messi nets treble in 4-0 win over Czech champions Viktoria Plzen .",
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"English clubs Arsenal and Chelsea fail to progress after also being held ."
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"(CNN) -- A Robin van Persie hat-trick earned Arsenal a thrilling 5-3 win over their west London rivals Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the English Premier League on Saturday.",
"Chelsea started the match strongly taking the lead in the 14th minute when Juan Mata delivered an inch-perfect cross for Frank Lampard to guide a header past Szczesny in the Arsenal goal.",
"The home side continued to dominate possession but Arsenal hit back in the 36th minute when Aaron Ramsey threaded the ball through to Gervinho who selflessly squared the ball back for van Persie to side-foot past Petr Cech.",
"Chelsea had a goal disallowed two minutes later with Ramires being ruled offside, but earned a deserved halftime lead when John Terry bundled the ball home from a corner kick in the 45th minute.",
"Arsenal were far from finished though and hit back four minutes after the break as Alex Song played in Andre Santos who squeezed a shot underneath Cech to level the scores at 2-2.",
"Six minutes later, Theo Walcott gave the Gunners the lead -- unleashing a fierce shot inside Cech's near post after outwitting three Chelsea defenders.",
"A 25-yard strike from Mata restored parity for Chelsea in the 80th minute, but van Persie put Arsenal ahead again five minutes later, pouncing on a mistake by John Terry to slot home his second before lashing home his third in injury time to seal a remarkable win.",
"Manchester United bounced back from the 6-1 battering from their city rivals last weekend edging past Everton 1-0 at Goodison Park.",
"Havier Hernandez was on hand to side-foot home from a Patrice Evra cross in the 19th minute to give United the lead after they had made a bright opening to the match.",
"Everton battled their way back into the match and came close to an equalizer -- Leighton Baines hitting the crossbar from a free-kick, while David De Gea saved smartly from Leon Osman.",
"But despite the pressure, United held firm to cement second place in the table behind leaders, Manchester City who enjoyed a comfortable 3-1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers.",
"Edin Dzeko opened the scoring for City in the 52nd minute with Aleksandar Kolarov adding a second 15 minutes later.",
"City's Belgian defender Vincent Kompany was sent off in the 75th minute for a challenge on Kevin Doyle -- the resulting penalty was converted by Stephen Hunt.",
"But Adam Johnson (who came on for Dzeko midway through the second half) netted in injury time to ensure Robert Mancini's side maintained their five-point lead at the top of the table.",
"First half goals from Charlie Adam and Andy Carroll proved enough for Liverpool who beat West Bromwich Albion 2-0 at The Hawthorns.",
"Liverpool were awarded a penalty in the 9th minute when Luis Suarez was bundled over in the box -- Adam making no mistake with the spot kick.",
"Suarez was involved again in the second, setting up Carroll who poked a shot past advancing West Brom keeper Ben Foster.",
"Despite a host of chances in the second half Liverpool couldn't extend their lead, but the win lifts them to fifth.",
"West Brom are 13th with 11 points.",
"Norwich City came from two goals down to earn a 3-3 draw at home to Blackburn Rovers -- a result which keeps Steve Kean's side in the bottom three.",
"Norwich are in eighth place.",
"Sunderland also came from behind to earn a 2-2 draw against Aston Villa.",
"Goals from Villa's Bulgarian midfielder Stiliyan Petrov (20th minute) and Richard Dunne (85th minute) were canceled out by Connor Wickham, who scored seven minutes before half time and Stephane Sessegnon who stole a point for Sunderland seconds before the final whistle.",
"Swansea City continued their promising start to season with 3-1 over struggling Bolton Wanderers.",
"The result moves them up to 10th place.",
"Bolton, meanwhile, are second from bottom with six points, one point ahead of Wigan who suffered their third home defeat of the season losing 2-0 to Fulham.",
"Goals from Clint Dempsey and Moussa Dembele lift Martin Jol's side up to 15th."
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"(CNN) -- At least 26 people were killed Monday in the Syrian government's ongoing crackdown on dissidents, the pro-democracy group Local Coordination Committees of Syria said.",
"Among the dead was a 12-year-old boy shot to death when Syrian security forces fired on a funeral procession, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights..",
"The funeral procession was for a protester killed Sunday, the observatory said.",
"In addition, 17 people were killed during operations by the military and security forces in Hama as authorities searched for wanted activists and demonstrators, the organization said.",
"Meanwhile, an adviser to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said parliamentary elections could be held in the country by the end of the year, Russian media reported earlier Monday.",
"Bouthaina Shaaban, the political and media adviser to al-Assad, was in Moscow on Monday to speak to journalists on the situation in Syria.",
"\"I can tentatively say that such elections may be held either at the end of this year or the beginning of next,\" Shaaban said, according to the RIA-Novosti news agency.",
"The number of people killed in unrest in Syria since mid-March has reached at least 2,600, the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said Monday.",
"The U.S. State Department, meanwhile, is condemning the killing of a key Syrian opposition organizer who it says died while in the custody of Syria's security forces.",
"Ghiyath Mattar, described as a key organizer of protests against al-Assad's regime, was killed after being arrested last Tuesday in the Damascus suburb of Darya, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in a statement released Sunday.",
"\"His brave commitment to confronting the regime's despicable violence with peaceful protest serves as an example for the Syrian people and for all those who suffer under the yoke of oppression,\" the statement said .",
"Mattar was arrested along with leading opposition activist Yahya Sharbaji and a number of other activists, Nuland said.",
"Mattar was \"a symbol of what the Syrian revolution should be -- peaceful and nonviolent,\" said one of Mattar's friends.",
"\"His death is an attack by the regime on peace.",
"His attack is saying, 'We want to destroy the messengers of peace in Syria and the ideals and values they hold.\"",
"\"His personality was perfectly built to take the role of a leader,\" said another man, a colleague of Mattar's.",
"\"Everyone loved him and he had so many close friends and relatives.\"",
"Both men asked not to be named for fear of retribution.",
"On September 6, Mattar was with Sharbaji when he received a call from Sharbaji's brother saying he was injured and needed help, according to the friend.",
"In reality, security forces had forced the brother to call Sharbaji.",
"The operation led to the arrests, the friend said.",
"Unrest has plagued Syria for more than six months, as protesters demanding more freedom, democratic elections and an end to al-Assad's regime have been met by brute force.",
"The government has maintained a consistent narrative: It is going after armed terrorists.",
"But opposition activists say the regime is behind a systematic, sustained slaughter.",
"Mattar, 26, was on the run for three months before being taken into custody, according to the Syrian Observatory.",
"The group, citing reports from Mattar's fellow opposition members, said he was tortured to death.",
"Syria's crackdown on protesters has been roundly condemned by many world leaders and the United Nations.",
"The Arab League has publicly called for al-Assad's regime to show restraint and end the violence.",
"The United States has imposed sanctions on Syria, freezing assets of specific regime members and banning Americans from doing business with the country.",
"The European Union banned the import of Syrian oil and imposed a travel ban.",
"Navi Pillay, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, put the number killed in the unrest at 2,600, citing \"reliable sources on the ground,\" in remarks prepared for delivery Tuesday during the commission's session.",
"The Syrian Observatory has said more than 2,000 people -- mostly demonstrators -- have died since the uprising began in mid-March.",
"In her statement, Nuland repeated calls by the United States for al-Assad to step down.",
"\"We call on the (al-Assad) regime to immediately cease all violence against the Syrian people and release all political prisoners.",
"We again call on (al-Assad) to step aside and allow the Syrian people to embark upon the democratic transformation they demand,\" she said the in the statement.",
"A video posted on YouTube purportedly showing the funeral of Mattar in Darya showed people marching in the street and chanting: \"We will sacrifice our lives and our blood for you, Ghiyath\" and \"Freedom, freedom, we are the youths of freedom.\"",
"Mattar's colleague said that Syrian security forces fired on mourners, and that one man was shot and later died.",
"CNN can not independently verify the authenticity of the video, the claims or the death toll because the government has repeatedly denied requests for journalists to report inside Syria.",
"CNN's Salma Abdelaziz, Maxim Tkachenko, Mohammed Jamjoom and Yousuf Basil contributed to this report."
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"Report: A Syrian adviser says parliamentary elections could be held this year or early next .",
"The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights puts the death toll at 2,600 .",
"A 12-year-old child is shot and killed by security forces, an opposition rights group says ."
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"(CNN) -- The head of JetBlue is apologizing for a \"confluence of events\" that left a plane filled with passengers stranded on the tarmac at Bradley International Airport near Hartford, Connecticut, over the weekend.",
"Chief Operating Officer Rob Maruster said in a video posted on the company's blog and its YouTube Channel that the airline had six flights divert to Hartford during the freak weekend snowstorm \"due to various runway, congestion and other operational issues at Newark and JFK Airports\" and that the airline \"did not deplane those aircraft in our target time allotted.\"",
"One of those flights, JetBlue 504 from Fort Lauderdale spent nearly eight hours stranded on the tarmac before passengers were allowed to deplane.",
"\"At no point in this weekend was safety ever compromised,\" Maruster said, stressing that safety was the airline's number one concern.",
"\"But let's face it, you count on us at JetBlue for a lot more -- and we promise a lot more -- and we know we let some of you down over the course of this weekend and for that we are truly sorry.\"",
"Maruster said the airline intends to \"fully participate with the Department of Transportation and cooperating with their investigation into events over the weekend, and we're also going to conduct an internal evaluation so that we can learn from this event because at the end of the day, you deserve better -- and we expect better from our crewmembers and our operation.\"",
"\"We can only earn your loyalty and trust one flight at a time and we ask you to give us a second chance.\"",
"JetBlue Flight 504 departed Fort Lauderdale at 10:07 a.m.",
"ET Saturday -- 32 minutes late.",
"The flight made it to Newark -- just not to the runway, thanks to the weather before it was diverted to Hartford.",
"It landed at 1:07 p.m. What came next was an eight-hour ordeal for passengers -- and crew -- as the plane sat stuck on the tarmac with little food or water.",
"\"I got a problem here on the airplane.",
"I'm going to need to have the cops onboard,\" a flight crew member told the tower in a conversation posted on LiveATC.net, a website that monitors air traffic control conversations.",
"\"I need some air stairs brought over here and the cops brought onboard the airplane.\"",
"Passenger Roseann Kozma explained the situation in a phone interview with CNN affiliate WTIC-TV from the plane.",
"\"A couple passengers are fighting and there's a baby on here that's been crying the whole time,\" she said.",
"\"We cannot go to the bathrooms anymore.",
"There's no running water,\" said Todd Bailey, another passenger.",
"\"They tell us that we're going to be going in soon, going in soon, going in soon -- and it just never happens.\"",
"Adding to the frustration and tension were passengers with medical conditions.",
"\"I have a paraplegic that needs to come off,\" the pilot said.",
"\"I have a diabetic here that's got an issue ...",
"I've just got to get some help.\"",
"But the plane was still not at a gate, further frustrating the pilot.",
"\"Look, you know, we can't seem to get any help from our own company,\" the pilot told the tower.",
"\"I apologize for this, but if there is any way you can get a tug and a tow bar out here to us and get us towed somewhere to a gate or something.",
"I don't care, take us anywhere.\"",
"The pilot, though frustrated, offered thanks to Bradley International officials.",
"\"Listen, I just want to put in my two cents worth in for whatever it worth.",
"Thank you very much,\" he said.",
"\"It's Capt. Thompson over here on (Flight) 504 ...",
"I think we've got more help from you guys than our own people.\"",
"The passengers broke into applause when the door finally opened, saying \"Let us out!",
"Let us out! Let us out!\" Passengers deplaned around 9 p.m., according to JetBlue."
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"JetBlue apologizes, saying weather and size of airport contributed to backlog ."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday he supports the Obama administration's decision to repeal the \"don't ask, don't tell\" policy banning gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military -- a move that was staunchly opposed by most top Republicans.",
"\"I think the decision that's been made with respect to allowing gays to serve openly in the military is a good one\" Cheney told CNN's Candy Crowley on \"State of the Union.\"",
"\"It's the right thing to do.\"",
"The policy, first enacted during the Clinton administration, was officially repealed on September 20.",
"Over 14,000 people were kicked out of the military due to \"don't ask, don't tell.\"",
"The controversial repeal of the policy became a focal point of a GOP presidential debate last month when members of the audience booed a gay soldier who asked about the decision.",
"President Barack Obama criticized the Republican presidential contenders on Saturday night for failing to rebuke the audience.",
"\"We don't believe in standing silent when that happens,\" Obama told attendees at the annual National Dinner of the Human Rights Campaign, an organization that promotes equality for gays and lesbians.",
"If \"you want to be commander-in-chief, you can start by standing up for the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States even when it is not politically convenient,\" Obama said.",
"Cheney responded to Obama by noting that he's \"a little bit leery of the notion that somehow we ought to go hammer the Republican candidates because they didn't respond to booing in the audience.\"",
"\"When you're in a political campaign and debates, people boo a lot of things,\" Cheney told CNN.",
"\"I'm not sure that it was all focused specifically on that particular issue.\"",
"After the debate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum said he hadn't heard the booing when the question was asked.",
"Santorum was being asked the question when the incident occurred."
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"Former GOP Vice President Dick Cheney says he supports the repeal of \"don't ask, don't tell\"\n\"Don't ask, don't tell\" was officially repealed on September 20 .",
"\"Don't ask, don't tell\" prohibited gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military .",
"Members of the audience at a GOP debate booed a gay soldier for asking about the repeal ."
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"(CNN) -- A day after three Connecticut asset managers claimed the largest Powerball jackpot in the state's history, a public relations executive acting on their behalf issued a statement denying there was a fourth participant who wanted to remain anonymous.",
"Throughout the day Monday there had been published reports that the three men who appeared with the winning check were only collecting on behalf of a client of their investment firm.",
"\"While there has been much speculation and quite a bit of misinformation over the last 24 hours, this Trust, with its three trustees, has been established to manage the winnings in the most practical and expedient way possible so that we can achieve our strategic goal of helping those who can best benefit from these funds,\" said public relations executive Gary Lewi.",
"\"And to be clear, there are a total of three trustees and there is no anonymous fourth participant.\"",
"The statement goes on to say that the financial advisers will set up a trust that will have as its focus -- among other things -- care for U.S. veterans and those returning home from deployment.",
"Within 10 days the trust will distribute $1 million to selected veterans relief organizations within the tri-state region, Lewi said.",
"Co-workers Tim Davidson, Brandon Lacoff and Greg Skidmore claimed the prize from the November 2 drawing, which netted them more than $100 million, at a presentation by the Connecticut Lottery Corp. Ranjit Singh, the manager of the Stamford BP gas station where the winning ticket was purchased, told CNN's Mary Snow that he is sure it was Tim Davidson who purchased the ticket.",
"\"I do recognize him, I cannot forget the face.\"",
"Singh also said he remembers that he pushed Davidson to buy a ticket.",
"The jackpot was $254 million, had the winners taken a multiyear payout.",
"They opted instead for a one-time cash payout that totaled $103.6 million after taxes, according to Connecticut Lottery spokeswoman Linda Tarnowski.",
"It was the 12th-largest jackpot in Powerball history, according to Anne Noble, president of the Connecticut Lottery.",
"\"Everybody is extremely excited -- these numbers are huge,\" said the trio's attorney, Jason Kurland.",
"\"This is going to benefit many people.\"",
"Kurland spoke on behalf of three winners, all asset managers at start-up firm Belpointe Asset Management in Greenwich, Connecticut.",
"He said that the men will donate \"a significant amount\" of the winnings to charities in the state.",
"Davidson bought the $1 ticket at a gas station in Stamford, Kurland said.",
"After realizing they had a winning ticket the following morning, the three co-workers formed the Putnam Avenue Family Trust, each becoming a trustee.",
"\"They have become their dream client,\" Kurland said.",
"Skidmore was the only one of the three winners to speak at Monday's press conference.",
"\"It feels good,\" he said.",
"CNN's Mary Snow and Leigh Remizowski contributed to this report."
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"The three winners didn't represent a secretive client, a spokesman says in a statement .",
"Winners set up a trust fund mainly to benefit veterans causes, spokesman says .",
"$1 million will be distributed to selected groups in the next 10 days, says Gary Lewi .",
"The $254 million Powerball jackpot was the largest ever to be won in Connecticut ."
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"(CNN) -- World leaders are often measured by what they do in their first 100 days in office.",
"But what about business leaders?",
"As of Friday, it has been 100 days since Apple co-founder and longtime CEO Steve Jobs passed the company torch to Tim Cook.",
"Since that first day, August 24, Wall Street and legions of Apple fans have had their gazes fixed on Cook.",
"As the man heading arguably the most influential and valuable technology company in the world, Cook wields a great deal of power.",
"After Cook took over, Jobs held the role of executive chairman but lost his long battle with cancer some six weeks later, on October 5.",
"The day before Jobs died, Cook led a news conference to announce the iPhone 4S.",
"\"I consider it the privilege of a lifetime to have worked here for 14 years,\" Cook said at that event.",
"\"I am so incredibly proud of this company.\"",
"Analysts described the presentation as crisp but lacking the excitement of a Jobs production.",
"\"It's not going to be the Steve Jobs show that generates headlines worldwide,\" John Jackson, an analyst at Boston-based market research firm CCS Insight who attended the keynote, said in a recent interview.",
"\"These events aren't going to be the same as they ever were.\"",
"Even without Jobs' dramatic stage presence, the iPhone 4S became the fastest-selling phone over its launch weekend, selling 4 million units worldwide.",
"Financial analysts worried that the aging glass-and-steel design would stunt sales, but the faster processor, better camera and Siri voice assistant -- plus the addition of a third major carrier, Sprint Nextel -- helped the smartphone maintain momentum.",
"Siri, which Apple describes as beta software, has experienced occasional outages since its October launch, but iCloud has fared much better than Apple's previous endeavors into Internet services.",
"About 20 million people activated their free iCloud accounts in its first week, Apple said.",
"ITunes Match, a $25-a-year music synchronization service, was delayed by a few weeks but has received positive reviews.",
"Like Jobs had done, Cook began e-mailing with some customers.",
"He also personally addressed an inquiry by e-mail from Nancy Keenan, the president of a pro-choice foundation who was writing in response to a controversy over Siri directing abortion questions to pro-life clinics.",
"\"These are not intentional omissions meant to offend anyone,\" Cook wrote.",
"So after a few robust launches, and a few bumps in the road, where do Cook and Apple go from here?",
"Jobs recruited Cook from Compaq Computer in 1998 to run Apple's operations.",
"People who have worked with Cook at Apple describe him as quiet and confident, the peacekeeper at the conference room table.",
"He'd entrust a roomful of Apple employees with company secrets and expect trust in return, according to Michael Grothaus, a former consultant for the company.",
"Jobs was hands-on in product development and had a knack for identifying which markets were ripe for invasion.",
"Walter Isaacson's new \"Steve Jobs\" biography reveals that digital textbooks and Internet-enabled TV sets were among Jobs' next areas of focus for Apple.",
"In the book, Jobs said Cook is \"not a product person.\"",
"Analysts say Jobs provided guidance on products that wouldn't see store shelves for at least another year.",
"But by August 2013, Jobs' magic touch is likely to have worn off and the products will be those of a Cook regime, said Gartner analyst Michael King.",
"Cook hasn't been given reasons to run away from the challenge.",
"He will be able to lean on a \"strong bench\" of executives that Jobs recruited and that Cook has long worked with, said Jackson, the analyst.",
"\"It's going to be business as usual for Apple in Steve's absence,\" he said.",
"Shortly after taking over, Cook broadened the role of Eddy Cue, a longtime executive working with Jobs.",
"Cue is now the senior vice president of cloud services, which includes overseeing iCloud and iAds, the fledgling mobile advertising unit.",
"To give Cook a strong financial incentive to stay, Apple's board of directors granted him a million shares of restricted stock.",
"The first half will be made available to him five years from when Cook officially became CEO, and the rest will vest five years after that, as long as he stays.",
"Cook had promised in a recent e-mail to his staff that Apple wouldn't change under his leadership, but he introduced at least one corporate program that would have been out of character for Jobs.",
"In September, Apple began matching employees' charitable contributions up to $10,000.",
"Jobs was not much of a philanthropist.",
"\"Steve made our world a better place,\" Cook said at the Apple memorial for Jobs.",
"\"He left his fingerprints all over society, all over the world.",
"He also leaves behind a company that only he could have built and a spirit that will be the foundation for this company forever.\"",
"Cook has instilled confidence in investors during his brief stints as CEO.",
"In the last 100 days, Apple stock has gone up 4.3%.",
"Now, he will need to continue to build on Jobs' steady foundation."
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"Cook took over for Steve Jobs on August 24, 2011 .",
"Analysts say Cook has passed his first tests as Apple's leader ."
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"(CNN) -- A Serbian tennis player has been banned for life and fined $100,000 after being found guilty of match-fixing offenses.",
"David Savic has been punished for three violations of the 2010 Uniform Tennis Anti-Corruption Program in October 2010, it was revealed on Saturday.",
"A Tennis Integrity Unit investigation found that the 26-year-old tried to contrive the outcome of an event, sought to persuade another player to not try to win and also offered money \"with the intention of negatively influencing a player's best efforts in any event.\"",
"Savic is currently ranked 659th in singles, with a highest standing of 363 in October 2009.",
"He is a compatriot of world No.",
"1 Novak Djokovic, who helped Serbia win the Davis Cup last year before winning three grand slam titles in 2011.",
"Savic is the second man to be banned for life over match-fixing, following Austria's Daniel Kollerer in May.",
"The Tennis Integrity Unit is run by the International Tennis Federation, the Grand Slam Committee and the men's ATP and women's WTA tours.",
"Meanwhile, world No.",
"4 Andy Murray will face Donald Young in Sunday's Thailand Open final after the American upset second seed Gael Monfils.",
"Young, ranked 55th, triumphed 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-5) against the Frenchman in Saturday's semis to reach his first top-level title match.",
"He has already beaten Murray once this year, at Indian Wells, but lost to the Briton in the fourth round of the U.S. Open.",
"Young will break into the men's top-50 next week, having started August in 128th place.",
"The defeat dented 14th-ranked Monfils' hopes of reaching the season-ending ATP World Tour finals in London.",
"Murray, who was runner-up in Bangkok in his first ATP final six years ago, is seeking his third title this year after winning 6-2 3-6 6-2 against another Frenchman, Gilles Simon.",
"Agnieszka Radwanska boosted her hopes of qualifying for the season-ending WTA Championships in Turkey by winning the Tokyo Open title on Saturday.",
"The Polish ninth seed defeated world No.",
"4 Vera Zvonareva for the third time this year, with the 22-year-old winning 6-3 6-2 to claim her sixth title.",
"Zvonareva has already qualified for Istanbul, and is joined by Tokyo semifinalists Victoria Azarenka and Petra Kvitova, the 2011 Wimbledon champion.",
"\"Before this tournament my chances of qualifying for the Championships were very small, but now they'll be better,\" Radwanska said.",
"The China Open has also begun, with Italian seventh seed Francesca Schiavone and Russia's No.",
"16 Svetlana Kuznetsova winning first-round matches in Beijing on Saturday.",
"Ninth seed Andrea Petkovic of Germany also went through, but Serbian 10th seed Jelena Jankovic was beaten 7-5 6-4 by Austria's Tamira Paszek."
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"The 26-year-old was found guilty of three corruption charges .",
"World No.",
"4 Andy Murray will face Donald Young in Sunday's Thailand Open final .",
"Agnieszka Radwanska wins the Tokyo Open final, beating Vera Zvonareva ."
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"(CNN) -- The Web fallout continued Friday over news that a hidden app could be tracking smartphone users' activity.",
"Many bloggers and smartphone customers fretted about the privacy issues raised by Carrier IQ, an information-mining app secretly installed on many phones.",
"But at the same time, other tech observers were beginning to say that some of those concerns may have been over the top.",
"First, a recap: On Monday, researcher and developer Trevor Eckhart posted a 17-minute YouTube video apparently showing how the software -- designed as a diagnostic tool to find and help fix mobile network problems -- runs on his smartphone and logs every keystroke, every text and the full URL of every website he visits.",
"News of the app's existence on millions of phones had bounced around on tech blogs for a while.",
"But attention skyrocketed this week when Eckhart posted his video.",
"By Thursday, it had turned into a rapidly developing story in which new information seemed to surface hourly.",
"Mobile carriers and smartphone makers rushed to dispute claims made by Eckhart and others who said they confirmed his findings, explain their use of the app or announce that they once used it but plan to get rid of it.",
"And Friday morning, the controversy made its way into the courts.",
"A lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against Carrier IQ, and phone makers Samsung and HTC, claiming that the app violates customer privacy.",
"\"Given our dependence on smartphones, we rely on the assumption that our personal information is protected from third parties,\" attorney Steve W. Berman said in a written statement.",
"\"Yet, it appears that Carrier IQ has violated this trust.\"",
"Berman's firm is representing several customers and is seeking to turn the complaint into a class-action lawsuit.",
"The potential ramifications obviously had other privacy-minded folks concerned as well.",
"\"A couple of things seem pretty clear,\" Jay Stanley, a senior privacy and technology analyst with the American Civil Liberties Union, said Friday.",
"\"We don't know what the company was storing or accessing or what their clients were storing or accessing, but they seem to at least have the capability to store and access a lot of very personal information.\"",
"Many mobile customers seemed to focus their concerns on the fact that the software runs without their knowledge and appears difficult, if not impossible, to uninstall.",
"For example, on Sprint's community forums, several topics had been created to discuss the issue.",
"And customers weren't happy.",
"\"There's no excuse to knowingly and willingly want to have that kind of invasive software, that potentially puts customers sensitive information at risk, on the phone,\" one customer wrote.",
"\"This software may violate multiple privacy laws, and that alone ought to void our contracts.\"",
"Sprint said it uses the app to root out network problems but can't see user activity.",
"Other wireless carriers and smartphone manufacturers also responded.",
"Verizon said it doesn't use the app, and Apple said it has stopped supporting it and plans to eliminate it altogether.",
"By Thursday morning, some on the Web were trying to put the brakes on the fears, though.",
"\"Okay, folks, before we complete this public lynching, is there any evidence that Carrier IQ actually transmitted inappropriate data?\"",
"tweeted Declan McCullagh, a correspondent for tech site CNET.",
"In a message posted to Pastebin, Dan Rosenberg, an analyst with Virtual Security Research, wrote that some of the fears about Carrier IQ have been overblown.",
"\"After reverse engineering CarrierIQ myself, I have seen no evidence that they are collecting anything more than what they've publicly claimed: anonymized metrics data,\" he wrote.",
"\"There's a big difference between 'look, it does something when I press a key' and 'it's sending all my keystrokes to the carrier!'.'\"",
"\"In my opinion, the media has made it more malicious than it really is and I am not concerned about my phone usage at all,\" wrote Matthew Miller, a columnist with tech site ZDNet.",
"\"It sounds to me like the software is designed to BENEFIT consumers and is not being used to track and target you.\"",
"But the ACLU's Stanley remains concerned.",
"He cited promotional material on Carrier IQ's own website that notes its ability to track users' activities.",
"\"If you look at their website, we don't know what their clients were buying, but we do know what they were selling,\" he said.",
"\"What they're saying to the media doesn't seem to comport to what they tout on their own website.\"",
"Carrier IQ says the core purpose of its tool is to uncover broad trends across a network.",
"Its software can help carriers find out where calls are dropping and why, and zero in on device glitches.",
"For at least some of those who remain concerned (and there are no doubt many), there may be some hope of at least finding out if the app is running on their phones.",
"A new app in the Android Market, Voodoo Carrier IQ detector, is designed to help you simply find the kit on your phone if it exists.",
"It's only a day old and not perfect, developers say, but will continue to be tweaked."
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"Researchers say the app can track keystrokes, Web surfing and other user behavior .",
"Some analysts say concerns about the app are overblown ."
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"(CNN) -- A Pennsylvania prison guard accused of sexually and physically abusing more than 20 inmates has been arrested, according to the Allegheny County District Attorney's office.",
"Harry Nicoletti, 59, was arrested Tuesday evening in Pittsburgh, and faces 92 counts of institutional sexual assault, official oppression, terroristic threats and simple assault.",
"According to the criminal complaint, Nicoletti is accused of targeting male inmates convicted of sex crimes, particularly those convicted of crimes against children.",
"The 34-page report details what authorities describe as a pattern of verbal, physical, and sexual abuse directed at the inmates.",
"Nicoletti allegedly raped, slapped, bribed and exposed himself to inmates in the State Criminal Institution at Pittsburgh's \"F Block.\"",
"One inmate said that he assaulted 15 other inmates under Nicoletti's orders and was rewarded for doing so.",
"He did not elaborate. Nicoletti told CNN affiliate KDKA that the allegations are false.",
"CNN was unable to reach Nicoletti independently, and it could not be determined whether he has an attorney.",
"His preliminary hearing is scheduled for October 7."
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"(CNN) -- In the early morning hours Saturday, surviving remnants of a NASA satellite re-entered Earth's atmosphere over a remote stretch of the southern Pacific Ocean, the U.S. space agency said Tuesday.",
"Nick Johnson, NASA's chief scientist for orbital debris, said on the agency's website that the re-entry point was in the general vicinity of Christmas Island, south of Indonesia.",
"\"It's unlikely that anyone actually observed the re-entry,\" Johnson said, adding that NASA has yet to receive any reports of a sighting from airplanes, ships or island inhabitants in the region.",
"A NASA statement on the website, labeled the final status report on the falling satellite, said it entered the atmosphere at 0400 GMT Saturday, midnight on the U.S. East Coast, over \"a broad, remote ocean area in the Southern Hemisphere.\"",
"The exact coordinates cited by NASA were 14.1 degrees south latitude and 189.8 degrees east longitude (170.2 west longitude).",
"According to the statement, debris would have landed 300 to 800 miles northeast of the re-entry point.",
"The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite was launched in 1991 on a space shuttle mission and ceased its scientific life in 2005, the NASA statement said.",
"It broke into pieces during re-entry, NASA said, with 26 chunks weighing a total of 1,200 pounds considered likely to reach the Earth's surface.",
"According to NASA, space debris the size of the satellite's components re-enters the atmosphere about once a year."
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"The satellite debris entered the atmosphere between Australia and Africa .",
"About 26 pieces, some weighing hundreds of pounds, were expected to survive re-entry ."
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"(CNN) -- Saudi King Abdullah has revoked a flogging sentence for a woman who allegedly flouted the conservative kingdom's strict rules that prohibit women from driving a car, two sources with knowledge of the case said Wednesday.",
"Amnesty International said a Saudi woman was sentenced to 10 lashes for getting behind the wheel, and had urged the dismantling of the \"whole system of women's subordination.\"",
"Authorities are not expected to release an official statement, but the woman will not be sentenced, according to a source close to the Royal Court.",
"A source connected to the country's Interior Ministry also confirmed the revocation.",
"The move comes just as the country's ruling elite promised greater political participation for women in the Islamic nation.",
"On Sunday, King Abdullah announced two changes for women that would be historic for Saudi Arabia.",
"He said women will be allowed to serve as members of the Shura Council, the appointed consultative council that advises the king.",
"He also said women will be allowed to run as candidates and nominate candidates in the next set of municipal elections.",
"It is unknown when those may ultimately take place.",
"Amnesty said a court in Jeddah handed down the sentence Tuesday.",
"Two other women are believed to be facing charges for driving, one in Jeddah and one in al-Khobar.",
"The Women2Drive campaign said the woman who was sentenced to 10 lashes has appealed the sentence.",
"She said she did not want to be identified or speak publicly about her case for her own safety.",
"Women2Drive also said police pulled over women's rights activist Madeah Alajroush for driving in Riyadh on Tuesday.",
"She was taken to police headquarters for questioning and released after she signed a pledge not to drive and called for a taxi home, a statement from Women2Drive said.",
"The Women2Drive campaign on Facebook and Twitter encouraged women to drive as part of their normal daily activities rather than converge in one place."
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"(CNN) -- Despite current world player of year Lionel Messi's recent declaration that he wants to finish his career in his native Argentina, there are very real concerns about the current well-being of football in the soccer-mad South American nation.",
"Messi may be the best player on the planet, but problems both on and off the pitch -- including Argentina's humiliating 4-0 defeat at the hands of Germany in the 2010 World Cup finals -- have put immense pressure on the national team to perform well in the Copa America tournament they currently host.",
"There is no doubt that the tournament is being staged on the back of a traumatic few months for Argentine football.",
"Serious crowd disorder, chronic financial problems, the continued drain of top talent to rich European clubs and the shock relegation of the mighty River Plate have all combined to leave many fans with furrowed brows.",
"Add to this the apparent strength of traditional rivals Brazil, who have just won the Copa Libertadores -- the biggest club prize in South American football -- with Santos, and whose teams are managing to keep hold of their better players due to an improved national economy, and it is clear to see why many are questioning the health of the sport.",
"River Plate's fate is a warning to Latin American giants .",
"So far, the omens are not looking good.",
"A late goal from Sergio Aguero rescued a point for Argentina in their opening group match against Bolivia.",
"And things got even worse for the hosts in their second group game when they were booed off after a dreadful 0-0 draw against Colombia.",
"Next Monday's final match against Costa Rica is now a must-win affair, with the very real possibility that Argentina might crash out of the tournament at the first hurdle.",
"CNN's Buenos Aires correspondent Brian Byrnes summed up the mood that pervades many of the passionate followers of football in the nation.",
"\"Argentina have some of the best players in the world and for some reason the team is not producing what it is capable of,\" said Byrnes.",
"\"World-class players like Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid) and Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid) cannot even get in the side, while other nations would be proud to have players like that in their team, let alone on the bench.",
"\"You only had to look at Lionel Messi's face after Wednesday's match.",
"The team cannot get the best out of the world's top player and things are so bad that radio phone-ins and web sites are calling for the return of (former national coach) Diego Maradona, who was castigated after last year's World Cup failure.\"",
"Argentine football legend Osvaldo Ardiles also conceded that the national team have got problems at the moment.",
"Ardiles, a key member of the Argentina side that won the World Cup for the first time on home soil in 1978, told CNN: \"We have drawn our first two games in the tournament and, to be honest, we were so bad that they could easily have been two defeats.",
"Argentina booed off after goalless draw .",
"\"Argentina are favorites for this tournament, and for them to miss out on reaching the knockout rounds would be unthinkable -- but Brazil also had a bad start (0-0 against Venezuela) so I don't agree that it is all doom and gloom yet.",
"\"I also don't think Brazilian football is better than us at the moment.",
"Both countries went out in the same stage of the World Cup finals, and although Santos won the Copa Libertadores, Argentina won it with Estudiantes in 2009 and Boca Juniors in 2007.\"",
"Ardiles continued: \"I do believe the future of Brazilian football is in a better state than ours.",
"The Brazilian economy is strong and they are able to bring back some of their better players from Europe.",
"I think that will really have an effect on the national team in four or five years time.\"",
"The tournament comes just a week after the dramatic demise of River Plate.",
"The most famous football club in Argentina, and arguably the whole of the continent, are known as Los Millonarios (The Millionaires) for good reason.",
"A roll-call of honor that has seen the club lift the Primera Division title a record 33 times, as well as two Copa Libertadores crowns and an Intercontinental Cup, proved a distant memory as a steady financial decline, coupled with poor results over the past three years, ultimately proved River Plate's undoing.",
"Their demotion has sent shock waves throughout the country, resulting in a feeling of \"mourning,\" even for non-River Plate fans.",
"Riots compound River Plate's relegation misery .",
"However, Ardiles believes the fate of River Plate, and the current failings of the Argentine national team are not linked, and they should be viewed in completely different lights.",
"\"It's a tragedy for River Plate's fans that the club were relegated, but I actually think it shows Argentine football is in a healthy state,\" he told CNN.",
"\"Beforehand, people were saying that River Plate would never be allowed to be relegated, that somehow the football authorities would prevent it -- well, that did not happen.",
"\"It is good that smaller clubs can beat the bigger clubs, it is healthy for football and shows a high standard.",
"Football thrives on shocks and surprises, and there is something magical about that.\"",
"Byrnes followed the River Plate story closely and was present when the team were finally relegated.",
"\"The River Plate relegation saga captivated the nation, not just football fans, and was front page news for weeks leading up to their decisive playoff match.",
"\"The public as a whole viewed what happened at River Plate, the financial mismanagement of a great team, as symptomatic of what they perceive happens in Argentine politics and society as a whole -- hence the disbelief at their relegation.\"",
"Argentine soccer hooligans offered World Cup holiday .",
"Byrnes continued: \"There is a very real social story to this.",
"River were 'The Millionaires' not only for the wealth of the side but also for their fans -- who traditionally came from the upper-class north of Buenos Aires.",
"\"That is why their demotion has been such a major story, it shows what can happen if there is mismanagement involved.\"",
"If the shock of River Plate's relegation was bad enough, the subsequent crowd disturbances that followed their demise were then graphically viewed around the world.",
"\"Crowd trouble is endemic in Argentine football,\" added Byrnes.",
"\"The police and football authorities seem unable to contain it, but what happened in the stadium that day was the worse I have ever seen.",
"\"I was reporting live for CNN News, not sport, which gives you an indication how big the story was and, after the game, the supporters took their anger out on everybody, including the media.",
"People in Argentina were embarrassed by those images going around the world.\"",
"With those images of crowd disturbances fresh in the memory, the Argentine national team are under real pressure to get a victory against Costa Rica on Monday.",
"Anything but a win would see a great football nation suffer the ultimate ignominy on home soil."
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"Argentina are currently hosting the Copa America tournament .",
"The pressure is on the hosts to perform well in front of their home fans .",
"The tournament follows on from the shock relegation of top club River Plate ."
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"(CNN) -- Italian champions AC Milan climbed to the top of Serie A for the first time this season on Friday with a 2-0 win over 10-man Genoa that was delayed for 10 minutes due to supporters fighting outside the stadium.",
"The game was only 15 minutes old when tear gas started flowing into Genoa's Stadio Luigi Ferraris as police tried to control clashes between the clubs' supporters.",
"The mid-table home side held out for almost an hour against a Milan team unbeaten in seven previous games -- six of them victories -- but the match turned when Kakha Kaladze was sent off against his former club.",
"The Georgia international defender was booked for the second time after bringing down Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and the Sweden striker netted the resulting penalty for his eighth goal in 10 league games.",
"\"In the first half we had three chances that we could have scored from and that would have opened up the game,\" Ibrahimovic told reporters.",
"\"We're playing well, we've got a lot of confidence, also away from home.",
"We're getting a lot of possession and scoring goals.",
"Brazil forward Robinho was guilty of a shocking miss but Antonio Nocerino eventually doubled the lead with 10 minutes to play, scoring his fifth goal this season after being set up by fellow midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng.",
"The victory put Massimiliano Allegri a point above Juventus -- who host second-bottom Cesena on Sunday -- with eight wins and three draws from 13 matches.",
"Third-placed Udinese could join Milan on 27 points with victory away to the Rossoneri's city rivals Internazionale on Saturday.",
"Meanwhile, Bayer Leverkusen moved up to sixth place in Germany's Bundesliga with a 2-0 win at home to Hoffenheim on Friday.",
"In-form Swiss striker Eren Derdiyok headed his sixth goal this season in the 10th minute, while Sidney Sam lobbed goalkeeper Tom Starke with 11 minutes to play to keep Leverkusen unbeaten in five matches in all competitions -- and 10th-placed Hoffenheim winless in as many matches.",
"Leverkusen now trail Borussia Dortmund and Monchengladbach by four points ahead of the league leaders' clash on Saturday.",
"If that match ends in a draw, third-placed Bayern Munich can return to the top with a draw or better at home to Werder Bremen."
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"AC Milan beat 10-man Genoa 2-0 to go one point clear in Serie A table .",
"Match was delayed by tear gas fired by police trying to stop fans fighting .",
"Zlatan Ibrahimovic opened scoring with penalty after Kakha Kaladze was sent off .",
"Bayer Leverkusen move up to sixth place in Germany with 2-0 win over Hoffenheim ."
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"(CNN) -- Zambia's incumbent president bowed out with \"grace and honor\" Friday after election results showed his main challenger had won, his party said in a statement.",
"\"The people of Zambia have spoken and we must listen,\" outgoing President Rupiah Banda said on the website of his Movement for Multiparty Democracy.",
"\"The time now is for maturity, for composure and for compassion.\"",
"Zambians voted Tuesday in the presidential election.",
"The incoming president, Michael Sata, will be sworn in Friday, party officials said.",
"Sata is the leader of the opposition Patriotic Front and a major critic of China's investment in the nation.",
"Ten candidates took part in the presidential race .",
"Zambia has remained relatively peaceful amid unrest in neighboring Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of the Congo."
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"10 candidates take part in the presidential race .",
"Winner Michael Sata is a major critic of Chinese investment in the nation ."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- Terminally ill singer Etta James was released Thursday from a Southern California hospital, her manager said.",
"\"She is home with her husband and family by her side,\" said Lupe De Leon.",
"\"Her condition remains stable.\"",
"James, 73, was hospitalized two weeks, battling the final stages of terminal leukemia and suffering from dementia.",
"The \"At Last\" singer spent New Year's Eve watching the ball drop with her sons, Donto and Sametto James, in her hospital room, said Donto James, who played drums in his mother's Roots band for 15 years.",
"Paul Wright, a lawyer who represents the sons in their dispute with Etta James' husband over who makes decisions for her, said Sunday that the singer is \"nearing the end of her time, but she's a tough lady.\"",
"The judge overseeing James' conservatorship approved an agreement last month in which husband Artis Mills is the conservator, but he must equally share \"end of life\" decisions with the sons, Wright said.",
"Mills is also limited in how much of her estate he can spend and he cannot \"encumber her music catalog,\" Wright said.",
"CNN's Carolyn Sung contributed to this report."
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"The \"At Last\" singer is battling the final stages of terminal leukemia .",
"James, 73, rang in New Year's Eve with her sons in her hospital room .",
"She is \"nearing the end of her time, but she's a tough lady,\" attorney Paul Wright says ."
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"(CNN) -- About 80 people were arrested on the eighth day of protests in New York on Saturday, the greatest number since demonstrations started near Wall Street.",
"Earlier arrests in the week totaled about 20 on previous days for similar charges, according to New York City Deputy Commissioner Paul J. Browne.",
"The latest arrests include disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration and assaulting a police officer, according to Browne.",
"The protests started September 17 in lower Manhattan and are aimed at drawing attention to the role powerful financial interests played in America's spiraling economy.",
"\"We've got a whole bunch of people sitting in Washington that can't figure it out,\" said organizer Bill Csapo.",
"The mission is for \" 20,000 people to flood into lower Manhattan, set up beds, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months,\" the official \"Occupy Wall Street\" website read.",
"By Saturday, the site had a series of updates on arrests, including the exact location of a police van holding arrestees.",
"One was described as having a \"very bad concussion, possibly life threatening\" and urged participants to demand medicare care for those affected.",
"\"It's just letting people know that it's going on,\" Csapo said on the website.",
"\"We need to call the police and tell them to let these people go.\"",
"CNN called police officials, but they declined to comment further on the extent of injuries or specific use of force.",
"But descriptions by the website and some protesters present affirm the use of mace and Tasers.",
"One midtown resident, Ryan Alley, claims he wasn't aware of the protests until he found himself among them.",
"He said he was penned in by police while standing near a group of protesters, pushed against a wall and nearly arrested.",
"\"They turned our backs, put us against the wall,\" Alley said.",
"\"They're being very aggressive ... half the people here have no idea what's going on ...",
"I'm actually very ashamed to be a New Yorker.\"",
"One woman with bloody lips stood with her hands zip-tied behind her back.",
"\"I wasn't doing anything and I was punched!\"",
"she called out to spectators.",
"Csapo says the organization is worried about NYPD activity after nightfall.",
"Despite the concerns, the \"resistance continues,\" the group says.",
"\"We're occupying that square.",
"We're not going anywhere,\" Csapo said about their new Liberty Plaza location near the former World Trade Center."
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"The latest arrests include disorderly conduct and resisting arrest .",
"The protests started September 17 in lower Manhattan .",
"They are aimed at drawing attention to the role of financial interests in the spiraling economy ."
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"(CNN) -- Team Lotus reserve driver Karun Chandhok has told CNN it would be \"magic\" to be on the grid when Formula One makes its debut in his home country of India next month.",
"Chandhok, 27, joined the CNN-sponsored team at the start of the 2011 season, and is currently behind first-choice drivers Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli in the pecking order.",
"But Lotus team principal Tony Fernandes raised hopes of the former HRT driver taking part in the inaugural Delhi race when he said he would like to see Chandhok take to the track on October 30.",
"\"I'd like him to. It's up to the team to see [whether he will],\" AirAsia chief Fernandes told Reuters.",
"Veteran Trulli signs new deal at Lotus .",
"On the issue of which racer would make way for Chandhok, Fernandes, who recently purchased English soccer team Queens Park Rangers, suggested Trulli would be the one to face the axe.",
"\"Yes, I think Heikki [Kovalainen] is our number one driver, although Jarno's outqualified him [at the Italian Grand Prix].\"",
"In response to Fernandes' admission, Chandhok said: \"It's obviously very nice to hear.",
"He's the man who can make it happen.",
"I've just got to wait and see what he decides.",
"\"As a racing driver, the most emotional race is certainly your home grand prix.",
"If I do get the opportunity to do it, it'll be fantastic, but as this moment it's a question only Tony can answer.",
"\"To be an Indian driver on the grid for the first Indian Grand Prix would be magic.",
"I've been very involved in the circuit; I've been visiting the site every month.",
"To have the opportunity to drive would sort of complete that circle.\"",
"Chandhok was given a drive ahead of the veteran Italian Trulli, who extended his contract with Lotus last weekend, for the German Grand Prix in July, where he finished in last place.",
"While Chandhok admitted dropping a driver can create a difficult situation for the team, he insisted his relationship with Trulli has been unaffected.",
"\"It's not ideal, there's no doubt about that ...",
"I experienced it last year [at HRT], my drive was given to Sakon Yamamoto in the second half of the season.",
"It's tough. \"When they put me in the car in Germany ... it's a very difficult situation.",
"It can be awkward. But I have to say Jarno was fantastic.",
"He offered his advice and support all through the weekend.",
"I have to say hats off to him, he was a model professional.\"",
"On his own future, Chandhok, who made his Formula One debut at the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix, made no secret of his desire to earn a full-time seat with Lotus.",
"But he said any decision on his future with the team would be made by Fernandes.",
"\"I need to sit and figure things out with Tony and where we are and where we see the future.",
"I'd like to stay with Tony, with Lotus, and in the future race for them full-time.",
"That's my ambition. \"I'd love to race with these guys and Tony's got a fantastic vision of trying to build an Asian team and I'd love to be a part of that programme.\""
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"Karun Chandhok has said it would be 'magic' to race in first Indian Grand Prix .",
"Chandhok is currently a reserve driver for CNN-sponsored Team Lotus .",
"The 27-year-old has made just one grand prix appearance so far this season ."
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"Philadelphia (CNN) -- The pilot of a tugboat towing a barge that crashed into a sightseeing \"duck boat\" -- killing two tourists -- intends to plead guilty to a charge stemming from the July 2010 accident, federal prosecutors said Thursday .",
"Matthew R. Devlin, 35, of Catskill, New York, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of misconduct of a ship operator causing death, according to a statement from the office of the U.S. attorney for eastern Pennsylvania.",
"He also will surrender his ship¹s mate license, the statement said.",
"Devlin could be sentenced to up to 46 months in prison, the statement said.",
"No sentencing date was given.",
"The plea agreement closes the case, the statement said.",
"Two tourists from Hungary -- one 16 years old, the other 20 -- died when a 250-foot sludge barge towed by the tugboat overran a disabled 33-foot \"Ride the Ducks\" tour boat on the Delaware River, plunging the amphibious vessel and its 35 passengers and two crew members underwater.",
"According to National Transportation Safety Board findings, tugboat pilot Devlin made and received 21 cell phone calls in addition to surfing the web using a company laptop during his more than two hours at the wheel.",
"The NTSB released its final report on June 21.",
"The incident was \"another tragic example of the deadliness of distraction,\" Deborah Hersman, chairwoman of the NTSB, said after the final report showed several people involved were on the cell phones or computers.",
"After the accident, Devlin initially told his superiors and the Coast Guard that he was dealing with a serious family medical emergency involving his 6-year-old son.",
"The sightseeing duck boat was anchored in the shipping channel after being shut down because the boat's operator saw smoke and feared an on-board fire.",
"Lawyers who represented the families of the two victims released a statement Thursday saying the families \"are gratified that Federal prosecutors have acted to hold one of the responsible parties accountable in this tragedy that should have been avoided.\"",
"The statement from attorneys Robert J. Mongeluzzi, Andrew Duffy, Peter Ronai and Holly Ostrov Ronai added that the families \"expect the corporations who were involved to acknowledge their roles and act accordingly.\"",
"The statement did not elaborate."
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"Two tourists from Hungary died in the July 2010 accident .",
"The pilot of a tugboat involved has agreed to plead guilty to a charge, prosecutors say .",
"A barge being towed by the tugboat hit a sightseeing \"duck boat\"\nThe NTSB cited the pilot's use of his cell phone and computer as \"the deadliness of distraction\""
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"Moscow (CNN) -- President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday he had ceded his presidency bid to the country's powerful Prime Minister Vladimir Putin because the latter is a more popular politician in Russia, who has higher chances to be elected.",
"\"Prime Minister Putin is definitely the most authoritative politician in our country and his rating is somewhat higher (than mine),\" Medvedev said in a taped interview with Russia's national TV networks.",
"Public opinion polls in Russia have invariably indicated that Putin has been ahead of Medvedev in popularity ever since they constructed their ruling tandem almost four years ago.",
"According to the most recent poll, conducted by independent Levada Center, the approval rating of Medvedev stood at 62 per cent in September, compared to Putin's 68 per cent.",
"In his Friday television interview Medvedev said that he and Putin belong to \"the same political force\" and have \"very close positions on all strategic and tactical issues\" and therefore shouldn't compete or quarrel.",
"\"Can we possibly imagine, for instance, (U.S. President) Barack Obama competing with (Secretary of State) Hillary Clinton?\"",
"Medvedev asked.",
"\"Both of them were bidding for the presidential nomination ...",
"Both were from the Democratic Party, and (the party) finally decided which of them should run to gain the best election result.",
"Our decision was the same,\" Medvedev said.",
"\"We want to achieve a political result, to win the elections -- the parliamentary elections in December and the presidential elections in March -- not to be nursing our ambitions,\" Medvedev said.",
"\"Any responsible person's ambition is to serve his country, and I insist on that,\" he said.",
"Commenting on the statements made by some people that the outcome of the Russian presidential elections is \"predetermined\", Medvedev said, \"I consider such statements absolutely irresponsible, deceitful, and even provocative.\"",
"\"The decisions made at the congress are only recommendations to the party to support two people in the elections, no more than that,\" he said.",
"Last Saturday Medvedev called on the ruling United Russia party to endorse Putin for president in 2012.",
"Putin in turn suggested that Medvedev should take over the role of prime minister if the party wins parliamentary elections in December, in what would be a straight swap of their roles.",
"The announcement ended more than two years of speculation about whether Putin or Medvedev, his hand-picked successor, would seek to run for a second term.",
"Putin had stepped down as president in 2008 because the Russian constitution at that time limited the office to two consecutive four-year terms.",
"Under amendments to the constitution that came into force on December 31, 2008, the presidential term was extended to six years.",
"This means that if Putin is elected in March 2012 for six years, he would be eligible to run for another six-year term after that, potentially keeping him in charge until 2024."
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"Medvedev says Putin has a better chance of being elected .",
"He says he and Putin belong to \"the same political force\"\nPutin has suggested Medvedev take over as prime minister ."
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"(CNN) -- The mother of Lisa Irwin, an 11-month old Missouri girl missing for nearly two weeks, said in an interview she was drunk the night the infant disappeared.",
"Deborah Bradley made the admission during an NBC interview, portions of which were aired Monday on \"Today.\"",
"She also said she last saw Lisa at 6:40 p.m. October 3, when she put the girl to bed, not at 10:30 p.m., as initially believed.",
"Lisa was reported missing at 4 a.m. October 4, after Lisa's father, Jeremy Irwin, came home from work to find the door unlocked, lights on and a window that had been tampered with at the family's Kansas City home.",
"Bradley told NBC she is afraid she will be arrested.",
"Police have accused her of killing Lisa, she said, and told her that she failed a lie detector test, with deception indicated when she was asked where Lisa was.",
"\"I was the last one with her,\" a tearful Bradley said in the interview.",
"\"And from judging on how the questioning went, that's kind of a fear that I have.",
"And the main fear with that is, if they arrest me, people are going to stop looking for her.",
"And then I'll never see her again, and I'll never know what happened.\"",
"Asked how much she had been drinking that night, Bradley said, \"enough to be drunk.\"",
"But she rejected the notion that she could have harmed her daughter while under the influence of alcohol.",
"\"No, no, no,\" she told NBC. \"And if I thought there was a chance, I'd say it.",
"No. No. I don't think alcohol changes a person enough to do something like that.\"",
"She said it's \"terrible\" that police may be focusing on her.",
"\"My daughter is missing,\" she said.",
"\"The last thing that I want to have to worry about is something like that.",
"I shouldn't have to put any energy, any time or effort, into anything but finding her.\"",
"Asked whether he had questions about Bradley, Irwin told NBC, \"No.",
"There's no question to be had there. I know who she is. I know the kind of mother she is.\"",
"He said it's possible someone could have entered the house without Bradley hearing, as the couple's bedroom is on the opposite corner of the house from Lisa's room and Bradley sleeps with a fan at high speed.",
"Police have said three cell phones were also missing from the home along with Lisa.",
"On Sunday, Missouri Gov.",
"Jay Nixon ordered the one-day deployment of 25 National Guardsmen to help search for Lisa.",
"Two anonymous benefactors have offered a $100,000 reward for Lisa's safe return, according to Bill Stanton, a private investigator working with the family.",
"Irwin and Bradley told NBC they have refused to let authorities re-interview Lisa's older brothers.",
"\"They said they heard noises (the night Lisa disappeared),\" Bradley said.",
"\"I don't know if that was before we went to sleep or after.\"",
"She said she has not talked to her sons about it because she is reluctant to put them through \"anything else.\"",
"Asked what she would say to someone who might be holding Lisa, Bradley told NBC, \"She needs her family, and we need her.",
"We're losing more sanity as each day progresses.\"",
"Lisa is described as being 30 inches tall with blue eyes and blond hair, according to police.",
"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, police said.",
"At the time of her disappearance, she had a cold with a cough."
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"Deborah Bradley made the admission in an interview with NBC .",
"She says she last saw Lisa four hours earlier than the time initially given .",
"Bradley says police have accused her of killing her daughter ."
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"United Nations (CNN) -- The U.N. Security Council met Monday to consider the Palestinians' bid for full membership in the world body and decided to meet again Wednesday morning, when they will send the matter to the admissions committee, said Security Council President Nawaf Salam of Lebanon.",
"Salam said the decision was made to take the matter to the committee as required by Article 59 of the United Nations' rules of procedure.",
"\"So, we have to wait until Wednesday morning,\" he said outside the Security Council.",
"Though the debate is expected to be largely symbolic in the face of a promised American veto, the permanent observer of the Palestinian Authority to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, held out hope prior to Monday's Security Council meeting that the bid would be accepted.",
"\"We hope that the Security Council will shoulder its responsibility and address this application with a positive attitude, especially since we have 139 countries that have recognized the state of Palestine so far, meaning more than two-thirds majority,\" he said.",
"\"We are ready to govern ourselves.\"",
"Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas made the bid for the United Nations to recognize an independent state of Palestine on Friday, a move Israel says is premature without direct talks that address its longstanding security concerns.",
"Abbas drew applause when the Palestinian leader raised the document at the podium during his speech at the 66th annual session of the General Assembly.",
"The time has come for a \"Palestinian Spring\" to join the Arab Spring in reshaping the Middle East, he said.",
"\"My people desire to exercise their right to enjoy a normal life like the rest of humanity.\"",
"But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, later taking his turn to address the General Assembly, said Palestinians are looking for a \"state without peace,\" ignoring security concerns important to Israel.",
"He said Palestinians are armed not only with their \"hopes and dreams,\" a phrase Abbas had used in his speech, but with \"10,000 missiles, and Grad rockets supplied by Iran, not to mention the river of lethal weapons flowing into Gaza.\"",
"\"Palestinians should first make peace with Israel and then get their state,\" he said, adding that peace must arrive through a two-state solution that recognizes Israel as a Jewish state.",
"If that occurs, Israel \"will be the first\" to recognize Palestinian statehood, the prime minister said.",
"Abbas' move prompted a call from the Middle East \"Quartet\" for new peace talks intended to come up with a breakthrough by the end of next year.",
"Representatives from the United Nations, the United States, Russia and the European Union discussed the request Friday and issued a statement saying the bid is before the U.N. Security Council.",
"The group called for a \"preparatory meeting\" to take place within one month to outline how peace might be negotiated.",
"Each side would then be tasked with producing a comprehensive proposal on territory and security issues within three months and \"to have made substantial progress with six months,\" the statement said.",
"Abbas' speech provoked cheers and chants from flag-waving Palestinians who watched the address on a big-screen television in a square in Ramallah, the West Bank.",
"His speech was closely watched across the Middle East.",
"The hundreds who gathered in Ramallah greeted the news that he had formally filed the request with cheers, song and dance.",
"Demonstrations took place Friday in New York and in cities across the Middle East as demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and chanted slogans in shows of solidarity.",
"On Friday, a Palestinian was killed and 17 were wounded in clashes with Israeli settlers and Israeli forces in the village of Qusra, Palestinian officials reported.",
"The Israel Defense Forces said they had gone to the village after receiving a report that settlers and Palestinians were hurling stones at each other; when they arrived, about 300 Palestinians began attacking the IDF soldiers, who responded with riot-control methods and live fire.",
"The IDF said it was investigating the incident.",
"Also Friday, an Israeli man and his year-old son were killed when their car drove off the road near the settlement of Kiryat Arba.",
"The Israeli police and IDF initially treated the incident as a routine road accident, but an examination of the body has led them to reassess that view.",
"\"We confirmed he had been injured as a result of being struck in the head, which probably caused him to lose control of the car; this indicates to us the strong possibility that he was struck by Palestinian stone throwers in an act of terrorism,\" police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.",
"The Palestinian Authority's Ministry of State, which records violent acts by settlers against Palestinians, said the number of violent incidents rose between September 18 and24.",
"The ministry cited an incident in Qusra, where olive trees were set afire and stones thrown at cars carrying Palestinians.",
"U.S. President Barack Obama has said he supports Palestinian statehood but reiterated a longstanding U.S. position that Israel must be part of the discussions.",
"While a U.S. veto would block the bid for full U.N. membership, the General Assembly could still vote to upgrade the status of Palestinians, who currently hold the status of non-voting observer \"entity.\"",
"The body could change that status to permanent observer \"state,\" identical to the Vatican's standing at the United Nations.",
"Hamas, the dominant of two Palestinian political groups, has maintained that neither a U.N. application nor direct negotiations with Israel would provide the Palestinian people \"with what they're looking for.\"",
"\"Abbas' emotional speech succeeded in moving people's feelings, but his description of Palestinian suffering is different from reality,\" said Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri.",
"Hamas controls Gaza, while Abbas' Fatah organization holds the West Bank.",
"CNN's Kevin Flower, Richard Roth, Joe Vaccarello and Fionnuala Sweeney contributed to this report."
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"Israel says negotiations are the only way forward ."
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"(CNN) -- While snow from a massive winter storm system continued to fall Wednesday night in parts of the Northeast, millions in the Midwest were left to dig themselves out, brave dangerously frigid temperatures and cope with sporadic power outages.",
"An Arctic cold front followed the storm that dumped nearly 2 feet of snow in some locales, complicating cleanup efforts and spurring freeze warnings that spanned much of the nation's midsection.",
"In much of Wisconsin, for instance, wind chill values were expected between 20 and 25 degrees below zero Wednesday night, according to the National Weather Service.",
"Still, Green Bay Packers fans down in north Texas ahead of their team's Super Bowl showdown with the Pittsburgh Steelers only got a relative respite, temperature-wise.",
"In Arlington, Texas, site of Sunday's game, there was a wind chill advisory in effect due to very cold conditions that made the temperature feel between zero and minus-10 degrees, and several inches of snow and ice had a debilitating effect in parts of Dallas, Fort Worth and their surrounding areas.",
"\"It was funny to see a whole city shut down.",
"Everything was closed,\" said Packers' defensive lineman Ryan Pickett.",
"\"In Green Bay, this is just a normal day.\"",
"The problems facing Texas were largely because of icy conditions exacerbated by cold temperatures.",
"Besides slick roads, Gov.",
"Rick Perry said in a statement that the weather put an unprecedented demand on the state's energy grid, leading to power outages Wednesday that were expected to continue into Thursday.",
"Furthermore, 50 power plants were out statewide due to the extreme weather, leading to a 10%-15% reduction in electricity production, said the state's utility commission spokesman Terry Hadley.",
"The commission said in a statement that rotating outages would be limited to 10 to 45 minutes, unless equipment fails due to a power surge during the restoration process.",
"It's all part of the effects of a storm system that blanketed 30 states with a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain over several days, producing record-breaking accumulations in several Midwest locales, making for treacherous travel on snow-choked roadways and forcing airlines to cancel thousands of flights.",
"The huge demand for information caused sporadic outages for the National Weather Service's web servers, which struggled to handle a deluge of 10 million to 20 million hits per hour, officials said.",
"The site normally get 70 million hits per day.",
"The last of the storm was drenching the Northeast late Wednesday, dumping freezing rain and snow in much of southern New England.",
"While the amounts were less there than what some had forecast previously, the cumulative effect of relentless precipitation had a crippling impact in places.",
"In Massachusetts, for instance, a number of roofs collapsed under the weight of rain-soaked snow, including the roof of a large commercial building in the town of Easton, according to fire captain David Beals.",
"Up to 100 employees were evacuated prior to the collapse, he said.",
"No injuries were reported.",
"About 800 miles away, residents of Chicago were recovering from the system, which at times hit the Windy City hard with its combination of strong gusts and blinding precipitation.",
"O'Hare International Airport received a record-breaking 20.2 inches of snow, according to the weather service.",
"Raymond Roscoe, chief of staff for Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, said that many motorists remained stuck in their cars throughout the night, while others abandoned their vehicles.",
"Police, fire department and sanitation crews spent much of the night pulling people out of their cars, he said.",
"Roscoe said there were no reports of injuries.",
"\"There were no cars or people on the street and you couldn't see the buildings nearby because of the thick snow,\" said city resident Sruthi Swaminathan.",
"\"The only thing you could see clearly were the lights from the Chicago theater.\"",
"The good news was that the blizzard warnings for northeastern Illinois, including the Chicago metropolitan area, were called off.",
"Still, even as the snow tapered off, forecasters said wind chills may fall to 20 to 40 degrees below zero late Wednesday.",
"\"The wind on the lake shore is beyond belief,\" said Chicago resident Anni Glissman.",
"\"It almost knocks you over.\"",
"Elsewhere, Illinois State Police carried out a rescue operation in Kankakee County after 20 cars were stranded in the snowstorm, where snowdrifts were measured at about 3 feet, the agency said.",
"The rescued motorists were taken to temporary warming centers in Manteno or Peotone, said state police Sgt.",
"Angie Kinstner.",
"In Wisconsin, the Department of Transportation reported that Interstate 42 and Interstate 94 were impassable south of Milwaukee.",
"The National Guard was making a sweep of the interstates for stranded motorists.",
"On Wednesday night, President Barack Obama approved a request from Oklahoma Gov.",
"Mary Fallin and approved an emergency disaster declaration for all the state's 77 counties, a move that will expedite post-storm assistance, according to a statement from FEMA.",
"Fallin had declared a state of emergency on Monday in advance of the storm, a release from the state's Department of Emergency Management said.",
"A 20-year-old Moore, Oklahoma, woman died after hitting her head while sledding during the storm, the statement said.",
"Many others were injured in Oklahoma -- 77 in falls, four in carbon monoxide poisonings, 13 with cuts, 24 in road accidents, two with frostbite and five in other storm-related injuries, according to the state health department.",
"In addition, the state highway patrol responded to 81 storm-related crashes and 278 calls from motorists seeking help.",
"And nationwide, the storm crippled air travel through much of the Midwest and the Northeast, as major carriers cancelled thousands of flights that stranded tens of thousands of passengers.",
"Airports were set to get back on track Thursday, with Amtrak also announcing that service should return to normal then along the Eastern seaboard.",
"The other glimmer of hope came from the world's most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil.",
"Wednesday morning, from his perch right in the middle of the storm track in central Pennsylvania, Phil didn't see his shadow.",
"According to a tradition dating back 100 years, that means spring will come early this year.",
"CNN's Sean Morris, Mark McKay and Tracey Sabo contributed to this report ."
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"NEW: President Obama declares a federal emergency in Oklahoma, expediting aid .",
"Extreme weather halts energy production at 50 Texas power plants, a spokesman says .",
"Wind chills in Wisconsin may fall to 20 to 25 degrees below zero Wednesday night ."
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"(CNN) -- Last Wednesday, a Twitter fight erupted between technology experts Michael Arrington, founder and former editor of TechCrunch, and Vivek Wadhwa, a technology researcher and writer, after a screening of CNN's documentary, \"The New Promised Land: Silicon Valley.\"",
"Arrington said a few very clear things about his view of the state of diversity in Silicon Valley.",
"Among them: There may be very few African-Americans in Silicon Valley, but despite this Silicon Valley is a pure meritocracy, and one becomes successful because he or she has a \"big brain.\"",
"Vivek disagreed.",
"As an Indian-American entrepreneur, he said he sees significant bias in Silicon Valley, and even recounted a specific instance where he was told, \"You people don't make good CEOs.\"",
"First, let me say, I think Arrington truly believes everything he has said about the tech world being a meritocracy.",
"Lots of people believe it.",
"But not me. I would more properly say that tech markets are a meritocracy.",
"There are very few businesses where an individual in his or her bedroom can create a piece of software that can potentially touch millions of people, and do this without seeking any additional capital.",
"No matter how talented you are, if you want to open a hot new restaurant or a shoe factory, you need lots of money before you start.",
"Not necessarily so with software.",
"Consumers and businesses, for the most part, don't care about the ethnicity of their software or Internet service vendor.",
"Users want solutions.",
"So if an entrepreneur can get a great product completed cheaply, he or she can often compete on a totally even footing with anyone else.",
"Even if the entrepreneur ultimately needs capital, explosive initial success knocks down all known barriers.",
"But the market makers operate in a world that is not particularly evenhanded.",
"The market makers are the folks who help new young companies and entrepreneurs by providing insight, mentoring, capital and relationships.",
"This part of the tech world is driven by all the same biases that exist in the nontech world.",
"And it is much harder for even the most talented African-Americans in the tech world to gain access to influential, insightful, connected mentors, let alone investors.",
"Why is this? For the most part, people want to work with people who are \"like them\" or who fit a pattern that appeals to them.",
"There is an actual term for this among tech investors called \"pattern matching.\"",
"It's the idea that, without objective facts, one can decide whether someone is likely to be successful based on indirect criteria.",
"In other words, when they see a particular pattern of \"personhood,\" they are excited.",
"Watch trailer for CNN documentary \"The New Promised Land: Silicon Valley\" These patterns are discussed openly in the tech industry around issues like age.",
"Since it is only moderately politically incorrect to suggest that younger entrepreneurs are \"better,\" it is done all the time.",
"The best example of this might be Mike Moritz from Sequoia Capital, perhaps the most influential of all venture funds, admitting in a Building 43 interview that they have a strong bias toward very young entrepreneurs.",
"But if you believe that age is the only criteria that venture capitalists use for pattern matching, I wanna smoke some of what you've got.",
"To be clear, I am not saying any venture capitalist says at a partner meeting, \"You know I really like this company's product, but did you notice he's a Negro?\"",
"Never happens.",
"But I firmly believe, based on my 25 years in this industry, that market makers, both investors and the people who help you get ready to approach them, seek out entrepreneurs who appeal to them on some less than objective, visceral level, who feel \"comfortable\" to them.",
"They don't need to actively filter out undesirable profiles.",
"They just focus on what does appeal to them.",
"Soledad O'Brien: Michael Arrington is right (about one thing) They focus on the \"patterns\" they find appealing -- age is arguably a part of many investors' ideal pattern, but so are perhaps unacknowledged criteria like race, gender, cultural affinity, etc.",
"On some level this should not be shocking, as it reflects socialization that all of us must work hard and consciously not to act on.",
"Is this racist/sexist/ageist?",
"Well, in this context, using incendiary labels is only likely to make people more defensive.",
"The bigger question is, is it a problem?",
"Absolutely. It's not just a personal impression.",
"In a recent study, industry analyst CB Insights found that less than 1% of all venture capital money went to digital start-ups with African-American founders in 2010.",
"Is it possible to overcome these barriers?",
"I have. I have developed successful, best-selling, award-winning products and I have raised tens of millions of dollars.",
"But it is only by a sheer persistence and focus that few other people -- white, black, or otherwise -- have.",
"I would never suggest that I am smarter than anyone else, but my Arnold-Schwarzenegger-in-\"Terminator\"-like determination has made my successes possible.",
"Yes, I have definitely had help and support, but compared to some, not so much.",
"In fact, some people get far more support than others.",
"For example, when a top tier venture capitalist writes a $5 million check to a 19-year-old with a barely beyond napkin stage idea, no customers and a fragile technology because they \"present well,\" then clearly something else is at work beyond merit.",
"This exact scenario may not be common, but it does happen.",
"But it does not happen for African-American, or for that matter, Latino or female entrepreneurs.",
"So the bottom line is, if the level of determination that I have was required from everyone, no matter their race, on some kind of moderately equal basis, it would indeed be a level playing field -- a meritocracy.",
"But it's not. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Hank Williams."
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"This started Twitter spat with Indian-American entrepeneur, who says it's not so .",
"Williams: For minorities trying to connect with mentors in tech field, playing field uneven .",
"Williams: Less than 1% of venture capital went to digital startups of blacks in 2010 ."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- A 35-year-old Florida man accused of being a \"hackerazzi\" pleaded not guilty Tuesday in federal court to charges of hacking into celebrities' e-mail accounts.",
"Christopher Chaney of Jacksonville, Florida, is accused of hacking into e-mail accounts and devices belong to more than 50 people, including entertainers Scarlett Johansson, Christina Aguilera, Mila Kunis, Simone Harouche and Renee Olstead, prosecutors said.",
"During Tuesday's arraignment in Los Angeles, the federal judge increased Chaney's bail to $110,000 from $10,000 in the wake of three new accusations of cyberstalking -- including one celebrity victim who wasn't identified and was allegedly cyberstalked after authorities seized Chaney's computer earlier this year.",
"Two other victims, including a 13-year-old, have told authorities that they were cyberstalked before the computer seizure, prosecutors said.",
"Chaney was expected to post bail after his mother indicated she would put up the family home as collateral.",
"If he posts bail, Chaney will be subject to electronic monitoring and can't possess any computers, the judge said.",
"The judge set a December 27 trial date.",
"Chaney allegedly accessed nude photos of some of the celebrities during the hacking, and a recently circulated nude photo of Johansson is part of the federal investigation, prosecutors said.",
"Chaney also allegedly used public sources to mine data about his victims, which included both males and females, all associated with the entertainment industry, authorities said.",
"Authorities allege that once Chaney hacked into a celebrity's e-mail account, he would use the contact lists to find other celebrities' e-mail accounts.",
"This allowed him to add new victims, authorities charge.",
"Johansson told Vanity Fair magazine she is not ashamed of the photo.",
"\"I know my best angles,\" she said in an article published Tuesday.",
"\"They were sent to my husband. ...",
"There's nothing wrong with that.\"",
"Johansson is now divorced from her husband at the time, Ryan Reynolds.",
"Chaney has been indicted on nine counts of computer hacking for gain, eight counts of aggravated identify theft and nine counts of illegal wiretapping, prosecutors said.",
"If convicted of the 26 counts, Chaney would face a maximum of 121 years in federal prison, prosecutors said.",
"The aggravated identity theft charge alone carries a mandatory two-year prison sentence, prosecutors added.",
"Last month, Chaney said he became \"addicted\" to the intrusion and \"didn't know how to stop.\"",
"\"I deeply apologize.",
"I know what I did was probably one of the worst invasions of privacy someone could experience,\" Chaney told CNN affiliate WAWS/WTEV in Jacksonville, Florida, last month.",
"\"And these people don't have privacy to begin with.",
"And I was in that little sliver of privacy they do have,\" he said.",
"In the interview, Chaney said the hacking \"started as curiosity and it turned into just being, you know, addicted to seeing the behind-the-scenes of what's going on with these people you see on the big screen every day.\"",
"\"It just happened and snowballed,\" he said, adding that he wishes it had never begun.",
"Chaney said he felt \"almost relieved months ago\" when authorities seized his computer because \"I didn't know how to stop doing it myself.",
"I wasn't attempting to break into e-mails and get stuff to sell or purposely put it on the Internet.",
"It just -- I don't know.\" Authorities allege that Chaney distributed photos of the celebrities that he obtained illegally and offered them to various celebrity blog sites, but he didn't seek money in exchange.",
"Some of the illegally obtained files, including private photographs, were ultimately posted online \"as a result of Chaney's alleged activities,\" authorities said in a statement.",
"\"I've had like six months to think about it,\" Chaney said, \"It eats at me...",
"When you're doing it you're not thinking about what's going on with who you're doing it to.\"",
"CNN's Carey Bodenheimer contributed to this report."
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"Christopher Chaney, 35, pleads not guilty at arraignment .",
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"(CNN) -- Colombia is preparing to hand over to U.S. officials a Dallas teenager who was mistakenly deported after she ran away from home more than a year ago, the South American country's foreign ministry said in a statement Thursday night.",
"Jakadrien Turner will be turned over to diplomatic officials Friday so she can be transported to the United States, the statement said.",
"But the foreign ministry did not say when -- or how -- that will happen.",
"The U.S. Embassy in Bogota is working with Colombian authorities but cannot provide additional details \"due to privacy considerations,\" said a U.S. State Department official who asked to remain anonymous per department policy.",
"Jakadrien somehow wound up deported to Colombia after U.S. authorities mistook the girl, who lacked identification, for a Colombian national.",
"Family members said Thursday night that they were thrilled at the news that the 15-year-old would be returning home.",
"\"It's a giant step.",
"I'm relieved, but I won't be completely relieved until I get her in my arms again,\" the girl's mother, Johnisa Turner, said.",
"\"A weight has definitely been lifted.\"",
"Grandmother Lorene Turner said U.S. Embassy officials called with the news that her granddaughter would be turned over to U.S. officials.",
"\"When I heard those words I didn't hear nothing else.",
"I flipped out. I can't wait,\" she said. But Jakadrien's family was still demanding to know why immigration authorities deported the teen -- a U.S. citizen with no knowledge of Spanish -- and why they simply took her at her word when she gave them a fake name.",
"The teen's family had been searching for her since she ran away in the fall of 2010.",
"Her grandmother scoured Facebook looking for the girl, viewing Jakadrien's friends' pages for any information.",
"\"There's no words,\" Johnisa Turner told CNN of the ordeal.",
"\"It hasn't been easy at all.\" The Colombian Institute for Family Welfare confirmed Thursday that Turner is in its custody, is pregnant, and entered the country as an adult.",
"The institute said Colombian authorities learned about the case a month ago.",
"After Jakadrien went missing, the family managed to track her to Houston, where she worked at a DJ club under a different name.",
"They tried to get help from authorities there, to no avail.",
"Then, to the family's surprise, they learned their teenage daughter was in Colombia, partying with men and smoking marijuana.",
"They later learned from a detective that Jakadrien was pregnant.",
"How Jakadrien got to Colombia is a mystery to the family.",
"The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency maintains she was arrested in Houston for theft and told them she was an adult from Colombia.",
"The agency says authorities believed her story because she maintained her false identity throughout the process.",
"They handed her over to an immigration judge, who ordered her removed from the country.",
"\"At no time during these criminal proceedings was her identity determined to be false,\" the agency says.",
"It says criminal database searches and biometric verification revealed no information to invalidate Jakadrien's claims.",
"The family's attorney, Ray Jackson, says it doesn't make sense.",
"\"They dropped the ball,\" he said.",
"He says the immigration agency took Jakadrien's fingerprints but failed to match them to the name she gave.",
"The name matched a woman wanted by Interpol, Jackson says, so they \"shipped her on through.\"",
"The agency says it is taking the allegations very seriously and is \"fully and immediately investigating the matter in order to expeditiously determine the facts of the case.\"",
"For months, family members said they frantically searched for signs of the missing teen.",
"Jakadrien had run away once before, two weeks earlier, her mother said, and Jakadrien told her the family didn't give her enough freedom.",
"Her good grades at school had dropped off, something Turner blamed on the normal problems of teenagers.",
"In addition, Jakadrien's grandfather, her mother's father, had recently died.",
"Turner said she contacted Dallas police, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and Dallas transportation authorities.",
"Nothing ever came of it, she said.",
"Grandmother Lorene Turner said she then started following Jakadrien's best friend on Facebook.",
"She eventually tracked her granddaughter to Houston, where she worked at a club under the name Tika Cortez.",
"Johnisa Turner said she saw Jakadrien's face on the marquee on her birthday.",
"\"Oh my god,\" the mother said when she saw it.",
"\"Is this really happening?",
"Is that my child?\" A picture on Cortez's Facebook page further confirmed for the family that the girl with the different name was their daughter.",
"The picture had been taken of Jakadrien with her grandmother.",
"Though her grandmother had been cut out of the picture, her hair still showed on the edge.",
"Her mother said she told Dallas authorities what she had found.",
"Then, Jakadrien's Facebook page suddenly said she was in Colombia.",
"The family later learned she had been arrested in Houston for shoplifting, but they say they had no idea how she wound up in Colombia after the arrest.",
"The family's concerns grew when the detective told them that Jakadrien is pregnant, her mother said.",
"Johnisa Turner said she believes her daughter was coerced along the way, with someone promising her something that led her to maintain a fake story about who she is.",
"Jackson says he believes something more sinister is going on.",
"\"There has to be something behind this 15-year-old girl ending up in Colombia, besides the fact that ICE dropped the ball,\" he said.",
"\"Of all the nicknames ... to pick one that's of Latino descent, for that to be a name that sticks and gets you deported, that doesn't make sense.\"",
"Pictures of Jakadrien in Colombia showed her sitting on men's laps smoking marijuana, her grandmother said.",
"But Jakadrien, she said, seemed to be reaching out for help, listing on Facebook the names of everyone at parties, perhaps so she could be traced.",
"Jackson says he doesn't believe Jakadrien was trying to fake her way out of the country by using the false name throughout the process.",
"\"I don't buy that she had the wherewithal to be able to bamboozle the government,\" Jackson says.",
"\"You know, kids are scared when they get around authorities.",
"... To think that you could bamboozle them to create a new identity, it just doesn't make sense.\"",
"Colombia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thursday that Jakadrien first arrived in Bogota after she was deported on May 23.",
"The ministry said it was investigating what sort of verification its consulate in Texas requested before giving the girl an expedited provisional passport as part of deportation proceedings, and how Jakadrien received work authorization for training at a call center as part of the government's \"Welcome Home\" program.",
"Attorneys with the program made a sworn declaration in front of a notary with \"inexact information\" that allowed her to receive work papers, the foreign ministry said.",
"\"Those lawyers are no longer providing services to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,\" the statement said.",
"The teen was placed in a protection program by the Colombian Institute for Family Welfare on December 1 after officials learned of her situation, the foreign ministry said.",
"Ed Lavandera, Jorge Asdrubal Garcia Romero, Luis Carlos Velez and Nick Valencia contributed to this report for CNN."
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"I can't wait,\" the teen's grandmother says .",
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"She is a U.S. citizen but gave authorities a fake name .",
"Her family had been looking for her since the fall of 2010 ."
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"Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- The central business district of Bangkok dodged severe flooding Saturday afternoon, but surrounding areas of the bustling capital faced further inundation at the next high tide.",
"A dreaded tide on Saturday spurred residents' fears that it would overwhelm defenses along the Chao Phraya River and its many canals.",
"Bangkok's outer suburbs were already submerged, but the central city has been largely spared the misery Thailand has been suffering for months in the nation's worst flooding since 1942.",
"In the east and the north of the city, water was at waist-level in some neighborhoods.",
"But the city -- which sits barely above sea level -- still faces two converging threats.",
"Massive runoff was flowing south to the sea through Bangkok, as high tides pushed the water in the opposite direction.",
"\"The challenge is to manage the huge runoff from the north passing via the city on its way to the Gulf of Thailand,\" a Red Cross bulletin said.",
"Bangkok's Chinatown area -- normally hopping with activity on a Saturday afternoon -- was largely desolate, with few passers-by wading in knee-deep water.",
"Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra ordered work crews Friday to cut channels in roadways to allow faster drainage, according to the MCOT news agency.",
"But the plan was rejected late in the day in favor of dredging canals and using pumps, the Bangkok Post reported.",
"Health concerns were rising with the water.",
"Bangkok residents plodded through murky waters without knowing what lurked within, the risk of infection and communicable disease worrying health officials.",
"The government sent out crocodile hunters after reports of crocodiles and snakes in the filthy floodwater.",
"\"We were hearing disturbing reports of dangerous animals such as snakes and crocodiles appearing in the floodwaters, and every day we see children playing in the water, bathing or wading through it trying to make their way to dry ground,\" said Annie Bodmer-Roy, spokeswoman for the humanitarian agency Save the Children.",
"As floodwater entered homes, some Bangkok residents still in the city made plans to leave.",
"Thanyarat Hemkittiwat said she was going 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 also was flooded.",
"\"The water level is 2 meters (six feet) high and smells very bad,\" she said.",
"The Bangkok Post reported that government buses had evacuated a number of elderly residents from the northern and eastern suburbs, and would pick up residents of the capital on Saturday and take them out of Bangkok.",
"As of Saturday, an estimated 1 million of the city's 12 million residents had left.",
"Another Bangkok resident said she was worried about abandoning her house, which has been flooded for five days, and would not leave.",
"Panic buying has led to a shortage of food and bottled water in the capital, residents said.",
"And the worst might not yet be over.",
"Another high tide -- expected to reach about 4 meters (13 feet) high -- is forecast for Sunday morning.",
"Officials urged tourists to steer clear of Bangkok, while noting that many of the other tourist spots, such as Phuket, remained dry and open for business.",
"Thailand's Ministry of Public Health had transferred 280 of the capital's 520 patients in severe condition to 22 hospitals upcountry, the MCOT news agency reported.",
"The remaining 240 patients will be taken to hospitals in other provinces by Sunday, it said, citing Permanent-Secretary for Health Paichit Varachit.",
"Health Minister Witthaya Buranasiri said that, after months of flooding, 107,101 Thais have been diagnosed with stress, 6,214 with depression and 878 at risk of suicide.",
"In all, 1,356 people were under observation by health officials, the minister said, according to MCOT.",
"The U.S. State Department issued a travel alert on Thursday, 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 floods, caused by monsoon rains that saturated rivers, have killed 373 people nationwide and affected more than 9.5 million people, .",
"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, Kocha Olarn, Ivan Cabrera, Moni Basu, Aliza Kassim and Elizabeth Yuan contributed to this report."
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"Lake Geneva, Wisconsin (CNN) -- For years, Jennifer Cervantes struggled to make ends meet.",
"She worked 30 hours a week at Wal-Mart, but her paycheck -- along with child support and disability payments -- never seemed to cover living expenses for her and her five kids.",
"Despite her best efforts, she kept falling further behind.",
"\"Paying the rent, electric and gas -- it takes everything I have,\" she said.",
"\"I don't like digging up change ... so I can buy the kids' food.",
"I needed help somehow, somewhere.\"",
"Desperate, Cervantes decided to write a letter to Sal Dimiceli, whose newspaper column might be considered a \"Dear Abby\" for the down and out.",
"Within a few weeks, Dimiceli showed up on her doorstep.",
"They talked for a while, and then he offered to pay one month's rent as well as her outstanding gas and electric bills.",
"He also went to the local grocery store and stocked the family's empty refrigerator.",
"\"I was shocked,\" Cervantes said.",
"\"I feel relieved.",
"The kids are getting tired of macaroni cheese and Ramen soup every night.\"",
"It was just another day's work for Dimiceli, a 60-year-old real estate broker whose weekly column in the Lake Geneva Regional News focuses on people in dire straits.",
"Through his column and his nonprofit, The Time Is Now To Help, Dimiceli has provided about 500 people a year with food, rent, utilities and other necessities.",
"\"I'm just addicted to helping,\" he said.",
"\"I don't have time to go to the show or golf.",
"... My fondness in life is helping my fellow Americans.\"",
"Dimiceli gets about 20 to 30 letters a week from people in the Lake Geneva area, and he investigates nearly all of them himself.",
"He'll often visit people's homes to verify their circumstances.",
"If someone appears to have a drug or alcohol problem, he refers them to other programs.",
"And to make sure people are being honest about their situation, he'll open their cupboards to see how much food is in the house.",
"\"I do not want to give a hard-earned dollar to someone who is taking advantage,\" he said.",
"\"But once I verify that their need is genuine, my heart opens right up.\"",
"At that point, Dimiceli springs into action with his unique safety net.",
"He'll start by meeting immediate needs, perhaps providing a hot meal or moving someone without heat into a warm motel room.",
"Within a day or two, he'll take care of other basics, like paying overdue rent or turning on utilities.",
"His rapid response is a point of personal pride.",
"\"There's not any bureaucratic red tape, \" he said.",
"\"I want to help people now.\"",
"Do you know a hero? Nominations are open for 2011 CNN Heroes .",
"But Dimiceli doesn't stop there.",
"He also goes over each recipient's budget and finds ways to stabilize their long-term situation -- maybe negotiating lower rent with their landlords, repairing their car or tapping his network of supporters to help find them a job.",
"\"It's not just a Band-Aid to feed them for that day,\" Dimiceli said.",
"\"We get them back on a track (so) that ... their pride is given back to them.",
"They can catch up.\" It's a level of personalized assistance that's almost hard to believe, but there are countless stories of Dimiceli's good works throughout Wisconsin and Illinois.",
"The vast majority of people he helps are never even mentioned in his column.",
"For nearly a year, Val and Al Hyner had been unemployed, using their savings to pay for a small motel room.",
"With almost no money left, Val pawned her jewelry, including her wedding ring.",
"Dimiceli showed up and helped the couple with gas cards and rent.",
"And when he heard about Val's sacrifice, he dipped into his own pocket and made arrangements to get the ring back.",
"\"Those that are in dire need, they'll sell all their personal belongings to survive,\" he said.",
"\"I want to give them their self-esteem back. ...",
"They need to hang onto parts of their life, and sentimental things are very important.\"",
"Such stories have become commonplace during the hard economic times of the past few years, and Dimiceli has been flooded with requests for help, even as his real estate business has taken a huge hit.",
"He still gives away at least 20% of his income -- he estimates that he has given away a few million dollars of his own money over the years -- but in the last decade he has begun to rely more on donations to his nonprofit, which he started in 1989.",
"He has also built a strong network of supporters to help him, along with his wife and four children.",
"\"The movement has grown,\" he said.",
"\"As fellow Americans, we're all together, helping each other.",
"That's what it's all about.\" Dimiceli is passionate about helping others because he knows what it's like to be poor.",
"Born on the West Side of Chicago to a beautician and a tool-and-die maker, he said his family struggled because of his father's gambling habit.",
"\"We moved like gypsies, being evicted a lot,\" he said.",
"\"I know how it feels to watch your mother cry when the electricity is turned off and you have no food. ...",
"It was hard.\" When Dimiceli was 12, he got a job as a dishwasher so he could help out at home.",
"Grateful, he promised God that if he ever became successful, he'd always help others in need.",
"He has spent nearly all of his adult life making good on that vow.",
"After he first found success as a rock concert promoter in the 1970s, Dimiceli began to give money to various charities.",
"But when he realized that much of their money was spent on overhead, he decided he could do a better job himself and started helping people on his own around the Chicago area.",
"He eventually started his nonprofit, vowing that every penny would go to help others.",
"Dimiceli's philanthropy has gone through various phases.",
"In the 1990s, he took an entire community in Illinois under his wing.",
"But for the last decade or so, he has concentrated most of his work in the Wisconsin area where he now lives.",
"Eight years ago, he was approached by a neighbor who knew about his work and asked him to write a column in the local paper.",
"He agreed do it anonymously, adopting a pen name, W.C., to stand for With Christ.",
"In recent years, he was persuaded to reveal his identity so that people would be encouraged to donate to his foundation.",
"His column has become so popular that it now appears in a number of area papers.",
"Dimiceli says that when he sees a pile of new letters, he gets anxious thinking about all of the people who need his help.",
"He'll often work late into the night doing \"marathons of helping\" that leave him physically and emotionally exhausted.",
"But every morning, he can't wait to start again.",
"\"When people are in need, they often feel alone,\" he said.",
"\"I want them to know someone cares about them.",
"I want to (say): 'Come on, I have a little extra strength I want to share with you.",
"Let's get you back on your feet.'",
"\" Want to get involved?",
"Check out The Time Is Now To Help website at www.timeisnowtohelp.org."
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"For years, Sal Dimiceli has been personally helping people get back on their feet .",
"Many of those people have written to him through his local newspaper column .",
"Dimiceli grew up in poverty and vowed he would do his best to help others in need .",
"Do you know a hero?",
"Nominations are open for 2011 CNN Heroes ."
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"(CNN) -- Endless stretches of beautiful white beaches, crystal clear water and stunning marine life: the west coast of Australia is an adventurer's playground.",
"The often uncharted shores of the island continent offer travelers a unique mix of thrills and indulgence.",
"This week the professional sailing world will turn its attention to West Australia's largest city, Perth, for one of the biggest events on the sport's calendar.",
"The International Sailing Federation World Championships will be held in the coastal city.",
"Twelve hundred athletes from 79 nations will take part in Perth 2011, the principle qualifier for the London 2012 Olympics.",
"While those boats hit the water to battle it out for gold, most people prefer to take a more leisurely approach to one of the most rugged and striking coastlines in the world.",
"\"The great thing about this coast is that the nature is still very much in charge,\" says John Longley, Perth 2011 event director and former America's Cup competitor.",
"Despite the region being littered with protected inlets and charming swimming spots, some areas are not for the faint-hearted.",
"\"It's wild country,\" says Longley.",
"\"But the awards for the adventurous are plentiful.\"",
"Travelers who dare to explore can feel completely isolated from the rest of the world.",
"It's a massive area with very few inhabitants.",
"The state of Western Australia averages less than one person per square kilometer (0.4 square miles).",
"\"You can quite easily find yourself sailing up to a bay and finding no one else around,\" says Lonely Planet writer Peter Dragicevich.",
"The Swan River .",
"The centerpiece of Perth, the Swan River is a perfect place to take in the city.",
"At over one mile wide in parts and with several bays, finding a spot to drop anchor is not hard.",
"Thanks to a thriving mining industry, Western Australia has flourished despite the current economic climate.",
"Perth has been a big benefactor of the boom and the vibrancy of the city is not lost on visitors.",
"\"Good restaurants in Perth are right up there with anywhere in the world,\" says Dragicevich.",
"\"Everywhere people are pretty laidback and very welcoming of travelers.\"",
"Fremantle . Following the river, just south of Perth is Fremantle.",
"This city is Western Australia's maritime home.",
"\"If you're a keen sailing buff, it's a must see,\" says Dragicevich.",
"Located along the water is the striking Western Australian Museum building which has a strong maritime flavor.",
"The museum encompasses the Shipwreck Galleries which claims to be the leading maritime archeology museum in the southern hemisphere.",
"\"WA has a history of shipwrecks and it does make for an interesting visit for the boatie,\" says Dragicevich.",
"Voyage to bottom of the sea for Sir Francis Drake's remains .",
"For travelers exploring the area by boat, Longley says Fremantle is the perfect pit stop for maintenance.",
"\"The Fremantle Sailing Club is very well set up to receive cruising yachts.\"",
"Not too far west of Fremantle is Rottnest Island with plenty of bays to drop anchor in.",
"With no cars allowed and beautiful inland waters, this island is perfect for a relaxing getaway.",
"Margaret River .",
"The Margaret River region in the state's south west is known for its world-class locally grown food and wine.",
"But the area shouldn't be dismissed as one just for the wine lovers.",
"Beautiful national parks border beaches with powdery sand and the world famous surf breaks make it ideal for those handy on a surf board.",
"\"Some of the breaks have got names like 'suicide',\" explains Dragicevich.",
"\"Those ones are not for beginners.\"",
"But right on the doorstep of the Margaret River is Geographe Bay with more family-friendly beaches ideal for swimming.",
"Longley says sailors can find a well-established marina in the small city of Bunbury, located in the bay.",
"Cape Naturaliste to Albany .",
"The west coast of Australia is known as the \"humpback highway\" with tens of thousands of humpback whales passing on their annual migration to and from the Antarctic.",
"There are many opportunities to see marine wildlife in its natural habitat up and down the coast, but one of the best spots to witness it first hand is in the very south-west corner of Australia.",
"However, Longley warns that only the most competent of sailors should tackle this region.",
"\"The western sides of the continent are always the wildest.\"",
"He explains there are few offshore reefs in this region, and while there are good windy conditions for sailing, it's not for the novice.",
"\"Sailing around Cape Naturaliste, you're starting to get into pretty robust country and your skills need to go up a level,\" adds Longley.",
"But if you make it to Albany this is where you're most likely to spot whales.",
"North of Perth and beyond .",
"The West Australian coastline north of Perth seems to stretch forever.",
"Here more than ever sailors can feel completely isolated.",
"North of the main port of Geraldton, Longley believes it's for only the most capable of mariners to explore.",
"\"For those wanting an adventure, it's marvelous,\" he says.",
"Longley adds that more and more superyachts are heading into these waters to discover the area.",
"Even on land, travelers are struck by the remoteness of the region.",
"\"One of the greatest joys of the West Australian coastline is the interaction you can have with the wildlife,\" says Dragicevich.",
"There are opportunities to swim with dolphins right up and down the coast, and snorkeling at Ningaloo Reef is a highlight of the region.",
"Shark attack hot spots identified on West Australian coast .",
"Crocodiles can be found in the very north end of the state and there are sharks off many of the beaches.",
"However Dragicevich says that while authorities are stepping up patrols in popular areas, the number of incidents involving humans are rare.",
"\"It's certainly something to be aware of,\" he advises.",
"\"Ask a local, but don't let it spoil your holiday because the odds are in your favor.\""
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"Perth 2011 is the principle qualifier for the London 2012 Olympic Games .",
"Western Australia averages less than one person per square kilometer .",
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"(Departures.com) -- St. Andrews and the surrounding Kingdom of Fife, on Scotland's east coast, present golfing visitors with such a bountiful harvest of links that there's no single \"correct\" itinerary that best covers the region.",
"Many first-timers head straight for the slate of courses played in the European Tour's Alfred Dunhill Links Championship -- the Old Course, modern classic Kingsbarns (greens fee, $295) and, crossing the nearby Tay Bridge into Angus, Carnoustie Golf Links (greens fee, $215).",
"Perhaps the St. Andrews New Course (greens fee, $110), a tough-as-nails layout with the fastest greens in town, might be thrown in for good measure.",
"These are all top choices, and of course the Old, with its supremely intricate design providing a different playing experience every time out, is an essential.",
"But to make the most of one's time in St. Andrews, one should never simply be a big game hunter.",
"Mixing in some of Fife's less-heralded courses adds quirk, variety, fun -- and likely a few more birdies.",
"IN ST. ANDREWS .",
"It's often overlooked that the St. Andrews Links Trust manages seven courses in and around the town, including the Balgove (greens fee, $20) and Strathtyrum (greens fee, $40) courses, both of which are beginner-friendly, with fewer hazards but the same wonderfully crisp links turf as their big brothers.",
"Those looking for a stronger challenge on a full-sized course in town might try their hand at The Duke's (greens fee, $185), part of plumbing tycoon Herb Kohler's St. Andrews mini-empire.",
"Renovated in 2006 by golf architect Tim Liddy, who also added five new holes, The Duke's is a stylish heathland design that would likely garner more attention were it situated in any other neighborhood.",
"Holes like the seventh, a long dogleg right that begins with a dramatic drive from a hillside tee, and the 13th, a tricky par four with disarming views of St. Andrews, are well worth seeing.",
"But make no mistake, this is not a links.",
"While the turf is reasonably firm, The Duke's can't help but play more like an American course.",
"For that reason, it's probably better to schedule a visit early in the itinerary, before all those little swing adjustments it takes to play links golf set in.",
"Departures.com: Top hotel penthouses .",
"OLD HICKORY .",
"Fife's two newest courses opened the same week in the summer of 2008, and they couldn't be more different.",
"One of them, the Links Trust's Castle Course (greens fee, $190), debuted with the hype of a Jerry Bruckheimer blockbuster -- and similarly mixed reviews.",
"The other, which would not look at all out of place in an episode of Downton Abbey, opened (or, more accurately, reopened) quietly after a 69-year fallow period to become one of the most delightful golf experiences in Scotland.",
"Tucked away in the verdant hills west of St. Andrews, Kingarrock Hickory Golf Course (greens fee, $40 for nine holes and $55 for 18) is a nine-hole, 2,022-yard country estate course that is played exclusively with antiquated equipment.",
"Proprietor David Anderson, always nattily attired in tweeds and plus fours, provides visitors with hickory-shaft clubs and replica golf balls from either 1898 or 1924.",
"These clubs -- for example, a mashie with a perfectly smooth face, a niblick resembling a designer spatula or a driver bearing the signature of a 19th-century Open champion -- are eccentric, to put it mildly, in both looks and performance.",
"Hickory shafts bend far more readily than steel, and once out on the course, golfers quickly find that in order to make clean contact, their swing must take on a languid, half-speed rhythm.",
"This adjustment builds an element of comedy into the proceedings -- even the most skilled players are bound to hit a few laughable shots -- but the beauty of it is that it's impossible to take this version of the game too seriously.",
"It's still Real Golf, just on a smaller scale.",
"After all, a par four of a mere 200 yards becomes plenty challenging when a good drive flies only about 150.",
"The click of the soft ball against the persimmon clubhead reverberates through the player's hands and arms, a reminder of what modern technology, in its eternal quest for greater distance, has taken away from the game.",
"Afterward, Anderson often joins visitors in the pro-shop cottage, where the yarns of the day are spun over ginger beer and homemade shortbread cookies.",
"Kingarrock, in essence, is the kind of place that can change the way one thinks about golf.",
"Departures.com: Perfect vacation villas to rent .",
"THE CLIFF-HANGER .",
"Catapulting back to the 21st century, a modern layout that's worth seeing is the Kittocks Course at the Fairmont St. Andrews (greens fee, $75-$140).",
"The Fairmont property has always operated at a bit of a disadvantage because it's two miles outside of town (the resort runs shuttles back and forth), but it has a legitimate place on the scene.",
"Many golfers gravitate toward the resort's Torrance Course, as it is considered the \"championship\" track (this August it hosted the Scottish Senior Open), but the Kittocks, designed by Bruce Devlin with an assist from a legendary Masters champion, the late Gene Sarazen, is almost as challenging and plays over a more appealing piece of land.",
"Many holes either swoop down toward or run right along the North Sea -- the drivable par-four tenth by the cliff's edge is particularly exciting.",
"Golfers frequently catch stirring glimpses of the St. Andrews skyline and the Grampian Mountains.",
"Although the Kittocks Course is eminently walkable, golf carts are also permitted -- a point worth mentioning in a country where the motorized \"buggy\" is usually taboo.",
"Given that visitors to St. Andrews frequently walk 36 holes or more a day for several days at a stretch, the chance to get off one's feet and still play a quality course should not be underestimated.",
"Departures.com: Luxury safari camps .",
"REAL CHARACTER .",
"Time now for a classic.",
"On the southern coast of Fife, about 20 minutes from St. Andrews, lies the former Royal Burgh of Elie and its eponymous links.",
"The game has been played here in some form since 1548, and since 1875 the links have been overseen by The Golf House Club (greens fee, from $120).",
"For pure charm, Elie has few peers -- this, along with its prime location between Edinburgh and St. Andrews, makes it a popular \"holiday club\" for members of both the Royal & Ancient Golf Club and the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers (Muirfield).",
"Elie's quirky character is evident from the very first hole, where tee shots are fired blindly over a hill.",
"To ensure that the group ahead is safely out of range of the one that follows, a club member came up with a novel solution: The starter's hut is rigged with the periscope from a scrapped submarine, the HMS Excalibur.",
"\"It's a sophisticated piece of equipment,\" says the starter, Ken Murray.",
"\"The farther the distance [of the target], the better the resolution.",
"On a clear day, I can swing it round and see them putting at Muirfield\" -- on the far side of the Firth of Forth, some eight miles away.",
"Elie is a short course -- only 6,273 yards from the back tees -- but it's full of surprises.",
"With its ball-eating rough, well-positioned bunkers and ingeniously contoured greens, it doesn't respect brute force without an equal degree of accuracy.",
"It's a throwback to an age when golf courses were laid out in accordance with the natural terrain rather than forced into a standardized mold.",
"Elie reaches its par of 70 through the unorthodox combination of 16 par-four holes and two par threes.",
"The absence of par fives may come as a disappointment to flat-bellied bombers accustomed to chewing up such long holes, but they should still find an eagle chance or two: for example, the wonderful 288-yard tenth, a blind hole where a well-placed drive crests the rugged ridge and catches the downslope, then scrambles up to the green.",
"But beware: With a helping wind, the long hitter runs the risk of driving the ball over the green and into perdition on the rocky beach.",
"PUTTING AROUND .",
"One of the best local diversions is the Himalayas Putting Course (fee, $3; The Links, St. Andrews), which probably delivers as much enjoyment per dollar as any course in Scotland.",
"This tiny patch of land right next to the Old Course is one of the few bits of turf not controlled by the Links Trust -- it's owned by the St. Andrews Ladies Putting Club, which has operated the course since 1867.",
"As the name might suggest, this continuous swath of green features some of the wildest, wooziest contouring anywhere, with humps, bumps and hollows galore to vex and delight golfers of all ages.",
"The Himalayas has the same kind of lighthearted spirit as an inspired miniature golf course, but it's played on real links turf, so even the most serious players should find reason to smile.",
"It's the perfect way to end a day at the Home of Golf.",
"Departures.com: A global guide to yachting .",
"Classic Golf Clubs .",
"Should the temptation to return home with a set of hickories prove strong, consider paying a visit to Hamish Steedman and Ewan Glen at the St. Andrews Golf Company, a 130-year-old concern that's one of the world's last remaining manufacturers of playable hickory clubs.",
"Sets start at $1,300; 20 St. Andrews Rd., Largoward, St. Andrews.",
"Booking St. Andrews Old Course .",
"For decades now, tee times at St. Andrews Old Course have been allotted through a byzantine ballot system.",
"The drawing is conducted a day in advance, so visiting players -- unless they've made arrangements through a premium tour operator like Perry Golf or The Old Course Experience -- have to throw their names into the hat and cross their fingers.",
"If it doesn't work out, they end up scrambling to find somewhere else to play on short notice.",
"Fortunately, this policy is about to change.",
"Starting in 2012, the ballot will be extended to two-day advance booking, which should make a world of difference.",
"Greens fee starts at $225; reservations@standrews.org.uk.",
"© 2010 American Express Publishing Corporation.",
"All rights reserved."
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"The Balgove and Strathtyrum courses are both beginner-friendly .",
"Kingarrock Hickory is a nine-hole course played exclusively with antiquated equipment ."
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"(Wired) -- Like Optimus Prime or Al Gore, the Droid Bionic is a robot in disguise.",
"Sure, the Bionic looks like it's just a massive, industrial-styled phone, just like our favorite Transformer looked like nothing other than a badass eighteen-wheeler.",
"But the Droid Bionic can also change into a laptop, a desktop workstation, and other things which are decidedly un-phone-like.",
"We've been waiting to see a finished version of this phone since Motorola first showed off the Bionic in January.",
"Though it was supposed to launch months ago on Verizon's 4G LTE network, Moto sent the phone back to the drawing board for improvements (ostensibly to better stack up against HTC's 4G LTE offering, the Thunderbolt).",
"The phone came back as a connectivity beast with lots of optional peripheral attachments, turning the Bionic into a successor of sorts to the Atrix, Motorola's most recent dual-core, peripheral-enhanced handheld.",
"Moto's premise is simple: Our phones are increasingly becoming more powerful, useful and versatile in our everyday lives.",
"Why not allow them to adapt — or transform, if you will — to what we need them to be in different situations?",
"The \"Lapdock,\" for instance, is literally a laptop shell driven by the Bionic.",
"After plugging the phone into the station on the back hinge, the Bionic launches Motorola's \"webtop\" interface, which is essentially a desktop-lite environment powered by the phone's hardware.",
"There's a catch to all of this connectivity, however: You'll have to pony up a lot of dough.",
"The Lapdock accessory will run you $300, while the HD station — which gives you access to the same interface but lets you use your own keyboard, mouse and display — costs a C-note.",
"Add a car charger, HDMI mini-display adaptor and navigation dock to that, and you're closing in on $1000.",
"That's a hell of a lot of money to spend on tricking out your phone, even if it's no longer just a phone once you plug these things in.",
"Of course, you don't have to buy an accessory to get a good experience out of a Bionic.",
"But it somewhat misses the point if you don't.",
"The draw of the device is in its shape-shifting capacity, a re-imagination of what a smartphone should be able to do.",
"Otherwise, you'd probably be better off going with a similarly spec'd phone for a lower starting price — and those are definitely out there.",
"Conceptually, ultra-connectivity is brilliant.",
"With the Atrix and the Bionic, Motorola is trying to hard to differentiate from the existing glut of Android smartphones on the market.",
"Execution, however, leaves much to be desired.",
"Casual browsing on the Lapdock was wonky, stutter-filled and nothing like cruising the web on my tried-and-true laptop.",
"The keys on the board were chintzy and small, most likely a casualty of keeping the cost of the peripheral below $300 (unlike the launch price of the Atrix's lapdock, which was a hefty $500).",
"Desktop simulation on an HDTV through a webtop dock was a little less jerky, but still subpar.",
"It takes some beef to run all the peripherals, and the handset itself is no slouch.",
"Under the hood, this bad boy is packing more power than a Plymouth.",
"It's running on a dual-core 1GHz chip backed by a gigabyte of RAM, 16GB of internal storage plus a microSD card slot.",
"It ships with a 16GB card, but it can accept a card up to 32GB.",
"Swiping through menu screens was snappier than most of the other phone I've tried this year — it's definitely one of the most responsive phones you can buy.",
"My gaming experience on resource-heavy apps like Nova 2 HD was excellent.",
"Given all the brawn, the Bionic requires a lot of juice to keep it running — and it certainly shows.",
"After starting my day with a fully-charged phone, my battery was dead before the end of the workday.",
"That's after moderate-to-heavy use.",
"I made a few phone calls, used my data connection liberally, and pumped the screen brightness up to full blast (the display, by the way, isn't the sharpest I've seen).",
"This is how we all use our phones, so I expected better battery performance.",
"The real battery suck comes from the LTE radio.",
"Leave your 4G turned on all day and you'll be dead before nightfall.",
"Use your high-speed connectivity judiciously, however, and you may make it to midnight or beyond, even under normal use conditions.",
"It's sad that we have to ration our own bandwidth use, but alas, that's the name of the game with today's devices.",
"Thankfully, using Verizon's 4G network at full tilt is worth the energy drain.",
"Our average download speeds clocked in around 10 Mbps in the San Francisco Bay Area on average, with upload speeds ranging from 4 to 6 Mbps.",
"In short, the handset itself is speedy, powerful and — battery life aside — has all the stuff you want in a high-end smartphone.",
"But so do four or five other Android options currently on the market.",
"Unfortunately, the extra products that were supposed to tip the scales in the Bionic's favor end up falling far short of their potential.",
"WIRED: Power, speed and connectivity options are damn near unrivaled in the mobile space.",
"Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread is current, and well-skinned.",
"HDMI, expandable microSD, DLNA, oh my!",
"TIRED: Unless you're a baller, dropping this much coin on the Bionic and its accessories might leave you eating ramen noodles for a month.",
"Battery life sucks.",
"Peripherals don't live up to their potential.",
"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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"The phone's shape-shifting ability re-imagines what a smartphone is designed to do .",
"Accessories are expensive and, sometimes, their integration with the phone is wonky .",
"The Bionic is powerful, but its battery life leaves something to be desired ."
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"Atlanta (CNN) -- Authorities expanded their search Friday for a 36-year-old Atlanta woman who was last heard from around Christmas and whose car was later found abandoned and running, according to police.",
"No arrests have been made in the case of Stacey Nicole English, and there are no named suspects in her disappearance.",
"Atlanta police spokesman Carlos Campos told CNN on Friday that authorities want to speak again with Robert Kirk, a St. Louis resident who earlier told police that he had stayed with English between December 24 and 26 in her residence in the Buckhead section of Atlanta.",
"According to a police report, Kirk previously told investigators that English was \"acting peculiar and out of character\" during his stay, adding that \"she began screaming in the apartment and shouting biblical scriptures and indicating that the world was coming to an end.\"",
"He said that he left around 10:30 p.m. on December 26, after English \"began asking him if he was Satan\" and told him to leave \"her residence immediately.\"",
"A friend of the 36-year-old woman, Michelle Strothers, told police that she last saw English on that day or the next one.",
"In an interview with police on New Year's Eve, Strothers said that her friend \"appeared upset\" and told her \"she felt as if someone was attempting to hurt her.\"",
"\"She also stated that Ms. English was acting out of character, and began discussing the end of the world and quoting biblical scriptures,\" said the police report.",
"On Friday, search-and-rescue dogs joined mounted Atlanta police officers to comb part of south Atlanta, near the Aarons Amphitheatre at Lakewood, which sits in a fairground area, according to a police statement.",
"English's car -- a white, 2006 Volvo -- had been earlier found in that area with its engine still running.",
"\"We have no new updates to provide other than\" the enhanced search effort, Campos said Friday by e-mail.",
"\"Investigators continue to pursue leads and work the case.\"",
"Earlier, English's mother and stepfather told police that they typically talked with her \"several times a week\" and became worried after she did not answer their calls since they last talked with her on Christmas.",
"They eventually used a spare key to enter her apartment, where they saw \"no sign of English,\" the police report said.",
"In the apartment were English's iPad, cell phone and key fob allowing her entry to her apartment complex, all of which her parents said the woman always took with her.",
"The mother, Cynthia Jamison, said that English \"was currently taking medication\" and had attempted suicide by overdose a little more than two years ago, according to police.",
"CNN's Vivian Kuo contributed to this report."
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"Stacey Nicole English, 36, was last seen just after Christmas, witnesses tell police .",
"Police want to talk again with the man who stayed with her before her disappearance .",
"He earlier told police that she'd said the world was ending and ordered him to leave .",
"The woman's car was found abandoned and running in south Atlanta, police say ."
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"(EW.com) -- What mischief is Phil about to get into now?",
"EW has learned exclusively that Kevin Hart (\"Little Fockers\") has signed on for a guest-starring role on \"Modern Family.\"",
"He'll play Andre, a new neighbor of Phil Dunphy who happens to be a physician.",
"The 32-year-old comedian will see a familiar face when he begins production on the ABC comedy: He co-starred opposite Sofia Vergara in the 2004 movie \"Soul Plane.\"",
"Recently, Hart and his Hartbeat Productions notched an unexpected victory at the box office with his debut standup film \"Laugh at My Pain,\" which follows his recent national tour run and a stop in his hometown of Philadelphia.",
"It debuted inside of the box office top 10 ranking and pulled in nearly $2 million, in just 97 theaters, for an impressive per-location gross of $20,619.",
"The film only cost $750,000 to make.",
"Hart has appeared in several Comedy Central specials and hosted the 2011 BET Awards.",
"His other film credits include the movies \"Krod Mondoon\" and the \"Flaming Sword of Fire,\" \"Death at a Funeral,\" and \"Epic Movie.\"",
"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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"(CNN) -- Morocco's king asked the head of a moderate Islamist party to form a government Tuesday, state media said, after the party claimed victory in the country's first parliamentary elections since constitutional reforms this summer.",
"The Islamist Justice and Development Party, or PJD, is expected to form a coalition government after it won 107 of the 395 seats contested in Friday's vote.",
"King Mohammed VI appointed Abdelilah Benkirane, the party's secretary-general, as head of the new government Tuesday and asked him to form a Cabinet, the official news agency MAP reported.",
"Benkirane, a former managing director of three newspapers and a father of six, was elected secretary-general of the PJD in 2008, MAP says.",
"According to its website, the PJD previously participated in elections in 1997, 2002 and 2007.",
"The party won 46 seats in 2007 and 42 in 2002, after taking just nine seats in 1997.",
"Lise Storm, senior lecturer in Middle East Politics at the University of Exeter in England, said the PJD's result this time round constituted \"remarkable progress -- much higher than anticipated by anyone, and also much, much better than any of the party's competitors.\"",
"The margin of victory for the PJD surprised many observers, she said, and suggests that those protesting against the country's governing elite in recent months are truly fed up.",
"\"I think we are witnessing an Islamist wave in the Middle East, with so-called Islamist moderates winning not only in Turkey, but also in Tunisia and Morocco, and possibly also in Egypt,\" Storm said.",
"\"It gives an indication of the sentiments of the general population in these countries, and (of) the state of the political opposition there too, as the Islamists in many cases have been the most visible opposition force, and the best organized too.\"",
"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 party's online mission statement lists three values -- authenticity, justice and development -- and makes little mention of Islam.",
"Authenticity \"has to be consistent with our values, culture and civilization, with the incorporation and respect for the cultural, linguistic and ethnic groups, within the space of the Islamic brotherhood,\" the statement says.",
"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 -- which mean the prime minister must now be chosen from the party that wins the greatest number of votes -- 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.",
"CNN's Saad Abedine contributed to this report."
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"The Justice and Development Party won 107 of 395 seats in Friday's election .",
"The head of the moderate Islamist party has been asked to form a Cabinet .",
"Abdelilah Benkirane has been the PJD's secretary-general since 2008 .",
"The election results indicates public unhappiness with the governing elite, an analyst says ."
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"(CNN) -- \"Joe Frazier is tied forever, almost by an umbilical chord, with Mohammad Ali because they obviously had a famous trilogy of fights, of which the first and the last were epic fights.\"",
"The words of respected boxing journalist Jeff Powell.",
"Powell, a columnist for British newspaper The Mail has covered boxing all over the world and knew 'Smokin' Joe' -- who died on Monday aged 67 after a short battle with liver cancer -- both inside and outside the ring, having reported on his fights during the halcyon period of heavyweight boxing in the early 1970s.",
"Speaking to CNN Sport following the announcement of Frazier's death, Powell said: \"In the American consciousness Joe is seen as the man who defined Ali in many ways.",
"\"The first fight was called 'The Fight of the Century' and took place in Madison Square Garden in 1971.",
"Ali had called Frazier an 'Uncle Tom' before the fight and it bought a racial dimension to it.",
"\"When Frazier tore up the script and knocked down Ali, inflicting his first defeat, there were riots all over the country.\"",
"Powell added: \"Frazier was very much part of American folklore and respected around the world.",
"He begrudged for many years the things Ali said about him, not only the 'Uncle Tom' insult, but also calling him a 'gorilla' before their epic 'Thrilla in Manila' in 1975.",
"\"It took Joe a while to get over that -- but he was a nice guy and there is a strong sense of nostalgia about him passing, he is very much part of the fabric of American fight history.\"",
"The likes of Ali, Frazier, George Foreman and Ken Norton will go down in history as some of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time and Powell concedes that when they were all at the top of their game in the 1970's, the division was stronger than it has ever been.",
"\"I think most people would probably put Joe in the top 10 heavyweights of all time,\" continued Powell.",
"\"He had a fantastic left hook with which he not only knocked Ali down but broke his jaw in the first fight.",
"\"But that was a tremendous heavyweight generation.",
"If you won the world title back then, you did so against very good fighters.",
"Joe took the title off Jimmy Ellis, who was a good fighter and lost it to George Foreman -- who we all know about too.",
"\"There have been other great generations.",
"Mike Tyson reinvigorated the division in the late 1980s, Evander Holyfield was a huge player and Lennox Lewis was a superb champion as well.",
"\"But at times like this you do look back with a sense of nostalgia and romance.",
"Looking back it probably wasn't too romantic, because it was a tough time, but that's the mood in America at the moment.\"",
"Not only was Frazier a world class fighter, but Powell knew him as a kindly man, who sadly ended up in some poverty towards the end of his life.",
"\"Joe was a much simpler, straight-forward character than Ali.",
"He liked the social life and had 11 children but unfortunately he was let down in a land deal which would have made him financially comfortable for life.\"",
"Powell added: \"He was a little resentful towards the end of his struggles with money.",
"He was the one who didn't make as much as Ali and Foreman, who were the only two men to beat him, and was somewhat overshadowed from the public perspective by his relationship with Ali.",
"\"But he was a formidable fighter in his own right and will always be remembered as the first man to beat Ali.",
"That has bookmarked his place in history.\""
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"Joe Frazier will always be associated with his epic trilogy of fights against Mohammad Ali .",
"Respected boxing journalist Jeff Powell knew Frazier both inside and outside the boxing ring .",
"Powell believe Frazier will go down in history as one of the top 10 heavyweights of all time ."
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"(CNN) -- At least 40 people were killed and numerous others injured in a reported grenade attack at a casino in Monterrey, Mexico, the capital of Nuevo Leon, according to attorney general in that northern state.",
"The incident occurred around 4 p.m. local time (5 p.m.",
"ET) at the Casino Royale when two people aboard a vehicle arrived, and one threw three grenades into the building.",
"There were conflicting unconfirmed reports from local media that the assailants poured gasoline on the building before setting it on fire.",
"Between 20 and 30 people were trapped in the casino because of debris from the explosions, said Cmdr.",
"Angel Flores with the Green Cross.",
"Video from the scene showed a burned-out building as firefighters made rescue attempts to break the wall of the facade of the casino to release the smoke inside the building.",
"Mexican President Felipe Calderon sent the following statement from his official Twitter account (translated from Spanish): \"With deep consternation, I express my solidarity with Nuevo Leon and the victims of this abhorrent act of terror and barbarism.\"",
"He added more: \"These reprehensible acts require us all to persevere in the fight against gangs of unscrupulous criminals.",
"All the support to NL (Nuevo Leon).\"",
"About five families were outside the casino waiting for information from authorities, local journalist Javier Estrada reported.",
"Gustavo Madrazo was one of those waiting outside the casino.",
"He said his wife, Martha, and her sister, Miriam Gonzalez, were inside.",
"Authorities have not identified any of the victims.",
"So far, no representative for the company that manages the casino had arrived outside.",
"The Mexican Army and state and municipal police forces were also on the scene.",
"Alejandro Poire, Mexico's top national security spokesman, said the federal government has made contact with local officials and that Calderon has spoken to the governor of Nuevo Leon to offer support.",
"Poire said those who carried out the attacks will be held responsible.",
"\"They will pay for their crimes.",
"... We will do absolutely everything ... to restore tranquility.\"",
"The National Commission on Human Rights in Mexico sent a news release saying it has opened an investigation regarding the response to the events at the casino.",
"\"The priority is to help safeguard the human rights enshrined in the Constitution of the United Mexican States and international treaties.",
"The commission again makes clear that the insecurity in the country requires public officials responsible for implementing and enforcing the law, carry out preventive actions to protect society and away from any violence.\"",
"\"The National Commission will monitor the actions taken by the competent authorities to respond adequately to the aggrieved persons.\"",
"The NHRC says it has also sent personnel to the scene including physicians, psychologists and lawyers to work jointly with authorities.",
"Nuevo Leon, in northeastern Mexico, has seen several grenade attacks so far this year.",
"On August 13, four civilians were wounded when an armed group fired two grenades at a jail in the municipality of Apodaca.",
"In July, gunmen entered a downtown bar in Monterrey and shot 20 people dead.",
"A public safety spokesman told CNN the attack was likely sparked by a dispute between organized crime groups for control of the El Sabino Gordo nightclub, where drugs were allegedly sold.",
"Nuevo Leon and the neighboring states of Coahuila and Tamaulipas have been the scene of a series of clashes between organized crime groups.",
"The Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas are vying for control of trafficking routes into the United States.",
"In November 2010, the federal government launched the Coordinated Operation Northeast, which involves sending more security forces to the area to tackle crime.",
"CNN's Nick Valencia contributed to this report ."
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"NEW: Officials say the death toll in grenade attack is up to 40 .",
"President Felipe Calderon responds to attack via his Twitter account .",
"Grenade attack reported at a casino in Monterrey, in northeastern Mexico .",
"Up to 30 people thought trapped in the casino because of debris ."
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"(CNN) -- Lori Berenson, an American activist convicted of aiding Peruvian terrorists, returned to Peru after spending the holidays with her family in New York, family members said.",
"Berenson is on parole in Peru through 2015 but was given permission to leave the country to be with her family.",
"The move was controversial because some believed that Berenson would not come back to Peru to complete her sentence.",
"She returned Thursday night to Lima on a flight from Newark, New Jersey, said her mother, Rhoda Berenson.",
"\"That is the law and she had to do it,\" she said. Rhoda Berenson said the family's time together was appreciated and that she expects her daughter to return to the United States at the end of her sentence in 2015.",
"Under the permission granted by the court, Berenson could have remained in the United States until January 11.",
"Berenson was sentenced to life in prison in 1995 for collaborating with the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement to attack the nation's Congress and overthrow the government.",
"Her sentence was reduced to 20 years on appeal.",
"She was released from Lima's Chorrillos Penitentiary in November 2010 after a Peruvian court granted her parole.",
"In 2009, while in prison, Berenson gave birth to a son who was fathered by Apari, her estranged husband who is also her attorney.",
"The boy lived with her in prison until her release.",
"CNN's Adriana Hauser contributed to this report."
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"Lori Berenson had permission to be in the United States until January 11 .",
"She returned to Peru Thursday .",
"Her family says they enjoyed her visit .",
"Berenson is on parole until the completion of her sentence in 2015 ."
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"(CNN) -- A huge aid effort is under way in a remote area of South Sudan to help an estimated 60,000 people who fled their homes to escape roaming fighters, the United Nations said.",
"Some 6,000 armed men from the Lou Nuer tribe marched on an area of Jonglei state, which is home to the rival Murle tribe, attacking the town of Pibor last weekend.",
"Although the Lou Nuer fighters have left, following negotiations with U.N. peacekeepers and the South Sudan authorities, help is urgently needed for those who fled, the U.N. Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said Friday.",
"The special representative for the U.N. Secretary-General in South Sudan, Hilda F. Johnson, is traveling to Pibor on Saturday to see the situation, UNMISS spokesman Kouider Zerrouk said.",
"The South Sudan government has declared Jonglei a \"humanitarian disaster area\" and appealed for international help.",
"Aid workers estimate that 60,000 people are in need of assistance and the U.N. World Food Programme voiced concern Friday that food shortages in the area \"could reach crisis levels.\"",
"It has already made emergency food deliveries.",
"U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator Lise Grande said some of the people who fled into the bush to escape the fighters are starting to return to their homes, according to a statement.",
"U.N planes are also trying to find other families still hiding out in the bush, she said.",
"\"But there are a number of villages that were burned completely to the ground, for example, Likuangole, and in that case people are not coming back and that's because there is nothing to come back to,\" she said.",
"Ethnic tensions in Jonglei state have flared as tribes fight over grazing lands and water rights, leading to cattle raids and abduction of women and children.",
"Government officials have urged the two ethnic groups to return women and children abducted in the spate of violence.",
"The violence in Jonglei state is the latest to rock South Sudan, which officially gained its statehood in July after separating from neighboring Sudan to the north.",
"U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres is also in South Sudan this weekend, to see other areas affected by conflict.",
"Among them will be a refugee site in Mabaan, where tens of thousands of refugees have sought help since fleeing fighting across the border in Sudan's Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile States.",
"U.N. flights have delivered thousands of tents, kitchen sets, blankets, jerry cans, plastic sheets, sleeping mats, mosquito nets and other essential items to Mabaan and another refugee camp at Malakal in the past two-and-a-half weeks.",
"Decades of civil war between the north and south, costing as many as 2 million lives, ended with a U.S.-brokered peace treaty in 2005.",
"But before South Sudan gained independence in July, human rights monitors expressed concerns that long-standing grievances could end in violence consuming the region again.",
"The United Nations estimates that more than 1,100 people died and 63,000 were displaced last year by inter-communal violence in Jonglei state, not taking into account the latest clashes.",
"U.S. President Barack Obama gave his approval Friday for the sale of weapons and defense services to South Sudan.",
"The decision could open the door to South Sudan acquiring air defenses.",
"It has accused Sudan of carrying out aerial bombardments on its territory.",
"The White House condemned air raids by the Sudan Armed Forces on South Sudan in November, saying: \"These provocative aerial bombardments greatly increase the potential for direct confrontation between Sudan and South Sudan.",
"The memorandum sent by Obama Friday to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the \"furnishing of defense articles and defense services to the Republic of South Sudan will strengthen the security of the United States and promote world peace.\"",
"CNN's Laura Smith-Spark and Pierre Meilhan contributed to this report."
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"They fled their homes last week to escape thousands of armed men from another tribe .",
"A senior U.N. official is visiting a town attacked by the fighters to assess the situation .",
"Ethnic tension flares as tribes fight over grazing lands and water rights ."
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"New York (CNN) -- The occupiers of Wall Street have been portrayed by some as radicals, young kids without focus, ne'er-do-wells who'd do anything but get a job.",
"But one woman used her time in at Zuccotti Park differently, and as a result she has gone from Occupy Wall Street to occupying an actual office on Wall Street.",
"In the gathering of the so-called 99%, Tracy Postert had no idea she would be the one who would be working for the 1%.",
"\"There were some days it was a carnival, or lots of music, drumming, costumes, marching, protesting,\" said Postert, describing the weeks she spent demonstrating at the park in downtown Manhattan.",
"Frustrated with the economy, Postert says she jumped right into the Occupy Wall Street movement -- all in -- banging drums and washing paint- and dirt-covered sidewalks.",
"She sounds like the protester stereotype, but she isn't; she has a doctorate in biochemistry.",
"In the past few years, the biochemist said, she had found herself at times unemployed or underemployed.",
"Until a few weeks ago she decided to change her protest sign to a \"Job Wanted\" sign and hunkered down in Zuccotti Park with a handful of résumés.",
"\"Passers-by would say, 'Get a job,' and I didn't have a really good response to that,\" Postert told CNN.",
"\"I wanted to say, 'Well, I'm trying to get a job,' but you know you can't really prove it.\"",
"Postert said.",
"\"So I said, why don't I make a sign (and prove) that I am actively looking for a job?\"",
"Within two days, she said, someone spotted her.",
"They exchanged e-mails, and an offer followed.",
"That someone was a top executive at a Wall Street financial firm -- in other words, the enemy.",
"\"It might sound like it's a fish-out-of-water story -- (round) peg in a square hole -- but it's really not,\" said Wayne Kaufman, a market analyst at John Thomas Financial.",
"\"She was standing there. She had her sign, she had her résumé, and I just passed by her and I chatted with her just for a brief few seconds.",
"And she was obviously an intelligent person,\" Kaufman said.",
"\"The résumé spoke for itself, it was very impressive,\" he said.",
"\"So, I sent her an e-mail the next day and ... she responded almost immediately.",
"\"I asked her if she wanted to come in for an interview; she said yes.",
"I told her what I had in mind for her according to her skill set, and the rest is just history.\"",
"For now, Tracy is researching early stage biotech companies for John Thomas Financial.",
"She says she plans to take a test that would allow her to become a broker, and thus a full-fledged member of the 1%.",
"So what are her former Occupy Wall Street compatriots saying?",
"\"I have been accused of being a traitor to both sides.",
"Some people are saying that the whole time I was at Occupy Wall Street I was really a Wall Street insider,\" says Postert.",
"She said she plans on keeping her sign.",
"She pledged to protest again when she finds something she feels is worth protesting."
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"Tracy Postert was fully committed to the Occupy Wall Street protests, she tells CNN .",
"The biochemist says she had been looking for work, but couldn't prove it to naysayers .",
"She showed up at Zuccotti Park with her résumé, and soon had a job offer .",
"She now researches biotech companies for John Thomas Financial -- on Wall Street ."
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"(PEOPLE.com) -- Four years ago, Matthew McConaughey's relationship with Brazilian model Camila Alves was revealed to PEOPLE in a 2007 cover story.",
"\"She likes roughing it,\" a source said at the time.",
"\"She doesn't complain when they go hiking for 10 days without clean clothes or a shower.\"",
"On Christmas Day, McConaughey's longtime love -- and mother of his two children, Levi, 3, and Vida, who turns 2 in January -- became his fiancé.",
"\"just asked camila to marry me,\" the actor, 42, wrote on his WhoSay account.",
"\"merry Christmas.\"",
"Their road to engagement took nearly five years -- the couple met in 2006 -- but now that the question has been popped, PEOPLE takes a look at their show-stopping, not to mention sexy, romance.",
"'The Right Woman' When he was crowned PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive in 2005, McConaughey said he'd get married one day -- when \"I'm with the right woman and it's the right time.\"",
"A year later, he was facing engagement rumors.",
"\"Everyone is convinced he'll be with her for a long time, if not forever,\" a source close to the actor told PEOPLE in October 2007 about the actor's relationship with the down-to-earth beauty, now 29.",
"A month before, they had moved into a $1.1 million modular home in Malibu.",
"They already had mystery matching rings.",
"The couple continued to step out together.",
"\"They were laughing the entire time,\" said an onlooker who glimpsed McConaughey and Alves at a Japanese restaurant in November 2007.",
"\"What a great couple.\"",
"Baby on the Way . Their relationship quickly went from sexy to serious: In early 2008, McConaughey told his fans that he was starting a family with Alves.",
"That summer, they welcomed their first son, Levi.",
"\"He's a man -- he's my man -- and we're a family,\" Alves gushed months later.",
"\"He's the best dad he can be -- 100 percent hands-on.\"",
"McConaughey called his leading lady \"the love of my life.\"",
"However, marriage wasn't on McConaughey's mind.",
"\"It's just not something I plan on doing right now, and that I feel like I need to do right now,\" he told reporters in April 2009 while promoting his romantic comedy, \"Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.\"",
"\"It's not an institution I'm against at all. I'm actually for it, believe in it and have seen it actually be very, very healthy for many relationships.\"",
"Kissing and Telling .",
"The couple rung in the New Year with a new baby in 2010: daughter Vida.",
"And with an acting career and a family life to balance, the actor was taking his romance with Alves to new heights.",
"\"We went up to 3,000 feet and I had on hiking shoes and I was all set up and ready to go,\" he said in February 2011 about a trip with his ladylove to French Polynesia.",
"\"[Alves] was wearing Havaianas sandals and a white skirt.",
"I came down to the bottom of that hill afterward and had blood on me, [all] muddy ... and that girl didn't have a speck of dust on her.\"",
"The bachelor-turned-family man told PEOPLE in March 2011 that he was learning Portuguese, Alves's native language that she grew up speaking in Brazil.",
"And perhaps his favorite word in Portuguese sheds some light on the romance between him and his now-fiancé.",
"\"Beijos,\" is his favorite expression, he said, which translates to \"kisses\" in English.",
"See the full article at PEOPLE.com .",
"© 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves met in 2006 .",
"In early 2008, McConaughey told fans he was starting a family with Alves .",
"In March, the actor said he was learning Portuguese, Alves's native language ."
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"(CNN) -- Over the past four months \"Road to Durban: A Green City Journey\" has traveled south from the UK to the COP17 Conference in Durban, exploring efforts to reduce carbon emissions in urban centers.",
"In the UK, Germany, Turkey and South Africa, three CNN reporters went in search of the best examples of how carbon cuts are being made in cities - with a particular focus on industry, transport, waste, architecture and the economics of renewable energy.",
"But what are our governments doing in the battle against global warming?",
"CNN's Robyn Curnow hosts a high profile panel debate with four leading thinkers in the environmental lobby.",
"The questions are this: Why has it been so hard for countries to agree on the right way forward?",
"What is the responsibility of the developed and developing nations?",
"And finally, how economically viable will it be to create the sustainable cities of the future.",
"The Panel: . -Professor Pan Jiahua, advisor to the Chinese Delegation .",
"-Elliot Diringer, former Advisor to the Clinton Administration and part of the US Delegation at the signing of Kyoto Protocol .",
"-Kumi Naidoo, native South African and Executive Director of Greenpeace International .",
"-Mary Robinson - former President of Ireland, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and President of Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice .",
"Watch the show in December at the following times: .",
"Wednesday, December 14: 10:30, 17:30, .",
"Saturday, December 17: 05:30, 19:30 .",
"Sunday, December 18: 12:30 .",
"Saturday, December 31: 12:30 . (all times GMT)"
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"December's Road to Durban comes from COP17 in Durban .",
"We will be hosting a series of panel discussions on subjects coming out of COP17 .",
"Panelists will include former Irish President Mary Robinson and head of Greenpeace International Kumi Naidoo ."
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"(CNN) -- The new coach of Penn State's embattled football program acknowledged criticism from alumni over his hiring, vowing to work to earn their trust and saluting the team's iconic former head coach Joe Paterno.",
"Bill O'Brien's selection as the Nittany Lions' next coach has stirred the ire of some former Penn State football players, angry that he didn't attend the university and had never before been a head coach.",
"He becomes the 15th head football coach in the program's 125-year history after replacing interim coach Tom Bradley, a former player and longtime coach at Penn State.",
"Bradley himself stepped in after school trustees fired Paterno in November after he didn't go far enough in reporting an alleged child sex abuse scandal involving former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky.",
"O'Brien, most recently the offensive coordinator for the NFL's New England Patriots, said Saturday he is aware of the \"controversy,\" though he predicted that \"in time, we will find that we have more common interests and goals than not.\"",
"\"We admire one's loyalties to Penn State, Penn State football, its grand tradition, coach Paterno and all his football staffs,\" O'Brien said.",
"\"We respectfully request the opportunity to earn your trust through communication and ... through our (shared) abilities, ethics, beliefs, work ethics and commitment to Penn State.\"",
"A riot erupted on the Pennsylvania school's campus after Paterno was dismissed, days after Sandusky was arrested and accused of sexually abusing young boys.",
"Paterno, 84, who his family has said is being treated for lung cancer, left the program as the all-time winningest football coach in Division I history.",
"O'Brien said Saturday that \"there will never be enough words to say what he did for this program -- as far as wins, as far as off-the-field (by) graduating student-athletes every single year.\"",
"The new coach said he hadn't met yet with predecessor, but he looked \"forward to that as soon as I can.\"",
"SI: Many Penn State alumni angry over choice .",
"Paterno himself issued a statement Saturday, after news broke about O'Brien's selection.",
"He referenced the fact that both men attended and played football at Brown University.",
"\"I understand Bill O'Brien has been named head coach and I want to congratulate him on his appointment,\" Paterno said.",
"\"I don't know Bill, but I respect his coaching record, and I am particularly pleased we share a connection to my alma mater, Brown.\"",
"Paterno defended the program under his watch, against criticisms that it made winning and control of the program the top priorities over developing student-athletes.",
"\"Despite recent commentary to the contrary, Penn State football has always been about more than winning,\" he said.",
"'I came to Penn State with the simple but unshakeable view that this great institution could and should have a football program that is both fiercely competitive and deeply committed to education and community service.",
"\"The proof of our success is the hundreds of former players who have graduated and gone on to become great husbands, fathers, businessmen and community leaders.",
"I am hopeful this tradition will continue.\"",
"Patriots head coach Bill Belichick lauded O'Brien in a statement Saturday, calling him an \"inspirational leader\" for the team.",
"\"Bill O'Brien has met every personal and professional challenge head on with great passion and competitiveness,\" Belichick said.",
"\"This is a great match between a storied program and a old-school football coach.",
"Bill will be up to the task.\" Penn State's quarterback, Matt McGloin said earlier this week that he and other players are \"excited\" for a \"fresh start.\"",
"McGloin told CNN affiliate WBRE that he hopes the selection of O'Brien will help \"erase some of the things that have happened in the past year.\"",
"\"It should be exciting for everyone,\" said McGloin, acknowledging that some Penn State alumni have voiced dissatisfaction with the move since O'Brien didn't attend the State College school.",
"\"The most important thing is that the players are happy.\"",
"The Penn State program is still reeling from the abuse allegations that surfaced this fall.",
"Prosecutors have said that Sandusky sexually molested at least eight boys, some of them in Penn State facilities, over a 14-year period.",
"That includes a 2002 shower incident in which a former Penn State graduate assistant, Mike McQueary, said he saw Sandusky possibly sodomizing a boy, saying that what he saw was \"extremely sexual in nature,\" according to grand jury testimony.",
"He told Paterno, who told then-athletic director Tim Curley, according to a grand jury report.",
"Law enforcement authorities, however, didn't become aware of that allegation until years later.",
"Curley and Gary Schultz, a university vice president who oversaw campus police, are charged with perjury and failing to report suspected child sexual abuse related to the 2002 incident.",
"O'Brien did not mention the sex abuse scandal in his opening remarks Saturday.",
"He did say that the \"standard for Penn State football remains very high.\"",
"\"There is so much pride in Penn State, and we will never take that for granted,\" he said.",
"According to his biography on Patriots.com, the NFL team's official website, the Nittany Lions' new football coach grew up in Dorchester, Massachusetts.",
"O'Brien began his coaching career at Brown, his alma mater, before going on to take jobs at Georgia Tech, Maryland and Duke.",
"He joined the Patriots in 2007 as a coaching assistant, rapidly rising up the ranks in the subsequent years.",
"\"The Penn State football program has a great legacy and has contributed enormously to our university community,\" university President Rodney A. Erickson said in a statement.",
"\"A program of this caliber requires a special kind of leader -- a leader who will embrace that legacy and maintain the university's commitment to excellence on the field and in the classroom.",
"We have that leader in Coach O'Brien, and I look forward to working with him in his new role.\"",
"CNN's Susan Candiotti contributed to this report."
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"NEW: He praises iconic, and recently fired, Penn State coach Joe Paterno .",
"Paterno himself says that he respects O'Brien's coaching record .",
"Patriots coach Bill Belichick lauds O'Brien, saying he and Penn State are a \"great match\""
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"(CNN) -- A Connecticut paramedic has been charged in the alleged sexual assault last month of a woman who was only semiconscious in the back of an ambulance, according to police.",
"Mark Powell, 49, was charged with first-degree sexual assault and unlawful restraint after he turned himself over to authorities Thursday, according to Hamden Police Capt.",
"Ronald Smith.",
"Smith said the 22-year-old woman received emergency medical treatment after hitting her head on Christmas Day and was transported to Yale-New Haven Hospital.",
"It was during that time in the ambulance that the alleged victim, who was strapped to a stretcher, was assaulted, Smith said, citing the woman's account.",
"The woman said she waited three days to report the incident because she was embarrassed and afraid, according to Smith.",
"The American Medical Response released a statement earlier this week saying that Powell has been placed on administrative leave.",
"\"AMR takes very seriously our responsibility to provide safe care and transport for our patients, and we do not tolerate any kind of abusive behavior,\" said Charles Babson, General Manager of American Medical Response.",
"Powell has been released on $25,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court January 19.",
"It is unclear whether he has retained legal counsel."
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"Police say the paramedic sexually assaulted a woman in the back of an ambulance .",
"The woman, 22, was being transported after hitting her head on Christmas Day .",
"Mark Powell has been released on $25,000 bond; court appearance set for January 19 .",
"It is unclear whether Powell, 49, has retained legal counsel ."
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"Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Over the past few days, anti-Gadhafi forces have made \"significant advances\" -- in the northwest and in the regions of Misrata and al-Brega -- a spokesman for NATO's military operation told reporters Tuesday.",
"\"Anti-Gadhafi forces are now assuming control of the key approaches to Tripoli,\" said Col. Roland Lavoie, who described the advances as \"the most significant anti-Gadhafi territorial gain we have seen in months.\"",
"Since the end of July, as the threat from pro-Gadhafi forces has diminished, thousands of people have returned to their homes in the western Nafusa mountains, he said.",
"Since Friday, the northwest coastal city of Misrata has been free of pro-Gadhafi forces, he said.",
"And the threat from nearby Zlitan has diminished as pro-Gadhafi forces are being pushed farther west, he added.",
"Over the last week, NATO warplanes have damaged or destroyed some 150 military targets as part of Operation Unified Protector, Lavoie said.",
"\"Our assessment, without going into details, is that the Gadhafi regime does not have anymore an effective operational capability,\" he said.",
"Lavoie said that rebels had occupied Surman and Sabratha west of Tripoli, but added that the regions were \"still contested.\"",
"However, Libyan state television reported that pro-Gadhafi forces and tribal fighters were \"cleansing the city of Sabratha from the gangs of traitors\" and had secured the coastal road, a key supply pipeline into Tripoli.",
"Though the center of Zawiya was under rebel control, \"there's still reports of fighting also in the suburbs,\" Lavoie said.",
"Still, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed optimism.",
"\"I think the sense is that Gadhafi's days are numbered,\" she told reporters in Washington.",
"But a spokesman for the Gadhafi government offered a different view.",
"\"We are doing very well,\" Ibrahim Musa told reporters.",
"\"It's true that it's a bit slow -- people are still saying that we're not acting immediately and that we're having problems in Surman and Sabratha and whatnot because of armed gangs.",
"That's true but, God willing, we are able to lead this battle successfully.",
"We will achieve peace and victory.\"",
"He added, \"We are fighting NATO -- not the tens or hundreds of armed gang members.",
"Our war is with the crusaders.\"",
"If rebels gain control of Zawiya, that would be a major stride in putting a stranglehold on the Gadhafi-controlled seat of power.",
"\"We will be very careful entering Tripoli, which we hope to do by the end of this month,\" said Col. Ahmed Banni, military spokesman for the opposition National Transitional Council.",
"Banni said there is intelligence that some Gadhafi forces are moving to Tripoli from other fronts -- Terhouna in the southeast and Sirte farther east.",
"He said those forces have taken off their uniforms to blend in with the population, a \"dangerous\" sign those troops are preparing for a \"bloody war.\"",
"He said rebels in Tripoli recently were supplied with arms.",
"But, he said, \"We asked them to stay put until the zero hour.\"",
"Col. Jumma Ibrahim, a spokesman for the rebels' western command, said Gadhafi forces controlled most of the eastern part of the city and were shelling rebels with Grad missiles and artillery.",
"\"There are still skirmishes with the brigades in the city center, with snipers taking positions,\" Col. Ibrahim said.",
"\"The fight is now urban warfare there at the moment.",
"There have been a lot injured among our ranks but it is hard to give a number.\"",
"The rebels claim control of towns west of Zawiya to near Ras Jedeir.",
"These include Surman and Subratha.",
"\"It is a huge deal and a decisive defeat for his forces in that region.",
"All these areas are liberated,\" Banni said.",
"Col. Ibrahim said Garyan, south of Tripoli's city center, had been taken by rebels but Gadhafi loyalists were shelling them from a nearby town.",
"There has been \"fierce fighting\" in Terhouna.",
"He said rebel forces were surrounding Zlitan in the south, east and northeast and fighting Gadhafi forces.",
"He said there's been fighting in the industrial area of al-Brega, where rebels control the residential areas except for one controlled by the Gadhafi government.",
"Gadhafi forces also control the industrial area, Banni said.",
"\"He is trying his hardest to prevent us from access to $35 million worth of daily oil money under normal circumstances in al-Brega,\" Banni said.",
"\"If we control the port and the refinery in the industrial area, we'd have that money.\"",
"CNN's Amir Ahmed, Jomana Karadsheh, Kareem Khadder and Matthew Chance contributed to this report."
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"Some Gadhafi forces are going to Tripoli from other fronts .",
"Secretary of State Clinton expresses optimism ."
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"(PEOPLE.com) -- Never one to mince words, \"The Talk\" co-host Sharon Osbourne came right out and asked guest Melissa Gilbert when she knew her sister Sara Gilbert was gay.",
"While the question made Sara, 36, who recently started dating Linda Perry, squirm a bit, the audience laughed and cheered.",
"\"You know what, I'll put it to you this way,\" said Melissa, 47, best known for her role on \"Little House on the Prairie.\"",
"\"I took her to dinner when she was in her teens and I sat her down and I gave her this long speech about how much I love you and it doesn't matter and you're my darling and blah, blah, blah and you can tell me anything.",
"And she looked and me and she said, 'I'm not gay.'",
"And I was like, 'OK, whatever.'\"",
"\"Years later she called me and we were having a conversation about something and she said, 'You know, what if I just said that I'm gay,' and I went, 'And?'",
"I mean I think always I kinda knew.\"",
"Sara, eager to change the subject, responded, \"Don't we have a break coming up?\"",
"See the full article at PEOPLE.com.",
"© 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"Sara Gilbert recently started dating Linda Perry .",
"\"I mean I think always I kinda knew\" Melissa Gilbert said on \"The Talk\"\nSara was eager to change the subject ."
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"(PEOPLE.com) -- Getting engaged made \"Biggest Loser\" contestant Vinny Hickerson feel like he had \"a million pounds of weight off my shoulders.\"",
"Figurative weight, that is.",
"Hickerson, 28, a singer in the country duo Trailer Choir, proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Lori Diaz, 29, during a date at the Grand Ole Opry that was filmed for the reality weight loss competition, and will air on Tuesday night's episode of \"The Biggest Loser.\"",
"\"I wanted to take her there because it's a place where so many dreams have come true, right there on that stage,\" Hickerson tells PEOPLE exclusively.",
"\"My biggest dream is to be a great husband and a great father, and fall in love.\"",
"\"There was no one there but us and a camera crew,\" says Diaz.",
"\"We sat down in the front row and he gives me a spiel about how he loves me more than anything.\"",
"Hickerson popped the question with a ring from Nashville's King Jewelers.",
"\"I thought it looked like the Eiffel Tower, which makes people think of beauty and romance,\" he says.",
"\"Just like the first time I saw Lori, out dancing in a zebra dress, I had that same feeling like, 'Oh my gosh, this is the one.'",
"\" The second biggest surprise of the evening?",
"A private concert by the country group Thompson Square, who played their Grammy-nominated song \"Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not.\"",
"\"I couldn't believe they were there just for us, in this huge, amazing place,\" says Diaz.",
"Hickerson has been open on the show about his goal to lose weight in order to become a fit future husband and father to Diaz's 9-year-old son, Brennon.",
"Before, \"I wasn't out playing ball with Brennon and even watching him skateboard.",
"I'd just sit in the car and watch,\" says Hickerson, who is down to 314 pounds after starting the show at 426 pounds \"Now, there isn't anything I can't do!\"",
"Adds Diaz of the proposal: \"I'll never forget that night for as long as I live.",
"It was so perfect, even more perfect than if I had planned it myself!\"",
"See the full article at PEOPLE.com.",
"© 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"Vinny Hickerson is a singer in the country duo Trailer Choir and a \"Biggest Loser\" contestant .",
"\"My biggest dream is to be a great husband and a great father, and fall in love\" he said .",
"\"There was no one there but us and a camera crew,\" says Lori Diaz ."
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"(PEOPLE.com) -- Giuliana Rancic is in good spirits after undergoing a successful double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery on Tuesday.",
"\"G is doing really well,\" husband Bill Rancic told \"E!",
"News.\" \"Her surgery lasted about four hours and the doctors were very pleased with the result.\"",
"The E! Host, 37, decided to have a double mastectomy after lumpectomies failed to eradicate her breast cancer.",
"\"She had a little bit of pain through the night but is feeling much better this morning and was cracking jokes,\" Bill said.",
"While Giuliana recently told PEOPLE that her world had been turned upside down since being diagnosed three months ago, she's determined to fight the disease.",
"\"My breasts have never defined me -- and now they never will,\" she said.",
"See the full article at PEOPLE.com.",
"© 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"\"G is doing really well,\" husband Bill Rancic said .",
"Giuliana Rancic decided to have a double mastectomy after lumpectomies failed .",
"\"My breasts have never defined me -- and now they never will,\" she said ."
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"(CNN) -- The defense budget is going down.",
"Thursday, President Obama personally announced a new strategy to align with the new limits created by the Budget Control Act of last fall.",
"The announcement was light on the budget details to emphasize \"strategy.\"",
"But strategy documents come and go -- it's in budgets that we'll see actual change.",
"The biggest change is a smaller Army — reports suggest troop numbers down to levels last seen in the late 1990s.",
"This change is justified by the strategy's de-emphasis of stability operations like Iraq and Afghanistan and renewed focus on Asia, where naval and air forces are the main tool.",
"If the strategy's blueprint is followed, we could see a fundamental change to our force structure and military posture—more airpower and naval, and fewer ground forces.",
"But everyone Thursday went out of their way to hedge at every turn.",
"Most notably, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey stressed that we weren't giving up the capacity to fight land wars.",
"Deputy Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said his theme was reversibility.",
"Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said our military will never do just one thing.",
"The President said our military will be ready for the full range of contingencies and threats.",
"These statements don't sound like an overhaul in the Defense Department is imminent to reflect this new strategy.",
"Rather, the administration will more likely make some marginal changes to meet the new budget realities.",
"The Army will still prepare to fight high-intensity land campaigns.",
"The Air Force will still prepare to achieve air superiority.",
"The Navy will still prepare to maintain a presence on the seas.",
"And the Marines will still prepare to land on the beaches.",
"The world is an uncertain place and some hedging is a good thing to protect against surprises.",
"But the United States has a dominant military capable of handling a lot of surprises and will maintain its strength even if we see much deeper cuts in the next decade— even cuts at the levels of previous big reductions in defense spending.",
"The strategy was unveiled today to justify just shy of $500 billion in cuts over the next ten years, which would leave the budget in 2021 just 8% less than it is today compared to an average from previous builddowns of 30% less after ten years.",
"The decline in war costs will account for some of that difference.",
"But even at the levels of savings mandated by the sequester triggered by the supercommittee's failure to reach a deficit reduction deal, the base defense budget would decrease by less than 20% after ten years.",
"If we were truly to tailor our force structure to a strategy, we could find significantly greater savings.",
"If we embrace the current strategy document, the Army could be significantly smaller and still have a cadre to build upon if we needed to conduct another long-term stability operation.",
"Of course, the point was raised in the press conference that we didn't plan on doing stability operations in Afghanistan or Iraq.",
"If we instead accept that we will do more stability operations, we could cut back the Navy and Air Force to focus on the Army and still have plenty of forces to respond to events in the Pacific.",
"It doesn't appear the administration will take the budget to the logical ends of the strategy rolled out today.",
"We would have a better defense—at any spending level—if we actually made budget decisions based on strategy rather than by letting institutional concerns determine what makes up the budget.",
"The press conference Thursday highlighted two key facts about the defense budget.",
"The topline is determined largely by external events—like our economy and fiscal crises.",
"But the budget that meets that topline is determined largely by the institutions within the Pentagon.",
"We may be at an inflection point, as the president said, but it is unlikely that inflection will affect the Pentagon that much.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Russell Rumbaugh."
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"President Obama announced a new strategy to align with defense budget cuts .",
"Russell Rumbaugh says the military could make deeper cuts and fulfill the strategy .",
"He says military services likely to pursue its own goals despite the new strategy .",
"Rumbaugh: Let strategy, rather than institutions, determine how money is spent ."
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"(PEOPLE.com) -- Sixteen days after her December 8 Las Vegas wedding to boyfriend Barry Herridge, Sinead O'Connor is ending the marriage, the \"Nothing Compares 2 U\" singer announced Monday on her website.",
"\"Dear friends,\" O'Connor 45, writes, \"I had for reasons u will all understand, wished to keep this private but have been told today it is to be leaked in the next few days despite my best efforts.",
"So I must now leak it myself so as the record is straight.\"",
"She blames pressures placed upon him by \"certain people in his life\" not to be with her based on press reports about her.",
"\"Within 3 hours of the ceremony being over the marriage was kyboshed by the behaviour of certain people in my husband's life.",
"And also by a bit of a wild ride i took us on looking for a bit of a smoke of weed for me wedding night as I don't drink,\" she writes.",
"\"My husband was enormously wounded and very badly effected by that experience and also by the attitude of those close to him toward our marriage.",
"It became apparent to me that if he were to stay with me he would be losing too much to bear.\"",
"She adds, \"A woman wants to be a joy to her husband.",
"So.. U love someone?",
"Set them free.\" She also says, \"He is a wonderful man.",
"I love him very much. I'm sorry I'm not a more regular woman.",
"I truly believe though it is painful to admit, we made a mistake rushing into getting married, for altruistic reasons, and weren't aware or prepared for the consequences on my husband's life and the lives of those close to him.",
"He has been terribly unhappy and I have therefore ended the marriage.",
"I think he is too nice to do so.",
"And too nice to trap.\" O'Connor, who has four children from her previous relationships, wed music producer John Reynolds in 1989 and journalist Nicholas Sommerlad in 2001.",
"This past April, she split from longtime friend and collaborator Steve Cooney.",
"See the full article at PEOPLE.com .",
"© 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"She blames pressures placed upon Herridge by \"certain people in his life\"\n\"I'm sorry I'm not a more regular woman,\" she writes ."
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"(CNN) -- World Twenty20 champions Pakistan were left stunned after none of their players were signed up for the lucrative Indian Premier League cricket tournament in Tuesday's auction.",
"With this year's budget slashed from $2 million per team to just $750,000, only 11 of the 66 international players on offer were snapped up.",
"West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard and veteran New Zealand pace bowler Shane Bond were the biggest winners as the Mumbai Indians and the Kolkata Knight Riders respectively used their entire allocated funds to sign them for the 2010 season.",
"But Pakistan's Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi, one of the world's most explosive players in the limited-overs format, failed to secure a place along with teammates highly-rated Mohammad Aamer, Umar Gul and Umar Akmal.",
"Afridi's manager blamed the Indian government for continuing its long-running tensions with Pakistan.",
"\"I'd heard prior to the auction that franchises were being advised not to bid for Pakistani players as the players from Pakistan would not be issued with visas by the Indian government, and that is precisely what has happened,\" Umar Khan told www.pakpassion.net.",
"\"The Indian Premier League have been using Afridi's name and pictures to publicize the tournament and to build up the hype, and he was expected to be one of the most popular players amongst the franchises.\"",
"Big-hitting all-rounder Afridi was stunned to be left out, having played for the Deccan Chargers in 2008 but did not feature last year as the team won the title.",
"\"I'm stunned by the omission and, yes, I'm obviously very disappointed as I was really looking forward to playing once again in the Indian Premier League and testing my skills against the world's best players and against friends and colleagues,\" he said.",
"\"I thought I would be picked and am very surprised at the outcome of the auction.\"",
"Pollard was sought by four teams, with Mumbai heading off Kolkata, the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Chennai Super Kings after making a sealed-envelope final bid.",
"The 22-year-old Pollard, who has played only 15 one-dayers and 10 Twenty20 internationals, takes $750,000 as his payment while the undisclosed extra money goes to the IPL.",
"The 34-year-old Bond, who has retired from Test cricket to prolong his career, has been welcomed into the IPL fold despite having signed up with its unsanctioned rival Indian Cricket League, which has not been staged since 2008.",
"He went into the auction with a $100,000 reserve price tag, but both Kolkata and the Chargers bid the full amount for him.",
"West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach went to the Chargers for $720,000 while Delhi Daredevils signed South Africa fast bowler Wayne Parnell for $610,000 -- $510,000 more than his reserve price.",
"Former India batsman Mohammad Kaif was sold to the Kings XI Punjab franchise for $250,000 after his contract was bought out by the Rajasthan Royals, while Bangalore signed England one-day specialist Eoin Morgan for $220,000.",
"Rajasthan also snapped up former Australia batsman Damien Martyn ($100,000) and his compatriot Adam Voges ($50,000), while Chennai Super Kings signed South Africa's Justin Kemp ($100,000) and Sri Lanka's Thissara Perera ($50,000).",
"In the only other sale, Punjab bought South Africa's Yusuf Abdulla for $50,000.",
"Meanwhile, India reached 122-1 in their second innings at stumps on the third day of the opening Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong, having bowled out the home side for 242.",
"The tourists narrowly avoided conceding a first-innings deficit for the first time against cricket's lowest-ranked Test nation, with Bangladesh falling one run short after resuming on 59-3 after bad light and fogged delayed the start of play on Tuesday.",
"Mahmudullah scored a personal best 69 as he added 108 for the seventh wicket with Mushfiqur Rahim (44), but spinner Amit Mishra cleaned up the tail to finish with three wickets to match the feat of left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan.",
"Mishra was then unbeaten on 24 at stumps along with opener Gautam Gambhir, who made 47 after putting on 90 for the first wicket with Virender Sehwag (45).",
"CNN's Harmeet Singh contributed to this report."
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"Only 11 of the 66 players on offer were snapped up as budgets slashed to $750,000 .",
"West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard went for the full amount as four teams bid for him .",
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"(CNN) -- When I was a youth pastor at a small, evangelical church in Kalamazoo, Michigan, I used to accompany my pastor and other members of our congregation into some of the city's neighborhoods where gang activity and gun violence were most prevalent.",
"We would stand on the corner next to the drug dealers and talk to them about why it was important to turn their lives around.",
"Some would listen.",
"Others would walk away.",
"All gave us respect, even if they didn't agree with what we had to say.",
"And I believe they did so because we respected them.",
"We didn't call them names or discount how they felt.",
"We met them where they were -- literally and figuratively.",
"In a lot of ways, hearing Rick Santorum talk about social issues, particularly gay rights, reminds me of those days.",
"Like those drug dealers, I'm sure he can't see how he destroys his community.",
"Like those drug dealers, Santorum is probably doing what he thinks he needs to do.",
"And like those drug dealers, what Santorum is pushing is addictive, poisonous and a trigger to violence we see all around us.",
"His anti-gay rhetoric justifies, for some people, the bullying in school, the senseless beatings of people perceived to be gay and the under-reported murders of transgender people.",
"The truth is that the disrespectful tone in which Santorum talks about GLBT people, in the name of religion, gives permission for our lives to be equally disrespected.",
"Disregarded. Sometimes, the impulse is to return the fire, matching name-calling with name-calling.",
"I, too, have found myself so ticked off by Santorum's words that I've called him everything but a child of God.",
"That's when I come to my senses and try to remember the one thing he seems to forget.",
"We're all God's children.",
"We're all brothers and sisters.",
"And like brothers and sisters, we won't always agree.",
"Sometimes we will fight.",
"But we can't get so caught up in our disagreements that we forget that what bonds us is far more important than what divides us.",
"Being respectful doesn't mean you have to give up your religion.",
"Opinion: To Rick Santorum: Here's how to support a gay child .",
"Still, as much as it pains me to admit, Rick Santorum is my brother.",
"I don't support the way he sows seeds of discord for political gain, but I can't allow him to drag me down so far that I hate him.",
"Just as I didn't hate the drug dealers and gang bangers who were poisoning the Kalamazoo neighborhoods.",
"Instead we all must go to the figurative street corner and find a way to respectfully engage.",
"After all, Santorum's views are not just his.",
"More than 30,000 Iowans last week said they wanted to see him in the White House.",
"This week thousands in New Hampshire might say the same.",
"Calling social conservatives names might help blow off steam, but it's not going to change their hearts.",
"And you cannot change a person's mind without first changing his or her heart.",
"Some will listen. Some will walk away. But neither group is going anywhere without at least getting to the place of respect.",
"Now I'm sure some are surprised to learn that I was heavily involved in the evangelical church.",
"Others are shocked to read I lived in a small town called Kalamazoo.",
"But we are all more than we appear to be. Santorum is more than his homophobic rhetoric.",
"I am more than a gay guy who opposes it.",
"And if we were to sit across from each other with a cup of coffee, I'm sure we would find the labels we assign to constituent groups and such wouldn't do any of us justice.",
"Sound touchy feely?",
"It is. But that doesn't mean it isn't true. Rick Santorum's significance has nothing to do with the election -- it's that he gives voice and seeming legitimacy to a lot of people who think it's OK to fire someone for being gay.",
"Getting upset by such a notion is natural.",
"Slapping them with a name like bigot is understandable.",
"But then what? Santorum's campaign presents us with the uncomfortable but necessary task of dealing with that question.",
"Santorum said he would love his son just the same if his son were to tell him he was gay.",
"Whether that's true is debatable, but what isn't debatable is the importance for fair minded people to push for a country where, if Santorum's son were gay, he wouldn't feel society hates him for it.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of LZ Granderson."
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"LZ Granderson: Rick Santorum's anti-gay rhetoric helps create climate of hate .",
"He says rhetoric justifies, for some people, acting out against gays .",
"Granderson gets angry, but knows Santorum is more than just his rhetoric .",
"Granderson: We have to engage with the views of those we disagree with ."
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"JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israel makes no secret that it sees Iran is its biggest threat but the scale of the threat is less clear cut.",
"Israel's recent military exercises are seen by some as a show of strength to Iran.",
"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not missed an opportunity to name Iran as the number one threat, and like his predecessors he has said Israel will not tolerate a nuclear Iran.",
"Tests are ongoing for Israel's arrow missile system, designed to intercept incoming rockets -- although Israel does not openly say which direction they'd come from.",
"Last week, CNN filmed Netanyahu aboard an F15 fighter-bomber jet while touring the Hatzerim air force base near Beersheva.",
"He said: \"My biggest impression today is the obligation to carry out the mission of defending Israel.\"",
"Last month, two Israeli warships and a submarine made a rare journey through Egypt's Suez canal.",
"Last year, the Israeli air force tested its fighter jets and helicopters on a 870-mile sortie -- roughly the distance between Israel and Iran's main uranium enrichment plant at Natanz.",
"The official line... Israel's security is a continuing concern.",
"The common perception is that some, if not all of these exercises were a show of strength for Iran.",
"Estimates of when Iran could have a nuclear bomb differ widely.",
"In February, the Institute for Science and International Security released a report that concluded Iran does not have a nuclear weapon but does have enough low-enriched uranium for a single nuclear weapon.",
"But an official at the International Atomic Energy Agency cautioned about drawing such conclusions.",
"The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Iran's stock of low-enriched uranium would have to be turned into highly enriched uranium to be weapons-grade material.",
"The official said in February that Iran has not done so, and the agency's monitors and surveillance equipment at the Natanz facility would be able to detect any such activity.",
"Dore Gold, former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations said, \"The IAEA has inspected the known nuclear sites of Iran.",
"But it's believed they still have other clandestine nuclear sites where they may be enriching uranium or they may be pursuing a plutonium route like the North Koreans.",
"So there's a certain amount of uncertainty in any assessment in the timeline of an Iranian bomb.",
"Iran says its nuclear ambitions are for peaceful means, and Israel is widely believed to have nuclear weapons itself.",
"But Israel's Defense Secretary Ehud Barak, at a meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates recently, made it clear he believes U.S. attempts at negotiations with Iran have a shelf-life.",
"\"We clearly believe that no option should be removed from the table and this is our policy.",
"We recommend to others to take the same position, but we cannot dictate it to anyone.\"",
"Efraim Kam, an Israeli analyst on Middle East affairs and author of \"From Terror to Nuclear Bombs: The Significance of the Iranian Threat,\" estimates that \"theoretically\" Iran could develop a nuclear bomb within the next year.",
"But even if Israel's conviction is correct that Iran wants a nuclear weapon and it is close to achieving that desire, does that mean it would use it against Israel?",
"Kam said: \"My personal view is that Iran would not do it because they understand that Israel does have a nuclear arsenal.",
"It has to take that into account and because the U.S. will deter Iran as well.",
"\"If you ask me, can you guarantee they will not use it, then no I can't.\"",
"But that question is a step too far for Israel.",
"It is far more concerned with what a nuclear Iran could do to the balance of the Middle East and the likely nuclear race that would follow with many of Israel's neighbors.",
"As Gold says: \"What is a prime minister of Israel supposed to do when he sees that threat growing to his east?\""
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"They believe U.S. attempts at negotiation could fall short .",
"Former diplomat says it is believed Iran still has secret sites for nuclear program .",
"One analyst says if Iran develops nuclear bomb it does not mean they would use it ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- Pakistan's military insists that the NATO strike last month that killed more than two dozen Pakistani soldiers near the Afghan border was deliberate.",
"In an effort to pre-empt the results of NATO's official investigation, due out next week, the Pakistani Embassy in Washington invited reporters for a detailed briefing on the incident.",
"Pakistani military officials at the briefing contended that NATO forces knew they were firing at Pakistani troops throughout the attack and even apologized as they kept firing, evidence they say supports their assertions the attack was deliberate.",
"U.S. officials have said it was a regrettable case of mistaken identity and miscommunication when NATO attacked the area in support of a nearby U.S.-Afghan joint patrol that believed it was under fire from the Taliban.",
"\"I have a story to tell and this is the story of those brave people who left us in the middle of a cold, November night on a barren mountain top,\" a senior Pakistani defense official began.",
"Using maps, photos and PowerPoint charts, he offered a painstaking recreation of the incident from the Pakistani military's point of view, based on interviews with surviving troops and residents where the attack took place.",
"He and embassy officials at the briefing spoke on the condition of anonymity, preferring for their military and civilian leadership in Islamabad to speak on the record.",
"At issue is whether Pakistani troops were the target of the attacks.",
"The Pakistani officials at the briefing argued that well-established operating procedures and an intricate system for operational information sharing were deliberately ignored, which led to the tragic incident that killed 24 Pakistani \"martyrs.\"",
"American officials told CNN that U.S. forces checked first with their Pakistani counterparts before launching the strike.",
"Before calling in airstrikes, the U.S. forces checked with a Pakistani liaison team.",
"They were not seeking permission -- because the airstrikes were described as a matter of self-defense -- but were making sure Pakistani troops weren't in what was called a poorly marked border area, the officials said.",
"After that consultation, the U.S. believed there were no Pakistani forces nearby, which turned out not to be true.",
"U.S. military officials would not comment on the Pakistani assertions, citing the ongoing investigation.",
"But in the past few weeks, U.S. officials have denied vehemently the charge by Pakistan's military that this was a deliberate attack.",
"\"What I can say, absolutely, and I can't imagine anyone in this room wouldn't believe me -- we did not attack a border post, a Pakistan military border post, intentionally,\" Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a speech in Washington last week.",
"\"If you think we did, I'd have to ask you in return what in the world would we hope to gain by doing that?",
"So I can say that categorically.",
"Dempsey said, \"They believe we did this intentionally in some way to either discredit them or goad them into further action.\"",
"Pentagon spokesman George Little said, \"We know enough at this point to say with certainty this was not an intentional attack on Pakistani forces.",
"The Pakistanis are our partners; it defies reason that we would attack them.\"",
"But Pakistani officials at the embassy briefing said that not only were the coordinates incorrect, covering an area nine miles north of the attack, but Pakistan's chain of command was in the process of reviewing them when NATO helicopters began the striking Pakistani outpost \"Volcano\" shortly after midnight.",
"Pakistan only returned fire after its first post was fired upon, which prompted NATO to strike against the second post, \"Boulder,\" the officials said, adding that the commanding officer who ran up the hill to the area with a rescue team was killed.",
"A NATO officer at the joint coordination outpost in the area even apologized to his Pakistani liaison in the middle of the attack for relaying the wrong location of the area NATO planes were about to fire on, preventing Pakistan from warning this was a friendly post, according to the Pakistani officials.",
"Even after NATO officer acknowledged at about 1:15 a.m. that it was firing on the outposts and confirmed it was pulling back its helicopters, the Pakistanis maintain there was continued fire on the two posts by U.S. attack helicopters and an AC-130 gunship for about another hour until about 2:20 a.m.",
"Neither claim could be verified with NATO and American officials.",
"Could NATO forces have mistaken the two border posts on the Afghan border for extremist bases, as U.S. officials have suggested?",
"Highly unlikely, the senior Pakistani defense official said at the briefing.",
"First of all, the structures stood in plain view on the top of a barren ridge -- a place he said, which terrorists probably wouldn't be inclined to use as a hideout.",
"Photos of both posts that suffered the attack show the structures made of stone and sandbags sitting on high ground.",
"A slide at the presentation called \"Mistaken Identity Not Possible\" tried to casts further doubt on the U.S. argument.",
"The slide detailed several ways Pakistan and its NATO counterparts keep track of each other's activities at the border.",
"The defense official claimed that NATO was even monitoring the Pakistani border posts' radio transmissions reporting it was under fire by NATO aircraft.",
"What's more, he said, the Pakistani military has shown its counterparts at several coordination centers maps of where it has outposts so as to avoid such misunderstandings.",
"\"It's something which just doesn't make any sense to me given the kind of coordination mechanism we have, the kind of information-sharing we have, given the fact that these locations are mutually known to both sides,\" he said.",
"The official would not speculate as to why NATO would deliberately attack two Pakistani outposts about 300 yards from the border, but would only say this was the official conclusion of the Pakistani leadership.",
"The incident has exacerbated an already fractious relationship between the United States and Pakistan, whose military has been on the defensive since the secret raid by U.S. Navy SEALs that killed Osama bin Laden in May.",
"Since the attack on bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, close to Pakistani military installations, tensions have been at record levels.",
"But last month's attack seems to have been the last straw, with Pakistan shutting NATO supply routes until it receives an official apology.",
"The United States has expressed \"condolences\" for the loss of the Pakistani soldiers but won't go as far as to issue an \"apology\" until the NATO investigation is complete.",
"Pakistan has explicitly refused to coordinate with investigation, saying it doesn't trust NATO.",
"Regardless of the results of the investigation, officials say the incident has further solidified Pakistani military and public opinion against cooperation with NATO and the United States.",
"\"There is a sense of outrage,\" one senior official said.",
"\"It's there on the street, amongst the leadership -- political as well as military -- and among the rank and file of the military.",
"The sheer magnitude of this thing is unbelievable.\""
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"Pakistani military officials say NATO forces knew they were firing at Pakistani troops .",
"U.S. has said last month's attack was a case of mistaken identity, miscommunication .",
"More than two dozen Pakistani soldiers killed in NATO strike near the Afghan border .",
"Strike has exacerbated already fractious relationship between U.S. and Pakistan ."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is expected to ask the Obama administration for additional troops and equipment, according to a senior U.S. military official familiar with Gen. Stanley McChrystal's thinking.",
"Gen. Stanley McChrystal's report on the war's status will be delivered in August, the source says.",
"The request will be for troops and equipment for conducting intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, as well as more assets to deal with roadside bombs and explosives, said the official, who declined to be identified because McChrystal's request has not been formally transmitted to the Pentagon.",
"The request could be made in coming weeks after McChrystal completes a \"troop-to-task review\" to calculate whether there are enough U.S. troops in Afghanistan -- and the right mix of troops -- to carry out the military's war plan at an acceptable level of risk, the official said.",
"The review could also lead to a request for additional troops for either combat or training of Afghan forces, but the official emphasized McChrystal has not made a decision on that.",
"The military already has tasked an additional 4,000 troops to train Afghan forces.",
"The official said McChrystal is likely to submit his recommendations to Defense Secretary Robert Gates as a series of options, with each option having a level of risk attached to it.",
"\"This will start the discussion\" within the highest levels of the administration about whether to send a significant number of additional troops, the official said.",
"Gates has signaled he would be open to sending more troops if it could be demonstrated they are needed.",
"But he also has expressed caution that the United States not send so many troops that it has too heavy a footprint in the country.",
"The troop-to-task review will follow McChrystal's assessment of the war, due 60 days after he took command in mid-June.",
"That report is expected to be sent to Gates and NATO's secretary general by August 14, the official said.",
"It will discuss a detailed strategy for success of the counterinsurgency mission, such as the need for U.S. and Afghan forces to conduct more integrated operations and the need to focus on population centers.",
"It is also expected to call for an increase in the number of Afghan security forces.",
"\"This will be a really frank and honest discussion of how things are, and what it takes to get the job done,\" the official said."
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"(CNN) -- Britain on Saturday demanded the release of Gilad Shalit as the Israeli soldier marked his 24th birthday in Hamas' captivity.",
"\"The thoughts of many in Britain are with Gilad Shalit and his family,\" the Foreign Office said.",
"\"His detention is unjustifiable and unacceptable.",
"The British Government demands his immediate and unconditional release.\"",
"Shalit has been held captive since June 25, 2006, when Palestinian militants from Gaza captured him.",
"The militants had tunneled into Israel and attacked an Israeli army outpost near the Gaza-Israel-Egypt border, killing two soldiers in the assault.",
"Israel immediately launched a military incursion into Gaza to rescue Shalit, then 19, but failed to free him.",
"Since being imprisoned by Hamas, Shalit has not been allowed any contact with the outside world, nor any visits by the Red Cross.",
"Details of his incarceration and physical condition remain unknown.",
"In October 2009, Hamas released a tape of Shalit as a proof of life, in which he urged the Israeli government to do more for his safe release.",
"Shalit's family has been working to free the soldier and ramped up their efforts during the current holy month of Ramadan.",
"Noam Shalit, the soldier's father, recently appealed directly to Palestinians in Gaza to put pressure on their Hamas leadership for a prisoner swap during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which ends September 9.",
"The father has repeated his stance that the Israeli government should release 1,000 prisoners, including 450 whose release Hamas has demanded in exchange for his son.",
"He has been holding a vigil outside the home of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since early July, when he led a march to his doorstep to support a prisoner exchange as a way to release his son.",
"This Ramadan is different than the previous four, Shalit said, because there is now a deal that was put on the table at the beginning of the year by a German mediator.",
"\"If the two sides of the conflict show some flexibility, it will be possible to make an agreement,\" Shalit said.",
"Such an agreement, Shalit said, would benefit thousands of Palestinian families who would have their fathers and sons back to celebrate the festival of Ramadan.",
"\"I would welcome any release of Palestinian prisoners, but I would welcome the release of one Israeli prisoner,\" said the emotional Shalit, raising a solitary finger.",
"The issue of Shalit came up after British Prime Minister David Cameron issued tough talk about the Palestinian territory of Gaza during a visit to Turkey, comments seen as criticism of Israel.",
"\"Let me also be clear that the situation in Gaza has to change.",
"Humanitarian goods and people must flow in both directions.",
"Gaza cannot and must not be allowed to remain a prison camp,\" Cameron said.",
"He also referred to the territory as a \"prison camp.\"",
"Residents of Gaza say they have suffered greatly under an Israeli goods blockade implemented since Hamas took control of the territory after elections in 2006.",
"But Israel says its tough measures are necessary to stop weapons from reaching Hamas militants intent on destroying Israel.",
"Ron Prosor, Israel's ambassador to Britain, reacted quickly to the prime minister's remark, saying that Hamas is responsible for the misery in Gaza and raised the issue of Shalit's captivity.",
"\"We know that the prime minister would also share our grave concerns about our own prisoner in the Gaza Strip, Gilad Shalit, who has been held hostage there for over four years, without receiving a single Red Cross visit,\" Prosor said."
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"He's had no contact with the Red Cross .",
"His father is urging a prisoner swap ."
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"(PEOPLE.com) -- It's no secret that Kim Kardashian's personal life has recently taken a bumpy turn, but the reality star is still a big fan of marriage.",
"Asked whether she still considered marriage an attractive choice, Kardashian, who recently announced she's divorcing Kris Humphries, said, \"Absolutely.",
"I believe in love, always.\"",
"Looking fresh in Las Vegas at the opening of The Mirage Resort and Casino's Kardashian Khaos lifestyle boutique, Kardashian, 31, said she learned a lot of lessons in the past year and plans on being \"a new me\" in 2012.",
"One thing that she won't be having anytime soon: a copilot.",
"Asked whether she will find love again, she simply replied, \"I'm not looking.\"",
"See the full article at PEOPLE.com.",
"© 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"Kim Kardashian said, \"Absolutely.",
"I believe in love, always\"\nKardashian, 31, said she learned a lot of lessons in the past year .",
"Whether she will find love again, she simply replied, \"I'm not looking\""
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Nearly 6.2 million students in the United States between the ages of 16 and 24 in 2007 dropped out of high school, fueling what a report released Tuesday called \"a persistent high school dropout crisis.\"",
"A new report on high school dropouts in the United States calls for a national re-enrollment strategy.",
"The total represents 16 percent of all people in the United States in that age range in 2007.",
"Most of the dropouts were Latino or black, according to a report by the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, and the Alternative Schools Network in Chicago, Illinois.",
"\"Because of the widespread, pressing nature of the crisis and the large numbers of young people who have already dropped out, a national re-enrollment strategy should be a fundamental part of America's national education agenda,\" the report says.",
"However, the report notes, the \"absence of new funding at the federal and state level since the 1980s has led to decades of disinvestment in re-enrollment programs across the country.\"",
"Despite the funding cutbacks, there have been re-enrollment successes nationally and in a number of cities including Chicago; Los Angeles, California; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Portland, Oregon, the report says.",
"\"These programs have found that young people who have left high school before earning a diploma are not dead-end dropouts, but often are in fact students waiting and looking for opportunities to re-enroll and finish high school,\" the study says.",
"\"The most successful programs are small (80-150 students), offering comprehensive after-school and summer activities, led by experienced principals and teachers, focused on learning in the real world, well-funded with local school site program and fiscal control, and track specific, measurable outcomes for student achievement including skill gains, enrollment, attendance, credit gains, promotions and graduations.\"",
"Jesse Williams, 22, was one of those dropouts who is now working on her degree.",
"She said a street shooting in which one friend died and two were wounded was the start of her losing interest in school.",
"\"My junior year I dropped out,\" she said at a summit in Washington on Tuesday.",
"\"Too much gang violence, teachers discriminating because of the color of my skin, or where I come from.\"",
"Now re-enrolled in a Chicago school dedicated to bringing dropouts back to education, Williams said, \"They help me in my classwork.",
"I have a mentor that checks up on me monthly.",
"She goes to my house, sees if there's anything that I need.\"",
"Researchers for the study analyzed the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Surveys, household data from the Current Population Survey, national data on GED certificate awards and other official sources to examine the problem at the national level and in the nation's 12 largest states: California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia.",
"Men and blacks and Hispanics of both genders are among those particularly prone to dropping out of high school.",
"\"As these data show, this dropout crisis is disproportionately affecting America's communities of color,\" said Marc Morial, president and chief executive officer of the National Urban League.",
"\"Youth from all communities deserve an equal chance at educational success.\"",
"Among the findings in the report, \"Left Behind in America: The Nation's Dropout Crisis:\" The dropout situation at the state level was similarly widespread: .",
"The report emphasized the importance of having at least a high school education.",
"\"In the current global economy, having at least a high school diploma is a critical step for avoiding poverty, and a college degree is a prerequisite for a well-paying job,\" the study says.",
"\"The costs of dropping out of high school today are substantial and have risen over time, especially for young men, who find it almost impossible to earn an adequate income to take care of themselves and their families.\"",
"The report goes on to note: \"Americans without a high school diploma have considerably lower earning power and job opportunities in today's workforce.",
"Over a working lifetime from ages 18-64, high school dropouts are estimated to earn $400,000 less than those that graduated from high school.",
"For males, the lifetime earnings loss is nearly $485,000 and exceeds $500,000 in many large states.",
"Due to their lower lifetime earnings and other sources of market incomes, dropouts will contribute far less in federal, state and local taxes than they will receive in cash benefits, in-kind transfers and correctional costs.",
"Over their lifetimes, this will impose a net fiscal burden on the rest of society.",
"\"By contrast, adults with high school diplomas contribute major fiscal benefits to the country over their lifetime.",
"The combined lifetime fiscal benefits -- including the payment of payroll, federal, and state income taxes --- could amount to more than $250,000 per graduated student.",
"Such a public fiscal benefit more than outweighs the estimated cost of enrolling a student who has dropped out.\""
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"Newly released study examines rates of high school dropouts .",
"Study finds African-American and Latino youths prevalent among dropouts .",
"Urban League head: crisis hitting \"America's communities of color\"\nReport also emphasizes importance of obtaining high school diploma ."
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"(PEOPLE.com) -- The bride has spoken!",
"Lisa Ann Russell and \"Survivor\" host Jeff Probst said, \"I do,\" PEOPLE confirms exclusively.",
"The pair married Monday in front of family and friends in an intimate ceremony at a private Los Angeles residence, says a spokesperson for the couple.",
"This is the second marriage for both.",
"Russell, 40, shares custody of two children with \"Franklin & Bash\" actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar, 38, who got engaged to advertising executive Catriona McGann this summer.",
"Probst, 50, will preside over the finale of \"Survivor: South Pacific\" on CBS December 18.",
"His self-titled talk show will debut in the fall of 2012.",
"See the full article at PEOPLE.com.",
"© 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"This is the second marriage for both Jeff Probst and Lisa Ann Russell .",
"Russell, 40, shares custody of two children with \"Franklin & Bash\" actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar .",
"Probst, 50, will preside over the finale of \"Survivor: South Pacific\" on CBS ."
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"Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN) -- Republican presidential candidates faced off twice in 11 hours on Saturday and Sunday in debates ahead of Tuesday's New Hampshire primary.",
"While both debates were staged in the Granite State, it was clear that the rivals intended for their messages to go beyond New Hampshire.",
"Here are five things we learned from the weekend.",
"Romney's debating skills on display .",
"Neither debate did much to change the state of play in New Hampshire.",
"Front-runner Mitt Romney's rivals went after him in both debates.",
"Even when other candidates slighted Romney -- Rick Perry referred to an \"insider from Wall Street,\" and Gingrich went after Romney's private-sector record by repeatedly citing an article by The New York Times -- the jabs were either veiled or dispassionate.",
"And using The New York Times to back up an argument probably won't excite the conservative base.",
"Romney's opponents did step up their attacks between Saturday and Sunday, but then they seemed to back off.",
"CNN.com Opinion contributor Todd Graham, an award-winning college debating coach, speculated that Romney's rivals dropped the direct attacks because they were \"worried about overcorrecting, appearing rude, and alienating voters (Gingrich came close when he told Romney to 'drop the pious baloney') -- or in the heat of the moment, they forgot their coaching once the second debate was under way.\"",
"Graham concluded that between Romney's polished debating skills and sometimes poor debating by his rivals, he has only solidified his position.",
"Looking ahead to the general election?",
"Over the past few years, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights movement has made strides, and many question whether someone who is not a supporter of the movement could win a general election in 2012.",
"Such rights played a role in both debates.",
"Rick Santorum, who has run on a predominantly social values platform, offered perhaps his strongest statement of homosexual support to date, saying he would not repudiate a son who told him he was gay.",
"He was careful, however, not to say that he would fight for gay individuals, instead saying he would be an advocate for \"every person in America\" and would make sure people are treated with \"respect and dignity.\"",
"On the same topic, Romney said he has hired gay staffers in the past and would never discriminate against gays or attempt to take away their rights.",
"Are these two men looking ahead to a general election, where strong social conservative values may not play as well?",
"Social issues played a big role in Iowa and will do so again in South Carolina.",
"Santorum's answer may have been a good middle-of-the-road response and a reminder of a phrase often used by Christian conservatives: Love the sinner, hate the sin.",
"That may be a message to which conservative voters in South Carolina can relate.",
"Message received?",
"Americans have made clear their disdain for Congress, partisan politics and theatrics bringing government to a standstill.",
"Both Gingrich and Romney touted their records of working with Democrats to hammer out legislative deals.",
"Gingrich, who is best known for battling President Bill Clinton in the 1990s, highlighted that he struck deals with the Democratic president even though he wanted to make him \"a one-term president.\"",
"And Romney noted that when he was running Massachusetts, the state legislature was 85% Democratic but that he found \"common ground,\" adding that he's proved he can \"work with Republicans and Democrats who are willing to work together.\"",
"Santorum touted his ability to gain support among voters of both parties in his former Pennsylvania district, and Huntsman said that serving one's country should always trump party loyalty.",
"But before candidates can work on uniting the party, they will have to triumph over their rivals as the bruising GOP primary plays out this winter.",
"Huntsman's last stand?",
"Since former Utah Gov.",
"Jon Huntsman is placing all his chips on a strong finish in New Hampshire's Tuesday primary, the debates were his last, best chance to make his case.",
"Saturday's lukewarm performance was followed by a stronger delivery on Sunday morning.",
"After coming under attack Saturday night by Romney for his service as U.S. ambassador to China during the first two years of President Barack Obama's term, Huntsman strongly defended his time in Beijing on Sunday.",
"But he also highlighted his fiscal plans as in tune with conservative Republican principles.",
"And in a state where independent voters hold sway, Huntsman made his pitch, saying, \"the American people are tired of the partisan division.",
"They have had enough. And I say, we've had enough, and we have to change our direction in terms of coming together as Americans first and foremost and finding solutions to our problems.\"",
"Ron Paul punches hard -- in person .",
"The candidates have let super political action committees that support them do their dirty work on the campaign trail, spending millions on attack ads.",
"But Ron Paul was one of the few candidates to repeat to his rivals' faces the same harsh criticism he's unleashed in ads or on the campaign trail.",
"Paul stood firm in calling Santorum \"corrupt\" and Gingrich a \"chicken hawk\" for not having served in the military.",
"\"Would you use that phrase (chicken hawk) again?\"",
"moderator Diane Sawyer asked Paul on Saturday.",
"\"Yeah,\" Paul responded.",
"\"I think people who don't serve when they could and they get three or four or even five deferments aren't -- they have no right to send our kids off to war.",
"\"I'm trying to stop the wars,\" he said.",
"\"But at least, you know, I went when they called me up.\"",
"Gingrich responded with anger.",
"\"Dr. Paul has a long history of saying things that are inaccurate and false,\" he said, denying that he had asked for a deferment and pointing out that his father had served overseas.",
"\"I think I have a pretty good idea of what it's like as a family to worry about your father getting killed, and I personally resent the kinds of comments and aspersions (Paul) routinely makes without accurate information and then just slurs people.\"",
"CNN's Gabriella Schwarz, Shawna Shepherd, Paul Steinhauser, Rachel Streitfeld, Shannon Travis and Chris Welch contributed to this report."
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"Social issues will play a large role in South Carolina .",
"Gingrich, Romney tout their bipartisan efforts .",
"Paul repeats harsh criticism to opponents' faces ."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- Nick Cannon checked out of a Los Angeles hospital over the weekend after being treated for \"mild kidney failure\" suffered in Aspen, Colorado, over the holidays, his rep said.",
"\"He is resting and recovering at home and would like to thank everyone who has expressed concern, well wishes and prayers,\" Tracy Nguyen said Monday.",
"Cannon will be back on the air with his New York morning radio show next week, Nguyen said.",
"The 31-year-old actor and \"America's Got Talent\" host tweeted last Wednesday that he was leaving an Aspen hospital for one in Los Angeles.",
"\"Thank you all for all your love, prayers and concern.",
"You know me ... I will be a'ight,\" Cannon said in his tweet.",
"Cannon and Mariah Carey were vacationing in Aspen with their twins, Monroe and Moroccan, when he fell ill last month.",
"CNN's Anisa Husain contributed to this report."
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"Cannon's \"resting and recovering at home\" after a \"mild kidney failure,\" his rep says .",
"The actor returns to his New York radio show next week .",
"The illness interrupts Cannon's Colorado holiday ."
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"(CNN) -- Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky's wife, Dottie, told CNN that she is angry about accusations of child sexual abuse occurring in her home, calling them \"absolutely untrue.\"",
"\"No child who ever visited our home was ever forced to stay in our basement and fed there,\" she said.",
"\"We would never do anything to hurt them.\"",
"Her husband faces more than 50 charges surrounding a child sex abuse scandal that allegedly spanned more than 15 years.",
"\"We don't know why these young men have made these false accusations, but we want everyone to know they are untrue,\" she added.",
"An alleged victim testified that he made overnight visits to Sandusky's home as a boy and stayed in a basement bedroom.",
"While there, he described a pattern of sexual assaults over a period of several years, according to the grand jury report.",
"\"The victim testified that on at least one occasion he screamed for help, knowing that Sandusky's wife was upstairs, but no one ever came to help him,\" the report states.",
"Responding to the allegations, Dottie Sandusky said she was \"shocked and dismayed\" by the alleged victim's testimony, calling his accusations false.",
"\"I continue to believe in Jerry's innocence and all the good things he has done,\" she added.",
"The former defensive coordinator posted $250,000 bail and left jail on Thursday, one day after he was arrested on 12 new counts of abuse involving two new alleged victims, raising the total number of victims to 10.",
"Sandusky was then driven in a three-vehicle motorcade from the jail to his State College, Pennsylvania, home.",
"Authorities say he is currently under house arrest and must wear an electronic monitoring device.",
"He'll also be restricted from contacting the alleged victims, possible witnesses, and must be supervised during any interactions with minors.",
"\"As in many of the other cases identified to date, the contact with Sandusky allegedly fit a pattern of 'grooming' victims,\" said Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly.",
"\"Beginning with outings to football games and gifts; they later included physical contact that escalated to sexual assaults.\"",
"A grand jury report made public last month detailed 40 charges of rape and molestation against the former coach in a child sex abuse scandal that, at the time, involved eight alleged victims.",
"The lawyer for a 29-year-old man who is suing the school, Sandusky and Second Mile criticized Dottie Sandusky's statement.",
"\"It really is a sad, clear demonstration of how sick she is because of how sick he is,\" said Jeff Anderson, who represents an accuser identified as \"John Doe A.\"",
"The Sanduskys both \"in their own way deny what we all know to be and what has been revealed daily.\"",
"Anderson's client was not cited in the initial grand jury report.",
"The plaintiff, who Anderson said was 10 years old when he first met Sandusky, alleged the former coach sexually abused him dozens of times over several years during the 1990s, the lawyer said.",
"\"The idea that 11 men (10 from grand jury reports plus 'John Doe A') who have nothing to do with each other have fabricated this many stories of abuse is beyond rational,\" said Anderson's co-counsel, Marci Hamilton.",
"\"Victims rarely make up being sexually assaulted and abused.\"",
"\"John Doe A\" is cooperating with authorities, his lawyers said.",
"Sandusky, who maintains his innocence, will face a preliminary hearing at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, where his alleged victims are set to testify.",
"It is expected to be the first time the former coach will face them in court.",
"The new accusers -- identified by authorities as Victim 9 and Victim 10 -- are believed to have encountered Sandusky at The Second Mile charity, a nonprofit organization he founded for underprivileged children.",
"Victim 9 was between 11 and 12 years old when he first met the former coach in 2004.",
"Sandusky allegedly gave the boy gifts and money, and took him to university football games, according to the grand jury report.",
"Sandusky allegedly met Victim 10, then about age 10, in 1997 after a counselor recommended the boy attend the charity \"because of difficulties in his home life.\"",
"That witness said Sandusky performed oral sex on him and indecently touched him in an outdoor pool on campus.",
"Penn State, meanwhile, said Thursday it has created the Center for the Protection of Children for \"the study, research, prevention and treatment of child abuse.\"",
"A portion of the funding will come from football bowl game revenues.",
"\"We are opting to put our expertise and research power to work confronting the problem of abuse,\" said Penn State President Rodney Erickson in a statement.",
"The university recently partnered with the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center with a commitment of $1.5 million.",
"CNN's Kathleen Johnston, Laura Dolan, Ross Levitt and Susan Candiotti, and journalist Sara Ganim contributed to this report ."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- CIA interrogators used waterboarding at least 266 times on two top al Qaeda suspects, according to a Bush-era Justice Department memo released by the Obama administration.",
"Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, seen in a December sketch, was waterboarded 183 times in a month, a memo says.",
"The controversial technique that simulates drowning -- and which President Obama calls torture -- was used at least 83 times in August 2002 on suspected al Qaeda leader Abu Zubaydah, according to the memo.",
"Interrogators also waterboarded Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 183 times in March 2003.",
"Mohammed is believed to be the mastermind behind the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States.",
"Obama released the memo Thursday, saying that \"exceptional circumstances surround these memos and require their release.\"",
"Watch other tactics outlined in memos » .",
"The memo, dated May 30, 2005, was from then-Deputy Assistant Attorney General Steven G. Bradbury to John Rizzo, who was acting general counsel for the CIA.",
"It paints a different picture from the one described by former CIA officer John Kiriakou.",
"In a December 2007 interview with CNN, Kiriakou said Zubaydah had been waterboarded for \"about 30 seconds, 35 seconds\" and agreed to cooperate with interrogators the following day.",
"In an interview on \"Fox News Sunday,\" Michael Hayden, who directed the CIA from 2006 to 2009, was asked about the number of times Mohammed was waterboarded.",
"Hayden denounced the release of the memos and did not comment on the number, saying it was his understanding that the frequency of waterboarding was among the operational details that had not been declassified.",
"Watch one expert say tactics 'worse than Abu Ghraib' » .",
"The 2005 memo refers to a letter that had contained the numbers as well.",
"Part of the reference to the letter was redacted in the released memo.",
"Waterboarding is among the interrogation tactics that Obama has prohibited through an executive order.",
"The CIA also has admitted waterboarding Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the first person charged in the United States for the 2000 attack on the USS Cole in Yemen that killed 17 U.S. sailors.",
"Obama said last week he felt comfortable releasing the classified memos because the Bush administration acknowledged using some of the practices associated with the memos, and the interrogation techniques were widely reported and have since been banned.",
"\"Withholding these memos would only serve to deny facts that have been in the public domain for some time,\" Obama said in a statement.",
"\"This could contribute to an inaccurate accounting of the past, and fuel erroneous and inflammatory assumptions about actions taken by the United States.\"",
"The president applauded the work of the U.S. intelligence community and said no one who \"carried out their duties relying in good faith upon legal advice from the Department of Justice\" would be prosecuted."
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"Memo: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed waterboarded 183 times in one month .",
"Former CIA officer said in 2007 that Mohammed waterboarded for 30-35 seconds .",
"Obama: Memos released because methods were reported, are now banned .",
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"(CNN) -- Baseball Hall of Famer Bob Feller died Wednesday night in Cleveland, Ohio, of acute leukemia, according to a statement from the Cleveland Indians.",
"He was 92. Feller was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in August and underwent surgery at the Cleveland Clinic to implant a pacemaker in October.",
"In mid-November, Feller was hospitalized with pneumonia.",
"The major leaguer was an icon for Indians fans.",
"\"We in Cleveland have been blessed to have had him with us these many years,\" said Indians owner Larry Dolan.",
"\"To say he will be missed is such an understatement.\"",
"Feller spent 18 years in a Cleveland Indians uniform.",
"He started 484 games, winning 266 of them.",
"Feller had a lifetime ERA of 3.25, threw three no-hitters, including the only Opening Day no-hitter in Major League Baseball history, on April 16, 1940.",
"In 1946, he pitched 36 complete games.",
"\"Since 1936 he has been with us.",
"For 75 years he has been a contributing citizen, a model for all athletes, and friend of thousands,\" Dolan said.",
"\"As so it shall be in the larger sense, Bob will be with us always.",
"Not at Opening Day, not at Fantasy Camp, not in the Press Box, but in our hearts.\"",
"Indians manager Manny Acta said Feller was a special person.",
"\"There has never been a great one with such an affiliation to his original franchise,\" Acta said.",
"\"When you think Cleveland Indians, you think Bob Feller and vice-versa.",
"He was a genuine patriot and a big-time Hall of Famer.",
"Boy, he loved the Indians and we all loved him back.\""
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"Feller was diagnosed with leukemia in August ."
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"(CNN) -- A three-judge federal appeals court panel Tuesday overturned a lower court's order blocking key parts of a Texas law requiring doctors to provide a sonogram to pregnant women before they get an abortion, potentially clearing the way for enforcement of the law.",
"In August, just before the law was set to take effect September 1, U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks in Austin, Texas, found several portions of the law \"unconstitutionally vague,\" and ruled it violated the First Amendment by compelling doctors and patients to engage in government-mandated speech.",
"But a panel on the 5th U.S.",
"Circuit Court of Appeals vacated Sparks' injunction against enforcing the law, saying opponents did not prove it violated the Constitution.",
"The panel remanded the suit back to the lower court for further proceedings.",
"As written, the law would require women seeking an abortion in Texas to view a picture of the embryo or fetus and hear a description of its development before having the procedure.",
"Sparks' injunction blocked Texas from enforcing any penalties against a doctor who failed to place sonogram pictures where a pregnant woman may see them, or does not make the fetus' heartbeat audible.",
"It also blocked penalties against the woman.",
"A previous U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a Pennsylvania case \"held that the fact that such truthful, accurate information may cause a woman to choose not to abort her pregnancy only reinforces its relevance to an informed decision,\" U.S.",
"Circuit Judge Patrick Higginbotham wrote in a concurring opinion.",
"\"Insisting that a doctor give this information in his traditional role of securing informed consent is permissible.\"",
"\"Today's ruling is a victory for all who stand in defense of life,\" Texas Gov.",
"Rick Perry said in a statement.",
"\"Every life lost to abortion is a tragedy, and this important sonogram legislation ensures that every Texas woman seeking an abortion has all the facts about the life she is carrying, and understands the devastating impact of such a life-ending decision.",
"\"We will continue to fight any attempt to limit our state's laws that value and protect the unborn,\" Perry said.",
"The suit was filed by the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights.",
"Nancy Northrup, the center's president and CEO, said the court decision was \"extreme.\"",
"\"This clears the way for the enforcement of an insulting and intrusive law whose sole purpose is to harass women and dissuade them from exercising their constitutionally protected reproductive rights,\" Northrup said in a statement.",
"\"Until today, every court that has reviewed similarly intrusive laws have ruled the laws unconstitutional.\"",
"The law, she said, \"serves only to place multiple hurdles between women and the free and full exercise of their reproductive rights.\"",
"The center, she said, is evaluating \"all available means\" to challenge the Texas law \"and all laws that seek to undermine women's fundamental rights.\"",
"The bill generated some controversy in Texas, but easily passed through the state's House and Senate, both of which are controlled by Republicans.",
"The law says that at least 24 hours before an abortion is performed, women must undergo a sonogram, a procedure that uses ultrasound to create an image.",
"The doctor is required to give, \"in a manner understandable to a layperson, a verbal explanation of the results of the sonogram images, including a medical description of the dimensions of the embryo or fetus, the presence of cardiac activity and the presence of external members and internal organs,\" the law says.",
"CNN's Jamie Crawford contributed to this report."
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"(Fast Company) -- The tech world's getting used to the idea Steve Jobs is absent from Apple again, for medical reasons.",
"We think he'll be back soon.",
"But one day he won't come back, and who might fill the big chair then?",
"For the time being Tim Cook is in control at Apple, as he has been every time Steve Jobs has had to take time to tackle his health issues.",
"Cook's time in the role has, self-evidently, been highly successful, and many commenters are tipping him to be Steve's eventual successor -- with these stand-in periods acting as a carefully managed succession plan.",
"But is Tim really the guy for the job, given that Steve is still active as CEO in the background, and all big decisions are still cycling through him?",
"Could someone else from inside Apple be a better fit, or is there someone working elsewhere we can imagine as the next Apple CEO?",
"Tim Cook . Currently Apple COO, repeat stand-in for Steve Jobs.",
"Demanding, keen-minded, unemotional.",
"A science and business scholar, previously at Compaq and 12 years at IBM where he managed product and manufacturing inventories and chains.",
"He's credited with making Apple's products stream reliably from their eastern manufacturing homes to their end users, and hot-tipped to replace Jobs by many.",
"Recently introduced the high-profile Verizon iPhone.",
"Once said: \"Replace Steve?",
"No, he's irreplaceable. That's something people have to get over.\"",
"Odds for replacing Steve: Long, long, long.",
"A good temporary replacement, but lacks dynamism and creative vision.",
"Jonathan Ive .",
"Currently Senior VP of Industrial Design at Apple.",
"Highly regarded, award-winning brains behind nearly all of Apple's iconic computing and mobile products since 1996 -- starting with the industry-startling original candy-color iMac, and recently refining the aluminum unibody designs that are now a design reference point.",
"A highly accomplished presenter and speaker, he's known as a perfectionist and thinks focus groups are a symptom of corporate \"creative bankruptcy.\"",
"Odds for replacing Steve: Medium-long, as though he's a super-hot property in the design field, and some of his philosophy aligns with Jobs', he lacks the industrial and technical training to replace his boss.",
"He could be a powerful co-chair, though.",
"Phil Schiller .",
"Currently Senior VP of Worldwide Product Marketing at Apple.",
"A 20-year Apple veteran, in different marketing management roles, he's credited with some of the smart moves that placed iMac, iPods, and iPhones as the chic devices to own in the public's eye.",
"He often speaks at Jobs-led keynote speeches, and has led a keynote or two of his own to introduce new products.",
"Not regarded as a business tiger, he does Twitter, and has spoken clearly about what makes Apple products unique: \"We want things to be beautiful, surprising to see, but they also have to be functional.",
"One without the other doesn't make any sense.\"",
"Odds for replacing Steve: Medium.",
"He has definite genius in marketing, and shares much of Jobs' product vision.",
"But he doesn't have a dynamic public presence, and some see him as a bad CEO -- probably better suited at staying where he is, to support any future new CEO and ensure consistency.",
"Scott Forstall .",
"Currently Senior VP iPhone Software at Apple.",
"Forstall is responsible for some of the key decisions behind Apple's OS X and its Aqua interface, and led the release of OS X Snow Leopard.",
"A computer scientist by training, and formerly an employee of Jobs' NeXT computer firm, Forstall reports directly to Jobs and is credited with the successful industry-defining iOS interface of the iPhone and iPad.",
"He's a smooth public speaker and has notable attention to detail: \"I actually have a photographer's loupe that I use to make sure every pixel is right\" Odds for replacing Steve: Good.",
"Forbes called him a name you \"need to know in 2011,\" and he's young, possesses the right kind of technical knowledge and dynamism, and has become an increasingly important figure in key Apple product decisions.",
"Eric Schmidt .",
"Currently Executive Chairman of Google, formerly CEO.",
"Educated in electrical engineering, he has a PhD and taught at Stanford Business School as a part-time professor.",
"Joined Google in 2001, swiftly adopted the CEO role as a business-savvy figurehead in place to manage the tech-minded, but less business-savvy Larry Page and Sergey Brin.",
"He stepped aside from this role in 2011, and will now advise CEO Page from a board level.",
"Schmidt served on Apple's board from 2006 to 2009, but left due to conflict of interests with Google.",
"A slick public speaker, Schmidt is however famous for making oral slip-ups that damaged Google's reputation, including \"We know where you've been.",
"We can more or less know what you're thinking about.\"",
"He has stepped back from the hot seat at Google, and could easily depart its board which could resolve some conflicts of interest with Apple.",
"He is highly business-minded, technically educated, but lacks Jobs' slickness and (possibly) creative vision.",
"Would he do it, though?",
"Tony Fadell .",
"Currently retired, retained as a \"special advisor\" to Steve Jobs at Apple.",
"Fadell is a computer science engineer, formerly CEO of Constructive Instruments and employee at Apple spin-off General Magic and Philips.",
"Joined Apple in 2001 as a contractor advising on iPod design, then was quickly hired to its iPod and Special Projects group, a group he ran as SVP from 2006 after Jon Rubenstein's departure.",
"Retired in 2008, at the same time as his wife Danielle Lambert (VP of HR at Apple) to concentrate on his family.",
"On retiring he noted \"I'm determined to tell my kids and grandkids amazing stories beyond my iPod and iPhone ones.\"",
"Odds for replacing Steve: Unknown.",
"He made a bold decision to spend time with his family, but retained a key role advising his former boss Jobs.",
"He has the right technical skills and creative imagination and is certainly trusted by Jobs, but could he be tempted back for a couple of years for the right eight-figure salary?",
"Mark Papermaster .",
"Currently VP in Engineering at Cisco Systems.",
"He is educated in electronics and worked at IBM for 26 years, including senior roles in the PowerPC chip project -- the chips that, at the time, powered Apple's computer lineup.",
"Highly regarded in the industry, Apple tried to recruit him in 2007, but didn't find him a fit for the role in question.",
"After Fadell left, Papermaster was recruited in late 2008 to help integrate Apple's recent chip design acquisitions.",
"A controversial battle with IBM occurred, concerning Papermaster's intense inside knowledge of IBM's tech, and though this was resolved he left Apple in late 2010 due to the iPhone 4 antenna woes and broader \"cultural\" differences.",
"Odds for replacing Steve: It's very unlikely to happen.",
"Unless Apple's Board decides Papermaster's technical expertise and dynamism are crucial to develop the internally produced chips that Apple is increasingly relying on for its signature products.",
"A possible co-CEO?",
"Peter Skillman .",
"Currently VP of Meego Ux and Services Design at Nokia.",
"Skillman has an MSME in Product Design from Stanford, but is most famously known as the man behind Palm's revolutionary Pre phone -- the last-ditch effort by Palm to remain relevant in a post-iPhone world.",
"He left his VP of User Experience role Palm after its acquisition by HP and joined Nokia in late 2010.",
"Speaking about his area of expertise since joining Nokia, Skillman noted \"Design is just 5% of a world class product and experience.",
"Marketing, sales, distribution, [and] procurement is what makes up the other 95%.\"",
"Odds for replacing Steve: Long in the short term, good in the future.",
"Skillman certainly has the right criteria for the Apple CEO role, understanding technical matters, design principles, marketing roles and management issues.",
"He's unlikely to leave Nokia soon, and who knows if he'd be tempted to join Apple, but he's the right stuff.",
"Copyright © 2010 FastCompany.com, a unit of Mansueto Ventures, LLC.",
"All rights reserved."
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"Tony Fadell is retired, but retained as a \"special advisor\" to Jobs .",
"Scott Forstall has a good chance of being the next leader of Apple .",
"Peter Skillman certainly has the right criteria for the Apple CEO role ."
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"(CNN) -- Colombia's main leftist group suggested on Monday it is willing to reopen talks with the government.",
"The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC, has been at war with the state since the 1960s.",
"While severely weakened in recent years, the guerrilla group has continued to carry out kidnappings and attack security forces.",
"In a statement, the FARC said it would be interested in addressing certain issues at a \"hypothetical negotiating table.\"",
"It called on the government of President Juan Manuel Santos to speak to such subjects as privatization, deregulation and the degradation of the environment.",
"The statement was signed by the FARC's new leader, who goes by Timoleon Jimenez.",
"\"This conflict will have no solution until our voices are heard.",
"Without lies, Santos, without lies,\" it read.",
"In November, a military operation killed then-FARC leader Alfonso Cano.",
"Following his death, the group said it would not not end its guerrilla struggle.",
"Santos described the killing then as the nation's \"most overwhelming blow\" against the rebel organization."
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"It has suffered a series of setbacks in recent years ."
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"(PEOPLE.com) -- \"The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills\" star Kim Richards entered rehab last week to seek treatment for alcohol abuse and \"other problems,\" a source tells PEOPLE.",
"\"Kim has been to rehab more than once before,\" says the source, \"but every time is a new time, and everyone just hopes this sticks and that she gets the help she needs.",
"It's serious.\" Richards has been \"erratic.",
"Everyone was really worried about her,\" says the source, who adds that Richards is not living with Ken, the boyfriend who was introduced as her love interest this season.",
"During a recent episode of the Bravo show, Richards says she's planning to move in with Ken, and cameras show her packing up her belongings.",
"\"He's not in the picture. No one really knows what the deal was with them, but Kim doesn't live with Ken,\" the source says.",
"\"She's basically homeless, staying with various friends.",
"She doesn't have a home base. It's not unusual for people to not hear from her for long stretches of time.",
"It's been that way for years.\" \"Her family is relieved she's getting help,\" adds the source.",
"\"She has lots of issues.",
"She needs help.\"",
"Viewers have watched Richards' increasingly bizarre behavior and slurring of her words this season, which had been attributed at least in part to her taking anti-anxiety and antidepressant medications, along with an anti-seizure medication which can be used to treat alcoholism.",
"Richards is receiving well-wishes from some of her colleagues since seeking treatment.",
"Castmate Taylor Armstrong threw her support to Richards this week, telling Andy Cohen Monday night on his Bravo talk show \"Watch What Happens Live:\" \"I adore Kim and I stand behind her.",
"And if there's anything I can do to support her [I will]; but if she's getting healthy what more could we ask.\"",
"See the full article at PEOPLE.com.",
"© 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"Kim Richards has been \"erratic.",
"Everyone was really worried about her,\" says a source .",
"Richards is not living with Ken, the boyfriend who was introduced as her love interest .",
"\"She has lots of issues, she needs help,\" the source says ."
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"Opelika, Alabama (CNN) -- At the Community Market food bank, two small alcoves -- each with three chairs and a desk -- are used for interviewing potential clients.",
"At the desk closest to the front door, Michael Davis sits across from an elderly woman with thick glasses.",
"Dottie Battle is a volunteer at the food bank, and she asks for Davis' identification.",
"He reaches into a worn Ziploc bag, pulls out his driver's license and social security card, and hands them to her.",
"Battle asks for his gas, electric and telephone bills, and Davis also pulls them from the same bag.",
"Then Battle asks Davis if he has applied for food stamps, a requisite for this program.",
"He shakes his head \"no.\"",
"\"You need the food stamps,\" Battle says firmly.",
"\"You need them badly.",
"And we will need proof that you went and applied for them before you come back.",
"...You know that, you've shopped here before.\"",
"Failure to comply with all the requirements could mean denial from the Community Market program -- at a time when Davis says he's been hungry for about two days.",
"\"It's not a good feeling,\" Davis says.",
"\"You have to think about it like fasting, like they did in the Bible, and pray for another blessing.",
"That's really the only way to get through it.\"",
"After about 10 minutes, Davis is approved for 75 pounds of food from the Community Market this visit.",
"He quickly picks up his documents and begins looking for food on the shelves.",
"Rising food prices expected to cause inflation .",
"This week, the U.S. Labor Department announced that raw import grain prices rose 1.4% this past February -- that makes an 8.5% increase over the past twelve months.",
"Keystone food commodities like corn, soybeans and wheat have already increased 149% this past decade, according to the New America Foundation's Smart Strategy Initiative Director Patrick Doherty.",
"Doherty recently wrote for CNN that the U.S. is too vulnerable to rising food and oil prices, and that strong policy decisions are needed to steer the economy through the prolonged price spikes.",
"\"With persistent high unemployment, oil fueling more than 95% of America's transportation system, and transportation costs running 24% of income in suburbia and in exurbia, 35%, America's middle class is extraordinarily exposed,\" writes Doherty.",
"For families already on the brink, such increases could be devastating.",
"\"If prices go up any more, you are going to see more people here and other food banks,\" says Community Market director Elsie Lott.",
"\"You can see it every day.",
"People that used to give us food are now asking for it.\"",
"Hunger already a 'social fever' Over the past year in Lee County, Alabama, more than 3,000 families accessed the Community Market food bank.",
"Nationwide, the Gallup Organization reports 16%have gone hungry during the year due to finances.",
"\"Hunger is like a persistent social fever in our country,\" says Jim Weill, president of the Food Research and Action Center.",
"\"It is like a malignant social ill that leaves the country weaker, and more susceptible to other problems like poorer educational performance and health problems.\"",
"FRAC advocates for federal funding of food programs as a way of solving hunger.",
"\"If you look at other wealthy societies, mostly European, but also some Asian, they have a vastly different hunger problem than we do,\" Weill says.",
"\"Fewer people in those countries go hungry.",
"The sharing of economic growth and the sharing of affluence lifts a lot of people out of poverty and hunger.\"",
"A recent New York Times data sheet shows those differences plainly.",
"In Singapore 2% of the population goes hungry.",
"Advanced economic countries of Sweden, Denmark, Germany France, England and Switzerland all have fewer hungry people than the United States.",
"Renewed focus on feeding children .",
"To curb this trend, especially among children, many private businesses annually help fill the pantries of the poor.",
"Bank of America, Xerox and Geico help food banks around the country.",
"Small businesses have also helped extensively in underserved communities.",
"In the Tuscaloosa area, for example, the Alabama Credit Union funds a food program called Secret Meals for Hungry Children.",
"Enrollment has swelled has from 18 participants to more than 900 in a little more than two years.",
"\"The thing that most surprises me is the numbers,\" says the program's administrator, Dusti Monk.",
"\"I think it was a little naive of me to think that hunger was a third world country issue, when it's right here in our backyards.\"",
"The program enlists teachers to identify hungry children, and then request meal packets from the credit union.",
"The teachers secretly slip meals into the student's back packs on a Friday, so the kids have food over the weekends.",
"\"You can tell the kids are hungry by the way they eat when they get to school on Monday,\" Monk says.",
"The program costs $120 per student, annually.",
"Monk says the Credit Union recruits sponsors from the community and around the state, and the response has been overwhelmingly positive.",
"President Barack Obama has enlisted the help of private organizations like the Alabama Credit Union to help eliminate childhood hunger by 2015.",
"During his term, \"food insecure\" households have remained virtually unchanged according to statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.",
"Four decades ago, President Richard Nixon urged Congress to help eliminate federal hunger spending programs.",
"\"That hunger and malnutrition should persist in a land such as ours is embarrassing and intolerable,\" Nixon wrote in 1969.",
"Back then, less than 5% of the population was estimated to go hungry due to poverty or other economic reasons, according to research by the Citizens' Board of Inquiry into Hunger and Malnutrition.",
"A government 'waiting for you to die' For people, like Wendy Madison of Opelika, rising food prices could be the difference between good health and a bad smile.",
"Madison says she has been poor most of her life, and that she lost her front teeth due to poor nutrition.",
"\"It's the worst thing in the world,\" Madison says.",
"\"I don't even want to look at people.",
"I cover up to smile.",
"Emotionally, it hurts just as bad as being hungry.\"",
"Madison says there was a 10-year period where her family was doing well, before her husband Joseph had a massive heart attack.",
"She says her family's biggest mistake is they failed to plan for such hard times, and didn't save.",
"Now, their family of three depends on a little more than $1,000 dollars in disability pay, along with $294.00 in food stamp benefits per month -- the equivalent of a dollar per meal.",
"Madison says her food stamp benefits have not increased despite rising food prices.",
"An increase in benefits have been denied repeatedly -- leaving the Madisons \"begging for food while going hungry.\"",
"\"It makes you feel useless,\" Madison says, \"like your government is waiting for you to die so they don't have to help you anymore.\""
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"(CNN) -- Some found it shocking when Oregon Gov.",
"John Kitzhaber granted convicted double-murderer Gary Haugen a reprieve Tuesday, setting aside Haugen's scheduled December 6 execution.",
"Haugen, who killed another prisoner while serving a life sentence for a previous murder, had waived all appeals.",
"In a previous term as governor, Kitzhaber allowed two men to be executed, and he explained Tuesday that \"I simply cannot participate once again in something that I believe to be morally wrong.\"",
"A medical doctor with an active license, the governor also referred to his oath as a physician to \"do no harm\" as he announced Haugen's reprieve and a moratorium on executions for the remainder of his term in office.",
"Notably, in issuing a reprieve (or delay) rather than commuting Haugen's sentence, Kitzhaber left open the possibility of Haugen's execution under a future governor.",
"As the news spread, many people reacted with anger.",
"Kitzhaber has been called a coward and worse.",
"This wave of anger, though, should not distract from two important truths: first, that Kitzhaber's actions are within, not without, the basic rules of our democracy; second, that Kitzhaber is a proxy for the thousands of people in this country who have had to live with doubt and even regret because they were thrust into the death penalty process while doing their civic duty as jurors, judges or lawyers.",
"In 1984, Oregon voters chose by referendum to reinstate the death penalty.",
"The legislature formulated rules for capital punishment.",
"Prosecutors elected, as they could, to pursue the death penalty against Haugen.",
"A jury heard the evidence, and 12 Oregon citizens voted to have Haugen put to death.",
"The courts that heard Haugen's appeals (up to the point he dropped them) found the process fair.",
"Then, after all of this, Kitzhaber chose not to finish this expensive and consuming project.",
"Kitzhaber's choice is anti-democratic, it does frustrate the will of prosecutors, it must be confounding to those 12 jurors, and it constitutes a tremendous exercise of power based on just one person's sense of morality.",
"It is also wholly within the genius of American government.",
"Oregon and other states have incorporated executive clemency into their systems of criminal law, drawing on the example laid out in the United States Constitution.",
"The framers of the Constitution chose intentionally to give the executive that power, knowing full well that it would necessarily run contrary to popular will.",
"If you are angry with Kitzhaber for using that power, also direct your anger at Alexander Hamilton, who was a driving force behind the institution of executive clemency in the United States.",
"Here is part of what Hamilton said about it in Federalist Paper 74: \"Humanity and good policy conspire to dictate, that the benign prerogative of pardoning should be as little as possible fettered or embarrassed.",
"... On these accounts, one man appears to be a more eligible dispenser of the mercy of government, than a body of men.\"",
"The anti-democratic institution of clemency that is generating such anger is contrary to the voters of Oregon, yes.",
"However, we should not forget that that same institution is ancient, principled and an integral part of the broad scheme of justice that wiser men than I have constructed.",
"A second buried truth is revealed within the tortured way in which Kitzhaber announced his decision.",
"During a prior term as governor, in 1997, he had allowed two executions, and it seems clear that he was deeply troubled by his role in those killings.",
"How could he not be? It is a heavy responsibility to participate in a deliberative process that identifies a citizen to be put to death by the state.",
"However, Kitzhaber is just the exposed tip of an iceberg of human emotion.",
"Beneath him are thousands of others who have been forced by the institution of capital punishment to live with their role in an intentional death.",
"Among that group are lawyers, witnesses and judges, but perhaps most sympathetic of all are the jurors.",
"They are plucked from their daily lives by the government and suddenly thrust into the most important role of all -- they must vote, unanimously, after deliberation, on whether someone will live or die.",
"If they vote for execution, they must file back into that hushed, tense room, look that person in the eye and say in the most public of ways that they have chosen him to die.",
"I have known some of those jurors.",
"Years later, even if they were convinced they were right, they revealed deep and dark emotions related to what they had done.",
"At best, that service was seen as a difficult but worthwhile sacrifice, and at worst as a moment they too often relived while filled with doubt.",
"Kitzhaber is right to say that the capital process is fatally flawed.",
"It is unfair to some defendants, yes.",
"But a system that tries many, condemns some to die and executes few is also cruel and unusual to those who work within the process.",
"It is primarily inflicting pain on victims' relatives who wait in limbo, on jurors who relive those discussions, on prosecutors whose hearts are hardened while their efforts are frustrated and on the budgets and reputations of the states that choose to go on with it anyway.",
"Kitzhaber is not wrong to declare a moratorium, but he would be better advised to fully commute the sentences of those on death row and urge his fellow citizens to be done with the whole mess that this process has become.",
"That kind of bold action is not cowardice.",
"It is leadership. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Mark Osler."
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"Mark Osler: Oregon governor drew some angry reactions to convict's execution reprieve .",
"But executive clemency part of Oregon law, Osler says, an act of principle, not cowardice .",
"Osler: It's right to resist process that pulls prosecutors, jurors, families into flawed system .",
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"Kitzhaber should go further and commute death row sentences, Osler says ."
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"Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A blast at a busy market in northwest Pakistan killed at least 35 people and wounded more than 60 Tuesday, an official said.",
"The explosion occurred in the Jamrud Market in the Khyber Agency, one of seven districts in Pakistan's volatile tribal region, which borders Afghanistan.",
"The bomb was placed in a vehicle belonging to a local militia group fighting against militants in the area, said Jameel Khan, a government official.",
"The bomb was then remotely detonated, he said, citing the initial investigation.",
"The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad condemned the bombing.",
"\"By targeting innocent people going about their business, the extremists who plan and perpetrate these attacks show their contempt for the value of human life,\" an embassy statement said.",
"Journalist Saboor Khattak contributed to this report ."
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"(CNN) -- And they're off! Tens of millions of Americans are on the move for the annual November trek to see family and friends, feast on turkey and pumpkin pie, and rediscover the joys of their hometown on Thanksgiving.",
"You probably know the drill: packed airports, crowded flights and lots of out-of-state license plates on the road.",
"All eyes are on the weather, which can turn a simple trip into a nightmare -- cue visions of Steve Martin and John Candy struggling to get to snowy Chicago in \"Planes, Trains and Automobiles.\"",
"Should you recline your seat?",
"The etiquette of crowded flying .",
"Travelers faced stormy conditions in the Pacific Northwest, the threat of floods and severe storms in the South, lots of rain in the Northeast and the possibility of snow in parts of New England.",
"On Tuesday afternoon, weather-related flight delays were reported at airports including Philadelphia International, O'Hare, Newark International, LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International.",
"Check FAA flight delay information .",
"But the threat of bad weather is not keeping people home.",
"AAA projects that 42.5 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles during the Thanksgiving weekend, an increase of 4% from last year.",
"Slightly fewer people are choosing to get to their destinations by plane.",
"About 23.2 million travelers will fly over a 12-day period surrounding Turkey Day, a 2% drop from last year, according to a forecast by the Air Transport Association of America.",
"Unlike last year, when the \"National Opt-Out Day\" movement against airport body scanners threatened to snarl security lines across the country, air travelers are not facing the prospect of protest-induced delays.",
"(The Opt-Out Day turned out to be a non-event.)",
"The TSA says it's preparing its work force for a \"smooth holiday travel experience for travelers.\"",
"iReport: Tell us how your trip is going .",
"The busiest air travel days for the Thanksgiving holiday period are expected to be Sunday, November 27, and Monday, November 28, the Air Transport Association of America said.",
"If you're flying into or out of Los Angeles International, Chicago's O'Hare International or Orlando International, brace yourself for lots of company.",
"Those will be the nation's busiest airports this Thanksgiving, based on flight bookings, according to Orbitz.com.",
"(And in case you're wondering, Mineta San Jose International in California and Kahului Airport in Maui, Hawaii, will be the least busy.)",
"No matter where you start your journey, flight attendants say, it's a week when they see lots of extra-grumpy passengers worried about flight delays and cancellations.",
"\"There's a little bit more at stake.",
"Oftentimes, people are trying to get someplace to be with their family, so naturally they would be upset if they're not going to make it,\" said Rene Foss, a veteran flight attendant for a major U.S. airline.",
"\"However, in general, it's also kind of a festive time.",
"Sometimes, contrary to what you might think, people are in a good mood because they are going for something kind of fun as opposed to just a business meeting or something related to work.\"",
"Flying with food or gifts?",
"Check out the TSA's guide to what you can and cannot bring through an airport security checkpoint.",
"The agency reminds you not to wrap gifts you are taking on the plane because security officers may have to unwrap them if they need to take a closer look.",
"The TSA also offers tips on how to get through the security line faster, including packing coats and jackets in checked bags whenever possible and putting your shoes directly on the conveyor belt instead of a bin when they go through the X-ray machine.",
"Then, there are things you can't control: Snow, fog or rain may mean you won't fly on time or at all.",
"To avoid being stuck at the airport, sign up for airline alerts and check your flights frequently online before you leave home.",
"If your flight is canceled, get in line for assistance and try your airline by phone or online at the same time to get an edge over other fliers who are trying to rebook.",
"Winter weather travel tips .",
"If you're driving through an area that's expecting wintry weather, AAA recommends that you keep at least half a tank of gas in your car at all times and pack a cell phone, plus blankets, gloves, hats, food, water and any needed medication in case you're stranded.",
"Stay safe out there, and happy travels."
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"AAA: 42.5 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles during the Thanksgiving weekend .",
"Orbitz: LAX, Chicago's O'Hare and Orlando International will be busiest airports .",
"All eyes are on the weather, which can turn a simple trip into a nightmare ."
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"(CNN) -- Stringent restrictions remain in place Monday on about 100 soldiers at a large military base in Washington state after the theft of \"sensitive\" and valuable \"military-grade\" equipment.",
"Members of the Army Criminal Investigation Command are at Joint Base Lewis-McChord trying to find out who is responsible for the missing items, said Maj. Chris Ophardt, a spokesman for the U.S. Army's I Corps that is headquartered at the base and includes the affected unit.",
"\"Hundreds of items\" are missing from a vault that is inside a building on the base, the spokesman said.",
"They include things such as scopes and night-vision goggles but no guns or ammunition.",
"\"There are no weapons, and there's no danger to the public,\" Ophardt said.",
"After learning of the thefts, the Army decided on Wednesday to put members of the Army's 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division on lockdown, preventing soldiers from making phone calls or leaving the unit's barracks or unit office.",
"The unit has been home from Iraq since September 2010.",
"These measures were relaxed somewhat on Saturday, with some supervised visits allowed on a case-by-case basis to deal with personal issues and permission granted to eat at the base's dining facility.",
"Division members, who live either on or off the base, still must sleep at the barracks.",
"There is no timetable as to when all the restrictions will be lifted, Ophardt said, adding that decision will depend on the investigation.",
"\"(This will) go on as long as we can gain information about the person or persons involved in the theft,\" said Ophardt, noting no timetable has been set for when the restrictions will be lifted.",
"\"This is being taken seriously, so (the military) can get back the equipment that taxpayers paid for.\"",
"Military officials did their monthly inventory of the vault in December.",
"They then did another after the holiday vacation and determined that \"large amounts\" of items were missing -- \"immediately\" precipitating the lockdown, said Ophardt.",
"A $10,000 reward has been offered by the Army in the case.",
"He explained that every unit has its own vault, which in this case has two locks -- one on the vault, and another on the door to an abutting office.",
"It has not been determined whether the missing items were stored properly or if someone was able to get into a properly locked vault and made off with the equipment.",
"\"There are a zillion possibilities,\" Ophardt said of what might have happened.",
"The missing items could all \"be bought on the civilian market, just one or two generations older,\" the spokesman said.",
"He added that they have limited use to the public, given the challenges in knowing how to use them and having the right kind of weapon to attach them to.",
"The restrictions on the soldiers affect only a fraction of those at the expansive Joint Base Lewis-McChord, as none of the other roughly 50,000 people on the grounds about 13 miles southwest of Tacoma are directly affected."
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"Rules follow the discovery that valuable, \"sensitive\" items are missing from a vault .",
"The items include things such as scopes, but no weapons or ammunition .",
"A $10,000 reward has been offered for information on the case ."
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"(CNN) -- It's normally a story of man versus beast -- but in this case the man is a three-year-old girl, and her wild encounter is thrilling online viewers around the world.",
"The video shows young New Zealander Sofia Walker facing off with a large lion on a viewing platform while visiting the Wellington Zoo with her family last week.",
"Malik the lion had just been given his breakfast when he noticed Sofia pressing up against the viewing glass.",
"The big cat then twitches, glares and growls at the young girl just inches away from her face, before abruptly standing up on its hind legs and violently pawing the separating glass.",
"Giggling, she asks her mother what the lion is trying to tell her.",
"\"I think he's telling you to move away, Sofia.",
"He wants to eat his food,\" her mother replies.",
"Instead she continues the face-off, only to see Malik again attack the glass.",
"\"He's massive and you sometimes forget how big he is until you see a picture of him right up next to a small child.",
"He's a big character,\" Wellington Zoo team leader of carnivores and primates Paul Hatton told the New Zealand Herald.",
"He added that Malik was a \"dark-natured\" lion who was \"quite stroppy.\"",
"Sofia's father wasn't completely sure why the incident took place, but was prepared to offer two explanations.",
"\"Maybe the lion felt threatened that Sofia would try and take his breakfast.",
"Or maybe he preferred to eat her,\" he said.",
"The video is being showcased in online media around the world, including CBS, The Telegraph, the New York Daily News, and The Sydney Morning Herald."
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"Video shows young New Zealand girl facing off with a large lion called Malik .",
"The big cat glares and growls at the young girl just inches away from her face .",
"Zoo keeper: Malik is a huge and 'dark-natured' lion who is 'quite stroppy'"
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"(PEOPLE.com) -- \"America's Next Top Model\" crowned a winner Wednesday night in its all-stars cycle, but not before a shocking and largely unexplained disqualification of one of the final three contestants.",
"Lisa D'Amato, Allison Harvard, and Angelea Preston were battling for the crown, but after an unusual panel, the judges declared that Preston was disqualified -- without saying exactly why -- and that D'Amato and Harvard would square off for the title.",
"Eventually, D'Amato was named the winner, but the buzz around the Internet continued to focus on the nature of Preston's dismissal.",
"In a statement, the CW said it had learned information about Preston after the show wrapped that disqualified her, and actually re-shot scenes, suggesting Preston might have been declared the winner the first time around.",
"Report: Candace Bushnell Files for Divorce, Claims Husband Had Affair .",
"The network said: \"After production wrapped on the current cycle of America's Next Top Model, we learned information that made Angelea ineligible and she was subsequently disqualified from the competition.",
"As a result, new scenes were filmed to address this for the audience during the finale.\"",
"There has been speculation, not confirmed, that Preston might have bragged about her victory on her Facebook page before the finale, thus breaking the rules of the competition.",
"See full article at PEOPLE.com.",
"© 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"CW said it learned information about Preston after the show that disqualified her .",
"Preston might have bragged about her victory on Facebook before the finale .",
"Eventually D'Amato was named the winner ."
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"(PEOPLE.com) -- \"I really want to start dancing again,\" Chaz Bono tells PEOPLE.",
"No, he's not expecting to be invited back to \"Dancing with the Stars,\" where he lasted an impressive six weeks this past fall.",
"He's looking to woo the ladies on the dance floor, explains the newly single Bono, who split with his fiancée in December.",
"\"What a great skill: to be able to take a woman dancing ... and actually know what you're doing!\"",
"Bono's been staying active, maintaining his DWTS weight loss by taking up boxing and skiing over the Christmas holiday with his family.",
"He'd understandably taken some time off from the slopes, explaining, \"First I was a drug addict and then my dad died skiing, so that kind of turned me off a bit.\"",
"But back in the dating pool, fitness is important, and Bono is hoping that the world can start to see past him as a trans man.",
"\"People focus on what's between your legs,\" says Bono.",
"\"If I never have bottom surgery [the procedure by which a penis is created], I'm fine.",
"I feel 100 percent male as I am.\"",
"Bono adds that any further surgery is not a big priority at this time.",
"\"When I was doing Dancing, I had a leak in my roof.",
"A new roof was definitely more of a priority,\" he says with a laugh.",
"See the full article at PEOPLE.com.",
"© 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"Bono split with his fiancée in December .",
"Bono's been staying active, maintaining his DWTS weight loss ."
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"(CNN) -- There's always been something about Margaret Thatcher that makes grown men go weak at the knees, particularly members of the Conservative Party.",
"Perhaps she revives memories of stern schoolmistresses; perhaps they just grudgingly admired a strong woman telling them what to do.",
"I suspect the same will be true of Meryl Streep's portrayal of the former British Prime Minister in the new biopic, \"The Iron Lady,\" which the consensus appears to view as a pitch-perfect performance, accurately capturing the look, sound and general aura of the United Kingdom's first female premier.",
"For many, the movie will be a nostalgia trip, whisking viewers back to happier times when politics was politics, there were heated ideological battles and elected leaders actually believed in something.",
"\"The Iron Lady\" plays on all of those things, although without explicitly taking sides.",
"There's no real attempt to analyze whether she was right or wrong during any highlighted episode.",
"So we witness Mrs Thatcher taking on striking miners in the mid-1980s, taking on the Argentinians to recover the Falkland Islands early in her premiership, and -- the most consistent theme of all -- taking on the British Establishment to reach to top of what Disraeli called \"the greasy pole\" of politics in the first place.",
"Review: \"The Iron Lady\" Biopics naturally simplify -- how else could an eventful career be crammed into just over 100 minutes of celluloid?",
"But the essence of the Thatcher years are certainly there and besides, the collective memory of that turbulent decade is also simplistic and broad brush.",
"A nuanced analysis of Thatcher's economic record would hardly have kept the box office busy.",
"That said the screenplay takes few serious liberties with historical fact.",
"Mrs Thatcher's political love-in with the then US President Ronald Reagan is covered, albeit briefly, as is her attempted assassination by the IRA in 1984.",
"The leadership crisis that ended her premiership in 1990 also features, as one might expect in a biopic.",
"Thatcher, of course, remains a deeply divisive figure in the UK -- not least in parts of northern England and Scotland -- so movie audiences, like the country at large, will be divided.",
"Maggie fans will glean reassuring glimpses of what made her great in their eyes, while those who remember her less fondly will no doubt come away with their prejudices safely intact.",
"Gallery: \"The Iron Lady\" and other political biopics .",
"But for the generation or so of moviegoers who have no direct memory of the events covered in the film, their perception of Mrs Thatcher -- her legacy and beliefs -- will undoubtedly be highly informed by \"The Iron Lady.\"",
"Although not really \"political\" in that it offers few judgments, Streep's performance is nevertheless useful historical propaganda for a Conservative Party grappling with many of the same issues today.",
"More interesting will be the reaction to the depiction of Baroness Thatcher's dementia, first (publicly) revealed by her daughter Carol a few years ago.",
"Although it has often been mentioned in the press, few in the UK are directly aware of its extent and will probably be shocked at Streep's nuanced portrait of the Iron Lady displaying more than a little mental rust.",
"It's almost a taboo subject, looking back on Mrs Thatcher's political career through the eyes of an obviously frail old lady.",
"How would an American audience have reacted to such a portrayal of Ronald Reagan in his dotage?",
"I suspect not at all well.",
"Political activists prefer to remember their heroes -- and heroines -- in their prime.",
"Older members of the Conservative Party often indulge in the wistful refrain: \"If only Maggie was still leader of the party.\"",
"They do so because they find the thought comforting, secure in the knowledge that with a click of her heel and a firm handbagging she would sort out all the old enemies.",
"In that respect, \"The Iron Lady\" will probably bring tears to some veteran Tory eyes."
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"David Torrance: Margaret Thatcher biopic \"The Iron Lady\" a nostalgia trip .",
"The movie shows Thatcher as PM in the 1980s, and as a frail elderly woman, suffering from dementia .",
"Torrance: 1980s were a time \"when politics was politics and elected leaders actually believed in something\"\nHe says \"The Iron Lady\" may prove \"useful propaganda\" for the Conservative Party ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- The Supreme Court appeared ready to give government regulators the continuing authority to regulate profanity and sexual content on broadcast television after a lively hour of arguments Tuesday.",
"The justices and lawyers all stayed polite, not actually using any obscene words, preferring the legally acceptable \"f-bomb\" or \"s-word\" to describe the controversial content at issue in the high-stakes free speech dispute.",
"The court will decide whether the Federal Communications Commission may constitutionally enforce its policies on \"fleeting expletives\" and scenes of nudity on television programs, both live and scripted.",
"The agency had imposed hefty fines on broadcasters.",
"In many televised instances, \"one cannot tell what is indecent and what isn't\" said Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.",
"\"It's the appearance of arbitrariness about how the FCC is defining indecency in concrete situations,\" she added.",
"But with so many programming choices on broadcast, cable and satellite TV, \"All the government is asking for is a few (broadcast) channels where you can say -- they are not going to hear the s-word, the f-word.",
"They are not going to see nudity,\" Chief Justice John Roberts said.",
"The court's ruling, which will come in a few months, could establish important First Amendment guidelines over explicit content on the airwaves.",
"The Justice Department had filed an appeal, and helpfully provided the justices with a DVD of a 2003 episode of the now-canceled \"NYPD Blue\" on ABC in which a naked woman was shown.",
"The content of that program is central to the ongoing legal dispute.",
"Lawyer Seth Waxman representing ABC said the FCC's tough action against the network was \"a shot out of the blue.\"",
"A federal appeals court last year for a second time struck down the government policies, concluding they were vague and inconsistently applied.",
"Pending fines against the broadcasters were dismissed.",
"ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox are all parties in the case.",
"Controversial words and images have been aired in scripted and unscripted instances on all the major over-the-air networks in the past eight years, dating back to when the FCC began considering a stronger, no-tolerance policy.",
"The policy became known as the Golden Globes Rule, for singer Bono's 2003 acceptance speech at the live awards show on NBC, where he uttered the phrase \"really, really, f---ing brilliant.\"",
"The commission specifically cited celebrities Cher and Nicole Richie for potty-mouth language in the 2002 and 2003 Billboard Music Awards, which aired live on Fox.",
"Richie, in an apparent scripted moment said, \"Have you ever tried to get cow s--t out of a Prada purse?",
"It's not so f---ing simple.\"",
"Justice Stephen Breyer dryly noted the language from the two women \"seems to be naturally part of their vocabulary.\"",
"That drew laughter in the courtroom.",
"The CBS complaint involved dirty language on \"The Early Show,\" a news and interview program.",
"The high court two years ago ruled in favor of the FCC on the issue of \"fleeting expletives,\" concluding federal regulators have the authority to clamp down on broadcast TV networks airing isolated cases of profanity.",
"The court, however, refused at the time to decide whether the commission's policy violates the First Amendment guarantee of free speech, ruling only on the agency's enforcement power.",
"The justices ordered the free-speech aspect to be reviewed again by a New York-based federal appeals court, which subsequently ruled in favor of the broadcasters.",
"The Justice Department, in its new appeal, lumped both the expletives and nudity cases together, saying the court should decide the free speech questions as one.",
"Explicit language is heard with greater, albeit varying, frequency on cable television, the Internet, and satellite radio, which do not use public airwaves.",
"But the federal government is charged with responding to viewer complaints of \"indecent\" language and images on broadcast television and radio, which is subject to greater regulation.",
"That is especially relevant during daytime and early evening hours, when larger numbers of families and younger viewers may be watching.",
"The commission formally reversed its policy in March 2004 to declare even a single use of an expletive could be illegal.",
"In addition, a voluntary rating system is used by all television networks to warn viewers when material that might be offensive will be aired.",
"Much of the oral argument Tuesday centered around the ABC television stations fined $27,500 each for airing the \"NYPD Blue\" episode featuring a woman with her breasts and buttocks exposed.",
"\"The episode is called 'Nude Awakening.'",
"It's about the sexual awakening of a child,\" Breyer said.",
"\"The whole thing was titillating,\" suggesting the FCC in this case could step in and declare it indecent.",
"But Justice Elena Kagan echoed the sentiments of the networks.",
"\"There is some amount of uncertainty, and ABC finds itself in that area of uncertainty,\" she said.",
"\"Because it turns out that nudity -- sometimes it's allowed as to some body parts and sometimes it's not allowed -- and the commission hadn't really said anything about it for 50 years,\" until the clampdown a decade ago.",
"The networks complain the FCC allowed profanity in such movies as \"Saving Private Ryan,\" and full-frontal nudity in \"Schindler's List\" when they aired on broadcast TV, but fined stations for other allegedly \"indecent\" material.",
"\"Context matters,\" said Chief Justice Roberts, skeptical about what he was hearing from the networks.",
"\"People understand that, including children.",
"When they hear a bad word when someone hits their thumb with a hammer, they understand that's different than having an adult stand in normal conversations and use the words.",
"And it seems to me that your position is saying that the government cannot regulate with an understanding of what takes place in the real world.\"",
"Another source of contention is whether broadcast radio and the TV networks -- ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, and the CW -- should receive treatment differing from their satellite and cable cousins, in a content way.",
"Most broadcast stations are part of the basic cable packages people buy, and just 10% of the population receives its TV only through the airwaves.",
"But the government countered that 69 million television sets are not connected to cable or satellite, and that broadcasting is the medium of choice for children.",
"\"What do you call it, you surf through all the (cable) channels.",
"And it's not apparent to many people which are broadcast and which are not,\" Justice Anthony Kennedy said to Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, who argued for the FCC.",
"\"But you're saying that there's still a value, an importance, in having a higher standard or different standard for broadcast media on the television.",
"Why is that, when there are so many other options?\"",
"Justice Antonin Scalia: \"Sign me up as supporting Justice Kennedy's notion that this has a symbolic value, just as we require a certain modicum of dress for the people that attend this court. ...",
"If these are public airwaves, the government is entitled to insist upon a certain modicum of decency.\"",
"But Ginsburg interjected: \"The expletives are in common parlance today.",
"I think that the children are not going to be shocked by them the way they might have been a generation ago.\"",
"Kagan suggested the broadcast regulatory model has been around since the 1920s.",
"\"It seems to work and it seems to be a good thing that there is some safe haven, even if the old technological bases for that safe haven don't exist anymore.\"",
"Justice Samuel Alito went further, saying the whole broadcast debate may be moot in a few years.",
"\"Broadcast TV is living on borrowed time.",
"It is not going to be long before it goes the way of vinyl records and eight-track tapes,\" he told the network lawyers.",
"\"I'm sure your clients will continue to make billions of dollars on their programs which are transmitted by cable and by satellite and by Internet.",
"But to the extent they are making money from people who are using rabbit ears (antennas), that is disappearing.\"",
"Verrilli warned that without the current regulations, viewers would see only more profanity and nudity.",
"\"The risk of the race to the bottom is real, and I think history is showing it.\"",
"There were flashes of humor throughout.",
"When Waxman noted viewer complaints after a recent Summer Olympics, showing a female statue -- \"very much like some of the statues that are here in this courtroom, that had bare breasts and buttocks\" -- several justices began looking about in search of the artwork.",
"\"Right over here, Justice Scalia,\" said Waxman, pointing to a carved frieze atop the courtroom showing legal figures, including a bare-breasted symbol of justice.",
"Everyone enjoyed that moment of levity.",
"The Supreme Court first ventured into the broadcast speech debate in 1978, when it ruled as indecent a monologue by comedian George Carlin on society's taboo surrounding \"seven dirty words.\"",
"The bit had received some radio airplay.",
"The justices said \"context\" should be applied when deciding whether words or images are \"indecent.\"",
"The major broadcast television networks say their scripted shows no longer air nudity, racy images or expletives, even after 10 p.m., when some potentially vulgar words are permitted.",
"Time Warner -- the parent company of CNN -- filed a supporting amicus brief in the high court dispute two years ago.",
"The company is part owner of the CW broadcast network and operates several cable networks.",
"The case is Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations Inc. (10-1293)."
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"Sometimes it's hard to tell \"what is indecent and what isn't,\" Justice Ginsburg says .",
"The FCC just wants a few channels free of such material, Chief Justice Roberts says ."
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"New York (CNN) -- Police in New York and Virginia are searching for a 22-year-old Virginia Commonwealth University student who went missing days after arriving in New York City to celebrate New Year's Eve, according to authorities.",
"Ian Hunter Burnet left Richmond, Virginia, on a bus bound for New York on December 26, according to his father, Mark Burnet.",
"He planned to stay with a fellow VCU student and her friend in an apartment on 139th Street near Riverside Drive in Harlem, his father said.",
"\"He went up just to have a post-Christmas tourist visit to New York City and celebrate New Year's Eve.",
"He was intending to have a short time there and then return back to Virginia,\" Burnet said.",
"According to his father, his son and a friend had made plans to hang out together back in Virginia on January 2, but Ian Burnet never made it back.",
"The last communication he had with his son was December 28.",
"\"I received a routine type of text talking about touring in New York,\" he said.",
"Some other news outlets have reported that Burnet told friends he was not having a good time in New York, but his father told CNN that was something he had not heard.",
"\"I wish I knew more,\" he said, \"If I did, I might be able to understand what happened.\"",
"What investigators do know is that the friends with whom Burnet was staying say they last heard from him on December 30.",
"\"Ian was communicating via text with them and the last bit of information that we had was that he was just stepping out to go out for the evening.",
"And we don't have any information other than that,\" said Burnet's father.",
"\"It's very frustrating,\" said New Kent County Sheriff Farrar W. Howard Jr., whose Virginia office is leading the investigation in conjunction with Virginia State Police and the New York City Police Department.",
"\"Nobody has seen him since the 30th.\"",
"The NYPD is directing all media inquiries to the New Kent County Sheriff's Office.",
"Mark Burnet said that Ian, who graduated as valedictorian from New Kent County High School and was on a full scholarship to study engineering, was looking forward to classes starting back at VCU on January 17.",
"He said Ian had lived on his own for years, was independent and would have no reason to simply run away.",
"According to Mark Burnet, his son's roommate from school told him that she and Burnet had planned their courses for next semester together and that he was excited to finish his degree.",
"Authorities retrieved Burnet's phone at the apartment where he was staying, but for Burnet to be without his phone is not uncommon, according to his father.",
"\"He didn't really like talking on the phone.",
"He would send texts and surf the Web, but he didn't like to carry a lot of valuables on his person,\" Mark Burnet said.",
"Authorities say Burnett did take his driver's license and credit cards with him the last time he left the Harlem apartment.",
"\"Who knows what's going through a 22-year-old's head?\"",
"said Burnet's father, \"but he would not want us to worry; if he was out there, he would get in touch with us.\"",
"Friends, family and supporters held a candlelight vigil in Virginia on Tuesday night for the missing Eagle Scout.",
"Ian's ex-girlfriend, Meaghan King, attended.",
"\"He has always had a good head on his shoulders, [he is] probably one of the sweetest people I have ever come in contact with,\" she said.",
"Burnet's parents set up a Facebook page, which is drawing in tips for police, as well as volunteers.",
"\"There's a lot of people out there trying to look on the streets and see what's happened, but the fact is we just don't know, and we're really trying to find someone who might know,\" said his father.",
"\"I'm hoping that those people who know how to investigate these matters can do that; that's my hope.\"",
"Burnet's parents plan to travel with friends to New York on Thursday to be with family in New Jersey, and help in the search for their son.",
"Police describe Burnet as a white male, who is 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs 160 pounds.",
"He has brown hair and green eyes and was last seen wearing a gray \"Wikipedia\" sweatshirt."
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"Ian Hunter Burnet, 22, left Virginia to celebrate New Year's Eve in New York .",
"He stayed with friends in Harlem, who last heard from him December 30 .",
"His parents have set up a Facebook page asking for information .",
"Ian Burnet is 5 feet, 10 inches and weighs 160 pounds; he has brown hair, green eyes ."
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"San Francisco (CNN) -- From the ninth floor of an office building here, Verizon Wireless executives peered out of a window at the breathtaking view of the East Bay.",
"Behind them, baristas wrestled with an espresso maker and served up free cappuccinos to guests.",
"The newly renovated office, located in SoMa, San Francisco's tech hub, is home to the Verizon Application Innovation Center, which opened last month.",
"Big and small software developers are invited to work here at no charge, with unlimited access to development phones, wireless equipment, shielded test rooms and lattes.",
"The modern workspace is part of Verizon's plan to improve its image in the technology industry and particularly with people who develop mobile phone apps, executives said in interviews.",
"App makers often condemn carriers for monthly data caps and limits on high-bandwidth apps, which they see as stifling innovation.",
"Cell giants, including AT&T Mobility and Britain's Vodafone, are taking approaches similar to Verizon's to deflect criticism and position themselves as friends, not foes, of developers.",
"Vodafone, which partially owns Verizon Wireless, opened its own development center in Silicon Valley this month.",
"AT&T cut the ribbon last week on its Foundry Development Center in Palo Alto, California.",
"All of the furniture there is on wheels to facilitate makeshift meetings.",
"Currently, 106 projects are under way at the foundry, many of them in collaboration with other companies.",
"\"The purpose here was really to be right in the middle of Silicon Valley, in the heart of innovation,\" Jon Summers, an AT&T technology executive, said last week.",
"\"The one thing that we are extremely passionate about is enabling innovation through these partnerships and within this community.\"",
"AT&T also is working with esteemed venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital to identify small companies with which the carrier should work, Summers said.",
"Third-party developers are welcome to show up at the foundry unannounced and receive technical support from people there, he said.",
"An AT&T spokeswoman declined to say how many workers staff its facility, but Summers said Ericsson has employees there along with AT&T engineers, and that people from Microsoft and Juniper Networks will also work there intermittently.",
"Ericsson is also a founding partner in Verizon's innovation-center program.",
"A Verizon spokesman said 25 engineers work at its San Francisco office.",
"Verizon previously launched a similar facility in Waltham, Massachusetts, for hardware developers.",
"AT&T opened two others earlier this year in Plano, Texas, and Ra'anana, Israel.",
"Work at these centers has resulted in exclusive projects for each company, executives said.",
"Part of the motivation for the significant investments is to avoid being seen as a \"dumb pipe,\" or as solely a conduit for data, said Michael King, a Gartner Research analyst.",
"\"I think the long-term goal for a lot of these carriers is they don't want to become pipes,\" King said.",
"\"When you think about it, the carriers don't bring a lot to a developer.\"",
"There may be technical limits to what developers can accomplish with these new carrier-specific app stores.",
"Telecoms operate many parts of their business as \"a closed loop,\" rather than unlocking services such as text messaging to developers, said Andrew Bosworth, a Facebook product director.",
"The carriers will have a tougher time convincing software makers, especially those who produce hot consumer apps, to sign exclusivity contracts, King said.",
"\"If you've got a really compelling app, why are you going to limit yourself to half your potential market?\"",
"King said. \"You are not going to tie yourself to a carrier.\"",
"Verizon and AT&T executives acknowledged as much in interviews.",
"Developers who use their facilities likely will offer their apps on competitors' networks, they said.",
"\"No one has a monopoly on good ideas,\" Verizon Wireless CEO Dan Mead said at the center's opening last month.",
"Verizon appears to be winning good will with smaller tech companies, however, which could be a valuable asset.",
"Some developers, who, according to Verizon tech exec Kyle Malady, saw Verizon as \"the big, bad carrier,\" changed their outlook after meetings at the new office.",
"\"The partners started saying, 'You guys are so open,' \" he said.",
"Apple has attributed some of its successes in the mobile industry to a massive base of support from developers.",
"Verizon CTO David Small said in an interview last month that people in the wireless industry see Apple as the impetus for renewed interest in Silicon Valley.",
"Apple has been holding an annual summer developers conference for more than two decades.",
"AT&T had its fifth annual developer summit in January on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show.",
"Verizon wrapped up its third last week in Las Vegas.",
"\"We recognized from the beginning,\" said Verizon's Small, \"that the potential for innovation is bigger than Verizon.\""
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"Verizon Wireless also has an Application Innovation Center in San Francisco .",
"The cell carriers are working to improve their images among app makers ."
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"(CNN) -- A double from Bundesliga top scorer Mario Gomez saw Bayern Munich win 2-1 at 10-man Stuttgart on Sunday to open up a three-point lead at the top of the German table.",
"Stuttgart took a sixth minute lead when Christian Gentner's superb volley gave Manuel Neuer no chance in the Bayern goal.",
"But the home side were ahead for just seven minutes, with Bayern equalizing when Gomez found the net from a tight angle after Rafinha had crossed the ball in from the right.",
"Gladbach defeat leaves Bayern on top .",
"Stuttgart's hopes of victory were dealt a huge blow when defender Cristian Molinaro earned two yellow cards in just five first half minutes, the second for a challenge on Arjen Robben.",
"And the visitors made their man advantage count 12 minutes after the break when Gomez rifled home Philipp Lahm's pass for his 15th league goal of the season.",
"Bayern lie on 34 points from their 16 games, three clear of Borussia Dortmund and Schalke at the top of the table.",
"Champions Dortmund lost ground when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Kaiserslautern in Sunday's other match.",
"Japanese winger Shinji Kagawa had given Dortmund a first half lead but the visitors leveled on the hour mark with a stunning volley from Olcay Sahan.",
"Borussia Moenchengladbach are a further point behind in fourth place after their shock 1-0 defeat at Augsburg on Saturday, while Werder Bremen remain in touch a further point behind after thumping Wolfsburg 4-1 on Saturday."
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"Mario Gomez scores both goals as Bayern Munich beat Stuttgart 2-1 in Bundesliga .",
"The result puts Bayern three points clear of Dortmund and Schalke at the top of table .",
"Champions Dortmund held 1-1 at home by Kaiserslautern in Sunday's other match ."
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"Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN) -- Hours before the first primary vote of 2012, Republican front-runner Mitt Romney tried to recover from a potential stumble Monday as his presidential rivals intensified their attacks against him.",
"Voters in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary begin choosing their GOP candidates as early as 12 a.m. Tuesday in two small towns -- Dixville Notch and Hart's Location -- while polling stations in the rest of the state open at 6 a.m. and close as late as 8 p.m.",
"ET. The final day of campaigning saw Romney under fire for a comment about health insurance that quickly became fodder for criticism.",
"Asked about the issue in Nashua, New Hampshire, Romney said he wanted a person to be able to own his or her own policy \"and perhaps keep it the rest of their life.\"",
"\"That means the insurance company will have the incentive to keep you healthy.",
"It also means if you don't like what they do, you can fire them,\" he said.",
"\"I like being able to fire people who provide services to me,\" Romney added.",
"\"If someone doesn't give me the good service I need, I want to say I am going to get somebody else to provide that service to me.\"",
"Rival candidate Jon Huntsman immediately seized on the comment as an indication of Romney's political nature.",
"\"It has become abundantly clear over the last couple of days what differentiates Gov.",
"Romney and me,\" Huntsman said in Concord.",
"\"I will always put my country first.",
"It seems that Gov. Romney believes in putting politics first.",
"Gov. Romney enjoys firing people.",
"I enjoy creating jobs.\"",
"The Democratic National Committee released a derisive Web video and called Romney \"out of touch,\" while the campaign of Texas Gov.",
"Rick Perry looped Romney's words to make a cell phone ring tone that quickly went viral.",
"Romney spent much of the rest of the day clarifying what he meant.",
"At one point, Romney said he expected the comment to be taken out of context to try to hurt him, and his campaign issued a statement emphasizing he was talking about firing an insurance company, not people.",
"\"Our opponents are taking Gov.",
"Romney's comments completely out of context,\" said a statement by Gail Gitcho, the campaign's communications director.",
"\"Gov. Romney was talking about firing insurance companies if you don't like their service.",
"That is something that most Americans agree with.\"",
"The latest twist in the GOP presidential race came on the eve of the first primary election a week after Romney won the Iowa caucuses by just eight votes over former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.",
"With Romney in front in polls in New Hampshire and South Carolina, the site of the first Southern state primary on January 21, rivals stepped up their attacks by questioning the former Massachusetts governor's business background and electability.",
"In Manchester, former House speaker Newt Gingrich tore into Romney's record in the private sector at the helm of Bain Capital.",
"Though Romney has said his work at the Boston-based private equity firm ultimately led to the creation of 100,000 jobs, Gingrich said Romney's pursuit of wealth exacted a huge cost.",
"\"What you have to raise questions about is, somebody goes out, invests a certain amount of money, say $30 million, takes out an amount, say $180 million -- six to one return -- and then the company goes bankrupt,\" Gingrich said.",
"\"Now, you have to ask a question: Is capitalism really about the ability of a handful of rich people to manipulate the lives of thousands of other people and walk off with the money?",
"Or is that, in fact, a little bit of a flawed system?",
"And so I do draw a distinction between looting a company, leaving behind broken families and broken neighbors, and leaving behind a factory that should be there.\"",
"Romney fired back that Gingrich and others were joining President Barack Obama in attacking the free enterprise system.",
"\"As we'll find out, free enterprise will be on trial,\" Romney said.",
"\"I thought it was going to come from the president, from the Democrats, from the left, but instead it's coming from Speaker Gingrich and apparently others.\"",
"Gingrich had vowed earlier to run a positive campaign.",
"But his tone has changed since his poll numbers plunged over the past month and he came in fourth in last Tuesday's Iowa caucuses.",
"\"My conclusion after Iowa was very simple,\" he said Monday in Manchester in response to a question.",
"\"You could not engage in unilateral disarmament when 45% of all the ads being run were attacks on me.",
"To do that would be to get out of the race.\"",
"In Derry, New Hampshire, Santorum predicted the Republican field will narrow to a showdown between himself and Romney, \"and we'll win this race.\"",
"Responding to a reporter's question about his electability, Santorum said the country is more likely to elect a \"strong conservative\" than a man who has \"run (previous elections) as a liberal, a moderate, and a conservative.\"",
"Santorum also cautioned voters to avoid the \"establishment candidate.\"",
"\"When we've run establishment candidates, we've lost,\" he said, referring to veteran candidates in past elections who he said were nominated because of a perception it was their due after long careers.",
"\"We lost with John McCain, we lost with Bob Dole.",
"We lost with Gerry Ford.\"",
"Perry, meanwhile, made fun of Romney's comment over the weekend that he knows what it's like to worry about getting a pink slip, questioning whether such a wealthy man as Romney would fear losing a job.",
"Campaigning in South Carolina, the site of the next primary on January 21 and the first Southern state to weigh in, Perry said people there were out of work \"because of what Mitt Romney and Bain Capital did.\"",
"Perry's decision to leave New Hampshire for South Carolina on Monday reflected his low poll numbers in the Granite State and hopes to revitalize his campaign in the traditionally conservative Palmetto State.",
"Another candidate, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, said he was holding back on big spending in another upcoming key primary state -- Florida.",
"Paul, who has consistently been among the top three in polling, told CNN that he would focus instead on caucuses that come after Florida's primary on January 31.",
"\"We don't have a big campaign planned there, but they'll know we're there,\" Paul said in an interview.",
"Florida was penalized by the Republican National Committee for moving its primary earlier than rules allowed, with its 99 delegates cut down to 50.",
"Still, Florida is a critically important state for the general election.",
"Asked about not focusing on Florida, Paul pointed out he had to prioritize spending his available campaign funding and had done well so far with a third-place finish in Iowa and polls showing him contending for second place behind Romney in New Hampshire.",
"\"I think it tells you that we are realistic.",
"That's the way we approached Iowa, we did pretty well there, and right now, polls are looking pretty good up here.",
"So I think we're being realistic, we shouldn't be acting like the government and spend money we don't have,\" Paul said with a chuckle.",
"Paul's campaign chairman, Jesse Benton, said the focus after South Carolina will be the caucus states of Nevada, Louisiana, and Maine, which offer a total of 98 delegates, and where Paul's aides hope to rack up enough to keep their campaign going all the way to the Republican Convention in Tampa, Florida.",
"Paul also made clear that if he does better than expected here in New Hampshire and can raise more cash, his campaign might change course and compete more forcefully in Florida.",
"\"We have to wait and see how things go,\" Paul said.",
"Huntsman, meanwhile, has made New Hampshire his make-or-break contest.",
"He skipped campaigning in Iowa to spend all of his time stumping the Granite State, starting Monday in Lebanon in the north before working his way south to the coast.",
"A new poll Monday night by the American Research Group showed Huntsman's support rising, with 18% of respondents supporting him -- good for second place behind the 37% support for consistent front-runner Romney.",
"Paul was third at 17% and Santorum fourth with 11%, followed by Gingrich at 10% and Perry at 1%.",
"The poll of likely New Hampshire primary voters had an error margin of 4%.",
"Romney and other GOP candidates also targeted Obama with sharp rhetoric Monday.",
"\"I am very concerned that over the last three years you have seen, America, a very difficult time,\" Romney told an afternoon event in Hudson, New Hampshire.",
"\"This has not been a continuation of America's greatness from the past.",
"I think it has been more of a detour than the destiny of America.",
"I actually think the president has tried, but he has failed.\"",
"At a luncheon with business leaders in Greenville, South Carolina, Perry attacked the Obama administration for suing to block an immigration law recently enacted there, and he chided the National Labor Relations Board for intervening in the construction of a Boeing Dreamliner facility in Charleston.",
"\"South Carolina, you are in a state of war with the federal government,\" Perry said.",
"In New Hampshire, the other candidates were busy.",
"Gingrich had seven planned events Monday while Santorum scheduled six.",
"However, Gingrich canceled his final event because of what his campaign said were security concerns over protesters at the entrance and exits.",
"Paul started Monday by greeting a crush of voters in Manchester.",
"\"I wonder what the fire marshal would think,\" he said as he shook hands.",
"\"Let's keep it a secret.\"",
"Paul, who has the backing of many libertarians, predicted he will do well in New Hampshire because of his appeal among the 40% of Granite Staters who say they're independent voters.",
"\"I think the people here in New Hampshire are very independent-minded, and I have a strong appeal because I have challenged both the Republican and Democratic Party leadership, and that means they want a message of cleaning house,\" Paul said in Meredith.",
"CNN's Paul Steinhauser, Peter Hamby, Dana Bash, Chris Welch, Rachel Streitfeld and Tom Cohen contributed to this report."
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"NEW: Former Utah Gov.",
"Jon Huntsman moves up in latest poll .",
"Mitt Romney says he expects his comment on firing people to be taken out of context .",
"\"Romney enjoys firing people, I enjoy creating jobs,\" rival Huntsman says .",
"Newt Gingrich says he has to go negative against Romney ."
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"(EW.com) -- The 2012 box office got off to a fine start this weekend, as Paramount's \"found footage\" (riiiight...) horror movie \"The Devil Inside,\" which the studio acquired for just under $1 million, earned a tremendous $34.5 million in its first three days, becoming the first breakout box office star since \"The Lion King 3D.\"",
"In fact, the strong debut marks the third-best January opening of all time behind \"Cloverfield\" ($40.1 million) and a re-release of \"Star Wars\" ($35.9 million).",
"Is this a sign of things to come in 2012?",
"Perhaps. But it's more likely a sign of the recent popularity of possession movies.",
"Demonic tales have made a mini-comeback in the last few years -- starting with the success of 2005′s \"The Exorcism of Emily Rose,\" which earned $75.1 million domestically.",
"Since then, similar titles like 2009′s \"The Haunting in Connecticut\" ($55.4 million), 2010′s \"The Last Exorcism\" ($41 million), and 2011′s \"Insidious\" ($54 million) have all proven lucrative thanks to their tiny budgets.",
"\"Insidious,\" for example, cost just $1.5 million to make.",
"Of course, the \"Paranormal Activity\" movies (the fourth of which was just announced this week) are the biggest success stories of this whole trend.",
"A total of $8 million has been spent making the three \"found footage\" movies, yet they have earned $296.7 million domestically.",
"Paramount marketed \"The Devil Inside\" in much the same way the studio markets the \"Paranormal\" films.",
"Commercials included ample shots of audiences screaming at the screen, and viewers were encouraged to use social media to chat up the film with the \"Tweet Your Scream\" campaign.",
"Indeed, all the promotional costs -- certainly a much higher number than the budget -- helped \"The Devil Inside\" achieve a stellar debut, but where does it go from here?",
"Well, it falls.",
"Fast. Due to their overwhelmingly young audiences, who love to rush out to the theater on opening weekend, horror movies almost always open big and fall precipitously at the box office, but \"The Devil Inside,\" with its utterly terrible \"F\" CinemaScore grade (some issue has been raised as to whether the grade is actually an \"F\" or closer to the \"C\" range), will likely plummet even more quickly.",
"Not that it really matters, though -- the horror pic is already in the black, and it may finish with as much as $70 million.",
"In second place, \"Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol,\" another Paramount film, continued its comeback performance with $20.5 million in its fourth weekend.",
"The action blockbuster, which became the biggest hit of the holidays, has now earned $170.2 million, and it should finish well above $200 million.",
"\"Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows\" held onto third place with a $14.1 million weekend.",
"The sequel, which initially appeared a major disappointment when compared to the original \"Sherlock Holmes,\" has redeemed itself handily in the last few weeks.",
"After two weekends, \"Shadows\" was trailing \"Sherlock Holmes\" by $59.7 million, but over the past two weeks, the sequel has narrowed that gap to $22.7 million, and it now has a running total of $157.4 million -- still disappointing, but not nearly the disaster it first appeared.",
"\"The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo\" finished the frame in fourth place with $11.3 million, dipping only 24 percent, the smallest drop in the Top 10.",
"Could the edgy adaptation finally be finding its adult audience now that the warm n' fuzzy holiday season is over?",
"After 19 days, \"Dragon Tattoo\" has grossed $76.8 million, and if it maintains strong holds like this, it should pass $100 million.",
"\"Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked\" rounds out the Top 5.",
"The kiddie threequel, which has majorly underperformed compared to expectations, dropped 42 percent to $9.5 million.",
"It has now grossed $111.6 million total.",
"The next three spots were filled by holiday releases that never totally found their footing.",
"Two of them, \"War Horse\" and \"We Bought A Zoo,\" are performing respectably, though.",
"The films earned $8.6 and $8.5 million, respectively, this weekend, and they have nearly identical totals of $56.8 million and $56.6 million.",
"Still, there seems to be a common understanding in the blogosphere that \"War Horse\" (which cost $66 million) is performing admirably, while \"We Bought A Zoo\" (which cost $50 million) kind of fizzled, to which I say: Huh?!",
"In eighth place is a movie which has actually fizzled -- at least domestically.",
"\"The Adventures of Tintin,\" Steven Spielberg's expensive motion-capture animation, dropped 42 percent this weekend to $6.6 million and $61.9 million total.",
"In ninth place, Focus Features' \"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,\" which expanded into 809 theaters this weekend, performed admirably in its wider release.",
"The well-reviewed spy drama maintained a robust $7,129 per theater average, giving the film a $5.8 million weekend and an early $10.4 million total after five weekends.",
"\"New Year's Eve\" held onto a spot in the Top 10 for one final weekend.",
"The ensemble romantic comedy fell 48 percent to $3.3 million.",
"The film has earned $52 million (less than half the gross of Valentine's Day), and it likely won't make it much further.",
"1. The Devil Inside - $34.5 million .",
"2. Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol - $20.5 million .",
"3. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - $14 million .",
"4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - $11.3 million .",
"5. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked -- $9.5 million .",
"6. War Horse - $8.6 million .",
"7. We Bought A Zoo -- $8.5 million .",
"8. The Adventures of Tintin -- $6.6 million .",
"9. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy -- $5.8 million .",
"10. New Year's Eve -- $3.3 million .",
"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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"\"The Devil Inside\" earned a tremendous $34.5 million in its first three days .",
"\"Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol,\" continued its comeback performance with $20.5 million .",
"\"Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows\" held onto third place with a $14.1 million weekend ."
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"(CNN) -- In Europe, the English have a reputation.",
"They are notorious for prodigious drinking at Mediterranean resorts, a complete inability to master other languages and the habit of recalling World War Two every time England plays Germany at football -- or when it's time to remind the French of their spineless defeatism.",
"In turn, the words \"perfidious Albion\" have for centuries been part of a deep-seated French distrust of the English.",
"\"The English lie at mid-point between men and beasts,\" wrote the French author Robert-Martin Lesuire in 1760.",
"Much more recently, French politicians have railed against \"Anglo-Saxon\" free-market capitalism as being responsible for the global financial meltdown.",
"Just two weeks ago, French President Nicolas Sarkozy complained that globalization and free trade were at the root of the Eurozone crisis.",
"For their part, Germans are puzzled by the endless fascination of the British with the wars of the 20th century.",
"\"The older generation in particular see it as the last great act of national collective effort and self-assertion, the final episode in the history of the Empire before its imminent dissolution,\" writes the philosopher Gunnar Beck.",
"He's not making it up. In 2010, an astonishing 850 books about the Third Reich were published in Britain.",
"Germans are relieved that the French don't have such visceral memories of war but wish they'd have more financial rectitude and a little less flamboyance.",
"The Germans have fond memories of the deutsche mark, which rose out of the ashes with West Germany and was sacrificed for the euro.",
"Chancellor Angela Merkel is conscious of a growing resentment among Germans that they must constantly open their wallets to support the more profligate Europeans.",
"This strange triangular relationship is often played out in the councils of Europe.",
"But frequently Britain is the odd man out -- the semi-detached and half-hearted member of the European Union.",
"The United Kingdom has always looked across the Atlantic as much as across the Channel to pursue its interests -- a sentiment only reinforced by memories of wartime Atlantic convoys that resupplied Britain and by the allied landings in Normandy.",
"By contrast, visionaries like Jean Monnet of France and Konrad Adenauer of West Germany, looking out at the ruins of Europe in the late 1940s, sought ways to bind together former enemies.",
"The First World War had supposedly been the \"war to end all wars.\"",
"But this time, when they said \"never again,\" they meant it.",
"\"Make men work together.",
"Show them that beyond their differences and geographical boundaries there lies a common interest,\" Monnet said.",
"Last week, both Merkel and Sarkozy have summoned the ghosts of conflict to galvanize support for the European ideal, with Merkel warning the continent faces its gravest hour since 1945.",
"The ideal they are trying to save began modestly enough, with the formation of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1952: a single market for the coal and steel of six countries.",
"But that common market was soon extended to become the European Economic Community (EEC), and gradually more aspects of national sovereignty were pooled.",
"It was a Franco-German dream.",
"Britain was too busy divesting itself of empire.",
"And when it turned from colonies to Europe, it bumped up against Charles de Gaulle, who dominated French politics for much of the post-war period.",
"De Gaulle was innately suspicious of Britain and its \"special relationship\" with the United States.",
"He twice vetoed British applications to join the evolving common market; and pulled France out of NATO's military command.",
"Once de Gaulle was gone, Britain -- under the leadership of the pro-European Conservative Edward Heath -- was finally accepted into the EEC.",
"But Heath was in a minority among Britain's Conservatives, who would spend the next generation arguing over Europe.",
"The centrists saw Europe as essential to Britain's trading and financial future in a world of titans.",
"The \"Little Englanders\" as they were often scornfully described, thought Europeans elitist, given to endless bureaucracy and determined to undermine a millennium of English self-rule.",
"And the Germans and the French were usually the villains.",
"When Jacques Delors, a Frenchman who was president of the European Commission, advanced the cause of deeper union, Margaret Thatcher famously told the House of Commons, \"No, no, no.\"",
"The tabloid Sun newspaper joined in with one of its most famous splash headlines: \"Up Yours Delors.\"",
"It was no surprise, then, that Britain opted out of joining a single European currency under Thatcher's successor, John Major.",
"The alternative was the implosion of the Conservative party.",
"The euro (whose very name was squabbled over for months) was another Franco-German enterprise, but its backers had different motives.",
"For President Francois Mitterrand of France, it further bound Germany into a closer European union just when German unification -- after the collapse of the Berlin Wall -- threatened to make Germany the dominant continental power.",
"For Helmut Kohl, then German chancellor, closer integration in defense, security and foreign policy was a prize worth the sacrifice of the deutsche mark (though few Germans agreed with him.)",
"Which brings us full circle.",
"The euro came into being in 1999, but other targets (inflation, public debt, deficits) were at best patchily met.",
"Europe had monetary union, but no fiscal union or convergence among national economies.",
"John Major recently revisited the \"folly\" of the scheme in an op-ed for the Financial Times.",
"The \"convergence of the powerful northern economies with southern Europe was unlikely,\" he wrote.",
"Bad politics had taken precedence over sensible economics.",
"The British, of course, usually have a sporting metaphor for these European crises.",
"After Major won an opt-out from the single currency and a \"social chapter\" aimed at establishing, for example, common labor standards, he declared, \"game, set and match\" for Britain.",
"The prominent Conservative politician Boris Johnson said Prime Minister David Cameron \"had played a blinder\" (a uniquely Anglo-Saxon compliment) in Brussels -- after Cameron had refused to countenance a European financial services tax.",
"The Sun took aim at Sarkozy Friday: \"Who do you think EU are?\"",
"screamed its headline.",
"As one European official puts it, the Brussels summit has given the European Union a vague road map and a not terribly accurate compass.",
"Just who is coming along for the ride is not entirely clear, but Europe's third largest economy (or second if you use sources preferred by the British) is clearly not.",
"The words of German Chancellor Adenauer, spoken in 1954, are about to get one of those stress tests that banks are getting used to: \"The unity of Europe was the dream of a few.",
"It became the hope of many.",
"Today it has become a necessity for all of us.\""
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"Britain has often been the odd man out, not fully buying into European unity .",
"Just who is coming along for the latest ride is not entirely clear ."
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"(CNN) -- The son of Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin died from \"fresh water drowning\" and there was no evidence of foul play, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, police said Wednesday.",
"The body of Michael Philbin, 21, was pulled from a river Monday, a day after he went missing while in Oshkosh to visit friends, police said.",
"Toxicology results from the autopsy, conducted Tuesday, will not be available for several weeks, according to a police statement.",
"\"We love Michael so much and will miss him dearly,\" Joe Philbin said in a statement released Tuesday afternoon.",
"\"He loved his family, friends and life.",
"His memory will live on in the hearts and minds of all who knew him.\"",
"Philbin thanked the agencies that assisted in the search and expressed gratitude for \"the prayers and the support of our family, friends and the Packers family.\"",
"On behalf of the team, Packers general manager Ted Thompson said everyone's thoughts and prayers were with the family.",
"\"This is an emotional and difficult time for them, and we ask that everyone respect their privacy,\" he said.",
"\"All of us in the Packers family share in their grief.\"",
"The body was found Monday in the Fox River after Oshkosh police put out an alert asking citizens for help locate Philbin, who lived about 20 miles away in Ripon.",
"His last known communication was at 2 a.m. Sunday, police said.",
"\"He talked to a friend.",
"He didn't sound like he was under duress or he had any medical condition,\" police spokesman Joe Nichols told CNN affiliate WTMJ on Monday.",
"\"The phone conversation ended, and that was the last time someone had voice contact.\"",
"Michael Philbin was the second-eldest of six children of Joe Philbin and his wife, Diane, according to the Packers' website.",
"His funeral is set for Friday.",
"His father coached for 19 years at college football programs before coming to Green Bay in 2003 as an assistant offensive line coach.",
"He became the team's offensive coordinator in 2007 and played a significant part in the Packers' league-best 15-1 regular season record this season.",
"CNN's Kara Devlin contributed to this report."
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"Michael Philbin, 21, went missing Sunday in Oshkosh, Wisconsin .",
"Searchers pulled his body from a river on Monday .",
"Toxicology results will be available in several weeks, police say .",
"There was no evidence of foul play, police say ."
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"(CNN) -- Police arrested 46 people Saturday morning after they swept through a downtown city square in Boston, Massachusetts, evicting \"Occupy\" protesters encamped there since late September, officials said.",
"CNN affiliate WCVB broadcast images of handcuffed demonstrators being led away by police, who first offered the group the option of leaving before making arrests, according to police spokesman Eddy Chrispin.",
"\"The city is in the process of clean-up and trying to restore Dewey Square to its prior state,\" said Chrispin.",
"\"For the most part, it was nonviolent.\"",
"By late Saturday morning, an \"Occupy Boston\" twitter feed was abuzz with news of the eviction.",
"\"Occupy Boston is NOT done!",
"You can't evict an idea!",
":) The camp may be gone but the people, ideas & passion isn't,\" read one post.",
"Another post promised to offer \"details about the plan as soon as we know.\"",
"\"For now, get some rest. It will be a big afternoon!\"",
"On Wednesday, a judge ruled that demonstrators' First Amendment rights do not extend to seizing and holding areas on which they sit.",
"Authorities are \"obligated by law to preserve Dewey Square as a space open to the public,\" wrote Superior Court Judge Frances A. McIntyre.",
"Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, who in the past appeared to tolerate his city's chapter of the nationwide movement, later signaled that the area could be a safety hazard as winter weather rolled in, imposing a Thursday deadline for the group to clear out or face eviction.",
"By Friday, however, protesters remained firmly entrenched in more than 100 tents.",
"Saturday's arrests was the city's second large-scale action against demonstrators since the movement began there in late September.",
"In October, 129 people were arrested during a march in which protesters allegedly blocked traffic and refused to disperse.",
"The movement, which first sprang up in a Lower Manhattan park, seeks to highlight what it sees as corruption and growing income disparities between the nation's richest 1% and the rest of the country.",
"CNN's Dan Verello contributed to this report ."
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"Police arrested 46 people Saturday morning in Boston .",
"\"Occupy\" protesters have been encamped there since late September .",
"\"Occupy Boston is NOT done!",
"You can't evict an idea!",
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"(CNN) -- Tuesday night's tight contest for the top spot in the Iowa Republican caucuses reflects the ongoing tension that exists within the Republican Party.",
"This struggle between the conservative religious voters -- whose voice is strong and loud in Iowa and was represented by Rick Santorum -- and the more moderate, mainstream voters, represented by Mitt Romney, is indicative of a fight for the soul of the Republican Party.",
"What is so interesting is that four years ago, Romney's 25% share of the vote was not nearly enough to give him the victory.",
"But this year, that same 25% is enough to keep him alive.",
"While his campaign will spin that he was not really playing in Iowa, he cannot be totally happy, because the Iowa results cannot be read as anything than a continued rejection of Romney by conservative GOP voters.",
"Regardless, as long as the anybody-but-Romney vote is split among several candidates, and the longer most of them stay in the race, the better it is for Romney -- who can thereby win primaries with far less than a majority.",
"Social conservatives made very clear in Iowa that it was important for them to take a stand and vote for someone they could feel good about -- someone who in their hearts and consciences they could wholeheartedly defend -- rather than give their votes to someone they did not like and did not trust.",
"Again, this is not good news for Romney.",
"He is like the bitter pill that conservatives refuse to take as long as there is still a viable alternative.",
"It also indicates that Romney still has an uphill battle to convince the majority of GOP voters that he is the one who can fully represent core conservative values and principles.",
"He was not able to make the sale in Iowa.",
"Will he be able to make it in upcoming states where conservatives also have an important voice?",
"Romney has made a career of changing his stances to match the prevailing political winds.",
"In 2008, that lack of core political values cost him the nomination.",
"Are Republicans desperate enough this time around to support someone who has marketed himself as perhaps not the perfect conservative, but at least the best bet against Barack Obama?",
"If that is the case, the problem for Romney will be that general election voters will see right through this farce, even as conservative GOP voters have here in Iowa.",
"He will have a tough time making the case that he is the best candidate on the economy, since when he was governor of Massachusetts, his state was the third-worst in the country on job creation.",
"When he was head of Bain Capital, he destroyed more American jobs than he created, while making millions for his investors -- just ask Randy Johnson, a factory worker who was laid off because Bain Capital closed the factory where he worked.",
"Romney has also moved so far to the right on other critical issues that it will be hard for him to reconcile those positions with those of more mainstream general election voters.",
"And what about the importance of Latino voters?",
"Let's not forget that no GOP candidate will see the inside of \"La Casa Blanca\" without at least 40% of the Hispanic vote, according to Bush pollster Matthew Dowd.",
"No GOP candidate even bothered to visit the Latino-rich population towns in Iowa, and Romney has already declared he would veto the Dream Act if he becomes president.",
"So let's be clear -- the GOP can say goodbye to the Latino vote in the general election.",
"This overall tension within the GOP between the mainstream and the extreme was in full display Tuesday night in Iowa.",
"As such, the biggest winner of the Iowa caucuses by far is Obama.",
"As I saw someone tweet Tuesday night -- somewhere in Iowa, the Obama campaign is smiling.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Maria Cardona."
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"(CNN) -- Syria's major opposition group condemned Bashar al-Assad's regime Wednesday for \"brutal massacres\" this week and urged the U.N. Security Council to protect civilians against \"acts of genocide.\"",
"\"The regime is using children as human shields so that tanks and armored vehicles can storm residential areas,\" said the Syrian National Council, which said that about 250 people have died over a 48-hour period.",
"\"Incidents of gruesome murders have been recorded,\" the council said Wednesday, including the killings of four brothers and the beheading of a sheikh, whose head was hung above a mosque entrance.",
"Both incidents occurred in Idlib, and the council says \"acts of genocide\" are occurring in Zawiyah Mountain in Idlib province in the northwest and the city of Homs in the west.",
"It cites \"the regime's use of heavy weapons and artillery in shelling civilian neighborhoods, as was the case in the Baba Amr neighborhood of Homs, as well as in the villages of Kansafra, Kafar Awaid, and Mazrain, where a large number of residents were killed.",
"Other residents were forced to flee under heavy gunfire,\" the council said.",
"The villages are in Idlib province.",
"The violence spiked as Syria agreed to an Arab League observer mission Monday aimed at ending the violence between regime forces and protesters that started in mid-March.",
"The United Nations this month estimated that about 5,000 people have died in the bloodshed.",
"\"The SNC directed letters to representatives of the 15 member nations of the U.N. Security Council, including the permanent members, urging them to convene in an emergency session to discuss the brutal and systematic killings, the humanitarian situation, and the displacements forced by the regime and its security and military apparatus,\" the group said in a news release.",
"The council also sent \"urgent communiques\" about the violence to the Arab League; the Organization of Islamic Cooperation; the Gulf Cooperation Council; the General Secretariat of the United Nations; the U.S. Department of State; the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs; representatives from the Chinese Foreign Ministry; and the governments of France, Spain, Germany, Canada, Tunisia, Libya and Sudan.",
"\"The SNC urgently requested that these parties support the Syrian people's and the Syrian Revolution's demands for international protection, the establishment of safe zones for civilians, and the establishment of humanitarian corridors for delivery of relief, medical, and other humanitarian needs.",
"The SNC also demanded a prompt intervention to stop the massacres, which have reached the level of genocide and which coincide with the signing of the Arab League Protocol to send observers into Syria,\" the council said.",
"Mohamed Hamdo, a lieutenant colonel in the Free Syrian Army, underscored the ferocity of the assaults.",
"He said that government forces \"used military jet fighters and bombed Jabal Al Zawya, including a mosque that contained around 100 civilians who were praying or using it as a refuge.\"",
"Jabal Al Zawya is in the Idlib region in northwestern Syria.",
"Hamdo said the military also \"destroyed the town of Idlib completely and bombed a hospital there.",
"The problem is they are using women and children who are mounted on their tanks as they raid, making it impossible for us to hit back.\"",
"\"We have information that they are preparing an attack to control the border crossing to Turkey.",
"We are dispersing our FSA platoons to counterattack.",
"They are using surface-to-air missiles, mortars, military jet fighters and artillery.\"",
"Activist groups also reported a surge in killings this week.",
"The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported a higher death toll of 111 on Tuesday and 121 on Monday.",
"The Monday figure included 72 soldiers who tried to defect.",
"The civilian death toll so far Wednesday is at least 16, according to the Local Coordination Committees of Syria, an opposition umbrella group.",
"And, a video surfaced on social media websites of a boy's grisly killing in Homs during a missile attack Tuesday.",
"This violence comes as an Arab League advance team is headed to Damascus Thursday to prepare for the observer mission.",
"There would be 100 observers in teams of 10 to investigate what is happening on the ground in a month-long mission.",
"The league's secretary-general, Nabil el-Araby, called for an \"immediate stop\" of violence and \"swift action\" Thursday to pave the way for the observer mission.",
"\"The Syrian government must take responsibility of protecting its citizens in accord to their promises and agreement entailed in the Arab Plan,\" said el-Araby, worried about news of increased violence.",
"The observer protocol is part of a larger initiative that calls for withdrawing the army and militias called shabiha, releasing detainees and ending all forms of violence.",
"But Syria and the Arab League haven't yet signed the larger initiative, only the observer protocol, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saudi Al Faisal said Tuesday.",
"\"We expect Syria to follow a policy of buying time, delay and limit the observers' movement on the ground.",
"We think it is a political maneuver by the Syrian regime,\" said an Arab diplomat intimately involved with the Arab League deliberations.",
"The diplomat could not speak on the record because of the sensitivity of the matter.",
"Opposition members have criticized the Arab League for naming Sudanese Brig.",
"Gen. Mohammed Mustafa Al-Dabi to be the chairman of the observer mission.",
"They cite close ties between Sudan and Syria and Sudan's track record of using its own national security officials to target activists and political groups.",
"The White House said it is \"deeply disturbed by credible reports that the Assad regime continues to indiscriminately kill scores of civilians and army defectors, while destroying homes and shops and arresting protesters without due process.",
"\"While Syrian security forces have also taken casualties, the overwhelming majority of the violence and loss of life in Syria stems from the actions of the Assad regime, and we call on all parties to put an end to violence.\"",
"The United States, the European Union, the Arab League and Turkey have initiated sanctions against the regime.",
"\"The Assad regime is already facing growing isolation and sanctions that are choking off its resources.",
"We urge Syria's few remaining supporters in the international community to warn Damascus that if the Arab League initiative is once again not fully implemented, the international community will take additional steps to pressure the Assad regime to stop its crackdown,\" the White House statement said.",
"The French Foreign Ministry called on the U.N. Security Council to speak out on a firm resolution that ends repression in Syria, and it asked Russia, a Syrian ally, to \"accelerate talks\" at the council on a plan it devised to deal with the instability.",
"\"Everything must be done to stop this murderous spiral into which Bashar al-Assad is dragging his people deeper each day,\" ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said.",
"\"In this serious context, France calls for a bigger mobilization of the international community.\"",
"In another incident, Abdel Azeez Al-Khair, an Alawite opposition figure from the National Coordination Body, was detained briefly at the Damascus airport before he tried to take a flight to Cairo to discuss Syria with Arab League officials, two opposition figures told CNN.",
"He is not allowed to travel.",
"Alawities are a minority sect that holds the reins of power in the Syrian government.",
"Syria, an ethnically and religiously diverse society, is largely Sunni Arab.",
"CNN could not independently verify the allegations of violence or other incidents because Syria restricts the activity of journalists in the country.",
"The Syrian government maintains that it is cracking down on armed terrorists who attack security forces and civilians.",
"The activists say the government's brutal crackdown against peaceful protests has led to the deaths.",
"Meanwhile, the Iranian Embassy in Damascus has confirmed the kidnapping of five Iranian engineers in Syria on Wednesday and demanded their release, Iran's Mehr News Agency reported.",
"They are employed by the Jondor Homs electricity plant, Mehr reported.",
"\"These people were in Syria to provide the Syrians with technical and development help, and they should be freed as quickly as possible,\" the Iranian Embassy said.",
"There has been opposition anger toward Iran and its support of the Syrian government.",
"CNN's Kindah Shair and Saad Abedine contributed to this report."
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"(CNN) -- A man who allegedly tried to break into the home of a recently widowed Oklahoma woman -- who shot and killed his alleged fellow intruder after calling 911 -- was freed Thursday on bail despite a first-degree murder charge, a court clerk said.",
"Although he did not fire the fatal shot, 29-year-old Dustin Louis Stewart is charged with first-degree felony murder in the incident because if someone dies during the commission of certain crimes, such as burglary, an alleged accomplice can be charged in the death, prosecutors have said.",
"A hearing for Stewart was held Thursday in the central Oklahoma city of Chickasha, five days after the incident.",
"During that hearing, Stewart posted the $50,000 bond and was released, Grady County court clerk Jessica Pickle told CNN.",
"Prosecutors recommended that $50,000 be set as the bail amount, according to a court document.",
"Stewart was ordered not to have any contact with the alleged victim -- in this case, Sarah Dawn McKinley, who fired the fatal shot -- and to appear next in court the morning of January 20.",
"A preliminary hearing in the case is set for May 23, the document signed by Stewart states.",
"The incident has caught the nation's attention because part of the action was captured during a 911 conversation.",
"Home alone with her 3-month-old son, McKinley of Blanchard, Oklahoma, said she decided to make a stand when the two men tried to break into her home on New Year's Eve.",
"McKinley, who had been widowed less than a week before, placed a couch in front of one door and went to the bedroom and put a bottle in her baby's mouth before calling 911, she said on HLN's \"Dr. Drew\" on Wednesday.",
"A 911 operator calmly spoke with McKinley, who asked if it was permissible to shoot an intruder, officials said.",
"\"I've got two guns in my hand.",
"Is it OK to shoot him if he comes in this door?\"",
"asked McKinley, 18.",
"\"Well, you have to do whatever you can do to protect yourself,\" dispatcher Diane Graham responded.",
"\"I can't tell you that you can do that, but you do what you have to do to protect your baby.\"",
"In the end, McKinley fired a 12-gauge shotgun and killed Justin Shane Martin after he entered her home, according to a Blanchard Police Department affidavit filed in court Wednesday.",
"Martin was armed with a knife, authorities said.",
"\"You have to make a choice, you or him.",
"I chose my son over him,\" McKinley said to CNN Oklahoma City affiliate KWTV.",
"First Assistant District Attorney James Walters told CNN that McKinley will not be charged because she acted in self-defense.",
"\"A person has the right to protect themselves, their family and their property,\" Walters said.",
"As for the 911 operator's guidance?",
"\"I would agree with that advice,\" the prosecutor said.",
"It's not uncommon for charges to be filed against an alleged accomplice in cases where two people are committing a crime and a death occurs, even that of a co-conspirator, said Trent Baggett, assistant executive coordinator at the Oklahoma District Attorneys Council.",
"\"It's all dependent upon if the situation warrants it and the facts warrant it,\" he said. ...",
"If in the commission of a qualifying offense, someone gets killed, then yes, (first-degree murder charges) can and probably will be filed upon the person who doesn't die.\"",
"Even if they didn't pull the trigger themselves?",
"\"Under Oklahoma law, it doesn't matter,\" Baggett said.",
"And people have been convicted of first-degree murder under such circumstances, he added.",
"Graham was the first of two 911 operators to speak with McKinley.",
"The dispatcher told HLN's Jane Velez-Mitchell on Wednesday she learned in training that she could not tell a caller to shoot someone but, \"as a mother, I wanted her to protect her baby.\"",
"\"She did a very good job in keeping her (McKinley) calm,\" Grady County Sheriff Art Kell said of Graham.",
"\"Her job is to make sure the person on the phone is comfortable ... to give them support.\"",
"McKinley was on the phone with a second dispatcher when she pulled the trigger.",
"McKinley's husband died of cancer on Christmas Day, Walters said.",
"Evidence indicates Martin and Stewart may have been looking for painkillers or other drugs taken by McKinley's ill husband, the assistant prosecutor said.",
"Investigators found no such drugs, he told CNN.",
"Police said Stewart told them Martin knew McKinley's husband had died, according to CNN affiliate KOCO.",
"Martin suspected prescription drugs would be inside the home, the station reported, citing court documents.",
"McKinley said she believes the men were coming after her, rather than intending to commit a robbery.",
"According to the affidavit, the men approached McKinley's mobile home Saturday afternoon.",
"Martin had devised a plan to burglarize the residence, police said.",
"Stewart told investigators he and Martin ingested hydrocodone about 30 minutes before reaching the rural home, the affidavit states.",
"Martin \"aggressively\" knocked on the doors of the home and gained entry by hitting one of them with his shoulder, police said.",
"Stewart said \"he heard a gunshot after Martin entered the residence,\" and Stewart then \"fled on foot.\"",
"McKinley said she had pushed the couch against the door to deter entry.",
"\"When he busted in the door I saw something shimmering in his hand,\" the mother told HLN.",
"\"I thought it was a pistol at first, but it was a 12-inch hunting knife.",
"I didn't know (that) until after I shot and killed him.\"",
"Martin, 24, was found between the door and a couch with a knife clutched in his gloved left hand, police said.",
"CNN's calls to police in Blanchard, about 25 miles south of downtown Oklahoma City, were not immediately returned.",
"Stewart's attorney, Stephen Buzin, told CNN he would not comment on specifics of the case against his client.",
"\"We will let the facts come out at trial and feel comfortable with his innocence,\" the attorney said.",
"Martin recently had approached McKinley's home, saying he wanted to introduce himself, Walters said.",
"The man said he worked for the owner of the property on which McKinley lived, she told HLN.",
"McKinley, who in addition to the shotgun was also armed with a pistol, was on the phone with authorities for 21 minutes, Walters said.",
"\"She remained as calm as one could under the circumstances and had the forethought and called 911, as everyone should,\" he said.",
"McKinley was asked on \"Dr. Drew\" whether she regretted shooting Martin.",
"\"No. We could have been in a whole different situation if I hadn't done it,\" she replied.",
"Read more about this story from CNN affiliate KWTV.",
"Watch ISSUES with Jane Velez-Mitchell Monday through Sunday at 7pm ET on HLN.",
"For the latest from ISSUES click here."
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"(CNN) -- When the 2,455th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is laid on Monday for actor Steve Guttenberg, Ana Martinez will once again be working behind the scenes as curator-in-chief to the iconic attraction.",
"The Walk of Fame is one of showbiz's most visible landmarks,and Martinez has been its inconspicuous producer for almost half the attraction's 51 years, making sure the constellation of stars is perfectly aligned on the Hollywood sidewalks.",
"For 24 years, she has been the person deciding where celebrities will receive their coveted symbol of fame in the heart of Tinseltown.",
"When a star is unveiled to the international press corps, Martinez is the field marshal orchestrating every detail of one of showbiz's alpha moments.",
"\"If there was one phrase to describe Ana, it would be mistress of ceremonies,\" said Sam Smith, the former chairman of the board for the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.",
"\"She truly is a master of the ceremonies.\"",
"Martinez has produced 586 star ceremonies.",
"On Monday, Martinez will be at the ready with clipboard and iPhone in hand, negotiating over an obstacle course that typically numbers 22 film crews with 39 people, 22 still photographers, eight wire photographers, three newspaper reporters, two radio reporters, two photographers from the Chamber of Commerce and sometimes a celebrity's personal photographer.",
"\"She is a gatekeeper of the integrity of the Walk of Fame.",
"At the same time she's responsible for promoting the Walk of Fame all around the world,\" said Smith.",
"A star is awarded after a lengthy process in which hundreds of nomination applications are sent to the Hollywood chamber, and then its Walk of Fame committee selects the winners, with the approval of the chamber's board of directors.",
"The names also are submitted to the city of Los Angeles' Board of Public Works Department.",
"The chamber requires a $30,000 \"sponsorship fee,\" often paid by a studio, recording label or even a group of fans, chamber officials said.",
"Martinez also coordinates when her boss, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, and various political figures speak in honor of the star.",
"Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa recognizes the importance of the walk as a civic landmark.",
"He said it is \"a powerful magnet which brings people from around the world to Los Angeles.\"",
"\"Ana Martinez and the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce have played a vital role cementing L.A.'s reputation as the creativity capital of the world,\" Villaraigosa said in a written statement to CNN.",
"It's clear that Martinez loves what she does.",
"Martinez, who is 5 feet 4 inches with shoulder-length brown hair, declined to give her age, but said she started her career at the chamber as a receptionist in her early 20s after a brief stint at CBS.",
"She assisted the then-publicist in handling the Walk of Fame.",
"The publicist left the chamber six months later and even though Martinez was the obvious person to fill the role, management initially hesitated.",
"\"The other staff and management said I was too nice, too shy,\" Martinez said.",
"But Martinez eventually evolved in a way many stars do.",
"\"I had to create a different persona for the (star) ceremonies,\" she said.",
"\"I have to control everything.\"",
"With her staple head-to-toe black regalia to her dark shades -- green or gray depending on how bright it is outside -- she definitely controls the event.",
"When singer Shakira received her star in November, fans turned out in full force.",
"The emotional followers swelled to nearly a thousand and nearly spilled over barricades when they saw their idol.",
"Martinez said she welcomes fans because it also is a big day for them, but she keeps a close eye on security.",
"When one enthusiastic Shakira fan jumped over a barrier to meet his idol, the no-nonsense show-runner sprang into action.",
"\"I grabbed his wrist, pushed him back and our security girl carried him out,\" Martinez said.",
"Then of course, there is the celebrity.",
"Martinez often already knows each family member and friend of the star by name before they arrive.",
"She keeps a close eye on her iPhone, looking to see if the stars are on schedule in order to greet them and their entourages and lead them through the ceremony.",
"After the celebrity gives his or her speech, Martinez quickly directs them to the star, which is then unveiled.",
"The media, who are packed in a tightly sectioned-off sidewalk space around the star, attempt to get a shot of the celebrity.",
"Martinez decides in advance where each media organization will be positioned.",
"Martinez streamlines the production and cues the stars and their entourages on which cameras they should direct their gaze to and for how long.",
"Within a few hours, thousands of the images Martinez orchestrates from the ceremony permeate the Internet.",
"Though Martinez's career involves cementing names on the Walk, she knows the faces in Hollywood often change as quickly as the styles on the city's storefront displays.",
"But she has been a constant in the city, a meaningful achievement in Hollywood's transient culture, where broken dreams predominate.",
"She has also watched Hollywood drastically change from a seedier era when prostitutes and adult bookstores reigned on the streets.",
"\"We don't have that any more,\" said Martinez.",
"\"Hollywood has changed, even the Walk of Fame has changed.\"",
"She credits former star and honorary Hollywood Mayor Johnny Grant for the redevelopment.",
"\"The MTA [Metropolitan Transportation Authority] money was going to go to another state -- he went and talked to the attorney general and convinced them to keep the money in Hollywood.",
"That's why you have (the) Hollywood and Highland (Center).\"",
"As Hollywood evolved, so did the number of stars on the Walk of Fame.",
"Martinez said the walk she and Grant oversaw brought tourists to Hollywood.",
"\"Every day it's mobbed with people.",
"In the summer it's booming.",
"They want to be near the Walk of Fame, and what is now the hub of Hollywood.\"",
"In her time at the chamber, Martinez has become a sort of encyclopedia for the Walk of Fame.",
"She can rattle off where every star is, who was late to the ceremony and which awards of the 300-pound marble monuments caused controversy.",
"Marlon Brando's Walk of Fame moment was one of those.",
"Martinez said Grant dealt with the outcry.",
"\"Marlon Brando allegedly said some anti-Semitic comments and they called Johnny Grant. ...",
"He says, 'If we move the star for every person that might have said something, there would be no Walk of Fame,' \" she said, remembering Grant's no-nonsense business attitude.",
"Even in a moment of panic, Martinez is the consummate businesswoman.",
"Smith said he sees the resemblance between Martinez and her mentor.",
"\"You get how serious she is just from her tone of voice,\" Smith said.",
"\"And people don't cross it.",
"When he used to run the ceremonies, people didn't mess with Johnny either.\"",
"Martinez doesn't just promote the celebrities, she promotes an entire tourist attraction that is recognized around the globe.",
"The walk \"brings a lot of people to the community,\" she said.",
"She recalled an earthquake that shook Los Angeles many years ago and how the tourists didn't budge.",
"\"Nothing fazed, them.",
"They want to be where their celebrity has stood,\" Martinez said.",
"Not every part of the star construction has always gone so smoothly, however.",
"Just hours before Julia Louis-Dreyfus' star ceremony took place, a CNN producer walking by noticed the star's name was missing the hyphen and the \"o\" in \"Louis.\"",
"\"I was really upset.",
"I pride myself on everything going perfect,\" said Martinez.",
"She now has the star installers text a picture of the lettering before they cement it into the star, she said.",
"Even though it was one of the roughest days of her career, Martinez focuses on the positive: \"It turned out to be the best thing ever.\"",
"\"We had so much publicity we might do it again,\" she joked.",
"There were no hard feelings over that celebrity snafu.",
"Actress Dreyfus called it her \"Seinfeld moment.\"",
"There are several stars Martinez hopes to add to the walk.",
"She said she is saving a spot in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater for Clint Eastwood.",
"Including him in the Walk of Fame would be additionally meaningful, she said, because not even her mentor was able to get him.",
"\"That's the one Johnny Grant always wanted,\" Martinez said.",
"\"It will be an accomplished goal.\""
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"Dallas (CNN) -- Severe weather hit the Houston area Monday, flooding streets and homes and leaving thousands of people without power, emergency officials said.",
"Torrential rain fell across the area, causing flash flooding that left streets and highways impassable and submerged some vehicles.",
"\"We have a lot of roadways closed, and some evacuations are going on,\" said Alan Spears of the Fort Bend County office of emergency management.",
"In the city of Richmond, rescues were conducted by boat and on foot.",
"Spears said he believes a tornado touched down in the area.",
"\"We had 7,000 people without power in the county,\" he said.",
"iReport: Are you there? Send in your stories, videos, photos .",
"Sixty miles southeast, in Texas City, a law enforcement officer witnessed what appeared to be a tornado strike near the Mall of Midland, the National Weather Service reported.",
"The Houston/Galveston weather forecast office will examine the area and two other reported areas on Tuesday to confirm reported strikes, said Timothy Oram, an emergency response meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Fort Worth.",
"As much as 6.3 inches of rain had fallen in the past day, nearly all of it during the previous 12 hours, Oram said late Monday afternoon.",
"At Houston Hobby Airport, 4.05 inches of rain fell, which douses the previous January 9 record of 2.54 inches set in 1955, according to Oram.",
"Though flash flood warnings were still in effect for Chambers County and Galveston County, the worst was over, he said.",
"\"It's moved off to the northeast; things should be improving here,\" he told CNN.",
"Video from Fort Bend County showed wind damage, including debris from building roofs and broken glass, and people trapped by the storm described terrifying moments.",
"One resident said he felt the wind pushing into his home just before the garage door fell in and the front door of his home was blown open.",
"\"It just kept getting louder and louder and louder,\" Umair Sayyed told CNN affiliate KPRC.",
"Sayyed said he and his mother and sister sheltered inside a closet moments before the roof fell and rain poured into his home.",
"Michael Walter, spokesman for the Houston Office of Emergency Management, said the city conducted 20 to 30 high-water rescues.",
"The rain was falling so hard and fast in Houston that the weather service recorded 1.6 inches in just 10 minutes.",
"No injuries were reported.",
"CNN's Dave Alsup and Carma Hassan contributed to this report."
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"(CNN) -- A final autopsy report released Wednesday shows that Florida A&M University drum major Robert D. Champion suffered muscle damage commonly seen in such events as car accidents, prolonged seizures, child abuse and torture, an expert said.",
"The alleged fatal beating suffered last month by Champion, 26, during a marching band hazing must have been brutal, two experts said.",
"\"His muscles were beaten so badly that they were destroyed like you would see in a heart attack,\" Dr. Howard Oliver, a forensic pathologist who is a former deputy medical examiner in the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, told CNN after reviewing the autopsy findings.",
"Band bus a complex crime scene, expert says .",
"The damaged muscles leaked out a protein called myoglobin, \"and it's too much for the kidneys to process.",
"It causes the kidneys to fail,\" which results in death, Oliver said.",
"The muscle damage is called rhabdomyolysis, Oliver said.",
"\"Most of the time it's in (car) accidents or in people who freeze to death, and you get it in a lot of people who have prolonged seizures or in people who are in extreme physical activity like running in a marathon,\" Oliver said.",
"\"You see it in torture or child abuse and severe burns when the muscles get damaged.\"",
"In the case of seizures or freezing to death, people \"shiver and it really works the muscles over a long period of time, and it damages them, and they release the protein,\" Oliver said.",
"Lawrence Kobilinsky, professor of forensic science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, said the beating must have been severe.",
"\"This kid took a real beating over his body,\" Kobilinsky told CNN after reviewing the autopsy report.",
"\"They're saying that the beating was so powerful, it just squashed the tissue.",
"\"These are extremely forceful blows that this kid took, all over his back and his arms and his shoulders.",
"It's kind of like in Egypt where they beat up that poor woman yesterday,\" Kobilinsky said Wednesday.",
"\"It's interesting that there is no trauma to the neck or no trauma to the head.",
"It's interesting that they are avoiding those areas,\" Kobilinsky said of the people who delivered the beating.",
"Added Oliver: \"They just pummeled him.\"",
"Had they aimed for his abdomen, \"he would have bled to death.\"",
"The autopsy was performed by Associate Medical Examiner Sara H. Irrgang of Florida's District 9 Medical Examiner's Office in Orlando, with oversight from Chief Medical Examiner Jan C. Garavaglia.",
"That office serves Orange and Osceola counties.",
"The complete autopsy report follows a press release issued last week by the medical examiner's office that called Champion's death a homicide.",
"The medical examiners said in that statement that Champion died November 19 because of \"hemorrhagic shock\" -- the result of excessive internal bleeding -- \"due to soft tissue hemorrhage, due to blunt force trauma sustained during a hazing incident.\"",
"Champion collapsed in Orlando on a bus carrying members of the Florida A&M Marching 100 band after a football game that included a halftime performance by the band.",
"Christopher Chestnut, the lawyer for Champion's family, has charged that Champion died after receiving \"some dramatic blows, perhaps (having an) elevated heart rate\" tied to \"a hazing ritual\" that took place on the bus.",
"Some band members have said Champion died after taking part in a rite of passage called \"crossing Bus C.\" One member, who spoke on condition of anonymity, explained that students \"walk from the front of the bus to the back of the bus backward while the bus is full of other band members, and you get beaten until you get to the back.\"",
"No one has been charged in Champion's death; the Orange County Sheriff's Office is investigating the case.",
"The medical examiner's office said last week that Champion \"collapsed and died within an hour of a hazing incident during which he suffered multiple blunt trauma blows to his body.\"",
"The autopsy conducted after his death found \"extensive contusions of his chest, arms, shoulder and back,\" as well as \"evidence of crushing of areas of subcutaneous fat\" -- which is the fatty tissue directly under a person's skin.",
"Champion didn't have any bone fractures or injuries to his internal organs.",
"The medical examiner didn't find any evidence of \"natural disease except for a slightly enlarged heart,\" nor did toxicology tests reveal signs of drugs or alcohol."
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"\"His muscles were beaten so badly that they were destroyed,\" an expert says .",
"\"The beating was so powerful, it just squashed the tissue,\" another expert says ."
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"(CNN) -- Chelsea have qualified for the last 16 of the European Champions League after two Didier Drogba goals helped them to a 3-0 Group E victory over Valencia at Stamford Bridge.",
"The English Premier League side needed a victory to guarantee their place in the knockout stage and they got the perfect start when Drogba scored in the third minute -- Chelsea's fastest ever Champions League goal.",
"Midfielder Ramires doubled their advantage midway through the half after capitalizing on some hesitant Valencia defending.",
"Real Madrid to topple Barcelona in 'El Clasico' clash?",
"And Drogba sealed the victory 14 minutes from time when sliding the ball home from Juan Mata's slide-rule pass.",
"The result also means Chelsea top the group with 11 points after Bayer Leverkusen -- who had already qualified -- were held to a 1-1 draw by Genk in Belgium.",
"Jelle Vossen put the home side ahead in the first half with a superb volley, but Swiss striker Eren Derdiyok leveled for the Bundesliga side 11 minutes from time.",
"Leverkusen go through as group runners-up on 10 points, with third-placed Valencia going into the Europa League and Genk eliminated from Europe.",
"There was late drama in Group F, where Marseille came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 at Dortmund, a result that saw them go through to the last 16 in second place behind already-qualified Arsenal.",
"Poland midfielder Jakub Blaszczykowski put the home side ahead from close range in the 23rd minute and Mats Hummels doubled Dortmund's advantage nine minutes later from the penalty spot, after captain Sebastian Kehl received a nasty kick in the face from defender Stephane Mbia.",
"But Marseille gave themselves hope on the stroke of half-time when Loic Remy headed home Morgan Amalfitano's right-wing cross.",
"The score stayed that way until five minutes from the end when Andre Ayew powerfully headed home Amalfitano's corner.",
"And a sensational comeback was completed just two minutes later when substitute Mathieu Valbuena skipped past a couple of challenges before curling home a delightful winner.",
"Marseille's victory was bad news for Olympiakos, who beat a depleted Arsenal side 3-1 in Piraeus.",
"Rafik Djebbour put the hosts ahead from a tight angle after a defensive mix-up and David Fuster made it 2-0 when goalkeeper Vito Mannone's headed clearance fell to his feet -- and he found the net from outside the area.",
"Yossi Benayoun pulled a goal back early in the second half with a fine strike from just inside the area but Olympiakos secured the win when Francois Modesto scored from close range after Olof Mellberg's header had come back off the post.",
"Despite the win, Marseille's comeback means Olympiakos (9 points) have to settle for the Europa League.",
"Arsenal finish top on 11 points with Marseille just a point behind and German champions Dortmund out of Europe on just four points.",
"Surprise packages APOEL Nicosia had already qualified from Group G, but they ended the group with a defeat as Shakhtar Donetsk claimed a 2-0 away victory.",
"The Ukrainian side had already been eliminated, but they inflicted a first defeat on the Cypriot side courtesy of goals from Luiz Adriano and Yevhen Seleznyov.",
"Porto needed to beat Russian champions Zenit St Petersburg at home to qualify alongside APOEL, but the visitors defended solidly to secure a 0-0 draw.",
"It meant APOEL and Zenit both qualified with nine points, with the Cypriot side top virtue of a better head-to-head record.",
"Porto (eight points) have to settle for the Europa League.",
"Barcelona and AC Milan had already qualified from Group H, but they enjoyed contrasting fortunes on Tuesday.",
"Defending champions Barca thumped BATE Borisov 4-0 at the Nou Camp despite coach Pep Guardiola resting a host of key players ahead of 'El Clasico' against Real Madrid on Saturday.",
"It may have been an unfamiliar line-up, but the style of football was completely familiar as Barca scored at will against the Belarussians.",
"Sergi Roberto opened the scoring in the 35th minute from the edge of the area and Martin Montoya made it 2-0 on the hour mark with his first senior goal.",
"The more familiar face of Pedro added a third when he flicked home a cross -- and the Spanish international scored his second of the evening from the penalty spot.",
"So Barcelona strolled through as group winners with an impressive 16 points, while BATE are eliminated in bottom place.",
"In the other match, Italian champions AC Milan wasted a two-goal lead as Czech side Viktoria Plzen scored twice in the final minute to snatch an unlikely 2-2 draw.",
"Alexandre Pato put Milan ahead two minutes after the break when controlling Robinho's pass on his chest before rounding the keeper to score.",
"And a minute later, the two Brazilians combined again, this time for Robinho to fire home.",
"But, in a dramatic finale, Marek Bakos crossed for David Bystron to tap home from close range.",
"Then Michal Duris burst into the Milan area in injury time to score a dramatic equalizer.",
"Milan qualify for the last 16 in second place with nine points, while Plzen go into the Europa League after finishing with five points."
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"Chelsea are through to the Champions League last 16 after 3-0 win over Valencia .",
"Didier Drogba scores twice as the Premier League side qualify as Group E winners .",
"Marseille score two late goals to win 3-2 at Dortmund and qualify from Group F .",
"Zenit St Petersburg draw 0-0 in Porto to secure their qualification from Group G ."
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"(CNN) -- Based on a true story, Cameron Crowe's \"We Bought a Zoo\" is the kind of real-life adventure tale with which anyone who has ever dreamed of truly making a new start can identify.",
"How often have you been looking for an apartment or a house, hoping to find that really cool, gothic deconsecrated church, cliff house with a widow's walk, Robin Hood-worthy treehouse or energy self-sufficient Hobbit hole?",
"Whatever your dream fantasy home is, it never shows up on Craigslist, does it?",
"Well, for Benjamin Mee and his two young children, the opportunity to make a fresh start shows up in the form of a slightly run-down farmhouse on 18 acres.",
"It just happens to come with a rather down-on-its-luck zoo, complete with a depressed grizzly bear, an aging Bengal tiger, an African lion, porcupines, flamingos and even a binturong, a Southeast Asian mammal whose musk apparently smells like hot, buttered popcorn.",
"Seriously. As for the humans, Matt Damon does a great job as the grieving widower Benjamin, whose wife dies before the film begins.",
"Benjamin and Katherine (Stephanie Szostak) had one of those storybook romances that we all wish we had (theirs is told completely in still photos and mostly dialogue-free scenes pulled from Benjamin's memory), and the pain is etched clearly on his face.",
"His kids are all he has left, but much like George Clooney's Matt King in \"The Descendants,\" Benjamin's parenting skills leave little to be desired.",
"You see, Benjamin was an adventure writer for a newspaper, the kind of a guy who voluntarily takes assignments that land him in a hurricane hunter airplane.",
"Kids, on the other hand, can be way worse.",
"Benjamin's son Dylan (ably played by Colin Ford) is less than happy about, well, everything.",
"He's recently been expelled from school and his behavior (which includes drawing very disturbing pictures) is one big reason why Benjamin thinks they all need a fresh start.",
"Dylan and Benjamin are constantly at each other's throats, and those scenes occasionally err on the side of strident.",
"Dylan's petulance and generally obnoxious behavior are really the film's only misstep.",
"He's clearly a talented and smart kid, and his inevitable acceptance of his surroundings and new life come about 20 minutes too late.",
"But it's a minor issue as far as the overall film is concerned.",
"Benjamin's 7-year-old daughter, Rosie, on the other hand, is an absolute joy to watch.",
"Played by Maggie Elizabeth Jones, Rosie lights up the screen every time she appears, and manages to overcome the potential \"too cute, too precocious\" pitfalls that so many adorable cinema tykes fall prey.",
"Her sheer joy at the idea that the family has just bought a zoo is infectious.",
"I dare you not to find her at least as adorable as the red fox or peacock chicks.",
"When Benjamin buys it, the zoo is on its last legs.",
"Kept together by a small but devoted staff, including head zookeeper Kelly Foster (a winning Scarlett Johansson), zookeeper Robin Jones (Patrick Fugit), who is rarely seen without a capuchin monkey on his shoulder, or Kelly's young cousin Lily (Elle Fanning), who takes an immediate shine to Dylan, and zoo architect Peter MacCready (played with fantastic drunken brio by Scottish actor Angus Macfadyen of \"Braveheart\").",
"Thomas Haden Church does a spirited turn as Benjamin's levelheaded older brother, Duncan.",
"Duncan is the voice of reason, pleading with Benjamin to do the sensible thing and cut bait when things get tough at the zoo.",
"Lily's fascination with Dylan and the evolution of that relationship is yet another winning ingredient in the film (written by Aline Brosh McKenna and Crowe).",
"When Benjamin and Dylan finally get around to working out their differences, the talk they have about romance is one many of us could take to heart.",
"Yes, this film is a little schmaltzy and sentimental.",
"Yes, it is, at times, a little precious.",
"And no, it doesn't break any ground.",
"But it's genuinely funny, sweet and kindhearted, and it's going to make you feel good.",
"Considering how stressful the holidays can be, what's so bad about that?",
"This film is like an antidote to cynicism.",
"\"We Bought a Zoo\" is exactly what it needs to be in this holiday season.",
"I started smiling at the beginning, and kept a smile up until the end when, I'll confess, I was also shedding a few tears.",
"Don't mistake this for frothy, insignificant throwaway entertainment.",
"This one comes with real emotions that are thoughtfully and carefully presented.",
"And, for better or worse, most of us can relate.",
"An extremely well-acted, well-written and entertaining way to spend a couple of hours, \"We Bought a Zoo\" is great counterprogramming to some of the heavier (but also excellent) end-of-year releases.",
"However, I can't be responsible if you take the kids and, instead of asking for a puppy or a pony, they up the ante and start asking for an entire zoo.",
"\"We Bought a Zoo\" is rated PG and contains a few mild (and cutely delivered) expletives."
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"Matt Damon plays grieving widower Benjamin in \"We Bought a Zoo\"\nThe movie is genuinely funny, sweet and kindhearted, our critic says .",
"He says it's great counterprogramming to some of heavier end-of-year releases ."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- Lindsay Lohan's judge apparently is so pleased with how well the actress is complying with her probation requirements in the past six weeks that she's giving her more freedom to travel.",
"\"Ms. Lohan, you've actually done well and done it not only on time but early,\" Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner said during a five-minute-long hearing Wednesday.",
"Lohan worked 12 days at the county morgue and took part in five psychotherapy sessions over the past month as ordered, Sautner said.",
"\"The morgue seems to be pleased, as pleased as a morgue can be,\" Sautner said.",
"The judge offered an incentive for Lohan to finish her monthly community service work early: She can travel freely around the United States after she completes her required 12 morgue shifts between court dates.",
"If Lohan keeps up her compliance and completes 41 more days at the morgue -- 12 shifts each month -- and four sessions with a psychologist per month, the actress will have her supervised probation eased at the end of March.",
"If she fails, she will serve an additional 270 days behind bars, the judge warned her last month.",
"\"This is what we really call putting the keys to the jail in the defendant's hands,\" Sautner told Lohan.",
"Lohan was found in violation of her probation last month when she admitted that she failed to comply with Sautner's earlier order that she work at a women's shelter.",
"Her punishment -- a 30-day jail sentence -- translated into just a few hours behind bars because of measures to reduce overcrowding in Los Angeles County jails.",
"The atmosphere at Wednesday's status hearing was much lighter than in any previous appearances before Sautner.",
"When Lohan's attorney, Shawn Holley, asked the judge if Lohan was required to be in court January 17 for the next status hearing, Sautner said, \"If I say no, she won't complete everything.",
"I'm just saying.\" The judge's next comment made Lohan lower her face into her hands, laughing.",
"\"I think she likes to come here and see me,\" Sautner said.",
"\"I think that's a motivation for her.\"",
"The judge said Lohan's trip to Hawaii over the past week was approved by her probation officer because of \"some confusion\" about her travel restrictions.",
"She is permitted to travel outside California only for holidays and work, she said.",
"\"She thought your sister's birthday was a holiday and said she could go to Hawaii,\" Sautner said.",
"\"I don't have a problem with it.\" Lohan missed her flight back home from her Hawaiian vacation Monday, causing her to miss Tuesday's taping of an appearance on \"Ellen.\"",
"The chat with talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres was the only planned interview to promote Lohan's nude photo spread published this week in Playboy magazine.",
"The court-ordered community service is part of Lohan's sentence imposed in May when she pleaded guilty to stealing a necklace from a Venice, California, jewelry store.",
"Lohan was already on probation for two drunken driving convictions from 2007.",
"\"From what I see of you, you need a structure,\" Sautner told Lohan last month, instructing her to return to court each month to show she is complying with the schedule.",
"Lohan's legal woes, which began four years ago with two drunken driving arrests, have been compounded by her failure to attend counseling classes and alcohol and drug test failures.",
"Her probation is scheduled to end within a year unless Lohan breaks any laws before then.",
"It has been extended several times because of violations, including the failed alcohol and drug tests.",
"CNN's Jack Hannah contributed to this report."
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"NEW: Lindsay Lohan has \"done well\" on probation the past month, the judge says .",
"NEW: The judge eased Lohan's travel limit once she does 12 shifts at the morgue each month .",
"NEW: Judge: \"The morgue seems to be pleased, as pleased as a morgue can be\"\nIf she stays on track, Lohan's probation will be eased in March, judge says ."
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"Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani fired his defense secretary Wednesday, a move that spiked tensions between the South Asian nation's civilian government and its all-powerful military.",
"The prime minister's spokesman confirmed to CNN the firing of Naeem Khalid Lodhi.",
"State media reported that it was for \"gross misconduct and illegal action.\"",
"The move came after Pakistan's military issued a statement warning of \"grievous consequences\" of a Gilani interview in The People's Daily Online of China.",
"In it, the military said, Gilani accused the army's chief of staff and the head of the Inter-Services Intelligence spy agency of violating the constitution.",
"\"There can be no allegation more serious than what the honorable prime minister has leveled,\" the statement said.",
"\"This has very serious ramifications with potentially grievous consequences for the country.\"",
"The latest tension comes as Pakistan's Supreme Court investigates a controversial, unsigned memo allegedly drafted by the civilian leadership in which it asked the United States to help rein in the nation's powerful military.",
"The so-called Memogate scandal has unleashed waves of political intrigue in recent weeks, and the media has described a government on a collision course with its own army.",
"Last month, Gilani spoke provocatively of plots to topple the government.",
"Later, he accepted an army statement pledging support for the democratic process.",
"\"We have been trying to remain on the same page (with the military) for the last four years,\" Gilani said in an attempt to temper his comments.",
"In its 64 years of existence, Pakistan has had to balance its civilian and military leadership.",
"Pakistanis have lived through three military coups and decades of military dictatorship.",
"Memogate, wrote businessman Mansoor Ijaz, whose column in October touched off the scandal, publicly exposed the tensions.",
"A series of events have also added to the furor.",
"The U.S. killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden during a May raid on a compound located only about a mile from the Pakistan Military Academy in Abbottabad enraged the Pakistani public and deeply embarrassed the military.",
"Relations became even more strained in November, after NATO forces said they mistakenly killed two dozen Pakistani soldiers in airstrikes near the Afghan border -- an attack the United States insists was an act of self-defense after its troops were fired upon.",
"Pakistan's government has formally disputed the findings of the U.S. investigation into the airstrike, saying the bombardment went on long after it reported its troops were under fire.",
"The United States launched its first drone attack in Pakistan Tuesday after more than a month-long lull, killing at least four suspected militants, CNN confirmed.",
"The drone fired two missiles Tuesday at a suspected militant compound near the provincial capital of Miranshah in the North Waziristan region, located in the country's volatile tribal belt that borders Afghanistan.",
"Abdul Basit, spokesman for Pakistan's foreign ministry, told CNN Wednesday that Pakistan did not allow for Tuesday's strike nor has it ever granted such permission to the United States.",
"\"We have strong reservations on the drone strikes because this is a violation of our sovereignty.",
"We can't accept violation of our sovereignty.\"",
"Journalist Nasir Habib contributed to this story."
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"Defense Secretary Naeem Khalid Lodhi was fired Wednesday .",
"The move comes after the military slammed reported remarks by the prime minister .",
"Yousuf Raza Gilani accused top military leaders of violating the constitution .",
"Tensions have been running high since the so-called Memogate scandal ."
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