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"Altinozu, Turkey (CNN) -- Gofran Hejazi does not know whether to refer to herself as a wife... or a widow.",
"She and her four children have been in limbo ever since August 29, the last day she saw her husband in the flesh.",
"\"My eldest son sometimes opens up the computer, puts up his father's photo and starts crying,\" Hejazi said.",
"\"Not a day goes by without my youngest son asking me 'when is daddy coming home?'\"",
"Until he went missing from a refugee camp in Turkey last August, Hejazi's husband, Syrian army Lieutenant Colonel Hussein al Harmoush, was the self-styled leader of a rebellion of mutinous soldiers against the Syrian government known as the \"Free Syrian Army.\"",
"The sensitivity of Harmoush's case was plainly evident during Hejazi's first interview with a journalist since the disappearance of her husband.",
"Police at the makeshift camp where her family lives insisted that a plain-clothed Turkish police officer accompany Hejazi during an hour-long interview with CNN.",
"The officer was assigned \"for her protection,\" authorities said.",
"He did not interfere with the interview and remained out of earshot for the duration of the discussion.",
"Harmoush first attracted international attention last June, when he made an online video calling on other Syrian soldiers to desert and join an anti-government group he labeled the \"Free Syrian Army.\"",
"He was one of the first Syrian military officers to publicly break with the regime.",
"Judging by the number of similar videos that started cropping up on the internet, it appeared Harmoush's rebellion was growing.",
"Again and again, uniformed soldiers and officers faced the camera, held up their identity cards as proof, and then denounced the Syrian regime's deadly crackdown against pro-democracy demonstrators.",
"Harmoush claimed to lead this movement from exile in neighboring Turkey.",
"Harmoush, his wife and four children lived in a compound of empty warehouses the Turkish government converted into a makeshift refugee camp in the Turkish border town of Altinozu.",
"Harmoush regularly met with opposition activists and journalists there, until August 29.",
"That morning, Hejazi said her husband walked out of the gates of the camp, which are protected by Turkish police.",
"Soon after, she said he disappeared and his phone stopped answering calls.",
"\"From that moment, I was certain my husband was handed back to the Syrians,\" Hejazi recalled.",
"After going missing for more than two weeks, Harmoush suddenly resurfaced... this time in a \"confession\" aired on Syria's strictly-controlled state television network.",
"In the September 15 broadcast, Harmoush recanted his support for the opposition.",
"He denied ever receiving orders from commanding officers to open fire on demonstrators.",
"And he accused the opposition Muslim Brotherhood of smuggling weapons and terrorists to Syria.",
"Harmoush has not been seen or heard from since.",
"Hejazi believes he is now in Syrian custody.",
"\"I can't live in a fantasy and pretend as if I'm blind or deaf and say it's not true,\" she said.",
"It is still a mystery how Harmoush disappeared from the gates of a police-protected Turkish refugee camp and ended up on Syrian state television.",
"Hejazi and some other opposition activists blame the Turkish government.",
"\"I talked to him [Harmoush] on the morning of August 29th,\" said exiled Syrian activist Omar al Muqdad, in an interview with CNN on September 16.",
"\"He said 'I have a meeting with a Turkish security man.",
"When I finish I will call you.'",
"I waited for three days and didn't hear from him.\"",
"Hejazi also said her husband left the camp on August 29 planning on meeting with a mysterious man camp residents believed was a Turkish intelligence officer.",
"\"Maybe he's not an intelligence officer as he claimed, but he's one of the Turks,\" Hejazi said.",
"\"We don't know his rank or who the guy is exactly, but over the phone he introduced himself as Abu Mohammed.\"",
"Hejazi accused Turkish authorities of handing the rebel officer over to the Syrians.",
"\"I believe they arrested him as part of an agreement between the two countries,\" Hejazi said.",
"The Turkish government has repeatedly denied such accusations.",
"Turkish officials also denied any knowledge of the alleged intelligence officer refugee camp residents knew as \"Abu Mohammed,\" which is a generic Arabic nick-name that means \"father of Mohammed.\"",
"Ankara officially states that it welcomes all Syrians on Turkish territory.",
"Turkish officials pointed to the more than 7,500 Syrian refugees that have been fed, clothed and housed for months at a network of government-run camps along the border.",
"Relations between the two neighbors have grown increasingly frosty.",
"Ankara has hosted several Syrian opposition meetings.",
"Turkish leaders have also threatened to punish the Syrian government's ongoing violence against its citizens with sanctions.",
"But in Hatay, the Turkish border province where Harmoush disappeared, there is strong local support for Syrian president Bashar al Assad.",
"The region is home to a large number of ethnic Arabs from the same Allawite sect as Assad, whose family and clan have ruled Syria for more than 40 years.",
"Portraits of the Syrian president sell in Turkish souvenir shops.",
"It is not uncommon to hear locals cursing Syrian anti-government demonstrators.",
"Hejazi said her husband's revolt against Damascus, was fueled partially by the perception that the army's dominant Allawite officer corps discriminated against Harmoush because he was from Syria's majority Sunni Muslim sect.",
"\"Because he was Sunni, they stopped promoting him.",
"They treated him badly,\" Hejazi said.",
"In interviews with CNN, other Sunni officers who joined the \"Free Syrian Army\" also complained bitterly about discrimination at the hands of senior Allawite commanders in the Syrian military.",
"Meanwhile, efforts to track down the missing leader of the \"Free Syrian Army\" have proven fruitless.",
"When Hejazi asked for the help of a lawyer, she said local Turkish officials demanded she first provide documentary evidence that she was in fact married to Harmoush.",
"Those are documents Hejazi cannot provide.",
"\"We left the country without passports,\" Hejazi said.",
"\"According to Syrian law, officers in the Syrian military cannot provide passports to their wife and family.",
"So we don't have passports.\" Visibly distraught, Hejazi now finds herself caught in legal limbo between two countries.",
"She said she felt her children were not safe, living in a camp close to the porous border with Syria.",
"After an hour-long conversation, it was clear she did not know whether she should begin mourning for her missing husband.",
"When asked whether she had a message for Harmoush, Hejazi thought for a moment.",
"\"If he is still alive, I urge him to be patient,\" she finally said, adding: \"But I don't think anyone can survive the torture and dungeons of the Syrian secret service.",
"If he's dead, that means he's in paradise.\"",
"CNN's Yesim Comert contributed to this report ."
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"(CNN) -- Stealth helicopters zoom toward a mystery compound in northern Pakistan, intent on capturing or killing the most wanted man in the world.",
"Under cover of night they reach their target, but within moments one chopper is down and the mission is in jeopardy.",
"The daring raid against Osama bin Laden contained equal parts action, suspense, risk and bravery.",
"In other words (from a purely literary standpoint), all of the elements of a great story.",
"So it should come as no surprise that Simon & Schuster has announced plans to publish a graphic novel about the secret mission, which co-author Jerome Maida describes as a \"complex labyrinth of intrigue, danger and politics.\"",
"But it won't be the first graphic novel to recount Operation Neptune Spear (the military name for the raid).",
"That distinction belongs to \"Code Word: Geronimo\" which hit bookstores and Amazon.com less than six months after bin Laden's killing.",
"\"Code Word: Geronimo\" is the work of Capt.",
"Dale Dye, a retired Marine and frequent military consultant on Hollywood films, and his wife Julia Dye, who holds a Ph.D. in the anthropology of human conflict.",
"The novel features the artwork of Gerry Kissell and Amin Amat.",
"CNN spoke with the Dyes about their book and the challenge of telling the story of the raid without divulging military secrets.",
"What follows is an edited version of the conversation.",
"CNN: Why did you decide to tell the story in graphic novel form?",
"Dale Dye: We wanted to reach folks in a sort of 18-35 short attention span demographic and see if we could use the graphic novel to sort of reflect the capability and professionalism of the men and women who pulled this raid off, this Operation Neptune Spear...",
"I think [graphic novels] are a coming thing.",
"I don't know if it's good, bad or indifferent, but it is a venue for communicating and we'll take it.",
"CNN: As military stories go, this one is hard to beat.",
"Dale: I mean it was fantastic.",
"It was nothing like Desert One [the failed attempt in 1980 to free American hostages in Iran] and the other special operations efforts in which we haven't done so well.",
"This one was really almost perfect, and that's hard to say when you're dealing deep behind people's lines.",
"CNN: Tell me about the research you did for the book.",
"Julia Dye: The challenge in this case wasn't so much digging up the information, it's that there was too much information and often conflicting.",
"So it's discernment, how do you decide what is the most appropriate, what is most likely, what is true from a variety of sources.",
"Dale: I was able to call some people in the special operations community that I have contacts with and draw on my own background and sort of fill in what gaps Julia left where we didn't know...",
"There are some areas in which I like to say we used \"SWAG\", which is \"Scientific Wild- A** Guesses\".",
"CNN: Were you concerned at all about revealing sensitive information in the book?",
"Dale: We did a lot of talking, Julia and I did, \"If we do this, if we say this, if we depict this, are we giving away the secrets to the bad guys?\"",
"Julia: There are certainly operational concerns and we wanted to make sure the information that is in there was appropriate... and keep what should remain classified, classified and still tell a compelling story.",
"CNN: There are some panels in the graphic novel showing bin Laden in bed the night of the raid, without a turban.",
"How did you decide the right way to depict his domestic life?",
"Dale: That's one of those \"SWAG\" things.",
"Nobody really knows what his domestic life was about.",
"So we put it together and we said, \"Given what we know about him, or what we purport to know about him, what would his private life be like?\"",
"In large measure, it seemed to us it would be like anybody else's in the Muslim community.",
"There was a woman in bed with him and he was undressed and he was the domestic Osama bid Laden, if you will.",
"And so that's the way we depicted it.",
"CNN: A canine was part of the Navy SEAL team that stormed the bin Laden compound.",
"Do you know what became of Cairo the dog?",
"Dale: As far we know Cairo is still out there operating with his handler and with members of the Naval Special Warfare Development Group.",
"He's one of many K9s that they use.",
"I don't know that Cairo got a medal or a bone or any special plate of dog food, but we're dog lovers and we considered him to be a hero and Julia would have broken my neck if we hadn't put him in there.",
"CNN: In a couple of the panels Cairo is wearing goggles.",
"Julia: Doggles, they're called Doggles, no they really exist.",
"There is a civilian type you can buy.",
"But they actually have night-vision capabilities and lots of great nifty things in there.",
"Dale: They can put the K9 cam on him so that you can see what he sees and he has a little flak jacket that he wears, body armor, and maybe even little boots that K9s can wear to keep on their feet, the pads of their paws to keep them from burning on concrete and that sort of thing.",
"They've gone a long way with the pooches.",
"CNN: Tell me about your collaboration with the illustrators.",
"Dale: A graphic novel is a challenge in itself.",
"Because while I write words and essentially design what happens in the storyline, the artists, Gerry Kissel and his partner Amin [Amat] are trying to get inside your emotional storyteller brain and say 'What would that picture look like?'",
"And so there was a lot of backing and forthing... That's where [my] military background really comes in.",
"We know what things look like, we know what they're supposed to look like so it's not \"Captain Marvel attacks the Martians,\" this is the real deal.",
"CNN: Director Kathryn Bigelow (\"The Hurt Locker\") is working on a movie about SEAL Team 6, the counterterrorism unit that conducted the raid.",
"Do you think that project is in good hands?",
"Dale: She's a brilliant director and did such a great job with \"The Hurt Locker.\"",
"I hope she gets it right, I hope she knocks it out of the ballpark.",
"The problem with [depicting] the global war on terrorism is that it's still going on.",
"It's very close to people.",
"You guys [the media] stuff it into our face 24 hours a day.",
"It's virtually the thing that fills the news hole.",
"So it's difficult to back off and get some perspective and tell a story.",
"Julia: I think it would be wonderful to have films in the future that advance wonderful stories from the war on terror.",
"I think many of them up to now have a tendency to advance agendas rather than stories.",
"Dale: That's one of the reasons why we wanted to do the graphic novel now.",
"I mean it hits a mid-ground between that big definitive book that some enterprising reporter is going to do and the movie maybe that Kathryn Bigelow will do.",
"This is a mid-ground.",
"It's got pictures and it's got a story.",
"And it's got some really vital information in it.",
"CNN: Finally, what are your thoughts about the people who pulled off this raid?",
"Dale: We're talking about some of the most selfless, really true professional public servants the world will ever know.",
"These are folks who aren't in it for medals, they aren't in it for glamor, they aren't in it for prestige, they aren't in it for notoriety.",
"They're in it because they believe it's the right thing to do, because they think it's an important and vital mission.",
"That was our mission when we started out [writing the graphic novel], to reflect some light, some glory, without ripping away the veil of secrecy, but reflect some light and glory on truly professional, dedicated, patriotic men and women."
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"(CNN) -- Famed boxer Manny Pacquiao prepared to square off Saturday against Juan Manuel Marquez, hoping to retain his championship and affirm his supremacy after controversy surrounded their first two bouts.",
"Pacquiao, who also serves as a representative in the Filipino Congress, is regarded by many as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world and has won 53 of his 58 career fights.",
"Marquez, though, insists he should have been declared the winner in their two clashes to date.",
"The two look to settle the score Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.",
"The Filipino entered the bout having won 10 titles at eight different weight divisions in his glittering career, from flyweight (for boxers between 108 and 112 pounds) up to super welterweight (148 to 154 pounds).",
"The Ring magazine, among other publications, ranks Pacquiao as the world's best pound-for-pound boxer.",
"That said, there's some doubt about his supremacy over Marquez.",
"The first bout in 2004 was scored as a draw, while Pacquiao won a split decision in the rematch four years later.",
"The Mexican has been seen sporting a T-shirt that says \"Marquez beat Pacquiao twice!!\"",
"and claims he will put the record straight when they step into the ring for the third time.",
"\"Everyone, including many of my countrymen, believe he (Pacquiao) really won those fights,\" Marquez said through an interpreter.",
"Pacquiao though, said prior to Saturday's contest that the third chapter will resolve the debate once and for all.",
"\"He kept on saying he got robbed in the first two fights.",
"This fight will answer all the doubts and all the questions,\" he said at a news conference in Las Vegas.",
"If Pacquiao defeats Marquez, the next big fight for the General Santos City native could be a long awaited showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr., the other superstar of his boxing generation."
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"Their first match was a draw, while the Filipino won the second on points .",
"Pacquiao has indicated he may finally fight Floyd Mayweather soon ."
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"Mexico City (CNN) -- A Mexican mayor campaigning for the president's sister in a gubernatorial race was fatally shot in the southeastern state of Michoacan, the state attorney general's office said.",
"The killing of La Piedad Mayor Ricardo Guzman Romero on Wednesday is the latest in a number of mayoral killings dating to last year.",
"According to CNNMexico, 18 mayors have been killed in 2010 and 2011.",
"But Guzman's death garnered extra attention because he was killed in President Felipe Calderon's home state, and because he was campaigning for the president's sister, gubernatorial candidate Luisa Maria Calderon.",
"She is running as a candidate for the National Action Party, or PAN, the same party to which the president belongs.",
"The attack came just 11 days before the state elections, where in addition to a governor, 40 lawmakers and 113 mayors will be chosen.",
"Guzman was elected mayor in 2008, and his term was to end in January.",
"\"At the moment, the federal authorities and military are in charge (of the case),\" Michoacan attorney general's office spokesman Armando Soto La Marina said.",
"According to authorities, Guzman was participating in a campaign event, walking down one of his town's boulevards, when a black vehicle approached and a gunman shot from inside.",
"The shooter escaped, and the mayor was taken to a hospital, where he died, authorities said.",
"Luisa Maria Calderon said she was saddened by the killing, but that \"we're not going to stop our fight for Michoacan.\"",
"Michoacan has long been a center of drug cartel violence.",
"It was where President Calderon initiated his campaign against the cartels in 2006.",
"Last year, the PAN and an allied party declined to run candidates in at least 20 mayoral races in Michoacan because of insecurity."
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"He was campaigning for the president's sister in a race for governor .",
"Eighteen mayors have been killed since 2010 ."
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"(PEOPLE.com) -- Pregnancy joy turned to sadness for the stars of TLC's \"The Little Couple,\" as they learned on Tuesday's episode of the successful transfer of an embryo to their surrogate, who later miscarried their unborn child.",
"Dr. Jennifer Arnold and husband Bill Klein, who both have skeletal dysplasia, a bone-growth disorder that causes dwarfism, have documented their road to parenthood on the show.",
"They decided to use a surrogate to have a baby, because of the challenges a pregnancy could pose to her health.",
"On the season finale, Arnold and Klein learned their surrogate was expecting.",
"\"After we got pregnant, the craziness ensued with us wondering what to do with the baby's room, making sure our surrogate was getting her daily dose of baby vitamins,\" Klein tells PEOPLE.",
"But since filming their happy visit to the doctor, the couple's surrogate lost the pregnancy.",
"Klein had to contact his wife, a neonatologist at Texas Children's Hospital, while she was at work in order to tell her the heartbreaking news.",
"\"I didn't want her to be the last person to find out,\" he says.",
"\"Ugly or happy, it needs to be told.",
"It was a very tough day, and Jen took it harder than she originally expected.\"",
"\"I cried my eyes out,\" Arnold tells PEOPLE.",
"\"I deal with families who lose their babies and I will cry with them, but I thought I would be stronger.",
"Nothing can completely prepare for all that when it is about you.\"",
"When the couple were able to get together at the end of the day, they mourned, crying and comforting one another and later talking to family and friends.",
"The next day they decided they would continue trying to start a family, with both surrogacy and adoption as possible paths.",
"Kim Kardashian's Marriage: Mistake or Fake?",
"\"Bill was a rock, and he held me through everything,\" Arnold says.",
"\"By the next morning, I realized that I needed to try again.",
"We were so close and so pregnant with the ultrasound looking good, and so it was horrible for it to end.",
"But I couldn't have said I was done. A lot of family asked, 'Do you want to go through this again?'",
"And my answer is, yes.",
"I would be miserable if I didn't try again.\"",
"A Rocky Road .",
"Because both Klein and Arnold carry a single gene for their type of skeletal dysplasia, there is a chance they could both pass the gene on to their child, which could be lethal for their baby.",
"To avoid this, embryos are genetically tested before implantation.",
"If no skeletal dysplasia genes are passed on, the baby would be healthy and average sized; if one gene is passed, the baby would be a healthy little person.",
"Also, Jen is on medication to stimulate her ovaries, which produced only half as many eggs as expected.",
"\"We appreciated all the prayers and positive thinking,\" says Arnold of sharing her difficult story with the world.",
"\"That is comforting and is giving us strength.",
"When we lost the pregnancy, we wondered how we were going to handle it.",
"But by sharing our story, whether it be positive or negative, I think it can help others going through similar things.\"",
"Ultimately, becoming parents is what means the most.",
"\"We are so in love with each other and supportive of each other that we are going to be okay,\" she says.",
"\"We really want to be parents, and that is the goal here through surrogacy and adoption.",
"We are not done trying yet.\"",
"Kris Jenner: 'People Have to Stop Judging' Kim for Ending Her Marriage .",
"Until that day comes, Klein cherishes life with his wife.",
"\"I could go the next 50 or 100 years with just the two of us, because we have a great relationship,\" he says.",
"\"Few people are so lucky to have that from the moment you meet that one person, and everything we add to our relationship is exciting.\"",
"Challenges -- both past and future -- will only make their bond stronger.",
"\"We really just feel crazy fortunate to have found each other,\" Arnold says.",
"\"We were both at a point of giving up.",
"Being a little person, everything is a struggle, and it is wonderful when you achieve something you really wanted.",
"You don't let that go so easily.\"",
"See full article at PEOPLE.com.",
"© 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"Manila, Philippines (CNN) -- A Filipino-American woman abducted in July in the Philippines was found Sunday on an island stronghold of the Islamic militant group Abu Sayyaf, police said.",
"Gerfa Yeatts Lunsmann, 43, was found at Suba Kampong township on the Philippine island of Basilan after her captors released her, said Bienvenido Latag of the Philippine National Police.",
"The U.S. Embassy in Manila on Monday confirmed Lunsmann's release in Basilan after she was held hostage by a still unidentified group of bandits.",
"Latag did not say why Lunsmann was released, but the mayor of the town where Lunsmann was taken after she was released said she was freed following negotiations between her husband and her abductors.",
"Mayor Cesar Lobregat, head of a Crisis Management Committee in Zamboanga City, declined to confirm whether officials paid a ransom.",
"Fourteen gunmen snatched Lunsmann in July while she was vacationing with her family on the island of Tictabon, authorities said.",
"The gunmen also took hostage Lunsmann's 14-year-old son, Kevin, and her 19-year-old Filipino nephew, Romnick Jakaria, they said.",
"Authorities said the abductors forced Lunsmann and her family to board awaiting boats, which then sped off in the direction of Basilan.",
"It was not immediately known whether the captors are still holding Lunsmann's son and nephew.",
"Lunsmann was adopted by Americans when she was 9 and grew up in Virginia.",
"She eventually married a German citizen.",
"Both she and the son, Kevin, are U.S. passport holders.",
"Police at the time of the abduction said they suspected the son attracted attention because of his distinctive mixed-race looks in an area with few foreign tourists.",
"Basilan serves as a base for Abu Sayyaf, which wants to establish a separate state for the Philippines' minority Muslim population.",
"The U.S. State Department considers the group a terrorist organization and says it is linked to al Qaeda.",
"The Philippines government has been fighting to contain the militants.",
"Abu Sayyaf has been blamed for several terrorist attacks in the Philippines, including the bombing of a ferry in 2004 that left about 130 people dead, as well as past kidnappings."
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"Authorities are declining to confirm whether a ransom was paid for the woman's release .",
"Lunsmann was abducted in July along with her son and her nephew .",
"Lunsmann and her son, Kevin, are U.S. passport holders ."
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"(CNN) -- Remember the iPod Nano and iPod Touch?",
"They'll be getting some feature and style upgrades, as well as some price-slashing, in the near future.",
"Although the iPods were largely overshadowed by Tuesday's iPhone 4S news, Apple CEO Tim Cook also announced a handful of tweaks to Apple's iconic music-player line -- in plenty of time, of course, for the holiday shopping season.",
"The new Touch, now the most popular iPod, will be available in both black and white and get a $30 price cut, to $199 for 8GB of storage, $299 for 32 gigs and $399 for 64.",
"It will also run Apple's new iOS5 operating system, meaning its ability to run apps, surf the Web and the like will maintain its unofficial status as the iPhone-without-a-phone.",
"The new Touch ships on October 12.",
"The Nano, perhaps appropriately, is getting an even smaller update.",
"The most fun change will be Apple's addition of 16 new clock faces for folks who use the tiny player's 1.5-inch screen as a watch.",
"Our favorite? The iconic Mickey Mouse watch is now available, with Mickey's hands spinning around to tell the time.",
"It's also getting a price cut, down to $129 for the 8GB version and $149 for 16GB.",
"The runt of the litter, the 2GB Nano, goes for a mere $49.",
"(Virtually free by Apple's standards, if still more expensive than some rival mp3 players with the same limited storage space).",
"Totally lost in the shuffle (see what we did there?)",
"was any mention at all of the iPod Classic or ... Shuffle.",
"The two didn't get a single mention at Tuesday's event, just as they were left out in the cold at last year's iPod event.",
"That's led to lots of stories in the tech press speculating that the clock is ticking toward the demise of the two venerable players.",
"(You know ... even if this one, from The Unofficial Apple Weblog, was dead wrong).",
"But Apple's online store Wednesday showed both devices still for sale.",
"It's clear Apple wants to move completely to touchscreen and abandon the old-fashioned click wheel on the Classic and Shuffle (the Nano's click wheel disappeared last year).",
"Time will tell how long the older devices last, although for our money there's still something to be said for the top-of-the-line Classic, with its massive 160 gigabytes of storage, as a repository for folks' entire music collection.",
"Music and other media content got another boost Tuesday with Apple announcing plans that could move iTunes into the cloud.",
"The iCloud service will now be integrated into the iOS 5 operating system.",
"It will work with apps and allow content to be stored on remote servers instead of the users' iPod, iPhone or other device.",
"Each device will get 5GB of free storage, according to Cook.",
"Working with iTunes, the cloud-based service would let a user access their music, videos and the like from any Apple device running iOS5."
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"The iPod Nano and Touch both saw price cuts .",
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"iCloud will integrate with new operating system, let users store music, videos on remote servers ."
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"(CNN) -- The iPhone 4S -- Apple's newest creation -- quietly went on pre-sale at 12 a.m. on Friday.",
"The homepage of the company's website, however, remained a dedication to the company's co-founder, Steve Jobs, who died on Wednesday after a history of pancreatic cancer.",
"The phone, which has been panned by some critics who say it's more of a facelift to the iPhone 4 than a new product, features a faster dual-core processor and a camera with 8 megapixels of resolution.",
"It also has a \"humble personal assistant\" named Siri, which responds to voice commands and talks back to you.",
"Apple's new CEO, Tim Cook, unveiled the phone on Tuesday, a day before Jobs' death was announced.",
"The phone's price ranges from $200 to $400 with a two-year wireless contract.",
"It's available on AT&T, Verizon and, for the first time, on Sprint's network.",
"The iPhone 4S goes on sale in stores on October 14 in the following countries: United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the UK.",
"The new iPhone will be available in 22 additional countries by the end of October, Apple says.",
"Pre-sale orders can be placed at Apple's online store, as well as on AT&T, Verizon and Sprint's websites.",
"All of those brick-and-mortar retail stores also will carry the phone, along with select Apple-approved retailers -- which as of Friday morning had not been listed by Apple.",
"BestBuy was making the phone available for pre-order Friday on its site.",
"Walmart's site said only that the iPhone 4S was \"coming soon.\""
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"(CNN) -- Are Democrats beginning to reconsider their vote in the 2008 Democratic primary?",
"With the nation's economy -- and arguably its politics -- in shambles, it is not very surprising to find in a recent Bloomberg poll that 34% of respondents think it would have been better for the country if Hillary Clinton hadn't lost the battle for the Democratic nomination to Barack Obama.",
"A CNN poll released last week put Clinton's favorability rating at a tremendous 69%.",
"Perhaps no one is questioning the 2008 results more than Democratic politicians who must face the voters next year.",
"Right now, it looks like President Obama, rather than offering coattails to those below him on the ticket, may instead be serving up an anchor.",
"This is ironic, when you look back at what actually happened during the Democrats' 2008 primary, and at who made Obama the party's nominee.",
"It is often assumed that Barack Obama used his gifts as an orator and his aspirational rhetoric to energize young and minority voters in a way that allowed him to wrest the nomination from Clinton, the candidate favored by the Democratic establishment.",
"This is a nice story, but it is not completely true.",
"For one thing, Clinton actually defeated Obama in the popular vote.",
"Still, one has to be careful not to read too much into this, since Clinton's very narrow lead depends on counting votes from Michigan.",
"Because Michigan refused to abide by Democratic Party rules when scheduling its primary, Obama had pulled his name off that state's ballot.",
"It does not really matter who won the popular vote, however, because the Democratic Party does not select its nominee only through a direct election.",
"To become the party's standard-bearer, a candidate must capture the votes of a majority of the more than 4,000 delegates who are selected to attend the party's national convention.",
"Although delegates are awarded in part based on the votes that they receive, neither Clinton nor Obama captured enough delegates through their primary and caucus showings to secure the nomination.",
"Indeed, in 2008, Democratic Party rules made such a feat almost impossible.",
"Unlike the Republicans, the Democrats don't allow states to award their delegates on a winner-take-all basis.",
"This makes it difficult for candidates who are neck-and-neck to pull away from each other in delegate counts.",
"Adding to this problem is that approximately 20% of the delegates to the Democratic National Convention are not tied to the results of primary contests.",
"Party rules stipulate that more than 800 seats at the convention belong to a group defined as \"Party Leaders and Elected Officials.\"",
"These so-called \"superdelegates\" are not formally pledged to any candidates and attend the convention regardless of primary and caucus results.",
"Indeed, it appears that the real brilliance of the Obama campaign was to realize fairly early that a true majority was not achievable.",
"In response to this fact, and having an edge in the early caucus states due to superior grass-roots organizing, the Obama campaign subtly changed the understanding of the rules.",
"It acted as if the nomination would be determined by the delegate count after the caucuses and primaries, regardless of whether an absolute majority had been achieved.",
"What this did was to lower the overall number by more than 800 votes (the superdelegates), and consequently change the threshold of victory.",
"Since most Americans are unfamiliar with how the nominating process works, this was a fairly easy story to sell.",
"The press for the most part cooperated.",
"Once this fiction was accepted, any other result would be seen as undemocratic.",
"Indeed, Clinton's complaints about this unofficial after-the-fact rules change were portrayed as a divisive form of sour grapes.",
"After all, following Sen. Obama's post-Super Tuesday February romp through 10 states, it became obvious that Sen. Clinton would not be able to win under this new threshold.",
"Ultimately, and most importantly, the elected and unelected leaders of the Democratic Party accepted the Obama campaign's spin.",
"This was crucial to Obama's success, since a real victory at the convention depended on these superdelegates ignoring the fact that Clinton was the stronger general election candidate in swing states like Pennsylvania, Florida and Ohio.",
"In the end, it was the endorsement of these superdelegates -- again, party leaders and elected officials -- that forced Clinton to concede the nomination.",
"The irony of all this should now be clear.",
"According to a recent CNN poll, only Republican Mitt Romney appears to be in a position to offer a strong challenge to Obama in 2012.",
"Unfortunately for the Republican Party, Romney's nomination is anything but certain.",
"The results of the 2010 midterms, however, when combined with recent special election results, indicate that, with Obama at the top of the ticket, the prospects for many other Democratic elected officials are rather dismal.",
"Of course, a lot of these politicians have no one to blame but themselves.",
"I suspect, nonetheless, that they are feeling more than a twinge of buyer's remorse.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Paul Sracic."
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"Paul Sracic: Are Democrats now reconsidering their vote in the 2008 Democratic primary?",
"Hillary Clinton's favorability rating is now sky-high at 69%, Sracic says .",
"Prospects for many Democratic elected officials in 2012 are now rather dismal, he says .",
"Still, only Mitt Romney appears to be a significant challenge to Obama, Sracic says ."
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"(EW.com) -- Geek goddess Sonya Walger is coming back to TV: The \"Lost\" and \"FlashForward\" star has landed a series regular role in USA's upcoming \"Common Law.\"",
"In the buddy cop drama, Warren Kole and Michael Ealy play homicide detectives whose constant quarreling gets them sent to couples therapy.",
"Their shrink? Walger, who will co-star as Dr. Emma Ryan, a smart, attractive psychiatrist with a keen sense of humor.",
"She graduated at the top of her class and started a practice in Beverly Hills but started to feel like a pill dispenser to her rich clientele.",
"White powder found in letter addressed to 'Dancing With the Stars' To fill the void, Dr. Ryan started offering low-cost Alcoholics Anonymous and couples' group therapy at the local community center where she applies her strong insight into the relationship between these two police partners.",
"Walger famously played Penny on \"Lost\" and has also been in \"In Treatment\" and \"Tell Me You Love Me.\"",
"'Revenge': Emily VanCamp and Madeline Stowe tease 'Hitchcockian' vibe of upcoming episodes .",
"\"Common Law\" starts production from CBS TV Studios in New Orleans next month for a 2012 premiere on USA.",
"Led by \"White Collar\" and \"Covert Affairs,\" the network just had its most-watched third quarter in the network's history -- averaging 3.5 million viewers and easily ranking as the most-watched cable network.",
"See full article at EW.com.",
"CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly .",
"© 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"Sonya Walger is coming back to TV in USA's upcoming \"Common Law\"\nIn the buddy cop drama, Warren Kole and Michael Ealy play homicide detectives .",
"Walger played Penny on \"Lost\" and has been in \"In Treatment\" and \"Tell Me You Love Me\""
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"Miami (CNN) -- Rapper Rick Ross suffered medical emergencies aboard two separate flights, forcing both back to the ground, officials said Friday.",
"Ross was taken to a Florida hospital after he suffered an unidentified medical emergency on a Delta flight to Memphis a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the situation told CNN.",
"A Broward County Sheriff's Office fire rescue team met Delta Flight 1310 at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, said the source, who was not authorized to speak to the media.",
"\"Ross was breathing and conscious and alert when we reached the passenger on the plane,\" said the source.",
"\"He was conscious on transport.",
"He was assessed and transported to Broward General Medical Center.\"",
"The rapper later wrote on his Twitter account that he was headed to Memphis and posted a video with him on a plane, getting ready to take off.",
"His flight, however, was diverted to Birmingham, Alabama, according to CNN Memphis affiliate WMC.",
"The station reported that Ross had suffered a seizure and was hospitalized.",
"The University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital confirmed that it had an emergency room patient under the name of William Leonard Roberts.",
"Ross, born William Leonard Roberts II, is famous for songs such as \"9 Piece.\"",
"He was scheduled to perform Friday night in Memphis, at the FedExForum, for the \"Memphis Madness\" event.",
"The rapper missed that appearance, according to WMC.",
"CNN's Joe Sutton contributed to this report."
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"NEW: Rick Ross reportedly suffers a seizure .",
"NEW: The event marks his second medical emergency of the day .",
"A source tells CNN another incident happened aboard a Delta flight .",
"The rapper was alert when rescue workers met him, the source says ."
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"(Mashable) -- You know there's something significant going on when Google creates one of its whimsical \"doodles\" on its home page, and Halloween is no exception.",
"In case you can't see it where you are, this year (in some countries), there's a time-lapse video showing some of the most gigantic pumpkins in the world, going through a metamorphosis from blobs of orange to art as night falls.",
"Here's how the Googlers describe the making of this kooky video on the official Google blog: .",
"\"To celebrate Halloween this year, the doodle team wanted to capture that fascinating transformation that takes place when carving a pumpkin.",
"Instead of picking up a few pumpkins from the grocery store, however, we decided to work on six giant pumpkins, specially delivered from nearby Half Moon Bay (some weighing well over 1,000 pounds).",
"What you see is a timelapse video of the approximately eight hours we spent carving in the middle of our Mountain View, California, campus.\"",
"Mashable: Where do Google doodles come from?",
"Watch the video of this Halloween Google doodle -- or go to Google.com to experience the doodle for yourself.",
"© 2011 MASHABLE.com.",
"All rights reserved."
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"Google's Halloween-themed doodle shows time-lapse carving of giant pumpkins .",
"Video shows employees carving massive pumpkins into Google logo .",
"Some of the pumpkins in the video weigh more than 1,000 pounds ."
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"(CNN) -- Bahraini authorities on Sunday explicitly tied the recent arrests of alleged \"terrorist cell\" members with Iran, claiming the suspects got funding from that Middle Eastern nation and had ties to Iran's Revolutionary Guard and Basij, according to a state media report.",
"A day earlier, a Bahrain Ministry of Interior spokesman said authorities had arrested five people for allegedly planning attacks against -- among other targets -- the interior ministry building, the King Fahad Causeway and Saudi Arabia's embassy in Manama.",
"On Sunday, a spokesman for the public prosecution office -- which has taken over the investigation from the interior ministry -- offered new details about the alleged plotters.",
"Much of the new information was derived from what the official Bahrain News Agency describes as \"confessions made by some of the accused gangsters.\"",
"The BNA report stated the alleged terrorists had connected with \"militant elements in (Iran's) Revolutionary Guard\" and Basij, the volunteer paramilitary group allied with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.",
"The Bahrain prosecutor's spokesman claimed the suspected terrorists planning, and operations, were dependent on \"foreign financing.\"",
"The BNA report specifically referenced money that one suspect supposedly got during a visit to Iran.",
"Another report, released early Monday by Iran's state-run Press TV, described the arrests and Bahraini claims as \"anti-Iran political theater.\"",
"\"Manama has made similar allegations on a number of occasions, and every time Iran has denied all the charges,\" the Press TV report said.",
"A Bahrain interior ministry spokesman had earlier said, in a statement, that Qatari security authorities initially arrested four Bahrainis who had entered Qatar from neighboring Saudi Arabia.",
"The suspects were carrying documents and a laptop \"containing sensitive security information and details about some places and vital establishments in Bahrain, as well as airline bookings to Syria,\" the spokesman's statement said.",
"The suspects were also carrying a \"significant\" amount of U.S. and Iranian currency, the spokesman said.",
"The Qatari Security Authority learned that the four suspects left Bahrain \"after being incited by others to head to Iran,\" and then they passed through Qatar and Syria \"to establish a group that carries out armed terrorist operations in Bahrain,\" the spokesman's statement said.",
"The four defendants provided information about a fifth suspect in Bahrain, who was also arrested, Bahraini authorities said."
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"NEW: State-run Iranian media describes the report as \"anti-Iran political theater\"\nBahrain announced Saturday that 5 alleged \"terrorist cell\" members had been arrested .",
"A prosecutor's spokesman offers details Sunday to official media on the alleged plotters .",
"The suspects had ties to Iran's Revolutionary Guard and Basij, the state report says ."
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"(CNN) -- Heavy rain that has killed at least 60 people in Central America is not expected to let up soon, authorities said Monday.",
"El Salvador is the country hit hardest so far.",
"The government has declared a state of emergency and ordered evacuations.",
"At least 32 people have died in El Salvador, including several children, according to the country's civil protection director.",
"Some were swept away attempting to cross swollen rivers, while others were killed when the walls of their homes collapsed.",
"\"The temporary evacuation of the population in some parts of the country is meant to avoid casualties caused by mudslides,\" said Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes, who also ordered the cancellation of school classes.",
"In Guatemala, the death toll stands at 28 and close to 110,000 people have been affected by the rain.",
"President Alvaro Colom said that 15,000 more people are at risk and roughly 12,000 are in shelters, according to a statement on his website.",
"\"We're praying to God for help,\" said Celida Yesenia Lopez, a Guatemalan flood survivor who lost her home.",
"\"It's very sad.\" Honduras was similarly struck.",
"The majority of the country's 18 departments are under alert and some 13,000 people have been affected.",
"Central America has been hammered by torrential rain since last week.",
"Jova struck Mexico as a Category 2 hurricane late Tuesday.",
"It weakened into a tropical storm and then a tropical depression as it moved over western Mexico.",
"At the same time, Tropical Depression 12-E, which never reached tropical storm strength, brought the heavy rain to El Salvador and its neighbors.",
"More rain is forecast in the region."
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"Beijing (CNN) -- China's former President Jiang Zemin appeared in Beijing on Sunday, the first time he's been seen publicly since rumors surfaced months ago that he had died.",
"Jiang, 85, was among many current and former dignitaries attending a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of China's 1911 revolution, which led to the toppling of the Qing Dynasty.",
"China became a Communist state in 1949, under the leadership of Mao Zedong.",
"At the start of the ceremony at the Great Hall of the People, live footage on China's state-run television showed Jiang for a few seconds as he walked on the stage, closely followed by an assistant.",
"In another segment, Jiang appears to sing along with others during the playing of the Chinese national anthem.",
"Death rumors spur reflections on Jiang legacy .",
"Former Chinese premier Li Peng was also in the crowd, among other retired party and government leaders.",
"So were active government ministers, private entrepreneurs and Beijing-based ambassadors from other countries.",
"In the event's keynote speech, current President Hu Jintao extolled the \"thoroughly modern, national and democratic revolution\" of 1911.",
"And among other stances, he urged mainland China and Taiwan to work together for a \"peaceful reunification of China,\" according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.",
"Reaching an accord with Taiwan had been one of Jiang's focuses in his tenure as president, during which he made conciliatory overtures to the island nation including a \"One Country, Two Systems\" proposal.",
"It was one of many efforts he pursued in his time, between 1989 and 2002, as the general-secretary of China's Communist Party and, from 1993 to 2003, as the nation's president.",
"As China's ruler, he generally pushed market reforms while working to keep the country politically and socially conservative.",
"China's economy boomed under his leadership, growing at an annual average rate of over 9%.",
"China also regained control of Hong Kong in 1997 and Macau in 1999, while national pride soared in 2000 when Beijing was picked to host the 2008 Summer Olympics.",
"With rare exceptions, Jiang largely has been out of the public eye in recent years.",
"This summer, Chinese authorities dismissed as \"pure rumors\" reports that he was on his death bed."
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"Jiang Zemin appears at a ceremony marking China's 1911 revolution .",
"It is his first public appearance since rumors months ago about his health .",
"Jiang was China's president from 1993 to 2003 ."
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"Cancun, Mexico (CNN) -- The storm known as Rina fizzled Friday as it moved over the Yucatan Channel, the strait between Mexico and Cuba, the National Hurricane Center said.",
"No coastal watches or warnings were in effect after Rina lost much of its punch.",
"The storm had diminished in strength from a Category 2 hurricane that raised fears in and around some of the most popular resort communities in Mexico.",
"It was classified as a remnant low Friday afternoon, with maximum sustained winds of 30 miles an hour, the hurricane center said.",
"Rina's eye was about 75 miles west of the western tip of Cuba and 110 miles north-northeast of Cozumel, moving east-northeast at 5 mph.",
"\"A turn toward the southeast is expected on Saturday, with a turn toward the south expected on Sunday,\" the hurricane center said in what was its last public advisory on the system.",
"Continued weakening is forecast for the next two days.",
"Rina had been expected to drop between 3 to 6 inches of rain over the eastern part of the Yucatan Peninsula and Cozumel through Friday, with isolated amounts of up to 10 inches, according to the Miami-based weather agency.",
"A storm surge of as much as 1 to 2 feet above normal tide levels along the coast was also expected, \"accompanied by large and dangerous waves,\" forecasters had said.",
"Authorities took precautionary measures ahead of the storm, while numerous businesses in Cancun and elsewhere shut down.",
"\"First we're thinking, we're stranded in Cancun; there could be worse things,\" said Amelie Jarvis, a tourist from Canada.",
"\"But then we noticed that everything is closed.",
"I don't know what we're going to do.\"",
"CNN's Ed Payne contributed to this report."
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"NEW: Rina weakens to a remnant low .",
"NEW: The storm has 30-mph sustained winds .",
"NEW: No coastal watches or warnings are in effect .",
"NEW: Continued weakening is expected over the next two days ."
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"(Oprah.com) -- When Chicagoan Tammy Jo Long visited Savannah, Georgia, ten years ago, she was delighted by its fountain-filled parks, corner cafés -- and grand architecture.",
"Long had always been a design aficionado, but the Italianate and Victorian homes she encountered in Savannah became \"an obsession,\" she says.",
"\"I saw a mansion with enormous cornices and cast-iron window surrounds, and I was hooked.\"",
"So hooked, in fact, that she decided to buy a second home there, closing the deal on her next visit.",
"Oprah.com: What's Your Design Style?",
"Her learning curve: .",
"Long was determined to restore her new house to its original glory.",
"Though she'd remodeled a few kitchens and bathrooms over the years, a historically accurate renovation that did justice to the Savannah architecture she loved was daunting.",
"Oprah.com: 5 things a professional organizer wants you to know .",
"But the all-nighters spent poring over floor plans and scouring eBay for doorknobs paid off: Every detail of the home -- from the crown moldings to the brass finger pulls -- is as it was in the 1800s.",
"Yearning to share her handiwork, Long turned the home into a vacation rental.",
"Soon, enchanted out-of-towners were eagerly booking their stays.",
"Oprah.com: ingenious ways to decorate small spaces .",
"Her business model: .",
"In 2003 Long quit her job in sales and bought and restored four more homes, traveling between Savannah and Chicago (where she and her ex-husband share custody of their 9-year-old son).",
"\"Some of the properties had been vacant for 20 years,\" Long says.",
"\"They had rats you could put a saddle on.\"",
"Oprah.com: 5 savvy storage solutions from stylish women .",
"They're now certified landmarks -- with 14-foot ceilings, elaborate plaster medallions, and sweeping staircases -- and can be experienced firsthand through Luxury Living Savannah, Long's vacation rental company.",
"As much as she adores re-creating these relics, Long loves sharing them even more.",
"\"People get to stay in a piece of history,\" she says.",
"\"Women get to be Scarlett O'Hara for the weekend.",
"I take great pleasure in that.\"",
"Oprah.com: 8 people who turned their dreams into reality .",
"Subscribe to O, The Oprah Magazine for up to 75% off the newsstand price.",
"That's like getting 18 issues FREE.",
"Subscribe now! TM & © 2011 Harpo Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved."
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"Savannah, Georgia's Italianate and Victorian homes became Tammy Jo Long's obsession .",
"Long researched floor plans and fixture resources to get a historically accurate renovation .",
"Long's renovations are available to rent for a vacation in Savannah ."
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"(CNN) -- What's white and black, and has people fawning all over?",
"Meet Siku, a polar bear cub born in captivity in Denmark.",
"The cute cub is being reared by handlers at the Scandinavian Wildlife Park because his mother isn't producing the milk to feed him.",
"Since his birth last month, Siku has become a Web star.",
"He has his own page on the park's website and he's even on Facebook.",
"Park director Frank Vigh-Larsen says he's stunned by the cub's rapid transformation into an Internet sensation.",
"Video footage posted on YouTube of Siku bottle-feeding, rolling around and snoozing has been viewed more than 2 million times in six days, he told CNN, and the cub gained thousands of friends on Facebook within the space of a few hours.",
"As of Wednesday, at 36 days old, Siku has just opened his eyes and weighs in at 4.2 kilograms (9.2 pounds), more than five times his initial weight, his handler said.",
"\"He's just a little solid cannonball,\" Vigh-Larsen said.",
"\"He's doing well.\" Such growth is a testament to the dedicated care Siku is receiving.",
"For the first three weeks, Vigh-Larsen fed the cub every two hours -- and still feeds him every three hours, meaning the keeper gets little sleep.",
"In the new year, two other wildlife keepers will start to care for him, too, in shifts, making sure the cub is never alone during the first 12 months of his life.",
"Siku's popularity comes at a time when concern over the plight of polar bears is at an peak.",
"Corporate giant Coca-Cola recently launched a campaign in conjunction with the World Wildlife Fund to raise awareness about the threat of climate change to polar bears' Arctic habitat.",
"And Vigh-Larsen is determined Siku -- whose name means \"sea ice\" in Greenlandic, an Eskimo language spoken in Greenland -- will thrive so he can play a role in highlighting the risk.",
"Polar bears rely on sea ice in the Arctic to hunt.",
"\"Siku is going to be an ambassador for polar bears, for global warming,\" he said.",
"Vigh-Larsen draws a contrast with the last polar bear cub to become an Internet star, Germany's Knut.",
"That bear died suddenly at age 4 last March at Zoo Berlin, to the sorrow of many worldwide who had followed the cub's progress after he was abandoned by his mother and hand-raised by a zookeeper.",
"The case of Knut was a disaster, Vigh-Larsen said, \"because he was only ever used for selling tickets and teddy bears.\"",
"Siku will have a different mission, he says: using his cuteness to persuade people to listen to warnings about climate change and take steps to protect their planet.",
"It could prove a powerful weapon.",
"The cub has already appeared on front pages of newspapers around the world and graced international TV news bulletins.",
"New pictures will be posted on the Wildlife Park's website Thursday, Vigh-Larsen said, with the pictures likely to win him even more fans.",
"Vigh-Larsen also hopes that the facilities the huge park can offer will make it possible for Siku to join its four other polar bears -- including Siku's mother -- as a normal adult male in three or four years' time, despite being bottle-reared.",
"This is doubly important because of a shortage of polar bears for breeding programs in captivity -- set to become ever more important as the numbers in the wild drop.",
"Scientists believe there could be as few as 25,000 polar bears left in the world, according to Polar Bears International, a conservation group.",
"The animals are only found in five nations: the United States (Alaska), Russia, Norway, Canada and Greenland, the group said.",
"In 2008, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.",
"Without action, Vigh-Larsen says, research suggests that there could be no polar bears at all in the wild within 40 years.",
"He hopes Siku can help reverse that course."
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"Siku is being bottle-reared because his mother cannot produce enough milk .",
"The cub is growing rapidly and has now opened his eyes, his handler says .",
"Park director Frank Vigh-Larsen wants Siku to highlight the threat to polar bears .",
"Polar bears rely on sea ice to hunt, so are vulnerable to climate change in the Arctic ."
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"Moscow (CNN) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin blamed the United States Thursday for encouraging opposition protests that have broken out since parliamentary elections Sunday.",
"His accusation followed comments by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this week on Russia's election in which she called for a \"full investigation\" of apparent irregularities.",
"The United States had \"serious concerns about the conduct of the election,\" she said, at a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) in Europe Tuesday.",
"Speaking on state TV, Putin said Clinton had criticized the elections as \"neither fair not free -- even before receiving reports from international observers.\"",
"This had sent a signal to opposition figures, Putin said, who \"with the support of the U.S. State Department\" then began \"active work.\"",
"He told representatives of his All-Russian People's Front movement there was a difference between criticism from within the country and by outside players, and he said Russia should defend itself against \"foreign interference.\"",
"Demonstrators have been protesting against what they describe as electoral fraud in Sunday's national vote, which kept Putin's United Russia party in power but significantly decreased the number of seats it holds in Parliament.",
"More than 20,000 people have signed up via Facebook for a protest in Moscow called \"Saturday in Revolution Square.\"",
"If it goes ahead as foreseen, it would be one of the largest opposition protests in the Russian capital in years.",
"Rallies are also being planned via Facebook in more than 90 other Russian cities Saturday, as well as in London, New York, Kiev, Ukraine, Paris, Geneva, Switzerland and Stockholm, Sweden.",
"In his remarks, Putin said that \"if people are acting within law, they should be given a right to express their opinion,\" but he said the authorities should take action \"by legal means\" if they do breach the rules.",
"Speaking in Europe Thursday, Clinton stood by her comments, while recognizing the value the United States places on its relationship with Russia and the \"real progress\" made in a number of areas.",
"But, she added: \"At the same time, the U.S. and others have a strong commitment to democracy and human rights, it's part of who we are, our values, and we expressed concerns we thought were well-founded about the conduct of the elections and we are supportive of the rights of the Russian people to realize a better future for themselves.\"",
"The OSCE also raised concerns over the conduct of the election in a preliminary report, saying some political parties had been prevented from running and the vote was \"slanted in favor of the ruling party.\"",
"A draft report by the organization's election-observer mission detailed alleged attempts to stuff ballot boxes, manipulate voter lists and harass election monitors.",
"The group, which monitors and promotes democracy and human rights, cited the lack of an independent body running the election or impartial news media.",
"There was also \"undue interference of state authorities\" in the vote, the 56-nation organization said in a statement.",
"EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton gave her backing to the OSCE observers' findings in a statement Wednesday, and she said she expected Russia to act on them.",
"She also voiced concern about the detention of hundreds of protesters following the election and \"reports of police violence against activists, journalists and bystanders.\"",
"Criticism of the electoral process has also come from within Russia.",
"Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, called Wednesday for new parliamentary elections in Russia over concerns about vote fraud.",
"Spokesman Pavel Palezhchenko told CNN Gorbachev was \"very concerned about how the situation in Russia is developing\" and that the Russian people did not believe their will was reflected in the results.",
"But Margot Light, professor emeritus of international relations at the London School of Economics, said it was highly unlikely that any notice would be taken of Gorbachev's call.",
"\"They won't re-run the election,\" she said, suggesting the Russian authorities would instead probably run a case-by-case investigation where there have been specific complaints of irregularities.",
"Russia's election law does have an appeals procedure in such cases, she said.",
"While she considers Putin's accusation of U.S. interference to be rhetoric, there is a widespread fear of Western interference in elections.",
"This dates back to the so-called \"color revolutions\" in Georgia and Ukraine, when Russia believed Western non-government organizations and governments were behind opposition protests, she said.",
"Light suggested Putin will be able to blame failings in the electoral process and United Russia's relatively poor performance on President Dmitry Medvedev, who is \"damaged goods\" since Putin announced he would run for president again next year.",
"The election outcome may have given Putin a \"great fright\" ahead of the presidential election in March 2012, she said, but at the same time there is no other credible candidate to challenge him, so the chances of him losing, even without falsification of the results, is very small.",
"Many democratic nations are governed by parties, like United Russia, who have won a plurality of the vote, rather than an absolute majority, she added.",
"Opponents of Putin have vowed to continue protesting the parliamentary election results despite the arrests of at least 250 demonstrators Tuesday.",
"A planned opposition rally in Moscow failed to materialize Wednesday, however, with a heavy security presence in the square where thousands of demonstrators were expected to march, but no visible protesters.",
"Rights group Amnesty International said in a statement Wednesday that Russian authorities \"must halt police mistreatment of election protesters, journalists and detainees\" before further planned rallies.",
"Amnesty said more than 1,000 people, including journalists, had reportedly been detained following election protests, of whom possibly more than 100 remain in detention.",
"It had received numerous reports of mistreatment of detainees and beatings of peaceful protesters by police, the group said, with some denied medical treatment.",
"Police said 8,000 people had turned out for a separate demonstration in support of Putin's United Russia party.",
"As simmering anger over allegations of official corruption and economic stagnation appear to be boiling over, Putin has promised to make changes, including reshuffling his Cabinet.",
"He has said the losses his party suffered in Sunday's elections were inevitable.",
"CNN's Alla Eshchenko in Moscow, and senior State Department producer Elise Labott contributed to this report."
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"Calls for Russia's parliamentary elections to be re-run will go unheeded, an analyst says .",
"Putin says Secretary Clinton's words sent a signal to opposition leaders .",
"More than 20,000 people have signed up via Facebook for a protest in Moscow this Saturday ."
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"(CNN) -- It has been more than 65 years, but for 93-year-old Anthony Snetro, the image of a Japanese torpedo bomber closing in on him will never go away.",
"Snetro still has vivid memories of the day his life flashed before his eyes.",
"\"Our ship was starting to swing around,\" Snetro softly recalls.",
"\"All of a sudden, here comes a Jap torpedo bomber all aflame right at my eye level.",
"I could have reached out and touched the wing.\"",
"Snetro joined the U.S. Navy in 1942 and was immediately assigned to serve aboard the USS Boston in the South Pacific.",
"He hoped enlisting in the Navy would prevent his younger brother from being drafted.",
"\"Let him stay home to help the family,\" Snetro recalls.",
"\"That's why I joined the Navy, I was 25 years old.",
"But finally near the end, they drafted him.",
"He was wounded in Germany but made it home OK.\" Snetro was a machinist in the Navy during World War II.",
"Although he had experienced many terrifying moments during his four years in the service, nothing compared to that October night during the Battle of Formosa in 1944.",
"Up until now, the World War II veteran has shared the experience of that frightening night with only one other person, his son.",
"\"Plainly, I saw the pilot and the gunner in there,\" Snetro explains as his voice gets louder.",
"\"The plane was afire.",
"Good thing we were swinging.",
"It just missed us and went along and crashed in the ocean and exploded.\"",
"Two other cruisers, the Canberra and the Houston, had already been aerial torpedoed the previous two nights.",
"\"I know one thing, I was really scared there,\" Snetro recalls, slowly shaking his head as his eyes grow wider.",
"\"I couldn't do anything. I was stupefied. I was frozen.\" iReport and Facebook team up to honor veterans .",
"The four years that Snetro served were extremely stressful, he says.",
"The heavy cruiser would be at sea for months at a time before finally pulling into port for supplies.",
"When out at sea, there was always a concern, especially during war time.",
"\"We never knew how close we came to being torpedoed, \" Snetro says.",
"\"The engine room was down below the water.",
"You get hit with a torpedo and you're done.\"",
"Snetro realized he needed something to help cope with the dangers of war.",
"He decided to turn to a sport he had been playing since age 10.",
"\"We'd get a few hours off on the beach,\" Snetro says.",
"\"We had equipment, softballs, bats, different things.",
"A bunch of guys would get together and we'd start a little game.",
"It was just for fun. You got a little relaxed.\"",
"Playing ball helped him during the unnerving days of World War II and it has helped him ever since.",
"Snetro hopes to continue playing ball for at least a couple more years.",
"\"I enjoy playing ball.",
"It makes me feel good.",
"Seeing my age, I can still run around.\"",
"he says, smiling.",
"\"I can't play like I used to, but I get a hit once in a while.\"",
"\"Baseball was something that you could keep playing.",
"Just my luck, I came down here (Coral Gables, Florida) and they had a team and I've been playing ever since.",
"It's been great! Otherwise, I'd be sitting at home in a rocking chair!\""
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"Anthony Snetro was a machinist in the Navy during World War II .",
"Snetro, 93, is still haunted by the image of a Japanese torpedo bomber .",
"To cope with the stresses of war, Snetro turned to sports ."
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"(CNN) -- Thai authorities on Monday moved to ease fears that the devastating floods that have engulfed much of the country will swamp the capital.",
"The country's Flood Relief Operation Command (FROC) reported that flood defense measures in low-lying Bangkok have held and that the bloated Chao Praya River has not risen any further.",
"There had been fears that further heavy rain over the weekend combined with the spring high tides would overwhelm parts of the city.",
"\"The water situation in Bangkok city is no longer a worry and today is the end of the high tide period,\" FROC spokesperson Wim Rungwattanachinda told CNN.",
"However, Irrigation department director general Chalit Damrongsak warned the situation remained critical as water from low-lying areas north of Bangkok still needed to drain.",
"\"It is not over,\" he said, in quotes carried by Agence France-Presse.",
"So far, 307 people have been killed during months of monsoon rains across Thailand, with more than 8.6 million in 61 provinces affected by the rising floodwater.",
"Asia's wet and wild summer explained .",
"More than 500,000 square kilometers -- an area the size of Spain -- have been affected by the floods in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos, according to CNN meteorologist Jenny Harrison.",
"In the ancient city of Ayutthara, one of the worst-hit areas, officials said the floodwater was starting to recede and flow towards the rivers.",
"The temples and monuments in the UNESCO-listed historical city have been submerged for days, prompting concern that much of the water damage will be permanent.",
"Meanwhile, a massive effort is underway to protect the Navanakorn Industrial Park to the north of Bangkok.",
"The giant complex -- one of Thailand's largest -- houses a number of companies that produce electronics and components for the automotive industry.",
"According to the Bangkok Post, 600 workers, civilian volunteers and soldiers were working around the clock Sunday to strengthen defense walls on all sides of the facility as the water continued to rise.",
"Other manufacturing sites north of Bangkok, such as Rojana Industrial Park, were forced to halt operations as the floodwater hit.",
"Honda last week said the closure of its plant there affected the production of at least 4,500 cars.",
"The Thai finance ministry says overall damage from the floods could be more than $2 billion, with the worst yet still possibly to come,\" according to CNN's Paula Hancocks.",
"Floods are an annual occurrence in the country but it has been particularly acute this year.",
"Thais across the country are donating food, water and clothing to help the worst-hit areas.",
"Authorities said donations have far surpassed previous years.",
"The government said that it has received $2.07 million in donations, including help from other countries, by Sunday.",
"The United States said it is sending 26 helicopters to help the relief effort, invaluable as more roads turn to rivers and become impassable.",
"United Nations agencies also are on standby, while the World Health Organization has offered emergency health kits.",
"CNN's Kocha Olarn contributed to this report."
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"There were fears further heavy rain combined with high tides would overwhelm Bangkok .",
"307 people have been killed during months of monsoon rains across Thailand .",
"Authorities in the capital confident the capital has been spared as flood defenses hold .",
"Thais across country donating food, water and clothing to help the worst-hit areas ."
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"(EW.com) -- It's been an interesting year for Charlie Sheen.",
"From getting fired from his gig on \"Two and a Half Men\" to flooding Twitter with non-sensical ramblings (#winning anyone?",
"), and most recently, appearing on the Emmys to wish his old co-stars good luck, he's had his share of ups and downs.",
"And tonight, he got called out for them.",
"Comedians Seth MacFarlane, Jon Lovitz, Jeffrey Ross and Mike Tyson (?",
"), among others, were all on-hand for Sheen's sometimes brutal Comedy Central roast, which aired shortly after his character's mock funeral on Two and a Half Men (poetic timing much?).",
"The comedians took a no-holds barred approach, taking aim at Sheen's history of employing prostitutes and using drugs (read eight of the meanest jokes here).",
"Even Sheen's kids weren't off-limits.",
"\"If you're winning, this must not be a child custody hearing, said Ross.",
"\"The only time your kids get to see you is in reruns -- don't you want to live to see their first 12 steps?\"",
"Sheen laughed and applauded.",
"The comedian also singled out Sheen's ex-wife Brooke Mueller (who was in the audience), in an especially touchy bit alluding to the actor's previous domestic violence charges.",
"\"[Brooke Mueller] is not very bright unless Charlie throws a lamp at her,\" Ross said.",
"He later added, while addressing Tyson, \"There's no denying the fact that Mike Tyson had the hardest hitting right hook in history -- your opponents spent more time bleeding in the corner than Charlie's ex-wives.\"",
"For his part, Sheen seemed to take it all in stride and even fired back with some zingers of his own (\"I'm done with 'the winning' because I've already won\").",
"Although, it's hard to imagine he didn't feel a single singe while sitting in that hot seat.",
"But how about you? Did the heat from Sheen's roast make you uncomfortable?",
"Or were you enjoying the skewering?",
"Do you think the jokes went too far?",
"Or was it all fair game? Weigh in with your take in the comments below.",
"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 comedians took a no-holds barred approach .",
"Sheen fired back with his own zingers ."
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"Manila, Philippines (CNN) -- Tropical Storm Washi moved away from the southern Philippines early Monday, but not before leaving behind a wake of destruction and at least 652 people dead, according to the Philippine Red Cross.",
"There were no public storm warnings for the East Asian island nation Monday morning, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration.",
"Yet authorities and residents still had the considerable task of cleaning up from the devastation and mourning those killed by what the state-run Philippines News Agency noted was the 19th tropical system to hit the nation this season.",
"A report released Monday morning by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council noted that the storm had affected more than 135,000 people, nearly 47,000 of whom were in evacuation centers.",
"President Beningo Aquino plans to visit the region Tuesday.",
"The Red Cross noted that hundreds are missing after entire villages were swept away, suggesting the death toll could rise further.",
"The stench of death permeated the air as aid workers scrambled to help survivors.",
"The disaster has left heartbreaking scenes of families with children looking for ways to get by during the festive Christmas season.",
"\"Do we still have Christmas, mother?\"",
"one crying little girl asked her mother, according to the Red Cross.",
"\"Will I get my toys and my new pair of shoes you promised?\"",
"\"Of course you will,\" the mother replied.",
"\"Christmas will always be around.\"",
"Military and disaster officials said the vast majority of the dead were found in the port cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro, many of them swept away as they were sleeping.",
"Water-logged bodies from washed-away villages floated at the shoreline, on the northwestern coast of Mindanao island.",
"Five people were killed in a landslide, but virtually all the others died in flash flooding after Tropical Storm Washi, which is called Sendong locally.",
"Survivors in the hardest-hit areas are contending with no electricity or clean drinking water.",
"One woman in Cagayan de Oro collected murky brown floodwater in a bucket, just meters away from where a destroyed vehicle was submerged.",
"Flash flooding overnight Friday -- following 10 hours of rain -- fueled the devastation.",
"As much as 20 centimeters (8 inches) of rain fell within 24 hours in some areas.",
"December generally brings about 60 millimeters of rain (a little over 2 inches) to the region, CNN Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri reported.",
"Overflowing rivers and tributaries compounded the disaster for low-lying areas, and officials said floodwater reached roof-level in the middle of the night.",
"The destruction left cars, furniture and parts of houses in mangled heaps, partly immersed in squalid floodwater.",
"The storm moved into Cagayan de Oro -- a densely populated, urbanized city -- during the overnight hours when people were asleep.",
"A half dozen vehicles there looked like littered toy trucks, with some on their sides or roofs.",
"Many people trudged through knee-high water and packed into evacuation centers.",
"An estimated 100,000 people are displaced, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development.",
"The national disaster council noted that about 377 passengers -- on four ships -- were stranded as of Sunday night, due to the storm.",
"In addition, nine sections of roads and bridges were seriously damaged.",
"While the tropical storm had passed off-shore, some unrelated thunderstorms threatened to dump even more water on the region, Javaheri said.",
"The weather was warm, with temperatures of up to about 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit), .",
"Philippine Red Cross Chairman Richard Gordon will travel to the stricken region Monday to assess the damage, the organization said.",
"\"Certainly this is a very severe humanitarian crisis going on,\" Gordon said Sunday.",
"Authorities have started distributing food rations for some 10,000 families affected by the storm, while also handing out thousands of blankets and mosquito nets, the Red Cross said.",
"The aid agency is appealing for drinking water, food and dry clothes, and officials have asked for volunteers to pack food to send to those who have been displaced.",
"Some Philippine residents called the disaster unprecedented.",
"Benito Ramos, chairman of the national disaster council, said he thinks the event was influenced by climate change and deforestation.",
"Ramos said the storm moved in a westward path to areas rarely hit by major storms or flooding.",
"The most devastated cities -- Cagayan de Oro and Iligan -- became catch basins for water flowing from highlands with denuded forests.",
"Floodwater from Bukidnon province poured down into Cagayan de Oro, while water from Lanao del Sur province gushed into Iligan.",
"CNN Meteorologist Ivan Cabrera contributed to this report."
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"NEW: The tropical storm passes the Philippines .",
"NEW: The system has affected more than 135,000 people, a national agency says .",
"President Aquino plans to visit the region Tuesday .",
"\"Do we still have Christmas, mother?\"",
"a crying young girl asks ."
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"(CNN) -- Herman Cain claims that brainwashing explains why so few blacks support conservative Republicans such as himself.",
"He is wrong. The thinking, sentiments, and policy preferences he supports give good cause for rejecting him.",
"In his new campaign manifesto, \"This is Herman Cain: My Journey to the White House,\" the candidate states repeatedly and without qualification that \"Our Founding Fathers did their job ... a great job.\"",
"He makes no mention of the blacks who fled George Washington, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson during the Revolutionary War in search of their freedom, or the Constitution's protection of slavery, or that the initial Constitution forbade Congress from prohibiting American participation in the international slave trade for 20 years and indeed made that provision unamendable.",
"Cain evinces no recognition of the Founding Fathers' role in erecting a cruel pigmentocracy that continues to poison virtually every aspect of American political, social and cultural life.",
"This is not an abstruse or academic matter.",
"The president nominates federal judges.",
"An important theory of constitutional interpretation vying for ascendancy is originalism: the notion that the Constitution should be read as originally understood by its framers.",
"Justice Clarence Thomas is the most militant originalist on the Supreme Court.",
"A President Cain would seek to fill the federal judiciary with more Clarence Thomases -- a prospect that most blacks rightly view with dread.",
"Asked about his impressions of the Occupy Wall Street dissidents, Cain declared: \"Don't blame the big banks.",
"If you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself \" -- a statement that overlooks the desperation with which millions, a disproportionate number of whom are black, strive to stave off impoverishment and unemployment.",
"Later, when Cain perceived the impolitic character of his comment, he tried to minimize it, asserting that he was only referring to the protesters and not to the impoverished or unemployed in general.",
"That attempt at damage control rings false, however, especially in light of his further comment: \"It is not a person's fault if they succeeded, it is a person's fault if they failed.\"",
"Largely located on the lower rungs of the American socioeconomic ladder, most black Americans appreciate sources of opportunity and power that Cain despises: unions, governmental support for the needy, a robust, government-supported full-employment policy, the public provision of health care.",
"His worry, remarkably, is that America is too egalitarian.",
"His signature policy -- the 9-9-9 tax reform proposal -- would institute a regressive consumption tax nationally and starve Social Security and Medicare.",
"It would redistribute income upward.",
"No wonder blacks overwhelmingly repudiate him and his tea party allies.",
"Cain also recently declared: \"I don't believe racism in this country today holds anybody back in a big way.\"",
"If there were any doubts before that he was bereft of the knowledge and sensibility required of a significant political figure, much less president, then this egregious statement should remove them.",
"A library full of careful, rigorous studies shows clearly that invidious racial discrimination and, perhaps even more consequentially, the perpetuation of disabilities inflicted by racial mistreatment in the past hurt blacks and other people of color in a broad array of domains: from commercial transactions like buying a car or purchasing a home, to dealing with police, to electoral politics, to wellness and life expectancy.",
"Race still matters.",
"Not only are people of color discriminated against with frequency.",
"Not only are the accumulated burdens of past discrimination permitted to prey upon new generations even in the absence of racial malevolence (complacency is deadly too).",
"But studies also show that the darker you are, the more likely you are to face wrongful indifference or cruel mistreatment.",
"(Take a peek at the illuminating article by Jennifer Hochschild and Vesla Weaver, \"The Skin Color Paradox and the American Racial Order,\" in the December 2007 edition of Social Forces.)",
"Of course, there has been remarkable, positive change in American racial attitudes.",
"But recall the miserable baseline against which we mark that progress.",
"In 1958, the Gallup Organization asked whether Americans would be willing to vote for a qualified black presidential candidate nominated by their own party.",
"Three in five white Americans answered \"no.\"",
"The election of Barack Obama is a vivid illustration of the extent to which racial attitudes have evolved.",
"But neither Obama's residency in the White House, nor Herman Cain's current surge, nor the emergence of an African-American affluent class negates the fact that fresh racism and the unhealed wounds of racial injuries inflicted in the past give rise to conditions, observable everywhere, that dishonor the best of American ideals.",
"It is because of Herman Cain's denial of these realities that most blacks will continue, understandably, to view him as unfit for high political office.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Randall Kennedy."
] | [
"Randall Kennedy: Cain lauds founding fathers, ignoring the fact they protected slavery .",
"Kennedy: Cain says blame yourself if you're jobless and dismisses documented racism .",
"Cain would cut Social Security and Medicare, he says, and redistribute income upward .",
"Kennedy writes that Cain's policies are anti-black and blacks reject him for that ."
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"(CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta warned that Israel must improve its relations with neighboring countries, saying the country is becoming increasingly isolated in the region.",
"Panetta made the comments ahead of his arrival Monday in Israel, where he will meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in an effort to jump start peace talks.",
"\"I don't think there is any question in talking with leaders from Israel that they recognize that they've becoming increasingly isolated in that part of the world, and that's not ... a good situation,\" Panetta told reporters while en route late Sunday to Israel.",
"\"I think they recognize that it's important to do whatever they can to try to improve those relations.\"",
"Tensions in the region have been running high in recent weeks over the Palestinian Authority's bid for statehood before the United Nations, and Israel's plans to build 1,100 new homes in disputed territory in south Jerusalem.",
"\"The important thing there is to again reaffirm our strong security relationship with Israel, to make clear that we will protect their qualitative military edge,\" Panetta said.",
"\"As they take risks for peace, we will be able to provide the security that they will need in order to ensure that they can have the room hopefully to negotiate.\"",
"Panetta said he plans to offer U.S. help to Israel to improve its deteriorating relationships with some of its neighbors, particularly Turkey and Egypt.",
"\"It's pretty clear, that at this dramatic time in the Middle East when there have been so many changes, that it is not a good situation for Israel to become increasingly isolated.",
"And that's what's happening,\" Panetta said.",
"\"And I think for the security of that region, it's very important that we do everything possible to try to help them re-establish relations with countries like Turkey and with Egypt.\"",
"Turkey and Israel have been at odds following the deaths of nine Turkish activists during an Israeli commando raid last year on the SS Mavi Marmara, part of a flotilla of ships that was headed to blockaded Gaza.",
"Last month, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan expelled Israel's ambassador over that nation's refusal to apologize for the incident.",
"Public opposition in Egypt, meanwhile, against its peace treaty with Israel appears to be growing.",
"Protesters last month attacked Israel's embassy.",
"Panetta will follow up his trip to Israel with a stop in Egypt, where he said he will encourage leaders to proceed with a promised election process following the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.",
"The defense secretary said there was little question Israel has maintained its military superiority in the region.",
"\"But the question you have to ask is, is it enough to maintain a military edge if you are isolating yourself diplomatically?,\" Panetta said.",
"\"Real security can only be achieved by both a strong diplomatic effort as well as a strong effort to protect your military strength.\"",
"Panetta's visit to the region follows an Israeli announcement Sunday that it supports a call by the Middle East Quartet -- made up of the United States, the United Nations, the European Union and Russia -- .",
"for direct talks with Palestinians to resume within a month.",
"In a statement, the Israeli prime minister's office said Israel \"welcomes the quartet's call for direct negotiations between the parties without preconditions.\"",
"\"While Israel has some concerns, it will raise them at the appropriate time,\" the statement added.",
"\"Israel calls on the Palestinian Authority to do the same and to enter into direct negotiations without delay.\"",
"Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas has repeatedly said Palestinians would not return to negotiations until Israel halts all settlement construction and accepts 1967 border lines as a basis for the return to talks.",
"Panetta said he will stress to both Palestinians and Israelis that rather than set conditions for negotiating, they look for other approaches to resolve the issues.",
"\"So my main message is, to both sides, you don't lose anything by going into negotiations and trying to pursue a peace process everyone in the world is hopeful can begin,\" he said.",
"Also on the agenda with Israeli leadership is Iran.",
"Panetta said the most effective way to deal with Iran \"is not on a unilateral basis.\"",
"Later, Panetta will head to Brussels, Belgium, for a meeting of NATO defense ministers.",
"The coalition has been involved in a number of ongoing military campaigns, including over Libya and in Afghanistan.",
"CNN's Guy Azriel and Michael Schwartz contributed to this report."
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"The U.S. Secretary of Defense says Israeli isolation is not \"a good situation\" in the Middle East .",
"Panetta says he plans to offer U.S. help to Israel to improve its relationships .",
"Panetta says there is little question Israel has maintained its military superiority in the region .",
"He'll meet with Israeli, Palestinian and Egyptian leaders before heading to Belgium ."
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"London, England (CNN) -- Don McCullin is best known for the unwavering gaze of his war photography.",
"For thirty years he traveled to places most people run from, depicting horror unflinchingly and with enormous compassion for the people he captured in unimaginable situations.",
"Considered one of the greatest war photographers, McCullin's pictures chart conflicts in Vietnam, Bangladesh, the Congo, El Salvador, Biafra, Cambodia and the Middle East, including the Six-Day War in June 1967.",
"He has, as he puts it, taken \"terrible liberties\" with his life -- dashing through rice paddies in Vietnam to escape snipers' bullets; jumping up to snap a shot during gun battles -- to bring home images that are, at times, excruciating to look at but often unforgettable.",
"And yet, as enduring as these images are, forgetting them is exactly what McCullin now wants to do.",
"\"That war stuff... I don't even want to print it anymore,\" he says.",
"\"I want to put it right out of my mind.\"",
"But, along with his photos of poverty, \"that war stuff\" has won McCullin a handful of photography awards and filled tens of books and exhibitions across the world, including his latest, \"Shaped by War,\" which opened Friday at the Imperial War Museum in London.",
"Much of the photography that appears in the exhibition he shot during the 18 years he worked for the UK's Sunday Times Magazine.",
"He went to his first war in Cyprus in 1967 and covered every major conflict of his generation until the Falklands War.",
"The thrill of war .",
"McCullin, now 76, admits that at first he found war \"incredibly exciting.\"",
"\"You've got to remember I grew up as a child looking at Hollywood films where no one seemed to die,\" he says.",
"He liked the thrill of making it home alive and seeing his images published even more: \"I felt as if I could levitate and forget gravity as a human being -- I felt really amazing.\"",
"How he made it home alive is another matter.",
"As McCullin himself admits: \"You can't learn about survival after a certain point.",
"After that, it's sheer luck really.\"",
"But his bravery under fire is well known.",
"Harold Evans, then editor of The Sunday Times wrote of McCullin in The Guardian newspaper many years later: \"Don McCullin has the bottle.",
"This is the man who, amid a fusillade of bullets, would stop to take a light reading.\"",
"Shell shock in Vietnam .",
"In 1968, one of McCullin's greatest moments of \"bottle\" produced arguably his most celebrated image: A shell-shocked soldier in Vietnam that he photographed during a huge battle for the ancient city of Hue.",
"The battle raged for two weeks, McCullin remembers.",
"The city was being shelled constantly from navy boats in the Gulf of Tonkin 17 miles away, and phantom bombers were dropping napalm just a few streets from where he was.",
"He said: \"When you saw those napalm tumbling, carrying molten death, you'd say to yourself, 'Keep going.",
"Keep going.",
"And he did, staying with the 5th Marine Regiment for the duration of the battle, during which time, he says, they lost 70 men and 300 wounded.",
"McCullin came away having taken some of the most powerful photographs of his career -- but he was left suffering combat stress, much like the soldier in his photograph.",
"A personal battle .",
"McCullin himself says he was \"completely insane,\" by the end of the battle.",
"When he finally got back to the press center and changed and showered, he realised some remnants of that fight would be harder to get rid of.",
"\"I thought, you know, it (the shower) could cleanse the filth of war off me.",
"It didn't, really, because by then it had all gotten into my brain.",
"\"I was sleeping next to bodies and things (in Hue)... and then you say, 'What the hell's this got to do with photography?'",
"'Who am I?' 'Where the hell have I just been?' 'What's happened to me?'\" McCullin has spent many years battling the psychological after effects of war, trying to balance the quest for excellence in his work with the horrors he's witnessed.",
"\"It really messes you up,\" he said.",
"\"It's incomprehensible the way human beings can slaughter each other in front of you.",
"And you take it home with you. And it's like you haven't cleaned your teeth in several months, it leaves a bad taste in your mouth.\"",
"McCullin's gentle approach .",
"Throughout his career, McCullin has been driven by a search for equality.",
"He puts it down to his background growing up, ill-educated and impoverished, in London's Finsbury Park.",
"That empathy comes through in his gentle approach to the victims he photographed.",
"\"I was very gentle with people.",
"I would come to people that were injured and try to get their consent,\" he says.",
"\"I would not be brash the way I've seen lots of journalists operating... pushing and shoving and having fist fights in front of victims.",
"\"I would seek out the chance to take my photographs and I would look at the person I was photographing and try to convey my disgust to them and I would try to bring them to me in a trusting way.\"",
"Landscapes and ruins .",
"Nowadays, McCullin is more content photographing inanimate objects -- like the landscapes around his house in the south of England.",
"He says he shoots his landscapes mainly in winter because he likes the drama of the naked trees, the \"threat\" of winter.",
"\"People say my landscapes look like war scenes because I do (print) them very dark,\" he admits.",
"\"But, you know, I suppose the darkness is in me, really.\"",
"Last year, he also published \"Southern Frontiers,\" a book of photographs of Roman ruins in the Middle East and North Africa.",
"It was inspired, he says, by a spur-of-the-moment trip to Algiers many years ago with travel writer Bruce Chatwin.",
"They journeyed around and found themselves, to their surprise, in a Roman town \"with these great slabs of granite as roadways.\"",
"He's stored the memory ever since and when he wanted to do one more project and \"totally get away from war\" it fitted.",
"Of course, he says, the irony is that today war would have stopped him from going to some of the places in the book.",
"\"Look at it [the region] now.",
"I couldn't possibly do it today with war in Libya and war in Syria,\" he said.",
"Searching for peace .",
"Mainly, though, McCullin's current quest is for peace of mind.",
"He'll never forget the wars he's witnessed -- \"It took me all my life to try and understand, you know, why do people do this to each other and I still haven't come to any conclusions about it\" -- but they don't haunt him they way they used to.",
"A far cry from the macho war photographer image, McCullin says the thing that gave him the most joy recently was coming home after a holiday and picking some blackberries in the field behind his house.",
"\"I felt real human freedom,\" he said.",
"\"Just having the choice of going and picking those blackberries and ambling home and washing them.",
"\"It's a funny thing to say, but you have to find your own place in the world, eventually.",
"\"I've got a last chapter of my life and I want it to be enjoyable.",
"I don't want to be persecuted by myself anymore, by my guilt anymore -- I've had all that.\""
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"Photographer Don McCullin's exhibition \"Shaped by War\" opened in London Friday .",
"McCullin has photographed wars in Vietnam, Congo, Biafra and the Middle East for more than 30 years .",
"Today McCullin is more comfortable shooting landscapes and Roman ruins .",
"McCullin: I've got a last chapter of my life and I want it to be enjoyable ."
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"Brussels, Belgium (CNN) -- NATO and Russia remained at odds over the alliance's plans for a missile defense system in Europe after a foreign ministers meeting in Brussels Thursday.",
"NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said \"differences remain\" over the plans, but he rejected Russia's complaints that NATO was ignoring Moscow's concerns the missile defense system could be used against it.",
"\"We listen and we have listened today,\" Rasmussen said after a meeting of NATO's 28 foreign ministers with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.",
"\"We take Russian concerns seriously.\"",
"Rasmussen's tone was softer than his comments Wednesday, when he said Russia's threats to withdraw from the START treaty and deploy ballistic missiles on its southern border to counter the missile shield were reminiscent of a confrontation of a bygone era and reflect a \"fundamental misunderstanding of the West's intentions.\"",
"\"We do not consider Russia an enemy,\" he said Thursday after the meeting.",
"\"We consider Russia a partner.\"",
"Lavrov said after the talks that NATO was unwilling to compromise .",
"\"Unfortunately our partners are not yet ready for cooperation on missile defense,\" he said, adding the Moscow needed \"clear guarantees\" the missile defense system would not target its own nuclear deterrent.",
"\"We stand ready for dialogue provided that legitimate concerns of all parties are taken into consideration,\" Lavrov said.",
"\"We can find a mutually beneficial solution, we still have some time but time is running out every day.\"",
"The Obama administration and its European allies have tried to ease Russia's fears over the project by insisting that the system is directed toward countering the missile threat from the Middle East from which Russia also needs protection.",
"U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attempted to make that argument again following the meeting.",
"\"We will continue to press forward on missile defense; we'll be transparent.",
"We have explained that our system cannot and will not threaten Russia, does not affect our strategic balance with Russia,\" she told reporters.",
"\"No other country will be given a veto over what threats we perceive are most salient.",
"Ballistic missiles against the territory we are pledged to protect are not coming from Russia in our assessment but from other locations.",
"It's not directed at Russia, not about Russia; it's Iran and others who are threatening to develop missile technology.\"",
"Since NATO approved the U.S.-designed system at last year's summit in Lisbon, Poland, Romania, Spain and Turkey have agreed to deploy parts of it.",
"NATO asked Russia to participate in the system but negotiations have been deadlocked over Russia's demand for a legally binding treaty guaranteeing the shield would not be used as a deterrent to Moscow's own systems.",
"Rasmussen said he hoped a political agreement with Moscow could be reached before a summit between NATO and Russia in Chicago next May.",
"That is when NATO is expected to declare an interim operational capability of the system.",
"Last month, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev threatened to withdraw from the START treaty on nuclear weapons reductions and deploy ballistic missiles in its exclave of Kaliningrad on its border with Europe if NATO moved ahead with the plans for missile defense.",
"Tensions increased last week when Dmitry Rogozin, Russia's ambassador to NATO, suggested Moscow would close transit routes that send vital supplies to troops in Afghanistan.",
"More than half the supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan now arrive from Afghanistan's northern border with Russia and Central Asia.",
"The so-called Northern Distribution Network has become even more important to the war effort in Afghanistan now that Pakistan has shut down its border crossings into Afghanistan following a U.S. air attack killed two dozen Pakistani soldiers late last month.",
"U.S. officials have said that Rogozin has indicated that his remarks were taken \"out of context,\" but he has yet to clarify his remarks.",
"Rasmussen said such threats to close the supply routes were an \"empty threat\" because stabilizing Russia was \"clearly in Russia's self interests.\"",
"Moscow \"knows from bitter experience that instability in Afghanistan has negative repercussions in Russia as well,\" he said, referring to the Soviet occupation of the country in the 1990s.",
"Tensions remained high with Russia over comments by Hillary Clinton this week voicing \"serious concerns\" about recent Russia's parliamentary elections and calling for an investigation into allegations of fraud and vote-rigging.",
"Russia's Foreign Ministry described Clinton's comments as \"unacceptable\" and Medvedev said Russia's political system was \"none of their business.\"",
"NATO ministers also discussed Afghanistan and plans to gradually transfer security control to Afghan forces before foreign combat troops plan to withdraw by the end of 2014, as well as tensions with Pakistan over last month's attack.",
"The United States has expressed condolences for the attack and is leading an investigation into the incident.",
"Rasmussen on Wednesday expressed regret for the attack and called for renewed cooperation between NATO and Pakistan in Afghanistan.",
"\"I fully agree that at the end of the day we need a positive engagement of Pakistan if we are to ensure long-term peace and stability in Afghanistan,\" he said.",
"The NATO meeting follows Monday's conference in Bonn, Germany, where some 100 nations and international organizations pledged to keep supporting Afghanistan beyond the 2014 withdrawal."
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"NEW: Clinton says \"it's Iran and others who are threatening to develop missile technology\"\n\" We believe our defenses would be more effective if we cooperate,\" NATO chief says .",
"Missile defense topped the agenda at a meeting of the NATO-Russia council .",
"NATO has asked Russia to participate in the system, but negotiations have been at an impasse ."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a 41-year-old Southern California man charged Friday with murder in this week's mass shooting at a hair salon, Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas said.",
"Scott Evans Dekraai of Huntington Beach, California, allegedly shot his ex-wife and seven other people to death at the Salon Meritage in the small coastal community of Seal Beach, Rackauckas said Friday.",
"A ninth person was wounded.",
"Prosecutors formally filed eight counts of first-degree murder and a felony count of attempted murder against Dekraai on Friday.",
"The first-degree murder charges carry the special circumstance of multiple murder, the prosecutor said.",
"Dekraai and his ex-wife, Michelle Fournier, 48, were in a custody battle over their 8-year-old son, and the dispute was the motive in the shooting, Rackauckas said.",
"The prosecutor called Dekraai \"a methodical and merciless killer.\"",
"On Friday afternoon, Dekraai appeared before Orange County Judge Erick L. Larsh, who, at the request of attorneys, rescheduled Dekraai's arraignment to November 29.",
"Dekraai is not taking his antipsychotic medication, and his attorney asked the court to make the drugs available to Dekraai while he is being held in jail without bail.",
"The judge said he would order a medical team to evaluate Dekraai and, in a response to another defense request, would see if Dekraai's current wife could deliver his spinal cord implant stimulator, which is needed because of a 2007 accident Dekraai experienced.",
"Balding and with a salt-and-pepper goatee, Dekraai appeared calm inside the courtroom's detainee cage.",
"One person in the gallery shouted \"You coward!\"",
"Then, as he exited the courtroom, a sobbing woman uttered \"I hate you!",
"I hate you!\" Dekraai's attorney, Robert Curtis of Long Beach, told the court that he's considering a change of venue.",
"Earlier Friday, authorities held a press conference and recounted how Dekraai's ex-wife, a hair stylist at the salon, was working near the entrance and was among the first two people shot.",
"On the morning of the shooting, which occurred Wednesday, Dekraai and Fournier got into an argument about child custody, authorities said.",
"\"We're sort of guessing.",
"We believe that the custody battle wasn't going well for him.",
"We don't know the contents of their conversation or anything,\" Rackauckas said.",
"Hours later, the gunfire rampage at the salon, just blocks from the ocean, unfolded around 1:20 p.m., authorities said.",
"\"He also considered the people who were friends and who worked with his ex-wife were enablers, and he didn't have much use for them either,\" Rackauckas said.",
"He was armed with three guns -- a 9 mm Springfield, a Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum, and a Heckler & Koch .45 -- and was wearing body armor during the shooting rampage, Rackauckas said.",
"He used at least two of those guns, the prosecutor said.",
"Rackauckas summarized the mass shooting, saying Dekraai \"walked through the salon shooting anyone close enough to hit.",
"He stopped to reload during this spree, and he continued gunning people down.",
"He was not satisfied with murdering his intended target, his ex-wife.",
"For almost two minutes, Dekraai shot victim after victim, executing people by shooting them in the head and chest.",
"\"He shot eight people inside the salon.",
"But he was not done. He then walked out of the salon and shot a ninth victim, a male, who was sitting nearby in a parked Range Rover.",
"The reason for this rampage: revenge,\" he said.",
"\"We believe that the defendant committed this unimaginable act of violence because he wanted to kill his ex-wife over a custody dispute concerning their 8-year-old son.",
"He was willing to end any life in his path, and he did.",
"Clearly this two-minute murder spree could not have been about loving his son,\" the prosecutor said.",
"While Dekraai allegedly carried out the mass murder, his son was sitting alone in the principal's office at school, waiting for his mother or father to pick him up, authorities said.",
"\"That little boy is also a victim.",
"He is now left to mourn the murder of his mother and grow up with the knowledge that his father (allegedly) committed a mass murder,\" Rackauckas said.",
"\"What sick, twisted fatherly love is this?\"",
"In addition to Fournier of Los Alamitos, the people killed were salon employee Victoria Ann Buzzo, 54, of Laguna Beach; David Caouette, 64, of Seal Beach, who was in the vehicle outside the salon; salon employee Laura Lee Elody, 46, of Huntington Beach; salon owner Randy Lee Fannin, 62, of Murrieta; salon client Michele Daschbach Fast, 47, of Seal Beach; salon client Lucia Bernice Kondas, 65, of Huntington Beach; and salon employee Christy Lynn Wilson, 47, of Lakewood, authorities said.",
"Dekraai allegedly shot Caouette, who was in the parked vehicle, in the head through a closed front passenger side window, authorities said.",
"The ninth victim, Harriet Stretz, 73, of Los Alamitos is in critical condition.",
"She was at the salon getting her hair done by her daughter, Laura Elody, who was among the victims.",
"\"We do know that the victims were shot multiple times each,\" Rackauckas said.",
"About 20 people were inside the salon during the shooting, and many of them were \"playing dead, hiding in backrooms, trying to get back behind things, just trying to stay out of his way,\" Rackauckas said.",
"Added Seal Beach Acting Police Chief Tim Olson: \"Scott Dekraai is a coward.",
"He armed himself with three handguns and body armor because he didn't want to be shot by police.\"",
"Police arrested Dekraai without incident as he was trying to leave the scene in a vehicle two blocks from the salon, police said.",
"Dekraai was in possession of the three guns and \"a significant amount of ammunition in his truck,\" prosecutors said.",
"In the past several months, Fournier complained to Seal Beach police about Dekraai picking up their son from school earlier than the court-ordered mandate, Olson said.",
"That matter was forwarded to family court, and Olson said he didn't know of the complaint's disposition.",
"In 2007, in Long Beach, Dekraai's father-in-law applied for a temporary restraining order, but there was no follow-up, Rackauckas said.",
"An online search of Orange County court records shows the couple filed for divorce in 2007, with activity in the case continuing through this week.",
"A child custody evaluator was appointed by the court in April, records show.",
"Fournier claimed in court papers that Dekraai was mentally unstable, had threatened to kill himself or someone else and \"was almost manic when it comes to demanding absolute right to control our son,\" CNN affiliate KTLA said.",
"The couple was in court the day before the shooting, and a judge had kept custody between them equal, KTLA said.",
"In 1994, Dekraai filed for bankrupcy, according to court records.",
"The Salon Meritage is located on the Pacific Coast Highway in Seal Beach, which residents describe as a small and \"fairly intimate\" coastal town.",
"\"We have multiple years with zero homicides, so this obviously is an unusual and tragic circumstance,\" Seal Beach police Sgt.",
"Steve Bowles said.",
"The shooting is the deadliest in Orange County history, KTLA said.",
"In 1976, Edward Charles Allaway shot nine people, killing seven, at California State University Fullerton.",
"CNN's Traci Tamura, Gabriel Ramirez, Ashley Hayes and Carey Bodenheimer contributed to this report."
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"Scott Dekraai's attorney says he is considering a change of venue request .",
"Prosecutors file eight first-degree murder charges and one attempted murder count .",
"Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Dekraai, of Huntington Beach .",
"Authorities say Dekraai and his ex-wife, among the killed, were fighting over custody of a son ."
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"(CNN) -- Instead of presents, there might be IOUs under some Christmas trees in Colorado on Sunday.",
"This week's snow storm has delayed the delivery of some 50,000 UPS packages into the Denver area, CNN affiliate KUSA reported, citing a company spokeswoman.",
"\"We know it's Christmas.",
"We apologize for the delay, but we can't control the weather,\" Natalie Godwin said.",
"\"As soon as we can, we're going to get all of those packages delivered.\"",
"Hundreds of people waited in line Saturday outside of the UPS building in Commerce City, hoping to pick up their packages, KUSA said.",
"A winter weather system blasted broad swaths of the West and Midwest this week, dumping heavy snow.",
"\"This makes no sense.",
"They get paid. It snows in Colorado.",
"That's what it does here. So how are you in the business that you can't deliver what you say?\"",
"Jacqueline Camack, a frustrated customer, told KUSA.",
"UPS has said it planned to make more than 120 million deliveries this week, its busiest of the year."
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"A company spokeswoman apologizes for the delay .",
"A winter weather system blasted broad swaths of the West and Midwest this week .",
"\"This makes no sense,\" says a frustrated customer ."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- Lindsay Lohan must start serving a 30-day jail term next week after admitting that she violated her probation on a necklace theft conviction, a Los Angeles County judge ordered Wednesday.",
"\"It's possible she could be booked in and booked out\" the same day, Los Angeles County Sheriff spokesman Steve Whitmore said Wednesday afternoon.",
"\"It depends on the fluctuations of the day, what's going on in the jail,\" Whitmore said.",
"After that, the actress must work at least 12 days a month at the county morgue until she completes the 53 remaining days on her court-ordered community service and she must attend 18 psychotherapy sessions, Judge Stephanie Sautner told her.",
"If Lohan misses any of those goals, she will be returned to jail for another 270 days, the judge ruled.",
"\"This is what we really call putting the keys to the jail in the defendant's hands,\" Sautner told Lohan.",
"The actress, who admitted violating her probation during a hearing Wednesday, must report to the Los Angeles County jail by November 9, the judge said.",
"\"You are not to get house arrest or early release, except for that required by the law,\" Sautner said.",
"Whitmore said that the early release program is part of the law, meaning Lohan would likely get out quickly due to overcrowding.",
"When Sautner sentenced Lohan to 120 days in jail last May, she ended up serving 35 days of home confinement instead, due to jail overcrowding and state rules that give prisoners credit for good behavior.",
"It was not immediately clear how many days Lohan will actually serve this month, if she ends up getting credit for good behavior.",
"Prosecutors said Lohan missed 12 of 20 scheduled workdays at a downtown Los Angeles women's center, part of the court-ordered community service imposed in May when she pleaded guilty to stealing a necklace from a Venice, California, jewelry store.",
"Lohan, 25, was already on probation for two drunken driving convictions from 2007.",
"She also canceled 14 of 19 scheduled appointments for court-ordered psychotherapy, they said.",
"\"From what I see of you, you need a structure,\" Sautner told Lohan Wednesday, instructing her to return to court each month, starting December 14, to show she is complying with the schedule.",
"If the actress stays on track, her probation would be eased on March 29, 2012, Sautner said.",
"If she doesn't keep up with the requirements, she will serve the additional 270 days behind bars, the judge said.",
"The full sentence imposed Wednesday was 150 days for the necklace theft probation violation and 150 days for violating probation on the 2007 drunk driving conviction in Beverly Hills.",
"While the original sentence included 360 hours of community service at a downtown Los Angeles women's center, the judge said she did not want to put the Skid Row charity through the pain of Lohan again.",
"When the judge called The Good Shepherd Center for Homeless Women, the charity refused to take Lohan on as a worker \"saying you were a bad example,\" Sautner said.",
"But Lohan seemed to find a good fit with her work at the Los Angeles County morgue, where Deputy Chief Coroner Ed Winter said she worked four days in the past two weeks cleaning up.",
"Lohan reports for morgue duty .",
"\"So, the morgue is willing to keep you,\" the judge said.",
"All of her community service work has been transferred there, she said.",
"Two weeks ago, the actress' father, Michael Lohan, told HLN's \"Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell\" program that his daughter shouldn't be in jail, but in rehab.",
"Last week, Michael Lohan was arrested twice in two days for violating a court order to stay away from his former girlfriend.",
"CNN learned Wednesday that he is now in an \"administrative confinement\" cell in the infirmary section of Orient Road jail in Tampa, Florida, where he's awaiting trial.",
"Michael Lohan arrested .",
"Lindsay Lohan's legal woes, which began four years ago with two drunk 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.",
"\"It's possible she could be booked in and booked out\" the same day.\"",
"CNN's Michael Martinez contributed to this report."
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"If she violates probation again, she must serve another 270 days in jail .",
"The judge said she cannot be released on home confinement .",
"\"The morgue is willing to keep you,\" the judge says ."
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"Bangkok (CNN) -- Much of Southeast Asia continued its recovery from heavy rains and extensive flooding Friday, including scores of deaths and extensive damage in Thailand.",
"The wet weather is not entirely abnormal in the region, which is still in the midst of its wet season.",
"Still, the extent of destruction has been particularly devastating in some locales in recent weeks.",
"Thai authorities early Friday said that the flooding had left at least 244 people dead, and some 28 provinces have been affected.",
"More than 820,000 households have been affected in four of the hardest-hit provinces -- Ayutthaya, Lop Buri, Chai Nat and Nakhon -- the state-run MCOT news agency reported, quoting the national disaster prevention and mitigation ministry.",
"An official Thai industrial agency urged factories in Ayutthaya province to shut down through October 11 in order to give it more time to tackle pervasive flooding.",
"The same MCOT report described the situation at the Rojana Industrial Park, in particular, as \"critical.\"",
"A government industrial ministry said water will continue to rise over a flood prevention dike, causing issues in the park which has 198 factories that employ 90,000 people.",
"Nationwide, Thai's Labor ministry reported Friday that 1,215 factories in 33 provinces were underwater -- a disaster that affected about 41,000 workers.",
"Almost half of those workers were in Ayutthaya.",
"Moreover, a corrections department official told MCOT that 3,700 inmates in that province had to be evacuated after their prison was submerged under 1.7 meters (6 feet) of water.",
"Filipinos, meanwhile, are trying to regain their footing after being pummeled by successive typhoons in the span of a week.",
"Typhoon Nesat -- known locally as Pedring -- claimed 55 lives, and the death toll from Nalgae -- known locally as Quiel -- rose to four earlier this week.",
"Health and government officials were working fervently to prevent more deaths Friday as they provided medical treatment for people from flood-stricken areas.",
"Health Secretary Enrique Ona said that 54 medical teams from hospitals in and around Manila have gone to evacuation centers in Bulacan and Pampanga to treat the ill, the state-run Philippine News Agency reported.",
"About 3,600 patients in evacuation centers had respiratory diseases, such as the flu and pneumonia, while there were about 600 diarrhea cases, said Ona.",
"In addition, five in Bulacan had leptospirosis, a bacterial disease.",
"Nearby countries were also dealing with the aftermath of severe flooding.",
"That includes Laos, where the top official in Savannakhet province requested \"large amounts of government funding\" in 12 of 15 districts, money that could be used to repair irrigation systems and develop anti-flood systems, according to the state-run KPL news agency.",
"And in Cambodia, Agriculture minister H.E.",
"Chan Saran said that flooding there had affected more than 330,000 hectares (815,000 acres) of rice fields and killed 1,000 working animals in 103 of the nation's 145 districts, the official AKP agency reported Thursday.",
"U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered her nation's \"deepest condolences\" for the families of those who died in Southeast Asia due to the heavy rains and flooding.",
"\"Our embassies in the region are working with local authorities and international organizations to assess how the United States can be of help to countries where the impact of the flooding has been especially devastating,\" Clinton said in a statement.",
"CNN's Kocha Olarn contributed to this report."
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"Flooding in Thailand leaves at least 244 dead and 1,215 factories submerged .",
"It affects 28 provinces, including 820,000 households in four provinces .",
"Doctors in the Philippines are treating thousands forced to evacuate due to floods .",
"Laos, Cambodia and other nations also have been impacted ."
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"(EW.com) -- After months of speculation about who would play the villain in the next James Bond installment, we finally have an answer, friendo: Javier Bardem.",
"During an interview with Christiane Amanpour on Nightline, in which the Spanish actor talked about his involvement with a charity to help west Saharan refugees, Bardem confirmed that he would be playing the bad guy in \"Bond 23.\"",
"\"I am very excited. My parents took me to watch the movies and I saw all of them.",
"So to play that is going to be fun,\" Bardem said about his joining the 00-franchise.",
"\"They chose me to play this man, but I cannot give you many details.\"",
"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 Spanish actor said he's excited about the role .",
"\"So to play that is going to be fun,\" Bardem said .",
"\"I cannot give you many details,\" he said ."
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"Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Iran issued a warning to Israel on Wednesday, with a top military figure saying Iran will \"punish\" any threat.",
"\"The United States is fully aware that a military attack by the Zionist regime on Iran will not only cause tremendous damage to that regime, but it will also inflict serious damage to the U.S.,\" said Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi, commander of the joint chiefs of staff, according to the semi-official Fars News Agency.",
"\"We, as the military, take every threat, however distant and improbable, as very real, and are fully prepared to use suitable equipment to punish any kind of mistake,\" he added, according to a CNN translation of his remarks.",
"Another semi-official Iranian news agency, ISNA, published a story in English quoting Firouzabadi as saying, \"The U.S. officials know that Zionist regime's military attack against Iran will inflict heavy damages to the U.S. seriously as well as Zionist regime.\"",
"The Israeli Ministry of Defense said Wednesday that Israel \"carried out the test-firing of a rocket propulsion system from the Palmachim military base.",
"This had been planned by the Defense Establishment a long time ago and was carried out as scheduled.\"",
"\"This is an impressive technological achievement and an important step in Israel's advances in the realms of missiles and space,\" said Defense Minister Ehud Barak.",
"The comments from Iran and the Israeli missile test come as a very public debate is taking place in Israel about the possibility of a military strike on the Islamic republic.",
"Last week, Israel's largest newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, published a report that suggested Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Barak both supported a strike against Iran's nuclear program.",
"That story was followed up Wednesday by a report in the Israeli daily Haaretz that Netanyahu was lobbying members of his cabinet to support a military strike against Iran despite the various difficulties inherent in such an operation.",
"The paper attributed the information to a senior Israeli official, but did not disclose identity of their source.",
"Israeli and U.S. officials have expressed concerns that Iran is building nuclear weapons, despite Tehran's insistence that its nuclear program is for peaceful energy purposes.",
"The publication of the two reports in the Israeli media brought criticism from cabinet members.",
"\"A public debate about this is nothing less than a scandal.",
"I don't think we've ever had anything like it,\" Dan Meridor, deputy prime minister and intelligence minister, told the Israeli newspaper Maariv.",
"\"The public elected a government to make decisions about things like this in secret.",
"The public's right to know does not include the debate about classified matters like this.\"",
"Speaking to Israeli radio, Benny Begin, a minister without portfolio, called the public debate about Iran \"a crazy free-for-all\" and criticized former Israeli intelligence officials for speaking too openly about government deliberations on Iran.",
"The prime minister's office would not comment on the newspaper reports and referred reporters to comments he made about Iran on Monday.",
"\"Regional powers who have control in the Middle East will try to ensure they have greater influence on the new regimes -- influence that will not always support us or be of benefit to us, to say the least,\" Netanyahu said to Israeli legislators during the opening session of the Knesset.",
"\"One of these regional forces is Iran, which continues its efforts to obtain nuclear weapons.",
"A nuclear Iran would pose a dire threat on the Middle East and on the entire world.",
"And of course, it poses a grave, direct threat on us too... We operate and will continue to operate intensely and determinately against those who threaten the security of the state of Israel and its citizens.\"",
"Shirzad Bozorgmehr reported from Iran; Kevin Flower reported from Jerusalem."
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"The events come amid speculation in Israel about possible military plans ."
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"(CNN) -- Never mind that Susan Orlean took an obscure story of flowers and turned it into the masterful 1998 best-seller \"The Orchid Thief\" (and was then played by Meryl Streep in the movie version, \"Adaptation\").",
"When Orlean told people she was planning to write a biography of Rin Tin Tin, the German shepherd portrayed in movies and on TV, even her friends were puzzled.",
"\"Whaaat?\" many of them said. Sara Nelson talked with Orlean about how and why she spent eight years on the trail of one of the world's most famous canines.",
"Oprah.com: One man, one mission -- rescuing mutts .",
"Q. The book is titled \"Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend\" [Simon & Schuster], but it's really about the several dogs that played him.",
"Much like \"The Orchid Thief,\" it's also about obsession.",
"A: I think I'm often drawn, whether I realize it or not, to the idea of what drives people.",
"What do we love? Orchids have been a source of passion since the beginning of time.",
"Rin Tin Tin has been beloved and admired and dreamed about for nearly a hundred years.",
"The dog and the orchids are both things that very disparate and sometimes unlikely people come together over.",
"Oprah.com: 33 fall must-reads .",
"Q. One of the fascinating things about the book is the way it goes off on tangents -- about Nazi Germany, the 1950s, your own family history -- but still somehow stays on the story of \"Rinty.\"",
"Why did you construct the book this way?",
"A: I think writing a book is very much a performance.",
"I'm conscious of how readers will feel following a story when they might have started out thinking, I can't believe I'm reading a book about a TV dog.",
"Where I hope you end up is: Oh wow, this is an amazing story and I never thought about the culture this way.",
"Or I didn't know dogs had weddings in the late 1800s.",
"I just hope that people will get excited about learning all these things the way I did when I was writing.",
"Q. What's the biggest misconception people have about Rin Tin Tin?",
"A: Either that there was only one dog -- who miraculously lived for 80 or so years, I guess!",
"-- or the exact opposite: that there was no real dog, just a character.",
"Oprah.com: Middle-school girls give stray dogs a second chance .",
"Q. Were you surprised by how emotionally attached you got to the story?",
"A: What has always fascinated me and what's very emotional to me is the question of what lasts.",
"People want to, if not live forever, have evidence of their existence live forever.",
"And I think that part of what happened for me was that my dad died in the course of my writing this, and I started thinking about memory, the idea that things come and go and then they're gone and forgotten.",
"But Rin Tin Tin, by being reinvented over and over in people's imaginations, became kind of a timeless model: He just keeps going and going; his story outlives everybody.",
"I feel great tenderness toward the people who devoted themselves to Rin Tin Tin and his history because I think everybody wants to have had their existence noted by the universe.",
"Oprah.com: 5 books everyone should read at least once .",
"Q. Okay, in the great \"Stones or Beatles?\"",
"tradition, tell us: Are you a Rinty person or a Lassie person?",
"A: I think you can love both dogs, even if you have an allegiance to one.",
"I have no statistics to back this up, but my guess is that Rin Tin Tin had more boy fans and Lassie more girl fans; after all, Lassie was female, supposedly, and the setting of her story was more domestic, including a mother, whereas Rin Tin Tin was definitely male, living in an all-male world.",
"Maybe they represented opposite ends of a spectrum -- Lassie was about love and nurture, Rin Tin Tin about loyalty and bravery.",
"My dirty secret is that I did truly love Lassie -- but I feel I'm being unfaithful to Rin Tin Tin by confessing that.",
"Oprah.com: 16 great books for dog lovers .",
"Subscribe to O, The Oprah Magazine for up to 75% off the newsstand price.",
"That's like getting 18 issues FREE.",
"Subscribe now! TM & © 2011 Harpo Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved."
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"Susan Orlean is known for \"The Orchid Thief,\" but she's also written about Rin Tin Tin .",
"Her latest novel is a biography of the famous German shepherd from Hollywood .",
"\"I think I'm often drawn, whether I realize it or not, to the idea of what drives people,\" she said ."
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"(CNN) -- Croatians voted Sunday in support of their country's bid to join the European Union, paving the way for the southern European nation to become the alliance's 28th member.",
"According to official results, posted on a government website, about 66% of voters backed Croatia's entry into the EU and 33% sided against the move.",
"Turnout was about 44%.",
"Already a member of NATO, Croatia is now poised to join an EU bloc that includes its neighbors Slovenia and Hungary.",
"It is one of five nations listed as \"candidate countries\" on the European Union's website.",
"Last December, Croatian leaders signed an accession treaty paving the way for the nation's entry.",
"European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso called that signing \"an outstanding moment for the European Union -- and for Croatia.\"",
"\"Today, we all acknowledge the hard work Croatia has done and its crowning success,\" Barroso said in a December 9 statement.",
"\"Croatia is the best proof of how strong and successful the transformative power of our enlargement policy can be.\"",
"Years after initiating its bid, Croatia is on pace to \"rightly join our union\" on July 1, 2013, the European Commission president said.",
"In that statement, Barroso alluded to the economic crisis affecting much of the eurozone, including bailouts of Greece, Ireland and Portugal.",
"But he insisted that these issues should not halt the European Union's expansion.",
"\"Enlargement, provided that all the relevant conditions are met, will ... continue to serve as an anchor of stability, a driver of democracy and the rule of law,\" he said.",
"\"We should therefore not let the economic crisis overshadow this very important European policy.\""
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"A majority of Croatians vote in support of the nation's entry into the European Union .",
"Croatian leaders signed an accession treaty in December to join the EU .",
"Croatia would become the alliance's 28th member state ."
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"New York (CNN) -- Police arrested hundreds of protesters who occupied an iconic New York bridge during demonstrations against the nation's financial system, before releasing the demonstrators with tickets.",
"The \"Occupy Wall Street\" protesters extended their rally to Brooklyn Bridge, where they were cited for blocking the roadway, authorities said late Saturday.",
"Protesters banged drums and chanted, \"the whole world is watching\" as police moved in.",
"\"Over 700 summonses and desk appearance tickets have been issued in connection with the demonstration on the Brooklyn Bridge ... after multiple warnings by police were given to protesters to stay on the pedestrian walkway,\" said Paul J. Browne, deputy commissioner for the New York City Police Department.",
"Browne said authorities had warned protesters they would be arrested if they occupied the roadway.",
"\"Some complied and took the walkway without being arrested,\" he said.",
"Bridge traffic heading to Brooklyn from Manhattan was shut down for several hours, police said.",
"Manhattan-bound lanes were open during the incident.",
"The protesters are rallying against what they say are social inequities resulting from the financial system.",
"Organizers have said they take their inspiration from the Arab Spring protests that swept through Africa and the Middle East this year.",
"Crowds have taken up residence in the park in New York's financial district, calling for 20,000 people to flood the area for a \"few months.\"",
"The protest campaign -- which uses the hashtag #occupywallstreet on the microblogging site Twitter -- began in July with the launch of a simple campaign website calling for a march and a sit-in at the New York Stock Exchange.",
"Over the past two weeks, demonstrations have addressed various issues, including police brutality, union busting and the economy, the group said.",
"CNN's Susan Candiotti and Jordana Ossad contributed to this report."
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"The group says it is protesting the economy, among other things .",
"Police say protesters blocked lanes to Brooklyn Bridge .",
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"(CNN) -- Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno said Sunday the string of sexual child abuse charges against former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky are \"shocking.\"",
"Sandusky, 67, allegedly engaged in fondling, oral and anal sex with young boys over a period of more than 10 years, according to an investigative state grand jury's summary of testimony.",
"He maintains he is innocent.",
"Also named in the state grand jury report are Penn State Athletic Director Timothy Curley, 57, and Gary Schultz, 62, the university's senior vice president for finance and business.",
"They face one count of perjury each in connection to an alleged cover-up of the abuse.",
"\"If true, the nature and amount of charges made are very shocking to me and all Penn Staters.",
"While I did what I was supposed to with the one charge brought to my attention, like anyone else involved I can't help but be deeply saddened these matters are alleged to have occurred,\" Paterno said in a statement.",
"The legendary coach said an assistant coach told him in 2002 about an \"incident in the shower of our locker room facility.\"",
"\"It was obvious that the witness was distraught over what he saw, but he at no time related to me the very specific actions contained in the Grand Jury report.",
"Regardless, it was clear that the witness saw something inappropriate involving Mr. Sandusky.",
"As Coach Sandusky was retired from our coaching staff at that time, I referred the matter to university administrators,\" Paterno said.",
"Sandusky, who served 23 years as defensive coordinator for the Nittany Lions, faces seven counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, and numerous other charges, including aggravated indecent assault and endangering the welfare of a child.",
"In some cases, Sandusky promised boys gifts or invited them to football games and sleepovers, according to the grand jury.",
"\"One of the most compelling and disturbing pieces of testimony in this investigation came from an eyewitness to a late-night sexual assault that allegedly occurred in March of 2002, in the locker room of the Lasch Football Building on the University Park Campus,\" Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly said Saturday.",
"\"Hearing what sounded like sexual activity in the showers of a building that was supposed to be empty, a graduate assistant reportedly observed Sandusky sexually assaulting a naked boy who appeared to be about 10 years old,\" she said.",
"The assistant reported the incident to head football coach Paterno, who in turn alerted athletic director Curley, said Kelly.",
"Instead of reporting the incident to authorities, Curley and Schultz banned Sandusky from having children from Second Mile visit the football building, Kelly said.",
"Sandusky, who retired from coaching in 1999, was founder of the Second Mile, a charitable organization that began as a group foster home \"dedicated to helping troubled boys,\" the grand jury states.",
"He was arrested and released Saturday on $100,000 unsecured bail.",
"\"If this is true we were all fooled, along with scores of professionals trained in such things, and we grieve for the victims and their families.",
"They are in our prayers,\" Paterno said in his statement.",
"He added: \"I understand that people are upset and angry, but let's be fair and let the legal process unfold.",
"In the meantime I would ask all Penn Staters to continue to trust in what that name represents, continue to pursue their lives every day with high ideals and not let these events shake their beliefs nor who they are.\""
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"Two other university officials are charged with perjury in an alleged cover-up .",
"Sandusky, out on bail, maintains he is innocent ."
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"(Mashable) -- Social payments are taking a giant leap forward.",
"PayPal has unveiled a Facebook app that lets you send money to friends.",
"The app, simply titled Send Money, is just as straightforward as its name.",
"You have the choice to send either an ecard with money or just money with no card.",
"You select a card, choose a friend to send it to and then select how much money to send.",
"\"The PayPal and Facebook infrastructure have now merged,\" PayPal's Anuj Nayar says.",
"\"This is another way to personalize the act of giving money.\"",
"While there are several ways to pay with PayPal via Facebook (Payvment comes to mind), this is the first app to enable peer-to-peer payments via Facebook and PayPal.",
"And because it's a peer-to-peer transaction, there is no transaction fee, though PayPal's regular limits and international fees still apply.",
"\"Sending money, person to person, is free,\" PayPal Senior Product Marketing Manager JB Coutinho said.",
"\"If it's funded by a PayPal balance or linked to a bank account, it's free.\"",
"And while the primary aspect of the Send Money app is its enablement of transactions across the world's largest social network, the ecard aspect is being emphasized as well.",
"PayPal was quick to point out that more than 500 million ecards are sent every year, and that's why PayPal is offering dozens of choices for everything from birthdays to congratulations.",
"We can see the app really taking off.",
"Users who see on Facebook that it's a friend's birthday can quickly fire up the app and send a card and some cash within a few minutes.",
"The app is just as useful for things like lottery pools and reimbursing friends for lunch.",
"It's a big step toward making social payments a reality.",
"If you want to learn more about the PayPal Send Money Facebook App, we've created a simple walkthrough of the payment process.",
"Check it out in this gallery, and let us know what you think of the app in the comments.",
"See the original article on Mashable.com .",
"© 2011 MASHABLE.com.",
"All rights reserved."
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"App, simply titled Send Money, is just as straightforward as its name .",
"You can send either an ecard with money or just money with no card .",
"This is the first app to enable peer-to-peer payments via Facebook and PayPal ."
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"(CNN) -- The trouble with boxing is, people get hurt.",
"Some time soon, according to \"Real Steel,\" the sport will get a radical technological upgrade and human pugilists will be replaced by robots; combatants who will fight to the death every time they climb into the ring.",
"In a sport like that the machines might get the glory, but you will still find human interest in the corner, where trainers have been replaced by computer programmers, engineers, welders, and if you go down far enough, old fashioned managers like Charlie (Hugh Jackman), an ex-boxer so deep in debt he's nearly out for the count.",
"Reunited with the 11-year-old son he's practically forgotten, Charlie promptly sells him to the boy's aunt and uncle.",
"But the boy won't be sidelined quite so easily.",
"He's a fight fan himself, and he means to go on the road with his old man and more importantly with the junkyard sparring bot \"Atom\" he rescues from scrap.",
"This is \"Transformers\" for kids, basically -- and yes, I appreciate you might think \"Transformers\" would have that demographic covered, but apparently nobody told Michael Bay, who pitched his three movies at teens and up.",
"\"Night at the Museum\" director Shawn Levy does not make the same mistake.",
"Although it's rated PG-13 for some mildly adult language and robot-on-robot violence (and I think we can be sure that no robots were harmed in the course of this film), \"Real Steel\" is fundamentally about a son reconnecting with his dad, something Levy never lets us forget for long.",
"It's as corny as Kansas, but the mix of old fashioned heart and new fangled animatronic cyber tech will make this picture a winner for fathers and sons (Levy has squeezed in a cameo for his three young daughters, but the female characters are mostly relegated to cheering from the stands).",
"Hugh Jackman is doing a minor variation on his Logan signature tune, but for the best part of the movie he lets the obnoxiously talented Dakota Goyo as his son runs rings around him, stealing one scene after another.",
"It's an uneven fight -- rigged by screenwriter John Gatins, aided and abetted by Levy -- but it's fun to see the kid make a chump of the champ.",
"Surprisingly, Levy resists turning Atom into an autonomous character.",
"He does have some neat features though.",
"He's smaller and weaker than most of his competition, with pale blue bulbs for eyes beneath what looks like a fencing mask.",
"But he can take a beating and in \"shadow mode\" he mimics his coach's movements with lightning speed.",
"He can dance too -- like a six-foot, three-ton butterfly.",
"Robots aside, Levy doesn't go in for futurism really.",
"The locations are steeped in the heartland: a cavernous boxing gym that smacks of the 1920s.",
"Charlie's truck looks like something out of a 1940s film.",
"Neon motel signs, back-country roads, and an old Detroit auto plant repurposed as a post-industrial sports arena.",
"There's a broader nostalgia at work here, as if the fight's gone out of the whole country and one plucky kid and his pet robot could galvanize the whole show.",
"Did they really need to fall back on xenophobic shorthand to pump up the climactic bout, when Atom takes on Zeus, a robot combining Asian know-how and Russian money?",
"And couldn't someone have called time on the over-the-top product placement that clogs up the finale?",
"In the end, \"Real Steel\" won't win any prizes for innovation, but it works -- it's a technical knockout."
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"(CNN) -- Worries about high tides overwhelming parts of Thailand in recent days have morphed into fears about water- and insect-borne diseases in the flood-ravaged country.",
"Bangkok's central business district has avoided major flooding so far, but outlying areas are chest- or waist-deep in water.",
"\"The water in those parts is a filthy black color containing sewage, garbage and dead animals with a nasty smell.",
"Mosquitoes are also breeding rapidly,\" said Igor Prahin of Bangkok.",
"More than 370 people have died since the flooding began after heavy monsoon rains.",
"U.S. Ambassador to Thailand Kristie A. Kenney said Monday that \"the worst may be over for central Bangkok,\" but about 2 million people are still affected by the flooding.",
"The United States has pledged a total of $1.1 million in aid.",
"CNNGo: Updated travel information for tourists .",
"Charities working in the country have warned of diseases such as diarrhea, dengue fever and malaria in the coming days and weeks.",
"\"There are places on the outskirts of Bangkok and in other parts of the country which have been flooded for nearly two weeks,\" said Matthew Cochrane of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.",
"\"The country's prime minister has said that the city has 'dodged a bullet' -- the economic impact of central Bangkok being flooded would have been huge, and thankfully that did not happen -- but a huge part of the country is still under water,\" Cochrane said.",
"\"Outside the city it is certainly a humanitarian crisis, because there are people who have been cut off for weeks without any aid, supplies or food.\"",
"UNICEF said it was providing 20,000 mosquito nets and handing out 20,000 pamphlets explaining how to stay safe and healthy in flood-stricken regions.",
"Supatra (Jenstitvong) Assavasuke, who lives east of central Bangkok, took in two friends whose house on the west side of the city is submerged under 1 to 2 meters (3 to 7 feet) of water.",
"It's unclear how long they will need to stay.",
"She and her family have helped donate about 3,000 liters (almost 800 gallons) of drinking water to those in worse-off areas.",
"\"Those who got affected, they lose their houses, they lose their jobs, their cars -- many things,\" she said.",
"But even those in the capital faced possible shortages of water.",
"The Metropolitan Waterworks Authority said it had reduced the amount of tap water processed for residents from 900,000 to 400,000 cubic meters per day, because of high algae counts at one of its plants.",
"Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said authorities would speed up the process of draining water into Bangkok's canals and into the sea, raising hopes that water levels in the city could start to sink.",
"However, the government has warned it may take more than a month for the floods to recede.",
"Already, the flooding has caused an estimated $6 billion in damages, the Thai Finance Ministry has said.",
"The Thai government has set up more than 1,700 shelters across the country, where more than 113,000 people have taken refuge.",
"Yet many are trying to push through with their daily routines.",
"In Bangkok's Chinatown area, a food vendor up to her knees in murky water continued to serve patrons at her small cart.",
"One resident traveled down a street by row boat as a nearby bicyclist pedaled through thigh-deep flooding.",
"And a man walked his dog near Bangkok's Grand Palace, the dog chest-deep in water.",
"CNN's Bryony Jones, Kocha Olarn and Germain Perez contributed to this report."
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"2 million people are affected by the flooding, a U.S. diplomat to Thailand says .",
"Bangkok resident: Water in outlying areas has \"sewage, garbage and dead animals\"\nRelief agency: Places outside Bangkok cut off from supplies endure a humanitarian crisis .",
"Charities working in the country warn about diarrhea, dengue fever and malaria in the coming weeks ."
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"(Health.com) -- Sitting in an L.A. café, I see no sign of Michelle Monaghan, 35, whose career has soared since playing Tom Cruise's love interest in \"Mission: Impossible III.\"",
"Could it be that the famously down-to-earth star -- who grew up in Winthrop, Iowa, Population: 850 -- has turned diva?",
"Just then, a redhead in the back waves (she has dyed her hair for a role).",
"Soon, all worries about her having gone Hollywood vanish.",
"Sipping mint tea, she talks workouts, health scares, and her secret weapon for PMS.",
"Q: In your new film, Machine Gun Preacher, you play the wife of an ex-drug-addict-turned-evangelist who crusades to protect Sudanese children from the horrors of war.",
"What drew you to it? When I was growing up, my parents took in foster children.",
"From a young age, I learned that there are a lot of children in need.",
"I am a firm believer that you can make a difference in someone's life -- whether they're thousands of miles away, or on your own block.",
"Q: How has your childhood put your Hollywood life into perspective?",
"I come from a very working class background.",
"My dad worked in a factory for 40 years.",
"We all put ourselves through school.",
"So I've never felt entitled to anything.",
"Q: Your daughter, Willow, is 3.",
"What did you do to get your body back in shape after having her?",
"I started with ab work, since after pregnancy the abs are shot.",
"For the first time, I enjoyed working out: It was having that reprieve for an hour of alone time.",
"It gave me more energy.",
"Health.com: 6 rules for a healthy postpartum slim down .",
"Q: How do you stay in shape these days?",
"I do squats, lunges, strength training.",
"I ran a half-marathon in April with my cousins, mom, and aunts.",
"It was amazing. After that, we had big plans to do the Chicago Marathon, but two weeks later, we were asking, \"Are we really going to do it, or were we just on a runner's high?\"",
"I haven't run since! Q: What is the toughest part of working out for you?",
"Just getting there! I've gotten down the stairs and thought: workout or post office?",
"It's either physical torture or mental torture.",
"So sometimes I go with the mental torture and stand in line at the post office in my workout gear.",
"Q: What body part are you proudest of?",
"I have nice muscle tone in my arms.",
"I can't really take credit for it, though -- all the members of my family do.",
"A lot of arm wrestling happened in our family growing up!",
"Health.com: Get gorgeous arms .",
"Q: Do you have any body challenges?",
"The old bum and thigh area.",
"I hope most women agree with me!",
"[Laughs.] Keeping it toned, dealing with cellulite.",
"I hate when I feel it move after me.",
"Q: Any health regrets?",
"I smoked for almost 10 years.",
"I really regret that.",
"Thankfully, I came out on the other side.",
"I hope my lungs are repairing themselves now.",
"Q: You've known your husband [Australian graphic designer Peter White] for nearly 11 years.",
"Do you find he \"gets\" you? He gets me on every level.",
"During \"that time of the month,\" he knows to bring me a Snickers bar.",
"He's good like that! And a few years ago I had a mole on the back of my calf, and he was adamant that I get it checked.",
"In Australia, they're very aware of skin cancer.",
"I finally went and it was skin cancer.",
"I had quite the chunk taken out of my leg.",
"I'm so grateful he noticed it.",
"I clearly now realize he has a keen eye and wonder what other imperfections he's noticing!",
"[Laughs.] ... Health.com: Is it a mole...or skin cancer?",
"Q: So, cosmetic surgery -- for or against?",
"I don't think it's for me. The acting that I respect is about conveying emotion without really speaking.",
"I'm not saying I jump for joy when I see new laugh lines, but I would try every possible recourse before going under the knife.",
"Q: With all you juggle, how do you stay in touch with your sensual side?",
"A new bra goes a long way -- and when I say a new bra, I mean a real treat, like one from La Perla.",
"Not the matching sets; I like to mix and match.",
"And if I can finagle a foot massage, I will give you the moon.",
"Copyright Health Magazine 2011 ."
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"It was amazing,\" Monaghan said ."
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"(EW.com) -- The box office had to contend with the World Series, a very early snowstorm in the Northeast, and Halloween festivities across the country this weekend, but audiences still managed to make it to the movies!",
"That being said, grosses for new releases \"Puss in Boots,\" \"In Time,\" and \"The Rum Diary,\" weren't all that strong.",
"Check out how they performed below: .",
"Dreamworks Animation's \"Puss in Boots\" was the top cat this weekend, clawing its way to a $34 million debut, 51 percent of which came from 3-D screens, and 7 percent of which was from IMAX theaters.",
"On paper, that number sounds good -- and, to be clear, it is by no means a disaster -- but the result comes with a \"Real Steel\"-ish caveat.",
"\"Puss in Boots\" cost $130 million to produce, and it earned Dreamworks' third-worst debut for a computer animated film, beating only \"Flushed Away\" and \"Antz,\" which started with $18.8 million and $17.2 million, respectively.",
"The 3-D \"Shrek\"-spinoff, cost as much as Dreamworks' \"Megamind,\" which opened in early November 2010, but that film began with $46 million, and it played well through the Thanksgiving season on its way to a $148.4 million total.",
"\"Puss in Boots\" entered theaters a week earlier, but it will need to endure even better than \"Megamind\" to earn back its budget.",
"The \"A-\" CinemaScore grade it earned from audiences should at least make that achievement possible, but considering people are already familiar with the \"Puss in Boots\" character, it's doubtful that the film will attract many uninitiated viewers.",
"We won't officially know where \"Puss in Boots\" is headed until next weekend, when we see how much the snowstorm, the World Series, and Halloween really affected the box office this frame.",
"(My guess is not much -- and I'm not just being catty.)",
"Second place belonged to \"Paranormal Activity 3,\" which fell by 65 percent to $18.5 million in its second weekend.",
"The found footage horror sequel has scared up $81.3 million after ten days in theaters, and considering the huge business the film will likely do on Halloween, \"PA3\" is only a day away from passing Paranormal Activity 2's $84.8 million cume.",
"Not too shabby for a film that cost Paramount only $5 million to make!",
"Fall Movies: Get the latest news, photos, and more .",
"Fox's $40 million Justin Timberlake/Amanda Seyfried thriller \"In Time\" underwhelmed with just $12 million in its opening weekend.",
"That debut is less than Timberlake's last film, \"Friends with Benefits,\" which began with $18.6 million on its way to $55.8 million, as well as Seyfried's recent \"Red Riding Hood,\" which debuted with $14 million on its way to $37.6 million.",
"Ads for \"In Time\" failed to effectively communicate the convoluted time-shifting story, and negative reviews likely kept older moviegoers away.",
"Timberlake's leading man status may not have helped matters too much, either -- audiences seem to find him more appealing as part of an ensemble, like in \"The Social Network\" and \"Bad Teacher.\"",
"Moviegoers issued \"In Time\" an unenthusiastic \"B-\" CinemaScore grade, which may prevent the film from finding the same kind of legs that time-jumping thriller \"Source Code\" ($14.8 million opening, $54.7 million total) enjoyed earlier this year.",
"In its third weekend, dancing remake \"Footloose\" fell to fourth place, dropping 48 percent to $5.4 million.",
"The $24 million production has now earned $38.5 million after 17 days in theaters, and it will pass the total of Julianne Hough's first feature film, \"Burlesque\" ($39.4 million), sometime this week.",
"Johnny Depp's latest, \"The Rum Diary,\" stumbled out of the gate with just $5 million.",
"\"Pirates of the Caribbean\" this was not.",
"The disappointing opening fell in line with Depp's other substance abuse picture, 1998′s \"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,\" which debuted to $3.3 million and earned $10.7 million total.",
"\"The Rum Diary's\" edgy story was always going to be a tough sell, and FilmDistrict's President of Theatrical Distribution Bob Berney admits: \"While we all wish the numbers were better, we're proud of the film and its loving tribute to Hunter S.",
"Thompson.\" The $50 million picture marks the third straight box office disappointment for FilmDistrict, the young distributor that found success with Insidious ($54 million) earlier this year.",
"The studio has since struggled with both \"Don't Be Afraid of the Dark\" ($23.9 million) and \"Drive\" ($33.7 million so far) recently.",
"Unfortunately for FilmDistrict, audiences, which were 88 percent above the age of 25, gave \"The Rum Diary\" a harsh \"C\" CinemaScore grade, so it's not likely to hold well in future weeks.",
"Talk about a bad hangover...",
"In limited release, Sony's Shakespeare tale \"Anonymous\" started with $1 million out of 256 theaters.",
"That was good enough for a $3,774 per theater average, which does not merit huge expansions in the coming weeks.",
"Young romance \"Like Crazy\" fared better, grossing $120,000 out of only 4 theaters, resulting in a $30,000 average.",
"Richard Gere's latest, \"The Double,\" was D.O.A., pulling in only $27,545 out of 11 theaters.",
"It's not likely to platform much further.",
"Zeitgeist-y Wall Street thriller \"Margin Call\" continued to play fairly well, grossing $713,000 out of 140 theaters.",
"It has earned $1.5 million so far.",
"Internationally, \"The Adventures of Tintin\" got off to an excellent start.",
"Sony's motion capture animation grossed $55.8 million out of 19 territories, including $21.5 million in France and $10.7 million in the United Kingdom, where its being distributed by Paramount.",
"Sony is bragging loudly about the film's performance, perhaps in response to some prognosticators claiming that \"Tintin\" is likely to underperform domestically.",
"(The picture is based on a series of comic books by Hergé which were very popular in Europe, but only cult hits in the U.S.) We'll find out how excited audiences are about \"Tintin\" on December 21.",
"1. \"Puss in Boots\" -- $34 million .",
"2. \"Paranormal Activity 3\" -- $18.5 mil .",
"3. \"In Time\" -- $12 mil .",
"4. \"Footloose\" -- $5.4 mil .",
"5. \"The Rum Diary\" -- $5 mil .",
"6. \"Real Steel\" -- $4.7 mil .",
"7. \"The Three Musketeers\" -- $3.5 mil .",
"8. \"The Ides of March\" -- $2.7 mil .",
"9. \"Moneyball\" -- $2.4 mil .",
"10. \"Courageous\" -- $1.8 mil .",
"See full article at EW.com.",
"CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly .",
"© 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"(CNN) -- Almost nine years into the basketball legend's retirement, a new version of Michael Jordan athletic shoes can still send fans into a mad frenzy: Stores nationwide were the scenes of violence and police officer injuries Friday, authorities said.",
"In Richmond, California, police investigated a gunshot fired outside a mall where the latest version of shoes named after Jordan went on sale for about $180 a pair Friday morning, police told CNN affiliate KGO.",
"A 24-year-old Richmond man was taken into custody in connection with the gunfire, said police Lt. Lori Curran.",
"\"It appears right now it may have been just a negligent discharge,\" Curran said.",
"Even as early as 1990, a new pair of Air Jordans was so coveted that youngsters became violent in stealing the shoes.",
"Jordan and his Chicago Bulls won six NBA championships in the 1990s.",
"Thursday evening in Austin, Texas, three Foot Locker stores each drew 1,000 people for a midnight sale of the new Air Jordan Retro XI, replicas of a 1996 version of the shoe, and police shut down one mall when two police officers were injured, CNN affiliate KVUE reported.",
"Police said each store had only 150 pairs of the shoes, the station reported.",
"One of the officers was taken to a hospital after he was rushed by the crowd and suffered bruises and a rolled ankle, KVUE said.",
"Police are reviewing surveillance tapes to find the assailant, police said, according to the station.",
"\"It's been crazy,\" one woman shopper named Andrea told KVUE, adding that officers threatened to use mace on crowds.",
"\"People have been trying to run over the officers to get in the building.\"",
"At a suburban Seattle mall Friday, police used pepper spray to bring order to an unruly crowd of 2,000 shoppers seeking the new shoe, said Mike Murphy of the Tukwila, Washington, Police Department.",
"The Seattle area store wasn't prepared to handle such a large crowd, Murphy said.",
"CNN affiliate KIRO reported that crowds lined up Thursday night for the sale, which started at 4 a.m. Friday.",
"In Lithonia, Georgia, police took four people into custody after a mall's doors were damaged, CNN affiliate WSB reported.",
"Also, police questioned a mother who witnesses said left her kids, ages 2 and 5, in a car as she went into the mall to buy the shoes, WSB reported.",
"In Charlotte, North Carolina, police were called to three malls after crowds became rowdy, CNN affiliate WCNC reported.",
"At one mall, customers pried open a door at 6 a.m. Friday, and one person was arrested for resisting an officer, the station reported.",
"In Taylor, Michigan, a Detroit man was charged with attempting to incite a riot after 300 people became unruly waiting for the mall to open Friday morning, police Cmdr.",
"Mary Sclabassi told CNN.",
"In Louisville, Kentucky, public safety dispatchers said they received a report of 75 to 100 people in a fight over the shoes at a mall, CNN affiliate WDRB reported.",
"In Indianapolis, Indiana, police dispatchers said officers at the mall were \"having problems\" after the shoes apparently sold out, and additional officer were sent to help manage the crowd of about 300 people, CNN affiliate WISH said.",
"The crowd ripped doors off their hinges, police said, according to WISH.",
"On Friday afternoon, eBay was featuring new pairs of the Air Jordan Retro XI selling between $219.99 and $510."
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"(CNN) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development distributed $400 million in emergency aid Friday to eight states that experienced the biggest natural disasters in 2011.",
"New York received $93,213,963 for flooding from Hurricane Irene that pummeled the East Coast last August and for damages from Tropical Storm Lee in Schoharie, Tioga, Broome, Greene, and Orange counties.",
"In particular, Orange County will receive $11,422,029 and Union Township $10,137,818 to support recovery efforts.",
"North Dakota was awarded $79,358,648 to recover from severe flooding.",
"Most of the money will go to Minot, which was hit the hardest by the flooding.",
"Alabama was given $55,566,078 for losses from last year's severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding in Tuscaloosa, Marion, Jefferson and DeKalb counties and in Birmingham.",
"Missouri received $53,985,768 for recovery from last spring's tornado, severe storms and flooding in Jasper County and in Joplin.",
"Pennsylvania was awarded $49,297,140 for damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee in Bradford, Dauphin, Columbia, Wyoming and Luzerne counties.",
"Texas was given $31,319,686 for a series of wildfires from late summer through autumn in Bastrop County.",
"Vermont secured $21,660,211 for the destruction caused by Tropical Storm Irene in Washington and Windsor counties.",
"New Jersey garnered $15,598,506 to help Passaic County recover from the damage of Hurricane Irene.",
"Each state will spend the funds for housing, business and infrastructure repairs, federal authorities said.",
"CNN's Michael Martinez contributed to this story."
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"The funds are based on 2011's biggest natural disasters .",
"Several states receive funds to recover from Hurricane Irene .",
"Alabama and Missouri receive aid for tornadoes .",
"Texas is awarded cash relief for wildfire damage ."
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"(CNN) -- Three American Airlines flight attendants were injured Sunday when a flight bound for Miami, Florida, encountered severe turbulence.",
"Flight 980 from Recife, Brazil to Miami was carrying 167 passengers.",
"No passengers were injured, according to American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith.",
"Three of six flight attendants on board were injured.",
"The turbulence hit about two hours into the flight, passengers told CNN affiliate WFOR.",
"\"Everything was fine and the next minute the plane just fell, a huge drop,\" passenger Gillas Correa told WFOR.",
"People were screaming and crying, Correa said.",
"\"There was a woman who was sitting a couple rows behind us; she got thrown up in the air and landed in the hallway.\"",
"All six flight attendants were taken to Miami area hospitals to be observed and treated, Smith said via e-mail.",
"\"Fortunately, no passengers were injured.",
"Five of the flight attendants were checked and released.",
"One remained in the hospital overnight for further observation.\"",
"Correa said one flight attendant was injured by a falling food cart.",
"\"She hit the ceiling and when she came down the cart hit her,\" he said."
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"Three flight attendants were injured in severe turbulence .",
"The flight from Brazil to Miami was carrying 167 passengers .",
"No passengers were injured, the airline said ."
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"Atlanta (CNN) -- Most adults have a warm spot in their hearts for LEGOs, the colorful interlocking building toys.",
"The iconic name conjures up images of creative creatures and thought-provoking things built by imagination.",
"On a recent January weekend, LEGO held a job fair of sorts in the form of a contest, a two-day building contest called Brick Factor.",
"The winner was awarded a full-time position of master model builder at the new LEGOLAND Discovery Center due to open in Atlanta in the spring.",
"There were plenty of LEGO lovers interested.",
"People like Megan Sims.",
"\"Of course it's a dream job,\" she said.",
"\"You get to play with LEGOs and kids all day.",
"Who wouldn't want that job?\" Joshua Bohn, a college student who is a self-proclaimed lifelong LEGO enthusiast, said that among LEGO lovers this job is coveted among all others.",
"The master model builder for LEGOLAND Discovery Center Dallas agrees.",
"\"It's an important job\" said Cal Walsh.",
"\"The job is responsible for all the LEGO bricks in the Discovery Center\".",
"Walsh also got his job by winning a contest.",
"He said working for the company is like getting paid to play.",
"The Atlanta contestants were narrowed down on the first day by several rounds of tasks, or builds.",
"In the first, competitors built an animal in 45 minutes.",
"This gave birth to lions, ducks, fish and alligators.",
"There were even some angry birds.",
"Build two was a little more complex; the contestants were charged with building an Atlanta icon.",
"Entries included Ray Charles singing, the immensely popular Peachtree road race and the Fox Theatre, a well-known Midtown entertainment venue.",
"Twelve contestants were selected for the finals, in which they created a model that best described them.",
"They had one hour. Zack Cole, an architecture student, knew immediately he would build a guitar, but he wasn't the only one.",
"\"I know someone else is making a guitar, I guess ill have to make mine better.\"",
"Sims, a mother of two and the only woman left, chose to build Wonder Woman.",
"\"As a mom, sometimes I feel I need to be a superhero to get things done.\"",
"Bohn's homage to theater, a stage scene depicting Romeo and Juliet, was selected the winner.",
"\"I feel like I was when I was 3 or 4, when I got my first LEGO set,\" Bohn said."
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"LEGO contest winner will receive job at new Atlanta Discovery Center .",
"Contestants were given a time limit and a theme to create something .",
"Winning sculpture depicted Romeo and Juliet on stage ."
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"(CareerBuilder.com) -- It can be tough to pinpoint exactly what the term \"personal brand\" means, especially when it's loosely used to describe everything from professional image, to manner of dress, to online reputation.",
"While this broad definition may make the term seem like just another empty business buzzword -- developing a personal brand can actually be a great get-ahead strategy for both job seekers and those looking to advance their careers.",
"So what exactly is a personal brand?",
"According to Dan Schawbel, author of \"Me 2.0: 4 Steps to Building Your Future\" and owner of PersonalBrandingBlog.com, \"A personal brand is what you stand for and what makes you special.",
"[It's] composed of values, a mission, and a positioning statement that depict what you do and who your audience is.",
"[It] is an indicator for how valuable you are to employers and customers at every stage of your career.\"",
"Your personal brand also encompasses the way you market yourself to your professional community, whether it be via your résumé, your LinkedIn profile, your manner of speaking or, yes, even the way you dress.",
"While creating a personal brand may seem daunting, chances are, you've already started building one.",
"Here's what you need to know in order to expand upon, shape and make use of the personal brand you're already creating.",
"Careerbuilder.com: Five tips for confidently speaking up at meetings .",
"Define your brand .",
"First and foremost, you need to decide what you want your personal brand to convey about you.",
"According to Schawbel, \"Your personal brand should represent something that is unique to you; your personality, your passions, your talents and your dream goal.",
"Ask yourself: 'What do I want to be known for?'\"",
"For instance, if you've spent most of your career as a human resources manager in the financial world, and your ultimate goal is to become the vice president of human resources at an investment bank, then your personal brand needs to send the message that you're an expert and a leader in the areas of HR, management and finance.",
"Market your brand .",
"Once you decide upon your professional goals and values, it's time to start letting others know about them.",
"This may seem like an odd concept at first -- especially for those who have trouble tooting their own horn, so to speak -- but there are plenty of ways to subtly start getting your new message out there.",
"The Internet is a good place to start establishing both visibility and a strong personal brand, Schawbel says.",
"\"[Take] ownership of your online presence because that is where almost all first impressions now occur.",
"Start your own blog or website under your full name, as well as accounts on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.",
"Then, add your bio information to each and start reaching out to people in your industry using the tools.",
"By constantly getting your name, face and valuable content out there, you will start to build and shape your brand, which will turn into opportunities,\" he says.",
"On LinkedIn and Facebook, for example, that may mean joining groups that reflect your professional goals.",
"On Twitter, that means tweeting about what's going on in your field instead of your plans for the weekend.",
"If you have a blog, update it regularly with posts and insights on your industry.",
"CareerBuilder.com: Favorite on-screen work nemeses .",
"Be consistent . \"Think about how you dress, how you behave, what you publish online -- and what that says about who you are,\" Schawbel says.",
"All of these things should be consistent with the message your personal brand is trying to send.",
"For example, if your goal is to reach an executive-level position in the next five years; highlight your leadership qualities on your résumé, follow corporate leaders on Twitter, offer to spearhead new projects at work and dress like you're already in the executive position you're aiming towards.",
"\"Your brand should be consistent because you never know how someone might find you,\" Schawbel says.",
"Look at how others are branding you .",
"To gauge the effectiveness of the brand you've created for yourself, evaluate how others see you -- and whether it's in line with the image you want to project.",
"\"You know you're communicating your brand effectively when your self-impression is equal to how people perceive you,\" Schawbel says.",
"\"One way to find out this information is to see how people categorize you on Twitter, with Twitter lists.",
"If you're a personal finance expert, but people put you in real estate lists, you have a real problem.\"",
"If you're not on Twitter, asking colleagues or friends to sum up your professional image in a sentence or two will help you evaluate whether you're branding yourself properly.",
"The bottom line, Schawbel says, is that \"By building your brand throughout your career, you protect yourself from the unpredictable nature of the economy, and gain more career options and opportunities.\"",
"And in a time like this, who couldn't use more opportunity?",
"CareerBuilder.com: Have an incompetent boss?",
"You're not alone . © CareerBuilder.com 2011.",
"All rights reserved.",
"The information contained in this article may not be published, broadcast or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority."
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"Developing a personal brand can be a great strategy for job seekers .",
"A personal brand is what makes you stand out .",
"Decide what you want your personal brand to say about you .",
"The Internet is a good place to establish both visibility and a strong personal brand ."
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"Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- Nigeria imposed a 24-hour curfew Saturday in the northern city of Kano after assailants killed scores of people and wounded others in a hail of gunfire and coordinated bombings of eight government sites.",
"A military official told CNN that at least 156 people were dead and feared the number would rise.",
"\"The hospitals are not equipped to deal with the influx and severity of the injuries, so we are expecting that figure to go up further,\" the official said.",
"Nwankpa Nwankpa, a Red Cross information officer in the capital, Abuja, said 50 people were injured in the attacks.",
"He said that search and rescue operations are underway and volunteers are working to assist those hurt.",
"The attacks targeted several police stations, barracks and the building housing the assistant inspector general of police in Kano, Nigeria's second largest city.",
"A passport office, state security headquarters and the immigration office were also hit, police said.",
"Are you there? Share your story .",
"Terrified residents barricaded themselves in their homes, said Rev.",
"Murtala Mati of the Christian Association of Nigeria.",
"\"The government is really trying but we are afraid ... we are all scared,\" he said.",
"During the attack, assailants entered a police station, freed detainees and bombed it, authorities said.",
"They later canvassed the area in a car led by motorcycles, spraying targets with gunfire.",
"Islamist group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the blast in a phone call to the Daily Trust, according to journalists at the newspaper.",
"Nigeria closed its borders Saturday with Cameroon and Niger, whom it has accused of allowing the militants to move freely into Nigeria.",
"The government has put in place a state of emergency, and a large deployment of troops has been sent to the north of the country.",
"African Union commission chairman Jean Ping condemned \"in the strongest terms\" the attacks Saturday, and expressed his condolences to the families of those killed and his concern for the many people who were injured.",
"The AU rejects terrorism in all its forms, the statement said, and gives Nigeria its full backing in its efforts to end terror attacks.",
"U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is \"appalled at the frequency and intensity of recent attacks in Nigeria, which demonstrate a wanton and unacceptable disregard for human life,\" his office said Saturday in a statement.",
"\"In voicing solidarity with the government and people of Nigeria, the secretary-general also expresses his hope for swift and transparent investigations into these incidents that lead to bringing the perpetrators to justice,\" the statement added.",
"In December, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in four northern states.",
"The declaration followed a series of Christmas Day attacks on Christian churches blamed on the Boko Haram group.",
"The man suspected of masterminding those attacks, named Kabiru Sokoto, was briefly captured this week before escaping police custody while being transferred to another prison.",
"Several police officers and the local commissioner are under investigation over his escape.",
"A 50 million naira ($307,000) reward was also offered by police Thursday for any information leading to Sokoto's re-arrest.",
"Northern Nigeria has been wracked by religious violence in recent weeks, including a spate of attacks in early January that killed at least 25 Christians.",
"Boko Haram has been blamed for months of widespread bloodshed, with churches and police stations among the targets.",
"CNN's David McKenzie contributed to this report."
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"NEW: The U.N.'s Ban Ki-moon is \"appalled at the frequency and intensity\" of recent attacks .",
"A military official tells CNN that at least 156 people were killed .",
"Nigeria closes its borders with Niger and Cameroon and imposes a state of emergency .",
"The Islamist militant group Boko Haram claims responsibility ."
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"(CNN) -- A magnitude 6.7 earthquake rattled Papua New Guinea early Friday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.",
"The quake was centered about 200 miles north-northeast of Port Moresby and had a depth of 28 miles.",
"No tsunami warning was issued, according to the Tsunami Warning Center.",
"Papua New Guinea is on the so-called Ring of Fire, an arc of fault lines circling the Pacific Basin that is prone to frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions."
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"It's on an arc of fault lines that is prone to frequent earthquakes .",
"No tsunami warning was issued ."
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"Paris (CNN) -- The French government backed off a claim that a certain type of silicone breast implant is linked to a rare form of cancer, but it will nonetheless pay for women to have them removed because of other risks.",
"Women with implants by a company called Poly Implant Prosthese (PIP) will not be required to get them removed, but they will be offered surgery to do so if concerned, the French Health Ministry said Friday.",
"The ministry says about 30,000 French women have PIP implants, which are not currently approved for use in the United States.",
"According to a news release from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, PIP is now defunct.",
"It says the company \"used non-medical grade silicone believed by the manufacturers to be made for mattresses.\"",
"The Ministry of Health turned to experts after the cancer fears arose and said that the feedback they received was that there is no increased cancer risk in women with PIP implants compared to other implants.",
"However, the ministry said in a statement, there are other established risks such as ruptures.",
"The French government agency that evaluates the safety of medical products says 523 women have had them removed since a defect was discovered last year.",
"More than 1,000 implants have ruptured since then, the agency says.",
"\"These experts said that there is no link between cancer and ... PIP implant breasts.",
"However, since there is a lot of ruptures, (concerns) are growing because the nature of the implant is no good,\" said Jean Yves Grall, the country's director of health.",
"François Godineau, director of social security, said it would cost the state up to 60 million euros (U.S. $73 million) if they paid for the removal of the PIP breast implants in France.",
"Of the 30,000 women who have the implants, 80% underwent the surgery for esthetic reasons, and 20% did so for reconstructive reasons, such as after breast cancer.",
"Under the state's offer, the women with the implants will be offered to have the implants removed, but it will not pay for new implants for those who had the surgery for esthetic reasons.",
"Others would have new implants paid for.",
"CNN's Saskya Vandoorne contributed to this report."
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"Experts alleviated cancer fears linked to a certain breast implant .",
"But the government will still offer to pay to remove them .",
"There are risks of rupture, the Health Ministry says .",
"The brand of implants was not sold in the U.S."
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"(PEOPLE.com) -- Tim Robbins is taking action.",
"The actor, who famously supports liberal causes, joined with protesters Wednesday at the Occupy Wall Street rally in Lower Manhattan.",
"Robbins, 52, participated in the demonstration outside the Federal Courthouse in Foley Square.",
"\"This is what an actual grassroots movement looks like,\" he tells the Financial Times.",
"\"It's a bit sloppy and disorganized but full of passion.\"",
"Demonstrators, who have been camped out in a park near Wall Street since mid-September, are protesting economic inequalities, corporate greed and the influence of corporate money on politics and government.",
"And Robbins, 52, isn't the only star who's been spotted at Occupy Wall Street.",
"On Saturday, \"Gossip Girl\" star Penn Badgley, 24, was spotted snapping photos of the demonstrators in action.",
"See the full article at PEOPLE.com.",
"© 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"Tim Robbins famously supports liberal causes .",
"\"It's a bit sloppy ... but full of passion,\" he said .",
"Penn Badgley was spotted snapping photos of the demonstrators ."
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"(CNN) -- To say that \"Real Housewives of New York City\" star Ramona Singer is busy would be an understatement.",
"Between her different businesses -- wine, jewelry and skin-care products -- and the time she spends filming the Bravo reality show, Singer is hardly ever in the same location for very long.",
"But Singer's passion remains with New York City, where she still manages to spend most of her time.",
"A busy lifestyle doing what she loves suits Singer just fine, and New York is the best place for her.",
"The buzz of the city is what Singer loves most.",
"\"You can be all by yourself and you walk out on the street and then you're not alone, but surrounded by tons of people.",
"It just has such great energy.\"",
"Here, Singer shares some of her favorite locations in New York City.",
"Where to eat . T-Bar Steak & Lounge 1278 Third Avenue .",
"A swanky spot on the Upper East Side, T-Bar is known for its flair and of course, its steaks.",
"Grabbing a cocktail here is an easy way for Singer to unwind.",
"\"I love this restaurant and it's in my neighborhood.",
"It's a place I can go by myself and get a bite to eat.",
"I can go with girlfriends, I can go with my husband, they have a great area where you can just hang out and have drinks and appetizers or a whole meal.",
"It just has a nice vibe, a nice local place.\"",
"The Standard Grill 848 Washington Street .",
"With a wide variety of menus from breakfast to \"late night,\" The Standard Grill offers items from a $1 \"good pickle\" to the $95 porterhouse steak for two.",
"The restaurant is at the bottom of the trendy Standard Hotel, under the High Line Park.",
"Singer makes tracks to the hotel's 18th floor, where the Top of the Standard lounge (also known as the Boom Boom Room) offers a fun mix of decadence and hip 70s throwback atmosphere.",
"\"I can go on top and have drinks at the Boom Boom Room -- very art deco, chic, a must-see place.",
"The view is floor-to-ceiling glass, absolutely beautiful.",
"It's breathtaking.\" Where to shop . Bergdorf Goodman Fifth Avenue .",
"A store with history and designer finds unlike any other, Bergdorf Goodman is like a one-stop shop for Singer, who has little time for shopping.",
"The variety and helpful sales staff makes this one of her top places in New York.",
"\"They have great sales and a great selection.",
"And unlike something you buy in one of the boutiques, you can return it -- because once in a blue moon, I do make a mistake.",
"I love the Sixth floor, they have all of the contemporary designers, like Milly, Rebecca Taylor, Theory.",
"\"I'm always on the go: traveling, running, doing, multi-tasking.",
"I need a place I feel really comfortable, where I get great service and has a great selection.\"",
"Michael Kors 790 Madison Avenue .",
"A jewelry designer, Singer can appreciate affordable, fantastic fashion.",
"Michael Kors' new line of accessories is a favorite of Singer and her daughter, with a wide range of watches for about $250.",
"\"I'm in love with their watches, they're oh-so-unbelievable.",
"People ask me and I tell them, 'It's not a Rolex, it's a Michael Kors.'",
"They also have great shoes and handbags.\"",
"Favorite spot in Central Park .",
"The Central Park Boathouse East 60th Street .",
"When Singer needs an escape, she visits the Boathouse for its relaxing scenery, good eats and recreation.",
"\"It's the best-kept secret in New York, beyond stunning and gorgeous.",
"It's on the water, so you can have lunch or dinner outside along the waterfront.",
"You can also ride bikes there or grab a bite from a concession stand.\""
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"Ramona Singer doesn't always have time to shop, but she loves Bergdorf Goodman .",
"The Central Park Boathouse provides relaxing scenery for the ever-busy Singer .",
"The Standard Grill and T-Bar are fun, swanky dinner spots in New York City ."
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"(CNN) -- The Marine Corps has dropped charges against the commander of the Marine company involved in the 2005 killings of Iraqi civilians in Haditha, Iraq.",
"Camp Pendleton's commanding officer ordered charges dropped against Capt.",
"Lucas McConnell.",
"Capt. Lucas McConnell, who had been charged with dereliction of duty, was also granted immunity to ensure he cooperates with the investigation, the service said Tuesday.",
"McConnell was one of four officers charged with failing to properly investigate and report the civilian deaths.",
"Lt. Gen. James Mattis, the Marine commander in charge of the corps' units in the Middle East, ordered the charges dismissed last week.",
"\"Lt. Gen. Mattis determined that administrative measures are the appropriate response for any errors or omissions allegedly committed by McConnell,\" according to a statement from the Marine Corps base at Camp Pendleton in California.",
"Four Marines from McConnell's unit were charged with murder in connection with the deaths of up to two dozen civilians in Haditha in November 2005.",
"Charges have been dropped against two of them -- one in exchange for his testimony and the other after a hearing officer decided he acted in accord with the rules of engagement.",
"Two other officers -- Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani, the battalion commander, and 1st Lt. Andrew Grayson -- also face charges related to their response to the killings.",
"Haditha, located along the Euphrates River northwest of Baghdad, was the target of several Marine campaigns aimed at rooting out insurgents from 2004 through 2006.",
"Prosecutors accused the Marines of going on a rampage after a roadside bomb killed one of their comrades, 20-year-old Lance Cpl.",
"Miguel Terrazas, on November 19, 2005.",
"A statement from the Marine Corps originally blamed the deaths on the roadside bomb, triggering a parallel investigation into how commanders handled the incident.",
"E-mail to a friend ."
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"Capt.",
"Lucas McConnell was accused of poor investigating, reporting of deaths .",
"Two other officers face charges related to their response to the killings .",
"Incident killed up to two dozen civilians in Haditha, Iraq, in November 2005 ."
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"(EW.com) -- Guess who's coming for Thanksgiving dinner?",
"Sarah Silverman and Jeff Goldblum have booked seats at the table for FX's \"The League.\"",
"They'll join a Thanksgiving episode of the comedy series, with Silverman playing Andre's (Paul Scheer) sister and Jeff Goldblum as Ruxin's (Nick Kroll) father.",
"\"Sarah and Jeff are funny and fearless enough to play Andre's sister and Ruxin's father,\" said League co-creators Jeff Schaffer and Jackie Marcus Schaffer.",
"\"And they didn't flinch when we told them all of the crazy things they'd be doing with our cast.",
"Fools!\" Silverman was seen earlier this year in a guest star role on CBS' \"The Good Wife.\"",
"Since wrapping up \"Law & Order: Criminal Intent,\" Goldblum has been on Adult Swim's \"NTSF:SD:SUV.\"",
"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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"Sarah Silverman and Jeff Goldblum join a Thanksgiving episode .",
"Silverman playing Andre's (Paul Scheer) sister .",
"Jeff Goldblum as Ruxin's (Nick Kroll) father ."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- Four southern California teenagers have been charged following the apparent drug overdose death of an 18-year-old high school quarterback whose father is a retired NFL player, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Saturday.",
"Three of the teens have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Griffen Kramer, son of former pro quarterback Erik Kramer, who played for several NFL teams including the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions, officials said.",
"Griffen Kramer played quarterback at Thousand Oaks High School, which lists him as a 6-foot 210-pound senior.",
"Kramer was found dead October 30 in a friend's bedroom in Agoura Hills, the sheriff's office said in a statement.",
"That friend, David Nemberg, 19, of Agoura Hills, is charged with involuntary manslaughter and possession of a controlled substance, authorities said.",
"After investigating several of Kramer's acquaintances who were involved in narcotics-related activities, police also charged Corey Baumann, 19, also of Agoura Hills, with involuntary manslaughter and possession of a controlled substance for sales, the sheriff's office said.",
"Baumann and Nemberg were each released in lieu of a $125,000 bail, authorities said.",
"The two other accused teenagers are minors, whose names weren't released, the sheriff's office said.",
"A 17-year-old boy from Oak Park, California, was charged with involuntary manslaughter and possession of a controlled substance, the sheriff's office said.",
"He is being held at Sylmar Juvenile Hall without bail, authorities said.",
"Investigators found \"deplorable\" living conditions during the search of the boy's home and took five children from the residence into protective custody, said authorities.",
"The fourth teen, also a 17-year-old boy, of Agoura Hills, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, the sheriff's office said.",
"He was released to his parents' custody, according to police.",
"Police allege Griffen, Nemberg and a juvenile met at Sumac Park in Agoura Hills on October 29 and drove to a nearby cul-de-sac, where Griffen injected narcotics, causing him to instantly become ill and unconscious, authorities said.",
"Nemberg allegedly dragged the unconscious Griffen into his car and then drove him around the area, police said.",
"Nemberg called acquaintances and asked them if he could drive to their residences, but they told him no because their parents were home, police said.",
"Nemberg allegedly took a still unconscious Griffen to Nemberg's home, authorities said.",
"He didn't seek medical attention for Griffen until the next morning, when Nemberg woke up and saw Griffen was still unconscious, authorities alleged.",
"\"He woke up the following morning and called 911 because Griffen was unresponsive,\" Sheriff's Sgt.",
"Barry Hall said in a statement.",
"Griffen was believed to have been dead for several hours before Nemberg made the call, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office.",
"Investigators believe Griffen had likely died from an overdose, but \"we're still waiting for a toxicology results to determine the ultimate cause of death,\" Hall said.",
"CNN's Michael Martinez contributed to this report."
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"Griffen Kramer, 18, son of a retired NFL quarterback, dies of apparent overdose .",
"Two 19-year-old boys and two 17-year-old boys face various charges .",
"One allegedly keeps an unconscious Kramer overnight before calling police .",
"Kramer was dead for hours before the call was made, police say ."
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"London, England (CNN) -- They don't call it being \"sent to Siberia\" for nothing.",
"We learned this on the first day of our trip to Novokuznetsk, in the western part of this 5.1 million square-mile region of Russia, while filming a documentary about how and why the youth of this economically depressed city were in the death grip of a heroin epidemic.",
"It's a story squarely at odds with the rebranding of Russian youth as prosperous super humans living in a world of money, success and freedom.",
"In reality, Russia now consumes 21 percent of the world's heroin.",
"And with a southern border more than 4,000 miles long, an area greater than the distance from New York to London, it's little wonder that Moscow's attempts at interdiction have largely failed.",
"A sense of Soviet-era poverty pervades in Novokuznetsk: the moldering grey housing blocks, the wake-up call of barking wild dogs, the 6 a.m. hotel breakfasts of Spam and hard-fried eggs speckled with dill.",
"But we weren't here for fun. No one has much fun here.",
"Before we set off on our trip, we heard whispers of a new drug called krokodil -- a synthetic opiate made by mixing petrol, codeine pills, and eye drops -- that earned its reptilian nickname by turning users' skin scaly, eating them from the inside, and rotting the brain and limbs, before precipitating a painful death.",
"When researching the krokodil story, we heard grim tales of zombified addicts building DIY coffins to bury their friends, disfigured and brain-damaged ex-users, and religious cults disguised as rehab clinics.",
"During a weeklong trip to Novokuznetsk, we found all of this -- and more."
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"Russian city of Novokuznetsk in 'death grip' of drug epidemic .",
"Drug called 'krokodil' gaining popularity; has devastating effects on users .",
"VICE goes to Novokuznetsk to see firsthand those addicted ."
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"(CNN) -- Dating advice books take a tech-addicted turn with the release of \"Flirtexting: How To Text Your Way To His Heart.\"",
"The authors of \"Flirtexting,\" above, say women need to learn how to text their way to love.",
"The book's co-authors, Olivia Baniuszewicz and Debra Goldstein, seek to explain the dating scene based on the premise that men understand text messages while women need to catch up.",
"\"It's official. Boys text, therefore girls must learn how to flirtext!\"",
"they say on their Web site, flirtexting.com.",
"Baniuszewicz and Goldstein offer up a new etiquette for what they call the \"A.C.\" world of dating -- or \"after cells.\"",
"The pair, who described themselves as \"best friends\" and \"best flirtexters,\" spoke with CNN about their book, and the text message's role in society.",
"The following is an edited version of that conversation.",
"CNN: What abbreviations would you need to know in order to flirt over text messages?",
"Debra: We say, \"If you don't wanna date, abbreviate.\"",
"Too many abbreviations is a turn off, so be very careful.",
"If you don't have to abbreviate, then don't. For \"OK,\" you can write the letter \"k,\" and for \"are\" you can write the letter \"r,\" but never the \"great\" with the 8 in the middle [gr8].",
"Please never do that.",
"Olivia: So, the things you should avoid when abbreviating is writing \"perf\" [short for \"perfect\"] or \"brill\" [short for \"brilliant\"] back to a guy.",
"That's fun for girls texting to each other, but not when you're trying to flirtext.",
"CNN: What's the difference?",
"Why would a guy take it differently?",
"Olivia: It's just a little girly.",
"You just have to know your audience and speak to it, and that's all flirtexting is all about.",
"CNN: Do you think the idea that you need to teach girls how to use text messages to pick up guys is a little sexist?",
"Debra: Sexist?",
"Oh absolutely not.",
"I think it's about empowering women to have the time to come across exactly the way they want and in the best light.",
"Watch how to enter this new dating world » .",
"Olivia: I think flirtexting is all about empowering.",
"It's all about you choosing your moment.",
"Girls can choose their moment.",
"Girls can decide what they want to get out of this text in order to ask him out, or is it a date, or for him to just meet up with you that night just to have a good laugh, and banter back and forth because you're bored at work.",
"This is all that it's about. CNN: Are there any people who date exclusively through texts?",
"Debra: There's a lot of girls who will say, \"He keeps texting me but I want him to call\" ...",
"I think there is a time when you need to put the cell down and pick up the phone if you really like someone.",
"Olivia: There's a huge no-no: not to be heavy in your text messages.",
"So a lot of times, I think things like \"I want to break up with you\" or \"I love you\" for the first time over text -- you should just not be doing that, and I think that's a mistake a lot of people do.",
"CNN: What are some other things that shouldn't be discussed over text?",
"Debra: We say, \"Don't kid yourself.\"",
"If he only texts you past 10 p.m. he's probably just looking to hook up.",
"So girls, watch out for that.",
"Olivia: True.",
"And the other don't -- I think we've all been there -- is texting under the influence: TUI.",
"[Laughs]. It's true. I think you're out with your girlfriends, you're having a drink, or it's a lonely Sunday evening and you just feel the urge to flirtext a guy.",
"You're going to regret it the next morning.",
"So find a sponsor, one of your friends that you call or text instead, to kind of wean you off of texting in that moment.",
"CNN: What about dating using other mediums, like Facebook or Twitter?",
"Olivia: Flirtweeting?",
"... Facebook has really taken that up to a different level and has opened our dating world in a sense to us.",
"Because we could be like, \"Oh!",
"Todd is friends with my friend Sara.",
"Let me ask Sara about Todd before I respond back to his message or his friend request.",
"I mean, it's beautiful!",
"Debra: It is beautiful.",
"Olivia: I'm gonna cry.",
"CNN: Could you all give me some personal examples of \"dos and don'ts.\"",
"Either texts that you've sent that you've regretted or things that were sent to you that were really bad.",
"Debra: Oh absolutely.",
"In flirtexting there are the most important three dos.",
"We call them \"The Three Ts.\"",
"The first is timing.",
"Just because it's speedy technology doesn't mean you have to be speedy with your response.",
"It's your moment, and we say, \"Text when you're ready.\"",
"And the second one is thought.",
"You've got 160 characters to create a message that's sure to impress.",
"So take your time, and be sure to make him laugh.",
"And the third one is texting plan.",
"If you're going to be flirtexting off the chain like we do then you're going to need an unlimited texting plan.",
"And Virgin Mobile has a really good one right now, it's called the Texter's Delight.",
"And it is delightful. Olivia: It is a delight.",
"CNN: Do you all both use that company?",
"Are you sponsored by that company?",
"Debra: Both. We do, yeah, we use it. It's great, it's really easy.",
"CNN: Do you use the cell phone to talk?",
"Olivia: I do with my mom, who doesn't text [laughs].",
"But um, she's slowly learning and then maybe I can just get rid of that altogether.",
"CNN: How has that experience been, trying to teach your mom how to text?",
"What does she think of it? Olivia: It's been challenging at first, being that she came from an over-the-phone, old-school approach.",
"She is coming to realize that it's really becoming a cultural phenomenon and it's something that she needs and wants to adapt to.",
"And she's also single.",
"She knows that she needs to pick up that phone if she wants to be flirtexting and going on dates.",
"CNN: Are you working on anything after this?",
"Debra: There's hopefully more books.",
"I think guys are really interested to know what girls are thinking.",
"We've taught girls how to text her way into his heart and now we think guys are really wanting to know how to get into our hearts.",
"So there's a lot. Good stuff."
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"Don't abbreviate too much, they say, or you'll look \"girly\" to your potential date .",
"Authors: If he texts after 10 p.m., he's probably just after a hook-up .",
"One author says she is teaching her mom, who is single, to flirtext ."
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"(CNN) -- A class-action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of three immigrant women who were allegedly sexually assaulted while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Texas, the American Civil Liberties Union said this week.",
"The ACLU, citing documents it said it had obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, said in a news release that there have been nearly 200 allegations of sexual abuse of immigration detainees jailed at detention facilities across the United States since 2007.",
"The ACLU release did not give dates of any of the alleged assaults, including those involving the three women who are plaintiffs in the class-action suit.",
"The plaintiffs were identified only as Sarah Doe, Kimberly Doe and Raquel Doe \"to protect them from further harm,\" the ACLU said.",
"The alleged attacks occurred while the plaintiffs were being transported from the T. Don Hutto Family Residential Center in Taylor, Texas, to the airport or bus station in nearby Austin, the ACLU said.",
"Its release did not say where the class-action suit was filed Wednesday, but it said defendants include three ICE officials; Williamson County, Texas, where the Hutto facility is; the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), a private prison company that manages the Hutto facility; the former facility administrator for Hutto; and a guard at the facility.",
"The lawsuit alleges that ICE along with Williamson County and the Corrections Corporation of America were \"deliberately indifferent and willfully blind to the fact that (the guard named as a defendant) and other employees regularly violated the rule that detainees are not be transported without another escort officer of the same gender present,\" the ACLU said.",
"ICE did not comment specifically on the ACLU's announcement of the lawsuit, but an agency spokeswoman said ICE \"maintains a strict zero tolerance policy for any kind of abusive or inappropriate behavior and requires all contractors working with the agency to adhere to this policy.\"",
"ICE Public Affairs Officer Gillian Christensen added that the agency requires regular criminal backgrounds checks for its workforce.",
"\"The (Department of Homeland Security) Office of the Inspector General and ICE's Office of Professional Responsibility investigate ALL allegations of sexual abuse or misconduct and the agency takes appropriate action -- whether it is pursuing criminal charges or administrative action -- when those allegations are substantiated,\" Christensen said in the ICE statement.",
"The Corrections Corporation of America did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the ACLU announcement.",
"The ACLU said it was basing its claim that there have been 185 allegations of sexual abuse in federal detention centers against female immigration detainees on various federal documents.",
"The documents -- obtained from the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General, Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and ICE, according to the ACLU -- showed that Texas had more alleged abuse cases, 56, than any other state, the organization's news release said.",
"\"While the information gleaned from the documents likely does not represent the full scope of the problem given that sexual abuse is notoriously underreported, the documents nonetheless make clear that the sexual abuse of immigration detainees is not an isolated problem limited to a few rogue facilities or to a handful of bad-apple government contractors who staff some of the nation's immigration jails,\" the ACLU said.",
"\"Unfortunately, we believe these complaints are just the tip of the iceberg,\" said Mark Whitburn, senior staff attorney for the ACLU of Texas."
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"A class-action lawsuit has been filed on their behalf, the ACLU says .",
"\"We believe these complaints are just the tip of the iceberg,\" an ACLU lawyer says .",
"ICE says all abuse allegations are investigated and the agency has a \"zero tolerance\" policy ."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Bush administration official has publicly described a detainee's treatment at the U.S. Navy Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as torture, according to a published report.",
"The detention of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been a source of controversy.",
"Susan Crawford, the retired judge in charge of determining which Guantanamo detainees should be tried by a U.S. military commision, has refused to refer the case of Mohammed al-Qahtani to prosecutors because of that assessment, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.",
"\"We tortured (Mohammed al-) Qahtani,\" Crawford told the Post.",
"\"His treatment met the legal definition of torture.",
"And that's why I did not refer the case\" for prosecution.",
"Military prosecutors have accused al-Qahtani of helping to plan the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, and believe he may have sought to participate, possibly as the \"20th hijacker.\"",
"The United States had been seeking the death penalty against al-Qahtani and five other men in connection with the 9/11 attacks.",
"Crawford approved charges against the other five.",
"She told the newspaper she came to her decision based on the combination of the interrogation techniques, their duration and the effect on al-Qahtani's health.",
"\"The techniques they used were all authorized, but the manner in which they applied them was overly aggressive and too persistent,\" she said.",
"\"You think of torture, you think of some horrendous physical act done to an individual.",
"This was not any one particular act; this was just a combination of things that had a medical impact on him, that hurt his health.",
"It was abusive and uncalled for.",
"And coercive. Clearly coercive.",
"It was that medical impact that pushed me over the edge\" to call it torture, she told the paper.",
"When asked later Wednesday about the report, White House Press Secretary Dana Perino responded, \"It has never been the policy of this president or this administration to torture.",
"\"Because of command influence concerns, I have not commented about individual cases from this podium and ... that's as much as I can say about it.\"",
"Pressed further on the issue, Perino said, \"The commander-in-chief should not be commenting on cases where the government is bringing a case against a detainee.",
"It would be inappropriate to do so from the White House.\"",
"The Department of Defense issued a statement Wednesday defending the military treatment of al-Qahtani.",
"\"We have conducted more than a dozen investigations and reviews of our detention operations, including specifically the interrogation of al-Qahtani, the alleged 20th hijacker.",
"\"The investigations concluded the interrogation methods used at Gitmo (Guantanamo), including the special interrogation techniques used with Qahtani in 2002, were lawful.",
"\"However, subsequent to those reviews, the department adopted new and more restrictive policies, and improved oversight procedures for interrogation and detention operations.",
"\"Some of the aggressive questioning techniques used on al-Qahtani, although permissible at the time, are no longer allowed in the updated Army field manual.\"",
"In November, military prosecutors said they would try to refile charges against al-Qahtani based on later interrogations that did not use harsh techniques, the paper reported.",
"Crawford, who dismissed war crimes charges against al-Qahtani in May 2008, said she won't let the prosecutors pursue other charges.",
"His interrogation took place over 50 days -- from November 2002 to January 2003, and he was held in isolation until April 2003, she said.",
"\"For 160 days, his only contact was with the interrogators,\" she said.",
"Crawford, who studied interrogation and other military records, said al-Qahtani was forced to stand naked in front of a female agent, threatened with a military dog named Zeus, \"forced to wear a woman's bra and had a thong placed on his head\" during questioning, and \"was told that his mother and sister were whores,\" the newspaper reported.",
"Al-Qahtani, a Saudi national, was denied entry to the United States by an immigration officer in August 2001, and later was captured in Afghanistan.",
"In January 2002 he was sent to Guantanamo, where he has remained in custody as an enemy combatant.",
"The agency said it is now focused on ensuring the proper treatment of detainees."
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"(CNN) -- Libyans erupted in jubilation Thursday from the very first incomplete reports that ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi was dead.",
"A \"cacophony of celebration\" could be heard in Tripoli as ships and cars blasted their horns and shots were fired into the air, said CNN's Dan Rivers.",
"\"It is very, very loud -- a lot of excitement,\" Rivers said.",
"\"It's a great moment,\" said Mahmoud Shammam, information minister for Libya's National Transitional Council.",
"\"I've been waiting for this moment for decades, and I'm thanking God that I'm alive to see this moment.\"",
"Video footage showed a Tripoli street where people embraced and jumped in joy and crowds ran alongside vehicles.",
"Other rejoicing people were hanging out of car windows and sunroofs and gathered in the beds of pickup trucks.",
"The sound of cheering could be heard, along with a call to prayer.",
"Outside a hotel, staff including chefs wearing their white hats gathered, dancing and waving Libyan flags.",
"\"They're breathing a huge sigh of relief here,\" Rivers said.",
"Many Libyans were concerned that a free Gadhafi might play a role in destabilizing Libya in the future, he said.",
"In Sirte -- Gadhafi's hometown and the city where he was discovered -- video showed people gathering in celebration, some riding on the tops of cars waving Libyan flags and shooting guns in the air as horns honked.",
"One man, dressed in fatigues and carrying a weapon, ran up and kissed a television camera.",
"Others chanted, danced and waved their hands in the air, some flashing the \"peace\" sign.",
"Many had suspected Gadhafi was hiding in Sirte after revolutionary forces took Tripoli in August.",
"He had not been seen in public in months.",
"A former regime loyalist who did not want to be identified said in an e-mail to CNN that Gadhafi's death was \"good for the Libyan people\" because both his supporters and opponents \"can see a valid point in his death that they can relate to, although for different reasons.\"",
"His supporters, he said, can find \"remedy for their belief that he was on the right side of history defending his country\" from NATO occupation.",
"Gadhafi's death \"will end morally and practically the NATO involvement.\"",
"In addition, he said, \"his supporters see him as a martyr, and this gives them (a) sense (of) pride, which provides a psychological remedy\" for many of them.",
"His opponents can find justification for their belief that they fought \"a liberation battle for a better future, better democratic society, better Libya generally.\"",
"Gadhafi's death will bring them \"the heights of their sense of satisfaction for what they did,\" he wrote.",
"If Gadhafi had been captured alive, this former regime loyalist wrote, it would have \"intensified (supporter's) effort to destabilize society further, for the hope that either they might be able to liberate him, or get one of his sons to power.\"",
"That, he said, \"would bring more destruction and devastation to society in general at all levels; including the death of many people.\"",
"If the ousted leader had been put on trial, the former loyalist added, it \"would have open(ed) many doors of disagreement that might lead to fight(ing), if not mass civil war.\"",
"Social media sites such as Twitter showed users expressing support for the Libyans and noting that Gadhafi's death would be another victory in a year that has seen the ouster of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, as well as the death of Osama bin Laden.",
"Those from countries that participated in the so-called Arab Spring issued messages of support for Libyans.",
"CNN's Mohammed Jamjoom contributed to this report."
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"BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Tuesday blamed supporters of the Dalai Lama for recent violence in Tibet, and said Chinese forces exercised restraint in confronting unrest there.",
"\"There is ample fact and we also have plenty of evidence proving that this incident was organized, premeditated, masterminded and incited by the Dalai clique,\" Wen said in a televised news conference.",
"The Chinese premier also dismissed the Dalai Lama's claim that China is causing \"cultural genocide\" of his people in Tibet as lies.",
"The United States has urged Chinese restraint after days of violent protests in Tibet, even as a deadline passed for anti-Chinese protesters to surrender.",
"Death tolls from the violence vary.",
"Exiled Tibetan independence campaigners say at least 80 people died while Chinese authorities put the figure lower.",
"\"There are 13 common people who died in the beating, burning and smashing in the riots,\" said Champa Phuntsok, the head of Tibet's regional government.",
"\"They died of fire, asphyxiation and beating.",
"Some of them were set on fire by rioters and died in the burning.\"",
"U.S. State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey said the United States is very concerned about the Chinese crackdown on Tibetan protesters.",
"\"We continue to urge restraint on the part of the Chinese government in terms of how it responds to these protesters.\"",
"U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, according to wire service reports from Moscow, said: \"We have really urged the Chinese over several years to find a way to talk with the Dalai Lama, who is a figure of authority, who is not a separatist, and to find a way to engage him and bring his moral weight to a more sustainable and better solution of the Tibet issue.\"",
"In a news conference in Beijing on Monday, Champa Phuntsok blamed the violence on \"a small group of separatists and criminals\" who take their lead from exiled followers of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.",
"On Sunday, the exiled Dalai Lama condemned China's action in his homeland, accusing Beijing of \"cultural genocide.\"",
"Shops, schools and businesses were open Monday in Tibet's capital, Lhasa, but tensions remained high throughout the territory and three neighboring provinces after days of deadly clashes.",
"Xinhua reported Monday that 160 locations in Lhasa were burned by rioters, including \"banks, a press establishment, shops, schools and hospitals.\"",
"Watch Chinese police on the streets » .",
"The state-run news agency quoted police in Tibet giving protesters a deadline of midnight Monday \"to stop their criminal activities and offering leniency to those who surrender themselves.",
"\"Those who surrender and provide information on other lawbreakers will be exempt from punishment,\" Xinhua quoted a police notice as saying.",
"James Miles, a reporter for The Economist who arrived in Lhasa just before the violence began last week and has been allowed to stay, told CNN Monday that Lhasa was now quiet but damage was evident throughout the city.",
"The number of people killed Friday -- and which side they were on -- remained in dispute, but Miles said it appeared the dead included Tibetans as well as Han Chinese who operated businesses there.",
"Chinese security forces maintained a strong presence, checking identification papers of people on the streets, Miles said.",
"Phuntsok said the protesters wanted to destabilize Tibet \"at the critical and sensitive time that we are preparing for the Olympics.\"",
"\"There are 13 common people who died in the beating, burning and smashing in the riots,\" said Phuntsok.",
"He said Chinese police did not fire their guns or use anti-personnel weapons against the Tibetans despite 61 police officers being injured, six seriously.",
"Watch riot police search homes » .",
"Tibetan exiles described a much more violent response by police.",
"A Xinhua story published Monday said the protesters had \"indisputable links to peace-preaching Dalai Lama.\"",
"Tibet is officially an autonomous region of China, but the Dalai Lama said that Tibetans are treated by the Chinese as second-class citizens in their own land.",
"He said they need full autonomy to protect their cultural heritage.",
"Since Tibet fell under Communist Chinese control in the 1950s, Han Chinese have moved into the province to participate in the government and operate businesses.",
"Miles reported seeing incidents Friday of Tibetan crowds attacking Han Chinese residents with stones.",
"He said many of the businesses burned by protesters belonged to Han Chinese.",
"Violent protests were reported at or near Tibetan monasteries outside of Lhasa and in three other nearby Chinese provinces on Friday and in the days since.",
"Watch the generational divide among independence activists » .",
"Tibetan monks at the Labrang Monastery in Xiahe, Gansu province -- 750 miles from Lhasa -- apparently staged a protest Friday and Saturday that Chinese security forces acted quickly to stop.",
"Spence Palermo, a American who was filming a documentary at the monastery, said Chinese officials banned his crew from returning to the monastery Friday.",
"They were suddenly rushed from their hotel Saturday as a \"seemingly endless convoy\" of Chinese troops headed toward the monastery, he said.",
"Newsweek magazine reported Monday that as many as 4,000 monks and lay persons clashed with police near the monastery Friday and Saturday.",
"Tibet Watch, a group based in Dharamsala, India, told CNN that 34 people have died in the Nwaga County area of Sichuan province in western China.",
"The dead include women and children, the group said in an e-mail, adding they were killed by Chinese police attempting to stop the protests.",
"Eight bodies -- including the bodies of two monks -- were brought to the Nagaba Kirti monastery, the Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy in Dharamsala told CNN.",
"Tibet Watch said another protest took place in Machu County in northwestern China Sunday.",
"It was started by some Tibetan students distributing fliers.",
"They were later joined by monks and laypeople.",
"During the demonstration, several shops and a security headquarters were burned, the group said.",
"An estimated 2,000 Tibetans were using firecrackers in the streets, the group said.",
"Chinese authorities have denied CNN permission to enter Tibet to report on the current situation.",
"E-mail to a friend ."
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"New York (CNN) -- Two Pakistani Muslims in Brooklyn are now running the oldest bialy store in the city, and keeping it kosher.",
"Zafaryab Ali and his business partner, Peerada Shah, were shocked on hearing through a friend that Coney Island Bialys and Bagels was closing.",
"Ali had worked at the store for 10 years in the 1990s and remembers it always being crowded, with lines out the door and people waiting up to half an hour for fresh bialys.",
"So Ali and Shah bought the store to keep the 91-year business alive.",
"Bialys are a lighter, softer cousin to the bagel, traditionally made with onion sprinkled on top.",
"\"I know bagels and my partner knows management,\" Ali said.",
"\"If we work hard and pay attention, we'll build up and bring more customers in.\"",
"Ali and Shah are keeping everything the same -- ingredients, equipment, recipes -- all used when it was a kosher store under Jewish management.",
"Ali is now on the hunt for a rabbi to come and give the store an official kosher certification.",
"They even have some of the same staff, like Ernie Devivo, a semi-retired baker who is still helping out around the shop.",
"\"I'm glad we opened up again,\" Devivo said.",
"\"It's good for everybody.\"",
"Asked about seeing the store open again, after a short closure, one customer said, \"It's good.",
"It's beautiful.\" According to the bakery's website, Coney Island Bialys Bakers Co. was started in 1920 by Morris Rosenzweig, who brought the bialy recipe with him from Poland.",
"The family continued to make hand-rolled, traditional bialys for 91 years.",
"The business passed to Rosenzweig's son Don and then to his son, Steve Ross, who began wholesaling the bialys as well, shipping them across the country.",
"Then in August, Steve Ross decided to close.",
"\"My son was going to take over, but with the area changing and business slowing down and the economy doing a double take on the recession, it wasn't worth keeping at that point,\" Ross said.",
"Ali and Shah reopened shop In mid-September, and say that business has been going well.",
"Ross is glad to see his family's store living on.",
"\"I've got no problem whether they're black, white, purple, green, yellow.",
"They came in, wanted to keep the business open and wanted to keep the industry going. ...",
"I'm glad it's still there.",
"I'm happy.\" And Coney Island Bialys and Bagels is still a family business, with Ali, his brother and his nephew all working to keep its traditions alive.",
"\"We're sticking with kosher,\" Ali said."
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"(CNN) -- It's possible no more exotic animals are on the loose after deputies killed 49 lions, tigers and other wild animals freed from a local farm by its suicidal owner, an Ohio sheriff told reporters Thursday.",
"Of the 56 animals released Tuesday night, only a grizzly bear, two monkeys and three leopards were taken alive, Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz said.",
"Killed were two wolves; six black bears; two grizzly bears; nine male lions; eight lionesses; one baboon; three mountain lions; and 18 Bengal tigers, Lutz said Thursday.",
"Six animals were taken to the Columbus Zoo.",
"Lutz said he has been in contact with Jack Hanna, the zoo's director emeritus, and \"the animals are doing well.",
"They are eating, they are active and they are being evaluated.\"",
"One monkey remained unaccounted for Wednesday night, Hanna said.",
"Lutz said Thursday there was one monkey unaccounted for, and acknowledged it could be on the loose, but said there had been no reported sightings and it was believed one of the big cats may have eaten it.",
"It was thought to be in the same area as another monkey which was killed by the cats, he said.",
"There is a concern the monkey could be carrying herpes B, Lutz said.",
"He urged members of the public not to approach a monkey if they see it but to summon authorities.",
"The farm's owner, Terry Thompson, pried open cages and opened the farm's fences before dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Tuesday afternoon, Lutz said.",
"Autopsy results confirmed the shot was self-inflicted, the sheriff said.",
"Thompson also had a bite wound to his head consistent with a bite from a \"larger-type cat,\" Lutz said.",
"The bite is believed to have occurred \"within seconds to a minute\" after the gunshot wound, he said.",
"Thompson was known to feed the animals chicken parts, Lutz said, and a pile of such items was found in the home's driveway.",
"The only animals left on the property as of Thursday were horses, the sheriff said.",
"The killed animals were buried on Thompson's property, at the request of his wife.",
"The animals, he said, \"were like kids to her.\"",
"Lutz said he does not know who leaked a photo of the dead animals, but told reporters he hopes to serve multiple terms and \"I have a few years to find out.\"",
"He said one person attempted to steal an animal's body.",
"None of his deputies are equipped with tranquilizer guns, Lutz told CNN's \"Anderson Cooper 360\" And with night falling Tuesday as authorities arrived, he gave the order to kill the escaped animals.",
"Ohio animal owner supplied cub for Heidi Klum .",
"\"If this had been a 9 o'clock or 10 o'clock incident, in the middle of the day, odds are high that we may have been able to surround the area and keep everything contained,\" he said.",
"\"But our biggest problem that we had was nightfall.",
"We had about an hour, hour and a half of light, and we just couldn't take the chance.\"",
"\"These were 300-pound animals and they were very dangerous,\" Lutz said Thursday.",
"Hanna, the zoo's director emeritus, said he was upset by loss of \"precious\" animals, but defended the decision to use deadly force.",
"\"To have no one hurt or killed here with 40-something animals getting loose is unbelievable,\" he told CNN's \"The Situation Room.\"",
"Hanna led a team of experts who arrived with four tranquilizer guns late Tuesday in an effort to corral the animals.",
"He said the drugs take several minutes to subdue an animal even with a good shot, and one tiger had to be killed Wednesday afternoon when it turned on a veterinarian after being hit with a tranquilizer dart.",
"The Humane Society of the United States also said Wednesday it does not fault authorities for using deadly force in such a situation.",
"Both the Humane Society and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals urged Ohio officials to put a law in place barring the keeping of exotic animals as pets.",
"Lutz said Ohio Gov.",
"John Kasich had called him and expressed his support, and acknowledged that the law needs to be changed.",
"\"I'll do anything I have to do\" to ensure such an incident never again occurs, Lutz said.",
"Overnight Tuesday and early Wednesday, sheriff's deputies searched the eastern Ohio woods around the city of Zanesville with night-vision gear and patrolled in pickups, armed with shotguns.",
"Flashing signs on the highways in eastern Ohio warned motorists Wednesday: \"Caution.",
"Exotic animals.\"",
"Schools were closed, and some frightened residents said they were keeping to their homes as sheriff's deputies hunted the lions, tigers, leopards and grizzly bears.",
"\"Yeah, there's a lion on Mount Perry Road. ...",
"I just drove by and it walked out in front of me and was standing there under the street light,\" one caller to 911 told deputies.",
"Opinion: Wild animals should be left in the wild .",
"Thompson's property is about 2 miles outside Zanesville.",
"The 62-year-old had been released from a federal prison September 30 after pleading guilty earlier this year to possessing illegal firearms, including five fully automatic firearms.",
"A civil case seeking forfeiture of firearms was pending, according to the U.S. attorney's office in Ohio's Southern District.",
"He also had been convicted of animal cruelty and was arrested several times for traffic violations.",
"Lutz told reporters Thursday he could not speculate on what prompted Thompson to take his life.",
"Sam Kopchak, Thompson's neighbor, said he saw lions and bears running free Tuesday evening, with one tiger chasing horses.",
"Kopchak managed to get himself and his horse into his barn and telephoned his mother.",
"\"It was like a war zone,\" Kopchak said when authorities descended on the property, set off the road named after Kopchak's family.",
"Kopchak described Thompson as aloof.",
"He loved animals.",
"Kopchak saw him driving one time with a baby black bear on his chest .",
"CNN's Moni Basu, Jordana Ossad, Andy Rose, Jason Carroll, Ninette Sosa, Ed Payne and Maggie Schneider contributed to this report."
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"NEW: Autopsy results confirm man shot himself after freeing animals .",
"NEW: Animals taken to the Columbus Zoo are \"doing well,\" sheriff says .",
"A missing monkey may have been eaten, expert says ."
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"(PEOPLE.com) -- It's been more than two months since their beloved 13-year-old dog Darla passed away from cancer, but Brooke Shields and her family are still reeling from the loss.",
"\"It's very sad, actually,\" she tells PEOPLE.",
"\"We're all in that sort of trauma where we have her ashes and the girls (Rowan, 8, and Grier, 5) carry these little footprints of hers around.",
"She was the only dog we've really ever had.\"",
"The American bulldog was given to Shields as a puppy, and was a member of the family, taking a central role in many memories over the years.",
"\"She knew I was pregnant before I even knew I was pregnant,\" Shields says.",
"\"She would circle me and not let me walk anywhere, I was going, 'God, what are you doing, get out from under my feet!'",
"And that afternoon I found out.\"",
"The void that Darla has left is immense, and it won't be filled with a new pet anytime soon.",
"\"We walk to school everyday and they see all these different dogs, we're kind of [thinking about] what way do we want to go,\" she says.",
"\"We'll probably never get another bulldog.",
"We would just constantly be going, 'That's not Darla.'\"",
"For now, Shields and her family are content on seeing animals from afar -- like Mom's new furry costar: a horse called Odd Job Bob who stars opposite Shields in the new tween flick The Greening of Whitney Brown.",
"In the comedy, Shields plays the mother of a snooty private school teen (played by Sammi Hanratty) who is forced to move to the country where she reluctantly befriends the gypsy vanner horse.",
"\"He's smart and sweet,\" Shields says of the star stallion who performs all kinds of tricks for the film.",
"\"He understands. There's something about him that is human.\"",
"A horse lover all of her life, Shields never got to ride Bob because trainers wanted Hanratty to bond completely with the animal, but she did slip him a treat or two on set.",
"\"He wasn't demanding at all,\" she jokes.",
"\"He loved [eating] all the carrots and jam.\"",
"Watching the sweet family movie with her daughters will definitely be a bright spot in what's been a difficult few months.",
"\"They're going to love it,\" she says.",
"\"Anything with horses and animals, they think it's so funny.\"",
"See the full article at PEOPLE.com .",
"© 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"Shields' 13-year-old dog Darla passed away from cancer .",
"The American bulldog was given to Shields as a puppy .",
"The void that Darla has left is immense, Shields says ."
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"(CNN) -- College football is in a real institutional identity crisis.",
"The range of reactions to the Penn State scandal, from Penn State University itself to the NCAA to the American people, tells us that we don't know what college football is or what it should be.",
"Penn State University is confused.",
"Mostly, it has reacted strongly and rightly, but it has not cleaned house.",
"Joe Paterno, Graham Spanier and others are gone, but should Mike McQueary stay, and were there others on the Penn State coaching staff who were aware of Jerry Sandusky's alleged actions?",
"And many other questions remain: Why weren't police immediately involved?",
"How did this stay covered up for so long?",
"The NCAA's response has been little better.",
"NCAA President Mark Emmert released a statement last week, saying, \"The NCAA will defer in the immediate term to law enforcement officials since this situation involved alleged crimes.",
"... To be clear, civil and criminal law will always take precedence over Association rules.\"",
"While perhaps technically correct, the victims, as well as the college football community, deserve more of a response than this.",
"The American people are outraged, and rightfully so.",
"It looks like the work of a monster (who still says he is not guilty) destroyed the lives of innocent children.",
"He has forever tarnished the reputation of former and future Penn State students, athletes and coaches.",
"This is the worst scandal in the history of college football.",
"For it not to receive the worst punishment would be unjust.",
"The college football \"death penalty\" (the NCAA's punishment that bans a school from participating in a sport for at least a year) has been given to only one football program, ever: Southern Methodist University in the 1987-88 season for numerous NCAA violations involving paying athletes under the table.",
"SMU's actions pale in comparison with what occurred at Penn State.",
"But under NCAA rules, the criminal actions of a few men are not necessarily NCAA rules violations.",
"The NCAA decides where criminal laws overlap with its rules.",
"And so, from a legal standpoint, it's possible that the Penn State football program will escape with less of a punishment than SMU.",
"How the NCAA answers these questions may affect the future of college football.",
"As is the case with so many recent college sports scandals, the events at Penn State call into question the effects of big money on the inside workings of college sports.",
"Penn State football is a business -- an enormously profitable one, raking in more than $70 million a year.",
"Joe Paterno's salary alone was about $1 million annually.",
"Penn State profits immensely from the success of its football program on the backs of unpaid amateur athletes.",
"In many of these scandals, the players, often innocent and unprotected, are hurt the most, while the insulated, tight-lipped higher-ups of college boards and athletic programs fall back on their salaries and pensions.",
"I say this as a longtime fan and admirer of college football, not an opportunistic critic.",
"There are many big-money programs that are scandal free, like the University of Texas, the largest college football revenue generator in the country.",
"Many big programs can navigate ethically because of their moral compasses.",
"Similarly, many coaches and players never have ethical issues, and they should be applauded.",
"But I'm concerned about where the sport is headed.",
"If college football is truly the amateur athletics wing of educational institutions, then these multimillion-dollar programs should be transparent and accountable.",
"A student's athletic performance should be tied to his academic achievement; tighter age and eligibility restrictions should be implemented.",
"In another fitting example, Yale quarterback Patrick Witt recently chose to play this Saturday in the Harvard-Yale game rather than attend his Rhodes scholarship interview, which happens to fall on the same day.",
"Witt is free to choose of his liking, but he will forfeit the chance to win a Rhodes scholarship this year.",
"The NCAA has remained silent about this, a clear opportunity to support or help a real student-athlete.",
"Or college football can go the other way.",
"If the NCAA manages college football like a professional, for-profit enterprise, the players should be treated likewise.",
"While revenues to college football have skyrocketed, benefits to players have not.",
"Players can't work jobs outside of football, but their school can sell their jersey for profits that they never see.",
"Should these players accept gifts or contributions, the penalties can be more severe than what the NCAA could level on Penn State.",
"Perhaps it's time for an open and honest debate about giving stipends, living expenses and even salaries to college football players.",
"Incentives could be in place that encourage players to follow NCAA guidelines while rewarding them for their performance.",
"The NCAA's shortcomings are not to blame for the alleged actions of Jerry Sandusky.",
"However, the NCAA system sometimes fosters closed-door, insulated, big-money administrations whose best interest is at times to sweep scandals under the rug and protect its own.",
"It's time for change.",
"College football should decide what it really is.",
"Is it an amateur undertaking, subordinate to and supportive of education?",
"Or is it a farm system for the professional leagues?",
"Maybe it's time it made up its mind.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of William J. Bennett."
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"William Bennett: The NCAA is adopting a low profile in Penn State scandal .",
"He says Penn State is the most serious scandal confronted by college football .",
"The NCAA must take the lead in putting safeguards in place and in punishment, he says .",
"Bennett: It's time for the NCAA to make up its mind about priorities in college football ."
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"(CNN) -- A freak fall snow storm slammed the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Saturday, leaving three people dead, more than 2 million households without power and thousands of air travelers stranded.",
"An 84-year-old man was napping in a recliner at his home in Temple, Pennsylvania, on Saturday afternoon when part of a large, snow-filled tree fell into his house and killed him \"instantly,\" according to a state police report.",
"With numerous downed trees in the area, rescue crews took two hours to \"safely remove the victim.\"",
"Another person died while driving in Hebron, Connecticut, state emergency spokesman Scott Devico said.",
"A third person was killed in Springfield, Massachusetts, when a man in his 20s ignored police barricades surrounding downed power lines and touched a metal guard rail, which was charged, said city fire department spokesman Dennis Legere.",
"Predicting the system could dump as much as 18 inches of snow in some spots, Connecticut Gov.",
"Dannel Malloy joined New York Gov.",
"Andrew Cuomo, New Jersey Gov.",
"Chris Christie and Massachusetts Gov.",
"Deval Patrick in issuing emergency declarations for their respective states.",
"\"It's like a blizzard, you can't see far at all,\" CNN iReporter Alban Ajro, 32, said Saturday night from Watertown, Connecticut.",
"\"This is the first time that I can ever recall this kind of storm happening before Halloween.\"",
"All domestic flights out of New Jersey's Newark International Airport were canceled around 4 p.m. Saturday, according to an announcement made at the airport.",
"Frustrated passengers filled an array of long lines, trying to change their tickets in light of the storm.",
"Overheard: Storm sparks discussion about new grid .",
"Another airport in the Garden State, Teterboro, closed just after 2 p.m. before reopening hours later, the Federal Aviation Administration reported on its website.",
"The FAA also reported major delays of, at times, over 5 hours at New York's two airports, John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia.",
"Richard Roth, a CNN correspondent, was among those affected when his Syracuse-to-Kennedy flight was diverted to Hartford because of the storm.",
"He sat with his fellow passengers on the runway at Bradley International Airport for about four and a half hours, and -- roughly eight hours after arriving -- he was still stuck in the terminal.",
"\"We're here in the dark now,\" Roth said Saturday evening.",
"\"There's no hope, at the moment, in sight.\"",
"The Connecticut governor acknowledged that conditions \"are not very pleasant\" at Bradley, where 23 flights have been diverted.",
"He added, \"They're trying to get people off their planes as rapidly as they can.\"",
"The early season snowstorm was the result of unseasonably cold air mixing with a storm system on the East Coast.",
"iReport: Winter weather near you .",
"As of 8 p.m., the storm had already dumped 10 inches of snow in places as far afield as Ridgefield, Connecticut; Ogletown, Pennsylvania; and Terra Alta, West Virginia, according to the National Weather Service.",
"Parts of New York and New Jersey especially got buried, including 15.5 inches in West Milford, New Jersey, and 12 inches in Harriman, New York.",
"Lesser, albeit still significant amounts were measured in other locales around the northeast, including 1.3 inches of snow in New York's Central Park as of 8 p.m. -- the most ever for this date since record-keeping began in 1869.",
"Snow continued to fall Saturday night as the system moved over New England.",
"The storm's timing made it unique and caught some off-guard.",
"\"We're used to a lot of snow here, but not this early,\" CNN iReporter Michael Majosky, 34, said from Windber, Pennsylvania.",
"\"We don't mind the snow -- it's pretty neat having it around Halloween.\"",
"Winter storm warnings were in effect Saturday evening for a swath of states, from Pennsylvania to eastern Maine.",
"Along with heavy snow, high winds gusting up to 50 mph were possible.",
"Forecasters' predictions of power outages and downed trees in some areas bore fruit, as hundreds of thousands were without electricity as of Saturday afternoon.",
"The reason is that the moisture content -- thus density -- of the falling snow was particularly high given temperatures hovering around the freezing point.",
"'Occupy' demonstrators face bite of wintry storm .",
"Malloy, the Connecticut governor, said early Saturday night that 50,000 to 70,000 customers were losing power every hour, with the leading utility Connecticut Light and Power reporting on its website about 550,000 without service at 9 p.m. Saturday.",
"The governor cautioned that power crews are not out on the roads, and won't return until road conditions improve markedly.",
"\"If you are without power, you should expect to be without power for a prolonged period of time,\" Malloy said.",
"About 715,000 customers were without power late Saturday in New Jersey, in addition to 333,000 in neighboring New York, according to figures reported Saturday evening by power companies in those states.",
"Another 360,000 didn't have electricity in Pennsylvania due to the storm.",
"Other states were affected as well, including at least 7,000 households in Maryland, 6,300 in Virginia who get service from Dominion, and 1,400 Allegheny Power customers in West Virginia.",
"The storm had wreaked havoc on the roads, with Malloy noting \"a large number of spin-outs and vehicles going off the road\" in his state.",
"He noted that -- in addition to the fatality -- a state trooper was injured in a crash.",
"And in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, CNN meteorologist Chad Myers warned that the wet snow would turn to ice in many spots overnight due to freezing temperatures, making road conditions even more perilous.",
"One positive is that the wintry weather shouldn't last too much longer.",
"By Sunday afternoon, the storm is expected to have passed the United States.",
"Temperatures should warm by then -- including a high of 49 forecast for Sunday in New York, warming into the high-50s over the course of the week.",
"CNN's Greg Botelho, Greg Morrison, Sara Weisfeldt, Elizabeth Cherneff and Sean Morris contributed to this report."
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"NEW: The number of those without power in New Jersey and New York rises .",
"Massachusetts reports storm-related fatality, bringing total to 3 across the northeast .",
"The National Weather Service reports 15 inches of snow in one New Jersey town .",
"Thousands of air travelers are affected, many in the New York area ."
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"(CNN) -- Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona congresswoman who was shot in the head during a shooting rampage in January, appeared in her first television interview late Monday night, clearly understanding the questions put to her but able to respond only in simple words.",
"\"I cried,\" she told ABC's Diane Sawyer in response to a question about how she felt when her husband told her what had happened.",
"\"Died,\" she said. \"Sad,\" said her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly.",
"\"Sad,\" Giffords agreed.",
"\"I cried. A lot of people died.\"",
"She said she has no memory of the incident.",
"\"That day is gone?\" Sawyer asked.",
"\"Gone,\" Giffords replied.",
"Giffords also doesn't remember the next 13 days at a hospital in Tucson before she was flown to Houston.",
"She said she remembers the flight \"a little bit.\"",
"\"She said she felt like a --\" Kelly said.",
"\"A zombie,\" Giffords said, finishing the sentence.",
"Giffords also said she never got angry about what happened.",
"\"No,\" she said. \"No. No. No.\" She paused. \"Life,\" she said, then shrugged.",
"\"Life.\" Jared Loughner, 23, is accused of wounding Giffords and 12 others and killing six people in the shooting at a meet-and-greet event for the congresswoman outside a Tucson, Arizona, shopping center.",
"Giffords, a Democrat, posted an audio message to her constituents Tuesday on her Facebook page, saying she missed them and Tuscon: \"The mountains, the blue skies, even the heat.",
"\"I'm getting stronger, I'm getting better,\" she says, adding that she wants to go back to work.",
"She sat with her husband on a couch for the ABC interview, wearing a lime green jacket.",
"She wore her hair short and smiled often.",
"When Sawyer asked Giffords how she feels, the congresswoman responded, \"Pretty good.\"",
"Sawyer asked Giffords if it was painful to move her right arm.",
"Giffords said it was not.",
"\"Difficult,\" she said twice, then grinned and swung her left arm.",
"\"Strong!\" she said, getting a laugh from Sawyer.",
"\"Strong, strong!\"",
"Giffords was shot in the head, with the bullet passing through the left side of her brain, which controls the right half of the body.",
"Her right arm lay unused on her lap during the interview.",
"But before the interview began, she leaned over to fix Sawyer's hair with her left hand.",
"Giffords has made what doctors call a miraculous recovery since the shooting.",
"Her neurosurgeon, Dr. Dong Kim, told CNN Tuesday that Giffords' thought process is normal -- a remarkable feat for someone with the kind of injuries she suffered.",
"As a sign of her stunning recovery, Kim told CNN's Elizabeth Cohen that Giffords recently spoke two sentences in a row to him.",
"\"Wow, you have a suit on today,\" she said to him when he walked in to see her.",
"Then she added, \"What's with the necktie?\"",
"The ABC report showed Giffords in therapy, struggling to come up with a word when asked what she would use to tell time.",
"\"W....,\" the therapist prompts.",
"\"Wwwwwwatch!\" Giffords says, to the delight of the therapist.",
"She and Kelly told Sawyer she did two hours of therapy a day in their home.",
"Giffords has clearly retained a sense of humor; her husband teases her when Sawyer asks what she loves by interjecting: \"Football!",
"Gabby loves the NFL.\"",
"\"No, no, no,\" she giggles. \"Stinks!\" Loughner is in mental health treatment and will be re-evaluated early next year to determine his competency to stand trial."
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"NEW: Giffords doesn't remember the shooting, she says .",
"NEW: Giffords felt like a \"zombie\" on the flight to Houston .",
"NEW: Her neurosurgeon describes the stunning recovery to CNN .",
"Jared Loughner is charged with wounding her and 12 others and killing six ."
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"(CNN) -- As I've written on various top 10 lists (and mentioned to anyone who will listen) Asghar Farhadi's \"A Separation\" is an exceptional film.",
"It has been picking up awards since winning the Golden Bear at its world premiere at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival and is one of the front-runners for best foreign language film at the upcoming Academy Awards.",
"Nader (Peyman Moadi) and Simin (Leila Hatami) are a married couple in trouble.",
"Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband and daughter Termeh (Sarina Farhadi), but Nader refuses to leave his ailing father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi).",
"As a result, Simin sues Nader for divorce.",
"But unless Nader either agrees to a divorce or permits Simin and Termeh to go without one, Simin cannot leave the country with her daughter.",
"Nader refuses to give his permission and Simin moves out, choosing to live with her parents while continuing to try and get her husband to agree to either come with them or allow Termeh to go.",
"However, it's not clear that their daughter even wants to leave and she chooses to stay with her father when Simin leaves.",
"\"A Separation\" is a family drama, a mystery and an exploration of modern Iranian society.",
"It's a deeply political film that hides its politics in every day occurrences.",
"It's also a story that on some levels could be played out in any society and yet it reads as a very Iranian tale.",
"This is a society about which Americans know very little yet one that is, on the surface, easy to relate to.",
"Nader and Simin appear to be relatively secular.",
"They are a modern, well-to-do, intellectual and cosmopolitan couple.",
"So when Nader hires Razieh, a deeply religious, working class woman to care for his father who has advanced Alzheimer's, it sets in motion a rather unexpected whodunit of sorts.",
"Razieh is repeatedly presented with dilemmas that challenge her faith and require her to call her spiritual adviser for guidance.",
"For example, while her religion forbids her to touch a man who is not her husband, she is caring for an elderly and sick man.",
"Surely she is allowed a dispensation for charitable or compassionate works?",
"While her Imam assures her that this is indeed acceptable, the situation proves too much for Razieh who suggests to Nader that her unemployed husband Hodjat (Shahib Hosseini) might be a better fit.",
"Unfortunately, Hodjat is arrested for being in debt before he can start work and Razieh must return.",
"From day one she seems, for lack of a better word, squirrely.",
"She's obviously hiding something from Nader and when he returns to the apartment one day to find his father non-responsive, on the floor and tied to the bed, he loses his temper and things go pear shaped.",
"Here's where the mystery kicks in and things get complicated, but to reveal any more would deprive you of watching this film unfold.",
"While the relationship between Nader and Simit is still front and center, so too is the story behind what happened to Nader's father and the aftermath.",
"Who is lying and why? Who did what to whom? The answers to those questions lie in explorations of Iran's social, religious and political customs and serve to deepen the emotions that run through this film.",
"I feel like a broken record, heaping praise on \"A Separation,\" but I really can't find anything wrong with it.",
"My natural instinct is to try and bring some sort of balance to a review.",
"Find a crack in the armor of a great film or some small bit of light in a dreadful one, but there is really nothing to criticize here and I get the feeling that upon a second viewing, it may rise even higher in my various top 10 lists.",
"Moadi, Hatami and Bayat are all deeply convincing and moving actors.",
"A true strength of an actor's performance is when the viewer doesn't understand a word of dialog and is still moved.",
"Farhadi's direction and screenplay (the final 10 minutes of the film is among the best endings I've ever seen) combined with the brilliant work done by the performers, make this one of the truly great films of this year or any other.",
"A Separation is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned).",
"It contains some family dynamics of an emotional nature."
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"\"A Separation\" is one of the front-runners for best foreign language film .",
"Nader (Peyman Moadi) and Simin (Leila Hatami) are a married couple in trouble .",
"Moadi, Hatami and Bayat are all deeply convincing and moving actors ."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Members of the military may get expedited treatment at airport security checkpoints under a law signed Tuesday by President Obama.",
"The law, authored by Rep. Chip Cravaack, R-Minnesota, requires the Transportation Security Administration to study ways to speed up screening of service members and, to the extent possible, their families, when the service members are in uniform and traveling on orders.",
"Cravaack, a 24-year Navy veteran and former Northwest Airlines pilot, was inspired to introduce the bill after witnessing a soldier remove his boots while going through security at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport.",
"\"It seemed way too excessive for someone who was obviously a patriot serving his country,\" said the congressman's spokesman, Michael Bars.",
"The new law was signed just days after two incidents involving the same soldier at airports in North Carolina and Texas.",
"According to court records, Trey Scott Atwater, a 30-year-old Army Green Beret, had a military smoke grenade in his bag when he was leaving Fayetteville, North Carolina, on Christmas Eve headed for Texas.",
"He was allowed to continue on his trip.",
"On Saturday, he was arrested at Midland International Airport in Texas on his return trip when TSA screeners found an undisclosed amount of C-4 explosives in his bag.",
"Authorities said Atwater did not have a detonator and initiator, that it would not have been possible to detonate the explosives, and that it did not appear he was up to anything nefarious.",
"It was not immediately clear how any checkpoint changes would impact cases like Atwater's.",
"Bars said the new law is intended to expedite screening, but not reduce security.",
"Currently, the TSA expedites screening for trusted travelers by dedicating a special line for them, and by allowing them to keep their shoes on and keep laptops in their carry-on bags.",
"The new law says the TSA should establish guidelines for screening travelers in military uniforms and combat boots, and consider incorporating military personnel into trusted traveler programs that give preference to passengers who undergo pre-screening.",
"Nothing in the law prohibits additional screening of the service member if intelligence or law enforcement information indicates that additional screening is necessary.",
"In November, TSA Administrator John Pistole told CNN that he was already working on ways to expedite screening for service members.",
"The TSA was starting to tests its ability to scan military ID cards, known as \"Common Access Cards,\" at a regional airport in Monterey, CA.",
"Pistole said the TSA test would not immediately result in quicker screening for service members.",
"But if tests are successful, \"we hope to expand that to airports that would have a large number of military personnel traveling through them,\" he said.",
"Supporters of the initiative said that by expediting the screening of military personnel, the TSA will have more time to focus on unknown travelers who could present a higher risk.\""
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"A new law requires the TSA to study ways of speeding screening of military personnel .",
"President Obama signed the law on Tuesday .",
"The already is testing card scanning for military personnel .",
"Expediting military means the TSA can focus on higher-risk travelers, supporters say ."
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"Buenos Aires, Argentina (CNN) -- Tomas Escobar created a website in his bedroom in rural northwestern Argentina hoping to help people locate free movies online in a more efficient manner.",
"From that small start in September 2009, Escobar´s site, Cuevana.tv, has grown to one of the most popular entertainment sites in Latin America, attracting 15 million unique monthly users, according to Escobar.",
"\"It was a hobby, a small thing.",
"And it exploded in my hands,\" Escobar tells CNN.",
"But it has also attracted the attention of international media companies armed with lawsuits.",
"The success has transformed the unassuming and unkempt 22-year-old college dropout into something of a cult hero in the Spanish-speaking world.",
"It took weeks of negotiations to get Escobar to agree to an interview with CNN, his first-ever with an international TV news organization.",
"\"Cuevana has a lot of complications now that weren't thought of in the beginning, like servers and traffic.",
"We are now trying to solve them in steps,\" Escobar says.",
"Visitors to Cuevana can access thousands of titles -- the majority of them big-budget Hollywood productions with Spanish subtitles -- entirely for free.",
"According to Escobar, Cuevana doesn't host the titles itself -- it simply serves as a content clearinghouse.",
"\"It's the same concept as Google.",
"You have a lot of links and indexes, and the user searches for these, and you give them the links,\" he says.",
"\"So really, the legal compromise is on the other sites, not on Cuevana,\" Escobar says.",
"But many companies and artists disagree.",
"In November, HBO Latin America and Turner International Argentina - both, like CNN, part of Time Warner - took legal action against Cuevana in Argentina.",
"HBO declined to provide CNN with details of its lawsuit against Cuevana, which alleged infringement of HBO's intellectual property rights.",
"Turner Argentina asked a judge to block Cuevana from providing access to three of its original series, including the Steven Spielberg-produced \"Falling Skies.\"",
"The three shows are no longer on the site.",
"\"It is one of the first judicial decisions in Argentina and Latin America, so we are proud to defend the intellectual property laws, we are proud to defend our own productions, and we are proud to defend the assets of our company,\" says Victor Roldan, director of legal affairs for Turner International Argentina.",
"But it is not only deep-pocketed international studios taking Cuevana to task for providing free content without compensation.",
"Local Latin American producers say they are feeling the pinch too.",
"\"The problem is that all regulations were skipped, and all the control was given directly to the Cuevana users.",
"This is damaging to producers, directors, and the entire film industry here,\" says Cristina Agüero, president of the Argentina Association of Film Producers.",
"Yet, Cuevana is still going strong and gaining more users every day.",
"Escobar says many filmmakers are anxious to have their work available on the site, as it exposes them to a much-wider audience.",
"\"They end up making more, not less, money,\" Escobar says.",
"For millions of Cuevana users, the choice between watching a movie for free in the safety of their own home and leaving the house to spend money on a DVD rental is an easy one.",
"\"I am not in favor of piracy, but I think sites like Cuevana should exist where you can access free movies.",
"But the sites should pay the producers with money they get from advertisements,\" says .",
"Federico Troilo, 38, a Cuevana user in Buenos Aires.",
"Cuevana does make \"thousands\" of dollars in monthly advertising revenue, according to Escobar, but all the money goes to maintaining the site.",
"Cuevana has no employees, only volunteers, but Escobar concedes that the website could one day make him very rich.",
"\"Right now we are just working hard to improve and continue to be the number 1 option in Latin America,\" he says.",
"The key concept that Escobar and many of Cuevana's users are trying to promote is that major studios need to accept that the paradigm is changing.",
"Escobar points to the music industry as a cautionary tale, and says executives must realize that users will ultimately decide how content is consumed online, and how much they will pay for it.",
"\"The music industry had the opportunity to legalize all music, and by not doing so, it just grew and then you had like 10 Napsters,\" says Escobar.",
"Increasing access to technology, and overall lower salaries in the region have also contributed to the Latin American mindset that content should be free, and it may be too late to change that, according to Escobar.",
"\"There has been a major change of mind -- and in Latin America probably most of all -- because services like Google, Facebook and Twitter are all free, and the user has started to expect those services for free,\" Escobar says.",
"Some companies are betting that Latin Americans will start paying for movies and TV shows online.",
"Netflix entered the Latin American market in September offering streaming content for about $9 dollars a month.",
"Like Netflix, Escobar says he wants to strike legitimate distribution deals, so that both Cuevana's users and the studios will be happy, but he says it needs to be done with Latin American tastes in mind.",
"\"People in Latin America are already complaining that Netflix doesn't have enough content specifically for them.",
"Until they do, I don't think they will be successful,\" Escobar says.",
"\"Consumers here just want to be treated as equals to U.S. consumers.\""
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"A website created in a bedroom is attracting lawsuits from international companies .",
"Cuevana.tv offers its Latin American customers links to watch free movies .",
"Founder Tomas Escobar says 15 million people are using the site each month .",
"HBO Latin America and Turner International Argentina - both, like CNN, part of Time Warner - among firms taking legal action ."
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"(PEOPLE.com) -- Rock that body, Kirstie!",
"When Kirstie Alley cleared the 100 lb.",
"weight-loss hurdle this summer, it was time for a big, fat celebration.",
"\"When I hit that mark, I went, 'That's it!'",
"\" Alley tells PEOPLE during her stay in a villa outside Florence, Italy.",
"\"I have more energy than I've ever had in my whole life.\"",
"While Alley's weight has famously fluctuated in recent years, the actress, now 60, hit a wall two years ago.",
"PHOTOS: Hollywood's On-the-Go Fitness Tricks!",
"\"My body had gotten really weak,\" says Alley, whose weight at that time hovered around 230 lbs.",
"\"There was nothing positive about being fat.\"",
"By dancing daily after her dazzling appearance on \"Dancing with the Stars,\" where she finished second, changing to an organic diet and following Organic Liaison, her own weight-loss program, she's turned her life around.",
"\"I feel back to normal,\" says Alley, now a proud size 6.",
"\"I have my game again.\" And she's ready for her next challenge: \"What I'm looking for is to be madly, deeply in love,\" says Alley, who will also star in the upcoming ABC pilot, \"The Manzanis.\"",
"\"For the first time in my life, I know exactly what I want in a man,\" she says.",
"\"I want someone who has my back, who is courageous and brave.\"",
"See full article at PEOPLE.com.",
"© 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"\"I have more energy than I've ever had in my whole life,\" Alley said .",
"By dancing daily and changing to an organic diet, she's turned her life around .",
"Alley will also star in the upcoming ABC pilot, \"The Manzanis\""
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"(CNN) -- In the lead up to every New Year's Eve the inevitable question of how to celebrate arises.",
"For most, waterfronts become the focal point of the celebrations.",
"It's hard not to see why with the amazing firework displays looking even more dazzling reflected in the water.",
"So jump in a boat or head to the foreshore for our the top 10 places to countdown to 2012.",
"River Seine, Paris .",
"See Paris, the 'City of Light', be lit with fireworks while cruising down the River Seine on the last day of the year.",
"The Eiffel Tower is the centerpiece for the festivities and from some parts of the river you can get a magnificent uninterrupted view of the famous structure.",
"Sydney Harbor .",
"Sydney prides itself on holding what it claims to be the most spectacular New Year's Eve celebrations in the world.",
"Thousands of boats anchor in the harbor and millions of people hit the foreshore to witness the firework display with the 'Sydney Opera House' and Harbor Bridge used as the backdrop.",
"The shores of Kiribati, Pacific Ocean .",
"Leave your worries and the rest of the world behind in 2011 in this tiny Pacific nation.",
"Kiribati is the first place in the world to ring in 2012.",
"Kiribati prides itself on being the first nation to celebrate the New Year, even changing the name of one of its islands before 2000 to Millennium Island to mark the fact it would be the first country to enter the third millennium.",
"Niagara Falls, Ontario .",
"This is no ordinary waterfront, but with the spectacular backdrop of the Niagara Falls, it's hard to go past Queen Victoria Park in Ontario.",
"The freezing weather does not deter the tens of thousands of people who hit the park to count down to the New Year.",
"Revelers can listen to live music while watching an amazing fireworks display over the world famous waterfall.",
"Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janerio .",
"Brazilians are renowned for their outstanding parties and New Year's Eve is no different.",
"It is one of the greatest celebrations in the South American nation, second only to the Carnival.",
"Millions hit the sands of the famous Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro to watch the firework display over the Atlantic Ocean.",
"The Bosporus, Istanbul .",
"Celebrate 2012 across two continents on the Bosporus in Istanbul -- the strait that divides Europe and Asia.",
"A fireworks display lights up the Bosporus Bridge while beautiful mosques and other ancient Turkish are illuminated, giving those on the water a stunning view.",
"Koh Phangan Beach, Thailand .",
"If you want to escape the cold on New Year's Eve then there is no better place to do it than on the beach in Thailand.",
"Koh Phangan is home to Thailand's famous moon parties and on New Year's Eve the celebrations continue.",
"The beach is packed mostly with tourists keen to party well into New Year's Day.",
"Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong .",
"The vast harbor is lit up when the clock strikes 12 in Hong Kong.",
"Fireworks are set off from the buildings which line the foreshore, using the high-rises as a part of the lighting show and giving the audience a dazzling display.",
"River Thames, London .",
"If you're willing to brave the chilly winds, a cruise on the River Thames will provide spectacular views.",
"Watch the fireworks with London's iconic new and old buildings in the background such as Big Ben, Westminster and the London Eye.",
"Victoria and Albert Waterfront, Cape Town .",
"The fantastic sound of African drums beat out at this New Year's celebration in Cape Town.",
"Revelers enjoy a warm summer's evening on the water here, with firework displays and street performers for those onshore."
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"Waterfronts across the world are the focal point for many NYE celebrations .",
"Revelers will need to brave the cold to watch fireworks on the River Seine and Thames .",
"Party goers who prefer the warmer weather can head to the beaches in Brazil and Thailand ."
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"(CNN) -- It's happened.",
"The build-up and anxiety over whether folks like Chris Christie and Sarah Palin are going to throw their hats in the ring for the GOP presidential primary has reached critical mass.",
"And now, the will-they-or-won't-they game has flipped from fun and energizing to damaging to the party.",
"Christie and Palin now do conservatives more harm than good.",
"With the question marks still lingering in the ether, and pundits on both sides of the aisle still performing their daily trapeze act -- swinging back and forth between \"yes, he's running\" and \"no, she isn't\" -- the focus on Christie and Palin has taken valuable resources and attention away from the rest of the field.",
"Because of those question marks, conservatives haven't been able to invest fully in the candidates who are running.",
"They haven't been able to imagine one of them as president.",
"They've held back support, money and endorsements, because they still don't know that the field is settled.",
"And Christie and Palin are not entirely without fault.",
"Though the bombastic New Jersey governor had been emphatic in his promise not to run for months, despite our continued speculation that he was fibbing, now his friends are saying otherwise.",
"And he's certainly been acting like a candidate, traveling the country for big-ticket fundraisers, speaking at the exalted Reagan Library, and telling his supporters that he's \"hearing\" and \"feeling\" their pleas.",
"If he really wanted to convince us he wasn't considering it, all he has to do is endorse someone else.",
"It's really very simple.",
"As for Palin, she's been forthright about her contemplation, admitting that she's thinking about it but hasn't yet decided.",
"As formidable and admirable as both Christie and Palin are, it's reached the point where they've both become more than just a distraction.",
"They're now a detriment. How sincere will it look, after all, in two months when the field is set and both are absent from it, and conservatives suddenly try to pretend that they are satisfied and enthusiastic about Rick Perry, Mitt Romney or Michele Bachmann?",
"Sure, we begged Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, Chris Christie, Sarah Palin and everyone else to run before, but now we're totally behind one of these guys.",
"If there were ever a gift to present to President Obama, it's the gift of obvious apathy.",
"Time's up, governors.",
"If Chris Christie and Sarah Palin want to run, get in there.",
"If not, definitively and convincingly take your names out of the running.",
"Conservatives need to begin the arduous job of whittling down the field and picking their frontrunner.",
"The fact that there have been five GOP straw polls in as many weeks with as many different winners is proof that these unanswered questions are creating a dangerous ambivalence among conservative voters.",
"The breathless speculation has been fun, but now it's time to get to work.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of S.E. Cupp."
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"Are Chris Christie and Sarah Palin running for president, or aren't they?",
"Their refusal to answer definitively is damaging to the GOP, said S.E.",
"Cupp .",
"Conservatives haven't been able to invest fully in the candidates who are running, Cupp said .",
"Cupp: Palin just has to decide, and Christie just has to endorse someone ."
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"(CNN) -- Two people died and 13 others were injured in four separate shootings in New Orleans early Tuesday, including one on Bourbon Street where costumed revelers were celebrating Halloween.",
"The first shooting, just after midnight outside a Bourbon Street nightclub, sent people running for cover, CNN affiliate WWL reported.",
"A 25-year-old man was shot several times and died at a hospital, police said.",
"Seven other people, ranging in age from 19 to 50, were also injured.",
"\"Apparently one or two people were shooting or shooting at each other for reasons unknown when eight people were struck by the gunfire,\" New Orleans police said in a statement.",
"The injuries to those wounded in that incident appeared to be non-life-threatening, authorities said.",
"Police were still searching for a suspect or suspects Tuesday.",
"Video from the scene showed evidence markers lying next to Mardi Gras beads on the street and the area cordoned off with crime scene tape as music continued to spill from nearby Bourbon Street bars.",
"\"I've never seen so many people on Bourbon Street scatter to the sides,\" one woman, who was not identified, told WWL.",
"\"I've never seen that in my life.\"",
"She said she saw the shooting, but was \"traumatized\" and unable to run.",
"\"I was so scared,\" she said.",
"A second shooting took place about 1:45 a.m. on Canal Street, police said.",
"A 19-year-old man was killed and three other people injured.",
"Officers heard gunshots while on patrol and saw three males running from the scene, police spokesman Garry Flot said in a statement.",
"After a foot pursuit, two men were apprehended.",
"One of the men was questioned and released, but a 24-year-old faces charges of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted first-degree murder, police said.",
"Two other shootings took place in different locations later in the morning, Flot said, and a total of three people were injured.",
"WWL said the two other shootings took place about 4 and 5:30 a.m. CNN's Karan Olson Meilhan, Scott Thompson and Samuel Gardner III contributed to this report."
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"NEW: A total of four separate shootings took place overnight .",
"A 25-year-old and 19-year-old died in separate incidents .",
"The shots sent revelers running for cover on Bourbon Street ."
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"(CNN) -- Cuban President Raul Castro's daughter joined Twitter to set the record straight about an interview she did abroad, but ended up arguing with one of the communist island's prominent dissidents online.",
"Mariela Castro Espin wrote on her Twitter account, @CastroEspinM, that she recently made a trip to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and toured the city's infamous red light district in her role as director for Cuba's National Center for Sexual Education.",
"An interview with Radio Netherlands characterized Castro Espin as \"impressed\" with the way the Dutch organize their prostitution.",
"But on Twitter, Castro Espin said the conversation was taken out of context and that she would use social media to clarify her position.",
"\"Without a doubt, there have been misunderstandings, manipulations, as always.",
"At least there is the Web... and WikiLeaks,\" she wrote on Twitter.",
"Shortly afterward, Castro Espin was \"welcomed\" to the social networking site by Cuban dissident Yoani Sanchez, an outspoken critic of the Castro regime and avid Twitter user.",
"\"Welcome to the plurality of Twitter,\" Sanchez tweeted to Castro Espin.",
"\"Here no one can shut me up, or deny me permission to travel or block my entry.\"",
"Castro Espin shot back: \"Your focus on tolerance reproduces the old mechanisms of power.",
"To improve your 'services' you need to study.\"",
"While there is long-running animosity between dissidents and the government, it is not common for the two sides to exchange barbs in such a public forum.",
"A bevy of critical replies to Castro Espin must have followed, for then she wrote on Twitter: \"Despicable parasites: Did you receive the order from your employers to respond in unison and with the same predetermined script?",
"Be creative.\" In Cuba, where Internet access is limited or prohibitively expensive, many citizens use Twitter as a form of communicating, as Tweets can be posted from a simple text message.",
"Castro Espin is the niece of Fidel Castro.",
"Her father, Raul Castro, assumed presidential duties from Fidel in 2006, and became president in 2008.",
"Castro Espin's organization promotes gay rights in Cuba.",
"That fight for equal rights in Cuba led Sanchez to ask another question of Castro Espin on Twitter: \"How can you ask for acceptance just for one issue?",
"Is tolerance universal or not?\"",
"Castro Espin did not answer."
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"Raul Castro's daughter joined Twitter to discuss a recent trip .",
"Instead, she locked horns with a Cuban dissident .",
"Mariela Castro Espin lashes out at anti-government critics ."
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"(CNN) -- Joseph Maraachli, the infant who became the center of an international end-of-life debate, died peacefully in his sleep at his Windsor, Ontario, home, a spokesperson for the family said Wednesday.",
"Widely known in the media as \"Baby Joseph,\" the 20-month-old boy spent the last several months with his family and died Tuesday afternoon.",
"\"Obviously, it's been a very difficult day for the family today,\" said spokeswoman Emma Fedor.",
"\"In some ways, it was a bit of a relief for the family.\"",
"Joseph's family had refused to accept a recommendation by a Canadian hospital to remove the boy's breathing tube and allow him to die.",
"In March, the infant received a tracheotomy at a children's hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.",
"He was able to go home April 21.",
"\"By providing him with this common palliative procedure, we've given Joseph the chance to go home and be with his family after spending so much of his young life in the hospital,\" said Dr. Robert Wilmott, chief of pediatrics for SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center in St. Louis.",
"A London, Ontario, hospital where Joseph was receiving care for a progressive neurological disease refused to perform a tracheotomy, a surgical procedure in which an opening is made into the airway through an incision in the neck to allow for suction of fluid out of the lungs.",
"In court papers, doctors in Canada said there was no hope for recovery.",
"They would not perform a tracheotomy because they considered it to be invasive and not recommended for patients who require a long-term breathing machine.",
"Parents Moe and Sana Maraachli refused to accept the recommendation.",
"The Maraachlis' daughter, Zeina, had died at home in 2002 after a tracheotomy after suffering similar complications, and the family wanted to offer the same care to their son.",
"\"To go through it once is enough for a lifetime, to go through it twice, it's just ... unbelievable,\" Fedor said.",
"Joseph was \"very peaceful, in no pain whatsoever, no distress,\" when he died, Fedor said.",
"He was buried Wednesday next to his sister.",
"The family was thankful for those who helped and prayed for Joseph, she added.",
"\"The heart of the issue would come down to the mix between respecting the parents' rights ... to be in comfort of (their) own home, to die on God's time,\" said Fedor.",
"The family countered assertions that Joseph was nonresponsive, blind and deaf, she said.",
"Instead, the boy could hear the parents' voices and look for them, Fedor told CNN.",
"The family believed that, after a tracheotomy, Joseph could be freed from machinery.",
"The parents said that they, rather than physicians, should make a judgment on quality of life, Fedor said.",
"The Maraachli case caught the attention of the group Priests for Life, which funded Joseph's transfer and treatment at the SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center.",
"That hospital deemed the procedure medically appropriate and Baby Joseph underwent a tracheotomy there on March 21.",
"In April, Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, said he considered this a \"victory over the culture of death.\"",
"He says \"(Joseph) has gained benefit from his tracheotomy, is breathing on his own, and is going home to live with his parents.\"",
"Priests for Life is a Catholic pro-life organization that functions as a network to prevent abortion and euthanasia.",
"The group often is noted for the graphic images depicting abortion its members and supporters use to make their case.",
"The London Health Sciences Centre -- the hospital where Joseph was initially treated -- in March said that \"there are clearly differences in the approach of these centres to the management of end-of-life care in this tragic situation\" and that \"the medical judgments made by LHSC physicians remain unchallenged by any credible medical source.\"",
"Nurses helped the family provide 24-hour care for Joseph in his final months.",
"\"There was always somebody by his side,\" Fedor said.",
"The child was on almost no medication and apparently was in no pain, Fedor said.",
"\"When he was in the arms of his parents, you could tell,\" she said.",
"\"He was settled when he was in their arms.\""
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"Joseph Maraachli suffered from a progressive neurological disease .",
"A hospital in London, Ontario, refused to insert a tracheotomy tube .",
"The infant received a tracheotomy at a hospital in St. Louis .",
"\"Baby Joseph\" died Tuesday in his sleep ."
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"Seattle, Washington (CNN) -- Instead of the traditional bad guys, it was the costumed, self-styled superhero that ended up behind bars after an altercation Sunday in Seattle.",
"Phoenix Jones, the moniker used by a man who dons a skintight black-and-gold rubber suit and mask, was arrested on four counts of assault after allegedly trying to break up a fight with pepper spray, the Seattle Police Department said.",
"According to the statement, a group of men and women were leaving a downtown Seattle club at 2:32 a.m. Sunday and \"were dancing and having a good time\" when an \"unknown adult male suspect came up from behind and pepper sprayed the group,\" the statement said.",
"\"He inserted himself and sprayed them with pepper spray,\" Seattle Police spokesman Mark Jamieson told CNN.",
"Jones was arrested and charged with four counts of assault, Jamieson said.",
"But Jones claimed he used the pepper spray only to break up a fight and to protect himself.",
"\"I would never hurt or harm another person if they were not causing harm to another human being,\" read a message from Jones on his Facebook page.",
"For about a year, the masked Jones has patrolled the streets of Seattle, often with a film crew in tow, looking for crime and generating international headlines.",
"Jamieson said it is unclear how many -- if any -- crimes Jones has assisted police with.",
"Police urge people to call 911 rather than take the law into their own hands, he added.",
"On a video released by Jones of the incident that led to his arrest, Jones is heard telling the film crew to call 911, then rushes into a crowd of people who appear to be engaged in an altercation.",
"A spokesman for Jones said he had no recourse but to get involved.",
"\"The fight was a huge group of people against a smaller group,\" said Peter Tangen.",
"\"It was an unfair fight, he went there to break it up.\"",
"A chaotic scene unfolds on the 13-minute video after Jones runs toward a man and woman who appear to be fighting.",
"The man walks away and the woman then tries to hit Jones with her purse but instead falls onto the street.",
"\"What is this, Halloween?\" another woman calls out to rubber-suited Jones.",
"Eventually Jones is seen spraying several of the individuals with what appears to be a can of pepper spray.",
"Police spokesman Jamieson said Jones' actions were overkill.",
"\"If you see something that warrants calling 911, call 911.",
"You don't need to dress up in a costume to do that.\"",
"Tangen asked CNN and other media not publish Jones' real name, which is listed in his police booking.",
"\"His family is at risk of retaliation from criminals,\" he said.",
"Many, but not all, news outlets were going along with the request.",
"After he was arrested Sunday and before he was released without bond, Tangen said, Jones was roughed up by two men in the cell he was being held in.",
"The spokesman said Jones was wearing his costume but police had taken away his mask.",
"Tangen said Jones was shoved but was not seriously hurt and plans to keep fighting crime despite his run-in with police.",
"\"He will always be an activist,\" Tangen said."
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"Phoenix Jones, as he calls himself, says he jumped in to stop a fight .",
"The people he hit with pepper spray say they were dancing .",
"\"What is this, Halloween?\"",
"a woman calls out to rubber-suited Jones .",
"Jones patrols the streets of Seattle, often with a camera crew, looking for crime ."
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"(CNN) -- The attorney representing the 22-year-old Kentucky soldier charged with attempted espionage and communicating military information said Tuesday that his client told him he is innocent.",
"\"Generally speaking, yes -- that he is not guilty of attempted espionage or spying against the United States,\" Stephen Karns said of what the solider told him.",
"Spc. William Colton Millay of Owensboro, Kentucky, was charged this week with attempted espionage and communicating military information, allegations that have shocked friends who have described him as a patriotic country boy.",
"The formal charges were issued 10 days after Millay was arrested at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, said Col. Bill Coppernoll, the public affairs officer at the base.",
"According to a statement from the base, issued Monday, Millay \"communicated and transmitted unclassified national defense information to an individual whom he believed was a foreign intelligence agent.\"",
"The Army specialist \"believed (this information) could be used to the advantage of a foreign nation.\"",
"A charge of failure to obey general regulations stems from an assertion that Millay did not \"report multiple contacts with someone he believed to be a foreign intelligence agent.\"",
"He is also accused of \"wrongfully concealing and storing two firearms and ammunition in his assigned barracks room.\"",
"The military further alleges that Millay \"wrongfully solicited a fellow-service member to obtain classified information and tangible items\" so that they could be given to a foreign intelligence agent, leading to a charge of solicitation.",
"He is also charged with making false statements, having allegedly not been forthright in telling Army counterintelligence officials \"the full scope\" of his attempted contacts with other governments and \"the full nature\" of what he'd disclosed to the believed-to-be foreign agent.",
"Military authorities did not disclose what information specifically Millay allegedly obtained and disclosed, but they described it as not classified.",
"Nor did they state which country he believed that information was going to, via a \"foreign intelligence agent.\"",
"He is currently being held at the Anchorage Correctional Complex, according to the military statement.",
"Karns, Millay's attorney, said that it may be important that the material allegedly involved in the case was not classified.",
"\"It is very serious charges.",
"My hope is it is not going to amount to what they are claiming,\" he said.",
"Having enlisted in the Army in November 2007, Millay was based in South Korea and Fort Stewart, Georgia, and spent one tour of combat duty in Iraq before being assigned to the Alaska base in May, according to the military statement.",
"He was assigned to the 164th Military Police Company, 793rd Military Police Battalion, 2nd Engineer Brigade, known as the \"Arctic Enforcers.\"",
"Longtime friend Drew Bramschreiber of Owensboro has said Millay hardly fit the spy persona.",
"\"He's just a simple country boy,\" he said.",
"\"He was never the kind of guy who would get into trouble.\"",
"Another friend, Janssen Payne, said last week that Millay idolized his brother, who is also in the Army, and that he had been in the ROTC program in high school.",
"He was a supporter of President George W. Bush and the U.S. war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan, his friend said.",
"\"You've got the wrong guy,\" Payne said.",
"\"That's just not who he is.\" CNN's Charley Keyes contributed to this report."
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"William Colton Millay faces charges including communicating military information .",
"His lawyer says Millay told him he is not guilty .",
"Soldier believed he was giving info to \"a foreign intelligence agent,\" military says .",
"The 22-year-old Kentucky native enlisted in the U.S. Army in 2007 ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- Protesters rallied in Washington on Saturday to raise awareness of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo following contested elections there in November.",
"They said they traveled from 25 states to deliver an urgent message to U.S. President Barack Obama.",
"\"We need President Obama to help restore the leadership the Congo needs,\" said George Alula, president of the Movement of the Congolese Unity.",
"He urged the international community to recognize opposition candidate Etienne Tshisekedi as the election's legitimate winner.",
"Congo's highest court struck down a lawsuit challenging the election results in December, declaring incumbent Joseph Kabila the winner.",
"\"We are frustrated because the Congolese people gave their voice in the November elections ... We know that the election organized in Congo was fraudulent,\" said Alula.",
"International and national election observers have strongly questioned the veracity of the results, citing a lack of credibility and transparency.",
"Late last month, Human Rights Watch said security forces have killed more than 24 people and arbitrarily detained dozens more since Kabila was declared the winner.",
"Ben Kalala, who returned from Kinshasa just a few days ago and is president of the Congolese Foundation of America, accused the Congolese president of intimidating citizens and denying them their political voice.",
"\"You see the military in cities ready to kill -- like the country is at war,\" he said.",
"The November elections were only the second democratic vote in the country since the end of its civil war in 2003.",
"The 2006 election, which brought Kabila to power, was declared largely free and fair by international observers."
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"Protesters want President Obama to \"help restore the leadership the Congo needs\"\nPresident Kabila was inaugurated in December after a contested election .",
"Security forces have killed more than 24 people since the result, a rights group says ."
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"New York (CNN) -- A New York man is suing two airlines for $10 million, saying he was injured when he tackled the \"underwear bomber\" during a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day in 2009.",
"Theophilus Maranga filed the lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District Court in New York, alleging that he sustained physical and psychological injuries during the incident.",
"He is suing Delta Airlines and Air France-KLM for neglecting to prevent Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab from boarding Flight 253 on Northwest Airlines, which merged with Delta Airlines.",
"Both airlines declined to comment on the lawsuit.",
"It is unclear how federal agencies partner with authorities abroad to screen for potentially dangerous passengers aboard U.S.-bound flights and what responsibilities airlines bear in that process.",
"The 2009 incident -- referenced in the lawsuit -- started when passengers heard a loud noise aboard the plane, sounding much like a firecracker, according to Jonathan Tukel, chief of the National Security Unit for the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Michigan.",
"AbdulMutallab became enveloped in a fireball that then spread to the wall and carpeting of the plane, yet he remained in his seat \"expressionless, completely blank,\" Tukel said.",
"Four passengers restrained him and helped put out the fire, he added, and AbdulMutallab was escorted up to the first-class section of the plane.",
"Georgia resident Dimitrios Bessis said he was among the passengers who put out the fire.",
"Michael Zantow, a 20-year Army veteran, was another of those who tried to restrain the suspected bomber.",
"Within a minute of the loud sound on the plane, a passenger said to AbdulMutallab, \"Hey man, your pants are on fire!\"",
"Zantow later testified.",
"The Nigerian native, who in October pleaded guilty to trying to blow up the airplane, is facing the prospect of life behind bars.",
"U.S. officials say the terror group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was behind the bombing attempt.",
"Earlier this week, AbdulMutallab -- who has been acting as his own court representative -- asked U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds to replace attorney Anthony Chambers, who had been advising him.",
"In a handwritten letter to Edmunds, he said wants a different adviser, preferably a Muslim male attorney, citing that his relationship with Chambers had been strained."
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"He says he was injured after tackling the \"underwear bomber\" during a Detroit-bound flight .",
"Both airlines declined to comment on the lawsuit ."
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"(CNN) -- Former top Pakistani military officers Sunday called for Pakistan's former strongman to be allowed back without facing arrest and condemned what they called the \"bashing\" of the country's armed forces.",
"More than 100 former officers, most of them generals and admirals, signed their names to a letter calling for Pervez Musharraf to be allowed to return to Pakistan \"and contest elections according to democratic norms.\"",
"The retired brass included the retired Gen. Muhammad Aziz Khan, once the head of Pakistan's joint chiefs of staff during part of Musharraf's rule, and Adm. Shahid Karimullah, who served as head of the navy under Musharraf.",
"\"We feel that Gen. (R) Pervez Musharraf should be provided with a level playing field in the political arena and also provided protocol and security as befits any ex-president of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,\" wrote the officers, who have formed a group they called \"Pakistan First.\"",
"Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup, has been living in London and Dubai since resigning in 2008.",
"He had announced plans to return from exile in late January and run in upcoming elections -- but his party said he was reassessing those plans when Pakistan's elected government warned that if he returned, he faced arrest in connection with the 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.",
"A U.N. report in 2010 accused Musharraf's government of failing to protect Bhutto, who had returned to Pakistan from her own exile to run for office.",
"Musharraf has denied the allegations, arguing that Bhutto had police protection and took unnecessary risks, but a Pakistani court issued a warrant for his arrest.",
"Bhutto's widower, Asif Ali Zardari, is now Pakistan's president.",
"If Musharraf were to return, he would be walking into the middle of a public squabble between Pakistan's civilian and uniformed leadership that was sparked by a memo that allegedly asked for U.S. help to rein in the military.",
"In Sunday's letter, the ex-generals said they opposed the \"bashing\" of Pakistan's army and its powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency.",
"\"We feel that erosion of these institutions can only lead to weakening of Pakistan's position as a sovereign and proud nation,\" they wrote.",
"\"This forum feels that while all state institutions must be allowed to function within the purview of their respective roles, the demands of national dignity and state security dictate that all organs of the state as well as the media persistently raise and maintain the prestige and morale of the nation and its armed forces, both at home and abroad.\"",
"Zardari faces his own legal problems.",
"His prime minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani, appeared before Pakistan's supreme court Thursday in a battle over corruption cases facing the president and other officials, telling reporters the president has \"full immunity\" from prosecution under an amnesty granted by Musharraf before Zardari and Bhutto returned in 2007.",
"In 2009, the justices ruled that amnesty was unconstitutional and called on the government to reopen the cases.",
"The government has not done so, and the court has cited Gilani for contempt."
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"(CNN) -- Lewis Hamilton won his first Formula One grand prix in almost four months as world champion Sebastian Vettel spun out of the race in Abu Dhabi during the opening lap.",
"McLaren's British driver took full advantage of Vettel's slip up -- the first time the 2010 and 2011 title holder has retired from a race since the Korean Grand Prix last year.",
"Hamilton fended off the challenge of Fernando Alonso's Ferrari while Jenson Button clung onto third in the face of fierce competition initially from Red Bull's Mark Webber and then from Alonso's teammate Felipe Massa.",
"Vettel, who secured the 2011 crown last month, had his lead at the top of the drivers' championship cut to 119 points by Button, who sits on 255.",
"Hamilton stays fifth on 227 points but closed on Alonso in third (245) and Webber (233).",
"Latest F1 standings after Abu Dhabi GP .",
"It marked Hamilton's third victory in what has been a difficult season for the 2008 world champion, who admitted before the race that personal problems had contributed to his below-par campaign.",
"\"I feel fantastic,\" Hamilton said in a post-race press conference.",
"\"It was one of my best races.",
"To hold off one of the best drivers in the world is very tough to do.",
"\"I'm just happy. This is great. It's early days but this is definitely the start of something.",
"We've got another great race ahead of us in Brazil.",
"I've just got to keep my mind on the game.\"",
"Starting second on the grid, Hamilton watched Vettel beat him into the first corner but at the second a puncture to the German's back right tire sent him spinning off the track.",
"Vettel trundled round the circuit and made it back to the pit lane but Red Bull's mechanics decreed the damage too severe for him to rejoin the battle.",
"After the race he told reporters: \"I don't know what happened.",
"We lost pressure all of a sudden out of the exit of turn one.",
"I don't why. There is nothing that I did differently to any of the other laps.",
"\"We need to find out why, maybe I cut the kerb at a funny angle.",
"It is tough, but I used the opportunity to learn a bit on the pit wall.\"",
"In his absence Hamilton maintained a two-second gap over Alonso for most of the race, while Webber and Button's battle saw them swap third and fourth place regularly.",
"Alonso did hold the lead for four laps after Hamilton's second pit stop but he couldn't build up enough of a cushion to rejoin the race ahead of his former McLaren teammate.",
"The Spaniard said: \"It was a fantastic race for me as well.",
"We fight most of the race three-five seconds distance to Lewis.",
"\"We were close but we had some traffic in the pit entry behind a HRT and in the last stint they had a little bit more pace so it would have been difficult to win the race even if we had got into the lead.",
"\"I'm happy with second.\""
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"Lewis Hamilton wins only his third grand prix of the Formula One season in Abu Dhabi .",
"World champion Sebastian Vettel retires on first lap of the race after a puncture .",
"Ferrari's Fernando Alonso is second with Hamilton's McLaren teammate Jenson Button third .",
"Vettel's lead in the drivers' championship reduced to 119 points from Button in second ."
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"Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- It's 6:30 a.m., and Paul Barlow is chatting with his friends over a breakfast buffet of eggs, bacon and fresh fruit.",
"Dressed in a dark gray blazer, Barlow waits to take his seat in the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center's auditorium for a special concert by the Dekalb Symphony Orchestra.",
"But the musicians aren't playing for Barlow and his friends.",
"They're playing for Billy Crystal, Bette Midler and the rest of the \"Parental Guidance\" cast.",
"Once the violins sound and the cameras start rolling, Barlow will merely fade into the background, along with the other 300 movie extras on set.",
"The 55-year-old first started working as an extra in November 2010 to provide for his family amid the downturn of his ad sales career.",
"Since losing his job in April, he's become a staple on movie and TV sets around Georgia -- and he's not the only one.",
"Many of the \"concertgoers\" present at the shoot for \"Parental Guidance,\" due out in November 2012, were between jobs, or looking for a fun way to make extra (pun intended) cash.",
"The recession definitely pushed some people into extra work, said Linda Burns, a commercial and independent film producer who leads a workshop called \"How To Be an Extra and On Set Protocol.\"",
"Burns said half the class is usually made up of recent graduates with a passion for acting, while the other 50% are \"people who lost their jobs and love movies and TV.\"",
"\"If you're not working at all,\" she said, \"and if you don't qualify for unemployment ... you're going to make more money on set than you are in your house filling out job applications.",
"There's so much downtime on set.",
"It allows you time to read or look for those jobs online with your smartphone.\"",
"And while extra work makes a great supplemental income, Burns said treating it like a full time job -- as Barlow has for the past year -- might be financially challenging.",
"Movie extras in Georgia typically make between $58 and $101.50 for an 8- to 12-hour day.",
"Compare that to the $140 an extra makes in Los Angeles or New York for the same 8 hours.",
"Screen Actors Guild rates are higher than the non-union wages extras are entitled to in Georgia, casting director Bill Marinella said.",
"\"If you're hiring somebody at minimum wage ... they might not show,\" he added.",
"Extras are asked to drive to set, bring different outfits, and then pay to have those outfits dry-cleaned -- it would end up costing them money to be there, he said.",
"But beyond the commitment, Marinella said there's \"little skill involved in being a movie extra. ...",
"It's all based on a look, and then whatever skills you may have.\"",
"And Barlow certainly has a look.",
"Like the extra says, \"My eyebrows are what's making me the money.\"",
"\"He's just a character,\" Marinella said.",
"\"You can't help but look at him. He has an interesting face.\"",
"Marinella originally planned to use Barlow as a stand-in for Eugene Levy on \"American Reunion,\" but despite the men's equally bushy brows, they weren't close enough in height.",
"Instead, Barlow plays a caterer in the film, which will hit theaters in April 2012.",
"In addition to height, skin tone, hair color and, in some cases, eyebrows, movie extras need an appropriate wardrobe.",
"The orchestra scene for the Crystal- and Midler-starrer called for conservative, upscale dress -- hence Barlow's gray blazer and button-down shirt.",
"\"I probably have about seven suits from being a salesman,\" Barlow said.",
"\"That's the number one thing you need as a guy my age.",
"A guy in his 50s is always playing a businessman.\"",
"But a fancy suit isn't always a good thing.",
"\"Extras run the risk of being seen in front of the camera when their wardrobe is so damn glamorous,\" Marinella said.",
"And though it seems like a close-up would be welcomed by movie extras, to be invited back to set, which means another paycheck, extras need to remain hidden in the background.",
"\"You can't make a movie with the same extras,\" Marinella explained.",
"Viewers would notice if the person playing a bartender showed up in the next scene as a lawyer.",
"That's why Burns teaches her extras to lay low on set.",
"Don't be so dramatic that you become a distraction, she warns.",
"The other rule? Avoid wearing clothes that don't translate well on film.",
"That means any small pattern, and colors like red, black and white.",
"Since Barlow has been on the extra scene, he's appeared in more than 20 productions.",
"Some of which are \"The Three Stooges,\" \"American Reunion,\" \"The Odd Life of Timothy Green\" and Lifetime's \"Drop Dead Diva.\"",
"And he had a speaking role in August's \"The Change-Up\" -- he played an \"amalgamated attorney.\"",
"A speaking role is the extra Holy Grail.",
"It means a significant pay increase, too.",
"Despite such opportunities, Barlow says it's not a glamorous job.",
"He once heard a crew member say, 'Here comes the furniture,' when the extras walked on set.",
"\"I need the money so bad, I can't miss a day on set,\" Barlow said, calling extra work the lowest paying job he'll ever love.",
"But the work doesn't dictate every extra's livelihood.",
"Barbara Derketsch, an usher at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center, is someone Marinella refers to as a specialty extra.",
"No stranger to the role, Derketsch was asked to play an usher in \"Parental Guidance.\"",
"\"We used the real ushers ... because they know how to walk.",
"We don't have to teach them how to walk. ...",
"They gesture with their hands a certain way,\" Marinella said.",
"And the same goes for basketball players, nurses, ballerinas, waiters and so on.",
"\"[Waiters] are used to standing on their feet. ...",
"They carry a tray a certain way.",
"... To me, that's a skill,\" Marinella said.",
"\"I'll give you an extra $20, $50 because you're a real waiter. ...",
"The director won't have to say 'cut' to some knucklehead who doesn't even know how to carry a tray.\"",
"Derketsch, who filmed a scene with Crystal that could make it to the big screen, said the ushers were given film-friendly uniforms to wear for the shoot.",
"Usually dressed in white shirts, red vests and black bow ties -- the three most distracting colors to shoot -- the ushers in the film were provided with blue shirts and black vests and ties for the scene.",
"Another first-time extra, Cameron Gaines, took time off from teaching preschool to appear as a concertgoer in the film.",
"Gaines, who acted in high school and college, said she was curious to see how movies are made, and what being an extra was all about.",
"But at the end of the shoot, when Gaines heads back to the classroom, extras like Barlow, who are hoping to make it in the biz, will move on to the next set.",
"There are so many possible ways to earn money in the film industry, Burns says, .",
"\"[Extra work] is the easiest way to get in the door when you don't have experience,\" she added.",
"\"It has helped [people] move into better paying positions and find a whole new career.\"",
"\"There's no doubt I love being in front of the camera,\" Barlow said.",
"\"But I'm starting to discover ... that I could probably write a script.",
"... Down the line I could see it.\"",
"For now, he says, his goal is to make a decent living and support his family doing this."
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"The recession pushed some people into extra work, producer says .",
"Many extras in \"Parental Guidance\" are between jobs, or looking to make extra cash .",
"Movie extras in Georgia typically make between $58 and $101.50 for an 8- to 12-hour day ."
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"(CNN) -- Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died Wednesday at 56, made the world \"immeasurably better,\" the company's board of directors said in a statement.",
"The company also released an e-mail sent to Apple employees in which CEO Tim Cook announced Jobs' death, saying, \"Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being.",
"Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor.",
"Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.\"",
"Cook's comments were repeated on the Apple website.",
"Visitors were invited to share their \"thoughts, memories and condolences\" at rememberingsteve@apple.com.",
"There was no immediate word on any funeral services.",
"Cook said the company is planning a \"celebration of Steve's extraordinary life for Apple employees that will take place soon.\"",
"Jobs' family also released a statement through Apple, saying that Jobs \"died peacefully today surrounded by his family.\"",
"\"In his public life, Steve was known as a visionary; in his private life, he cherished his family.",
"We are thankful to the many people who have shared their wishes and prayers during the last year of Steve's illness.\"",
"Jobs: Visionary in a black turtleneck .",
"The family said a website will be provided for those wishing to offer tributes and memories.",
"\"We are grateful for the support and kindness of those who share our feelings for Steve,\" the family statement said.",
"\"We know many of you will mourn with us and we ask that you respect our privacy during our time of grief.\"",
"Printed copies of a picture of Jobs -- posted on Apple's website announcing his passing -- appeared Wednesday night on a marble wall outside the Apple store on New York's Fifth Avenue, with notes written on them.",
"\"We love you,\" one said.",
"\"RIP.\" Outside the original Apple store in Cupertino, California, a makeshift memorial was created Wednesday, with people leaving flowers and other items.",
"A bagpiper played as onlookers visited the site, some wiping their eyes.",
"Apple's board of directors said Jobs' \"brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives.",
"The world is immeasurably better because of Steve.\"",
"World reacts to Jobs' death .",
"Jobs' greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family, the statement said.",
"\"Our hearts go out to them and all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts.\"",
"\"No words can adequately express our sadness at Steve's death or our gratitude for the opportunity to work with him,\" Cook told Apple employees.",
"\"We will honor his memory by dedicating ourselves to continuing the work he loved so much.\"",
"CNN's Susan Candiotti contributed to this report."
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"Apple CEO Tim Cook sends an e-mail to employees .",
"Apple's board of directors praises Jobs' \"brilliance, passion and energy\"\nJobs' family says he died peacefully surrounded by relatives ."
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"(CNN) -- Terry Thompson, the Ohio man who authorities say set his exotic animals free just before killing himself, once supplied a lion cub for a photo shoot with supermodel Heidi Klum.",
"\"I wrote a letter to Heidi Klum's people,\" said Larry Hostetler, the executive director of the Animal Shelter Society of Muskingum County.",
"\"I strongly voiced my opinion that if they're going to hire animals for entertainment, they might want to check handlers' backgrounds -- that Terry Thompson had been convicted of animal cruelty.",
"\"Of course, I never heard anything back.\"",
"Thompson and his wild animal farm had long been on authorities' radar.",
"Thompson had been kicked out of the local pet fair for bringing exotic animals that snarled at children.",
"He had been convicted in November 2005 of animal cruelty, allowing an animal to roam freely and rendering animal waste without a license.",
"He had even threatened to let all his animals go when investigators visited after repeated calls of animal abuse or neglect.",
"But while investigators kept a close eye on him, Thompson professed his love for his animals to most anyone.",
"He would often be seen driving down the road with a wild animal.",
"\"My cats are happier than most people,\" Thompson once told the Zanesville Times-Recorder.",
"\"I feed them every day, and they have a great place to live.",
"How many people can say they have all they can eat and don't have to worry about a place to live?\"",
"In a 2008 video in New York, Thompson is seen smiling, holding a cub and handing it over to model Klum.",
"\"We heard about Terry Thompson from all of his work in movies and commercials and felt he had a great track record.",
"The day of our shoot, he was very kind, loving and protective towards his animals,\" said Christoph Körfer, the head of the German TV-station ProSieben in charge of the shoot.",
"\"This is definitely a tragic situation.\"",
"Yet on Tuesday, a strained marriage collided with the stress and the expense of caring for so many animals, people close to the investigation told CNN.",
"\"He was so depressed he said, 'That's it.",
"I'm going to let them go,' \" said Columbus Zoo director emeritus Jack Hanna, who helped authorities in the search for the wild animals.",
"The 62-year-old Thompson had been released from prison in recent weeks after serving a year behind bars on an illegal firearms conviction.",
"Authorities say Thompson unlocked his animal cages, opened the farm's gates and shot himself to death.",
"Thompson freed dozens of exotic animals -- from Bengal tigers to grizzly bears to baboons -- setting off a frightening scenario outside Zanesville, a town of 25,000 in central Ohio.",
"Authorities killed at least 49 animals, including 18 rare tigers.",
"\"What happened here was one of the largest animal escapes in our country's history,\" said Hanna.",
"Sheriff Matt Lutz defended his officers, saying they had no choice but to kill the roaming animals.",
"\"I had deputies that had to shoot animals with sidearms at close range.",
"That's how volatile this situation was.\"",
"Thompson was known as a flamboyant, volatile man.",
"The sheriff's department had been to the property on dozens of occasions over the last decade to check into reports of animal cruelty or animals on the loose.",
"Thompson would stare down those who entered his property with his steely blue eyes.",
"He'd cuss and scream.",
"\"I'll be damned,\" Thompson would shout, according to county Humane Officer David Durst.",
"\"I'll let them animals go!\"",
"\"He was definitely a different breed,\" said Durst, who investigates every case of animal cruelty in the county.",
"\"We were just afraid that this was going to happen.",
"It wasn't a matter of if it was going to happen, it was a matter of when.\"",
"Durst said Thompson would often buy his exotic animals from people in other states and offer to host them on his property for vacation.",
"\"They'd visit and see the situation and they'd freak out and they'd call me,\" he said.",
"\"They'd say, 'I was horrified.'\"",
"In the last year, even while Thompson was imprisoned on the weapons charges, Durst said he got at least one call a month about animals roaming loose.",
"Every time he visited Thompson's farm, Durst was escorted by at least three sheriff's deputies because he feared for his safety.",
"He said local authorities had alerted the U.S. Department of Agriculture, state representatives and other power players about their fears concerning Thompson and his wild animals.",
"\"And now we're dealing with this.\" Hostetler with the Animal Shelter Society said Thompson was an animal collector who had a horrible reputation for the treatment of his animals.",
"Opinion: Wild animals should be left in the wild .",
"\"It's been a nightmare out there for a decade,\" Hostetler said.",
"\"I never thought he'd do something like he's done.",
"But I knew eventually something bad would happen out there.\"",
"Hostetler said Thompson would bring his wild animals to the shelter's annual pet fair, where people bring their dogs and cats.",
"Thompson showed up once with bear cubs, once with tiger cubs and another time with a baby ape.",
"Children would rush toward the exotic animals.",
"\"The animals were growling and snarling back at the children,\" Hostetler said.",
"Every year, officials would ask Thompson to leave the fair.",
"He'd argue it was his right to bring his animals.",
"It got so testy that officials eventually changed the rules just to keep Thompson and his animals away.",
"Now, only domestic house pets are welcome.",
"Durst and Hostetler said officials had tried to get state and federal authorities to take control of the animals while Thompson was imprisoned in the last year.",
"\"We were trying and trying to get help,\" Durst said.",
"\"Hopefully a tragedy like this will get the ball rolling with the state of Ohio and the ownership of exotic animals.",
"\"The laws are so weak in Ohio, it's ridiculous.",
"You can have one permit and pretty much have all the exotic animals you want.\"",
"Added Hostetler: \"For me the sad part of this is that the court system could've removed those animals, and it's really sad it reached this point.\"",
"The Humane Society of the United States urged Ohio officials Wednesday to issue an emergency rule to crack down on exotic animal ownership.",
"A previous emergency order issued by then-Gov.",
"Ted Strickland that prohibited people convicted of animal cruelty from owning exotic animals expired in April.",
"The Humane Society said Thompson \"would almost certainly have had his animals removed by May 1, 2011, if the emergency order had not expired.\"",
"When he was first sentenced to animal cruelty charges in 2005, Thompson told the judge: \"I've learned a lot from this case, and I do love my animals.\"",
"Investigators have learned a lot from Thompson too, and must now contemplate what could have been done to stop Tuesday's tragedy.",
"CNN's Ann O'Neill contributed to this report."
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"He'd told authorities he would set his animals free if he could no longer care for them .",
"When investigators visited his property, he would cuss and stare them down .",
"He got kicked out of annual fair because his animals snarled at children ."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Poppy production in Afghanistan is at record levels and is threatening the government and security there, the U.S. State Department said in a report on worldwide drug sales and production.",
"In a photo from last year, villagers tend to opium poppies in southern Afghanistan.",
"\"Although President [Hamid] Karzai has strongly attacked narco-trafficking as the greatest threat to Afghanistan, one-third of the Afghan economy remains opium-based,\" the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report says.",
"\"The government at all levels must be held accountable to deter and eradicate poppy cultivation, remove and prosecute corrupt officials.\"",
"Poppy production soared last year in southern provinces controlled by insurgents, Assistant Secretary of State David Johnson told reporters.",
"\"There is incontrovertible evidence that the Taliban use drug trafficking proceeds to fund insurgent activities,\" he said.",
"He said the United Nations is predicting that opium production in Afghanistan will fall slightly this year, after recent years of double-digit growth.",
"The two-volume report contains more than 1,100 pages with details of drug sales and production.",
"Twenty nations, including some major U.S. allies, were designated as major drug-producing or drug-transit countries.",
"Burma (also known as Myanmar) and Venezuela were singled out as having \"failed demonstrably\" to live up to their obligations under anti-drug agreements.",
"Also on the list are Afghanistan, the Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay and Peru.",
"Canada was criticized in the report for an increasingly sophisticated marijuana industry.",
"\"We remain concerned that the production of high-potency indoor grown marijuana for export to the United States continues to thrive in Canada in part because growers do not consistently face strict legal punishment,\" the report said.",
"Journalists were briefed on the report by Johnson, assistant secretary of state for international narcotics and law enforcement affairs.",
"E-mail to a friend ."
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"Canada criticized for not cracking down on indoor marijuana production .",
"State Department report says one third of Afghan economy is opium-based .",
"Burma and Venezuela have not lived up to anti-drug agreements, report says ."
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"(CNN) -- Narain Karthikeyan says India is brimming with excitement on the eve of the country's first ever Formula One grand prix.",
"The Buddh International Circuit, 50km outside the capital New Delhi, is set to welcome the world's fastest drivers at the weekend as it makes its Formula One debut and Karthikeyan thinks the event could spark a huge boom in the sport's popularity.",
"As the only native driver in the race, Karthikeyan believes Sunday's Grand Prix is an important landmark both for himself and his country.",
"\"It is an historic and symbolic moment that an Indian driver is on the grid and, of course, there is a lot following Formula One for a long time,\" the Hispania Racing Team driver told F1's official website.",
"\"There will be a lot of fans here. It will be hard to explain but it is what it is.",
"I want to enjoy the weekend, have a lot of fun, and try and do the best I can do.",
"\"I just want to enjoy the whole atmosphere.",
"My family, everyone is coming.",
"It is a huge day for Indian motorsport.\"",
"Karthikeyan, who became India's first ever F1 driver in 2004, says a solid following has built up for the sport since the races were televised in 1993.",
"And he thinks India's maiden grand prix will only increase the country's thirst for motorsport.",
"He added: \"Once Formula One is here the exposure will create a big opportunity for the young drivers and for the whole motorsport infrastructure to grow.",
"We are all looking forward to it.",
"India is different to China.",
"\"There has been a lot of interest in Formula One for a long time.",
"It has been that long, since 1993, that it has been on TV live here and I think it is going to be very good for the sport and all the motorsport fraternity here is very, very excited.\"",
"Karthikeyan also said the track at the Buddh International Circuit should make for an exciting race.",
"\"With the circuit, again like everybody else, it is wide in some places, I am sure lots of different lines you are going to see, lots of overtaking,\" he said.",
"\"It is definitely a very challenging circuit, with lots of run off areas and so on, so they have done a very good job, no doubt.\""
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"Narain Karthikeyan says the Indian Grand Prix is huge for his country .",
"Indian Formula One driver says the race can boost the sport's popularity .",
"Sunday's Indian Grand Prix is the first to be held in the country .",
"Karthikeyan calls it a historic moment for himself and for India ."
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"(CNN) -- Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo will miss the final race of 2011 MotoGP season in Valencia this weekend as he continues to recover from a finger injury.",
"The Yamaha rider required plastic surgery to repair a damaged ring finger on his left hand after a crash in Australia three weeks ago.",
"Lorenzo, 24, is guaranteed second place in the world championship due to the 48-point lead he holds over third-place Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso.",
"Australian Casey Stoner has already secured this year's world championship.",
"Japanese test rider Katsuyuki Nakasuga will replace the 2010 world champion for Sunday's race in the Spanish port city.",
"\"Lorenzo continues to make good progress in recovery following plastic surgery to repair damage to the ring finger of his left hand sustained in Phillip Island three weeks ago,\" read a statement on the sport's official website.",
"\"The Mallorcan's injuries require further recovery time to allow him to ride at a competitive level.\"",
"This weekend's race will be the first since Italian rider Marco Simoncelli was tragically killed in a crash in Malaysia on October 23.",
"A 16-meter wall bearing the 24-year-old's racing number of 58 has been erected at the circuit for fans to leave their own personal tributes to the Italian.",
"In addition, riders will gather on track prior to Sunday's season-ending race to their own tribute to Simoncelli -- who raced for the Honda team."
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"The Spaniard is still recovering from plastic surgery on his finger .",
"Sunday's race in Valencia is the first since the death of Marco Simoncelli ."
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"(CNN) -- Formula One's big-name drivers have spoken of their desire to put on a sporting spectacle which Japan's motorsport fans can enjoy, as the country continues to recover from their devastating earthquake earlier this year.",
"Japan was hit by a catastrophic quake and tsunami in March which left 27,000 people dead or missing, and F1's drivers have been telling of their continued support for the nation ahead of Sunday's race at Suzuka.",
"Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel will seal a second consecutive world championship if he finishes higher than 10th in the race and the German expressed his admiration for the Japanese people.",
"\"The fans in Japan are special,\" Vettel, who has won the last two grands prix in Japan, told Formula One's official website.",
"\"What they have been through in recent times is something I cannot begin to imagine, but they are so impressive.",
"F1 title race: Vettel on the brink .",
"\"They are extremely patient and always polite and friendly and their stamina is amazing.",
"I hope we can put on a good show for them this weekend.\"",
"McLaren's Jenson Button is the only other driver who can still mathematically overhaul Vettel and the 2009 title winner spoke of his fondness for Japan, saying the Asian country is a home away from home.",
"\"I consider Japan my second home,\" Button, 31, said.",
"\"It's a place that's very close to my heart, and, obviously, it's going to be a very emotional experience for me to be racing in Japan for the first time since the events of last March.",
"\"I'm very proud that the Formula One world championship will put Japan on the world's sporting stage this weekend: while the country is still collectively rebuilding itself.",
"\"I hope we can put on a great race to bring further strength to the people of Japan.",
"And to everyone in Japan, I say: 'Ganbatte!",
"[Japanese for good luck]'\" Button's fellow-Briton and teammate Lewis Hamilton, a world champion in 2008, praised the Suzuka circuit and described it as one of his favorite Formula One destinations.",
"\"The Japanese Grand Prix is one of the highlights of my season,\" Hamilton, 26, said.",
"\"I think Suzuka will play to my strengths: it's a track that really requires you to drive in an attacking way to be able to get a good lap time.",
"\"It's an uncompromising place.",
"But that's when the thrill of driving a Formula One car is at its highest.\"",
"Kamui Kobayashi will be the sole Japanese racer on the grid this weekend, with the Sauber driver excited by the prospect of competing in front of his home crowd.",
"\"I am very proud of Suzuka as this is one of the really great circuits,\" the 25-year-old said.",
"\"It is always really enjoyable to drive here as well.",
"Racing here is always great and really thanks to the many fans as they are always waiting for Formula One.\""
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"F1's drivers have expressed their support for Japan in the wake of March quake .",
"Sebastian Vettel said the fans in Japan are special as he looks to seal world title .",
"McLaren's Jenson Button referred to Japan as a second home .",
"Japan's Kamui Kobayashi is looking forward to racing at his home grand prix ."
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"State College, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Penn State students and alumni held a candlelight vigil late Sunday to honor and remember Joe Paterno, the iconic former football coach.",
"Paterno, 85, died Sunday at a State College, Pennsylvania, hospital, according to his family.",
"He had been suffering from lung cancer and had recently broken his pelvis.",
"\"It is with great sadness that we announce that Joe Paterno passed away earlier today,\" said the statement.",
"\"His loss leaves a void in our lives that will never be filled.\"",
"Students braved freezing temperatures to attend the vigil on the lawn of the Old Main building on Penn State's campus.",
"They held candles, locked arms, and sung the school's alma mater to say goodbye.",
"Later, they walked over to a statue of Paterno outside Beaver Stadium, which has become a sort of makeshift memorial.",
"\"He's more than a coach; his family's more than a family,\" said Bethanna Edmiston, a local resident and alumna who met her husband at Penn State.",
"\"It's extremely difficult for the whole Nittany nation,\" she said.",
"\"Unless you're part of Penn State, you just don't understand what it means.\"",
"Share your thoughts on Paterno's death .",
"Earlier on Sunday, many fans were seen crying as they stood at the statue.",
"It features Paterno with his index finger outstretched in the \"No.",
"1\" gesture. A quote from Paterno, who spent 61 years at Penn State, is on the wall behind the statue.",
"\"They ask me what I'd like written about me when I'm gone,\" the quote says.",
"\"I hope they write I made Penn State a better place, not just that I was a good football coach.\"",
"Edmiston said she moved to State College at age 8, as Paterno took the reins at Penn State.",
"\"Our family thanks Penn Staters, students & all people for prayers & support for my Dad,\" Paterno's son, Jay Paterno, tweeted Sunday, \"He felt your support in his fight.\"",
"Family statement: \"He fought hard until the end\" The gathering at the statue has been ongoing since Saturday night, after a family spokesman said Paterno's condition had worsened.",
"Some shoveled snow so others could walk up and touch Paterno's outstretched hand on his statue.",
"Signs, flowers and candles surrounded the statue, along with photographs of Paterno.",
"\"You're our hero,\" one said.",
"Another one, flanked by candles, simply said: \"Coach.\"",
"Jay Paterno tweeted Saturday night that he drove by the statue, and that the love and support inspired his father.",
"\"He died as he lived,\" the family statement said.",
"\"He fought hard until the end, stayed positive, thought only of others and constantly reminded everyone of how blessed his life had been.\"",
"Media falsely report Paterno's death .",
"Several websites that reported Saturday night that Paterno had died later apologized for the error, including the Penn State student news website Onward State, the first to report the erroneous information.",
"Paterno was fired in November amid outrage over the handling of accusations against former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, who faces more than 50 counts involving sexual acts with 10 boys since 1994.",
"Sandusky has pleaded not guilty.",
"But several of those gathered at the statue Sunday remembered Paterno as a unifying presence both at the university and in State College.",
"\"I want everyone in our whole country to know that Joe united us,\" said Diane Farley, a Penn State alumna and current university employee.",
"\"And I don't want anyone to point fingers at anyone anymore, and I want them to know that State College is a place that cares, because Joe cared, and there's just been a lot of confusion in the past six weeks ... We're all on this Earth together.",
"We're all going to go out eventually, like Joe, and we need to be a little bit more loving and caring with each other.\"",
"\"They're just ordinary people,\" Edmiston said of the Paterno family.",
"\"They lived in the same house since they moved there, not a fancy house, just everyday people.",
"They gave everything they had to Penn State -- not only money, but their time, their efforts.",
"It's just an amazing legacy that he's left behind.\"",
"Another man said he doesn't believe the scandal will tarnish Paterno's memory.",
"\"It won't define him,\" said the man, who did not give his name.",
"\"It wasn't who he was.\" The family previously said Paterno had a treatable form of cancer.",
"In December, he was admitted to a hospital after fracturing his pelvis when he slipped and fell at his home in State College.",
"Under Paterno's 46-year leadership, the Nittany Lions won two national championships, went undefeated five times and finished in the top 25 national rankings 35 times, according to his official Penn State biography.",
"Sports Illustrated: Paterno's legacy was more than the final chapter .",
"At the time of Paterno's dismissal, Vice Chairman of Trustees John P. Surma said he hoped the school's 95,000 students and hundreds of thousands of alumni would believe the decision \"is in the best long-term interest of the university, which is much larger than athletic programs.\"",
"Paterno told the Washington Post this month he felt inadequate to deal with the initial allegation of abuse against Sandusky.",
"\"I didn't know exactly how to handle it and I was afraid to do something that might jeopardize what the university procedure was,\" Paterno told the Post.",
"\"So I backed away and turned it over to some other people, people I thought would have a little more expertise than I did.",
"It didn't work out that way.\" The former coach spoke with a raspy voice during the interview -- Paterno's first extensive comments since being fired.",
"A Penn State graduate assistant, Mike McQueary, told the grand jury late last year that he had seen Sandusky \"with a boy in the shower and that it was severe sexual acts going on and that it was wrong and over the line.\"",
"He said he had gone to Paterno with what he saw.",
"Paterno said he'd never been told the graphic details revealed in a grand jury report, but that he nevertheless reported the allegations to his boss, then-Athletic Director Tim Curley.",
"Curley and Gary Schultz, a former university vice president, have been charged with perjury and failure to report the abuse allegations, which law enforcement did not learn about for several years.",
"They have pleaded not guilty.",
"\"You know, he didn't want to get specific,\" Paterno said about McQueary.",
"\"And to be frank with you I don't know that it would have done any good, because I never heard of, of, rape and a man.",
"So I just did what I thought was best.",
"I talked to people that I thought would be, if there was a problem, that would be following up on it,\" he told The Washington Post.",
"\"I called my superiors and I said, 'Hey, we got a problem, I think.",
"Would you guys look into it?'",
"Because I didn't know, you know ... I had never had to deal with something like that.",
"And I didn't feel adequate,\" Paterno said.",
"\"Joe was Penn State,\" Edmiston said.",
"\"He made Penn State.",
"And it's really a very sad, sad day for all of us.\"",
"CNN's Sarah Hoye and CNN contributor Sara Ganim contributed to this report."
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"Paterno's son to fans: \"He felt your support in his fight\"\nThe iconic coach died Sunday at age 85 .",
"Paterno was fired over the handling of sex abuse claims against a former assistant ."
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"(CNN) -- Lotus Renault driver Robert Kubica has confirmed that he will not be fit in time for the start of the 2012 Formula One season.",
"The 26-year-old Pole, winner of the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix, missed the whole of this season after suffering serious injuries following a rallying crash in February.",
"There had been some hope that Kubica would be fit enough to start the new campaign, but he released a statement on the team's official website confirming this would not be the case.",
"Kubica said: \"I have come to the conclusion that I am not yet certain to be ready for the 2012 season.",
"This was a difficult decision to make, but it is the most reasonable one.",
"\"I know that Lotus Renault need to prepare for next year, and further extending deadlines would not have been the right thing to do.",
"On a personal level, my recovery is very encouraging and my doctors keep being impressed.\"",
"Kubica added: \"I just need more time, as I want to be 100% ready before I commit to anything driving related.\"",
"Team principal Eric Boullier also released a statement, saying: \"Everybody in the team is, of course, very disappointed.",
"Robert not driving in Australia at the start of next season is not what we were all hoping for.",
"\"However, he has taken a very mature decision, acting in the best interests of Lotus Renault GP.",
"As a team and as a family, we remain 100% behind him and we'll help as much as we can.\"",
"Kubica suffered a partial amputation of his forearm and compound fractures to his right elbow, shoulder and leg in the accident in Andorra last February.",
"He subsequently had three operations and has undergone a lengthy period of rehabilitation but has so far not driven a car.",
"Kubica's decision leaves the team with a choice of three drivers to fill its two seats, Vitaly Petrov, Bruno Senna and Romain Grosjean, unless they look outside their current line-up."
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"Robert Kubica's Formula One return with Renault has been delayed .",
"Renault had been hoping the Polish driver would be fit for the start of the 2012 season .",
"But Kubica has not fully recovered from serious arm injuries sustained in a rally crash ."
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"(CNN) -- Motorsport's ruling body has officially approved a host of Formula One team name changes for the 2012 season.",
"Team Lotus, Lotus Renault and Virgin were all given permission to alter their names following a meeting of the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile's F1 commission in Geneva last week.",
"CNN-sponsored Lotus will now be known as Caterham F1 from next year onwards, while Virgin will be renamed Marussia F1.",
"Russian carmaker Marussia Motors purchased a significant stake in Virgin in November 2010, and has had its logo present on the car throughout the 2011 season.",
"Renault will also undergo changes ahead of next year's campaign, changing the team's chassis name to Lotus.",
"The announcements mark the end of a two-year spell which has seen two teams race using the legendary name.",
"\"We are very pleased that our chassis name change has been approved,\" team principal Eric Boullier told Renault's official website.",
"\"We have said all along that, in the interests of the sport, it is important that we remove any ambiguity on this matter.",
"It is also important that there are clearly identifiable teams on the grid.",
"\"It is the start of another chapter for Enstone (the team's HQ), but not a whole new beginning.",
"The team's history and experience will allow us to take up this challenge with a controlled and swift process.",
"We're very much looking forward to 2012.\"",
"Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel has already retained the 2011 world drivers' championship, with the Britain-based Austrian team having also clinched the constructors' title for the second year in a row.",
"The penultimate race of the campaign is on Sunday in Abu Dhabi, before the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix on November 27."
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"The FIA has approved a number of name changes ahead of 2012 F1 season .",
"CNN-sponsored Team Lotus will be renamed Caterham F1 next year .",
"Virgin Racing to be renamed Marussia F1 for 2012 campaign .",
"Lotus Renault to change the team's chassis name to Lotus ."
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"(CNN) -- Sebastian Vettel became the youngest-ever back-to-back Formula One world champion with his third place finish in Sunday's Japan Grand Prix and the German now has an unassailable lead with four races of the season still remaining.",
"Vettel finished behind Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso at Suzuka, a result more than enough to retain his crown following a dominant season which has seen him claim nine victories and four second places from the 15 races so far.",
"With just four races still remaining, Vettel has an unassailable lead of 114 points over Button and cannot now be overtaken, although the battle for the minor placings is still likely to go down to the final race of the season in Brazil.",
"In fact, there were no changes in the top nine of either the drivers' or constructors' championship after Suzuka with the Formula One circuit now moving onto next weekend's Korean Grand Prix at Yeongam, the 16th race of the season .",
"Drivers' standings after round 15 in Japan: .",
"1. Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull 324 points .",
"2. Jenson Button (GB) McLaren 210 .",
"3. Fernando Alonso (Spa) Ferrari 202 .",
"4. Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull 194 .",
"5. Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren 178 .",
"6. Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari 90 .",
"7. Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes 63 .",
"8. Michael Schumacher (Ger) Mercedes 60 .",
"9. Vitaly Petrov (Rus) Renault 36 .",
"Constructors' standings: .",
"1. Red Bull 518 points .",
"2. McLaren 388 .",
"3. Ferrari 292 .",
"4. Mercedes 123 .",
"5. Lotus Renault 72 .",
"6. Force India 48 .",
"7. Sauber 40 . 8. Toro Rosso 29 .",
"9. Williams 5 ."
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"Sebastian Vettel now has an unassailable lead in the F1 drivers' standings .",
"The 24-year-old German is 114 points ahead of his rivals with just 100 points left .",
"Jenson Button won in Suzuka to consolidate second place with Fernando Alonso third .",
"Red Bull continue to dominate the constructors' title ahead of McLaren and Ferrari ."
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"NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Facing intense government pressure, Indian oil workers agreed to call off a three-day strike and go back to work, the Oil and Petroleum Ministry announced.",
"Long queues at gas stations have become a common sight across India in recent days.",
"The workers ended the strike Friday, after the government threatened to suspend, fire or arrest workers who did not return to their jobs.",
"The impact of the strike had been felt across all major cities in India, including Mumbai and New Delhi, where motorists waited in long lines to purchase fuel.",
"Police had been called in to maintain order at many stations.",
"Power plants that rely on gas ran out, causing power cuts, and airlines were forced to delay flights.",
"Some 45,000 workers walked off the job at the government-controlled oil companies Wednesday after the government refused their demands for higher pay.",
"India's Home Minister P. Chidambaram had called on workers to end the strike immediately, saying it was \"placing an intolerable burden on the people.\"",
"He had said the army could be called in if the crisis deepened.",
"Meanwhile, a separate nationwide strike by truck operators entered its sixth day, with some truck operators saying arrested strikers had to be released before talks could take place, the Press Trust of India reported.",
"Five All India Motor Transport Congress leaders were arrested Friday on charges of disrupting the supply of commodities, the Indo-Asian News Service reported.",
"\"We will not give up our agitation and will not hold any talks with the government until we are released unconditionally,\" AIMTC Secretary-General S. Venugopal told the news service.",
"The AIMTC is demanding a reduction in diesel and tire prices, the Indo-Asian News Service reported.",
"On Saturday, the transport minister, Thiru T.R.",
"Baalu, said the government was \"ready to discuss\" the truck operators' demands, the news service reported.",
"However, he warned the government could suspend or revoke workers' permits, according to a summary of his remarks released by the government.",
"-- CNN's Sara Sidner and Bharati Naik contributed to this report."
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"threats to suspend, fire or arrest workers .",
"Impact of the strike had been felt across all major cities in India .",
"45,000 workers walked off the job at govt.-controlled companies Wednesday .",
"Government had refused their demands for higher pay ."
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"(CNN) -- Fernando Alonso is determined to banish his demons in Abu Dhabi as he returns to the track where his 2010 Formula One world championship chances disintegrated.",
"The Ferrari driver was in pole position to grab his third career title last year, needing to finish in the top four to claim the crown.",
"But the Italian team took the decision to bring Alonso into the pits at an early stage and he spent the rest of the race stuck behind Renault's Vitaly Petrov, finishing seventh, and handing Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel his first ever world championship.",
"A dominant Vettel hasn't looked back, retaining his title with four races of the 2011 season to go and Alonso admits returning to the Yas Marina circuit will be a painful experience for him.",
"\"It would not be honest if I told you I won't be a bit uncomfortable thinking about it when I see the paddock for the first time,\" Alonso wrote in his blog on Ferrari's official website.",
"\"But then the feeling will vanish and it will leave room for the present, which is about aiming to do well this weekend and in the future: to learn as much as possible with next season in mind.",
"\"It's right that it should be like that because in sport, as in the rest of life, you must always look ahead.",
"\"Abu Dhabi 2010 was an important stage in my career and I have no doubt that even through that bad day, my relationship with Ferrari has become even stronger.\"",
"Alonso, from Spain, is currently third in the drivers' world championship standings, 13 points behind McLaren's British driver Jenson Button in second.",
"But the gulf between Vettel and the rest of the field is underlined by his 134-point lead over Button.",
"Alonso acknowledges that winning will be \"difficult\" in Abu Dhabi but says he is keen to fight for a podium place to counter last year's bitter disappointment.",
"\"I completely appreciate that winning will be very difficult,\" he said.",
"\"In this closing part of the season the relative positions are very clear but we have also seen there are some conditions in which we can fight for victory: as happened in Suzuka, for example.",
"\"We know if we all get everything right we can fight for the top three but our natural qualifying position is on the third row.",
"Then in the race things can go differently but that is the realistic situation.",
"\"So our target is the podium.",
"Apart from anything else that result would allow me to fill a gap in my trophy cabinet as Abu Dhabi is the only race on the calendar from which I have yet to bring home silverware.\""
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"Fernando Alonso out to erase the painful memory of the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix .",
"Alonso needed a top four finish to win last year's drivers' championship but came seventh .",
"Instead Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel took the title and has already secured 2011 version .",
"Alonso heads into this weekend's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix third in the standings ."
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"(CNN) -- Double world champion Sebastian Vettel suffered a disrupted second practice session ahead of Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton setting the pace on Friday.",
"Red Bull driver Vettel was back at the track where he claimed the first of his two world championships 12 months ago -- the youngest driver to achieve the feat -- but the German spun out on the first corner of the Yas Marina Circuit.",
"Vettel, who has won 11 of 17 races in 2011, recovered to rejoin practice with 10 minutes remaining, but finished in sixth position on a track where he has won for the past two years.",
"He ended the day half a second behind Hamilton's leading time of one minute 39.586 secs.",
"Hamilton, world champion in 2008 but only fifth overall after a disappointing season, led second-placed teammate Jenson Button ahead of Saturday's qualifying.",
"Latest F1 standings after Indian GP .",
"\"I lost the car on the entrance to turn one,\" Vettel, who clinched the 2011 championship with third place in Japan last month, told the sport's official website.",
"\"I think I was too wide and too far on to the kerb, so I lost the rear and couldn't catch the car anymore.",
"I was lucky to get out again at the end of P2; there wasn't much damage apart from the front wing.\"",
"British racer Hamilton was pleased with his form and was confident ahead of this season's penultimate race.",
"\"It was a really positive day for me,\" the 26-year-old said.",
"\"The track just got better and better today, so I slowly chipped away at the set-up.",
"\"The tires are behaving well -- at the last race I had degradation and didn't have the pace, so it feels much better this weekend.",
"That's a real positive for me.",
"\"When you come through a Friday without any problems, it definitely makes you feel confident for the rest of the weekend.\"",
"Button, the 2009 world champion and running second this year, admitted to experimenting during his practice run on a track where passing has traditionally been difficult.",
"\"I was playing around with overtaking on my long run,\" the 31-year-old said.",
"\"But I still reckon it'll be difficult to overtake people in the DRS zones.",
"\"So I think it's going to be a bit of a struggle to make moves stick in the race -- which means it's going to be important to qualify up at the front.",
"It's tricky around here, but we made some good progress here this afternoon and evening.\"",
"Ferrari's Fernando Alonso also slid off having spent a short period leading the field.",
"The double world champion eventually came home third ahead of Brazilian teammate Felipe Massa.",
"Vettel's fellow Red Bull driver Mark Webber was fifth fastest, with seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher seventh for Mercedes.",
"The 2011 campaign will finish at the Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo on November 27."
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"McLaren's Lewis Hamilton heads practice ahead of Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix .",
"World champion Sebastian Vettel spins out and only finishes sixth on Friday .",
"Hamilton's teammate Jenson Button sets the second fastest time at Yas Marina .",
"Sunday's race is the penultimate grand prix of the 2011 season ."
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"(CNN) -- Soccer fans should not \"dwell\" on the hand ball committed by French player Thierry Henry, former teammate Zinedine Zidane said in his defense Saturday.",
"French forward Henry admitted to using his hand illegally to set up the goal that gave his team a 2-1 aggregate victory Wednesday against Ireland.",
"France's victory pushed Ireland out of a spot at the 2010 World Cup.",
"\"What I just want to say is that Thierry Henry is not a cheater, even if it is a big foul and he committed it, let's not dwell on it,\" former teammate and captain for the French team, Zidane said to CNN affiliate BFMTV.",
"\"I don't think he should take more blame.",
"It's a fact of the game that's certainly difficult to accept for the Irish but something that happens very often on the football field.",
"I just want to say that's a lot for Henry to take.\"",
"And Zidane knows what it's like to be in the spotlight -- for the good and bad.",
"Zidane won every major honor in the game, including the 1998 World Cup.",
"But during the last game of his 18-year professional career, he head-butted Italy's Marco Materazzi during the 2006 World Cup final game.",
"France lost that match.",
"France won Wednesday's match that has some Ireland fans feeling cheated.",
"Video replays from the game shows Henry used his hand to stop the ball going out of play in extra time before he passed to William Gallas, who then scored the goal that secured France's place in the World Cup.",
"The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) requested a replay of Wednesday's controversial game, but the governing body of world football, FIFA, declined Friday.",
"The Irish association also called on the French Football Federation to replay the game.",
"\"We regret that despite our best efforts for a replay, which would have restored the integrity of the game in front of a world-wide audience, our calls appear to have fallen on deaf ears at the French Football Federation,\" FAI chief John Delaney said in a statement.",
"\"Without doubt, the credibility of fair-play has been damaged by this incident in front of a world-wide audience.\"",
"In its bid for a do-over, the FAI pointed to precedent set in 2005 when a World Cup qualifier between Uzbekistan and Bahrain was replayed after the referee was found to have committed a technical error.",
"But a FIFA spokesman said the precedent did not apply to Wednesday's game because the referee in the 2005 match \"saw the incident in question and simply failed to apply the proper rules.\"",
"The FAI plans to \"continue to call on FIFA to take action to ensure that such damaging examples of cheating are not allowed to recur,\" Delaney said."
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"Henry admits a replay would be the \"fairest solution\" in handball row .",
"Henry set up decisive goal for France in their World Cup playoff with Ireland ."
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"(CNN) -- World champion Casey Stoner won the Valencia MotoGP, the final race of the season, after a thrilling battle with American Ben Spies all the way to the line.",
"Stoner led for most of the 30-lap race before Spies overtook him with three laps remaining.",
"However, the Australian regained the lead to win by just one hundredth of a second and secure his 10th victory of a dominant season.",
"Spies, who won his first ever MotoGP at Assen in June, had to settle for second place with Italian Andrea Dovizioso third.",
"Briton Cal Crutchlow, Spain's Dani Pedrosa and Katsuyuki Nakasuga of Japan completed the top six.",
"Spies told reporters: \"We tried to just be careful on the last lap as it had started to rain quite heavily.",
"\"Casey took a couple more risks in the last couple of corners and had a bit more motor than me down the straight,\" he added.",
"Stoner, who had already sealed his second world championship triumph prior to Sunday's race, said: \"It was the last lap of the last race of the year so I thought, 'Let's just go for it' -- and I got it.",
"It was one of the hairiest races of my career.\"",
"The win ensured the Honda rider finished on 350 points, 90 points ahead of 2010 world champion Jorge Lorenzo, who was forced to miss the final race because of a finger injury.",
"Dovizioso's third place ensured he claimed third in the overall standings with 228 points, ahead of Pedrosa on 219 points and Spies on 176.",
"The race was the first since the tragic death of Marco Simoncelli in a crash in Malaysia a fortnight ago and, prior to racing, riders from the MotoGP, Moto2 and 125cc categories united to perform a lap of honor to remember the late Italian."
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"World champion Casey Stoner claims a thrilling Valencia MotoGP victory .",
"Australian Stoner edges American Ben Spies with Andrea Dovizioso third .",
"The final MotoGP of the season was the first race since Marco Simoncelli's death ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- An Idaho man accused of trying to assassinate President Barack Obama by shooting at the White House pleaded not guilty, as expected, in federal court Tuesday.",
"Oscar Ortega-Hernandez will remain in custody until his trial, a date for which has not yet been scheduled.",
"He appeared in a dark blue prison jumpsuit at his brief arraignment hearing before Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson.",
"He was indicted last week on 17 criminal counts.",
"Prosecutors say Ortega-Hernandez fired a Romanian-made assault rifle out of the window of his car the evening of November 11.",
"After allegedly sending a number of rounds toward the White House, he sped away toward a bridge leading to the Virginia suburbs, but crashed his vehicle and fled on foot, officials say.",
"A court document says Ortega-Hernandez's fingerprints were found on ammunition magazines left in a 1998 Honda, but not on the weapon itself, which also was left in the car.",
"Neither the president nor his family was at home at the time of the incident.",
"Ortega-Hernandez said nothing at Tuesday's hearing, but appeared alert, nodding and smiling at the judge as the hearing concluded.",
"He wore a heavy beard and was not in restraints.",
"An FBI agent had testified at an earlier hearing that bullets found embedded in the White House residence came from Ortega-Hernandez's assault weapon.",
"The 21-year-old man claimed after his arrest that he had been car-jacked by a man with a gun on the day of the crime, and said his assailant must have been responsible for the shooting, according to court filings.",
"He also allegedly told the officers he never owned a gun, but the government cited two witnesses from Idaho confirming the rifle left in the car belonged to Ortega-Hernandez.",
"A federal public defender representing Ortega-Hernandez had previously claimed inconsistent witness statements raised doubts about whether he was the shooter.",
"Attorney David Bos cited one witness who said the shooter was driving a yellow van.",
"Police had said Ortega-Hernandez was driving a dark-colored sedan.",
"Bos did not object Tuesday when the magistrate ruled the defendant would continue to be held behind bars.",
"Another hearing is scheduled for next month.",
"Ortega-Hernandez was captured at a Pennsylvania motel days after the incident.",
"He told police he hitchhiked and walked from the District of Columbia.",
"Another federal judge previously ruled him competent to stand trial.",
"Ortega-Hernandez has been interviewed at least once by a psychologist, and the doctor said he is able to understand the allegations against him and to aid in his defense.",
"In court documents, prosecutors argue Ortega-Hernandez is dangerous and planned out his alleged crime over a period of months.",
"If convicted of attempting to assassinate the president, Ortega-Hernandez would face a maximum sentence of life in prison."
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"He was indicted last week on 17 criminal counts .",
"He is accused of shooting a rifle at the White House in November ."
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"(CNN) -- Microsoft may be a relative newcomer to in-store retailing, but it's getting the hang of this Black Friday thing.",
"The computing giant, with 14 retail stores across the U.S., is diving into the post-Thanksgiving shopping madness with a slew of substantial new discounts on laptops, phones, software, games and its Kinect gaming system for the Xbox 360 console.",
"The sale begins online Friday at 12:01 a.m. PT, when most Microsoft stores will open, and lasts through Monday.",
"Some of the deals are just available in stores, while others are offered only at Microsoft's online store.",
"Among them: . -- Sony S137GX notebook: $599, normally $999 (online only) -- Samsung RC512 laptop running Windows 7: $499, normally $799 .",
"-- Acer Iconia Dual-Screen Touchbook: $599, normally $999 .",
"-- Xbox Ultimate Gaming Bundle, which includes accessories, a game and a 90-day Xbox Live membership: up to $200 off .",
"-- Kinect Sensor Holiday Bundle, which includes three games: $100, normally $150 (not available online) -- A free Windows Phone with a two-year service agreement (the site doesn't specify the carrier) -- Office Home and Student suite of software: $120, normally $150 .",
"Microsoft also is cutting prices -- in many cases by half -- on such recent popular Xbox games as \"Assassin's Creed Revelations,\" \"Battlefield 3\" and \"Madden 2012.\"",
"See its Facebook page for an entire list.",
"These discounts are much deeper than those announced Wednesday by rival Apple, which is trimming prices on iPads, iPods and Macs by less than 10%."
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"Microsoft is offering Black Friday discounts on laptops, phones, games and Kinect .",
"Some deals are just available in stores; others are offered only on Microsoft's retail site .",
"Prices on some laptop models are slashed by $400 ."
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