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[ "MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- It's a nightmarish scenario straight out of the movies: A passenger is forced to land a plane after its pilot becomes incapacitated.", "Passanger Doug White landed this Super King two-engine turboprop after the pilot fell unconscious.", "\"Descend and maintain 5,000.", "Just take your time, we'll set you up for the airport,\" an air traffic controller says.", "In a calm voice, a passenger responds: \"I need to get my throttle set for this descent.", "I don't know where to set it at.\" The reality was playing aboard a plane over Florida on Sunday in what the National Air Traffic Controllers Association called \"an Easter miracle.\"", "The incident began about 1:30 p.m.", "The plane, a Super King Air two-engine turboprop with four passengers on board, was headed to Jackson, Mississippi, from Marco Island, Florida, about 18 miles south of Naples.", "The plane entered the jurisdiction of air traffic control at Miami Center, the facility responsible for high-altitude air traffic in southern Florida and the Caribbean, according to a statement issued by the air traffic controllers association.", "The pilot notified controllers that the plane was at 9,000 feet and climbing, said Steve Wallace, Miami Center spokesman for the association.", "However, a controller at the center tried twice to raise the pilot after that and received no response, Wallace said.", "Hear audiotape of emergency landing » .", "After a few moments, a different voice came over the radio: Passenger Doug White told air traffic controllers the pilot was unconscious and they needed help.", "His wife and two teenage daughters were flying home to Louisiana with him, he said.", "Listen to White describe seeing the pilot's eyes roll back in his head » .", "He reported the plane's autopilot was on and the plane was continuing to climb from 10,000 feet.", "\"I told my girls to pray hard,\" White later told CNN television affiliate WINK.", "White later told the Naples Daily News he has a pilot's license and about 130 hours experience flying a single engine Cessna, but had never flown the larger, faster King Air.", "The difference, experts said, is not as simple as driving a different model of car.", "A turboprop multi-engine, Wallace told CNN, \"probably lands at a faster speed than he's ever flown a single-engine plane before.\"", "White told air traffic controllers it appeared the pilot had died, according to the statement, and he reported that the plane's autopilot was on and the plane was continuing to climb from 10,000 feet.", "Two air traffic controllers worked to help him disengage the autopilot, as other controllers stepped in to lighten their workload.", "\"Keep it coming around when you can ... the turn looks good, very good sir,\" a controller said.", "The controllers then turned the plane over to air traffic controllers at the airport.", "One of them had called a friend who was certified in the King Air planes for advice.", "\"They walked him through flipping the switches, turning the knobs,\" Wallace said.", "White, who was composed for the most part, seemed doubtful for a brief moment.", "\"When I touch down ... If I ever touch down, do I just kill the throttle or what?\"", "he asks. The landing was successful.", "\"I knew we had to do something ...", "I knew that much,\" White told WINK.", "The Federal Aviation Administration has not given any of the involved air traffic controllers permission to speak about the incident, Wallace said.", "However, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association lauded all of those involved in landing the plane.", "\"If you were to ask any one of the controllers who worked this even about what happened over the skies of south Florida, they would tell you that it was just a typical day at the office and that it was merely their job,\" association President Patrick Forrey said in the statement.", "\"However, the actions they all took to save the passengers aboard the flight were beyond heroic.\"", "Victoria Moreland, spokeswoman for Southwest Florida International Airport, said the pilot's death was confirmed after the plane landed.", "The cause of death was unclear, Moreland said.", "It's rare for a pilot to suffer a medical emergency during flight, said Chris Dancy, spokesman for the Frederick, Maryland-based Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.", "The organization issues a yearly summary of accident trends and factors based on National Transportation Safety Board reports involving aircraft of less than 12,500 pounds -- smaller than the King Air involved in Sunday's incident.", "According to the most recent report, which covers the year 2007, out of 22 million general aviation flight hours, an estimated 15 million to 20 million flights, only six instances of a pilot's medical incapacitation were reported, he said.", "In four of those instances, the pilot died.", "CNN's Ashley Broughton contributed to this report." ]	[ "Passenger Doug White commandeers plane after pilot loses consciousness .", "White: \"When I touch down ...", "If I ever touch down, do I just kill the throttle?\"", "Craft was carrying White, his wife and two daughters from Florida to Mississippi .", "Controllers help him turn off autopilot, land plane: \"The turn looks good, very good sir\"" ]	[ 12, 13, 15, 22, 27 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The United Nations' refugee agency said Tuesday that more Africans have fled poverty and conflict on the continent during the first 10 months of this year than in all of 2007.", "A woman who has been displaced by the current fighting in the Congo.", "The bulk of the more than 96,000 African refugees headed to Yemen and Italy, according to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees office.", "The rest sought refuge in Malta, Greece, Spain and the Canary Islands, the agency said.", "Last weekend, at least 60 refugees died en route to Yemen, a frequent destination for Somali and Ethiopian refugees, according to Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF.", "UNHCR said most of those who died were forced overboard in deep water off Yemen's coast by smugglers who demanded more money than the $100 they paid for the journey.", "\"Those who did not or could not pay extra were severely beaten by the smugglers,\" UNHCR said in a news release Tuesday.", "\"Up to 40 -- mainly Ethiopians -- [were] thrown overboard despite their pleas for mercy.\"", "Andreas Koutepas, MSF's field coordinator in southern Yemen, said such a high number of refugee deaths in a short period of time \"is not usual at all.\"", "\"For the whole of September until now, we've had 27 dead and now suddenly we reach this number,\" Koutepas told CNN from MSF's base in Ahwar, Yemen.", "\"We are quite shocked here.\"", "About 30,000 African refugees arrived on boats on Italy's shores during the first 10 months of this year compared with 19,900 refugees last year, according to UNHCR.", "In Malta, an estimated 2,600 boat people arrived in the first nine months of this year from North Africa, compared with 1,800 last year, UNHCR said..", "The agency said that from January to October this year, 509 of those attempting to make the journey to Italy and Malta died, compared with last year's death toll of 471.", "More than 38,000 people have made the perilous journey across the Gulf of Aden from Somalia to Yemen during the first 10 months of this year, a \"considerable increase from the 29,500 who made the same journey during the whole of last year,\" UNHCR said Tuesday.", "However, the death toll on that route has remained lower so far this year: more than 600 have died or disappeared en route to Yemen compared to 1,400 killed last year.", "In late September, at least 52 Somalis died when the boat smuggling them across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen broke down, and they were left adrift with no food or water for 18 days, according to the U.N.", "Many are fleeing the war in Somalia, but Koutepas of MSF told CNN on Monday that he has noticed a recent increase in the number of refugees from Ethiopia.", "\"It used to be 10 percent of total arrival, and now it's around 50-50,\" he said.", "Yemen is a common destination for Somalis fleeing economic hardship and war because of its proximity.", "It is also an attractive location because Somalis receive automatic refugee status in the fellow Muslim country.", "New smuggling routes, including some based out of Djibouti -- which lies north of Somalia and is much closer to Yemen -- have also led to the increase in refugees, according to the UNHCR.", "But according to the Yemen Post, Yemen is just a stopping point for most of the refugees, who then travel on to the wealthier Persian Gulf states or Europe and the United States.", "Earlier this year, Yemen's coast guard stepped up patrols of its coastline in an attempt to deter the smugglers.", "Some of the smuggling boats seized by Yemen's coast guard are given to Somali fishermen who suffered losses in the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.", "As part of a $19 million operation, UNHCR operates shelters and reception centers for the refugees in Yemen and has increased its efforts to discourage people from making the illegal crossing to Yemen.", "It has also sponsored training programs for coast guard personnel and other officials.", "MSF said the plight of the refugees has been overshadowed by the dozens of pirate attacks off Somalia's coast that have grabbed international headlines in recent months.", "\"A lot of attention has been paid lately to tackling the issue of piracy in the waters off the Horn of Africa,\" said MSF Yemen mission leader Francis Coteur.", "\"Unfortunately, little attention is paid to the drama of the refugees crossing the same waters in horrific conditions.", "Much more needs to be done to address this issue.\"" ]	[ "More Africans have already fled poverty and conflict so far this year than in 2007 .", "Bulk of the more than 96,000 African refugees headed to Yemen and Italy, U.N. says .", "Rest sought refuge in Malta, Greece, Spain and the Canary Islands ." ]	[ 0, 2, 3 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- Reigning hot dog-guzzling champ Joey Chestnut and nemesis Takeru Kobayashi of Japan attempted to psych each other out Thursday at the weigh-in for the 94th annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest.", "Competitive eaters Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi take part in an official \"staredown.\"", "Chestnut and Kobayashi glared long and menacingly into each other's eyes in an official \"staredown.\"", "At last year's contest, 25-year-old Chestnut, a civil engineering student at San Jose State University, eked out a win over Kobayashi, 31, in a tiebreaker after both initially consumed 59 dogs apiece.", "It was Chestnut's second slim victory over Kobayashi in as many years.", "Kobayashi vowed he will avenge those two defeats on Saturday.", "He also said he no longer suffers from the \"jawthritis\" that some cited as the culprit for his 2007 defeat, which snapped his six-year winning streak at Coney Island.", "Chestnut, for his part, said he had no intention of ceding the coveted mustard yellow belt -- competitive eating's answer to golf's green jacket.", "He is setting his sights this year on 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes.", "Saturday's competition will be partially about redemption for Chestnut, too.", "In May, he suffered a stinging defeat to Kobayashi in a loss he said \"really set a fire underneath me\" and \"made me hungry for this contest.\"", "Chestnut revealed the extreme dietary regimen he is following in the days leading up to the contest.", "He said he is sticking to water to make sure he is \"empty\" when the mountain of hot dogs is placed in front of him.", "In addition to Chestnut, Kobayashi admitted to keeping a watchful eye on 32-year-old Tim \"Eater X\" Janus, whose signature painted face was described by Major League Eating impresario Richard Shea as an attempt to mask his \"inner torment.\"", "In a recent trial round, Janus downed a personal-best 55 hot dogs -- a weiner's throw from the 59 that Chestnut and Kobayashi wolfed down last year.", "As a lead-in to the main event, Major League Eating on Friday will hold a first-of-its-kind \"cross-species\" eating contest between three competitive eaters and three Asian elephants.", "MLE's Shea described it as the realization of one of his two lifelong dreams, the other being a scenario in which a dozen competitive eaters eat the entire contents of a convenience store.", "Twenty finalists will compete in the championship on Saturday.", "They were culled from 18 preliminary contests and comprise a Who's Who of the world of competitive eating.", "For people who stuff their faces with record-breaking quantities of food, many of the contestants at the weigh-in boasted surprisingly svelte physiques.", "Juliet Lee, a 44-year-old Maryland salon owner fresh off the feat of downing 13.23 pounds of cranberry sauce in 8 minutes, clocked in at a mere 105 pounds.", "Kobayashi, at 123 pounds, lifted his T-shirt to reveal the sort of chiseled abdomen one would expect at a bodybuilding competition.", "Others contestants were not quite as disconcertingly trim.", "Fearsome world matzo ball-eating champion Eric \"Badlands\" Booker tips the scales at 400 pounds." ]	[ "Reigning hot dog-guzzling champ Joey Chestnut, Takeru Kobayashi have staredown .", "Last year Chestnut won after a tiebreaker with Kobayashi .", "Kobayashi vowed to avenge defeat from last year .", "Chestnut: Kobayashi beat me in May contest and \"set a fire underneath me\"" ]	[ 0, 1, 5, 10 ]
[ "INDIO, California (CNN) -- For some concertgoers, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival really kicked into action on Day Two.", "Festival attendees enjoy the music Saturday, Day Two of the Coachella music festival in Indio, California.", "Day One was leisurely and pleasant -- the weather was mild, the acts were fairly mellow and the big headliner was Paul McCartney.", "On Day Two, someone took the dial and turned it up a notch, as the desert sun beat down a little harder, the music pumped a little louder and the crowds who packed the VIP tent threw a little more attitude.", "There were the usual celebrity sightings.", "Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon snuck in the back just as rapper M.I.A.", "hit the stage, Paris Hilton took in Travis Barker and DJ AM's set in the Sahara tent and David Hasselhoff was spotted making out with a mystery lady near the restrooms.", "Forty-six acts performed on five stages scattered about the grassy field of the Empire Polo Club near Palm Springs, California.", "Massive eco-friendly art installations fashioned from scrap metal and reclaimed wood doubled as shelter from the heat, as well as mini-stages for dancers and performance artists.", "There was good buzz for thenewno2, an indie-pop band fronted by Oli Hecks and Dhani Harrison, whose vocals are reminiscent of his late father, George, but warmer, and less haunting.", "\"It's the first festival we've ever played, and our 12th gig overall,\" said Harrison.", "\"Normally with festivals, people come to check you out, stand in the back, and then move on pretty quickly, even if they like you -- but people stayed!", "It's the best performance we've ever had.\"", "Unfortunately Fleet Foxes was not so lucky.", "The Seattle,Washington, group's delicate baroque harmonies were drowned out by the world music beats of Thievery Corporation's percussion section bleeding over from the neighboring main stage, as one of their female vocalists crowd-surfed.", "As usual, the day's line-up was a mix of up-and-coming indie artists sprinkled with tried-and-true veteran acts.", "The Killers have played Coachella in both capacities.", "The Las Vegas, Nevada, quartet received their first invitation from festival organizers in 2004, the same year their debut album, \"Hot Fuss,\" was released.", "\"We played at 11:30 a.m. in a tent.", "It was 150 degrees out, and backstage, it smelled like horse droppings,\" said drummer Ronnie Vannucci, referencing the fact that there are certain consequences to holding an event on a polo field in the desert.", "This time, as the marquee act, The Killers enjoyed their own backstage compound decked out with a white picket fence, tablecloths and festive party lights in the shape of daisies.", "Palm trees gently swayed in the distance, silhouetted against the desert backdrop.", "You could hear the crowd going crazy for a feisty M.I.A.", "slotted on the main stage before The Killers.", "Vannucci and his three bandmates had just rolled in on their tour bus from Vegas.", "He spoke with CNN while warming up his hands and wrists with drumming exercises.", "\"With festivals, you have to realize the audience is not necessarily there to see YOU.", "So we'll play some stuff off our new album, 'Day and Age,' and work in some songs that everybody knows, like 'Mr.", "Brightside' from our first album.\"", "Half an hour later, The Killers took the stage, opening their set with their latest hit, \"Human.\"", "Frontman Brandon Flowers soon had the crowd singing the along to the perplexing lyrics, \"Are we human, or are we dancer?\"", "At Coachella, it doesn't matter if you're human or if you're dancer.", "But if you're dancer, you'll probably be relegated to one of the mini-stages inside an art installation.", "\"The first time I heard about Coachella 10 years ago, I thought, 'That could be the cool festival here in America,\" said Vannucci.", "\"It's since become a successful festival with good bands, swarms of people coming in from all over the world -- even art elements.", "It's strange to think we're headlining one night.\"" ]	[ "46 acts perform on 5 stages at Empire Polo Club near Palm Springs, California .", "Massive art installations of scrap metal and wood shelter people from heat .", "The Killers enjoy backstage compound with picket fence, tablecloths, festive lights .", "Killers frontman Brandon Flowers has crowd singing the along to new hit, \"Human\"" ]	[ 7, 8, 20, 30 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Bringing a growing health concern to Congress, scientists squared off Thursday over whether cell phones contribute to brain cancer.", "Rep. Denis Kucinich of Ohio holds a model of a 5-year-old child's brain absorbing cell phone radiation.", "Studies have indicated that long-term cell phone use may be associated with brain cancer, according to Dr. Ronald Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, and Dr. David Carpenter, director of Institute for Health and the Environment at University of Albany.", "They both testified in front of the House Subcommittee on Domestic Policy.", "\"I cannot tell this committee that cell phones are definitely dangerous.", "But, I certainly cannot tell you that they are safe,\" Herberman said.", "Herberman and Carpenter cited the results from a study recently presented by Dr. Lennart Hardell of Örebro University in Sweden.", "The results indicated that people who use cell phones have double the chance of developing malignant brain tumors and acoustic neuromas, which are tumors on the hearing nerve.", "The study also said people under age 20 were more than five times as likely to develop brain cancer.", "But Dr. Robert Hoover, director or Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program at the National Cancer Institute, said the study has not yet appeared in a peer-reviewed journal, so has not come under sufficient scrutiny.", "The evidence for the connection between cell phones and cancer is inconclusive and more research is needed, he said.", "\"Larger studies are needed to sort out chance and bias,\" Hoover testified.", "Interphone, a series of multinational studies on the risk of cancer from cell phones, has not found an increase in tumors associated with the first 10 years of mobile phone use, he said.", "Some findings show an increased risk of tumors diagnosed on the side of the head that the cell phone is pressed against, but this pattern has not been seen consistently, Hoover said.", "CTIA, the International Association for Wireless Telecommunications, declined the invitation to testify, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a former Democratic presidential candidate from Ohio, who led the hearing, said.", "Steve Largent, CEO of CTIA, issued a statement Wednesday saying the industry has supported scientific research on these issues and supports the Federal Communications Commision's safety guidelines.", "\"The available scientific evidence and expert reviews from leading global health organizations such as the American Cancer Society, National Cancer Institute, United States Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organization reflect a consensus based on published scientific research showing that there is no reason for concern,\" Largent's statement said.", "The overall evidence for the cancer-phone link has not been statistically significant at a 95 percent confidence level, a standard in science, Carpenter said.", "But he also noted that U.S.-funded research is very scarce.", "\"Are we at the same place we were with smoking and lung cancer 30 years ago?\"", "he asked. Carpenter and Herberman testified that the risk of brain cancer for children is far greater than for adults.", "Herberman demonstrated a model showing that the radiation from cell phones would penetrate far deeper into a 5-year-old's brain than an adult's.", "See models from researchers at the University of Pittsburgh » .", "But the incidence of brain cancer in children has not increased significantly from the late 1980s to 2005, Hoover said.", "The Federal Communications Commission limits cell phone radio frequency energy emissions, called the specific absorption rate (SAR), at 1.6 watts per kilogram, as measured over one gram of tissue.", "The standard was developed in 1997 in consultation with Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a professional association open to everyone, including manufacturers and health specialists.", "But the SAR standard reflects a biological response to cell phone radio frequency energy heating tissue, Kucinich said.", "Many experiments show that radio frequency energy does cause \"biological effects\" without heating tissue, although not all of those effects are harmful, Carpenter said.", "Hoover agreed that there could be such effects related to cancer risk, but they have not been properly vetted in a laboratory.", "The FCC itself does not have the expertise to evaluate whether this standard is appropriate protection for possible heath risks, Julius Knapp, director of the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology, testified.", "The hearing took place just a week after the Cleveland Clinic reported a study showing that keeping a cell phone on talk mode in a pocket can decrease sperm quality.", "Herberman had issued a warning to physicians, scientists, and staff at the University of Pittsburgh in July advising them to limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer.", "The Israeli Health Ministry endorsed this recommendation within a week, he said.", "Ellen Marks of Lafayette, California, whose husband found out he had a brain tumor on his right frontal lobe in May, attended the hearing.", "The tumor is on the same side of his head where he held his cell phone, which he used about 30 hours per month.", "She believes the tumor is the result of cell phone use.", "\"I often threatened to throw it in the garbage, and how I wish I had,\" she said.", "\"This horror could have been avoided with a simple warning.\"" ]	[ "Studies conflict; do not consistently show cell phones cause cancer, expert says .", "Expert says he cannot say they are definitely dangerous or definitely safe .", "Children are at higher risk for cancer-causing radiation from phone, scientist says .", "Woman at House panel hearing says her husband's brain cancer from cell phone ." ]	[ 4, 5, 12, 20, 22 ]
[ "(Mental Floss) -- Have you ever wondered about the origins and namesakes of our favorite spreads, sauces, and dressings?", "Here are a few stories that you can use to regale your friends the next time you chow down.", "Peppers were imported from the Mexican state of Tabasco to make spicy Tabasco sauce, giving the condiment its name.", "1. Thousand Island Dressing .", "Is the delicious dressing that gives a Reuben its tanginess named after an actual chain of islands?", "You bet it is. The Thousand Islands are an archipelago that sits in the Saint Lawrence River on the U.S.-Canada border, and there are actually 1,793 of them, some of which are so small that they contain nothing more than a single home.", "So why is the dressing named after an archipelago?", "No one's quite sure.", "Some people claim that early film star and vaudevillian May Irwin, who summered on the Thousand Islands, named it, while others contend that George Boldt, the famed proprietor of the Waldorf-Astoria, gave the dressing its name because of his own summer place in the region.", "No matter who named it, it's tough to beat on a sandwich.", "2. Ranch Dressing .", "Yep, the beloved dressing and dipping sauce actually got its start on a real ranch.", "When Steve and Gayle Henson opened a dude ranch in California in 1954, they had an ace up their sleeves: a delicious dressing that Steve had concocted while the couple was living in Alaska.", "The couple did a nice business at their Hidden Valley Ranch, but guests were always flipping out over just how tasty Steve's dressing was.", "Eventually, the Hensons started bottling the stuff, and the popularity grew so quickly that they had to hire a twelve-man crew just to help mix up each batch.", "Steve's culinary creativity turned out to be lucrative; in 1972 Clorox forked over $8 million for the recipe.", "Mental Floss: Foods named after people .", "3. A1 Steak Sauce .", "According to the brand's Web site, A1 has been around for quite a while.", "Henderson William Brand worked as the personal chef for King George IV from 1824 to 1831, and at some point during this employment mixed up a new sauce for the king to use on his beef.", "George IV allegedly took one bite of Brand's creation and declared that it was \"A1.\"", "Brand then left the king's employ in order to go peddle his new sauce.", "4. Tabasco Sauce .", "Tabasco sauce is perhaps the most famous of all hot sauces, but where did it get its name?", "When Edmund McIlhenny, a former banker, invented the sauce in Louisiana in 1868, he didn't have a huge supply of chili peppers at his disposal.", "To keep cooking, he imported peppers from the Mexican state of Tabasco and slapped the region's name on his bottles.", "Mental Floss: The origins of salt, pepper and other popular spices .", "5. Heinz 57 . Legend has it that Heinz 57 takes its name from H.J.", "Heinz's company formerly marketing 57 products at once, and except for the number, the story holds up.", "Heinz's Web site tells a story that Henry John Heinz was riding a train when he saw a billboard advertising 21 varieties of shoes.", "He so liked the idea he wanted to try it with his own condiment company.", "Thus, he started touting Heinz's 57 varieties.", "There was only one catch: Heinz marketed well over 60 products at the time.", "So where did the 57 come from? Heinz thought the number was lucky.", "Five was Heinz's lucky number, and seven was his wife's.", "He mashed the charmed digits together, got 57, and never looked back.", "6. Tartar Sauce .", "Fish's best friend is named after an alternate spelling of the word \"Tatar,\" which was how Western Europeans once referred to almost anyone of Mongolian or Turkic descent.", "Many of these Tatars/Tartars ran roughshod over Europe in the time of Genghis Khan, but they knew how to cook.", "One of the dishes they left behind, beef tartare, came back into fashion in 19th-century France.", "These helpings of steak tartare came with a number of garnishes, including the creamy white stuff that eventually became generically known as tartar sauce.", "Mental Floss: The history of utensils (spork included) 7.", "Hollandaise Sauce .", "Hollandaise, the lemon-butter-and-egg yumminess that Eggs Benedict can't live without, isn't actually Dutch.", "Instead, it's one of the most well known French sauces.", "The sauce first appeared in French cooking in the 17th century, and is apparently named both because it somewhat resembles an old Dutch sauce and because the Dutch had such thriving butter and egg industries that provided two of the sauce's main ingredients.", "For more mental_floss articles, visit mentalfloss.com .", "Entire contents of this article copyright, Mental Floss LLC.", "All rights reserved." ]	[ "Thousand Island dressing is named after 1,793 islands in the Saint Lawrence River .", "Tabasco's founder imported peppers from the Mexican state of Tabasco .", "Hollandaise isn't actually Dutch; it's one of the most well known French sauces ." ]	[ 2, 5, 6, 42, 44 ]
[ "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- About 1.6 million fans registered for a chance at fewer than 9,000 pairs of tickets to Michael Jackson's memorial service next week, organizers said.", "Some memorial tickets went out to \"friends and family\" on Sunday.", "Registration ended at 6 p.m. Saturday.", "Officials will now \"scrub\" all entries to eliminate duplicates and those they suspect may have been registered using software that ticket scalpers use to generate multiple hits.", "A random drawing will follow.", "The winning 8,750 registrants will receive an e-mail Sunday after 11 a.m. (2 p.m.", "ET), AEG Live said.", "\"I know I'll be hitting the 'refresh' button on my inbox over and over again,\" said Jackie Flower, an arts student in San Diego, California.", "The e-mail will assign the selected registrants a unique code and direct them to a designated distribution center away from the Staples Center.", "There, they will each receive two tickets to either the memorial service at the Staples Center arena or a simulcast of the event at the adjacent Nokia Theater LA Live, AEG said.", "Jackson's family has still not announced the singer's burial arrangements, saying only that it will hold a private ceremony ahead of the massive public memorial service Tuesday.", "Journalists staked out several possible burial locations.", "A long line of television satellite trucks remained parked outside the Hollywood Hills Forest Lawn Cemetery in case it was chosen by the family, but there has been no word from cemetery officials.", "Police set up metal barricades around the front lawn, creating spaces for media and fans.", "Two state trooper cruisers idled at the Hall of Liberty inside the grounds, which contains a 1,200-seat auditorium.", "Watch reporters prepare for Tuesday's service » .", "The family has not decided whether Jackson's body will be brought to the Staples Center arena, where the public ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. PT.", "At the time of his death, Jackson was working with a concert promotions company on 50 sold-out shows in London, England, beginning in mid-July.", "Also Saturday, a handful of fans milled about the Jackson family home in Encino, California, bringing flowers and taking pictures next to an informal sidewalk shrine to the pop star.", "Farzana Payind of Los Angeles snapped a picture of her 6-year-old daughter, Enayah.", "Payind said Enayah loves to dance to Jackson songs \"Billie Jean\" and \"Thriller\" and cried when she learned of the singer's death.", "\"Does that mean his music died too?\"", "the girl asked, according to Payind.", "Neighbor Michael Singer watched the activities with interest.", "\"This makes Elvis look like nothing,\" he said.", "\"When you grow up with Michael Jackson's music pretty much your whole life, you feel like you lost a family member, and you have to go to the funeral,\" said Add Seymour of Atlanta, Georgia, who registered Friday morning and planned to fly out if picked.", "\"I got some frequent-flier miles just in case I wanted to do something wild and crazy -- and this is wild and crazy.\"", "Tickets will be handed out Monday outside the Staples Center, said Tim Leiweke, president of AEG Live.", "Ticketholders will also have wristbands to match their tickets, a precaution against people \"trying to take advantage\" of the system, he said.", "Although 11,000 seats are available for fans inside the Staples Center, another 6,500 can watch from the Nokia Theater site across the street, according to Leiweke.", "Police said they will close the area near the Staples Center to all those without a ticket.", "The family will provide a free live video feed to networks so it can be televised everywhere.", "\"I want to stress to those people who are coming, or are thinking about coming, to the city for this special event that you might want to consider watching this from the comfort of your home,\" said Councilwoman Jan Perry, the city's acting mayor while Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is out of the country.", "The city government will provide security for the event, despite a budget crisis, Perry said.", "Despite the interest surrounding the service, few details have emerged.", "Ken Ehrlich, known for producing the Grammy Awards, is producing the memorial show, his company said.", "And Kenny Ortega, who was to have co-directed Jackson's series of concerts in London this summer, will direct it.", "Singer Jennifer Hudson will be among the performers taking the stage, CNN has confirmed.", "Drug rumors swirl .", "Meanwhile, speculation that anesthetic drugs might have played a role in the singer's death June 25 continued to swell Friday after a Los Angeles law enforcement source told The Associated Press that investigators found Diprivan, a powerful sedative, in Jackson's home.", "Watch CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta talk with physician who accompanied Jackson on tour » .", "Earlier in the week, a nutritionist, Cherilyn Lee, said Jackson pleaded for the drug despite being told of its harmful effects.", "And sources close to Jackson said Thursday that the pop icon traveled with what amounted to a mini-clinic, complete with an IV pole and an anesthesiologist who medicated the insomniac singer, during his HIStory world tour in the mid-90s.", "Authorities do not know what killed Jackson and await toxicology results, which are due back in two to three weeks.", "\"We are treating all unnamed sources as rumors.", "And, as we have stated before, we will not be responding to rumors or innuendo,\" said lawyers for Jackson's cardiologist, Dr. Conrad Murray, on Friday.", "\"We are awaiting the facts to come out, and we will respond at that time.\"", "Los Angeles police have interviewed Murray, who apparently tried to revive the singer after he was found unconscious at his rented Holmby Hills estate.", "The department said it is now working with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the state Attorney General's Office as it looks into Jackson's death.", "\"For anything that has to do with drugs, the DEA are the experts on that,\" said Jim McDonnell, assistant police chief.", "\"And if you're looking at the prescription issues, where else would you go?\"", "CNN's Susan Roesgen, Allison Blakely, Jeff King, Denise Quan, Don Lemon, Kay Jones and Drew Griffin in Los Angeles, California, and Danielle Dellorto in Atlanta, Georgia, contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Registration for tickets to singer's memorial service closes .", "Michael Jackson's family deciding whether to bring body to public service .", "Family has not announced any plans for his burial .", "Journalists stake out possible locations of singer's burial ." ]	[ 10, 11, 15, 16, 23 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Changing winter conditions are causing Scotland's wild Soay sheep to get smaller, according to a study that suggests climate change can trump natural selection.", "Can't see me now: Climate change could be shrinking Soay sheep in Scotland.", "The authors of the study published in \"Science\" believe that it highlights how wide-ranging the effects of global climate change can be, adding further complexity to the changes we might expect to see in animal populations in future.", "\"It's only in the last few years that we've realized that evolution can influence species' physical traits as quickly as ecological changes can.", "This study addresses one of the major goals of population biology, namely to untangle the ways in which evolutionary and environmental changes influence a species' traits,\" said Andrew Sugden, deputy and international managing editor at Science.", "The researchers analyzed body-weight measurements and life-history data for the female members of a population of Soay sheep.", "The sheep live on the island of Hirta in the St. Kilda archipelago of Scotland and have been studied closely since 1985.", "They selected body size because it is a heritable trait, and because the sheep have, on average, been decreasing in size for the last 25 years.", "According to the findings lambs are not growing as quickly as they once did as winters have become shorter so do not need to put on as much as weight in the first months of life to survive.", "The results suggest that the decrease is primarily an ecological response to environmental variation over the last 25 years.", "Evolutionary change, the report says, has contributed relatively little.", "\"Sheep are getting smaller.", "Well, at least the wild Soay sheep living on a remote Scottish island are.", "But according to classic evolutionary theory, they should have been getting bigger, because larger sheep tend to be more likely to survive and reproduce than smaller ones, and offspring tend to resemble their parents,\" said study author Tim Coulson of Imperial College London.", "\"Our findings have solved a paradox that has tormented biologists for years -- why predictions did not match observation.", "Biologists have realized that ecological and evolutionary processes are intricately intertwined, and they now have a way of dissecting out the contribution of each.", "Unfortunately it is too early to tell whether a warming world will lead to pocket-sized sheep,\" said Coulson." ]	[ "Study of wild sheep in Scotland suggests climate change making them smaller .", "Authors of report suggest that climate change can override natural selection .", "Wild Soay sheep in remote Outer Hebrides closely studied since 1985 ." ]	[ 0, 6 ]
[ "NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- About 13,000 employees at state-run Air India walked off the job for two hours Friday after the airline failed to pay their monthly wage.", "A man walks past the Air India building in Mumbai.", "Staff staged a strike to protest against unpaid wages.", "The strike was the last resort for some employees who say management failed to keep a promise to pay them Friday, said J.B. Kadian, the general secretary of the Air Corporation Employees Union.", "There have been strained talks between management and three unions -- that includes everyone from the cabin crew to sweepers -- after Air India told the bulk of its employees their pay would be delayed by two weeks.", "The unions said 13,000 employees participated in the strike but Air India did not provide a number.", "The walkout comes after management did not follow through on its latest verbal agreement to pay the lowest paid employees by July 3, employees say.", "Employees normally get paid on the last day of the month.", "The lowest paid unionized employees make less than $100 a week.", "Employees said they were angered that their pay was delayed at a time when the airline has continued to buy new planes.", "Air India's spokesperson J. Bhargava told CNN: \"We will not tolerate any strike.", "Striking employees will be subject to loss of wages and productive incentives.\"", "Air India is in deep financial trouble.", "It lost about a billion dollars last year alone.", "It says it is in a fight for survival due to lower volumes of passengers, the high cost of employing about 31,000 employees as well as the current world financial downturn.", "Analyst Kapil Kaul from the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation said Air India's problems may stem from bad business decisions rather than the global financial downturn.", "\"We have seen Air India continue to get planes when they have no money to pay salaries,\" Kaul said.", "\"At the present time the airline does not have a well structure and realistic business case.\"", "Air India has asked the government to bail it out.", "It also said it has avoided layoffs unlike other struggling airlines around the world." ]	[ "Air India employees stage flash strike after monthly paychecks weren't paid .", "Some airline staff had been told they would be paid by Friday, July 3 .", "Bosses warned most staff that their paychecks would be two weeks late .", "Air India tells CNN: \"Striking employees will be subject to loss of wages\"" ]	[ 0, 2, 4, 11 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Police in Texas used a Taser on a 42-year-old pastor and pepper spray to disperse members of his church after police said the pastor interfered with a traffic stop.", "Jose Moran was arrested early Wednesday morning after interfering with the duties of a public servant in the parking lot of a Webster, Texas, building that is being remodeled for the Iglesias Profetica Peniel Church, Webster police said in a written statement.", "Moran's son, Omar, said his father had been trying to help.", "He added that his father has heart problems.", "Moran approached an officer who was handling a traffic stop in the church's parking lot on Wednesday morning, police said.", "Moran identified himself as the church's pastor and began yelling at the officer, police said.", "The officer told Moran to leave several times, but Moran did not, police said.", "The officer then tried to arrest him.", "But Moran pushed the officer and ran into the church building, police said.", "Moran's son said after his father asked the officer if he could help, the officer began yelling.", "The son said his father went back inside the church.", "The officer followed him and kicked in the church door, he said.", "The pastor came outside, and a second officer used his Taser twice on the pastor, the younger Moran said.", "The son's account differs from the police version of events.", "Police said Moran emerged from the church building with dozens of other people who subsequently surrounded the officer.", "The officer used pepper spray to disperse the crowd, the statement said.", "Police said Moran pushed a second officer, who had arrived for backup, when the officer was trying to arrest him.", "The officer used a Taser to subdue him, police said.", "Omar Moran said his father remains hospitalized, although police said he had been treated and released.", "Webster Police Chief Ray Smiley said the Taser was only used once on Moran, but that the tool causes two marks.", "The driver who had been pulled over was issued two citations and released, police said." ]	[ "Police, pastor's son give differing accounts of Taser incident .", "They don't agree on whether Jose Moran is still hospitalized .", "Police say Moran interfered with a traffic stop .", "Police say church congregation surrounded officer ." ]	[ 0, 4 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- Thirty people joined National Park Service rangers Saturday in climbing to the crown of the Statue of Liberty, the first tourists to go into the landmark's crown since the 9/11 attacks.", "Chris Bartnick, 46, and daughter Aleyna, 8, of Merrick, New York, look out from the statue's crown on Saturday.", "The New York Harbor monument was closed after the terrorist assaults on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon for safety and security reasons, the Interior Department said.", "\"Once again, Americans can climb to Lady Liberty's crown and gaze out over New York Harbor, where so many of our ancestors first saw the New World and first breathed the fresh air of freedom,\" Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said as he welcomed visitors back on the Fourth of July holiday.", "\"This is a celebration of America and the joy of being an American.\"", "Visitors on Saturday were grateful they could go inside the landmark.", "\"It's just basically safety for our country and at least they opened it,\" visitor Ira Semapadilla told CNN affiliate NY1 before the visit.", "\"That's one thing that I was like, wow, I'm never going to experience it. ...", "They ruined it for us. \"Now that it's going to open again I'm excited, and I'm just really looking forward to being in there.\"", "Watch as CNN's Susan Candiotti treks to top » .", "Gov. David Paterson, D-New York, Gov.", "Jon Corzine, D-New Jersey, and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined Salazar at the reopening ceremony.", "Even with the reopening of the monument, only a rare few will get to scale the 354 steps to the crown.", "Only 10 visitors are permitted to ascend the steps at any one time, meaning about 240 people can make the climb during the park's 8:30 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. hours of operation.", "The opportunity to climb Lady Liberty will end again in two years, when work will begin on further safety and security upgrades." ]	[ "Monument in New York Harbor closed since 9/11 attacks .", "Thirty people make climb to reopened crown .", "\"This is a celebration of America,\" Interior secretary says ." ]	[ 0, 4 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Investigators have heard a signal from the flight data recorders of the Yemenia Airways plane that crashed last week, they announced Sunday.", "Search parties continue their operation to locate the Yemenia Airbus A310 off the Comoros Islands Saturday.", "\"A signal was picked up from two acoustic transmitters from the plane's flight data recorders during a sea search to locate the data recorders this morning,\" the French air accident investigation agency, known as the BEA, said in a statement.", "Commonly known as \"black boxes,\" the data recorders should contain information to help determine what caused the crash.", "The Yemenia Airways Airbus 310 crashed into the Indian Ocean early Tuesday, carrying 142 passengers and 11 crew members.", "It originated in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, and went down just miles from Moroni, the capital of the Comoros Islands.", "One person, a 13-year-old French girl, survived.", "Bahia Basari, who lives in Marseille, escaped with cuts to her face and a fractured collarbone.", "Watch teen survivor from crash » .", "The teen's father, Kassim Bakari, told a French radio network that his wife and daughter were flying to Comoros to visit relatives.", "\"When I had her on the phone, I asked her what happened and she said, 'Daddy, I don't know what happened, but the plane fell into the water and I found myself in the water... surrounded by darkness.", "I could not see anyone,'\" Bakari told France Info.", "The head of the rescue team in the Comoros told French radio RTL that the teenager beat astonishing odds to survive.", "\"It is truly, truly, miraculous,\" Ibrahim Abdoulazeb said.", "\"The young girl can barely swim.\"", "Another rescuer told France's Europe 1 radio that the girl was spotted in the rough sea, among bodies and plane debris in darkness, about two hours after the crash.", "The Airbus 310 plane tried to land at the airport in Moroni, then made a U-turn before it crashed, Comoros Vice President Idi Nadhoim said soon after the accident.", "A French official said the nation had banned the plane after it failed an aviation inspection in 2007.", "\"Since this check-up, we have not seen the plane reappearing in France,\" said Dominique Bussereau, the transport minister.", "But Yemenia Airlines was not on the European Union's list of banned airlines, he added.", "Passengers on the flight included 66 French citizens, 54 Comorians, one Palestinian and one Canadian, according to Yemeni and French officials.", "The crew was made up of six Yemenis, two Moroccans, one Ethiopian, one Filipino and one Indonesian.", "The Comoros Islands are between the east African country of Tanzania and the island nation of Madagascar." ]	[ "Comoros Islands lie between east African and the island nation of Madagascar .", "Data recorders should contain information to help determine what caused the crash .", "Teenage girl only person to survive plane crash off Comoros islands .", "French, U.S. divers are helping to search for debris and bodies from the plane ." ]	[ 1, 3, 6, 8, 22 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Dean Still had been researching and developing cleaner, more environmentally-friendly wood-burning stoves for almost two decades when, while working for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, he spotted a coal stove for sale on a street corner near Tibet, China.", "Workers at Shengzhou Stove Manufacturers prepare wood-burning stoves for firing.", "He had been looking for an established manufacturer who could mass-produce the more efficient, lower-emission stoves he had been developing with the Aprovecho Research Center (ARC), a non-profit research and education center based in Oregon in the United States.", "\"It looked perfect.", "It had all the components,\" Still told CNN.", "\"I knew we could change it to a wood-burning stove.", "There was a cell phone number on the side, so I called it.\"", "Shen Huiyang of Shengzhou Stove Manufacturers (SSM), based over a thousand miles away, answered.", "The two met and a short time later, in August 2007, an agreement was signed between ARC and SSM.", "Shen's factory began producing the new wood-burning stoves last year.", "Last week, the two companies were declared \"Global Energy Champions\" by the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy at a ceremony in London, England.", "The vast majority of the 60,000 stoves they've sold since entering their partnership have gone to Envirofit International, a U.S.-based non-profit organization which markets the stoves in India, supported by the Shell Foundation.", "Others are sold in Argentina, Chile, the Marshall Islands, Madagascar, South Africa and Tanzania.", "Shen said: \"We have produced coal stoves for many years, and it is wonderful to be able to use our experience to make a wood stove that brings benefits to so many people.\"", "The pair won $65,000 to develop the scheme which Still says will be spent on research and development, and to employ more sales people.", "\"What I'm doing now is talking to the U.N., to relief agencies, just anybody in the world who might have an interest in burning wood more cleanly, and using less of it,\" he said.", "The principle behind the stove is simple.", "With a better insulated combustion chamber, the fire requires less wood and burns hot enough for the smoke to combust as well, which means far fewer emissions.", "According to the World Health Organization, about half the world still cooks with biomass or coal, using open fires or traditional stoves.", "The resulting emissions cause indoor air pollution, leading to pneumonia, chronic respiratory disease and lung cancer.", "This indoor air pollution causes 1.6 million deaths a year, primarily among children and women.", "The emissions also contribute to climate change, and the collection of firewood contributes to deforestation and erosion.", "ARC say tests performed on the stoves indicate major breakthroughs for both the environment and health in the developing world.", "The stoves reduce the use of wood for fuel by up to 50 percent, and cut carbon monoxide emissions by up to 70 percent compared to a traditional fire." ]	[ "U.S. research center, Chinese stove manufacter win joint environment award .", "They make stoves that use less wood, reduce carbon monoxide emissions .", "Since 2007, they have sold 60,000 stoves in India, Argentina and Chile .", "Currently talking with the U.N. and relief agencies about potential deals ." ]	[ 11, 15, 23 ]
[ "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Friday's two-train collision killed 25 people and injured more than 130 others near Los Angeles after an engineer failed to heed a traffic signal, a spokeswoman for Metrolink commuter trains said.", "A commuter rail car lies on its side after a collision Friday near Los Angeles, California.", "The engineer was guiding the Metrolink train that slammed head-on into a freight train and is not believed to have survived, Metrolink spokeswoman Denise Tyrrell said on Saturday.", "\"It was human error,\" Tyrrell said, adding this was Metrolink's belief \"barring any new information\" from an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.", "NTSB spokeswoman Kitty Higgins said the agency would \"look at everything before we rule anything in or out.\"", "Tyrrell said the engineer, whom she didn't identify, was a subcontractor employed by another company.", "She said she did not have details of his record.", "The crash occurred about 4:30 p.m. PT Friday in Chatsworth, a northwest Los Angeles suburb.", "The Metrolink train had about 220 passengers and two crew members on board at the time, according to Tyrrell.", "Watch rescuers search for victims » .", "Forty-five of the injured were in critical condition, with 40 flown to hospitals, Tyrrell said.", "Another 50 had minor injuries, and 40 others were treated at the crash site but transported to hospitals for evaluation.", "\"It was like running into a brick wall at 60 miles an hour,\" an injured passenger told CNN affiliate KABC.", "In the minutes after the crash, passers-by joined emergency personnel in an effort to free passengers from the wreckage.", "On Saturday afternoon, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said the search of the wreckage had finished.", "Earlier in the day, authorities were picking through the wreckage and freeing trapped bodies.", "Ed Winter, assistant chief of the Los Angeles County coroner's office, told reporters two bodies -- both of females -- had yet to be identified.", "If the females had carried identification, it probably was lost in the crash, he said.", "As of 9 a.m. PT Saturday, authorities had been able to notify relatives of eight victims, he said.", "Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger visited the crash site on Saturday, telling reporters it was \"one of the worst train accidents in modern history in California.\"", "The NTSB will make a final determination of the crash's cause.", "Higgins, the agency's spokeswoman, said data recorders have been recovered from both trains, along with a video recorder from the freight train.", "Higgins said that out of the trains' five crew members, four survived.", "Authorities will interview the surviving crew members, Higgins said.", "Tyrrell said a review of \"a number of programs,\" including the signal system, showed the commuter train's engineer failed to heed a stop signal, Tyrrell said.", "\"We don't know how the error happened, but this is what we believe happened,\" Tyrrell said.", "The wreck occurred on a curved part of the track where the speed limit is 40 mph, Tyrrell said.", "She said that just like road vehicles, trains are subject to signal systems.", "At the wreck site is a siding where one train can wait while another passes, she said.", "\"They receive a signal to stop and they must hold their location until other traffic has passed,\" she said.", "Villaraigosa praised police officers and firefighters for working under emotionally draining conditions and treating the victims with respect.", "\"This has been a grueling night for them,\" he said.", "The crash sparked a fire that impeded firefighters's efforts to reach the front commuter car, where most of the injuries occurred, Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said.", "The fire eventually was brought under control.", "\"We've already found survivors trapped under fatalities,\" Whitmore said late Friday.", "Among those killed was Spree Desha, 35, a Los Angeles police officer on her way home from work, officials said Saturday.", "\"It's not unusual for us to respond to disasters,\" said Jerry Szymanski, an assistant commander for the LAPD.", "\"When we got here, we found it was one that hit close to home.\"", "Desha had \"mentored and trained a lot of the young officers in the North Hollywood area,\" Szymanski said.", "Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca said Friday night a sheriff's deputy was in a hospital's intensive care unit after collapsing while conducting rescue work.", "CNN's Ted Rowlands contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Engineer failed to heed stop signal, Metrolink spokeswoman says .", "NEW: At least 25 killed, 135 others injured in head-on wreck, officials say .", "NEW: Search for bodies and survivors has finished, Los Angeles mayor says .", "Passenger and freight trains collided Friday in Chatsworth ." ]	[ 0, 14 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- The court battle may finally be over, but there is still a great mystery hanging over the next America's Cup event: What will the holders use to defend the trophy?", "America's Cup team Oracle has trialed a trimaran which it revealed in September 2008 .", "Established in 1851, the America's Cup is the oldest active trophy of any sport and by far the most prestigious match race sailing event in the world.", "Scheduled for February 2010, the 33rd edition of the America's Cup will be contested by the holders -- Swiss syndicate Alinghi, and U.S. challenger Oracle, owned by Larry Ellison.", "The date follows protracted court battles which saw both teams fighting over the terms of the next event.", "Last month's New York Supreme Court ruling which finally decided the terms and date of the regatta also announced that the contest is to be decided in a one-off series in multihull boats.", "While Oracle revealed a 90 ft trimaran last year, defenders Alinghi are still building their boat for the event -- and they are refusing to give away any secrets about it.", "CNN's MainSail show visited the Alinghi base in Switzerland to try to catch a glimpse of the mystery vessel -- but they came no closer to seeing the boat under construction.", "MainSail presenter Shirley Robertson only got as far as the compound gates in her quest to see the vessel.", "Watch video of CNN visiting the Alinghi team base » The team's design co-coordinator, Grant Simms, told CNN that the design would not be revealed until the latest possible point.", "\"It's quite unusual and we are trying to keep it a secret as long as we can.", "\"We are hoping to stop our opponents from seeing it and reacting to it,\" he said.", "The design of the boat is generally a crucial part of any America's Cup regatta -- and none more so than this one, where a different type of boat is being introduced.", "Also, the size and shape of the boat could indicate where the regatta may be held -- something that doesn't need to be announced by defenders Alinghi until six months before it is set to begin.", "The cup holders can set the terms of the next defense, in conjunction with the \"challenger of record\" -- whichever team signs up as the first challenger.", "This is important as different locations can have a wide variety of wind strengths and sea swells, which can suit varying sizes of boat and types of sail.", "You can watch this month's MainSail show in full on CNN International or on the MainSail Web site from Thursday 18th June." ]	[ "Next America's Cup to be decided between Alinghi and Oracle in February .", "Regatta will be contested in multi-hull boats -- trimarans or catamarans .", "U.S. team Oracle revealed its design of a 90 ft boat last year .", "CNN's MainSail tries to get a sneak preview of the as yet unseen Alinghi boat ." ]	[ 3, 5, 6, 12 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A Singapore man undergoing treatment for cancer was detained for four hours by U.S. immigration officials after the drug he was taking caused his fingerprints to disappear.", "Foreign visitors undergo mandatory fingerprint screening when they enter the United States.", "Now, the unidentified man's oncologist is asking patients taking the commonly used drug, capecitabine, to carry a doctor's note when they travel to the United States.", "The oncologist, Eng-Huat Tan of the National Cancer Center in Singapore, described the encounter in a letter published in the current issue of the cancer journal Annals of Oncology.", "The 62-year-old cancer patient, identified as Mr. S, eventually was allowed to enter the United States and visit relatives after officials determined he did not pose a security threat.", "According to the oncologist, the patient had neck and head cancer that had spread.", "He responded well to chemotherapy.", "To prevent a recurrence, doctors placed him on capecitabine, marketed in the United States as Xeloda.", "One of the side effects of the drug is hand-foot syndrome.", "It causes the skin on the hands and feet to peel.", "With time, the drug can erase fingerprints.", "\"It is uncertain when the onset of fingerprint loss will take place in susceptible patients who are taking capecitabine,\" the doctor wrote.", "His patient started on the drug in July 2005.", "\"However, it is possible that there may be a growing number of such patients as Mr. S. ...", "These patients should prepare adequately before traveling to avert the inconvenience that Mr. S was put through.\"" ]	[ "U.S. immigration officials detain cancer patient who lacked fingerprints .", "Drug causes skin to peel, sometimes obliterates prints, doctor writes .", "Physician suggests affected travelers carry notes from doctors ." ]	[ 0, 9 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A former head of the CIA slammed President Obama on Sunday for releasing four Bush-era memos, saying the new president has compromised national security.", "Former CIA chief Michael Hayden said Sunday it is wrong to make interrogation methods public.", "Michael Hayden, who served as former President Bush's last CIA director from 2006 to 2009, said releasing the memos outlining terror interrogation methods emboldened terrorist groups such as al Qaeda.", "\"What we have described for our enemies in the midst of a war are the outer limits that any American would ever go to in terms of interrogating an al Qaeda terrorist.", "That's very valuable information,\" Hayden said during an appearance on \"Fox News Sunday.\"", "\"By taking [certain] techniques off the table, we have made it more difficult -- in a whole host of circumstances I can imagine -- for CIA officers to defend the nation,\" he said.", "But Sens. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, and Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, said certain techniques should not have been allowed in the first place.", "McCaskill called them \"a great recruitment tool for those who want to do harm to our country.\"", "White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel dismissed Hayden's assertion that releasing the memos had undermined U.S. intelligence efforts by giving al Qaeda critical new information.", "\"One of the reasons the president was willing to let this information out was that already the information was out,\" he said on ABC's \"This Week.\"", "\"Go get the New York Review of Books.", "It's there.\" Hayden said he called several senior White House officials to express his opposition before the president released the documents.", "Hayden also noted that four previous CIA directors, as well as current agency director Leon Panetta, opposed the release.", "The memos said, among other things, that interrogation tactics such as waterboarding, sleep deprivation and slapping did not violate laws against torture absent the intent to cause severe pain.", "Obama prohibited the use of so-called \"enhanced interrogation techniques\" such as waterboarding shortly after taking office in January.", "Such techniques \"undermine our moral authority and do not make us safer,\" he said Thursday, when the White House released the memos.", "The Obama administration has said it won't pursue charges against CIA officers who used those tactics against prisoners in their custody.", "And Emanuel told ABC that the people who crafted the policy \"should not be prosecuted either.\"", "But in a sharply worded editorial Sunday, The New York Times called for the impeachment of Jay Bybee, a federal appeals court judge who was a Justice Department official when he wrote one of the memos that authorized those techniques.", "\"These memos make it clear that Mr. Bybee is unfit for a job that requires legal judgment and a respect for the Constitution,\" the newspaper editorialized.", "The memos \"were written to provide legal immunity for acts that are clearly illegal, immoral and a violation of this country's most basic values,\" it stated.", "Asked about that call on \"Fox News Sunday,\" McCaskill said: \"I think we have to look at it.\"", "McCaskill, a member of the Senate's standing investigative subcommittee, said the Obama administration made the right decision by agreeing not to prosecute intelligence officers.", "But she added: \"A lawyer that's responsible for this kind of advice that clearly went too far in terms of stretching what our law is -- it worries me that he's sitting on the federal bench right now.\"", "Graham, however, said seeking to punish lawyers who advised the Bush administration \"is a very bad precedent.\"", "\"I think it would be disaster to go back and try to prosecute a lawyer for giving legal advice that you disagreed with to a former president,\" said Graham, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a lawyer in the Air Force reserve.", "Hayden said the administration's decision to release the Bush administration memos will make CIA officials less willing to engage in interrogation tactics now sanctioned by the federal government.", "\"The basic foundation of the legitimacy of the agency's action has shifted from some durability of law to a product of the American political process.", "That puts agency officers in a horrible position,\" he said.", "\"The really dangerous effect of this [decision] is that you'll have agency officers stepping back from the kinds of things that the nation expects them to do.", "... You're going to have this agency -- on the front line of defending you in this current war -- playing back from the line,\" he said.", "Hayden also said that, contrary to the assertions of many critics, the interrogation techniques in question had forced suspected terrorists to reveal valuable information and made the country safer.", "He predicted that the release of the memos would be \"just the beginning.\"", "\"There will be more revelations, more commissions, there will be more investigations,\" Hayden said.", "McCaskill told \"Fox News Sunday\" that the United States will be better off in the long run by clearly prohibiting interrogation techniques such as waterboarding.", "And Graham said that while he was concerned that the release of the memos was a \"huge tactical and strategic mistake done for political reasons,\" the decision to allow certain enhanced interrogation techniques was a mistake as well.", "Graham added that he always thought waterboarding \"was a procedure that would come back to haunt the country, and quite frankly it has.\"" ]	[ "Michael Hayden: Releasing Bush-era interrogation memos harmful .", "Release puts CIA officers \"in a horrible position,\" subject to political process, he says .", "White House chief of staff defends release, saying info was already public .", "Sens.", "Claire McCaskill and Lindsey Graham say techniques were a mistake ." ]	[ 1, 28, 35 ]
[ "GAFFNEY, South Carolina (CNN) -- Investigators believe the serial killer blamed for five deaths in South Carolina died in a shootout with police in neighboring North Carolina on Monday, a South Carolina state police official said.", "Patrick Tracy Burris, 41, was believed to be the suspect in five slayings in South Carolina, authorities say.", "Tests on the gun found on 41-year-old Patrick Tracy Burris match the weapon used in the killings that have haunted Gaffney, South Carolina, since June 27, said Reggie Lloyd, director of South Carolina's State Law Enforcement Division.", "The dead suspect and his vehicle appear to match descriptions circulated by investigators in Gaffney, he said.", "\"We believe a killer is off the streets,\" Lloyd said.", "Burris was killed early Monday morning in Dallas, North Carolina, after police received a call about a possible burglary in progress, officers there said.", "At a news conference Monday evening, investigators described him as a \"habitual felon\" with a record in several states who was on probation at the time he was killed.", "When police arrived at the home, they found inside two people who lived there and a third who was an acquaintance, said Bill Blanton, the sheriff of Cherokee County, South Carolina.", "Police checked Burris' background and found there was an outstanding warrant on him from a probation violation from Lincoln County, North Carolina.", "Watch Lloyd say why police think they've got their man » .", "When police attempted to serve the warrant, Burris shot at the officers, who returned fired, Blanton said.", "One officer was shot in the leg and was treated and released from a hospital, police said.", "At a news conference Monday night, Lloyd held up what he said was Burris' 25-page rap sheet, including a lengthy history of armed robberies, forgeries, break-ins and several other charges from several states.", "\"At some point the criminal justice system is going to have to explain why this individual was out on the streets -- we owe that to the victims,\" he said.", "About 100 investigators from North and South Carolina were working the case, Blanton said.", "Leaves for all members of the Gaffney Police Department and the Sheriff's Department were canceled, their respective chiefs have said.", "The first shooting occurred June 27, when peach farmer Kline W. Cash, 63, was killed.", "His wife found him dead in their home, the sheriff's office said, and Blanton said the home may have been robbed.", "Four days later, the bound and shot bodies of Hazel Linder, 83, and her 50-year-old daughter, Gena Linder Parker, were found in Linder's home, where she lived alone.", "Blanton said authorities are still trying to determine if anything was taken from that home.", "The killer's last victim was 15-year-old Abby Tyler, who was shot last week and died Saturday.", "Her father Stephen Tyler, 48, had been pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting, in their family-run furniture and appliance store.", "See a map of where the bodies were found » .", "Lloyd said investigators had evidence that put Burris at the scene of the killings, but did not know a motive.", "\"There's no hard evidence as to what connections he had with this community or why he targeted these victims,\" Lloyd said.", "He added that the investigation is ongoing, and that officials are trying to determine what the suspect was up to between the killings and after the last the shooting.", "\"We don't believe at this point anyone else was involved in the murders, but anything could turn up,\" he said.", "CNN's David Mattingly, Carolina Sanchez, Richard Lui, Mike Brooks and Stan Moberg contributed to this report." ]	[ "\"We believe a killer is off the streets,\" official says .", "North Carolina authorities shoot Patrick Burris, 41, after he confronts police .", "Weapon found on man matches gun used in South Carolina killings .", "Killer has slain five people in Gaffney, South Carolina, area, police say ." ]	[ 0, 1, 4 ]
[ "UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- Coca cultivation and cocaine production have decreased in Colombia but increased in Bolivia and Peru, the United Nations reported.", "Workers help eradicate coca plantations in northwest Colombia in May.", "Colombian cultivation was down 18 percent, and production decreased 28 percent in 2008, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime said in a report issued Friday.", "But cultivation increased 6 percent in Bolivia and 4.5 percent in Peru, the report said.", "Likewise, production went up 9 percent in Bolivia and 4.1 percent in Peru.", "\"The increases for Bolivia and Peru show a trend in the wrong direction,\" said Antonio Maria Costa, executive director of the U.N. drug office.", "Much of the decline in Colombia resulted from the manual eradication of 237 acres of coca, an increase of 44 percent over 2007, and the spraying of another 328 acres with herbicide, the U.N. said.", "The production level is at a 10-year-low, the report said, and the cultivation amount is down to 2004 to 2006 levels.", "\"This is a remarkable achievement,\" Costa said in a release.", "\"It means that more coca bush was eradicated in Colombia than was grown in all of Bolivia and Peru.\"", "The value of coca leaf in Colombia is decreasing, making it less attractive for farmers -- 20,000 fewer households grew coca in 2008 than in 2007, a decrease of 26 percent.", "The drug trade also is being disrupted, the report said.", "In Colombia, the U.N. said, authorities seized 200 tons of cocaine in 2008, a 57 percent increase in seizures over 2007, the report said.", "Peru reported an 86 percent increase in seizures of coca base and a 100 percent increase in the seizure of cocaine.", "Bolivia, likewise, reported a 45 percent uptick in seizures of coca base and a 145 percent increase in the seizure of cocaine.", "\"Cocaine supply is shrinking, as is demand in major markets of North America while cocaine use in Western Europe has stopped growing,\" Costa said.", "\"This may explain why prices are up, and purity is down.", "This may also explain why cartels are becoming so violent.\"" ]	[ "Coca cultivation, cocaine production decrease in Colombia, U.N. report says .", "But both on rise in Peru and Bolivia, report finds .", "U.N. official: \"Increases for Bolivia and Peru show a trend in the wrong direction\"\nProduction level is at a 10-year low, report says ." ]	[ 0, 5, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, a key architect of the U.S. war in Vietnam under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, has died at age 93, according to his family.", "Robert McNamara took a lead role in managing the U.S. military commitment in Vietnam.", "McNamara was a member of Kennedy's inner circle during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, when the United States and the Soviet Union stood on the brink of nuclear war.", "But he became a public lightning rod for his management of the war in Vietnam, overseeing the U.S. military commitment there as it grew from fewer than 1,000 advisers to more than half a million troops.", "Though the increasingly unpopular conflict was sometimes dubbed \"McNamara's War,\" he later said both administrations were \"terribly wrong\" to have pursued military action beyond 1963.", "\"External military force cannot reconstruct a failed state, and Vietnam, during much of that period, was a failed state politically,\" he told CNN in a 1996 interview for the \"Cold War\" documentary series.", "\"We didn't recognize it as such.\" A native of San Francisco, McNamara studied economics at the University of California and earned a master's degree in business from Harvard.", "He was a staff officer in the Army Air Corps during World War II, when he studied the results of American bombing raids on Germany and Japan in search of ways to improve their accuracy and efficiency.", "After the war, he joined the Ford Motor Company and became its president in November 1960 -- the first person to lead the company from outside its founding family.", "A month later, the newly elected Kennedy asked him to become secretary of defense, making him one of the \"whiz kids\" who joined the young president's administration.", "In October 1962, after the discovery of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, McNamara was one of Kennedy's top advisers in the standoff that followed.", "The United States imposed a naval \"quarantine\" on Cuba, a Soviet ally, and prepared for possible airstrikes or an invasion.", "The Soviets withdrew the missiles in exchange for a U.S. guarantee not to invade Cuba, a step that allowed Soviet premier Nikita Kruschev to present the pullback as a success to his own people.", "In the 2003 documentary \"The Fog of War,\" McNamara told filmmaker Errol Morris that the experience taught American policymakers to \"put ourselves inside their skin and look at us through their eyes.\"", "But he added, \"In the end, we lucked out.", "It was luck that prevented nuclear war.\"", "McNamara is credited with using the management techniques he mastered as a corporate executive to streamline the Pentagon, computerizing and smoothing out much of the U.S. military's vast purchasing and personnel system.", "And in Vietnam, he attempted to use those techniques to measure the progress of the war.", "Metrics such as use of \"body counts\" and scientific solutions such as using the herbicide Agent Orange to defoliate jungles in which communist guerrillas hid became trademarks of the conflict.", "McNamara made several trips to South Vietnam to study the situation firsthand.", "He, Johnson and other U.S. officials portrayed the war as a necessary battle in the Cold War, a proxy struggle to prevent communism from taking control of all of Southeast Asia.", "But while they saw the conflict as another front in the standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union, which backed communist North Vietnam, McNamara acknowledged later that they underestimated Vietnamese nationalism and opposition to the U.S.-backed government in Saigon.", "\"The conflict within South Vietnam itself had all of the characteristics of a civil war, and we didn't look upon it as largely a civil war, and we weren't measuring our progress as one would have in what was largely a civil war,\" he told CNN.", "Casualties mounted, as did domestic opposition to the war.", "In 1965, a Quaker anti-war protester, Norman Morrison, set himself on fire outside McNamara's office window.", "In 1967, tens of thousands of demonstrators marched on the Pentagon, which was ringed with troops.", "By November 1967, McNamara told Johnson that there was \"no reasonable way\" to end the war quickly, and that the United States needed to reduce its forces in Vietnam and turn the fighting over to the American-backed government in Saigon.", "By the end of that month, Johnson announced he was replacing McNamara at the Pentagon and moving him to the World Bank.", "But by March 1968, Johnson had reached virtually the same conclusion as McNamara.", "He issued a call for peace talks and announced he would not seek re-election.", "After leaving the Pentagon in early 1968, McNamara spent 12 years leading the World Bank.", "He said little publicly about Vietnam until the publication of a 1995 memoir, \"In Retrospect.\"", "\"You don't know what I know about how inflammatory my words can appear,\" he told Morris.", "\"A lot of people misunderstand the war, misunderstand me.", "A lot of people think I'm a son of a bitch.\"" ]	[ "Robert McNamara was key architect of war in Vietnam under two presidents .", "McNamara became lightning rod for his management of that war .", "He was member of President Kennedy's inner circle during Cuban Missile Crisis ." ]	[ 0, 2, 15 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Accidents happen, said the Supreme Court, but the criminal penalties can still be tough, at least for one \"bungling bank robber.\"", "The case involved Christopher Michael Dean, arrested after he and a partner robbed a bank five years ago.", "By a 7-2 vote, the justices ruled Wednesday that the sentencing for a felon who accidentally fired a gun during a crime should be the same as if he had fired intentionally.", "The case involved Christopher Michael Dean, arrested after he and a partner robbed a Rome, Georgia, bank five years ago.", "The masked Dean had waved a gun and ordered patrons and staff to get down.", "While grabbing bills in one hand, the gun he was carrying in his other hand went off.", "The bullet hit a partition, and no one was injured.", "After the shot, Dean cursed and immediately ran out of the bank.", "Witnesses later testified he seemed surprised the weapon had gone off.", "Dean was charged in federal court and admitted committing the robbery.", "His sentence included a mandatory 10-year prison term for \"discharging\" a weapon during a crime.", "He appealed, saying the sentencing enhancement required proof that he intended to discharge the firearm, and his actions were accidental.", "But in his majority opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts said federal law \"does not require that the discharge be done knowingly or intentionally.\"", "In what has become a regular feature of his writing, the 54-year-old chief justice displayed a sense of creativity and sly humor in his conclusions.", "He openly called Dean the \"bungling bank robber\" and quoted one patron's reaction to the bank gunshot: \"Melissa in the lobby popped up and said, 'Oh, my God, has he shot Nora?'", "\" Nora turned out to be all right.", "Justice John Paul Stevens dissented in the case, noting, \"Accidents happen, but they seldom give rise to criminal liability.", "Indeed, if they cause no harm they seldom give rise to any liability.", "The court nevertheless holds that petitioner is subject to a mandatory additional sentence -- a species of criminal liability -- for an accident that caused no harm.\"", "He was supported by Justice Stephen Breyer.", "Roberts, however, saved the best for last in his bench remarks, when summarizing the ruling.", "\"An individual who brings a loaded weapon to commit a crime runs the risk that the gun will discharge accidentally,\" he said.", "\"Those criminals wishing to avoid the penalty for an inadvertent discharge can lock or unload the firearm, handle it with care during the underlying violent or drug trafficking crime, leave the gun at home, or -- best yet -- avoid committing the felony in the first place,\" Roberts wrote .", "That brought barely contained laughter in the audience of several hundred gathered in the courtroom." ]	[ "Robber appealed 10-year sentence for discharging a gun in a bank .", "Weapon went off accidentally, say attorneys for Christopher Michael Dean .", "Chief Justice John Roberts called Dean 'the bunging bank robber'\nRoberts: Best way to avoid sentence for gun discharge is to leave gun behind ." ]	[ 1, 5, 10, 12, 21, 22 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Defending champion Venus Williams ensured the Wimbledon final would be another family affair with a devastating performance against Russia's Dinara Safina in Thursday's second semifinal.", "Venus dropped only one game as she crushed top seed Dinara Safina to reach her eighth Wimbledon final.", "Third seed Venus produced an awesome display on Centre Court, crushing world No.1 Safina 6-1 6-0 in just 51 minutes, after sister Serena had earlier won an epic three-set semifinal against Elena Dementieva.", "There was no way five-times champion Venus, was being sucked into such a dogfight.", "Her match was a much more subdued affair as she outclassed the top seed from the moment she settled into the match, winning the first nine points and breaking the Safina serve.", "Safina simply could not cope with the Williams serve, with one ace in the third game clocking in at 124mph, the fastest in the women's tournament.", "Safina managed to get her side of the scoreboard ticking in the sixth game but it was no consolation as Venus stepped up the power on her groundstrokes.", "When Venus broke the Safina serve again at the start of the second set the match was essentially over.", "Unforced errors sprayed from Safina's racket throughout the second set and a double fault in the fifth game handed Williams another break of serve.", "The end eventually came when Safina dumped another forehand into the net to allow Venus to take the match, after which she expressed her delight at another all-Williams, all-American final on July 4.", "Venus told the BBC: \"This is my eighth final and it is a dream come true to have another opportunity to hold the plate up.", "\"I was able to stay focused and I have so much experience on this court.", "But the hardest part has to come, to play Serena in the final.\"" ]	[ "Holder Venus Williams eases into her eight Wimbledon women's singles final .", "Five-times champion crushes top seed and world No.1 Dinara Safina 6-1 6-0 .", "American third seed takes just 51 minutes to set up clash with sister Serena .", "Serena through to fourth all-Williams final after epic win over Elena Dementieva ." ]	[ 1, 2, 3 ]
[ "PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Wendell Potter says he is finished defending the insurance industry, which he says is \"beholden to Wall Street.\"", "Wendell Potter once was a vice president in the public relations department for insurance giant Cigna.", "At a hearing last week before the Senate Commerce Committee, the former vice president of corporate communications at the insurance giant Cigna testified, \"I know from personal experience that members of Congress and the public have good reason to question the honesty and trustworthiness of the insurance industry.\"", "The committee's chairman, Jay Rockefeller, D-West Virginia, told Potter, \"You are better than Russell Crowe on 'The Insider,' \" referring to the award-winning 1999 film about cigarette company executive Jeffrey Wigand, who blew the whistle on the tobacco industry's practices.", "In his testimony and during an interview with CNN, Potter described how underwriters at his former company would drive small businesses with expensive insurance claims to dump their Cigna policies.", "Industry executives refer to the practice as \"purging,\" Potter said.", "\"When that business comes up for renewal, the underwriters jack the rates up so much, the employer has no choice but to drop insurance,\" Potter said.", "CNN obtained a transcript of a 2008 Cigna conference call with investors in which company executives use the term \"purge.\"", "But in an e-mail to CNN, Cigna spokesman Chris Curran denied the company engages in purging.", "\"We do not practice that. We will offer rates that are reflective of the competitive group health insurance market.", "We always encourage our clients to compare our proposed rates to those available from other carriers,\" Curran wrote.", "Cigna had revenue of $19.1 billion in 2008, according to the company Web site.", "P . \"It was almost like an electrical jolt,\" Potter said.", "At the event, Potter took pictures of doctors offering free health care to the uninsured.", "\"The volunteer doctors were seeing patients in barns, people in animal stalls,\" Potter said.", "\"It changed it for me.\" He says he finally decided to quit in 2007 after Cigna's controversial handling of an insurance claim made by the family of a California teenager, Nataline Sarkysian.", "The Sarkysian family made repeated appeals at news conferences for Cigna to approve a liver transplant for the 17-year-old, who had leukemia.", "Cigna initially declined to cover the operation, then reversed its decision.", "Sarkysian died hours after the company's reversal.", "As Cigna's spokesman during the controversy, Potter had no role in the decision to deny coverage.", "But he was inundated with angry phone calls.", "\"After she died, my voice mail and my e-mail inbox were just filled with messages from people who were just outraged, \" Potter said.", "Now a senior fellow on health care for the nonpartisan watchdog group Center for Media and Democracy, Potter writes a blog on health care reform.", "In particular, he is keeping an eye on efforts to defeat legislation that would give Americans the option of joining a government health care plan, something he now supports.", "He says he witnessed how the insurance industry torpedoed health care reform efforts during the Clinton administration.", "\"They conduct what I call duplicitous PR campaigns.", "They'll say what people want to hear,\" Potter says.", "\"It's how they operate. You cannot trust these guys.\"", "Potter is also taking aim at some of the TV commercials aired by groups opposed to changes.", "One such ad caught Potter's eye.", "Run by the conservative organization Patients United Now, the ad says that \"now, Washington wants to bring Canadian-style health care to the U.S.\" \"Sometimes you'll see misleading information.", "And sometimes you'll see outright lies, like that [ad] is,\" Potter said, referring to the spot.", "Patients United Now spokeswoman Amy Menefee disagreed.", "\"We're not saying there's a Canada health care act of 2009,\" Menefee said.", "\"It is a trend. It's trending in that direction.\"", "Potter notes that the leading proposals for health care in Congress do not seek to set up Canadian-style health care in the United States.", "He says claims that overhauling the system would lead to \"rationing\" of care are missing his point.", "\"What we have is rationing by corporate executives who are beholden to Wall Street.", "And it happens all the time,\" Potter said." ]	[ "Wendell Potter says insurance companies only out to please Wall Street investors .", "Cigna would make it hard to renew policies for some expensive clients, he says .", "Former PR executive left the company after teenager died awaiting transplant .", "Cigna says it does not purge and encourages business to compare rates ." ]	[ 0, 4, 15 ]
[ "Editor's note: CNN contributor Bob Greene is a best-selling author whose current book is \"When We Get to Surf City: A Journey Through America in Pursuit of Rock and Roll, Friendship, and Dreams.\"", "\"Tumbling tumbleweeds\" have been romanticized in song, but they're no fun in some parts of the U.S. (CNN) -- \"Do we like them?\"", "Patrick Victor, a game and fish commission employee in San Carlos, Arizona, repeated the question back to me as if I had proved my lunacy by asking it in the first place.", "\"Do we like tumbleweeds?\"", "he said. \"No one likes them. They're not like in the cowboy movies.", "We consider them garbage -- worse than garbage.", "There is nothing to treasure or cherish about a tumbleweed.\"", "We were talking about tumbleweeds because of a theory I had been pondering: .", "In this country, because of the immediacy of news, it seems as if everyone from one coast to the other is worrying obsessively about the same thing at the same time.", "You name it: the banking meltdown one day, the feared floods in Fargo, North Dakota, the next; the forced ouster of the head of General Motors one morning, followed soon after by the street demonstrations in London during the Group of 20 summit.", "We all tend to fret together about one crisis at a time; undoubtedly there will be something new for all of us to be nervous about together before sundown tonight.", "So the goal here was to come up with something utterly unlikely -- something that, in 2009, you wouldn't think would bother people -- and find out if it does.", "Tumbleweeds. That, just picked at random, was the test case.", "\"They can be a pretty big problem out here,\" said Scott McGuire, a code enforcement inspector in Greeley, Colorado.", "\"When the wind is right, they'll pile up right to the roofline of a house.", "Seriously -- people can't see out of their windows or even easily get out of their homes.\"", "There was something instructive, even (in an off-kilter way) comforting, about learning this: the affirmation that, in this increasingly monolithic country, there are still local vexations that override the breaking news bulletins on the national networks, that people in one pocket of America are routinely dealing with forces that people a few hundred miles away are blissfully unaware of.", "Just hearing about it makes life seem somehow more life-size.", "\"I meant what I said literally,\" McGuire said, continuing on his pinned-in-the-house-by-tumbleweeds theme.", "\"They are big and prickly -- they can blow for hundreds of miles, sometimes all the way from Wyoming.", "They go until the wind dies out or they run into something.", "That's when people can have piles of them pressing against their homes -- when the tumbleweeds stop there.\"", "Tumbleweeds, if you haven't thought about them in years, may seem like a gauzy memory from old Western movies, a nostalgic high-plains symbol of desolation and loneliness.", "There was that campfire song by Roy Rogers and his group, the Sons of the Pioneers; once you think of the lyrics and melody again, you can't get it out of your head: .", "\"See them tumbling down/Pledging their love to the ground/Lonely but free I'll be found/Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds.\"", "But in the 21st century?", "In our connected-by-broadband, addicted-to-cell phones, technologically tethered nation?", "Tumbleweeds? As something to be concerned about?", "\"They're ugly and nasty,\" said Charlene Hardin, the county manager of Roosevelt County, New Mexico.", "\"They can make our roads impassable.", "You can see 12-foot-high, chain-link fences with tumbleweeds piled all the way up to the top.", "They're very flammable -- toss a cigarette, and you have a big fire.", "\"Tumbleweeds are more than a nuisance out here.", "We'll get complaints from people who can't even get out of their own driveways because the tumbleweeds have them hemmed in.\"", "Tumbleweeds are mainly a plague in the West and Southwest: certainly not dire on the level of, say, a national security issue, but a perpetual pain in the neck.", "They're a gnarled and unpleasant-looking plant, useless as a crop or nutritionally; they dry up, separate from their roots and blow across the land, spreading seeds.", "They're thorny, are often painful to the touch and can grow as big as trash bags -- it's not uncommon to see tumbleweeds 4 feet in diameter rolling speedily along.", "As Velda Bucklen, who lives west of Kersey, Colorado, and who was concerned about people just heaving errant tumbleweeds off their property and thus onto nearby lawns, wrote in a letter to the editor of her local newspaper: \"They are prickly and strong. ...", "I have been guilty of tossing them into the street and sending them on their way. ...", "Please don't fight with your neighbors.\"", "The people of the United States, though, are nothing if not resourceful.", "Just as you may have been unaware that tumbleweeds are a contemporary problem, so you may be heartened to learn that, as always, where some people see bad news, others see opportunity.", "\"I thought there might be some money in tumbleweeds,\" said Linda Katz of Garden City, Kansas.", "She was right. She runs a company called Prairie Tumbleweed Farm (its motto is \"If they don't tumble, we don't sell them!", "\"), and she said she has found a steady mail-order market for tumbleweeds.", "\"Personally I'm not fond of them, but apparently some people are,\" she said.", "\"They're just big, rolling weeds.", "But people order them for wedding decorations.", "People order them for dances.", "Servicemen say tumbleweeds remind them of home.", "I've taken two orders already today.\"", "Finding them is not a challenge: \"They just roll by the house.\"", "She grabs them, puts them in boxes and mails them off.", "And, to answer your question before you can ask it: $25 for a large tumbleweed, $15 for a small.", "Before we leave this topic so we can all return to more conventional news, a word from Bob Lee, director of weed and pest control in Cheyenne, Wyoming: .", "\"I've seen people here who have gone away for a two-week vacation, and when they come back, there are so many tumbleweeds in front of their house that they have to chop their way to the front door.\"", "So, Mr. Lee, is there one stirring and inspirational parting message you'd like to convey to people?", "\"Just that tumbleweeds don't have any redeeming features, as far as I'm aware of.\"", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Bob Greene." ]	[ "Bob Greene: National issues such as economic crisis dominate news .", "Greene says that we quickly move from one crisis to the next .", "Greene: Still there are regional concerns that never get a big spotlight .", "Some parts of the U.S. are plagued by \"tumbling tumbleweeds\"" ]	[ 1, 16, 27, 46, 58 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- The crown of the Statue of Liberty will re-open to tourists on July 4, the Interior Department said Friday.", "The Statue of Liberty welcomes visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans.", "The crown was closed after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, for safety and security reasons.", "The National Park Service closed the attraction amid worries that it would be difficult for visitors to evacuate quickly in the event of an emergency.", "Visitors must climb a narrow 168-step double-helix spiral staircase to get to the crown.", "Since the closing, tourists have been able to visit other parts of the statue.", "iReport.com: Show us your best Statue of Liberty shots .", "The federal government planned to give \"America a special gift\" by re-opening the crown, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said.", "\"We are once again inviting the public to celebrate our great nation and the hope and opportunity it symbolizes by climbing to Lady Liberty's crown for a unique view of New York Harbor, where the forebears of millions of American families first saw the world,\" he said in a statement.", "Access to the crown will be limited to 10 people at a time, guided by a National Park Service ranger.", "\"We cannot eliminate all the risk of climbing to the crown, but we are taking steps to make it safer,\" Salazar said.", "The measures include raising the handrails on the spiral staircase and stationing rangers throughout the Statue to help visitors.", "The Statue of Liberty will be open for the next two years, then closed again for \"work on a long-term solution that will improve safety and security permanently,\" according to the U.S. Department of the Interior.", "A gift from France to the United States, the Statue of Liberty was dedicated in 1886, designated as a National Monument in 1924 and restored for its centennial on July 4, 1986.", "It stands just across New York Harbor from where the Twin Towers stood." ]	[ "The crown has been closed since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 .", "Tourists have been able to visit other parts of the statue .", "Access to the crown will be limited to 10 people at a time, guided by a ranger .", "Official: Government wants to give \"America a special gift\" by re-opening the crown ." ]	[ 2, 5, 7, 9 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- Nearly 27 years ago, amid a crowd of people in Central Park, Ruth Bendik's wallet was stolen.", "The culprit is still at large, but the wallet has been found -- in the hollow trunk of a cherry tree.", "Nearly 27 years ago, amid a crowd of people in Central Park, Ruth Bendik's wallet was stolen.", "The wallet was snatched on October 24, 1982, while Bendik, now 69, was in Central Park watching the New York marathon.", "She went to greet runners at the end of the race and, \"when I got out of the crush of people, I realized my purse was much lighter,\" Bendik told CNN.", "\"I was just so grateful not to have been harmed.\"", "Last week, Josh Galiley, tree-care supervisor for the Central Park Conservancy, was chopping down a hazardous black cherry tree near Rumsey Playfield when he discovered her blue leather wallet in the trunk of the tree, which he estimates is around 65 years old and 50 feet high.", "\"I started poking in the soft stuff and this wallet turned up.", "Having been that low in the tree ... the location indicated it had been there for quite some time,\" Galiley told CNN.", "The old wallet was a unique find, he said.", "\"When you're cutting a tree and it's hollow, you expect stuff inside, shreds of material, old marbles, really just knickknacks compared to this,\" he said, \"Nothing with a story.", "... We peeked in and there were dates from the early '80s.", "We figured this was different.\"", "After the wallet was recovered, Galiley said, officials were careful to inform Bendik properly.", "\"We thought she may not want to relive it,\" he said.", "Bendik sang praises for the individuals who returned her wallet, including detective Frank Irizarry, who helped track her down.", "\"The lengths they went to find me, the extent that they went through and the fact that they were concerned about my feelings really impressed me,\" she said.", "The wallet still contained her old driver's license and credit cards, she said, although $20 was missing.", "\"Twenty dollars was a lot of money then,\" she said.", "After two decades, much more has changed.", "Referring to two of her old bank cards from Manufacturers Hanover Trust Bank and Banker's Trust, Bendik said, \"I was shocked that both banks had closed.\"", "But some things haven't changed.", "Bendik continues to have fond memories of Central Park.", "The Ohio native, who has lived in New York for 40 years, still describes the park as one of her favorite areas in the city.", "\"It's a public place in an impersonal city,\" she said, \"It brings everyone together in a pleasant way of reconnecting with nature and beauty.\"", "Today, Bendik smiles at the idea of her wallet buried in a cherry tree in Central Park for nearly 30 years, and she's happy to have it in her hands again.", "\"After all these years it's still available as a time capsule of my life.\"" ]	[ "Ruth Bendik's wallet was snatched in 1982 during the New York marathon .", "Worker found wallet while chopping down a black cherry tree in Central Park .", "Wallet still contained driver's license and credit cards, but $20 was missing ." ]	[ 1, 3, 17 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Darren Tuck, the man who gave police a tape depicting the rape of a 3-year-old girl, turned himself in Sunday to Nye County, Nevada, authorities.", "Darren Tuck turned himself in to authorities Sunday.", "He earlier gave police the tape of the girl.", "Tuck had recently given police the videotape, saying he found it in the desert, Sheriff Tony De Meo said.", "Police said he had the tape for at least five months before turning it in.", "He was being sought on a parole violation for failure to pay child support, but police -- who have said they want to question him further -- had been unable to locate him.", "Tuck, of Nevada, allegedly showed the tape to others, and faces between 10 years to life in prison for exhibiting pornography and one to six years for possession of child pornography, said De Meo.", "Tuck's attorney Harry Kuehn said last week on CNN's \"Nancy Grace\" that Tuck had been \"wracked by indecision\" as to what to do with the tape once he realized what it was.", "\"You have to consider what kind of concerns my client had,\" the attorney said.", "\"He's previously dealt with the sheriff's office in Nye County; it was previously unsatisfactory.\"", "The four-year-old videotape shows the 3-year-old girl being raped in Las Vegas, Nevada.", "Last week, she was found safe.", "Now seven, the girl was found Friday with family in Las Vegas after thousands of tips poured in to police, thanks to an appeal by police to the news media to show the girl's picture.", "CNN and other news organizations did so until the child was found, and De Meo asked media to stop showing the picture.", "\"The mother has cooperated with us,\" De Meo said.", "\"We believe that the mother was not aware of anything that went on with this young girl.", "It was very sad for her to find this out.\" Authorities have identified Chester A. Stiles, 37, as the suspect in the tape.", "A resident of Pahrump, Nevada, he remains at-large, De Meo said.", "Pahrump is about 60 miles west of Las Vegas.", "Stiles was a distant friend of the girl's family, De Meo said.", "Someone close to Stiles told investigators Stiles is a \"survivalist type\" and always carries a weapon, Nye County District Attorney Bob Beckett said.", "Todd Allen, a Las Vegas resident, told CNN he once lived with the girl from the video and her mother.", "He said he recognizes his old apartment from scenes in the video.", "He said he knows the suspect because Allen's mother dated Stiles and the couple spent time together at Allen's apartment.", "Watch Allen describe Stiles and the girl » .", "Allen said nobody realized the child had been abused.", "\"She's what you'd expect a little girl in elementary school to be like,\" he said.", "\"You would never know something like that happened.", "Ever.\" Allen said he never witnessed Stiles physically assault anyone.", "\"But I have seen him verbally and mentally assault many people,\" Allen told CNN.", "\"He's good with mind games.", "He's good at twisting people's realities and manipulating people.\"", "De Meo addressed Stiles directly on Saturday: \"Turn yourself in to your local law enforcement agency,\" he said.", "\"Understand this: Law enforcement not only has a long arm, but a long memory.", "You will not be forgotten by members of this agency or any other law enforcement agency.\"", "The FBI is also seeking Stiles on state charges of sexual assault and lewdness with a minor under the age of 14 in a separate matter, De Meo said.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Darren Tuck gave police tape depicting the rape of a 3-year-old girl, police say .", "Tuck said he found the tape in the desert; he showed it to others, police say .", "Tuck was being sought on a parole violation for failure to pay child support .", "Police are still seeking another suspect related to the videotape ." ]	[ 0, 3, 5 ]
[ "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Mat Kearney has every right to be frustrated.", "Mat Kearney's music has gotten a boost through music video channels and \"Grey's Anatomy.\"", "As he walks to his tour bus behind Hollywood's Palladium -- where he'll play in a few hours -- he's already had to cope with logistical snafus, shortened sound checks and general confusion.", "And the tour is just beginning.", "There are more than 30 cities and 10 weeks to come.", "But as he approaches the bus, he is completely overtaken by an obscure flower hanging off a fence behind the venue.", "\"I've never seen anything like that,\" he says, looking at the blue-and-white bloom.", "\"I've got to take one of these.\"", "Kearney should be smelling the flowers.", "His music, such as the song \"Nothing Left to Lose,\" has received consistent airplay on music TV channels -- which earned him a headlining slot on a VH1-sponsored tour -- and repeated appearances in TV and film.", "Most notably, \"Grey's Anatomy\" used his song \"Breathe In, Breathe Out.\"", "His new album, \"City of Black & White\" (Aware/Columbia), is out Tuesday.", "Watch the video for the single \"Closer to Love\" » .", "The Oregon-born musician, 30, sat down with CNN to talk about his songwriting journey, combining a big sound with personal observations and a certain \"weird TV show.\"", "The following is an edited version of that interview.", "CNN: How important was Nashville, Tennessee, in your decision to be a songwriter?", "Mat Kearney: The first year I moved to Nashville, I started playing these songwriter nights with people like Nickel Creek, Duncan Sheik and even Ryan Adams.", "... That was the first place I really started playing music and I had to really step up my game.", "Really quick.", "Or get kicked off the stage.", "CNN: This whirlwind world tour you completed last year -- how did it impact this new album and you personally?", "Kearney: That tour was three years long.", "[So] this record was a return back to community in Nashville and to sing. ...", "So, [the tour] created this void for wanting to connect in a local way.", "So many things happen when you're not out there running and gunning.", "Falling in love with someone, getting your heart broken, being around friends -- that stuff can only happen when you stick around for a while.", "CNN: What's the significance of the title -- \"City of Black & White\"?", "Kearney: The title track I wrote in Istanbul.", "We stayed in this place that overlooked the Bosporus, which splits Europe from Asia.", "The song is about worlds colliding, being that far away from home, and also longing to be with someone you love in that distant land. ...", "It seemed like a good cornerstone to build the record on.", "CNN: You're an avid traveler, but this record is more concerned with planting roots.", "How do you reconcile the two?", "Kearney: I don't think, to be a traveler, you have to reject setting roots up.", "That's the fun of this whole journey for me.", "There are people I love in Nashville and would not want to go a day without talking to, but I want to see the world.", "The record is coming out of an experience of reconciling those two things.", "I played 275 shows for two years straight.", "You have to travel between those shows.", "So you're gone. Some of those experiences shape the record.", "There's a romantic side to it.", "This isn't a one-night stand record.", "It's not youthful idealism that's going after the masses.", "There's some ideas of, say, that prodigal son who has walked away from you and you're sitting there saying, \"I'm here for you if you need me.\"", "CNN: The sound is big but the lyrics are intensely personal.", "How did you meld those ideas together?", "Kearney: Yeah, it's like the biggest song is one of the most personal.", "\"Fire and Rain\" [not the James Taylor song] is a crazy four-on-the-floor song, but it's a song about someone who has left you.", "Something about the juxtaposition of those two seem so interesting to me.", "I didn't plan it. It just kind of happened.", "CNN: You're one of the last musicians I have seen actually get airplay on [music television channels], and you broke through because of it.", "Kearney: It's interesting how my music has gained success being accompanied by images.", "When I was in college I wanted to study film.", "My first passion was to be a cinematographer.", "So maybe there's something innate in my music where it partners well with images.", "It's worked on weird TV shows where doctors are making out and people getting logs pulled out of their stomachs [laughs].", "Somehow my music seems to work with that.", "CNN: How did your music become such an integral part of that show [\"Grey's Anatomy\"]?", "Kearney: I really don't know.", "Somebody somewhere ... started using these songs and they seem to work.", "There are certain songs that lend themselves to images.", "No one's licensing [Katy Perry's] \"I Kissed a Girl\" and putting it in shows.", "That's a narrow-focused message that doesn't need much [in the way of] images." ]	[ "Mat Kearney enjoys growing success; new album is \"City of Black & White\"\nKearney has earned airplay on TV, including \"Grey's Anatomy\"\nKearney likes juxtaposition of personal lyrics, big musical sound ." ]	[ 1, 11, 26, 44 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A 3-year-old boy who was taken at gunpoint from his California home nearly two weeks ago has been found, authorities said Saturday.", "Briant Rodriguez, 3, was taken during a home invasion on May 3 in San Bernardino, California, police say.", "Briant Rodriguez was found wandering the streets of Mexicali, Mexico, by a police officer late Thursday, said San Bernardino County Sheriff Rod Hoops.", "After clearing paperwork with Mexican officials, California authorities reunited the boy with his mother Saturday in the border town of Calexico, Hoops said.", "\"We're very happy that he's alive,\" Hoops said.", "\"A 3-year-old goes missing in this country for two weeks -- sometimes it has an unhappy ending.", "\"This one did not.\" Watch portion of sheriff's news conference » .", "The boy had been missing since May 3, when two men armed with handguns burst into his family's home and tied him up -- along with his mother and four siblings.", "The men ransacked the home before leaving with Briant, a small amount of cash and some personal property, San Bernardino sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Beavers said.", "Authorities had not caught the suspects as of Saturday evening.", "Hoops said authorities have information about at least two suspects -- who were captured on video at a home-improvement store near the Rodriguez home buying tape like the kind that was used to bind the family.", "He said the names of the suspects, and what authorities believe was a motive, are not being released because they could jeopardize the investigation.", "He also declined to say what relationship the suspects may have had with the family or whether the kidnapping is linked with drug crime that has run rampant in Mexican border towns in recent months.", "Members of drug cartels in the border region have been known to use kidnapping as a means of quick cash.", "\"If you take a look at the case, I'll let you do your own homework on it,\" Hoops told reporters.", "Authorities from San Bernardino flew to Mexico late Friday to get Briant.", "Hoops said he appears to be in good health.", "His hair, which is shoulder-length in photographs that authorities had released, had apparently been shaved, Hoops said.", "Hoops said Briant's mother is \"a Mexican citizen living here in the United States,\" but that he is unsure of her immigration status.", "He said Briant was born in the United States.", "Sgt. Doug Hubbard, who was in Calexico when Briant and his mother were reunited, called the meeting emotional.", "\"Tears even came to Briant's eyes,\" he said.", "\"It was a beautiful thing.\"" ]	[ "NEW: Briant Rodriguez found wandering streets in Mexicali, police say .", "NEW: Boy's tearful reunion with mother \"a beautiful thing,\" police official says .", "Boy had been missing since May 3, when armed men burst into his family's home .", "Suspects still on the loose as of Saturday evening, according to authorities ." ]	[ 1, 2, 7, 9, 22 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Rep. Paul Gillmor of Ohio was found dead in his townhouse in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday, leadership aides for both the Republican and Democratic parties said.", "Rep. Paul Gillmor was first elected to Congress in 1988.", "Gillmor, a Republican, was 68.", "The leadership aides did not say how Gillmor died.", "House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, told fellow congressmen on the floor of the House that their colleague died \"suddenly overnight.\"", "\"He was a good friend to all of us,\" said a somber Boehner.", "\"He's going to be missed by us all.\"", "A tribute to Gillmor will be held in the House later Wednesday afternoon, Boehner said.", "Watch Boehner tell colleagues of death » .", "Gillmor, the deputy minority whip, was in his 10th term in the House, representing the 5th Congressional District in the northwest part of the Buckeye state.", "He was a member of the House Committee on Financial Services, and the ranking Republican on the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.", "Gillmor also served on the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored-Enterprises and the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.", "He was elected to Congress in 1988, after serving in the Ohio State Senate for 22 years, where he was elected Republican leader five times.", "Gillmor was born Feb. 1, 1939, in Tiffin, Ohio.", "He received a bachelor of arts degree from Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, and a law degree from the University of Michigan Law School.", "In 2006, Roll Call -- a Capitol Hill newspaper -- listed him as the 43rd richest member of Congress, with an estimated net worth of $6.16 million.", "He formerly ran a financial services company.", "Gillmor was also a U.S. Air Force veteran -- where he attained the rank of captain -- and ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1986.", "He served in the Vietnam War in 1965 and 1966.", "He was married to Karen Gillmor, vice chairman of the State Employment Relations Board in Ohio and a former state senator.", "Their family includes two daughters, Linda and Julie, and three sons, Paul and twins Connor and Adam.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "NEW: Rep. Paul Gillmor died suddenly during night, GOP leader says .", "No word on cause of death .", "Gillmor represented northwest area of Ohio ." ]	[ 0, 2, 4, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo has been unveiled as Real Madrid's new number 9, in front of 80,000 passionate fans at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, after his world record $130 million move from Manchester United.", "Cristiano Ronaldo is paraded in front of 80,000 passionate supporters at a packed Bernabeu stadium.", "The event marked the culmination of a two-year pursuit of the player by the Spanish club, which defied the global downturn with exorbitant spending to capture the man voted the world's best footballer by world governing body FIFA.", "\"I have made my childhood dream a reality -- to play for Real Madrid,\" Ronaldo told the packed stands.", "\"I am just so happy to be here,\" he said to a rapturous reception from the gathered thousands.", "\"I really didn't expect a jam-packed stadium -- this is truly impressive.\"", "Watch tens of thousands greet Ronaldo » .", "Ronaldo is the fourth major signing of the close season by Real, as the club, fueled by the financial muscle of returning president and property magnate Florentino Perez, aims to recapture the glory that has seen them win more European Cups than any other side.", "The transfer of Brazil's Kaka and defender Raul Albiol was followed by the arrival of French striker Karim Benzema from Lyon on Thursday, as Perez assembles a second wave of \"galacticos,\" following his previous success with big-names such as David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane.", "Benzema's transfer fee is reported to be in the region of $60 million, taking Madrid's spending to an astonishing $300 million this in recent months.", "Perez claimed Monday's event \"might not have a precedent.\"", "\"We are very satisfied to know that you made the firm decision to play for Real Madrid,\" Perez said.", "He told Ronaldo what to expect from his new adoring fans, adding: \"They will ask of you the very best, but will also give you their all.\"", "The attendance at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium swamped the estimated 55,000 that watched Kaka's unveiling last Tuesday, and is believed to be the biggest turnout for a presentation since a reported 75,000 saw the arrival of Diego Maradona at Napoli from Barcelona in 1984.", "Watch fans line up before Ronaldo's unveiling » .", "Earlier, Ronaldo successfully completed his medical with Madrid after landing in the Spanish capital just after midday.", "Carlos Diez, Real Madrid's medical chief, told teh club's Web site: \"(Ronaldo) is in perfect condition and very eager to start the season as soon as possible.\"", "Ronaldo had already undergone initial medical tests with the Spanish giants while on holiday in Portugal last month, which the player claimed at the time had gone \"perfectly\".", "Diez added: \"He has an extraordinary cardiac and lung capacity.", "We have complemented everything that we already did in Portugal and done all the specific tests.", "\"Now we will be able to start working using an individual plan in order to improve his performance.", "For him (Ronaldo), it's a dream, and this dream starts to convert into reality from now.\"", "The number nine jersey was recently vacated by Argentine striker Javier Saviola who joined Portuguese side Benfica last month." ]	[ "Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo is unveiled as Real Madrid's new No.", "9 .", "Ronaldo paraded in front of thousands of supporters at the Santiago Bernabeu .", "Real Madrid have paid Manchester United world record $130 million for player ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Mexican President Felipe Calderon's ruling party paid the price for a weak economy in midterm elections as the opposition Revolutionary Institutional Party rolled to victories in the lower legislative house as well as state and local posts.", "Mexican President Felipe Calderon wasn't on Sunday's ballot and has three years left in his six-year term.", "With more than 99 percent of the votes counted, the PRI had 36.7 percent to 28 percent for Calderon's National Action Party (PAN), the state-run Notimex news agency reported Monday.", "The leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), which nearly won the 2006 presidential election, came in a distant third with 12.2 percent of the vote.", "In response to the defeat, PAN president German Martinez resigned from the top party post Monday.", "On the ballot were seats for 500 federal legislators, six governors and about 500 mayors and local legislators in 11 states.", "Though Calderon has three years left in his six-year term and was not on the ballot, analysts said Monday he was held responsible for Mexico's problems amid the global economic downturn.", "\"He got a beating because of the economy,\" said Ana Maria Salazar, a television and radio political commentator in Mexico City.", "\"The government in power pays for it,\" said Peter Hakim, president of the Washington-based Inter-American Dialogue.", "Besides the economy, Calderon has had to face the consequences of a drug war he launched that has left more than 10,000 people dead since he came to office in December 2006.", "He also had to deal with the H1N1 flu pandemic that first became known in Mexico this year.", "The PAN has the most seats in the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Mexico's Congress, but it does not have a majority in either.", "The party lost its lead in the lower house, as the PRI will hold more seats when the new delegates are seated in December.", "No seats were at stake in the Senate, which elects its members every six years.", "Calderon acknowledged the setback in a late-night address to the nation Sunday.", "\"The federal government recognizes the new composition of the Chamber of Deputies since it is a sovereign decision of the citizens.", "I congratulate who they have chosen,\" Calderon said, adding he will work with the new representatives.", "He will have no choice but to work with the resurgent PRI, analysts said.", "But since the PAN did not have control of either house of Congress, Calderon has been compromising and making deals with the PRI and other parties since coming to power.", "\"I don't think the job is much more difficult than it was at the outset,\" Hakim said.", "\"It's all a matter of degrees.", "Yeah, it will make it a little more difficult.", "But he has had to work through negotiation anyway.\"", "Still, analysts said, the PRI now wields considerable more power.", "\"They're in a position to run Congress,\" said Andrew Selee, director of the Woodrow Wilson Center's Mexico Institute.", "By forming temporary coalitions with the Green Party and other minor parties, the PRI can block presidential vetoes, Salazar said.", "\"They pretty much have control over the purse,\" she said.", "Much more is at stake for the PRI though.", "After having held the presidency from 1929 to 2000 and then losing it to the PAN in the last two elections, the party is looking for a path back to power.", "Sunday's results were particularly significant because the PRI finished third in the 2006 presidential election.", "\"The presidential campaign has started as of today, Monday,\" Salazar said.", "Also significant was the PRD's apparent collapse as a major party, considering it came within 1 percent of winning the presidency in 2006.", "That race was so close that the results were not verified until a controversial decision two months later.", "Losing candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador refused to accept the results and announced himself the winner.", "Fistfights broke out in the Chamber of Deputies.", "The PRI drew away votes from the PRD in Sunday's election, Hakim said, noting that may help Calderon because the PRD is Calderon's main foe in Congress.", "Working with a larger PRI may be easier.", "But Selee said Calderon is on a deadline, until the 2012 presidential race really heats up.", "\"His window of opportunity is for the next year and half,\" Selee said.", "\"The PRI wants to show that they can lead, that they're a party of ideas.\"", "No one knows if the PRI is up to the task.", "\"The big question is whether the PRI will look forward only to the presidential elections,\" Hakim said.", "\"The PRI has to show that they're responsible and capable of governing again.\"", "To do so, the PRI has to make sure that internal fighting over who will run as the presidential candidate in three years does not paralyze the party.", "\"Don't underestimate the ability of the PRI to cannibalize itself,\" Salazar said.", "PRI leader Beatriz Paredes has emerged as a major power broker.", "As head of the party and newly elected member of the Chamber of Deputies, she will lead the PRI's legislative efforts.", "That's good for Calderon, Salazar said, because it will be \"much easier to negotiate with her than with other factions of the PRI.\"", "But if the PAN and PRI can't agree, Selee said, \"there will be a breakdown of consensus politics.\"", "Mexico's leaders -- regardless of party affiliation -- also have to battle apparent disenchantment among everyday Mexicans.", "Voter participation Sunday was about 30 percent, officials said, but more 5 percent of those were people who \"annulled\" their ballots.", "They turned in a ballot but did not vote for anyone or defaced the ballot.", "Their intent was to show that they cared enough to vote, just not for anyone on the ballot.", "\"It's a repudiation of what is going on in Mexico in general,\" Salazar said.", "Selee sees \"a general skepticism,\" saying, \"Mexicans have tired of where things are going.\"" ]	[ "NEW: German Martinez, president of PAN political party, resigns in aftermath .", "Felipe Calderon's party loses lead in Mexico's lower house .", "Mexican president held responsible for economic downturn, analysts say .", "PRI has 36.8 percent of vote to 27.9 percent for Calderon's PAN, news agency says ." ]	[ 0, 2, 4, 6 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Four decades after he won over America with his scratchy, soulful voice and blues-inspired rock, British-born Joe Cocker is receiving an honor from the queen.", "Joe Cocker is being honored at Buckingham Palace for his services to music.", "Cocker, 63, was set to receive an OBE, or Order of the British Empire, at a ceremony Thursday morning at Buckingham Palace.", "The award officially recognizes Cocker's \"services to music.\"", "Prince Charles was planning to present Cocker with the honor, part of the queen's annual birthday honors list.", "Famous for songs including \"You Are So Beautiful\" and his cover of the Beatles' \"With a Little Help from My Friends,\" Cocker began his career by singing Ray Charles songs in pubs around his hometown of Sheffield, northern England in the early 1960s.", "Cocker toured with a string of bands, often playing American airbases in Europe, winning fans among the servicemen.", "The press hailed his first U.S. television performance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1969, and the following summer, Cocker played to half a million people at the historic Woodstock rock festival in New York state.", "The ensuing live album \"Mad Dogs and Englishmen\" remains a Cocker classic, with songs including \"Cry Me A River\" and \"Feelin' Alright.\"", "Rolling Stone magazine says Cocker's \"gritty, powerful voice remains one of the most distinctive in rock & roll.\"", "A whirlwind U.S. tour after Woodstock left Cocker \"exhausted,\" according to his own Web site, and reported drug and alcohol abuse came soon after.", "Cocker had a top 10 song in 1975 with \"You are So Beautiful,\" but his fortunes really turned in 1982 with his No.", "1 duet with Jennifer Warnes, \"Up Where We Belong,\" the theme from the movie \"An Officer and a Gentleman.\"", "Cocker's most recent U.S. top 10 was \"When the Night Comes,\" written by Bryan Adams.", "Cocker now lives on a ranch in Colorado but still tours extensively.", "He has been touring Europe since June and plans shows in Sheffield and London this weekend.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "UK-born Joe Cocker receiving an Order of the British Empire .", "The award officially recognizes Cocker's \"services to music\"\nPrince Charles scheduled to present Cocker with the honor ." ]	[ 3, 4 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- White supremacists, Islamic clerics, a controversial Kansas pastor and a U.S. talk show host are on a list of 22 people banned from Britain for \"stirring up hatred,\" the British government said Tuesday.", "Jacqui Smith said she did not hesitate to name and shame those who foster extremist views.", "Britain's Home Office said it decided to exclude the 22 in the last several months.", "The decision follows measures introduced by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith last year against people \"who have engaged in spreading hate,\" the Home Office said.", "The Home Office named only 16 of those on the list; it said it was not in the public interest to disclose the names of the other six.", "A spokeswoman declined to elaborate on why the Home Office would not publicly identify six of the 22.", "One of the most recognized names on the list may be U.S. radio talk show host Michael Savage, who is listed under his real name, Michael Alan Wiener.", "The conservative's daily show can be heard nationwide in the United States.", "Savage is on the list for \"seeking to provoke others to serious criminal acts and fostering hatred which might lead to inter-community violence.\"", "Savage lashed out at Smith on his Web site, calling her a \"witch\" and asking how she knew of his show when it isn't syndicated in England.", "He also questioned why six names on the list weren't released and why North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez didn't make the list.", "In an audio clip on his Web site, Savage said he had seven attorneys working on a defamation lawsuit against Smith and encouraged his listeners to call off any travel plans to England and boycott all British products.", "\"She has painted a target on my back, linking me with people who are in prison for killing people,\" he said.", "\"How could they put Michael Savage in the same league as mass murderers when I have never avowed violence?\"", "Outspoken Kansas Rev.", "Fred Phelps and his daughter, Shirley Phelps-Roper, are also listed for \"engaging in unacceptable behavior and fostering hatred.\"", "Phelps and his followers at Westboro Baptist Church oppose homosexuality.", "They picket the funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq, saying their deaths are God's way of punishing the United States for supporting homosexuals.", "They have expressed similar views about the victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks and Hurricane Katrina.", "The church's slogan is \"God Hates Fags.\"", "Phelps did not issue a response on his Web site.", "However, he linked to a British news story on the ban and wrote his own headline, calling Smith a \"neo-Nazi dyke\" and \"filthy God-hater.\"", "Former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard Don Black, who has said he despises U.S. President Barack Obama, is also on the list.", "Black established the white supremacist Web site Stormfront, which the Home Office called one of the oldest and largest hate group sites.", "Eric Gliebe, chairman of the National Alliance, one of the largest neo-Nazi groups in the United States, is on the list for \"justifying terrorist violence, provoking others to commit serious crime and fostering racial hatred.\"", "The Home Office cited Gliebe's \"Web-radio broadcasts in which he vilifies certain ethnic groups and encourages the download and distribution of provocative racist leaflets and posters.\"", "Several Islamic clerics are also on the list, including Abdullah Qadri Al Ahdal, Amir Siddique, Yunis Al Astal and Safwat Hijazi.", "Prolific speaker and writer Wadgy Abd El Hamied Mohamed Ghoneim is also listed.", "The list includes Mike Guzofsky, the leader of a militant Jewish group.", "He has ties to Kahane Chai, a group that the U.S. State Department lists as a foreign terrorist organization.", "Russian skinheads Artur Ryno and Pavel Skachevsky are also on the list.", "The Home Office says they are \"leaders of a violent gang that beat migrants and posted films of their attacks on the Internet.\"", "Samir al Quntar, a Lebanese man who spent three decades in prison for killing four Israeli soldiers and a 4-year-old girl in 1979, is also on the list.", "In an exchange with the militant group Hezbollah, Israel freed al Quntar last year for the bodies of two Israeli soldiers.", "Al Quntar is \"engaging in unacceptable behavior by seeking to foment, justify or glorify terrorist violence\" in order to provoke terrorist acts, the Home Office said.", "Nasr Javed and Abdul Ali Musa round out the 16 names made public.", "\"Coming to the UK is a privilege, and I refuse to extend that privilege to individuals who abuse our standards and values to undermine our way of life,\" Smith said.", "\"Therefore, I do not hesitate to name and shame those who foster extremist views, as I want them to know that they are not welcome here.", "\"The government opposes extremism in all its forms and I am determined to stop those who want to spread extremism, hatred and violent messages in our communities from coming to our country,\" she said.", "\"This is the driving force behind tighter rules on exclusions for unacceptable behavior.\"" ]	[ "NEW: Talk show host calls home secretary \"witch\"; reverend calls her \"neo-Nazi\"\nUK Home Office: 22 people banned from Britain for \"stirring up hatred\"\nHome Office named only 16 of those on the list .", "Ex-Ku Klux Klansman, Russian skinheads, radical Islamic clerics also on list ." ]	[ 0, 4, 30 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Staff Sgt.", "Bartek Bachleda doesn't consider himself a hero, but passengers on a recent jumbo jet flight might beg to differ.", "Staff Sgt. Bartek Bachleda says he knew the plane he was riding in was losing fuel and videotaped the problem.", "One of 300 passengers on a United Airlines flight from Chicago, Illinois, to Tokyo, Japan, in April, Bachleda noticed white \"smoke\" billowing from the left side of the Boeing 747-400 jet on takeoff and then again at cruising altitude of over 30,000 feet.", "He said he was sure it was a leak, a big one that could lead to a potentially dangerous situation.", "Bachleda, 30, should know.", "He serves in an air refueling squadron in the U.S. Air Force.", "He videotaped the midair vapor from his window seat and tried to warn a flight attendant.", "But at first, she paid him no heed.", "\"When I initially hit the call button, she thought maybe I wanted something, and she said, 'Sir, I'm handing out drinks, I'll be right back with you,' \" Bachleda said.", "Undeterred, Bachleda called her back to his seat.", "\"Ma'am,\" he said. \"It's looking bad.\"", "He identified himself and showed the flight attendant his video.", "\"I decided, if the captain doesn't know about this before we go oceanic -- meaning once we fly over the ocean -- and we're leaking this massive amount of fuel, this is going to be a bad day,\" said Bachleda, on a return trip back to Kadena Air Base in Japan, where he is stationed.", "This time the flight attendant took him seriously, immediately stopped serving drinks and alerted the flight crew.", "Watch more on the plane leak » .", "United Airlines spokesman Jeff Kovick said the crew was already aware of the situation and was considering what action to take when Bachleda brought it to their attention.", "He said the captain would never have attempted a Pacific crossing.", "In Bachleda's estimation, the plane, which United said has a capacity of 373,000 pounds of jet fuel, was losing about 6,000 pounds an hour.", "Over the course of a 13-hour flight, the plane would have lost about 20 percent of its tank.", "But a former NTSB official said the plane still would have had to land because it lacked extra fuel to divert once it was over the Pacific or circle at its destination.", "The jet landed in San Francisco, California -- with all 300 passengers safe." ]	[ "Passenger notices white smoke billowing from plane's left side on flight to Japan .", "Staff Sgt.", "Bartek Bachleda videotapes the fumes from seat on United Airlines flight .", "Bachleda, who serves in air refueling squadron in U.S. Air Force, shows tape to crew .", "Jet lands in San Francisco; United spokesman says pilots already aware of situation ." ]	[ 0, 3, 6, 16 ]
[ "(CNN) -- AC Milan have swooped to sign Standard Liege defender Oguchi Onyewu on a three-year contract -- making him the first American to appear in Serie A since Alexi Lalas in 1996.", "Onyewu will become the first American since Alexi Lalas to appear in Italian Serie A after joining AC Milan.", "Onyewu, who has also played in the English Premier League with Newcastle United, has moved to the San Siro on a free transfer after impressing with some superb displays during the United States' run to the Confederations Cup final.", "The 27-year-old has played 38 times for his country, scoring five goals.Latest transfer gossip and rumors .", "\"This transaction shows once again the excellent friendly relationship between our club and Belgian club Standard Liege, particularly their executive vice-president Luciano D'Onofrio,\" said a statement on Milan's official Web site.", "The six-foot four-inch player was born in Washington DC to Nigerian parents but began his club career at Metz in France in 2002.", "He was loaned out to La Louviere in Belgium in 2003 and his form there earnt him a move to Liege, where he won two Belgian titles.", "He then joined Newcastle on loan, playing 11 league matches.", "However, the transfer is unlikely to appease the Milan supporters who are unhappy with the summer sale of Brazilian superstar Kaka to Real Madrid -- and the departure of coach Carlo Ancelotti to Chelsea.", "About 300 fans protested outside the club's Milanello base on the first day of pre-season training on Monday, complaining at the lack of big name signings." ]	[ "AC Milan swoop to sign up American international defender Oguchi Onyewu .", "The 27-year-old joins from Belgians Standard Liege on a three-year contract .", "Onyewu is the first American to appear in Serie A since Alexi Lalas in the 90s ." ]	[ 0 ]
[ "Editor's note: On CNN's \"State of the Union,\" host and chief national correspondent John King goes outside the Beltway to report on the issues affecting communities across the country.", "Christine Quinn, speaker of the New York City Council, and her partner, Kim Catullo, talk to John King.", "NEW YORK (CNN) -- As she lobbies members of the New York Senate these days, the politician in Christine Quinn can understand what the gay rights activist in her sometimes cannot.", "\"The fear of the unknown,\" is how she describes it.", "\"This is a vote they've never cast before.", "And they don't know how people are going to react.", "You are in a position where people's reaction to you is the key to your success.", "And the unknown creates fear and fear often creates paralysis.\"", "Quinn is the openly gay speaker of the New York City Council, and a proponent of legalizing same sex marriage in New York state.", "\"It is really encouraging to see what's happening around the country in places where you really wouldn't expect it, like Iowa,\" says Quinn's longtime partner, Kim Catullo.", "\"To be in a place like New York and not have it just doesn't seem to make sense.\"", "The New York Assembly passed legislation allowing same-sex marriages earlier this month, and the question now is whether there are enough votes in the state Senate to pass the legislation before the legislature adjourns for the year.", "Go behind the scenes with John King as he discusses his report from New York .", "Quinn, who spent time in Albany this past week meeting with undecided senators, is cautiously optimistic.", "\"It was amazing how much openness there was,\" she said of private meetings with lawmakers who are undecided and even a few who have said they are likely to oppose the legislation.", "\"We just all have to create a moment for them to step forward.", "So I really think it is going to happen this month, before the legislative session is over.\"", "Maggie Gallagher sees the Senate math quite differently.", "\"We are now working in 24 Senate districts,\" says Gallagher, president of the National Organization for Marriage, which opposes same-sex marriages.", "\"We know we have generated thousands of phone calls to legislators.", "I don't think they will be passing a gay marriage bill this session.\"", "Watch both sides assess chances of passing same-sex marriage bill » .", "The New York legislation is part of a growing national debate, and one which will gain even more attention because of the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy and the nomination of federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor to fill it.", "\"Not tomorrow. Not likely in the coming year unless the courts move dramatically faster than we are used to seeing them move,\" is how Columbia Law School Professor Suzanne Goldberg answers when asked when the issue of same-sex marriage is likely to make the Supreme Court docket.", "\"But certainly some time in the next couple of years we're likely to see the Supreme Court issue a position or two on this issue.\"", "Goldberg knows Sotomayer well; the judge is also a lecturer at Columbia.", "\"We've never spoken about the issue,\" Goldberg told us.", "\"I have no inside information about her views.", "What I would say is that she is both a wise person and a thoughtful person and being wise and thoughtful are the right ingredients for reaching what to me is the right answer on this issue, which to me is that equality applies to all people.\"", "The likelihood of the issue reaching the Supreme Court in the next year or two raises the stakes in the state battles.", "Opponents of California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage vow to try again in 2010 in hopes of a different result.", "A new federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 was filed this week and could well be among the cases that make it to the Supreme Court eventually.", "Five states now allow same-sex marriage: Maine, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts and Vermont, and the states with active debates include California, New York, New Jersey and New Hampshire.", "In an interview in their apartment in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York, Quinn and Catullo agreed the ideal solution for them would be federal recognition of the right of same-sex couples to marry.", "But the federal Defense of Marriage Act signed by President Clinton defines marriage as between a man and a woman.", "And President Obama says he supports civil unions and other benefits for same-sex couples but opposes marriage.", "\"He's not perfect on this issue and I want him to be perfect,\" Quinn said of Obama.", "\"And I'm fairly certain that pretty soon he will be perfect on this issue and what we just have to do is keep talking to him and keep educating him and keep working on him.\"", "\"It doesn't help,\" Catullo says of Obama's opposition.", "Still, like Quinn, she hopes eventually, \"he can evolve.\"", "Gallagher, of the National Organization for Marriage, is worried more about the high court than any pressure on Obama from gay rights activists.", "\"Well I don't believe David Souter was on our side on the gay marriage issue although we don't know for sure,\" Gallagher said.", "So in her line of speculating, swapping Sotomayor for Souter isn't likely to swing the court in any major way.", "Her major worry is if one of the more conservative judges decided to retire in the near future.", "\"I don't think this one is going to tip the balance,\" Gallagher said.", "\"But we're very close. We're probably only one Supreme Court justice away from a nationally imposed right to same-sex marriage whether we like it or not.", "That is the ultimate game plan of the gay marriage forces.\"", "Catullo would prefer a conversation less political.", "\"I really do believe that if someone lived next to us or really knew us, it wouldn't be an issue at all,\" she said.", "\"I mean we are good people.", "We're law-abiding.", "We're taxpayers. We're just an eight-year couple that's been together a long time and we do a lot of the things that a normal couple does.", "There's a lot more things in the world to worry about than the fact that we want to be married.\"" ]	[ "N.Y.", "Assembly passed bill allowing same-sex marriages; willl state Senate pass it?", "Christine Quinn, openly gay politician, optimistic; says opponents fear the unknown .", "National Organization for Marriage lobbying hard against it, head thinks it won't pass .", "Proponents hope President Obama will change mind, support issue ." ]	[ 3, 11, 18, 20, 38 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Georgian authorities foiled an attempted army mutiny that they believe was designed to disrupt planned NATO exercises in the former Soviet republic, the country's interior ministry said Tuesday.", "Georgian troops take part in military exercises in January.", "They are to participate in NATO maneuvers this week.", "About 500 troops at a military base outside the capital, Tbilisi, were involved in the rebellion, said Interior Ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili.", "He said it was quickly brought under control, and the government reported a few hours later that the base was calm.", "Initial investigations suggest that Russia, Georgia's northern neighbor and former ruler, may have had a hand in the mutiny, Utiashvili said.", "Russia denied involvement in the incident.", "\"Tbilisi has pulled yet another anti-Russian prank. ...", "This is not the first time we are so vocally blamed for interfering.", "It is typical that each time the charges become more ridiculous,\" the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.", "Utiashvili claimed that Georgia had secret recordings of the mutineers saying they had \"full Russian support.\"", "\"We know Russia is against the planned NATO exercises in Georgia.", "We know they have increased the troops at the border.", "We don't have 100 percent evidence right now, because the investigation is ongoing,\" he said.", "But, he added, until the investigation is complete, officials won't point a finger at Russia.", "On Tuesday afternoon, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili called on Russia to stop \"provocative maneuvers\" in Georgia, according to Georgia's English-language Prime News.", "Russia and Georgia fought a five-day war in August over the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia, the first time Russia sent troops abroad in anger since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.", "NATO is expected to launch month-long military exercises this week in Georgia.", "The move has angered Russia, which accused the alliance of \"muscle-flexing.\"", "\"All kinds of things have been said,\" the Russian Foreign Ministry said.", "\"But it has never before been claimed that Russia is trying to overthrow the Georgian government with the help of the Georgian armed forces.", "In this regard, we once again reiterate that Russia does not interfere in the internal affairs of Georgia on principle.", "We do not believe in scripts imposed from the outside.\"", "NATO said it had no comment on the incident because it did not independently confirm the event.", "However, a NATO spokeswoman in Brussels said Tuesday that exercises planned for Wednesday are \"still on\" and that \"nothing has changed\" after the attempted mutiny.", "\"The timing chosen by Tbilisi for its latest action is telling: the day before the start of NATO exercises in Georgia,\" the Russian Foreign Ministry said.", "\"We strongly warned our partners that the exercises were absolutely inappropriate in the current highly charged atmosphere within Georgia and the region.", "Our warnings were not heeded.\"", "Georgia's Utiashvili said the rebelling soldiers were heard saying they were \"unhappy with the political situation in the country.\"", "One person was arrested, and authorities are looking for another in connection with the attempted mutiny, Georgia's Ministry of Internal Affairs said.", "The person in custody, Gia Ghvaladze, served as a major in the Special Forces Department at the now-disbanded Ministry of State Security, Georgian officials said.", "He is being held on charges of organizing a military mutiny.", "In an undercover tape released by Georgian officials, a man is heard saying, \"Russians will come.", "About 5,000 men, two battalions.", "Can you imagine? Five thousand men.", "Do you know how big this is?\" CNN could not confirm the authenticity of the tape, but the Georgian government said it implicates Ghvaladze.", "Authorities said they are looking for the second man, Koba Otanadze, who is wanted for his role in organizing the mutiny.", "Otanadze helped lead a military mutiny at the same base in May 2001, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.", "A third person -- Zaza Mushkudiani, the head of the Georgian ranger battalion -- was also being investigated, the ministry said, but it was unclear whether he was in custody.", "The move has angered Russia, Georgia's neighbor to the north, which accused the alliance of \"muscle-flexing.\"", "Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov postponed his trip to Brussels, Belgium, for the ministerial meeting of the NATO-Russia Council because of the planned NATO exercises, Lavrov told the Itar-Tass news agency.", "In April, Saakashvili vowed to remain in office until his term ends, defying calls by anti-government protesters that he step down.", "Up to 60,000 demonstrators took to the streets, blaming the president for leading the country with Russia and plunging it into a political crisis.", "They also were angry about rising poverty in the country.", "CNN's Matthew Chance and Nunu Japaridze contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Georgian authorities release recording of man saying \"Russia will come\"\nRussia denies involvement, accuses Tbilisi of \"yet another anti-Russian prank\"\nAuthorities believe mutiny intended to disrupt NATO exercises this week in Georgia .", "Russia says it disagrees with NATO plans to conduct exercises ." ]	[ 0, 6, 7, 17, 32 ]
[ "(CNN) -- As Hayden Henshaw was being rushed to the doctor's office after becoming ill, his father heard that his son's classmates had been struck with the deadly swine flu virus like the one sweeping through Mexico.", "Swine flu commonly affects pigs and occasionally infects people in contact with pigs.", "Patrick Henshaw called his wife immediately to have Hayden checked for it.", "Later, they received the bad news.", "Hayden had become the third confirmed case of swine flu at his Texas high school.", "It is a virus that has killed 68 people in Mexico and infected at least eight people in the United States.", "Health officials arrived at the Henshaws' house Friday and drew blood from the whole family, then told them to stay inside and away from the public, Henshaw told CNN.", "The whole family is quarantined indefinitely, according to CNN-affiliate KABB.", "Henshaw said his family was shocked when they got the news about their son.", "\"Stunned. My wife was having a panic attack,\" Henshaw told the affiliate.", "U.S. health officials have expressed concern about U.S. cases of a swine flu virus that has similar characteristics to the fatal virus in Mexico.", "More than 1,000 people have fallen ill in Mexico City in a short period of time, U.S. health experts said.", "\"This situation has been developing quickly,\" Richard Besser, acting director of the Atlanta, Georgia-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said Friday.", "\"This is something we are worried about.\"", "Besser said all of the eight U.S. patients have recovered.", "Watch for more on the U.S. cases » .", "New York health officials said Friday they were testing about 75 students at a school in New York City for swine flu after the students exhibited flu-like symptoms this week.", "A team of state health department doctors and staff went to the St. Francis Preparatory School in the borough of Queens on Thursday after the students reported cough, fever, sore throat, aches and pains.", "Test results are expected as early as Saturday.", "The new virus has genes from North American swine influenza, avian influenza, human influenza and a form of swine influenza normally found in Asia and Europe, said Nancy Cox, chief of the CDC's Influenza Division.", "Swine flu is caused by a virus similar to a type of flu virus that infects people every year but is a strain typically found only in pigs -- or in people who have direct contact with pigs.", "There have, however, been cases of person-to-person transmission of swine flu, the CDC said.", "CNN's David Alsup contributed to this report." ]	[ "Texas teen is one of eight in U.S. diagnosed with swine flu .", "Teen's family ordered to stay away from public .", "Dozens in Mexico have died from same strain of swine flu found in U.S.\nOfficials say new strain has resisted some antiviral drugs ." ]	[ 6, 10, 20 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Senate subcommittee Tuesday tackled one of the most contentious issues in U.S. sports: the fairness of the Bowl Championship Series that decides the top college football team each season.", "Tim Tebow, right, of the Florida Gators talks to coaches at the 2009 BCS national championship game January 8.", "Convened by Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, the hearing by the Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights subcommittee provided a sounding board for his state's disappointment over the inability of the undefeated University of Utah to qualify for the BCS national championship game last January.", "The BCS operates under an agreement among the major college football conferences that decides which teams qualify for the biggest bowl games each season, including the national championship game.", "It also distributes the revenue generated by the bowl games, with the participating members taking part in more of the post-season matches and taking home more money.", "Every season brings heated debate over the bowl lineup and calls for a playoff system similar to the ones used for every other National Collegiate Athletic Association sport, including small-college football.", "President Obama has joined many Americans in expressing his preference for a playoff system to decide the nation's top college football team.", "Hatch complained that the BCS system denies outsiders -- such as Utah of the Mountain West Conference -- a fair chance to compete with major conferences such as the Big 12, Big 10, Pacific 10 and Southeast Conference for a spot in the lucrative bowl games.", "Last season, he said, Utah went undefeated and gained a BCS berth in the Sugar Bowl against perennial power Alabama, which it defeated 31-17.", "However, the BCS ranking system prevented Utah from any realistic chance of selection for the national championship game, which pitted two teams that each had one loss on their records, Hatch said.", "For schools outside what he called the \"privileged conferences,\" the BCS system has \"significant and largely insurmountable obstacles to playing for a national championship,\" Hatch said.", "University of Utah President Michael Young complained that the BCS system both stifles competition and guarantees the majority of revenue from bowl games to the traditional powers.", "\"If you can't beat them, eliminate them,\" he said of BCS policy.", "In response, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman said the BCS system -- while imperfect -- is the only workable formula that ensures participation by major football powers such as his institution.", "The BCS recognizes the strength and depth of traditional programs, Perlman said, rejecting Young's argument that Utah has no chance to improve its status.", "\"There realistically is something Utah could do,\" Perlman said.", "\"They could play the schedule Nebraska played.\"", "At the same time, Perlman said that uneven odds are part of every university's experience at one time or another.", "\"It's the same as when Nebraska walks into the NIH [National Institutes of Health] and seeks a federal grant and competes with Harvard,\" he said.", "\"Theoretically we have the same the chance, but do we really?\"", "Two anti-trust experts provided conflicting testimony on whether the BCS system violates the Sherman Antitrust Act.", "Barry Brett of the law firm Troutman Sanders insisted the BCS holds what amounts to an illegal monopoly and \"uses this control to exclude all but its founding members [from] fair access to the competition and control of hundreds of millions of dollars.\"", "In response, William Monts III of Hogan and Hartson noted the BCS members created the national championship game and therefore have the right to determine who participates.", "He also warned against seeking anti-trust relief in court, saying a ruling against the BCS would end its existence without creating an alternative.", "\"The peculiar irony of an anti-trust claim is that it is likely to sound the death knell for the playoff system proponents want,\" Monts said." ]	[ "Convened by GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah .", "Utah went undefeated and beat Alabama in Sugar Bowl last season, noted Hatch .", "But BCS ranking system kept Utah out of national championship game, he said .", "Teams in championship game each had one loss on their records, Hatch noted ." ]	[ 8, 9 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A U.S. Marine videotaped throwing a puppy over a cliff while on patrol in Iraq has been kicked out of the Corps, and a second Marine involved has been disciplined, according to a statement released by the Marines.", "YouTube.com removed the video for violating the Web site's terms of use.", "Lance Cpl. David Motari, based in Hawaii with the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, is being \"processed for separation\" and received non-judicial punishment, officials said in the statement Wednesday night.", "The Marine Corps would not specify what that punishment was because of privacy regulations.", "The statement said Motari received the punishment for his role in the \"episode which generated international attention.\"", "The incident appeared on the Internet web site YouTube in March, sparking outrage from animal rights groups around the world.", "In the video, Motari is seen throwing the dog off a cliff as it yelps.", "A second Marine, San Diego-based Sgt.", "Crismarvin Banez Encarnacion, received non-judicial punishment as well.", "Janice Hagar, a spokeswoman for the Marines in San Diego, said Encarnacion shot the video.", "Marine officials at the Pentagon would not disclose the severity of the disciplinary action against Encarnacion, also because of privacy regulations.", "CNN did not receive a response from the Marine Corps in San Diego to questions about the case.", "The statement said the Marines conducted an investigation as soon as the YouTube video came to the attention of commanders.", "\"The actions seen in the Internet video are contrary to the high standards we expect of every Marine and will not be tolerated,\" according to the statement.", "On the video, Motari smiles as he is holding the puppy and then hurls the dog over a cliff.", "An unknown person operating the video cameras is heard laughing and another voice saying \"that's mean, Motari.\"", "In a statement, the Humane Society of the United States applauded the Marine Corps' decision to punish those involved.", "\"The bad actors in this case have been dealt with by the Marine Corps, which rightly recognizes that harming animals is unacceptable conduct,\" said Dale Bartlett, the group's deputy manager for animal cruelty issues.", "\"Now, the Department of Defense and the Congress must step up protection from cruelty for all animals under the law governing military conduct.\"" ]	[ "Hawaii-based Lance Cpl.", "David Motari is being \"processed for separation\"\nMotari was seen on video tossing a puppy off a cliff while on patrol in Iraq .", "Second Marine, who filmed the incident, was also disciplined ." ]	[ 2, 6, 7 ]
[ "GENEVA, Switzerland (CNN) -- The number of confirmed swine flu cases across the globe kept rising Friday, but some signs of hope emerged in the battle against the worldwide outbreak.", "Tourists sunbathe wearing surgical masks in the popular Mexican resort of Acapulco.", "The World Health Organization said Friday that the number of confirmed cases stood at 367 worldwide, including 141 in the United States and 156 in Mexico.", "Thirteen countries have confirmed cases, the organization said.", "Meanwhile, researchers worked to develop a vaccine for swine flu, which is also known as 2009 H1N1.", "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hopes to have a vaccine to manufacturers within a month, said Michael Shaw, lab team leader for the H1N1 response at the CDC.", "\"We're doing the best we can as fast as we can,\" he said.", "Yet it would take four to six months from the time the appropriate strain is identified before the first doses become available, said Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny, WHO director of the Initiative for Vaccine Research.", "\"Of course we would like to have a vaccine tomorrow.", "We would have wanted to have it yesterday,\" she said.", "\"It's a long journey.\"", "She said there is \"no doubt\" that a vaccine can be made \"in a relatively short period of time.\"", "The steps involved in producing a vaccine involve isolating a strain of the virus, which has already been done, and tweaking it so manufacturers can make a vaccine, Kieny said.", "The tweaked virus will be shipped to manufacturers, who will fine-tune it.", "Then come more tests before national regulatory agencies decide whether to approve a vaccine.", "As researchers work, at least one politician at the epicenter of the outbreak expressed optimism Friday.", "Authorities in Mexico are \"beginning to see evidence that the [virus] might be letting up, and the number of people who have been hospitalized has leveled out in regards to people who are contagious, at least as of yesterday,\" Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard told reporters.", "Watch how Mexican authorities are dealing with the outbreak » .", "\"We do have a problem, but I say this so that we know where we are as a city after we have done all we have done, and in what direction we are heading and how much we have progressed.", "And what I can say is that we are heading in the right direction.\"", "The WHO said Mexico has 156 confirmed cases and nine deaths.", "Mexican authorities say they have confirmed 16 deaths and at least 358 cases, and they suspect more than 150 deaths may have been caused by the flu.", "Watch Dr. Sanjay Gupta demystify pandemics » .", "The CDC gave the following state-by-state breakdown of the 141 confirmed H1N1 cases in the United States: Arizona, 4; California, 13; Colorado, 2; Delaware, 4; Illinois, 3; Indiana, 3; Kansas, 2; Kentucky, 1; Massachusetts, 2; Michigan, 2; Minnesota, 1; Nebraska, 1; Nevada, 1; New Jersey, 5; New York, 50; Ohio, 1; South Carolina, 16; Texas, 28; and Virginia, 2.", "See where cases have been confirmed » .", "One death in the United States has been attributed to swine flu -- a toddler from Mexico whose family brought him to Texas for medical treatment.", "In a Cabinet meeting, President Obama on Friday praised the \"extraordinary\" government response to the virus but emphasized that \"we also need to prepare for the long term.\"", "\"Since we know that these kinds of threats can emerge at any moment, even if it turns out that the H1N1 is relatively mild on the front end, it could come back in a more virulent form during the actual flu season, and that's why we are investing in our public health infrastructure.\"", "Go behind the scenes at the CDC » .", "He said there are indications from Mexico that \"relatively young, healthy people\" have died rather than people whose immune systems are compromised, and \"that's why we're taking it seriously.\"", "\"So I just want everybody to be clear that this is why this is a cause for concern, but not alarm.", "We are essentially ensuring that, in the worst-case scenario, we can manage this appropriately, government working with businesses and individuals, the private sector, and containing an outbreak, and that we can, ultimately, get through this.\"", "In addition to the confirmed H1N1 cases in Mexico and the United States, Canada has 34; Spain has 13; United Kingdom has 8; New Zealand and Germany each have 4; Israel has 2; Austria, China, Denmark, Netherlands and Switzerland each have one, according to the WHO.", "Learn about the virus » .", "Hong Kong health officials said a patient who is being treated there arrived from Mexico on a China Eastern Airlines flight that stopped in Shanghai.", "Denmark did not provide further details.", "An additional 230 cases are being investigated in the United Kingdom, and Spain has 84 suspected cases.", "Australia, which has had no confirmed cases, was investigating 114.", "View images of responses in U.S. and worldwide » .", "The effects in Mexico reflect the fear and concern across the globe, including in the United States, where schools and parents are taking precautions in academics, graduations and sports because of the flu.", "For example, 22 students Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania who just returned from from a five-week trip to Mexico City will get their diplomas at a separate ceremony when they graduate Saturday.", "Texas school officials have postponed all interscholastic sports until at least May 11.", "And Alabama has stopped such competitions until at least Tuesday.", "The U.S. Department of Education said Friday that 433 public and nonpublic schools in 17 states had been closed because of the flu outbreak.", "U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan noted in a news conference that the number is less than 1 percent of the nation's approximate 100,000 schools.", "Earlier Friday, United Flight 903 was diverted to Boston, Massachusetts, on Friday after a female passenger started complaining of \"flu-like\" symptoms on a Munich-to-Washington flight, Logan Airport spokesman Phil Orendella said.", "CDC officials at a news conference Friday were asked to compare the strain with the deadly 1918 virus.", "\"What we have found by looking very carefully at the sequences of the new H1N1 virus is that we do not see the markers for virulence that were seen in the 1918 virus,\" said Nancy Cox, chief of the CDC's Influenza Division.", "However, she added, \"We know there's a great deal that we do not yet understand about the virulence of the 1918 virus or other influenza viruses that have a more severe clinical picture in humans.\"", "CNN's Karl Penhaul, Diana Magnay, Jake Perez, Saeed Ahmed, Umaro Djau and Nicole Saidi contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Mexican government says 16 people have died from virus .", "Virus has spread to 13 countries, with hardest-hit areas in the West .", "U.S. Education Department says outbreak has closed 433 schools in 17 states .", "Vaccine could be made \"in a relatively short period of time,\" official says ." ]	[ 3, 11, 33, 43 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Despite crushing defeats in the last two elections, Senate Republicans have new \"energy and enthusiasm\" for winning back the majority, according to their leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.", "A top GOP leader says George W. Bush, politically, was a \"millstone\" around the GOP's neck.", "\"President Bush had become extremely unpopular, and politically he was sort of a millstone around our necks in both '06 and '08,\" McConnell told reporters Friday.", "\"We now have the opportunity to be on offense, offer our own ideas and we will win some.\"", "Many of those ideas get presented as amendments to Democratic bills, and even though they're usually defeated, they can draw attention to GOP policy alternatives and force Democrats to take difficult votes.", "\"They become the way you chart the course for a comeback, which, in this country, always happens at some point,\" McConnell said.", "\"The pendulum swings.\"", "McConnell said many of the ideas for amendments come from conservative think tanks and other Republican thinkers off Capitol Hill.", "\"Newt Gingrich, for example, has an idea a minute.", "Many of those are quite good.", "Many of those become amendments,\" he said.", "McConnell also said he doesn't mind the \"party of no\" label Congressional Democrats and the White House give Republicans.", "\"I don't feel anyone should be apologetic for opposing a bad idea,\" McConnell said.", "\"I'm not fearful of an effort to demonize dissent.\"", "After being labeled by Democrats the \"party of no\" for criticizing the budget without offering solutions, House Republicans said Thursday that they have come up with a plan B -- though were later criticized for a lack of details.", "\"Two nights ago, the president said, 'We haven't seen a budget yet out of Republicans.'", "Well, it's just not true, because here it is, Mr. President,\" House Minority leader Rep. John Boehner said Wednesday as he held up a booklet that he said was a \"blueprint for where we're going.\"", "Watch GOP leaders unveil their 'leaner' budget » .", "The details of the GOP budget will be presented on the House floor next week, said Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin.", "\"We're going to show a leaner budget, a budget with lower taxes, lower spending and lower borrowing,\" Ryan said.", "The blueprint includes familiar Republican proposals to limit \"wasteful\" government spending, cut the size of government and provide incentives to private entities to expand access to health care.", "It also includes a major overhaul of the tax code, proposing a marginal tax rate of 10 percent for income up to $100,000 and 25 percent for any income above that level.", "White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs laughed off the Republicans' proposal Thursday, joking that their blueprint has more pictures of windmills than charts.", "\"It's interesting to have a budget that doesn't contain any numbers.", "I think the 'party of no' has become the 'party of no new ideas,' \" he said at the daily briefing.", "CNN contributor Paul Begala says that Republicans are simply out of ideas -- and have no one to blame but themselves.", "\"The Republicans are like an arsonist who complains that the fire department is wasting water.", "Obama is trying to handle an immediate crisis while also laying the foundation for long-term growth.", "The Republicans are doing neither,\" Begala said.", "\"They have no plan to stop the loss of jobs or to get capital markets functioning properly -- and they certainly have no plans for health care, education or energy, which are the keys to both long-term economic growth and long-term deficit reduction.\"", "Begala added: \"If this were 'Sesame Street,' the announcer would be saying, 'This program brought to you by the letters G, O and P ... None of the crises the president is addressing were of his creation.", "All of them were created or worsened by the Republicans who ran the House of Representatives, Senate and White House for years.\"", "CNN's Ed Hornick and Kristi Keck contributed to this report." ]	[ "Top Senate Republican says the party is plotting a \"comeback\"\nSen. Mitch McConnell says Bush was 'a millstone around our necks'\nMcConnell: No need to apologize \"for opposing a bad idea\"" ]	[ 1, 2, 12 ]
[ "SEATTLE, Washington (CNN) -- A pathologist hired by the family of one of two women whose mysterious deaths in Thailand drew worldwide attention says her \"lungs were 100 percent congested,\" Jill St. Onge's fiancee and brother said.", "Jill St. Onge died while vacationing with her fiance at a Thailand resort.", "\"He said her lung tissue was gone,\" said her brother, Robert St. Onge.", "The pathologist has not determined what caused her lungs to fail, he said, and a final report on her May 2 death may still be weeks away.", "But members of St. Onge's family said they feel the pathologist's findings, though preliminary, are enough to contradict public statements made by Thai investigators that St. Onge was the victim of food poisoning.", "\"I am 99.9 percent sure she did not die of food poisoning,\" said Ryan Kells, St. Onge's fiancee, who was with her when she died.", "\"She suffocated to death.", "I am not a doctor, but I know when someone can't breathe.\"", "Kells and St. Onge, both artists from Seattle, were on a three-month vacation through Southeast Asia when they arrived on Thailand's Phi Phi Island.", "They had gotten engaged while on the trip and were keeping friends and family up to date with their adventures.", "\"Having a blast,\" Jill St. Onge, 27, wrote about the surroundings in a blog dedicated to the couple's travels.", "\"Food, drink, sun and warm waters ... what else do ya need?\"", "The couple's vacation ended tragically when Kells found his fiancee in their hotel room vomiting and unable to breathe.", "He rushed her to a hospital where she died.", "St. Onge was healthy and there was no obvious explanation for her sudden death, her brother said.", "Just hours after St. Onge fell ill, Julie Bergheim, a Norwegian tourist who was staying in a room next to St. Onge's at the Laleena Guesthouse, came down with similar symptoms.", "She also died. According to Thai media reports, police there are focusing on food poisoning as the cause of the women's deaths.", "On Monday, the Phuket Gazette quoted a police commander as saying blood samples from both women indicated possible food poisoning from seafood.", "Still, the commander said, those results were only preliminary.", "\"I don't know when the official results will be released,\" Maj. Gen. Pasin Nokasul told the newspaper.", "\"The lab work [is being] expedited because the embassies of the two tourists want to know the cause of death as soon as possible.\"", "Kells response to Nokasul's statement was harsh.", "\"That she died of food poisoning is a ridiculous statement to make,\" he said, adding it is unlikely they would have been \"the only ones affected.\"", "Dr. William Hurley, medical director for the Washington Poison Center, is also skeptical that food poisoning could have been responsible.", "In food poisoning cases, he said, \"usually what kills you is the dehydration, not the toxin.\"", "He added, \"Food poisoning is not something that typically kills someone this quickly.", "It takes days.\"", "Ingestion of a variety of chemicals could have caused Onge and Bergheim's sudden deaths, Hurley said, and could be consistent with the condition of Onge's lungs.", "But without further information, he said, it is impossible to say what killed the two women.", "Kells said he thinks something in the hotel where they were where staying made Jill sick.", "He remembers a \"chemical smell\" in the room and thinks he avoided becoming ill because he spent less time in the room.", "On Saturday, the Phuket Wan newspaper reported that investigators visited the Laleena Guesthouse, taking samples and removing filters from the air conditioning units in the rooms where both victims had stayed.", "Rat Chuped, the owner of the hotel, told the newspaper her property was not to blame.", "\"There is no problem with my guesthouse,\" she said." ]	[ "Seattle woman is one of 2 tourists who died of unknown causes .", "Family says pathologist says her \"lungs were 100 percent congested\"\nThai officials have been focusing on food poisoning as cause of death ." ]	[ 0, 6, 16 ]
[ "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- When Michael Jackson collapsed at his rented mansion last month, the singer's arms were riddled with marks and their veins had collapsed -- both characteristics found in intravenous drug users, sources told CNN on Tuesday.", "A source says Michael Jackson had \"paper white skin.", "As white as a white T-shirt.\"", "The revelations add to the speculation that prescription drugs played a part in Jackson's death on June 25.", "The exact cause is pending toxicology results that aren't due for at least another week.", "A source involved with the investigation into Jackson's death told CNN that Jackson had \"numerous track marks\" on his arms -- and that those marks \"could certainly be consistent with the regular IV use of a drug, like Diprivan.\"", "The sources did not want to be identified because the investigation is ongoing.", "The source said investigators found numerous bottles of prescription drugs in the singer's $100,000-a-month rented mansion in Holmby Hills, but he would not confirm whether Diprivan was among them.", "Watch what sources say on condition of Jackson's body » .", "He also cautioned that it was too soon to say whether an intravenous drip of Diprivan caused the track marks.", "Some appeared fresh; others older, he said.", "The new ones could have resulted from the IVs that paramedics used when they tried to revive Jackson after he was found unconscious.", "Another source with knowledge of the case said Jackson's veins were collapsed in both arms, suggesting frequent intravenous drug use.", "The first source said Jackson's body was \"lily white from head to toe,\" perhaps the result of vitiligo -- a condition that causes the skin to lose melanin and produce slowly enlarging white patches.", "The second source said Jackson had \"paper white skin.", "The singer also did not have any hair -- a lingering effect, possibly, of an accident in 1984 when Jackson suffered burns to his scalp while shooting a commercial for Pepsi.", "Also, said the second source, Jackson was emaciated -- despite the vigor he's seen displaying in a taped rehearsal clip shot two nights before his death.", "The drug Diprivan, known by its generic name Propofol, is administered intravenously in operating rooms as a general anesthetic.", "Last week, a nutritionist -- Cherilyn Lee -- said Jackson pleaded for the drug despite being told of its harmful effects, because he had difficulty falling asleep.", "Sources close to Jackson told CNN that the insomniac singer traveled with an anesthesiologist who would \"take him down\" at night and \"bring him back up\" during a world tour in the mid-'90s.", "The California state attorney general's office is helping the Los Angeles Police Department in Jackson's death investigation.", "The office confirmed it is investigating some doctors who treated Jackson over the years.", "The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is also looking into the role of drugs.", "Los Angeles police have interviewed Jackson's cardiologist, Dr. Conrad Murray.", "They impounded Murray's car, saying it might contain evidence, possibly prescription medications.", "Police did not say whether they found anything.", "Through his lawyers, Murray has released several statements, saying he would not be commenting until the toxicology results from Jackson's autopsy are released.", "Dr. Neil Ratner, the anesthesiologist who accompanied Jackson during the HIStory tour in the mid-'90s, also refused to comment, although he acknowledged Jackson suffered from a sleep disorder.", "CNN's Susan Chun contributed to this report." ]	[ "Source cites \"numerous track marks\" on Jackson's arms when medics came .", "2nd source says Jackson's veins were collapsed in both arms .", "Sources also say Jackson was emaciated, didn't have any hair .", "Toxicology reports are at least a week away ." ]	[ 0, 4, 12, 16 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- He's been a homicidal singing barber in \"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street\" and a drunken swashbuckler in \"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.\"", "Depp is back as bank robber John Dillinger, revered in the Depression as a modern-day Robin Hood.", "Now, Hollywood shape-shifter Johnny Depp is back as another unexpectedly charismatic outlaw: Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger, a character he says he's been drawn to since he was a boy.", "\"I sort of had a fascination with John Dillinger when I was about 10, 11 years old, for some reason,\" Depp told CNN.", "\"I always kind of admired him, oddly.\"", "Oddly, perhaps, because for a short but intense period between September 1933 and July 1934 Dillinger and his gang rampaged through the American Midwest, staging jail breaks, robbing banks, and killing 10 men and wounding seven along the way.", "Dillinger's violent spree is the focus of gangster drama \"Public Enemies,\" the latest offering from director Michael Mann, and also starring Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard.", "Mann is known for his sympathetic portrayal of criminals, and Dillinger -- whose acts on the wrong side of the law led him to become one of America's first celebrities -- is the quintessential good hood.", "In the 1930s, the United States was in the grips of the worst financial disaster in history -- a time when many Americans watched their life savings disappear and became jobless and hungry.", "Members of the public blamed banks for losing their money and politicians for failing to stop them.", "For many, Dillinger's exploits represented sticking it to the fat cats, and he was idolized as a modern-day Robin Hood.", "J. Edgar Hoover, FBI director at the time, may have made Dillinger America's first Public Enemy No.", "1, but the bandit was careful not to alienate the public.", "There is a memorable moment where he drapes a coat over a female bank hostage during a raid to keep her warm.", "Also, it's said he never swore in front of women.", "He was always courteous even as he tried to meet his target of robbing banks in under two minutes.", "Crucially, he never robbed the average guy, telling him to put his money away during robberies.", "It is this Dillinger that Depp captures: a captivating revolutionary with the gift of gab who lit the public's imagination, causing people to flock to cinemas to watch his exploits in weekly newsreels.", "Review: Depp is great in 'Public Enemies' Of course, the dark, violent side of Dillinger's psyche is unavoidable.", "Depp plumbed the depths of his own character to come up with those murkier elements.", "That was something that took courage, according to Mann: \"He had Dillinger in him; that's something I sensed.", "Deep in the core of Johnny there's a toughness.\"", "Depp gained recognition throughout the 1990s for immersing himself in characters.", "He shook off an early reputation as a teen pin-up in movies like Tim Burton's 1991 Gothic tale \"Edward Scissorhands.\"", "He went on to cement his reputation for unusual film choices and quirky performances in films like \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" (2005) and \"Finding Neverland\" (2004).", "In pictures: Johnny Depp's iconic roles » .", "The 46-year-old actor says he felt a close affinity to Dillinger: \"I related to John Dillinger like he was a relative.", "I felt he was of the same blood.", "He reminded me of my stepdad and very much of my grandfather.", "\"He seemed to be one of those guys with absolutely no bull whatsoever, who lived at a time when a man was a man.\"", "\"Public Enemies\" was adapted by Mann from a nonfiction book of the same name by Bryan Burrough.", "Is it sozzled Captain.", "Jack Sparrow or smooth Donnie Brasco?", "Tell us your favorite Johnny Depp character in the SoundOff box below.", "The \"Last of the Mohicans\" director is known for fastidious research and attention to detail, which in this case included collaborating closely with the FBI to check facts -- although Mann subsequently chose to gloss over some elements for the sake of the story.", "Mann filmed in many of the locations where Dillinger's story took place almost 80 years ago, including the Biograph Theater on Lincoln Avenue in Chicago, where the bandit was finally shot dead by FBI agents as he came out of a Clark Gable movie.", "They also shot at Little Bohemia Lodge in Manitowish Waters in the far north of Wisconsin, the site of one of Dillinger's most famous showdowns with the FBI.", "Dillinger was hiding out there after a botched robbery.", "When the feds finally caught up with him, two men were killed in the vicious gunfight.", "\"We were able to shoot not just in the actual place where this happened, but in his actual room,\" says Mann.", "\"There's a certain kind of magic for Johnny Depp to be lying in the bed that John Dillinger was actually in.\"", "A lot of Dillinger's success was down to superior guns and getaway cars.", "Depp, who has experience shooting guns from previous productions, had to learn a completely different technique for the heavy guns of the time.", "Depp says shooting the Thompson submachine gun was one of the highlights of the production: \"When you've got a beast like that strapped to you and you're emptying magazines, a 50-round drum, it's a good feeling.\"", "The ride may have been thrilling for Depp but he also recognizes that the Depression-era setting has some extra significance these tight-belted times.", "\"You know,\" says Depp, \"We're in the middle of a recession, teetering on a depression.", "It's time to view the banks and grown-ups for what they are.\"" ]	[ "Johnny Depp plays charismatic bank robber John Dillinger in \"Public Enemies\"\nDepression-era tale of first Public Enemy No.", "1, idolized as modern-day Robin Hood .", "Dillinger's gang killed 10 men, wounded seven during a spree of less than one year .", "Depp on Dillinger: \"I always kind of admired him, oddly\"" ]	[ 1, 2, 4, 18 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court says he has evidence to prove Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is guilty of genocide, even though he is not charged with the crime.", "Omar al-Bashir remains president and has traveled to several countries since warrant was issued.", "Luis Moreno-Ocampo spoke to CNN on Wednesday, two days after he appealed to the court to add genocide to the existing arrest warrant for al-Bashir.", "The court issued the warrant in March on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity relating to his five-year campaign of violence in western Sudan's Darfur region.", "\"The evidence shows it is genocide,\" Moreno-Ocampo said.", "The warrant was the first one ever issued for a sitting head of state by the world's only permanent war crimes tribunal, based at The Hague in the Netherlands.", "It includes five counts of crimes against humanity, including murder, extermination, forcible transfer, torture and rape.", "It also includes two charges of war crimes for intentionally directing attacks against civilians and for pillaging.", "Al-Bashir remains president and has traveled to several countries since the warrant was issued, even though any country that is party to the ICC has an obligation to hand him over to The Hague, the court says.", "The United Nations estimates that 300,000 people have been killed in the conflict in Darfur, and 2.5 million have been forced to flee their homes.", "Sudan denies the death toll is that high.", "The violence in Darfur erupted in 2003 after rebels began an uprising against the Sudanese government.", "To counter the rebels, Sudanese authorities armed and cooperated with Arab militias that went from village to village in Darfur, killing, torturing and raping residents there, according to the United Nations, Western governments and human rights organizations.", "The militias targeted civilian members of tribes from which the rebels drew strength.", "In his appeal to the court Monday, Moreno-Ocampo complained that the judges' standard for adding the genocide charge to the warrant is too high.", "The judges want him to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that al-Bashir committed genocide, but that level of proof is not required for a warrant, which only requires a reasonable inference of guilt, he said.", "\"They are requesting a level of evidence that is the level of evidence required at the trial stage, not at the beginning of the process,\" Moreno-Ocampo said.", "Part of the reason that prosecutors cannot provide more evidence at this stage is because al-Bashir is attacking witnesses who are willing to provide information to prosecutors, Moreno-Ocampo said.", "Presenting more evidence could endanger the victims, he said.", "\"It's a legal issue,\" he said.", "\"The judgment by itself is very important, but in addition I cannot accept this wrong legal standard.\"", "The judges believe the crimes that Moreno-Ocampo classifies as genocide instead fall under the category of crimes against humanity, he said.", "Even if Moreno-Ocampo were successful in adding genocide to the warrant, he would still face a difficult task in proving the charges at trial, said Mark Ellis, the executive director of the International Bar Association.", "\"Genocide is a much more complicated legal position to meet (than war crimes and crimes against humanity) because you have to show in proving genocide that there was an intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a group based on -- in this case -- ethnicity or race,\" Ellis told CNN.", "\"Obviously the prosecutor believes he would be able to prove this intent and so he wants the opportunity to prove that in trial.\"", "But if Moreno-Ocampo loses the appeal, Ellis said, it would not minimize the seriousness of the case.", "\"The charges that have been (alleged) on war crimes and crimes against humanity are still very serious charges and they are egregious acts,\" he said.", "A ruling on the appeal is likely within six months, Moreno-Ocampo told CNN." ]	[ "Luis Moreno-Ocampo calls for genocide to be added to al-Bashir's charges .", "Sudan leader already charged with war crimes, crimes against humanity .", "Relates to five-year campaign of violence in western Sudan's Darfur region .", "U.N. estimates 300,000 people have been killed in the conflict ." ]	[ 2, 3, 9 ]
[ "(CNN) -- It's been nine years since Kim and Curtis Christiansen were married.", "Since then they've had their ups and downs, but they've remained close.", "But when Curtis began snoring about three years ago, Kim began sleeping on the couch.", "After his snoring drove his wife, Kim, to sleep on the couch, Curtis Christiansen saw a sleep specialist.", "\"His snoring was so loud.", "At first I would just elbow him to wake him up,\" she said, \"But then I became concerned.", "He would just (she gasps for breath).", "It would take his breath away.\"", "At first Curtis Christiansen figured he was tired, a little run down from his job.", "He thought the snoring was just a symptom of his exhaustion.", "But when he started nodding off while waiting at a traffic light, he knew something was wrong.", "\"I became more aware of this choking and waking-up feeling,\" he said.", "Kim Christiansen finally persuaded her husband to go to a sleep specialist.", "The diagnosis: obstructive sleep apnea.", "According to the National Sleep Foundation, more than 18 million American adults have sleep apnea, and many of them don't know it.", "Some people think their snoring is just a side effect of a busy lifestyle.", "Watch more on the difference between sleep apnea and snoring » .", "In some cases, that's true.", "But the foundation says it's trying to get more people to realize how important it is to know the difference between occasional snoring and apnea.", "Studies have shown that sleep apnea has some serious side effects.", "A disorder in which breathing is briefly and repeatedly interrupted during sleep, apnea occurs when the muscles in the back of the throat fail to keep the airway open, despite efforts to breathe.", "That can cause broken sleep patterns and low blood oxygen levels.", "Doctors say these side effects can lead to hypertension, heart disease, and mood and memory problems.", "In a recent study at the University of Maryland Medical Center, researchers found that sleep apnea can cause a rise in depression and that sleep-related breathing disorders can also worsen nightmares and post-traumatic stress disorder.", "And because sufferers are usually sleepy during the day, apnea can increase the risk of automobile crashes.", "There's no question it can be life-threatening, doctors say.", "So how do you know whether your snoring is something more serious?", "When snoring starts to affect your daily habits, you should see a doctor, said Dr. Thomas LoRusso, director of the Northern Virginia Sleep Diagnostic Centers.", "\"A bed partner may notice that the patient stops breathing and snores loudly, \" LoRusso said.", "\"And the daytime symptoms are sleepiness, poor concentration, problems waking up in the morning.\"", "LoRusso says a good way to check your sleep habits is to note your levels of fatigue during the day and jot down other symptoms you might be having.", "And if you have a bed partner, ask whether he or she has noticed any \"choking or gasping while you snore,\" he said.", "\"The person you sleep with, many times, knows your snoring better than you.\"", "Specific lifestyle changes can help you avoid sleep apnea, the sleep foundation said.", "LoRusso agrees.", "\"Cut out the alcohol,\" he said.", "\"It can make the upper airway muscles to relax.\"", "And watch your weight.", "Losing pounds can \"cure\" sleep apnea, especially for overweight people, LoRusso said.", "If you smoke, try to quit, he said.", "Smoking creates swelling in the upper airway, making apnea worse.", "These seemingly small changes can have dramatic results.", "\"In some cases, changing these factors can eliminate sleep apnea from some patients,\" LoRusso said.", "For Curtis Christiansen, it wasn't that easy.", "Not only was he thin and a non-smoker, he suffered from high blood pressure and high cholesterol and, because of a previous health issue, had only one kidney.", "He needed help immediately.", "His doctor recommended a device called a CPAP, or continuous positive airway pressure device.", "It's a mask or nose piece that blows air into the airway to keep it open while a patient sleeps.", "Although surgery is an option for those who have problems even with the CPAP, Christiansen wasn't one of them.", "Since his diagnosis, Christiansen has gotten his blood pressure under control.", "When he started wearing the CPAP, he confesses, he'd leave it behind when he went out of town.", "\"But I found I wasn't getting a good night's sleep, so now I take the CPAP along,\" he said with a smile, \"and I have a restful vacation with my wife.\"" ]	[ "In sleep apnea, breathing is briefly and repeatedly interrupted .", "More than 18 million U.S. adults have sleep apnea; many don't know it .", "Potential side effects: hypertension, heart disease and mood, memory problems .", "Cutting out alcohol, losing weight, quitting smoking can help ." ]	[ 14, 17, 22, 35 ]
[ "JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono held a commanding lead in national elections Wednesday, according to the latest exit polls.", "A woman votes at a polling station in Indonesia.", "An average of six exit polls showed the incumbent holding about 60 percent of the vote compared to 27 percent for former President Megawati Sukarnoputri and 12 percent for Yudhoyono's vice president, Yusuf Kalla.", "Official results are expected no sooner than next week.", "Indonesia has 175 million registered voters spread over 17,000 islands.", "It was the country's second direct election since the authoritarian regime of dictator Suharto fell in 1998, in the wake of the Asian financial crisis.", "Analysts and polls, ahead of the vote, predicted Yudhoyono -- riding high on the country's economic strength -- would win a second term.", "Watch as incumbent expected to win election » .", "In 2004, Yudhoyono defeated then-incumbent Megawati in a runoff election.", "Watch more on the election » .", "Yudhoyono \"has positive global image; relations with the American government have been the best in all the time that I have been here, the last 30 years,\" said James Castle, who analyzes Indonesia's politics and economy.", "\"He's very popular in the foreign community and, to be honest, if he's not re-elected, the markets will react negatively for a month or so.\"", "Yudhoyono's Democratic Party was the only single party to get enough votes in April's legislative elections to nominate a candidate on its own.", "Kalla's Golkar Party came in second and Megawati's Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, or PDI-P, placed third.", "Kalla and Megawati had to form coalitions with other parties to run for president.", "Kalla had hoped voters would give him some of the credit for Indonesia's economic successes which occurred under his term as vice president.", "See a photo slideshow of Indonesians talking about who they will vote for » .", "Yudhoyono is known as \"Mr. Clean\" because of his anti-corruption efforts.", "He has gained popularity for his handling of the 2004 tsunami recovery and the country's battle against terrorism.", "Indonesia has had impressive economic growth over the past five years, though how much direct credit Yudhoyono can take for that is questionable.", "And despite Indonesia posting an average of 5.9 percent annual growth during his presidency, little of that has trickled down to the country's poor.", "Yudhoyono's opponents say he is too liberal, is too skewed toward the west, and doesn't pay enough attention to the 40 million Indonesians living below the poverty line.", "Still, the country is exhibiting surprising resilience in the face of the global economic downturn.", "Growth topped 6 percent last year, and Indonesia was the fastest-growing economy in southeast Asia in the first quarter of this year.", "\"All off a sudden, everybody is contracting except for Indonesia,\" Castle said.", "\"We've had more visiting regional heads and so on in the last six months than we had in the last six years.\"" ]	[ "NEW: Polls close; Official results expected no sooner than next week .", "Three familiar faces competed: current president, his deputy and an ex-president .", "Analysts and polls have Yudhoyono (known as SBY) tipped to win a second term .", "SBY is riding high on the country's economic strength ." ]	[ 3, 6, 17 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The White House unveiled a strategy to combat rising drug crimes along the border Friday, vowing to curb the flow of narcotics and weapons that has been endangering more and more U.S. communities.", "Pedestrians cross the U.S.-Mexico border at the San Ysidro gate in San Diego, California.", "\"The National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy we introduce today provides an effective way forward that will crack down on cartels and make our country safer,\" Attorney General Eric Holder vowed in Albuquerque, New Mexico.", "Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said the plan \"calls for tougher inspections, more enforcement personnel and close coordination with our partners in Mexico as we work across federal, state and local governments. ...", "Together, we will continue to reduce the flow of illegal drugs across the Southwest border and ensure that those who ignore our laws are prosecuted.\"", "The plan did not appear to contain any surprises.", "It focuses largely on increased intelligence, cooperation among law enforcement agencies and enhanced technology.", "A summary released by the White House also promises \"targeted financial sanctions to disable drug trafficking organizations.\"", "Rising drug violence in the United States is one of the administration's top domestic concerns.", "Among the worst-hit cities in recent years is Phoenix, Arizona, where there's been an average of more than one reported kidnapping every day since 2007, virtually all linked to the drug trade.", "Home invasions have spiked as well.", "As drug cartels have extended their reach in the United States, the violence has also been on the rise on the other side of the border.", "More than 40 people, including two police officers, have been killed in shootings in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez since last weekend, authorities there said.", "Gil Kerlikowske, President Obama's director of national drug control policy, will oversee the policy announced Friday.", "\"This new plan, combined with the dedicated efforts of the government of Mexico, creates a unique opportunity to make real headway on the drug threat,\" Kerlikowske said.", "\"At the same time, we are renewing our commitment to reduce the demand for drugs in the United States, which will support this effort.", "The National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy will improve the safety of communities on the border and throughout our nation.\"", "CNN's Terry Frieden contributed to this report." ]	[ "Plan involves increased intelligence and enhanced technology .", "It aims to slow the flow of cash and illegal firearms into Mexico .", "Rising drug violence is among White House's top domestic concerns ." ]	[ 0, 6, 8 ]
[ "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Michael Jackson's dermatologist did not rule out that he may be the biological father of Jackson's children, and Dr. Arnold Klein denied that he ever gave Jackson dangerous drugs.", "When asked if he were the father of Jackson's oldest children, Klein said \"not to the best of my knowledge.\"", "Klein, in an interview Wednesday on ABC's \"Good Morning America,\" denied that he was on the list of doctors being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department.", "When he saw that someone gave Jackson a dangerous drug, he was the one \"who limited everything, who stopped everything,\" Klein said.", "Jackson danced around Klein's Beverly Hills office just three days before his death and was \"not in terrible pain,\" Klein said.", "Debbie Rowe, who was briefly married to Jackson and gave birth to his two oldest children, worked for 23 years in Klein's office, he said.", "The doctor refused to say whether he thought Rowe should get custody of them instead of Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson.", "Photos: Stars come out for memorial » .", "\"I can't make those answers, because 'should have' and 'will' are two different things,\" he said.", "Klein was scheduled to talk to CNN's Larry King about Michael Jackson on Wednesday night.", "Klein's response when Diane Sawyer asked whether he was the biological father of Jackson's children left open the possibility that he was.", "Watch why Paris Jackson's comments were a surprise » .", "\"Not to the best of my knowledge,\" Klein said.", "\"All I can tell you is, best of my knowledge, I am not the father of these children.", "But I am telling you, if push comes to shove, I can't say anything about.\"", "Klein said he \"can't answer it in any other way, because, you know what, I don't want to feed any of this insanity that is going around.\"", "Katherine Jackson was given temporary guardianship of the children by a judge several days after her son's death.", "Rowe was considering whether she will seek custody or visitation of the two born to her, her lawyer said last week.", "The Los Angeles County coroner is waiting for toxicology test results -- not due for at least another week -- before determining what killed Jackson last month.", "The death certificate listed the cause of death as \"deferred.\"", "Watch the latest details in the Jackson probe » .", "Sources said Tuesday that when Jackson collapsed, his arms were riddled with marks, and their veins had collapsed, both characteristics found in intravenous drug users.", "The revelations add to the growing speculation that prescription drugs played a part in Jackson's death.", "Klein said that when Jackson came to his office the week of his death, there were no indications anything was wrong: no \"problems of slurred speech, shorten movement or anything.\"", "Watch Klein deny he is the father of Michael Jackson's children » .", "\"I saw nothing at that point that would make me worry whatsoever,\" he said.", "\"But I was always concerned about him, because I was always worried about other doctors.\"", "He said \"the problem with Michael\" was that because he was rich, \"no matter what he wanted, someone would give it to him.\"", "Klein said he once convinced Jackson not to take Dilaudid, a drug he said was \"10 times stronger than morphine.\"", "\"I said, 'You can't take that. It's poison. Throw that in the trash,' \" he said.", "\"And I got him to throw it in the toilet.", "But I can't be there every minute.\"", "Klein said that LAPD investigators have not contacted him and that he is \"not one of the doctors\" being questioned about Jackson's drug use.", "\"I have given him medication, yes,\" he said.", "\"He could take all the medication I have given him in a year, and nothing would happen to him.\"", "Klein said he has \"sedated him in the past,\" when he \"put him through very painful procedures.", "\"There was nothing wrong with the manner I treated Michael, because what I had to do is restructure for an individual who had lupus, who had terrible acne scarring his face,\" he said." ]	[ "Dr. Arnold Klein says singer seemed in good shape .", "Is Klein father of two oldest Jackson children?", "\"Not to the best of my knowledge\"\nKlein will appear on \"Larry King Live\" on Wednesday night ." ]	[ 1, 9, 13 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- After huffing and puffing up 354 steps to the newly reopened Lady Liberty crown, Aaron Weisinger figured it was time to pop the question to his girlfriend, Erica Breder.", "Aaron Weisinger proposes to Erica Breder on July Fourth inside the crown of the Statue of Liberty.", "\"The Fourth of July has always been a favorite holiday, so that was part of it, \" Weisinger said.", "The couple flew to New York from San Francisco, California, after managing to be among the first 240 people to snag the tickets to the Statue of Liberty crown for its reopening after September 11, 2001.", "Weisinger got down on one knee inside the narrow, 8-foot-long deck inside the Statue of Liberty's crown, asked Breder to be his wife and offered her a sizeable diamond ring.", "\"I believe I was silent for several minutes.", "I was so excited,\" Breder said.", "Then she said \"yes.\" Both said their families came to the United States via Ellis Island.", "\"My great-grandparents immigrated [from Russia and Hungary],\" Weisinger said.", "His fiance's relatives arrived from Hungary.", "\"The thoughts behind the statue and freedom and liberty allowed our parents and great-grandparents before us to have the wonderful lives that we do,\" Weisinger added.", "Breder said she was thrilled to make the long climb up a steep spiral staircase to stand inside Lady Liberty's crown.", "\"It was fantastic, much smaller than we had anticipated.", "The view's fantastic,\" the newly engaged Breder said.", "New safety measures include double handrails, glass stairwell partitions and careful crowd control, according to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.", "Now, only three groups of 10 visitors per hour are guided up to the crown by a National Park Service ranger.", "That means only about 87,000 will be able to visit each year.", "In the past, it took visitors at least an hour and a half to climb from the base to the crown.", "Now, it takes only about 15 to 20 minutes.", "A new engineering study showed that there had to be changes to make it easier to exit the crowded staircase.", "Crown tickets can now be reserved online up to a year in advance, but the statue will close again in two years for additional renovations." ]	[ "Aaron Weisinger proposed to Erica Breder on July 4 inside the Statue of Liberty .", "Couple among first people to see statue's crown since reopening after 9/11 .", "\"I believe I was silent for several minutes.", "I was so excited,\" Breder said .", "New safety measures include double handrails, stairwell partitions, crowd control ." ]	[ 1, 3, 5, 6, 14 ]
[ "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- The first official indication that a family service for Michael Jackson will be held at Forest Lawn Cemetery came from a Los Angeles police official Sunday.", "A memorial poster for Michael Jackson is displayed outside Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday.", "Forest Lawn officials were working with the Jackson family on their plans, which were part of \"a package\" of events Tuesday, said Jim McDonnell, assistant chief of staff of the Los Angeles Police Department.", "His comments, however, did not answer questions about where or when Jackson would be buried.", "While there are five Forest Lawn cemeteries in the Los Angeles area, a long line of media trucks and crews have been parked at the gate of the Hollywood Hills facility for several days in anticipation of Jackson's possible interment there.", "The family of the singer, who died June 25, has given no public statement on the planning.", "However, brother Jermaine Jackson told CNN on Thursday that a private service would be held Tuesday morning.", "A public memorial for Michael Jackson at the Staples Center in Los Angeles is set to start at 10 a.m. PT Tuesday.", "McDonnell said police do not expect a Jackson motorcade to take place on Tuesday.", "An official with AEG Live, the concert promoter handling the public memorial plans, said there would be no funeral processional.", "About 1.6 million fans registered for a chance at fewer than 9,000 pairs of tickets to the memorial service, organizers said.", "Registration ended at 6 p.m. Saturday.", "The 8,750 registrants picked in a random drawing were to receive an e-mail Sunday after 11 a.m. PT, AEG Live said.", "Tickets will be handed to the winning registrants Monday outside the Staples Center, said Tim Leiweke, president of AEG Live.", "Ticketholders will also have wristbands to match their tickets, a precaution against people \"trying to take advantage\" of the system, he said." ]	[ "L.A. police: Cemetery officials working with singer's family for private service .", "When, where Michael Jackson will be buried are still not publicly known .", "One of Jackson's brothers has said private service will be held Tuesday .", "Public memorial to be held at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday ." ]	[ 0, 3, 6, 7, 8 ]
[ "MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Miami Dolphins defensive end Randy Starks was arrested early Sunday after police said he struck an officer with a slow-moving Freightliner truck, according to a police report.", "Miami Dolphins defensive end Randy Starks was arrested early Sunday, according to police.", "Starks, 25, faces a charge of aggravated battery, according to the report.", "The arrest took place about 12:20 a.m. in Miami's South Beach area.", "Officers said they saw the Freightliner truck in bumper-to-bumper traffic on South Beach's Ocean Drive with some 13 people inside, including a woman sitting on the lap of Starks, who was driving.", "The truck's seating capacity is four occupants, the police report said.", "It was not clear from the police report whether the Freightliner -- normally part of a tractor-trailer -- was connected to a trailer.", "In the report, the officer recalled pursuing the truck on foot for about a half-block and pounding on the rear driver's-side window, but it kept moving.", "The officer caught up to the truck again, and it stopped after the officer pounded on the window again, the report said.", "\"I slowly approached the side door and just as I reached it the vehicle accelerated and started moving forward and slightly to the left,\" the unidentified officer writes in the report.", "\"The vehicle's path caused the driver's side of the vehicle to strike me in the chest pushing me back and pinning me against a vehicle stopped in traffic in the northbound lane.\"", "Meanwhile, a second officer was pounding on the passenger's-side window, the report said.", "The truck stopped, and Starks was arrested.", "A police check showed that the truck's license plate was not assigned to that vehicle, the report said, and Starks faces a charge for that as well.", "Starks was released from jail later Sunday, according to a records check.", "The Miami Herald newspaper reported earlier he was jailed on $10,000 bond.", "Dolphins spokesman Harvey Greene told CNN the club was \"only recently made aware of the situation.", "Since we are in the process of gathering information we have no comment.\"", "Starks is in his sixth NFL season and his second with the Dolphins." ]	[ "Miami Dolphins defensive end Randy Starks was arrested early Sunday morning .", "Police say Starks struck an officer with a slow-moving Freightliner truck .", "Miami Herald newspaper reports he was jailed on $10,000 bond .", "Starks is in his sixth NFL season and his second with the Dolphins ." ]	[ 0, 15, 18 ]
[ "BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN/In Session) -- She earned $1 million a year as a high-powered financial executive, yet she told a jury she woke up hungry in a cold house because her husband controlled everything.", "Sandra Boss testifies about the 12 years she spent with a man she thought was one of the Rockefellers.", "She said it took years to leave the man who told her he was a member of the moneyed Rockefeller clan because she didn't know the online passwords to their bank accounts.", "Being the breadwinner offered her no status in her marriage, Sandra Lynn Boss, 42, testified Tuesday at her former husband's kidnapping trial.", "\"You mistakenly confuse money and power.", "Money and power are not the same thing in a relationship,\" she explained under cross-examination by her former husband's defense attorney, Jeffrey Denner, who at times seemed stunned by her answers.", "The lawyer asked Boss why she didn't assert herself given that she was a \"dynamic, intelligent woman\" who financially supported the family.", "She responded, \"I did assert myself but the abuse was pretty rough.", "There was a lot of anger and yelling.\"", "Watch how she felt powerless to leave » .", "She said she believed the fanciful stories her husband wove around his image as Clark Rockefeller and never saw any sign of mental illness.", "Denner asked how a successful businesswoman who was educated at Stanford and Harvard universities could fall for an impostor who called himself Clark Rockefeller.", "\"There's a big difference between intellectual intelligence and emotional intelligence,\" Boss explained.", "\"I'm not saying I made a very good choice of a husband.", "It's obvious I had a pretty big blind spot.\"", "Rockefeller, whose real name is Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, is accused of kidnapping their daughter, Reigh, for six days in July and taking the child to Baltimore, Maryland, where he'd bought a townhouse near the harbor.", "His trial began last week in Boston, Massachusetts.", "In her second day on the stand, Boss described the decline of a 12-year marriage that began with a whirlwind summer romance before her second year at Harvard business school.", "By the time her marriage ended, she said, \"My personal life was scary.\"", "She repeatedly referred to her 48-year-old ex-husband as \"the defendant.\"", "Defense attorney Denner referred to his client as \"Clark\" during questioning.", "Boss, who now lives in London, England, with Reigh, 8, publicly told her story for the first time on the witness stand.", "She has been excoriated in the media.", "One New York writer called her a \"ding-bat doormat\" who married a \"Crockefeller.\"", "It's more complicated than that, Boss explained under cross-examination.", "\"He told compelling stories.", "It seems stupid in hindsight, and it really was, but that is how it was. ...", "I lived with a person who told me a set of internally consistent things.\"", "And so, she never questioned why he never seemed to make any money, possess a driver's license, or bring any family around.", "She had no doubt he had a billion-dollar art collection, even if she was annoyed he would refuse to sell off a piece or two when money got tight.", "She was questioned at length about one particularly bizarre story he told.", "He said a fall down some stairs left him mute as a child -- until he saw a dog and spontaneously uttered \"woofness\" at age 10.", "She did acknowledge on the stand that she considered \"woofness\" to be a \"stupid word.\"", "And, she said she didn't question him when he told her that asking people to pay him for work he did was beneath the dignity of a Rockefeller.", "She initiated divorce proceedings after hiring a private investigator in 2006, who determined that her husband definitely was not who he said he was.", "He agreed to part, surrendering custody of their daughter for $800,000, two cars, her engagement ring and a dress he had given her.", "On July 27, during an agreed-upon custodial visit, he allegedly abducted Reigh.", "\"I was completely traumatized,\" Boss said.", "\"I was hysterical.\" Denner questioned Boss at length about his client's mental state during their marriage.", "She said he told her in 1999 that he thought he was having a nervous breakdown folowing the Asian market collapse.", "They moved from New York as a result.", "But, despite the defense attorney's prodding, Boss would not characterize her former husband as delusional.", "\"The defendant was often very unpleasant -- lack of empathy, anger, control issues, absolutely.", "I'm not a psychologist, but he was hard to live with ...", "I saw behavior that made me think that he wasn't at all well, yes,\" she testified.", "Again, Denner suggested that her situation did not make sense, pointing out, \"You are a consultant with one of the most prestigious companies.\"", "Boss replied: \"I come from a place where you don't even jaywalk.", "It never occurred to me that I was living with someone who was lying to me.\"", "She added, \"He was lying to a lot of people.\"", "She was followed to the stand by FBI experts and another former wife.", "The defense case could begin Wednesday." ]	[ "Ex-wife says she had trouble leaving Rockefeller impostor .", "Sandra Boss says he was controlling, abusive .", "She says she didn't consider him mentally ill .", "Impostor is accused of kidnapping his daughter in July ." ]	[ 1, 15, 33 ]
[ "(CNN) -- President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday held their first face-to-face meeting since each took power, confronting a range of potentially divisive issues.", "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Obama visit at the White House on Monday.", "At a pivotal moment in the Middle East peace process, the two leaders met at the White House to discuss, among other things, the endorsement of a two-state Palestinian solution and relations with Iran.", "The issue of Iran's nuclear ambitions became an increasingly urgent one in recent months.", "Netanyahu wants a time limit for negotiations relating to such ambitions, with the threat of military action if no resolution is reached.", "Obama is seen as unlikely to provide a timetable.", "Both Israel and the United States believe Iran is seeking nuclear weapons under the guise of a civilian nuclear energy program; Tehran denies the accusation.", "Israeli leaders have pointed to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's calls for the end of Israel as a Jewish state and argue that quick action is needed.", "At an Oval Office news conference, Obama again refused to commit to an \"artificial deadline\" for Iranian negotiations.", "But he also warned that he would not allow such talks to be used as an excuse for delay while Iran develops a nuclear arsenal.", "Obama said he expects to accelerate such talks after the June Iranian elections.", "\"I firmly believe it is in Iran's interest not to develop nuclear weapons, because it would trigger a nuclear arms race in the Middle East and be profoundly destabilizing in all sorts of ways,\" Obama said.", "It \"is important ... to be mindful of the fact that we're not going to have talks forever.", "We're not going to create a situation in which the talks become an excuse for inaction while Iran proceeds with developing ... and deploying a nuclear weapon.\"", "He said the United States is not \"foreclosing a range of steps, including much stronger international sanctions, in assuring that Iran understands that we are serious.\"", "Netanyahu emphasized that although \"the common goal is peace ... the common threat we face are terrorist threats and organizations that seek to undermine [that] peace and threaten both our peoples.\"", "The prime minister called Iran the biggest threat to peace in the region.", "\"If Iran were to acquire nuclear weapons, it could give a nuclear umbrella to terrorists, or worse, could actually give [them] nuclear weapons.", "And that would put us all in great peril,\" he said.", "The divide between the two leaders -- Obama is considered to have a more conciliatory approach to the Arab world than Netanyahu -- was dramatically illustrated shortly before their meeting by Israel's decision to begin construction at the West Bank outpost of Maskiyot.", "A number of families evacuated from Gaza are now being resettled in Maskiyot; several are living in temporary housing.", "A government spokesman said the construction's start date and the timing of Netanyahu's trip are a coincidence.", "Obama wants such outposts dismantled, along with an immediate freeze on settlement expansion.", "Netanyahu wants to allow natural growth in Jewish settlements in the West Bank -- for example, allowing children who grow up in a settlement to build a home alongside that of their parents.", "Obama also supports the idea of a Palestinian state alongside a secure Israel.", "Netanyahu has not endorsed the idea, arguing that Israel needs security guarantees and a clear Palestinian partner for peace talks.", "\"I want to make it clear that we don't want to govern the Palestinians.", "... [If] Israel's security conditions are met and there's recognition of Israel's legitimacy -- its permanent legitimacy -- then I think we can envision an arrangement where Palestinians and Israelis live side by side in dignity, security and in peace,\" Netanyahu said.", "Pressed on the question of a two-state solution, the prime minister said he thinks \"the terminology will take care of itself if we have the substantive understanding.\"", "Netanyahu and his Cabinet were sworn in March 31.", "A day later, Israel's new hard-line foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, distanced himself from the Annapolis process, the 2007 relaunch of peace talks adopted by his predecessor, Tzipi Livni.", "The PLO issued a statement after the meeting criticizing Netanyahu for failing to more explicitly endorse a two-state solution.", "Netanyahu \"missed yet another opportunity to show himself to be a genuine partner for peace,\" chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat said.", "\"Calling for negotiations without a clearly defined end-goal offers only the promise of more process, not progress.\"", "Erakat praised Obama for supporting a freeze on Israeli settlement activity.", "Despite their differences, Obama and Netanyahu agree on numerous key issues, such as U.S. military and financial support for Israel.", "Obama highlighted his stance during his presidential campaign.", "Obama also supports funding for Palestinian entities not controlled by Hamas, which controls Gaza and which the United States labels a terrorist organization.", "Before making his trip to Washington, Netanyahu met with leaders of Jordan and Egypt, viewed as potential partners in the effort to bring peace to the region.", "Obama will host Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on May 26 and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on May 28.", "He is also scheduled to deliver a long-awaited speech on relations between the United States and the Muslim world in Cairo, Egypt, on June 4.", "Some Palestinian leaders have expressed hope that Netanyahu, under pressure from the new U.S. administration, may soon choose to accept the principle of a two-state solution.", "\"If, in fact, Mr. Netanyahu were to make an unequivocal statement about acceptance of this as a solution concept, then he should immediately be asked to begin, immediately, to implement Israel's other obligations under the road map,\" said Salam Fayyad, the Palestinian prime minister.", "The road map, put together by the Mideast Quartet -- composed of the European Union, Russia, the United Nations and the United States -- calls on Israel to stop settlement building and Palestinians to stop terrorism.", "The plan was introduced in 2003 but immediately stalled.", "Monday's meeting between Obama and Netanyahu was largely expected to be a chance for the two sides to discuss their positions rather than iron out differences.", "Aides on both sides stressed that each leader views the other as a friend in peace efforts.", "CNN's Paula Hancocks contributed to this report." ]	[ "President Obama, Israeli prime minister meet for first time as national leaders .", "Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu discuss approach to Mideast peace .", "Leaders also touched on Iran's nuclear ambitions .", "Israeli settlements illustrate divide between the two ." ]	[ 0, 1, 3, 45 ]
[ "(CNN) -- It started with sinus congestion for Shawna Coronado.", "Then the splitting migraines came.", "Coronado soon discovered the furry causes: Harrington and Kalamazoo.", "Shawna Coronado endures headaches and congestion to keep her 30-pound pug, Harrington.", "Her 30-pound pug and orange tabby scattered dead skin flakes around the house, triggering Coronado's allergic reactions.", "Her two daughters are also allergic, but their reactions are less severe.", "Like the 10 million American pet owners with allergies, the Coronados faced a dilemma: Can human and dog co-exist in the same house?", "\"We love them,\" said Coronado about her family's pets.", "\"They're adorable. They're really our babies.", "They're part of the family.", "We could never live without them.\"", "Allergies can cause itchy eyes, hives, sneezing, congestion or even asthma.", "To keep animals around, allergic pet owners get shots, pop antihistamines, squeeze eyedrops, squirt nasal spray, use inhalers or just deal with it.", "Others try to find a dog that won't trigger the symptoms.", "President-elect Barack Obama's family has said his family is seeking a \"hypoallergenic dog,\" because of his eldest daughter, Malia's, allergies.", "Unfortunately, there's no such thing.", "The belief that certain breeds are hypoallergenic is \"a complete misconception,\" said Dr. Robert Wood, chief of pediatric allergy and immunology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.", "\"You can't predict by type or breed, or length of hair.\"", "Pet allergies are not caused by dog hair, the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology noted in a recent statement.", "\"The allergen is produced in saliva, urine, dander-- it's not just hair,\" said Dr. Wanda Phipatanakul, an allergist at Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.", "\"Even with a hairless dog, there are still allergens.\"", "For their next pet, the Coronados are considering a poodle.", "Although poodles, bichon frises and Malteses are often touted as hypoallergenic dogs, these breeds all produce allergens.", "There hasn't been sufficient research to determine whether certain breeds are more allergy-friendly, said Dr. Clifford Bassett, an assistant clinical professor of medicine at The Long Island College Hospital in New York.", "\"There is not a lot of research in this area,\" he said.", "\"There are differences between breeds, but we don't have research to definitively say.", "They all produce allergens.\"", "The key factors are the animal's size and the volume of hair.", "The fur can collect pollens, mold spore and allergens and bring them indoors, triggering reactions.", "Even so, reactions vary widely, because everyone's body is different, doctors say.", "Before committing to a pet, make an arrangement to bring the animal to the home for a trial period to see how the person with allergies fares.", "\"It's always going to be trial and error,\" Wood said.", "\"Someone might be allergic to one breed, but the main dog allergen that people are allergic to is present in all dogs.\"", "It is also possible for someone to develop dog allergies months or years after bringing the animal home.", "If symptoms arise, doctors recommend getting tested to be certain that the allergy is coming from the animal.", "Allergic reactions could come from other irritants, such as pollen or dust.", "A person's allergies can also inexplicably change over time.", "In the same way that some people outgrow food allergies, there is a rare possibility that pet owners could outgrow their allergies to animals, experts said.", "Pills and medications are available to treat the symptoms, but the best remedy, said Philatanakul, is to not have pets.", "\"There's nothing that can be done except for avoidance,\" she said.", "\"There's no cure. You're exposing yourself to high levels of allergens in your home.", "We generally recommend they should not have a pet.", "It's not recommended.\" For many families, having a loving, furry companion outweighs the runny noses, wheezing and water eyes.", "Coronado, who is also allergic to mold, dust and yeast, suspects it's not just the dog and cat causing her headaches.", "After cutting out beer, bread and cheese from her diet, she says she doesn't get as many allergic reactions.", "But she can't pick up the cat without getting congested.", "Sometimes Harrington and Kalamazoo trot into the house bringing all sorts of allergens with them and trigger her allergic reactions.", "Despite the discomforts, the Coronados aren't getting rid of their animals.", "\"Our lives are so enriched because we have dogs and cats,\" she said.", "\"You can live in a positive way and live well with the pets or you can suffer every day and think it's miserable.", "It's really how you look at it.", "The reason we live with pets is because we live life in a positive way and we work it out.\"", "Her two daughters have cat allergies, but they don't have asthma or breathing difficulties, so Kalamazoo is staying put in their Warrenville, Illinois, home.", "\"Pets are healing for we humans,\" Coronado said.", "\"They are for my children. We adore them as part of the family.", "On a mental health level, children gain something from pets.", "Children gain a lot from being in nature and being outside.", "Dogs and cats as pets are part of that experience.\"", "Pets do provide therapeutic value, said Bassett.", "\"Pets make people feel good,\" he said.", "\"Pets reduce anxiety, blood pressure. Pets are here to stay.\"" ]	[ "10 million American pet owners have allergies .", "Allergies caused by protein in animal dander, saliva or urine, not by hair .", "Belief that certain breeds are hypoallergenic is \"a complete misconception\"\nMedications available to treat symptoms, but best remedy is not to have pets ." ]	[ 16, 18, 38 ]
[ "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- The memorial service for singer Michael Jackson cost the city of Los Angeles $1.4 million, the mayor's office said Wednesday.", "A donation page on the City of Los Angeles' Web site has crashed several times since its launch yesterday.", "Costs included putting extra police on the streets, trash pickup, sanitation, traffic control and more for the Tuesday event, spokeswoman Sarah Hamilton said.", "Three thousand police officers -- almost one-third of the Los Angeles police force -- were on hand to ensure the Jackson events proceeded smoothly, Los Angeles Assistant Police Chief Jim McDonnell, said Tuesday.", "The city, which is $530 million in debt, set up a Web page asking Jackson fans to donate money to help with the expenses.", "On Tuesday morning, hundreds of donors contributed more than $17,000 through the Web site.", "But then, the high volume of traffic caused it to crash frequently and for long periods of time, the mayor's office said.", "The city, therefore, was unable to collect contributions for several hours on Tuesday.", "The site also crashed for 12 hours, beginning at 8 p.m. Tuesday -- and again, periodically throughout Wednesday morning, the office said.", "Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich does not want taxpayers to pay a penny for the service, his spokesman said Wednesday.", "\"The city attorney does not want something like this happening again, the city paying [the initial costs] for a private event,\" spokesman John Franklin said.", "\"That's especially in a cash-strapped city, where people have been furloughed or even lost jobs.\"", "During the Los Angeles Lakers championship parade this year, nearly 2,000 police were called in, at a cost of $2 million.", "The Lakers and private donors reimbursed the city for most of the expenses.", "Michael Roth, spokesman for AEG, which owns Staples Center and put on the event, could not be reached for comment." ]	[ "Costs included extra police, sanitation, traffic control for Tuesday's memorial service .", "3,000 police officers -- about one-third of the force -- were on hand for the event .", "City set up Web page asking Jackson fans to donate money to help with expenses .", "Site raised $17,000 before crashing on Tuesday due to high volume ." ]	[ 2, 3, 4 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Massachusetts sued the U.S. government on Wednesday, challenging the constitutionality of a federal law that defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman.", "The state of Massachusetts says the Defense of Marriage Act denies same-sex couples essential rights.", "\"We're taking this action today because, first, we believe that [the Defense of Marriage Act] directly interferes with Massachusetts' long-standing sovereign authority to define and regulate the marital status of its residents,\" Attorney General Martha Coakley said Wednesday afternoon.", "\"Massachusetts has a single category of married persons, and we view all married persons equally and identically,\" she said.", "\"DOMA divides that category into two distinct and unequal classes of marriage.\"", "The lawsuit argues that the act, which became law in 1996, denies same-sex couples essential rights and protections, including federal income tax credits, employment and retirement benefits, health insurance coverage and Social Security payments.", "\"In enacting DOMA, Congress overstepped its authority, undermined states' efforts to recognize marriages between same-sex couples, and codified an animus towards gay and lesbian people,\" the state wrote in the lawsuit, which was filed Wednesday in federal court.", "Massachusetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage, said that about 16,000 same-sex couples have been married there since 2004, when it began issuing marriage licenses.", "Since that time, the lawsuit said, \"the security and stability of families has been strengthened in important ways throughout the state. \"", "The state is challenging Section 3 of the law, which defines marriage as \"a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife\" and a spouse as \"a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.\"", "Before the act, the lawsuit argues, defining marital status was the prerogative of the states.", "The law \"eviscerated more than 200 years of federal government deference to the states with respect to defining marriage,\" it said.", "The lawsuit also argues that the law forces Massachusetts to treat same-sex married couples differently from heterosexual married couples, particularly through determining who qualifies for the state's Medicaid program, known as MassHealth, and whether a same-sex spouse of a veteran can be buried in a veteran cemetery.", "\"But for DOMA, married individuals in same-sex relationships in the commonwealth would receive the same status, obligations, responsibilities, rights, and protections as married individuals in different-sex relationships under local, state, and federal laws,\" the lawsuit said.", "The defendants named in the lawsuit include the Department of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and the United States itself.", "Charles Miller, a spokesman for the Department of Justice, said the department will review the case but noted that President Obama supports the legislative repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act.", "In March, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders -- the same Boston-based group that successfully argued in 2003 for same-sex marriage rights in Massachusetts -- also sued the federal government over Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act.", "Besides Massachusetts, three other states recognize same-sex marriages: Connecticut, Maine, and Iowa.", "Vermont and New Hampshire will join their company when same-sex marriages become legal later this year and early next year." ]	[ "Lawsuit challenges constitutionality of Defense of Marriage Act .", "Measure defines marriage as between man and woman .", "Attorney General: Law means state can't define and regulate marriage .", "Suit says law denies same-sex married couples essential rights, protections ." ]	[ 0, 1, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- As Michael Jackson fans and the media pour into Los Angeles, California, for what could be the most widely watched memorial of all time, an obvious question remains: Where will he be laid to rest?", "Bette Davis is among the notables buried at the Hollywood Hills Forest Lawn park.", "Although the Jackson family hasn't made an official statement, all signs seem to point toward Forest Lawn Memorial Parks and Mortuaries, the organization that has buried a vast number of Hollywood's notables.", "On Monday, sources told CNN that Jackson's relatives will hold a private gathering at the Forest Lawn cemetery in Los Angeles Tuesday morning ahead of a massive public service.", "The gathering is scheduled for 8 a.m. (11 a.m.", "ET) -- two hours before a memorial service at the Staples Center arena downtown.", "Cemetery officials have not commented on the matter.", "Sunday, Jim McDonnell, assistant chief of staff of the Los Angeles Police Department on Sunday, said Forest Lawn officials were working with the Jackson family on their plans, which were part of \"a package\" of events Tuesday.", "His comments, however, did not answer questions about where or when Jackson would be buried.", "There is speculation that the burial will be at Forest Lawn's Glendale location, but the media have been swarming around the Hollywood Hills memorial park, located right off the freeway behind Disney Studios.", "Tito Jackson's ex-wife, Delores \"Dee Dee\" Jackson, is believed to be buried there.", "Forest Lawn Memorial is the first stop tourists make in search of the crypts of Hollywood greats.", "Numerous books and Web sites such as findagrave.com and seeing-stars.com claim to have insider knowledge about celebrity grave locations on the properties, but Forest Lawn is unrelentingly secretive about who, exactly, is entombed in its parks.", "\"We hold the privacy of our client families in very high regard,\" said Bill Martin, spokesman for the Glendale location, which is considered the \"mother lode\" for celebrity grave hunters.", "\"There are certain areas and property types that have limited access.\"", "The tombs of Sammy Davis Jr., Humphrey Bogart and Jean Harlow are in locked areas not accessible to the general public, according to findagrave.com.", "With that kind of commitment to privacy, it's understandable why Jackson, known for being reclusive, might be buried there.", "Avid grave hunter Lisa Burks, who frequents both the Glendale and Hollywood Hills parks, said she wouldn't be surprised if Jackson were to be buried at either location.", "Burks was first drawn to Forest Lawn Glendale because of its artwork and statuary, but once she found out that celebrities were \"buried with the regular people,\" she said, she began to grave hunt.", "\"We leave flowers and take pictures,\" Burks said of her time at famous graves.", "\"It's the way of remembering someone who made a difference, who cheered me up when I was a kid or entertained me.", "With Michael Jackson ... if he ends up at a cemetery, I'll definitely go and take flowers.", "They feel like a member of the family, so you treat them like a member of the family.\"", "Even if you can't find a way to see your favorite celebrity's crypt, Los Angeles residents said that just stepping foot in the park is an experience in itself.", "\"I know for some people cemeteries can be intimidating or just where you go to mourn.", "But at Forest Lawn, it isn't sad; it's really a beautiful place,\" said Beth Zeigler, an Echo Park, California, professional who frequents the park's museum.", "But if you call any of the Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Mortuaries a cemetery, you would be remiss.", "There are certainly graves behind the Glendale park's majestic wrought-iron gates, but that's where the similarities end.", "Amid its 300 acres, the park has three churches, replicas of all of Michelangelo's works and a copy of Leonardo da Vinci's \"The Last Supper\" in stained glass.", "Instead of above-ground tombstones, the park uses flat, engraved markers for grave sites, so from afar all you can see are grassy hills.", "The memorial park draws over a million visitors each year, including 70,000 who come to get married.", "Built in 1906 as a traditional cemetery, Forest Lawn was revamped by Dr. Hubert Eaton in 1917.", "Like Jackson, Eaton was \"an icon [of his] time,\" said Laura Kath, author of \"100 Years in the Life of Forest Lawn.\"", "\"[Eaton] is the man who first envisioned the memorial park concept, that cemeteries should not be filled with tombstones but should celebrate the life of those entombed there and celebrate the living,\" Kath said, \"and people loved the whole concept.", "Eaton was a visionary.\"", "Burks agrees whole-heartedly with Eaton's vision.", "\"Cemeteries are for the living,\" Burks said about her visits to celebrity tombs.", "\"We're remembering them. It sounds crazy, but I dare anyone to do it, and I'd bet it would make them feel good.\"" ]	[ "Will Jackson be buried among other stars at a Forest Lawn location?", "The not-for-profit group's strict regulations about privacy would match Jackson's life .", "Sammy Davis Jr. and Humphrey Bogart buried there, among other stars ." ]	[ 1, 15, 16, 34 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A South Florida teenager accused of killing and mutilating 19 cats excitedly described to police how he dissected cats in class, and where to find cats for experimentation, according to police.", "Tyler Weinman laughed when police told him they had information he was the cat killer, an arrest document said.", "When Miami-Dade police told Tyler Hayes Weinman someone was killing cats in the neighborhood, the 18-year-old reacted by laughing, according to a newly released arrest affidavit made public Monday.", "Most of the cats were found in their owners' yards.", "\"One appeared to be posed with a slit down the middle of its stomach,\" the affidavit states.", "On Monday, Weinman pleaded not guilty to more than 40 criminal counts, including multiple charges of felony animal cruelty and burglary.", "He is out of jail on $249,500 bond and under house arrest wearing an electronic monitor, but is being held for 48 hours for a psychiatric evaluation.", "The teen's attorney David Macey said there was a \"lynch mob\" after his innocent client and accused Judge Mindy Glazer of \"prejudging\" Weinman.", "\"He did not kill the cats,\" Macey told reporters outside the courtroom.", "\"The individual who committed this crime is still running around out there.\"", "The arrest affidavit, which a judge gave prosecutors until Monday to make public, reads like a grisly horror movie and indicates Weinman was knowledgeable of and fascinated with dissection of cats.", "During questioning, according to the affidavit, a detective told the teenager that police were informed he was involved in the cat slayings.", "Weinman replied he heard about the cats and that he told his mother.", "He told police that a school he had been expelled from was the only school in Miami-Dade that taught how to dissect using cats, according to the affidavit.", "The teenager went on to offer several other bizarre and unsubstantiated trivia, including saying that Mexico is the only source for cats used for dissection and describing their size.", "Weinman \"became excited and animated\" as he told the detective about cat dissection research he had discovered on the Internet, the affidavit states.", "\"Weinman was asked to expound on what he meant and he repeated, with noted excitement, 'It just makes a certain sound, a tearing sound,\" says the affidavit.", "The detective asked Weinman what tools might be used to commit animal cruelty, and teenager replied, \"I don't know, but I'm sure they are very well hidden.\"", "How did he think the cats were being captured?", "The teen answered, \"They have to be either tranquilized or poisoned.\"", "Weinman came to the attention of authorities in late April, the affidavit states, as cats began to go missing in a suburban Dade County neighborhood called Whispering Pines just outside Miami, Florida.", "Police had a few times seen Weinman walking and skateboarding in the middle of the night in the area, at least once wearing black clothing and carrying a dark backpack.", "Detectives stopped the teenager and told him about the dead cats.", "Weinman responded by laughing, according to the arrest affidavit.", "He was not held at that time. In May, the teenager was pulled over for a traffic violation and police found a \"cutting instrument\" on the ground beside his car.", "According to the affidavit, as an officer questioned the teen, he noticed what appeared to be a cat scratch on his arm.", "\"I got them from a stray cat that I feed at my mom's house,\" Weinman said.", "The teen \"was eager to show\" the scratches and took off his shirt so that photographs could be taken, according to the questioning detective's account, which is detailed in the affidavit.", "The teenager's divorced parents lived in separate neighborhoods, according to police.", "His mother resides in Cutler Bay.", "His father lives in Palmetto Bay, further north of Miami.", "According to the arrest affidavit, shortly after the teenager talked to police about dissecting cats, he went to live with his father who restricted his son's access to a car.", "The killings shifted north as eight dead cats turned up in Palmetto Bay, police said.", "At that point, police provided the teen's profile to the Miami-Dade Police Department's Psychological Services Section.", "Staff doctors met and discussed the case.", "They determined that the cat killer was likely male and suffered from some kind of conduct disorder.", "If the killer was an adult, they concluded, that person would be classified as a sociopath.", "In late May, police then got a court order to place a tracking device on the Honda Civic driven by Weinman.", "The affidavit states the car was tracked to the latest feline victim which had been skinned along the abdomen from the pelvic area to the hind legs.", "The pelt and genitalia were missing.", "The cat killings became headline news across the country.", "Around that time, Weinman joined a Facebook page called \"Catch-The-Cat-Killer.\"", "The teenager is charged with 19 counts of felony animal cruelty, 19 counts of improperly disposing of an animal body and four counts of burglary.", "He's pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.", "Kimberly Segal contributed to this report." ]	[ "Police: Tyler Weinman described research he did on finding cats to dissect .", "Affidavit: 18-year-old laughed when police asked him about being the cat killer .", "Weinman is charged with 19 counts of animal cruelty and is on house arrest ." ]	[ 1, 2, 42 ]
[ "MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Any attempt to pardon Mikhail Khodorkovsky -- once Russia's richest man, now its most famous inmate -- must follow standard procedure, including an admission of guilt, the nation's president said Sunday.", "Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man, is imprisoned in a work camp 4,000 miles from Moscow.", "\"Concerning the possibility of a pardon for someone, Khodorkovsky or anyone else, the procedure has to be carried out in accordance with our country's rules,\" President Dmitry Medvedev said in a transcript on his Web site.", "\"In other words, a person must appeal to the president, plead guilty to having committed a crime and seek the appropriate resolution.\"", "The president dismissed talks of a pardon, saying, \"at this point, there is nothing to discuss.\"", "Khodorkovsky once headed the Yukos oil company, once Russia's largest oil producer.", "He is serving a nine-year sentence for fraud and tax evasion.", "Medvedev described corruption as a \"very serious Russian disease\" and emphasized the need to fight it.", "\"To this end, we have enacted a number of measures, including new legislation on corruption and special arrangements relating to government officials, their disclosures, declarations of income and so on,\" he said.", "\"We are determined to continue this work, because we believe it is extremely important.\"", "The former oil magnate is incarcerated in a work camp near the town of Krasnokamensk, 4,000 miles (6,500 kilometers) from his native Moscow.", "He has been imprisoned since his arrest in 2003.", "Khodorkovsky had expressed a desire to run for office at the time and funded opposition political parties.", "He said the trial was part of a Kremlin campaign to destroy him and take the company he built from privatization deals of the 1990s.", "The Kremlin denied any role in his downfall.", "Yukos, which has since been crushed by a $27.5 billion back-tax bill, has been the object of a lengthy campaign by prosecutors and tax authorities.", "The court also ordered Khodorkovsky and his partner to pay about $600 million in back taxes." ]	[ "There will be no favoritism for Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian leader says .", "Former head of Yukos oil company serving nine years for fraud, tax evasion .", "President says talks of a pardon are premature ." ]	[ 4, 5, 6 ]
[ "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- If a kewpie doll sang in a band and had two kids, she'd be Gwen Stefani.", "Gwen Stefani was ready to get back with No Doubt after two solo albums and an active home life.", "The pop star and style icon turns 40 this fall, but she still uses words like \"you know\" and \"like\" at least five times a minute.", "That's part of Stefani's charm, and her carefree teenybopper mentality is one of the many reasons fans are excited about her first tour with No Doubt in half a decade.", "It's been 14 years since the quartet busted out of Orange County, California, with its signature sound of sunny, ska-influenced pop.", "In 2004, No Doubt went on hiatus as Stefani launched the first of two successful solo albums.", "In the meantime, drummer Adrian Young and guitarist Tom Dumont worked on side projects and watched their families grow.", "Stefani and her husband -- former Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale -- welcomed two sons, while bassist Tony Kanal is the only member to remain single and child-free.", "No Doubt is currently in the midst of a 53-date North American tour, for which they've dusted off such classic hits as \"Just a Girl,\" \"Spiderwebs\" and \"Bathwater.\"", "Each member now travels in their own individual tour bus -- a must for an entourage that includes kids, toys and nannies.", "Watch No Doubt in concert, at rest » .", "CNN: You'd hear rumors every once in a while that you guys were breaking up, or had broken up.", "Were those annoying, or did you kind of roll your eyes and say, \"That's part of the game?\"", "Adrian Young: I think we expected it.", "And there might even be some people that will think that we broke up, and that this is a reunion tour -- and it's just not the truth.", "We went 17 straight years without stopping, and we started having families, and we were burnt and we needed to do our own thing for a while.", "CNN: What was it like to get all four of you together in a room again?", "Tom Dumont: It's kind of like an old glove.", "It just fits. Young: Like an O.J.", "glove? Dumont: No, no, no. I know it's a weird analogy, but in the sense of -- you know, it fits.", "Tony Kanal: You know when somebody says \"glove\" now, you immediately think of O.J.", "Young: \"If it fits, you must acquit.\"", "That's our band motto now.", "Dumont: We're not going to quit.", "We're just great old friends.", "It's almost like we're brothers and sister, and it's great to be having fun together again.", "Young: I feel more like we're married.", "CNN: I hear it's a little bit different this time.", "Instead of sharing a tour bus, you'll each have your own individual buses.", "Kanal: This will be our first time on separate buses, only out of necessity.", "Everyone's bringing their family.", "CNN: Are you just trying to get away from the kids, is that what you're saying, Tony?!", "Kanal: No, no, no! I would love to be on the bus with them.", "Gwen Stefani: Tony's going to be making kids on his bus.", "Kanal: Yeah, maybe my girlfriend and I will be in the process of starting our family.", "Stefani, Young and CNN (in unison): Really?!", "Kanal (ignoring everybody's reaction): But by default, I'm putting a studio on my bus.", "Because I don't have a crib on my bus -- they have cribs on their buses -- I'm putting a studio on my bus so we can keep writing if the inspiration comes, and we feel like doing it.", "Stefani: We're just putting the studio out there so we can pretend we might go out there and write songs, but we're really just going to have fun.", "... We like writing songs, as well [but] I have to tell you, it's a very tortured process.", "There is nothing more rewarding when you know you've written a hit, and you know this magic happened.", "CNN: Did you guys really go to group therapy?", "Kanal: No. ... We had some self-imposed therapy sessions where we were trying to write music, and we were sitting in the room together, and a lot of stuff came out, and you know, it was kind of an emotional venting.", "We got rid of a lot of stuff.", "It was good. Stefani: We spent a lot of time together in the last 12 months.", "Right when I came off tour (from her second solo album, \"The Sweet Escape\"), we started to write, and I was pregnant (with her second son, Zuma), and we did a lot of eating, a lot of chatting -- and then we had this magic 15 minutes from 4:45 to 5 o'clock where music would actually come out for a minute.", "One day, I was like, \"Argh!", "I'm in this room still!", "Let's go on tour!\"", "And everyone was like, \"OK!\"", "It was very spontaneous, and it's all kind of geared towards getting out there ... and getting inspired, and hopefully coming out of the other side and making an album.", "CNN: Gwen, when you were off doing the two solo albums, did you feel guilty at all?", "Because I know you all were trying to get back together for a couple of years.", "Stefani: I'm one of those people that I have to follow the inspiration when it strikes. ...", "These guys are just very supportive.", "We've been together forever -- forever, forever -- since we were kids, and this is just the one time in our lives we've had a break from each other.", "Everybody did their own thing.", "And I think all of us doing our own thing makes us even more grateful for each other, and kind of definitely not taking each other for granted -- not that we ever did before. ...", "But it's even more intense right now.", "CNN: Things have changed since the last time No Doubt was on the road, and there a lot of people who don't have that disposable income to spend on tickets for concerts.", "Young: One of the things we did for this tour for some of the venues is we have $10 lawn tickets for people that maybe want to come to the show, but they're strapped -- and we've never done that before as No Doubt, and it feels really good to do that.", "CNN: I was calling this a reunion.", "Was that bad? Stefani: We don't really care.", "We're just so happy that people want to come out and see the show, whatever they want to call it.", "We're just happy that people still are even talking about it. ...", "Even if you didn't really like our songs, or you had this kind of idea about us, come see us live, and we'll slap you around.", "You might have some fun, you know." ]	[ "No Doubt is back together -- but don't call it a reunion .", "Band had taken break while having families, Gwen Stefani making solo records .", "Stefani plans to have fun; tour is a way of getting recharged ." ]	[ 0, 1, 25, 48, 59 ]
[ "KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- International troops in Afghanistan endured another deadly attack Tuesday, a day after 10 NATO-led troops were killed in that country.", "The body of a U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan arrives in the United States on Monday.", "A U.S. coalition service member \"died as a result of injuries\" on Tuesday afternoon in a roadside bombing attack on a convoy in western Afghanistan, the U.S. military said.", "This follows 10 NATO-led deaths on Monday, the highest single-day total in Afghanistan in nearly a year, according to NATO and U.S.-led coalition numbers.", "Seven Americans, two Canadians and one Briton died in four separate incidents Monday.", "On August 18, 2008, 10 French soldiers were killed when about 100 insurgents attacked a patrol in Kabul Province, and a British soldier was killed in southern Afghanistan when insurgents attacked a patrol with a roadside bomb.", "A month before that, 10 American troops were killed in two separate incidents on July 13, 2008.", "The latest deaths came as U.S. troops cranked up their fight against the Taliban, a push that includes a major Marine-led offensive against the militants in the southern province of Helmand.", "Roadside bombs Monday killed four Americans in the northern province of Kunduz and two in southern Afghanistan, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said.", "A seventh American died in an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan, ISAF confirmed.", "Two Canadian air crew members and a British soldier were killed when a helicopter crashed during takeoff in Zabul province, the Canadian and British defense ministries said." ]	[ "U.S. soldier killed in roadside bombing on a convoy in western Afghanistan .", "Follows deaths of 7 Americans, 2 Canadians, 1 Briton in separate incidents .", "Latest deaths come as U.S. forces ratchet up fight against Taliban ." ]	[ 1, 2, 4 ]
[ "ALSIP, Illinois (CNN) -- Four people face felony charges after authorities discovered that hundreds of graves were dug up and allegedly resold at a historic African-American cemetery near Chicago, Illinois, authorities said Thursday.", "Dozens of graves at Burr Oak Cemetery were desecrated by workers as part of a financial scheme, authorities say.", "Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said the four would resell the plots in Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, excavate the graves, dump the remains and pocket the cash.", "\"This was not done in a very, very delicate way, folks,\" he told reporters at a news conference Thursday.", "\"They would excavate a grave and would proceed to dump the remains wherever they found a place to do it in the back of the cemetery.", "This was not moving graves; this was not replacing graves; this was dumping of them.\"", "In some cases, graves were stacked on top of each other, they \"literally pounded the other one down,\" Dart said.", "In all about 300 graves may have been dug up in the cemetery, he said.", "Authorities identified those charged as Carolyn Towns, an office manager for the cemetery; and Keith Nicks, Terrance Nicks and Maurice Daley, all gravediggers.", "Each has been charged with dismembering a human body, a felony charge for which sentences range from 6 to 30 years, Anita Alvarez, Cook County state's attorney, said at the news conference.", "Steven Watkins, an attorney for Towns, said his client is innocent.", "\"Somebody is apparently making false accusations against my client,\" he said.", "\"She's maintaining her innocence.\"", "The Cook County state attorney's office said the other three charged were being represented by the public defender's office, and a message left at that office was not immediately returned.", "Bail was set at $250,000 for Towns and $200,000 for the other three, Alvarez said.", "None had posted bail by late afternoon Thursday, the sheriff's department said.", "Watch officials announce the charges » .", "It was not immediately known if the four had legal counsel.", "Authorities began investigating the cemetery -- where, among others, lynching victim Emmett Till, blues legend Dinah Washington and some Negro League baseball players are buried -- about six weeks ago after receiving a call from its owners who had concerns about possible \"financial irregularities\" regarding the business, Dart told CNN earlier this week.", "\"This crime, it's a whole new dimension,\" Alvarez said.", "Authorities also suspect that Towns pretended to set up a memorial fund for Till and pocketed the funds, Dart said.", "Watch sheriff discuss gruesome revelation » .", "He told CNN that groundskeepers, who have not been implicated in the scheme, have said that the grave of Till -- whose 1955 lynching at age 14 helped spark the civil rights movement -- has not been disturbed.", "The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who was also at the news conference, noted the high-profile names of some of those buried in the cemetery, but said, \"everybody here is special, and every family has special needs and special hurt, special grief.\"", "Most of the excavations occurred in back lots, where the plots were older and not frequently visited, Dart said earlier this week.", "However, other plots may have been disturbed, as well.", "The cemetery's current owners, who could not be reached by CNN for comment, have operated it for more than five years but are not believed to be involved in the alleged scam, Dart said.", "He said the workers may have doctored records to cover their tracks and noted that the cemetery holds all the records of who is buried and where.", "\"There's virtually no regulations whatsoever (for cemeteries),\" Dart said.", "\"Most all of the documents and everything are housed here.\"", "Investigators are trying to determine the scope of the alleged scheme and plan to use thermal-imaging devices to further examine other graves to see if they have been tampered with, Dart said.", "The FBI, forensic scientists and local funeral directors have been called in to help in the investigation, he said.", "\"I don't even know what to tell you about the heartbreaking stories that I've been hearing from people, crying hysterically that they're going through the burial for the second time today,\" he said.", "\"And they're looking for answers and we're sitting there telling them, 'This is going to be very difficult,\" he said.", "\"We're trying to bring closure, but it's going to take a long time to do that.\"", "CNN's Katherine Wojtecki and Taylor Gandossy contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Cemetery office manager, three gravediggers charged .", "NEW: Rev.", "Jesse Jackson says there should be \"special place in hell\" for suspects .", "NEW: About 300 graves may have been dug up, sheriff says .", "Emmett Till, other prominent African-Americans buried at cemetery ." ]	[ 7, 8, 21, 23 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The singer Gil Scott Heron once declared that \"the revolution will not be televised.\"", "Em Hall, the \"D.C. Goodwill Fashionista,\" transformed Goodwill's image with a witty blog.", "It is, however, going online.", "Social activism is being transformed by the Web.", "Some of the most creative forms of protest and philanthropy are taking place online.", "Activists are conducting demonstrations on YouTube, holding virtual fundraisers and using social network sites like Facebook to change the world -- one mouse-click at a time.", "These cyber-pioneers include a nonprofit group that uses animated 3-D characters to protest the global shortage of drinking water; a Web company that allows ordinary people to create their own personalized charity; and a Goodwill blogger who reshaped the thrift store's image so thoroughly she was invited to New York Fashion Week.", "Ted Hart, co-author of \"People to People Fundraising: Social Networking and Web 2.0 for Charities,\" says the Web has already become a crucial source for nonprofit fundraising.", "Americans donated $550 million online in 2001, but that number grew to $10.4 billion in 2007, he says.", "\"It's a new world for a lot of nonprofit organizations,\" Hart says.", "\"No longer is it good enough to say give us some money.", "The rules have changed.\"", "Yet some people warn that this new world offers people an excuse to engage in \"drive-by activism,\" superficial forms of cyber-activism that require little commitment.", "\"The Internet makes it very easy for people to jump in and out of social activism,\" says Matthew Hale, assistant professor at Seton Hall University's Center for Public Service.", "\"If all the activism is online, it is easier to quit than going to meetings every week.\"", "Real change: online or in-person?", "Yet the Web makes it easier for a nonprofit group to reach more people than a meeting ever could, one nonprofit group says.", "WaterPartners International is a U.S.-based nonprofit group that created a global campaign to create safe drinking water.", "Another company may have flown a spokesperson to an impoverished village and hired a film crew to promote their campaign.", "But WaterPartners says it saved money and time by putting its campaign online -- through animated, virtual characters built from actual people, says Nicole Wickenhauser, a company spokesperson.", "Daily Web traffic doubled to WaterPartners' Web site during the campaign and the campaign attracted support from around the globe, Wickenhauser says.", "\"Real change is most often accomplished by committed individuals working together for a cause they feel passionately about,\" Wickenhauser says.", "\"Whether they work together virtually or in person is less important.\"", "Web-based activism not only enlarges the reach of social activists, it empowers ordinary people, its advocates say.", "In another time, a person had to find a charity to give their time and money to.", "Now they can create their own charity through Web sites like \"YourCause.com.\"", "YourCause.com has been described as a MySpace for do-gooders.", "The new site allows a person to do everything a charity traditionally does -- raise money and awareness and recruit support -- all from a Web page designed especially for their needs.", "Matthew Combs, the site's co-founder, says his site designs Web pages and vets charities for people who don't have the time or expertise to do it themselves.", "\"It's for people like the 73-year-old woman from New Jersey who created her own page to help out with a rare genetic defect she's suffering from,\" Combs says.", "\"There's not a lot of 73-year-olds on MySpace.", "How do we make it easy as possible for them, but credible?\"", "Social network sites like MySpace are also throwing their support behind Web activists.", "MySpace has an \"Impact\" page that connects users with political and charitable causes.", "YouTube recently launched a \"Nonprofits and Activism\" channel.", "'The reaction was priceless' One of the most audacious forms of Web-based activism comes courtesy of Em Hall, also known by her blog name, the DC Goodwill Fashionista.", "When Goodwill of Greater Washington wanted to expand its customer base, its leaders devised a campaign to reach out to a younger, hipper crowd.", "The campaign's centerpiece was Hall.", "In her witty blog, She dispensed fashion advice, conducted an online virtual fashion show and sold Goodwill clothing on eBay (she once sold an $11.98 suit for $175 on eBay.)", "Hall's blog averages 1,500 readers a week and has attracted readers from at least 100 countries, says Brendan Hurley, a Goodwill spokesman.", "Hall's blog became so popular she was invited in September to Fashion Week, a high-octane fashion show that features the world's most popular designers.", "Hall still recalls how Fashion Week officials acted when she told them what clothing label -- Goodwill -- she represented.", "\"The reaction was priceless,\" she says.", "\"A look of confusion came across people's faces as they desperately tried to figure out why Goodwill was at Fashion Week.\"", "Despite the possibilities created by the Web, calling people to action still depends on people putting their bodies -- not just their mouse-clicks -- on the line, says Hale, the Seton Hall professor.", "\"All of the stuff you can do online ultimately has to show up in the real world,\" Hale says.", "\"I don't see the Internet as a substitute [for social activism] but as a complement to it.\"", "Paul Loeb, author of \"The Soul of a Citizen,'' a book that examines the psychology of social activism, also says online activism can be powerful but limited.", "He tells a story from his book to make his point.", "He says a friend took her kids to a protest against nuclear testing in front of the White House during the early 1960s.", "But she became dejected because only a few people joined her demonstration and then it rained.", "Years later, the same woman attended a major march against nuclear testing.", "Benjamin Spock, the best-selling author and pediatrician who opposed the Vietnam War, was a featured speaker.", "He told marchers that he was inspired to join the march after seeing a small group of women huddled with their kids in the rain while marching in front of the White House years earlier.", "\"I thought that if those women were out there,\" Spock said, \"their cause must be really important.\"", "\"He's seeing these ragged women in the rain and it touches his heart and he ends up getting changed by that,\" Loeb says.", "\"That story couldn't exist in the virtual world.\"" ]	[ "The Web unleashes new wave of cyber-activism .", "Activists changing the world one mouse-click at a time .", "The Web \"changes the rules\" for nonprofit groups, expert says ." ]	[ 5, 9, 11, 20 ]
[ "SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- Donating to charity itself is a relatively new phenomenon in a society that traditionally values family units.", "President Lee Myung-Bak is criticized by opposition parties who say he supports policies that favor the rich.", "So the announcement that South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak will be donating $26 million, the bulk of his wealth, to charity, is considered highly unusual.", "The president's office said the money will be used to set up a new youth scholarship program.", "\"My fortune, which I accumulated through hard work during my life, is very precious to me,\" said Lee in a statement.", "\"I have long thought that it would be good if my wealth was spent for society in a valuable way.\"", "Lee, who came to office last February, promised to donate his personal wealth to society in late 2007 when he was accused of amassing his fortune through illegal means.", "He was since been cleared of all charges.", "But he is now facing criticism from opposition parties who say he supports policies that favor the rich.", "Lee is a former CEO of Hyundai Construction and the Seoul mayor.", "But he emphasizes his impoverished beginnings, as a poor young man who had to earn his college tuition cleaning streets.", "\"Looking back, I realize that all of those who helped me were poor,\" said Lee in the statement.", "\"I know that the best way for me to pay back such kindness is to give back to society what I earned.\"", "Analysts say this move will hopefully encourage many others to follow." ]	[ "President Lee Myung-Bak to donate $26 million, the bulk of his wealth, to charity .", "President's office says money will be used to set up youth scholarship program .", "Lee promised to donate wealth in 2007 when accused of illegally amassing fortune .", "He was since been cleared of all charges ." ]	[ 2, 3, 6, 7 ]
[ "L'AQUILA, Italy (CNN) -- Leaders of both industrialized powers and emerging economies have agreed to work together on setting a goal to limit global warming to levels recommended by scientists, U.S. President Barack Obama said at the G-8 summit.", "G-8 leaders wait for an aide to remove toe markers as they pose for a family photo in L'Aquila, Italy, on July 8.", "The G-8 countries -- comprising the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada and Russia -- agreed to a target of reducing their carbon dioxide emissions by 80 percent by the year 2050 to try to prevent the Earth's atmosphere from warming by more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), Obama said.", "Thursday's meeting with emerging economies including China also secured a commitment from the developing countries to work for limiting global warming to the 2 degree Celsius threshold, Obama said.", "\"Developing countries among us will promptly undertake actions whose projected effects on emissions represent a meaningful deviation from business as usual in the midterm, in the context of sustainable development, supported by financing, technology, and capacity-building,\" said the declaration from Thursday's Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate.", "The declaration stopped short of setting targets for the developing nations.", "Obama said the emerging economies agreed to work toward setting specific targets.", "Watch report from CNN's Ed Henry » .", "He called the commitment of the emerging economies \"an important stride forward\" in minimizing climate change, but acknowledged that the issue he called one of the most challenging of our times would be difficult to confront.", "Environment groups gave the announcement a cautious welcome.", "Joanne Green, head of policy at Cafod, told the Press Association: \"Agreeing that average global temperatures should not rise by more than two degrees is forward movement but it is woefully inadequate compared to what was needed.\"", "And Oxfam spokesman Antonio Hill said: \"Today 17 countries, responsible for more than 80 percent of the world's emissions, agreed for the first time that it'd be nice to take the road which stops the planet heating up by more than 2 degrees.", "\"While G-8 countries continue to speed in the opposite direction, towards a cooked planet and climate catastrophe, poor people want to know whether rich coutries will now actually turn around before it's too late.\"", "The vast majority of climate change scientists warn that warming above the 2 degree Celsius threshold would mean potentially catastrophic impacts on Earth.", "U.N.-led negotiations on a new global climate change treaty are aiming to conclude with an agreement among 192 nations in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December.", "Obama said the G-8 targets and work with developing countries are intended to support the international climate change treaty that will succeed the Kyoto Protocol in 2012.", "In the United States, Congress is debating a new energy policy that could codify the G-8 target for emissions reductions in law.", "A House bill that recently passed has the same target of an 80 percent reduction by 2050, but Senate passage of a measure remains uncertain.", "Watch as leaders tour quake zone » .", "Republican opponents contend the United States would put itself at a competitive disadvantage by setting firm targets when China and other emerging economies would be free to pollute without limits.", "Some Democratic senators also fear harmful effects on fossil fuel industries in their states.", "The Major Economies Forum led by Obama included the G-8 countries along with Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Australia, South Africa and others.", "The Forum nations account for 80 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.", "Its declaration Thursday outlined a range of actions including funding mechanisms for both reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping nations and ecosystems adapt to global warming, along with more money to pursue alternative energy sources.", "The declaration said the world's emissions should peak as soon as possible and then start going down.", "It acknowledged that industrial powers have emitted most of the pollution causing climate change and therefore have a greater responsibility in responding.", "Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced the creation of an institute to study and advance so-called clean coal technology intended to reduce the harmful pollution from coal-fired energy.", "In addition, the declaration recognized \"that the timeframe for peaking will be longer in developing countries, bearing in mind that social and economic development and poverty eradication are the first and overriding priorities in developing countries and that low-carbon development is indispensable to sustainable development.\"", "Watch what's on agenda at G-8 summit » .", "Todd Stern, Obama's special envoy for climate change, noted that China and other emerging economies had never previously acknowledged the 2-degree Celsius threshold or committed to reducing emissions from current levels.", "He called those steps \"significant,\" but conceded they fell short of binding commitments to meet specific reductions goals.", "However, Stern said the 2-degree threshold was the \"underpinning\" of the global goal for an overall 50 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, including the 80 percent cuts targeted by the G-8 countries.", "Obama acknowledged the United States has previously failed to meet its responsibilities regarding climate change, and he pledged a renewed commitment and leadership.", "In his remarks, Rudd made a point of welcoming the new leadership role by Obama and the United States.", "Obama will meet Friday with Pope Benedict XVI, who launched a verbal assault on global capitalism ahead of the G-8 meeting, lambasting \"grave deviations and failures\" and calling for a \"profoundly new way of understanding business enterprise.\"", "The pope challenged bankers to turn away from the practices blamed for bringing about the global economic crisis and instead use their power to help the world create wealth and economic development.", "\"Above all, the intention to do good must not be considered incompatible with the effective capacity to produce goods,\" Benedict said Wednesday.", "After his meeting with the pope, the first U.S. African-American president will make his first trip as chief executive to Africa, traveling to Accra, Ghana.", "Obama's father was a native of Kenya.", "CNN's Paula Newton in L'Aquila, Italy, contributed to this report." ]	[ "U.S. President Barack Obama: Leaders will work together on climate change .", "At Italy summit, leaders pledge to slash greenhouse gas emissions .", "Leaders pledge aim to achieve a 50 percent reduction in global emissions by 2050 .", "Meeting takes place in heart of quake zone where about 300 people died ." ]	[ 0, 18, 31 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A birthday \"cake\" made of ice, beets, apples and pears?", "It might not sound appetizing, but it was a special treat Thursday for Tai Shan, the Smithsonian National Zoo's giant panda.", "Giant panda Tai Shan digs into his special birthday cake of ice, beets, apples and pears.", "A huge group of fans watched as the popular panda celebrated his fourth birthday with the three-tier cake.", "They cheered him on as he inched closer to the treat, and one woman yelled \"Atta boy Tai Shan!\"", "when he finally started eating the apple pieces on the cake's lowest tier.", "She cheered the panda on for eating his \"cake\" the same way a mom might cheer on her son at a soccer game or dad might cheer his daughter playing basketball.", "Zoo curator Lisa Stevens said people react that way because of how pandas resemble children.", "\"They share many features of infants and toddlers.", "They have high foreheads, big eye spots, and they can sit up straight and grip and eat their food,\" Stevens said.", "Pandas are also known to give hope to the downtrodden, according to one loyal Tai Shan fan who called herself \"Sandy.\"", "During her battle against a medical condition that caused her to be unable to walk, she said that frequent visits to the zoo to see Tai Shan gave her the strength she needed to persevere through the pain.", "\"I could barely stand an hour to see him, now I could stand all day to watch him.", "I pushed myself for him ... he's done so much for me and for people all over the world,\" she said.", "Tai Shan was born at the zoo and has had his entire life documented on a Web cam for the whole world to see.", "Fans may have little time left to enjoy Tai Shan, as the zoo's contract with the China Wildlife Conservation Association to keep him is set to expire later this year.", "The zoo is negotiating with the conservation association to keep Tai Shan a few months longer." ]	[ "Tai Shan was born at the Smithsonian National Zoo .", "Birthday boy gets a special cake made of ice, beets, apples and pears .", "Zoo curator says pandas are popular because they resemble young children .", "Though born in U.S., Tai Shan due to be sent to China later this year ." ]	[ 0, 1, 2, 7, 15 ]
[ "(CNN) -- They may live on separate continents, in different countries with differing cultures, but the same message is being echoed by the world's poor, according to a new report by aid agency Oxfam.", "Farmers in Uganda have little choice but to attempt to cultivate crops on arid land.", "The report, \"Suffering the Science,\" tells the stories of people who are discovering to their detriment that long-held truths about seasons and rainfall no longer apply.", "\"I travel a lot and people are always saying to me, 'the seasons have changed,'\"Oxfam chief executive Barbara Stocking told CNN.", "\"I think there's a real sense of uncertainty.", "People have lost confidence.", "They have a very close relationship with the Earth, nature and climate and suddenly they're finding that it doesn't work anymore.\"", "People such as Florence Madamu from western Uganda.", "\"The sun is prolonged until the end of September,\" she told Oxfam.", "\"And whenever it rains it rains so heavily it destroys all our crops in the fields.", "You can plant a whole acre or two and come out with nothing.\"", "July is a particularly harsh month in large swathes of Africa.", "It's the peak hunger season and this year people are expected to be more vulnerable than usual following record high food prices in 2008.", "Laborers are planting precious seeds in fields of dirt with no guarantee they'll produce a harvest, while the conditions they're working under are becoming more extreme.", "\"For me the big worry is that many of them don't know why it's happening so they can't actually help themselves prepare for the changes,\" Stocking told CNN.", "\"We need to work with them to help them become more resilient -- whether it's cyclones and weather-related disasters or whether it's a long-term change.", "They need to be prepared for very different sorts of seasons now.\"", "And for unfamiliar diseases.", "Higher temperatures are encouraging the migration of malaria and other vector-borne diseases into new areas where, in some cases, health authorities are ill-equipped to cope.", "Oxfam found Iha at her daughter's bedside in a hospital in Indonesia.", "Twelve-year-old Laila was the second of her children to contract dengue fever at their home on the island of Java.", "\"They said that this is a new type of dengue fever,\" Iha told Oxfam.", "\"She has already had 30 bags of infusion water.", "After nine days her condition is still not stable.\"", "It is the stories of people such as Iha who are living with the consequences of climate change that Oxfam hopes will prompt action from leaders of developed nations who are meeting in L'Aquila, Italy this week.", "\"Ideally what we'd like is the G8 countries to come out very clearly as to what their targets are for carbon emissions reductions by 2020 and the amounts of money needed,\" Stocking said.", "\"It's unlikely they'll be as precise about that,\" she conceded, adding, \"but we really need some good strong wording in the G8 communiqué about the recognition that for a deal to be done [in Copenhagen], money will be needed for the poorest countries.\"", "Talks in Copenhagen in December are being billed as an unmissable opportunity for developed and developing nations to agree a global plan to combat climate change.", "Stocking commended a proposal by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to establish a $100 billion annual fund to help developing nations contend with climate change, but said closer to $150 billion was needed.", "Oxfam points out that's about the same amount the U.S. government spent on bailing out insurance company AIG.", "While scientists warn that a cut of 40 percent in carbon emissions by 2020 is vital to avoid severe repercussions, developed nations have yet to commit to anything close.", "\"We need America to come forward much more positively,\" Stocking said.", "\"It's really got to stand up to the bar clearly if there's going to be any deal.\"", "\"We're really pressing as well for the EU to come out much more clearly about what it will do it as a whole.", "\"There isn't even a Council of Minister's meeting until October and that's going to be far too late.", "There needs to be some serious meetings including heads of state very quickly now to get an agreement to put something very direct on the table,\" she said." ]	[ "Oxfam report tells the stories of people affected by climate change .", "Report 'Suffering the Science' catalogs challenges of world's poor .", "Stocking: \"People are always saying to me, 'the seasons have changed'\"\nOxfam wants greater action on climate change from developed nations ." ]	[ 2, 3 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Generations of standup comedians never saw this coming.", "John Heffron is one of an increasing number of comedians joining Twitter.", "To succeed in the industry these days, you don't just need to be good on stage and screen.", "You also have to nail the art of sending out mini-messages to Twitter \"followers.\"", "But if your humor is based on storytelling, persona and, you know, the way you say stuff, how can you get hilarious in 140 characters or less?", "For the pros, it's a challenge and an opportunity.", "CNN's Josh Levs spoke with two successful standup comics who are diving into the Twitterverse.", "John Heffron is a winner of \"Last Comic Standing.\"", "Craig Shoemaker won the award for funniest comedy routine on XM Satellite Radio.", "Watch Heffron and Shoemaker mix it up » .", "And we want to hear from you. Send the funniest tweets you've ever seen to Levs via Twitter (@joshlevscnn) or post them on Facebook.", "The following is an edited version of the interview.", "Craig Shoemaker: I'm on the information super-cul-de-sac.", "I mean, I'm not so great at this; I'm learning.", "And I have no friends. I had more friends at my house yesterday for dinner than I have on Twitter.", "And (Heffron) is the king.", "CNN: How did you build up your fan base, John?", "How did you build up this number of followers on Twitter?", "John Heffron: I try to be funny; I try to be entertaining; I try to do stuff that hopefully gets re-twitted.", "Is that the word? Sure. CNN: All right, let's take a look at some of your popular tweets here.", "You have a section called the original last tweets.", "And you have one here: \"Guy who always gets killed on Star Trek.", "Last tweet: 'Got my uniform.", "The rest of the landing party wearing a different color.", "Weird!' \" And then my favorite one: \"Married man's last tweet: 'About to go into the champagne room, wish me luck.'", "\" Heffron: Those are the things that end up, people start passing around and then that's what gets people to go, \"Who is this guy?\"", "CNN: And Craig, is this what you're chasing?", "The same idea, those one-liners that get tossed out?", "Shoemaker: Yeah, I'm a storyteller, so it's not so great for me.", "I'm still working on this under-140 characters thing.", "CNN: I did pull out one of yours that I liked too.", "You wrote, \"Up late in my Pittsburgh hotel, just read a USA today article about how Twitter is no good for intimacy.", "No worries. I'm alone.\" Shoemaker: I don't know if anybody's laughing at the jokes.", "I tweeted that last night.", "We'll see how that goes. CNN: Is that part of what's hard about Twitter?", "When you're doing this, you don't have that kind of instant feedback.", "You know, if you're doing standup somewhere, you've got the laughter.", "How do you know? It's like doing this in an echo chamber.", "Shoemaker: It's the replies.", "To me, I judge by the replies.", "Heffron: I've had zero replies.", "So apparently, I got to work on my tweeting.", "The whole thing is, when you write, though, it's different.", "It doesn't have the nuance or things like that.", "Like I put something about my ex-wife that I got divorced and \"tonight's show is a benefit show and all proceeds go to my ex-wife.\"", "And people are writing back, \"Oh, I feel so sorry for you,\" and I go, \"No, it's a joke.\"", "Shoemaker: Yeah.", "Criss Angel was on my flight, so I tweeted \"Criss Angel is on our flight.", "We will not have to use fuel. He will use his superpowers to get us home.\"", "And the replies were, I spelled Criss Angel's name wrong.", "It's like, come on, people!", "How am I supposed? You know, that's not the point!", "CNN: The previous generations never had this problem.", "No one's never, until really the last few years, no one's ever dealt with the opportunities and the challenges that you guys have.", "Is Twitter the new standup?", "Shoemaker: You know, as a comedian, it's funny now it seems like you have to be funny and be this crazy Internet marketer.", "How can I let somebody know that I'm coming into whatever city, and Twitter and Facebook and all those things are the best way to do it.", "Heffron: I hate to see, though, that we're on stage at the Punchline in Atlanta actually tweeting the crowd from the stage.", "I'm doing my act with my thumbs on my BlackBerry.", "Hold on for a second; I have a new joke I'd like to try on you.", "Turn on your texts.", "Want to follow John and Craig?", "Heffron is @johnheffron; Shoemaker is @thelovemaster." ]	[ "A number of comedians joining Twitter, sending out jokes .", "John Heffron: I try to be funny and entertaining .", "Heffron, Craig Shoemaker note that nuances are lost in translation ." ]	[ 1, 18, 46, 61 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- The way professional golf is played may have changed for good after the U.S. PGA Tour decided to go along with a new rule that amounts to a rollback of golf technology, a move that world number one Tiger Woods has endorsed.", "Tiger Woods supports a rule change that will make it harder to play out of the rough.", "The rule, implemented by the U.S.", "Golf Association (USGA) and Royal and Ancient Golf Club (RA), means that from the start of 2010 the U-shaped grooves on wedges will be banned in favor of V-shaped grooves, with the intention of rewarding accurate driving over distance hitting.", "Research by the USGA has shown that U-shaped grooves allow top players to generate much more spin when playing the ball out of the rough, making the ball come to a quick stop on the green.", "The USGA and RA felt this meant that landing in the rough was no longer enough of a penalty for shots that strayed from the fairway.", "In recent years pro golfers have begun to drive for distance rather than accuracy, knowing they can spin their way out of the rough if they miss their target -- a style of play known as \"bomb and gouge.\"", "Despite pressure from some players and golf equipment manufacturers, the U.S. PGA Tour has decided to go along with the rule change, meaning U.S. PGA Tour competitions, including the U.S. Open, will feature the club restriction from next year.", "Amateur competitions will not ditch the U-shaped grooves until 2014 and the new rule will not apply to recreational players until 2024.", "Gareth Taylor, Product Manager at leading golf club manufacturer Callaway, told CNN he believes the change will reward more skilful players.", "\"At the moment players are getting a lot of spin on the ball so I think it will make people play better,\" he said.", "\"They'll have to get their technique finely tuned and not rely on the club.\"", "He says club makers have been given ample notice to prepare for the switch.", "\"I don't think the change is a regression, it just means research and development will have to come up with better ideas to help the players out.\"", "Taylor explained that as a golfer strikes the ball the grooves on the club face catch the coating on the ball's surface, producing back spin.", "He said that the rule change applies to five irons and up and requires the grooves on the club face to be more spaced out, which will make it harder for the grooves to catch the ball.", "Tiger Woods has supported the changes, saying: \"I think it's great.", "We've had plenty of time to make our adjustments.", "All the companies have been testing and getting ready for this.\"", "To compensate for the loss of spin from the rough, tour players may use softer balls, which spin more but do not travel as far.", "That could favor players who already use the softer ball -- including Tiger Woods." ]	[ "The PGA Tour has agreed to a rule that will ban U-groove clubs for tour players .", "The rule should reward accuracy by making it harder to play from the rough .", "Golf club designers are researching new technologies to replace the u-groove ." ]	[ 7, 15 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A 4-year-old Ohio girl who vanished more than three weeks ago was found alive and in good condition, halfway across the country in Southern California, authorities said.", "Haylee Donathan was found with her mother and her mother's boyfriend, fugitive sex offender Robbi Potter.", "Haylee Donathan, her mother, Candace Watson, and Robbi Potter were discovered after hiding for the past week at The Morning Star Ranch, a retreat in Valley Center, near San Diego, said Peter Elliott, United States Marshal for the Northern District of Ohio.", "Potter is a registered sex offender, officials said.", "He was being sought by the U.S. Marshal's Service.", "Late Tuesday, Haylee was in the custody of a children's protective services agency in the San Diego County area, Elliott said.", "She was doing well but may have chicken pox, he added.", "\"We understand she is healthy and happy and I believe, waiting to come back to her grandmother here,\" he said.", "Watch authorities announce their find » .", "The journey west took them more than 2,000 miles from Mansfield, the north-Central Ohio city where the girl and her mother live.", "\"I am very happy that my granddaughter's coming home,\" said Mary Watson, Haylee's grandmother.", "\"And I just want to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart.\"", "Watson, 24, and Potter, 27, were arrested without incident and held by the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.", "When asked their reaction, Elliott said, \"I believe a little shocked that we were able to find them.\"", "Potter and Watson were still using the same vehicle, a 1980s blue Chevrolet pickup truck they drove from Ohio, Elliott said.", "Watson's hair was a bit darker and Potter also changed his appearance slightly.", "Authorities had feared Haylee was endangered.", "Potter, a sex offender, had escaped a halfway house on May 28, the day the girl and her mother fell out of sight.", "Countless tips came in while they were missing but one in particular led to the breakthrough on Tuesday, Elliott said without elaborating.", "But a tip from members of the ranch could have led to the raid and arrest, a ranch member told CNN.", "Kevin Carlin, a member of the ranch in the neighborhood of Valley Center, told CNN in a telephone interview that ranch members became suspicious when a former ranch guest saw billboards urging help in finding Haylee and the two adults.", "Elliott also praised intense national news coverage from programs such as HLN's \"Nancy Grace\" and \"Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell,\" as well as local media and Clear Channel, which put up missing child billboards across the country.", "When she is returned to Ohio, Haylee will be placed in the custody of her grandmother, Elliott said.", "The U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force had offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of 27-year-old Potter.", "Potter was wanted on a state warrant for parole violation and a federal warrant for probation violation.", "He is a convicted tier three sex offender, according to the U.S.", "Marshals Service, a unit of the Justice Department.", "While on the run, Potter and Watson were reportedly seen on surveillance video on May 31 at a Wal-Mart Store in Marion, Ohio, 40 miles from Mansfield.", "Haylee was not on that video.", "Adding to concerns, Watson's roommate, Samantha Covert, said last week in an interview on \"Nancy Grace\" that she saw the little girl in bed with her mother and Potter the morning they disappeared.", "Covert said Watson carried a basket of clothing, pillows and blankets.", "Watson will likely face state charges, including harboring a fugitive, according to Elliott.", "In addition to other charges, he said Potter may be prosecuted under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, a federal sex offender registration and self-reporting law that carries a multiyear felony sentence if violated.", "On its Web site, the Morning Star Ranch describes itself as \"a community of growers of organic, pesticide-free avocados, grapefruit, persimmons, nuts and other produce.\"", "Elliot said he believed it is a rehabilitation facility and also called it a Christian retreat." ]	[ "Ohio girl found alive near San Diego, California, authorities say .", "Tip led authorities to raid communal farm .", "Haylee Donathan was with mother, boyfriend who's a fugitive sex offender .", "Haylee, mother were last seen May 28 ." ]	[ 0, 1, 16 ]
[ "(CNN) -- John Daly dazzled the galleries at the Italian Open with his garish clothing but stayed in contention for the title after a second successive 69 in Turin.", "Daly rolls a putt during his second round of 69 at the Italian Open.", "Sporting a lime green top with a pair of psychedelic trousers, Daly was looking to improve on his tie for 31st in the Spanish Open.", "The two-time major champion is playing on the European Tour after being handed a six-month ban in the United States after a series of lurid headlines.", "But clearly showing the benefits of losing 20kg after having a gastric band fitted, Daly has shown glimpses of his best form.", "\"Yesterday could have been really low, but today could have been really high,\" he told the official European Tour Web site www.europeantour.com.", "\"I didn't hit it that great and one-putted the first five greens.\"", "Daly was partnering home hope and 2007 champion Francesco Molinari and while struggled early on, the Italian packed an eagle and two birdies into his first four holes to go joint leader.", "But he then slipped back to five-under as he matched Daly with a 69.", "Daniel Vancsik of Argentina was setting the pace on the second day after carding a six-under 65 for a halfway total of nine-under 133.", "Daly, who had not played for four months before teeing up in Spain, will look to continue his improved form in lucrative upcoming events.", "It was confirmed on Friday that he is to extend his stay by playing in the European Open at the London Club from May 28-31.", "It will be a first appearance in the tournament by the \"Wild Thing\" who is promoting a new range of clothing to match his more slimline figure." ]	[ "John Daly cards second straight 69 in Turin to be handily-placed in Italian Open .", "43-year-old American is playing a series of events on the European Tour .", "\"Wild Thing\" has also made his mark with his colorful golf clothing ." ]	[ 0, 12 ]
[ "BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNN) -- Argentina's economy is in a perpetual state of uncertainty.", "As a result, Argentines have learned to live with what they've got -- and make things last.", "Lukas Desimone of Baumm cuts out a new bag from an old billboard advertisement.", "This resilience and resourcefulness has resulted in a wonderfully creative culture, where innovation and ingenuity are ever-present.", "In the wake of the country's 2001-2002 economic crash, many Argentines couldn't afford to travel abroad to forge new business relationships and absorb foreign ideas, so they did what they've always done -- they looked within for inspiration.", "In particular, Argentine fashion and designs have come to the forefront in recent years and gained worldwide accolades.", "These days, whenever I walk down the streets of Buenos Aires, especially in the trendy bohemian neighborhoods of Palermo and San Telmo, I see scores of boutique shops selling cool furnishings and hip clothing.", "Watch Brian Byrnes' report from Argentina » .", "These are the places that always seem to attract the most attention from tourists; I don't think they expect to find such cutting-edge goods here, and are pleasantly surprised when they do.", "I've lived in Argentina since 2001, and witnessed the country struggle through the bad times and enjoy the subsequent recovery; in some sectors of society you could even call it a renaissance.", "So it comes as no surprise to me that Argentine designers are now meshing technology and fashion in totally new, and in many cases, eco-friendly ways.", "Living a \"green\" lifestyle is a relatively new concept in Argentina, and the country is definitely behind in regards to education and implementation of environmentally-friendly policies, but that has started to change in recent years, and as they are prone to do, many Argentines have embraced the idea with their typical gusto.", "I wanted to find out more about some of these new designers, so I visited two businesses in Buenos Aires that are creating items that are both innovative and unique, especially for this region of the world.", "We'll be featuring these two companies on CNN International's special weeklong programming called \"Going Green\" this week.", "The first place I went is Indarra DTX , housed in an enormous warehouse that also serves as a storage area for a supermarket.", "When I knocked on the non-descript gray metal door and passed through a loading dock area, I was thinking that I may have come to the wrong place.", "But cameraman Eduardo Aragona and I were soon greeted by a cheerful receptionist, Agustina, who led us into the spacious workspace and then to a corner area reserved for fashion fittings and meetings.", "There we met Julieta Gayoso, the 37-year-old owner of Indarra DTX.", "She told me that Indarra is a Basque word that means \"energy\" and she named the company such because her objective is to mesh technology and fashion in a way that advances the functionality of clothing.", "\"We are with our clothes 24 hours a day, so I think they need to provide us with other services, and these new benefits have to do with technology,\" says Gayoso.", "Indarra makes sleek jackets from eco-friendly textiles, like bamboo fibers and Lyocell.", "One of their most intriguing products is the FV Module Jacket, which comes with a small solar panel attached to the back.", "The panel absorbs sunlight and in turn can power your Ipod or charge your cell phone.", "I tried one on, and it was comfortable, practical -- and stylish.", "Although I must say, I would be a bit concerned about garnering glances on the street because of the solar square.", "It's not that noticeable, though, and it's worth the funny looks to save a little energy.", "Every bit counts, right?", "Next, we headed across town to the workshop and studio of Baumm, a self-proclaimed \"Recycle and Design Company\" housed on the second floor of a refurbished old home in the Villa Crespo neighborhood of Buenos Aires.", "Lukas Desimone, 29, and Rodrigo Chapero, 27, are the co-owners of the company, and when I first met them I thought they could easily be members of a skateboarding team.", "Baumm -- which means \"tree\" in German (they added an extra \"m\" so \"it would look cooler,\" according to Chapero) -- creates hip messenger bags and wallets from the vinyl that is used in billboards.", "When they first started, they would literally rip down the material from old street advertisements; now they have hired some people to bring the material to them.", "It's a fantastic idea, because as Chapero told me, the material is not recyclable and is toxic if burned, so essentially, once an advertising campaign is over, the vinyl is rolled up, stored away, and never used again.", "The Baumm guys saw the potential in this, and now make colorful, 100 percent original bags that retail for around $30 each.", "Every bag is hand-made, and literally one-of-a-kind.", "\"We are giving new life to something we take out of the trash,\" says Chapero." ]	[ "CNN's Brian Byrnes reports from Argentina on trend for eco-friendly fashion .", "Economic crash inspired a new creativity that's all about recycling, reusing .", "Indarra DTX is creating hi-tech clothing, installing solar panels in jackets .", "Baumm uses vinyl from discarded billboard advertisements to make bags ." ]	[ 0, 7, 10, 14, 20, 24, 29 ]
[ "MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- Arrest warrants have been issued for another nine people associated with a fire at a day-care center in northwestern Mexico in June that killed 48 children, the state-run Notimex news agency said Saturday.", "Two girls lay flowers during a funeral of one of the 48 children who died in the day-care fire.", "The warrants are for the owners and legal representatives of the ABC day-care center in the city of Hermosillo in Sonora state, which burned down June 5, Notimex said.", "Officials have determined that the fire started at an air-conditioning unit at a government-owned warehouse in the same building as the day-care center.", "Fourteen children remain hospitalized, Notimex reported earlier.", "The latest arrest warrants are the third group to be issued since the fire.", "On Wednesday, the Mexican federal attorney general's office ordered the arrest of nine public officials from the Mexican Institute of Social Security, which owned the day-care center, as well as private individuals connected to the facility.", "Two weeks earlier, Mexican officials announced they had ordered the arrests of 14 people who worked at the warehouse.", "Parents of the dead children and others have held demonstrations in Hermosillo and Mexico City to protest what they see as foot-dragging by authorities in punishing the responsible parties." ]	[ "Arrest warrants issued for nine people in connection with Mexico day-care fire .", "Forty-eight children died in fire; 14 remain hospitalized .", "Fire started in air-conditioning unit in building, officials say ." ]	[ 0, 3, 4 ]
[ "BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The Iraqi government says it has banned all organized visits to Saddam Hussein's grave amid concern over support for the late dictator's former party.", "An Iraqi poet, left, gives a recital while children carry pictures of Saddam Hussein over his grave.", "A Cabinet statement on Monday said it had directed authorities in Salaheddin province and the Education Ministry to \"take all necessary measures\" to prevent such outings.", "The former dictator, along with his two sons and other relatives, is buried in his hometown of al-Ouja near Tikrit in Salaheddin north of Baghdad.", "And, Hussein supporters and schoolchildren have made visits there on the late dictator's birthday and hanging date.", "There have been videos on sites such as YouTube of people at the site.", "One video shows schoolchildren at the grave in December; they carried banners at Hussein's grave that said \"We won't forget you father\" and they read pro-Hussein poetry.", "The government move was made after a recent visit by schoolchildren to the grave, but no reason was given for the decision.", "However, the move reflects the concern of Iraq's government over the presence of the Baath Party in Iraq, Saddam Hussein's political movement.", "The party and its symbols have been banned in Iraq.", "On Saturday, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh told reporters that while there can be government reconciliation with individual Baathists who have not committed crimes such as killing Iraqis, there can never be national reconciliation with the party itself.", "Salaheddin Gov.", "Mutasher Hussein Alaiwi, said he had not received any official directives yet, but said he would implement Cabinet orders when he receives them.", "The governor said that would apply to organized group visits, but they would not stop individual ones.", "A resident of al-Ouja told CNN the government had no right to stop visitors from going to their former president's tomb.", "\"Even if they put police and army outside the door, they will not stop us from visiting our president, our leader and our father,\" said Mohammed al- Nasiri.", "Hussein was executed in 2006 after an Iraqi court sentenced him to death for crimes against humanity." ]	[ "Iraqi government bans all organized visits to Saddam Hussein's grave .", "Former dictator buried in his hometown of al-Ouja near Tikrit, north of Baghdad .", "Government move was made after a recent visit by schoolchildren to the grave .", "Move reflects concern of Iraq's government over presence of the Baath Party ." ]	[ 0, 3, 7, 8 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Russian supermodel Natalia Vodianova's life has been a classic rags-to-riches fairytale, taking her from poverty in provincial Russia to a cosmopolitan life of wealth and aristocracy.", "Supermodel Natalia Vodianova was discovered in Moscow in a classic rags-to-riches tale.", "Her intelligence, poise and charm (as well as stunning features and long limbs), have propelled her from anonymity to being one of the most recognizable and respected models in the fashion industry.", "Her success has earned her the nickname Supernova.", "Not content to grace the covers of glossy magazines and the catwalks of the world's glamorous fashion capitals, Vodianova has also carved a role as a philanthropist.", "In 2005 she founded the Naked Heart Foundation, a charity that builds playgrounds for children across Russia.", "\"Giving back just feels so great and I always try to open each play park with myself being present for the children because it makes it more special for them.", "I go to very remote parts of Russia that are far from Moscow and it gives these children an extra message of love,\" she told CNN.", "Vodianova was born on February 28 1982 in Nizhni Novgorod, the fourth largest city in Russia.", "She lived in a poor district of the city with her mother and two sisters, one of whom has cerebral palsy.", "Watch Natalia Vodianova take CNN on a tour of Moscow » .", "The young Vodianova was regularly taken to the opera and the ballet by her grandparents.", "They offered some respite from the troubles at home and taught her the importance of manners.", "When Vodianova was 11 she began to help out on the family's fruit stall, and at the age of 15 she had moved into her own apartment with her best friend.", "\"It was a lot of survival and a lot of struggling but overall we were a good team,\" Vodianova told CNN.", "\"We worked really hard, all of us, and stood up for each other.", "My mum was amazing -- she lived for us.", "I appreciate what she has done for me and the way she raised me\" In 1999 a Parisian model scout held an open casting in Nizhni Novgorod.", "Vodianova impressed him and he sent her to Paris to sign with Viva Models on the condition that she learn English within three months.", "Luckily for her she took his advice.", "A year later Vodianova would find herself settled in Paris and sitting at a dinner party in the Pompidou Center restaurant.", "It was there she met artistic, English aristocratic playboy the Honorable Justin Portman, third son of the late Viscount Edward Henry Berkeley Portman.", "See Natalia Vodianova's life in front of the camera. ...", "The Portman family is one of the wealthiest in Britain, owning over 100 acres of prime land in central London and 3000 acres in Herefordshire, as well as expansive properties in Antigua and Australia.", "The pair fell in love and after a quick civil wedding Vodianova gave birth to their first child, Lucas, in December 2001, when she was still only 19.", "Vodianova lost a huge amount of weight after the birth and just a few weeks later at the castings for Paris Fashion Week she was the clear favorite among the designers.", "She opened and closed the prestigious Yves Saint Laurent show, as well as 40 other runway bookings and landed a Gucci perfume campaign, shot by iconic fashion photographer Mario Testino.", "On September 1 2002 Vodianova and Portman were married again, this time in a ceremony at St Vladimir's Cathedral in St Petersburg, followed by a lavish reception for 110 guests at the Palace of Catherine the Great.", "Over the next few years two more children followed.", "Her daughter Neva was born in March 2006 and another son, Viktor, was born in September 2007.", "Vodianova still found time to walk the runway for the world's great fashion houses, including Chanel, Givenchy, Versace, Balenciaga, Prada, Ralph Lauren, Christian Lacroix, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci and her good friend Diane Von Furstenberg.", "She \"officially\" retired from the catwalk after Valentino's emotional final show, during the Spring/Summer 2008 season.", "Afterwards, Vodianova took Valentino for a well-deserved holiday to her much-loved city of Moscow.", "\"Moscow is the heart of my country so it gathers the best of what I love about my country - and I can find it all here in this place.", "I love the people, I love what I find here, I love being here and it's sad that I don't actually live here.", "It would be my dream\" Vodianova told CNN.", "Following a brief return to the catwalk for Diane Von Furstenberg and Balenciaga at the end of 2008 the supermodel is now fronting campaigns for Calvin Klein and David Yurman jewelry.", "At the age of 27 Natalia Vodianova has achieved more than most people could ever dream of.", "She's got age on her side, as well as beauty, fame and fortune, and yet she remains admirably grounded.", "\"The most important things to me are my children, my family and my husband.", "It's really about people in general -- I really love people and I try to never say no if someone needs my help.\"" ]	[ "Russian supermodel Natalia Vodianova grew up in a poor neighborhood .", "Her charity, the \"Naked Heart Foundation,\" builds playgrounds in Russia .", "She is married to English aristocrat Justin Portman and has three children .", "Vodianova now fronts campaigns for Calvin Klein and David Yurman jewelry ." ]	[ 5, 22, 36 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Profits at celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay's British restaurants plunged by nearly 90 percent in the last 12 months.", "Gordon Ramsay has become as successful on television as he has been off-screen.", "Run by the Scottish-born chef and his father-in-law Chris Hutcheson, Gordon Ramsay Holdings reported a drop in annual turnover from £41.6 million ($68 million) to £35 million ($57 million) in the year to August 2008, Britain's Press Association reported Friday.", "Pre-tax profits plummeted by over £3 million ($4.9 million) to £383,325 ($627,000), while net debt in the group, which includes London restaurants such as Claridges, Maze and the flagship Royal Hospital Road, soared to almost £9.5 million ($15.5 million).", "With spiraling debts and crippling tax bills, the star of TV shows such as \"Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares\" and \"Hell's Kitchen\" was forced to pump huge amounts of his own money into the business, even selling his prized Ferrari to raise funds, The Guardian newspaper said.", "Ramsay has attributed his business problems to over-ambitious expansion plans, in addition to the closure of two of his 11 London eateries.", "The Michelin-starred chef opened ten restaurants between 2007 and 2008, while The Savoy Grill was forced to close as the Savoy hotel was refurbished, and the lease at the Connaught expired.", "The 42-year old was also forced to review his company's international operations, closing restaurants in Paris, Los Angeles and Prague, The Times newspaper reported.", "\"Ambition overtook me.", "We thought we could do anything, that we couldn't fail,\" PA quoted Ramsay as saying recently.", "A full review of the group's operations was instigated in December as part of a refinancing deal with the Royal Bank of Scotland and to help the business get through the troubled economic times.", "\"2008 brought its own challenges, not just for our group, but for the industry as a whole and the broader economy,\" Hutcheson told PA. \"Whilst the restructuring has benefited the group, the significant contribution and commitment of all 750 staff to the business has been integral to moving us to a position of strength.\"", "Ramsay has endured a difficult time recently.", "Last month he was criticized by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd after reportedly comparing television star Tracy Grimshaw to a pig during a live cooking show in Melbourne.", "His trademark colorful language also came under fire last year by another Australian lawmaker.", "However Ramsay told the country's Channel Nine Network, which broadcasts Kitchen Nightmares and Hell's Kitchen, that the shows emphasize the \"pressures of working in a restaurant kitchen.\"" ]	[ "Turnover by Gordon Ramsay Holdings drops from $68M to $57M .", "Pre-tax profits plummet by over $4.9M to $627,000 .", "Over-ambitious expansion plans, restaurant closures blamed .", "Ramsay currently owns nine restaurants in London ." ]	[ 3, 5 ]
[ "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- The family of Michael Jackson has been told by state officials that it may be possible to bury the singer at Neverland Ranch -- if the county gives the green light.", "Santa Barbara County says it hasn't yet been contacted about burying Michael Jackson at Neverland.", "Officials with Santa Barbara County, the site of the ranch, said Thursday that they have not yet been approached, and it was not clear whether the family had decided to pursue that option.", "A lawyer from the Jackson family contacted state officials recently about possibly burying Jackson at the ranch that was his home for almost two decades, said Amanda Fulkerson of California's State and Consumer Services Agency.", "To bury someone on private land in California is a two-step process.", "First, a certificate of authority is needed from the state Cemetery and Funeral Bureau -- easily obtainable by filling out a two-page application and paying $400.", "Next, the family needs approval from the county.", "No one from the Jackson camp has contacted county authorities yet, said county spokesman William Boyer.", "\"We have had no formal application either from the Jackson family or from the property owner,\" said Boyer, the communications director for the county.", "\"At that point, we would review the application and make a determination.\"", "Boyer said Santa Barbara county has never been approached about burial on private land.", "California has had burials outside cemeteries, most notably that of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan at his presidential library in Ventura County's Simi Valley.", "Jackson's brother Jermaine said he'd like to see the singer buried at the ranch.", "But their father, Joe Jackson, said he opposes the site.", "The rest of the family has expressed no preference about Jackson's final resting place.", "Michael Jackson died June 25 of a cardiac arrest.", "The exact cause of death is pending toxicology results.", "Jackson purchased the Neverland Ranch -- named for the fictional world in J.M.", "Barrie's \"Peter Pan\" -- in 1987 and filled it with animals and amusement rides.", "Billionaire Tom Barrack Jr. gained control of the ranch through his company last year as part of a process to alleviate the singer's debts, believed to be in the millions.", "Soon after Jackson's death, Barrack said the property's future would be discussed at a later time." ]	[ "State officials say Santa Barbara County has to approve burial on private property .", "Jackson family also must fill out a two-page application and pay $400 .", "Neverland Ranch was Jackson's home for almost two decades .", "Brother Jermaine wants to see him buried at ranch; father Joe opposes idea ." ]	[ 3, 10, 12, 13 ]
[ "(CNN) -- An Egyptian court on Thursday confirmed the death sentences of a business tycoon and a former police officer convicted of killing rising Lebanese pop star Suzanne Tamim.", "Hisham Talaat Moustafa, a real estate mogul, has been found guilty of Suzanne Tamim's murder.", "In a case that has captivated Egypt and the region because of the fame of the victim and one of the defendants, a judge sentenced to death real estate mogul Hisham Talaat Moustafa and former officer Muhsen el Sukkari last month.", "Tamim's body was found stabbed, with her throat slit, in her apartment in the United Arab Emirates in July 2008.", "The court's latest decision came after a review of the sentence by Egypt's grand mufti, the country's highest religious official.", "Because the two men were sentenced under Islamic law, it is widely expected they will be hanged.", "The court usually seeks to get the Mufti's \"advice only on any death sentence, according to the law,\" a legal source in Cairo told CNN.", "\"However, the Mufti's advice to the court is not binding at all,\" added the source, who asked not to be named.", "\"Even if the Mufti was against the death sentence, that will not have any effect on the judge's decision, who will have the final say,\" the source said.", "Since his 2003 appointment as grand mufti, Sheikh Ali Gomaa has received about 480 cases from the court that included death sentences.", "He supported the judge's decision in 478 and opposed twice, but the rule was implemented according to the court conviction.", "Moustafa's lawyer previously told reporters that he would appeal the conviction, saying there was \"a 1 million percent guarantee\" the sentence would be overturned.", "Prosecutors alleged Moustafa, a parliament member for the ruling National Democratic Party, paid el Sukkari $2 million to kill Tamim.", "During the trial, Moustafa's lawyer told CNN his client loved the singer but could not take Tamim as a second wife because his family objected.", "Polygamy is legal in Egypt, and it's not unusual for men such as Moustafa, a married father of three, to take on additional wives.", "Prosecutors have said Tamim's death was a \"means of taking revenge\" but have not elaborated.", "Moustafa and el Sukkari claim the prosecution's evidence could have been fabricated or tampered with by UAE authorities and should not be used against them.", "Although Tamim was killed in the UAE, the Egyptian judiciary tried the case in Cairo because the accused were arrested in Egypt.", "After Moustafa's arrest in September, Egyptian authorities indicted him, stripped him of his parliamentary immunity and jailed him pending trial.", "He also resigned as chairman of Talaat Moustafa Group -- a conglomerate with construction and real estate arms that was founded by his father, Talaat Moustafa.", "Moustafa's brother, Tarek Talaat Moustafa, now chairs the company.", "CNN.com Arabic's Mahmoud Gharib contributed to this story." ]	[ "Egyptian mogul and ex-police officer guilty of Lebanese singer Tamim's murder .", "Her body was found in apartment in United Arab Emirates .", "Prosecutors alleged Moustafa paid ex-officer el Sukkari $2M to kill Tamim .", "Moustafa, el Sukkari say prosecution's evidence could have been made up ." ]	[ 1, 3, 12, 16 ]
[ "(AOL Autos) -- Automotive expert Tom Torbjornsen answers a question about how to diagnose an exhaust problem and what to do about it.", "Dear Tom, Smoke is coming out of the tailpipe of my 2002 Chrysler Sebring with 90,000 miles.", "Is this a big problem?", "I have to put a quart of oil a week in the engine.", "What should I do? -- Sally, New York .", "Sally, Generally, engines burn oil due to a few reasons: bad valve seals, worn valve guides, pressurized crankcase (oil pan) due to a clogged PCV valve or breather system, and blow-by from worn piston rings.", "Bad valve seals: The valves are located in the cylinder head above the combustion chamber.", "Oil is pumped at 40 to 80 PSI (pounds/square inch) of pressure into the top of the head, lubricating the valve-train.", "The valves have seals to stop the flow of oil down into the engine when the valve is open.", "If the seals fail then oil is allowed to flow down into the combustion chamber and is burned.", "Worn valve guides: A small cylindrical chamber called a valve guide does just what its name says ... it guides the valves.", "These guides wear out over time causing eccentricity (slop).", "The excess gap that forms allows oil to flow down the valve stem into the combustion chamber to be burned.", "Normally the valve seal stops this flow.", "However, in this case the gap is too great for the seal to work.", "AOL Autos: Should you use synthetic motor oil?", "Pressurized crankcase due to clogged PCV or breather system: Your car's engine is a giant air pump, consequently it must breathe.", "The PCV (Positive Crankcase Ventilation) system allows the engine to exhaust the excess pressure buildup (which is a natural phenomenon of the internal combustion engine).", "Carbon is a by-product of an engine and can build up in the PCV system, clogging the breathing passages.", "This in turn pressurizes the oil pan and pushes oil up into the fuel delivery system where it is fed into the engine and burned.", "AOL Autos: Do I need to replace my air filter?", "Blow-by from worn piston rings: The pistons in your car's engine have seals around them in the form of rings.", "These rings have two functions: (1) they seal the combustion chamber so that the power developed from the firing of the cylinder is not lost.", "(2) They provide vital lubrication to the cylinder walls.", "When the rings wear out, the pressure from combustion reverses down into the oil pan, pressurizing it, and forcing oil into the valve covers.", "From there it goes through the breather system, back into the fuel delivery system, and into the engine to be burned.", "It's hard to say without performing some diagnostics on the engine.", "A quart of oil a week is excessive.", "It could be due to a plugged PCV or excessive internal engine wear.", "Take the car into the shop for engine diagnostics.", "My guess is that the tech will perform a compression test along with a cylinder leak down test after he/she determines if the PCV system is open.", "During these tests the tech tries to determine if there is loss of engine compression, blow-by, or excessive oil consumption due to ring wear.", "If excessive ring wear is discovered then further engine teardown will be necessary to determine if the engine needs to be rebuilt or replaced.", "AOL Autos: How often should you change your oil .", "What is the difference between blue and white smoke?", "The engine can emit different colors of smoke: .", "Blue smoke: Blue typically means that engine oil is being burned in the combustion chamber.", "In rare cases, when a vehicle is equipped with a transmission that uses a device called a vacuum modulator valve (to soften shifts between gears according to engine vacuum) the diaphragm can break inside the valve and cause transmission fluid to be sucked into the engine via the vacuum line feeding the valve and burn.", "AOL Autos: Fluid leaks: unsafe and expensive .", "White smoke: White can mean one of two things.", "(1) Water condensation from a blown and leaking head gasket: This gasket is the seal between the cylinder head and engine block.", "Water runs through channels called water jackets that line the cylinder walls and thus carry away heat.", "When the head gasket blows, the seal between the cylinder head and engine block breaks and water is allowed to enter the combustion chamber.", "This water is emitted from the engine in the form of water vapor or steam and it is white in color.", "(2) Excessive gas: Fuel delivery systems sometimes falter and dump excessive amounts of raw fuel into the intake plenum.", "When this happens, the amount of fuel is too much for the engine to process.", "Hence, it exits the engine and tailpipe in the form of pure white fuel vapor.", "It stinks like raw gas and can be dangerous if it ignites in the hot muffler and catalytic converter.", "I have witnessed exhaust systems literally blown off the vehicle from the explosion that ensued from ignition of a gas-filled catalytic converter.", "This condition must be fixed immediately to prevent internal engine damage or worse yet, a serious fire.", "Can I add oil or coolant and keep driving the vehicle until I can afford to fix it?", "Yes. However, be advised that such maladies never get better by themselves; and they always get worse with time.", "There is a real possibility that you will get caught on the road driving at highway speeds (thinking you added enough oil, transmission fluid or engine coolant) and the oil runs out, causing a catastrophic failure.", "In general, when it comes to a need for auto repair, conditions never improve on their own.", "You must maintain your vehicle if you want to get the maximum life out of it and, in the long run, spend the least amount of money.", "AOL Autos: How to avoid common car problems ." ]	[ "An oil-thirsty engine and smoke coming from car's tailpipe are signs of trouble .", "Bad valve seals or worn guides, clogged PCV valve, worn piston rings among causes .", "White smoke: Water condensation from blown head gasket, too much gas .", "Blue smoke: Engine oil is being burned in the combustion chamber ." ]	[ 5, 36, 39, 40 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A multiagency search is under way for the killers of two U.S. citizens in northern Mexico, according to Chihuahua state officials.", "A girl stands at the coffin of Mormon church leader Benjamin LeBaron in Chihuahua State.", "Benjamin LeBaron, 32, and his brother-in-law, Luis Widmar, in his mid-30s, were beaten and shot to death after armed men stormed into their home in Galeana on Tuesday morning.", "The killers have yet to be identified, but the case seems to be connected to local drug lords, said Arturo Sandoval, a spokesman for the Chihuahua state attorney general's office.", "Sandoval said a note was found on LeBaron's body, but he could not confirm the contents.", "Local media reported that the note indicated the slayings were in retribution for the capture of 25 drug suspects in a nearby town.", "LeBaron's younger brother, Eric, was kidnapped in May and returned unharmed after a week.", "The incident prompted LeBaron to become a nationally recognized anti-crime activist who moved the local community to take a stand.", "\"There are no leaders here, or we are all leaders,\" LeBaron's brother, Julian LeBaron, told CNN television affiliate KINT in El Paso, Texas.", "\"If they kill my brother another three will take his place, and if they kill us, another hundred will take their place.", "We are not giving up. No way.\" The LeBaron brothers belonged to the \"Community of LeBaron\" in the Municipality of Galeana, a township founded by ex-communicated Mormons." ]	[ "Benjamin LeBaron and his brother-in-law are shot dead in their home .", "The killers have yet to be identified, but the case seems tied to local drug lords .", "Local media: Slayings retribution for capture of drug suspects in town nearby .", "LeBaron was a nationally recognized anti-crime activist ." ]	[ 2, 3, 5, 7 ]
[ "NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- A portion of a partially built bridge for New Delhi's metro rail network collapsed Sunday, killing five people and injuring 15, authorities said.", "A crane clears away wreckage from a collapsed carriageway on Sunday in New Delhi, India.", "The crash occurred when a metal beam supporting pillars gave way, Delhi Metro Rail Corp. spokesman Anuj Dayal told CNN.", "Concrete slabs came crashing down, burying workers beneath, officials said.", "The dead included one site engineer, said Mohammad Akhlaque, police sub-inspector.", "The man in charge of building the Metro system offered to quit the project Sunday.", "\"I take full moral responsibility for this accident.", "And having taken this moral responsibility, I have decided to resign as the managing director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation,\" Elattuvalapil Sreedharan told a news conference.", "Sreedharan, 77, however, noted that Sunday's crash would set the metro project back by three months.", "New Delhi launched its metro system six years ago, a project that cut through India's bureaucratic red-tape that usually holds back big infrastructure programs.", "Construction on new lines has been proceeding at a frenzied pace as the city gets ready to host the Commonwealth Games in 2010.", "Hailed as a relief in India's traffic-congested capital, the metro has a tarnished safety record.", "Part of a another bridge being built to extend the rail system collapsed last October, pinning a bus underneath and killing its driver." ]	[ "Five killed, 15 injured when partially built bridge collapses in New Delhi .", "Bridge was being built for city's metro rail network .", "Collapse occurred when a metal beam supporting pillars gave way, official says ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A national poll of people who watched the vice presidential debate Thursday night suggests that Democratic Sen. Joe Biden won, but also says Republican Gov.", "Sarah Palin exceeded expectations.", "Poll respondents give Sen. Joe Biden the edge over Gov.", "Sarah Palin in ability to express views.", "The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. said 51 percent of those polled thought Biden did the best job, while 36 percent thought Palin did the best job.", "But respondents said the folksy Palin was more likable, scoring 54 percent to Biden's 36 percent.", "Seventy percent said Biden was more of a typical politician.", "Both candidates exceeded expectations -- 84 percent of the people polled said Palin did a better job than they expected, while 64 percent said Biden also exceeded expectations.", "How Palin would perform had been a major issue for the Alaska governor, who had some well-publicized fumbles during interviews with CBS' Katie Couric leading up to the debate.", "Respondents thought Biden was better at expressing his views, giving him 52 percent to Palin's 36 percent.iReport.com: Tell us who you think did best .", "On the question of the candidates' qualifications to assume the presidency, 87 percent of those polled said Biden is qualified and 42 percent said Palin is qualified.", "The candidates sparred over which team would be the better agent of change, and Biden came out on top of that debate, with 53 percent of those polled giving the nod to the Delaware senator while 42 percent said Palin was more likely to bring change.", "Respondents overwhelmingly said moderator Gwen Ifill was fair during the vice presidential debate, repudiating critics who said that Ifill, of PBS, would be biased because she is writing a book that includes Biden's running mate, Sen. Barack Obama.", "Ninety-five percent of those polled said Ifill was fair.", "The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.", "Obama was selected as a winner over Republican Sen. John McCain in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll on the September 26 presidential debate." ]	[ "51 percent say Democratic Sen. Joe Biden wins vice presidential debate .", "Republican Gov.", "Sarah Palin exceeds expectations, 84 percent say .", "Palin beats Biden on likability, 54-36 .", "87 percent say Biden is qualified for job, 42 percent say Palin is ." ]	[ 0, 1, 4, 10 ]
[ "(Sunset) -- Come home from your next trip relaxed and smarter.", "Where to learn Spanish, whitewater rafting, astrophysics and more .", "Sedona Spirit Yoga & Hiking offers four-day retreats among the red rocks.", "Sedona, Arizona .", "Find your path in Arizona .", "In Sedona, the path to enlightenment involves hiking boots and yoga mats.", "Sedona Spirit Yoga & Hiking offers four-day retreats where you'll take guided hikes through red rock wilderness to vortex sites, places where the Earth's energy is supposedly strongest.", "You'll also learn meditation, experience a Native American sweat lodge and maybe even nail that eagle pose.", "Abbreviated three- to six-hour yoga hikes are also offered.", "Play hooky: In between downward dogs and trail switchbacks, check out uptown Sedona's restaurants, which include vegan and raw choices, or browse art galleries.", "Info: September-June; from $995, including lodging and breakfast; yoga hikes from $90; 888/282-9901.", "--Nora Burba Trulsson .", "Oaxaca, Mexico .", "Mix up moles south of the border .", "Learn to tell your chiles from your chapulines (toasted grasshoppers) at Seasons of My Heart, a cooking school in the Oaxacan countryside of southern Mexico that kicks off with some serious market research.", "Guided by Mexican food maven Susana Trilling, sample and buy local delicacies, then head back to the chopping blocks and stoves of Trilling's spacious blue-tiled kitchen to create complex moles and picante bisques.", "Play hooky: While you're in Oaxaca, ascend the ruins of the ancient city of Monte Albán for spectacular vistas of Oaxaca Valley.", "Info: Year-round; $75 for full-day class, including transportation from Oaxaca City.", "-Edie Jarolim .", "Ensenada, Mexico .", "Speak Spanish in Baja .", "Get beyond your Mexican-restaurant-level Spanish without going back to school by spending a week at the Baja California Language College in Ensenada, Mexico, where there are no exams or grades.", "Thursday afternoons are set aside for excursions to a winery or a local taqueria to learn the difference between salsa verde and pico de gallo -- en español, of course.", "Play hooky: Afternoons and evenings, you're free to surf, explore the area's burgeoning wine region or practice your language skills at the harbor's fish market as you search for the perfect tacos de pescado.", "Info: Year-round; $279 for weeklong classes in which you log 30 hours; 877/444-2252.", "-David Lansing .", "Near Steamboat Springs, Colorado .", "Blaze some trails in Colorado .", "Connect with your inner cowboy at the Vista Verde Ranch, a cluster of cabins and a main lodge on the flanks of the Continental Divide 45 minutes north of Steamboat Springs.", "With 80 horses, daily clinics and morning and afternoon rides, greenhorns and seasoned equestrians can develop their skills in the arena and on trails threading through the aspen forests.", "Plus, resident horse-whisperer Orval Bedell is on hand to teach rodeo tricks such as how to rope a calf.", "Play hooky: Soak in 105 degree mineral waters at the Strawberry Park Hot Springs ($10; 7 miles north of Steamboat Springs; 970/879-0342).", "Info: June-September; from $3,200 per week, including meals, lodging and activities; 970/879-3858.", "--Jad Davenport .", "Salmon River, California .", "Master whitewater paddling .", "Get command of whitewater paddling basics at Otter Bar Lodge Kayak School, a wilderness hideaway on Northern California's Salmon River, about 112 miles northeast of Eureka.", "You'll start by practicing stroke technique, wet exits and rolling in the lodge's flat-water pond before graduating to day trips on the warm class I-II water of the Salmon and Klamath Rivers.", "Don't sweat it if you can't master a roll on the first day: Otter Bar's instructors shadow your every paddle stroke, and if you go over, they're more than happy to right your boat (in kayak-speak, the \"hand of God\").", "Play hooky: The wood-fired sauna and on-call massage therapist can work out your paddling kinks.", "Info: April-September; $2,190 per week, including meals, lodging and gear; 530/462-4772.", "--Katie Arnold .", "Kauai, Hawaii .", "Rock out in Hawaii .", "Dig beneath the surface with geologist Chuck Blay of TEOK Investigations on hikes all over Kauai, including a kid-friendly amble along the southeast coast to wild Maha'ulepu Beach.", "Play hooky: See a reverential torch-lighting ceremony at the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort (808/742-1234).", "Info: Year-round; from $100 ($75 ages 5-12), including lunch; 888/233-8365.", "--Harriot Manley .", "Nootka Island, British Columbia .", "Surf off an island .", "What better place to learn to surf than at a lodge set in a coastal rain forest with views of bears, eagles and whales?", "On Nootka Island, off British Columbia's Vancouver Island, Tatchu Surf Adventures offers instructors, beginner-friendly waves and water temps that hit the 60s.", "Crowds? No way. The island has only six residents.", "Play hooky: Sip scotch in the sauna.", "Info: May-October; $2,218 U.S. per week, including meals, lodging and gear; 250/934-6600.", "--Steve Hawk .", "Denali National Park, Alaska .", "Unravel celestial mysteries .", "To understand what makes the Northern Lights so spectacular, take a crash course in astrophysics at Camp Denali, an 18-cabin retreat inside Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve.", "During three- and four-night programs, Neal Brown, space expert and director of the Alaska Space Grant Program, will explain the magnetic forces that create the aurora borealis and other atmospheric phenomena.", "By day, you can grill Brown with questions you might have; at night, he'll call your cabin if he spots the elusive lights above.", "Play hooky: Spend your mornings moose- and caribou-watching with 20,320-foot Mt.", "McKinley as a backdrop, visible on clear days from just about everywhere on Camp Denali's 67-acre plot.", "Info: Book now for September 2009; from $1,425, including meals and lodging; 907/683-2290.", "--Matt Villano .", "Yosemite National Park, California .", "Take in terroir at the Ahwahnee .", "Roll out of bed at the Ahwahnee, drink in the Half Dome view, then sip some California wines at Vintners' Holidays.", "Winemakers host daily seminars, and a closing gala is held in the hotel's dining room.", "Play hooky: Hike to Mirror Lake and walk in snow-dusted valley meadows.", "Info: Annually in November and December; from $1,008, including two-night stay; 801/559-4884.", "--Sara Schneider .", "Bishop, California .", "Snap to it in the Sierra .", "Paint alpine meadows with pixels in the eastern Sierra Nevada during Mountain Light's three-day photographic workshop in Bishop, California.", "Both amateurs and pros learn to turn landscapes into works of art using a variety of techniques, including lens selection and filters.", "Days begin well before dawn during field trips to secret meadows and iconic locations such as Mono Lake, followed by lectures and critiques back at the gallery.", "Play hooky: Time is tight, but for a pick-me-up you can always sneak next door and order an espresso forte and pecan-topped coffee cake at Black Sheep Espresso Bar.", "Info: Classic Workshop: September 25-28, October 2-5 and 9-12; from $1,395, including meals and lodging; 760/873-7700.", "--J.D. Enter to win a monthly Room Makeover Giveaway from MyHomeIdeas.com .", "Copyright 2004-2009 Sunset magazine.", "All rights reserved." ]	[ "Seasons of My Heart offers Mexican cooking lessons in Oaxaca .", "Take a crash course in astrophysics at Camp Denali in Alaska .", "Get command of whitewater paddling basics at Otter Bar Lodge Kayak School ." ]	[ 12, 36, 58 ]
[ "ACCRA, Ghana (CNN) -- President Obama reached out to Africa on Saturday with a wide-ranging address praising the continent's steady achievements, but he called its persistent violent conflicts \"a millstone around Africa's neck.\"", "President Obama speaks before Ghana's Parliament on Saturday.", "\"Despite the progress that has been made -- and there has been considerable progress in parts of Africa -- we also know that much of that promise has yet to be fulfilled,\" Obama said in a speech to the parliament of Ghana, a western African nation seen as a model of democracy and growth for the rest of the continent.", "Ghana was the first sub-Saharan nation to gain independence, in 1957, and Obama continually cited the nation during his speech for its stability, political strides and painstaking economic progress.", "Its stability stands in contrast to other hot spots on the continent, such as Zimbabwe, where the society is in economic and political turmoil; Sudan, where fighting rages in the Darfur region; and Somalia, where a shaky transitional government is now battling an Islamic insurgency.", "Ghana, with a population of 24 million, was once a major slave trading center.", "Obama visited the Cape Coast Castle, a British outpost where slaves were held until shipped overseas, along with his daughters.", "Watch Obama's remark after touring Cape Coast Castle » .", "\"I think it was particularly important for Malia and Sasha, who are being raised in a very blessed way, that history can take some cruel turns,\" he said.", "\"And hopefully, one of the things that was imparted to them during this trip is their sense of obligation to fight oppression and cruelty wherever it appears.\"", "Obama, whose father was Kenyan, compared the history to that of the Holocaust, Nazi Germany's efforts to exterminate the Jews of Europe during World War II.", "\"It's one of those things that you don't forget about,\" he told CNN in an interview scheduled to air Monday on \"Anderson Cooper 360.\"", "\"I think it's important that the way we think about it, the way it's taught, is not one in which there's simply a victim and a victimizer, and that's the end of the story,\" he said.", "\"I think the way it has to be thought about, the reason it's relevant, is whether it's what's happening in Darfur or what's happening in the Congo or what's happening in too many places around the world, the capacity for cruelty still exists.\"", "Watch how Ghana is celebrating the Obamas' visit » .", "But he told lawmakers that Ghana now shows \"a face of Africa that is too often overlooked by a world that sees only tragedy or the need for charity.\"", "While the nation-building the country exemplifies may lack \"drama of the 20th century's liberation struggles,\" he said \"it will ultimately be more significant.\"", "As he has in past remarks, including his Cairo address last month about U.S.-Muslim relations, Obama stressed the superiority of governments that \"respect the will of their own people,\" saying they foster more prosperity and stability than governments that don't.", "Watch Obama deliver speech to Ghanaian lawmakers » .", "\"No business wants to invest in a place where the government skims 20 percent off the top, or the head of the Port Authority is corrupt,\" he said.", "\"No person wants to live in a society where the rule of law gives way to the rule of brutality and bribery.", "That is not democracy, that is tyranny, even if occasionally you sprinkle an election in there.\"", "Even Kenya, his father's homeland, continues to struggle with tribalism and corruption, he said.", "That eastern African nation \"had a per-capita economy larger than South Korea's when I was born\" and now, he says, it has been \"badly outpaced.\"", "But he said Kenya has restored stability after the violence that followed the disputed 2007 election.", "South Africa has had high voter turnout in recent elections, and Zimbabwe's Election Support Network has defended the right to vote.", "Watch report on Ghanaians' reaction to Obama's remarks » .", "\"Make no mistake: history is on the side of these brave Africans, and not with those who use coups or change constitutions to stay in power.", "Africa doesn't need strongmen, it needs strong institutions,\" he said.", "He said his administration will work \"to support those who act responsibly and to isolate those who don't, and that is exactly what America will do.\"", "As for the economy and opportunity, he said African nations need to stop focusing on one particular commodity, such as oil or cocoa, and \"promote multiple export industries, develop a skilled work force, and create space for small and medium-sized businesses that create jobs.\"", "He cited \"our $3.5 billion food security initiative\" and said \"new methods and technologies for farmers -- not simply sending American producers or goods to Africa\" is what is needed.", "See where Ghana is located » .", "Obama also made reference to climate and energy challenges, saying the developed world should work with Africa to confront such problems.", "He said Africa has much potential to exploit its wind and solar power and geothermal energy and biofuels.", "As for disease, Obama said strides are being made in dealing with HIV/AIDS and malaria, but \"too many still die from diseases that shouldn't kill them.\"", "He also indicated that there need to be ways to keep African doctors and nurses from going overseas and creating gaps in primary care.", "\"When children are being killed because of a mosquito bite, and mothers are dying in childbirth, then we know that more progress must be made.\"", "He said his administration has committed $63 billion to fight disease, praising the \"strong efforts\" of his predecessor, George W. Bush.", "Watch Ed Henry's report Obama's emotional visit to Africa » .", "Obama welcomed efforts by the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States to help resolve conflict.", "He said the United States \"will stand behind efforts to hold war criminals accountable\" and that the Pentagon's Africa Command will fight \"common challenges to advance the security of America, Africa and the world.\"", "Watch Obama's remarks as his visit to Ghana concludes » .", "\"We all have many identities -- of tribe and ethnicity; of religion and nationality.", "But defining oneself in opposition to someone who belongs to a different tribe, or who worships a different prophet, has no place in the 21st century,\" he said.", "\"Africa's diversity should be a source of strength, not a cause for division.", "We are all God's children,\" he said." ]	[ "Obama tells Ghana's lawmakers Africa needs \"opportunity for more people\"\n\"Africa's diversity should be a source of strength, not a cause for division\"\nPledges U.S. will help fight HIV/AIDS, tropical diseases, childhood illnesses ." ]	[ 0, 45 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- American radio talk-show host Michael Savage said he wants an apology from Britain's home secretary and his name removed from a list of people banned from entering the United Kingdom.", "American radio talk-show host Michael Savage calls the British government's description of him \"demented.\"", "\"I've heard from British attorneys who are salivating to set the record straight and win quite a large settlement should she not remove my name from the list,\" Savage said in an interview broadcast Thursday on CNN's \"American Morning.\"", "Savage was referring to Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, whose office recently excluded 22 people from entering the country because the government feels they have been \"stirring up hatred.\"", "The British government has cited Savage -- who is on the list under his real name, Michael Alan Weiner -- for \"seeking to provoke others to serious criminal acts and fostering hatred which might lead to inter-community violence.\"", "Savage has made controversial statements against homosexuality, illegal immigrants from Mexico and Islam.", "He said that \"borders, language and culture is the real message of 'The Savage Nation,' \" his radio talk show.", "\"I'm a patriotic American, and if that's a crime in England, God help us all,\" he said.", "Watch as Savage says he wants to clear his name » .", "Savage's daily radio show does not air in Britain but is broadcast nationwide in the United States.", "Savage rejected the British government's description of him, calling it \"a demented attitude.\"", "\"She lumped me in with known murderers and terrorists, people who have been in prison for killing people,\" Savage said of Smith.", "\"I've been on the air for 15 years, three hours a day, five days a week.", "I have never, ever promoted violence.", "There has never been one violent incident attached to my show.\"", "Smith has said she is determined to keep those who \"spread extremism, hatred and violent messages\" out of the country.", "\"Coming to the UK is a privilege, and I refuse to extend that privilege to individuals who abuse our standards and values to undermine our way of life,\" Smith said.", "\"Therefore, I do not hesitate to name and shame those who foster extremist views, as I want them to know that they are not welcome here.\"", "The Home Office has named 16 people on the list, saying it was not in the public interest to disclose the names of the other six.", "Included on the list are: ." ]	[ "Radio talk-show host Michael Savage wants British home secretary to apologize .", "Savage, 20-plus others banned from entering Britain for \"stirring up hatred\"\n\"I'm a patriotic American, and if that's a crime in England, God help us all,\" he says .", "Savage known for controversial remarks on homosexuality, illegal immigrants, Islam ." ]	[ 0, 5, 7 ]
[ "BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN/In Session) -- The former wife of a man accused of kidnapping their daughter told a jury Monday about the unraveling of her 12-year marriage to a man she thought was a member of the moneyed Rockefeller family.", "Sandra Boss testifies about the 12 years she spent with a man she thought was one of the Rockefellers.", "Financial consultant Sandra Lynn Boss, 42, was stone-faced and repeatedly referred to her former husband as \"the defendant\" as she took the witness stand Monday at his kidnapping trial.", "She now lives in London, England, with the girl, Reigh, who just turned 8.", "Her former husband, German-born Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, 48, is accused of kidnapping their daughter in July, and taking the child to Baltimore, Maryland, where he'd bought a townhouse near the harbor.", "His trial began last week in Boston, Massachusetts.", "Gerhartsreiter is charged with the kidnapping of a minor by a relative, assault and battery, assault with a dangerous weapon and furnishing a false name to a law enforcement officer.", "His defense attorneys told jurors they will present evidence that Gerhartsreiter was mentally ill. As she began the narrative of their whirlwind romance and 12-year marriage, Boss described how she was charmed by a handsome stranger she knew as Clark Rockefeller, who was host of a party based on the mystery game Clue.", "Boss testified that she came to the party dressed as the character \"Miss Scarlet\" and fell for him immediately during the summer of 1993, when she was a student at Harvard's business school.", "\"I thought he was very attractive,\" she testified.", "\"He was very well dressed, very fit.", "I thought he was very polite and could talk about anything, and also very charming.\"", "She told jurors that the man she married in 1995 told her he grew up in a townhouse on Manhattan's prestigious Sutton Place, that he had suffered amnesia and couldn't speak after falling down a flight of stairs as a child, and that his parents had been killed in an accident when he was in college.", "He also said he attended Yale University under an early admissions program when he was 14 and helped foreign governments renegotiate their debt.", "She believed it, she said, because \"he was one of the most intelligent people\" she'd met.", "Boss said he proposed to her during the spring of 1994, during a trip to Maine.", "They were married in a Quaker ceremony on Nantucket soon after she graduated from business school.", "Only eight people attended -- and not a single Rockefeller.", "Her new husband explained that he'd had a falling out with his family.", "The newlyweds set up housekeeping in New York.", "During the early days of their marriage, she said, her husband was very supportive, but his demeanor soon changed.", "He became possessive and controlling, she said.", "Later, he \"began to show temper,\" she said.", "\"He wanted to walk me to and from work every day.", "He began to be less supportive of my seeing my friends,\" she said.", "His criticism of her friends left her confused and in tears, she said.", "By early 1996, she said, \"It became a very stressful relationship from my point of view.\"", "The couple moved to Nantucket, then to Woodstock, Vermont, then back to Nantucket before buying a house in Cornish, New Hampshire.", "The marriage did not improve.", "By the summer of 2000, Boss said she was considering a separation.", "She spent more time in New York away from her husband, but he wooed her back.", "In September, Boss learned she was pregnant and vowed to work at the marriage for the sake of their child.", "Their daughter, Reigh, was born in May 2001.", "After hiring two nannies, Gerhartsreiter said he could do a better job and became the primary caretaker.", "In September 2004, Boss transferred to her company's Boston office to cut her commute time so she could spend more time with Reigh.", "The marriage ultimately fell apart and the couple separated in January 2007.", "Boss had always been the sole income earner and said she began to doubt that her husband was really a Rockefeller.", "She said she hired a private investigator who came up with little information about \"Clark Rockefeller.\"", "Shortly after that revelation, Gerhartsreiter agreed to give Boss full custody of Reigh.", "He received $800,000, two cars and her engagement ring.", "Boss and Reigh moved to London in late December 2007.", "Gerhartsreiter did not respond to e-mails or calls from his daughter, Boss said, and never initiated contact with her during the first six months after she and her mother moved to London.", "On July 27, 2008 -- during the first of three annual supervised visits in Boston -- Gerhartsreiter allegedly abducted his daughter, nicknamed \"Snooks.\"", "Boss described reuniting with the child at the FBI field office in Baltimore after Gerhartsreiter's arrest a week later.", "She said Reigh had lost weight and \"seemed younger.\"", "Boss returns to the stand on Tuesday, when she will undergo cross-examination." ]	[ "Ex-wife testifies at kidnapping trial of Rockefeller impostor .", "Sandra Boss says she was romanced by handsome stranger .", "Later, she says, he became controlling and short-tempered .", "Impostor is accused of kidnapping his daughter in July ." ]	[ 2, 4, 7, 21 ]
[ "LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Pop singer Britney Spears must submit to random drug tests, a judge has ordered after finding she engaged in \"habitual, frequent, and continuous use of controlled substances and alcohol.\"", "Kevin Federline and Britney Spears are in the middle of a bitter custody battle over their two sons.", "The ruling by Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon provided no details and did not name any specific drugs, stating only that the findings were \"based on the evidence presented.\"", "Spears must also spend eight hours a week working with a parenting coach who will observe her interactions with her children, according to the ruling released Tuesday.", "Efforts to contact the singer's lawyers, Marci Levine and Mel Goldman, were unsuccessful late Tuesday.", "The ruling comes during Spears' custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline.", "The documents underscore the bitter nature of the fight over their two sons, Sean Preston and Jayden.", "The two have split custody equally, but Federline is asking for the arrangements to be shifted to 70-30 in his favor.", "After a closed hearing Monday, Gordon ordered Spears, 25, to undergo random drug tests twice a week.", "He told both parents to avoid alcohol or \"other non-prescription controlled substances\" 12 hours before taking custody of the children.", "He also barred the exes from making \"derogatory remarks about the other party and the other party's family or significant other\" during the case, ordered them to go through \"joint co-parenting counseling\" and barred them from using corporal punishment on the boys.", "Spears and Federline were married for two years before their divorce was finalized in July.", "Federline's attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, told reporters on Monday he didn't see the custody battle being resolved before scheduled hearings in November and December.", "Tuesday's order comes amid a career freefall for Spears, who has a new album due in stores November 13.", "Critics said her September 9 \"comeback\" performance on the MTV Video Music Awards was lackluster and said she appeared overweight in her sequined, two-piece costume.", "Her former divorce lawyer, Laura Wasser, resigned as her legal representative in the past few days after defending her outside the courthouse on Friday, telling reporters the singer \"just wants to be a mom.\"", "And Spears' management company, the Firm, has quit after representing the singer for a little more than a month.", "\"It saddens us to confirm media reports that we have terminated our professional relationship with Britney Spears,\" the company announced Monday.", "\"We believe Britney is enormously talented and has made a terrific record, but current circumstances have prevented us from properly doing our job.", "We wish Britney the best.\"", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Britney Spears must submit to random drug tests twice a week, judge orders .", "Spears is in bitter custody battle with ex-husband, Kevin Federline .", "Pop singer has a new album due out in November .", "Spears, Federline were married for two years; divorce was finalized in July ." ]	[ 0, 1, 11 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- The 1992 Hollywood movie \"Lorenzo's Oil,\" depicts the true story of Lorenzo, a five-year-old boy who suffered from adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), a rare and incurable disease that slowly destroys the entire nervous system.", "Michaela Damin and her son, Nick, who suffers from an extremely rare disease that affects the heart.", "The movie showed how Lorenzo's grave physical and mental decline was finally stopped when his tireless parents found a treatment based on a mixture of oils, despite skepticism from doctors.", "The film illustrated perfectly the struggle faced by patients suffering from any of 6,000 known rare conditions worldwide, generally known as orphan diseases.", "Michaela Damin, founder of the Barth Syndrome Trust, whose son, Nick, suffers from this crippling syndrome that affects the heart and immune system and only has 130 known sufferers worldwide, told CNN: \"It can take years to get the correct diagnosis and even then there may be no expert who knows what to do next.\"", "The fact remains that rare diseases are still mostly overlooked by pharmaceutical companies because of the small patient population and lack of financial incentives.", "Drug companies tend to focus on the more lucrative \"blockbuster drugs\" for common diseases, at the expense of cures for rare conditions.", "The term \"orphan drug\" was originally coined because the pharmaceutical industry took little or no interest in discovery, development and marketing of drugs for rare diseases.", "According to the European Organization for Rare Diseases, rare diseases affect between three and five percent of the population in developed countries.", "In the European Union, a disease is considered rare if it affects fewer than five in 10,000 people, while in the United States the disease must affect fewer than 200,000 people.", "Many countries, such as the United States, Japan and the United Kingdom, have therefore attempted to encourage pharmaceutical companies to invest in orphan diseases by giving them tax incentives, fee reductions and extensions of patent rights.", "The United States was the first country to develop an orphan drug law in 1983, followed by Japan and Australia.", "In 1997, the Australian Orphan Drugs policy was set up to help manufacturers overcome the high cost of marketing drugs which have not proved to be commercially viable.", "Since 1998, the EU has also devoted time and resources to rare diseases and passing laws that have led to more research and development in the field.", "But even when treatments are developed, they generally remain extremely expensive.", "See where to get help for rare diseases » .", "Genzyme, one of the pharmaceutical companies that focuses primarily on rare diseases, has long charged more than $300,000 a year for patients on Cerezyme, a drug used to treat Gaucher disease, an extremely rare condition that causes bone deterioration, among other symptoms.", "Do you know someone who has a rare disease?", "Tell us in the Sound off below or send us an iReport .", "Only about 5,000 people around the world are taking Cerezyme.", "Genzyme says that justifies the high price.", "See images of children living with rare diseases » .", "\"The cost of developing therapies for very rare diseases is not substantially lower than those for common diseases and can take years,\" Steve Bates of Genzyme told CNN.", "In their 2005 book on orphan drugs, Daniel Hagn and Oliver Schoffski wrote that on average, only one of 5,000 to 10,000 substances tested gets as far as market authorization and that it takes eight to 12 years and €895 million ($1.2 billion) to develop and market a new drug.", "Bates said Genzyme needs to recoup those high costs and that profits are the motive for further research: \"Our profits are then re-directed into research for new drugs.\"", "Genzyme's global revenue in 2008 was $4.6 billion, Bates told CNN.", "A spokeswoman for French drug firm Hoffmann-La Roche told CNN: \"There is a Roche Working Group on orphan diseases, but not a separate department.\"", "She declined to say how much the company's resources were allocated for research into the diseases.", "While Pfizer spokesman Oliver Stohlmann told CNN in a written statement: \"Pfizer is one of the leading companies in terms of approved orphan drugs in Europe.", "It currently has four marketed medicines out of 50 on the EU orphan drugs register.", "\"Pfizer also has a new cancer therapy that was originally developed for a very rare tumor type but is now being tested in more common forms of cancer,\" he added.", "Campaigners for rare disease causes say the prohibitively high costs of orphan drugs is a major concern for sufferers, who are often forced to pay for their own treatments.", "Peter Saltonstall, president of the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD), which represents nearly 30 million Americans who have rare diseases, told CNN: \"The biggest issue for us moving forward is that people are able to afford to pay for treatment.", "\"[In the U.S.] most rare disease therapies are expensive and patients are being forced to pay for things out of pocket because of lifetime caps on insurance.\"", "In the United Kingdom, the National Health Service (NHS) subsidizes many of the drugs for rare diseases, but not in all cases.", "The drugs need to pass certain stringent rules, such as fairness of asking price and effectiveness of the drug.", "Dr. Ed Jessop of the UK's NHS said he believes these drugs should only be subsidized if they \"are dramatically effective, work in virtually every patient and if we believe we are paying a fair price.\"", "Some patients therefore still end up footing the bill for drugs that have been deemed too expensive or not effective enough.", "Alastair Kent, President of the UK's Genetic Interest Group (GIG) told CNN that is why the price of treatment should reflect the input gone into developing the product.", "But, he said, \"there are currently no mechanisms to see if the price of some treatments is fair\" Kent would therefore like to see more publicly funded research.", "He also believes pharmaceutical companies should share the knowledge they don't use: \"There is a lot of knowledge in the private sector that just gets filed away and we need to find ways to get that knowledge out.\"", "In the meantime, however, Kent is campaigning for the UK to sign a European Union resolution to be passed on June 8 and 9 that calls for member states to create national plans on rare diseases.", "He hopes a national plan will ease some of the burden that is currently carried by patients.", "It would lead to better communication between the various bodies that deal with rare diseases and enhance care, Kent said.", "But for the moment, Michaela Damin of Barth Trust explained, patients still need to take matters in their own hands: .", "\"Proper communication is really lacking and some of our conditions are so rare, that in the end, we have to become the expert on our own conditions.\"" ]	[ "More than 6,000 known rare diseases worldwide .", "30 million Europeans have a rare disease at some point in their lives .", "Small number of patients per disease means pharmaceuticals pay little notice .", "EU resolution to be passed in June calls for national plans on rare diseases ." ]	[ 16, 41 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Brooke Shields is upset with a tabloid reporter over an incident involving the actress' elderly mother.", "Brooke Shields moved her mother to a different residence after last week's incident, Shields' lawyer says.", "Shields accused a reporter and photographer from the National Enquirer of taking her 75-year-old mother -- Teri Shields, who suffers from dementia -- out of a New Jersey nursing home last week, People magazine reported.", "It was \"reprehensible and disgusting,\" Shields told People.", "The reporter, \"looking for a tabloid story,\" signed her mother out of a senior living facility in Old Tappan, New Jersey, by falsely claiming to be her friend, Shields said.", "Watch why Shields is upset » .", "The National Enquirer said the reporter has known Teri Shields for a decade.", "\"Teri asked the reporter to take her out to lunch and run some errands,\" the tabloid said.", "\"The freelance reporter then got permission from the facility to do so.", "... At no point did the facility, which had given its permission for the outing, contend that there had been any wrongdoing.\"", "Old Tappan police told People they are investigating.", "Brooke Shields' lawyer, Gerald Lefcourt, said the actress has not filed charges, but was exploring her options.", "Shields moved her mother to another facility, Lefcourt said.", "CNN's Marc Balinsky contributed to this report." ]	[ "Reporter takes Brooke Shields' mom out of nursing home, People magazine reports .", "Reporter, with National Enquirer, claims to have known Teri Shields for years .", "Teri Shields, 75, asked reporter to take her to lunch, National Enquirer says .", "Police in New Jersey community investigating, People reports ." ]	[ 2, 6, 7, 10 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Tamil Tiger rebels acknowledged the death of their leader Sunday, nearly a week after the Sri Lankan government said it had recovered the body of Velupillai Prabhakaran and declared victory in the country's 25-year civil war with the rebels.", "In this picture taken 27 November 2003, Velupillai Prabhakaran stands next to an LTTE flag.", "Prabhakaran \"attained martyrdom fighting the military oppression of the Sri Lankan state\" on May 17, according to Tamilnet.com, a rebel Web site, citing the group's international affairs spokesman.", "On Tuesday, President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared victory against the Tamil Tigers.", "\"We are celebrating the defeat of terrorism,\" he said in a nationally televised speech before parliament.", "\"We have won and restored democracy in the country.\"", "The president declared a national holiday for the following day to celebrate the war's end and begin a new phase in the country's history.", "Watch the victory parade » .", "A short time after the presidential address, the military announced that it had recovered the body of Prabhakaran, leader and founder of the Tamil Tigers.", "The rebels initially denied the death of their leader, claiming on Tamilnet.com that Prabhakaran was \"alive and safe.\"", "The defense ministry said the bodies of Prabhakaran and 18 other senior rebel leaders were among corpses found in mop-up operations, after government troops routed the Tigers -- formally known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.", "The leaders included Prabhakaran's eldest son, Charles Anthony, as well as Pottu Amman, the Tigers' intelligence leader, according to the ministry.", "Watch the U.N. chief discuss the humanitarian crisis » .", "Prabhakaran founded the Tamil Tigers, who have been declared a terrorist organization by 32 countries.", "It initiated the use of women in suicide attacks and, according to the FBI, invented the explosive suicide belt.", "Prabhakaran is accused of masterminding the killing of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991 in the Tamil-dominated Indian state of Tami Nadu.", "Sri Lankan authorities allege that Prabhakaran was avenging Gandhi's decision to send Indian peacekeepers to Sri Lanka.", "Two years later, a Tigers suicide bomber, allegedly acting on Prabhakaran's orders, detonated explosives that killed Sri Lanka's then-president, Ranasinghe Premadasa, during a rally.", "The rebels have fought for an independent state for minority Tamils in Sri Lanka since July 1983.", "An estimated 70,000 to 80,000 people have died during the quarter century of fighting." ]	[ "Tamil Tiger rebels acknowledge the death of their leader Velupillai Prabhakaran .", "Sri Lankan government had said it recovered his body; rebels initially denied claim .", "Sri Lankan government declares victory over Tamil Tiger rebels .", "An estimated 70,000 to 80,000 people have died during the quarter century of fighting ." ]	[ 0, 19 ]
[ "(CNN) -- French Open champion Roger Federer dramatically withdrew from the Halle Open tournament on Tuesday saying he was \"overwhelmed and exhausted\" after his Paris triumph.", "Roger Federer quits the Halle Open saying he is \"overwhelmed and exhausted\" after his Paris triumph.", "Federer beat Swede Robin Soderling in Sunday's Roland Garros final to complete his Grand Slam haul and equal the record 14 'major' wins by Pete Sampras.", "He traditionally uses the German follow-up event as his warm-up for Wimbledon which starts on June 22.", "\"I sincerely apologise to the tournament organisers, my competitors, and my fans in Germany,\" Swiss world number two Federer said in a statement on his Web site.", "\"I only hope they will understand that I still feel emotionally overwhelmed and exhausted by the incredible events of the past few days.", "\"It is hard for me to admit, but I simply cannot imagine giving my best effort in another tournament right away and I don't want to risk injury if I am not 100 percent prepared.", "\"I need to rest and recuperate, but I look forward to returning to Halle in 2010 to go for my sixth title.\"", "Serb Novak Djokovic, who scored a straight sets win over Italy's Simone Bolelli 7-5 6-2 in 84 minutes earlier in the day, has now been promoted to top seed.", "\"For my first game here, I was pretty happy,\" said Djokovic, who faces France's Florent Serra in the second round.", "Djokovic is using the grass-court tournament to prepare for the next Grand Slam tournament -- and he hopes injury worry Rafael Nadal will be at Wimbledon to defend his crown.", "Nadal withdrew from the Queen's tournament this week with a knee injury and the Spaniard says he will travel to London next week before making a final decision.", "\"I hope he makes it, it would be a shame for the tournament if the defending champion and world number one doesn't play through injury,\" said Djokovic.", "Earlier, third-seeded Fernando Verdasco suffered a first round exit when he was beaten by Germany's Philipp Petzschner 3-6 7-6 6-4.", "Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt tipped Federer to set a new Grand Slam record at Wimbledon after easing into the second round at Queen's.", "Australian Hewitt took just 44 minutes to sink Argentine Eduardo Schwank 6-1 6-0 and then turned his thoughts to Federer whose triumph in Paris saw him draw level with Pete Sampras on 14 Grand Slam wins.", "\"It was an amazing achievement,\" said Hewitt.", "\"His record speaks for itself.", "From what I saw of the match, he played his best tennis in the final.", "\"There was a lot of pressure and expectation on him.", "He came out and played one of his best matches.", "I think coming to Wimbledon is probably his favorite tournament of the year, so he's going to be feeling pretty confident.\"", "He added: \"Roger's going to be the one to beat.", "But Andy Murray has got a good chance, no doubt about that, both here and Wimbledon.", "He's number three in the world at the moment and plays extremely well on this surface.\"", "Britain's Murray, who is the top seed in the singles, and Hewitt won their opening doubles 3-6 6-3 12-10 on a match tie-break after dropping the first set to U.S. duo Rajeev Ram and Andy Roddick.", "Second-seeded Roddick began his challenge for a record fifth Queen's title with a comfortable 6-1 6-4 second round victory over Kristof Vliegen." ]	[ "French Open champion Roger Federer dramatically withdraws from Halle Open .", "Swiss world No.", "2 is \"overwhelmed and exhausted\" after his triumph in Paris .", "Federer traditionally uses German follow-up event as warm-up for Wimbledon ." ]	[ 0, 3 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The father of a New Year's Day baby pleaded guilty Thursday to killing the infant by violently shaking him.", "Camryn Jakeb Wilson was the first baby born in 2008 in Summit County, Ohio, arriving at 12:33 a.m. January 1.", "Craig Wilson's guilty plea in Akron, Ohio, to murder and child endangering charges ended a yearlong saga surrounding the death of Camryn Jakeb Wilson, the first baby born in Summit County, Ohio, in 2008.", "\"This type of crime is always difficult to understand, but today I do hope that Camryn's mother has some closure and that today is one step toward healing,\" Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh said.", "Camryn's mother, Crystal Wilson, had left the 10-week-old infant in his father's care on March 12, 2008, while she attended a meeting.", "When she returned to their Cuyahoga Falls home she found Camryn in a baby swing, listless and breathing abnormally while her husband of 10 months sat on a couch.", "Doctors at Akron Children's Hospital quickly determined that Camryn had suffered traumatic brain injuries and bleeding in his eyes that could only have been caused by violent shaking.", "Learn about shaken baby syndrome » .", "Camryn died in his mother's arms, surrounded by other family members, on March 25, 2008, shortly after being removed from life support.", "Craig Wilson, 29, confessed to police that he was frustrated after an argument with his wife over his ex-girlfriend and a child he had with her.", "He shook and squeezed Camryn before laying him in the swing but hadn't intended to hurt the infant, he told police.", "The National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome estimates that as many as 1,400 babies annually are injured or killed by shaking.", "Despite the confession, the case dragged on for a year after an autopsy showed Camryn had suffered broken ribs prior to the fatal shaking.", "The finding raised the possibility that another person had previously abused Camryn and perhaps contributed to his death, said Jonathan T. Sinn, Craig Wilson's defense attorney.", "See photos of the family » .", "Craig Wilson's trial was scheduled to begin Monday.", "Sinn had hoped to negotiate a plea deal with prosecutors that would send Craig Wilson to prison for a flat 20-year term, but in the end, prosecutors wouldn't budge.", "\"From the moment my client was arrested, he took responsibility for his actions and for the killing of his child,\" Sinn said.", "\"From a human perspective, that's very admirable.", "From a defense perspective, it makes it difficult to mount a defense when somebody acknowledges completely their guilt.\"", "Judge Lynne Callahan sentenced Wilson to 15 years to life.", "He is unlikely to be paroled in less than 20 years, Sinn said." ]	[ "Ohio man pleads guilty to murder, endangering children .", "Craig Wilson confessed to shaking baby after argument with wife .", "Autopsy suggested 10-week-old infant had been abused before ." ]	[ 2, 9 ]
[ "(CNN) -- No one, especially not one of Mexico's top law enforcement officials, denies that killings by drug cartels have reached record levels.", "Mexican police carry a body after a clash with gangs that left 21 dead in the state of Chihuahua on February 10.", "But Monte Alejandro Rubido Garcia, executive secretary for the National System for Public Safety, has an explanation.", "\"Mexico all of a sudden stopped being a drug-transit country and became a drug-consuming country,\" Rubido told CNN on Thursday.", "That means gangs that once shipped drugs into the United States are now fighting each other to sell the drugs at home, he said.", "Their fights center on territory -- who gets to sell what and where.", "\"The only way to settle their differences is through violence,\" Rubido said.", "\"They're fighting block by block in a very violent way.\"", "The result is a brutal onslaught that resulted in about 5,400 deaths last year, more than double the 2,477 tallied in 2007.", "Many analysts say Mexico is on track to set a record again this year.", "Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich called the situation in Mexico a \"civil war\" on a national TV program a few weeks ago.", "Larry Birns, director of the Washington-based Council on Hemispheric Affairs, terms it \"a sickening vertigo into chaos and plunder.\"", "The violence also is a result of the Mexican government's stepped-up fight against the drug cartels.", "President Felipe Calderon's administration has spent more money and confiscated more drugs than any previous one, Rubido said.", "\"Every time the state strikes a blow against them, their reaction is more violence,\" Rubido said of the drug cartels.", "A United Nations report released this week notes that the \"government of Mexico faces violent opposition by drug cartels to its attempts to fight organized crime and drug trafficking,\" adding that \"drug cartels have responded with unprecedented violence.\"", "Much of this violence, Rubido said, is carried out in \"high-impact\" fashion, aiming to get attention and demoralize the cartels' enemies.", "For example, decapitations have become common.", "But decapitation often is not the cause of death.", "\"They're first killed with a shot, then decapitated for maximum visual impact,\" the law enforcement official said.", "\"They're trying to make the state go into reverse.\"", "That will not happen, Rubido vowed.", "\"The only way to fight this is like we're doing in Mexico.\"", "He listed three fronts in the conflict: a frontal assault on the gangs; prevention campaigns against drug use; and a common strategy and tactics among Mexico 1,660 police agencies.", "It's a tough battle, he admits, especially since the use of cocaine in Mexico has doubled in the past four years.", "Cocaine traffickers, Rubido said, have been looking for new markets and have targeted Europe and Mexico.", "Watch how the violence is affecting the United States » .", "The U.N. report released this week notes that \"despite concrete measures adopted by the government, drug abuse remains high in Mexico, especially among school-age children and young people.\"", "The war on drugs in Mexico is made even more difficult by rampant corruption, the report says.", "\"There is so much money involved in the drug trade, there is so much fear involved in the drug trade, that no institution can survive unaffected,\" said Birns.", "Says Peter Hakim, president of the Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington-based policy center: \"This has really revealed just how corrupt Mexican officeholders are, how many people in key positions in the anti-drug war have been taking money from narcotraffickers.\"", "In one recent instance, Noe Ramirez Mandujano, who was the nation's top anti-drug official from 2006 until August 2008, was arrested on charges that he accepted $450,000 a month in bribes from drug traffickers while in office.", "There have been other similar arrests of high-ranking officials for taking bribes from drug traffickers.", "\"There's no way the public treasury can pay what the drug traffickers are paying,\" Hakim said.", "Rubido acknowledges the situation.", "\"It is a problem, and it is assumed as fact,\" he said Thursday.", "But he also sees the arrest of high-ranking officials as proof that anti-corruption efforts are working.", "Drug lords have two ways to battle anti-crime efforts, he said: bribes and intimidation.", "That intimidation can often take brutal forms.", "Last weekend, for example, a police official in Tabasco state who had arrested a trafficker a week earlier was killed.", "So were his mother, his wife, his children and nieces and nephews.", "His brother, also a state police officer, was wounded, as were two others.", "In all, 12 people were shot dead in three homes.", "Six of them were children.", "A few days earlier, a retired army general was abducted, tortured and shot 11 times, less than 24 hours after becoming Cancun's top anti-drug official.", "He, his aide and a driver were all found dead in a truck by the side of a road.", "Cancun's police chief was arrested a few days later in connection with the slayings.", "Still, Rubido and others say, most of the deaths involve just drug traffickers, not ordinary citizens.", "\"Ninety percent of the people who died last year in organized crime were involved in crime,\" Rubido said.", "\"The problem is among criminal gangs.\"", "Rubido sees the Mexican government prevailing.", "\"I have a firm conviction that it's a battle we will win,\" he said.", "Others are much less certain.", "\"The occasional anti-drug battle is being won, but the war is being lost,\" said Birns of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs public policy institute.", "\"And there's no prospect the war is going to be won.\"", "That pessimism that the current strategy is working has led to calls for a new approach.", "Last week, the former presidents of Mexico, Colombia and Brazil called for the decriminalization of marijuana for personal use and a change in strategy on the war on drugs.", "Ex-presidents Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico, Cesar Gaviria of Colombia and Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil made their announcement at a meeting in Brazil of the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy.", "\"The problem is that current policies are based on prejudices and fears and not on results,\" Gaviria said at a news conference in which the 17-member commission's recommendations were presented.", "Robert Pastor, a Latin America national security adviser for President Carter in the late 1970s, calls the problem in Mexico \"even worse than Chicago during the Prohibition era.\"", "He said a solution similar to what ended that violence is needed now.", "\"What worked in the U.S. was not Eliot Ness,\" he said, referring to the federal agent famous for fighting gangsters in 1920s and '30s.", "\"It was the repeal of Prohibition.\"", "Rubido is diplomatic, saying decriminalizing drugs is a \"terribly sensible\" approach that has received much thought.", "But he's not buying it. \"This has become a world of globalization,\" he said.", "\"Globalization has many virtues, but some errors.", "I can't conceive that one part of the world would decriminalize drugs because it would become a paradise for drug use.", "It might bring down violence, but there would be social damage.\"" ]	[ "Official says drugs being used more inside Mexico, leading to turf wars .", "Rubido: \"They're fighting block by block in a very violent way\"\nViolence also result of government's stepped-up fight against cartels, official says .", "Official says decriminalizing drugs may lessen violence but increase social damage ." ]	[ 7, 12, 67 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Brazilian authorities detained the wife of former world boxing champion Arturo Gatti as a suspect in his killing, according to local reports.", "Arturo Gatti pictured during the final fight of his career, a knockout defeat by Alfonso Gomez in 2007.", "Gatti was found dead Saturday in a hotel in Brazil, where he was taking a vacation with his wife, Amanda Carina Barbosa Rodrigues, and their young child.", "The 37-year-old Canadian, who was born in Italy and made his name as a fighter based in New Jersey, was staying in the northeast seaside resort of Porto de Galihnas.", "Rodrigues, 23, was being held in a police station in the city of Recife in connection with the killing, a police official in Porto de Galihnas told CNN.", "Police official Osmar Silva Santiago confirmed local reports that Gatti's body was found Saturday morning in his hotel room with strangulation marks.", "\"This crime is being investigated by our homicide experts and we hope to have more answers tomorrow,\" Santiago said.", "Police recovered a blood-stained purse strap from the scene, according to media reports.", "Rodrigues became a suspect because of inconsistencies during her interrogation, local reports quoted homicide task force chief Josedith Ferreira as saying.", "Gatti made his name in a series of three fights against \"Irish\" Micky Ward, losing the first but triumphing in the other two.", "He held the IBF super-featherweight and WBC light-welterweight titles, and he also won the WBC junior welterweight belt but lost it to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2005.", "Gatti retired in 2007 after suffering a knockout defeat by Alfonso Gomez in his comeback, ending with a record of 40 wins and nine losses.", "He grew up in Montreal, Quebec, after leaving Italy at an early age, and returned to the city following his retirement.", "According to Gatti's official Web site, the Italian-born pugilist won \"Fight of the Year\" for three consecutive years.", "CNN's Helena de Moura contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Wife, Amanda Carina Barbosa Rodrigues, detained at Recife police station .", "NEW: Rodrigues' answers to interrogation reportedly had inconsistencies .", "NEW: Gatti's body was found Saturday in hotel room with strangulation marks .", "The former world boxing champion was vacationing with his 23-year-old wife ." ]	[ 0, 2, 5 ]
[ "During CNN's \"Going Green: Green Light for Business\" coverage, we've asked businesses to tell us how they balance the imperative for profit with environmental concerns.", "Jonathan Breeze, the CEO of Jet Republic, tells CNN how he's working to create a carbon neutral airline.", "LONDON, England -- The aviation industry is often perceived as one of the bad guys in the climate change debate.", "As a mode of transport, flying is regarded as being particularly polluting because of the amount of fuel used at high altitude.", "And, it is estimated to be responsible for around 3.5 percent of global greenhouse emissions.", "Jet Republic CEO Jonathan Breeze says it would be a mistake to let green initiatives in the airline industry fall by the wayside.", "The sector's reputation was damaged further when it was excluded from the targets outlined in the Kyoto agreement, which was interpreted by some as an example of its disregard for the climate change issue.", "This is unfair because the industry has taken great strides to reduce its environmental impact.", "For example, over the last 30 years, it has achieved a 60 percent improvement in fuel efficiency.", "There is a great deal of research being undertaken by manufacturers into more efficient technologies and alternative fuels, while the Single European Sky initiative aims to improve flight planning across Europe to rationalize the amount of time an aircraft is in the sky.", "Practically everything we do in our everyday lives has a carbon cost attached to it, but aviation is an element that we believe has come in for an undue level of criticism, when in fact it is arguably working harder than most industries to address the issue of climate change.", "The reaction to this criticism from governments has been taxation.", "But making a special case of aviation fails to address the wider issues.", "Aviation fuel is carbon taxed, but why is this tax not applied on other types of fuel such as electricity and gas?", "The additional revenue that would be generated could be ploughed back into green energy schemes and help deliver heightened efficiencies that our industry is already investigating.", "Punitive taxation, which is driving up the cost of air travel, will ultimately end up being absorbed by the operator or by passengers.", "This, coupled with the current economic downturn, represents a significant threat to progress in the aviation industry as it could lead to a stifling of innovation and development.", "Meeting the challenge of climate change costs money -- modernizing fleets with more efficient aircraft comes at a price.", "As an industry which has been hit hard by the downturn, some of these initiatives could fall by the wayside.", "To allow this to happen would be a grave mistake.", "We identified climate change as one area where we wanted to set the standard in the industry, and as a new entrant to the market we have been able to build a commitment to carbon neutrality into the heart of our business operations.", "It was a consideration in our choice of the Learjet 60 XR as the model of aircraft in our 110 strong fleet.", "The 60 XR is the most fuel-efficient midsize aircraft in the world, something it achieves by being built with light and strong modern materials, and flying higher and faster than other aircraft.", "It's a perfect example of a win-win solution.", "We burn less fuel; our customers enjoy lower pricing.", "Aircraft positioning is another important consideration that has an impact on the amount of fuel consumed; our fleet is based all across Europe, to reflect where our clients are.", "The positions of our aircraft are carefully planned and managed so that the number of \"over flights\" -- that is legs where the aircraft is empty -- are kept to an absolute minimum.", "We wanted to be 100 percent carbon neutral from launch so we partnered with ClimateCare, one of Europe's most experienced providers of carbon offsets, where each project is rigorously audited and monitored for quality.", "By comparison, under the European emissions trading scheme, which doesn't take effect until 2012, commercial airlines will only have to offset 15 percent of the carbon emissions they create.", "With the impact of aviation on climate change being widely reported, people are more conscious than ever about their carbon footprint when using air travel.", "While the overwhelming majority have not changed the amount they travel because of it, it is certainly becoming a more important consideration and people are asking more questions before traveling.", "We have found that our attitude towards mitigating the effect our business has on the environment has actually become a business benefit.", "Our competitive pricing structure includes a carbon offset charge, which is passed on, in its entirety, to ClimateCare.", "By acknowledging our responsibilities in the area of climate control and putting tangible measures in place, we have received considerable positive feedback from clients and business partners.", "We believe that Jet Republic is at the forefront of modern European business.", "If every company in Europe could run 100 percent carbon neutral, as Jet Republic does, the world would be a better place." ]	[ "Jet Republic has teamed up with ClimateCare to become carbon neutral .", "Airline chose fleet of Learjet 60 XR partly because of its fuel efficiency .", "Aviation industry is responsible for 3.5 percent of global carbon emissions .", "Breeze: Airline industry unfairly criticized for failing to address climate change ." ]	[ 1, 2, 4, 7, 27 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Police arrested 26 demonstrators at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday during a protest of federal AIDS policy, a Capitol police spokeswoman said.", "A man is placed in a van Thursday after being arrested on suspicion of unlawfully demonstrating in the Capitol.", "Police arrested the protesters on suspicion of unlawful assembly and disorderly conduct at the Capitol rotunda, spokeswoman Sgt.", "Kimberly Schneider said.", "The protesting group, Health Global Access Project, said in a statement that 27 people were arrested.", "The 10 a.m. demonstration by dozens of AIDS activists for increased funding of AIDS programs coincides with this week's congressional talks over the financing of a health care reform plan.", "Members of Health Global Access Project entered the busy rotunda and chained themselves together with plastic chains, Schneider said.", "They lay on the ground holding up signs while some amused bystanders watched as police tried to persuade the protesters to disperse.", "Police took those who refused into custody.", "Group members knew they risked arrest, the group said in its statement, but they wanted to grab the attention of lawmakers and President Obama, who they accused of creating a \"flawed budget proposal\" that did not include critical HIV/AIDS funding.", "\"HIV is not in recession,\" Omolola Adele-Oso of DC Fights Back said in the statement.", "\"So why are we bailing out the bankers with $9 trillion, but breaking promises to fund life-saving AIDS programs in the U.S. and around the world at a fraction of that cost?\"", "The group wants increased HIV/AIDS funding in the health care plan and requested that the government \"fully fund\" global AIDS programs and housing programs for low-income AIDS sufferers, they said.", "They argue that the administration's budget proposal \"essentially flatlines global AIDS funding.\"", "HIV/AIDS funding increased for 2010 under a Department of Health and Human Services budget.", "Obama applauded former President Bush in December for his funding of global AIDS programs and said he planned to continue the work for AIDS relief in Africa.", "About 33 million people worldwide have HIV, according to the World Health Organization.", "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about 1.1 million people living in the United States are infected with HIV/AIDS.", "More than 13 percent of those newly diagnosed in 2006 transmitted the disease through injection drug use, the CDC reported.", "Health Global Access Project also wants Congress to lift the federal ban on funding syringe exchange so clean needles are available to users, Jose De Marco said in the statement.", "De Marco, who has HIV, is a member of the AIDS activist organizations ACT UP Philadelphia and Proyecto Sol Filadelphia." ]	[ "Police: Demonstrators chained themselves together, lay on ground in rotunda .", "Protesters: Federal government needs to spend more on AIDS programs .", "Group also wants Congress to lift the federal ban on funding syringe exchange ." ]	[ 7, 19 ]
[ "(CNN) -- T-shirts and other official merchandise from what were billed as Michael Jackson's last concerts are up for sale, the shows' promoter told fans by e-mail Thursday.", "Official merchandise from Michael Jackson's \"This Is It\" tour is for sale, according to the shows' promoter.", "The e-mail, which went to people with tickets to London tour dates that were to start in July, reaffirmed an earlier announcement that ticketholders will receive a full refund or, if they chose, a commemorative ticket for the tour.", "The concert merchandise includes Jackson belt buckles, socks, hats, wallets, music and a myriad of T-shirts.", "\"Early in June, Michael Jackson approved a line of official merchandise for you, his fans,\" said the e-mail from concert promoter AEG Live.", "\"As we mourn the loss of one of the greatest talents the world has ever seen, we are only beginning to feel the impact that Michael left upon us all.", "A variety of official merchandise commemorates this incredible talent and preserves the legacy that is Michael Jackson.\"", "Fifty sold-out Jackson concerts were scheduled for the O2 Arena in London, starting July 13.", "The shows were billed as the final concerts of his career and were called \"This Is It.\"", "Jackson was expected to earn $50 million from the London shows.", "The singer died with debts estimated at $500 million, and his estate will take years to unravel legally.", "On Wednesday, Paul McCartney refuted media accounts about the fate of the Beatles song catalog, which Jackson co-owned.", "\"Some time ago, the media came up with the idea that Michael Jackson was going to leave his share in the Beatles songs to me in his will, which was completely made up and something I didn't believe for a second,\" a statement on McCartney's Web site said.", "\"Now the report is that I am devastated to find that he didn't leave the songs to me.", "This is completely untrue.", "I had not thought for one minute that the original report was true and, therefore, the report that I'm devastated is also totally false, so don't believe everything you read folks!\"" ]	[ "Fans were told by e-mail Thursday that \"This Is It\" tour merchandise was for sale .", "Jackson himself approved a line of official merchandise in early June .", "Paul McCartney refuted media accounts about the fate of the Beatles song catalog ." ]	[ 1, 4, 11 ]

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