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[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- Director Barry Levinson is the star of his new film.", "Well, almost.", "Director Barry Levinson sizes up politics and media in his new film, \"PoliWood.\"", "In the Academy Award-winning filmmaker's new documentary \"PoliWood,\" Levinson takes a look at the world of policymakers and screen actors and ends up voicing his own ideas in the process.", "\"The fact that my voice is in it always scares me to death, because I never like to be on camera, period,\" Levinson said.", "(The \"Rain Man\" director has appeared in a handful of films, notably the Robert Redford-directed \"Quiz Show.\")", "In \"PoliWood,\" Levinson follows a group of politically active actors to the Democratic and Republican conventions as they take in the theater of it all.", "The journey leads to President Obama's inauguration.", "\"PoliWood\" also explores the idea that the media have become confusing catalysts that blur the lines of reality and myth.", "Television, which was once a romanticized invention that brought entertainment and public service announcements into our homes, is now a portal for manipulating what we see, feel and think, in the film's presentation.", "CNN talked to Levinson about the politics of the media, Hollywood actors supporting candidates and \"PoliWood.\"", "CNN: Tell me about the celebrity-politician-media link.", "Barry Levinson: Well, I think what happened is, you have this television screen, and everything has to go through that screen -- and at a certain point, I don't think that we can tell the difference between the celebrity and the politician.", "They both have to entertain us in some fashion.", "That's why I think, in second half of the 20th century, you saw this kind of change where John F. Kennedy was probably the first television politician.", "He came across, he was good-looking, he was great in the way he spoke; he had a certain sense of humor.", "Then you had Reagan. Someone looked at him giving a speech for Goldwater and said, you know, he could be a politician.", "Two years after that, he became governor of California.", "So anyone that is pleasant enough on television suddenly gets credentials, whether they have earned it or not.", "And there's that blurring of it between celebrity and politics and everything else.", "CNN: Do you think that most celebrities have a good understanding of the politicians they support, or do some just jump on the bandwagon?", "Levinson: I think \"PoliWood\" shows it in some ways and talks about it.", "But basically, to be honest, there is no upside for any actor to be politically involved other than the fact that they are concerned citizens.", "It doesn't benefit their career at all.", "The term \"celebrity\" is sort of a bogus term, though, in a lot of ways.", "CNN: Why? Levinson: Well because Paris Hilton and Susan Sarandon, they're both celebrities, but Paris Hilton hasn't ever really done anything, in a way.", "Susan Sarandon has been an actress whose done a lot of different roles, been around a long time, has been politically active, extremely smart and knowledgeable about that.", "But there's two women, they get exposure, but there's a huge difference between that.", "Some have earned it; some get that attention just by the way they look or the way they have carried on in public.", "CNN: There's a scene in \"PoliWood\" where actors sit down with regular people, and they talk about relating to one another.", "Levinson: Well, how is that so-called celebrities -- how would they possibly relate to the ordinary person?", "But 90 percent of them come from those families -- they come out of the Midwest or the South or the Northeast.", "They come out of working-class families primarily.", "And because of the nature of America, that if you have certain dreams, and ultimately those dreams can in fact come true, they benefited by the society that they live in.", "But their roots come from all these small towns around the country, so of course they can relate.", "CNN: Do you think the Democratic and Republican conventions are pure theater?", "Levinson: Oh, absolutely.", "There's no political content that takes place at a political convention.", "It used to be that they would hammer out a platform.", "You know, there's all kind of back-room meetings, so now it's a show.", "It is a show both places.", "CNN: What do you think of President Obama?", "Levinson: He obviously is great on TV, and he is extremely smart, and so what we're gonna see as it goes down the road, what changes does he actually bring about?", "How does he work with Congress?", "All of those particular issues.", "He understands TV, and he's a great communicator.", "Now, will he be good or bad? We'll see what happens in a four-year period from someone who has great capabilities -- where does it all go?", "It's too early to determine that.", "CNN: Do you watch much television, or do you have a cynical view about it?", "Levinson: I try to watch TV like anyone else.", "I like to tune in just to see what new shows are out there.", "And then there are certain shows that I just get infuriated over.", "And then there are so-called political shows that I have a difficult time with.", "And sometimes I sit, and images are flying by so fast in some of these pieces, I'm going, \"What is that about?\"", "I've no idea. It looks like a collision of images on the screen." ]	[ "Barry Levinson's new film looks at how TV has influenced politics .", "Levinson: Hard to tell politician and entertainer apart on television .", "\"Rain Man\" director observes celebrities, ordinary people try to relate ." ]	[ 2, 30, 49 ]
[ "London, England (CNN) -- A strike that would have crippled British Airways over Christmas and New Year's Day cannot go ahead, a judge ruled Thursday.", "Judge Laura Cox issued an injunction blocking the planned 12-day strike, which was set to start December 22 and could have affected up to 1 million passengers.", "The airline immediately issued a statement saying it is \"delighted for our customers.", "\"There was never any need for a strike and we hope that Unite will take this opportunity to reflect before deciding its next steps,\" BA said, referring to the union that planned the strike.", "\"Our customers do not believe that old-style trade union militancy is relevant to our efforts to move British Airways back toward profitability.\"", "But Unite joint general secretaries Derek Simpson and Tony Woodley called it \"a disgraceful day for democracy when a court can overrule such an overwhelming decision by employees taken in a secret ballot.", "\"This dispute is not settled.", "Passing the buck to the courts to do management's job for them was never going to be the answer,\" they said, warning they could vote again to strike.", "\"BA must accept that there can be no resolution except through negotiation, failing which there will inevitably be a further ballot for industrial action.\"", "Unite has been engaged in a bitter dispute with British Airways management.", "\"I'm not disappointed for the people that can get away at Christmas,\" Simpson told CNN.", "\"It was never our desire to hurt those people.", "What we wanted to do was force a negotiated settlement.\"", "He said he is concerned the decision has \"hardened management's attitude\" toward negotiation.", "The union is unhappy with the airline's plans to change cabin crew conditions.", "Unite says working hours will be extended and crew levels will be cut, changes that will damage customer service and hit the British Airways brand.", "The airline says the changes will save the carrier $665 million.", "BA has been losing hundreds of millions of dollars each quarter this year.", "Cabin crew staff voted overwhelmingly in favor of the strike.", "But the airline argued in court that some of the workers who cast ballots had already taken voluntary redundancy -- or buyouts -- from the airline.", "Some 10,288 workers voted, of about 14,000 cabin crew staff overall.", "The airline's legal counsel, Bruce Carr, told the presiding judge that the balloting process contained \"serious and substantial irregularities.\"", "Carr called the union's action in choosing to strike over Christmas \"willfully disproportionate and clearly unlawful.\"", "He referred several times to the serious disruption that would be felt by the airline's passengers, saying some \"ordinary people will find it very difficult to understand.\"", "Simpson said management imposed terms on the union members without agreement, and when Unite asked a court to stop it, the court did not.", "The fact that the court has now blocked the union from striking \"shows an imbalance in employment law,\" he said.", "Travel experts have said around 1 million British Airways passengers could have been affected by the strike, finding themselves stranded and unable to rebook their tickets during the busy travel period.", "Thursday brought disruption to thousands of passengers on another airline, one run by the small Scottish charter company Globespan.", "The company announced on its Web site that it has gone into administration and that all flights on its airline, Flyglobespan, have been canceled.", "Further travel headaches are in store for passengers of other airlines at Heathrow and Aberdeen airports next week.", "Unite said baggage handlers and check-in staff at the two airports plan a series of three separate walkouts starting next week in a dispute over pay and pensions.", "The strike is not related to the British Airways dispute.", "The baggage handlers and check-in staff are employed by SAS Ground Services UK Ltd.", "The strike will affect travelers on Turkish, Emirates and Thai airlines at Heathrow and passengers on KLM, Air France, Wideroe and Atlantic at Aberdeen, Unite said.", "The walkouts are scheduled for December 22-24, December 26-27 and January 3-4.", "Those passengers hoping to avoid air travel in Europe and take the train instead faced uncertainty after British-based drivers of the Eurostar train announced a series of two strikes starting this weekend.", "The drivers said they will strike Friday and Saturday, and again December 26 and 27.", "Eurostar, however, said service would not be affected, because drivers from France and Belgium would be used.", "The train line provides service between London and both Paris, France, and Brussels, Belgium.", "The union representing the drivers, the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, said talks with Eurostar \"concerning international allowances\" broke down.", "The dispute is over how much drivers' meal allowances should be when they are in Paris and Brussels.", "A Eurostar spokeswoman said it offered the drivers what it believes is a reasonable amount, but the drivers rejected the offer.", "She would not divulge specifics of the offer, saying only that it was \"enough for a good meal.\"", "--CNN Business Correspondent Jim Boulden contributed to this report." ]	[ "High Court issues injunction stopping planned BA holiday strike .", "Airline issues a statement saying it is \"delighted for our customers\"\nTravel experts say around one million passengers would be hit by strike .", "Twelve-day strike was due to start Monday, disrupting holiday season travel ." ]	[ 1, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Dozens of flights were delayed at India's New Delhi airport Monday after lizards, birds and jackals strayed on to a runway to seek refuge from the monsoon rains.", "Kids play cricket through a downpour in New Delhi as monsoon rains came early to the area this week.", "Animal rescuers rounded up the critters and moved them to habitats outside airport property.", "But the operation delayed several flights and shut down the runway for some time, airport spokesman Arun Arora said.", "Kartick Satyanarayan of the conservation group Wildlife SOS said the animals descended on the runway in search of dry ground.", "His group works with the airport to move wildlife from airport property to a sanctuary on the outskirts of the capital.", "\"It's been raining cats and dogs the last two days.", "And when it rains like this, water goes in and fills the burrows of these animals,\" he said.", "\"The runway,\" he added, \"is the only safe area.", "So they come out.\" While monsoon rains typically sweep across the subcontinent in early June, they usually do not reach the capital city of New Delhi and other regions in northern India until early July.", "Watch how Indians cope with monsoon waters » .", "They came about two weeks early in the northern part of the country this year, killing at least 20 people in landslides, home collapses and floods.", "The airport sits on more than 2,000 acres that, over the years, have become home to jackals, porcupines, dogs, cats and a variety of birds.", "Arora would not say how many flights were delayed during the rescue operation.", "The airport handles 13,000 domestic and 9,500 international passengers a day.", "\"(The) numbers are speculative as it is difficult to attribute delays to bad weather, strong winds, birds or animals,\" Arora said.", "In the past, animals on the runway have disrupted flights at the airport -- particularly during the monsoon season, Satyanarayan said.", "\"The monitor lizards -- they look frightening but they are harmless animals,\" he said.", "\"But they can grow about three to four feet long.", "And at the velocity a plane lands, the [lizards] can still cause damage.\"" ]	[ "Jackals, monitor lizards and birds descend on runway at New Delhi airport .", "Animal invasion delays flights as wildlife group comes to the rescue .", "Animals take to runway to dry off and warm up after monsoon rain ." ]	[ 0, 2, 4 ]
[ "(CNN) -- American driver Robby Gordon won the fourth stage of the Dakar Rally by just one second from Stephane Peterhansel, who extended his overall lead to more than seven minutes in South America on Tuesday.", "NASCAR star Gordon claimed his first victory of this year's race, and his third overall, as he snatched the quickest time on the shortened 163 kilometer stage from Fiambala in Argentina to Copiapo in Chile.", "It was cut by 40km as some competitors arrived late following Monday's leg.", "He clocked one hour, 40 minutes and 21 seconds in his Hummer to head off BMW's Peterhansel, who has won three car titles and six on bikes.", "The Frenchman now leads Carlos Sainz by seven minutes and 36 seconds, with the former world rally champion finishing fourth behind Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah.", "Defending champion Giniel De Villiers gave Volkswagen with three drivers in the top five, but is still way back in 20th due to his problems on Monday.", "Gordon was left eight overall, more than an hour off the pace, while his compatriot Mark Miller is fourth in another Volkswagen after placing sixth on Tuesday.", "\"Today's special stage was perfect for us with a lot of camel grass.", "It's on this type of terrain that the Hummer is doing great,\" Gordon told the race's official Web site.", "\"I am glad we managed to recover from yesterday.", "I got stuck twice yesterday and the engine overheated.", "We lost one hour.", "It's sad but the race is still long.", "We've only had four days of raid so far.", "A stage victory means nothing to us.", "It's the final victory we are in for.\"", "In the bikes, defending champion Marc Coma bounced back from losing moer than 40 minutes over the last two days to win the stage.", "The Spaniard was left in sixth overall, 38 minutes and 50 seconds behind Frenchman Cyril Depres, who was third on the stage also riding a 690cc KTM machine.", "His compatriot David Casteu, riding a smaller 450cc Sherco machine, was runner-up to retain second overall -- almost nine minutes behind with 10 stages left." ]	[ "Stephane Peterhansel extends lead in Dakar Rally cars section in his BMW .", "Frenchman is more than seven minutes ahead of second-placed Carlos Sainz .", "American driver Robby Gordon wins the fourth stage to be eighth overall .", "In the bikes, Frenchman Cyril Depres leads by almost nine minutes after placing third ." ]	[ 0 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Researchers announced this week that they've found a new gene, ALS6, which is responsible for about 5 percent of hereditary Lou Gehrig's cases.", "The discovery of a new gene mutation may allow those with ALS in their family to be tested.", "It's being called a \"momentous discovery\" by the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association.", "Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital, the University of Massachusetts and Kings College in London found the mutation by doing detailed sequencing of the genes in several families with an inherited form of ALS.", "The findings are published in the February 27 issue of the journal Science and were partially funded by the ALS Association.", "ALS, a disease of the nervous system, impairs muscle movement and eventually results in total paralysis.", "It was brought to national attention in 1939, when famed Yankee baseball player Lou Gehrig's illness was diagnosed as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.", "Today, the disease is most commonly known by his name.", "ALS6 is a protein normally found inside a cell's nucleus, but in patients with Lou Gehrig's disease, it is found outside the nucleus and sometimes forms unusual clumps.", "ALS researchers are unsure why this occurs but believe this finding, combined with a gene they discovered last year, TDP-43, may lead them to a firmer idea of what causes this deadly disease.", "Both genes help in building and transporting proteins and making sure they're in the right place in cell structure -- a process called RNA processing.", "Lucie Bruijn, senior vice president of research and development at the ALS Association, likens this process to building an engine: If there are parts missing or placed in the wrong place or in the wrong way, the engine doesn't work right.", "\"Everything has an exquisite role and has to be in the right place, and any imbalance ... can cause things to go awry,\" Bruijn said.", "\"It's exciting because what it's starting to tell us now is that we might be starting to get an underlying theme,\" Bruijn said.", "\"We now have two genes with similar function strengthening the idea that alterations in RNA processing is important in ALS.", "A completely new direction and also involved in many other neurodegenerative diseases.\"", "She believes this gives researchers \"huge\" potential to develop new therapies.", "And new therapies are needed.", "There is no cure and only one treatment for ALS, a neurodegenerative disease that seems to progressively attack the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.", "These attacks can cause symptoms such as muscle weakness, twitching, cramping and thick speech, eventually leading to paralysis.", "According to the ALS Association, the disease strikes a little more than 5,600 people every year, and about 10 percent of those cases are hereditary.", "The discovery of this new gene mutation will also allow those with ALS in their family to be tested for another gene (this makes three genes).", "Bruijn says a test \"will be possible; however, currently, it is not widely accessible\" and \"it would only be used in familial ALS patients.\"" ]	[ "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association calls ALS gene discovery \"momentous\"\nTwo genes discovered in last 12 months could hold key for new therapies .", "Genetic testing useful only for those with hereditary ALS .", "ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, strikes a little more than 5,600 people every year ." ]	[ 2, 20, 21 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Australian hurdler Jana Rawlinson has had her breast implants removed to boost her chances of winning a medal for her country at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.", "The 27-year-old Rawlinson, whose private life has often made headlines in Australia, said she enjoyed having larger breasts but did not want to \"short-change Australia\".", "\"I absolutely loved having bigger boobs, but finally I've grown up enough to know myself -- to be honest about who I am when I look in the mirror,\" Rawlinson told the Woman's Day magazine.", "\"I don't want to short-change Australia either -- I want to feel the most athletic I can, to know that I'm standing on the track in London the fittest I can be.\"", "The double 400 meter hurdles world champion, who reportedly plans to remarry her estranged British husband and fellow-athlete Chris Rawlinson, told the magazine she had the implants because she was unhappy with her athletic figure.", "\"When I looked in the mirror I just saw muscled arms, broad shoulders and big, strong legs,\" she said.", "\"These are assets I need to run well, but they didn't make me feel like an attractive woman.", "\"There are a couple of girls -- who I won't name -- in world athletics who are Olympic champions, but they look like men and I don't want to be like that.\"", "Rawlinson won the 400m hurdles at the 2003 Paris world championships and four years later in Osaka, Japan." ]	[ "Australian 400m hurdler Jana Rawlinson has had her breast implants removed .", "The 27-year-old hopes to boost her chances of winning a medal at the 2012 Olympic Games .", "Rawlinson won the 400m hurdles at the 2003 Paris world championships and four years later in Osaka." ]	[ 0, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Kim Clijsters defeated fellow comeback queen Justine Henin in the final of the Brisbane International on Saturday, saving two match-points and wasting three as she won an epic clash.", "Henin, playing her first tournament since May 2008, fought back from a set and 4-1 down against her fellow Belgian before losing 6-3 4-6 7-6 (8-6) in almost two and a half hours.", "However, Henin sustained an injury to her left leg and later confirmed on her Web site that she will miss next week's Sydney Invitational, where she faced a possible second-round clash with Serena Williams, in order to recover in time for the decade's first Grand Slam event, the Australian Open.", "Clijsters, who made history in September as the first unseeded player to win the U.S. Open in her third event back on the WTA Tour following her own short-lived retirement, took control as she won eight straight games.", "But fellow former world No.", "1 Henin dug deep to level the match and then take a 3-0 lead in the deciding set.", "The 26-year-old Clijsters battled back to tie it up at 3-3, and then both players squandered potentially match-winning break opportunities to ensure a tie-break.", "Clijsters raced to a 5-1 lead, helped by her first ace of the match -- coming off a second serve -- but then missed three match-point chances at 6-3.", "Henin again fought back to level at 6-6 but then her 11th double-fault gave Clijsters the chance to finally close out for victory, her 11th in 23 meeting between the two players.", "Clijsters clinched her 36th WTA Tour title, leaving Henin stuck on 41.", "\"What a match!\" Clijsters said.", "\"I think we set the bar pretty high for ourselves for the rest of the year.", "Justine played at a really high level for the whole tournament, so congratulations.\"", "Meanwhile, top seed Andy Roddick will play defending champion Radek Stepanek in Sunday's men's final at the Pat Rafter Arena.", "Roddick came from behind to beat Stepanek's fellow Czech Tomas Berdych in the semifinals on Saturday, with the American winning 1-6 6-3 6-4 despite being broken for the first time in the tournament in his opening service game.", "Second seed Stepanek won 6-2 6-1 against Frenchman Gael Monfils, who was struggling with a shoulder problem.", "The world No. 13 told the tournament's Web site that he was unsure if he would take part in next week's Sydney International.", "In New Zealand, third seed Yanina Wickmayer shrugged off her difficult end to 2009 by winning the ASB Classic in Auckland on Saturday.", "The 20-year-old Belgian, who won her appeal against a one-year ban for failing to report her whereabouts for doping tests, defeated top seed Flavia Pennetta 6-3 6-2 to clinch her third WTA Tour title." ]	[ "Kim Clijsters beats fellow comeback queen Justine Henin in final of Brisbane International .", "Clijsters wins 6-3 4-6 7-6 (8-6), saving two match-points and wasting three .", "Former world No.", "1 Henin suffers a leg injury and will miss next week's Sydney event .", "Top seed Andy Roddick faces defending champion Radek Stepanek in men's final ." ]	[ 0, 1, 4, 13 ]
[ "Suzanne Simons is an executive producer at CNN as well as author of the book \"Master of War: Blackwater USA's Erik Prince and the Business of War\" (Collins, June 2009).", "Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater, is pictured in Afghanistan in November 2007.", "(CNN) -- The private military contractor formerly known as Blackwater has held classified contracts with the Central Intelligence Agency for nearly a decade, but an allegation that the contractor was part of a secret CIA program to kill al Qaeda operatives -- if true -- would take the relationship to a whole new level.", "The CIA hired the private security firm Blackwater USA in 2004 to work on a covert program aimed at targeting and potentially killing top al Qaeda leaders, a source familiar with the program told CNN.", "Former company executives deny knowing about the program.", "Current leaders of the company did not return calls to CNN.", "The CIA won't comment on classified contracts.", "The classified program, canceled by CIA director Leon Panetta earlier this year, was part of a broader effort inside the CIA to develop the capacity to conduct training, surveillance and possible covert operations overseas, according to the source.", "The program was outsourced to contractors to \"put some distance\" between the effort and the U.S. government.", "Other contractors were brought in for other parts of the program, another source said, and Blackwater's involvement ended by mid-2006.", "But one thing is clear: The company that renamed itself Xe earlier this year in an effort to escape controversy surrounding a 2007 shooting in Baghdad that left 17 Iraqis dead has had a long relationship with the world's most famous spy agency.", "When Erik Prince first opened his Blackwater training facility in the late '90s, his clients included special forces teams and law enforcement agencies from around the country.", "Prince had expressed frustration with the training facilities he visited during his time as a Navy SEAL, and a sizable inheritance allowed him the financial freedom to retire from the military and try his hand at creating a better facility.", "His first clients were indeed SEAL teams.", "But they also included teams from other government agencies, including the CIA.", "Case officers and protection details, the people generally accustomed to working in the shadows, began showing up for training on the shooting range or the driving track in a rural part of North Carolina.", "When then-CIA Executive Director Alvin \"Buzzy\" Krongard, whose own son was a Navy SEAL, visited the facility, former Blackwater President Gary Jackson suggested he meet with Prince, who worked out of an office in the Washington area.", "The two had lunch and Krongard immediately took a liking to the man who would later lead the world's most notorious private contracting company.", "At the time, contacts like these were essential to building the business, so when terror struck the heart of America in September 2001, Prince called up his new friend Krongard and offered to help.", "Sources inside the agency at the time say that Krongard in fact, was pushing hard for Blackwater to be given the first urgent and compelling, no-bid contract to protect CIA facilities in Afghanistan.", "The military, it seems, wasn't up to the task of staffing such an effort.", "Once awarded the initial contract, Prince maintained a close relationship with Krongard, and made trips to Afghanistan to make sure things were going smoothly.", "The idea that the agency came to Blackwater for help on any other contracts, including one with the overall goal of locating and assassinating al Qaeda operatives, wouldn't come as a huge surprise, particularly since so much of the intelligence budget is spent on private contractors.", "But with investigations under way into just what was done and by whom at the CIA under the Bush administration, people are remaining tight-lipped.", "Especially under the threat of possible prosecution, should it go that far." ]	[ "Relationship between Blackwater and CIA goes back almost a decade .", "Recent allegation says contractor was part of CIA program to kill al Qaeda operatives .", "Blackwater was given contract to protect CIA facilities in Afghanistan after 9/11 attacks .", "The private contractor renamed itself Xe earlier this year ." ]	[ 2, 7, 19 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Human error and system lapses, rather than deliberate concealing of information, allowed a terror suspect with explosives to board a U.S.-bound airplane on Christmas Day, President Obama's terrorism czar said Sunday.", "John Brennan, the assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, said on CNN's \"State of the Union\" that the security breakdown in the failed bombing of the Northwest Airlines flight was different from the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.", "\"It's not like 9/11,\" Brennan said, adding that the \"system didn't work as it should have\" due to \"lapses\" and \"human error.\"", "\"There wasn't an effort to try to conceal information,\" he said, referring to the well-chronicled competition and turf wars among security agencies prior to the 2001 attacks, which was later blamed for the failure to prevent them.", "\"There is no smoking gun piece of intelligence out there,\" Brennan said of the failed Christmas bombing, allegedly planned by a Nigerian man who boarded the flight from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Detroit, Michigan, with explosives in his underwear.", "Meanwhile, the Transportation Security Administration announced Sunday new security measures to be implemented by domestic and international air carriers on flights bound for the United States, effective Monday.", "The suspect's father, a leading banker in Nigeria, warned U.S. authorities before the attack that his son might be involved with Islamic extremists.", "Brennan said the father's information was part of \"bits and pieces\" of information that were never connected by intelligence officials to properly target the suspect.", "\"That was certainly an alert that came to our attention,\" Brennan said of the father's warnings.", "\"He said, 'He's consorting with extremists in Yemen.'\"", "However, Brennan rejected another potential warning sign -- that the suspect purchased the airline ticket with cash in Ghana before traveling to Nigeria for the first leg of his journey.", "\"A lot of people buy their tickets in Africa with cash.", "That is the way, in fact, things are done, because there's so much fraud there.", "So that wasn't a necessary [warning] bell,\" Brennan said.", "\"People in the Amsterdam airport didn't even know that he had bought the ticket for cash.", "He did bring on carry-on luggage.", "So there were a lot of things that were out there.\"", "At the same time, Brennan conceded \"there was information that was in the system that should have allowed us to stop it.\"", "\"A number of pieces were out there that weren't brought together,\" Brennan said.", "On the same program, however, the Republican chairman of the 9/11 commission said Brennan was \"wrong when he says this wasn't like 9/11.\"", "Thomas Kean, a former governor of New Jersey, said both events occurred because the U.S. intelligence community failed to piece together various bits of information it already possessed in the weeks and months prior to the attacks.", "If the information had been properly shared and analyzed, \"then this guy would've never have gotten on a plane\" on Christmas Day, Kean said.", "In announcing the new security measures Sunday, the TSA stressed in a statement that \"effective aviation security must begin beyond our borders.\"", "As a result, any individual flying into the United States who is \"traveling from or through nations that are state sponsors of terrorism or other countries of interest will be required to go through enhanced screening,\" the statement said.", "\"The directive also increases the use of enhanced screening technologies and mandates threat-based and random screening for passengers on U.S. bound international flights.\"" ]	[ "John Brennan: \"System didn't work as it should have\" due to \"lapses\" and \"human error\"\nSuspect's cash payment for airfare \"wasn't a necessary [warning] bell,\" says Brennan .", "Thomas Kean of 9/11 panel says Brennan \"wrong when he says this wasn't like 9/11\"\nCNN iReport: Tell us about your airport security experiences ." ]	[ 2, 13, 19 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Major conflict could return to southern parts of Sudan unless international action bolsters a faltering peace accord, ten aid agencies said in a report released Thursday.", "A resumption of conflict between north and south in Sudan, meanwhile, would make a sustainable peace impossible in Darfur, a region of western Sudan that has been the scene of what the U.S. calls genocide, the aid groups said.", "\"It is not yet too late to avert disaster, but the next 12 months are a crossroads for Africa's largest country, \" said Maya Mailer, policy advisor for Oxfam International and the report's co-author.", "The warnings were underscored by news Thursday of a clash that killed scores in Southern Sudan, the latest instance of tribal violence among southerners that has alarmed the United Nations.", "Locals said fierce fighting in Warap State, one of the most remote regions of the south, killed 140 people, wounded 90, and led to the theft of tens of thousands of cattle early this month or in late December, the United Nations said.", "\"The human toll is massive -- hundreds if not thousands displaced.", "The death toll is massive,\" said Lisa Grande, a top U.N. humanitarian official in Southern Sudan.", "\"These attacks are a matter of great concern.\"", "Resurgent tribal violence in the south also concerned the 10 aid groups.", "They released their report, \"Rescuing the Peace in Southern Sudan,\" two days before the fifth anniversary of a 2005 peace deal that ended a grinding war between the Sudanese government and southern rebels in the Sudan People's Liberation Movement.", "They said that peace deal is \"on the brink of collapse.\"", "That war pitted a northern government of Arab Muslims against southern blacks who follow Christianity and traditional African religions.", "It killed 2 million people and forced several million others from their homes.", "The peace deal conferred limited autonomy on southern Sudan and ended one of Africa's longest and deadliest wars even as a separate conflict that erupted in 2003 raged in Darfur, killing roughly 200,000, the United Nations says.", "Despite the peace deal, violence in the south increased last year, Mailer said, and it could escalate further to become one of the biggest emergencies in Africa this year.", "About 2,500 people were killed and 350,000 fled their homes in southern Sudan last year, the aid agencies said.", "Many died in tribal violence between southerners.", "Outside countries have ignored the problem and have not provided sufficient help, the agencies said.", "The United Nations says more people have been killed in southern Sudan in 2009 than in Darfur, where a separate conflict drew international attention, prompted charges of genocide and led the International Criminal Court to indict the Sudanese president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, for war crimes.", "Some southerners blame their former enemies in the north for instigating violence in the south.", "As the south plans to participate in national elections in April, many southerners say the north has hindered access to registration materials, logistical support and voter education, the United Nations said.", "The north denies those charges, but they're among the reasons that analysts worry about an outbreak of north-south violence in a region already buckling under the weight of corruption, cattle rustling and revenge attacks.", "Sudan needs diplomatic involvement from neighboring countries and the international community to help secure the 2005 peace agreement, said Paul Valentin, international director of Christian Aid, one of the agencies that produced the report.", "\"A return to war is by no means inevitable, but it depends whether the world heeds the warning signs of the past year and has the political will to save the peace,\" Valentin added.", "Other agencies that produced the report include the International Rescue Committee, Save the Children and World Vision.", "The report urges the U.N. Security Council to ensure that protecting civilians becomes a core priority for a peacekeeping force in Sudan.", "The agencies also called on the international community to mediate between the northern and southern parties before the national elections -- the country's first multi-party elections in 24 years -- and before a referendum on independence, which is scheduled for early next year.", "Southern Sudan is roughly the size of Texas but has only 30 miles of paved roads and few health facilities.", "It is so underdeveloped that the U.N. says a 15-year-old girl in the south is more likely to die in childbirth than finish school.", "\"After five years of peace, southern Sudan remains one of the poorest regions on earth.", "People hoped the peace would bring economic benefits and development, but this has happened far too slowly and in some areas not at all,\" said Francisco Roque, country director of Save the Children in South Sudan.", "\"We are very worried about children who seem to be increasingly targeted in attacks on villages,\" he said.", "\"International donors and the government must urgently improve aid to these areas.\"" ]	[ "Aid groups: Peace deal signed in 2005 \"on the brink of collapse\"\nAid groups: About 2,500 people killed, 350,000 fled in southern Sudan last year .", "U.N.: More people killed in southern Sudan in 2009 than in Darfur .", "Report: Protecting civilians should be core priority for U.N. peacekeepers ." ]	[ 10, 15, 25 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Any kid can dream up a roller coaster.", "But those who visit a new exhibit at Walt Disney World's Epcot theme park can actually take a ride on their fantasy creations.", "An artist's rendering of the \"Sum of All Thrills\" interactive ride, opening Wednesday at Disney World.", "Epcot on Wednesday opened a new attraction called \"Sum of All Thrills,\" which lets kids use computer tablets to design a virtual roller coaster, bobsled track or plane ride.", "After inputting their designs, kids climb into a robotic carriage that uses virtual-reality technology to help them experience the ride they've created.", "\"This is really the next generation -- where there's a lot more personalization involved\" in the amusement-park experience, said Eric Goodman, Disney's lead project manager on the ride.", "This make-your-own-ride approach appears to be a growing trend in the world of amusement parks and museums.", "Taking cues from the video game industry, park and ride designers have realized that people -- especially young ones -- want to interact with and even design their own thrill rides.", "In addition to the new Epcot ride in Orlando, Florida, two Disney theme parks feature a ride called \"Toy Story Mania,\" which lets riders shoot at targets as they roll down the track and, in doing so, shape their own ride experience.", "Another Disney attraction, CyberSpace Mountain, caters to adults and kids by letting them customize their own virtual ride from a menu of drops, loops and other features.", "Universal Studios in Florida opened a roller coaster in August called the \"Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit,\" which lets people create their own personal musical soundtrack for their ride.", "Interactive rides are in the \"baby stages\" so far, since roller coasters and theme-park attractions are so expensive to build, but interaction and personalization promise to be running themes in the industry, said Bob McTyre, president of Apogee Attractions, which has has helped design rides for Disney, Universal Studios and others.", "McTyre was not involved in the new ride at Epcot.", "He said theme park designers frequently bring up ideas such as roller coasters with three possible endings, allowing riders to choose which path to take.", "But those big ideas quickly hit a roadblock: the high costs of implementing such a project, he said.", "Shawn McCoy, vice-president of marketing and business development at Jack Rouse Associates, another amusement-park design firm, said this desire for interactivity in amusement parks takes its cues from video games.", "\"There's also a definite need to compete with video games or the gaming industry -- where [players] have control over all of the elements, from the environment to the players' movement,\" he said, noting that museums and zoos also are taking notice of the trend.", "The \"Sum of All Thrills\" ride at Epcot employs a robotic arm -- more commonly seen assembling cars at an auto plant -- to let kids experience their roller coaster creations.", "Sitting in a carriage with their legs and arms outside the ride, kids watch a video version of their ride while the arm moves them from side to side and up and down to simulate the feeling of a real roller coaster.", "Fans blow air at the riders at various speeds to give people the sensation that they're moving forward.", "Goodman, the Disney designer, said the robotic arm and carriage come \"pretty darn close\" to replicating the real roller coaster experience.", "Kids design their experience on touch-screen computers, using a digital ruler and pre-selected track options to construct their rides.", "If a person tries to build something physically impossible -- a hill that's too steep for the cars to climb, for example -- then they're asked to retool their ideas.", "Disney hopes the interactive nature of the Epcot ride also helps kids learn that math and science can be fun.", "\"I think it's really empowering for the kids to realize that the math doesn't control them.", "They get to control the math,\" Goodman said.", "The Raytheon Company, a maker of weapons and defense systems, said it sponsored the exhibit as a way to get middle-school aged kids more interested in careers in math and engineering." ]	[ "Disney opens an exhibit where kids create roller coasters -- and ride them .", "Theme parks are trying to make their rides more interactive, taking cues from gaming .", "The \"Sum of All Thrills\" ride opens Wednesday at Epcot Center in Florida .", "Kids design their rides on computers, ride them in a stationary robotic carriage ." ]	[ 8, 17, 21 ]
[ "BALTIMORE, Maryland (CNN) -- Dr. Carnell Cooper, a Baltimore surgeon, is saving lives inside and outside the operating room.", "Dr. Carnell Cooper's Violence Intervention Program provides training and support to trauma victims.", "Since becoming a trauma surgeon 16 years ago, he has dedicated himself to treating the many young African-American men who've been shot, stabbed or beaten, only to see them return to the ER with another severe injury just months later.", "But when one of his patients was readmitted with a fatal gunshot wound to the head in 1996, it changed Cooper's life.", "\"The night that we pronounced that young man dead and my colleagues said there's really nothing we can do in these situations. ...", "I just didn't believe that,\" said Cooper, 54.", "\"From that day forward, I said, 'Let's see what we can do.'", "\" Cooper created the Violence Intervention Program (VIP) at the Shock Trauma Unit of the University of Maryland Medical Center, the state's busiest hospital for violent injuries.", "It became one of the country's first hospital-based anti-violence programs.", "\"We approached this problem like any public health crisis, like heart disease or smoking,\" he said.", "\"We tried to work on the root causes.\"", "Since 1998, VIP has provided substance abuse counseling, job skills training and other support services to nearly 500 trauma victims.", "\"Using that scalpel blade to save their life is the first step,\" Cooper said.", "\"The next step is to try to keep them from coming back.\"", "A 2006 study by Cooper and his colleagues, published in the Journal of Trauma, showed that people in the program were six times less likely to be readmitted with a violent injury and three times less likely to be arrested for a violent crime.", "The issue hits close to home for Cooper.", "Born to unwed teenagers in Dillon, South Carolina, he grew up in a neighborhood where violent crime was commonplace; he had friends and relatives who ended up dead or in jail.", "But his grandparents made sure he stayed on the right path.", "As a straight-A student, he attended a prestigious high school in Massachusetts, then Yale University and Duke University School of Medicine.", "But while Cooper rose above his circumstances, he felt sympathy for the young men who rotated in and out of his operating room.", "\"They could be my friends, my family,\" he said.", "Cooper's program attempts to help patients from the moment they arrive because victims of violence face a greater risk of receiving another violent injury.", "Everyone treated for violent wounds at the hospital is seen by a VIP case worker, often at bedside.", "For Cooper, approaching patients at this early stage is crucial.", "\"We may get them in a moment when they are thinking, 'I just almost died,' \" he said.", "\"We say, 'We're going help you find a way to get out of the game.'", "\" Watch Cooper talk to a victim of violence at his bedside » .", "VIP helps connect its members with additional support services, such as GED classes, conflict resolution, mentoring and parenting skills.", "A peer support group also meets at the hospital once a week.", "The success of Cooper's program has made it a model for others around the country and inspired the doctor to develop a larger initiative, the Violence Prevention Program, which includes other hospital-based efforts targeting young people in at-risk communities.", "Howard McCray, 29, turned his life around with help from VIP.", "He joined the program in 2001 after he was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the arm.", "Nicknamed \"Pooh\" for his resemblance to Winnie the Pooh, McCray's demeanor and lifestyle were once vastly different from the storybook bear's.", "\"Before, I was into shooting people, robbing [them],\" he recalled.", "\"I've been in many gunbattles and been through the ER many times.\"", "Through VIP, McCray earned his GED and received job training and a driver's license.", "The program also helped him learn about budgeting money and paying child support.", "Today, McCray is an outreach worker for VIP, visiting patients at their bedsides and encouraging them to join the program.", "\"I'm a changed man,\" McCray said proudly.", "\"Dr. Cooper ... he saved me.\"", "Watch McCray describe how Cooper's program changed his life » .", "Helping people like McCray inspires Cooper to continue his work.", "\"There are some individuals who we are not going to save, who are just immersed in the culture, but that's not the majority of folks,\" he said.", "\"The majority of folks deserve a chance.\"", "Cooper believes it is all part of his responsibility as a doctor.", "\"Every physician's goal is to save lives,\" he said.", "\"This is another step in that process.", "In my mind, it's just what I should be doing.\" Want to get involved?", "Check out the Violence Intervention Program and see how to help." ]	[ "Dr. Carnell Cooper's Violence Intervention Program helps trauma victims .", "The program aims to break the cycle of violence by targeting its root causes .", "Study: Participants are three times less likely to be arrested for a violent crime .", "Do you know a hero?", "Nominations are open at CNN.com/Heroes ." ]	[ 1, 14 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Washington police were investigating on Sunday whether an off-duty officer drew his gun in the midst of a snowball fight involving a couple hundred people.", "The Metropolitan Police Department said video from a local media outlet at the scene Saturday did not show the officer with his weapon drawn.", "However, authorities have since received \"additional images and statements that would seem to support the allegation that the off-duty member did pull a gun,\" a police statement said.", "About 200 people from a D.C. neighborhood had gathered Saturday to brave a snowstorm for a massive snowball fight, CNN affiliate WJLA reported.", "\"It was pretty fun,\" one unidentified participant told WJLA.", "\"And then, you know, when the gun came out, uh, it just changed the tone of the thing a little bit.\"", "The off-duty, plainclothes officer was driving in the area of the snowball fight when several snowballs hit his vehicle, police said.", "The officer exited the vehicle and yelled at the crowd, WJLA reported; witnesses accused that officer of drawing his gun.", "A uniformed police officer who subsequently arrived was holding a gun at his hip, but he eventually returned it to his holster, video from WJLA shows.", "MPD Assistant Chief Peter Newsham said the uniformed officer was responding to a 911 call that someone -- apparently the plainclothes officer -- had a gun, according to WJLA.", "The uniformed officer holstered his weapon when he recognized the plainclothes officer, Newsham said, according to WJLA.", "The police statement said \"there is no evidence that [officers] pointed any weapons in the direction of the crowd or at any individuals.\"" ]	[ "Plainclothes police officer accused of drawing gun at snowball fight in Washington, D.C.\n\"Images and statements ... would seem to support the allegation,\" police say .", "About 200 people were in snowball fight when officer's vehicle was hit, police say .", "Police: Separate, uniformed officer held a gun while checking report of armed person ." ]	[ 0, 2, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Fort Hood, Texas, is -- for all intents and purposes -- a city.", "With as many as 30,000 residents, it has all the trappings of an American metropolis: malls, softball fields, subdivisions and as many as nine schools.", "But in other ways, Fort Hood is like no American city.", "It is a transition point for troops who have served overseas, soldiers who have seen the worst that war has to offer and are returning to life at home.", "At least 13 people were killed and 30 wounded in shootings on the post Thursday, officials said.", "The alleged gunman, identified as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, was wounded.", "Some of those killed or wounded were at the Readiness Center, a soldier's last stop before deployment, said Army Lt. Gen. Bob Cone.", "It is also one of the first places a soldier goes after returning from war.", "Officials: Gunman opens fire at Fort Hood .", "Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, who served at Fort Hood in the late 1990s, said the nearly eight years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq have created difficulties for the U.S. armed forces.", "\"This is a very complex situation, a situation we have not dealt with in the Army before.", "We have never been at war this long before in modern history,\" he said.", "\"And many of these soldiers have been deployed multiple times, so this has put a lot of stress on these soldiers and their families.", "\"One of the biggest things on re-entry that the Readiness Center does is to help those soldiers cope with being back home and dealing with the extremes of [post-traumatic stress disorder],\" Honore said.", "It is also where soldiers \"do everything from finalizing your next of kin, inspect your immunization record, as well as make a will,\" he said.", "Fort Hood is the largest U.S. military installation in the world by size, and on any given day, it is home to 25,000 to 30,000 people, according to an Army spokesman at the Pentagon.", "The post also houses the families of service members and other civilians.", "iReport.com: Are you there?", "Send pics, video .", "\"Some of these soldiers have lost some of their closest friends, seen some of the horrific things associated with warfare including these roadside bombs,\" Honore said.", "\"They've seen and experienced -- many of them -- some very horrific events.\"", "Services and programs offered on the post range from helping troops who are leaving the armed services find employment or pursue education to helping soldiers deal with combat-related illnesses like post-traumatic stress disorder.", "One such program, called the Warrior Stress Reset Program, is \"designed to help address those common and normal reactions to war experiences,\" says a military Web site.", "\"It is well documented that participation in a major conflict ... has a way of leaving its mark on the psyche of our soldiers,\" the Web site reads.", "The program lasts three weeks and provides counseling and treatment.", "U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, said the post has a robust support system for families of deployed troops, which would help troops and civilians there handle Thursday's violence.", "\"The people who are there will surround the families and take care of them, the ones who have had loved ones who were killed,\" she said.", "The Army's 1st Cavalry Division and elements of the 4th Infantry Division, as well as the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and the 13th Corps Support Command, are based at Fort Hood.", "Fort Hood measures about 340 square miles across and is approximately 160 miles south of Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas.", "CNN's Barbara Starr, Adam Levine, Mike Mount and Chris Lawrence contributed to this report." ]	[ "General says ongoing wars have put stress on troops and their families .", "Fort Hood is largest U.S. military installation in the world by size .", "On any given day, there can be at least 25,000 to 30,000 people .", "It is also a transition point for troops returning to civilian life ." ]	[ 3, 15 ]
[ "NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- Drumsticks in hand, Derrick Tabb has found a way to transform New Orleans children from troublemakers to tuba players.", "Derrick Tabb's program provides free tutoring, instruments and music instruction to more than 100 students.", "Tabb, wearing a gold chain and a baseball cap, doesn't look the part of a typical band teacher.", "But every weekday evening in the French Quarter, he beats out the rhythm on his music stand as students play their chosen instruments.", "In doing so, he gives them an alternative to New Orleans' rough streets.", "\"I tell everyone I'm competing with the drug dealers,\" said Tabb, 34.", "His program, The Roots of Music, offers free tutoring, instruments and music education to more than 100 students.", "Vote now for the CNN Hero of the Year .", "Reformed class clown Terrence Knockum credits Tabb with changing his life.", "The 15-year-old tuba player joined the band eight months ago, when he was failing in school and \"heading up the wrong road,\" said Tabb.", "Today, Knockum is the band captain.", "He hopes to make music his career and teach it himself one day.", "\"Before, I was getting in trouble,\" Knockum said.", "\"Now ... when I come here, I'm learning how to play the horn, be disciplined and, you know, just work hard.\"", "Tabb can relate.", "During a rebellious phase in junior high, his band teacher became his mentor and helped him get back on track.", "\"He saved my life,\" recalled Tabb, a professional drummer with the Rebirth Brass Band, one of the city's most popular acts.", "Now Tabb, a New Orleans native, strives to keep young people on the straight and narrow in the city with the nation's highest murder rate, according to FBI statistics.", "\"When all you've seen is the drug dealers and the killing, you know, they think that's cool,\" said Tabb, adding that many young people wind up in trouble because they have nothing else to do.", "The type of music support systems that helped Tabb years ago have been struggling since Hurricane Katrina; musicians scattered after the storm and budget cuts ended many school music programs.", "As a result, Tabb chose to target 9- to 14-year-olds with his program.", "\"That's just the most vulnerable time of your life,\" he said.", "\"If I catch them now, I can hold onto them for at least four or five years and guide them the way that we want to guide them.\"", "Students meet from 4-7 p.m. every weekday, year-round.", "They work with tutors on schoolwork, practice their music and eat a hot meal before heading home.", "Through funding from donations and sponsors, Tabb's group is able to provide bus transportation, instruments and food for free.", "He calls it his \"no excuse\" policy -- \"you don't have no excuse why you're not here,\" Tabb said.", "With a 90 percent attendance rate, his formula seems to be working.", "Watch Tabb and The Roots of Music program in action » .", "Tabb attributes the success in part to the nature of music.", "\"You're constantly learning something new,\" he said.", "\"That's what keeps the kids coming back every day.\"", "Since getting underway last year, The Roots of Music has already exceeded Tabb's expectations.", "The band marched in five Mardi Gras parades this season.", "The program also helped students improve their academic performances, with 85 percent having raised their grades in at least one class; some D and F students have become A students.", "And there are more than 400 children on the waiting list.", "Tabb said he's assembled a \"dream team\" of musicians to help teach the students, and he personally works with all the beginners.", "No previous musical experience is necessary -- many students don't even know the names of the instruments when they start -- but youngsters like 9-year-old Lauren Washington, who plays the flute, learn fast.", "\"It's kind of hard to play, but I sound good,\" she said proudly.", "\"It's fun!\" Watch Washington and other students demonstrate their talents » .", "But the program isn't only about fun.", "\"Music is about discipline,\" said Tabb.", "He insists on good behavior and keeps kids in order with threats of sit-ups, pushups or tasks like picking up grains of rice -- but these measures aren't just punishment.", "\"We wear them out so they don't have any time or energy to get mixed up in anything on the street,\" he said.", "Discipline aside, Tabb wants young people to realize that music can help them build a better future.", "\"I don't say that I'm saving lives,\" he said.", "\"I say I'm giving life -- a whole different life of music.\"", "Want to get involved?", "Check out The Roots of Music and see how to help." ]	[ "Derrick Tabb started The Roots of Music to help the city's young people .", "The program provides free instruments, instruction, tutoring and food .", "Students have marched in Mardi Gras parades, improved grades .", "Vote now for the CNN Hero of the Year at CNN.com/Heroes ." ]	[ 1, 6, 7, 33 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- President Obama paid tribute Wednesday to those who have lost their lives in the nation's wars as well as to the men and women who currently serve.", "\"There's no tribute, no commemoration, no praise that can truly match the magnitude of your service and your sacrifice,\" he said in a speech at Arlington National Cemetery on a rainy, overcast Veterans Day.", "\"We call this a holiday, but for many veterans, it's another day of memories that drive them to live their lives each day as best as they possibly can,\" he said.", "\"For our troops, it is another day in harm's way.", "For their families, it is another day to feel the absence of a loved one and the concern for their safety.", "For our wounded warriors, it is another day of slow recovery.", "And in this national cemetery, it is another day when grief remains fresh.\"", "He vowed that \"America will do right\" by its troops.", "\"To all who served in every battle in every war, we say that it's never too late to say thank you.\"", "Earlier Wednesday, the president and first lady Michelle Obama also walked through Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, CNN's Jill Dougherty reported.", "The section is where service members from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are buried.", "There, the Obamas stopped to talked to relatives and friends of those who have died.", "Skip and Rhonda Rollins of New Hampshire were visiting the gravesite of their son, Justin, who was killed in Iraq in 2007.", "He would have turned 25 on Tuesday.", "The couple said they were \"extremely surprised\" to see Obama \"take the time to speak with the families\" in Section 60.", "Although he said he generally holds different political views from those of the president, Skip Rollins said that supporting American soldiers, both living and dead, \"should always be a nonpartisan issue.\"", "He added, \"It was extremely nice of him to take this time out to come down here and do this.\"", "The couple said they make the trip to their son's grave each year around this time for their son's birthday and for Veterans Day.", "\"It's not just my son that I mourn for; when I see all the others' stones, the ages of the soldiers, and you know they've given the ultimate sacrifice for all of us.", "And you know it's hard for me to leave, to leave my son,\" Rhonda Rollins said.", "Earlier Wednesday, the president laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns in the cemetery.", "He then stood solemnly as a bugle played taps.", "Some onlookers watched from under umbrellas.", "Veterans Day comes a day after Obama addressed 15,000 people at a memorial service at Fort Hood Army Post, where 13 people were killed and dozens more were wounded in a shooting last week.", "The president told the families of those killed that \"no words can fill the void that has been left,\" adding, \"your loved ones endure through the life of our nation.\"", "The suspected gunman in the attack is a 39-year-old Army psychiatrist, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who remains in intensive care at an Army hospital in San Antonio, Texas.", "Later Wednesday, Obama discussed with his war council scenarios to move forward in Afghanistan.", "One scenario, a senior administration official and U.S. military official independently confirmed, calls for sending about 34,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.", "Other nations honored those who sacrificed their lives in wars on Wednesday, in many cases for the first time without any surviving veterans of World War I.", "Services took place around the world to mark the 91st anniversary of the armistice signed between Germany and the Allies on November 11, 1918.", "Depending on where it is celebrated, the day is known as Armistice Day, Remembrance Day, Poppy Day or Veterans Day.", "In Britain, Queen Elizabeth led Remembrance Day ceremonies in Westminster Abbey, a service also attended by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and other senior politicians and military leaders.", "In Paris, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held a ceremony under the Arc de Triomphe.", "Australians observed one minute silence at 11 a.m. in memory of those who died or suffered in all of the nation's wars and armed conflicts.", "\"Their loss is a reminder that there is nothing glorious about war.", "Those called upon to fight know that better than anyone,\" said Gen. Peter Cosgrove, chairman of the Council of the Australian War Memorial.", "CNN's Leslie Bentz contributed to this report." ]	[ "\"No praise ... can truly match the magnitude of your service,\" he tells veterans .", "America will do right by its troops, Obama promises .", "Nations around the world take day to honor fighting men and women ." ]	[ 1, 7 ]
[ "Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- The office of a reformist Iranian member of parliament burned Tuesday night, and a reformist Web site said the act was the work of extremists.", "Mir Hossein Moussavi, an opposition candidate in the disputed June 12 presidential election, blamed the fire at the office of Nasrollah Torabi on plainclothes militia on Moussavi's Facebook Web site, where he also posted photos.", "The photos showed heavy damage, with charred furniture, peeling wallpaper and floors strewn with broken glass, debris and ashes.", "Parleman News, a newsgathering organization for the Path of the Imam Khomeini faction of parliament, said the office was vandalized before it was torched.", "Khomeini was the leader of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran.", "Torabi, who represents the southwestern province of Cahar-Mahal Bakhtiari in parliament, told Parleman News that he was awaiting the outcome of an investigation.", "The office is in the city of Shahr-e Kurd.", "Torabi urged people not to react to the incident, according to Parleman News.", "He said intelligence agencies and the Interior Ministry must investigate the fire and punish those responsible.", "The lawmaker said that after he gave a speech in parliament criticizing the government, he came under heavy criticism from government supporters, Parleman News said.", "No date was given for the speech.", "\"After that speech in the meeting of the Planning Council for Cahar-Mahal Bakhtiari [Province], we witnessed the anger of the province's governor-general,\" Torabi said.", "Investigators \"must not allow some people to use force, scare tactics and oppression to bring the three principles of independence, freedom and Islamic Republic under question,\" he added, according to Parleman News.", "Torabi said that after he gave the speech, banners condemning him were distributed throughout Shahr-e Kurd, with the backing of the governor's office.", "According to Moussavi, Torabi told the news organization: \"In the middle of the night some made their last pathetic attempt and set the office of a representative of the people on fire with the aim of silencing the members of the parliament.\"", "Moussavi called the fire an attempt at intimidation.", "Opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have held sometimes-violent protests after he was swept into office for a second term despite accusations of election fraud.", "The latest protest occurred Sunday on the Shiite Muslim holy day of Ashura, which marks the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammed, as a martyr.", "A prosecutor said seven people died, including Moussavi's nephew, in the demonstrations." ]	[ "Reformist lawmaker Nasrollah Torabi's office burned Tuesday .", "Opposition figure Mir Hossein Moussavi says fire caused by extremists .", "Torabi says he was under pressure after he criticized government in speech .", "Torabi urges people not to react to incident, according to Parleman News ." ]	[ 1, 7, 9 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- With a simple, declarative statement, the head of the Department of Veterans Affairs announced his ambitious goal to eradicate one of the country's most shameful problems.", "\"My name is Shinseki, and I am here to end veteran homelessness,\" VA Secretary Eric Shinseki said Tuesday in a speech to the National Summit on Homeless Veterans.", "But Shinseki indicated the challenge in meeting his goal by adding, \"I learned long ago there are never any absolutes in life, and a goal of zero homeless veterans sure sounds like an absolute.\"", "The plan unveiled by Shinseki includes trying to leverage existing education and jobs programs, boosting the ability of veteran-owned businesses to compete for federal contracts and spend an additional $3 billion on medical services and homeless programs.", "An estimated 131,000 veterans are homeless, according to the VA. That is an improvement from 2003, when the number was as high as 196,000.", "But the secretary warned that given the ailing economy, the number could increase by as much as 10 percent to 15 percent in the next five years.", "The VA plans to focus its new efforts on preventing the problem.", "\"Our plan enlarges the scope of VA's efforts to combat homelessness,\" said Shinseki in a news release.", "\"In the past, VA focused largely on getting homeless veterans off the streets.", "Our five-year plan aims also at preventing them from ever ending up homeless.\"", "The department plans to expand the recently passed educational grants program for veterans who served after September 11, 2001, to include not just college but vocational programs as well, according to VA spokeswoman Katie Roberts.", "\"Not every veteran wants to spend four years pursuing a college degree, but they might be interested in learning a trade that would get them into the taxpaying work force sooner,\" Shinseki said.", "The VA will also try to win more federal contracts for veteran-owned businesses, encouraging other agencies to exceed the minimum goal of 3 percent of contracts to veteran-owned small businesses.", "The increase, the VA believes, will also help employ more veterans since \"veterans hire veterans,\" Shinseki said.", "In addition, it is increasing the amount of vouchers for public-financed housing, adding 10,000 more vouchers in 2010.", "The plan also calls for more programs to aid transition from prison and psychiatric facilities, as well as a renewed call to treat veterans' psychiatric conditions.", "Read more about the VA's ambitious goal .", "Veterans' groups contacted after the speech were generally pleased that the secretary was focusing the attention but unsure how he would achieve such an ambitious goal.", "\"General Shinseki is a soldier and treating this like a military operation and in the military you have to have hope for your missions,\" said Justin Brown of Veterans of Foreign Wars.", "Shinseki was a four-star general in the Army.", "Brown said he thought Shinseki's aim to get better coordination between the VA and federal departments, including Labor and Health, was a good start.", "But others were more pessimistic that Shinseki could change the VA bureaucracy.", "\"This secretary is going to be a good leader, but we don't think he or the president has quite gotten a hold of how intractable the bureaucracy is inside the VA,\" said Rick Weidman, executive director for policy and government affairs at Vietnam Veterans of America.", "Weidman said one problem not mentioned Tuesday that would help, more than many of of the other programs, is reducing the backlog in processing veterans' claims that delays much-needed medical and other benefits.", "The VA recognizes backlogs are a problem, said spokeswoman Roberts.", "\"The backlog is a top priority at the VA and at the forefront of the secretary's mind,\" she said.", "Toni Reinis at the Los Angeles organization New Directions said the announcement Tuesday showed that Shinseki had \"real leadership,\" but she worried that lack of funds and leadership at the local level would make instituting change difficult.", "The problem, she said, is sometimes not in the VA's control.", "Reinis said her group's center, which helps 700 homeless veterans a year gain employment, housing and proper medical and psychiatric care in a residential setting, has lost a lot of money because of state budget cuts.", "The county cut the center's mental health funding by 55 percent, which is a \"significant\" amount, Reinis said.", "Efforts to expand have been met with opposition, as in the case of a seven-year effort in California's San Fernando Valley to build a new treatment center that has been opposed by local communities.", "\"The VA was behind it, but the neighbors don't want those people in their neighborhood,\" Reinis explained." ]	[ "VA Secretary Eric Shinseki says, \"I am here to end veteran homelessness\"\nAn estimated 131,000 veterans are homeless, according to the VA .", "One observer worries Shinseki doesn't realize how \"intractable\" VA bureaucracy is .", "Backlogs in veterans claims is cited as a major problem ." ]	[ 1, 4, 24 ]
[ "Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The Taliban in Pakistan have released a second audiotape purportedly containing the voice of their leader, Hakimullah Mehsud, who sources say was wounded in a suspected drone strike this week.", "The group also released an audiotape Friday, though CNN could not confirm that the voice on either tape belongs to Mehsud.", "It was unclear whether the first tape was recorded before or after Thursday's drone strike, but the voice on the second tape announced the date as Saturday.", "\"Let me say this briefly, that I, Hakimullah Mehsud, today, on the 16th of January, with central spokesman Azam Tariq and Umar Khittab, want to give this message to all mujahedeen: that by the grace of Allah, I, Hakimullah Mehsud, am alive and in good health.", "Neither have I been martyred in a drone attack nor injured,\" the voice says on Saturday's tape.", "Tariq, a Taliban spokesman, denied Thursday and again Friday that Mehsud was hurt.", "Tariq said Mehsud had left the site of the attack -- a converted religious school -- before the missiles struck.", "He dismissed reports of an injury to Mehsud as propaganda.", "However, other Taliban and intelligence sources said doctors were treating Mehsud for wounds he sustained in the drone strike.", "Tariq delivered both audiotapes to local journalists.", "On the tape released Friday, the voice says, \"The media right now is also part of the war.", "The enemy through the media wants to demoralize the Taliban.", "At times they spread the propaganda in the media that 'We have martyred Hakimullah.'", "At other times they say, 'We have completed the operation in South Waziristan,' but this will never happen.\"", "The drone strike hit a madrassa, or religious school, that local officials said had been converted into a militant training camp.", "Ten people were killed in the strike, Pakistani intelligence and local officials said.", "In the Friday tape, the speaker warns of what will happen if the drone strikes continue.", "\"I want to inform the Pakistani people that the drone attacks that take place in the tribal areas endanger the politics, well-being and sovereignty of Pakistan,\" the speaker says.", "\"From today onward, for any dangerous step that the Pakistani Taliban will take in Pakistan, those responsible will be Pakistan's rulers, not the Taliban.", "This is because the Pakistani rulers want to spill the blood of the innocent [tribesmen] in exchange for dollars.\"", "The U.S. military routinely offers no comment on reported attacks by drones, or unmanned aircraft.", "The United States is the only country operating in the region known to have the ability to launch missiles from remote-controlled aircraft.", "Last week, the Taliban released a video showing Mehsud sitting next to Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, the man who killed seven CIA employees and a Jordanian army captain at an eastern Afghan base December 30.", "The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for that attack.", "It was carried out out to avenge the death of Mehsud's predecessor, Baitullah Mehsud, who died in a suspected U.S. drone strike last year, according to al Qaeda's commander of operations in Afghanistan, Mustafa Abu Yazid.", "Baitullah Mehsud and Hakimullah Mehsud are from the same tribe, but not from the same family.", "CNN's Pierre Bairin contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Taliban in Pakistan issue another tape they say is by Hakimullah Mehsud .", "NEW: Speaker declares he is \"alive and in good health\"\nReports conflict over whether Mehsud was injured in a drone strike this week .", "Last week Taliban released video of Mehsud with the man who killed seven CIA employees ." ]	[ 0, 7, 22 ]
[ "Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Military divers have found the body of a U.S. paratrooper who went missing last week in a river in western Afghanistan.", "The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said the soldier was found close to where he disappeared November 4.", "Officials are continuing their search for a second paratrooper lost at the same time.", "Both men -- from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division -- disappeared in the Morghab River near Afghanistan's border with Turkmenistan.", "The men were on a routine resupply mission, the NATO group said.", "Family members identified the recovered body as that of Benjamin Sherman, 21, of Plymouth, Massachusetts.", "They said he jumped into the river when he saw a fellow soldier struggling in the water.", "\"I know that day he jumped into the river to try to save his comrade was because he didn't just see another soldier in the water; he saw his brother,\" said Sherman's sister, Meredith, in a statement to CNN affiliate WCVB in Boston, Massachusetts.", "\"He didn't jump in because he was trained to but because that's what his heart told him to do.\"", "Sherman's mother, Denise, said the family called him \"the unstoppable one.\"", "\"I raised him with the understanding that when you choose to do something, you do it to the best of your ability,\" she said in a statement to WCVB.", "\"He was powerful, ingenuous and determined.\"", "CNN's Thomas Evans contributed to this report." ]	[ "Two U.S. soldiers went missing in Afghan river on November 4 .", "Both lost in Morghab River near border with Turkmenistan .", "Family identifies recovered body as that of Benjamin Sherman of Plymouth, Massachusetts .", "Search continues for the other paratrooper ." ]	[ 0, 3, 5 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Dozens of suspected terrorists released by the United States from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are believed to have returned to terrorism activities, according to the Pentagon.", "Pentagon officials say 61 former Gitmo detainees have committed or are suspected of returning to terrorism.", "Since 2002, 61 former detainees have committed or are suspected to have committed attacks after being released from the detention camp, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said at a briefing Tuesday.", "The number is up since the Pentagon's last report in March 2008 when officials said 37 former detainees had been suspected of returning to the battlefield since 2002.", "Since 2007, more than 100 detainees were released, significantly more than in previous years, according to Pentagon officials.", "According to the statistics, of the 61 former detainees that are believed to have returned to fighting, 18 have been officially confirmed while 43 are suspected, Morrell said.", "The 18 were confirmed through intelligence, photographs, fingerprints and other information, Morrell said.", "Of the 43 other detainees suspected of taking part in terrorist attacks, only \"plausible reporting\" on their activities indicated some kind of involvement, according to Morrell.", "Officials would only identify one of the confirmed attackers, Adballah Salih al-Ajmi, a Kuwaiti man released from U.S. custody at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in 2005.", "Pentagon officials said Salih al-Ajmi blew himself up in a suicide attack in Iraq in April 2008.", "Since 2002, the Pentagon has released about 520 detainees to their home countries or counties that agreed to take them.", "Some have been released in full by those countries while others are still being held.", "\"There, clearly, are people who are being held at Guantanamo who are still bent on doing harm to America, Americans and our allies, so there will have to be some solution for the likes of them,\" Morrell said.", "About 250 detainees remain held at Guantanamo and about 60 of those detainees have been cleared for release by the Pentagon, but their home countries will not take them or the U.S. believes they could be harmed by their governments if returned.", "President-elect Barack Obama has said he intends to shut down Guantanamo.", "Earlier this week, two sources close to the Obama transition team said he could issue an order to do so as early as his first week in office, saying that Obama believes \"the legal framework at Gitmo has failed to successfully and swiftly prosecute terrorists.\"" ]	[ "61 former Gitmo detainees still involved in terror acts, according to Pentagon .", "Since 2002, nearly 520 detainees have been released from detention facility .", "President-elect Barack Obama wants to shut down Guantanamo upon taking office ." ]	[ 2, 14 ]
[ "Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- An attack in which the Taliban claimed to have infiltrated key government sites in downtown Kabul killed at least five people Monday morning, hospital and government officials said.", "Among the five were two policemen and one national security staff member, Interior Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar said at a news conference.", "Seventy-one others were injured, 36 of whom were police or security officers, he said.", "His report of the death toll conflicts with those of Defense Ministry spokesman Zahir Azimi, who said 13 died, and the Taliban, which claimed even more were slain.", "Seven attackers' bodies were recovered, with two or three of them burned beyond recognition, Azimi said.", "The Taliban said only five were killed.", "Four explosions and gunfire shook downtown Kabul about 9:15 a.m. Monday, with the Taliban saying it was conducting a militant operation.", "The attack started as 14 members of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's Cabinet were to be sworn in, said Parliament member Fawzia Koofi.", "About 20 Taliban insurgents entered the presidential palace; the ministries of Finance, Mines and Justice; and the Serena Hotel, said spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid.", "NATO-led forces said \"several small explosions\" and gunfire were reported near the Feroshgah e Afghan Shopping Center and the Serena Hotel, and later added that \"numerous\" suicide bombers had attacked government buildings close to the presidential palace and the Ministry of Justice.", "Atmar said that the coordinated attacks struck the city over a span of two hours and 45 minutes and that they targeted civilians.", "And the threat continued at 1 p.m., when three attackers took over Bayman Hotel, Atmar said.", "More than two hours later, Afghan security forces killed the men, he said.", "At least two insurgents were killed at the shopping center, NATO-led forces said in a news release, which also said that Afghan national police had secured all roads in the area.", "A separate news release condemned the attack, which NATO-led forces said took place amid many civilians.", "Atmar, the Minister of Defense and chief of the National Security Department also condemned the violence.", "The Taliban claimed that they killed 31 officials and injured 31 people.", "Their account could not be immediately independently verified.", "The terrorist group also disputed the government on the number of its militants killed.", "Five militants had died and 13 had returned to their safe houses, the Taliban's Mujahid said, adding that two were still fighting.", "But Zmaray Bashari, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said security forces had restored Kabul to normalcy by Monday afternoon.", "Monday's assault followed weekend violence that killed at least three international troops and 14 militants in Afghanistan, authorities said.", "CNN's Dan Rivers and Atia Abawi contributed to this report." ]	[ "Five people killed; two insurgents dead at shopping center, NATO-led forces say .", "Taliban insurgents enter presidential palace, ministry buildings, government says .", "Karzai Cabinet members were to be sworn in, Parliament member says ." ]	[ 5, 7, 13 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Ibrahim Hooper knows the drill.", "When news first broke Thursday that a shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, killed and injured U.S. soldiers, the national communications director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations wrote a statement of condemnation.", "He only sent it out later, when reports emerged that the alleged shooter's name was Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.", "\"As soon as we saw what appeared to be a Muslim name, we issued our statement,\" Hooper said.", "\"Until that time, we were praying that no Muslim would be involved.\"", "That's the reality of crisis management for the Muslim-American community, said Hooper, who handles communications for the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group.", "Even without confirmation that the alleged gunman was Muslim -- there was no immediate determination of any religious affiliation for Hasan -- the mere reporting of a possible Muslim name required an immediate comment, he said.", "\"That's unfortunately the world we live in nowadays,\" Hooper said.", "\"So often, Muslims are accused of not condemning these kind of acts.\"", "The CAIR statement said: \"No political or religious ideology could ever justify or excuse such wanton and indiscriminate violence.", "The attack was particularly heinous in that it targeted the all-volunteer Army that protects our nation.", "American Muslims stand with our fellow citizens in offering both prayers for the victims and sincere condolences to the families of those killed or injured.\"", "In a separate statement, the Muslim Public Affairs Council, based in Los Angeles, California, condemned what it called the \"heinous incident.\"", "\"We are in contact with law enforcement and U.S. federal government officials to gain more facts from this tragic incident and work together in dealing with its aftermath,\" the group said.", "Its statement called on \"all members of American Muslim communities to be in contact with local law enforcement for the safety and security of their communities and their institutions.\"", "The Islamic Information Center also issued a statement \"in conjunction with all the major Muslim organizations nationwide\" that condemned the attack.", "\"While several news reports have cited one of the gunmen to be Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, IIC strongly emphasizes that this attack and its perpetrator are in no way representative of the Muslim people or the peace-loving religion of Islam,\" the statement said.", "\"The individuals who perpetrated this attack blatantly acted against the teachings of Islam and humanity,\" it added.", "After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, Muslim-Americans reported increased attacks and threats by revenge-minded non-Muslims.", "\"We've seen this before,\" Hooper said of a possible backlash.", "\"Whenever there's an incident of this type, there's always the possibility this will happen.\"", "Even non-Muslims could be targeted, he said, noting that Sikhs who wear turbans or Hispanic-Americans can be mistaken as being of Middle Eastern descent.", "On Thursday night, CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad told a news conference the alleged Fort Hood attacker's motive remained unknown.", "\"We urge all Americans to remain calm in reaction to this tragic event and to demonstrate once again what is best about America -- our nation's ability to remain unified even in times of crisis,\" Awad said.", "\"We urge national political and religious leaders and media professionals to set a tone of calm and unity.", "\"Unfortunately, based on past experience, we also urge American Muslims, and those who may be perceived to be Muslim, to take appropriate precautions to protect themselves, their families and their religious institutions from possible backlash.\"" ]	[ "Slain Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan accused in Fort Hood shootings .", "His religion, if any, isn't known, but American Muslims condemn his actions .", "\"American Muslims stand with our fellow citizens,\" one group says .", "Some fear backlash against Muslims and people who are thought to be Muslim ." ]	[ 11, 16 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Rangers kept their stranglehold on the Scottish title as a Lee McCulloch equalizer earned them a 1-1 draw against closest rivals Celtic in the Old Firm derby on Sunday.", "It leaves the defending champions seven points clear of Celtic, having played a game more, with the season at the halfway point.", "Ranger manager Walter Smith admitted his team had been fortunate to escape with a point at Parkhead with Celtic wasting a string of chances before Scott McDonald came off the substitutes' bench to head a 79th minute opener.", "The Australian international converted from an Aidan McGeedy cross, but two minutes later saw McCulloch rise superbly from a corner to earn his side a valuable point.", "Rangers have 44 points from 19 games and Celtic 37 from 18, but Celtic manager Tony Mowbray remained optimistic, saying that their city neighbors had denied them the title last term after coming from seven points behind.", "\"Undoubtedly, it's less of a task than they had last year,\" he told reporters.", "The other game on a crucial Sunday in the championship race saw Hibernian and Hearts draw 1-1 in a bad-tempered Edinburgh derby which saw both teams end with 10 men and crowd trouble.", "Gordon Smith gave Hearts the lead on the stroke of halftime but one of their fans was ejected after a flare was thrown as the players left the field at the interval.", "Anthony Stokes leveled for the home side in the 54th minute, but three minutes later Ruben Palazuelos of Hearts and Hibernian's Darren McCormack were shown red for head-butting each other.", "Hibernian stay third with 33 points and Hearts are fifth." ]	[ "Rangers and Celtic draw 1-1 in the Old Firm derby in Scotland .", "Rangers stay seven points clear of Celtic at top of Scottish standings .", "Hearts and Hibs draw 1-1 in bad-tempered Edinburgh derby with two men sent off ." ]	[ 0, 1, 6 ]
[ "JACKSON, Tennessee (CNN) -- Tornadoes and storms in the mid-South have killed 55 people since Tuesday evening in the deadliest tornado outbreak in the United States in more than 20 years.", "A police officer walks past destroyed cars on the Union University campus in Jackson, Tennessee, Wednesday.", "The storms ripped apart homes and trapped residents of university dorms and a retirement home in debris.", "The trail of death stretched across four states, with four people killed in Alabama, 13 in Arkansas, seven in Kentucky and 31 in Tennessee.", "In some cases, there was almost no warning before the severe weather hit.", "James Baskin of Jackson, Tennessee, was driving a car when a twister \"just picked us up and threw us,\" he said.", "Everyone in the car was injured, including his daughter's friend, who suffered a broken collarbone.", "\"We'll get through it. Nobody's dead.", "That's the biggest thing,\" Baskin said.", "The storm system was becoming less intense as it moved east Wednesday, CNN meteorologist Rob Marciano said, but the National Weather Service issued tornado and severe storm warnings and said extreme weather still was possible.", "President Bush said Wednesday he had called the governors of the affected states to offer help and to tell them that \"the American people hold those who suffered up in prayer.\"", "The Federal Emergency Management Agency was deploying teams to the area, Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff said Wednesday.", "\"We're going to keep watching this,\" he said.", "See map of where storms hit » .", "In Sumner County, Tennessee, two victims were found outside a house that had been blown away by the storm, said Jay Austin, the county's primary death investigator.", "Elsewhere in the area, a mother was found dead in a creek bed about 50 yards from where her house stood.", "Her baby was found alive 250 yards away.", "The child was taken to a local hospital, Austin said.", "Meanwhile, the Tennessee Highway Patrol reported looting in hard-hit Macon County, CNN affiliate WSMV reported.", "Macon County Mayor Shelvy Linville told CNN Thursday that the death toll in the county had risen to 13.", "Tennessee Gov.", "Phil Bredesen, who flew over the disaster area Wednesday, said he was stunned by the storm's power.", "Watch Bredesen describe a 'nightmare' » .", "\"I don't think that I have seen, since I've been governor, a tornado where the combination of the intensity of it and the length of the track was as large as this one,\" Bredesen said.", "\"That track had to be 25 miles long.", "[The twister] didn't skip like a lot of them do. ...", "It's just 25 miles of a tornado sitting on the ground.\"", "In Jackson, Tennessee, a tornado trapped Union University students and retirees in collapsed buildings, said Julie Oaks, a spokeswoman for the state's Emergency Management Agency.", "Watch how the tornado devastated the campus » .", "\"It looks like a war zone,\" said university President David Dockery.", "\"Cars and trucks thrown from one side of the campus to the other.\"", "Dockery said the women's dorms were destroyed, along with two academic buildings.", "Many other school buildings received lesser damage.", "See photos of chaos left by storm » .", "Classes were canceled at least until February 18, he said.", "Nine students were hospitalized overnight, but there were no life-threatening injuries, according to university spokesman Tim Elsworth.", "To the west, a tornado swept through the southeastern section of Memphis in Shelby County.", "The storms yanked the roof off a hangar at Memphis International Airport, the National Weather Service said.", "Oaks said one person was killed at the Hickory Ridge Mall in Shelby County.", "Company officials believe a tornado hit a compressor station for the Columbia Gulf Transmission company in Hartsville, Tennessee, about 40 miles northeast of Nashville, setting off a spectacular natural gas fire.", "Watch flames leap hundreds of feet » .", "The blaze could be seen in the night sky for miles around, with flames shooting \"400, 500 feet in the air,\" said Tennessee Emergency Management spokesman Donnie Smith.", "The station was damaged significantly, but there were no reports of injuries or fatalities, said Columbia spokesman Kelly Merritt.", "\"We would not have had any employees there [overnight].\"", "The blaze was put out early Wednesday morning, he said.", "The tornado cut a wide swath near the facility, flattening the home of Dara Reasonover.", "\"It just took the house and everything and my horses and my dog,\" a shaken Reasonover said, as the glow of the fire lit the sky behind her.", "\"I don't know if they're alive or dead, but we'll make it.\"", "In Arkansas, the storm killed 13 people in six counties, the state Emergency Management Agency said.", "In the city of Atkins, a man, woman and child in the same family were killed, county Judge Jim Ed Gibson told CNN.", "The storms overturned trucks and other vehicles along Interstate 40, closing the highway briefly, he said.", "Storms also ripped through Kentucky, killing at least seven people.", "A state of emergency was declared in Muhlenberg County, and Kentucky National Guard troops were deployed, state emergency spokesman Buddy Rogers said.", "In Alabama, the storms killed four people, three in Lawrence County and one in Jackson County, officials said.", "Resident Roger Riddle said that when he heard the tornado siren, he rounded up his children and took them to a community storm shelter.", "When he emerged, he saw the twister traveling away from them and \"total destruction.\"", "\"We've got things tore up, and the house across the road from us is completely gone,\" Riddle said.", "In Mississippi, the director of the state's Emergency Management Agency, Mike Womack, estimated that 20 to 30 tornadoes pounded the state in areas above the state capital of Jackson.", "\"We have no reported fatalities, and that is extremely fortunate,\" he said, given the havoc the storm caused elsewhere.", "E-mail to a friend .", "CNN's Saeed Ahmed, Mark Bixler and Ed Payne contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Death toll rises to 55 with report of a 13th death in Macon County, Tennessee .", "Tornado outbreak was deadliest in the U.S. in more than 20 years .", "31 people killed in Tennessee, 13 in Arkansas, 7 in Kentucky, 4 in Alabama ." ]	[ 0, 3, 17 ]
[ "Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a psychiatrist who worked in a hospital at the base, is blamed for the deaths of 12 soldiers and one Army civilian employee, and for wounding at least 38 others.", "If convicted, Hasan will join an infamous list of Americans who have committed acts of mass murder.", "Since 2005, there have been at least 11 other incidents where gunmen have opened fire on groups of victims." ]	[ "Since 2001, Hasan had been unable to leave the military, a family spokeswoman said .", "She said he told his family he had been taunted after the terrorist attacks in 2001 .", "The police officer who shot Hasan, ending the massacre, was among the wounded ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Two people without invitations crashed President Obama's first White House state dinner, the U.S. Secret Service said Wednesday.", "The Secret Service confirmed a Washington Post report that the couple who crashed Tuesday night's dinner were Tareq and Michaele Salahi.", "The Post described the couple as polo-playing socialites from northern Virginia.", "A Secret Service checkpoint \"did not follow proper procedures\" to determine if the two were on the guest list for the dinner, said Edwin M. Donovan, a Secret Service special agent, in a statement.", "Playing down any security threat, Donovan's statement said: \"It is important to note that these individuals went through magnetometers and other levels of security, as did all guests attending the dinner.\"", "The incident represents a security breach for the White House at the Obama administration's biggest social event to date.", "More than 300 guests, including Cabinet members, diplomats and Hollywood celebrities, attended the dinner in honor of visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.", "\"The Secret Service has tasked our Office of Professional Responsibility with conducting a comprehensive review of the incident,\" Donovan's statement said.", "Video footage of the dinner showed the couple walking past journalists into the event.", "On Wednesday, Michaele Salahi's Facebook page included photos of the couple at the dinner, including two pictures with Vice President Joe Biden and another with Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, who was identified on the page as \"Ron\" Emanuel.", "The couple's names did not appear on the guest list distributed Tuesday by the White House.", "In an e-mail to CNN, Mahogany Jones, who identified herself as a publicist for the Salahis, said the couple had \"full clearance to attend the state dinner.\"", "Fran Townsend, a homeland security adviser to former President George W. Bush, said the incident likely involved a breakdown at the \"perimeter\" security for the event, which is the first checkpoint that guests encounter.", "Lying to the Secret Service could bring a felony charge, Townsend said." ]	[ "Secret Service: Tareq and Michaele Salahi attended state dinner without invitations .", "Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows pictures of couple with vice president .", "Couple are polo-playing socialites from northern Virginia, Washington Post reports ." ]	[ 1, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The alleged gang rape of a 15-year-old girl on the campus of Richmond High School in Northern California while 10 or more witnesses, most of them students, looked on has sparked familiar questions: \"Why are our kids so messed up?\"", "\"Why didn't these students try to stop the crime?\"", "\"What's happening in our schools?\"", "These are fair questions, and commentators in the media have provided familiar answers.", "The purported rape is another sad example of today's self-absorbed and uncaring youth.", "It was the media's glorification of violence that caused it.", "The horrific act shows how sociopathic brains develop.", "But it seems as if the majority of commentators have settled on the idea that the Richmond students did nothing because of the \"bystander effect\": The more people involved in a criminal incident, the less likely any one of them will intervene to do something about it.", "Unfortunately, this \"What's wrong with our children?\"", "approach leads to a dead end, because it results in a sweeping moral condemnation of the schools, families and students in this community.", "These perpetrators committed a heinous act that should be widely condemned.", "But a discussion that focuses exclusively on the immorality of these deviant young men does not provide solutions that prevent gang rape from happening.", "Talking only about the bystander effect wrongly suggests that the vast majority of teens would not call for help.", "Take Richmond.", "Claims of depraved acts by a few kids have served to demonize an entire student community.", "Rather than demonize all teenagers in Richmond High School, we should be asking another question: \"What can we do to prevent such heinous acts from happening?\"", "The answer to that question leads to a wholly different kind of dialogue, one that may surprise.", "It is primarily students, the reputed problem, who can best prevent acts of violence on campus.", "Make no mistake about it.", "The alleged two-hour-long gang rape on October 24 was an extreme form of school violence.", "It unfolded not far from the gym where the school-sponsored homecoming dance, supervised by school staff and police officers, was being held.", "And students, police say, largely perpetrated it.", "Research since the massacres at Columbine High School (1999) and Virginia Tech (2007) has taught us a lot about how to prevent such school violence.", "Chief among them is that school staff and security should patrol campuses, especially violence-prone areas, during and after school events.", "According to a CNN report, a friend of the alleged victim saw blatant failures in safety precautions.", "She said, \"I looked outside of the gym, and I saw 12 to 15 guys, sitting there, with no IDs.", "The officers -- not only did they not check the IDs of those students or men sitting outside of of our campus, but the security officers who are employed here did no job of checking either.\"", "Virtually all students and teachers at a school can identify these dangerous hot spots.", "At Richmond High School, one such spot is \"a dark alley near the back side of the school,\" the site of the purported rape.", "As CNN reported, school officials had even requested that video cameras and more lights be installed in the area, but they were never installed.", "The alleged rapists and student bystanders probably knew that no one would be patrolling the area.", "As important as campus patrols are in reducing campus violence, the most powerful form of prevention is believing that students can help stop crime from happening.", "They didn't stop the purported rape at Richmond, a skeptic might say.", "A possible reason is that they were not educated on how to stop it. ...", "Research shows us that students often know ahead of time when and where violence will flare up on campus.", "Strong social networks and the widespread use of cell phones and text messaging rapidly convey such information.", "This dynamic can fuel violence, as officials say it did at Richmond High School.", "It can also prevent violence.", "Thousands of potential school crimes, including violent ones, have been averted on campuses across the country because students alerted school officials before the crime occurred.", "Students and families using a hot line in Colorado were credited with preventing more than 206 incidents of school violence from 2004-06.", "As of summer 2009, this one hot line fielded 1,687 reports that resulted in crime prevention or intervention.", "Alert students have also helped prevent replays of the tragedies that occurred at Columbine and Virginia Tech by tipping off school officials.", "Several years ago, student reports stopped a Columbine-style massacre plot, employing bombs, napalm and automatic weapons, at a high school in Green Bay, Wisconsin.", "This year, tips from students and alert teachers and police disrupted a student-massacre plot, featuring pipe bombs and firearms, at Hillside High School in San Mateo, California.", "Since Columbine, school shootings have been averted in New Bedford, New York, and Covina, California, to name some others.", "And at Richmond, it was an 18-year-old bystander, overhearing others talking about the incident, who reported the crime.", "Unfortunately, the public is largely unaware of these frequently heroic acts by high school students and their teachers because they don't often get national media attention.", "That lack of information has helped obscure the important roles that students and their responsive teachers play in preventing school violence.", "But the evidence is clear.", "Students who know what to do when they witness school violence, or when they have a strong sense of impending violence, will become anonymous heroes.", "But they need to be taught what to do, which phone numbers -- including hot lines -- to call and which school officials or police department can be trusted to act on their reports.", "Students also need to feel confident that they can report trouble without fear of retribution from their peers or being called a snitch.", "It is up to the teachers and administrators who run schools to teach their students these procedures.", "They need to convince students that they will listen and respond consistently to their reports of violence or possible violence.", "Yes, local police need to develop trusting relationships with students and the overall community, or nothing will be reported.", "But the job of preventing violence on campus belongs primarily, if not solely, to the schools.", "Rather than wring our hands about the so-called immorality of today's students, we should embrace them as full partners in the prevention of violence on campus.", "Morality is not the issue.", "If students are educated on what to do when the threat of violence arises and are encouraged to follow the procedures, they can be trusted to do the right thing.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Ron Astor." ]	[ "Commentators focused on why students didn't report alleged rape, Astor says .", "Studies of school violence show ways it can be prevented, he says .", "Astor: Training can prepare students to alert police and avert violence ." ]	[ 1, 17, 19, 58 ]
[ "Cleveland, Ohio (CNN) -- Candles in hand and singing hymns, hundreds of Cleveland residents stunned by the discovery of 11 bodies in a local home gathered outside the house Sunday night to remember the victims.", "But Inez Fortson, whose daughter Telacia was among the dead, said she could barely stand to look at the home.", "\"It's hard, because I want to burn it down,\" she said.", "\"I know my baby was in there, and she got killed in there,\" Fortson added.", "\"I know what other people feel like when they lost a child.", "I didn't, but I do now. That was my only daughter.\" Telacia Fortson, 31, had three children, ages 2, 4 and 6, her mother said.", "She had last been seen in June.", "Her body was among the first identified in the home of Anthony Sowell, who is now facing five counts of aggravated murder, rape, felonious assault and kidnapping in connection with the deaths.", "All of those found dead were African-American women.", "A Cuyahoga County judge has set bail at $5 million for Sowell, a registered sex offender who served 15 years in prison for a 1989 attempted rape case.", "He was released from jail in 2005.", "\"Whenever I see him on TV or think about him, I have to pray,\" Fortson said.", "\"Because I believe that one day, I'll have to forgive him for what he's done.", "But right now, I can't, because I'm numb.\"", "About 500 people joined the march, which followed a packed memorial service at the neighborhood's Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church.", "The turnout \"means that people do care,\" Fortson said.", "\"There is a little compassion in the world.\"", "Mount Olive pastor Larry Harris Sr., who led the memorial service, called the Sowell home a house of \"horror.\"", "\"It brings trembling to the bones to think about what all went on right here,\" he said.", "Sowell has been placed on a suicide watch at the request of his attorney, according to Sowell's public defender Kathleen DeMetz.", "A psychiatric evaluation has been ordered but it's unlikely to happen until after the case goes before a grand jury, the next expected step in the case.", "Police recovered the first bodies after they went to Sowell's home to follow up on a rape accusation.", "Last month, neighbors reported seeing a naked woman fall from the second floor, but no charges were filed.", "Neighbors called 911 after the October 20 incident.", "Firefighters and paramedics responded, and later notified police.", "The woman told officers that she was at the home and \"partying,\" when she fell off the roof.", "Allen Sowell, the suspect's half-brother, told CNN he last saw his brother more than 20 years ago.", "Their stepmother, who lived in the house after Anthony Sowell got out of prison, said she knew of nothing odd going on at the time, Allen Sowell said.", "The stepmother tried to get Anthony Sowell evicted from the house in 2007 because he wasn't paying rent, Allen Sowell said.", "Anthony Sowell said he shouldn't have to pay rent on a house that belonged to his father, who died in 2004, and remained in the house when his stepmother had to be hospitalized in 2007, his half-brother said.", "Agents from the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit are assisting Cleveland police, Cleveland FBI spokesman Scott Wilson said.", "The agents are preparing a profile of Sowell for police, tracing his life and habits, and his DNA will be entered into a national database to see whether it can be linked to any unsolved crimes.", "Allen Sowell said he was aware of his half-brother's prison record, but \"just couldn't fathom\" the accusations now facing him.", "\"I didn't think he was in that bad of a mental state,\" Allen Sowell said.", "\"You never think it would happen to your family.", "It's a horrible feeling.\"", "At 66, Allen Sowell is 16 years older than his half-brother, and the two didn't meet until Anthony Sowell was 9.", "He added, \"He deserves whatever he gets from the justice system.\"", "CNN's Susan Candiotti and Ross Levitt contributed to this report." ]	[ "After vigil, ministers walk to Anthony Sowell home, where 11 bodies were found .", "Sowell is on suicide watch in jail; charged with murder, rape, other felonies .", "Seven of 11 bodies have been identified; all were African-American women ." ]	[ 7, 8, 19 ]
[ "(CareerBuilder.com) -- Baby boomers, those born between 1946 and 1964, are nearing retirement age.", "The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that there are 78.2 million boomers, and that every hour, 330 of them turn 60.", "That means an entire generation of workers might leave the work force in the coming years.", "But they might not. Many baby boomers are choosing to postpone retirement and stay at their current jobs or find new ones.", "Some can't afford to retire, but many want to explore new avenues.", "After decades of working in jobs that paid the bills but didn't fulfill them, they're moving to different industries.", "For their book \"225 Best Jobs for Baby Boomers,\" authors Michael Farr and Laurence Shatkin decided to comb through data to discover what the best jobs are for baby boomers.", "They looked at salaries, projected job growth and the number of openings to calculate which jobs have the most promise.", "Farr and Shatkin break down their findings in more than 70 lists, ranging from the best-paying jobs to the best jobs for boomers age 45-54.", "Whatever your criteria are, Farr and Shatkin have the job for you.", "Below you'll find the list for the 25 overall best jobs for all baby boomers: .", "1. Management analysts What they make: $67,005 Projected annual openings: 78,000 .", "2. Teachers, post-secondary What they make: $68,456 Projected annual openings: 216,000 .", "3. Logisticians What they make: $44,563 Projected annual openings: 162,000 .", "4. General and operations managers What they make: $93,594 Projected annual openings: 260,000 .", "5. Registered nurses What they make: $66,427 Projected annual openings: 215,000 .", "6. Anesthesiologists What they make: $310,132 Projected annual openings: 38,000 .", "7. General internists What they make: $351,307 Projected annual openings: 38,000 .", "8. Obstetricians and gynecologists What they make: $285,254 Projected annual openings: 38,000 .", "9. Family and general practitioners What they make: $198,221 Projected annual openings: 38,000 .", "10. Psychiatrists What they make: $191,080 Project annual openings: 38,000 .", "11. Surgeons What they make: $322,281 Projected annual openings: 38,000 .", "12. General pediatricians What they make: $181,764 Projected annual openings: 38,000 .", "13. Medical and health services managers What they make: $94,269 Projected annual openings: 33,000 .", "14. Financial managers, branch or department What they make: $101,963 Projected annual openings: 71,000 .", "15. Treasurers, controllers and chief financial officers What they make: $172,946 - $240,588 Projected annual openings: 71,000 .", "16. Chief executives What they make: $382,705 Projected annual openings: 63,000 .", "17. Government service executives What they make: $167,766 Projected annual openings: 63,000 .", "18. Private sector executives What they make: $169,570 Projected annual openings: 63,000 .", "19. Pharmacists What they make: $108,499 Projected annual openings: 23,000 .", "20. Lawyers What they make: $116,810 Projected annual openings: 53,000 .", "21. Education administrators, elementary and secondary school What they make: $150,467 Projected annual openings: 31,000 .", "22. Administrative services managers What they make: $86,666 Projected annual openings: 40,000 .", "23. Sales representatives, agricultural What they make: $53,034 Projected annual openings: 44,000 .", "24. Sales representatives, chemical and pharmaceutical What they make: $88,049 Projected annual openings: 44,000 .", "25. Sales representatives, electrical/electronics What they make: $51,105 Projected annual openings: 44,000 .", "Salary figures based on data from CBsalary.com, powered by SalaryExpert.com .", "**Projected annual openings figures based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.", "&copy CareerBuilder.com 2009.", "All rights reserved.", "The information contained in this article may not be published, broadcast or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority." ]	[ "Census: Every hour, 330 of the 78.2 million baby boomers turn 60 years old .", "Many will retire in the coming years, but some may continue working .", "Authors Michael Farr and Laurence Shatkin detail best jobs for boomers .", "School administrators, doctors, teachers and sales representatives in top 25 ." ]	[ 1, 4, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan has a unique résumé: he served two tours in the country as a general, training Afghan police and troops, before trading his uniform for a diplomat's business suit.", "His career history may give Karl Eikenberry's word particular weight as President Obama struggles to come up with a way forward in Afghanistan.", "Eikenberry sent private cables to Obama last week, urging the president not to rush to send more troops to Afghanistan -- although the top U.S. military commander there, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, wants 40,000 more pairs of boots on the ground.", "Initial reports about the cables sent by Eikenberry appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times.", "All three newspapers attributed the reports to senior U.S. officials, without identifying them.", "Two U.S. officials confirmed to CNN that Eikenberry sent two cables to Washington expressing reservations about troop increases amid uncertainty over President Hamid Karzai's government.", "Neither Eikenberry nor the White House would comment on the contents of private advice between the envoy and the president, but the reports alarmed Karzai enough that his office sought confirmation from the U.S. Embassy about them, a Karzai spokesman told CNN.", "Karzai's office did not get the information it sought, the spokesman said.", "Whatever Eikenberry told the president, the ambassador is unusually well versed in the military problems facing Afghanistan.", "He retired from the Army after nearly 40 years of service with the rank of lieutenant general on April 28 -- one day before he was sworn in as ambassador, according to his State Department biography.", "His long military career included time in Kabul as U.S. security coordinator and chief of the Office of Military Cooperation.", "\"Afghanistan has been at the center of my career since 9/11, when the terrorist-commandeered aircraft crashed into the Pentagon just below the office in which I was working,\" Eikenberry said at his Senate confirmation hearing in March.", "\"There is no silver bullet and no quick, cheap or easy solutions.", "There is no substitute for more resources and sacrifice,\" he said then.", "But, he added: \"There is no exclusively military solution to the issues we and our partners confront in Afghanistan.\"", "He also advised the U.S. secretary of defense on China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mongolia, and was deputy director for strategy, plans and policy on the Army staff.", "But he's not new to embassy life, having served as defense attache at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China.", "Eikenberry has a master's degree in east Asian studies from Harvard, an advanced degree in Chinese history from Nanjing University in China, and is a certified translator from Mandarin Chinese.", "He's also clearly attached to his wife, Ching, insisting in his Senate confirmation hearing that she accompany him to Kabul even though State Department rules barred spouses because the country is so dangerous.", "He prevailed. He and his wife are hosting a dinner Saturday night in Kabul for a visiting U.S. lawmaker." ]	[ "Eikenberry retired from the Army after nearly 40 years of service .", "Military career included time in Kabul as chief of Office of Military Cooperation .", "He advised U.S. secretary of defense on China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mongolia ." ]	[ 10, 15 ]
[ "(CNN) -- At an auction at a gallery in New York recently, a piece of artwork sold for a higher price than had been anticipated by the auctioneers: $4,080.", "It wasn't a very big piece of art -- just 8-by-10 inches.", "Technically, it wasn't even art.", "It was a glossy black-and-white photograph.", "It had a slight imperfection: there were staple holes in the upper left-hand corner.", "Someone had written all over the front of the photograph.", "The person who had scrawled on it was, in fact, the subject of the photograph.", "He had written: . \"To Patricia Keating, with very best wishes, John Kennedy\" That is what made the photo so valuable to someone: Kennedy had held it in his hands, had run his pen over it.", "The owners of Swann Galleries, where the signed photo was auctioned, believe that Kennedy had autographed the picture in 1956, when he was a United States senator.", "The picture itself wasn't worth much; but his signature, personalized to Patricia Keating.", "... \"As far as we know, she wasn't anyone famous,\" Rebecca Weiss, a Swann Galleries employee, told me on the day after the auction.", "\"There's no particular significance to her name.\"", "Then why would someone pay more than $4,000 for the photo?", "Weiss told me that the identities of the buyers and sellers at Swann auctions are kept confidential, so she could not disclose who had consigned the photo for sale, or who had purchased it.", "But she said there is a pretty safe rule of thumb about the sale of autographs of renowned men and women: .", "\"What people are buying is the mystique.", "They are taking home the autograph knowing that this person once actually touched this item, this person once actually left this imprint, this signature.\"", "She clearly knows what she is talking about; just this weekend, it was announced that another auctioneer had sold what is purported to be perhaps the last autograph Kennedy ever signed: a copy of the Dallas Morning News that he reportedly signed for a woman upon his arrival in that city on November 22, 1963.", "A man in California purchased it for $39,000.", "In our digital age, in which images and data are transferred from person to person with the tap of a key, it would seem to be an anachronism: the idea of placing enormous monetary value on pieces of paper upon which prominent individuals once wrote their names.", "But that personal touch seems to have remained precious; Weiss said that many, if not most, purchasers of autographed items display them as if they were rare paintings: framed and mounted in places of honor.", "She didn't have to convince me. I have only two pieces of art hanging in my home, and neither would qualify as art in the conventional sense.", "But I wouldn't trade them for Picassos or Van Goghs.", "The first is an original theater lobby poster for the greatest movie about newspapers ever made: 1952's \"Deadline -- U.S.A.\", starring Humphrey Bogart.", "The other piece of art is an autograph -- actually, an entire (if brief) handwritten letter.", "It is a thank-you note.", "A thank-you note written to a laundry.", "At the top of the piece of paper, embossed in the italics/script font style of 1950s suburban-housewife stationery, are the words: .", "\"From the home of ... Elvis Presley\" And beneath it, in blue ballpoint pen: .", "\"I should like to commend your Laundry for doing a fantastic job on my clothes, you show esceptional care.", "Sincerely E.P.\"", "That's just how, while living in a house on Audubon Drive in Memphis, Tennessee, in the years before he moved to Graceland, he wrote it.", "\"Laundry\" capitalized in the middle of the sentence; a comma instead of a period after \"clothes\"; \"esceptional\" instead of \"exceptional.\"", "I can't imagine a more wonderful or telling artifact from Presley's life.", "Who writes thank-you notes to their laundries?", "The young Elvis, that's who.", "There's such an essential sweetness to it -- to the very fact of the letter, to the formality of his introduction (\"I should like to commend...\"), to the adjective he chose (\"a fantastic job on my clothes\").", "I purchased the letter from a gallery two decades ago (for a price that made me bite the inside of my mouth), and I would rather own it than the Mona Lisa.", "I was about to say that I would never part with it, but in fact I once did, for several months.", "An exhibit called \"American Originals: Treasures from the National Archives\" was touring the country, and was scheduled to make a long stop at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum of the Chicago Academy of Sciences.", "Included in the exhibit were the original Louisiana Purchase Treaty, Thomas Edison's 1879 patent application for the electric lamp and the instrument of surrender of the German High Command during World War II.", "I thought Elvis belonged there, and persuaded the curators of the museum to accept his thank-you letter on loan.", "The National Archives said they would not object, so long as Elvis' note was not in the same room with the more austere documents.", "It worked out fine; I thought Elvis would like it that way.", "He always was proud to be an outsider.", "In the hallway adjacent to the entrance to the main exhibit -- visitors saw it right as they walked in -- was Elvis' handwritten letter, in a display case, with a plaque that read: .", "\"This note, written by Elvis Presley when he was on the verge of becoming a star, provides an example of how seemingly trivial documents can increase in value and cultural significance as a result of historic events.", "It also shows that despite his growing fame in the early 1950s, Presley cared about the feelings of others.\"", "Brings a tear to your eye, doesn't it?", "I can fully understand why someone in New York the other day would purchase the photograph that John Kennedy once signed for Patricia Keating, whoever she may have been.", "You don't have to be Patricia Keating to comprehend the value of that picture, just as you don't have to be Elvis' laundry to comprehend the value of that thank-you note.", "Great art, like great beauty, is where you find it.", "It is, as they say, in the eye -- or the laundry bag -- of the beholder.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Bob Greene." ]	[ "Photo signed by JFK recently sold for $4,080, Greene notes .", "In the digital age, the idea of valuing names on paper seems odd, he says .", "But autographs allow an admirer to make a connection to a hero, he says .", "That makes some autographs more precious than fine art, he says ." ]	[ 0, 19 ]
[ "Singapore (CNN) -- While economists fret whether the sharp \"V\"-shaped drop of the financial crisis will turn into a double-dipped \"W\" recovery, Tan Pheng Hock is most worried about the \"P\" word: Protectionism.", "His Singapore-based ST Engineering builds aerospace and transport systems and control centers.", "Most of the group's $3 billion in revenues come from exports.", "\"When you have protectionism it breeds like a disease whereby people become so dependent on it,\" Tan said.", "\"The moment you remove it you get lots of resistance.\"", "As the business and government leaders gather for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Tan has good reason to be concerned.", "Few economies have borne the brunt of the financial crisis -- or the \"financial tsunami,\" as many Asian nations call it -- as has export-driven Singapore.", "The city-state's economic output took a record fall, with its GDP dropping 9.5 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to government statistics.", "Singapore lives and dies by the global economy.", "With no natural resources and a small domestic market, in a generation the city-state transformed itself from the third world British colony into a first world economic power by building its economy on exports and business services.", "While Singapore's economic health is quickly rebounding -- second quarter GDP was down only 3.5 percent, the best performance since the financial crisis exploded in September last year -- protectionist winds threaten to shatter any nascent recovery.", "\"With the crisis we've been through there have obviously been some protectionist tendencies beginning to rise, particularly in the Western world,\" Tan said.", "\"I hope we will see those quashed during the course of this week (at APEC).\"", "Although APEC was built as an avenue to promulgate freer trade among Pacific Rim economies, the first salvos of trade disputes between China and the U.S. have many concerned.", "In September, the U.S. placed tariffs on Chinese made automobile tires; China responded by cutting off imports of poultry parts (including chicken feet, a delicacy in China) and auto parts.", "More recently, China has begun an investigation whether Washington bailouts of U.S. carmakers constitutes unfair government supports of U.S. cars sold in China.", "The fact that the leaders of the two nations will be gathering here on Saturday ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's first visit to China puts implicit pressure to reduce the protectionist rhetoric, said Tan Khee Giap, chairman of the Singapore National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation Council.", "\"At least they have to say that they will resist any form of protectionism at meetings like this,\" Tan said.", "Whether words will match deeds remains an open question.", "A survey of 400 business leaders released Wednesday by the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council found a majority of those polled believe protectionism is likely to increase if the global recovery stalls.", "CNN's Andrew Stevens and Kevin Voigt contributed to this story." ]	[ "Singapore's 2Q GDP down 3.5 percent, best performance since crisis hit .", "Performance follows 1Q GDP drop of 9.5 percent .", "Trade disputes between China, United States have many concerned .", "APEC meeting may help reduce protectionist rhetoric, observer says ." ]	[ 10, 13 ]
[ "(CNN) -- This Twitter thing has been coming on like gangbusters.", "The messaging site has been around for a couple of years, but its popularity seems to have exploded just recently.", "A self-admitted tech geek, Chris Pirillo is president of Lockergnome.com, a blogging network.", "Everyone from BarackObama to John Cleese to NASA to the consulate of Israel has a Twitter account.", "Heck, even yours truly does!", "Do you? Follow me and I'll follow you back.", "Twitter is really more of a social commons than a full-blown social network like MySpace or Facebook.", "It pretty much does one thing: allows people to \"tweet\" what they're up to (or what they're thinking about) in 140 characters or less.", "Call it micro-blogging, if you will, but it's about as close to the \"Keep It Simple, Stupid\" (K.I.S.S.)", "ideal as it gets.", "People can follow your tweets and you can follow theirs -- that's pretty much it.", "There are some third-party apps out there that can help you organize and seek out the information flying around out there in the Twittersphere, but it all pretty much stays in the nutshell.", "With the overwhelming amount of widgets and gadgets and gizmos and doohickeys and whatnots attached to every other social network out there, isn't it nice to be able to get away with plain ol' simple every now and again?", "Since we're sticking with the \"less is more\" aesthetic, I'm just going to give you 10 Twitter tips instead of the 20 I could have stretched this into.", "You're welcome! 1. Be yourself, but beware. Say whatever you feel like saying, but remember that whatever you write could exist in the digital universe forever.", "Proceed with extreme caution.", "2. Don't be afraid to interact with others.", "If you like something they say, reply by clicking the little grey arrow that appears when you hover over one of their tweets.", "You can also simply type in @username (replacing \"username\" with whatever their username happens to be on Twitter).", "This is the formal way to address someone on Twitter.", "iReport.com: Do you agree with these tips?", "Share some of yours . 3. Follow celebrities.", "They may never interact with you, but at least you can interact with them.", "It's no longer a question of who is on Twitter -- but who ISN'T on Twitter.", "4. Use Twitter from your desktop.", "Twitter has something called an API (Application Programming Interface), which allows programmers to create experiences around Twitter for the community.", "Because of this, there have been an amazing array of applications released that will allow you to manage your Twitter account easily.", "There's Twitterrific, TweetDeck, and Twhirl -- just to name a few.", "5. Find friends fast.", "If you're looking for new friends, a quick search for some of your favorite things on search.twitter.com will quickly reveal who you should be friending on Twitter.", "Maybe they'll follow you back?", "6. Follow government officials.", "If your elected official isn't on http://tweetcongress.org, then they're behind the times.", "Heck, even the Library of Congress is on Twitter!", "7. Crowdsource. If you have an idea, or a question, don't hold it in -- let it be known to all!", "Who knows -- someone just may answer your call for help.", "8. Tweetups. Keep your eye out for these things.", "They're meetups for people on Twitter, and there's likely one happening regularly in your neck of the woods.", "I've taken to hosting one monthly in the Seattle area, as a matter of fact.", "Meet Twitter people -- tweeps, tweeple -- in meatspace!", "9. Retweet. If you like something that someone else has tweeted, you can \"RT\" (retweet) it.", "This gives the original person credit, and also lets your followers know what you like.", "That's community! 10. Go with the flow. If you think you know better than everybody else, you're wrong -- the same netiquette rules apply on Twitter as well as on the rest of the Internet.", "Do you have any Twitter tips to pass along?", "You could even share the link to this article on Twitter and it might become the most popular story today!" ]	[ "CNN tech columnist Chris Pirillo offers 10 tips on how to be a good Twitterer .", "Say whatever you feel, but also remember that it could exist on the Web forever .", "Crowdsource.", "If you have an idea, or a question, don't hold it in -- let it be known!", "Keep your eye out for Tweetups, which are meetups for people on Twitter ." ]	[ 14, 23, 34, 36 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Suspected Somali pirates hijacked a Greek-owned bulk carrier Wednesday with 22 crew members aboard, according to the European Union's Naval Force for Somalia.", "MV Filitsa was seized in the early morning about 460 miles (740 kilometers) northeast of the Seychelles as it headed toward Durban, South Africa, according to a news release from EU NAVFOR Somalia.", "The Marshall Island-flagged carrier -- with three Greek and 19 Filipino crew members -- \"has now turned around and is heading north,\" it said.", "The bulk carrier has a deadweight of more than 23,000 tons.", "There have been more than 100 pirate attacks and at least 39 hijackings off the east Africa this year, according to EU NAVFOR.", "In late October, Somali pirates seized a private yacht in the Indian Ocean, taking Paul and Rachel Chandler hostage.", "They have demanded a $7 million ransom for the British couple's release, but the government has refused to pay as a matter of long-standing policy.", "Two vessels were attacked the day after the Chandlers set sail.", "One of them -- a cargo ship -- was successfully boarded and seized off the Seychelles, while the other fought off its attackers near the Kenyan coast.", "Pirates are still holding a Spanish fishing boat, the Alakrana, which they seized on October 2 off Somalia's coast.", "Days later, they transferred three of the fishing boat's 36 crew members to land.", "Two pirate suspects had left the Alakrana in a small vessel heading toward land, authorities said, and the Spanish military swooped in to stop them on the high seas.", "They were later brought to Madrid, where a judge has charged them with piracy and kidnapping.", "The pirates holding the crew have demanded Spain release the two suspects.", "Spain is part of the European Union task force against piracy in the Indian Ocean off Somalia.", "The Spanish parliament last January agreed to increase Spain's presence with up to 395 troops and assets, including a frigate and aircraft.", "CNN's Al Goodman contributed to this report ." ]	[ "22 crew aboard Greek-owned bulk carrier MV Filitsa .", "Ship changed directions, now heading north European Union Naval Force says .", "More than 100 pirate attacks off East Africa this year ." ]	[ 0, 4 ]
[ "Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- Snow and ice dealt a major blow to U.S. air travel Thursday, while much of the nation shivered from record low temperatures.", "At least 400 flights at Chicago, Illinois', O'Hare International Airport were canceled.", "Arriving flights were being delayed an average of 45 minutes and outgoing flights about 30 minutes, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.", "Chicago's Midway Airport and Newark International Airport in New Jersey also reported delays.", "Those bottlenecks were affecting flights at many other international airports.", "Meanwhile, the National Weather Service was keeping an eye on a dangerous mix of ice and snow expected in the Southeast, where temperatures have dipped between 10 to 35 degrees below normal for the past two weeks, said CNN meteorologist Jacqui Jeras.", "Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines offered to issue winter weather travel waivers to Delta and Northwest passengers on flights to, from or through five states.", "Travelers can change their schedule without fees until Saturday if their routes include Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi or Tennessee.", "The arctic blast that began last weekend has been blamed for at least seven deaths across the nation.", "Share your photos, video of winter weather .", "Record-breaking lows were forecast for two-thirds of the country, for most areas east of the Rockies.", "For some regions, even lower temperatures are on tap through the weekend, forecasters said.", "\"But the brunt of the cold air will ride down the Mississippi River,\" said CNN meteorologist Rob Marciano, reporting from Memphis, Tennessee.", "Marciano said temperatures have been the lowest there in more than a decade.", "\"You have people not used to this weather, and homes are not built for this weather.", "Yesterday alone, the city [Memphis] went around to turn on the heat for homes when people have not been able to pay [their utility bills].\"", "Alabama issued a warning to drivers Thursday night, urging them to stay off icy roads as driving conditions were \"becoming dangerous\" with numerous accidents reported.", "Trooper Curtis Summerville with the Alabama State Patrol said the biggest problem on the roads was black ice on overpasses and bridges.", "But, he said football was helping keep people at home as University of Alabama fans cheered on their team in the National Championship Game against the University of Texas.", "A wind chill advisory was in effect until Friday in Arkansas, where readings were expected to drop below zero with winds of over 30 mph.", "A dusting of snow in Atlanta on Thursday night left roads slick after two weeks of below normal temperatures.", "CNN meteorologist Chad Myers noted that it was warmer in Fairbanks, Alaska, than it was in Atlanta on Thursday morning, calling the cold front sweeping the nation one that \"we probably haven't seen for 15 years.\"", "29-car pileup near Atlanta airport .", "In the Deep South, Florida was under a state of emergency because of the threat to the state's lucrative citrus and vegetable industries.", "Gov. Charlie Crist issued an order Tuesday aimed at helping farmers salvage what they can by lifting weight limits on trucks so already-harvested crops can more easily reach markets.", "Also suffering in the cold: sea turtles.", "Florida Fish & Wildlife officers have rescued 120 sea turtles after water temperatures in the 40s shocked their tropically inclined systems, according to CNN affiliate WPBF.", "\"Their bodies are shutting down because they're too cold,\" Karrie Minch of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge told WPBF.", "\"If we don't rescue them, they'll end up expiring.\"", "Elsewhere Thursday, the high in Bismarck, North Dakota, was around 11 degrees below zero, with a wind chill of minus 35.", "Forecasters said the wind chill could dip to 52 degrees below zero overnight.", "Snowfall amounts of 4 to 8 inches were forecast Thursday for the upper Plains to the Northeast and as far south as Kentucky and Tennessee.", "Up to 7 inches fell in parts of Illinois.", "School districts in Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska, called off classes Thursday and city governments reported burning through their entire snow removal budgets with a full two months of winter left.", "Jeras said the long stretch of cold weather in the South is \"extremely unusual.\"", "Dallas, Texas, where it was 24 on Thursday, has been experiencing the longest stretch of cold weather in more than a decade, she said.", "The Southeast is expected to see lower temperatures by Saturday.", "CNN's Jim Kavanagh, Craig Johnson and Ed Payne contributed to this report." ]	[ "About 400 flights at Chicago O'Hare International Airport canceled .", "Expected high in Bismarck, North Dakota, minus 11, wind chill as low as minus 35 .", "At least 7 deaths attributed to deep freeze, which is reaching record lows in some areas .", "In Memphis, Tennessee, city officials turn on heat for those who can't pay utility bills ." ]	[ 1, 15, 29 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The U.N. Council for Human Rights began debate Thursday over whether to adopt the recommendations of a controversial U.N. report examining the three-week winter war between Israel and the militant group Hamas in Gaza.", "An Israeli soldier sits on a tank on the Israel-Gaza border just before fighting began in December 2008.", "The report, based on a fact-finding mission led by former South African jurist Richard Goldstone, was released last month and concluded that Israel and Hamas had both committed \"actions amounting to war crimes, possibly crimes against humanity.\"", "Speaking at the start of the meeting, Israeli Ambassador Aharon Leshno Yaar blasted the United Nations for even holding the special session.", "Yaar said it \"had nothing to do with human rights and everything to do with Palestinian politics.\"", "He said adoption of the \"biased\" recommendations of the Goldstone report, which calls for further action by the General Assembly and Security Council if both sides do not conduct credible investigations, would constitute a \"reward for terror\" that \"will set back hopes for peace in the region.\"", "Previously, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the Palestinian Authority that pushing action on the Goldstone report would deal \"a mortal blow\" to the peace process.", "The council received the report September 29 but took no action, after a request by the Palestinian Authority to defer discussion for six months.", "The Palestinian Authority government of Mahmoud Abbas came under withering domestic criticism for the move and was accused of succumbing to Israeli and American pressure to drop the issue.", "Abbas reversed course Sunday and in a televised address told Palestinians that he was seeking immediate debate within the Human Rights Council and vowed to work \"to punish everyone who was responsible for the hideous crimes committed against our children, our men and women -- especially in our dear Gaza.\"", "Ibrahim Khraishi, the Palestinian Authority's U.N. ambassador in Geneva, said Israel had rebuffed the Palestinian Authority's conciliatory move to defer debate on the report and instead had answered \"with even more grave violations of the rights of Palestinians\" in the form of restrictions of movement and housing demolitions in East Jerusalem.", "The 47-member Human Rights Council is expected to vote on the resolution on Friday.", "The draft resolution goes beyond the Gaza conflict.", "It \"strongly condemns\" measures taken by Israel limiting Palestinians' access to their properties and holy sites \"on the basis of national origin, religion, sex, age or any other discriminatory ground.\"", "It further condemns \"Israeli violations of human rights in Occupied East Jerusalem, particularly the confiscation of lands and properties, the demolishing of houses and private properties, the construction and expansion of settlements, the continuous construction of the separation wall, changing the demographic and geographic character of East Jerusalem, the restrictions on the freedom of movement of the Palestinian citizens of East Jerusalem, as well as the continuous digging and excavation works in and around Al-Aqsa mosque and its vicinity.\"", "There is an ongoing dispute about the number of people killed in the three-week military offensive that Israel called Operation Cast Lead, which began December 27 and ended January 18.", "The Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights put the death toll at 1,419 and said 1,167 of those were non-combatants.", "The Israeli military released its own figures earlier this year, saying that 1,166 people were killed, 60 percent of whom were \"terror operatives.\"" ]	[ "Report says both Israel and Hamas took \"actions amounting to war crimes\"\nFact-finding mission looked at the three-week war last winter in Gaza .", "Report calls for further action by U.N. unless both sides conduct investigations .", "Israel blasts the report; Palestinians call for immediate U.N. debate ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A suspect has been arrested in the slaying of a 19-year-old Puerto Rican man found Friday decapitated, dismembered and partially burned, police said Tuesday.", "Members of the U.S. gay community are asking authorities to investigate whether the slaying was a hate crime because the victim, Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, was gay, said Pedro Julio Serrano of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.", "\"The brutality of the slaying and the fact that he was openly gay leads us to believe it was very possibly a hate crime,\" Serrano said.", "Authorities are investigating whether the killing involved sex, Guayama police Commander Hector Agosto Rodriguez told CNN affiliate WLII TV.", "Guayama prosecutor Jose Bermudez identified the suspect as Juan A. Martinez, 26.", "Police had earlier described him as a 27-year-old man from the interior Puerto Rican town of Cayey.", "Martinez was scheduled to attend a court hearing Tuesday night at which charges would be lodged, said Luis Bernier, a spokesman for the Guayama police district, which has jurisdiction in the case.", "The hearing was postponed several times throughout the day.", "Officials were waiting for a prosecutor from a nearby district, causing the delay, Bernier said.", "The FBI was not directly involved in the investigation Monday, said FBI Agent Harry Rodriguez of the San Juan office.", "\"The FBI is monitoring this investigation by police in Puerto Rico,\" Rodriguez said.", "\"Any assistance that the police requests or requires, we would be more than happy to provide.\"", "Puerto Rican authorities may ask for help with forensics or other advanced investigative tools the FBI could provide, Rodriguez said.", "The U.S. attorney's office, in consultation with local officials and other agencies, would determine if the slaying was a hate crime, which is a federal offense.", "\"It's at a very preliminary stage,\" said Lymarie Llovet, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office in San Juan, Puerto Rico's capital.", "Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory, which means federal agencies have jurisdiction.", "\"There's the potential for a federal investigation,\" Rodriguez said.", "The suspect was arrested Monday around 11:30 p.m. AST (10:30 p.m.", "ET) at his home in the Mogote de Cayey neighborhood, said Wilson Porrata Mariani, another spokesman for the Guayama police district.", "Police impounded two cars and also are investigating a home in another neighborhood, Huertas del Barrio Beatriz de Cidra.", "Lopez Mercado's body was found on Puerto Rico Road 184 in another part of town, Barrio Guavate de Cayey, police said.", "The slaying has reverberated throughout the gay and lesbian community in the United States, where supporters started a Facebook page called \"Justice for Jorge Steven Lopez -- End Hate Crimes.\"", "The group demands an investigation by Puerto Rico Gov.", "Luis Fortuno and prosecution of the slaying under the Federal Hate Crimes Law.", "The law was enacted in 1969 to guard the rights of U.S. citizens engaged in any of six protected activities, such as voting, going to school, applying for a job or attending a public venue.", "Last month, President Obama signed into law the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr.", "Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which extends federal protection against illegal acts motivated by a person's actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.", "Gay activist Serrano said he does not believe anti-gay sentiment is any stronger in Puerto Rico's Latin culture than anywhere else.", "\"That's a long-debunked myth, that our culture is more homophobic,\" Serrano said.", "Instead, he attributed any ill will toward gays to \"hate rhetoric\" by some religious and political leaders.", "One politician, he said, recently referred to gays as \"twisted and mentally ill.\" \"That's the kind of rhetoric that incites violence against gays,\" Serrano said.", "Equality Forum, an international gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights organization, asked for a federal investigation.", "\"Equality Forum calls on U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to have the FBI investigate,\" said former federal prosecutor Malcolm Lazin, the group's executive director.", "\"The Matthew Shepard Amendment empowers and requires the federal government to prosecute this horrific murder.\"", "Serrano said Lopez Mercado was a \"very, very dear friend\" he had met through a mutual acquaintance.", "\"Jorge was a person who you only needed one minute to fall in love with,\" Serrano said.", "Lopez Mercado often volunteered for gay causes, Serrano said.", "The teen's family is coping, considering the circumstances.", "\"It has been horrible, but they are very grateful that it has come to a quick resolution,\" Serrano said." ]	[ "NEW: Activist attributes ill will toward gays to some religious, political leaders' \"hate rhetoric\"\nPuerto Rican gay community wants police to see if slaying was a hate crime .", "FBI is monitoring investigation and is prepared to offer help, agent says .", "Suspect, 27, was to attend Tuesday court hearing, which was postponed several times ." ]	[ 2, 6, 7, 10, 29 ]
[ "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Tyrese Gibson is far from the first singer to make the transition from music to movies.", "However, the \"Transformers\" star is blazing a whole new trail with his latest crossover venture.", "Tyrese Gibson voices \"Mayhem,\" a hero described as the \"embodiment of raw justice and vengeance.\"", "The actor/singer/model has partnered with Apple to develop his own comic book series called \"Mayhem,\" and he's doing it in a very nontraditional way -- digitally.", "\"There was an experience that I felt was pretty limiting as far as the comic book experience itself on paper,\" says Gibson, who stresses that he did not grow up reading comic books and is not a comic book veteran.", "\"[So] I set up this technology with my team and this is the first-ever digital comic book [on iTunes] in the history of comic books.\"", "The third issue of \"Mayhem,\" which is downloadable from iTunes, is the first to go digital.", "It features an interactive version of a comic book with sound effects, page turns and even voiceover.", "Gibson himself voices the title character, a masked, dagger-hurling hero described as the \"embodiment of raw justice and vengeance.\"", "Gibson's new hobby is another example of Hollywood's love affair with comic books.", "Just last month, Walt Disney Studios acquired Marvel Entertainment -- and all 5,000 of the comic book company's characters -- for $4 billion in cash and stock.", "With the success of action films based on comic book notables, including \"Batman,\" \"Iron Man\" and \"Wolverine,\" it's not a stretch to think that Gibson might be strapping on the \"Mayhem\" costume for a summer blockbuster in the future.", "But for now, Gibson is focused on the early stages of his new venture.", "Although he would not provide details on sales figures, he did say that worldwide sales of \"Mayhem\" would \"knock your socks off.\"", "The following is an edited version of the interview.", "CNN: What turned you on to comic books?", "Tyrese Gibson: I went out to Comic-Con about a year or so ago to promote the film \"Death Race.\"", "When I was out there, I really got to know some of the fans and I was just asking questions like, \"Look at you, you've got a full on Superman costume on or Batman costume,\" and they were just like, \"I just love comic books.\"", "It was the first time I was ever exposed to that much selfless passion, to the point to where you don't care how silly you may look -- you don't even consider it silly.", "... That really did something for me, because I'm motivated by passion.", "I thought ... I want to figure a way to be a part of this world, and that's when \"Mayhem\" was born.\"", "CNN: Where did the story of \"Mayhem\" come from?", "Gibson: Me and my partner Mike Lee and Will Wilson all got together, we started brainstorming about different concepts and different directions we could send this character in and we came up with something pretty unique.", "It's an ongoing series and so as soon as you think you've got it figured out, there's a cliffhanger that makes you want to read the second issue and the third issue.", "CNN: You're a newcomer to this genre.", "What's been the feedback from the comic book community?", "Gibson: In everything you do, there's gonna be cynics and those folks questioning what your motivation is behind getting into anything.", "I dealt with it when I went from one career move to the next: \"Man, stick to singing; stick to acting.\"", "I dealt with a lot of that from certain folks in the comic book world. ...", "They wrote these long e-mails and [started] on a smear campaign.", "I came into this whole thing very innocent.", "I discovered my love for comic books and I want as many people as possible to experience my comic book.", "There's this digital revolution that's out there but the comic book world has not embraced this digital revolution on a level that it should be embraced on.", "And so I reached out to my contacts and I set up a meeting ... and this is my baby.", "CNN: Artist Jim Lee is very big in the comic book world.", "How did he get involved in this project?", "Gibson: I found Jim Lee on Twitter ... and we just kind of took it from there.", "CNN: What did you learn from him? Gibson: So much, so much.", "He basically made me aware of all of the big players in the comic world like Alan Moore and Grant Morrison.", "He just painted this picture about who's who in the comic book world and he schooled me on that level.", "CNN: A lot of comic book characters become heroes on the big screen.", "Does \"Mayhem\" have a future in film?", "Gibson: Right now, there is no conversation on any level about \"Mayhem\" becoming a film.", "We've been approached a few times but my mind state is this: You can't expect to sell out the Staples Center until you sell a bunch of records.", "So we're really trying to establish the fan base for \"Mayhem\" before we try to turn it into film.", "There's still plenty of time for that." ]	[ "Tyrese Gibson, who starred in \"Transformers,\" has created comic book superhero .", "Gibson's character is called Mayhem, \"embodiment of raw justice and vengeance\"\nGibson has no comic book background; he was impressed by passion of devotees .", "Comic book is available digitally on iTunes as an LP ." ]	[ 2, 4, 9 ]
[ "MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Russia is planning a \"comprehensive rearmament\" of its military, President Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday.", "A Russian T-90 tank rolls through Red Square during 2008's Victory Day parade.", "The announcement comes amid concerns in Moscow over the performance of its forces during last year's invasion of Georgia, an expert on the Russian military told CNN.", "Christopher Langton, an analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, said the campaign against the former Soviet republic had revealed significant weaknesses within Russia's armed forces.", "\"The Georgia thing was a wake-up call on a number of fronts,\" said Langton, a former British military and defense attache in Russia.", "\"Things they expected to perform well didn't -- communications, the air force.", "It took five days, which is quite a long time, to suppress another country's air defenses, quite a small country's.\"", "Medvedev said the \"most important task is to re-equip the [Russian] Armed Forces with newest weapons system,\" in televised remarks to defense ministry officials.", "He said the process had already begun and would accelerate through 2011.", "Medvedev insisted that falling prices for oil and gas -- which contribute significantly to Moscow's budget -- would not force him to scale back on plans to modernize the military.", "The defense budget has \"virtually remained the same as was planned,\" Medvedev said, \"despite our current financial problems.\"", "The country will aim for 70 percent of its weaponry to be \"modern\" by 2020, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said, according to RIA-Novosti, the state-run news agency.", "Russia invaded Georgia, to its south, in August of last year -- the first time Russian military forces had engaged in an offensive outside their borders since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.", "The conflict strengthened the hand of Medvedev, who favors reform, against generals who oppose it, Langton, the military analyst, told CNN.", "\"It gave Medvedev a chance to reply to opponents in Ministry of Defense: 'We need much more mobile forces, better weaponry,'\" Langton said.", "But Langton pointed out that Russia has been talking about modernizing its army almost since the end of the Cold War nearly two decades ago.", "Former President Boris Yeltsin announced in the early 1990s that Russia would replace its conscript army with a professional force by 2010, Langton said -- a target it has come nowhere close to meeting.", "Modernization foundered on Russia's need to bring in money by exporting arms, rather than using the products of its military-industrial complex itself; opposition from entrenched interests in the Ministry of Defense, which opposed downsizing; and in the face of a national security strategy that focused on conflicts like the two Chechen wars.", "Former President Vladimir Putin staked his popularity in the late 1990s on winning the second war with the restive Chechnya, Langton observed.", "Medvedev, too, wants to promote pride in the country's military, the analyst said, but has a \"more nuanced approach\" than his predecessor, who remains influential as prime minister.", "Langton said Medvedev believes Russian forces should be capable of operating alongside Western forces.", "But, he added, \"Some of the generals don't agree with him.\"" ]	[ "Russia planning \"comprehensive rearmament\" of its military, Moscow announces .", "Analyst: Last year's invasion of Georgia revealed Russian military weaknesses .", "\"Large-scale rearmament\" to begin in 2011, President Dmitry Medvedev says .", "Russia aiming for 70 percent of its weaponry to be \"modern\" by 2020 ." ]	[ 0, 2, 11 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A 7-year-old boy from El Paso, Texas, was gunned down across the border in the violent city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, a spokesman for the Chihuahua state attorney general's office told CNN Tuesday.", "Raul Xazziel Ramirez had been visiting his father in Juarez on Friday evening when unknown gunmen fired on their vehicle at a roundabout, spokesman Arturo Sandoval said.", "At least 18 rounds from a 9 mm weapon were shot at the white 2000 Geo Tracker driven by Ramirez's dad, Sandoval said.", "The father, Raul Ramirez Alvarado, 35, died in the driver's seat.", "The younger Raul escaped from the vehicle, but was apparently shot in the back, Sandoval said.", "The boy's body fell forward in front of the vehicle.", "The shooting happened just before 8 p.m. Friday.", "No arrests had been made as of Tuesday, the spokesman said.", "Raul Xazziel Ramirez was a third-grader at Glen Cove Elementary School in El Paso, Ysleta Independent School District spokeswoman Patricia Ayala told CNN.", "\"It's a senseless tragedy that we're trying to come to terms with,\" she said.", "According to El Paso County records, Raul was just three weeks shy of his eighth birthday when he was killed.", "The boy lived with his aunt and uncle in El Paso, Ayala said.", "It was the first semester that Raul was registered with the district.", "Raul's classmates were spared the details of his death, but the school was nonetheless shocked at the boy's passing.", "Grief counselors were made available for both students and teachers, Ayala said.", "More than 2,200 killings have been recorded this year in Ciudad Juarez, out of a population of approximately 1.5 million people.", "A bloody turf war between warring drug cartels that started last year has made the city one of the most violent in the world.", "According to statistics from local prosecutors, Ciudad Juarez records about 10 murders a day.", "The bloodiest month this year has been September, with 476 killings reported.", "The violence has not spilled over significantly across the border to El Paso, but as Friday's shooting showed, the pain of one of the sister cities is shared by the other.", "Because of the ongoing investigation, Sandoval declined to say whether drug cartel activity was suspected in the killings of Raul and his father, but added that at least 90 percent of the city's homicides are drug-related.", "Raul was not the youngest victim slain this year.", "In early 2009, a 3-year-old girl was killed together with her father inside a vehicle that was targeted, Sandoval said." ]	[ "NEW: Raul Xazziel Ramirez was just three weeks shy of his eighth birthday, records show .", "Ramirez was killed Friday along with his father in Ciudad Juarez.", "The boy managed to escape the vehicle but was shot in the back, police say .", "More than 2,200 slain this year in Juarez; Ramirez was not the youngest ." ]	[ 4, 10, 11, 15, 21 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As thousands gathered Sunday in Washington for a march and rally focused on gay rights issues, lawmakers showed that some of the demonstrators' key goals face major obstacles ahead.", "President Obama speaks to a major gay-rights group Saturday night in Washington.", "Even with President Obama pushing Congress to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act -- a stance he highlighted to one of the nation's leading gay-rights groups Saturday night, to huge applause -- members of his own party told CNN they're not in lockstep.", "\"I've said in the past I don't think that's the way to go,\" Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pennsylvania, told CNN's John King.", "He added, \"We can move forward on a lot of measures, but I'm not sure there's the support yet for that.\"", "Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, noted that her state is one of many that has a law prohibiting same-sex marriage.", "\"So I think, for a number of us, that becomes a challenge,\" she said.", "Stabenow would not say whether she would vote to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.", "The law, signed by President Clinton in 1996, defines marriage as being between a man and a woman, and ensures that states do not have to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.", "Clinton has since changed his mind, and said he no longer opposes same-sex marriage.", "Obama does not support same-sex marriage and has said he believes marriage is between a man and a woman.", "He does, however, support civil unions for same-sex couples that offer similar rights and protections.", "The two Democratic senators on Sunday expressed support for the president's stances on several other key issues regarding gay rights, including legislation expanding the definition of hate crimes to include attacks based on sexual orientation and gender identity.", "The bill passed the House last week.", "Both also expressed support for the president's efforts to end the military's \"Don't ask, don't tell\" policy.", "On NBC's \"Meet the Press,\" Sen. Carl Levin, D-Michigan, said he thinks the president will succeed on that front.", "\"I think he will and he can, but it has to be done in the right way, which is to get a buy-in from the military, which I think is now possible,\" Levin said.", "\"Other militaries in the West -- the British and other Western armies -- have ended this discriminatory policy.", "We can do it successfully, but it ought to be done with thoughtfulness, with care and with a buy-in from the military.\"", "Retired Gen. Richard Myers, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said, \"Gays can serve in the military; they just can't do so openly.", "And they do, and there are lots of them, and we're the beneficiary of all that.\"", "Myers did not weigh in on whether the change should happen, but said he agreed with Levin that the \"senior military leadership needs to be part of this, the Pentagon needs to be part of this.\"", "But retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey disagreed.", "\"There's no question that it's time to change the policy.", "The key to it isn't buy-in from the military; it's for Congress to change the law.", "They ought to do so, and I'm confident that the military will move ahead on it,\" he said.", "Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, rejected McCaffrey's suggestion.", "\"It's my belief that if you don't have buy-in from the military, that's a disservice to the people in the military.", "They should be included in this. I'm open-minded to what the military may suggest, but I can tell you I'm not going to make policy based on a campaign rally,\" Graham told NBC.", "\"If this policy about 'Don't ask, don't tell' changes, it should be done based not on politics, but on reason.\"", "In his speech Saturday night to the Human Rights Campaign -- the nation's largest gay rights group -- Obama praised the gay community for making strides in equal rights and pledged to deliver on major campaign promises that critics say he's left on the back burner.", "\"For nearly 30 years, you've advocated for those without a voice,\" Obama said.", "\"Despite the progress we've made, there are still laws to change and hearts to open.\"" ]	[ "Some Democrats cautious about Obama's pledge to end Defense of Marriage Act .", "Some say they think he'll succeed in ending military's \"Don't ask, don't tell\" policy .", "Others debate whether military \"buy-in\" is necessary to end that policy .", "Thousands of gay and lesbian rights supporters hold rally in Washington on Sunday ." ]	[ 0, 2, 14 ]
[ "Alexandria, Virginia (CNN) -- Former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on 11 counts of corruption.", "Jefferson was also ordered to forfeit more than $470,000 after his conviction for using his office to solicit bribes.", "He will also have to pay $1,100 in special assessments.", "The case against the former nine-term Louisiana Democrat included allegations of influence-peddling and the discovery of $90,000 in cash in his freezer.", "Judge T.S. Ellis will determine at a hearing next Wednesday whether Jefferson will remain free pending appeal.", "Until then, he is free. \"The court's sentence today reaffirms the principle that all people -- no matter what their title or position -- are equal before the law,\" said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman in a statement.", "\"In a stunning betrayal of the public's trust, former Congressman Jefferson repeatedly used his public office for private gain.", "The lengthy prison sentence imposed on Mr. Jefferson today is a stark reminder to all public officials that the consequences of accepting bribes can and will be severe.\"", "Jefferson's family was in the courtroom when District Judge T.S.", "Ellis handed down the sentence.", "He had faced up to 150 years in prison.", "\"This sentence should be a clear signal that our society will not tolerate bribery,\" U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride said in a written statement.", "\"It's not just another cost of doing business in government.", "\"Mr. Jefferson's repeated attempts to sell his office caused significant damage to the public's trust in our elected leaders.", "This sentence will begin to repair that damage and to restore that trust.", "\"Mr. Jefferson is well-known for the $90,000 found in his freezer.", "It is our hope that he will now be well-known for the tough sentence handed down today, showing that no one -- including our elected officials -- are above the law.\"", "Jefferson, of New Orleans, still faces the forfeiture of nearly $500,000 -- money a jury said is linked to criminal activity for which he has been convicted.", "On August 5, a jury found Jefferson guilty on four bribery counts, three counts of money laundering, three counts of wire fraud and one count of racketeering.", "He was acquitted on five other counts, including wire fraud and obstruction of justice.", "He had remained free prior to Friday's sentencing.", "Jefferson was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 4, 2007, about two years after federal agents said they found the money in his freezer.", "Authorities said the cash was part of a payment in marked bills from an FBI informant in a transaction captured on video.", "The trial was delayed while it was resolved whether an FBI search of Jefferson's congressional office was constitutional.", "Defense attorney Robert Trout had asked the judge for leniency, citing Jefferson's personal history of humble beginnings and long-standing public service.", "Prosecutors, in turn, filed a response saying Jefferson deserved no preferential treatment since he \"still chose to cheat, steal and lie.\"", "\"Congressman Jefferson has still not accepted responsibility for his own criminal conduct,\" prosecutors wrote.", "He \"still rationalizes his own unethical, illegal and immoral conduct.\"", "CNN's Paul Courson contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Jefferson remains free at least until Wednesday hearing .", "Ex-Rep. William Jefferson gets 13 years in prison, 3 years' supervised release .", "The former Louisiana Democratic congressman faced up to a 150-year sentence .", "In August, Jefferson found guilty of bribery, money laundering, wire fraud, racketeering ." ]	[ 0, 4, 9, 10, 18 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A newborn infant, who was abducted Tuesday from his home in Tennessee, has been found alive in Alabama, according to authorities.", "Yair Anthony Carillo is reported to be in good health since being recovered.", "Yair Anthony Carillo was found Friday night in a home in Ardmore after an intensive three-day search, said Mark Gwyn, director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.", "Tammy Renee Silas, 39, was taken into custody for allegedly stabbing Maria Gurrolla at her Nashville home and then stealing the baby just four days after he was born.", "Gurrolla told police a woman posing as an immigration worker attacked her and took Carillo.", "A break in the case came when investigators were able to track down a Kia Spectra that was photographed in a Wal-Mart parking lot shortly before the attack.", "Authorities determined that Silas rented the vehicle from the Nashville airport, Gwyn said.", "My Harrison, of the FBI's Memphis office, praised all of the investigators who worked on the case.", "\"We reunited a family,\" she said.", "\"It doesn't always turn out this way.\"", "There is no word on a possible motive or what charges Silas will face.", "Carillo, who is reported in good health, will be reunited with his family after a routine medical examination, Harrison said." ]	[ "Yair Anthony Carillo found safe after being abducted days after birth, authorities say .", "Child's mother says woman posing as immigration worker stabbed her, took boy .", "Tammy Renee Silas taken into custody; no word on possible motive ." ]	[ 1, 3, 4, 10 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Arsenal have confirmed that striker Robin van Persie will be out of action for \"approximately six weeks\" after suffering ankle ligament damage during the Netherlands' international friendly against Italy on Saturday.", "Initially it had been feared the Dutch forward -- who has scored eight goals in 15 games in all competitions this season and emerged as one of the Gunners' key figures -- could be set for a much-longer spell on the sidelines.", "Van Persie, 26, will return to London later this week to continue his rehabilitation but is set to miss key clashes with Premier League leaders Chelsea at the end of the month, the trip to Liverpool on December 13 as well as the rest of the hectic Christmas schedule.", "An official Arsenal club statement read: \"Following the care given to van Persie by the Dutch FA, he will travel back to London this week and continue his treatment with the Arsenal medical team.", "\"Van Persie will be out of action for approximately six weeks.\"", "Although van Persie could be back for what is likely to be a season-defining few weeks when Arsenal host Manchester United on January 31 before games against Chelsea and then Liverpool, the loss of the player could not have come at a worse time for Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.", "Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner (groin) and England forward Theo Walcott (knee) are already out until early December, so Croatian international Eduardo da Silva is likely to take van Persie's place in the Gunners side.", "Van Persie suffered the injury to his right leg in the 10th minute of Saturday's goalless draw against Italy in Pescara.", "He was carried off on a stretcher following a heavy challenge from Azzurri defender Giorgio Chiellini and tests showed partially torn ligaments in his right ankle.", "Meanwhile, France defender Eric Abidal will miss the second leg of the World Cup playoff against the Republic of Ireland on Wednesday night due to a thigh injury.", "The Barcelona full-back played the full 90 minutes of Saturday's 1-0 win in Dublin but sustained the problem in his left leg and will not be available for the return at the Stade de France.", "Lyon midfielder Jeremy Toulalan has also been ruled out, as he has not yet recovered from a hamstring injury." ]	[ "Arsenal reveal that striker Robin van Persie will be out of actionfor six weeks .", "The Dutchman suffered ankle ligament damage against Italy at the weekend .", "Croatian striker Eduardo da Silva is expected to replace van Persie in the Arsenal line-up ." ]	[ 0, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Ten-man Ghana overcame Brazil 4-3 on penalties in the Under-20 World Cup final in Cairo to become the first African side to win the tournament.", "Daniel Addo (left) is sent off but Ghana still became the first African side to win the U-20 World Cup.", "Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu scored the winning penalty after Brazil's Maicon had fired over the bar when a successful spot-kick would have handed Brazil the title for a record fifth time.", "In a match of few chances, Ghana, who are also African champions, defied the odds to take the trophy out of Europe and South America for the first time ever after Daniel Addo was sent off in the 37th minute for a late tackle on Alex Teixeira.", "Goalkeeper Daniel Aygei kept Ghana in the game earlier in extra-time with a point-blank save from Maicon, who had been teed-up 10 yards out by Alex Teixeira's cut-back.", "Douglas Costa twice went close in the additional 30 minutes, while Aygei was also called into action to save from Wellington Junior.", "Meanwhile, penalties were also needed to separate Hungary and Costa Rica in the third place playoff earlier in the day, but it was the European nation who eventually triumphed after the match ended 1-1 in 90 minutes.", "Despite being outplayed for the majority of the game, Costa Rica went ahead with nine minutes remaining when Marcos Urena was allowed to run at the Hungarian defence before cutting inside and firing a right-footed shot which left goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi with no chance.", "However, with the match entering injury time, Hungary were awarded a penalty when Jose Mena fouled Krisztian Nemeth in the box.", "Vladimir Koman made no mistake from the spot to take the match into a shoot-out.", "Liverpool's Gulacsi was the hero of the hour -- keeping out efforts from Cristian Gamboa, Esteban Luna and Adam Simon while Nemeth and Roland Varga both scored to hand Hungary a 2-0 victory on penalties." ]	[ "Ghana become the first African country in history to win the U-20 World Cup .", "They beat Brazil 4-3 in a dramatic penalty shoot-out after the match ends 0-0 .", "Hungary take third place after defeating Costa Rica also in a penalty shoot-out ." ]	[ 0, 6, 9 ]
[ "(CNN) -- In staging their Fourth of July fireworks show, authorities in Ocean City, Maryland, have faced challenges in recent years from Mother Nature.", "Fireworks light up the sky over Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the city's 2008 Fourth of July festivities.", "In 2005, thick fog veiled the celebration.", "Spectators couldn't see the detailed patterns and colors of the fiery blasts -- they only saw the clouds and haze get brighter.", "Thunderstorms erupted the next two years, delaying the show in 2006 and then forcing its cancellation in 2007.", "That year, storms brought winds that were just too strong.", "\"We start taking a hard look at the direction and speed of the wind when it gets to 15 or more knots [about 17 mph],\" said Ocean City Fire Marshal Sam Villani.", "\"At 20 knots, we consult the shooters ... to see if our perimeter is safe for the crowds.", "Twenty-knot [23 mph] sustained winds would probably be our cutoff.\"", "As millions gather across the United States on Saturday to celebrate America's birthday with fireworks displays, fire officials will be watching weather forecasts and preparing to make sure revelers are as safe as possible.", "They often start by banning spectators from a safety zone, or perimeter, around the launch site to protect them from drifting embers that can get as hot as 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit.", "For that reason, fireworks launches over harbors, rivers and other bodies of water can often be larger in scale.", "\"For a venue like New York Harbor, it is common for [launch] barges to be located on the water, well away from land,\" said Guy Colonna, division manager with the National Fire Protection Agency.", "\"Even if the winds increase, it's possible...[for] the safety of the display not to be compromised.\"", "Fireworks shows originating on land have stricter standards for the size of the perimeter, depending on wind speed, because spectators are generally closer to the explosives, Colonna said.", "Strong winds can make safety trickier.", "According to the Boston Globe, hundreds of people at a 2005 Fourth of July fireworks show in Canton, Massachusetts were accidentally showered with glowing embers when winds shifted about 10 minutes after the event began.", "High winds can even cancel a fireworks celebration.", "Rain, however, will not necessarily stop a show, said Philip Butler of Fireworks by Grucci, a Long Island, New York-based fireworks production company that has choreographed shows for presidential inaugurations and the Olympics.", "Fireworks don't extinguish in the rain, and as long as operators \"keep the powder dry,\" they will explode, Butler said.", "Moisture can cause them to change colors, though.", "\"A brilliant blue may appear as a royal blue,\" he said.", "Weather challenges are nothing new for Grucci.", "In preparing for a large show in Dubai, the production company once faced 105-degree heat and a sandstorm.", "\"They told us to simply kneel down and cover our heads with our capes and ride it out,\" Butler said.", "Ideal conditions for fireworks are calm winds, comfortable temperatures and clear night skies, Butler said.", "\"When the sky is black and clear, it's like a painter's canvas for us.\"", "Some commonly asked questions about fireworks: .", "Do fireworks still work when it snows?", "Yes. For many New Year's Eve celebrations in cold-weather states, it's often snowing during fireworks shows.", "Fireworks production companies say the snow acts as a prism, reflecting and shifting the colors.", "What's the biggest danger that spectators face from fireworks?", "Statistics show the vast majority of fireworks-related injuries are caused by over-the-counter fireworks instead of burning debris from public fireworks celebrations.", "The risk of fireworks injury is 2½ times higher for children than for the general population, according to the National Fire Protection Agency.", "The biggest culprit?", "Sparklers. The National Fire Protection Agency advises against using your own fireworks.", "\"Leave it to the professionals.\"", "For a Fourth of July weather forecast for your area, visit CNN.com/weather." ]	[ "High winds and rainstorms can pose serious challenges to fireworks shows .", "Severe weather affected fireworks three of past four years in Ocean City, Maryland .", "Winds can cancel a fireworks celebration, although light rain often will not .", "One fireworks company weathered a sandstorm before a show in Dubai ." ]	[ 0, 15, 17, 18 ]
[ "Orlando, Florida (CNN) -- A former astronaut who was accused of assaulting a romantic rival in the parking lot of the Orlando airport will avoid prison after pleading guilty to lesser charges as part of a plea agreement.", "Citing Lisa Marie Nowak's lack of a criminal history, Orange County Circuit Judge Marc Lubet sentenced her to a year of probation.", "She was given credit for the two days she served in the county jail after her arrest.", "Nowak, 46, must also perform 50 hours of community service and have no contact with the victim in the case, former Air Force Capt.", "Colleen Shipman.", "She must also send Shipman a letter of apology within 10 days, \"a sincere letter of apology, not one of these vanilla things that I see from other defendants,\" Lubet told Nowak.", "\"It's been almost three years since the events took place that caused this nightmare for Ms. Shipman, and you are 100 percent responsible.\"", "In addition, Nowak must complete an eight-hour anger management course within her first 30 days of probation, Lubet said.", "Nowak told the judge she had undergone counseling for 1½ years and the counseling is complete, so the judge said he would not order more.", "Lubet said he was treating Nowak as any defendant would be treated, saying he doubts any judge would send a defendant to prison on a first offense.", "Shipman delivered an emotional victim statement before Nowak's sentencing, telling the court she remains convinced Nowak planned to kill her.", "\"Shortly after I turned 30 years old, Lisa Nowak hunted me down and attacked me in a dark parking lot,\" she said, adding that she is \"still reeling from her vicious attack\" and attempting to piece her life back together.", "\"The world as I knew it before Lisa Nowak is gone,\" Shipman said.", "\"Every stranger I see is a potential attacker.", "Going out in public is exhausting.\"", "She said she has undergone nearly three years of counseling, but suffers from nightmares, anxiety and health problems such as high blood pressure and chest pains because of the incident.", "Nowak initially was charged with attempted kidnapping with intent to inflict bodily harm, battery and burglary of a vehicle using a weapon.", "If convicted, she could have faced a sentence of up to life in prison.", "Prosecutors accused Nowak of driving nearly 900 miles from Houston, Texas, to Orlando -- wearing NASA diapers to cut down on the number of stops she needed to make -- and donning a disguise before following Shipman from the airport's baggage claim to the parking lot in February 2007.", "Nowak's attorney, Don Lykkebak, has denied that she wore the diapers.", "Nowak has said she went to the airport to talk to Shipman, who had begun dating Nowak's former love interest, Navy Cmdr.", "Bill Oefelein.", "But Shipman, in her comments Tuesday, called that claim \"at best, ridiculous,\" saying that Nowak, whom she did not know, had ample opportunity to talk to her, as she \"stealthily followed me for hours.\"", "\"I'm a very friendly person, your honor,\" Shipman said, adding that she would have welcomed Nowak's company \"over some hot chocolate, while I was waiting for my suitcase to arrive.\"", "She recounted the incident and her terror as she realized Nowak was following her in the dark parking lot, as she could hear the swishing of Nowak's pants as she walked.", "She said she sprinted to her car, and Nowak attempted to open the car door and beat on her window, then spun a tale of being a helpless traveler who was afraid of being in a dark parking lot.", "Shipman said she cracked her window, and Nowak sprayed her in the face with pepper spray.", "\"She blasted me with what felt like acid,\" Shipman said. ...", "I stomped on the gas and wondered if there was a gun pointed at my head.\"", "At a hearing in November 2007, Orlando Police Detective William Becton testified that in a search of Nowak's car, he found maps showing how to reach the airport and its layout, a buck knife and papers, including a letter Nowak appeared to have written to Oefelein's mother.", "He testified he found used and clean diapers in the car.", "Police previously had said they also found a BB gun, a steel mallet, a 4-inch knife and rubber tubing in the vehicle.", "Shipman said Tuesday she thought she had escaped a carjacking.", "\"I had no idea that a highly paid, high-ranking military officer had just attacked me.\"", "When she found out she had been attacked by a \"sister in arms,\" she said, she was heartbroken.", "Shipman said the resulting media attention and scrutiny has placed additional stress on her and her family.", "Before sentencing, Nowak turned to Shipman and apologized.", "\"I am sincerely sorry for causing fear and misunderstanding and all of the intense public exposure that you have suffered,\" Nowak said.", "\"I hope very much that we can all move forward from this with privacy and peace.\"", "Lubet said he accepted her apology as sincere, but in sentencing her he noted that he was certain her conviction would affect her Navy career and retirement.", "Still, the judge told Nowak, \"you brought this on yourself, and I don't have any sympathy for you in that respect.\"", "Shipman has left the military and Oefelein has left the astronaut corps, and the two live in Anchorage, Alaska, where they run a company called Adventure Write as freelance writers and photographers.", "People.com reported in July the two were engaged.", "Lubet also ordered Nowak to stay away from Oefelein after Shipman alleged in her remarks she found a book with suggestive notes inside that Nowak had sent Oefelein after the incident despite a no-contact order.", "\"No books, no messages, no poems, nothing,\" Lubet said.", "\"It's not a problem,\" Nowak responded.", "CNN's John Couwels contributed to this report." ]	[ "Lisa Marie Nowak, a former astronaut, accused of assaulting a romantic rival .", "Florida judge sentences Nowak to year on probation, community service .", "Prosecutors say she drove 900 miles in diapers, wore disguise, followed woman through airport ." ]	[ 0, 1, 19 ]
[ "ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Dry skies greeted Georgia for a second day Wednesday, giving residents a chance to mourn, recover and repair after devastating floods killed nine people earlier this week.", "Douglas County, Georgia, emergency managers provide water Wednesday to residents without treated water.", "Water was beginning to recede in many areas, and some roads, including Interstate 285 and Interstate 20, were reopening.", "Several others remained closed, state authorities said.", "As of Tuesday afternoon, hundreds of people were still in shelters, with more than 250 people in the Cobb County Civic Center, according to the Red Cross.", "There are cases where people have lost everything, spokeswoman Lisa Matheson said Tuesday.", "Before they were evacuated, Cordell Albert and her husband, Christopher, moved their valuables to the second floor of their Powder Springs home, CNN affiliate WGCL reported.", "\"I feel lost,\" she said, according to the affiliate.", "\"I feel homeless.\"", "Watch more about the flooding aftermath and cleanup » .", "Gov. Sonny Perdue has declared a state of emergency in 17 flood-stricken counties, and State Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine estimated that the flooding has caused an estimated $250 million in losses.", "Watch where the flooding hit hardest » .", "\"Many of the homeowners afflicted by this event don't have flood insurance,\" he said in a written statement.", "Georgia's flood-related death toll has reached nine, authorities said, with six deaths alone in Douglas County, west of Atlanta.", "To the north, one person was missing and presumed dead in Chattanooga, Tennessee.", "See photos of the flooding » .", "Perdue spoke to President Obama on Tuesday night about the flooding, White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said.", "The president \"expressed his condolences for the loss of life and his concern for the citizens of Georgia amidst the ongoing flooding,\" Shapiro said.", "Perdue updated Obama on the situation, and the two discussed the response to the crisis, Shapiro added.", "The president also assured the governor that his request for federal aid would receive prompt attention, the spokesman added.", "Parts of northwest and south-central Georgia, as well as the metro Atlanta area, were still under flood warnings Wednesday.", "Also on Wednesday, students from three of metro Atlanta's four largest school districts were returning to classes after flooding caused school closings the day before.", "Watch what caused such torrential rain » .", "But CNN meteorologists said rain was not likely for much of the state Wednesday, although isolated thunderstorms in north Georgia were possible.", "Georgia may also see rain this weekend, CNN meteorologist Jacqui Jeras said.", "\"Of course, we're not expecting another foot of rain,\" she said, \"but we could pick up an inch or two.\"", "iReport.com: Horses pulled to safety from flooded creek .", "On Tuesday, Perdue pleaded with residents to stay off flooded roads, noting that nearly all the fatalities in the state were drivers and passengers swept away by floodwaters.", "CNN's Carolina Sanchez, Shawn Nottingham and Samuel Gardner contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Georgia insurance commissioner estimates $250 million in losses .", "President, Georgia governor discuss aid; Obama expresses condolences .", "Death toll from floods: at least nine in Georgia; one person missing in Tennessee .", "As of Tuesday afternoon, hundreds of people were still in shelters in Georgia ." ]	[ 4, 10, 13, 14 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Authorities plan to ask new questions of the family at the center of the balloon drama that captured the world's attention Thursday, as a comment in a CNN interview and other concerns raised speculation that the incident may have been staged.", "Parents Mayumi and Richard Heene discuss the upheaval in their lives Friday on CNN's \"American Morning.\"", "\"We feel it's incumbent on us as an agency to attempt to re-interview them and establish whether this is in fact a hoax or actual event,\" Larimer County Sheriff James Alderden said at a news conference Friday.", "\"We believe at this time that it's a real event.\"", "Investigators with expertise in spotting deceptive behavior interviewed the family Thursday and believe they were not lying, Alderden said.", "His office is being flooded with calls and messages from people insisting it must be, and putting \"a lot of pressure\" on authorities to charge Richard and Mayumi Heene, he said.", "The sheriff's office said it was conducting background checks on the Heenes.", "A giant Mylar balloon took off from the backyard of the Heenes' northern Colorado home Thursday.", "The couple said they were terrified their 6-year-old son Falcon may have been on it.", "They couldn't find him. In audio from 911 calls released Friday, the parents sounded emotional and desperate.", "When the balloon finally landed, Falcon was not on board.", "Later, he came out from hiding in an attic over the home's garage.", "\"I'm feeling very, very grateful that Falcon is among us,\" Richard Heene told CNN's \"American Morning\" on Friday.", "\"We went through so many emotions yesterday.\"", "On CNN's \"Larry King Live\" Thursday night, the Heene parents asked Falcon why he had not come out from hiding when they were calling for him.", "\"You guys said we did this for the show,\" he said.", "Watch the boy's remarks » .", "The family chases storms and takes videos of some.", "The Heenes also were featured in March on the ABC program \"Wife Swap.\"", "After the Hollywood gossip Web site TMZ.com reported that the Heenes had been \"pitching a reality show about the wacky family,\" one of the networks mentioned, TLC, which produces \"Jon and Kate plus 8,\" said \"they approached us months ago, and we passed.\"", "Two other production companies, Reality Real and RDF, which produces \"Wife Swap,\" did not immediately respond to CNN's queries.", "They family had a video camera recording as the balloon took off Thursday.", "Alderden said that was because the family planned an experiment in which the balloon was to rise 20 feet off the ground.", "Richard Heene said his son was confused when he made the show remark.", "There were media assembled on the front lawn, asking all sorts of questions, and that's what Falcon was referring to, Heene said Friday morning.", "Heene, a meteorologist who takes his family along to chase storms, said he was concerned when the balloon took off because \"the project was pretty much down the tubes.\"", "Then their son Bradford said he thought Falcon was inside, sparking the family's terror -- and the world's response, as people tuned in to live TV coverage of the balloon, which looked like a cross between a mushroom and a flying saucer.", "Alderden told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Friday that, based on reports that the parents \"took these children into potentially dangerous situations\" with tornado chases, the experimental balloons and other activities, it would be \"appropriate to involve child protection [services] to at least see what the family situation is and whether the children are in a safe condition.\"", "Earlier, Alderden told reporters that his department has contacted the child protection officials but asked them not to contact the family until investigators have had a chance to re-interview them.", "Alderden, at Friday's news conference, said he did not believe Falcon could have been following instructions by going into hiding.", "\"I just can't see this particular boy being told go sit up there for five hours and be quiet.", "I just don't see that, as hyperactive as he is,\" the sheriff said.", "He also called it unlikely that the other two brothers, ages 8 and 10, would have pulled off such a hoax.", "If it were determined that the incident was a hoax, \"the only thing we have is them making a false report to authorities, which is a Class 3 misdemeanor,\" Alderden said.", "But, he said, authorities could seek to recoup the money spent.", "\"If there is criminal conduct, we certainly would seek restitution,\" he said.", "The balloon landed in a plowed wheat field, and the owner could seek compensation from the family, Alderden added.", "Asked whether the parents would not have checked the whereabouts of their three children before allowing the device to take off and why the system to tether it was not stronger, Alderden responded, \"You raise some very valid points that we are considering.\"", "Watch as home video shows the balloon take off » .", "Alderden also said his office had contacted an expert at Colorado State University during the incident to make sure that the dimensions of the balloon were adequate to handle a child of Falcon's weight, he said.", "The sheriff also sought to defend his department.", "Authorities had been at the house and had conducted searches for the boy three times during the incident.", "\"Obviously it wasn't as thorough as we would have liked it to be,\" he said, \"because the boy was hiding in the attic in the garage.\"", "Investigators had seen the rafters in the garage, but there was no ladder to get up there.", "\"Our personnel just didn't think it possible that a 6-year-old boy would be able to get up into that space, so they didn't look there,\" he said.", "Falcon was not in a box as Alderden had originally reported.", "Instead, he had apparently crawled on a box in order to enter the attic area, Alderden said.", "Watch how the events played out » .", "Despite numerous conspiracy theories flying around on the Internet, Alderden emphasized that authorities have not seen suspicious behavior by the Heene family.", "\"They appropriately expressed statements, nonverbal communication, body language and emotions during this event that were entirely consistent with the events that were taking place,\" he said.", "\"Certainly, people are free to speculate, they're free to be skeptical about it,\" Alderden added.", "\"But those of us in the law enforcement profession have to operate on facts and what we can prove.\"" ]	[ "Boy's remark on CNN, \"We did this for the show,\" sparks speculation about stunt .", "Sheriff: \"We believe at this time that it's a real event\"\nFather says boy was confused about scores of reporters outside house .", "Millions feared boy was inside balloon as it floated over Colorado countryside ." ]	[ 2, 3, 15, 23 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- When Robert Byrd came to Congress from West Virginia, a postage stamp cost 3 cents and kids were clamoring for a new toy called Mr.", "Potato Head.", "On Wednesday, almost 57 years later, Byrd became the longest-serving member of Congress in history.", "Two days before he turns 92, the eloquent legislator known for his encyclopedic knowledge of Senate rules and history surpasses Carl T. Hayden, the Arizona Democrat who served a total of 20,773 days in the U.S. House and Senate.", "With his 20,774th day representing West Virginia -- six years in House and then nearly 51 years and counting in the Senate -- Byrd sets a record for longevity unlikely to be broken as the political climate turns toward term limits and growing public dissatisfaction with Congress.", "In a statement issued by his office, Byrd expressed his gratitude to \"the people of the great State of West Virginia\" for their long-standing confidence in him.", "His only regret, he said, was that his wife, Erma, who died in 2006, would not be with him.", "\"I know that she is looking down from the heavens smiling at me and saying congratulations my dear Robert -- but don't let it go to your head,\" Byrd's statement said.", "In a career representing the West Virginia coal-mining country from which he emerged, Byrd has cast more Senate votes (18,000-plus) and held more leadership positions (including two stints as majority leader) than any other senator.", "He has never lost an election.", "He was raised by an aunt and uncle after his mother died when he was a year old, and he did not graduate college until he received a degree in 1994 from Marshall University.", "In a sign of his Appalachian roots, Byrd was an avid fiddle player and appeared twice on the television program \"Hee Haw.\"", "He gave up playing in the 1980s because of a tremor in his hands.", "His early political years displayed some of the deeply rooted racism of the American South.", "Byrd was a member of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan in the early 1940s, and later called it \"the most egregious mistake I've ever made.\"", "In 1964, he voted against the Civil Rights Act pushed by Democratic President Lyndon Johnson.", "But Byrd later followed a more traditional Democratic path.", "An ardent foe of President George W. Bush's policies in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Byrd opposed creating the Department of Homeland Security in 2002 and called Bush \"dangerous, reckless and arrogant\" in February 2003, six weeks before the Iraq war started.", "Three months later, he criticized Bush's landing a jet on the USS Abraham Lincoln to signal the end of the Iraq war as \"flamboyant showmanship.\"", "On June 12, 2006, Byrd became the longest serving senator in history, and was re-elected to his ninth consecutive Senate term five months later.", "Things have changed since he arrived in Washington as a new congressman in 1953, along with the first Eisenhower administration.", "Gas cost 20 cents a gallon then, and the average annual salary was less than $4,000.", "Ten presidents later, Byrd is known for his devotion to his state and constituents.", "\"His number one priority has always been the people of West Virginia,\" Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, says in a statement on Byrd's Senate Web site.", "\"It has been a great example for all of us to never lose sight of the fact that you are elected by the people from your state and the people in your state should have first priority.\"", "Byrd's statement marking Wednesday's achievement reflected that thinking.", "\"Although we are marking a longevity milestone, it has been the quality and dedication of service that has guided me over the years,\" Byrd said in his statement.", "\"I have strived to provide the people of West Virginia the best representation possible each of the 20,774 days which I have served in the Congress of the United States.\"", "He thanked his constituents for their support and for \"putting their trust and faith in me.\"", "Slowed by illness in recent years, including a six-week hospital stay this year because of a staph infection, Byrd concluded his statement with typical bravado.", "\"The only way for me to close on this historic day is to say that I look forward to serving you for the next 56 years and 320 days,\" he said.", "\"Thank you and may God bless you.\"" ]	[ "Sen. Robert Byrd logs his 20,774th day -- almost 57 years -- in Congress .", "Byrd is known for his encyclopedic knowledge of Senate rules and history .", "West Virginian says joining Ku Klux Klan in 1940s was his \"most egregious mistake\"\nWhen he arrived in D.C. in 1953, gasoline costs 20 cents a gallon, a stamp was 3 cents ." ]	[ 0, 2, 3, 14, 21 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Increased fighting in Afghanistan has caused a drop in morale among U.S. soldiers while the reduction in combat in Iraq has bolstered morale, according to a new U.S. Army report released Friday.", "The report summarizes two surveys of U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan taken earlier this year.", "New statistics from the Army also show suicides are up in the entire service.", "Produced every two years by the Army's Mental Health Advisory Team, this latest report comes just over a week after a U.S. soldier went on a shooting rampage at a U.S. Army base in Texas and possibly just days or weeks from an announcement from the Obama administration to send more troops to Afghanistan, where fighting has gotten more intense in recent months.", "Authorities have not determined a motive for the shooting.", "The suspect, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, was scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan but had told his family that he wanted to get out of the military.", "\"Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan continue to face stress from multiple deployments into combat but report being more prepared for the stresses of deployments,\" Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker, the Army Surgeon General told reporters Friday.", "Not surprisingly, the report showed that soldiers with multiple deployments, three or four tours of duty to Iraq or Afghanistan, had much lower morale and more mental health problems than those soldiers who have one or two combat deployments.", "Increased time at home, however, resulted in improved morale among troops sent back to the field.", "The updated survey of soldiers in Afghanistan found post-traumatic stress syndrome and depression in soldiers at the same levels of the survey in 2007, but still about double that of the 2005 survey results: 21.4 percent in 2009, 23.4 percent for 2007 and 10.4 percent in 2005, according to the report.", "In Iraq, where the survey has been done every year, lower numbers were attributed to the decrease in combat action there.", "The 2009 numbers showed 13.3 percent of soldiers suffering from mental health problems, compared to 18.8 percent in 2007 and 22 percent in 2006.", "Army officials said that with the push of more than 20,000 additional troops into the Afghan theater of battle over the last few months, there have been fewer mental health professionals in the field to help.", "Army officials said the ration was about one mental health professional for every 1,120 soldiers.", "To combat the falling morale and lack of mental health professionals in the field, Army officials said the service needs to more than double the number of mental health providers and hopes to have at least 65 more of those providers in the field by December, making the ratio one for every 700 soldiers.", "The mental health assessment teams also conducted interviews with soldiers and found a drop in unit morale in Afghanistan to about half of what it was in 2007 and 2005, when about 10 percent surveyed gave top ratings to unit morale.", "In 2009, that number was 5.7 percent.", "The report also showed soldiers are seeing more difficulty at home with an increasing number reporting they are getting or considering getting divorced, according to the report.", "The overall report was based on almost 4,000 soldiers who filled out anonymous surveys in Iraq and Afghanistan between December 2008 and June 2009.", "In Iraq, 2,400 soldiers were randomly selected and the results were studied by a mental health assessment team in the combat zone.", "About 1,500 troops in Afghanistan took the survey, Army officials said.", "The survey was different from previous years when all types of soldiers were surveyed together.", "The 2009 survey questioned combat troops and support troops separately, though Army officials said there were few differences in the results.", "On Friday, the Army also released its latest suicide statistics.", "They show an increase in the number over this time last year.", "The Army reported 133 suspected suicides as of October; there were 115 as of October 2008.", "Of the 133, 90 have been confirmed, and 43 are pending confirmation, according to an Army press release.", "Last year the Army totaled 140 suicides in its ranks, the highest the service has recorded.", "\"Stigma continues to be one of the most difficult challenges we confront,\" said Brig.", "Gen. Colleen McGuire, the director of the Suicide Prevention Task Force for the Army.", "\"The more we educate our Army community about the need to get help, the need to get it early, and that a full recovery is often possible, the less stigma we'll see.\"", "The Army has implemented a number of suicide prevention programs over the past year, including training, a suicide prevention task force and a day off official duties to focus on suicide prevention." ]	[ "Report summarizes 2 surveys of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan taken this year .", "Results attributed to increased fighting in Afghanistan, less in Iraq .", "Army hopes to increase number of mental health providers in the field ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "SICHUAN, China (CNN) -- Li Yunxia wipes away tears as rescue crews dig through the ruins of a kindergarten class that has buried her only child -- a 5-year-old boy.", "Other parents wail as soldiers in blue masks trudge through the mud, hauling bodies from the rubble on stretchers.", "\"Children were screaming, but I couldn't hear my son's voice,\" she says, sobbing.", "This grim ritual repeated itself Thursday across southwestern China, as thousands of mothers and fathers await news about their sons and daughters.", "Watch parents' anguished vigil » .", "The death toll from Monday's massive earthquake could be as high as 50,000, according to state-run media.", "Map » . The grief is compounded in many cases by a Chinese policy that limits most couples to one child, a measure meant to control explosive population growth.", "As a result of the one-child policy, the quake -- already responsible for at least 15,000 deaths -- is producing another tragic aftershock: .", "Not only must thousands of parents suddenly cope with the loss of a child, but many must cope with the loss of their only child.", "China's population minister recently praised the one-child rule, which dates to 1979, saying it has prevented 400 million children from being born.", "Some wealthy families ignore the order, have more children and pay a $1,000 fine.", "In rural areas -- like earthquake-devastated Sichuan province -- families can petition for an additional child, but there's no guarantee the authorities will approve the request -- they usually don't.", "That reality has cast parents like Li into an agonizing limbo -- waiting to discover whether their only child is alive or dead.", "Thousands of children were in class when the temblor hit Monday afternoon.", "Many of their schools collapsed on top of them.", "In Dujiangyan City, more than 300 students were feared dead when Juyuan Middle School collapsed with 900 students inside.", "A similar number died at the city's Xiang'e Middle School.", "See images and video from the quake zone » .", "Now parents cluster outside collapsed school buildings, held back by soldiers in some cases as rescue crews search for signs of life.", "\"Which grade are you in?\" a rescuer asks a trapped child in Beichuan County.", "\"Grade 2,\" comes the answer.", "\"Hang on for a while,\" he says. \"We are figuring out ways to rescue you.\"", "Watch children rescued from the rubble » .", "The child is pulled from the rubble a short time later.", "For every child saved, though, many more are lost.", "Many are missing at a middle school in the city of Qingchuan.", "The scene is devastating at Juyuan Middle School, where sorrow seems endless.", "See photos of rescue efforts » .", "\"There were screaming parents, and as the bodies would come out they were trying to identify whether it was their child or not,\" said Jamil Anderlini of London's Financial Times.", "\"And once they -- the parents -- realized it was their child, obviously they collapsed in grief.\"" ]	[ "NEW: Death toll could reach 50,000, according to state-run media .", "China's one-child policy, implemented in 1979, has blocked 400 million births .", "Many parents in limbo as they wait to learn whether their sole child is dead or alive .", "Schools collapsed on thousands of children Monday when the quake hit ." ]	[ 5, 9, 12, 13, 14 ]
[ "ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Kandi Burruss, the newest cast member of the reality show \"The Real Housewives of Atlanta,\" was mourning the death Saturday of her fiancé, who died after a fistfight the night before.", "Kandi Burruss, at right with co-star NeNe Leakes, appeared at the BET Awards in June.", "The fiancé, 34-year-old Ashley \"A.J.\"", "Jewell, also appeared on the show.", "A spokeswoman for Burruss said the actress was \"devastated\" by the news.", "\"She has no statement to make at this time and asks for privacy,\" Tresa Sanders said.", "She said the two planned to marry, even though the relationship had ups and downs.", "In late August, Burruss told WVEE Radio in Atlanta, \"We're on hiatus,\" and she told Essence.com last month that the two were taking a break from each other.", "Police said they contacted Burruss after Jewell's death.", "Jewell and another man fought Friday night in the parking lot of the Atlanta strip club Body Tap, police spokesman Officer James Polite said.", "Jewell was taken to a hospital, where he died of blunt force trauma to the head, Polite said.", "Fredrick Richardson was arrested on a charge of voluntary manslaughter after witnesses identified him and he was interviewed by police.", "He was treated at a hospital.", "Police tentatively described the men as club managers, although Jewell claimed on Twitter that he owned the establishment.", "Polite said police don't know why the fight started.", "Sanders said Burruss was doubly saddened because she is mourning the death of her uncle, Ralph Leslie, whose funeral is Saturday.", "The reality performer posted messages about Jewell's death on Twitter.", "\"im just in one of those moods where i dont wanna talk, i dont wanna b held & told its gonna b ok. i just wanna cry myself 2 sleep, alone,\" she says.", "\"i could never n a million years imagine this happening.", "please pray for AJ's children.", "that's who im the most concerned 4.\"", "\"im bout 2 giv my swollen eyes sum rest now.", "i just wanted to say thanks 2 every1 for their prayers.\"", "Burruss is a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and former member of the 1990s R&B group Xscape." ]	[ "NEW: Both men said to be managers of strip club where fight occurred .", "Ashley \"A.J.\"", "Jewell dies after fistfight outside Atlanta club, police say .", "Jewell was fiancé of Kandi Burruss of TV show \"Real Housewives of Atlanta\"\nSuspect charged with involuntary manslaughter after questioning by police ." ]	[ 0, 2, 8, 10, 13 ]
[ "London (CNN) -- Debate is rife in Australian political circles about whether carbon trading is the way forward for climate change abatement.", "Carbon trading is said to be one way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.", "There, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is looking to introduce a mandatory carbon trading system by 2010 which will cap the amount of pollution industry can release.", "The proposed Australian system will be similar to the European Union emission trading system which was established in 2005.", "With Phase 1 of the European system complete, there are a few lessons about carbon trading that Australia -- and other countries looking to go down this path -- could benefit from.", "So what is carbon trading?", "Carbon trading -- also known as \"cap and trade\" -- is a system designed to cut the carbon emissions which contribute to global warming.", "Generally in a market-based cap and trade system, a central authority -- such as a government or international body -- sets a limit on the amount of carbon which can be emitted and then divides this amount into units which are allocated to different groups.", "These units can then be traded as any commodity would.", "Carbon trading can occur both between countries and amongst industries within countries.", "A second approach to carbon trading involves a country or business generating carbon credits by investing in \"green\" projects -- usually in developing countries -- that are said to reduce emissions.", "Why is it necessary? According to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) there is unequivocal evidence that human activities have contributed to a gradual warming of the planet which has resulted in a change in climate.", "The IPCC report provides scientific evidence of change including to the duration of seasons, rainfall patterns and an increased frequency of extreme weather events.", "Industrialization is recognized as a key factor in the increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the atmosphere and according to the IPCC the world has warmed by an average of 0.74°C in the past 100 years.", "The IPCC predicts that if GHG emissions continue to rise at their current rate, this century will see a further 3°C rise in the average world temperature.", "While the consensus of the scientific community (via the IPCC) is that action must be taken to avert the worst impacts of climate change, economic arguments about the cost of climate change abatement -- advanced by countries like the U.S. and at one time Australia -- have in the past proved an impediment to action.", "A carbon trading system is said to be one way that countries can look to make greenhouse gas emissions cuts with minimal economic impact.", "Do you think carbon trading is the way to reduce greenhouse emissions?", "What trading systems exist?", "Established in 2005, the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is the largest multi-national, multi-sector CO2 trading system in the world.", "The ultimate aim of the system is to ensure that EU Member States are compliant with their Kyoto Protocol commitments and to do this the most energy-intensive industries are allocated carbon permits by Member States which allow them to emit a certain amount of CO2.", "If these companies want to emit more CO2 than their permits allow for, they are able to buy them from more efficient companies with spare permits.", "The EU ETS takes in around 12,000 installations which account for around 50 percent of EU greenhouse gas emissions from industries such as power, steel and cement manufacture.", "According the World Bank, the EU ETS contributed $50 billion of the $64 billion traded in the carbon market in 2007.", "The second largest carbon trading system exists under the United Nations Kyoto Protocol.", "The Protocol -- which sets binding emission targets for 37 industrialized countries -- permits emissions trading in order to help countries meet their agreed upon targets.", "Countries have agreed to an average 5 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions, compared to 1990 levels, by 2012 and carbon trading is one way to meet this quota.", "By December 2008, the EU ETS will link up with the UN trading system to create a more global scheme.", "The Clean Development Mechanism is a further carbon trading mechanism of the Protocol which allows industrialized nations to claim emission credits from investment in clean technologies which will \"offset\" carbon in developing countries.", "Developed nations can also finance emission reduction projects in developing countries through Joint Implementation in exchange for emission credits.", "New Zealand has established a mandatory carbon trading system this year and Australia has also committed to expanding the pioneering New South Wales Greenhouse Gas Reduction Scheme to a national market by 2010.", "New mandatory systems are being considered for Japan and Canada.", "Voluntary carbon markets also exist, with the Chicago Climate Exchange one of the more established ones.", "What do permits cost?", "The cost of a carbon permit is dictated by the market forces of supply and demand.", "In 2007, one European Union Allocation (for one ton of carbon) was trading at $30 to $35.", "What industries are subject to trading?", "Under mandatory schemes like the EU ETS, it's the most energy-intensive industries within Member States which are subject to carbon trading.", "This includes industries like power installations, steel and cement manufacture and the construction industry.", "The commercial aviation industry -- which accounts for 3 percent of EU emissions -- could be brought into the EU ETS by 2011.", "Currently personal or household emissions and the public sector and transport industry emissions are not included in any carbon trading system.", "Has emissions trading been successful?", "Yes and no. The introduction of mandatory systems which cap emissions like the EU ETS is a step in the right direction for trying to cut emissions without a major cost to business.", "However, critics such as Carbon Trade Watch argue that the current carbon trade systems are flawed because there is a tendency for the biggest polluters to be over-allocated permits.", "This was clearly evident with Phase 1 of the EU ETS when the market virtually collapsed in 2006 because too many allowances were allocated.", "Market analyst Franck Schuttellaar estimated that the United Kingdom's most polluting companies made windfall profits of around $1.7 billion as a direct result of generous carbon credit allocation under the EU ETS.", "Questions have also been raised about whether carbon trading systems actually reduce GHG emissions.", "Independent UK think-tank Open Europe reported that between 2005 and 2006 emissions from industries covered by the ETS actually rose in UK by 3.6 percent and by 0.8 percent across the whole of Europe.", "Auctioning off carbon credits at the outset -- rather that simply allocating credits to business for free -- is one way that has been proposed to help the system make a real impact on emissions.", "Certainly, increasing the scarcity of carbon credits would help ensure that businesses commit to genuine low-carbon alternatives.", "While carbon emissions account for around 70 percent of greenhouse gases, they are not the sole cause of climate change and it would seem a safer bet to reinforce a carbon trading system with other legislative measures aimed at reducing emissions." ]	[ "Carbon trading is said to be one way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions .", "Existing carbon trading systems have had limited impact on emissions to date .", "The European experience serves as a good lesson for new trading systems ." ]	[ 1, 16, 18, 31 ]
[ "(CNN) -- One hundred twenty African refugees -- most of them fleeing war-torn Somalia -- were forced overboard at gunpoint off the coast of Yemen, leaving at least 26 dead and 20 missing, the United Nations' refugee agency said Wednesday.", "A Somali refugee walks past the United Nations-donated tents at a refugee camp west of Aden.", "Seventy-four survivors made it to the beach Tuesday and were taken to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees center in Ahwar, Yemen, according to UNHCR.", "Some told the United Nations that they were waiting on their boat for a smaller vessel to take them ashore when the smugglers operating the boat forced them overboard.", "Some were pushed and beaten, and others were shot and killed, for not complying, they said.", "The smaller boat never arrived, they said.", "Heavy fighting in Somalia's capital and a widespread drought has led to a dramatic increase in Somalis making the sometimes deadly journey by sea to Yemen, according to UNHCR.", "Nearly 26,000 refugees have arrived on Yemen's shores this year from the Horn of Africa -- almost three times the number of refugees to make the perilous journey across the Gulf of Aden last year, according to UNHCR.", "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.", "Refugees pay as much as $150 to get to Yemen on small fastboats, while others pay between $50 and $70 for a ride on larger and much slower vessels, the agency said.", "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 are seized by Yemen's coast guard and 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." ]	[ "74 survivors made it to the beach and were taken to Ahwar, Yemen .", "Some told U.N. smugglers operating the boat forced them overboard .", "Fighting in Somalia's capital led to increase in Somalis making journey to Yemen .", "UNHCR: Nearly 26,000 refugees arrived in Yemen this year from Horn of Africa ." ]	[ 2, 6 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Four senators pushed for a bill Wednesday to ban texting while driving, a day after a study found that drivers who text while on the road are much more likely to have an accident than undistracted drivers.", "A law that went into effect January 1 in California makes it illegal to send text messages while driving.", "Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-New York; Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey; Mary Landrieu, D-Louisiana; and Kay Hagan, D-North Carolina, unveiled the ALERT Act, which would ban truck and car drivers and operators of mass transit from texting while driving.", "The proposed legislation would prohibit any driver from sending text or e-mail messages while driving a vehicle, said an earlier news release from the senators.", "If the bill passes, the Department of Transportation would set the minimum standards for compliance.", "States that do not enact text-banning laws within two years of the bill's passage could lose 25 percent of their federal highway funds, Schumer said in a news conference announcing the legislation.", "The noncompliant states could recuperate that money once they meet the text-banning standards, Schumer said.", "CTIA, a cellular phone industry group, said that it supports legislation that addresses text messaging while driving.", "\"CTIA and our member companies continue to believe text messaging while driving is incompatible with safe driving,\" said a statement on CTIA's Web site.", "Fourteen states, including the home states of three of the bill's sponsors, and the District of Columbia already have laws barring texting while driving: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia and Washington.", "Interactive map: See state-by-state policies on distracted driving » .", "New York does not ban texting while driving but has barred the use of handheld phones while driving, according to the Governor's Highway Safety Association.", "Schumer said New York's legislature has sent Gov.", "David Paterson a bill to ban texting as well.", "\"The legislation will send an important message to drivers across the country: Get your hands off the cell phone and back on the wheel,\" Schumer said.", "The senators cited a Virginia Tech Transportation Institute study that found that truck drivers who texted while driving were 23 times more likely to crash or get into a near-accident than undistracted drivers.", "Watch more on the dangers of driving and texting .", "When compared with dialing, talking, listening or reaching for an electronic device, texting posed the greatest accident risk, the study found.", "It attributed the increased risk to the almost five seconds it found that the driver's eyes were off the roadway while texting, said Rich Hanowski, the director of the Center for Truck and Bus Safety at the transportation institute.", "\"Not having [a cell phone] in your hand while driving could be the difference between life and death,\" Menendez said.", "In September, a commuter train engineer missed a stop signal while trading text messages with a friend, leading to a collision with a freight train that killed 25 people in California, according to federal investigators.", "The accident also injured 101 people.", "In May, 62 people were injured when one trolley struck another in Boston, Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said.", "In July, the operator of one trolley was charged with gross negligence after he admitted to texting seconds before the accident with the other trolley, according to the Suffolk County district attorney and a National Transportation Safety Board official.", "CNN Radio's John Lisk contributed to this report." ]	[ "14 states and the District of Columbia have banned texting while driving .", "Four senators push for a bill that bans the practice nationwide .", "New study finds drivers who text while driving more likely to have an accident .", "\"Get your hands off the cell phone and back on the wheel,\" one senator says ." ]	[ 0, 14, 16 ]
[ "KAMPALA, Uganda (CNN) -- Gunshots rang out in Uganda's capital Saturday in a fresh burst of unrest after loyalists of a traditional kingdom battled with government forces for a third day.", "Residents of the Kasubi suburb, west of Kampala, try to flee from violence as a soldier takes photos.", "Local media reports put the death toll at 13 since the rioting started, but attempts by CNN to confirm with local authorities were unsuccessful.", "An uneasy calm had swept over Kampala early in the day as police and the army patrolled the city in military convoys.", "By midafternoon, witnesses reported gunshots and isolated cases of riots.", "The unrest Saturday started after rumors circulated by text messages that the king of the Buganda kingdom had been detained, said Judith Nabakooba, a police spokeswoman.", "But a Buganda kingdom official refuted the rumor.", "\"It is not true -- the king has not been arrested, \" David Mpanga said.", "Tensions between the Buganda kingdom -- headed by King Ronald Mutebi II -- and President Yoweri Museveni have intensified in recent years.", "The two sides spar over land, sovereignty and political power.", "Kings in the east African nation are limited to a ceremonial role overseeing traditional and cultural affairs.", "Museveni has accused the Buganda kingdom, which is made of of Bagandans, of receiving foreign funding to carry out a hate campaign against the government.", "Bagandans are the dominant ethnicity and one of four ancient kingdoms in the nation.", "Violence flared Thursday when the government said it would not allow the Buganda king to travel to an area inhabited by a renegade rival group.", "The president said he tried to contact the king to discuss the issue as \"mature people,\" but he could not reach him by phone.", "After the travel ban, young Bagandans took the streets, stealing ammunition from a police station and confronting officers, whom they accused of harassment.", "Police and army officers were injured, and at least four people were killed, the nation's police chief, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura said Friday.", "Rioters also burned tires and cars, set buildings on fire and looted stores, according to witnesses.", "The streets in the capital were strewn with debris Saturday, including torched cars and burned tires.", "\"Soldiers are walking in a single file, waiting for rioters and ready to confront them,\" said Allan Mugabi, a resident of Kampala.", "Journalist Samson Ntale contributed to this report ." ]	[ "Local media put death toll from riots at 13, CNN unable to confirm figure .", "Violence flared Thursday after government imposed travel ban on Buganda king .", "Witnesses say young Bagandans burned tires, cars and looted stores .", "Tension between splintered kingdom and Uganda's president has been on rise ." ]	[ 2, 13, 17 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- A man brutally beaten in New York City was targeted because he is openly gay, the New York Police Department said Monday.", "Two men shouting \"anti-gay remarks\" viciously beat Jack Price, 49, as he left a 24-hour deli on College Point Boulevard in Queens early Friday morning, police said.", "No further details where available about the attack.", "Price is being treated at New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens, where \"he is in fair condition and his vital signs are stable,\" said hospital spokeswoman Camela Morrissey.", "Police arrested Daniel Aleman, 26, and charged him with assault and aggravated assault as a hate crime.", "\"When someone is attacked for being who they are, and for being proud of who they are, there is no other explanation for that attack than hatred and bigotry,\" said New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the first openly gay speaker of the city council.", "\"I know the Queens community is outraged that hate has tainted their streets, and I know they will join with us in helping the local authorities find the second suspect.\"", "The police department's Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the incident.", "No court date has been set for Aleman." ]	[ "Jack Price, 49, who is being treated at New York Hospital, \"is in fair condition\"\nDaniel Aleman, 26, is charged with aggravated assault as a hate crime .", "Second assailant sought; Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating ." ]	[ 3, 4, 7 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- Cool suit?", "Check. Edgy spectacles?", "Check. Warm vocal chords?", "Check. Gary Go uses iPhone apps to help him compose new material -- and provide instant accompaniment.", "Instrument? Powering up iPhone ...", "These days, British singer Gary Go might reach for his iPhone before his keyboard when hammering out a tune.", "He says applications such as Chordica and Beatmaker allow him to compose material and provide instant accompaniment for those spontaneous moments when he feels the need for a good sing (during the interview, Go broke into song every five minutes).", "Go's gadget of choice even doubled as a \"fifth member of the band\" during his July performance in front of 70,000 at London's Wembley Stadium.", "He hooked it up to an amplifier and tapped out drum beats on the little screen.", "Watch Go in action with his iPhone » .", "Luckily, he said, his \"mum'\"didn't call him mid-show to tell him his dinner was ready.", "(\"That would be a bit embarrassing.", "Thank goodness for airplane mode.\")", "While the iPhone might be a handy tool for musicians (a couple of months ago, I watched as rock 'n' roller Rhett Miller tuned his guitar using an app called Power Tuner), Go says he's still a fan of old-school methods.", "The Londoner used real instruments when making his self-titled debut album, out this week in the U.S. (Decca).", "Lead single is \"wonderful\" That's actually the song title: \"Wonderful.\"", "It dips and soars in all the right spots like any good Coldplay-esque pop song should.", "It had a good run on iTunes as the service's single of the week and is worth checking out if you like a good chorus that sticks in your noggin for a few days.", "Twitter-lyrical ... Go was intrigued by a heart-shaped balloon he saw entangled in a tree outside his home, so he posted a picture of it on the social networking site Twitter.", "He then enlisted his followers to suggest lyrics based on the pic, and wrote and recorded a song incorporating their comments: \"Love, I'm caught by the wind, I've lost all control, 'cause you caught my heart string ...\" So the followers are entitled to royalties?", "Not so fast! Because the piece was offered up as a charity song to aid the British Heart Foundation last month, there won't be royalties.", "Gaga and Go-Go .", "A fan of singer Lady Gaga, Go likes to perform a cover of the flamboyant star's hit \"Let's Dance.\"", "He was also Gaga's supporting act during the European leg of her tour earlier this year.", "It's time to get things started ... Creativity runs in Go's family.", "His father worked as a producer for Jim Henson's \"The Muppet Show.\"" ]	[ "British singer Gary Go uses his iPhone for musical accompaniment .", "On Go's self-titled album, he stuck with old school, playing real instruments .", "Go used Twitter to send a photo to fans; he used comments to write a song ." ]	[ 3, 5, 9, 14 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Nanci Griffith wanted to look on the bright side.", "Nanci Griffith, who says she's \"fed up with negativity,\" was revitalized by the election of Barack Obama.", "And who could blame her?", "In the past decade, Griffith -- perhaps best known for her Grammy-winning 1993 album, \"Other Voices, Other Rooms\" -- had faced a political climate she didn't agree with, as well as recovery from thyroid and breast cancer, which she was diagnosed with in the late '90s.", "Songwriting had become a struggle for the singer with the gentle, crystalline voice.", "\"It was ... horrific,\" she said simply.", "However, with her latest album, \"The Loving Kind\" (Rounder), Griffith is as focused and passionate as she has been in years.", "Sparked by the changes in her life and American politics, she said, music has been vital to her personal resurgence.", "\"It was nice to focus on things outside of my body.", "Music has always done that for me,\" she said.", "Describing herself as someone who was \"fed up with negativity,\" Griffith was equally inspired by her fellow countrymen.", "\"[The] American people will not let this country collapse,\" she said.", "The idea motivated her to look at her country's dark path of injustice not so long ago, stories that worked their way into her songwriting.", "\"In some ways, I'm just a journalist.", "I [want] my audience to hear these stories,\" she said.", "CNN spoke with Griffith from her home in Nashville, Tennessee.", "CNN: Being a folk singer and your views being what they are, was it tougher or maybe easier to write songs from 2000 to 2008?", "Nanci Griffith: It was very difficult for me.", "I was hurt by the direction my country was going in.", "And then, after [the 2008 election], everything came spilling out.", "Things came along like the Mildred and Richard Loving case (\"The Loving Kind\"), where Mildred died, and I read her obituary.", "[The Lovings were a couple whose interracial marriage was against the law in Virginia at the time.]", "That was such an inspiration. ... Just wondering why I never knew about this and how important that case is currently with equality in marriage.", "Little things.", "Bit by bit, my heart started to open up again, and I could write!", "CNN: Had you ever gone through that before?", "Griffith: No, never in my life.", "I've always been a very prolific writer.", "CNN: Now, what about writing in the age of Obama?", "Griffith: (laughs) It feels great!", "People may be down on their luck, financially.", "But I see so much optimism about the direction of the country and [general] openness.", "CNN: Now, in addition to \"The Loving Kind,\" there are other songs based on actual events on this record.", "Tell me about \"Not Innocent Enough.\"", "Griffith: That's based on Philip Workman's case in Memphis [Tennessee].", "He was robbing a Wendy's -- was a heroin addict -- and police came in, and an officer was killed.", "Now, Workman didn't kill him; it was friendly fire.", "Workman was convicted anyway and executed.", "I'm a total abolitionist when it comes to the death penalty, but this case really stunned me, because I feel like this country has evolved enough to where we shouldn't have to live with the death penalty.", "CNN: Is it hard as a writer/musician to inhabit those songs, knowing that they are actual events?", "Griffith: Not really.", "I feel like, in some ways, I'm just a journalist.", "I don't express my opinion [in the songs], necessarily.", "But it's important to me that my audience hear these stories.", "I want as many people to know about Loving v. Virginia as possible.", "CNN: Do you feel like it's a more palatable way to become aware of a story like that when a song is attached to it?", "Griffith: I do. I've been informed many times through music.", "Pete Seeger, Odetta, Dave Van Ronk, Bruce Springsteen ... so many folk songwriters.", "It's all around you. CNN: The song \"Still Life\" -- I suspect that's about President George W. Bush?", "Griffith: It's about people like him.", "This country is full of them, and especially my home state of Texas.", "It's a [perspective on] people who go through life getting away with everything.", "CNN: Do you feel a sense of vindication with President Obama's election, or at least a sense that things are moving in a direction you're in favor of?", "Griffith: I hope so.", "Right now, he is my hero.", "So is his wife. CNN: What in your past steered you into a topical songwriter?", "Griffith: I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view ... and things that informed me.", "CNN: Is there a different process of writing those topical songs versus a song like \"Up Against the Rain,\" which is clearly more personal?", "Griffith: There is a burden to writing [those topical songs]: You better have your facts straight.", "When you're writing a personal song like \"Rain,\" it's straight from your heart and seems to just flow.", "CNN: \"Sing\" seems like it would fit that description.", "Does that song sum up your life in a way?", "Griffith: Many have asked that, but I was actually inspired to write that by watching an interview with Shania Twain where she said it would not have mattered if she remained a lounge act for her whole career.", "It's not something you choose. It's just what you do." ]	[ "Nanci Griffith's new album is \"The Loving Kind\"\nGrammy-winning singer with crystalline voice had long dry stretch in '00s .", "Election of Obama, better health has her in upbeat mood ." ]	[ 1, 4, 6 ]
[ "ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN) -- The Turkish military said Friday it is weighing bids from American, Russian and Chinese defense contractors as it seeks to buy at least $1 billion worth of long-range missile defense systems.", "The Turkish military says a missile defense deal could include U.S. Patriot missile systems.", "Among the missile systems Turkey is considering are U.S. Patriot missile systems, the military said.", "\"We will purchase four batteries,\" Turkish armed forces spokesman Metin Gurak announced at a weekly press briefing in the Turkish capital, according to the state news agency, Anatolian.", "\"The actual figure will be determined during the bidding process, but the cost is expected to be around $1 billion.\"", "The news contradicts earlier reports in the Turkish and American media that the Turkish military was considering purchasing as much as $7.8 billion worth of Patriot missiles from the United States.", "Turkish diplomats and military commanders have denied speculation that the Patriots could be used as part of U.S.-backed missile defense shield against its eastern neighbor, Iran.", "\"It is wrong to draw links between the Patriot and Iran,\" Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told CNN's sister network, CNN Turk, Friday morning.", "\"We neither have a perception of threat from any of the neighboring countries, nor have any military or security related preparation against them.\"", "Thursday, the Obama administration announced it was scrapping a missile defense program for Eastern Europe, after years of angry objections from Russia.", "The White House has said the program was aimed at protecting allies from Iran, not from Russia.", "Read the story .", "Russia is Turkey's largest trading partner.", "Meanwhile, relations have warmed considerably between the Iranians and the Turks in recent years.", "The Turkish government is putting itself forward as a neutral party, offering to host talks between Iran and the United States, France, Germany, Britain, Russia and China on Iran's controversial nuclear program.", "But Turkey is also a member of the NATO military alliance, and it has long had close military ties with Washington.", "During the first Gulf War, Patriot missile batteries were temporarily stationed on Turkish territory.", "Turkish officials say the missile defense batteries it wants to buy would be part of a larger, long-term program to modernize the country's military.", "Prominent Turkish intellectuals have questioned the purchase.", "\"Does Turkey really need these missiles?\"", "asked Lale Kemal, a columnist who writes about military affairs for Turkey's Zaman newspaper.", "\"Turkish military acquisition projects are not going through parliamentary or government scrutiny.", "We don't have a transparent military procurement system.", "So how can I or anyone say that Turkey needs them?\"", "Defense contractors have until Oct. 13 to submit bids for the missile defense package." ]	[ "Turkey considering bids to supply at least $1 billion worth of defense systems .", "Country's military says potential deal includes U.S. patriot missiles .", "Some question whether Turkey really needs to purchase extra missiles .", "Obama scrapped U.S. plans for a missile defense shield in eastern Europe ." ]	[ 0, 1, 2, 19 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Elmo and Gordon want you to wash your hands so you don't catch the flu.", "Smokey Bear, the Ad Council's most famous icon, has moved from 1940s posters to his own Facebook page.", "The \"Sesame Street\" stalwarts star in a series of public service announcements to teach children healthy habits in the face of the H1N1 flu virus.", "The Muppet and the man (actor Roscoe Orman) are the latest in a long line of characters -- human and not -- to star in public service announcements co-sponsored by the Advertising Council.", "The Ad Council, the charitable arm of the advertising industry, employs the same top-flight talent that creates ads for Budweiser, Coca-Cola and other familiar brands.", "Watch Elmo and Gordon give the pitch » .", "Growing beyond its early \"Buy War Bonds\" posters and Smokey TV spots, today's Advertising Council is moving into social media \"in a very big way,\" said Peggy Conlon, the organization's CEO.", "\"There's all kinds of ways the Advertising Council finds its target audience on the web,\" she said, noting that the group has its own YouTube channel.", "A marketing executive endorses the approach.", "\"If your target is young people, television really doesn't make a lot of sense now if they're spending hours on the Internet, hours in social media,\" said Ben Kunz, director of strategic planning for Mediassociates, a media planning and Internet strategy firm.", "\"You need to find a way to reach them in the media that they consume.\"", "The \"holy grail\" is to go viral, as people pass the message around because they like it or think it's important, Kunz said.", "A gory, four-minute British PSA on the dangers of texting while driving has received nearly 600,000 views on YouTube in less than two weeks, fueled in part by Facebook and Twitter links.", "Watch how the PSA has changed minds » .", "\"If you can leverage these new human networks using mobile and Facebook and Twitter and blogs to disseminate your message, that's the real home run,\" he said.", "\"But the only way to do that is to give people a real reason to become engaged.\"", "One campaign that tries to do that is called Boost Up, aimed at encouraging students to complete high school.", "Louis Caldera, who at the time was secretary of the Army, initiated the project with a call to the Ad Council because of a lack of qualified recruits.", "\"There was a disconnect between the societal message that said, 'Go to college,' and [the Army's] message, which said, 'Don't go to college, join the military,'\" Caldera, a West Point alumnus, told CNN.", "Caldera wanted people to think of the Army as a leader in education issues, not an alternative to schooling, and he sought the Ad Council's help.", "\"We absolutely did not want people to think this was about recruiting,\" he said.", "The council put together a campaign intended for all students, with a particular goal of reaching Latinos, for whom dropout rates are higher than for other groups.", "\"It really encourages people -- both adults and their peers -- to give these kids the encouragement that they need to really reach within themselves and find the personal resolve that they need to overcome life's difficulties and graduate from high school,\" Conlon said.", "\"It's a really smart campaign.", "I think it's very genuine, and it resonates really well with kids.\"", "Although dropout rates generally and among Latinos remain high, \"I think this is making a contribution to creating the environment in which more students can be successful,\" said Caldera, now a senior fellow with the Center for American Progress, a Washington think tank.", "President Obama will appear in the latest series of Boost Up PSAs, to begin airing next week.", "The Ad Council and its partners measure a campaign's success by how much donated media a campaign attracts.", "Media outlets will run an ad more if it helps them retain audiences, Conlon said.", "The Ad Council receives $1.8 billion a year in donated media, she said.", "Watch some notable Ad Council PSAs » .", "The council also measures response to phone numbers or Web sites promoted in the ads and tracks awareness through before-and-after surveys, Conlon said.", "\"We can watch the needle move over time,\" she said.", "\"It's very scientific; it's very empirical.\"", "But not every campaign is a home run, Conlon admitted.", "\"We kind of laugh about the Gerald Ford 'Whip Inflation Now' with his big WIN buttons,\" she said.", "\"The Advertising Council did that campaign, and for many reasons that were mostly cultural, it completely bombed.\"", "And then there are those campaigns that get mixed reviews.", "\"The 'Just Say No' campaign was probably the biggest success,\" Kunz said.", "\"I think it led to something like the creation of 5,000 clubs around the country, and there was a definite decline in drug use.\"", "Conlon laughed.", "\"It was a terrible campaign,\" she said.", "\"And the reason was not because we shouldn't be telling young people not to use drugs, but it's just not as simple as that.", "It stripped it down to such a simplistic message that it had terrible reaction on the part of kids.\"", "Campaigns are about educating the public on the facts of an issue, Conlon said.", "\"You have to get their attention, and that's where the creativity comes in,\" Conlon said.", "\"It can't be just lecturing or just exposing the message to people.", "In this cluttered media environment, you really have to have something that breaks through.\"", "One creative spot that has broken through on an emotional level depicts a grown man practicing cheerleading moves on a sidewalk.", "The humorous ad promotes fathers' involvement in their children's lives.", "\"Being a good dad sometimes requires shamelessness,\" said Bill Ludwig, creative director at the Campbell Ewald ad agency in Detroit, Michigan, which created the spot.", "\"The idea is that the smallest moments can have the biggest impact on a child's life.", "Just spend a little time with your kid.\"", "The father-daughter message touched Facebook user Jessica Gonzales, a graduate student in San Diego, California.", "\"There's plenty of ads telling us what to buy, how to look, etc., but few remind us how to just be ... and how to be good to one another,\" Gonzales said.", "\"The ad's tagline is 'Take time to be a dad,' but that message could be easily translated to so many other roles: Take time to be a friend, a mentor, a positive influence.\"", "That's the kind of response the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is hoping to get from co-sponsoring the \"Sesame Street\" flu campaign.", "\"We are doing everything we can to protect public health and teach children how they can stay healthy and safe,\" said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.", "\"Elmo, Gordon, Sesame Workshop and the Ad Council are delivering an important message to our kids.\"" ]	[ "Elmo and Gordon of \"Sesame Street\" join long line of public service spot stars .", "Charitable arm of advertising industry adapts to changing times, tech .", "Media evolve from WWII posters to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube .", "Creative minds that make best commercials also create service spots ." ]	[ 3, 5, 56 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Ford is the only major U.S. carmaker that is getting by without U.S. taxpayer money.", "Mark Fields of Ford says consumer confidence is key to getting the auto industry back on track.", "GM and Chrysler, on the other hand, have been told the Obama administration they will receive operating funds for several weeks in return for undergoing significant restructuring.", "Mark Fields, executive vice president of Ford, spoke to CNN's Kiran Chetry Tuesday on \"American Morning\" about the company's plans and whether it will be able to continue without financial aid from the government.", "Kiran Chetry: So, Mark, your company is the one that's gotten by without federal money.", "Will you be able to continue that?", "Mark Fields: Well, our position hasn't changed.", "We're in a different position than some of our competitors, and we're not seeking emergency taxpayer assistance.", "Chetry: Right, but I'm saying in the future, how are you guys guaranteeing that you won't need to go to the federal government like your two competitors have and ask for some help?", "Fields: Well, we're going to continue executing our plan, which really involves decisive actions around transforming the business, but also bringing great high-quality, fuel-efficient vehicles into the marketplace.", "And we've been working this plan over the last three years, and we've been making progress.", "Clearly it's a tough time in the economy, but we are really focused on bringing these great cars and trucks to customers, getting our cost structure right.", "We've come to new agreements with our UAW partners.", "We're working through reducing our debt.", "So we're going to continue working through that, and we don't expect to take taxpayer assistance from the emergency funds.", "Watch Fields discuss Ford's future » .", "Chetry: You say it's been tough times, and certainly for you guys, it has -- 2008 the worst annual loss in Ford's 105-year history.", "You guys can restructure.", "You can work out new deals with the unions.", "But in the end, if people aren't buying cars or they can't get credit, how do you remain viable?", "Fields: Well, consumer confidence is the biggest issue in the marketplace right now.", "The good news is, our new cars and trucks that are coming into the marketplace are being well-received.", "Our retail market share has been up three of the last four months.", "We expect the month of March our retail share to be up again.", "But getting that consumer confidence is really important.", "And that's why today we're announcing our Ford advantage plan, and it's for any customer who buys a Ford, Lincoln or Mercury product, when they come into the showroom and buy their product, if that customer loses their position, we will pay their car payments up to 12 months while they're unemployed, to give them that peace of mind.", "Post your comments on AMfix .", "Chetry: You're also offering some zero percent financing.", "I'm sure that you're trying to do that as well because of the frozen credit in a lot of instances.", "I want to get your take on this, though.", "President Obama announced yesterday he's giving ... Chrysler a month, basically, to submit a reorganization plan that the administration finds acceptable.", "The Obama administration also of course forced General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner out.", "Was that the right move, in your opinion?", "Fields: Well, what we are supportive of is that the president is committed to a vibrant U.S. auto industry.", "As we mentioned, Ford is in a different position.", "We're not asking for the emergency taxpayer assistance.", "But what we are focusing on is taking decisive action to streamline our business, but more importantly win new customers with the great set of products we're going -- we're coming out with over the next couple of months.", "Chetry: You know, there is some unprecedented government intervention going on right now in the U.S. auto industry at your competitors.", "They're getting billions of dollars in taxpayer money.", "They're being forced to restructure, as we talked about.", "They actually were forced to fire their CEO.", "And right now, it seems that, you know, they're on a different level than you guys are.", "Is there some sense that perhaps there's an unfair advantage, that they're getting a lot of government help, whereas you guys are sort of on your own.", "Does that concern you? Fields: Well, we don't feel we're being disadvantaged, because we have been restructuring our company over the past three years.", "We have been investing in high-quality, fuel-efficient vehicles over the last couple of years, which are just starting to come to the marketplace.", "So our approach is continue to work this plan, continue to make sure that Ford remains competitive both today and in the future and continue to work with our stakeholders to make sure that happens." ]	[ "Ford exec says company has been restructuring over last three years .", "We're in different position that competitors, says Ford executive vice president .", "Retail market share has increased in last few months, says Mark Fields .", "Consumer confidence is biggest issue in marketplace, Fields says ." ]	[ 20, 22, 34, 43 ]
[ "(CNN) -- An extradition hearing is expected in Spain this week for one of two pilots arrested recently on charges they participated in \"death flights\" in which more than 1,000 prisoners were thrown out of planes during Argentina's \"dirty war\" in the 1970s and 1980s, officials said.", "Hebe de Bonafini, left, and members of Madres de Plaza de Mayo hold a demonstration in 2006.", "Former Navy Lt. Julio Alberto Poch, who has been held in Spain without bail since his arrest in Valencia in late September, will have a hearing before a high court in Madrid, a judge in Valencia ruled.", "An Argentine judge has asked that Poch be sent back to face long-standing charges from the 1976-83 right-wing dictatorship.", "In Argentina, police arrested former Navy Capt.", "Emir Sisul Hess last week in the town of Bariloche, near the border with Chile.", "An initial hearing for Sisul Hess was held Friday, federal court official Cecilia Brizzio told CNN.", "Poch and Sisul Hess are accused of piloting aircraft from which drugged and blindfolded prisoners were hurled to their deaths in the Atlantic Ocean or the Rio Plata.", "The prisoners included students, labor leaders, intellectuals and leftists who had run afoul of the dictatorship because of their political views.", "Most were dragged off the street or otherwise summarily arrested and held without trial in secret prisons where many were tortured.", "Sisul Hess, accused in more than 900 deaths, has denied the allegations, said Argentina's government-run Telam news agency.", "According to Telam, both men were arrested after they told colleagues or friends about their alleged involvement.", "Up to 30,000 people disappeared or were held in secret jails and torture centers during the dictatorship.", "Argentine human rights activist Hebe de Bonafini, who lost two sons and a daughter-in-law in the \"dirty war,\" said Monday she found no joy in the arrests.", "\"You can never take back the horror,\" she said.", "\"In no way am I happy.\" Bonafini is president of the Association of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, a group of mothers whose children disappeared during the war.", "She urged the government to continue looking for war crime suspects.", "Speaking of the pilots, she said, \"There are several.", "They are not the only ones.\" Poch, a commercial pilot for the Dutch airline Transavia.com, was arrested September 23 when his flight made a stopover in Valencia, Telam said.", "He was wanted on an international arrest warrant.", "Poch had been a navy pilot from 1976 until late 1980, Telam said.", "Upon leaving the navy, he moved to Holland and had been living there ever since.", "Argentine federal Judge Sergio Gabriel Torres is pursuing the extradition of Poch and handling the arrest of Sisul Hess.", "Torres traveled to Holland to question Poch's colleagues and others, Telam said.", "An aviator told Torres that Poch had said at a restaurant in Indonesia in December 2003 that there were occasions in which people were thrown out of helicopters and airplanes because the armed forces were dealing with \"terrorists,\" Telam said.", "The aviator, identified as Tim Eisso Weert, told the judge that Poch said it was a humane way to execute people because they were drugged, the government news agency reported.", "A co-pilot told the judge that Poch had said they \"should have killed all\" the subversives, Telam reported, and that he admitted \"some responsibility\" because \"when you fly persons on board the responsibility lies with the pilot.\"", "Sisul Hess is similarly said to have implicated himself, telling friends that the prisoners \"did not suffer because they were drugged, falling like little ants,\" Telam said.", "Sisul Hess served as a helicopter pilot in 1976-77 and retired as a captain in 1991, the news agency said.", "He was arrested September 29 and transferred to Buenos Aires, Argentina's capital.", "Judge Torres was not available Monday to take three phone calls from CNN, aides said.", "Nor were any documents on the cases available, the aides said.", "CNN's Arthur Brice contributed to this report ." ]	[ "Former Navy Lt. Julio Alberto Poch faces charges from the 1976-83 dictatorship .", "In Argentina, police arrested former Navy Capt.", "Emir Sisul Hess last week .", "Pair accused of piloting aircraft from which prisoners were thrown to their deaths .", "Prisoners include those who had run afoul of the dictatorship over political views ." ]	[ 4, 7, 8 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama will place tariffs on imports of some Chinese tires for three years in an effort to curb a surge in exports that has rocked the U.S. tire industry.", "The White House announced plans to impose tariffs on some tires entering the United States from China.", "The new tariffs will be on passenger car and light truck tires, the White House said in a statement Friday night.", "\"The president decided to remedy the clear disruption to the U.S. tire industry based on the facts and the law in this case,\" the statement said.", "The tariffs will start at 35 percent in the first year, then would decline to 30 percent in the second year and 25 percent in the third.", "Chinese leaders have in the past expressed displeasure about a possible tire tariff.", "\"We hope the U.S. government will refrain from taking action, for the long-term healthy and stable development of U.S.-Chinese relations,\" Fu Ziying, China's vice commerce minister, told local media in August.", "\"The case is neither supported by facts nor does it have valid legal grounds,\" he added." ]	[ "U.S. to impose tariffs on some passenger car and light truck tires from China .", "Surge in exports has hurt the U.S. tire industry .", "Chinese leaders have strongly opposed possible tire tariffs ." ]	[ 0, 2, 5 ]
[ "JERUSALEM (CNN) -- An archaeological dig in Jerusalem has turned up a 3,700-year-old wall that is the largest and oldest of its kind found in the region, experts say.", "The wall is built of enormous boulders, confounding archaeologists as to how ancient peoples built it.", "Standing 8 meters (26 feet) high, the wall of huge cut stones is a marvel to archaeologists.", "\"To build straight walls up 8 meters ...", "I don't know how to do it today without mechanical equipment,\" said the excavation's director, Ronny Reich.", "\"I don't think that any engineer today without electrical power [could] do it.\"", "Archaeologist Eli Shukron of the Israel Antiquities Authority added, \"You see all the big boulders -- all the boulders are 4 to 5 tons.\"", "The discovered section is 24 meters (79 feet) long.", "\"However, it is thought the fortification is much longer because it continues west beyond the part that was exposed,\" the Israel Antiquities Authority said in a news release.", "It was found inside the City of David, an archaeological excavation site outside the Old City of East Jerusalem on a slope of the Silwan Valley.", "The wall is believed to have been built by the Canaanites, an ancient pagan people who the Bible says inhabited Jerusalem and other parts of the Middle East before the advent of monotheism.", "Watch report on the discovery of the ancient wall » .", "\"This is the most massive wall that has ever been uncovered in the City of David,\" Reich and Shukron said in a joint statement about the find.", "It marks the first time \"that such massive construction that predates the Herodian period has been discovered in Jerusalem.\"", "It appears to be part of a \"protected, well-fortified passage that descends to the spring tower from some sort of fortress that stood at the top of the hill,\" according to the joint statement.", "The spring \"is located in the weakest and most vulnerable place in the area.", "The construction of a protected passage, even though it involves tremendous effort, is a solution for which there are several parallels in antiquity, albeit from periods that are later than the remains described here.\"", "Such walls were used primarily to defend against marauding desert nomads looking to rob the city, said Reich, a professor at the University of Haifa.", "\"We are dealing with a gigantic fortification, from the standpoint of the structure's dimensions, the thickness of its walls and the size of the stones that were incorporated in its construction,\" the joint statement said.", "Water from the spring is used by modern inhabitants of Jerusalem.", "\"The new discovery shows that the picture regarding Jerusalem's eastern defenses and the ancient water system in the Middle Bronze Age 2 is still far from clear,\" Reich said.", "\"Despite the fact that so many have excavated on this hill, there is a very good chance that extremely large and well-preserved architectural elements are still hidden in it and waiting to be uncovered.\"", "CNN's Kevin Flower contributed to this report ." ]	[ "Made of boulders weighing 4 to 5 tons, the 3,700-year-old wall is 26 feet high .", "Archaeologist: \"I don't know how to do it today without mechanical equipment\"\nThe wall appears to have been used to defend path that led to spring .", "Wall is believed to have been built by Canaanites ." ]	[ 1, 2, 4, 10 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- President Obama mixed policy discussion with personal reflections on his daughters and, yes, a few jokes in an appearance on CBS' \"Late Show With David Letterman.\"", "President Obama jokes with David Letterman in New York in an interview taped Monday afternoon.", "It was the first time a sitting president has been a guest on the popular late-night entertainment show, according to the CBS Web site.", "It was taped Monday afternoon.", "After taking the stage to a huge ovation, Obama teased Letterman about being surprised to see the event on his daily schedule, saying: \"That's one of those where you ask your advisers, 'Who's responsible for this?'", "\" Later, when talking about summer activities of daughters Malia, 11, and Sasha, 8, Obama said that they \"goofed off,\" which he added was something he couldn't do.", "Letterman quickly quipped: \"Well, others have,\" prompting a big laugh from both the audience and the president.", "On topical issues, Obama promised to ask \"tough questions\" before deciding whether to send additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, saying it was necessary to have a clear strategy in place before deploying resources.", "Watch Obama talk with Letterman » .", "He said his \"No. 1 job\" is to make sure the terrorists responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks can never harm the United States again.", "Asked about the economy, Obama called the $787 billion economic stimulus package passed in his first month in office a \"tourniquet\" that prevented the recession from getting worse.", "Complete economic recovery will take time, he warned, but added that the situation appeared to be getting better.", "On the hostile debate over his push to overhaul the nation's health care system, Obama disagreed with the analysis by some that the public anger against him is fueled by racism.", "He drew a big laugh by pointing out he was black before he became president, then noted that his election by the American public \"tells you ... a lot about where the country is at.\"", "\"I think that what's happened is that whenever a president tries to bring about significant changes, particularly during times of economic unease, then there is a certain segment of the population that gets very riled up,\" Obama said.", "Previous presidents including Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan also generated emotional opposition, Obama said.", "\"This is not untypical,\" he said.", "\"One of the things you sign up for in politics is, folks yell at you.\"" ]	[ "President Obama's visit first time a sitting president has been \"Letterman\" guest .", "Obama says he'll ask \"tough questions\" before sending more troops to Afghanistan .", "President says he doesn't think racism fuels opposition to health care overhaul .", "What did daughters Malia and Sasha do this summer?", "They \"goofed off,\" he says ." ]	[ 2, 5, 7, 16 ]
[ "ATHENS, Greece (CNN) -- Greece's opposition Socialist party on Sunday defeated the incumbent center-right government of Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis, as Socialist leader George Papandreou promised to chart a new course for an economic comeback.", "Socialist George Papandreou is set to become Greece's next prime minister.", "\"On this course, nothing is going to be easy -- it will take work, hard work,\" Papandreou said in his victory address.", "\"And I will always be honest with the Greek people so that we may better solve the problems of the state.\"", "Sunday's national elections were held two years before originally scheduled.", "Karamanlis called the elections in response to pressure from Papandreou's Panhellenic Socialist Movement of Greece, which threatened to block the election of a president in February if no general election was held.", "The Greek constitution requires the two major parties to agree on the election of a president, giving either party an effective veto.", "Karamanlis' term was not due to expire until September 2011.", "But Papandreou insisted on new elections before the end of President Karolos Papoulias' term as president.", "The country's ailing economy was the focus in the run up to the elections, as both candidates offered conflicting prescriptions to revive it.", "While Karamanlis called for cuts in spending, Papandreou proposed a massive stimulus.", "Karamanlis, of the New Democracy party, congratulated Papandreou in a nationally televised concession speech.", "\"And like every Greek, I hope that he succeeds at the big challenge of facing up to the economic situation,\" Karamanlis said.", "\"Because this challenge, I have said many times, is a national issue.\"", "It was unclear whether Karamanlis would step down as New Democracy party leader, as the elections marked the worst defeat the party has seen in more than 20 years.", "According to figures posted on the Interior Ministry's Web site, the Socialist party received 44 percent of the vote, compared wotj New Democracy's 34 percent, with 87 percent of votes counted.", "The margin is the largest seen in a Greek vote in decades.", "The Socialist party will receive an estimated 160 seats in Greece's 300-seat Parliament, officials said, compared with New Democracy's 93 seats.", "Greek state television ERT showed cheering, flag-waving crowds surrounding Papandreou as he made his way to party headquarters.", "\"All of the opinion polls are suggesting that Greek voters are becoming more frustrated with (Karamanlis') governance, more frustrated that after two parliamentary terms some of the objectives which he'd set have not been achieved,\" Kevin Featherstone, director of the London School of Economics' Hellenic Observatory, told CNN.", "However, Papandreou's stimulus plan is also under scrutiny, with critics wanting to know more details, such as how it would be funded.", "In addition, problems such as corruption have long plagued the Greek government, Featherstone noted.", "\"These are systemic problems.", "These are problems which have been in Greece for generations.", "Over the last 20 years, we've had a succession of governments coming into power promising to clean up, promising to tackle waste, promising to reform the public administration, promising to be more transparent and clean,\" he said.", "\"By and large, voters have been disappointed or there has been some fair degree of frustration and disappointment.\"", "\"Tackling the problem, these endemic problems, really requires major efforts to reform public administration to tackle corruption and to change the culture of expectations,\" he said.", "Karamanlis' conservative New Democracy party suffered a sharp setback in European elections in June, when the Socialists matched New Democracy's tally of eight seats, with 36 percent of the vote.", "That election was seen as a litmus test for Karamanlis at a time of political and economic uncertainty with the economy shrinking and the country staring at a recession after nearly 15 years of high-profile growth.", "Nearly 10 million Greeks are registered to vote.", "CNN's Christine Theodorou and Journalist Anthee Carrasava contributed to this report." ]	[ "87% of votes counted; Socialists to get about 160 seats in 300-seat Parliament .", "Socialist leader George Papandreou to Greeks: \"I will always be honest\"\nDuring campaign, Papandreou proposed massive stimulus for weak economy .", "Sunday's national elections were held two years before originally scheduled ." ]	[ 4, 10, 17 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A soldier who had been slated to begin serving at Fort Campbell in Tennessee was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of killing his wife, police said.", "Jonathan Downing was found in a wooded area 20 miles from the home where his wife was found slain, police say.", "Jonathan Clyde Downing, 31, was being held without bond and will be tried in civilian court in the killing of 25-year-old Sena Marie Downing, said Jim Knoll, public information officer for police in Clarksville, Tennessee.", "Police officers went to the couple's Clarksville home shortly after 3 a.m. after receiving notice of a possible shooting, Knoll said.", "\"When the officers responded, the door was ajar; they went in and found her inside of the garage, and she had been shot,\" Knoll told CNN in a telephone interview.", "A few hours later, officers with the Tennessee Highway Patrol and the Robertson County Sheriff's Office located Downing's vehicle about 20 miles away in Robertson County and found Downing in woods nearby, Knoll said.", "\"That's where he finally gave up,\" Knoll said.", "\"It took them almost two hours to convince him.\"", "Downing, who had recently served at Fort Knox in Kentucky, was taken into custody shortly before noon and was charged with criminal homicide." ]	[ "Jonathan Downing arrested hours after police found his wife slain at home .", "Downing, 31, was found in woods about 20 miles from the home, police say .", "Downing to be tried in civilian court, police say ." ]	[ 1, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- It's a familiar scenario: A major crime is committed.", "Police investigate possible leads while the media asks for information.", "Soon, authorities say they have a \"person of interest.\"", "Raymond Clark was named a person of interest, and then charged with murdering Yale grad student Annie Le.", "But what does this term mean? \"The 'person of interest' tells you nothing,\" says Cynthia Hujar Orr, president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.", "\"They are suspicious of that person, but the police don't have the evidence they need.\"", "Investigators named Raymond Clark a \"person of interest\" after 24-year-old Yale University graduate student Annie Le was found dead in the basement of an off-campus lab.", "Officer Joe Avery, of the New Haven Police Department, said Clark was a \"person of interest\" because he worked in the same highly-secured lab where Le was last seen.", "Authorities detained Clark, 24, on Tuesday, took his DNA and searched his home.", "They released him, and his lawyer said Clark was fully cooperating with authorities.", "Then, on Thursday, Clark was arrested and charged with Le's murder.", "Watch police announce the arrest » .", "But not everyone who is called a person of interest becomes a suspect.", "In the last decade, law enforcement authorities have increasingly used the phrase -- but the label didn't necessarily mean the person would be charged.", "According to one analysis of 40 cases, half of the \"persons of interest\" were released without charges.", "The exact origin of the phrase \"person of interest\" is unknown.", "But several criminology professors and attorneys who spoke with CNN said they believe the phrase became widely used after the 1996 Olympic Park bombings in Atlanta, Georgia, when media outlets called security guard Richard Jewell a suspect.", "Jewell was never charged, and was eventually cleared.", "Several years later, Eric Rudolph was arrested and convicted for the crime.", "Jewell died in August 2007.", "Jewell sued the FBI and several media organizations -- including CNN, NBC and the Atlanta Journal Constitution -- for libel and slander.", "The CNN and NBC suits were settled.", "The U.S. Attorney's Office gave him an unprecedented government acknowledgment of wrongful accusation.", "Law enforcement officers and the media began using the term \"person of interest\" as a shield against civil litigation.", "But some attorneys, criminologists and media experts say using the loose term \"person of interest\" can tarnish the person's reputation, mislead the public, and possibly hurt the investigation.", "Using the phrase is a way for authorities to draw attention to the person without formally accusing them, they say.", "Watch a discussion of the phrase 'person of interest' » .", "\"It's a really bad term to use, because the public reads 'suspect,' \" said Kelly McBride, ethics group leader at the Poynter Institute, a national journalism training institute in St. Petersburg, Florida.", "Donna Shaw, a journalism professor at The College of New Jersey, said she believes federal law enforcement officials invented the phrase in the mid-1990s to satiate journalists hounding them for information.", "Soon, local law enforcement officers began to pick up on the phrase.", "Shaw studied a year's worth of stories with the term \"person of interest\" in 2006, interviewing representatives from local police departments on why the term was utilized.", "\"Some of the police told me, ' We don't know what it means but it makes reporters happy,' \" Shaw said.", "Her research found that fewer than half of the people identified as \"persons of interest\" were ever charged with the crimes, yet their stories remained ingrained on the Internet after their exoneration.", "In the U.S. Attorney's Manual, a guidebook used by federal criminal prosecutors, the phrase \"person of interest\" doesn't exist.", "It is not a legal term used by attorneys.", "Police are trained to use lingo like \"suspect,\" \"subject\" and \"target.\"", "James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University, said the expression \"person of interest\" is closest in meaning to the word \"subject\" but doesn't necessarily mean that person is a \"suspect.\"", "A subject is a police term used to describe someone who appears suspicious for circumstantial reasons.", "Common \"subjects\" could be a victim's husband or boyfriend, Fox said.", "In the case of graduate student Annie Le, Raymond Clark worked in the same lab.", "In contrast, a suspect is someone against whom police have specific evidence leading investigators to believe the person committed the crime and will likely be charged, he said.", "In some instances, as in Clark's case, a \"person of interest\" can eventually become a suspect, who is then arrested and charged.", "\"Any particular crime will have several 'people of interest,' \" Fox said.", "\"But much of the time a person of interest is just that, once the police investigate and find out they have an alibi.\"", "Steven Hatfill, a former U.S. Army bio-weapons scientist, found his reputation destroyed after Attorney General John Ashcroft named him a \"person of interest\" in the 2001 anthrax attacks.", "In the investigation that followed, Hatfill was never charged.", "He was never named a suspect.", "\"The government failed us, not only by failing to catch the anthrax mailers but by seeking to conceal that failure,\" a lawyer for Hatfill said in 2008 after winning a $2.8 million settlement of an invasion of privacy lawsuit against the Justice Department.", "\"Our government did this by leaking gossip, speculation and misinformation to a handful of credulous reporters,\" the lawyer added.", "The man whom authorities eventually blamed for the anthrax attacks, Bruce Ivins, committed suicide in 2008 as federal agents were closing in on him, police said.", "Officials at the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Washington, D.C., said authorities who use the phrase \"person of interest\" can confuse the person who is in custody.", "A person who is labeled a \"person of interest\" might not seek out an attorney under the mistaken belief he or she is simply a witness, and the vague term can make it easier for police to get a confession, they said.", "Clark, the technician labeled a \"person of interest\" in the Yale student's slaying, answered some questions and then obtained an attorney, police said.", "Scott Burns, executive director of the National District Attorneys Association, said the imprecise phrase can help law enforcement to establish credibility among the public by suggesting that they are making progress in a case.", "By saying you have a suspect, he explained, \"You are putting your nickel down and saying we think we have the guy.\"" ]	[ "Police began widely using \"person of interest\" after 1996 Olympic Park bombing .", "It does not mean the same thing as \"suspect\"\nExperts say the phrase came into use to reduce media pressure .", "It can deceive the subject of an investigation, expert says ." ]	[ 16, 23, 24, 34, 35 ]
[ "BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Soon after I first came to visit China in the autumn of 1971, I saw a contingent of militia soldiers doing marching drills in Tiananmen Square.", "I was told they were rehearsing for the annual National Day parade on October 1, which people eagerly awaited.", "Mao Zedong proclaims the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing on October 1, 1949.", "Weeks later, however, I was informed that the civilian and military parade had been cancelled in the spirit of \"simple-living and hard struggle,\" as Chairman Mao decreed.", "The real reason: Lin Biao, then defense minister and Mao's anointed successor, had reportedly died in a plane crash while attempting to flee the country after a failed coup attempt.", "China's achievements in the last 60 years have come in zigs and zags.", "The best place to look back at what China went through in the past six decades is Tiananmen, or the Gate of Heavenly Peace.", "Behind it lies the Imperial Palace, or Forbidden City, where China's Emperors used to live.", "The emperor is now history, but Tiananmen remains Beijing's political center.", "It was on the Tiananmen rostrum where Chairman Mao formally proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic.", "\"The Chinese people have stood up!\"", "he declared in a shrill Hunanese accent.", "For decades, the whole nation followed Mao loyally.", "He emphasized political mobilization of the common man, especially the peasantry.", "In Mao's ideology, the Chinese people found hope in a New China, wherein citizens would always have a bowl of rice to eat and clothes to wear.", "Mao proved to be good at fighting but poor at governing.", "He pushed sweeping socio-economic initiatives and strident ideological campaigns, often with disastrous results.", "During two political campaigns in the late 1950s, over 550,000 \"rightist\" intellectuals were persecuted and imprisoned.", "The Great Leap Forward led to widespread famine and the deaths of an estimated 30 million Chinese.", "In the late 1960s, Mao would again stand in the Tiananmen rostrum to launch the Cultural Revolution.", "There, he rallied hundreds of thousands of young Chinese -- the radical Red Guards -- who lionized him like a demi-god.", "\"To rebel is justified!\"", "they proclaimed. They rebelled against everything and wreaked havoc everywhere.", "For ten years, China was condemned to political turmoil and economic malaise.", "Perhaps the only factor that kept the country from total collapse was the people's incomparable resilience and their ability to \"chi ku\" (eat bitterness, or bear hardship).", "Mao's reign is also credited for positive changes.", "He banned child brides and polygamy, built Beijing's first subway line and started a space program with China's first satellite launch.", "In 1972, the People's Republic of China replaced the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the United Nations.", "Still, for three decades under Mao, China tried to break out of its backwardness and isolation but only met modest success.", "Mao died in 1976 and his remains are kept in a mausoleum in Tiananmen Square.", "Take an audiovisual tour of Mao's hometown » .", "Soon enough, Deng Xiaoping emerged as the new paramount leader.", "Deng overturned most of Mao's policies and embarked upon reforming the economy and opening up the country to the outside world.", "His quest for stability and prosperity took off in the early 1990s, propelled by his pragmatic policies to entice foreign investments and build China's private sector.", "Just south of Tiananmen, one landmark stands as a symbol of Deng's bold open-door policy.", "In the early 1980s, the first Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet opened in Beijing, just a stone's throw away from Mao's mausoleum.", "Today, the fast food chain still does brisk business, with a large portrait of founder Colonel Sanders hanging on the three-story building.", "Not every Chinese embraced Deng's reform and open-door policy.", "Old Guards and conservatives in and outside the communist party accepted Deng's reform policies, but with a great deal of misgiving.", "The backlash came to a boil in 1989, when Tiananmen witnessed an outpouring of support for the students who called for freedom and democracy, and more reform.", "After six weeks of heady demonstrations, the Tiananmen movement was brutally suppressed.", "See landmark moments in China's 60 years » .", "China has returned to world prominence through a 20-year economic boom, the speed and breadth of which is unparalleled in the history of mankind.", "China went from global economic irrelevance to the third largest economy in the world.", "The People's Liberation Army, no longer a \"junkyard army,\" has emerged as a formidable military power capable of launching a human being into space and shooting down satellites.", "Take a look inside China's space program » .", "The People's Republic of China marks its 60th anniversary on Thursday with 300,000 participants and 60 floats to highlight the country's achievements in various sectors of the society and economy.", "See anniversary preparations in photos » .", "A military parade will feature goose-stepping troops marching down the Avenue of Eternal Peace.", "Modern military hardware -- tanks, armed personnel carriers, missiles, helicopters and fighter jets, all made in China -- will be on display.", "Fireworks will cap the festivities.", "See how China has changed over 60 years » .", "But pomp and pageantry aside, China's phenomenal economic growth over the decades has triggered unintended consequences: rising unemployment, growing income gaps, endemic corruption, rising criminality, environmental degradation and social malaise.", "Millions of Chinese live on less than $1 a day, and social tension sometimes boil over into violent clashes.", "Chinese president Hu Jintao is pushing to promote democracy in the party, curb corruption and seek a harmonious society.", "\"To build a well-off society for 1.3 billion people and a democratic, civilized, harmonious and modernized country,\" he recently told a communist party meeting, \"China must firmly push reform and opening up and stick to its own path.\"", "Meet some of China's young communists » .", "Like the cutting-edge CCTV tower intended to formally open this year but didn't after a celebratory fireworks display went awry and caused a fire, China's great achievements stand side by side with daunting challenges." ]	[ "Mao proved to be good at fighting but poor at governing .", "Mao pushed sweeping socio-economic initiatives, strident ideological campaigns .", "His successor Deng Xiaoping embarks upon reforming the economy, opening China .", "China gains world prominence via 20-year economic boom, but has consequences ." ]	[ 15, 16, 42 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Ryanair on Monday rejected strong criticism from Britain's top business regulator, who accused Europe's largest airline of \"puerile\" tactics in the way it adds credit card fees on to advertised fares.", "John Fingleton, head of the UK's Office of Fair Trading watchdog, said the no-frills carrier was playing a \"funny game\" by imposing fees for anyone not using an obscure credit card.", "Fingleton, speaking to the UK's Independent newspaper, expressed dismay that the airline was able to advertise credit card fees as \"optional\" through its acceptance of a pre-paid MasterCard.", "\"Ryanair has this funny game where they have found some low frequency payment mechanism and say: 'Well, because you can pay with that [the charge is optional]',\" he said.", "\"It's almost like taunting consumers and pointing out: 'Oh well, we know this is completely outside the spirit of the law, but we think it's within the narrow letter of the law'.\"", "Ryanair, which outlines its credit chard charges on its Web site, rejected Fingleton's comments, accusing the business regulator of trying to detract from its failure to tackle other issues facing the country's aviation industry.", "\"Ryanair fails to understand why it was singled out for these inaccurate criticisms by Mr. Fingleton, when its charges policies are copied by high fare UK airlines,\" it said in a statement." ]	[ "UK business regulator says Ryanair playing a \"funny game\" over booking fees .", "Office of Fair Trading head John Fingleton says airline is \"almost taunting\" customers .", "Ryanair says it is being unfairly singled out for \"inaccurate\" criticism ." ]	[ 1, 6 ]
[ "London, England (CNN) -- Kraft's fresh bid for suffered a double blow Tuesday as the improved offer was dismissed by the British candy company and criticized by billionaire investor Warren Buffett who controls an influential stake in the U.S. food giant.", "Buffett said he had voted against Kraft's plan to issue new shares as part of a cash and stock offer worth approximately $16 billion, warning it would hurt shareholders, Fortune reported.", "Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway company owns 138 million Kraft shares, making it the largest shareholder in the foodmaker with a 9.4 percent stake.", "But in a statement, he warned Kraft's move for Cadbury risked undervaluing Kraft stock.", "\"Kraft stock, at its current price of $27, is a very expensive 'currency' to be used in an acquisition,\" Buffett said.", "\"In 2007, in fact, Kraft spent $3.6 billion to repurchase shares at about $33 per share, presumably because the directors and management thought the shares to be worth more.\"", "Earlier, Illinois-based Kraft said it would use the proceeds from the sale of its U.S. pizza business to Nestle to increase the cash element of its Cadbury offer.", "Under Kraft's offer of a partial cash alternative, Cadbury shareholders could receive cash as well as Kraft shares if they accept Kraft's deal.", "\"Kraft Foods is doing this because of the desire expressed by some Cadbury security holders to have a greater proportion of the offer in cash,\" Kraft said in a statement.", "The maker of Jell-O, Cool Whip, Oreo cookies and Kraft Macaroni & Cheese also extended the Cadbury offer to February 2.", "The original bid had expired Tuesday.", "Cadbury, which rejected Kraft's previous two deals, rejected the new offer Tuesday.", "\"Kraft has once again missed the point,\" a Cadbury spokesman told CNN.", "\"Despite this tinkering, the Kraft offer remains unchanged and derisory, with less than half the consideration in cash.\"", "There had been rumors that Swiss firm Nestle, which already has a chocolate and confectionery unit, would step in and make its own offer for Cadbury.", "But Nestle put an end to those rumors Tuesday by issuing a statement saying it had no intention to make an offer for the British company.", "Instead, Nestle said it had bought Kraft's frozen pizza business in the United States and Canada for $3.7 billion.", "The unit includes brands like DiGiorno, Tombstone, and California Pizza Kitchen.", "\"The acquisition brings leadership in the frozen pizza category, where Nestle only had a minor presence until now, and builds on Nestle's existing pizza know-how and operations in Europe,\" Nestle said in a statement Tuesday.", "\"It is a natural fit with Nestle's focus on delivering convenient, premium, wholesome and nutritious frozen food for consumers around the world.\"", "Nestle already had a presence in American frozen food aisles with ready-meal brands like Stouffer's, Lean Cuisine, and Hot Pockets.", "The proceeds from the sale allow Kraft to offer more cash to Cadbury shareholders -- an additional 60 pence (96 cents) per share, Kraft said.", "Kraft originally offered Cadbury shareholders 300 pence ($4.81) and 0.26 Kraft shares for each share of Cadbury they own.", "Kraft said it will announce more detailed terms by January 19." ]	[ "Kraft raises offer, extends deadline in takeover bid for Cadbury .", "Kraft shareholder Warren Buffett says he voted against Cadbury offer .", "Illinois company sells U.S. pizza business to Nestle to fund revised offer .", "UK candy maker Cadbury rejects offer, says terms remain \"unchanged, derisory\"" ]	[ 0, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Salvador Cabanas remains in a critical condition in hospital as doctors admit they are having difficulty treating the Paraguay international due to increased swelling on his brain.", "The Club America striker was shot in the head in Mexico City during the early hours of Monday morning after an incident in a city bar.", "Cabanas was transported to an intensive care unit at a local hospital and was rushed into theatre where doctors made an attempt to remove the bullet lodged in his skull before deciding it would be too dangerous.", "Doctors revealed he showed favorable signs when they attempted to bring him out of an induced coma but have now been forced to increase the sedation as the swelling on his brain worsens.", "\"Salvador remains clinically stable, nevertheless we have had certain problems because the excess accumulation of water on his brain has grown,\" Ernesto Martinez Duhart, who operated on Cabanas, told reporters.", "\"We will have to keep him sedated a bit more to protect and improve cerebral function.", "It could get worse, he continues to be in the same serious condition.", "The risk of death has not yet passed.\"", "Cabanas is one of Paraguay's top players and was part of their World Cup squad in Germany four years ago.", "The 29-year-old is a prolific goalscorer and was expected to lead Paraguay's attack in South Africa this summer.", "He has scored over 100 times in the Mexican top flight and has netted 18 goals in 24 matches this season.", "Around 10,000 Paraguayan fans gathered at the the Estadio Defensores del Chaco, the country's national stadium in Asuncion, to hold a vigil for Cabanas on Tuesday evening." ]	[ "Paraguay international striker Salvador Cabanas remains in a critical condition in hospital .", "Doctors admit they are having difficulty treating the player because of swelling in his brain .", "The Club America striker was shot in the head in Mexico City during the early hours of Monday morning ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "Japan has long been the world leader in robotics research, but in recent years it's also been leading the way when it comes to cutting-edge medical technology.", "A prototype \"Finger Rehabilitation Glove,\" designed to aid recovery from paralysis.", "From robot nurses that can lift hospital patients in and out of their beds, to intelligent toilets that can dispense medical advice, Japanese researchers are developing radical new approaches to health care.", "While many of these technologies are still at the prototype stage, it may not be long before they turn up in a hospital near you." ]	[ "Japan is leading the way with advances in cutting-edge medical technology .", "Researchers have developed nurse robots that can assist in hospitals .", "The \"Intelligent Toilet\" can test blood pressure and give health advice ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- David Waller has some simple advice for anyone looking to improve morale at their organization -- even if it's not the easiest advice to follow.", "IAEA deputy director David Waller calls Nobel \"a bolt of lightning\" for his staff .", "\"I say to them, jokingly, 'Why don't you try winning the Nobel Peace Prize?'", "\" he said. Waller, deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, knows what he's talking about.", "The organization, based in Vienna, Austria, and dedicated to the safe and peaceful use of nuclear power, was awarded the prize in 2005.", "President Barack Obama was the surprise winner Friday of this year's peace prize.", "But for most of this week's other winners, the honor marks a leap from relative obscurity to a spot in the international limelight.", "Waller said the scientists, authors, activists and others receiving Nobel honors this week should be prepared for an experience that will change their lives in the months and years that follow.", "\"The day that it was announced that we were winning the Nobel Peace Prize, I can assure you that it was like a bolt of lightning that went through this place in terms of energizing staff and giving people a sense of self-worth,\" he said.", "\"It was absolutely remarkable.\"", "In all, 172 people and 33 organizations were nominated for the peace prize-- although the Oslo, Norway-based Nobel committee had not announced who its finalists were.", "The peace prize is one of five awards handed out annually by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden.", "The other four prizes are for physiology or medicine, physics, chemistry and literature.", "Starting in 1969, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel also has been awarded.", "The peace prize is the last of the awards to be announced this week and the Riksbank prize will be awarded Monday.", "Even for an organization like the IAEA, a United Nations affiliate that traces its roots back to 1957, things were never the same after receiving the revered award, Waller said.", "\"Many, many things changed,\" he said.", "\"The number of applications we had for positions here, which was already high, skyrocketed.", "People returned phone calls very quickly.", "The whole spectrum of things of that nature changed.\"", "Elizabeth Dobie-Sarsam, a media specialist with the agency, remembers the day it received the Nobel -- she was on vacation and asleep on her sister's floor in Canada when it was announced.", "\"For three years running, we had been sitting on the edges of our chairs hoping that we won,\" she said.", "\"That year, for some reason, we thought, 'Oh, forget it.", "We're not going to get it.' \" The trip back to Vienna would have taken her too long to handle the initial rush of attention, so she finished her vacation, with family members introducing her as \"the Nobel Peace Prize winner\" for the rest of the week.", "Months later, Dobie-Sarsam said, she was still working to keep up with a flood of media interest in the agency spurred by the award.", "She said that, four years later, the award still contributes to a feeling of unity among the agency's more-than 2,000 employees who come from over 100 different countries.", "\"That flush of excitement, unfortunately, it goes away with time,\" she said.", "\"[But] you do get reminded.", "You walk through the corridor and you see that certificate hanging -- it's acknowledgement that what we do is incredibly important.\"", "The Nobel recipient receives a prize of 10 million Swedish crowns, or about $1.4 million, another life-changer for many recipients.", "But Waller said it's the recognition of what the Nobel panel called the \"incalculable value\" of his agency's work that helps when employees are having a hard time with their sometimes slow, frustrating work.", "\"I think it's a continuing energizer for our staff,\" he said." ]	[ "Deputy director says Nobel was \"bolt of lightning\" for staff .", "Nobel foundation named Obama the 2009 peace prize winner Friday .", "Recognition, applications will rise with announcement, winners say .", "International Atomic Energy Agency won in 2005 for work in nuclear field ." ]	[ 1, 3, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The mother of a Virginia Tech junior who disappeared Saturday night during a Metallica concert says she helped her daughter choose an outfit for the show that same morning.", "Morgan Harrington, a 20-year-old Virginia Tech student, disappeared at a Metallica concert Saturday night.", "Morgan Harrington, a 20-year-old education major, went to the concert at the University of Virginia's John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville with several girlfriends but disappeared from their sight around 8:40 p.m., according to police, who are calling it a missing person case.", "\"She was excited about the concert and she brought home three outfits that she tried on for me,\" Gil Harrington, said Tuesday on HLN's \"Nancy Grace.\"", "\"We chose one and she said, 'Mama, it is a rock concert so it is probably not what you would choose, but is this one OK?'\"", "Harrington said she told her daughter, 'That will do fine.'", "\"You know you have to give your kid wings,\" Harrington said.", "Watch mom describe daughter's excitement » .", "Morgan Harrington had been so excited about the concert, according to her mother, that she posted the tickets on the refrigerator six months ahead of time.", "Metallica posted a message about Harrington's disappearance on their Web site under the heading \"One of our fans is missing.\"", "\"We are deeply concerned about the disappearance of 20-year-old Virginia Tech student Morgan Dana Harrington, who was last seen while attending our concert at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, VA, on Saturday night,\" the message said.", "The message described Harrington and asked that anyone with information contact Virginia State Police or University of Virginia police.", "\"Our thoughts are with Morgan and her family for her safe return,\" the message concluded.\"", "Harrington, who lives off-campus, was reported missing Sunday afternoon when she did not show up at her parents' home to study for a math exam with her father.", "\"It's important to us as police officers to realize that people do come up missing,\" said Lieutenant Joe Rader of the Virginia State Police in a news conference on Monday.", "\"However, it's very, very unusual that we have not heard anything, either, from her friends or from her family regarding her whereabouts.", "That is the biggest concern currently -- her whereabouts and her welfare.\"", "Harrington is 5'6\", 120 pounds, has blond hair, blue eyes and was wearing a black Pantera T-shirt, black mini skirt, black tights and black boots." ]	[ "Student was last seen at Metallica concert Saturday night .", "Harrington is 5'6\", 120 pounds, and was wearing a black Pantera T-shirt .", "Metallica posted a message about Harrington's disappearance on their Web site ." ]	[ 1, 9, 17 ]
[ "Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Thousands of people were pushing for rescue efforts in Haiti to continue Sunday, after a 24-year-old man was pulled alive from the ruins on Saturday, 11 days after the nation's devastating earthquake.", "The Haitian government says it will be switching from a search and rescue operation to a search and recovery mission.", "But families of Americans who were staying at the leveled Hotel Montana are fighting that, and started an online petition Saturday in an effort to continue search efforts there \"until all the survivors are accounted for.\"", "As of Sunday morning, 2,395 people had signed the petition and sent 6,216 messages to the Senate, Congress and the White House, said Sue Keller, a friend of a family whose relatives are among the missing.", "The families hope to have at least 5,000 signatures by Monday, she said.", "The Haitian government has said more than 111,000 people died in the January 12 quake, which registered 7.0 in magnitude.", "But on Saturday, a French rescue team was able to save one life as they pulled Wismond Jean-Pierre from the rubble of the Hotel Napoli Inn in Port-au-Prince.", "According to his brother, Jean-Pierre worked in the hotel's grocery store and survived his week and a half in the rubble by consuming cookies and beer.", "Dehydrated but apparently without injury, Jean-Pierre was even talkative as he was placed in an ambulance and driven to a hospital.", "Lt. Col. Christophe Renou, a French rescuer briefly overcome with emotion, called the three-hour effort \"a miracle.\"", "Other members of the team -- assisted by American and Greek workers -- were seen weeping after Jean-Pierre was freed.", "Rescues like Jean-Pierre's, and others that have happened in the week following the disaster, sparked hope among families of the missing.", "But the emotional rescue came on a day when much of Haiti was mourning as operations largely shifted from rescue to recovery, and the country's president attended the funeral of an archbishop who was one of the victims.", "A Mexican rescue team had pulled the body of 63-year-old Monsignor Joseph Serge Miot from ruins near the national cathedral, which he oversaw as archbishop of Port-au-Prince.", "The cathedral was destroyed.", "At the funeral, President René Préval was asked to respond to criticism that he has not shown strong public leadership and has been largely unseen in the aftermath.", "\"This is not about politics today,\" he said.", "CNN iReport: Looking for loved ones in Haiti .", "The most recent death toll is the worst caused by an earthquake since the 2004 Asian tsunami that resulted from a temblor, and the second-highest death toll from an earthquake in more than three decades, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.", "\"Rescue teams continue to work in Port-au-Prince, we continue to hope that they will be able to find people still alive, but as time passes, we must gradually shift our resources from rescue to recovery,\" Nick Birnback, spokesman for U.N. peacekeeping operations, said Saturday.", "International search teams have rescued at least 132 people since the quake struck, the U.N. said.", "Birnback said the priority now is to remove bodies and clean up affected areas to avoid health hazards and the spread of disease.", "He said the United Nations will start bringing in heavier equipment, which will allow teams to move concrete and damaged homes.", "More than 600,000 people have also been left homeless in and around the capital of Port-au-Prince, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.", "Interactive map of where to find aid, hospitals in Haiti .", "Meanwhile, up to 140 flights a day are regularly arriving at the single-runway Port-au-Prince airport, compared with 25 in the immediate aftermath of the January 12 quake, OCHA said Saturday.", "To relieve congestion at the airport, humanitarian cargo is being moved to a forward dispatch area at one end of the runway.", "The Las Americas airport in Santo Domingo, in neighboring Dominican Republic, is starting to report congestion as it becomes increasingly used as an alternative airport, OCHA said.", "It will now be open overnight to accommodate the extra traffic.", "Those managing the land transport of supplies from Santo Domingo will need fuel, and OCHA said there is enough in Haiti to last an additional 18 to 19 days.", "But it said it expects no shortage of fuel because supplies of fuel will be able to enter the port during that time.", "One concern with cross-border traffic is the unauthorized departure of Haitian children, OCHA said.", "Charities and aid groups have said in recent days that they are concerned about the danger of child trafficking after the earthquake.", "Groups including Save the Children and World Vision have called for a halt to adoptions, saying many children may appear to be orphaned but have simply been separated from their families.", "\"If children must be evacuated from Haiti because their protection needs cannot be met in country, the evacuation must be carefully documented, the children must be registered with the proper authorities and all efforts must be made to reunify them with family before any adoption proceedings are considered,\" the U.S.-based Women's Refugee Commission said.", "The number of unaccompanied children needing support is greater than the capacity to respond, OCHA said.", "Authorities are working with unaccompanied children who are being released from hospitals, it said." ]	[ "24-year-old pulled from hotel ruins 11 days after quake offers hope more are alive .", "More than 111,000 have died since the January 12 quake, the Haitian government says .", "Families are protesting the switch from search/rescue to rescue/recovery ." ]	[ 0, 1, 5 ]
[ "Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Troops with the NATO-led force in Afghanistan have seized more than 6,000 pounds of illegal drugs, the force said.", "Troops found more than 5,300 pounds of processed opium, more than 1,000 pounds of wet opium paste, approximately 50 pounds of heroin, and multiple firearms with ammunition were found in the truck, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said.", "Authorities arrested two people and destroyed most of the drugs, though they kept some narcotics to analyze.", "The confiscation took place Wednesday in southern Afghanistan -- in the Maiwand district of Kandahar province -- after troops stopped a \"suspicious\" truck.", "Afghan opium kills 100,000 people a year worldwide -- more than any other drug -- and the opiate heroin kills five times as many people in NATO countries each year than the total number of NATO troops killed in combat in Afghanistan, a recent U.N. report said.", "About 15 million people around the world use heroin, opium or morphine, fueling a $65 billion market for the drug and also fueling terrorism and insurgencies.", "The Taliban raised $450 million to $600 million over the past four years by \"taxing\" opium farmers and traffickers, Antonio Maria Costa, head of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, said in a report last autumn.", "Not all the money is going into the pockets of rebels or drug dealers, though.", "Some Afghan officials are making money off the trade as well, he said." ]	[ "NATO-led troops in Afghanistan seized more than 6,000 pounds of illegal drugs .", "Haul included more than 5,300 pounds of processed opium .", "Troops stopped a \"suspicious\" truck in the Maiwand district of Kandahar province .", "Afghan opium kills 100,000 people a year worldwide -- more than any other drug ." ]	[ 1, 3, 4 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- More than 3,000 U.S. troops scheduled to deploy to Iraq won't go after all, as the military tries to draw down troop levels in the war-torn country, a Pentagon spokesman said Saturday.", "U.S. troops speak to an Iraqi child in Baghdad on Monday.", "The 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division will not replace a North Carolina National Guard unit already in Iraq, Lt. Col. Eric Butterbaugh told CNN.", "The 3,500-troop combat team, based in Fort Drum, New York, was to leave in January, he said.", "\"[The cancellation] reflects a thorough assessment of the security environment in Iraq and continued improvement in the ability of the Iraqi security forces to safeguard Iraqi citizens and institutions,\" Butterbaugh said.", "The National Guard unit is still on schedule to return home, which will speed up the drawdown of forces, he said.", "The troop withdrawal in Iraq coincides with a debate in the Obama administration on whether to send as many as 40,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.", "As of Friday, 250 U.S. soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since the start of the year, according to a CNN tally based on Pentagon numbers.", "The United States plans to withdraw all its combat troops from Iraq by August, leaving 50,000 in advisory roles.", "Those advisers are to leave by the end of 2011.", "Concerns that a delay in the upcoming Iraqi elections could put a dent in scheduled withdrawals was rejected Friday by U.S.", "Ambassador to Iraq Chris Hill.", "\"As for our schedule of troop withdrawal, we've been pretty clear about when the troops would be withdrawn,\" he told CNN.", "\"So our plan is to draw down the troops as we've said we're going [to] do.\"", "The polls are scheduled to open January 16, but both the United States and the United Nations are worried because Iraq still has no election law.", "If a new law isn't adopted, the government may have to change the election date or rely on the law used in the 2005 elections, some officials say.", "A vote on the new law is expected Monday.", "Pentagon officials also must weigh the impact of continuing violence in the country.", "Hill said the violence is a concern, as are insurgent efforts to undermine attempts at reconciliation in the divided country.", "\"Reconciliation is a tough business.", "I mean I've been in some of these meetings with people, you know, they don't like each other, you have to get them to work together, get them to understand their futures are together, and then you get a bombing, which makes it even tougher,\" Hill said.", "\"Again, I think the Iraqi people have really signaled that they are really sick and tired of this stuff.\"", "Meanwhile, violence continued in Iraq on Saturday.", "Four soldiers were killed and 10 people, including civilians and security forces, were wounded when a bomb targeting an Iraqi army checkpoint exploded in Falluja, an Anbar province town, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.", "Elsewhere in Anbar, a suicide truck bomb hit a police checkpoint on a bridge west of Ramadi, wounding a police officer.", "The blast badly damaged the bridge, which carries a highway linking Iraq with Jordan and Syria, the official said.", "Traffic had to be rerouted to an another road.", "Anbar province, a massive region populated mostly by Sunni Arabs, had been a major front in the Iraqi war.", "The al Qaeda in Iraq militant group once held great sway in Anbar, but its influence lessened with the advent of U.S.-backed groups called Awakening Councils.", "CNN's Scott Spoerry and Mohammed Jamjoom contributed to this report." ]	[ "Cancellation reflects improved conditions in Iraq, official said .", "Iraqi elections won't delay scheduled withdrawals U.S. says, Ambassador Chris Hill .", "\"Our plan is to draw down the troops as we've said we're going [to] do,\" says Hill .", "The United States plans to withdraw all its combat troops from Iraq by August ." ]	[ 8, 11, 13 ]
[ "(CNN) -- More than 200 former fighters and other members of the Maoist People's Liberation Army -- including minors -- were discharged from a Maoist camp Thursday in line with Nepal's ongoing peace process, officials said.", "Those being discharged were part of a group deemed \"disqualified\" by United Nations findings in 2007, which identified at least 4,008 such combatants -- including 2,973 minors.", "The \"disqualified\" status applied to anyone under the age of 18 who was serving in the liberation army, and those who joined the Maoist group after its 10-year insurgency to abolish the country's monarchy ended in 2006.", "More than 15,000 died in the fighting and more than 100,000 people were displaced, according to the United Nations Web site.", "Nepal became a republic in 2008 following elections in which the people voted to abolish the monarchy.", "\"Those who left the Sindhuli camp today are no more members of the [Maoist] People's Liberation Army,\" Nanda Kishore Pun, commander of the Maoist People's Liberation Army, told CNN in a phone interview from Sindhuli, about 150 km (93 miles) southeast of Kathmandu.", "The discharge process is expected to end in about a month.", "As part of the rehabilitation package for the disqualified combatants, the United Nations has offered to provide vocational skills training and education up to high school to those who want such opportunities, but Pun said that these offers are still being discussed.", "The process of the discharge is seen as in important part of the Nepal's ongoing peace process.", "The Maoists and other political parties in the country are discussing ways to integrate the 19,602 verified Maoist combatants into Nepal's security forces -- a move that made up part of the peace deal signed in 2006 to bring the peace process to a conclusion.", "Once the minors remain out of the command and control of the Maoist military structure for six months to a year, the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M) can be considered for removal from the list of parties that recruit and use children, which is included in the annual U.N. Secretary-General's report on Children and Armed Conflict.", "As the discharge and rehabilitation process began, about a dozen of the disqualified combatants were listed as being under the age of 16 and about 500 were under the age of 18.", "Though called combatants, the United Nations said the minors were used as messengers, cooks and porters during the fighting." ]	[ "More than 200 people were discharged from Maoist camp in Nepal .", "They are former fighters and other members of the Maoist People's Liberation Army .", "Part of a group deemed \"disqualified\" by United Nations findings in 2007 .", "Their discharge is seen as in important part of the Nepal's ongoing peace process ." ]	[ 0, 8 ]
[ "Editor's note: Watch the full interview with Serena Williams on \"Your $$$$$\" Saturday at 1 p.m.", "ET and Sunday at 3 p.m.", "ET on CNN. Serena Williams says she believes she apologized for her actions promptly and completely.", "NEW YORK (CNN) -- Serena Williams just wants to move on.", "But the controversy around her obscenity-laced tirade at a line judge at the U.S. Open continues.", "Williams, 27, said she was \"in the moment\" and doesn't really remember her now-famous outburst at a line judge who had called a foot fault.", "It was a 12-second verbal attack that has played over and over for three days.", "\"It was a really tough point in the match and it was really close and got a really tough call that wasn't the correct call, and, you know, things got a little heated and I had a conversation with the line judge that didn't go so well,\" Williams said.", "Williams, ranked No.", "2 in the world by the Women's Tennis Association, said she does not recall moments of Saturday's incident but believes she apologized for her actions promptly and completely.", "Watch Williams talk about call » .", "\"I couldn't apologize any sooner, and then also I learned from my mistakes ...", "I was talking to [former Giants defensive end] Michael Strahan earlier today and he said how, when he's out there you're so intense.", "Obviously, when you get a bad call, it's like 'What's going on?'", "So when you're in the moment, you are just there. You don't really quite remember exactly what's going on,\" Williams said.", "Williams found herself explaining her outburst while promoting her recently published memoir, \"On the Line,\" in which she details growing up the youngest of five sisters, her struggles on the court and off, and her positive messages of inspiration, especially to her younger fans.", "\"Those kids probably just need to know it's great to be a competitor, how passionate someone is, and just making the right decisions at the right time -- realizing that, hey, everyone falls, 'Wow, she's human, she made a bad decision, a bad choice.'", "\" Williams added, \"I am not a robot.", "I have a heart and I bleed.\"", "In the aftermath of Saturday's match, tournament officials fined Williams $10,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct and $500 for smashing a racket during the same event.", "So far, no suspensions have been served, but the United States Tennis Association has said that it has launched an investigation into the incident." ]	[ "Tennis star's obscenity-laced tirade at the U.S. Open stays in the spotlight .", "She's fielding questions about it as she promotes new book .", "Williams says she was \"in the moment\" and doesn't remember all that was said .", "Her young fans can now see \"she's human, she made a bad decision,\" she says ." ]	[ 4, 5, 16 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing in Afghanistan last month that killed seven CIA employees and contractors and a Jordanian military officer, according to a statement posted on Islamist Web sites.", "Mustafa Abu Yazid, al Qaeda's commander of operations in Afghanistan and its No.", "3 man, said the attack avenged the death of Baitullah Mehsud, leader of the Taliban in Pakistan who was killed in a missile strike last August, and al Qaeda operatives Saleh al-Somali and Abdullah al-Libi.", "The December 30 blast at a U.S. base in Khost, in southeastern Afghanistan, killed seven CIA operatives including two from private security firm Xe, formerly known as Blackwater.", "The eighth victim was Jordanian Army Capt.", "Sharif Ali bin Zeid, a cousin of Jordan's King Abdullah II.", "A former U.S. intelligence official identified the suicide bomber as Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, a Jordanian doctor who acted as a double agent.", "He was recruited as a counterterrorism intelligence source, according to a senior Jordanian official.", "U.S. sources said bin Zeid was the Jordanian operative working closely with al-Balawi, who was from the same hometown as the onetime leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.", "Jordanian and U.S. intelligence agencies apparently believed that al-Balawi had been rehabilitated from his extremist views and were using him to hunt Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda's No.", "2 figure, the former intelligence official said.", "The al Qaeda statement posted Wednesday identified al-Balawi as Hamam Khalil Mohammed Abu Malal, who used the name Abu Dujana Khorasani.", "It said Abu Dujana was a well-known Islamist author and a preacher on jihadi Web sites, an immigrant for his faith and a fighter who sacrificed himself and his money for his God and belief.", "\"May God accept him as a martyr who was able to infiltrate the Americans' forts,\" the statement said.", "\"We ask God to bless the people who follow your path, Abu Dujana,\" it said.", "\"Let them know that your brothers are following your path and they will not have peace of mind until they slaughter the Americans and let the Islamic nation be proud for having men like you among its sons.\"", "Several groups have claimed responsibility for the attack, one of the worst blows ever to America's intelligence community.", "Some analysts said that militant groups may be competing for credit to spread the word and attract fresh donations and recruits.", "In a posting on its Web site last week, the Taliban in Afghanistan claimed that the bomber was an Afghan National Army soldier.", "On Sunday, however, Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud said in an e-mail that his arm of the Islamic movement carried out the attack, also citing the reason as revenge for Baitullah Mehsud's killing." ]	[ "Al Qaeda claims responsibility for last month's Afghanistan bombing, say Islamist Web sites .", "Suicide bombing killed seven CIA employees and contractors and a Jordanian military officer .", "Al Qaeda says attack avenged deaths of leader of the Taliban in Pakistan and operatives .", "Several groups have claimed responsibility for the attack ." ]	[ 0, 2, 16 ]
[ "(CNN) -- French police were searching Friday for a Degas painting stolen from a Marseilles museum a day earlier.", "\"Les Choristes,\" or \"The Chorus,\" is worth about €800,000, or $1.15 million, Marseilles Police Commissioner Xavier Claudel told CNN.", "The 1877 pastel was on loan to the Musee Cantini from the Musee d'Orsay in Paris for an exhibition, Claudel said.", "It was discovered missing when staff opened the museum Thursday, he said.", "Investigators were going through surveillance camera footage for clues, but Claudel said he could not offer any more information about the case.", "Edgar Degas was a prominent member of the the Impressionists and produced a vast amount of artwork before his death in 1917 at age 83.", "His style, subject matter and artistic sensibility set him apart from his contemporaries, according to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art." ]	[ "The 1877 pastel was on loan to Musee Cantini from Musee d'Orsay in Paris .", "Investigators going through surveillance camera footage for clues .", "\"The Chorus,\" is worth about €800,000, or $1.15 million ." ]	[ 1, 2 ]
[ "London, England (CNN) -- Snow and freezing temperatures hit large parts of Britain Wednesday, forcing airports and railway lines to close down, and forecasters warned that more bad weather was on the way.", "Most of Britain was covered in snow, with 20 to 30 centimeters (nearly 8 to nearly 12 inches) of snow in the southern parts, and up to 15 feet in the Pennines, the mountain range that runs from northern England north to Scotland.", "Four airports, including London's Gatwick, were shut down because of snow and ice.", "Gatwick said 84 flights were canceled, mainly on British Airways and EasyJet.", "Bristol, Blackpool, and Exeter airports were also closed.", "iReport: A snowy day in Chertsey, Surrey .", "British Airways was forced to cancel \"dozens\" of flights in and out of London's Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 due to snow and ice, a spokesman told CNN Wednesday.", "Both incoming and outbound flights were experiencing significant delays, the spokesman said.", "BA operates about 400 flights a day in and out of Terminal 5, the airport's newest wing.", "According to BAA Limited, the company that operates the British airports, Heathrow \"overall is fine,\" as the facility was alternating runways to keep cancellations to a minimum.", "Stansted Airport in north London was briefly closed but reopened at midday.", "Still, it reported 27 flight cancellations.", "Manchester Airport, which was shut Tuesday, was reopened.", "Officials said snow was unlikely to affect flights, but warned travelers to expect delays because of Tuesday's flight cancelations.", "All major train lines were open, but some train operators were running restricted services because of the weather.", "They included South West Trains, which runs services between London and some of the hardest-hit areas, such as Hampshire, Surrey and Wiltshire, and Chiltern Railways, which runs between London and Birmingham.", "Virgin Trains said it planned a regular service, but it warned of the risk of delays and cancelations on routes between London and Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Scotland.", "Trains in northern England and Scotland were suffering because of the snow.", "There were no services between the Scottish cities of Inverness and Perth, National Rail said, and no trains between the English cities of Sheffield and Leeds.", "Frigid temperatures batter the U.S. south .", "Britain's Highways Agency warned of difficult driving conditions in central southern England and the north of the country.", "It urged drivers to delay non-essential trips.", "Dozens of cars were left sitting on the side of the road in Southampton, near England's southern coast, after drivers became stuck in snow.", "The Highways Agency warned drivers to avoid the nearby A3 highway, which runs between London and Portsmouth, because of weather conditions.", "The agency said it was doing continuous salt treatment and snow plowing on major roadways in England.", "Schools were closed across the country because of the heavy snowfall.", "Officials said 176 schools were shut in Buckinghamshire and 164 were closed in Oxfordshire just to the northwest of London.", "About 330 schools in Gloucestershire, 200 in Somerset, and 143 in Wiltshire were closed because of snow, officials said.", "Hundreds of schools were also closed in Kent, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Coventry, Bath, Windsor, Maidenhead, Liverpool, and Brighton, officials said.", "Let us know how you are coping with the cold weather?", "The Met Office, Britain's weather service, said more snow was expected Wednesday for southern and northeast England.", "It warned of \"very heavy snowfall\" in southwest and southeast England and London, with up to a foot of snow possible.", "CNN's Laura Perez Maestro and Phil Han contributed to this report." ]	[ "Severe weather brought parts of the UK to a virtual standstill because of heavy snow .", "Four airports are shut and others are warning of delays and cancellations .", "Hundreds of schools across the the UK have closed their doors .", "Forecasters are warning of more snow ." ]	[ 0, 2, 25 ]
[ "In Fad-Free Nutrition, exclusively on CNN.com, the editors of Cooking Light help you digest the latest diet and food news and trends.", "The recent recall of industrial peanut butter and products that contain it sparked nationwide concern about the safety of eating many popular snack products.", "That's understandable, considering the average American consumes 3.3 pounds of peanut butter each year, according to USDA data.", "Pistachios, pecans, hazelnuts, almonds, and others can be made into tasty spreads and put in recipes.", "While consuming with caution is always prudent, it's important not to give up on nuts and peanuts (which are actually legumes) entirely.", "They offer numerous health benefits and can even help dieters stay on track.", "Consuming just one ounce of nuts -- of any variety -- up to five times a week in place of other calories consumed is likely to help reduce the risk of heart disease.", "Although nuts are high in calories, they contain heart-healthy mono- and polyunsaturated fats, and they're jam-packed with nutrients such as vitamin E, folate, niacin, copper, magnesium, and potassium.", "Plus, they have some protein and fiber to help keep you feeling satisfied.", "Learn more about the health benefits of nuts (plus recipes that use them) at CookingLight.com.", "Tips on smart snacking .", "If you are worried about buying peanut butter based on the recent salmonella scare, try these tasty and nutritious alternative ways to snack safely: .", "1. Make your own spread.", "Although major national brands of jarred peanut butter have not been recalled, it's a fun and nutritious option to make your own.", "At certain grocery stores, such as some locations of Whole Foods Market, you can grind peanuts to make fresh peanut butter.", "In less than one minute, you have a fresh, peanutty spread without preservatives or added sugar.", "You can also make fresh peanut butter at home; all you need are plain roasted peanuts and a food processor.", "Put ¾ cup plain roasted peanuts in a food processor; process two minutes or until smooth.", "See our staff's tips on making homemade nut butters on our blog, Test Kitchen Secrets.", "2. Get creative.", "Use fresh peanut butter to upgrade homemade versions of snacks that may have been recalled.", "For example, spread a teaspoon of peanut butter on a whole-grain cracker instead of purchasing ready-made peanut butter crackers.", "You might surprise yourself by creating a better-for-you treat, such as our lightened peanut buttery Swag Bars.", "3. Branch out beyond peanut butter.", "Almond, cashew, macadamia, walnut, and hazelnut butters are unaffected by the recall.", "They all offer a strong nutrition profile.", "For example, 2 tablespoons of almond butter (one serving) provide the following: .", "• Almost half your daily needs of the antioxidant vitamin E with 6.5 milligrams .", "• About one-third of a day's worth of magnesium (97 milligrams), a mineral that supports muscle function and bone tissue .", "• 243 milligrams of potassium (about five percent of one day's allotment), which helps keep your blood pressure levels steady .", "Visit CookingLight.com to learn more about other nutritious nut butters made from cashews, almonds, macadamia nuts, hazelnuts, pecans, pistachios, and walnuts -- including how to make them, and healthful recipes that put them to delicious use.", "For more tips on making healthy taste great, try Cooking Light - CLICK HERE .", "Copyright 2009 Cooking Light magazine.", "All rights reserved." ]	[ "Peanut product recall putting a damper on American snacking habits .", "USDA: Average American consumes 3.3 pounds of peanut butter each year .", "Alternatives include snacks made with almond, cashew, macadamia, walnut butters ." ]	[ 2, 10, 24 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Four people died and another three were missing Monday after two avalanches in the Swiss Alps, Bern police said.", "The avalanches occurred at 11:30 a.m. (5:30 a.m.", "ET) and about noon Sunday in the Diemtigen Valley, 34 miles (55 km) south of Bern, said Thomas Jauch, a spokesman for police in Bern County.", "In the first incident an avalanche buried one person who was with a party of eight cross-country skiers, Jauch said.", "A nearby party of 25 skiers joined in the search and a physician, who was a member of a ski rescue team, was dropped into the area by one of two helicopters called in to help.", "As they were searching for the missing skier, a second avalanche buried 10 to 12 of them, Jauch said.", "Nine were found alive, one was dead, he said.", "Three of the survivors died later in hospital, he added.", "The doctor was among the dead, he said.", "It was not clear whether the original skier who was buried was among the survivors.", "\"It was not a high-risk day; not a high-risk situation,\" Jauch said.", "Search efforts were suspended Monday because of the weather in the mountains.", "\"There could be another avalanche,\" the police spokesman said." ]	[ "Avalanches occurred Sunday in the Diemtigen Valley, 34 miles (55 km) south of Bern .", "In first incident an avalanche buried one person who was with a party of eight cross-country skiers .", "Second avalanche hit as rescuers searched for victims, burying 10 to 12 of them ." ]	[ 2, 3, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- An Irish bishop resigned Wednesday following a government report into the sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy -- the second to do so.", "Bishop Jim Moriarty was not directly criticized in the Murphy Report, but was a member of the Dublin archdiocese leadership for more than a decade before it put proper protections for children in place, he said.", "Moriarty said he \"should have challenged the prevailing culture\" of protecting the church rather than children when he was an auxiliary bishop in Dublin from 1991 to 2002.", "\"I know that any action now on my part does not take away the suffering that people have endured,\" he said in a written statement.", "\"I again apologize to all the survivors and their families.", "I have today offered my resignation as bishop of Kildare & Leighlin to the Holy Father.", "I hope it honors the truth that the survivors have so bravely uncovered and opens the way to a better future for all concerned.\"", "The Vatican had no immediate comment on the resignation.", "Moriarty has been a priest for 48 years, he said in the statement.", "\"I fully accept the overall conclusion ... that the attempts by church authorities to 'protect the church' and to 'avoid scandal' had the most dreadful consequences for children and were deeply wrong,\" Moriarty said after the government report came out last month.", "Bishop Donal Murray, the bishop of Limerick, resigned on December 17.", "Murray was named in the 720-page report that found the Archdiocese of Dublin and other Catholic Church authorities in Ireland covered up clerical child abuse from 1975 to 2004.", "Child sexual abuse was \"widespread\" then, the report found.", "The report by the Dublin Archdiocese Commission of Investigation, which was set up in March 2006 to look into the abuse allegations, did not say Murray was guilty of abuse but that he failed to report it.", "Murray was \"aware for many years of complaints and/or suspicions of clerical child sexual abuse in the archdiocese,\" the report found.", "It said he dealt \"badly\" with a number of complaints and suspicions of abuse, and that his failings in at least one instance were \"inexcusable.\"", "Murray resigned under a canon law that requires bishops who have become unsuited for the fulfillment of their office to resign, the Vatican said.", "Pope Benedict XVI met with senior Irish bishops at the Vatican a week before Murray's resignation and said he was \"deeply disturbed and distressed\" by the report's findings.", "He promised that the Catholic Church would try to develop strategies to make sure the abuses don't happen again.", "CNN's Hada Messia in Rome, Italy, contributed to this report." ]	[ "Irish bishop resigns after government report on sex abuse of children by Catholic clergy .", "Bishop Jim Moriarty was not directly criticized in the Murphy Report .", "He was a member of Dublin archdiocese leadership before it put proper protections in place .", "Donal Murray, Limerick bishop, resigned in December after being named in abuse cover up ." ]	[ 1, 10, 13 ]
[ "ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- One of the things I find frustrating about modern American life is we wait for someone else -- anybody else -- to solve whatever problem it is that's out there.", "Clark Howard says Best Buy should have lauded employees who ran after a shoplifter, not fired them.", "We see something and feel like it's not our job.", "It's the \"not in my silo\" mentality found in corporate America.", "But there are times we wait for help to arrive when we're the help we seek.", "Unfortunately, this mentality has seeped beyond corporate America into normal earthlings.", "Have you heard the story about Jared Bergstreser and Colin Trapp?", "These two Best Buy employees tackled a shoplifter they saw busting out of their Denver, Colorado-area store with stolen electronics.", "They wrestled the suspect to the ground at great personal risk.", "The perpetrator pulled out a knife and cut a manager before ultimately escaping, according to The Wall Street Journal.", "Bergstreser had been a three-year employee, while Trapp was on the job for less than a year.", "What did Best Buy do for these employees who showed such extreme loyalty?", "They fired them. A spokeswoman for Best Buy said the company won't comment on the terminations.", "However, she said the company's employees are aware of a policy of not pursuing shoplifters.", "Best Buy says the policy is in place for the safety of its employees.", "Watch Clark reveal a Vegas vacation scam » .", "This case is not unusual.", "I am privy to a story about a separate incident that happened with a discount retailer.", "Again, a couple of guys I know who were employees tackled a shoplifter.", "The suspect then pulled out a gun and tried to shoot them.", "They managed to disarm the shoplifter after he fired and he was taken into custody.", "Did they get a reward or bonus from their employer?", "No, they were canned. I got some interesting reactions when I discussed these two stories in a pre-show meeting with my team.", "Somebody immediately piped up saying, \"Of course they have to fire them because of liability.\"", "Liability?! One of my producers even called me a vigilante.", "After all, I'm the guy who chased down my own mugger on a Madrid subway train during a staff trip to Spain.", "In retrospect, what I did was really stupid because I could have gotten injured or worse.", "But my natural instinct just took over and I successfully recovered my wallet.", "The idea that we're supposed to stand by idly and allow people to steal from us or steal from an employer is something that I just cannot support.", "I think we have a responsibility to get involved.", "Otherwise, if you let a small number of lawbreakers get away with it whenever, then they get away with it over and over and over again.", "I could understand if Best Buy were so cowardly and afraid of a lawsuit that they felt these two employees should be sent to \"Best Buy re-education camp.\"", "Fine. But to fire them for trying to stop a brazen criminal who was armed and dangerous and busting out of the store with electronics?", "I just don't get it. And remember, when Bergstreser and Trapp went after this person, there was no benefit for them, unlike my experience being mugged in Madrid.", "They were putting themselves in danger to protect their employer.", "You should be, if not rewarded for that, then at least not punished!", "I believe Best Buy is sending a terrible message by firing them. What do you think?" ]	[ "Howard says there are times we wait for help to arrive when we're the help we seek .", "Best Buy employees tackle shoplifter and get fired as a result .", "Howard says incident is not unusual but sends a terrible message ." ]	[ 1, 4, 16 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Florida authorities were searching Sunday for a 33-year-old man after his wife and five children were found dead in their Naples home.", "Mesac Damas pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor battery against Guerline Damas in June.", "The bodies of Guerline Damas, 32; Michzach, 9; Marven, 6; Maven, 5; Megan, 3; and Morgan, 11 months, were discovered Saturday, Rambosk said.", "Authorities have been unable to locate Mesac Damas, who possibly left the country Friday morning and may be in Haiti, Capt.", "Chris Roberts of the Collier County sheriff's department said Sunday at a news conference.", "\"We don't see at this point any indication of an individual out in the neighborhoods committing additional crimes or homicides, but certainly we will look at every opportunity,\" Collier County Sheriff Kevin Rambosk said at an earlier news conference.", "There had been a \"handful\" of domestic disturbance calls to police since 2000 involving the Damas couple, with the latest resulting in the arrest of Mesac Damas in January, Roberts said.", "Mesac Damas pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor battery against Guerline Damas in June, and Roberts said he does not think Mesac Damas served any jail time for the crime.", "\"We are still talking to people that knew the family and obviously the ultimate information we need is not so much what happened in the past but what happened when these people died,\" Roberts said.", "The six bodies were found Saturday at about 6:30 p.m., a day after police had visited the home to check on the family, Roberts said.", "Watch why authorities are looking for Damas » .", "When a family member had not heard from a resident at the home, the family member asked authorities on Friday to do a welfare check on the house, Roberts said.", "Responding police knocked on the door but got no answer, he said, but officers saw no indications to arouse their suspicions.", "The following morning, the family member became more concerned and filed a missing persons report, which authorities took, Rambosk said.", "Later, authorities requested from property management a key to the house and an authorization to enter.", "\"When we did, we found the bodies of the individuals,\" he said.", "\"I can tell you that in no uncertain terms this is the most horrific and violent event this community has ever experienced.", "This is the worst of the worst.\"", "He would not release the manner of death.", "Rambosk said authorities had recovered Mesac Damas' vehicle at Miami International Airport, and they believe that he left on a flight to Haiti on Friday.", "Roberts said collecting and processing evidence can take \"several days, if not weeks.\"" ]	[ "Police believe Mesac Damas, 33, boarded a flight to Haiti on Friday morning .", "Bodies found in home Saturday after relative asked police to check, sheriff says .", "Sheriff: \"Some previous domestic violence,\" but Damas not called a suspect ." ]	[ 9, 19 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Authorities at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear plant were investigating what caused a weekend radiation leak that resulted in 150 workers being sent home, officials said Sunday.", "An airborne radiological contamination alarm sounded about 4 p.m. Saturday in the Unit 1 containment building, according to a statement from Exelon Nuclear, which operates the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania.", "The unit had been shut down since October 26 for refueling, maintenance and steam generator replacement, the company said.", "\"A monitor at the temporary opening cut into the containment building wall to allow the new steam generators to be moved inside showed a slight increase in a reading and then returned to normal,\" the company said.", "\"Two other monitors displayed normal readings.\"", "Three Mile Island was the scene of the worst U.S. nuclear accident, a partial meltdown in 1979 that resulted in the plant's second reactor being shut down permanently.", "Tests showed the contamination in Saturday's incident was confined to the building itself, and none was found outside, Exelon said.", "There was no threat to public health and safety, but the workers were sent home because they could not continue until the area was cleaned, Bill Noll, Exelon vice president, said in the Saturday statement.", "One worker was found to have received 16 millirem of exposure, and others received lower levels of contamination.", "The annual occupational dose limit for workers at Exelon plants is 2,000 millirem, the statement said.", "Radiation exposure from a chest X-ray is about 6 millirem, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.", "Although Noll said it was hoped work would resume at Unit 1 on Sunday, Exelon spokeswoman Beth Archer told CNN on Sunday it had not resumed, as the cause of the leak was still under investigation.", "Two radiation specialists from the NRC were scheduled to investigate Sunday.", "\"Numerous work activities were going on in the building at the time the alarm sounded, and Exelon engineers are working to determine the cause of the incident,\" the statement said.", "The March 1979 accident at Three Mile Island brought the nuclear industry to a standstill.", "The partial meltdown of Unit 2's nuclear core resulted in no injuries to plant workers or nearby community members, but it triggered changes in nuclear power plant operations and emergency planning and led to tighter oversight of the industry by the NRC.", "The Unit 2 reactor is permanently shut down and defueled, the NRC said.", "In 2001, FirstEnergy acquired it and contracted its monitoring to Exelon, which owns Unit 1.", "The companies plan to keep Unit 2 in \"long-term, monitored storage\" until the Unit 1 operating license expires, at which time both plants will be decommissioned, the NRC said.", "A new generation of nuclear reactors is being considered in the United States as environmental concerns have intensified about coal-fired power plants.", "CNN's Janet DiGiacomo contributed to this report." ]	[ "Airborne radiological contamination alarm sounded at 4 p.m. Saturday .", "Radiation was confined to a single building and no one was in danger, company says .", "In 1979, Three Mile Island was the scene of the worst U.S. nuclear accident ." ]	[ 1, 5 ]
[ "KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) -- Tibet's exile government said the death toll from protests in the Himalayan region over the past two weeks has reached about 140, but Chinese government restrictions have made it difficult confirm the number killed.", "People walk past burnt-out buildings in Lhasa on 16 March, 2008, after violent protests broke out.", "Chinese authorities have issued a much lower death toll and said most of those killed were \"innocent\" ethnic Han Chinese targeted by rampaging Tibetans.", "The Tibetan exiles published a list of 40 Tibetans they said are confirmed dead.", "Meanwhile, Tibetan exiles and monks protested for a second day outside of China's embassy visa office in Kathmandu, Nepal on Tuesday, resulting in 73 protesters arrested, Nepalese police said.", "Although police said they did not use force, protest organizers said as many as 12 people were hurt when police charged them with bamboo sticks.", "Watch demonstrator in tears as monks arrested ».", "Protests involving Tibet also dogged the Olympic flame, which was lit in a ceremony Monday in Olympia, Greece.", "The torch is scheduled to be carried to sites around the world on its way to the Summer Olympics in Beijing, and Tibetan activist say they plan anti-Chinese protests along the way.", "Another group of about 50 Tibetan exiles in India began their own torch relay Tuesday with a symbolic \"Olympic\" flame that will end in Tibet on the day of the Summer Games' opening ceremonies in Beijing, The Associated Press reported.", "On Monday, Greek police arrested some of the protesters along the first miles of the torch relay, but the demonstrations were peaceful and police reported no injuries or scuffles.", "At one point, a Tibetan woman covered herself with red paint and lay on the ground, forcing the torchbearer to weave around her as other protesters shouted \"Flame of shame.\"", "Students for a Free Tibet, a Tibetan exile group, said its protesters would challenge police as the flame moves through 23 cities on five continents before passing throughout China.", "Tibetan activists will follow it through \"London, Paris and everywhere else China's stained Olympic Torch goes,\" the group said.", "The group said the Chinese government \"will pressure other governments to silence peaceful protesters who expose the truth behind China's Olympics propaganda campaign.\"", "\"The Chinese government's long arm has already extended to San Francisco, where Tibetans are being told they cannot protest along the Torch Relay route,\" the group said in a news release.", "Also Monday, five Tibetans were arrested for deadly arson attacks stemming from the anti-China riots that erupted this month, China's government announced.", "A Chinese Ministry of public security official said the suspects have confessed to two arson incidents that killed 10 people in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, according to the state-run news agency Xinhua.", "Ministry spokesman Shan Huimin said three female suspects were detained for a March 14 fire at a shop, in which five female sales assistants were burned to death, Xinhua reported.", "In the second case, two males were detained for setting fire to a motorcycle shop on March 15, which resulted in five deaths -- including an 8-month-old boy and his parents, according to Xinhua.", "Shan said the violence in Lhasa between March 14 and 15 also injured 242 police officers, according to Xinhua.", "However, Shan added, peace has been restored to the area.", "Clashes between anti-Chinese protesters in the Tibetan capital Lhasa and other cities broke out earlier this month, and Chinese officials blamed the Dalai Lama's followers for the violence.", "The Tibetan government in exile said at least 80 people were killed by police, but Chinese officials put the death toll at 13.", "E-mail to a friend .", "CNN's Manesh Shrestha in Nepal contributed to this report ." ]	[ "Tibet exile government claims death toll from unrest now 140 .", "Chinese authorities say toll much lower, says victims are \"innocent\" Chinese .", "Chinese restrictions mean it is difficult to confirm the figures ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "BEIJING, China (CNN) -- China's foreign minister Wednesday rejected criticism of its human rights record, accusing the United States of \"clinging to a Cold War mentality\" and \"practicing double standards.\"", "Workers at the Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Fast Railway, a key project associated with the Beijing Olympics.", "Yang Jiechi was responding to questions about a State Department report released a day earlier that characterized China's human rights record as one of the most repressive in the world.", "The report was released five months before the Summer Olympic Games kickoff in Beijing.", "Although he chided the United States and other critics of its human rights record as \"making confrontation,\" Yang stressed that China is \"ready for dialogue with the United States, as long as it is done in an environment of respect and fairness.\"", "Despite rapid economic growth and social change in China, the report said the \"authoritarian\" Chinese government \"continues to deny their citizens basic human rights and fundamental freedoms.\"", "It also said there was an increase in forced relocations in Beijing, with people being thrown out of their homes to make way for Olympic projects.", "\"China's overall human rights record remained poor in 2007,\" it stated, citing tightening controls over religious freedom in Tibet and the Uyghur population.", "China announced Sunday that militants in Xinjiang's Uyghur Autonomous Region had planned to carry out two terror attacks, including one targeting the Olympics set to begin on August 8.", "China said it successfully thwarted both attacks.", "The autonomous region is home to about 19 million people, most of whom are Muslims and other minorities.", "Many of them oppose Beijing's rule.", "The State Department report also said China has increased its efforts to \"control and censor the Internet, and the government tightened restrictions on freedom of speech and the domestic press\" and bloggers.", "It cited a 20 percent increase over 2006 in convictions of citizens under what it called China's overly broad state security law that is often used to silence government critics.", "\"The government continued to monitor, harass, detain, arrest, and imprison journalists, writers, activists, and defense lawyers and their families, many of whom were seeking to exercise their rights under law,\" the report said.", "\"Individuals and groups, especially those deemed politically sensitive by the government, continued to face tight restrictions on their freedom to assemble, their freedom to practice religion, and their freedom to travel.\"", "The report, issued annually, surveys the human rights record of more than 190 countries around the world.", "In rolling out the report, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said: \"No corner of the Earth is permanently condemned to tyranny.", "Change may take time, but change will come.\"", "E-mail to a friend .", "CNN State Department Producer Elise Labott in Washington and Beijing Bureau Chief Jaime FlorCruz contributed to this report ." ]	[ "China's FM rejects U.S. attack on human rights record, says \"double standards.\"", "Yang Jiechi says China ready \"for dialogue with the United States\"\nU.S. State Dept.", "report comes five months before the Beijing Olympics .", "Report emphasized forced relocations, human rights abuses, control of Internet ." ]	[ 0, 3, 4 ]
[ "(WIRED) -- What's hot off the presses this week?", "Want an out-of-print book?", "With the help of Google, a machine may be able to print one for you.", "Any one of the more than 2 million books old enough to fall out of copyright into the public domain.", "Over the last seven years, Google has scanned millions of dusty tomes from deep in the stacks of the nation's leading university libraries and turned them into searchable documents available anywhere in the world through its search box.", "And now Google Book Search, in partnership with On Demand Books, is letting readers turn those digital copies back into paper copies, individually printed by bookstores around the world.", "Or at least by those booksellers that have ordered its $100,000 Espresso Book Machine, which cranks out a 300 page gray-scale book with a color cover in about 4 minutes, at a cost to the bookstore of about $3 for materials.", "The machine prints the pages, binds them together perfectly, and then cuts the book to size and then dumps a book out, literally hot off the press, with a satisfying clunk.", "(The company says a machine can print about 60,000 books a year.)", "That means you can stop into the Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, Vermont, and for less than $10, custom-order your own copy of Dame Curtsey's Book of Candy Making, the third edition of which was published in 1920 and which can only be found online for $47.00 used.", "Dane Neller, On Demand Books CEO, says the announcement flips book distribution on its head.", "\"We believe this is a revolution,\" Neller said.", "\"Content retrieval is now centralized and production is decentralized.\"", "Neller said the deal was clearly about the long tail of books, a reference to Wired magazine's Editor-in-Chief Chris Anderson's theory that hits become less important when distribution costs drop.", "One of the main benefits, according to Neller, is letting local book stores compete with Amazon.com by reducing their need to have expensive inventory.", "Other current retailers include the University of Michigan Shapiro Library Building in Ann Arbor; the Blackwell Bookshop in London; the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt; the University of Alberta Bookstore in Edmonton, Canada; and Angus & Robertson Bookstore in Melbourne, Australia.", "The company hopes to sell 60 more printers in the next year, bringing the number of machines globally to about 90.", "On Demand Books suggests that book stores price the books at about $8, leaving retailers with a $3 profit after both Google and On Demand Books collect a buck-a-book fee.", "Google plans to donate its share to a yet-unspecified charity, which might be a reaction to its messy legal and public policy fight over a copyright settlement that covers books that are still in copyright.", "(All the books that are being added to On Demand Books repertoire in this agreement are out of copyright in the country where it will be printed.)", "Starting Sept. 29, Bostonians can stop in the privately owned Harvard Bookstore in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and have their books printed in front of them.", "Or they can order it over the phone and have the store deliver it -- by bicycle.", "There's a certain irony to that, too, according to Google spokeswoman Jennie Johnson, since the bookstore is right next to Harvard's library, one of the libraries that partnered with Google to turn its millions of books into an online library of the future.", "\"Most people can't get into the Harvard Library, but you can print their books next door,\" Johnson said.", "Or put another way, On Demand Books is betting that in the future, every old book will have 15 readers.", "What's of interest in these old books?", "Plenty, according to Google.", "One knitter discovered a long-lost book about knitting, and recreated the heirloom pieces and even built a loom from a long-lost design.", "Another reader, who works with subsistence farmers in Africa, currently uses PDFs of old farming techniques to teach still-relevant skills.", "Google already uses the public-domain books in search results, and users can read those books in full online and even download them as PDFs for free.", "Neither Neller or Johnson cared to speculate on how many of these books they expect to sell, but Johnson says some 80 percent of the public-domain books are looked at in a given month.", "Unfortunately, it's unlikely that the number of public domain books will grow larger anytime soon, since Congress added two decades to existing copyright protection in 1999.", "Copyright, which originally lasts about 14 years, now extends to the life of an author plus 70 years for newly created works.", "As for their quality? They feel like a typical paperback, and are printed using typical 20- or 24-pound paper, with heavier stock for the inkjet-printed cover, which currently all share one design.", "While turning bits back into paper seems a bit of a stretch for Google, Johnson said it fits with the company's goal of organizing the world's information.", "\"We think people should be able to find and read these books,\" Johnson said.", "\"We don't care how people end up reading them.\"", "Neller said he'd love to see the day when Google Book Searchers can press a button next to a search result and find the closest local printer, but Google says that's a long way off.", "So for now, book buyers of the future who want to buy books from the past will need to walk to a bookstore -- or get Harvard Bookstore to use the bicycle, a 19th-century invention, to bring them a book printed with 21st-century technology.", "Subscribe to WIRED magazine for less than $1 an issue and get a FREE GIFT!", "Click here! Copyright 2009 Wired.com." ]	[ "Google Book Search is letting readers turn digitized texts back into paper copies .", "Google scans millions of books and turns them into searchable documents .", "Books can be printed on demand by a special machine in about 4 minutes .", "The machine is only in a few dozen bookstores so far ." ]	[ 4, 5, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Historical tensions and overreaction on the part of both Russia and Georgia contributed to a five-day conflict between the two in 2008, a European Union fact-finding mission concluded in a report released Wednesday.", "South Ossetian mourners at the grave of a relative killed in the conflict on the first anniversary in August 2009.", "\"The conflict is rooted in a profusion of causes comprising different layers in time and actions combined,\" said the report from the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia.", "\"While it is possible to identify the authorship of some important events and decisions marking its course, there is no way to assign overall responsibility for the conflict to one side alone.", "They have all failed, and it should be their responsibility to make good for it.\"", "Georgia launched a campaign against South Ossetia, a Russian-backed separatist Georgian territory, on August 7, 2008.", "The following day, Russian tanks, troops and armored vehicles poured into South Ossetia and another Russian-backed breakaway Georgian territory, Abkhazia, advancing into Georgian cities outside the rebel regions.", "A total of about 850 people were killed on all sides, the report said, and untold numbers of others were wounded or went missing.", "About 100,000 civilians fled their homes, and about 35,000 have been unable to return.", "\"The fighting did not end the political conflict, nor were any of the issues that lay beneath it resolved,\" the report said.", "\"Tensions still continue.", "The political situation after the end of fighting turned out to be no easier and in some respects even more difficult than before.\"", "Russia and Georgia each blamed the other for starting the conflict, and accused each other of a variety of offenses leading up to and during the fighting, including ethnic cleansing.", "Moscow has since recognized South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent regions.", "But relations between Georgia and Russia are at an \"all-time low,\" the report notes.", "After five days of fighting, a peace deal was brokered by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, acting on behalf of the EU.", "An implementation effort followed on September 8.", "The report noted that the actions \"stood in contrast to the failure of the international community, including the U.N. Security Council, to act swiftly and resolutely enough in order to control the ever-mounting tensions prior (to) the outbreak of armed conflict.\"", "Georgian armed forces shelled the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali the night of August 7.", "While that action was seen as the start of the armed conflict, \"it was only the culminating point of a long period of increasing tensions, provocations and incidents,\" the fact-finding report said.", "\"Indeed, the conflict has deep roots in the history of the region, in peoples' national traditions and aspirations as well as in age-old perceptions or rather misperceptions of each other, which were never mended and sometimes exploited.\"", "Any evaluation of the conflict should take that into account, along with mounting tensions in the months and weeks leading up to it, the report said, as well as \"years of provocations, mutual accusations, military and political threats and acts of violence both inside and outside the conflict zone.", "\"It has to consider, too, the impact of a great power's coercive politics and diplomacy against a small and insubordinate neighbor, together with the small neighbour's penchant for overplaying its hand and acting in the heat of the moment without careful consideration of the final outcome, not to mention its fear that it might permanently lose important parts of its territory through creeping annexation,\" the report said.", "The fact-finding mission was established in December by the EU to investigate the conflict.", "It was headed by Heidi Tagliavini, a former United Nations special representative for Georgia.", "The EU said in a statement it welcomed the report and hopes its findings can contribute to future international efforts at \"preventive diplomacy.\"" ]	[ "Report: A total of about 850 people were killed on all sides in five-day conflict .", "About 100,000 civilians fled their homes, about 35,000 unable to return .", "Report: \"No way to assign overall responsibility for the conflict to one side alone\"\nRussia and Georgia each blamed the other for starting the conflict ." ]	[ 3, 7, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- It's bad enough to be sick and miserable.", "But adding insult to injury for many a patient is having to hack through a veritable jungle of often-confusing paperwork to make health insurance claims.", "Dr. Val Jones is part of a practice in Virginia that has lowered its fees and quit taking insurance.", "Consumers' frustrations with health insurance paperwork are well-known.", "But it's also a frustrating tangle for doctors and their staffs.", "AC360° correspondent Tom Foreman has a report about one innovative practice that has decided to take on the insurance paperwork monster -- by completely avoiding it.", "Dr. Val Jones joined a small practice, DocTalker Family Medicine in Vienna, Virginia, where the doctors do not even take insurance.", "They charge a simple, relatively low fee for each service.", "That's it. The doctors at DocTalker grew tired of seeing patients struggle with baffling insurance paperwork while both their health and wealth were on the line.", "\"They don't know why they're getting these questions asked,\" Jones said.", "\"They don't know what the forms mean.", "And ... their compensation is dependent on it.\"", "This innovation has been good news for Carol \"Yogi\" Yogan of McClain, Virginia.", "She said she broke her wrist ice skating, and her insurance company initially told her that her injury would not be covered.", "After persistent effort, she eventually convinced them otherwise.", "The company paid.", "But Yogan is certain without her dogged efforts, her claim would have been forever lost in the \"paperwork jungle\" of the insurance trade.", "Watch Yogan's struggle with bureaucratic red tape » .", "Yogi Yogan has pretty much lost all faith in insurance companies.", "She has enough insurance to cover a catastrophic illness, but for routine care, she's now going to that nearby fee-for-service medical office where Jones works.", "\"It's seamless,\" Yogan said.", "She knows precisely what she is getting and what it costs.", "Jones does not believe the insurance industry set out to cultivate the paperwork jungle.", "She thinks it just grew over time.", "But now that it is there, she suspects they are making so much money off of it, that there is no real incentive to clear it up.", "Former insurance industry executive Wendell Potter agrees.", "He said one way insurers make money is by allowing confusion to reign.", "\"And people often just give up,\" Potter said, \"and don't pursue payment when a claim has been denied or been paid inappropriately or not adequately.", "And the same is true with doctors and hospitals.\"", "He believes billions of dollars are at stake.", "The insurance industry, while acknowledging the existence of the paperwork jungle, denies it is a trap for extra profits.", "Robert Zirkilbach is with a national trade association for insurers called America's Health Insurance Plans.", "\"The health insurance industry is one of the most regulated industries in America, and particularly at the state level there are all kinds of requirements of information that needs to be provided to patients in paper and through the mail,\" Zirkilbach said.", "But he adds, insurers are just as worried as customers about the confusion that causes.", "\"We agree that reform is needed.", "In fact, that's why we've been working very hard to develop reforms to make the system more efficient,\" Zirkilbach said.", "AC360° correspondent Tom Foreman contributed to this report." ]	[ "Practice in Virginia has lowered and simplified its fees and quit taking insurance .", "Patient frustrated with insurance paperwork thrilled with new method: \"It's seamless\"\nEx-insurance industry executive says confusion, paperwork help generate profit .", "Industry spokesman counters that they're trying to make system more efficient ." ]	[ 2, 22, 28, 30, 35 ]
[ "MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Russian and British ships repelled a pirate attack on a Danish ship in the Gulf of Aden, the Russian navy said Wednesday.", "Pirates have caused havoc off the coast of Somalia, hijacking 33 ships this year.", "Elsewhere, pirates hijacked a Turkish-flagged ship carrying 4,500 tons of chemicals and 14 crew off Yemen's coast.", "The pirates hijacked the ship, Karagol, near Yemen as it traveled to Mumbai, India, semi-official news agency Anadolu Ajansi reported, citing a written statement from the Turkish Maritime Agency.", "Russian navy spokesman Igor Dygalo said the Russian patrol ship Neustrashimy and a British frigate, HMS Cumberland, successfully rebuffed pirate attempts to seize the Danish ship Powerful off Somalia.", "The British and Russians used helicopters to counter-attack the pirates, who had opened machine gun fire on Powerful and twice tried to seize it, Dygalo said.", "It was not immediately clear when the incident occurred.", "When asked about the incident, the British Ministry of Defense said a crew from the Cumberland had boarded a small boat on Tuesday that \"they ... believe had been involved in an attack on the Danish-registered MV Powerful earlier in the day.\"", "Ahead of boarding the small boat, or dhow, the British crew members tried several ways to stop it, \"but they were unsuccessful,\" the Ministry of Defense's statement said.", "The Cumberland then launched boats to circle the dhow, in another attempt to halt it.", "People aboard the dhow opened fire at these boats, and the Cumberland's crew members returned fire, the statement said.", "Two alleged pirates were killed during the shooting.", "A third person, a Yemeni national, died later from injuries, despite care from the Cumberland's doctor, the Ministry said.", "\"It is unclear whether his injuries were as a result of the firefight or a previous incident.\"", "The Gulf of Aden, which connects the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea, has become a treacherous stretch for ships, particularly along the Somali coast.", "There have been 84 attacks and 33 successful hijackings off Somalia's coast this year.", "Meanwhile, the Karagol is owned by Istanbul-based Y.D.C.", "Denizcilik, A.S. The company confirmed its ship had been hijacked, but could not provide any details.", "The Karagol is the second Turkish ship in two weeks to be hijacked.", "On October 29, pirates in the same area off Yemen commandeered the Neslihan, a Turkish-owned freighter, carrying 77,000 tons of iron ore from from Canada to China, the ship's owner, Ya-Sa Shipping Industry and Trading, S.A., said.", "CNN's David McKenzie and Andrew Carey contributed to this report." ]	[ "Russian and British ships repel pirate attack on Danish vessel .", "British say three pirates died after an exchange of fire .", "Elsewhere, a Turkish ship with 14 crew has been hijacked off Yemen ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A judge has ordered the children of the Rev.", "Martin Luther King Jr. to meet in their capacity as the sole shareholders of the corporation that manages their iconic father's estate.", "Dexter King has denied taking \"substantial funds\" from his parents' estates.", "King's children were in Fulton County, Georgia, Superior Court Monday in a dispute over their parents' estates.", "Two children of the civil rights icon are suing their brother, accusing him of wrongfully taking money from their parents' estates.", "The Rev. Bernice King and Martin Luther King III allege Dexter King took \"substantial funds\" out of Coretta Scott King's estate and \"wrongfully appropriated\" money from their father's estate.", "Dexter King has publicly denied the accusations.", "It was unclear what outcome having a shareholder meeting for the Estate of Martin Luther King Jr., Inc. would have on the dispute.", "The three siblings have not held such a meeting since 2004, corporation attorney Luke Lantta said.", "The removal of Dexter King as the estate's administrator is unlikely because that would require a meeting of the board of directors.", "Judge Ural Glanville on Monday also ruled in favor of dismissing some of the allegations against Dexter King, but left the question of whether he failed to act in the best interest of his father's incorporated estate to a jury.", "A trial on the allegation of breach of fiduciary duty could happen as early as next month.", "The lawsuit reveals a very public fissure in an iconic family that has always professed unity, particularly as questions have swirled around some of their financial dealings.", "Martin Luther King III and Bernice King were in the courtroom Monday, but Dexter King was not.", "He had been injured in an accident in California and did not make the trip to Georgia.", "Dexter King had filed a counter claim against his sister, asking the court to force her to hand over to the corporation some items that belonged to Martin Luther King Jr.", "In a special hearing Monday, the court ruled that the items, including Martin Luther King Jr.'s Nobel Peace Prize and his love letters to Coretta Scott King will be turned over to the court to hold until a resolution is reached.", "The courtroom was packed with supporters of the King family.", "Among those in attendance were the Rev.", "Joseph Lowery and former Ambassador Andrew Young, friends of Martin Luther King Jr. who worked with him during the civil rights movement.", "CNN's Aaron Cooper contributed to this report." ]	[ "Two of King's children accuse third of wrongfully taking money from estates .", "Dexter King has denied claims by Bernice King, Martin Luther King III .", "Civil rights icons at courthouse to support family ." ]	[ 4, 5, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Pope Benedict XVI ended 2009 much as he began it -- with a major gaffe that angered Jews.", "He started the year by welcoming a Holocaust-denying bishop back into the fold, and ended it by putting the controversial World War II-era Pope Pius XII one step closer to sainthood.", "Both caused uproars.", "\"It seems that the pope doesn't always know what's going out under his name, or the impact of what's going out under his name, which is very strange to observe because John Paul II was so media-savvy,\" said Ruth Ellen Gruber, a Jewish journalist and author who has long been based in Rome.", "The Pius XII episode \"seems to be yet again a case where they didn't estimate what the response would be,\" Gruber said.", "In both cases the pope quickly found himself having to explain and clarify.", "He lifted the decades-old excommunication of Bishop Richard Williamson in January, part of an effort to reconcile an ultra-conservative movement with the Vatican.", "Three other bishops associated with the Society of St. Pius X were un-excommunicated at the same time.", "The excommunications were not related to Williamson's Holocaust denial.", "But it was Williamson who caused outrage, not only among Jews but also among German Catholic bishops and politicians, because the bishop had been filmed denying that the Nazis systematically set out to murder Jews in the Holocaust.", "The video was freely available on YouTube -- and by March, the pope was admitting the Vatican should have Googled Williamson before letting him back into the church.", "The excommunication's remission caused \"a discussion more heated than any we have seen for a long time,\" Benedict XVI wrote in an open letter to bishops in March.", "\"I have been told that consulting the information available on the Internet would have made it possible to perceive the problem early on,\" the pope acknowledged.", "\"I have learned the lesson that in the future in the Holy See we will have to pay greater attention to that source of news.\"", "He made his first visit as pope to Israel in the wake of the controversy -- a visit planned long before the Williamson uproar erupted -- and delivered a clear message: \"Every effort must be made to fight anti-Semitism wherever it is found.\"", "But fresh controversy blew up this month when he issued a decree proclaiming the \"heroic virtues\" of Pope Pius XII.", "Pius, who reigned from 1939 to 1958, is perhaps the most controversial pope of modern times, accused by detractors of not speaking out against the Nazi persecution of Jews.", "(John Cornwell titled his book about Pius XII \"Hitler's Pope,\" just to make his point perfectly clear.)", "Israel Meir Lau, a former chief rabbi of Israel and himself a Holocaust survivor, said it would \"shame\" the Vatican to declare Pius XII a saint.", "\"Especially not now, when many survivors are still alive.", "It will hurt them deeply to know that the man who could save [them], could do much more and did not do it,\" he said.", "\"It is not a good education for generations to come.\"", "Even as the Holocaust was going on, the United States was pushing Pius XII to act.", "\"At the time of the Holocaust, questions about Pius XII's public silence were raised by Myron Taylor, the U.S. representative to the Vatican, and Taylor's assistant, Harold Tittman, who requested that the Holy See speak out on the issue,\" the U.S.", "Holocaust Memorial Museum said Monday.", "\"The opening of the post-1939 archival material is essential to a proper assessment of Pius XII.", "Only then will a sound and accurate portrait of his moral leadership during the Holocaust be possible,\" the museum argued.", "Benedict's spokesman, Father Federico Lombardi, called Pius XII an \"important pope that we know was guiding the church in very difficult times.\"", "The Vatican has long argued that Pius did more behind the scenes to help Jews than he gets credit for -- but has not produced proof.", "It says it will open the Vatican archives from Pius XII's era to scholars, but not for several more years, blaming the delay on the length of time it takes to catalogue and prepare the materials.", "But by Wednesday, Lombardi was backpedalling on the wartime pope.", "First, he said, Benedict XVI had merely ratified a decision which the Vatican committee that evaluates candidates for sainthood had already made about Pius XII.", "Further, the pope's declaration was about Pius XII's \"intense relationship with God and continuous search for evangelical perfection ... and not the historical impact of all his operative decisions,\" Lombardi said in a written statement.", "The decree \"is in no way to be read as a hostile act towards the Jewish people, and it is to be hoped that it will not be considered as an obstacle on the path of dialogue between Judaism and the Catholic Church,\" Lombardi said, looking ahead to the pope's planned visit to the main synagogue in Rome in January.", "The visit will be the first time a pope goes to the synagogue since John Paul II did in 1986, and is meant to be a major symbol of good relations between the two faith communities.", "Benedict is a German -- in fact, he was forced as a young man to join the Hitler Youth -- and an accomplished musician who relaxes by playing piano.", "So why does he have such a tin ear when it comes to the Holocaust?", "Gruber suspects that different factions within the Vatican may be competing for influence.", "She noted that both the Williamson and Pius XII controversies blew up \"soon before what were expected to be major advances in Catholic-Jewish relations\" -- the trip to Israel and the synagogue visit.", "The Italian Jewish community, for its part, seems to understand the competing pressures on the pope, she said, citing a cartoon in the Jewish monthly Pagine Ebraiche showing Benedict walking across Rome's Tiber river towards the city's main synagogue -- on a tightrope.", "He holds a pole for balance, with a flag on one side saying \"dialogue\" and the other saying \"conversion.\"", "\"It's a very sympathetic cartoon for the pope, surprisingly sympathetic,\" said Gruber, the author of \"Virtually Jewish: Reinventing Jewish Culture in Europe.\"", "Whatever gaffes may cause problems between the Vatican and the Jewish community, Gruber said, there is little chance of a complete rupture in relations.", "\"Dialogue with the Jews is now embedded in Vatican doctrine,\" she said.", "\"It's a loud dialogue.", "There's shouting. But if you don't have opposing views, it's not dialogue -- it's an echo chamber.\"", "CNN Jerusalem Bureau Chief Kevin Flower contributed to this report." ]	[ "Pope Benedict XVI in trouble for praise of World War II-era Pope Pius XII .", "Pius is accused by critics of failing to speak out against Nazis and Holocaust .", "Vatican says Benedict was just agreeing with panel considering Pius for sainthood .", "Benedict angered Jews in January with support for Holocaust-denying bishop ." ]	[ 0, 1, 16, 43 ]

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