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[ "(EW.com) -- When the report broke that Taylor Kitsch in the running to play the dashing, love-sick, oft-nearly-naked Finnick Odair in \"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,\" I was dubious.", "While starring in the sure-to-be-a-hit \"Catching Fire\" would help brighten Kitsch's tarnished star power thanks to the one...
[ "Taylor Kitsch told The Los Angeles Times that he will not be playing Finnick Odair .", "Kitsch is already committed to director Peter Berg's Navy SEAL drama \"Lone Survivor\"\nThat film will likely be shooting at the same time as \"Catching Fire\"" ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Bloody clashes erupted Saturday between pro- and anti-Syrian regime fighters in the Lebanese city of Tripoli, the deadliest outburst of violence in recent weeks and further indication that Syria's turmoil is spilling across borders.", "Twelve people were killed and approximately 50 were wounded in the l...
[ "12 dead, 50 are wounded in fighting in the coastal city of Tripoli, state news reports .", "Lebanon's government says it will enforce an agreed-upon cease-fire in the area .", "The clash was the latest pitting factions opposed to and supporting Syria's leaders ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- A Texas judge sentenced a Mexican drug gang leader to life in prison Thursday after he pleaded guilty to murder and weapons charges related to the killing of a U.S. consulate employee and her husband, officials said.", "Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez, 34, also pleaded guilty to racketeering, drug traffic...
[ "The authorities say Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez is connected to 1,500 killings .", "Among them is the murder of U.S. consulate employee Lesley Enriquez .", "Enriquez and her husband were shot to death after leaving a birthday party in 2010 .", "A judge in Texas sentences Acosta, a leader of La Linea, to li...
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[ "(CNN) -- Last week, Apple released its sixth annual supplier responsibility report, which detailed violations made by its suppliers.", "In the same week, news surfaced that about 150 Chinese workers at a giant manufacturing plant that produces Microsoft's Xbox 360 had threatened mass suicide by throwing themselv...
[ "Last week, Chinese workers at Foxconn threatened mass suicide in a labor dispute .", "John Cary: Consumers must help workers who make products under tough conditions .", "Consumers need to pressure Apple to improve its supply-side standards, he says .", "He says this is CEO Tim Cook's moment to fix the labor...
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[ "(CNN) -- Snigdha Nandipati, 14, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night by spelling \"guetapens,\" which means an ambush, snare or trap.", "\"I was just taking it one word at a time,\" the eighth-grader from San Diego told CNN on Friday morning.", "\"I just wanted to get each word right.", "I...
[ "\"I was just taking it one word at a time,\" Snigdha Nandipati says .", "The 14-year-old tied for 27th place in last year's spelling bee .", "Her victory came moments after her final challenger stumbled over \"schwarmerei\"" ]
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[ "(CNN) -- The parents of a New York Rangers player found dead in his apartment have decided to donate his brain to Boston University researchers studying the effects of concussion in athletes, a medical examiner's office said Sunday.", "New York Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard was found dead Friday in his Minneap...
[ "The cause of the death of Derek Boogaard has not been determined .", "Boogaard was found dead Friday in his Minneapolis apartment .", "The 28-year-old hockey player joined the New York Rangers in July ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- An isolated Indian tribe in Brazil seemingly has vanished like a morning mist in the Amazon jungle.", "Concerns are rising that the tribe, filmed this past year for the first time, may have been run off by drug traffickers.", "Aid group Survival International first reported this week that suspected tr...
[ "Some suspect that drug traffickers from Peru ran off an uncontacted tribe .", "The area where the Indians live appears untouched, but no one is there .", "Federal police made one arrest and are looking for armed men ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi will not be part of the African Union's next attempt to map out a peace deal in the war-torn nation, the organization said in a statement Sunday.", "\"The AU high-level ad hoc committee welcomes Colonel Gadhafi's acceptance of not being part of the negotiation process,\" th...
[ "NEW: South Africa's president says civilian lives have been lost in NATO bombings .", "NEW: AU: \"Only a political solution will make it possible to...settle the current conflict\"\nGadhafi will not be a part of talks, but it is unclear when they will occur, the AU says .", "Libya says recent NATO strikes kill...
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[ "Tokyo (CNN) -- Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said he was overwhelmed and afraid during last year's nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, acknowledging that little has been done since then to ensure that another nuclear disaster will not occur.", "Sounding like a fiery anti-nuclear activist,...
[ "Kan says his government refused the help of U.S. nuclear experts .", "TEPCO wanted to evacuate its power plant during the meltdown, he says .", "\"The safest nuclear policy is not to have any nuclear plants,\" according to Kan .", "Kan testified before a parliamentary panel Monday ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- A woman who was convicted at a trial for wearing pants -- clothing deemed indecent by Sudanese authorities -- was released from jail Tuesday after being imprisoned for a day, a United Nations spokesman said.", "Sudanese journalist Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein was facing 40 lashes for wearing trousers.", "Lu...
[ "Journalist Lubna al-Hussein faced 40 lashes for wearing pants deemed too tight .", "On Monday, she was spared lashing and ordered to pay fine or face imprisonment .", "Al-Hussein was convicted in day-long trial in which she was unable to call witnesses .", "She was arrested in July with 18 others in a police...
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[ "(CNN) -- The mixed reaction to the conviction of a New Jersey college student of a hate crime, after he spied on his gay roommate while he was having sex, has revealed an interesting generational split in the gay community.", "Many people my age, who grew up in the '50s and the '60s, when nearly everyone felt th...
[ "New Jersey college student faces 10-year prison sentence on hate crime conviction .", "Charles Kaiser says some younger gays are questioning the wisdom of a harsh sentence .", "He says there's some doubt whether Dharun Ravi is really guilty of a hate crime .", "Kaiser: A better sentence would be for him to t...
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[ "United Nations (CNN) -- The wives of the British and German ambassadors to the United Nations have taken on Syria's first lady in an online video, calling on Asma al-Assad to \"stop your husband\" and \"stop being a bystander.\"", "The roughly four-minute video, posted to YouTube, juxtaposes pictures of an elega...
[ "NEW: Asma al-Assad should \"get her act together,\" Voss-Wittig says .", "The video contrasts images of Asma al-Assad against pictures of dead and injured children .", "It is the latest in a series of polished videos aimed at stirring people into action .", "\"We want her to speak out for the end of violence...
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[ "(CNN) -- A candidate for the Republican National Committee chairmanship said Friday the CD he sent committee members for Christmas -- which included a song titled \"Barack the Magic Negro\" -- was clearly intended as a joke.", "The title of the song about President-elect Barack Obama was drawn from a Los Angeles...
[ "Chip Saltsman sent out the CD to committee members for Christmas .", "Saltsman: \"I think most people recognize political satire when they see it\"\nSong to tune of \"Puff the Magic Dragon\" first played on Rush Limbaugh's show .", "Saltsman said song is satire of a Los Angeles Times article ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- A Thai advisory panel has recommended an overhaul of the country's law that stipulates heavy sentences for insulting the royal family, according to a letter addressed to the prime minister seen Thursday by CNN.", "The independent Truth for Reconciliation Commission of Thailand said in the letter that th...
[ "The commission calls for less severe punishments for insulting the monarchy .", "International organizations have criticized Thailand's lese-majeste law .", "The commission is independent and does not have the power to change the law .", "It addressed its letter to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Typical solar power plants stop working when the sun sets, but a new one in southern Spain, called Gemasolar, can stay awake all night.", "\"During the day we capture the energy of the sun and we store that energy into a tank,\" said Santiago Arias, a mechanical engineer who helped put Gemasolar into op...
[ "Solar power plant that can operate at night is first of its kind .", "Uses molten salts to store energy captured during daylight .", "Can run for 15 hours without need for sunshine .", "Power plant in southern Spain can produce energy for 100,000 people ." ]
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[ "Boston (CNN) -- Mitt Romney is a smooth salesman.", "When he was a candidate in 2002, his pitch to the people of Massachusetts was that he could fix all that ailed us.", "As the Bay State's top salesman, he said, he would \"bring great jobs here.\"", "He claimed he would at last be the governor to reform sta...
[ "Massachusetts governor: Romney failed to deliver as governor .", "He says state's economy suffered, and Romney didn't reform state government .", "Patrick: His major achievement, health care law, is one he now shuns discussing .", "He says Romney's record reflects a view that government is a problem, not a s...
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[ "(CNN) -- All big ideas start small, and Calle 13 -- a wildly popular alternative urban band from Puerto Rico -- is no exception.", "Its members, Rene Perez, who goes by \"Residente,\" and Eduardo Cabra, \"Visitante,\" are stepbrothers.", "When their parents divorced, Cabra would visit Perez at his father's hou...
[ "Rene Perez and Eduardo Cabra, aka \"Residente\" and \"Visitante\" recall their names' origin .", "Perez lived on 13th Street, or Calle 13, as a boy .", "He says he's matured as an artist and curses less on records now .", "Cabra says \"we're going through a bad time, the worst time in music\"" ]
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[ "Baghdad (CNN) -- Some Christians in Iraq's capital were considering leaving, following a wave of bombings targeting members of their religion that left two dead and 16 others wounded.", "\"I am 60 years old and I gave a lot to this country, but this tough situation is like a message asking me to leave my country...
[ "The attacks targeted 14 homes across Baghdad Thursday .", "The strikes appeared to be coordinated .", "Attacks like these have generated fear among Iraqi Christians ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Washington Post critic Hank Stuever doesn't think much of the TV networks' new shows such as \"The Playboy Club,\" \"Pan Am\" and \"Charlie's Angels.\"", "\"If the only women you ever saw were those on these shows, you would have a hard time believing that a liberation movement had ever occurred,\" he w...
[ "\"The Playboy Club\" and \"Pan Am\" look back before women's liberation, says Laura Stepp .", "Today's young women see the shows only as harmless period pieces, Stepp says .", "But in the workplace, women have still not achieved equality, she says .", "Even so, women are \"coming out of the starting gate wit...
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[ "New York (CNN) -- A long time ago, by technology standards, in this very galaxy, the founders of video game developer BioWare received a phone call.", "It was from Simon Jeffery, then the president of George Lucas' LucasArts.", "In the early 2000s, BioWare happened to be looking for its next big adventure when...
[ "BioWare says \"The Old Republic\" is the biggest game it's ever built .", "The \"Star Wars\" game has 260,000 lines of dialogue .", "Studio heads are already mulling over which new items they'll add ." ]
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[ "Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Just after the United States completed its drawdown of combat brigades in Iraq, militants Wednesday launched a wave of bombings across the country, mostly targeting security forces.", "At least 48 people died and at least 286 others were wounded in 13 cities.", "The locations included Ba...
[ "NEW: The violence occurs during Ramadan .", "NEW: U.S. says the government needs to form now .", "Dozens are dead and wounded ." ]
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[ "(Financial Times) -- The collapse of Graff Diamonds' $1bn initial public offering in Hong Kong highlights the challenges facing groups that hope to list in Asia in the coming months.", "The high-end jeweller is the third company in the past week to pull a Hong Kong IPO, after China -Nonferrous Mining Corp, a cop...
[ "Graff Diamonds s the third company in the past week to pull a Hong Kong IPO .", "Highlights the challenges facing groups that hope to list in Asia in coming months ." ]
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[ "(Mashable) -- Korean electronics company LG caused a worldwide stir when it announced its 55-inch OLED panel last week, and now the company has rolled out two more pictures that show you what kind of remarkable TV set this is going to be.", "How groundbreaking is this TV, anyway?", "If you've ever seen an OLED...
[ "LG says TV screen's color is especially vibrant because of its four-color pixels .", "Until now, it's been difficult to create OLED screens this big at a reasonable cost .", "LG invested $226 million in mid-2010 to create a new production facility ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Inspired by a CNN Hero and want to help?", "You can make a tax-deductible donation to any of the top 10 Heroes through Google.", "The Heroes' nonprofits will receive 100% of the funds, and all transaction fees will be waived.", "To learn more about each nonprofit and their causes, here are the top 1...
[ "This year's top 10 CNN Heroes are tackling issues both domestic and international .", "If you'd like to help, you can donate to their organizations through Google ." ]
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[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Governments around the world continue to pump billions of dollars into financial markets, but there is still no telling whether the \"injections of liquidity\" will be enough to prevent \"this sucker\" -- to quote the President of the United States -- from going down.", "Could 700 billio...
[ "How much would $700 billion help climate change mitigation and adaptation?", "Greenpeace spokesman says $700 billion would \"give us a good head start\"\nU.S. economist says gains would be \"extraordinary\" compared to doing nothing ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Yu Ying Ho sits on the floor of his funeral goods shop surrounded by everything you could possibly want when you're dead.", "There are paper versions of mobile telephones, suburban villas, even iPads and seafood platters -- all of them designed to be burned as funeral offerings.", "The ritual, a mixtu...
[ "Hong Kong running out of space for burials and even places to store cremated remains .", "Private columbaria - places where ashes are stored - have sprung up but many are illegal .", "The government is seeking to control the unregulated, but highly lucrative, industry .", "A Chinese culture of ancestor vener...
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[ "(CNN) -- The anti-regime demonstrations pulsating across Syria have resulted in a security hunt for snipers and a wave of arrests Saturday.", "Syrian security forces are searching for members of an \"armed group\" that killed \"a number of citizens and security forces\" in the Damascus suburb of Douma on Friday,...
[ "Syria searching for members of 'armed group'\nAt least 11 people were killed on Friday .", "Around 20 arrests made in Daraa and Homs ." ]
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[ "Washington (CNN) -- The public corruption and bribery convictions of former Alabama Gov.", "Don Siegelman and HealthSouth CEO and founder Richard Scrushy will stand after the Supreme Court rejected their separate appeals Monday.", "The men were convicted in a political payback scheme.", "A jury found the gov...
[ "Ex-Alabama Gov.", "Siegelman and HealthSouth founder Scrushy sought exoneration .", "The Supreme Court in an unsigned order lets their convictions stand .", "Scrushy made $500,000 in campaign donations and got a post on a state board ." ]
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[ "(Rolling Stone) -- Michael Jackson's blockbuster album \"Bad\" will be reissued in a deluxe edition on September 18 to mark the record's 25th anniversary.", "The set, titled \"Bad 25,\" will features three CDs, a DVD and two booklets.", "The DVD will include Jackson's personal video recording of his performanc...
[ "Michael Jackson's \"Bad\" will be reissued in a deluxe edition on September 18 .", "The set, titled \"Bad 25,\" will features three CDs, a DVD and two booklets .", "It is the record's 25th anniversary ." ]
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[ "Freetown, Sierra Leone (CNN) -- Millions of people will breathe a sigh of relief that Charles Taylor has finally been held to account for the years of violence, misery and suffering that he brought to the people of West Africa.", "Taylor, a former president of Liberia, was found guilty after a lengthy trial by a...
[ "During Sierra Leone fighting, limbs were hacked off as punishment .", "Brima Sheriff says survivors still struggle with mental and physical scars .", "He says Taylor's conviction sends signal authorities moving to end impunity .", "Moves to hold perpetrators to account must be transparent and fair, he says ....
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[ "(CNN) -- Egypt's major archaeological sites, monuments and museums were under the protection of the country's army on Monday, according to the nation's Supreme Council of Antiquities.", "However, unease persisted among Egyptologists and archaeologists, who fear some of the nation's priceless treasures may fall v...
[ "Egyptian official: The army is protecting sites and museums .", "Experts believe Egyptians' national pride will help protect valuable artifacts .", "But Egyptologists don't know what the future will hold .", "Citizens helped apprehend looters at the Cairo Museum ." ]
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[ "(Rolling Stone) -- The Voice, indeed.", "Javier Colon, the inaugural winner of NBC's hit talent contest \"The Voice,\" has several pop star assets-pretty face, megawatt smile, rakishly-angled trilby.", "But it's his pure-toned tenor voice, sitting cozily between an old-fashioned soul croon and a Mayer-Mraz-sty...
[ "Javier Colon was the inaugural winner of NBC's hit talent contest \"The Voice\"\nHis pure-toned tenor voice sets him apart .", "\"Come Through For You\" features guest vocals from his \"Voice\" mentor Adam Levine ." ]
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[ "Cairo (CNN) -- Egyptians exulted Wednesday over the detention of their ailing former president and his two sons in a probe exploring the killing of protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the center of the country's dramatic uprising earlier this year.", "Former President Hosni Mubarak and his sons, Gamal and Alaa,...
[ "Mubarak and two sons are being held for questioning in the killing of protesters .", "The questioning of Mubarak on corruption allegations already had begun, the military says .", "Egyptian state television reports Mubarak had a heart attack .", "Mubarak stepped down on February 11 ." ]
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[ "(EW.com) -- Though \"All My Children\" and \"One Life to Live\" are history, \"General Hospital\" -- for now -- is firmly ensconced in ABC's daytime lineup.", "But since ratings aren't as strong as they used to be -- the show's averaging a 1.1 rating among adults women 18-49, down 21 percent from last year -- an...
[ "\"General Hospital\" is averaging a 1.1 rating among adults, down 21 percent from last year .", "A primetime episode of \"GH\" is still a lot cheaper to make rather than an original .", "But lifestyle shows, unlike soaps, are more relevant and profitable ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- A Yemeni oil tanker hijacked in the Gulf of Aden was freed Monday and 11 Somali pirates were arrested, Yemen's official news agency said.", "11 pirates were arrested by Yemeni security forces in an operation to free the oil tanker.", "Three marines were wounded in the operation conducted by Yemeni for...
[ "Oil tanker was seized Sunday on its way to Yemeni port of Aden .", "Three Yemeni marines were wounded, two pirates killed in the operation .", "Piracy is a major problem in the waters off Somalia .", "Somalia has not had a stable government in place since 1991 ." ]
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[ "(Rolling Stone) -- Hip-hop has never produced anything quite like Drake -- a guy with a Jay-Z ego and a Charlie Brown soul.", "The Canadian singer-rapper introduced his melancholy-player persona on 2010's platinum \"Thank Me Later,\" spooling out alarmingly mellow confessional brags over synth-streaked tracks th...
[ "\"Take Care\" is what Drake does best: Collapsing many moods onto one vast emotion .", "Like most hopeless romantics, he favors the illusion of infinite promise over the reality .", "The Canadian singer-rapper introduced his melancholy-player persona on 2010's platinum \"Thank Me Later\"" ]
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[ "(EW.com) -- A \"Mad Men\" actor is going to ABC's \"Pan Am\" -- he doesn't even need to change decades!", "Darren Pettie has had a recurring role on the AMC drama as the son of a cigarette mogul who was secretly gay (and recently had an arc on The CW's \"Ringer\").", "Now Pettie has signed up for a recurring p...
[ "Darren Pettie played the son of a cigarette mogul who was secretly gay on \"Mad Men\"\nIn \"Pan Am\" he will play a heroic former WWII pilot named Vince Broyles .", "Expect Pettie to struggle for Alpha Male status with Capt.", "Dean Lowrey ." ]
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[ "(EW.com) -- By now, the \"Twilight\" movies' soundtracks are their own micro-environments, nurturing new acts and extending the lives of old ones in an indie-centric bio-dome.", "Though artists as sonically diverse as Death Cab for Cutie, Bon Iver, and Muse have all gotten powerful boosts after feeding off \"Twi...
[ "Christina Perri's ''A Thousand Years'' sets the tone for \"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1\"\nDon't let the inclusion of a Bruno Mars song fool you into thinking \"Dawn\" is a leap into pop-crossover diversity .", "These weepy tunes about eternity and erotic mythical beasts grow wearisome ." ]
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[ "(Rolling Stone) -- Rihanna has signed on to be the executive producer of a new fashion competition show being developed for British television.", "The show, which does not yet have a title, is set to debut on the Sky Living channel in Britain.", "It will be hosted by Girls Aloud singer Nicola Roberts and inclu...
[ "The show is set to debut on the Sky Living channel in Britain .", "It will be hosted by Girls Aloud singer Nicola Roberts .", "It will include appearances by Rihanna herself, though it is unclear how frequently ." ]
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[ "(EW.com) -- A North Carolina newspaper is reporting that Lowe's will not back down from its decision to pull commercials from TLC's \"All-American Muslim,\" a reality show that offers a positive portrayal of Muslim life.", "Its initial move to yank the spots came after a Christian group in Florida encouraged mem...
[ "\"The decision was absolutely not influenced by any one group,\" said Lowe's VP of marketing .", "The company met with North Carolina clergy members who delivered a petition .", "Negative feedback about the TLC show had appeared on the company's social media sites ." ]
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[ "Los Angeles (CNN) -- \"Black Spartacus Heart Attack Machine\" is the first single off Tom Morello's new solo album, and it's an ode to his guitar.", "That's not surprising for the Rage Against the Machine axeman, who was once No.", "26 on Rolling Stone's list of the \"100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.\"", ...
[ "\"It's a record with a global focus,\" Tom Morello says of his new solo album .", "Morello was No.", "26 on Rolling Stone's \"100 Greatest Guitarists of All Tiame\" list .", "He talks about the racism he faced growing up in a small Illinois town ." ]
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[ "(EW.com) -- People constantly debate whether the phrase, \"All publicity is good publicity,\" actually has any credence, but in the case of Lana Del Rey, the saying has proven itself true.", "After nearly six months of feverish online debate -- her name!", "her lips! her backstory! -- the divisive songstress, ...
[ "Lana Del Rey lands high on this week's chart .", "Her debut album \"Born to Die\" debuted at No.", "2 on the Billboard 200, selling a solid 77,000 copies .", "Impressively, Del Rey accomplished this feat without a single bona fide \"hit\"" ]
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[ "(CNN) -- I've seen the future and it's amazing.", "What I'm about to describe has to be seen to be believed.", "No more tiny monitors and jerky pictures.", "Telepresence is designed to capture the gestures and expressions of human communication.", "I'd gone to the UK offices of Cisco to report on the lates...
[ "This month Business Traveller reports on the latest innovation in video conferencing .", "Telepresence from Cisco creates lifelike, in-person teleconference experiences ." ]
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[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- British Airways has agreed to buy L'Avion, the French all-business class carrier and plans to integrate the airline into its recently launched subsidiary, OpenSkies.", "L'Avion was launched in January 2009 and employs 77 staff in Paris.", "The $108 million (£54 million) deal marks the ...
[ "British Airways has bought French all-business carrier L'Avion for £54 million .", "The airline will be integrated into its E.U.-U.S. OpenSkies subsidiary .", "If approved, full integration is expected in early 2009 ." ]
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[ "(EW.com) -- Bob Dylan never wrote any songs about body glitter or throwing up in the closet.", "So one may wonder why Ke$ha appears on Amnesty International's new benefit disc \"Chimes of Freedom,\" a 76-track collection of Dylan covers that also features Adele (''Make You Feel My Love''), Maroon 5 (''I Shall Be...
[ "Covering Dylan seems so hard: The only man who's really the ''new Dylan'' is Dylan himself .", "On Ke$ha's stripped-down ''Don't Think Twice, It's All Right,'' she gets the song's heartbreak right .", "Carly Simon smartly plays ''Just Like a Woman'' as a feminist ballad .", "The savviest musicians here flip ...
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[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- \"The email of the species is deadlier than the mail.\"", "So wrote the British actor and novelist Stephen Fry.", "Is the electronic age throwing sand in the face of the traditional postcard?", "Tell CNN Business Traveller what you think in the Sound Off box below.", "Yet, we book ...
[ "\"CNN Business Traveller\" wants to know if you still send postcards .", "Or is it just easier and faster to send and email or write a blog entry?", "Leave a comment to tell us what you think, and we will publish the best ." ]
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[ "(Rolling Stone) -- The FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\" is known for its brutal depiction of biker life in the fictional town of Charming, California, but another hallmark of the series is its clever use of independent music.", "Its new soundtrack, \"Songs of Anarchy,\" explores the program's use of up-a...
[ "\"Songs of Anarchy,\" explores \"Sons of Anarchy's\" use of up-and-coming artists .", "Forest Rangers, who play on the majority of \"Songs of Anarchy,\" have appeared in episodes .", "\"SoA\" fan Alison Mosshart joins the Forest Rangers on a cover of \"What a Wonderful World\"" ]
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[ "(Rolling Stone) -- Winner of the week: The big chart story this week is rapper Mac Miller, whose independent debut \"Blue Slide Park\" sold 144,000 copies and hit Number One on the Billboard album charts.", "But we're more intrigued by the latest single action from Katy Perry -- last Friday, she put out the vide...
[ "Katy Perry's \"The One That Got Away\" video has hit more than 12.4 million views .", "Justin Bieber's \"Under the Mistletoe\" dropped from Number One to Number Six .", "Michael Bublé's \"Christmas\" surged from Number Eight to Number Two ." ]
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[ "(EW.com) -- Talk about touchdown casting!", "After closing out his guest spot on \"Parenthood\" in the fall, Michael B. Jordan is headed back to the small screen for a guest spot in \"House's\" 14th episode, playing a blind patient, the studio confirms to EW.", "Jordan spilled the news earlier today via Twitte...
[ "Michael B. Jordan is headed back to the small screen for a guest spot in \"House\"\nJordan spilled the news earlier today via Twitter .", "He will be playing a blind patient, the studio says ." ]
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[ "(Rolling Stone) -- When Mötley Crüe announced late last year they'd be taking up temporary residency in Las Vegas at the Hard Rock Hotel's Joint, it was one of those ideas that seemed so perfect the only question was, \"What took so long?\"", "This was, after all, a band whose celebration of the rock & roll life...
[ "Tommy Lee told Rolling Stone that Mötley Crüe is still working out the logistics of the Vegas residency .", "The band has decided to push their creativity and musicality .", "The Joint shows run through February 19, but Lee hopes the band can take lessons from the residency ." ]
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[ "(Rolling Stone) -- In the three years since Coldplay's last album, the world's problems have gotten a little more urgent.", "A cratering economy, riots from Tahrir to Tottenham, the prolonged ubiquity of the Kardashians -- these are things that can't be solved with a lullaby, even from the biggest band to emerge...
[ "On \"Mylo Xyloto,\" the choruses are bigger, the optimism more optimistic .", "Cascading choral vocals augment Martin's soaring refrain on \"Paradise\"\n\"Mylo Xyloto\" was inspired by 1970s New York graffiti ." ]
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[ "(EW.com) -- News already broke this week that Ricky Martin was going to appear on \"Glee\" this winter as McKinley High's new Spanish teacher.", "But now EW has even more exciting news for Latin music fans: A source exclusively tells EW that pop superstar Gloria Estefan is currently in negotiations to play [SPOI...
[ "Gloria Estefan is currently in negotiations with the show producers .", "Gleeks should expect to see Gloria in the same episode as Ricky Martin .", "The plan is for the episode is to feature some of Estefan's own music ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- On his latest, Future History, Derulo makes several attempts at home-run club records and huge ballads.", "He swings hard, but often misses -- perhaps his biggest problem is that he's not rooted in any genre outside of people-pleasing pop; lead single ''Don't Wanna Go Home,'' built heavily on multiple s...
[ "Jason Derulo swings hard, but often misses .", "It's when he scales back on the synths, as on ''That's My Shhh,'' that he thrills .", "Perhaps his biggest problem is that he's not rooted in any genre outside of people-pleasing pop ." ]
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[ "Singapore (CNN) -- As part of a \"rebalancing\" with Asia, the United States will enhance military-to-military cooperation with China while also boosting the capabilities of its allies in the region, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Saturday.", "Panetta detailed the new defense strategy to a gathering of...
[ "Panetta: By 2020, about 60% of the U.S. Navy's warships will be in the Pacific Ocean .", "The so-called U.S. 'tilt' to Asia includes beefing up the capabilities of regional allies .", "South China Sea is a point of friction among Asian countries; a crisis there could affect the U.S.\nPanetta is on an eight-day...
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[ "(Rolling Stone) -- No rock icon has sealed his vault as tightly as Bob Seger.", "Six early albums have been out of print for decades, he has no box set, and the words \"bonus track\" seem to be anathema to him.", "He held back on a two-disc hits collection for years, but he's finally relented.", "Good thing....
[ "This set has a smoking cover of Little Richard's \"Hey Hey Hey Hey\"\nNothing sounds as glorious as the live \"Travelin' Man/Beautiful Loser\" medley .", "An insane amount of material still remains locked up ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Get ready to hear a lot more from J Cole.", "The rapper, born Jermaine Cole, has been making waves lately -- from rumors of an alleged sex tape with touring buddy Rihanna that the singer has dismissed as nonsense to a guest verse on the video for Beyonce's latest single, \"Party.\"", "Not too shabby f...
[ "Rapper J Cole among the first signed to Jay-Z's label, Roc Nation .", "The artist can most recently be seen rapping in the video for Beyonce's \"Party\"\nJ Cole is headlining his own tour ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- When he co-founded Harborside Health Center, the world's largest medicinal-cannabis dispensary, located in Oakland, California, five years ago, Steve DeAngelo's goal was to provide a safe, comfortable, organized alternative to what he saw as a broken system in the state, professional thugs on one side, ir...
[ "Steve DeAngelo stars in the Discovery Channel reality series \"Weed Wars\"\nThe show is about Harborside Health Center, the world's largest medicinal-cannabis dispensary .", "DeAngelo says he and his show have had a positive effects on the views about cannabis ." ]
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[ "(EW.com) -- After last weekend's record-breaking pre-Valentine's Day frame, Hollywood is feeling hopeful about box office prospects during the upcoming holiday weekend, which will include four days of box office receipts.", "We're likely headed another frame of four $20+ million grosses -- possibly even five!", ...
[ "\"The Vow\" broke midweek records with its $11.6 million Valentine's Day haul .", "More than any other film, \"Journey 2\" will benefit from the holiday weekend .", "On a busy weekend, \"This Means War\" could still find a decent crowd ." ]
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[ "(EW.com) -- Shame, indeed.", "Despite being one of the biggest breakout stars of 2011, thanks to his mesmerizing performance as a sex addict in the harrowing drama \"Shame,\" Michael Fassbender was surprisingly not called among the nominees for this year's Academy Awards.", "Long considered a shoo-in for a Bes...
[ "Michael Fassbender was edged out by first-time nominee Gary Oldman .", "Joining Fassbender and Ryan Gosling in the notable snubs is nominee Leonardo DiCaprio .", "\"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part II\" was left out of all of the major categories ." ]
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[ "(EW.com) -- For a film with such a straightforward title, \"Man on a Ledge\" turns out to be remarkably convoluted.", "Poised precipitously atop a high-concept premise, Sam Worthington is an escaped convict attempting to prove his innocence in the most elaborate way possible: He climbs out onto a hotel ledge and...
[ "Sam Worthington is an escaped convict attempting to prove his innocence in \"Man on a Ledge\"\nHe climbs out onto a hotel ledge and creates a suicide spectacle/diversion .", "The filmmakers have tried to stuff the plots of too many different movies ." ]
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[ "(Rolling Stone) -- While his next official album ripens in the blazing South Florida sunshine, Rick Ross has delivered a delicious appetite-whetter.", "\"Rich Forever\" is a mixtape that plays like an album, with blaring, heraldic production by the likes of -Boi-1da and up-and-comer Beat Billionaire, plus guest ...
[ "\"Rich Forever\" is a mixtape that plays like an album .", "Themewise, \"Rich Forever\" is business as usual -- which is to say, all business .", "Rick Ross remains monomaniacally focused on monetary matters ." ]
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[ "(EW.com) -- There are few better ways for an actor to show off his chops than by playing the clever trickster in a thriller (think of Daniel Craig's 007 at the poker table, or Matt Damon's Bourne leading his CIA overseers through the looking glass).", "In the opening scenes of \"Safe House,\" you can tell what a...
[ "\"Safe House\" as if on an action time clock, punches in the standard set pieces .", "Basically, the movie is a fizzless Bourne episode crossed with \"Training Day,\"\nThe director shoots in highly saturated colors, edits everything into a frenzy ." ]
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[ "(EW.com) -- 2012 continued its box office winning streak this weekend, as Kate Beckinsale replaced herself at the top of the chart.", "Her new movie, \"Underworld Awakening,\" a 3D fourth installment of the popular vampires vs. werewolves franchise, debuted in first place with $25.4 million, good for a $8,252 pe...
[ "\"Underworld Awakening\" debuted in first place with $25.4 million .", "\"Red Tails\" took off with $19.1 million in its first three days .", "\"Contraband\" dipped by 50 percent down to $12.1 million ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Ringo Starr walks into the hotel suite at the Beverly Hills Hotel carrying a brown paper bag.", "It's his sack lunch, and he's packed it himself.", "He's also driven himself to the hotel and arrived alone -- no entourage, no bodyguard, no assistant, no fuss.", "It's fitting that CNN's interview with...
[ "In recent weeks, Ringo Starr has been busy promoting \"Ringo 2012,\" his 17th solo album .", "\"The inspiration behind the CD is that's what I do,\" Starr says .", "Starr says he and Paul McCartney \"might play together, but it is not like a reunion\"" ]
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[ "(EW.com) -- An old-fashioned, tastefully constrained supernatural thriller, \"The Woman in Black\" embraces the elements of gothic horror movies with pleasing seriousness: If there's a door handle to rattle or floorboard to creak in the ruined mansion at the heart of the story's trouble, this production pauses for...
[ "\"The Woman in Black\" embraces the elements of gothic horror movies with pleasing seriousness .", "It's an old-fashioned, tastefully constrained supernatural thriller .", "This tale of loss and vengeance is based on Susan Hill's novel of the same name ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Trust falls?", "Rap sessions?", "Giggle weed?", "I don't know what tools of the trade Paul Rudd and director David Wain share to dream up the kind of inspired nutso stuff Rudd has done in smart-funny-raunchy winners like \"Wet Hot American Summer\" and \"Role Models.\"", "But whatever it is, the t...
[ "Rudd and costar Jennifer Aniston play George and Linda in \"Wanderlust\"\nAniston thrives in her comedy zone and Rudd gets 10 times as crazy for a grateful nation .", "Every actor who gets the joke shines, even when the story bumbles and bobbles its momentum ." ]
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[ "(Rolling Stone) -- ABBA have announced plans to reissue their final album, \"The Visitors,\" with a previously unreleased song on April 23.", "\"From a Twinkling Star to a Passing Angel,\" a demo recorded around the time \"The Visitors\" was released in 1981, will be the first new ABBA recording released since t...
[ "\"From a Twinkling Star to a Passing Angel,\" will be the first new ABBA recording released .", "The new version of \"The Visitors\" will also include six previously released tracks .", "ABBA disbanded in 1982 and have since refused to reunite ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- The wife of New York Yankees baseball star Alex Rodriguez filed for divorce Monday morning in Florida's Miami-Dade County Family Court.", "Lawyers representing Cynthia Rodriguez say she has officially filed for divorce from Yankees slugger A-Rod.", "The divorce filing said the marriage is \"irretrieva...
[ "Documents cite \"husband's extra-marital affairs and other marital misconduct\"\nDocument: \"Alex has emotionally abandoned his wife and children\"\nCynthia and Alex Rodriguez have two daughters together .", "Divorce filing comes after speculation about a split between slugger, wife ." ]
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[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- After four years and 11 rounds of hard negotiation, the introduction of the \"Open Skies\" agreement in March was greeted with a sigh of relief.", "This was not just from airlines, but also their passengers.", "If talks in the second phase fail, the entire Open Skies deal could be tor...
[ "The EU and U.S. have begun talks for phase II of the Open Skies air transport deal .", "The hot issue to be debated revolves around ownership rights of U.S. airlines .", "If talks fail, either side has power to pull the plug on the whole agreement ." ]
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[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Britain's competition watchdog has ordered airport operator BAA to sell three of its seven airports, including two in London.", "BAA must sell Gatwick Airport first.", "BAA must sell Gatwick and Stansted airports in London and either Edinburgh or Glasgow airports in Scotland within two...
[ "UK airport operator BAA told to sell 3 of its 7 airports, including two in London .", "Britain's competition watchdog said sale of airports will encourage competition .", "BAA must sell airports in sequence, beginning with Gatwick then Stansted ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- A Brazilian cameraman died in a Rio de Janeiro slum while covering a police raid targeting organized drug militias, police said Sunday.", "Gelson Domingos da Silva, 46, worked for Band TV, a CNN affiliate.", "He was filming a large-scale incursion by a Brazilian Special Operations Unit (BOPE) into a \...
[ "A Brazilian cameraman died while filming a gun battle between police and alleged drug dealers .", "Police launched a massive operation in a slum in Rio de Janeiro .", "CPJ: There's been an increase in violence against journalists in Brazil ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Costume designer Mark Bridges can create eras with fabric.", "For \"Boogie Nights\" and \"Blow,\" he evoked the 1970s.", "\"The Fighter\" showcased the early '90s.", "\"There Will Be Blood\" went back to gritty early 20th century California, and \"8 Mile,\" \"Punch-Drunk Love\" and \"The Italian Job...
[ "\"Artist\" costume designer Mark Bridges up for Oscar .", "Bridges used texture to help tell story of silent-era Hollywood .", "Bridges sees job as \"amalgam of everything I enjoy\"" ]
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[ "Grand Rapids, Michigan (CNN) -- Til death do us part.", "On my wedding day, I will not be saying that sentence.", "Not that I'm not in it to win it -- I am -- only that if two people are told they can never leave, how do they know the other really wants to stay?", "Marriage is hard enough without the specter...
[ "LZ Granderson: Religious views of marriage as a lifetime commitment are outmoded .", "Most young Americans say premarital sex is morally acceptable .", "He says long-term relationships are great but shouldn't be enforced by society's pressure .", "Granderson: People who have no plans to marry can still have ...
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[ "(CNN) -- Tuesday's deadly suicide attack targeting Afghan Shia just didn't fit the pattern of what had come before in this troubled country.", "The police formed the usual cordon at the attack site -- this time a shrine in Kabul.", "Sirens pierced the odd moment of eerie silence, but the police chief's face wa...
[ "Tuesday's deadly suicide attack didn't fit pattern of what had come before .", "Mass casualty attacks are rare now: insurgents prefer to hit strategic targets .", "Interior ministry points its finger at Taliban, despite an effusive denial .", "Many Afghans place blame at one source: Pakistan ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- As a writer, one of my most important responsibilities is listening.", "I try to do so with an open mind, so I can hear the voices of the characters whose stories I will tell.", "When I wrote about Afghan women in my second novel, I thought about the brave women I had met in Kabul and about their stor...
[ "Khaled Hosseini: Oxfam report says Afghan women must have voice in Afghanistan .", "He says women in Afghanistan have gained since Taliban days but are still denied rights .", "He says women had positions, education and authority when he was growing up there .", "Hosseini: A condition for groups to take part...
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[ "Marjah, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Authorities raised the Afghan flag over the battle-scarred enclave of Marjah on Thursday, a ceremony symbolizing the presence of the Afghan government in the Taliban stronghold.", "The red, black and green banner was hoisted over an area where U.S. and other troops have been fighting...
[ "Security improving in Marjah area, evacuees returning, say U.S. and NATO officials .", "\"We're feeling pretty good\" about towns, infrastructure, Marine commander says .", "Locals watching flag ceremony express hope, curiosity, skepticism .", "Offensive by NATO-led and Afghan troops expected to last two or ...
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[ "(Rolling Stone) -- Lenny Kravitz chose a life of rock and soul a long time ago and until recently was never tempted by the movies.", "\"In the last 22 years, while I was making my music, I was offered a lot of films,\" Kravitz tells Rolling Stone.", "\"I just didn't find the roles very interesting -- a lot of ...
[ "\"I didn't want to make films because I can.", "There's no point in that,\" Lenny Kravitz said .", "\"He's very streamlined, he's very quiet,\" Kravitz says of Cinna in \"The Hunger Games\"\nMusic remains his central concern, but he considers himself a working actor, he said ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- For the third time in a year, Japan's government has intervened in the yen, its unit of currency, according to Japan's finance minister.", "\"While Japan is dealing with the reconstruction of the tsunami zone, if the surging of the yen continues, it could negatively affect Japan's economy and financial ...
[ "Finance Ministry: \"We will continue to watch the movement of the currency market closely\"\nMinistry says the yen's strength is affecting the stability of the tsunami region .", "Nikkei stock index rose moments after announcement was made .", "Japan's automakers, electronics firms hurt by falling dollar ." ]
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[ "(CNN Student News) -- January 13, 2012 .", "Media Literacy Question of the Day .", "What might a journalist look for when visiting the scene of a natural disaster years after the disaster happened? ... ...", "Know Your News -- The following questions relate to events that were covered this week on CNN Studen...
[ "Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News .", "Write your answers in the space provided .", "Today's Newsquiz includes the Media Literacy Question of the Day ." ]
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[ "Bonn, Germany (CNN) -- Ten years ago, Afghan leaders met outside Bonn, Germany, to lay out a road map to establish and sustain Afghanistan's government after the fall of the Taliban.", "On Monday, the nation's president for the last seven years, Hamid Karzai, will once again preside over a conference in the west...
[ "Diplomats and NGO leaders meet this week in Germany to talk about Afghanistan .", "The conference is being led by Afghan President Hamid Karzai .", "Afghanistan is facing many economic, security and political challenges .", "The absence of Pakistan from the conference looms large ." ]
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[ "Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- At least three people were killed and 30 injured in an explosion near the governor's compound in the city of Lashkar Gah in southern Afghanistan Thursday, authorities said.", "A suicide bomber driving a car apparently targeted a foreign armored convoy outside the town's education depa...
[ "Three British nationals were wounded in the attack, an official says .", "A suicide bomber in a car caused the blast, a governor's spokesman says .", "President Karzai condemns the attack ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- British researchers say a new drug could effectively halt the progression of Alzheimer's disease, offering hope to millions.", "The pioneering research -- a joint initiative between the University of Aberdeen in the UK and Singapore-based TauRx Therapeutics -- was announced this week at the Alzheimer's ...
[ "Announced at Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Chicago .", "remberTM is first drug to act on the \"tangles\" discovered by Alois Alzheimer .", "Tangles destroy nerve cells and neurons critical for memory .", "If further trials prove successful, the drug could be available by 2012 ." ]
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[ "Cairo (CNN) -- Cairo braced for a third day of protests despite stifling heat Monday, as Egyptians vent anger over the trials of former top officials accused of ordering demonstrators killed during last year's revolution.", "Former President Hosni Mubarak and his Interior Minister Habib El Adly were sentenced to...
[ "Demonstrators vow to continue protests despite stifling heat in Cairo .", "Prosecutors charge Mubarak's sons with money laundering .", "Five of Mubarak's aides have been freed; his sons remain in prison .", "Hundreds of people gather in Tahrir Square after Mubarak escapes the death penalty ." ]
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[ "Joplin, Missouri (CNN) -- The tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, Sunday killed 124 people, authorities said Tuesday, in what was the deadliest single U.S. tornado since modern record-keeping began 61 years ago.", "An estimated 750 people have been treated at area hospitals, said Joplin City Manager Mark Rohr,...
[ "NEW: A tornado warning is issued, then canceled, for Joplin .", "Roughly 8,000 structures sustained damage within the city .", "750 people were treated at hospitals, an estimated 1,500 people are still unaccounted for .", "The Sunday tornado was an EF-5 storm with top winds of more than 200 mph ." ]
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[ "(CNET) -- Just how reliant are you on the Internet?", "More women would give up sex rather than go without Internet access, according to a new survey.", "Nearly half of the women questioned by Harris Interactive said they'd be willing to forgo sex for two weeks, rather than give up their Internet access, accor...
[ "Survey: Nearly half of women would forgo sex rather than give up Internet access .", "More women than men would be willing to give up sex, the survey found .", "The survey, commissioned by Intel, queried 2,119 adults in the U.S. last month .", "Most adults also would forgo two weeks of TV over one week of In...
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[ "(CNN) -- The suspect in Norway's July 22 terror attacks has told police he had plans to attack other targets, Norwegian police said Saturday.", "Anders Behring Breivik was interrogated Friday for the second time since his arrest, which followed the bombing of Oslo government buildings in which eight people died ...
[ "Breivik has told interrogators he planned to attack more targets .", "The new information emerged during a 10-hour interrogation session Friday .", "Police have not revealed the other potential targets named by Breivik .", "He is charged over a bombing in Oslo and shooting rampage on an island on July 22 ." ...
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[ "DENVER, Colorado (CNN) -- The last place Kathy Archuleta could have ever imagined she'd spend the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, was at a happy hour sponsored by the Republican Party.", "Clinton supporters chat at the RNC sponsored Hillary Happy Hour Monday night in Denver...
[ "The Republican Party held a happy hour for Hillary Clinton backers in Denver .", "Some Clinton backers say Obama lacks experience necessary to be president .", "Only two-thirds of the New York senator's supporters are backing Obama, poll finds .", "John McCain's campaign has been actively courting Clinton ba...
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[ "Washington (CNN) -- Promises are an inherent part of campaigning.", "But in a time where distrust of government is at an all-time high, 2012 Republican candidates are using promises of action on Day 1 of their administrations to convince voters of the seriousness of the problems facing the nation and their serio...
[ "Campaigns focus on using executive orders as a means to do something on the first day .", "Gingrich promises to eliminate all White House \"czar\" positions on his first day .", "Romney wants to start the elimination of Obama-era rules that hurt the economy .", "Former presidential adviser says it is possibl...
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[ "Madison, Wisconsin (CNN) -- In the canon of political cliches, \"it all comes down to turnout\" is among the most tired.", "But in the case of the polarizing and closely watched Wisconsin recall election, the maxim happens to ring true.", "Public polling, internal polling and campaign strategists all tell the ...
[ "Democratic groups say they contacted nearly 750,000 voters over the weekend .", "Republicans have contacted 4 million voters this year .", "The recall fight stems from a battle over collective bargaining rights for public employees .", "Republican Gov.", "Scott Walker faces off against Democrat Tom Barrett...
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[ "(CNN) -- Convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout was sentenced Thursday to 25 years behind bars by a federal judge in New York.", "\"I am not guilty,\" Bout said through a translator.", "\"I never intended to kill anyone.", "I never intended to sell any arms to anyone.", "God knows this is the truth.\"",...
[ "Viktor Bout is sentenced to 25 years in prison .", "Bout was convicted last year on four counts stemming from weapons deals .", "His lawyer wanted the conviction overturned and said the prosecution was 'political'" ]
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[ "Oslo, Norway (CNN) -- The numbers tell a small part of the story: Eight dead in a bomb blast.", "The names that police have released so far reveal a little more.", "Anne Lise Holter, 51.", "Tove Ashill Knutsen, 56.", "Hanna M. Orvik Endresen, 61.", "Kai Hauge, 32.", "But a 16-minute video shot in the i...
[ "Johan Christian Tandberg was at the scene when a bomb went off .", "He grabbed a camera and started filming .", "Tandberg says the 9/11 attacks were the first thing he thought of .", "The sounds of alarm bells and broken glass crunching underfoot punctuate the video .", "Apparent right-wing extremist Ander...
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[ "Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Rebels pushed Thursday northward on three fronts toward the coastal cities of al-Zawiya, Aziziya and Sorman, with their ultimate goal being Tripoli, rebel field commander Adel Al-Zintani told CNN.", "Six rebels died and dozens more were wounded in fighting Wednesday and Thursday, he said....
[ "NEW: Rebels made headway Thursday northward toward coastal cities near the capital .", "NEW: Rebel spokesman predicts fighters will reach the road leading to Tripoli within days .", "NEW: Libyan Embassy in Washington reopens under TNC control ." ]
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[ "Baghdad (CNN) -- Iraq may reactivate long-idle pipelines to get its oil to world markets if tensions over neighboring Iran result in the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a government spokesman said Sunday.", "The plans include shipping more oil to Turkey's port of Ceyhan and reopening pipelines that could delive...
[ "Iraq eyes old pipelines, new projects in case Strait of Hormuz is closed .", "Oil provides more than 90% of Iraq's budget .", "About four-fifths of its exports flow through the strait ." ]
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[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- As the Cannes Film Festival gets underway, all eyes will once again be on the contenders for the festival's top prize -- the Palme d'Or.", "As one of the most prestigious awards in world cinema, the Golden Palm has been the launchpad for success for many films over the decades.", "Quen...
[ "\"Le monde du silence\" becomes first ever documentary to win in 1956 .", "In 1979, Coppola's unfinished version of \"Apocalypse Now\" takes top prize .", "Jane Campion is the only female director to win Palme d'Or, for \"The Piano\"\n\"Pulp Fiction\" starts Tarantino's life-long love affair with Cannes in 199...
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[ "Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- North Korea will launch additional attacks on South Korea if it continues \"reckless military provocation,\" North Korean state media said Thursday.", "Meanwhile, South Korea said Thursday that it will strengthen and supplement its rules of engagement in the Yellow Sea, following Tues...
[ "N. Korea says \"reckless military provocation\" will bring new attacks .", "S. Korea says marine forces based in five islands will be reinforced .", "The islands are near the North Korea maritime border ." ]
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[ "Washington (CNN) -- Nearly a year after commandos killed Osama bin Laden at a compound northern Pakistan, U.S. officials \"still have work to do\" in order to defeat al Qaeda, a top counterterrorism official said Sunday.", "\"We're on a path to al Qaeda's destruction, and the president has committed that we're n...
[ "The United States will not rest until al Qaeda is destroyed, John Brennan says .", "John Brennan says U.S. officials \"still have work to do\" in order to defeat al Qaeda .", "Officials believe bin Laden's successor could be hiding out in Pakistan's tribal region, he says .", "The U.S. has \"reduced signific...
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[ "(Financial Times) -- With dark clouds gathering over the Chinese economy, the government has started to talk about the importance of supporting growth and speculation is mounting about what actions it will take.", "Some analysts predict that it will dust off its 2008 playbook and announce a large-scale stimulus ...
[ "The government has started to talk about the importance of supporting growth .", "Speculation has mounted on what form any new stimulus will take .", "Will Beijing stay the course, have 'stimulus-lite', or a re-run 2008 boost?" ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Bloody clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian regime fighters raged on early Sunday in Tripoli, Lebanon, a day after the deadliest outburst of violence there in recent weeks indicated Syria's turmoil continues spilling across borders.", "Twelve people were killed and about 50 were wounded in fighting on S...
[ "Lebanese media: Clashes continue early Sunday in Tripoli, leading to one death .", "12 people were killed Saturday during fighting in Tripoli, state news reports .", "Recent clashes pit factions opposed to and supporting the Syrian regime .", "Tripoli residents say the situation had calmed by late Sunday ." ...
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[ "(CNN) -- I am married to my same-sex spouse (and partner of 15 years) under the laws of the District of Columbia.", "We enjoy the same status as our straight married neighbors.", "Well, not exactly.", "Despite being legally married, we are prevented by the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) from filing j...
[ "Christopher Wolf in same-sex marriage in D.C., but he says DOMA denies him rights .", "He says appeals court recently ruled DOMA unconsitutional in Massachusetts .", "He says ruling victory for same-sex couples but reasoning was conservative .", "Wolf: Far from judicial activism, ruling was by conservative j...
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[ "(CNN) -- The \"Linsanity\" surrounding the New York Knicks' surprise phenom at point guard may be motivated by something bigger than sports.", "Yes, Jeremy Lin is a terrific athlete, whose almost accidental discovery by the Knicks and little-engine-that-could perseverance make for great radio commentary and pop ...
[ "Douglas Rushkoff says Jeremy Lin is iconic of a new kind of hero for the 21st century .", "Lin, Mark Zuckerberg and Barack Obama are cool, strategic facilitators, he says .", "He says they must keep the ball moving and keep the story from being about themselves .", "Rushkoff: Obama must avoid having teamwork...
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