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[ "(CNN Student News) -- March 16, 2012 .", "Media Literacy Question of the Day .", "What is better for learning: print or electronic media?", "Why? What works best for you? ... ...", "Know Your News -- The following questions relate to events that were covered this week on CNN Student News.", "Write your a...
[ "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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[ "(CNN Student News) -- April 13, 2012 .", "Media Literacy Question of the Day .", "What do you think is more compelling: hearing someone tell his own story or hearing a journalist tell it?", "Explain. ... ... Know Your News -- The following questions relate to events that were covered this week on CNN Student...
[ "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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[ "(CNN Student News) -- March 30, 2012 .", "Media Literacy Question of the Day .", "What is your response to hearing famous people quoted in the media?", "Do you find such quotes inspiring?", "Explain. ... ... Know Your News -- The following questions relate to events that were covered this week on CNN Stude...
[ "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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[ "(CNN Student News) -- April 20, 2012 .", "Media Literacy Question of the Day .", "How does a viewer's age affect how the viewer responds to a media story about a historic anniversary? ... ...", "Know Your News -- The following questions relate to events that were covered this week on CNN Student News.", "W...
[ "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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[ "(CNN) -- For years, Kurt Sutter has told stories of criminal activity -- first as a writer for \"The Shield\" and then as the creator of FX's wildly popular \"Sons of Anarchy,\" a dramatized version of an outlaw biker gang in California.", "Now he's branching out and focusing his lens on real-life criminal organ...
[ "\"Kurt Sutter's Outlaw Empires\" is a six-part series airing on the Discovery Channel .", "Documentary series looks at people who have defined their existence outside the law .", "Sutter is also the creator of \"Sons of Anarchy,\" the FX show about a biker gang ." ]
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[ "(CNN Student News) -- March 23, 2012 .", "Media Literacy Question of the Day .", "To what extent should news organizations consider audience interest when selecting stories for broadcast?", "Explain. ... ... Know Your News -- The following questions relate to events that were covered this week on CNN Student...
[ "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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[ "(CNN) -- Napoli joined Juventus at the top of Italy's Serie A after an Edinson Cavani hat-trick blew away Lazio in a 3-0 victory at the Stadio San Paolo.", "The hosts' fourth win in five league games takes them to 13 points, with only a missed penalty from Cavani denying Walter Mazzarri's side from taking top sp...
[ "Napoli beat visitors Lazio 3-0 to go joint top of Serie A with reigning champions Juventus .", "Edinson Cavani strikes a hat-trick to take his season's league tally to five, one more than Fiorentina's Stevan Jovetic .", "AC Milan relieve pressure on coach Massimiliano Allegri with a 2-0 win at home to Cagliari...
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[ "Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN) -- The United Nations condemned a suicide bombing in Somalia's capital that killed a number of people, including three journalists from state-run broadcasting services, as a \"cowardly attack.\"", "The U.N. special representative to Somalia made the comments following the attack Thursday...
[ "NEW: A U.N. officials calls the perpetrators \"cowardly\"\nJournalists targeted in a \"gratuitous and bloodthirsty\" bombing, group says .", "Two suicide bombers attacked a teahouse in Mogadishu, state radio says .", "The dead include an anchor for Somalia's national television and the head of a radio service ...
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[ "(CNN) -- A senior Pakistani Taliban leader was killed in a NATO airstrike in Afghanistan's volatile northern Kunar province, the NATO-led coalition said Saturday.", "Maulawi Dadullah was one of several insurgents killed Friday in an airstrike in Kunar's Shigal wa Sheltan district, according to a statement releas...
[ "NEW: Pakistani Taliban official confirms airstrike .", "A senior Pakistani Taliban leader was killed in a NATO airstrike in Afghanistan, officials say .", "Maulawi Dadullah was killed in a strike in the Kunar province, officials say .", "The airstrike also killed Dadullah's deputy, ISAF officials say ." ]
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[ "London (CNN) -- From movie stars and business moguls to politicians and pop stars, the British press has never shied away from picturing famous figures in compromising positions.", "Until now, that is. Once upon a time, grainy shots of celebrities flashing their birthday suits or falling out of skimpy outfits we...
[ "Publication of naked photos of Britain's Prince Harry leave UK media in a quandary .", "Scandal-hit newspapers are wary of sailing too close to the wind after Leveson Inquiry .", "\"Unacceptable to photograph individuals in private places\": Editor's code of conduct .", "Pictures are widely available on the ...
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[ "(CNN) -- Chelsea captain John Terry was charged by the English Football Association (FA) Friday over his verbal clash with Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand during a Premier League match last year.", "Terry was cleared by a London court last month of racially abusing Ferdinand in the incident, but the...
[ "English FA charge John Terry over his clash with Anton Ferdinand .", "Court cleared Terry last month of racial abuse in the incident .", "FA says it has taken independent legal advice .", "Terry will appeal the charge and asks for personal hearing ." ]
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[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sixteen years is a long time, but \"it still feels just like yesterday\" to 39-year-old Penny Malphrus.", "Her father disappeared while flying home from Swainsboro, Georgia, to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, in February 1996.", "\"I honestly do not know where the time has gone,\" she s...
[ "Pilot Stewart Dunbar disappeared off Florida coast in 1996 .", "Daughter newly found wreckage will bring closure in father's disappearance .", "Dive planned for this weekend may confirm if wreckage is Dunbar's ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Dear Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, .", "As much as America is looking forward to 10 more weeks of soothing campaign rhetoric (fingernails on the blackboard of America's psyche), I write to urge you to offer the nation a compelling vision for a common-sense immigration process.", "Your respective parti...
[ "Ali Noorani: Nation needs a compelling vision for a common-sense immigration process .", "Poll after poll shows Americans want a rational immigration process, Noorani says .", "He cites report that immigrants launched 28% of the country's new businesses in 2011 .", "Noorani: We must create legal immigration ...
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[ "Istanbul (CNN) -- A criminal court in Turkey brought the hammer down hard on hundreds of acting and retired senior military commanders, found guilty of plotting to overthrow the government, state media reported Friday.", "Three-hundred-thirty of the 365 suspects were sentenced to up to two decades behind bars, i...
[ "NEW: Court on Friday convicts 330 suspects of a plot to overthrow Turkey's government .", "Dozens of military commanders, once considered untouchable, have been imprisoned .", "Defense attorneys accuse government, prosecutors and judges of a political witch hunt .", "They say the defendants could be sentence...
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[ "(CNN) -- Day Two of the Republican National Convention brings another round of trivia and more you may not know about women candidates, keynote ambitions, and celebrity vote getters.", "Convention firsts .", "• New York Rep. Geraldine Ferraro's nomination for vice president at the 1984 Democratic convention ma...
[ "1984 - The first time a woman was named to a major party ticket .", "1972- TV's 'Archie Bunker' receives a single vote for vice president .", "1924 - The first time conventions were covered by radio; for television, it was 1948 .", "2000 - The long smooch Al Gore gave his then-wife, Tipper ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Four people died when a school bus collided with a tractor-trailer at an intersection in Nebraska's rural Webster County on Wednesday, the sheriff's department said.", "Both drivers were both killed as well as two passengers on the bus, Webster County Sheriff Troy R. Schmitz said.", "The sheriff's dep...
[ "A school bus and a tractor-trailer collided near Blue Hill, Nebraska, the sheriff says .", "Both drivers have been killed, he says .", "Also killed were two passengers on the school bus, he says ." ]
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[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- When Meb Keflezighi visited the White House this week, shaking hands with President Obama and milling around with the rest of the U.S. Olympic Team, he had no medal to show off.", "And yet, he is undeniably a champion.", "Just over five and a half feet tall and less than 130 pounds, he is a...
[ "Olympic runner Meb Keflezighi escaped war-torn Eritrea as a child .", "Keflezighi won silver in 2004, first marathon medal for U.S. since 1970s .", "This year he became oldest marathoner to win U.S. Olympic trials .", "He finished fourth in the marathon in London ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Two men were being questioned Thursday by Mexican authorities about a shooting that killed a U.S. Border Patrol agent and wounded another near the U.S.-Mexican border in Arizona, a source in the Mexican attorney general's office said.", "The Mexican army handed over to local authorities in Sonora two me...
[ "2 men are being questioned, a source in Mexico's attorney general's office says .", "They were detained near the U.S. border with drugs and guns, says the source .", "They are being questioned about the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent .", "These two men are not currently considered suspects in t...
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[ "(CNN) -- The two major parties in Georgia each claimed victory in the nation's historic parliamentary elections as officials worked through the night to count the ballots.", "The ruling United National Movement and the Georgian Dream Coalition both said it would win a majority of seats in the new 150-member body...
[ "NEW: Election workers counted ballots as the two main parties each said it would take power .", "Constitutional changes mean the new parliament will have more influence .", "Georgia politics are highly polarized, analysts say .", "The U.S. and Europe has praised reforms under President Mikheil Saakashvili ."...
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[ "(CNN) -- Since its inception in 1992, the English Premier League has grown into one of football's most compelling and commercially successful domestic competitions.", "To celebrate two decades of top-level soccer, the finest players and managers to have graced the competition have been honored at this week's \"2...
[ "Manchester United's Ryan Giggs is named the best player in the EPL's 20-year history .", "United's legendary boss Alex Ferguson receives the best manager award .", "Wayne Rooney's overhead kick for United against City in February 2011 is named best goal .", "Arsenal's \"Invincibles\" of the 2003-04 season na...
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[ "(CNN) -- In the increasingly globalized world of professional hockey, a plane crash Wednesday in Russia caused loss and grief halfway around the world in North America.", "All members of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team of the Kontinental Hockey League -- including a Canadian coach and some players with extensive Na...
[ "Several former NHL players are believed to have been killed in the crash .", "Brad McCrimmon, a Canadian coach and former NHLer, was on the plane .", "The crash is a \"catastrophic loss for the hockey world,\" the NHL commissioner says ." ]
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[ "Maroua, Cameroon (CNN) -- Flooding in Cameroon's Far North Region has killed nearly 30 people and affected more than 26,000 others, officials said Monday.", "More than 4,000 people in the Logone and Shari division were displaced, and more than 22,000 people in the region of Maga, Mayo-Danay division, also have b...
[ "Nearly a month of heavy rain has destroyed homes, crops and barns, killed livestock .", "The death toll is expected to grow as bodies are collected in the country's Far North Region .", "A dam fracture has caused a river to flood villages .", "Government response criticized as aid trickles in to flood victim...
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[ "Hong Kong (CNN) -- The Chinese manufacturer of many of Apple's products has denied allegations that it forced students to work on its assembly lines in a last-minute push to ready the iPhone 5, expected to be unveiled Wednesday.", "In a statement, Foxconn Technology Group denied it was forcing anyone to work and...
[ "Foxconn has denied allegations that it forced students to work on its assembly lines .", "A worker rights group claims that some schools force students into paid internships .", "Group: English and finance majors were among those required to do internships .", "Apple is expected to announce its new iPhone 5 ...
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[ "Moscow (CNN) -- A day after a plane crash outside the Russian city of Yaroslavl killed dozens of Russian and international hockey players, hundreds of residents and supporters gathered Thursday at the arena where the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv hockey club played to commemorate those lost.", "Russian TV showed mountains...
[ "Tributes are being paid to the members of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey club who died .", "Among them were 11 international players, and a number who had ties to the NHL .", "Only two of the 45 people aboard the plane survived Wednesday's crash .", "The plane crashed on takeoff from Yaroslavl airport bound for ...
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[ "(EW.com) -- Right about now, some intern at Sony is probably carting a few crates of champagne into the boardroom.", "Or at the very least least a couple buckets of Halloween candy.", "The studio had a terrific weekend, breaking the September box office slump with the top two hits in the country.", "\"Hotel ...
[ "\"Hotel Transylvania\" led the way at this weekend's box office .", "Time travel film \"Looper\" came in second .", "Playing in only 335 theaters, \"Pitch Perfect\" grossed $5.2 million ." ]
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[ "Tuvalu (CNN) -- \"Keep calm and carry on\" is a catchphrase that Britain first adopted during World War II -- and while the country may not be at war anymore, it's become a motto as we continue to fight our own personal battles.", "The Duchess of Cambridge redefined the spirit of the phrase in the past week -- h...
[ "Topless photo scandal threatened to cast a pall over royals' Southeast Asia tour .", "Duchess of Cambridge appears determined to keep calm and carry on -- with a smile .", "Foster: Kate is fast becoming 'anchor' for royal family, offering strength and stability ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- The first day of China's autumn holiday came to a snarling halt for motorists.", "Chinese officials estimate more than 85 million travelers hit the road Sunday, the first day of an eight-day holiday week, according to China's state-run media.", "Many drivers were trying to take advantage of a new poli...
[ "Chinese roadways were jammed Sunday with 85 million travelers .", "Boost of traffic attributed to toll-free expressways on holidays .", "Chinese authorities anticipate 740 million trips over 8-day holiday ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- There isn't just one Republican national convention that started on Tuesday; there are four of them going on.", "There's the convention for the base, which is why Rick Santorum and Ted Cruz were up there, and why the day was suffused with religion.", "Then there's the convention for the undecided -- o...
[ "Adam Hanft: These are four GOP conventions in one, playing to different groups .", "He says the party is aiming at the base, undecideds, the media and everyone else .", "He says GOP has fragmented message with too many masters .", "Hanft: Can politics win anyway?", "So far it doesn't look good ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Marlene Monteolivo was a Democrat for many years, then a Republican.", "Now she's registered as a nonpartisan voter in Nevada who wants to support a candidate who will make the economy better.", "The Colombia native, who works for a Las Vegas social services agency, says she's leaning toward GOP chall...
[ "Some Latinos in hard-hit Nevada are considering voting for Mitt Romney .", "But for many, immigration is a deciding issue .", "One GOP activist says his party has not done enough to connect with Latinos .", "He says President Barack Obama's appearance with Mexican band Mana was great strategy ." ]
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[ "Washington (CNN) -- Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney threw his campaign another curve ball when he revived the sensitive \"birther\" issue while campaigning in his native Michigan on Friday.", "Speaking before a friendly crowd in the Detroit suburb of Commerce, Romney noted that he and his wife, Ann, ...
[ "'No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate,' Romney said in his native Michigan .", "Quip another distraction for Romney campaign preparing for RNC convention .", "Was Romney trying to appeal to conservative base or was it just an awkward comment?", "Romney campaign said that candidate believes Obama...
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[ "(CNN) -- A second St. Paul, Minnesota, police officer was on leave Friday in the wake of an arrest video that showed an officer kicking a suspect who was lying on the ground.", "The officer who kicked the suspect, identified by police as Jesse Zilge, had been put on leave earlier in the week.", "The name of th...
[ "Amateur video shows Officer Jesse Zilge kicking Eric Hightower in his chest .", "Two officers are on leave pending results of an investigation .", "St. Paul Police Federation urges people not to rush to judgment ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- One week before a potential government shutdown, Senate Democrats for the first time reacted positively to an offer from House Republicans that would keep the government running for two more weeks while cutting $4 billion.", "\"The plan the Republicans are floating today sounds like a modified version o...
[ "Deal would keep government running for two more weeks while cutting $4 billion .", "Cantor says cuts would come from terminating some programs from Obama's budget, eliminating earmarks .", "Democrats have accused Republicans of wanting indiscriminate budget cuts .", "Boehner expects the measure will pass the...
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[ "Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- Nigeria's Christians are losing faith that the government will protect them from attacks by Islamic extremists and will \"respond appropriately\" to future killings, the country's leading church group warned Wednesday.", "In a public message to President Goodluck Jonathan, the Christian A...
[ "Christian leaders say churches are \"fast losing confidence\" in the government .", "They say Muslim leaders' responses to the Christmas attacks are \"unacceptable\"\nNigeria's president calls for unity and pledges to find those responsible .", "His government has blamed the Islamic extremists of Boko Haram fo...
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[ "(CNN) -- Cautious American travelers have long avoided travel to North Africa and the Middle East, and the recent attacks on U.S. consulates aren't likely to make the risk-averse reconsider.", "Yet seasoned travelers say a lack of familiarity with those regions creates generalization and confusion among traveler...
[ "Two weeks in a Syrian prison isn't keeping Pathik Root from traveling abroad .", "A tour operator is keeping a close eye on political instability in North Africa .", "Morocco often sees a drop in tourism when there's violence in neighboring countries .", "Daily life in Mali continues, despite political insta...
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[ "(EW.com) -- First thing's first: TLC's new ratings release for \"Here Comes Honey Boo Boo\" is now calling the Thompson clan \"America's favorite family.\"", "Did we all agree to this? Was there a vote I missed?", "The reality show is getting more popular, however.", "The Georgia pageant brood's third week p...
[ "TLC's \"Here Comes Honey Boo Boo\" is gaining in popularity .", "The third week premiere on Wednesday had 2.3 million viewers .", "That episode's ratings were the highest of the season ." ]
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[ "Tampa (CNN) -- On the night vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan made his debut on the national stage, the GOP turned its attention to America's influence abroad and what the party sees as President Barack Obama's failed economic policies.", "The roster of speakers at the Republican National Convention boasted ...
[ "McCain and Rice took to stage to underscore GOP foreign policy .", "Mike Huckabee, who once questioned Romney's Mormon faith, sang his praises .", "Condoleezza Rice's speech won raves both in the forum and on Twitter ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- It was a reunion more than four decades in the making.", "Almost 42 years after Robert Russell' s prized 1967 Austin-Healey sports car was stolen, he has it back, thanks largely to his own detective work.", "Off and on for years, Russell, who lives in Texas, trolled the Internet looking for his vehicl...
[ "Robert Russell's 1967 Austin-Healey was stolen in 1970 in Philadelphia .", "He tracked it to a dealership in East Los Angeles .", "Authorities in Philadelphia and Los Angeles helped to return the car to its rightful owner ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Former University of Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt got some unexpected news just before meeting with the media to discuss her retirement Thursday.", "President Barack Obama announced that she will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award handed out by the...
[ "Pat Summitt announced her retirement Wednesday .", "On Thursday, she passed the reins to Holly Warlick .", "President Obama will award Summitt the Presidential Medal of Freedom ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Manchester United have agreed a deal to sign Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie, the club announced on Wednesday night.", "\"Manchester United is pleased to announce it has reached agreement with Arsenal Football Club for the transfer of Robin Van Persie,\" said a statement on the club's website.", "\"T...
[ "Manchester United and Arsenal agree fee for striker Robin Van Persie .", "Van Persie was voted Premier League player of the year last season .", "Manchester United missed out on 2011/12 title on goal difference .", "dutch striker due in Manchwester for a medical on Thursday ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- The head of Homeland Security travels to Arizona Friday, a day after Mexican authorities questioned two men in a shooting that killed a U.S. Border Patrol agent and wounded another near the U.S.-Mexican border.", "The Mexican army handed the two over to local authorities in Sonora, having detained them ...
[ "NEW: Napolitano will go to Arizona to talk with fellow officials about the investigation .", "2 men are being questioned, a source in Mexico's attorney general's office says .", "They were detained near the U.S. border with drugs and guns, says the source .", "They are being questioned about the fatal shooti...
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[ "(CNN) -- It is widely agreed that Wednesday night's presidential debate is crucial for Mitt Romney: This is almost assuredly his last chance to turn around the election.", "What is less obvious is that the stakes are sky-high for Barack Obama, too: This debate could have a powerful impact upon his ability to gov...
[ "David Gergen: Debate may represent Romney's last big chance to turn around the race .", "He says the stakes are also sky-high for Obama, even if he wins election .", "Obama needs a big victory to claim broad support for his plans for second term, Gergen says ." ]
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[ "London (CNN) -- Rupert Murdoch apologized to the British public with full-page advertisements in seven national newspapers Saturday, a day after two senior executives resigned over a phone hacking scandal that has engulfed his media empire.", "\"We are sorry,\" Murdoch says in Saturday's ad, which will also run ...
[ "Murdoch's full-page ad, run in every national newspaper, says: \"We are sorry\"\nHe apologizes in person to the family of a murdered girl whose phone was allegedly hacked .", "Two senior News Corp. executives resign Friday over the phone hacking scandal .", "Reporters are alleged to have hacked people's voice ...
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[ "(CNN) -- The best/worst (take your pick) part of any Olympic Games is the way millions of us end up watching a sport that millions of us wouldn't be caught dead watching under any normal circumstances.", "I love this stuff.", "Why, just a little while ago, I found myself reading a story that began: \"Slovenia ...
[ "Mike Downey: Olympics compel us to watch sports we'd never follow .", "He says the rules and even language of sports such as judo aren't familiar to many in U.S.\nAt St. Louis games in 1904, tug of war was an entry -- at least the rules were plain, he says .", "Downey: I've attended 11 Olympics and still don't...
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[ "(CNN) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will appeal to voters Sunday with his track record on education, housing, health and living standards the past 13 years -- with an admission he needs to do more on bureaucracy and crime.", "His opponent, Henrique Capriles Radonski, also is advancing social programs, but ...
[ "Hugo Chavez is running on his 13-year record as Venezuela's president .", "But Chavez is acknowledging that there's room for improvement, analysts say .", "Henrique Capriles is the opposition candidate who also favors a social agenda .", "Capriles is also seeking government efficiencies and infrastructure im...
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[ "Philadelphia (CNN) -- A Pennsylvania judge ruled Tuesday that state officials cannot enforce a new voter identification law in next month's presidential election.", "The ruling by Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson is expected to be appealed, but amounted to good news for Democrats who contend the voter ID ...
[ "NEW: Several states have laws requiring photo IDs to vote .", "Some argue the laws aim to suppress traditionally Democratic minority vote .", "Tuesday's ruling only applies to next month's presidential election .", "Supporters say the law prevents fraud; detractors say it disenfranchises voters ." ]
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[ "Washington (CNN) -- More than a dozen Justice Department and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives officials faced punishment Wednesday after a long-awaited report on the botched gun probe known as \"Operation Fast and Furious.\"", "That probe and a previous investigation were marked by \"a series ...
[ "NEW: ATF whistleblower calls botched probe \"egregious\"\nInspector general's report refers 14 for discipline; 2 already out .", "ATF will \"get off the mat again and keep swinging,\" acting chief says .", "Firearms traced to the probe were at the site of the killing of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry ." ]
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[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Abu Laith al-Libi, a wanted al Qaeda terrorist, was killed in Pakistan by a CIA airstrike, three U.S. officials told CNN Thursday.", "Abu Laith al-Libi in April 2007 during a videotaped interview by al Qaeda's media wing.", "Al-Libi was described as a senior al Qaeda leader believed to hav...
[ "NEW: Abu Laith al-Libi was killed by a missile from an airplane, officials say .", "Al-Libi plotted attacks against U.S. and coalition forces, officials say .", "Source: Libyan behind 2007 February bombing of Bagram Air Base .", "Official: Al-Libi \"not far below the importance\" of Osama bin Laden, his top ...
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[ "(CNN) -- Lance Armstrong, seven-time winner of the Tour de France, on Thursday announced he would no longer contest charges that he doped his way to victory.", "The 40-year-old legendary cyclist still maintains he's innocent.", "Here are five key questions and answers to help you better understand the complica...
[ "In question is whether USADA can strip Armstrong of his 7 Tour de France titles .", "Armstrong says they can't; global cycling governing body wants more info .", "Armstrong has announced he will not contest USADA charges that he doped .", "The 40-year-old legendary cyclist still maintains he's innocent ." ]
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[ "(Mashable) -- Internet Explorer can no longer claim more than half of the web's traffic, as of October, ending more than a decade of the default Microsoft browser's reign.", "Safari's hold on 62.17% of mobile traffic has reduced IE's overall share of web browsing, despite still claiming 52.63% of desktop traffic...
[ "Safari's hold on 62.17% of mobile traffic has reduced IE's overall share .", "Microsoft browser's diminishing share (49.6%) reflects mobile absence .", "As of October, Firefox is the second most popular web browser ." ]
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[ "Lahore, Pakistan (CNN) -- Police officer Muhammad Azad spends an hour a day running laps because he is running out of time.", "If he doesn't trim two inches off his 42-inch waist soon, the police department in the northern Pakistani state of Punjab could demote or even fire him.", "That's something Azad can't ...
[ "Punjab police department has ordered tens of thousands of officers to shape up .", "Department's 175,000 officers ordered to shrink their waists to maximum of 40 inches .", "Pakistan's police officers are often on the front line in fight against violent extremists ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Arnold Schwarzenegger said he blames no one but himself for the breakup of his 25-year marriage to Maria Shriver, whom he described as the only true love of his life.", "\"It's my fault. There's no one else to blame,\" the former California governor told CNN's \"Piers Morgan Tonight\" in an interview th...
[ "Arnold Schwarzenegger opens up about the affair with his family's housekeeper .", "The former governor says he still loves Maria Shriver and wants to win her back .", "He describes her as \"the most perfect wife\"" ]
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[ "(CNN) -- A top human rights advocacy group on Friday denounced what it claimed were the overnight executions of nine prisoners in Gambia, calling President Yahya Jammeh's stated intent to clear death row after a decades-long moratorium \"a step back.\"", "The reports of the executions were the first since the Ga...
[ "Gambian authorities take 9 inmates from their cells and execute them, Amnesty says .", "President Yahya Jammeh has said death row will be cleared by September .", "An Amnesty spokesman says the executions mark \"a step back\" for Gambia ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- A shooter who fired at vehicles and individuals Sunday from woods in northern Washington state remains at large, as law enforcement ordered residents to stay in their homes and others to stay away as they hunted for the suspect.", "Authorities got a call shortly after 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m.", "ET) Su...
[ "A man tells police he was shot in the leg in a town north of Seattle .", "A SWAT team responding to the scene comes under fire, and its vehicle is hit .", "\"There was someone in the woods shooting at either vehicles or people,\" police say .", "Roads have been closed as authorities hunt for the suspect ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- \"No poo\" sounds like a swimming pool rule, but to some it also means washing hair with baking soda and vinegar instead of shampoo.", "Tiffany Burke, 31, says she might try it soon, with a goal of becoming as natural and organic as possible.", "\"I'm, like, 60% there,\" she says about her use of orga...
[ "Tiffany Burke is carrying twins for her brother and sister-in-law .", "Burke began striving for natural living while pregnant with her first child .", "She's a careful shopper, but sometimes gets caught off guard ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- It is a momentous day for Georgian democracy -- but a painful one for the man who has led the former Soviet republic for nearly a decade.", "For the first time in the strategically important former Soviet state, power is set to be transferred by free and fair elections instead of revolution.", "As the...
[ "For the first time, power is set to be transferred by free and fair elections instead of revolution .", "Prime minister-elect Bidzina Ivanishvili made his fortune in Russia during the 1990s .", "During a bitter election campaign, government officials accused him of wanting to return Georgia to Russia's sphere ...
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[ "Denver (CNN) -- President Barack Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney face off on Wednesday in the first of three presidential debates.", "While Obama holds a lead in several key battleground states, the race nationally has been locked in a dead heat for months.", "The debate offers an opportunity for Obama or...
[ "First test for both candidates is who looks like a president .", "Obama could have vulnerability on Libya attack, but agenda is domestic .", "Whose narrative on how to get the economy going will play best to voters?" ]
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[ "New York (CNN) -- A 25-year-old man was charged with trespassing for jumping out of a monorail car into the Bronx Zoo's tiger den because he wanted \"to be one\" with the animal, police said Saturday.", "David Villalobos, who is hospitalized in stable condition, said \"his leap was definitely not a suicide attem...
[ "NEW: The man faces trespassing charges .", "He remains hospitalized in stable condition .", "The man jumped from a monorail car into the Tiger Mountain exhibit Friday ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- A man who posted a video online showing deplorable conditions in his son's barracks at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, said Tuesday that \"good things are happening\" regarding repairs.", "A soldier battles overflowing sewage in the Fort Bragg barracks shortly after coming home from Afghanistan.", "\"I ha...
[ "Father who posted video on YouTube says Army is responding .", "Video shows moldy, rusty building with paint chipping; broken drain pipe .", "General called father to assure him of Army's support ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Jose Maria Olazabal has confirmed he will not continue in his role as Europe's Ryder Cup captain after the weekend's memorable win over the United States.", "Europe retained the prestigious trophy by beating Davis Love III's team 14½ - 13½ at the Medinah Country Club, despite having trailed by four poin...
[ "Jose Maria Olazabal will not continue as Europe's Ryder Cup captain .", "The Spaniard led Europe to a 14½ - 13½ victory over the U.S. in Illinois .", "Paul McGinley, one of Olazabal's vice captains, is the early favorite for the role in 2014 .", "Olazabal received a congratulatory phone call from the King of...
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[ "(CNN) -- Will the Hollywood Bowl take the throne?", "Or will the fans of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis turn out to worship their porcelain gods?", "Or perhaps the Vanity Nightclub in Las Vegas will win for its fancified facilities.", "When you gotta go, these are the restrooms you're looking for.", ...
[ "When you gotta go, these are the toilets you're looking for across the country .", "The Field Museum in Chicago was named winner last year .", "A clean bathroom can influence a customer's opinion of a business ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- The Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, office of a Lebanese television station was shut down after the station aired an interview with a Saudi man who bragged about his sex life, authorities said.", "Saudi authorities closed the office of the Lebanese Broadcasting Corp., or LBC for two reasons, Abdul-Rahman Al-Hazza...
[ "Lebanese Broadcasting Corp. office in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, shut down .", "Station aired interview with Saudi man who bragged about his sex life .", "Abdul Jawad shown in his bedroom holding sexual aids up to the camera .", "Episode causes uproar in Saudi Arabia ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- A member of Somalia's newly formed parliament was gunned down Saturday in front of his house, later succumbing to his injuries at a nearby hospital, according to government and U.N. reports.", "Unidentified armed men shot Mustafa Haji Maalim in Mogadishu, and he later died at a hospital, the U.N. specia...
[ "Parliamentarian Mustafa Haji Maalim dies after being shot, the government says .", "He was the father-in-law of a man who, until recently, was Somalia's president .", "Witnesses tell media that masked men shot Maalim, then fled before security forces arrived ." ]
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[ "Sharples, West Virginia (CNN) -- Charles Bella is a retired coal miner who now opposes the type of mining he used to do: mountaintop removal.", "\"I believe that if they stop mountaintop removal now, it might be too late, but it would help.", "So much of southern West Virginia is already destroyed,\" Bella sai...
[ "In a CNN/ORC survey, 57% said they oppose mountaintop removal mining.", "In the same poll, 36% said they support the process.", "Recent studies show \"multiple illnesses\" found in mining areas." ]
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[ "Denver (CNN) -- To the political world, October 3 is a high-stakes night in the presidential election.", "But for first lady Michelle Obama, it's the date night that wasn't.", "\"I told Barack, 'This, you know, attending a presidential debate on my 20th anniversary is probably the worst way for me to spend (it...
[ "Obamas will spend 20th wedding anniversary with the Romneys ... at debate .", "\"Barack doesn't have a big ego,\" Michelle Obama says .", "Family, she said, is \"at the core of this country\"\nElection \"couldn't be more important for women\" regarding decisions for \"our bodies\"" ]
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[ "(CNN) -- The Vatican expressed rare public anger Wednesday in blasting the leaking of private papers from the pope's apartment, a scandal that observers say lifts the lid on a secret power struggle going on behind the closed doors of the Catholic Church.", "A top Roman Catholic Church official called the theft o...
[ "The leak of private papers is \"immoral\" and \"despicable,\" a top archbishop says .", "Factions inside the Vatican are jockeying over who will be the next pope, observers say .", "The pope's butler has been arrested and the head of his bank has been fired .", "The scandals both undermine Benedict XVI's sec...
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[ "(CNN) -- This week India staged another phony protest.", "Political parties forced shops to shutter nationwide to object to a government policy allowing international retail giants greater participation in the world's second most populous country.", "They were outraged on behalf of small shopkeepers.", "Indi...
[ "It was \"more business than usual\" for India's shopkeepers this week, says Anjana Menon .", "This was despite political parties forcing some shops to close in protest at retail reforms .", "The government plans to allow international supermarkets greater access to India .", "But Menon says it is hard to ima...
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[ "(CNN) -- Toyota Motor Corporation on Tuesday announced dramatic production cuts in North America because of difficulty in supplying parts following the massive 9.0-magnitude March 11 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan.", "Previously, Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA), ...
[ "Production has been suspended on Mondays and Fridays .", "It will run at 50% on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday .", "Production in U.S., Canada to be suspended in May ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Gay rights activists are planning to hold on Friday a \"national same-sex kiss day at Chick-fil-A,\" the restaurant chain whose president's opposition to same-sex marriage sparked a media frenzy.", "\"Let's show Chick-fil-A thanks for their support of Love, Equality, and the Real Definition of Marriage!...
[ "Gay rights activists are planning to hold a \"national same-sex kiss day at Chick-fil-A\"\nCrowds jam restaurants in support of Chick-fil-A on Wednesday .", "One Chick-fil-A patron tells iReport he went Wednesday \"in support of free speech\"" ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid took control of the Champions League \"Group of Death\" with a 4-1 rout of Ajax in Amsterdam Wednesday.", "It was their second successive win in Group D to lead the way from Borussia Dortmund, who have four points after they drew 1-1 at Manchester City...
[ "Real Madrid top \"Group of Death\" after 4-1 win at Ajax .", "Cristiano Ronaldo scores a hat-trick in Amsterdam .", "Manchester City salvage home point against Borussia Dortmund .", "Malaga continue impressive debut in Group C ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Chelsea continued to set the pace in the English Premier League with a comfortable 4-1 win over Norwich City at Stamford Bridge Saturday.", "Norwich took an unlikely 11th minute lead through their star striker Grant Holt, but it was to prove short lived once the west London side got into their stride.",...
[ "Chelsea beat Norwich 4-1 at Stamford Bridge .", "Win leaves Chelsea four points clear at top of EPL .", "John Terry and Ashley Cole both play .", "Manchester City beat Sunderland 3-0 to go second ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was at home Saturday after leaving a hospital where he underwent surgery for prostate cancer this week.", "\"A million thanks to everyone for their support and solidarity,\" the president wrote on his official Twitter page.", "On Monday, Santos announced that he ...
[ "\"I'm totally cured,\" says Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos .", "He says the tumor had not metastasized, thanks his supporters .", "Doctors have diagnosed several current and former South American leaders with cancer ." ]
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[ "New York (CNN) -- A 15-year-old girl goes to the clinic in her New York high school -- perhaps confused, perhaps unprepared, perhaps scared that she may become pregnant.", "There she might get not only answers but the \"morning-after,\" or Plan B, pill -- and not necessarily with her parent's direct consent.", ...
[ "Fresh attention is focused on New York program aimed at preventing teen pregnancy .", "High school girls can get the \"morning-after\" pill without their parent's direct consent .", "A parent leader blasts the program and say most parents never got a form to opt out .", "But the mayor and others say such app...
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[ "(CNN) -- The schedule of events for the 2012 London Olympics was released on Tuesday as organizers stepped up the drive to encourage sports fans to sign up for tickets.", "The opening ceremony will take place at the new Olympic Stadium in Stratford, an eastern borough of the British capital, on July 27.", "Tic...
[ "The 2012 Olympics in London will open on July 27 and close on August 12 .", "Tickets for the men's 100m final on August 5 will cost from $80 to $1,170 .", "People can apply for tickets to all 26 sports from March 15-April 26 this year ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- X-ray data from NASA's MESSENGER probe points to high levels of magnesium and sulfur on the surface of the planet Mercury, suggesting its makeup is far different from that of other planets, scientists say.", "The unmanned orbiter has been beaming back data from the first planet for a year and a half.", ...
[ "NASA probe gives insight into Mercury's formation .", "The surface has sulfur levels 10 times higher than Earth's .", "The MESSENGER orbiter has been circling Mercury since March 2011 ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- To say that I am upset by the copycat violent protests spreading around the Arab and Muslim world would be an understatement.", "I want to protest against the protesters.", "The mindless and criminal actions of a few in Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen and elsewhere, which have already led to the deaths o...
[ "Salman Shaikh: Violent protests of anti-Islam film have killed people and are pointless .", "Shaikh thinks the film, U.S. policy, Iraq war have justifiably angered the Mideast .", "But protests bolster worst Muslim stereotypes, he says, detract from issues like Syria .", "Shaikh: Anti-democracy elements behi...
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[ "(CNN) -- I've been given a lot of credit for opening up the airwaves to frank sexual material, but I doubt without Helen Gurley Brown's pioneering articles in Cosmopolitan that I could have gotten away with as much as I did.", "Hugh Hefner showed a lot of naked women in Playboy, and the Playboy Advisor did offer...
[ "Dr. Ruth Westheimer says Helen Gurley Brown's Cosmopolitan sex articles were pioneering .", "She says before that, many women didn't know sex should bring pleasure, orgasm .", "She says women's power and prowess in bedroom could translate to the boardroom .", "Dr. Ruth: Brown taught women not just to give ot...
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[ "Zhouqu County, China (CNN) -- Our journey started with a 16-hour drive, most of it on windy, rugged mountain roads.", "But we could only drive so far.", "As we hiked the last four kilometers to the landslide, we passed villagers trekking out single file.", "Most were carrying their lives on their back, some ...
[ "\"The we started seeing bodies, body after dead body,\" Emily Chang .", "A 52-year-old man was pulled out alive after being trapped for 60 hours .", "Over 300 homes were buried in Yueyuan village ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- We don't yet know how heavy a blow Hurricane Isaac will deliver to the Gulf Coast when it hits.", "But mindful of the devastation that Hurricane Katrina left in its wake, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi have declared states of emergency and evacuations have begun.", "Public officials and ...
[ "Writers: Isaac evacuations start; officials have gotten good at getting people out .", "But many evacuees can't afford the $300 a day it takes to live away from home, they say .", "Writers: Officials have not resolved issues that keep people from returning quickly .", "Nonprofits, churches are low on funds; ...
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[ "(CNN) -- CNN asked two contributors, both steeped in the political arts, to give advice to the candidates for Wednesday night's debate.", "Here are their thoughts: . Paul Begala's advice for Mitt Romney: .", "A quarter-century ago, George F. Will wrote that in a meeting with atomic scientists, President Ronald...
[ "CNN asked two political contributors for advice for the presidential debaters .", "Paul Begala, a Democrat, says Romney should admit flaws in GOP orthodoxy .", "Alex Castellanos, a Republican, says Obama should relax, act presidential .", "He urges Obama to signal to political center that he will focus on cu...
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[ "Tampa (CNN) -- It was supposed to be Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's night.", "But instead of basking in the afterglow of what many called a solid acceptance speech, the Romney campaign is now forced to deal with the aftermath of Clint Eastwood's rambling \"empty chair\" routine at the Republican N...
[ "Actor Clint Eastwood delivered a 12-minute ad lib to an empty chair during the closing night of the Republican convention .", "Some thought the routine was funny, while others called it bizarre .", "The attention following the address threatens to shift the spotlight away from Romney, the Republican candidate ...
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[ "London (CNN) -- Extremist Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other men departed England on Friday night destined for the United States, hours after the High Court in London ended a years-long legal battle by ruling the men could be extradited \"immediately.\"", "Two planes left the British Air Force base...
[ "NEW: The 5 men departed Friday night for the U.S., the UK Home Secretary says .", "NEW: \"It is right that these men... will finally face justice,\" she says .", "Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri and 4 others had battled against extradition .", "The father of suspect Babar Ahmad says they will contin...
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[ "(CNN) -- The desperate hunt for a 5-year-old girl abducted in Wales entered its fourth day Thursday, with hundreds of police officers, volunteers and mountain rescue workers combing a rural area for any trace of April Jones.", "Police continue to question a man arrested on suspicion of her abduction but said the...
[ "Police say they will question suspect Mark Bridger again .", "Hundreds of police, volunteers and mountain rescue workers are looking for the 5-year-old .", "Prime Minister David Cameron also appeals for anyone with information to contact police .", "April was snatched from the street on Monday as she played ...
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[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- The parents of missing Madeleine McCann have accepted £550,000 ($1.1 million) libel damages and an apology over stories published in two British newspapers that alleged they were involved in the disappearance or death of the girl.", "The front pages of the Daily Express and the Daily Sta...
[ "McCanns accept damages and apology for stories published in newspapers .", "Couple will use the £550,000 libel damages to look for Madeleine .", "The Daily express and Daily Star printed an apology on their front pages .", "Had alleged that the McCanns were responsible for the death of the missing girl ." ]
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[ "TAMPA, Florida (CNN) -- Ron Russell was a machinist at the Hav-A-Tampa cigar factory in Tampa for 3½ years.", "Ron Russell has started a Web site to help find work for his fellow laid-off cigar factory workers.", "When he was hired, Russell remembers thinking, \"There's no reason I have to look for a job again...
[ "Cigar factory closes its doors after 100 years in Tampa, Florida, leaving 500 jobless .", "Laid-off worker starts Web site listing former colleagues' names and skills .", "Prospective employers can search the site by job titles such as engineer, electrician .", "So far, there are guarantees for 30 jobs, most...
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[ "(CNN) -- American Airlines mechanics will fix floor mounts in 48 of its 757s to prevent seats from coming loose, the airline said Thursday.", "Engineers figured out \"additional preventative steps\" to upgrade the mechanism that locks the seats to the floor, an American Airlines news release said.", "The carri...
[ "NEW: 94 flights canceled so airline can fix the seats problem .", "Mechanics will work on the planes after they reach their next destination .", "The airline says they will focus on the device that locks the seats to the floor .", "Three American Airlines flights experienced loose seats while in the air ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- When people across the world tune in to the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics on Friday, regular TV programming will be set aside for pageantry and pomp.", "Amid all the attention to the \"Made in China\" controversy about Team USA's uniforms, little has been written about their design.", "But if ...
[ "Paul Achter: In Olympics, uniform is a calculated part of each nation's global image .", "Achter: Team USA's 2012 opening ceremony uniforms draw from military style .", "Critics charge that military fashions are a problem because they aestheticize war, he says .", "Achter: How about getting Betsey Johnson to...
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[ "(CNN) -- Bill Coleman's business in New Orleans was looted during Hurricane Katrina.", "Now, Hurricane Isaac threatens to bombard the region with heavy wind and rain on Katrina's anniversary.", "He may have to close up shop again until the storm passes and, if necessary, power is restored.", "But this father...
[ "The owner of a business looted during Katrina says New Orleans is now \"a different city\"\nA restaurant owner's quagmire: No employees because schools are closing .", "The manager of a store in a mall looted during Katrina looks forward to a cookout ." ]
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[ "London (CNN) -- Two senior British judges are due to decide on Friday if five men, among them extremist Islamist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, will be extradited to the United States to face terrorism charges.", "The decision, which cannot be appealed, should bring to an end a legal process that in the case of two ...
[ "Lawyers for radical Islamist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri say his mental health is failing .", "Four other men are also fighting extradition to the United States on terror charges .", "U.S. and British government lawyers contested the arguments put forward .", "This week's hearing was the final stage in a long-...
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[ "(CNN) -- Fighting criticism of his controversial remarks on government dependency, Republican challenger Mitt Romney said Wednesday that he would better help poor and middle class Americans than President Barack Obama.", "Romney and running mate Rep. Paul Ryan also sought to reshape the campaign narrative less t...
[ "NEW: Mitt Romney says President Obama pushes government dependency .", "Obama tells David Letterman a president has to \"work for everyone\"\nRomney's leaked remarks get more attention on Facebook than his convention address .", "Paul Ryan calls Romney's remarks \"inarticulate\" but insists they make a point ....
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[ "(CNN) -- Jim Lehrer, the mainstay of public television's longest running news show, is stepping aside as anchor of \"PBS Newshour\" next month, PBS announced Thursday.", "Lehrer will continue working with the daily show, helping with editorial direction and moderating a weekly segment, the network said.", "\"I...
[ "Lehrer steps aside on June 6 .", "He will appear \"on many Friday evenings\" to moderate a panel .", "He began his PBS career on the \"Robert MacNeil Report\" in 1975 .", "The show was renamed \"The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer\" in 1995 ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- The Muslim cleric who once described Britain as a toilet has launched an appeal to avoid extradition to the United States on terrorism charges, a representative for the High Court in London said.", "The representative would not give more details of the appeal or the grounds for it, or talk about other s...
[ "Abu Hamza al-Masri's hate-filled speeches at a London mosque inspired followers of al Qaeda .", "Al-Masri was convicted on various terror related crimes in 2006 in Britain .", "He's fighting extradition from England to the U.S., where he is facing a possible life sentence ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- The Mars rover Curiosity will get to try out its scoop this weekend, according to current NASA plans.", "\"The request that the engineers made to the scientists was: Find us a good sandbox, a good sand pit, to play in here, on our way to Glenelg,\" said Mike Watkins, Curiosity mission manager at NASA's ...
[ "\"Find us a sandbox,\" engineers asked scientists .", "Curiosity will scoop up sand for mineral analysis and to clean some hardware .", "The rover is on its way to a site called Glenelg ." ]
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[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, who left office last June, has taken up a part-time job with a Wall Street bank on an estimated $1 million salary.", "JP Morgan Chase did not say how much Blair will make in the part-time position.", "Blair will work with JP Morgan Chase, a firm wit...
[ "Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to take up job at JP Morgan .", "One consultant told FT Blair would likely be paid up to $1 million a year .", "He will advise the bank on global political and strategic issues ." ]
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[ "Polokwane, South Africa (CNN) -- A South African court charged Julius Malema with money laundering Wednesday, and the firebrand politician scoffed at the accusations and riled up his supporters moments after his release on bail.", "The former youth leader went into an anti-government tirade after his release.", ...
[ "NEW: The ruling party says the charge is not politically motivated .", "The former youth leader is granted bail .", "He is scheduled to return to court on November 30 .", "Malema, who helped bring the president to power in 2009, enjoys wide support ." ]
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[ "Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Two suicide bombers struck a joint U.S.-Afghan military base in central Afghanistan early Saturday, killing 13 people, authorities said.", "Among the dead were a child, two women and four policemen, said Shahidullah Shahid, a spokesman for the Wardak province governor.", "The attack...
[ "NEW: 78 others are wounded .", "A suicide bomber attacks the base on foot, then a truck explosion follows .", "No international coalition service members are killed .", "The Taliban claims responsibility ." ]
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[ "(CNET) -- Coming from a company known more for its plasma HDTVs, the Panasonic TC-32LX85 is a pleasant surprise in the 32-inch LCD category.", "Attractively designed and well appointed with generous connectivity, it is also a good performer overall, although by no means perfect.", "I was particularly impressed...
[ "As a 32-inch LCD TV, the Panasonic TC-32LX85 is a good overall performer .", "It's one of the better models at its size in the entry-level, 720p-resolution category .", "Model delivers surprisingly impressive HD picture quality for a small-screen LCD .", "But standard-def images look softer than normal ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Country music star Wynonna Judd's new husband suffered \"serious but non-life threatening injuries\" in a motorcycle crash in South Dakota Saturday, a statement from her publicist said Sunday.", "The accident happened as Judd, 48, and Michael Scott \"Cactus\" Moser \"went for a ride together on separate...
[ "Judd and husband \"Cactus\" Moser were riding separate bikes when he crashed .", "\"Moser collided with an oncoming vehicle,\" singer's statement says .", "Judd postpones Canada shows next week .", "\"I love him deeply and I will not leave his side,\" Wynonna Judd says ." ]
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[ "New Delhi (CNN) -- The Indian Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence for Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the only surviving gunman from the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai.", "A trial court sentenced Kasab, a Pakistani, to death in 2010 on charges of murder, conspiracy and waging war on India.", "The High...
[ "NEW: Court had the chance to appreciate all the evidence, prosecution lawyer says .", "Kasab faces the death penalty for his role in the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai .", "He still has the options of filing a court review and a clemency petition with the president .", "More than 160 people were killed in ...
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[ "Kagadi, Uganda (CNN) -- One of five prisoners receiving treatment for a suspected case of Ebola virus in Uganda escaped overnight Friday from the hospital at the center of the outbreak, a health official said.", "\"Should his results come back and he is positive, that causes us a lot of worry.", "So right now,...
[ "NEW: \"The disease is under control,\" World Health Organization official says .", "The inmate is one of five prisoners receiving treatment at Kagadi hospital .", "They are among 30 patients with suspected cases of the virus .", "The remaining prisoners will now be handcuffed to their beds, a health official...
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[ "(CNN) -- Throngs of mourners bid farewell to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Sunday in Ethiopia's first state funeral for a leader in more than 80 years.", "Meles, 57, died two weeks ago of an unspecified illness.", "He had not appeared in public for months, sparking nationwide speculation about his health.", ...
[ "African heads of state and foreign envoys attend the ceremony .", "He is the first leader honored with a state funeral in the nation since 1930 .", "Ethiopians flood the streets, some in tears, as they clutch posters with his picture ." ]
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