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"LONDON, England (CNN) -- British singer Leona Lewis was \"understandably shaken\" after a man attacked her during a book signing in central London Wednesday afternoon, a spokeswoman for her record label said.",
"Leona Lewis was signing copies of her book \"Dreams\" when a man assaulted her, police say.",
"A 29-year-old man was arrested after he punched Lewis at the Waterstones bookstore in Piccadilly Circus at 4:36 p.m. (10:36 a.m.",
"ET), according to a Scotland Yard statement.",
"She was signing copies of her new autobiography \"Dreams\" when the \"unprovoked attack\" happened, said Sarah Weinstein Dennison of the RCA Music Group.",
"\"The police were called immediately, and medical attention has been sought,\" Dennison said.",
"\"Leona is understandably shaken and apologizes to the fans she was unable to meet and complete signings.\"",
"There was no information released on how seriously she was hurt.",
"The police statement said the man was arrested on \"suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.\"",
"\"He is currently in custody at a central London police station,\" police said.",
"Lewis, 24, got a career boost when she won the music talent competition on British television show \"The X Factor\" in 2006.",
"She got three Grammy nominations last year based on her debut album, \"Spirit.\"",
"Her second album, \"Echo,\" is set for release next month, according to her Web site."
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"British singer was signing copies of her book at London store .",
"A man is accused of punching her, police say .",
"Lewis won Britain's \"X Factor\" show in 2006; her new album is out next month ."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Food and Drug Administration approved a second vaccine intended to protect against cervical cancer.",
"GlaxoSmithKline has manufactured a vaccine for the prevention of cervical cancer.",
"Cervarix, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, was approved Friday for prevention of cervical cancer and pre-cancerous lesions caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18.",
"The vaccine is approved for use in girls and women ages 10 to 25 years and is to be administered in three doses.",
"After the initial shot, the second and third doses are to be given within six months.",
"\"The licensure of Cervarix adds another option in the prevention of cervical cancer,\" said Dr. Karen Midthun, acting director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.",
"\"It has the potential to save lives from cervical cancer as well as reduce the need for biopsies and invasive procedures associated with the necessary follow-up from abnormal Pap tests.\"",
"According to GlaxoSmithKline, the vaccine is 70 percent effective against pre-cancerous lesions, regardless of HPV type.",
"\"The vaccine contains two HPV types (16 & 18) responsible for the majority of cervical cancers in North America,\" said Sarah Alspach, a GlaxoSmithKline spokeswoman.",
"\"But approximately 25 percent of cervical cancers are caused by other cancer-causing HPV types.",
"Cervarix has been shown to reduce the incidence of pre-cancers resulting from cancer-causing virus types beyond 16 and 18.\"",
"The vaccine will be available this year, according to GSK, which did not divulge the price.",
"Cervarix will be competing with Merck & Company's Gardasil, the first cervical cancer vaccine, which won FDA approval in June 2006.",
"Gardasil, for girls and women ages 9 to 26, prevents against cervical, vulvar and vaginal cancers and protects against HPV types 11, 16 and 18.",
"Gardasil's approval has been broadened by the FDA to include an indication for boys and young men ages 9 through 26 for prevention of genital warts caused by HPV types 6 and 11.",
"\"This vaccine is the first preventive therapy against genital warts in boys and men ages 9 through 26, and, as a result, fewer men will need to undergo treatment for genital warts.\"",
"Midthun said.",
"According to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the nation.",
"More than 40 types of HPV can infect genital areas, according to the disease agency.",
"But because many of them are not visible to the naked eye, most people who become infected don't know it."
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"FDA approves GlaxoSmithKline's HPV vaccine .",
"Cervarix is designed to help prevent cervical cancer .",
"Drug will compete with another HPV vaccine Merck & Company's Gardasil .",
"Cervarix will be available later this year, according to GlaxoSmithKline ."
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"(CNN) -- Bea Arthur, the actress best known for her roles as television's \"Maude\" and the sardonic Dorothy on \"The Golden Girls,\" has died of cancer, a family spokesman said Saturday.",
"Bea Arthur, right, with \"Golden Girls\" co-star Rue McClanahan in June 2008.",
"She was 86. Spokesman Dan Watt said that Arthur died Saturday morning at her home in Los Angeles, her family by her side.",
"She is survived by her sons Matthew and Daniel and grandchildren Kyra and Violet, he said.",
"No funeral services are currently planned, Watt said, adding that the family asked that donations be made to either the Art Attack Foundation or PETA in lieu of flowers.",
"Arthur's opinionated Maude first appeared on Norman Lear's \"All in the Family\" as Edith Bunker's cousin, and was so popular that Lear created a spin-off series.",
"In the '70s, \"Maude\" was ahead of the social curve, tackling hot topics not usually mentioned on situation comedies -- pornography, race relations and, in an episode titled \"Maude's Dilemma,\" abortion.",
"That episode spawned demonstrations and generated hate mail for Arthur -- when Maude and husband Walter (Bill Macy) decided on that episode they were too old to raise a child.",
"But many saw Maude as an enduring icon for women's liberation -- a big deal for the shy, Jewish girl born Bernice Frankel in New York City.",
"During the Depression, Arthur's family left the Big Apple and opened a clothing store in Cambridge, Maryland.",
"By the time she was 12, Arthur was nearly 5 feet, 10 inches tall, and self-conscious about her height.",
"But she masked her insecurity with comedy and eventually returned to New York to study acting.",
"Along the way, she had a short-lived marriage she never spoke about, but she kept the last name -- Arthur.",
"The young Bea Arthur earned a living singing and doing stage work on Broadway and off-Broadway.",
"Critics delighted in her haughty, serpent-tongued deliveries.",
"Her first television appearance came in 1951 in a long-forgotten series called \"Once Upon a Tune,\" but she quickly made a name for herself with appearances on \"Studio One,\" \"Kraft Television Theatre\" and \"The Sid Caesar Show.\"",
"Arthur drew attention in \"Threepenny Opera\" on Broadway with Lotte Lenya, but she really turned heads in 1964 originating the role of Yente the Matchmaker in \"Fiddler on the Roof.\"",
"In 1966, Arthur won a Tony Award for the caustic Vera Charles in the play \"Mame,\" playing opposite Angela Lansbury in the title role.",
"Eight years later, she reprised the role in the film version opposite Lucille Ball, but by then she was already well-established as Maude.",
"Arthur left \"Maude\" in 1978, making television and some film appearances afterward.",
"She starred in a short-lived series, \"Amanda's,\" in 1983 and then joined the cast of \"The Golden Girls\" in 1985 with Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty.",
"Her role as Dorothy Zbornak gave Arthur her other major television success as one of four older women living together in Florida.",
"(Getty played Arthur's mother).",
"The role earned Arthur a second Emmy -- the first was for \"Maude.\"",
"Arthur left the show after Dorothy remarried at the end of the 1991-92 season.",
"White, McClanahan and Getty continued for another season on the show, renamed \"The Golden Palace,\" but the show lasted only one season without Arthur.",
"Arthur entered semi-retirement after the show ended in 1992, returning to television in sporadic guest appearances and appearing at several celebrity roasts.",
"In the early part of this decade, Arthur appeared in several one-woman shows.",
"Her last stage appearance was in 2006.",
"Her last television appearance was on \"The View\" in 2007."
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"Actress Bea Arthur dies of cancer at age 86, spokesman says .",
"\"Maude,\" \"Golden Girls\" star was at home with family in Los Angeles .",
"Arthur is survived by two sons and grandchildren ."
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"ACCRA, Ghana (CNN) -- President Bush sought Wednesday to dispel rumors that the U.S. plans to bring \"all kinds of military to Africa,\" saying that is \"simply not true.\"",
"President Bush shakes hands with Ghanian President John Kufuor in Accra, Ghana, on Wednesday.",
"He said the United States has no plans to add new bases in Africa but may open an office somewhere on the continent as part of its plans for Africom, a new U.S. military command that will focus on Africa.",
"The president did not elaborate on the size of such an office but took pains to say it would not be a military base in the traditional sense.",
"\"The purpose of this is not to add military bases,\" Bush said.",
"\"I know there's rumors in Ghana -- 'all Bush is coming to do is try to convince you to put a big military base here.'",
"That's baloney. Or as we say in Texas, that's bull.\"",
"Watch what gifts Bush brought to Ghana » .",
"The president of Ghana, John Kufuor, said he welcomed Bush's comments.",
"\"I am happy for the president's dispelling any notion that the United States of America is intending to build military bases on the continent of Africa,\" he said.",
"The U.S. military divides the world into regions and has a \"command\" for each region.",
"The U.S. Central Command, for example, focuses on U.S. military concerns and activities in much of the Middle East and South Asia, while the U.S. Southern Command focuses on Latin America.",
"The new command established last year, Africom, will be based in Stuttgart, Germany \"for the foreseeable future,\" the U.S. military says.",
"\"Now, that doesn't mean we won't develop some kind of office somewhere in Africa.",
"We haven't made our minds up,\" Bush said Wednesday.",
"\"I want to dispel the notion that all of a sudden America is, you know, bringing all kinds of military to Africa.",
"It's just simply not true.\"",
"About 1,800 U.S. troops are stationed in Djibouti, a country in the Horn of Africa, as part of the U.S. fight against Islamic extremists.",
"Bush said Africom will \"provide military assistance to African nations so African nations are more capable of dealing with Africa's conflicts, like peacekeeping training.\"",
"\"The whole purpose of Africom is to help leaders deal with Africa's problems,\" he said in a joint news conference with Kufuor.",
"E-mail to a friend .",
"CNN's Ed Henry and Tim McCaughan contributed to this report."
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"Bush says U.S. has no plans for military bases in Africa .",
"Office in Africa is possible as part of new Africom command in U.S. military, he says .",
"Africom, established last year, focuses on Africa but is based in Germany .",
"Ghanaian president welcomes Bush comments on base rumors ."
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"CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- The funeral of a Chicago teenager whose beating death was caught on video was attended Saturday by scores of family members, officials and community leaders, including the Rev.",
"Jesse Jackson.",
"A funeral for Derrion Albert, a teen who was fatally beaten last month, was held Saturday on Chicago's South Side.",
"Authorities say Derrion Albert, a 16-year-old honors student, was an innocent bystander who ended up in the middle of a September 24 street fight between two factions of students from Christian Fenger Academy High School.",
"\"The killings keep coming -- one need not to be guilty to be killed in this war zone,\" Jackson told reporters before the service Saturday at the Greater Mount Hebron Baptist Church in South Side Chicago.",
"\"We must declare a state of emergency.",
"We have an obligation to prepare for our children safe passage.\"",
"Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis was among the Chicago officials who filed into the church as the the victim's mother, An-Janette Albert, wept in the arms of loved ones.",
"Watch friends, dignitaries attend funeral » .",
"\"I can't believe I'm here and he's not with me,\" An-Janette Albert told CNN in an interview earlier in the week.",
"\"I can't talk to him.\" Four suspects have been charged with first-degree murder in Derrion Albert's killing, and police say they are looking for three more people in connection with the beating.",
"Video footage of the incident shows Albert being hit by a person wielding a railroad tie.",
"President Obama, a longtime Chicago resident, is sending Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Attorney General Eric Holder next week to talk with officials from the school, the students and the community about school violence, the White House said.",
"Albert's sister, 11-year-old Rhaea, told CNN on Thursday that she looked up to her big brother, and now wants to be an even better student in his honor.",
"But his death haunts her.",
"\"I'm kind of nervous to go outside these days because of what happens to kids now,\" she said.",
"\"Kids around my age ... they could still get hurt, no matter what.\"",
"Watch slain teen's mother talk about her feelings » .",
"When school let out at 2:50 p.m. on September 24, Albert was nearly six blocks away -- on his way to a bus stop -- when two groups of students converged on the street, said Tandra Simonton, spokeswoman for the Cook County prosecutor.",
"The factions -- one that lived near the Altgeld Gardens housing development and one in an area known as \"The Ville\" -- began fighting after an earlier shooting that police called gang-related.",
"According to Simonton, Albert was approached by two members of \"The Ville\" faction and struck in the head with a long wooden railroad tie, then punched in the face.",
"After being knocked unconscious for a brief period, Albert regained consciousness and tried to move from the fight, but was then attacked by a second group of five members from the opposing faction, Simonton said.",
"Albert was taken to Roseland Community Hospital and then to Advocate Christ Hospital and Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead."
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"Jesse Jackson: \"Killings keep coming ... we must declare a state of emergency\"\nAlbert's mother, earlier in week: \"I can't believe ... he's not with me\"\nDerrion Albert, 16, was beaten to death September 24; beating was recorded .",
"Police still seeking other suspects related to Albert's death ."
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"(CNN) -- Mourners gathered Saturday in a California church to remember slain Yale graduate student Annie Le, 24, whose body was found on the day she was to be married.",
"Yale student Annie Le's family said in a statement that \"her laughter was infectious.\"",
"\"You were born in my loving embrace,\" said Le's mother, Vivian Van Le, reading a poem she'd written in Vietnamese to those gathered for the funeral at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in El Dorado Hills, California.",
"Chris Le -- her son and Annie Le's brother -- provided a translation.",
"\"The most wonderful gift that God had sent to me.",
"... You left life at too young an age, at the beginning of many great things.",
"All the dreams and hopes of your future gone with you to your resting place,\" Vivian Van Le said, according to her son.",
"Le, a pharmacology graduate student, was last seen alive on September 8, the day she appeared in a surveillance video as she entered the four-story lab at 10 Amistad St., about 10 blocks from Yale University's campus.",
"Her body was found inside the basement wall of the building on September 12, the day she was to be married.",
"Authorities have charged Yale lab technician Raymond Clark, 24, with Le's murder.",
"Bond has been set at $3 million, according to police.",
"See timeline of case » .",
"Vivian Van Le addressed her daughter's fiance, Jonathan Widawsky, on Saturday at the funeral, saying, \"Even now, Annie is gone.",
"But I still have you and love you very much, like my son, Christopher.\"",
"Widawsky is a graduate student in physics at Columbia University, according to Yale.",
"Watch loved ones say goodbye to Le » .",
"Monsignor James C. Kidder told the mourners that \"the worth of Annie's life was not its length, it was its intensity of love.\"",
"Yale released a statement Friday, saying that a university memorial service would be held on October 12.",
"The university is also establishing a scholarship in Le's memory.",
"It released a statement from her family, saying \"Annie was loved by everyone who knew her and special to all those who came in contact with her. ...",
"Her laughter was infectious and her goodness was ingenuous.",
"... We will always remember her beautiful smile, her fun-loving spirit, and the joy that she brought to us all.\""
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"(CNN) -- For nearly 20 years Jennifer Schuett has held onto every memory of the night she was abducted from her bedroom, raped and left for dead.",
"Jennifer Schuett remembers small details of the night she was abducted, raped and her throat slashed at age 8.",
"It was August 10, 1990.",
"Schuett was 8 years old and lived alone with her mother in the first floor of an apartment complex in Dickinson, Texas.",
"The bedroom windows faced the parking lot.",
"Investigators were never able to identify a suspect, but new DNA testing may change that.",
"CNN normally does not identify victims of sexual assaults.",
"But Schuett wants to go public with her story-- and her name-- to increase the chances of finding and prosecuting her attacker.",
"\"It's not about me anymore,\" she explained.",
"\"It's about all the little girls that go to sleep at night.",
"I know there are so many girls out there who have been raped and hurt.",
"You have to fight back.\"",
"For that, Schuett, 27, is relying on her voice, her memory and advances in DNA testing.",
"\"I remember everything; I've always wanted to remember everything, so I can find the person that did this,\" Schuett told CNN during a phone interview.",
"\"If I had blocked this out of my memory, the investigation wouldn't have come this far.",
"I'm a fighter.\" Schuett says she was alone in her bed when a man came creeping in through the window.",
"She remembers waking up in a stranger's arms as he carried her across a dark parking lot.",
"\"When I opened my eyes, his face was the first thing I saw and he covered my face and mouth,\" she said.",
"\"He ran with me to his car. He told me he was an undercover cop and that he knew my family.",
"He seemed calm -- not nervous, not aggressive.\"",
"After they left the parking lot, he drove her through the streets of Dickinson, Texas, pulling into a mechanic shop next to her elementary school.",
"\"Watch the moon.",
"The moon will change colors and that is when your mom will come to get you,\" she recalled him saying.",
"\"Oh, it looks like she is not coming.\"",
"Schuett said he drove her to an overgrown field next to the school and raped her.",
"\"He had a knife to my throat and touched my face and offered me Reese's pieces,\" she said.",
"\"I was scared but I knew I couldn't be fast enough to get away.",
"Cars would drive by but I couldn't get away to get help.\"",
"She believes she passed out.",
"\"I woke up to him dragging me by my ankles,\" she said.",
"\"I felt thorns ripping the skin off my back.",
"I would see him turn to look at me and I would play dead.\"",
"She passed out again, and awoke at daybreak.",
"\"I remember feeling dew around me and I couldn't figure out why when I screamed I couldn't hear myself,\" said Schuett.",
"She lay naked on top of an ant hill with her throat slashed from ear to ear, and her voice box torn.",
"Much later, she said, \"I heard children playing hide and seek.",
"That is when one of the kids tripped over my foot,\" said Schuett.",
"She was found at 6 p.m. on a hot August day.",
"She had been lying in the field for nearly 12 hours.",
"She was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.",
"\"Three days after the attack, I started giving a description.",
"The doctors told me I would never be able to talk again, but I proved them all wrong,\" said Schuett.",
"She believes she got her voice back so she could tell her story.",
"\"I never wanted to play the victim role.",
"I wanted to be a strong survivor,\" she said.",
"But the attack left its mark.",
"\"For the first two years, I had nightmares and was scared,\" she said.",
"\"But I never wanted sympathy. ...",
"If I had given up, he would have won, and I wanted to show him: 'You didn't win.'",
"\" Shuettt said she is now \"on a manhunt.\"",
"Houston FBI Special Agent Richard Rennison is one of the lead investigators in the case, along with Dickinson police Detective Tim Cromie.",
"Both men were discussing the case, when Rennison received a memo from the FBI's Child Abduction Rapid Deployment (CARD) Team, saying they were looking for cold child abduction cases that could be retested for DNA evidence.",
"The Schuett case was one of the cases selected.",
"Rennison, who has 10 years of experience in child abduction cases, said he has never seen a case like Schuett's.",
"\"This is the only one that I can think of that the victim has suffered some traumatic injuries and survived,\" he said, \"The main reason the CARD team picked this case was because she was alive.",
"In cases of child abduction it is rare that the child is recovered alive.",
"Frequently you recover a body and most times you never find them.\"",
"Schuett is a living witness who can help put the pieces together.",
"The investigators found evidence collected 19 years ago, which can be retested.",
"It includes the underwear and pajamas Schuett was wearing, as well as a man's underwear and T-shirt, which were found in the field where Schuett was left for dead.",
"The clothes were tested in 1990, but the sample wasn't large enough for conclusive results.",
"But now, modern techniques allow DNA to be isolated from a single human cell.",
"Once they get back the DNA results -- \"any time now,\" Schuett said -- they will run them through the FBI's criminal database and see if they get a match.",
"The FBI has also offered a $10,000 reward for information that could lead to a break in the case.",
"And last weekend Schuett appeared in \"America's Most Wanted,\" which resulted in several leads from viewers who called in with information.",
"\"Someone might remember something about that night,\" Schuett said.",
"\"Dickinson is a really small community.",
"Everybody knows everybody.",
"I know someone in town knows something.\""
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama will meet with top congressional leaders from both parties Tuesday to discuss a war in Afghanistan that now appears to be at a potential tipping point.",
"The meeting on the war comes as the Obama administration conducts a review of its Afghan strategy.",
"Obama will be joined by, among others, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Minority Leader John Boehner, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and the heads of the Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees in the House and Senate, two Democratic officials said.",
"The meeting comes amid the Obama administration's comprehensive review of U.S. strategy in Afghanistan.",
"Several top military leaders and opposition Republicans are pressing Obama to act quickly to increase the present 68,000-troop level by as many as 40,000.",
"\"There's no doubt that, particularly on funding, it's not going to happen until Congress signs off,\" White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday.",
"\"They're an important part of this, and the president wants to hear from them.\"",
"In March, Obama announced a plan to send more than 20,000 additional troops to the country to provide security for a national election.",
"That move followed what Obama and others called years of inadequate resources in Afghanistan because of the Bush administration's focus on Iraq.",
"The Obama strategy was based on a counterinsurgency mission intended to defeat terrorists based in Afghanistan while winning local support and helping with development.",
"Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who took over four months ago as the top U.S. commander in the country, has submitted an assessment in which, sources have told CNN, he says he needs additional forces to carry out the counterinsurgency strategy successfully.",
"Otherwise, McChrystal reportedly warns, the mission could fail, bringing a return of power to the Taliban.",
"\"We need to reverse the current trends, and time does matter,\" McChrystal said last week in a speech in London, England.",
"\"Waiting does not prolong a favorable outcome.",
"This effort will not remain winnable indefinitely.\"",
"U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, however, appeared to push back Monday against those who are loudly urging a rapid troop increase.",
"It's \"important that we get it right,\" he told a U.S. Army audience.",
"Gates said that it's also \"important that all of us ... provide the best advice to the president candidly but privately.\"",
"Gen. George Casey, chief of staff of the Army, echoed Gates' view, telling reporters that he would be sharing his views \"in private\" and that they'd be \"the second to know.\"",
"Obama has yet to respond to McChrystal's report, prompting opponents to accuse him of indecisiveness and playing politics that puts U.S. soldiers on the ground at risk.",
"Watch more on the debate over the best way forward » .",
"National Security Adviser James Jones Jr. on Sunday cited three developments since March that have led the White House to reconsider its overall Afghanistan strategy: .",
"• Questions about the legitimacy of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's election victory.",
"• McChrystal's conclusion that the Taliban is stronger than previously thought.",
"• Neighboring Pakistan's improved efforts to change the overall dynamic of the border region.",
"\"The key in Afghanistan is to have a triad of things happen simultaneously,\" Jones said on CNN's \"State of the Union,\" listing improved security, economic development and \"good governance and the rule of law.\"",
"Jones said Karzai's government \"is going to have to pitch in and do much better\" than it has to improve the governance situation after the elections, widely considered as tainted by vote fraud in some areas.",
"Some in Obama's inner circle, including Vice President Joe Biden, are advocating a counterterrorism approach that focuses on combating al Qaeda through the use of unmanned drones and special forces without involving additional troops.",
"Others, especially McChrystal, are strongly advocating the broader counterinsurgency approach, which requires a much larger U.S. military footprint in the country.",
"See who has Obama's ear on Afghanistan » .",
"Sen. John McCain of Arizona and other Senate Republicans -- as well as other advocates of an increase in troop levels -- are pushing for McChrystal to testify before Congress about his assessment.",
"Senate Armed Service Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Michigan, rejected their request nearly two weeks ago, calling it \"premature.\"",
"Eight American troops and two Afghan security force members were killed Saturday when militants opened fire on an outpost with rockets, mortars and heavy-caliber machine guns, according to an initial U.S. military report on the battle.",
"The bodies of four of those U.S. soldiers -- Army Sgt.",
"Joshua Kirk, of South Portland, Maine; Specialists Michael Scusa of Villas, New Jersey, and Christopher Griffin, of Kincheloe, Michigan; and Pfc.",
"Kevin Thomson, of Reno, Nevada -- are scheduled to be brought back to the United States on Tuesday, the Pentagon said.",
"It was the largest number of Americans killed by hostile action in a single day in Afghanistan since July 2008, according to CNN records.",
"CNN's Ed Henry and Laurie Ure contributed to this report."
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"NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (CNN) -- A Yale University lab technician was arrested Thursday and charged with murder in the slaying of a graduate student whose body was found in the basement wall of an off-campus medical research building, police said.",
"Raymond Clark, 24, was arrested and charged with murder, police said.",
"His bond was set at $3 million.",
"Raymond Clark was apprehended about 8:10 a.m.",
"ET at a Super 8 motel in Cromwell, Connecticut, where he had spent the night after being released Wednesday following his submission to DNA testing.",
"Bond for Clark has been set at $3 million, New Haven Police Chief James Lewis said.",
"Hours after his arrest, Clark appeared in court and did not enter a plea.",
"Standing with chains on his ankles and his palms on a table, he looked only at the judge and spoke only to acknowledge that his rights were read to him.",
"A court date of October 6 was set.",
"Lewis described the killing as an instance of \"workplace violence\" but did not elaborate.",
"Watch chief, acquaintances talk about Clark » .",
"Annie Le's body was found in the basement wall of an off-campus medical research building Sunday.",
"She had been strangled. Le, 24, a pharmacology student, was last seen alive September 8, the day she appeared in a surveillance video entering a four-story lab at 10 Amistad St., about 10 blocks from the main campus.",
"Her body was found on what was to have been her wedding day.",
"Lewis said the arrest \"went smoothly.\"",
"Watch the police chief announce the arrest » .",
"He could not release details about the charges or whether DNA results led police to arrest Clark, who initially was described as a person of interest in the case.",
"\"This arrest warrant has been sealed, so no further information can be released in order to comply with this court order,\" Lewis said.",
"Clark could have been arrested Wednesday if he had declined to provide DNA samples and allow police to search his home, but he was released after complying, New Haven city spokeswoman Jessica Mayorga said.",
"Police had been monitoring the motel where Clark was staying.",
"When asked about the arrest, Clark's attorney David Dworski referred CNN to the statement he released earlier: \"We are committed to proceeding appropriately with the authorities with whom we are in regular contact.\"",
"Two other search warrants also were executed Wednesday -- one on property belonging to Clark that was not named in the first warrant and a second for Clark's vehicle, which was being processed Wednesday evening, Lewis said earlier.",
"He said Clark is a technician who does \"custodial-type\" work at the building.",
"Clark answered police questions for a while but later retained an attorney and stopped, Lewis said.",
"Yale President Richard Levin said while the school's administration is \"relieved\" by the news of Clark's arrest, \"we must resist the temptation to rush to judgment.\"",
"Clark, a lab technician at Yale since December 2004, had nothing in his employment history that \"gave an indication that his involvement in such a crime might be possible,\" Levin said in a statement Thursday.",
"Lewis said Clark and Le worked in the same building and passed in the hallway, but he refused to comment further on whether they knew each other.",
"Investigators have collected about 250 pieces of evidence, Lewis said.",
"Watch police discuss the investigation » .",
"Lewis earlier said police had reviewed about 700 hours of video and interviewed more than 150 people, some more than once.",
"Watch a timeline leading up to Le's death » .",
"Authorities have not released information on what DNA evidence may have been found, although investigators said earlier that bloody clothing was found hidden above tiles in a drop ceiling in another part of the building.",
"Police have not described the clothes that were found, nor said to whom they might have belonged.",
"Teams of investigators at a Connecticut State Police lab worked through the weekend processing and examining the bloodstained garments.",
"But Thomas Kaplan, editor in chief of the Yale Daily News, said a Yale police official told the college paper that the clothes were not what Le was wearing when she entered the building.",
"Lewis said Wednesday that processing of the building was nearing completion and police would probably clear it Thursday morning.",
"Watch a report on the police saying the killing was no random act » .",
"Le was to have been married Sunday on New York's Long Island to Jonathan Widawsky, a Columbia University graduate student.",
"Le was from Placerville, California, and seemed to have been aware of the risks of crime in a university town.",
"In February, she compared crime and safety at Yale with other Ivy League schools for a piece for B magazine, published by the medical school.",
"Among the tips she offered: Keep a minimum amount on your person.",
"When she walked over to the research building last week, she left her purse, credit cards and cell phone in her office.",
"CNN's Tom Foreman, Mary Snow and Shirley Zilberstein contributed to this report."
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"Bond for Raymond Clark set at $3 million, police say .",
"Police chief describes crime as a case of workplace violence .",
"Le's body was found on what would have been her wedding day ."
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"BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- A hoax video purporting to show Michael Jackson hopping out of a coroner's van alive was produced by a German television station as an experiment, the broadcaster told CNN Monday.",
"Michael Jackson was found dead on June 25.",
"He had been preparing for a comeback.",
"It was made to show how easy it is to spread rumors online, said Heike Schultz, a spokeswoman for RTL, the leading private broadcaster in Germany.",
"\"We sent out a press release before we did the video to alert everyone that it was fake, but once posted it spread really fast,\" she said.",
"More than 880,000 people have clicked on the most popular version of the video on YouTube, posted by a user using the name \"michaeljacksonhoax\" under the title \"Michael Jackson alive?!",
"Seen coming out of coroner's van!\"",
"Nearly 3,600 people have commented on the video.",
"\"All the moves, his posture, the stepping out of the van, looks like MJ.",
"He steps out very cautious, like a moonwalk.",
"Also the slowly walking is just like Michael did,\" one user wrote.",
"\"I really hope he's still alive....I could never forgive him for scaring me like that, but I could never hate him... :),\" another said.",
"Watch video of the hoax » .",
"Not everyone was fooled.",
"\"I would forgive Michael for anything because he is so super sexy but seriously guys he has passed,\" one user wrote.",
"\"MJ has passed so leave him alone this movie is fake.",
"R.I.P. Michael I love and miss u.\"",
"A second version of the video, posted and annotated by \"MUZIKfactory2\" to show inconsistencies, has been seen more than 329,000 times.",
"Both versions were posted on August 25.",
"RTL produced the video for its daily magazine \"Explosive\" to tell people not to take information at face value, the station's representative said.",
"\"This was so obviously fake, in the case of Michael Jackson, it just was not possible,\" Schultz said.",
"According to Schultz, some viewers have been happy that the magazine showed them how easy it was to fake information online.",
"Others who were Michael Jackson fans have told RTL that this was the wrong topic to do this kind of experiment on.",
"\"It was not a bad thing, since it was so obviously a fake.",
"But it is now in our poison wardrobe and it won't be revived again,\" Schultz said.",
"RTL said it removed the video from the Internet, but it can still be seen on YouTube.",
"News of Jackson's death on June 25 sparked something of a feeding frenzy on the Web, as many news Web sites struggled to cope with the sheer volume of traffic.",
"With that came rumors that dragged in other celebrities completely unconnected to the \"King of Pop's\" death.",
"One Wikipedia prankster wrote that Jackson had been \"savagely murdered\" by his brother Tito, who had strangled him \"with a microphone cord.\"",
"Soon rumors spread online that movie star Jeff Goldblum had fallen from the Kauri Cliffs in New Zealand while filming his latest movie.",
"On several search engines, \"Jeff Goldblum\" soon became the only non-Jackson-related term to crop up in the top 10.",
"The rumors forced Goldblum's publicist to issue a statement to media outlets, saying: \"Reports that Jeff Goldblum has passed away are completely untrue.",
"He is fine and in Los Angeles.\"",
"At the same time, Harrison Ford was also rumored to have fallen from a yacht off the south of France.",
"CNN's Per Nyberg in London, England and Frederik Pleitgen in Berlin, Germany, contributed to this report."
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"880,000 people clicked on the most popular version of the video on YouTube .",
"RTL: Video intended to tell people not to take information at face value ."
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"MEDELLIN, Colombia (CNN) -- This city's drug underworld is littered with \"poseurs\" -- lowlife triggermen pretending they're the real hard cases.",
"Samir Romero, wanted by police for two murders, was killed in August.",
"He was shot 13 times.",
"But a longstanding and trusted source, with intimate knowledge of Medellin's violent subculture, assured me the two men I was about to meet were the real deal.",
"My destination: a single-story home in the city's notorious \"Commune 13\" district where I had set up a meeting with two hit men, who have for years hired their lethal services out to the cocaine cartels.",
"Inside the house, a man called \"Red\" sat on a couch toying a fully loaded 9mm Ruger pistol.",
"\"This will stop somebody nicely,\" he said, as I glanced at it.",
"His face and arms were covered in burn marks.",
"He said it was a testament of the day a barrel of acid spilled onto him as he was working in a clandestine cocaine processing lab in northern Colombia.",
"Red explained that after the accident, the lab foreman tossed him out, half-dead, into a jungle clearing.",
"What little strength he had left, he said he used to bat away vultures.",
"And, against the odds, he made his way to safety and slowly recovered.",
"When Red left the clinic months later, he said he went straight back to the drug lab and gunned down the foreman and three of his henchmen.",
"That wasn't his first killing though, he told me.",
"When he was just 11 years old, Red recounted, he took a razor to the throat of a neighborhood drug pusher who had been molesting his little sister.",
"The other man, \"C\", sat quietly as I listened to Red.",
"Like Red, my source told me, \"C\" was also the so-called \"chief\" of a number of neighborhoods -- running local drug-peddling operations, extortion rackets and organizing hits for a big cartel boss he simply referred to as \"El Cucho,\" or \"The Old Man.\"",
"It was a hot morning and he was shirtless.",
"His chest was branded with a tattoo of the Virgin Maria Auxilatrix, known in Colombia as the \"Virgin of the Assassins.\"",
"Hitmen, or \"sicarios\" as they call them here, revere her and pray to her for protection against arrest or death and for help to carry out their killings.",
"Watch as Medellin law enforcement moves from killing to killing » .",
"During our time with the hit men they offered a fascinating insight into their violent world -- from how much they get paid to what their mothers think of their lifestyle: .",
"Penhaul: Why are Medellin's drug bosses and the street gangs in a war right now?",
"\"RED\": \"These problems come about because they're looking for a good man to run things.",
"We have to find him and, in order to find him, what's happening right now has to run its course.\"",
"\"C\": \"Medellin has exploded right now because different groups want to control it and earn money and gain territory.",
"The authorities locked up, extradited, or cut cooperation deals with the big guys, the ones who controlled all this.",
"Those were the ones people respected.",
"Now there's no respect and anybody who has a bunch of money is grabbing a few kids from a poor neighborhood and putting them to work.\"",
"Penhaul: What are the cartel bosses paying for a contract killing now?",
"\"C\": \"If you're talking about a contract hit then right now you can get four or five million pesos (between US$2,000 and $2,500) to kill some idiot slimeball.",
"Then of course there are bigger hits where you can earn 15 (million) or 20 million (between $7,500 and $10,000).",
"Some of those hits pay pretty well.",
"There's a lot of people around here with a lot of money and they're using it for bad things.",
"Sometimes even the politicians will pay for a hit to get somebody out of their way.\"",
"Penhaul: Why did you get into this lifestyle?",
"\"Red\": \"People need to eat and there's a lot of hunger.",
"We don't just want the crumbs.",
"That's the big problem.",
"There's a lot of idle hands around here and many people think they have a chance if they have a gun in their hand.\"",
"\"C\": \"I grew up in a slum and every time I stepped outside the door there were guys from the local gang smoking (marijuana) joints.",
"They had guns, the best motorbikes and money so I started running errands for them.\"",
"Penhaul: Didn't you have any big dreams when you were kids?",
"\"Red\": \"I always said when I grow up I would build a house for my old lady with a cement roof and plaster and paint on the walls.",
"I dreamed I'd be able to give her money to go to the supermarket every week.\"",
"\"C\": \"I dreamed of being a professional soccer player.",
"I was pretty good.",
"But I never got the chance.\"",
"Penhaul: Do you think you've made your mothers proud by killing people?",
"\"Red\": \"I once gave my mum a wad of cash after I did a job.",
"She took the wad and slapped me in the face and told me not to bring that cursed money into the house.",
"She begged me to get out of that life.",
"She was afraid they would kill me.\"",
"\"C\": \"My mum knows nothing about this.",
"I guess she imagines because she tells me to take care otherwise I'll wind up dead.",
"But she doesn't know for sure.\" Penhaul: What did your first contract hit feel like?",
"\"Red\": \"You kill the first one and you panic for a few days.",
"You're nervous. But then you kill the second one and that's a kind of a medicine.",
"It takes the pain away that you were feeling after the first killing.\"",
"\"C\": \"The first time is really f***ed up.",
"I nearly went mad.",
"You see a cop and think he's going to arrest you.",
"I was 16 or 17. That was my first time.",
"I hardly even wanted to eat.",
"But then you carry on and kill this one and that one.",
"You earn money.",
"After I killed somebody the first time I bought my first decent pair of sneakers.",
"\"It's not so tough now. Sometimes you kill somebody and you know they were going to kill you.",
"It's not a question of conscience.",
"It's a question of kill or be killed.\"",
"Penhaul: Don't you feel any remorse?",
"\"C\": You know you messed up when you go to the wake and see people crying and you know it's your fault.",
"But I don't back down from a killing because I know if somebody comes after me they won't back down.\"",
"\"Red\": \"I've got feelings and sometimes you sit down and think what a shame.",
"But the person who's trying to shoot you isn't going to think the same.",
"You're not killing somebody for the fun of it.",
"If you don't mark your territory then you're a nobody.\"",
"Penhaul: So, apart from the money, why do you do it?",
"\"C\": \"To gain respect round here you have to be a mother f***er.",
"You've got to be a bastard so people respect you.",
"If you're quiet and respectful everybody takes advantage.",
"But if they know you're a mother f***er who'll bust their ass at the first sign of trouble then they respect you and your family.\"",
"Penhaul: Are you killing innocent people?",
"\"C\": \"I never kill somebody who doesn't deserve it.",
"Sometimes I'll hunt down a \"patient\" for a week just so that I don't make any mistakes.",
"You can't go and kill somebody just because you want to.",
"You have to ask for permission from the big guys who control us.",
"You explain to the \"old man\" and he gives the final word.\"",
"Penhaul: Are you ever on the receiving end of bullets?",
"\"Red\": \"They once shot me four times at point blank range.",
"I heard them laughing as they walked away and one came back and kicked me in the head for good measure.",
"When I got better he was the first one I killed.",
"I've been shot 17 times.",
"Well let's call it 19 if you count the ones that just graze you.",
"They say some bodies have divine protection.",
"Let's hope mine is one of them.\"",
"Penhaul: Why don't normal citizens just turn you in?",
"Because they're afraid? \"C\": \"The community collaborates with us.",
"We give them food parcels and we throw parties for them and give toys to the kids.",
"We don't mistreat everybody, just the ones who deserve it.",
"We don't kill innocent people.\"",
"Penhaul: Do you want to get out of this life?",
"\"C\": \"I know you should pay what you owe.",
"But I don't want to pay for all those deaths.",
"I'll be absolutely f***ed if I have to pay.",
"I want to get out of this but I want a clean slate.",
"If I pay my debt to the law then that means jail and if I pay on the street then that means death.",
"I don't want to go to jail or to die.\"",
"Penhaul: Do you see any quick end to the current cartel violence in Medellin?",
"\"C\": \"We've survived one war, then another and now this one.",
"I can't see it all ending.",
"I don't think that will happen.",
"If you kill two or three people there's four or five more behind him who want to kill you.\""
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"One says a kill costs between $2,000 and $10,000 .",
"Second hitman: After the first kill you panic, the second is a medicine .",
"They live in Medellin, the Colombian city in the middle of a drug war ."
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"KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (Reuters) -- Malaysia defended on Friday its practice of caning criminals after a disturbing video of a prison-yard caning session burst onto the Internet, reigniting criticism from lawyers and human rights advocates.",
"In the video, a naked man is shown strapped to an upright wooden frame, his rear exposed to a uniformed official who lifts a meter-long rattan stick above his head before bringing it down on the prisoner's buttocks, tearing the flesh with each strike.",
"The video, in which the moaning and shaking prisoner is struck six times, has spread quickly across the Internet, capturing headlines in the Web sites of some European newspapers and forcing the Malaysian government on to the defensive.",
"\"The government at this stage has no plans to abolish the cane as part of punishment,\" Deputy Internal Security Minister Fu Ah Kiow told Reuters by telephone.",
"He said the video was an official recording that had been leaked onto the Internet.",
"The video had been produced for deterrent purposes, with excerpts shown during anti-narcotic education sessions to would-be drug dealers, he added.",
"\"This video was taken officially by us for a demonstration purpose, but it is not supposed to have the victim's face identified.",
"Somehow somebody must have taped (copied) it.\"",
"Malaysia is not alone in caning criminals, which critics say breaches human rights norms, including the U.N. Convention Against Torture.",
"Neighboring Singapore also wields the rattan stick and caused a U.S. outcry 13 years ago when it caned an American teenager, Michael Fay, four times for vandalism.",
"But Malaysia's Bar Council, which represents about 12,000 lawyers, recently called for a ban on caning, saying the \"cruel\" practice was rising in Malaysia, especially on illegal immigrants after hasty hearings arranged at crammed detention centers.",
"\"They have started imposing the caning sentence in a more rigorous way and it can affect anyone who comes in (to Malaysia) without a passport or papers, so it happens to asylum-seekers and refugees,\" said Latheefa Koya, of the council's Legal Aid Center.",
"The government denied use of the cane was widespread against illegal immigrants and Deputy Internal Security Minister Fu said it was reserved mainly for the traffickers of illegal immigrants in addition to drug-traffickers and violent criminals.",
"Fu said the government also faced calls from victims of crime for the use of the cane to be maintained or even increased for some serious crimes \"in view of the crime rate in Malaysia\".",
"Crime is seen as a major electoral issue in the run-up to a possible early general election, expected early next year.",
"\"We respect the view of the Bar Council but there are many other views from the people and also from the victims of crimes that there should be an increase (in caning),\" Fu said.",
"E-mail to a friend .",
"Copyright 2007 Reuters.",
"All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed."
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"NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Angry workers beat to death a human resources vice president after he laid off 42 employees at an auto-parts manufacturing company in southern India, police said Wednesday.",
"Roy George was vice-president for human resources at Pricol, the auto-parts company.",
"Some four to five workers, belonging to a union not recognized by the company, barged into his office and beat him up with iron rods, said N. Kannan, a police superintendent of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu state.",
"George, 47, died from his head injuries Tuesday, Kannan told CNN.",
"Police have arrested nine people and are expected to round up more.",
"Last year the Indian head of an Italian company died after allegedly being beaten by a mob of sacked employees.",
"More than 60 people were charged with the murder of the chief executive of Graziano Transmissioni near New Delhi.",
"Earlier this month, India's Jet Airways had to cancel hundreds of flights after pilots struck work over the sacking of two of their colleagues in August.",
"Companies in the South Asian nation, despite its rapid economic growth in recent years, have often been faced with tough labor issues because of archaic laws and company policies on hiring and retrenchment.",
"Business consultants in India blame such labor standoffs on what they call lack of transparency in retrenchment or layoff policies.",
"Hiring and firing conditions are often not explained to workers by their companies, said Rajeev Karwal, founding-director of Milagrow Business and Knowledge Solutions.",
"Issues could spiral out of control if the businesses and bureaucrats are seen in a \"corrupt nexus\" by the employees seeking reprieve from labor authorities, he said."
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"Police: Four to five workers barged into his office and beat him with iron rods .",
"Police have arrested nine people and are expected to round up more ."
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"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Kanye West may be able to take time off to think about his life after all now that his concert tour has been canceled.",
"Kanye West has canceled his \"Fame Kills\" tour with Lady Gaga.",
"It was announced two weeks ago.",
"Concert promoter Live Nation said Thursday that West's concert tour with Lady Gaga, titled \"Fame Kills,\" has been canceled just two weeks after it was announced.",
"The reason for the cancellation was not revealed.",
"West told NBC's Jay Leno last month, before the tour was officially announced, that he planned \"to take some time off\" in the aftermath of his MTV Awards show embarrassment.",
"The three-month, 34-show tour across the United States and Canada was to start next month.",
"Tickets went on sale last week.",
"Live Nation said people who bought tickets could get refunds at the point of purchase.",
"Tickets purchased online and on the phone will be refunded automatically, the promoter said.",
"West caused a ruckus at the MTV Awards last month when he put down his bottle of cognac, jumped on the MTV Music Video Awards stage and grabbed the microphone from singer Taylor Swift as she was giving an acceptance speech.",
"West, who apologized the next day on \"The Jay Leno Show,\" seemed to blame his erratic behavior on the lack of time he had to grieve his mother's death two years ago.",
"\"I deal with hurt and, you know, so many, you know, celebrities, they never take the time off, and I've never taken the time off to really, you know, I just, music after music and tour after tour on tour,\" West told Leno.",
"CNN's Denise Quan contributed to this report."
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"Kanye West's tour with Lady Gaga canceled two weeks after being announced .",
"Three-month, 34-show tour across U.S. and Canada was to start next month .",
"West told Jay Leno he was planning to take time off in wake of MTV embarrassment .",
"Concert promoter Live Nation says refunds will be given ."
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"Prague, Czech Republic (CNN) -- Fireworks and rock 'n' roll echoed across central Prague on Tuesday as thousands of marchers commemorated the 20th anniversary of the \"Velvet Revolution\" that toppled Communist rule.",
"The peaceful 1989 uprising began with a student march to mark a 1939 clampdown on opposition in what was then Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.",
"It drew 15,000 people -- students as well as teachers, professors and ordinary Czechs who had grown weary of state control.",
"Ivan Pilip, one of the students who took part, said the march \"was very different\" from previous demonstrations he had joined.",
"\"There was a different group of people,\" he said.",
"\"We feel that people that participated in such events before had come, and they're ready to do something.",
"And it was more and more visible every minute.\"",
"The protest was held a week after the opening of the Berlin Wall, as pressure was building on the Communist governments of Eastern Europe.",
"When the demonstrators tried to divert the march to central Prague's Wenceslas Square, they were attacked by police -- a response that led tens of thousands more people to join mass demonstrations that lasted another 10 days.",
"\"My kids cannot understand today what was moving our minds and hearts that day 20 years ago,\" Pilip's wife, Lucie, said Tuesday.",
"\"We watched television today to show them what we had come through these 20 years, and I think it's an enormous success.\"",
"The protests led to talks between government officials and the Civic Forum, a group of dissidents led by playwright Vaclav Havel.",
"The Communist Party ceded power in December, and Havel became president.",
"\"Many of our citizens who took part in the democratic changes died already with a feeling that they contributed to something that meant a lot,\" Havel said Tuesday.",
"\"In our ordinary, daily lives, we tend to forget our friends of that time -- our comrades, free-thinking individuals.\"",
"The anniversary march was capped by a concert that featured dissident musicians of the day, along with American folk singer Joan Baez.",
"Havel himself appeared onstage with a guitar, but told the crowd, \"Don't worry, the guitar doesn't mean I'm going to play today.\"",
"Musicians, actors and other artists played major roles in the protests.",
"Michael Kocab, now the Czech Republic government's human rights minister, was a rock singer who became the revolutionaries' key negotiator.",
"\"In the beginning there was many times this idea, 'What am I doing here,'\" Kocab told CNN recently.",
"\"I knew in the future I'd get used to it.",
"And five or 10 days later, I forgot I was a musician and I submerged myself in political negotiations.",
"And I liked it.\" The celebration was organized by Opona, a nonprofit group established to observe the milestone anniversary of the dismantling of the Iron Curtain.",
"\"Our inspiration to do this was from our memories -- we still remember the times that preceded the events,\" said David Gaydecka, one of the organizers.",
"\"We believe that the changes in those 20 years have been positive despite all those maladies which came along with the freedom.\"",
"-- CNN's Phil Black and Fionnuala Sweeney contributed to this report."
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"(CNN) -- For 13-year-old Brandon Marti, the intranasal vaccine felt \"good,\" \"cold\" and \"watery\" at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore in the Bronx, New York, on Tuesday.",
"Brandon Marti, 13, receives a dose of the intranasal vaccine for the novel H1N1 flu Tuesday.",
"Marti, among the first to get vaccinated against the novel H1N1 influenza virus this week, said he would tell his friends and classmates that \"the swine flu vaccine is good, and protects me from getting the swine flu.\"",
"New York has received a shipment of 68,000 doses of the FluMist variety vaccine.",
"This form was made available before the injectable kind because it was ready first, said Thomas Skinner, spokesperson for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.",
"As states across the country receive and distribute the vaccine, questions still linger about who should get it and why.",
"Here are some guidelines: . Where is the vaccine? The campaign to inoculate millions of Americans against H1N1 flu began Monday.",
"Every state is developing a vaccine delivery plan, according to the CDC.",
"How much do you know about H1N1?",
"Take our quiz. ... All states in the United States have ordered vaccine, said Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the CDC, at a briefing Tuesday.",
"Each Friday, the CDC will provide information about how much vaccine is available to states and how much has been ordered.",
"So far, about 2.2 million doses out of the available 2.4 million have been ordered, he said.",
"Learn more from your state.",
"The vaccine is being made available as soon as it comes off the production line, Frieden said.",
"This week the intranasal mist variety, called FluMist, became available, and next week the injectable form will made available, he said.",
"iReport.com: Are you getting the H1N1 vaccine?",
"Frieden acknowledged that these first few weeks will be \"bumpy\" in terms of distributing the vaccine, and that demand is currently greater than supply.",
"However, he expects that supply will soon outstrip demand.",
"\"It will take some time to get the whole system, from the manufacturer through the distributor to the providers and to people who want to get vaccinated, up and running,\" he said.",
"Who should get it? The CDC recommends that specific groups of people get vaccinated first, but there are no rankings within the priority groups, Frieden said.",
"The nasal spray version of the vaccine should be used only in people 2 to 49 and who do not have an underlying health problem, Frieden said.",
"The priority groups for it include health care workers, children and people who care for infants, he said.",
"Pregnant women should not have the FluMist version because it contains the live virus.",
"Kathleen Sebelius and CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta discuss H1N1 vaccine » .",
"Ashley Marti, 9, sister of Brandon, also got her H1N1 vaccination Tuesday.",
"Health care and emergency medical services personnel should be in the priority group because vulnerable patients could potentially contract the flu from them, the CDC said.",
"Already, infections among health care workers have been reported, and the health care system capacity could become significantly lowered if large numbers of these workers are absent, the CDC said.",
"Once the injectable shot becomes available, all priority groups should be vaccinated, the CDC said.",
"These include pregnant women, because they are at higher risk of complications and may be able to provide protection to unvaccinated infants.",
"People from 6 months to 24 years old should also receive the vaccine, and people from 25 to 64 should get it they have a chronic health disorder or a compromised immune system, the CDC said.",
"According to a CNN/Opinion Corp. poll in late August, two-thirds of Americans said they plan to be vaccinated against H1N1 flu.",
"Does anyone have to get it?",
"There are no formal penalties for those who do not get the vaccine, but people in the military are required to receive it, according to the American Forces Press Service.",
"The state government of New York has said that health care workers must get the vaccine, although no law outlines penalties for noncompliance.",
"Still, some workers fear they'll lose their jobs if they don't get vaccinated.",
"How many doses do you need?",
"For people 10 and older, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of one dose of the vaccine.",
"For children 9 and younger, two doses may be required, Frieden said.",
"The CDC recommends that three to four weeks pass between the first and second dose.",
"What if the virus mutates?",
"Nathan Stein, 7, participated in a clinical trial for the H1N1 vaccine over the summer.",
"The virus has not changed much since the spring, Frieden said.",
"In fact, the part of the virus that determines whether it's very deadly is different from the part that determines whether the vaccine will fight against it, he said, meaning that vaccination will still most likely offer protection even if the H1N1 flu becomes more deadly.",
"Why should you get it? Frieden said the flu can range from mild to severe.",
"It can make a person sick for one, two or three days, leading to absence from school or work, and some people may even need hospitalization.",
"\"Tragically, some people may die from it,\" he said.",
"Still, it is not a disease that sends a lot of people to the hospital, he said.",
"The vaccine is also safe, Frieden said.",
"The novel flu vaccine is made in the same production facilities by the same companies with the same methods as the seasonal flu vaccine, and it is the same kind of vaccine that has been given each year, he said.",
"His own children will get it, as will the families of other public health experts, he said.",
"Some people are concerned that it is too late to get vaccinated against the novel virus, but Frieden also dismissed this.",
"\"It's too soon to say it's too late because we don't know what the rest of the season will bring,\" he said.",
"CNN's Elizabeth Cohen contributed to this report."
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"Intranasal spray version of vaccine should be given to people 2 to 49 .",
"Pregnant women and children younger than 2 should not get the FluMist version .",
"iReport.com: Are you getting the H1N1 vaccine?"
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"(CNN) -- A recall has been issued for enoki mushrooms produced by Phillips Mushroom Farms in Pennsylvania.",
"The recall covers 3.5-ounce packages of enoki mushrooms bearing UPC 33383 67540.",
"The mushrooms were packed in clear plastic bags with blue or green graphics and sold from January 13 to 30.",
"Enokis are long, thin white mushrooms, often used in Asian cuisines.",
"Preliminary test results showed potential listeria contamination, but no illnesses have been reported, according to Phillips Mushroom Farms.",
"Listeria can cause flu-like symptoms, including fever and muscle aches, and sometimes gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea or diarrhea, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.",
"It affects primarily the elderly, pregnant women, newborns and people with weakened immune systems.",
"Retailers are asked to remove the mushrooms from their shelves, pending further instructions.",
"Consumers are asked to return the mushrooms to the place of purchase for a full refund.",
"Visit http://www.phillipsmushroomfarms.com/ or call 800-722-8818 for more information."
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"Listeria can cause flu-like symptoms and sometimes nausea or diarrhea ."
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"(CNN Student News) -- November 19, 2009 .",
"Download PDF maps related to today's show: .",
"• Afghanistan • Iran • Kenya .",
"Transcript . THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.",
"THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.",
"CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: One ship, two pirate attacks, different outcome this time around.",
"You'll see it in today's show!",
"I'm Carl Azuz. CNN Student News starts right now!",
"First Up: Senate Health Care Plan .",
"AZUZ: First up, the Senate has come up with its plan to reform the U.S. health care system.",
"The proposed bill, released last night.",
"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says it would give health insurance to 30 million more Americans and would cost an estimated $849 billion over the next 10 years.",
"Some senators now opposed to the bill are concerned about what it covers and how much it costs.",
"Republicans have threatened to try and block the legislation from being passed.",
"Debate on it could start as soon as Saturday.",
"Afghan Inauguration .",
"AZUZ: Hamid Karzai is scheduled to be sworn in today for his second term as the president of Afghanistan.",
"U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says this is a \"critical moment\" for that country, because it's a chance for Karzai to show what kind of government he'll lead.",
"Clinton is visiting Afghanistan right now.",
"She's scheduled to meet with Karzai while she's there.",
"The Afghan president, under pressure to clean up corruption in his government, and Secretary Clinton is expected to talk with him about some guidelines that Afghanistan will have to meet in order to continue getting aid from the U.S. Clinton says that America wants to be partners with Afghanistan and with the Afghan people, and that is why President Obama has been reviewing the U.S. approach to the country.",
"Nuclear Fears .",
"AZUZ: No deal! That's what Iran seems to be saying about sending some of its nuclear materials to other countries.",
"This plan was worked out at a meeting last month.",
"Iran would send raw nuclear materials to other nations who would make it into nuclear fuel, and then that would go back to Iran to be used in medical facilities.",
"But now, instead of sending out materials and getting them back later as fuel, one Iranian official is saying the country will only swap raw materials for already processed fuel, and the trade would have to happen in Iran.",
"All this is part of the ongoing tension over the Middle Eastern nation's nuclear program.",
"Iran says it's only being used for peaceful reasons.",
"But other countries believe Iran may be trying to build nuclear weapons.",
"Terror Trial Debate .",
"AZUZ: Well, there has been a lot of back-and-forth about the Obama Administration's decision to try a group of suspected 9/11 terrorists in a civilian court in New York City.",
"A lot of people spoke out about this on our blog and in Congress, where Attorney General Eric Holder, who made the decision, talked about it yesterday.",
"Samantha Hayes has our report on that.",
"(BEGIN VIDEO) SAMANTHA HAYES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It's a move that's sparked a raging debate.",
"ALICE HOAGLAND, MOTHER OF 9/11 VICTIM: I think I can speak for many 9/11 families when I say that we are heartsick.",
"HAYES: On Capitol Hill Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder defended his decision to try five suspected 9/11 terrorists -- including alleged mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed -- in a civilian court, not a military tribunal.",
"ERIC HOLDER, U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL: It was a decision that was case-driven.",
"It's a decision based on the evidence that I know, that frankly, some of the people who have criticized the decision do not have access to.",
"HAYES: Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee led the intense criticism of Holder's decision.",
"SENATOR JON KYL, (R) ARIZONA: How could you be more likely to get a conviction in federal court when Khalid Sheik Mohammed has already asked to plead guilty before a military commission and be executed?",
"HAYES: But Democrats who support the move expressed confidence in the court system and the ability of the city of New York to handle the trials, even though it was the epicenter of the 9/11 attacks.",
"SEN. DIANNE FEINSTEIN, (D) CALIFORNIA: I happen to believe that New York City is able to handle this in a very professional and definitively legal manner.",
"HAYES: And Holder said it in no way undermines the administration's commitment to fighting terror.",
"HOLDER: We are at war, and we will use every instrument of national power -- civilian, military, law enforcement, intelligence, diplomatic and others -- to win.",
"HAYES: Holder also told the panel that he is not concerned that a federal court could find the suspected terrorists not guilty.",
"He said he has told prosecutors that these are cases that must be won.",
"For CNN Student News, I'm Samantha Hayes.",
"(END VIDEO) Shoutout .",
"MICHELLE WRIGHT, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Today's Shoutout goes out to Mr. VandenHeuval's social studies classes at Dos Rios Elementary School in Tolleson, Arizona!",
"Who is the longest-serving member in the history of the U.S. Congress?",
"If you think you know it, shout it out!",
"Is it: A) Robert Byrd, B) Strom Thurmond, C) Harry Reid or D) Ted Stevens?",
"You've got three seconds -- GO!",
"Today is Senator Robert Byrd's 20,775th day serving in Congress.",
"That's your answer and that's your Shoutout!",
"Congressional History .",
"AZUZ: Six years in the House of Representatives; elected to the U.S. Senate nine terms -- only person ever to do that -- it makes Sen. Byrd's total time representing residents of West Virginia 51 years so far.",
"Plus, he's turning 92 tomorrow.",
"As he became the longest-serving member of Congress yesterday, Byrd's years of service were praised by Democrats and Republicans.",
"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell talked about Sen. Byrd's love for both the country and the Congress.",
"And Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid predicted that many of Byrd's records will never be broken.",
"Somalia Pirates .",
"AZUZ: Deja vu in waters off the coast of the African nation of Somalia, when pirates tried to hijack a ship called the Maersk Alabama.",
"If that sounds familiar to you, it's because that was the same ship that was hijacked back in April.",
"A Navy operation rescued the crew members in that incident.",
"And yesterday, a private security team on board the Maersk kept the attempted hijackers from taking over.",
"When we talk about pirates, we don't mean \"of the Caribbean.\"",
"These are very dangerous people with guns; they hold ships for ransom; they're very active in this part of the world.",
"Is this Legit? MATT CHERRY, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Is this legit?",
"The African elephant is the largest animal on land.",
"This one's true. These animals can grow to be 9 tons; that's 18,000 pounds!",
"Elephant Orphanage .",
"AZUZ: Okay -- that's the full-grown version, but even the babies are huge!",
"African elephants can still weigh around 220 pounds at birth!",
"But big doesn't necessarily mean safe.",
"They're losing their habitat; they're being hunted by poachers: Baby elephants can face a lot of threats in the wild, and not having a mother around doesn't make it any easier.",
"David McKenzie examines a program in Kenya that's trying to help orphaned elephants.",
"(BEGIN VIDEO) DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: They grow up to be one of Africa's giants, but like all creatures, they start off pretty small.",
"Dwarfed by their keepers, each orphaned elephant at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust has a tragic tale.",
"This is Sala. She's 6 weeks old.",
"They say her mother died because of starvation in the Kenyan drought.",
"The person who found her gave her cow's milk, which is extremely harmful to elephants because of the fat.",
"Sala wandered into a tourist camp in Kenya's Sala National Park, alone and confused.",
"The orphanage scrambled a plane to rescue her.",
"Carefully strapped in and traumatized, they evacuated Sala to Nairobi.",
"For weeks, she was too sick to stand.",
"Three days ago, she started walking again.",
"If she makes it, she won't be alone.",
"Drought, poaching and shrinking habitats have decimated elephant herds across East Africa.",
"And the orphanage is fuller than it's been in 30 years.",
"Still, Dame Daphne Sheldrick will take more.",
"DAME DAPHNE SHELDRICK, DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST: Whatever comes in, we have to make space.",
"MCKENZIE: It takes years to rehabilitate and reintroduce the orphans into the wild.",
"For the keepers, it's not just a 9 to 5 job.",
"EDWIN LUSICHI, CHIEF KEEPER: But after working with these elephants, it's no longer just a job.",
"It is from inside your heart, the love that you have for these animals.",
"MCKENZIE: Every three hours, day and night, the keepers mix fortified soy milk for the elephants.",
"It costs $900 a month to care for each orphan, so the elephants have to earn their keep.",
"With a slap of sunscreen to protect their sensitive skin, the babies go on parade.",
"They slush and slide for the throngs of tourists who see the fun, but not the heartbreak.",
"MCKENZIE: So, they hope to lead these infants through their most fragile stage.",
"It could take years before Sala joins a family of wild elephants.",
"In the care of her human family, she might just make it.",
"David McKenzie, CNN, Nairobi, Kenya.",
"(END VIDEO) Impact Your World .",
"AZUZ: Helping elephant orphans, providing aid to victims of natural disasters, finding ways to clean up the environment: There are a lot of ways to impact your world.",
"Head to CNN.com/impact and check out the resources to find out how you can make a difference.",
"Before We Go . AZUZ: Before we go, it's crazy what you'll find on the side of the road.",
"Like a turkey, for example.",
"Actually, this fearless fowl's walking right through the middle of traffic on the New Jersey Turnpike.",
"Highway workers say Tammy -- Tammy the Turkey -- has been hanging out for about a year.",
"Why did the turkey cross the turnpike?",
"Who knows -- it's a turkey.",
"But she does get a lot of looks from people driving by, and she seems to enjoy it!",
"Goodbye . AZUZ: In fact, you could say Tammy's gobbling up all the attention.",
"That's where today's show hits the road.",
"For CNN Student News, I'm Carl Azuz."
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"(CNN) -- Shel Israel is not the kind of person you'd expect to find on Twitter all day.",
"He's 65. Shel Israel, author of a new book on Twitter.",
"He says the micro-blogging service changed his life.",
"But Israel has been using the micro-blogging service longer than most.",
"In fact, he gave up his lifelong habit of reading the newspaper every day about four years ago and turned exclusively to social media.",
"He now knows how to use Twitter, how not to use it, and how to benefit from it, and he says Twitter has changed his life.",
"The social-media journalist and public speaker is the author of a new book, \"Twitterville: How Businesses Can Thrive in the New Global Neighborhoods.\"",
"The book shows how Twitter flattens geographical boundaries and helps people connect with others around the world who share their interests.",
"To Israel, it's the mundane details of one's life, shared through tweets and status updates, that matter.",
"He believes that tweeting about what you had for lunch can actually help build a meaningful personal or business relationship.",
"Israel also says that who you follow on Twitter is much more important than the number of people who follow you.",
"That's because the people you follow become \"your newspaper -- the way you get the information that you see, that you digest, and that you use.\"",
"Here is an edited version of the conversation.",
"CNN: Your timing in writing this book seems perfect -- Twitter just blew up.",
"Did you see this boom coming?",
"Israel: Yeah I did, but not with this great prescience.",
"I just thought it was going to get bigger and bigger, and I thought there was a value to Twitter that no other social media tool had.",
"See part of our chat with Israel here » .",
"What are those values you mentioned that only Twitter has?",
"There are two values and they're closely intertwined.",
"The first is that Twitter lets people behave online more closely to how we behave in real life than anything that ever preceded it in history.",
"It's kind of past now, but there was this whole wave of admonition of nobody cares what you had for lunch, and to be honest that's absolutely false.",
"If I said that I was in a restaurant in Atlanta, [Georgia,] you'd say, \"Oh, where did you go?",
"You didn't by chance try the...\" and we have a conversation that way.",
"We care about the details of life.",
"When you bring this into business, I don't think many members of your audience ever bought or sold anything from a conversation that starts with, \"Are you going to buy something?\"",
"It begins with small talk.",
"And that brings us to the second point.",
"The brevity creates an interaction that no other media tool allows.",
"Until now most social media is I write or create something, and you read it and comment back.",
"In Twitter, it's so brief that no one is the lead conversationalist, really.",
"And it isn't about what you post in 140 characters, it's about the number of spoonfuls of content that you feed people who are interested in eating it.",
"Why are you so fascinated by Twitter?",
"Most people your age don't use social media at all.",
"I was born too soon? (Laughs) I don't know what it is about me, but it's what drew me to Silicon Valley in the first place -- I just get turned on by new ideas and new trends.",
"I am extremely curious by nature.",
"I like meeting people who think and act differently than I do.",
"And that I think keeps me young, along with the fact that I spend much of my time with people younger than me.",
"And they seem to value the fact that this older guy has some wisdom, but they don't understand how much I'm learning from them.",
"You tell a lot of specific Twitter anecdotes in your book.",
"Do you have a favorite character?",
"I have a few real favorites.",
"[One is] Janis Krums, who was the 23-year-old guy taking a ferry to New Jersey when a funny thing happened -- the US Airways flight 1549 landed [on the Hudson River] a couple of football fields away from him.",
"He whips out an iPhone, uses a 30-day-old product called Twit Pic, and takes a picture.",
"Twenty-seven minutes later he's on national TV, the photo he took is the backdrop, and his voice is being heard nationally through the iPhone that he used.",
"I asked him how his life had changed by becoming the most famous citizen journalist of at least 2009.",
"And his answer to me was, \"You know, I didn't plan to be a citizen journalist, I just wanted to go to New Jersey.\"",
"And that might have been my single favorite answer to any question.",
"You also describe why certain strategies work for particular organizations in your book.",
"Are there Twitter marketing strategies that wouldn't work for some companies?",
"Yeah, I talk a lot about changing of eras.",
"We're going [away] from the broadcast era -- that's when content is sandwiched by messages to pay for the experience, and those messages are in the form of advertising or PR or other marketing tactics.",
"And most people don't like them anymore, and we use our Tivo and our spam filters to avoid as many of these messages as possible.",
"In social media, if companies come up and try to treat [Twitter] as just an extension of their marketing solutions, they will fail.",
"What they need to do in social media is join the conversation rather than start the conversation, and not make it about themselves.",
"They need to tell what they're doing rather than sell what they're doing.",
"And that's a fundamental change.",
"We're going into a conversational era, which is bi-directional.",
"What would you say to employers who don't let their employees use social media like Twitter and Facebook during work hours?",
"Whenever something new comes into the marketplace, there are companies that are really in love with the way it's always been done.",
"When you start banning things, you're showing a natural distrust of your employees, which is, even in tough times, not an intelligent way to treat your employees.",
"And the second thing is they're banishing the state-of-the-art communications tool.",
"What's the future of Twitter, in your opinion?",
"A year from now, Twitter will be more of an everyday experience -- the need to meet up, to talk will move on to something that we don't know about yet.",
"My vision for Twitter is that employees of your age coming into the workplace will be shown a desk, a computer ...[and set up their social media accounts] and then be told to go to work and use [Twitter] how they see fit to get the job done."
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"HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, New York (CNN) -- In 2002, Pam Koner was flipping through the The New York Times when a photograph stopped her in her tracks: an 8-year-old girl laying across her torn, barren mattress in Pembroke, Illinois, forking pasta and a boiled chicken bone into her mouth.",
"The girl's image signified the deep-rooted poverty in her rural community.",
"Pam Koner is combating hunger by connecting sponsor and recipient families.",
"The picture moved Koner to tears and inspired her to take action.",
"\"When I read about a community so profoundly poor that women and children were not eating the last week of the month, I walked into my living room where my daughters were and said, 'We're going to do something as a family,' \" recalls Koner, a 57-year-old single mother of two living in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.",
"In the seven years since, Koner's determination to help families in Pembroke led to the creation of Family-to-Family, a nonprofit that connects more than 600 sponsor and recipient families in 13 communities nationwide.",
"Do you know someone who should be a CNN Hero?",
"Nominations are open at CNN.com/Heroes.",
"The project began with Koner contacting an outreach worker in Pembroke, who told her the town needed food more than anything else.",
"Koner enlisted help from her neighbors and parents of children in her childcare business; the group began sending monthly boxes of food and basic household items to the neediest families in the Illinois town.",
"\"People were excited to be a part of something,\" says Koner of her donor community.",
"\"Something so little as shopping, packing and sending a box.\"",
"Through monthly food donations, Koner's organization has provided nearly 800,000 meals to struggling families across the country.",
"For privacy purposes, she says, the group makes sure donor and recipient communities are at a distance, such as an Atlanta, Georgia, chapter helping a community in Kentucky or a Florida family helping a Navajo family in New Mexico.",
"In addition to providing basic essentials, families exchange letters, swap photographs and share stories about cultural traditions and family events.",
"\"There's a shared learning experience,\" says Koner.",
"\"When a sponsoring family reads about a Navajo family lifestyle -- barren landscape, a trailer home with no electricity and no running water -- children get a profound, firsthand look at differences.",
"Knowing that each other exists changes the way we look at the world.\"",
"Watch Koner describe how the communities connect with each other » .",
"The economic downturn has prompted Koner's group to broaden its outreach and sponsorship methods.",
"Bedford-Stuyvesant, a community in Brooklyn, New York, of predominantly working-class African-Americans, is the group's only urban sponsored community.",
"It is also one of the organization's cyber-adoption sites, where sponsor families participate through Paypal, an online money exchange tool.",
"A food pantry buys and boxes up the food to give directly to the families.",
"Koner also learned of families in her own Hastings-on-Hudson community in need of help.",
"\"I was quite surprised,\" Koner says.",
"\"Hastings is probably middle-class to upper-middle-class.",
"It's not a showy community, but this was a community of families who were not in need of help before.\"",
"Her community has eagerly embraced its neighbors in need, she says, but unlike traditional sponsored families at a distance, Hastings-sponsored families presented privacy concerns.",
"\"That there could be a child who was going to school with my child who I was helping ... we felt that was too personal and private.",
"To respect the individual family in need [was] important for us since we live so close together,\" says Koner.",
"To help maintain their anonymity, donations for the 11 sponsored families in Hastings are labeled by letters of the alphabet, so sponsor families have no identifiable information about who they're helping.",
"Watch how kids in Koner's town are helping to feed far-away families » .",
"Despite economic challenges, Koner says she's noticed growing enthusiasm among families to become sponsors in her own community and beyond.",
"\"I anticipated that we would really be affected, people would drop out.",
"But that hasn't happened. We've actually launched new chapters of sponsoring families.\"",
"Koner attributes the outpouring of generosity to a heightened awareness for how tough times present a new outlook on giving.",
"Watch Koner and some sponsor families in action » .",
"\"There are plenty of communities where families are struggling themselves, but will keep this as part of their budget,\" she says.",
"\"We're all affected. No one knows what's going to happen tomorrow.",
"We need to be there for each other and we need to share.",
"We're meant to be connected.\"",
"Want to get involved?",
"Check out Family-to-Family and see how to help."
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"Family-to-Family has provided nearly 800,000 meals to those in need .",
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"Nominations are open at CNN.com/Heroes ."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Federal safety investigators said Tuesday they fear flaws found in Washington's Metro subway system after a deadly crash this summer may endanger other transit systems, and they sent out an urgent recommendation asking that other rail operators check for similar problems.",
"Investigators are shown at the crash scene in Washington.",
"Nine people were killed in the June 22 wreck.",
"In letters to federal regulators, the National Transportation Safety Board said \"all rail transit operators and railroads should be informed\" about system flaws that could cause a track circuit to fail to detect a train.",
"It was not clear how many rail systems have similar train detection systems.",
"Neither the NTSB nor the Federal Transit Administration had a list of systems that use the \"audio frequency track circuits\" that are the focus of the probe.",
"But an FTA spokesman said that because it doesn't know how many operators use the systems, \"we are sending today's urgent recommendation to all rail transit operators, and will identify the pertinent operators through a later survey.\"",
"Meanwhile, the Federal Railway Administration, which regulates Amtrak and more than a dozen commuter rail systems, said it also will follow the NTSB guidance but believes the number of impacted systems will be \"limited.\"",
"Nine people were killed and 52 taken to hospitals June 22 when a southbound Metrorail train struck the rear end of stopped train just north of the Fort Totten station.",
"Investigators say an automatic train protection system did not detect the stopped train, so the moving train did not receive a command to slow or stop.",
"The NTSB said it is continuing its investigation into the precise causes of the crash, but it said the investigation has raised concerns that the track circuit is susceptible to errant signals.",
"In its letter to regulators, the NTSB said it discovered one circumstance in which an unintended signal path could be created, resulting in a track relay remaining energized even though a stopped train was occupying the circuit.",
"\"After only three months, this complex investigation is far from complete, so we are not ready to determine the probable cause of the [Metro] accident,\" NTSB Chairwoman Deborah A.P.",
"Hersman said.",
"\"However, our findings so far indicate a pressing need to issue these recommendations to immediately address safety glitches we have found that could lead to another tragic accident.\"",
"The NTSB sent letters to Metro, the Federal Transit Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration and Alstom Signaling Inc., which acquired General Railway Signal, the manufacturer of some of the equipment."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Race and politics are a combustible combo that explodes into headlines when an ex-president lights the fuse, as Jimmy Carter did recently.",
"President Obama during the 2008 campaign faced questions over race and politics.",
"\"When a radical fringe element of demonstrators and others begin to attack the president of the United States as an animal or as a reincarnation of Adolf Hitler or when they wave signs in the air that said we should have buried Obama with Kennedy, those kinds of things are beyond the bounds,\" the Democrat told students at Emory University on Wednesday.",
"\"I think people who are guilty of that kind of personal attack against Obama have been influenced to a major degree by a belief that he should not be president because he happens to be African-American,\" he added.",
"The controversy erupted this week when Carter first raised the race issue to NBC.",
"\"An overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man,\" he said.",
"Bill Cosby, a black comedian and actor, said Wednesday in a written statement that he agrees with Carter.",
"\"During President Obama's speech on the status of health care reform, some members of Congress engaged in a public display of disrespect,\" he said.",
"CNN contributor David Gergen said that some of the allegations of race-baiting might have some weight among Democratic voters.",
"\"Jimmy Carter, I'm afraid, is not alone in his views,\" he said.",
"But Gergen warns that the racists tend to be on the fringes of the right and do not reflect on the greater field of opponents to Obama's ideology.",
"\"But I think it's wrongheaded, and I think it's unfair, and I think it's indeed a libel upon many of the opponents, most of the opponents of health care reform, to say that they're racist,\" he said.",
"\"Seven previous presidents have tried to bring health care reforms of this kind.",
"All seven have failed.",
"And, as I recall, all seven were white.\"",
"Carter's comments, though, are the kind that raise people's defenses.",
"In particular, they turn off independents, who by nature tend to hate the hard edges of politics.",
"The White House, for its part, wants no part of the Carter controversy.",
"\"The president does not believe that that criticism comes based on the color of his skin,\" said White House press secretary Robert Gibbs.",
"As a candidate, Obama understood the political danger in letting his race become a major topic.",
"He largely avoided it when he could, but race was always a subtext, as it is now in his presidency.",
"\"But I can also say, frankly, that this White House and even his campaign were very afraid to even go down this road dealing with anything with race,\" said CNN contributor Roland Martin.",
"Carter also told NBC that there is an \"inherent feeling among many people in this country that an African-American ought not to be president and ought not to be given the same respect as if he were white.\"",
"Framing criticism as racism cropped up several times during the campaign.",
"When Geraldine Ferraro, a Clinton supporter, said during the 2008 Democratic primaries that Obama would never have gotten as far as he had if he had not been black, candidate Obama pointedly left race out of it.",
"\"I think that her comments were ridiculous,\" Obama said at the time.",
"But Ferraro blamed Obama supporters for her hate mail, saying \"I have been called all kinds of names.",
"And the attacks are ageist.",
"They're sexist. They're racist.\" iReport.com: Freedom from speech?",
"And the topic of race even came to haunt Bill Clinton, the so-called first black president.",
"Before the New Hampshire primary in January 2008, Clinton told an audience that \"there's no difference in [Obama's] voting record and Hillary's ever since.",
"Give me a break.",
"This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I have ever seen.\"",
"Some interpreted that as belittling Obama's campaign.",
"After much criticism, Clinton later said he was talking about Obama's opposition to the war in Iraq, not his campaign.",
"But those two words -- \"fairy tale\" -- launched weeks worth of accusations, sometimes on the front page of The New York Times, that the Clintons were playing the race card.",
"iReport.com: Share your thoughts on race and politics .",
"Some observers said Carter's statement was far too broad, and that many of the attacks on Obama are about policy, not race.",
"\"I don't think one can paint a broad brush in saying that all of these folks who have criticism, anybody who criticizes the president ... is based upon the issue of race,\" Martin said.",
"Mary Matalin, a CNN contributor and Republican strategist, said Carter's criticism is \"absurd.\"",
"\"It's very dangerous politics,\" she said.",
"\"Barack Obama got, in the last election, more white male voters than any of his predecessors.",
"... Republicans and conservatives and Democrats and liberals, the whole country felt very good putting -- setting aside policies after his election.\""
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"Obama doesn't believe criticism is based on color of his skin, spokesman says .",
"CNN contributor: Carter shouldn't paint such broad strokes on racism .",
"GOP strategist says all the racism controversy is \"absurd\""
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The White House refused to indicate Monday whether President Obama will issue a posthumous pardon for Jack Johnson, the African-American boxing champion convicted in 1913 for dating a white woman.",
"Jack Johnson's 1910 defeat of Jim Jeffries, the \"Great White Hope,\" sparked riots.",
"The House of Representatives on July 29 unanimously passed a resolution urging Obama to grant a pardon; the Senate passed a similar measure by a voice vote on June 24.",
"The push for a rare posthumous pardon has been spearheaded for years by Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, and Rep. Peter King, R-New York, two of Congress' top boxing enthusiasts.",
"\"It is our hope that you will be eager to agree to right this wrong and erase an act of racism that sent an American citizen to prison,\" they wrote Friday in a letter to Obama.",
"Johnson, the first African-American to win the heavyweight title, was convicted for violating the Mann Act, which outlawed the transportation of women across state lines for \"immoral\" purposes.",
"He served 10 months in prison on charges \"brought forward clearly to keep him away from the boxing ring, where he continued to defeat his white opponents,\" McCain and King said.",
"Almost a century after Johnson's conviction, his compelling saga has continued to capture the interest of sports writers, civil rights activists and historians.",
"It provides, they agree, a unique window into American politics and culture at a time when Jim Crow-style racism reigned supreme.",
"Johnson was first arrested for breaking the Mann Act in 1912, four years after winning the heavyweight crown.",
"That case fell apart, but investigators soon after charged him with a similar offense involving a woman he had dated years earlier.",
"Justice Department lawyers argued it was a \"crime against nature\" for him to have a sexual relationship with a white woman.",
"Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, later to become the first commissioner of Major League Baseball, set Johnson's bail at $30,000, the equivalent of more than $660,000 today.",
"When a bail bondsman showed up, Landis jailed him, too, according to an account that filmmaker Ken Burns relays in his documentary \"Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson.\"",
"An all-white jury convicted Johnson in less than two hours.",
"\"Mr. Johnson was perhaps persecuted as an individual, but ... it was his misfortune to be the foremost example of the evil in permitting the intermarriage of whites and blacks,\" one of the prosecutors later said.",
"Johnson's real crime, in the eyes of many, was committed on July 4, 1910, when he successfully defended his boxing title against Jim Jeffries, a white boxer who came to be called the \"Great White Hope\" because many white fans saw him as the best chance to wrest back a boxing title from the African-American champ.",
"Johnson beat Jeffries, who had come out of retirement for the fight, before a stunned, almost entirely white crowd in Reno, Nevada.",
"Race riots followed.",
"More than 20 people were killed and hundreds were injured.",
"Most victims were black.",
"So when they \"couldn't beat him in the ring, the white power establishment decided to beat him in the courts,\" Burns said in his documentary.",
"Johnson fled to Europe in 1913 while free on appeal.",
"But after years of fights overseas, including the eventual loss of his title in Havana, Cuba, in 1915, Johnson came home.",
"He turned himself over to U.S. authorities at the Mexican border in 1920 and served 10 months in prison.",
"He died in a car wreck in 1946.",
"\"Back then, if you were black and you were told that you did something wrong, you really had no recourse,\" Linda Haywood, Johnson's great-niece, recently told CNN.",
"\"You just accepted what was done because black people were basically powerless and voiceless.",
"Jack may have been a rich boxer, but he couldn't fight the system.\"",
"McCain and King introduced resolutions calling for a presidential pardon in 2005 and last year.",
"McCain, who says he made a mistake by once voting against a federal holiday for the Rev.",
"Martin Luther King Jr., sees the pardon as a way to right an old wrong.",
"\"The Jack Johnson case is an ignominious stain on our nation's history,\" he said on the Senate floor in the spring.",
"\"Rectifying this injustice is long overdue.",
"[The resolution recognizes] the unjustness of what transpired, and sheds light on the achievements of an athlete who was forced into the shadows of bigotry and prejudice.\""
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"Jack Johnson, the African-American boxing champion, convicted in 1913 .",
"Sen. John McCain, Rep. Peter King back posthumous pardon .",
"Resolutions passed House and Senate this summer .",
"Johnson served 10 months in prison for dating a white woman ."
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"(CNN) -- Much has been written about the Obamas' marriage.",
"The president and first lady have attested to the long and hard work it takes to stay involved and connected to each other while maintaining their separate identities.",
"Undoubtedly, sustaining a marriage is sometimes hard, as the first lady noted.",
"But the Obamas are an excellent example of how the fruits of marriage can be realized by those who are committed to reconciling their differences and \"toughing it out.\"",
"The problem is that, today, too few couples are willing to make such a commitment.",
"Ever since California became the first state to sanction no-fault divorce law 40 years ago, with every state in essence following suit -- some with certain stipulations -- the most fundamental thread in the fabric of our American values, the institution of marriage, has been unraveling.",
"Before I retired from the bench a few months ago, it was my job as a judge to sort through all the issues rising, in part, from the growing lack of reverence many Americans have for marriage.",
"In court, I often saw humanity's worst behavior.",
"I also dealt with teenage mothers, absentee fathers and parents who have never been married, often by choice.",
"I saw parents who didn't seem able or willing to connect their children's problems with their own failure to provide their children with the necessary road map to self-sufficiency and productivity.",
"And these families didn't just show up in my courtroom.",
"They exist everywhere.",
"The U.S. Marriage Index shows a dramatic decline in the health of marriage in recent decades.",
"America is a society that requires its citizens to make choices and penalizes them, often harshly, for the wrong ones.",
"As a child grows up, the guideposts should be: finish school; become a productive citizen; marry a person you want to spend your life with; and, if you want, have children.",
"In that order. But many Americans are failing their children because they have already failed themselves.",
"They often enter the court system with domestic problems and low-wage jobs, slim educational credentials and no life partners.",
"It broke my heart to see so many children raising babies before they are ready: young people who made no connection between the poverty and chaos in their lives and the choices they had made.",
"My options in addressing these problems from the bench were limited.",
"The courtroom is seldom the stage at which social change takes place.",
"By the time these cases appeared in court, so much damage had already been done.",
"What our society needs is a solution on the front end.",
"We should begin by considering six points: .",
"Let's stop glorifying single parenthood.",
"Celebrity unwed parents like \"Brangelina,\" Halle Berry and the late Michael Jackson make matrimony seem unimportant and suggest that having a baby as a single parent is \"cool\" and even easy.",
"Our children need a reality check.",
"Many young people think that having a child means that they will finally have someone who will unconditionally love them.",
"They don't consider, however, that babies do not and cannot love anyone but themselves, and they also take a tremendous amount of time, attention and resources.",
"Memo to single mothers by choice: When you decide to have a child alone in order to fulfill your deep need to parent, you may be deliberately substituting your emotional loss for that of your child, who will have to grow up without a father.",
"We need to respect the role of men as husbands and fathers when they do right by their families.",
"Boys and girls need their fathers to love them and to model the sacrifice and commitment that bonds a married couple.",
"Men who \"man up\" like this need our support and encouragement.",
"Our state legislatures should revisit no-fault divorce laws that allow one party to a marriage to opt out of it too easily.",
"Change now can result in change in the future.",
"Although there are many success stories, children who grow up in single-parent families are less likely to enjoy the financial security, educational success and social skills of children living with their married parents.",
"This only continues to fuel poverty and inequality in our country.",
"By the way, I'm neither a strait-laced goody-two-shoes nor Archie Bunker in heels.",
"I would never condemn anyone who has had a child out of wedlock or who has gone through a divorce.",
"I was a divorcee, and with two children, I was also a single mom.",
"So I know that these things happen.",
"Indeed, sometimes they must happen.",
"And because they do, we need to respect every family form.",
"But I've been around long enough to know that as marriage goes, so go our children.",
"And with them goes the future of our country.",
"Consequently, everyone -- rich or poor, single or married or divorced, gay or straight, all races and colors, from the first family to the single-parent family -- benefits from a vibrant marriage culture.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Leah Ward Sears."
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"Leah Ward Sears: Couples unwilling to make commitment to rewarding marriage .",
"Sears: Obamas exemplify good marriage, committed to reconcile differences and tough it out .",
"Sears' order of priorities: School, work, marriage with goal of spending life together, children .",
"Advice: Stop glorifying single parenthood; support dads and husbands; revisit divorce law ."
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"MEXICO City, Mexico (CNN) -- Mexican federal authorities have arrested 124 law enforcement officials in Hidalgo state on suspicion of being linked to the Zetas drug cartel, considered the nation's most ruthless and dangerous crime syndicate.",
"Mexican police, shown here last month awaiting transport of a cartel suspect, have cracked down on drug trafficking.",
"Most of those arrested were municipal police officers, but there also were some high-level state and federal officials, according to the Mexico attorney general's office.",
"Among them were Juan Antonio Franco Bustos, chief of coordination for Hidalgo state security; Julñio Cesar Sanchez Amador, head of public security in the city of Mineral de la Reforma; Mario Hernandez Almonasi, director of the auto theft unit for the state ministerial police; Raul Batres Campos, regional chief for the Federal Investigation Agency; and Jose Esteban Olvera Jimenez, a deputy director with the state security service, the attorney general's office said.",
"Hidalgo is in central Mexico.",
"Los Zetas was formed about 10 years ago by Mexican army commandos but now consists mainly of former local, state and federal police.",
"\"The Zetas have obviously assumed the role of being the No.",
"1 organization responsible for the majority of the homicides, the narcotic-related homicides, the beheadings, the kidnappings, the extortions that take place in Mexico,\" said Ralph Reyes, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency's chief for Mexico and Central America."
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"Washington (CNN) -- Nearly two years into the recession, opinion about which political party is responsible for the severe economic downturn is shifting, according to a new national poll.",
"A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Friday morning indicates that 38 percent of the public blames Republicans for the country's current economic problems.",
"In May, 53 percent blamed the GOP.",
"According to the poll, 27 percent now blame the Democrats for the recession, up 6 points from May, and 27 percent now say both parties are responsible.",
"\"The bad news for the Democrats is that the number of Americans who hold the GOP exclusively responsible for the recession has been steadily falling by about two to three points per month,\" said Keating Holland, CNN polling director.",
"\"At that rate, only a handful of voters will blame the economy on the Republicans by the time next year's midterm elections roll around..\" Thirty-six percent of people questioned said that President Obama's policies have improved economic conditions, with 28 percent feeling that the president's programs have made things worse, and 35 percent saying what he's done has had no effect on the economy.",
"One reason for that, Holland said, may be the growing federal budget deficit: Two-thirds say that the government should balance the budget even in a time of war and recession.",
"The survey indicates that only 18 percent said the economic conditions in the country today are good, down 3 points from August.",
"Eighty-two percent said economic conditions are poor.",
"\"Some economic indicators may suggest that the economy has turned the corner -- but try telling that to the American people,\" Holland said.",
"The number of Americans who said the economy is in good shape -- a number that grew steadily through the spring and summer -- has now stalled, with fewer than one in five expressing a positive view of current conditions.",
"More than eight in 10 say that economic conditions are in poor shape, with 43 percent calling them very poor.",
"The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll was conducted November 13-15, with 1,014 adult Americans questioned by telephone.",
"The survey sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.",
"CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report."
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"38 percent blame Republicans, 27 percent blame Democrats .",
"In May, 53 percent blamed Republicans for economic mess .",
"Rising federal deficit may partly explain shift, CNN polling director says .",
"Only 18 percent say economic conditions are good ."
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"(CNN) -- They kept their bodies alive with rationed crackers, bubble gum, beer and three gallons of water.",
"But spiritually, the three men lost at sea for eight days had something else to keep them going.",
"The family of the missing boaters put these photos on flyers shortly after they went missing.",
"\"We just kept praying, and we kept hope alive,\" rescued boater Tressel Hawkins told CNN on Monday.",
"\"Even though hope had managed to thread down to a little bitty string, I mean, that little bitty string could be just as strong as the rope you hung on to the first time you got started.\"",
"What was supposed to be a fishing expedition to catch swordfish and marlin became instead a test of survival.",
"Hawkins, 43, and his fellow boaters, Curtis Hall, 28, and James Phillips, 30, set out on August 21 from Matagorda Bay in Texas and went about 100 miles south.",
"Their first night in the Gulf of Mexico almost proved fatal.",
"While Hawkins was sleeping, he said, he felt the bean bag he was resting on floating.",
"He awoke to find water in the 23-foot catamaran knee-high.",
"The water extractor had malfunctioned.",
"He woke up Hall and Phillips and they tried to stop the flooding but it was too late, Hawkins said.",
"Watch CNN's Fredricka Whitfield talk to Hawkins » .",
"As Hall had the radio in his hand to call for help, the boat capsized, Phillips told CNN affiliate KHOU-TV.",
"They were \"shocked,\" Phillips said.",
"Hall was responsible for rationing the food they had on board and the fresh water that sat in a tank on the boat, Hawkins said.",
"They didn't like it, but they had to follow his rules to survive, he said.",
"\"And being that you don't really know when you're going to get rescued, you have to ration it down to the bare essentials, and he stuck to his guns on that,\" Hawkins said.",
"And with only those bare essentials, they waited and they prayed but they didn't give up.",
"The three had lifejackets, flares and handmade flags.",
"They used T-shirts and railing they ripped off the boat to create the flags, Hawkins said.",
"They waved at boats and helicopters they saw, but the pilots didn't see them, Hall said.",
"Watch two other fishermen describe ordeal » .",
"\"We tried flaggin' everybody we could, but I guess it was not our time to go home yet.",
"They'd come straight at us, we'd be like 'Hey,' and there they'd go,\" Hall told KHOU.",
"\"I was like, well, you know the good man above, either he's teaching us a lesson or showing us something.",
"And finally, when that boat came, it was just ...",
"I don't know.\" \"It was a miracle,\" Phillips said, finishing Hall's sentence.",
"One day after the Coast Guard called off a weeklong search for the men, the trio spotted a private vessel in the distance.",
"They waved their flags and this time they were seen, Hawkins said.",
"The Coast Guard said it combed more than 86,000 square miles looking for the men .",
"When the crew of the private boat found the three sitting on top of their capsized catamaran, they were about 180 miles from Port Aransas, Texas, which is at the entrance to Corpus Christi Bay.",
"None of the men suffered serious injuries despite all they had endured.",
"In fact, Hawkins said he wouldn't be against going fishing again very soon.",
"\"I would love to do it this weekend, but we made a pact when we made it back to the house that we're going to put the poles down for the rest of the year and try to do something else, maybe go deer hunting or something like that.\""
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"Three fishermen spent week on on capsized boat in Gulf of Mexico .",
"Men rationed water, crackers, beer to live .",
"Boater spotted fishermen about 180 miles from coast of Port Aransas, Texas .",
"Coast Guard had called off search for men on Friday ."
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"(CNN) -- The driver of a charter bus that overturned on a Minnesota freeway, killing two women, may have had a medical emergency, a spokesman for the State Patrol said Thursday.",
"\"One factor being considered is whether the driver suffered a medical episode while behind the wheel,\" Patrol Capt.",
"Matt Langer said.",
"The driver, 52-year-old Edwin Erickson of Elgin, was hospitalized in serious condition, authorities said.",
"Langer said he had a valid driver's license.",
"The women who died, both from Minnesota, were identified Thursday as Rhonda Hill, 52, of Plainview and Pamela Holmquist, 56, of Kasson.",
"The accident happened Wednesday after the bus left a casino in Rochester, Minnesota, headed for Northwood, Iowa, Langer said.",
"Watch video of tour bus crash site .",
"Erickson and 21 passengers were injured when the bus went out of control outside Austin, Minnesota, authorities said.",
"They said two people were in critical condition, and one person was unhurt.",
"Andy Skoogman, spokesman for the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, said the bus was eastbound on Interstate 90 when it veered across a median and westbound lanes before overturning and landing in a ditch on the side of the road.",
"The wreck happened three miles west of Austin.",
"No other vehicles were involved.",
"Authorities said weather conditions didn't appear to be a factor in the accident."
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"Driver hospitalized in serious condition; officials looking into possibility of \"medical episode\"\n22 people were aboard bus en route to Iowa casino; only one unhurt ."
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"(CNN) -- Conan O'Brien suggested in a statement Tuesday that he will not accept NBC's proposal to move him and \"The Tonight Show,\" which he's hosted for seven months, to 12:05 a.m.",
"ET. NBC has proposed moving \"The Tonight Show\" from its traditional 11:35 p.m. slot so that the show's former host, Jay Leno, could host a half-hour show then.",
"\"My staff and I have worked unbelievably hard and we are very proud of our contribution to the legacy of 'The Tonight Show.'",
"But I cannot participate in what I honestly believe is its destruction,\" O'Brien said.",
"\"Some people will make the argument that with DVRs and the Internet a time slot doesn't matter.",
"But with the Tonight Show, I believe nothing could matter more.",
"\"There has been speculation about my going to another network but, to set the record straight, I currently have no other offer and honestly have no idea what happens next.",
"My hope is that NBC and I can resolve this quickly so that my staff, crew, and I can do a show we can be proud of, for a company that values our work.\"",
"Read O'Brien's full statement .",
"After Leno left \"The Tonight Show\" last year -- as part of an agreement reached six years ago giving it to O'Brien -- he began hosting \"The Jay Leno Show\" for NBC in the fall, airing at 10 p.m.",
"ET. But ratings for the 10 p.m. show were low, and on Sunday, NBC announced that it was taking Leno out of the prime-time slot because the show \"didn't meet affiliates' needs\" despite performing at acceptable levels for the network.",
"The last show will air February 11 to make way for the 2010 Winter Olympics, which airs starting February 12.",
"Jeff Gaspin, chairman of NBC Universal Television Entertainment, said the plan was for Leno to host a new, half-hour show at 11:35 p.m.",
"ET, followed by \"Tonight\" with O'Brien at 12:05 a.m. and Jimmy Fallon's \"Late Night\" show moving to 1 a.m. As of Sunday, NBC was still negotiating with the three hosts over the proposed lineup.",
"iReport: Share your view on the late-night shakeup .",
"O'Brien, in his statement Tuesday, said the plan wasn't acceptable.",
"\"For 60 years the 'Tonight Show' has aired immediately following the late local news.",
"I sincerely believe that delaying 'The Tonight Show' into the next day to accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting,\" O'Brien said. \"",
"'The Tonight Show' at 12:05 simply isn't 'The Tonight Show.'",
"\"Also, if I accept this move I will be knocking the 'Late Night' show, which I inherited from David Letterman and passed on to Jimmy Fallon, out of its long-held time slot.",
"That would hurt the other NBC franchise that I love, and it would be unfair to Jimmy.\"",
"Fox's president of entertainment, Kevin Reilly, told reporters on Monday that his network may be interested in O'Brien should he leave \"Tonight.\"",
"\"I love him,\" Reilly said at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, California.",
"\"It's a very compatible fit for our brand.",
"He is one of the few guys in the planet who has demonstrated he can do one of these shows every night.\"",
"In monologues on their respective shows on Monday, Leno and O'Brien had zingers about the looming shakeup.",
"\"NBC said the show performed exactly as they expected it would and then canceled us.",
"Don't confuse this [with] when we were on at late night and performed better than expected and they canceled us.",
"That was totally different,\" Leno quipped.",
"O'Brien had the following to say on his show Monday: .",
"-- \"Good evening, I'm Conan O'Brien, the new host of 'Last Call with Carson Daly.'",
"\" -- \"This weekend no one was seriously hurt, but a 6.5 earthquake hit California.",
"The earthquake was so powerful that it knocked Jay Leno's show from 10:00 to 11:35.\"",
"-- \"On the positive side, I have learned a valuable lesson from all this: Never sign a contract that ends with the word 'NOT.' ..."
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"Conan O'Brien: Moving 'Tonight Show' would damage greatest franchise in TV history .",
"O'Brien says he wants resolution with NBC quickly .",
"O'Brien says he has no offers from other networks on the table .",
"Fox's president of entertainment has expressed interest in O'Brien ."
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"(Southern Living) -- You don't have to stay at these tony hotels to experience the best of their lobbies.",
"The Round Robin Bar at the Willard InterContinental is a great place to eavesdrop.",
"The Willard InterContinental .",
"What to expect: A throwback to grand hotels of the 19th century near the White House.",
"It's where powerful people still go to make powerful decisions.",
"Crowned heads rest on the Willard's pillows.",
"Where to spend your dollars: Sip a mint julep or sample a single malt whiskey in the Round Robin Bar and Scotch Bar alongside power brokers.",
"It may not be polite to say so, but this is a great place to eavesdrop.",
"\"The next day's work starts between 6 and 8 p.m.,\" says Jim Hewes, bartender there for 22 years.",
"\"The Round Robin gets a drift on tomorrow's news.\"",
"The inside story: D.C. insiders strut the lobby's Peacock Alley where you people-watch while nibbling on tea and scones ($39).",
"1401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.",
"; washington.intercontinental.com or 1-800-327-0200.",
"SouthernLiving.com: D.C. Travel Planner .",
"The Hay-Adams . What to expect: Formal and classic yet balanced with a boutiquish and intimate atmosphere.",
"Walk out the front door to see Lafayette Park and the White House.",
"Where to spend your dollars: The basement bar, Off the Record, attracts politicos from the White House and the nearby World Bank.",
"\"Always sit at the bar,\" says John Boswell, the friendly 12-year veteran bartender.",
"\"The half-moon shape tends to get people into conversations.\"",
"Patrons stick to the classics -- martinis, Manhattans and wines.",
"The inside story: The Sunday morning talk show hosts and hotel guests rub elbows at the extravagant late-morning brunch in The Lafayette dining room ($65, reservations required).",
"16th and H Streets NW.",
"; www.hayadams.com or (202) 638-6600.",
"SouthernLiving.com: Cheap eats in D.C. St. Regis .",
"What to expect: A meeting of the old and new: luxe gilt lobby with endless Italian marble floors vs. leather-and-chrome restaurant bar helmed by celebrity chef Alain Ducasse.",
"Where to spend your dollars: Settle into the purple Bar at St. Regis.",
"Populated by admiring foodies, the bar pours the coolest drinks.",
"\"Our Trial by Berry (Champagne, house-infused vanilla and nutmeg vodka, muddled blackberries) is the favorite,\" says Marianna Alfa, restaurant director.",
"\"The chef's slider duo -- two burgers, one beef, the other boudin -- is our rock and roll item.\"",
"The inside story: Mixologist Mia Baila creates D.C.'s most unusual drink: Champagne adorned with pearls of Cointreau and gold flecks.",
"923 16th and K Streets NW.",
"; starwoodhotels.com/stregis or (202) 638-2626.",
"SouthernLiving.com: Best things about the mall in Washington D.C. Park Hyatt .",
"What to expect: A sleek Euro feel of glass, natural fibers and golden-hued wood.",
"A favorite among world travelers who trust the Park Hyatt brand and prefer the energy at the cusp of Georgetown.",
"Where to spend your dollars: Cozy in at the Tea Cellar, presided over by tea expert Marie Hatakeyama.",
"Those seeking a sturdier drink slip into glass-enclosed booths at the bar.",
"\"It's like having a private conversation on display,\" says frequent visitor Chris Gieckel, adding that the pear martini is a house favorite.",
"\"I'm not known for having girly drinks, but I'll order a second one.\"",
"The inside story: Purchase your favorite tea from the tasting to prepare at home, including vintage brews.",
"24th and M Streets NW.",
"; parkhyattwashington.com or (202) 789-1234 .",
"Enter to win a monthly Room Makeover Giveaway from MyHomeIdeas.com .",
"Copyright 2009 Southern Living magazine.",
"All rights reserved."
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"(CNN) -- Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held talks with Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao in Beijing Tuesday, as the two countries agreed to bilateral economic and trade deals worth $4 billion, Chinese state media reported.",
"Wen hosted a welcome ceremony for Putin at the Great Hall of the People at the start of a three-day visit, before their private talks and a larger session involving ministers from both sides, Xinhua said.",
"\"Russia and China have become genuine and comprehensive strategic and cooperative partners in recent years,\" Putin was quoted by Xinhua as saying.",
"Bilateral relations have become stable and mature since the forging of diplomatic ties 60 years ago and particularly the establishment of the Russia-China strategic cooperative partnership in 1996, Wen told reporters.",
"Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov said the deals included two $500-million-dollar banking deals -- one involving Russia's Vnesheconombank (VEB) and the China Development Bank and the other between Russia's VTB bank and the Agricultural Bank of China, Agence France-Presse reported.",
"Chinese and Russian negotiators also met Tuesday \"to exchange views on China-Russia energy cooperation,\" according to a Chinese foreign ministry statement.",
"In April, the two countries signed agreements on oil cooperation, while a memorandum of understanding on natural gas cooperation in followed in June.",
"But negotiations over the pricing of the gas have reportedly remained a major obstacle to a final deal, AFP said.",
"However, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, who met with Zhukov at a joint economic forum earlier Tuesday, told reporters that the China-Russia oil pipeline project was going smoothly and the loan China pledged to Russia had been implemented, Xinhua said.",
"The construction on the China section of an oil pipeline from Siberia started in May.",
"The 1,030-kilometer (640-mile) pipeline runs from Skovorodino, Russia, to the city of Daqing in northeastern China.",
"It is expected to go into operation by the end of 2010 and carry 15 million tons of crude oil annually from Russia to China from 2011 to 2030, Xinhua added."
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"China's premier Wen Jiabao meets Vladimir Putin in Beijing .",
"The two leaders agree multi-billion dollar trade, cooperation deals .",
"Two sides also negotiating over energy cooperation .",
"Work started in May on oil pipeline supplying China from Russia ."
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"Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Demonstrators entered their third day of a building takeover at UC Santa Cruz on Saturday in protest of a tuition increase, an undertaking that a school spokesman called futile.",
"The occupation of Kerr Hall is just one of several demonstrations across University of California campuses this week after the regent's board approved a 32 percent increase in tuition Thursday.",
"University officials said the $505 million to be raised by the tuition increases is needed to prevent even deeper cuts than those already made due to California's persistent financial crisis.",
"Protesting students said the increase will hurt working and middle-class students who benefit from state-funded education.",
"On the Santa Cruz campus, where building occupations began last week with a library sit-in, about 100 students staged a sit-in in the second-floor lobby of Kerr Hall soon after hearing that the tuition increase had been approved, according to UC Santa Cruz Provost David Kliger.",
"The students made a list of 20 \"demands\" detailing how they want the administration to increase funding, spokesman Barry Shiller said.",
"But the school has no plans to negotiate the demands with the student body, he said.",
"The school just doesn't have the money, he added.",
"School officials hope the students realize that their demonstration is \"not accomplishing anything\" and is \"just a disruption\" to administrative duties on campus, he said.",
"The administration will continue to wait out the takeover, but Shiller said he is unsure of how long it will last.",
"The school hopes the students will leave voluntarily, he said.",
"Are you there? Share your story, video .",
"Meanwhile, uprisings on other campuses have quieted since earlier mass demonstrations.",
"At UC Berkeley on Friday night, 41 protesters occupying a building were arrested.",
"Authorities decided to cite them for trespassing and release them rather than take them to jail, per an agreement with student leaders, school spokeswoman Claire Holmes said.",
"Three students were arrested there Friday morning.",
"Fifty-two students were arrested at UC Davis late Thursday after they refused to vacate the school's administration building.",
"And UCLA's Campbell Hall was occupied for several hours Thursday evening.",
"The angry students are condemning a nearly $2,000 tuition increase.",
"The first change, which takes effect in January, will raise undergraduate tuition to $8,373.",
"The second increase kicks in next fall, raising tuition to $10,302, university spokeswoman Leslie Sepuka said.",
"Students who live on campus could pay an estimated $17,200 in additional fees that include the annual cost of books and housing, according to the system's July 2008 finance guide.",
"The January increase of about 15 percent is more than double the average public university tuition increase last year.",
"On average, tuition and fees at four-year public universities nationwide increased 6.5 percent, or to $7,020, since the previous school year, according to data from College Board.",
"Students eligible for financial aid and whose families make less than $70,000 will have their tuition covered, the university said."
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"Students continue to occupy UC-Santa Cruz hall in protest of fee increases .",
"University officials say they need to raise $505 million to avoid further cuts .",
"Students issue demands to administration; official says there will be no negotiations ."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A backlog in processing education benefits has forced the Department of Veterans Affairs to authorize millions of dollars in emergency funds for veterans who need the cash to pay for school.",
"The Veterans Affairs department will give up to $3,000 to students who haven't received funds from education bills .",
"The department announced Friday that it will issue up to $3,000 to students who have yet to receive the funds that the VA's various education bills -- including the recently passed Post-9/11 GI Bill -- provide to help veterans pay for college.",
"\"This is an extraordinary action we're taking,\" VA Secretary Eric Shinseki said in a statement.",
"\"But it's necessary because we recognize the hardships some of our Veterans face.\"",
"The VA estimates there are 75,000 veterans eligible for the emergency funds, including 25,000 veterans who have served since September 11.",
"VA statistics show more than 27,500 vets have already received benefits for housing or books under the new Post-9/11 GI Bill, and hundreds of thousands more have gotten benefits under its other programs.",
"The delay in processing the benefits has created much consternation among veterans, with some worried they would have to drop out of school because of a lack of funds.",
"The lag was caused because some schools have not yet filed for the tuition and because of a backlog at the Veterans Affairs offices, according to a department official.",
"Any money given to eligible veterans will be deducted from the education benefits they are scheduled to receive and can be used for housing and books.",
"The VA has been speaking to schools to ensure that veterans do not get kicked out if their tuition has not yet been paid, said VA spokeswoman Katie Roberts.",
"\"Veterans were having a lot of financial issues, and we needed to address them,\" she said.",
"To help with the influx of applications, the department has hired more than 700 extra processors.",
"Veterans groups said the emergency funds were much needed.",
"\"AMVETS is very happy with the swift action taken by the secretary.",
"We suggested a similar solution earlier this month so we are happy to see they're listening,\" said Ryan Galluci, a spokesman for AMVETS, a veterans' service organization."
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"Backlog in tuition payments forces VA to authorize millions in emergency funds .",
"VA estimates 75,000 veterans are eligible for the emergency funds .",
"Delayed payments makes vets fear they may have to drop out of school ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama met Monday night with his national security team on Afghanistan and Pakistan, the White House announced.",
"It was the ninth meeting of the president's war council to consider whether to send more troops to Afghanistan, as requested by the U.S. commander on the ground there.",
"The White House made no statement after the meeting ended at 10 p.m.",
"ET (0300 GMT).",
"The meeting included Vice President Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, Afghanistan commanding Gen. Stanley McChrystal, U.S.",
"Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry and other senior officials, the White House said earlier.",
"At the last war council meeting -- on November 11, Veteran's Day -- Obama pushed for revisions in proposed plans for troop increases to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government.",
"Obama would seek answers to the questions he posed on November 11 about \"not just how we get people there, but what's the strategy for getting them out,\" White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said before the meeting.",
"No matter what happened at the meeting, Gibbs said, Obama will not announce a decision on troop deployment until at least next week.",
"One option calls for sending about 34,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan in addition to the 68,000 already committed to the country, with other options involving variations of that plan, sources told CNN.",
"Before the November 11 meeting, Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. military commander in the Middle East, told CNN that the decision-making process was approaching completion.",
"Petraeus emphasized the need to focus on the mission of ensuring that Afghanistan \"does not once again become a sanctuary or safe haven for al Qaeda and the kind of transnational extremists that carried out the 9/11 attacks.\"",
"The Obama administration has expressed concerns about Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai's viability and has ratcheted up pressure to end corruption in order to combat an intensifying Taliban insurgency.",
"Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on a trip to Afghanistan last week to attend Karzai's inauguration after his recent re-election, reiterated the U.S. concerns in a dinner meeting with Karzai and encouraged him to seize the \"clear window of opportunity\" before him at a \"critical moment\" in Afghanistan's history.",
"The United States and other countries are increasing their civilian presence in Afghanistan to bolster efforts to stabilize the country, the the U.S. special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, told reporters on Monday.",
"Asked about the corruption problem, Holbrooke noted that some Afghan government ministers have \"extraordinary records\" of accomplishment.",
"The United States will work with those ministers, while recognizing that years of civil war and social woes have weakened overall leadership capabilities in Afghanistan, he said.",
"\"This is one of the main reasons we're increasing our civilian role,\" Holbrooke said.",
"\"And it's extremely delicate to get the mix right.",
"We want to help the Afghans help themselves.",
"We do not want to replace a sovereign government with internationals.\"",
"Republican opponents are pushing Obama to quickly agree to McChrystal's reported request for up to 40,000 additional troops in Afghanistan as part of a counterinsurgency strategy.",
"\"This won't be perfect or easy, but it will allow America's fighting men and women to leave Afghanistan with honor, and it will enable Afghans to build a better, more peaceful future,\" said a letter to Obama from 10 Republican senators sent on Veteran's Day."
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"NEW: White House makes no statement after meeting ended .",
"Obama will not announce decision until at least next week .",
"Meeting included Biden, Gates, Mullen, McChrystal, Eikenberry, White House says .",
"Obama wanted clarification on how, when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility ."
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"(CNN) -- Brazilian authorities on Thursday ruled the death of former world boxing champion Arturo Gatti a suicide, according to local media reports.",
"Arturo Gatti was found dead on July 11 in a rented condo in Brazil, where his family was vacationing.",
"Gatti's death initially had been investigated as a murder.",
"The boxer's widow, Amanda Carina Barbosa Rodrigues, who had been arrested as a suspect, was released from jail Thursday, the newspaper O Diario de Pernambuco reported.",
"Her lawyer, Celio Avelino, argued that it \"would have been impossible for her to suspend and hang a man of that size\".",
"Gatti was found dead on July 11 in a rented condo in Brazil, where he was taking a vacation with Rodrigues and their young child.",
"Police found strangulation marks on Gatti's neck and a blood-stained purse strap at the scene.",
"The public safety ministry of the northeastern Pernambuco state said investigators determined that Gatti hanged himself in a stairwell, the newspaper O Globo reported.",
"Police official Paulo Alberes said Gatti used the purse strap to end his life, O Diario de Pernambuco reported.",
"The 37-year-old Canadian, who was born in Italy and made his name as a fighter based in New Jersey, was staying in the northeast seaside resort of Porto de Galihnas.",
"Gatti made his reputation in his renowned trilogy of fights against \"Irish\" Micky Ward, losing the first but triumphing in the other two.",
"He was a former International Boxing Federation (IBF) super-featherweight champion and World Boxing Council (WBC) light-welterweight champ.",
"Gatti retired in 2007 after suffering a knockout defeat by Alfonso Gomez, ending with a record of 40 wins and nine losses, 31 by knockout.",
"He grew up in Montreal, Canada, after leaving Italy at an early age, and returned to the city after his retirement.",
"Gatti's suicide came less than two weeks after another world champion boxer took his own life.",
"On July 1, three-time world boxing champion Alexis Arguello, who was the mayor of the Nicaraguan capital of Managua, was found dead in his home from a gunshot wound to the chest.",
"He was 57. A third boxer, former welterweight champion Vernon Forrest, died last week after being shot multiple times in a neighborhood southwest of downtown Atlanta, Georgia."
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"His wife, arrested as suspect, freed on Thursday, newspaper says .",
"Gatti was a junior lightweight champ and a junior welterweight champ ."
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"(CNN) -- Khloe Kardashian and her new husband, basketball player Lamar Odom, have found themselves a newlywed love nest.",
"Kardashian, star of the E!",
"network's reality show \"Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami\" and Odom, a forward for the Los Angeles Lakers, have purchased a seven-bedroom, nine-bathroom mansion in Tarzana, California, for nearly $4 million.",
"The pair, who married after a two-month-long courtship, have been looking for a place to call their own since their September 27 wedding.",
"Finding a home was one of the stipulations Kardashian, 25, wanted met before the couple started thinking about growing a family.",
"\"I would be over the moon if I was having a baby, but right now, our focus is on finding a house.",
"They say it's a buyers' market, but no one is selling, and I think it would be very stressful to have a baby in a condo downtown,\" Kardashian told CNN earlier this month.",
"When asked by talk show host Chelsea Handler earlier this month if Khloe is pregnant yet, Odom, 30, responded, \"Soon.\"",
"And when Handler pushed and asked, \"You planning on having a baby soon?",
"You want to do that right away?\"",
"Odom responded, \"I do.\"",
"Kardashian was even more candid with CNN, saying, \"We are not planning to have a baby, but we're not doing anything to not have a baby right now.\""
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"Khloe Kardashian and husband Lamar Odom have purchased a home .",
"The seven-bedroom, nine-bathroom mansion cost nearly $4 million .",
"Finding a home was one of the stipulations Kardashian had before starting a family ."
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"NEW YORK (CNN) -- Rapper and actor Clifford Smith, better known to fans as Method Man, was arrested Monday and faces charges of failing to pay taxes, the district attorney in Richmond County, New York, said.",
"Clifford Smith, better known as Method Man, failed to file tax returns and owes $33,000, authorities say.",
"Smith, 38, owes the state nearly $33,000 for New York State income tax returns that he did not file between 2004 and 2007, district attorney Daniel Donovan Jr. said in a statement.",
"The Grammy-winning rapper, an original member of the Wu-Tang Clan, was arrested at his home on Staten Island.",
"He faces a felony charge of repeated failure to file taxes and a misdemeanor charge of failure to pay tax.",
"The felony carries a sentence of up to four years in prison.",
"Smith was to appear at an arraignment in Staten Island Criminal Court on Monday.",
"Smith's attorney Peter Frankel was not immediately available to comment."
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"Clifford Smith, aka Method Man, didn't file state income tax returns, authorities say .",
"State of New York says he owes $33,000 for 2004-2007 .",
"Felony charges carry four-year prison sentence ."
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"(CNN) -- Iranian authorities confiscated the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize given to human rights activist Shirin Ebadi, Norway said Thursday.",
"\"The medal and the diploma have been removed from Dr. Ebadi's bank box, together with other personal items.",
"Such an act leaves us feeling shock and disbelief,\" Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store said in a written statement.",
"Norway did not explain how it had learned of the alleged confiscation, and there was no immediate reaction from Iran.",
"Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a written statement that it \"has reacted strongly\" and summoned the Iranian charge d'affaires on Wednesday afternoon to protest the move.",
"During the meeting with the Iranian charge d'affaires, State Secretary Gry Larsen also expressed \"grave concern\" about how Ebadi's husband has allegedly been treated.",
"\"Earlier this autumn, he [Ebadi's husband] was arrested in Tehran and severely beaten.",
"His pension has been stopped and his bank account has been frozen,\" the statement from Norway said.",
"Store said in the statement that it marked the \"first time a Nobel Peace Prize has been confiscated by national authorities.\"",
"The peace prize is one of five awarded annually since 1901 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.",
"While the other prizes are awarded by committees based in Sweden, the peace prize is determined by a five-member panel appointed by the Norwegian parliament.",
"Ebadi received the prize for her focus on human rights, especially on the struggle to improve the status of women and children.",
"A statement from the Nobel committee at the time said, \"As a lawyer, judge, lecturer, writer and activist, she has spoken out clearly and strongly in her country, Iran, and far beyond its borders.\""
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"Norway did not explain how it had learned of the alleged confiscation .",
"The medal and the diploma have been removed from Dr. Ebadi's bank box, say officials ."
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"Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- Kevin Garibo hasn't known life outside a hospital.",
"Born three months ago with respiratory issues, he needed a procedure to breathe on his own.",
"Nurses prod at him, medical machines hum around him and tubes are more present than teddy bears.",
"But in the arms of Chris Haack, who strokes his cheek and speaks in a soft whisper while rocking him in a chair, little Kevin is one blissed-out baby.",
"Haack, a retired nurse from Roswell, Georgia, is a trained volunteer with \"Baby Buddies,\" a program in the neonatal intensive care unit at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston.",
"As nurses race around administering medical care, she can comfort the tiny patients and stand in for parents who can't be there all the time to give the positive attention -- not the attention associated with pain or discomfort -- that is key to a baby's development and integral in forming trust.",
"\"They need to be touched, they need to be loved, and that face -- that's why I do it,\" Haack says, peering down with a smile at Kevin, whose eyes are locked on hers.",
"\"I get more out of it than I probably give.\"",
"Studies show that giving, which extends beyond packages wrapped in ribbons, does a person good.",
"In this holiday season, CNN introduces with this story a special series we're calling \"Giving in Focus: The 12 Days of Goodness,\" in which we'll highlight acts of kindness and generosity that we hope will inspire.",
"Has someone done a good deed for you?",
"Share your story .",
"One person who can attest to the power of giving is Cami Walker, a 36-year-old woman who received a prescription to give when her multiple sclerosis, a diagnosis she got at age 33, left her a physical and emotional wreck.",
"She could barely get out of bed, and yet Mbali Creazzo, a friend and spiritual mentor, single-handedly killed Walker's pity party.",
"She said, \"'Cami, you really need to stop thinking about yourself.",
"... You're feeding this disease,'\" Walker remembers.",
"\"She said, 'I have a prescription for you.",
"Give away 29 gifts in 29 days.'",
"\" Creazzo, a South African born medicine woman who lives in Oakland, California, explained that the idea, rooted in indigenous practices, was taught to her, although the number of days prescribed may have been different.",
"\"Altruism has been going on for thousands of years,\" said Creazzo, 58.",
"\"Why it's so powerful at this moment is because of what's happening in the world today.",
"People are looking for that place inside of them where they are of some use.\"",
"Walker, who lives in Hollywood, California, dismissed Creazzo's suggestion at first but came back to it when she realized she had nothing to lose by trying.",
"What followed made her a convert to the idea.",
"Whether she simply called a friend to offer support or bought iced-tea for a homeless guy on a hot day, the simple actions made a difference.",
"She said her mood lifted, her ability to get around improved and the progression of the disease stopped.",
"\"I don't see it as a cure. I still have MS,\" said Walker, who went on to write the best-seller \"29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life\" and create an online community at 29gifts.org, where Creazzo is also involved.",
"\"I really don't think about the limitations of my disease.",
"I wake up more focused on what I'm capable of.\"",
"A long list of scientific and widely accepted studies point to the benefits a giver gets, said Stephen Post, author of \"Why Good Things Happen to Good People: How to Live a Longer, Healthier, Happier Life by the Simple Act of Giving.\"",
"One study looked at preteens who'd first been surveyed in the 1920s in Berkeley, California.",
"Those who displayed generosity and a giving attitude grew up to have lower rates of heart disease and depression, said Post, a professor of preventive medicine and director of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics at Stony Brook University in New York.",
"A study done at Harvard showed the strength of immune systems grew among students who watched a film about Mother Theresa, he said, and stayed high among those who were asked to continue thinking about giving.",
"MRI devices have illustrated that the part of the brain that releases \"feel-good chemicals,\" he said, lights up when giving's on the mind.",
"Post, who's also the president of The Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, said hormone levels tied to serenity, trust and compassion rise when people exhibit generous behaviors.",
"Those same feelings, he added, have long been known to help wounds heal more quickly.",
"Another study, one he's involved with now, has shown that people who go through Alcoholics Anonymous and then help other alcoholics have a 40 percent rate of recovery, while those who don't help other alcoholics recover at a rate of 22 percent, he said.",
"\"Kitchen table wisdom says it's good to be good,\" and giving is \"part of every moral and spiritual tradition,\" said Post, whose own mother used to tell him to \"go out and do something for someone\" whenever he got pouty.",
"\"It turned out there actually is pretty good science about this.\"",
"For Azim Jamal, a motivational speaker and co-author of the best-seller \"The Power of Giving: How Giving Back Enriches Us All,\" the excitement about this topic is rooted in the possibilities of what might be -- the ripple effect.",
"If everyone gave time, money, talents or passion, what could that mean for individuals, communities, even the world?",
"\"The power of giving is instantaneous, continuous and eternal,\" he said.",
"\"When you die, you don't take what you have. You take what you gave.\""
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"Author says 29 days of giving changed her life, made MS more bearable .",
"Scientific studies show physical and mental benefits of giving attitudes .",
"Ripple effect of giving can affect individuals, communities and world ."
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"(CNN) -- Leading figures from Poland to the United States have been paying tribute to Marek Edelman, the anti-Nazi resistance fighter and Solidarity movement supporter who died Friday.",
"Marek Edelman was one of the leaders of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in World War II.",
"Edelman was one of the leaders of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, \"the largest, symbolically most important Jewish uprising\" against the Nazis during World War II, according to the U.S.",
"Holocaust Memorial Museum.",
"Polish President Lech Kaczynski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk both issued statements mourning Edelman.",
"Tusk called him an \"exceptional man,\" saying \"his bravery was a testament to the courage of the fighters of the Jewish Fighting Organization,\" as the largest Jewish resistance movement in the ghetto was known.",
"The prime minister also praised him for standing up against the Polish Communist government's anti-Semitic campaign of 1968, and hailed him as an example for free, democratic Poland.",
"The U.S. State Department saluted \"his life dedicated to the defense of human dignity and freedom.",
"The United States stands with Poland as it mourns the loss of a great man.\"",
"Edelman is thought to have been the last surviving commander of the uprising, in which Jews fought Nazi efforts to send them to concentration camps.",
"Armed with pistols, some rifles and automatic weapons, and hand-made grenades, the resistance fighters attacked the Germans and their allies when they tried to liquidate the Warsaw Ghetto in April 1943.",
"The Nazis had planned to round up all the ghetto's Jews in three days, but in the end it took them more than a month -- longer than some countries held out against Hitler's armies.",
"The Nazis reduced the ghetto to rubble in the process of flushing resistance fighters out of their bunkers.",
"Edelman was in one of the last groups to hold out in the headquarters of the Jewish Fighting Organization at 18 Mila Street.",
"In the final days of the uprising he was able to sneak out of the ghetto by way of the city's sewers, he wrote after the war.",
"He went on to fight in the Warsaw Polish Uprising, a two-month battle against the Nazis in 1944, undertaken primarily by non-Jewish Poles.",
"After the war, Edelman became a cardiologist.",
"In the late 1940s, he published a short history of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in Polish, Yiddish, and English, called \"The Ghetto Fights.\"",
"In it, he described the creation of the ghetto by the Nazis.",
"\"In November 1940, the Germans finally established the Warsaw Ghetto.",
"The Jewish population still living outside the 'Seuchensperrgebiet' ('Quarantined Zone') was brought inside the special area.",
"Poles living within the designated ghetto boundaries were ordered to move out,\" he wrote.",
"\"Beginning with November 15, no Jew was allowed to leave the Jewish precincts.",
"All houses vacated by Jews were immediately locked by the Germans and then, with all their contents, gratuitously given to Polish merchants and hucksters ... .",
"The walls and barbed wire surrounding the ghetto grew higher every day until, on November 15, they completely cut off the Jews from the outside world.\"",
"Hunger and disease were rife in the ghetto, he wrote.",
"\"People began to die of hunger in the streets.",
"Every morning, about 4-5 a.m., funeral carts collected a dozen or more corpses on the streets that had been covered with a sheet of paper and weighted down with a few rocks.",
"Some simply fell in the streets and remained there,\" Edelman remembered.",
"Jews organized a local government and Socialist unions, but conditions became progressively worse in the ghetto, with the Nazis summarily executing people.",
"Nazis then began deporting Jews to concentration camps -- sometimes with the help of Jewish collaborators in the ghetto -- Edelman wrote.",
"By that time, many in the ghetto knew the Nazis were systematically murdering Jews in the camps, he recalled.",
"He describes in detail the spring 1943 uprising, a street-by-street battle that ended with the ghetto in ruins.",
"Edelman's history finishes simply, listing the handful of survivors of the hundreds who fought back.",
"\"Those who had gone over to the 'Aryan side' continued the partisan fight in the woods.",
"The majority perished eventually.",
"The small group that was still alive at the time took an active part in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising as the 'ZOB Group.'",
"At present the following of our comrades are still among the living: Chajka Betchatowska, B. Szpigel, Chana Krysztal, Masza Glejtman, and Marek Edelman.\"",
"During the early 1980s Edelman was active with Solidarity, the Polish trade union movement that opposed the Communist government.",
"French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner awarded him the Legion of Honor in 2008, on a visit to Poland marking the 65th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.",
"Edelman was born in 1921, according to Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust museum.",
"He was buried in Warsaw's Jewish cemetery on Friday, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported ."
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"Both Polish President Lech Kaczynski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk pay tribute .",
"Edelman is thought to have been the last surviving commander of the uprising .",
"During early 1980s Edelman was active with Polish trade union movement, Solidarity ."
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"(CNN) -- Sonia, a single mother with HIV in Brazil, travels four hours to reach a government-run health facility that provides her with free drug treatment.",
"Brazil's response to the HIV/AIDS fight has been widely praised and adopted as a model around the world.",
"The journey is long, she told CNN, but it's a small price to pay for the government-provided drugs that have helped keep her out of the hospital for the past 11 years.",
"Sonia is just one of the many Brazilians who have benefited from the country's novel approach to fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic.",
"Brazil jolted the global health community in 1996 when it began guaranteeing free anti-retroviral treatment to HIV/AIDS patients.",
"For Sonia, government-funded treatment comes in the form of 20 pills.",
"Taken daily, the anti-retroviral medicine has helped keep her HIV at bay.",
"Coupled with government-supported prevention efforts and aggressive public awareness campaigns, the so-called Brazilian response has been hailed as a model for developing countries.",
"Watch a report on Brazil's pioneering response to HIV/AIDS » .",
"Prevention campaigns, which often take the forms of candid public awareness ads with slogans like \"Be good in bed, use a condom,\" have resulted in widespread knowledge of HIV.",
"According to a recent study conducted by the country's Ministry of Health, Brazil boasts one of the highest rates of knowledge globally when it comes to HIV avoidance and transmittal.",
"Brazil was \"the first country to realize there is no separation between prevention and treatment,\" Mauro Schechter, professor of infectious diseases at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, told CNN.",
"Schechter, who has studied the HIV/AIDS epidemic since 1989, said it took the rest of the global health community some 15 years to realize that the two go hand-in-hand.",
"Other countries that have adopted the Brazilian model » .",
"The comprehensive response has extended the lives of tens of thousands of Brazilians and saved the government billions, researchers estimate.",
"A recent study published by researchers from Brown University and the Harvard School of Public Health said that Brazil has saved $1 billion alone by producing its own generic versions of HIV/AIDS medicines and negotiating discounts for imported drugs.",
"Those drug savings come on top of the estimated $2 billion the program has saved Brazil in hospital costs between 1996 and 2004.",
"Brazil's efforts to reverse the tide of the AIDS epidemic have become the object of admiration in the global health community, but the trailblazer is encountering new challenges.",
"When Brazil decided to guarantee free anti-retrovirals, there were 10,000 people being treated and it was organized as a program to treat a small amount of people for a limited amount of time, according to Schechter.",
"Patients are living longer and oftentimes able to get their disease under control, thanks to combination therapies, better known as drug cocktails.",
"But that means they also require drug treatment for a longer period of time.",
"Furthermore, as HIV has evolved from an acute illness into a chronic disease, patients have also become vulnerable to other health risks and medical conditions.",
"Valdileia Veloso is the director of the Institute of Clinical Research at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, a public health research institution in Rio de Janeiro.",
"She told CNN patients are presenting with complications of chronic HIV and AIDS, which requires new treatment.",
"\"It's a new challenge for us,\" she said.",
"Heart disease is one of the big problems that doctors are encountering.",
"While there's a system in place to prevent people from dying from HIV, preventable causes like heart conditions are causing deaths.",
"\"These people are dying from preventable causes,\" Schechter told CNN.",
"While Brazil has shown that providing universal access to treatment can be achieved, it needs to modify its approach to treat the evolving disease, he said.",
"\"If the epidemic changes face, you need to adapt.\""
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"Government started offering free anti-retroviral treatment to its citizens in 1996 .",
"As more people live longer with HIV/AIDS, Brazil faces new challenges .",
"Patients of the chronic illness susceptible to new health risks, doctors say ."
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"London, England (CNN) -- A long-awaited inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war got under way Tuesday -- a process that could determine whether former Prime Minister Tony Blair misled his country over the 2003 invasion.",
"The inquiry is expected to be the most thorough investigation yet into the decisions that led up to the war and governed Britain's involvement, analysts said.",
"It is not a court of law, so the inquiry cannot find anyone criminally responsible or even apportion blame.",
"But inquiry members will be able to judge the legality of the conflict.",
"\"The Iraq Inquiry was set up to identify the lessons that should be learned from the UK's involvement in Iraq, to help future governments who may face similar situations,\" inquiry Chairman John Chilcot said at the opening of the hearings Tuesday.",
"\"To do this, we need to establish what happened.\"",
"Chilcot, a senior civil servant, said on the eve of the hearings that the committee is \"completely determined\" to write the full story of Iraq war decision-making by the British government using all the evidence it can get.",
"Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who announced the inquiry in June, has promised the committee will have access to the full range of information, including secret documents, in order to identify lessons that can be learned from the war.",
"The inquiry officially began July 30, but Tuesday was the first day of hearings, which are expected to last into the new year.",
"The hearings were initially going to be held behind closed doors, but after criticism the government decided to allow the hearings to be public and televised.",
"The committee has said it will decide on a case-by-case basis whether to keep the hearings private when discussing sensitive or classified information.",
"Blair will be called to testify, Chilcot said earlier this year, and the former prime minister has said he will appear.",
"Other witnesses will be key decision-makers involved in Iraq, Chilcot has said.",
"Chilcot has said the panel members plan to visit Iraq as part of their work, as well as hold discussions with Iraqis outside of the country.",
"Top officials from the British and U.S. governments also might be called on for evidence, he said.",
"Britain has already held four hearings about the Iraq war.",
"But because all were held before the end of 2004 -- so close to the start of the war -- they were hampered by limited information, political analyst Glen Rangwala of Cambridge University told CNN.",
"\"They didn't manage to achieve anything like a comprehensive understanding of the paths that led the UK to support the United States in the invasion,\" he said.",
"\"This will be the first to look at political decision-making that led to the British invasion of 2003, with the potential to tell a full story.\"",
"People involved in those decisions are more likely to testify now than they were a few years ago, Rangwala said.",
"That partly because British troops are no longer involved in combat in Iraq, but also because the war there is no longer the politicized issue it was when Blair was in power, he said.",
"\"The sort of political sting has been taken out of it, and people who are presenting their evidence to the (inquiry) won't feel quite so constrained by the political line, or the party line, than they would have a few years ago,\" he said.",
"Britain's first two inquiries were held by government committees in 2003.",
"The House of Commons Select Committee on Foreign Affairs examined whether Britain's Foreign Office gave accurate and complete information to Parliament in the run-up to the war.",
"It found the government exerted no improper influence on the drafting of the dossier given to Parliament on Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction.",
"The Intelligence and Security Committee then examined whether intelligence about Iraq and its weapons was properly assessed and accurately reflected in government publications.",
"Its findings were mixed.",
"The next two inquiries had narrow mandates, looking at specific aspects of the war.",
"The Hutton report from January 2004 investigated the death of David Kelly, a leading microbiologist and former U.N. weapons inspector who committed suicide months earlier.",
"Kelly had worked for the British Ministry of Defence, advising it on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, but was later found to be the source of a BBC report that said the government had exaggerated evidence to justify war on Iraq.",
"Following that came the Butler inquiry, which looked at the accuracy of intelligence on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and elsewhere.",
"It found some of the intelligence sources were \"seriously flawed,\" but that there was no evidence of deliberate distortion or culpable negligence by spy agencies."
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"Promised to be the most thorough investigation into Britain's involvement in the war .",
"Hearings will be televised after initial plans for closed-door sessions were criticised .",
"Former Prime Minister Tony Blair will be called to testify ."
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"(CNN) -- Billy Ray Cyrus may be a country boy at heart, but he is also pretty savvy when it comes to navigating Hollywood.",
"Billy Ray Cyrus has a full plate with acting, touring, composing and being a dad.",
"When others wrote him off as a novelty act after the 1992 hit \"Achy Breaky Heart,\" Cyrus kept making music and eventually turned to acting.",
"It was a decision he said came after some well-timed fatherly advice.",
"\"In the mid-'90s, my dad said to me 'Son, you've got all of your eggs in one basket and you are living and dying by music,' \" Cyrus recalled.",
"\"He said 'I want you to have a career like Kenny Rogers.'",
"\" Cyrus said his dad suggested he branch out into acting.",
"Cyrus eventually auditioned for and won a role in what appeared to be an unlikely vehicle -- David Lynch's 2001 film \"Mulholland Drive.\"",
"After Lynch, known for such works as \"Blue Velvet\" and \"Twin Peaks,\" suggested that Cyrus should continue to pursue the craft, he went on to star in the television drama \"Doc,\" which also helped spur the career of Cyrus' greatest production -- \"Hannah Montana\" star, and Cyrus' daughter, Miley Cyrus.",
"Now, with the release of \"Hannah Montana: The Movie\" on Blu-ray and DVD, a music tour and an upcoming role in a film featuring comedian George Lopez and martial arts expert Jackie Chan, Cyrus is staying busy.",
"He recently took some time out of his hectic schedule to talk to CNN about how he keeps it all together, how he manages raising a family full of performers (son Trace is a member of the band Metro Station, daughter Brandi performs with the band Frank and Derol and also acts, as do younger children Braison and Noah) and what makes him a good fit for Hollywood.",
"CNN: What do you like about \"Hannah Montana: The Movie?\"",
"Billy Ray Cyrus: I think it's got a certain amount of realism to it with art imitating life imitating art.",
"It certainly parallels a lot of things in mine and Miley's real world and real lives.",
"I wrote the song \"Back to Tennessee\" and as I read the script for the movie, \"Back to Tennessee\" became a cornerstone of the film and the title track off the album.",
"The realism of the film translates into the music, and I think vice versa.",
"CNN: The film speaks to never losing touch with your roots.",
"How important is that to you? Cyrus: Extremely.",
"My dad told me as a kid to always be aware of where you are, always have a vision for your future, but never forget where you came from.",
"CNN: You've had careers in both music and acting.",
"Do you still feel a bit like a fish out of water dealing with Hollywood?",
"Cyrus: I love Hollywood as far as being an actor.",
"Getting to work with Jackie Chan and George Lopez in this new film we have coming out in January [\"The Spy Next Door\"], working with Heather Locklear and Patricia Neal in the Lifetime movie \"Flying By\" and Brooke Shields, who has appeared as my deceased wife on \"Hannah Montana.\"",
"I look back at it now and think that I may fit in more to the film community than I do Nashville, to tell you the truth.",
"I love what I do. CNN: Do you have a preference, then, for acting over music?",
"Cyrus: My preference is to find projects that can combine the two.",
"I also love to write scores.",
"I wrote a lot of the scores for \"Doc\" and I love to write scores for other projects.",
"CNN: How do you balance being a star with being a dad?",
"Cyrus: The very best I can.",
"I just take it one step at a time and do the best I can.",
"My dad was to me what I try to be to Miley, which is somewhat of a best friend.",
"I try my best to be a good daddy and if she wants to talk about business or music I try my best to be a good manager.",
"I try to be all of those things because that's what my dad was to me.",
"Unfortunately, my dad passed away four years ago from mesothelioma, but I feel like in some ways my dad is looking down on me and smiling.",
"His name was Ronald Ray Cyrus and a lot of people say Miley changed her name to Miley Ray because of Billy Ray, but that's not true.",
"She did that in honor of my dad, because the two of them just loved each other to pieces.",
"CNN: So will Miley ever remake \"Achy Breaky Heart\"?",
"Cyrus: I doubt it, but anything is a possibility.",
"In 1991 I recorded \"Achy Breaky Heart\" and we are not too terribly far away from the 20-year anniversary, and there are some major stars who want to re-do that song.",
"I'm flirting with the idea.",
"There's one cat in particular that if I told you who it was, it would blow your mind.",
"But I've got to keep it under my hat right now."
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"Says he prefers working on projects that combine acting and music .",
"He won't reveal the big-name artists he says want to remake his hit ."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A former U.S. government scientist who served in sensitive positions on classified aerospace projects was willing to sell \"some of our most guarded secrets\" a prosecutor alleged Tuesday.",
"Stewart David Nozette of Chevy Chase, Maryland, was taken into custody Monday by FBI agents.",
"Stewart David Nozette, 52, who is charged with attempted espionage, appeared in U.S. District Court Tuesday afternoon.",
"Authorities said in a criminal complaint that Nozette, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, tried to deliver classified information to someone he thought was an Israeli intelligence official, but who was actually an FBI undercover agent.",
"Assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony Asuncion said Tuesday that evidence will show Nozette disclosed to investigators information that was \"top secret, related to our national defense, that would cause exceptionally grave damage to national security\" if revealed to a foreign country.",
"He said the FBI made videotapes of Nozette indicating he was \"willing to sell some of our most guarded secrets.\"",
"The prosecutor noted that the charges carry a possible life sentence.",
"Nozette answered in the affirmative when Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson asked him whether he understood the seriousness of the charges against him.",
"Other than that, Nozette, who was arrested Monday, made no statements at his initial court appearance.",
"Defense attorney John Kiyonaga did not immediately oppose the government's request to hold his client without bond, and said his client agreed to waive a deadline for a formal detention hearing.",
"Nozette, who remains in custody, will appear in court again on October 29 for detention and preliminary hearings.",
"In an affidavit, the FBI sets out the case against Nozette, who received a doctorate in planetary sciences from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.",
"The FBI document, signed by Special Agent Leslie G. Martell, says that Nozette in January 2009 told a colleague \"that if the United States government tried to put him in jail\" on an unrelated matter, Nozette would move to Israel or another unidentified foreign country and \"tell them everything\" he knows.",
"Nozette had a \"top secret\" clearance, and served at the White House on the National Space Council for President George H.W.",
"Bush, the affidavit says.",
"Later, from early 2000 to early 2006, he did research and development for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Naval Research Laboratory, and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, it says.",
"The document says Nozette also acted as a technical consultant from 1998 until early 2008 \"for an aerospace company that was wholly owned by the government of the state of Israel.\"",
"The company consulted with Nozette monthly, getting answers to questions, and he received total payments of $225,000, Martell's affidavit says.",
"In early September, Nozette was contacted by phone by an individual purporting to be an Israeli intelligence officer, but who really was an FBI undercover agent, the document says.",
"They met in downtown Washington in front of a hotel, and over lunch, Nozette \"demonstrated his willingness to work for Israeli intelligence,\" it says.",
"The undercover agent engaged in a series of meetings with Nozette, and eventually Nozette allegedly provided \"secret\" information in a \"dead drop\" post office box.",
"Some of the information, the affidavit says, was classified as secret.",
"The criminal complaint does not accuse the government of Israel of any violations of U.S. law."
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"Authorities said he tried to give classified info to FBI undercover agent .",
"Charges carry a possible life sentence, prosecutor said .",
"Nozetta showed \"willingness to work for Israeli intelligence,\" complaint states ."
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"NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (CNN) -- A quiet rendition of \"Amazing Grace\" capped an emotional candlelight vigil Monday night for slain Yale University student Annie Le, whose body was found on what was to have been her wedding day.",
"Students at Yale attend a candlelight vigil for Annie Le Monday night.",
"Several hundred people turned out on the Yale campus for the vigil, crying and hugging each other.",
"Le's roommate, Natalie Powers, said the 24-year-old graduate student in pharmacology \"was as good a human being as you'd ever hope to meet.\"",
"\"She was also really tenacious and had a sense of humor that was never far away, and she was tougher than you'd think by just looking at her,\" Powers said.",
"\"That this horrible tragedy happened at all is incomprehensible.",
"But that it happened to her I think is infinitely more so.",
"It seems completely senseless.\"",
"Connecticut state medical examiners announced Monday that the body found in a Yale medical research building over the weekend was that of Le, who had been missing for nearly a week.",
"Her body was found Sunday hidden in a basement wall.",
"Bloody clothes were found hidden above tiles in a drop ceiling elsewhere in the same building, investigators said.",
"Le was last seen entering the building Tuesday morning.",
"Thomas Kaplan, editor-in-chief of the Yale Daily News, said Le \"really had everything going for her.\"",
"\"She was a top scholar.",
"She was very outgoing, a warm person,\" Kaplan said.",
"\"You know, she was diminutive in stature, but certainly not in personality.",
"And that's what I think just makes this so sad for everyone, regardless of whether you knew her.",
"It's just a tragedy.\" Le's death is being investigated as a homicide, but Connecticut medical examiners released no further information beyond the identification.",
"A candlelight vigil in her honor was scheduled for Monday evening on the campus.",
"A Yale professor said on Monday that the building has good security and only certain people can enter, let alone access certain areas.",
"Professor Gary Rudnick, who interviewed Le when she applied for admission to the graduate program in pharmacology, said it gives him the sense that there could be a \"murderer among us.\"",
"No suspects are in custody, but investigators are questioning several people in the case, New Haven Police spokesman Joe Avery said.",
"Watch a report about the case » .",
"Kaplan said Le's killing has left Yale students shocked and wary.",
"\"Only Yalies had access to that basement, and that seems to point to someone in our community being involved in this,\" Kaplan said.",
"\"That's what is so frightening.\" Authorities have not described the clothes that were found, nor said to whom they may have belonged.",
"Teams of investigators at a Connecticut State Police lab worked through the weekend processing and examining the blood-stained clothes.",
"Kaplan said a Yale police official told the newspaper the clothes were not what Le was wearing when she entered the building.",
"At a meeting Monday for members of the campus community, Yale officials discussed security and provided an update on the investigation.",
"A faculty member and a student who attended the meeting told CNN that Yale officials said police have narrowed down suspects.",
"Security cameras captured video of Le as she entered the four-story lab building at 10 Amistad Street, about 10 blocks from the main campus, six days ago.",
"After poring over hours of surveillance tapes, authorities said they had not found images of her leaving the building.",
"Rudnick described security in the building as \"very good.\"",
"It had restricted access, and simply having a Yale ID card was not enough to get in, he said.",
"Within the building, one had to have special access to enter certain areas, he said.",
"Le was to be married Sunday on New York's Long Island to Jonathan Widawsky, a graduate student at Columbia University.",
"\"Annie has been planning this wedding for over a year with John, and she was very excited.",
"She's been doing a countdown to her wedding day,\" Jennifer Simpson, a friend in Sacramento, told the CBS \"Early\" show.",
"\"She was doing weather patterns to make sure that the weather would be perfect on her wedding day.",
"She just wanted everything to be perfect, everything down to table napkins, to flowers.",
"Annie was very, very excited about this day.\"",
"Investigators searched a waste facility Sunday that normally handles garbage from the Yale lab, said William Reiner of the FBI's New Haven office.",
"The search took place at the Resources Recovery Authority landfill in Hartford, near New Haven.",
"\"In a situation like this, it's common for us to follow the trash,\" Reiner said.",
"Yale University President Richard Levin, in a statement to the campus community, said, \"Our hearts go out to Annie Le's family, fiancé and friends.\"",
"The school sent out information Monday from Vice President and Secretary Linda Lorimer saying, \"We are cooperating in all possible ways with the police to ensure they find every shred of physical evidence in the building so they can solve this horrible crime without delay.",
"When the building does reopen, there will be extra security both inside and outside the facility for the foreseeable future.\"",
"Lorimer added, \"To augment the substantial security already in place at the Medical School, Yale moved last week to increase security and police patrols on the streets in the area and to add a new bicycle patrol.",
"Yale also added security personnel inside Sterling Hall of Medicine, where Annie Le had her lab.\"",
"The school has made grief counselors available, as well as a 24-hour help line number.",
"\"The university chaplain's office is available to offer pastoral counseling and can put members of the community in contact with those of many faiths and denominations,\" the message from Lorimer said.",
"Le, a resident of Placerville, California, seemed to have been well aware of the risks of crime in a university town.",
"In February, she compared crime and safety at Yale to other Ivy League schools for a piece for B magazine, published by the medical school.",
"Among the tips she offered: Keep a minimum amount on your person.",
"And she practiced what she preached, Simpson told the \"Early\" show.",
"\"Annie always made sure she was safe,\" Simpson said.",
"\"She doesn't walk around at night by herself.",
"If she had to work late, she would make sure someone could come pick her up or walk with her.\"",
"When she walked over to the research building on Tuesday, she left her purse, credit cards and cell phone in her office.",
"Vanessa Flores, Le's former roommate, wondered whether the magazine article had something to do with Le's death.",
"\"The only thing I can possibly think of right now is maybe a psychopath, an antisocial person who -- I don't know -- maybe got upset about what she wrote about back in February about not being safe, and just kind of wanted to prove her wrong.\"",
"Le, originally from California, graduated from Union Mine High School in 2003, where she was named \"Best of the Best,\" and \"Most Likely To Be The Next Einstein.\"",
"\"She was very smart, well-rounded, liked by peers and very involved in school,\" high school principal Tony DeVille told CNN affiliate WFSB.",
"Le set the bar high for herself, writing in her profile for the National Institutes of Health that she was interested in studying and researching regenerative medicine and hoped to remain working at at NIH or become a professor.",
"Her friends remembered her as one of the nicest people they had ever met.",
"Laurel Griffeath, a high school friend, told NBC's \"Today\" show in Le had a beaming personality matched with impressive intelligence, a girl who \"had it all.\"",
"\"Annie was just an amazing person, and I know that when tragedies happen, people always say that, but she truly was,\" Griffeath told the \"Today\" show.",
"\"She was probably the most brilliant person I've ever met in my life, but what made her more amazing was that there was an intersection of intelligence and personality and ability and she worked hard and she was great with people and she cared about people and she was funny and she didn't sacrifice one part of her life for another like a lot of people kind of seem to.",
"\"She just really kind of had it all.",
"She was really amazing.\"",
"CNN's Susan Candiotti, Mary Snow and LaNeice Collins contributed to this report."
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"NEW: Roommate says horrible tragedy is \"incomprehensible\"\nGrad student Annie Le's remains found Sunday in basement wall in building .",
"Le, 24, was last seen entering the building Tuesday morning .",
"Police: No suspects in custody, but investigators questioning several people ."
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"(CNN) -- A Saudi court that sentenced a journalist to 60 lashes for her work on a controversial television show has summoned a second woman affiliated with the TV station.",
"The Saudi information ministry said Sunday that a Jeddah court has asked the second journalist to appear because of her work as a coordinator with the Lebanese Broadcasting Corp.",
"The woman was set to appear on Monday, but the hearing has been postponed because she is ill, said a ministry official, who could not be named because he is not authorized to speak to the media.",
"The show in question, \"A Thick Red Line,\" explores social taboos.",
"In one episode, a Saudi man, Mazen Abdul Jawad, bragged about his sex life.",
"Saudi authorities put him on trial and sentenced him to five years in prison and 1,000 lashes.",
"Soon afterward, the court sentenced journalist Rosanna Al-Yami who worked as a coordinator and guest-booker for the show.",
"In addition to the 60 lashes, Al-Yami is banned for two years from traveling outside Saudi Arabia.",
"While the charges against her include involvement in preparing the program, she was not involved in setting up the episode in which Abdul Jawad appeared, said his lawyer Suleiman Al-Jumeii.",
"Al-Jumeii said that Al-Yami has opted not to appeal the court's verdict.",
"Al-Jumeii doesn't represent the journalist, but said he is keeping tabs on cases dealing with \"A Thick Red Line.\"",
"The lawyer is attempting to pursue an appeal for his client and get his case heard in a special court that only deals with media matters.",
"CNN has attempted to get comments from Al-Yami and her attorney.",
"Abdul Jawad, 32, an airline employee and divorced father of four, spoke openly on the show about his sexual escapades, his love of sex and losing his virginity at age 14.",
"That episode caused an uproar in deeply conservative Saudi Arabia, where sharia, or Islamic law, is practiced.",
"Pre-marital sex is illegal, and unrelated men and women are not permitted to mingle.",
"Saudi authorities shut down LBC offices in Jeddah and Riyadh after the interview aired a few months ago.",
"Abdul Jawad was arrested shortly after the program aired and charged with violating Saudi Arabia's crime of publicizing vice."
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"Saudi court sentenced journalist another woman, Rosanna Al-Yami, to 60 lashes for her role .",
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"(CNN) -- A man died after his car plunged 600 feet off the edge of the Grand Canyon's South Rim, authorities said Tuesday.",
"About 5 million people visit the Grand Canyon in Arizona each year.",
"The Arizona park's regional communications center received several reports of a car driving off the edge about 6 a.m. Monday, according to a written statement.",
"\"Upon arriving at the scene, investigators found tire tracks leading to the edge behind the Thunderbird Lodge and received reports of a single occupant in a blue passenger car driving over the edge,\" the statement said.",
"Rescue personnel descended on ropes and found the vehicle about 600 feet into the canyon.",
"The man's body was recovered shortly afterward, the statement said.",
"The incident occurred near the El Tovar hotel in a village on the canyon's South Rim, park spokeswoman Shannan Marcak said.",
"Authorities have not ruled the death a suicide, she said.",
"\"It has not been ruled anything at this time.\"",
"The statement said the National Park Service is investigating.",
"Typically, Marcak said, such investigations take at least a few days.",
"The man has not been identified, she said.",
"Marcak said that within the past five years, she knows of only one other time a car was driven off the edge of the canyon.",
"The Monday statement said plans were being made to retrieve the vehicle and the body.",
"The Grand Canyon, a world famous landmark, receives close to 5 million visitors yearly, according to the National Park Service Web site."
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"National Park Service is investigating .",
"Officials aren't sure that incident is a suicide ."
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"MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- The head of a leading Russian human rights group accused the presidents of Russia and Chechnya of complicity in murdering their top activist in Chechnya.",
"Natalya Estemirova, pictured in 2007, had been openly critical of Chechnya's president, Ramzan Kadyrov.",
"\"I am confident about who killed Natalya Estemirova.",
"We all know this person.",
"His name is Ramzan Kadyrov, President of the Chechen republic,\" Oleg Orlov, the chairman of the Russian human rights group Memorial said on the group's Web site Thursday.",
"\"Ramzan was intimidating and insulting Natalya, and considered her his personal enemy.",
"We don't know whether it was him personally who ordered her [murder] or it were his aides who wanted to please their boss.",
"As far as [Russian] President [Dmitry] Medvedev is concerned, it seems that he doesn't mind having a murderer as head of one of the Russian regions.\"",
"Estemirova, 50, was kidnapped outside her home in Chechnya Wednesday, Orlov said, citing eyewitnesses, and found dead in the neighboring Russian republic of Ingushetia later the same day.",
"Her body was riddled with bullets, Russian prosecutors said -- several shots to the abdomen, and one to the head.",
"The winner of three international human rights awards, she was a leading activist in the North Caucasus area who had been openly critical of Kadyrov and his methods.",
"Kadyrov vowed Thursday that he would personally oversee the investigation and assure her killers were punished.",
"\"She couldn't have had enemies among reasonable people,\" he said in a statement on the Chechen government Web site.",
"\"Those who took away her life have no right to be called humans, they don't deserve any mercy, and should be punished as the most cruel criminals.",
"\"I have no doubts whatsoever that those who ordered and conducted this crime will face trial,\" he said.",
"\"That is the very least that the government and society must do in commemoration of Estemirova.\"",
"Medvedev said Thursday the murder was \"a very sad event,\" adding it was \"absolutely clear... her murder is linked to her professional activities.",
"\"Her type of professional activity is needed by any normal state.",
"She did very useful things.",
"She spoke the truth.",
"She openly, sometimes harshly assessed some types of processes that occurred in our country, and this is the value of human rights workers, even if they are not comfortable,\" Medvedev said Thursday on a visit to Germany.",
"His host, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, warned the killing could affect Russian-German relations.",
"\"This is an unacceptable event, and especially if we want to intensify the relations between our two countries, it cannot remain unsolved,\" she said in a joint appearance with Medvedev.",
"Medvedev had earlier condemned the murder and said her killers should punished to the full extent of the law, his office said.",
"Estemirova shouted that she was being kidnapped, as she was forced into a white Lada automobile that had stopped on the road in front of her house on Wednesday morning, Orlov said.",
"An unidentified man grabbed her and shoved her into the car, Orlov told CNN.",
"Estemirova had spent years investigating human rights abuses in Chechnya, the restive Russian republic where Russian forces have fought two conflicts against separatists since 1991.",
"Russia officially ended its military mission in Chechnya in April of this year.",
"The activist told CNN in 2007 she was investigating dozens of abductions and murders that had become the norm in Chechnya, where security forces were fighting a dirty war against separatist rebels.",
"She joins a growing list of journalists and activists killed after criticizing the Russian authorities, many of whose murders remain officially unsolved.",
"Top United States and European officials condemned the murder of Estemirova and demanded that the killers be brought to justice.",
"\"Such a heinous crime sends a chilling signal to Russian civil society and the international community and illustrates the tragic deterioration of security and the rule of law in the North Caucasus over the last several months,\" U.S. National Security Council spokesman Mike Hammer said in a statement.",
"\"How many more Natalya Estemirovas and Anna Politkovskayas must be killed before the Russian authorities protect people who stand up for the human rights of Russian citizens?\"",
"Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis demanded, referring to the Russian investigative journalist who was killed in 2006.",
"The Committee to Protect Journalists said in a written statement that Estemirova had \"uncovered massive, ongoing human rights violations in Chechnya by the federal and regional authorities.\"",
"\"The killers of this courageous reporter, one of the few left in Chechnya, must not be allowed to walk free like so many before them,\" CPJ Deputy Director Robert Mahoney said.",
"She won three international awards for human rights activities -- including the inaugural Anna Politkovskaya Award, named for the murdered journalist with whom she often worked.",
"Estemirova was Politkovskaya's \"most frequent companion during travel and investigations in Chechnya,\" the organization Reach All Women in War said in announcing the prize for Estemirova.",
"\"They investigated a number of cases together -- about which Anna wrote for (the newspaper) Novaya Gazeta and Natalya wrote for Memorial's Web site and for local newspapers.\"",
"Estemirova studied history at Grozny University, then taught history before turning to journalism and human rights in 1998, Memorial said.",
"She joined the organization in March 2000.",
"CNN's Senior International Correspondent Matthew Chance, Maxim Tkachenko and Mike Sefanov in Moscow, Russia, contributed to this report."
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"Leaders of Russia and Chechnya condemn the murder ."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States fears recent weapons purchases by Venezuela could fuel an arms race in South America, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday.",
"Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez met and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington on Tuesday.",
"\"They outpace all other countries in South America and certainly raise the question as to whether there is going to be an arms race in the region,\" Clinton said about Venezuela's arms deals, after a meeting with Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez.",
"The Russian government Monday extended $2.2 billion in credit to Venezuela to finance arms purchases, including 92 Soviet-era T-72 tanks and short-range missiles with a reach of 55 miles (90 kilometers).",
"Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez also said his nation will purchase an anti-aircraft weapons system with a range of 185 miles (300 kilometers).",
"The planned arms purchases come at a time when Venezuela is at odds with neighboring Colombia over negotiations that would give U.S. troops access to Colombian military bases.",
"Chavez has said his military buildup is in response to the growing U.S. presence in the region, which he calls threatening and dangerous to Latin America.",
"The United States is also concerned about deepening ties between Venezuela and Iran.",
"In addition to ongoing military cooperation, Chavez said in Tehran last week that the Iranian government would help Venezuela develop nuclear technology.",
"In exchange, Venezuela has offered to export gasoline to Iran, which would give Tehran an out if Western nations impose petroleum sanctions over Iran's nuclear program.",
"Senior administration officials say Venezuela's attempt at \"sanctions busting\" is alarming.",
"Clinton urged Venezuela to be transparent about its weapons purchases.",
"Venezuela, she said, \"should be putting in place in procedures and practices to ensure that the weapons they buy are not diverted to insurgent groups or illegal organizations like drug trafficking gangs and other criminal cartels.\"",
"Vazquez voiced concern that an arms race in South America would divert funds from badly needed development in poor countries.",
"\"We should devote our energies and resources to fight against the real scourges of our societies ... such as drug trafficking and terrorism,\" he said.",
"\"Instead of spending it in weapons, spending it in housing, good housing for our people, and to further deepen investment, especially in the field of education.\""
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"Secretary of State Hillary Clinton worries about arms race in South America .",
"Relations tense between Venezuela and neighboring Colombia, a U.S. ally .",
"Washington worries about Hugo Chavez's deepening ties to Iran as well ."
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"BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Samar Saed Abdullah's entire body trembles as she speaks about her impending execution.",
"She thinks of the gallows room, the noose around her neck and that moment when she will take her final breath.",
"Samar Saed Abdullah is sentenced to die by hanging in connection with the killing of three relatives.",
"\"My life is meaningless,\" she said, choking on her tears.",
"\"I can't think of anything else.",
"The other women, we try to help each other, but we cannot escape the reality that we are on death row and they can take us at any second.\"",
"The 27-year-old Iraqi woman is sentenced to die in connection with the slayings of three relatives in January 2005.",
"She looks pale and frail, her face sallow, her eyes bloodshot.",
"She shakes with each sob, anxiously twisting a tissue in her hands.",
"We first met Samar in spring 2007, at al-Kadhimiya Women's Prison in Baghdad.",
"She had been on death row for about two years, and she was terrified.",
"Watch a tearful plea from death row » .",
"\"I don't sleep at all on Wednesdays,\" she said then.",
"\"I stay up from morning until night, because that's the day they pick for executions.\"",
"Samar was sentenced to death by hanging for being an accessory to murder in the killings of her uncle, aunt and cousin -- slayings that she says were carried out at their home by her husband-to-be, who remains on the loose.",
"She maintains that she is innocent, and there are disturbing questions about her conviction.",
"Samar has now been moved a step closer to death: to Baghdad's maximum-security prison, where there are more than 500 prisoners waiting to be executed.",
"It's the same facility where Saddam Hussein was hanged in December 2006.",
"CNN was not allowed to film her face inside the prison.",
"During the interview, the wardens also seemed to make motions to try to stop CNN from broaching the subject of her allegation that she had only confessed under torture.",
"The day of the killings is seared into her mind.",
"\"I think about it every day, every hour.",
"I wake up with it in my head,\" she said.",
"\"It's the reason I am here.\" There was a point in time when Samar was happy, when her life had meaning and joy.",
"She had a fiancé, Saif Ali Nur, in winter 2004.",
"\"I was so happy at the time, when he asked for my hand in marriage,\" she remembered bitterly.",
"\"I thought that he was honest, that he did not lie to me.",
"It all happened in just two months.\"",
"At first, her family didn't approve of the romance, but they eventually relented.",
"One day, she says, Saif duped her into taking him to her wealthy uncle's house.",
"He locked her in the kitchen and, she says, shot her uncle, aunt and cousin.",
"Then, he turned the gun on her.",
"Samar says he stole less than $1,000 after threatening to kill Samar and her family if she went to the authorities.",
"The Iraqi police picked Samar up the next day, after Saif dumped her in front of her house and disappeared.",
"\"There was nothing that made me suspect that this was a guy who would do something like this,\" she said.",
"She's filled with regret that she fell in love with him.",
"\"And now I am here in prison, and he is out on the streets, happy.\"",
"Her parents sold everything to pay for her defense.",
"They swear she's innocent.",
"She says she was tortured by the police into confessing that she went to her uncle's house with the intent to steal.",
"\"They kept beating me, and they told me, 'Say whatever we want you to say, and do not say anything else, and say yes, I was an accomplice to this crime.'",
"Although I had nothing to do with it.",
"Finally, they made me sign a blank piece of paper, and they filled it out afterwards.\"",
"She was tried and convicted in a single day: August 15, 2005.",
"Court documents obtained by CNN read that \"the court discussed the case file with her and she said that all that she had confessed came as a result of duress and torture.\"",
"Under Iraqi law, the court should have investigated her claim that she confessed under torture.",
"But it did not. After learning of Samar's case from CNN, former Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih said Tuesday he spoke with the Iraqi Presidency Council, which promised to look into the matter.",
"He also said he had spoken separately with top Iraqi officials, including Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, and urged for a new trial.",
"Human rights groups say Samar's case is just one of many in which justice has failed.",
"And they say that what makes implementing capital punishment even more disturbing is that the Iraqi judicial system does not guarantee a fair trial.",
"Amnesty International issued a report Tuesday saying that at least 1,000 prisoners sit on Iraq's death row and that Iraq now has one of the highest execution rates in the world.",
"The report says Iraq's court system does not meet international standards and that authorities \"provide very little information on executions, and some have been carried out secretly.\"",
"According to a Western official with in-depth knowledge of the Iraqi judicial system, Iraq's judicial failures are \"rooted in the legal culture rather than the law. ...",
"The entire legal culture remains heavily confession-based, a situation exacerbated by the frequently imperfect investigative skills of the police, judicial investigators and investigative judges.\"",
"In his years in Iraq, this official says he observed judges taking payments in exchange for certain decisions and the physical abuse of suspects, either as an end in itself or to \"encourage\" confessions.",
"\"It is my firmly held opinion that Iraq should immediately reinstate the moratorium on executions,\" the official said.",
"\"There are serious problems plaguing the administration of justice in Iraq in criminal cases, and this fact is widely acknowledged by the Iraq judges, prosecutors and defense counsel.\"",
"The U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority abolished capital punishment in Iraq after Saddam Hussein was toppled in 2003.",
"But the death penalty was reinstated in August 2004, shortly after the government was handed back to Iraqis.",
"Iraq's Ministry of Justice maintains that the judicial system is \"fair and just.\"",
"Local organizations like the Organization for Women's Freedom in Iraq have for years been fighting to get the death penalty abolished in Iraq, especially when it comes to flawed trials and women being put to death.",
"But they struggle against a government that turns a deaf ear.",
"\"I wish there was some kind of response.",
"But the response is totally passive.",
"We've reached a degree of despair,\" said Yanar Mohammed, founder of the Organization for Women's Freedom in Iraq.",
"\"As a human rights organization in Iraq, we find that we need some backup from abroad to put pressure on our government as a first step to stop the executions of these women, some of whom we know are innocent.\"",
"But even as doubts surface about many convictions in Iraq, there are signs that the pace of executions is picking up.",
"Over the past two months, Mohammed's group says, between two and four women were executed.",
"\"They were taken out of the extreme-protection prison,\" Mohammed said.",
"\"It is a very scary story for us, because if it starts with a few women in a jail cell ... it could happen to hundreds, thousands of people later on.\"",
"As for Samar, she doesn't sleep, haunted by the image of her body that could be hanging lifeless -- plagued by the gut-wrenching fear of death that consumes her nights and most of her days.",
"\"Every night, I stay up thinking that if tomorrow comes, who will be next?",
"Me? Or my friend sitting next to me?\"",
"She sobbed. \"I will never trust a man again.",
"I will never love anyone again.",
"I just want to stay with my parents.\"",
"Samar feels betrayed, both by the man she once loved and by a judicial system that is about to send her to her death.",
"CNN's Jomana Karadsheh and Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report."
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"Fort Lauderdale, Florida (CNN) -- A 13-year-old who witnessed another teen being set on fire last month apologized Tuesday, saying he is praying for the boy's recovery and he is sorry for what happened.",
"Reading to reporters from a statement, Jeremy Jarvis -- whose older brother has been charged in the incident -- said that victim Michael Brewer is in his prayers.",
"\"I want to read something I wrote last night,\" Jarvis said.",
"\"I want to express my deepest sympathy to Mikey and his family.",
"I will pray for Mikey to grow stronger every day and for Mikey's speedy recovery.\"",
"Brewer, 15, remains in guarded condition at the University of Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital Burn Center.",
"He suffered third-degree burns over 65 percent of his body in the Deerfield Beach, Florida, incident October 12, authorities have said.",
"Police have been able to interview Brewer for the first time since the incident, the Broward County Sheriff's Office said.",
"Hospital officials have said Brewer can communicate only in one- or two-word answers.",
"\"The more information we have, the better position we are in to make the right decision\" as far as charges and how to proceed, said Maria Schneider, a prosecutor with the state attorney's office in Broward County.",
"\"I would say he [Brewer] needs a little more time to be fully prepared to provide a detailed account of the incident.\"",
"\"It was difficult. It was difficult for him to talk about.",
"Difficult for us to listen to,\" she said of the interview.",
"\"Just difficult all around, heart-wrenching.",
"He's doing so much better, but it's such a terrible situation.\"",
"Jeremy Jarvis was arrested as a juvenile after Brewer was burned and spent about 30 days in juvenile detention.",
"However, prosecutors have not filed charges against him.",
"He still could be charged, as prosecutors have 90 days from his arrest to decide whether to move forward with the case.",
"He has not been interviewed by police or prosecutors, Schneider said.",
"\"He has invoked his rights to counsel and has invoked his rights to silence.\"",
"His brother, Denver, 15, is among three teenagers charged as adults with one count of attempted second-degree murder in the attack.",
"He has pleaded not guilty.",
"\"I want to tell my brother D.C.",
"I love and miss him,\" Jeremy Jarvis told reporters Tuesday.",
"\"I just hope and pray we all get through this.\"",
"The boy's attorney, Stephen Melnick, would not allow reporters to ask him questions.",
"The extent of Jeremy Jarvis' involvement remains under investigation, Melnick said, adding that police took a statement from Brewer on Monday.",
"\"As far as we know, he [Jeremy Jarvis] just followed and watched what happened,\" he said.",
"Denver Jarvis and Matthew Bent, also 15, are accused along with a third teen, Jesus Mendez, 16, of being in a group that poured alcohol over Brewer and set him ablaze in a dispute over $40, a video game and a bicycle.",
"All three pleaded not guilty in an appearance last week in Broward County Circuit Court.",
"If convicted, they would face a sentence of up to 30 years in prison.",
"Detectives say eyewitnesses told them that Mendez used a lighter to set fire to Brewer after Denver Jarvis allegedly poured alcohol over him.",
"Bent allegedly encouraged the attack, police said.",
"Brewer jumped into a pool at his apartment complex to put out the flames.",
"Authorities have said Mendez admitted setting Brewer on fire.",
"According to an arrest transcript, the boy said he made a \"bad decision.\"",
"Dr. Michael Brannon, a court-appointed forensic psychologist, interviewed both the Jarvis brothers.",
"\"I can describe both of them as being afraid, being fearful,\" he told CNN earlier this month.",
"\"I can describe both of them as being tearful at various times during the interview, especially when talking about the specific incident which led to the injuries of the victim.\"",
"The Jarvis family met at Melnick's office Tuesday, shortly before the boy read the short written statement to reporters.",
"He took no questions.",
"During the meeting, Jeremy Jarvis played with Melnick's dog.",
"Although the state can still file charges against him, \"it didn't matter to him,\" Melnick said.",
"\"It was important to say how this really bothers him and how much he loves his brother and how much he hopes Michael gets better.\"",
"He said Brewer is a close friend of Jeremy Jarvis, and the boy is troubled by Brewer's injury as well as by his brother facing criminal charges that could land him in an adult prison if convicted.",
"Doctors had planned to perform skin graft surgery on Brewer last Friday, but decided to wait and let him heal a bit more first, hospital officials said.",
"His doctor has said he faces several more months in the hospital and will need multiple skin grafts and surgeries.",
"Melnick would not say whether Jeremy Jarvis is cooperating with prosecutors, but said he didn't believe the boy's apology would affect whether charges are filed.",
"\"It's something he's been wanting to say from the start,\" he said.",
"\"He's been asking every day if he could say something.\"",
"Broward County schools expelled the seventh-grader after his arrest, Melnick said.",
"He is being home-schooled, and his family is exploring alternative education arrangements.",
"Jeremy Jarvis turned 13 about a month ago, but \"he understands what's happening,\" Melnick said.",
"\"He spent 30 days in a jail.\""
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"Authorities say police have been able to interview victim for first time since incident .",
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"Jeremy Jarvis not charged; extent of his involvement under investigation, attorney says ."
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"(CNN) -- In trendy neighborhoods of Tokyo customers are lining up for vitamin injections that promise to improve health and beauty.",
"These intravenous vitamin \"drips\" are part of the latest quick-fix, health fad catching on in Japan: the IV cafe.",
"Each drip pack contains saline solution and specific vitamins and minerals to target a particular health ailment or beauty concern.",
"\"I used to take vitamin supplements, but changed to the IV drip because I feel the effects more quickly,\" a 20-something woman at the Tenteki 10 Café told CNN.",
"She said she receives specific injections to get better skin, burn fat and boost her energy.",
"There are 10 different varieties to choose from at Tenteki.",
"The \"orange\" variety touts anti-aging properties, loaded with antioxidants.",
"The \"placenta pack\" is said to help rejuvenate and ease muscle stiffness.",
"Prices range from $20 to $30 per injection, and nurses see about 30 to 40 people each day.",
"Their most common patients are Japanese businessmen who work in the same office building.",
"\"I see a lot of businessmen who say they don't have time to sleep.",
"They can't take a break from working and get the vitamin drip for an extra kick of energy,\" a Tenteki nurse told CNN.",
"\"Blue\" is the most requested vitamin pack among these men: a concoction of B1 and vitamin E that claims to offer relief from exhaustion.",
"Registered nurses and doctors administer the drips at Tenteki, but there's no conclusive medical evidence to back up the health claims.",
"Many nutritionists actually caution against using injectable vitamin supplements because the quantities are not regulated.",
"\"More is not necessarily better...some vitamins and minerals can be toxic in high doses,\" particularly the fat-soluble ones which the body stores like Vitamins A, D, E and K, explained Claire Williamson, Nutrition Scientist at the British Nutrition Foundation.",
"In Europe and the United States vitamin shots are popular among celebrities with hectic lifestyles and little time to sleep, particularly vitamin B 12.",
"Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell and singer Robbie Williams have both confirmed they've used the shots as part of their diets to maintain stamina during tours.",
"Dermatological injections of Vitamin C are also popular among women hoping to keep their skin looking young.",
"Former supermodel Cindy Crawford has admitted using such injections to keep her skin firm and wrinkle-free.",
"According to Williamson, it does not matter if supplements are injected into the vein or into the skin.",
"\"At the end of the day it will go into the blood stream,\" she said.",
"Most of these nutrients we can get sufficient from foods, nutrients tend to be better absorbed by the body if they are consumed in foods.\""
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"Vitamin injections target specific health aliments and beauty concerns .",
"Nutritionists warn of vitamin overdose from high quantities of supplements .",
"Vitamin injections are popular among celebrities and businessmen for fatigue ."
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"(CNN) -- It's not quite the achievement of a lunar landing, but astronaut Mike Massimino made Twitter history with a 139-character post to the micro-blogging site -- the first person to do so from space.",
"A seven-member crew aboard space shuttle Atlantis is headed to the Hubble Space Telescope to make repairs.",
"\"From orbit: Launch was awesome!!",
"I am feeling great, working hard, & enjoying the magnificent views, the adventure of a lifetime has begun!\"",
"he wrote at 4:30 p.m.",
"ET Tuesday.",
"With the tweet, Massimino kept his promise to file updates from the space shuttle Atlantis as it readies to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.",
"Massimino began tweeting in early April as he prepared for the mission.",
"By early Wednesday, his Twitter feed, astro_mike, had more than 241,000 followers.",
"Atlantis launched Monday afternoon with Massimino and six other crew members.",
"It is NASA's fifth and final repair visit to the Hubble.",
"The crew was expected to arrive at the space telescope on Wednesday.",
"Watch Atlantis launch for Hubble mission » .",
"\"I'm going to put my spacesuit on, next stop: Earth Orbit!!\"",
"Massimino posted on Twitter on Monday morning before the launch.",
"Ironically, another Twitter user, astromike, has tweets that are more down-to-earth: \"House-cleaning day.",
"I dusted everything that has a horizontal surface,\" and \"Will make \"blender waffles\" when the girls wake up.",
"From whole wheat kernels to waffles in 10 minutes!\"",
"Another astronaut, Mark Polansky, is posting Twitter updates as he prepares for the next planned space shuttle mission to the International Space Station.",
"Polansky, who is tweeting as astro_127, will be the commander of the mission, scheduled for June."
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"(CNN) -- Juventus have sacked coach Ciro Ferrara after a string of poor results and have installed Alberto Zaccheroni in the hot seat until the end of the season.",
"Ferrara's position has been threatened after a dismal run which has seen them slip out of contention in the Serie A title race as well as being eliminated from the Champions League at the group stages.",
"Thursday's 2-1 Coppa Italia defeat to Italian champions Inter Milan proved the final straw and the club released a statement to confirm his departure and Zaccheroni's arrival.",
"\"Zaccheroni will take over the team immediately and will guide this afternoon's training session in Vinovo before being officially unveiled to the media,\" it read.",
"Ferrara joined Juve late last season and steered the Turin powerhouses to second place in Serie A behind Inter.",
"But his first full campaign in charge proved challenging after a promising start to the season.",
"The Bianconeri have lost five of their last six games in Serie A and have slumped to sixth in the standings, four points behind Napoli, who hold the last Champions League qualifying spot.",
"Zaccheroni will hope to get them on track with his first game against Lazio on Sunday.",
"The 56-year-old has coached at a number of leading Serie A clubs and helped AC Milan to the 1999 Italian title, but it is his first job since being sacked by Torino in February 2007.",
"Ferrara, a former Italy international and Juventus defender, was given the reins despite his lack of experience, succeeding current Roma coach Claudio Ranieri, who was fired.",
"Zaccheroni's appointment ends, for now, media speculation that Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez would take charge at Juve, but the short-term nature of his contract until June raises questions about the permanence of his stay.",
"Benitez acknowledged the speculation in his weekly press conference on Friday.",
"\"I am focused on preparing my team for the game against Bolton.",
"I know they (Juventus) were interested, that is part of the game now in football, but I am not ready to talk too much because I don't want to lose my focus.",
"\"When you are a manager and you have clubs asking (for you), you have to be proud because they are a top side in Europe, but I am really happy here and want to do my job as best I can.\""
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"Ferrari replaced by former Milan coach Alberto Zaccheroni until the end of the season .",
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"Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has also been linked to the Turin giants ."
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"Brussels, Belgium (CNN) -- European Union leaders named Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the first \"president of Europe\" Thursday, edging out former British Prime Minister Tony Blair for a still-vaguely defined job.",
"\"I did not seek this high position, and I didn't take any steps to achieve it,\" Van Rompuy said in accepting the job.",
"\"But tonight, I take on this task with conviction and with enthusiasm.\"",
"Van Rompuy, a 62-year-old, soft-spoken fan of Japanese poetry, will become the face of European Union and represent its 27 member nations at summits overseas.",
"His conservative government took office in December 2008.",
"The Belgian is \"well known as a consensus builder,\" said British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who added the selection was unanimous.",
"And Jose Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission -- the executive arm of the EU -- called Van Rompuy's selection \"a tribute to Belgium,\" the EU's host country. \"",
"I think the European Union also expressed its gratitude for the work of Belgium and the constant support that this country at the heart of Europe has given to our common project,\" he said.",
"In his speech, Van Rompuy pledged to lead the EU through a process of \"dialogue, unity and action.\"",
"\"A negotiation that ends with a defeated party is never a good negotiation,\" he said.",
"\"As president of the council, I will listen carefully to everyone, and I will make sure that all deliberations turn into results for everyone.\"",
"The presidency was created by the European Union's Lisbon Treaty, which came into force this month after years of torturous negotiations.",
"Van Rompuy will serve a two-and-a-half-year term, replacing the six-month presidency of the bloc that rotated among the heads of its member states.",
"But while the EU prides itself on being a club of democracies, the process of choosing its new leader was far from transparent or open.",
"The people of Europe are getting no say, not even through their parliamentarians.",
"Van Rompuy's new job was announced after a closed-door dinner for the EU's heads of state and government.",
"The Belgian defended the process, telling reporters the selection was made by leaders \"who were all democratically chosen.\"",
"\"I was chosen on the basis of a treaty,\" he said.",
"\"The treaty stipulates the procedure.",
"The treaty was democratically approved by 27 member states.\"",
"The EU leaders also named Catherine Ashton, a British trade commissioner and member of the House of Lords, as the union's High Commissioner -- its equivalent of a foreign minister.",
"Unlike Van Rompuy, who was chosen by leaders of the EU's member states, Ashton must be confirmed by the European Parliament.",
"Blair, who led Britain from 1997 to 2007, is currently the EU's Mideast envoy.",
"He had been the early favorite for the presidency in recent weeks -- but Brown, his successor, realized that he lacked support among key decision-makers for new post, a Brown representative told CNN earlier.",
"According his backers, who at first included French President Nicolas Sarkozy, he was just the sort of world-renowned figure to win attention for the EU and enable it to exercise its weight in world affairs.",
"One Indian official told CNN before the announcement, \"If the EU chooses as its worldwide representative the prime minister of Belgium or Luxembourg, I am not sure our leaders will have the time to meet him.\"",
"But others were soon arguing that Blair's support for the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and his close alliance with former U.S. President George W. Bush made him a divisive figure in Europe.",
"And as the one man who might have been able to take Britain into the European single currency, he had not even attempted to do so while he was Britain's prime minister.",
"Public backing from Italy's Silvio Berlusconi, a joke figure to much of Europe and another Bush ally, did not help.",
"Brown had realized earlier that Blair did not have enough support among key decision-makers to snag the new post, a Brown representative told CNN earlier.",
"CNN Political Contributor Robin Oakley contributed to this report."
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"(CNN) -- A Muslim woman and the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations sued a judge Wednesday for allegedly ordering the woman to remove her hijab, or religious head covering, in court.",
"Raneen Albaghdady, of Wayne County, Michigan, contends that Judge William Callahan told her to remove her hijab on June 16 when she was petitioning for a name change, according to the lawsuit, which was filed Wednesday in a U.S. district court in Michigan.",
"Wayne County is also listed as a defendant in the suit.",
"Callahan and the 3rd Circuit Court of Michigan said in a written statement that they had not seen the complaint and could not comment on the lawsuit.",
"However, they said that Albaghdady did not object to removing her head covering and that she had not informed the judge that she wore it for religious reasons.",
"The lawsuit says Callahan \"insisted\" that Albaghdady, a naturalized citizen, remove her hijab and that she eventually complied.",
"It says the judge denied Albaghdady's petition for a name change, saying that she had filed her petition five days too early.",
"No further details were offered.",
"The lawsuit seeks an order declaring the practice of \"forcing Muslim women to remove their hijab as a precondition to appearing in court\" unconstitutional and illegal.",
"It asks that the judge and Wayne County not be allowed to \"take similar unconstitutional actions.\"",
"The Michigan Islamic relations council released a partial video of the incident Tuesday on YouTube.",
"In the 30-second video, the judge can be heard saying, \"The head piece?",
"No hats allowed in the courtroom.\"",
"The statement from Callahan and the 3rd Circuit said that the YouTube video was \"missing some critical footage.\"",
"\"In response to Judge Callahan's direction, 'No hats allowed in the courtroom,' Ms. Albaghdady responded, \"Okay, it doesn't matter,' and immediately removed her head covering, without protest or explanation,\" the statement said.",
"\"Judge Callahan and the court have the greatest respect for spiritual practices and all religious preferences.",
"Had he been informed that the head covering had some religious significance, the judge would have permitted Ms. Albaghdady to continue wearing it in court,\" it said.",
"The suit comes a day after the state's Supreme Court issued an order allowing lower state courts to \"exercise reasonable control\" over the appearance of witnesses and parties to lawsuits, a rule change that had been proposed after a Muslim woman refused to remove an Islamic garment in a small claims court.",
"The order allows courts \"reasonable control over the appearance of parties and witnesses\" so as to \"ensure that the demeanor of such persons may be observed and assessed by the fact-finder and ensure the accurate identification of such person.\"",
"The order, which amends a rule of the Michigan Rules of Evidence, is effective September 1.",
"The justices had voted earlier this summer to change it.",
"The amendment was prompted by a 2006 small claims case in Michigan filed by Ginnah Muhammad, who wore a niqab -- a garment that covers the entire face and head, except for the eyes -- to court, the order said.",
"The judge asked her to remove her niqab, saying he needed to be able to see her face to tell whether she was telling the truth, according to court documents.",
"Muhammad refused, saying she was a practicing Muslim and would take off the veil only in front of a female judge.",
"The judge said a female judge was not available and told Muhammad she could remove the niqab or have her case dismissed.",
"She chose the latter, according to court documents.",
"She sued the judge in federal district court, which declined to exercise jurisdiction over the case.",
"Muhammad has since appealed to the 6th U.S.",
"Circuit Court of Appeals, according to court documents.",
"Michigan is home to about 600,000 Muslims, and close to 500,000 live in the southeastern part of the state, according to the Michigan office of the American-Islamic relations council.",
"The Detroit area, in Wayne County, ranks fifth nationwide for the number of Muslims, it said.",
"Last month, the Judicial Council of Georgia adopted a policy allowing religious head coverings in the state's courtrooms.",
"Daniel Mach, the director of litigation for the American Civil Liberties Union's Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief, said Wednesday the issue has \"come up in a variety of states.\"",
"\"We are concerned about the growing number of incidents restricting religious expression in the courtroom,\" he said. ...",
"This is an issue that affects a variety of religious faiths and others.\""
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"(The Frisky) -- Who was the first person you called the day your ex dumped you?",
"Or that time you found a weird bump?",
"Or the day you stumbled across that pair of barely worn Christian Louboutins at the Goodwill?",
"You need to break connections with \"friends\" who only bring negative things into your life.",
"If you're like me, you called a girlfriend.",
"While I love my man, and adore my cats to what some might consider a scary degree, the relationships I have with my girls is on an entirely different plane.",
"They're the funniest, smartest, weirdest (in a good way!)",
"gaggle of broads I've ever met and I feel lucky every day to have them around.",
"It wasn't always this way.",
"I've had to prune my posse (please note that I've also been kicked out of people's lives as well) and have discovered some types to avoid.",
"Drama queen .",
"The Drama Queen isn't happy (and \"happy\" is a relative term here) unless she's freaking out.",
"Little things us boring normals would shrug off -- like a missed bus or parking ticket -- become monumental shriekfests.",
"She doesn't get the flu, she gets oh-my-god-I-think-it's-cancer!",
"Everything is a crisis, and she demands constant handholding and attention.",
"The Frisky: 13 signs she's a loser .",
"Luckily, these types can't help but reveal their true colors pretty quickly and unless you're content to be cast as an extra in your own life, you'll banish her from the set.",
"Nurse Betty .",
"There is nothing that makes this one as happy as a friend in need.",
"This may seem like a good quality (and often is -- for a while), but once you've got your butt back in gear, she either loses interest or, worse, reminds you constantly of how bad things once were, in the hopes that you'll fall back into feeling like crap so she can \"save\" you again.",
"The Frisky: Is it evil to talk a friend out of getting married?",
"You have two choices with this type -- either arrange it so you're constantly in crisis, or pretend you're problem-free so she gets bored.",
"Better yet, introduce her to the drama queen --they'll be very happy together.",
"Lady-hater .",
"\"I don't have female friends because all the women I meet are jealous of me.\"",
"Yes, someone actually said this to me.",
"Instead, this person prefers her friends to be of the male variety -- ideally hopelessly in love with her and willing to do her bidding.",
"The Frisky: How do grown women make friends?",
"You don't really have to worry about ditching this snot because she doesn't want anything to do with you in the first place.",
"The critic . Also known as the frenemy, the critic is chockfull of helpful suggestions.",
"For instance, you know your favorite dress?",
"Well, it makes you look kind of fat.",
"No offense. Speaking of which -- have you gained a little weight?",
"Or are you pregnant? Are you sure? Well, never mind, you can have some of her old \"fat\" clothes since she has no use for them anymore.",
"Understandably, Critics have a fairly high turnover rate in the friend department.",
"I unfriended one such mean girl only to have her show up at a mutual friend's birthday party -- for the sole purpose of telling the birthday girl exactly what was wrong with her!",
"¡Feliz Cumpleaños!",
"The leg humper .",
"Do you know what it's like to walk into a bar and find one of your closest friends making out with the guy you've had a crush on for an entire year?",
"I do! Granted, that's nowhere near as bad as my friend Melissa who discovered her husband was schtupping her BFF, but still.",
"It stung. And sure, nobody forced Melissa's husband to be a cheating jerk, but a good girlfriend never would've gone there with him.",
"The Frisky: Why you should not pursue a taken man .",
"You'll know when you're in the presence of one of these bottom-feeders by the way you become invisible the second there's a guy in the vicinity.",
"So yeah, I had to learn the hard way.",
"But having been put through the wringer by these types of lady-scoundrels makes me doubly appreciate the awesome dames I still have in my life.",
"The Frisky: When good friends go bad .",
"TM & © 2009 TMV, Inc. | All Rights Reserved ."
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"The critic and nurse Betty friends will like you when you feel bad .",
"The drama queen and lady-hater will never let you have center stage ."
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"BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, has been hospitalized with fever and fatigue, the royal palace said Sunday.",
"King Bhumibol Adulyadej attends a celebration of his 81st birthday in Bangkok on December 2, 2008.",
"King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 81, was admitted to a Bangkok hospital on Saturday night.",
"Doctors are monitoring his condition while administering antibiotics and intravenous fluid, the statement from the Royal Household Bureau said.",
"The statement was carried by Thai News Agency and other local media.",
"The king was formally crowned on May 5, 1950.",
"Watch why king's health is big issue » .",
"Thailand abolished absolute monarchy in the 1930s, so the king wields little power although he last month appealed for unity amid Thailand's four-year-long political crisis.",
"He remains a deeply revered figure and enjoys immense popularity.",
"Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva told reporters on Sunday that the king visited hospital on doctors' advice.",
"\"There is no problem with His Majesty's conditions.",
"From my chats with doctors, there is nothing to be concerned about,\" Abhisit said after signing a visitors' log book at the hospital, according to Reuters.com."
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"Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej is hospitalized with fever and fatigue .",
"King Bhumibol Adulyadej is world's longest-reigning monarch .",
"King wields little power but is deeply revered and enjoys immense popularity ."
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"(CNN) -- NASA said Friday it had discovered water on the moon, opening \"a new chapter\" that could allow for the development of a lunar space station.",
"The discovery was announced by project scientist Anthony Colaprete at a midday news conference.",
"\"I'm here today to tell you that indeed, yes, we found water.",
"And we didn't find just a little bit; we found a significant amount\" -- about a dozen, two-gallon bucketfuls, he said, holding up several white plastic containers.",
"The find is based on preliminary data collected when the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, intentionally crashed October 9 into the permanently shadowed region of Cabeus crater near the moon's south pole.",
"After the satellite struck, a rocket flew through the debris cloud, measuring the amount of water and providing a host of other data, Colaprete said.",
"The project team concentrated on data from the satellite's spectrometers, which provide the best information about the presence of water, Colaprete said.",
"A spectrometer helps identify the composition of materials by examining light they emit or absorb.",
"Although the goal of the $79 million mission was to determine whether there is water on the moon, discoveries in other areas are expected as studies progress, Colaprete and other scientists said at the briefing at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field near San Francisco, California.",
"\"The discovery opens a new chapter in our understanding of the moon,\" the space agency said in a written statement shortly after the briefing began.",
"Michael Wargo, chief lunar scientist at NASA headquarters in Washington, said the latest discovery also could unlock the mysteries of the solar system.",
"He listed several options as sources for the water, including solar winds, comets, giant molecular clouds or even the moon itself through some kind of internal activity.",
"The Earth also may have a role, Wargo said.",
"\"If the water that was formed or deposited is billions of years old, these polar cold traps could hold a key to the history and evolution of the solar system, much as an ice core sample taken on Earth reveals ancient data,\" NASA said in its statement.",
"\"In addition, water and other compounds represent potential resources that could sustain future lunar exploration.\""
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"NASA: Discovery could allow for development of lunar space station .",
"Information comes from satellite mission to moon last month .",
"Spokesman: \"Indeed, yes, we found water\"\nDiscovery \"opens a new chapter in our understanding of the moon,\" agency says ."
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"(CNN) -- Security was tightened in and around Kabul on Sunday with 7,000 additional police officers deployed ahead of Monday's 89th observance of Afghanistan's independence from Great Britain.",
"An Afghan policeman stops a vehicle at a checkpoint in Kabul, where security has been tightened.",
"Police were seen at newly established security checkpoints looking at every passing vehicle Sunday.",
"Increased foot patrols were also apparent.",
"An Interior Ministry official said it was the biggest police operation in Kabul in several months.",
"Also on Sunday, dozens of Taliban militants were killed after they ambushed a convoy carrying supplies for NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, an Afghan official said.",
"Five security forces who worked for a private company were killed in the attack, in Zabul province, said Gulab Shah Alikhail, the deputy governor.",
"After the ambush, Afghan army forces were called in, Alikhail said.",
"Alikhail put the militants' death toll at 32.",
"On Saturday, a roadside bomb killed 10 Afghan police officers in Kandahar province, according to Police Chief Matiullah Khan.",
"Khan blamed the Taliban and their al Qaeda associates for the attack.",
"\"Who else is conducting this kind of cowardly acts except for the Taliban and al Qaeda people,\" he said."
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"Extra police deployed around Kabul ahead of independence celebrations .",
"Dozens of Taliban militants killed Sunday after convoy ambushed .",
"Roadside bomb kills 10 Afghan police officers in Kandahar province .",
"Official blames Taliban and al Qaeda associates for attack on police ."
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"BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- Everyone knows Boston is a city steeped in history, but on a steamy hot summer day, one of the best places to experience the city is from the ocean or the harbor.",
"Codzilla boats zip passengers around Boston's inner harbor.",
"A new high-speed thrill ride called Codzilla -- a 70-foot turbocharged boat that makes 180-degree turns at close to 40 knots (43 mph) -- takes passengers out of the inner harbor into the Atlantic.",
"White-knuckled riders are tied down with seat belts but still hold on to the railings with one hand and cling to their belongings with the other so they don't fly overboard.",
"Teenage boys like Ben Whatley from Michigan think Codzilla is \"pretty cool.\"",
"Younger brother Jeremy agrees while huddling with his grandmother.",
"If you want both history and a boat ride, take one of Boston's famous Duck Tours.",
"Operated on amphibious vehicles from World War II, the tours take you through downtown historic Boston.",
"Then the bus becomes a sea-going vessel, settling into the harbor for a short cruise.",
"It's a great way to see both sides of the city.",
"When you get back on land, the New England Aquarium awaits with a \"Sharks and Rays\" exhibit that wraps up September 1.",
"It includes a large touch tank where visitors can pet stingrays and small sharks.",
"Megan Moore, a visitor program specialist at the aquarium, is excited to teach people that most sharks are not scary.",
"Out of the 900 different species of sharks and rays, Moore says, only 10 to 15 have ever been known to attack a human, mostly because they confuse people with food.",
"Sea dragons, jellyfish and harbor seals are among the other sea creatures on display at the aquarium.",
"If you'd rather see animals in their own habitat, you can board a whale watch tour at the harbor just outside the aquarium.",
"Tours take about three hours on a high-speed catamaran to the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.",
"It's been a protected area since 1992 and is a rich feeding ground for all kinds of marine life.",
"Tour operators guarantee whale sightings on every excursion.",
"Visitors this year are seeing large numbers of humpback, fin and even endangered right whales.",
"There are also lots of dolphins, seals and sea birds.",
"Finally, to experience Boston in a historic way, head to the Public Garden and take a peaceful 20-minute glide in a Swan Boat.",
"The boats have been an important part of the garden every spring and summer since 1877.",
"Operator and owner Lyn Paget's great-grandfather got the idea for the first boat from the opera Lohengrin, in which a prince rescues his princess in a boat drawn by a swan.",
"Paget calls the experience \"magical\" because the world speeds ahead but the Swan Boats never change.",
"\"We have generations of people that have passed through here.",
"When you come down with a friend, or child or a grandchild, their experience is going to be the same that it was for you, and there aren't too many places where you can do that anymore,\" Paget said.",
"Fran Fifis is a senior producer who has worked in CNN's Boston bureau since it opened in 1998."
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"Codzilla turbo boat rides take passengers out of the inner harbor into the Atlantic .",
"Swan Boats have been operating in Boston Public Garden since 1877 ."
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"(CNN) -- Campus police at the University of South Florida were questioning two men in connection with back-to-back incidents on the school campus Monday.",
"Police take a man into custody at the University of South Florida after receiving reports of a person with a bomb.",
"Investigators were questioning one man following a report of an armed intruder, USF police Lt. Meg Ross said.",
"And a second man was also being questioned following a report of a man carrying a large hunting knife and a puppy, she said.",
"USF police asked the Tampa police's bomb team to respond to the campus regarding a backpack belonging to man in the first incident, said Ross.",
"No one was hurt, she said, and no shots were fired.",
"\"We have someone we think may have been involved,\" Ross told CNN, \"but we have to investigate fully.\"",
"\"We have not looked in his backpack,\" she added.",
"\"We have the bomb squad on their way to look at that.\"",
"Police received a report that a person armed with a bomb and a gun was in the area of the university's library.",
"Authorities later received a report of a subject on a bus in the area of the university's Parking and Transportation Services, Ross said.",
"\"We checked the area at the library, did not locate him, but then received a subsequent report of a subject on a bus,\" she said.",
"The campus stayed on lockdown after police received a report almost immediately after taking the first man into custody of a man wearing a black tank top and a cowboy hat, carrying a knife and a black puppy.",
"\"We're questioning him,\" Ross said.",
"\"We do not believe he is related to the first incident with the backpack.\"",
"Text messages were sent out to 13,000 employees and 45,000 students to warn them after the first incident, and emergency sirens on campus also were activated, officials said.",
"But Ross said that the campus had been given the all-clear, except for the shuttle-bus area -- where the first subject was taken into custody -- while Tampa Police examined the backpack.",
"CNN's Rich Phillips contributed to this report."
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"Campus police question 2 men after incidents on school campus Monday .",
"Report of armed intruder on the University of South Florida campus in Tampa, Florida .",
"Police received a report of person armed with bomb, gun near the library .",
"USF police say no one was hurt, no shots were fired ."
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"London, England (CNN) -- A woman's body was found in a river in Wales, police said Tuesday, the second death from severe flooding that has hit England and Wales since late last week.",
"The body of the woman, who was not named, was found in the River Usk near the village of Talybont, in mid Wales close to the coast, Brecon police said.",
"Search teams had been looking for her since Sunday.",
"Talybont is about 250 miles south of Cockermouth, England, which has experienced some of the worst flooding seen in decades.",
"Friday, parts of Cockermouth were under several feet of water after heavy rainfall the night before.",
"The town sits at the intersection of two rivers, the Cocker and the Derwent, both of which burst their banks and raged through the town.",
"By Tuesday, the flood waters had receded and the clean-up and damage assessment was well under way.",
"But rain was still falling over the entire region, raising fears of further flooding in some areas.",
"Britain's Environment Agency said river levels across the county of Cumbria remained high but are unlikely to rise to levels seen last week.",
"Twenty road bridges in Cumbria were closed Tuesday, including seven that collapsed in the floods, Cumbria County Council spokesman Gareth Cosslett told CNN.",
"Also shut were eight footbridges, which are an essential means of connecting residents in riverside towns.",
"In Workington, where Cumbria Police Constable Bill Barker died in the floods last week, the two sides of the town are cut off from each other because all bridges were either washed away or closed for safety reasons.",
"\"We're hoping to get a temporary road bridge installed in Workington,\" Cosslett said, describing it as the council's first priority.",
"\"We haven't yet confirmed what we're going to do or when that's going to happen, but in all likelihood we're looking at a single-lane temporary bridge with traffic lights on either side.\"",
"Cosslett had no estimate on when the bridge could be complete, but he said such a project may take more than a month.",
"The worst weather Tuesday was in Cumbria, where the Met Office, the UK's weather service, predicted heavy and persistent rain and accumulations of 1.2 to 2.4 inches (30 to 60 millimeters).",
"Rain and strong gusts were also forecast for Wales on Tuesday, the Met Office said.",
"The rain was expected to move through the region by Wednesday, but more was set to return by Thursday, according to Met Office forecasts.",
"Sixty-eight flood watches and warnings were in place across England and Wales on Wednesday, the Environment Agency said."
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"Woman's body found in the River Usk near the village of Talybont, in mid Wales .",
"Talybont 250 miles south of Cockermouth, England, which has also been badly hit by flooding .",
"20 road bridges in the region were closed Tuesday, including seven that collapsed in floods .",
"68 flood watches and warnings were in place across England and Wales Wednesday ."
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"NEW YORK (CNN) -- Prodding Israel and the Palestinian Authority to restart talks aimed at a permanent resolution of their decades-old conflict, President Obama dropped a demand for an Israeli settlement freeze, U.S., Israeli and Palestinian officials said.",
"Benjamin Netanyahu, left, President Obama and Mahmoud Abbas.",
"\"Simply put, it is past time to talk about starting negotiations.",
"It is time to move forward,\" Obama told reporters before a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.",
"\"It is time to show the flexibility and common sense and sense of compromise that is necessary to achieve our goals,\" Obama said.",
"Obama first met separately with Netanyahu and Abbas on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in what he called \"frank and productive\" talks.",
"The session was the first among the three leaders since Obama took office in January.",
"George Mitchell, Obama's envoy for the Middle East, attended Tuesday's talks.",
"He said the talks were \"at all times cordial,\" but \"direct\" and sometimes \"blunt.\"",
"Obama told Abbas and Netanyahu that, \"The only reason to hold public office is to get things done,\" and that everyone \"must take risks for peace,\" Mitchell said.",
"Mitchell told reporters the U.S. is \"not identifying any issue as being a precondition or an impediment to negotiation.\"",
"But the United States and Israel have publicly disagreed on Israeli plans to build more housing on land the Palestinians regard as theirs.",
"Previous Obama administration demands for a freeze have been ignored by the Netanyahu government.",
"Watch Netanyahu address peace, settlements » .",
"Abbas has so far rejected resuming talks with Israel until the Jewish state halts all settlement building in the occupied West Bank and in predominantly Palestinian East Jerusalem.",
"Arab states also have balked at the U.S. request to take confidence-building measures toward Israel until Israel freezes settlement construction.",
"Sitting with Netanyahu and Abbas, Obama softened his regular language on a settlement \"freeze,\" saying that Israel has had meaningful discussions about \"restraining\" settlement activity.",
"\"But they need to translate these discussions into real action on this and other issues,\" he said.",
"\"Obama told Abbas that he couldn't get the settlement freeze and promised to keep trying, but that it shouldn't be a condition for talks and it was time to move on,\" one Palestinian aide to Abbas said.",
"Several U.S. officials said that Obama told Abbas that although the U.S. believe a settlement freeze would create a better atmosphere for talks to begin, the lack of one should not be used an as excuse not to talk.",
"\"Let's not have the perfect be the enemy of the good,\" Obama told Abbas, according to the officials.",
"Watch Obama: 'We have to find a way forward' » .",
"\"It's been apparent for some time that the Israelis were going to fall short of what is necessary on the settlement freeze,\" one senior U.S. official said.",
"\"But our view is let's get to negotiations and settlements will be addressed within those final status issues\" A senior Israeli diplomat said Israel agreed to not building any new settlements, no outward expansion of existing growth and to only build for \"natural\" growth within existing settlements.",
"He said Israel also agreed not to encourage Israelis to move to settlements, which would increase the population.",
"\"A complete settlement freeze wasn't physically or politically possible, especially in the absence of any Arab or Palestinian concessions,\" the Israeli diplomat said.",
"\"There was a time the gaps had significantly narrowed, but now they were starting to widen.",
"The administration recognized, rather than have them widen further, we should start negotiating.\"",
"The Palestinian aide to Abbas said Obama's failure to secure a settlement freeze has weakened him in the eyes of the Palestinian delegation, because it casts doubt on his ability to move Israel during final status negotiations.",
"The Palestinians did win an important point, however, with Obama making clear that the peace talks would not start from scratch, which Netanyahu had favored.",
"Rather the talks would take into account progress made in previous negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians, the sources said.",
"The Israeli diplomat said that Israel would \"take into account\" the previous negotiations, but stressed his country's longstanding position that \"nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to.\"",
"Obama also addressed Abbas' desire to have the terms for negotiations more clearly defined, asking Israeli and Palestinian negotiators to come to Washington next week for further talks.",
"Next week's talks, to be led by George Mitchell, will center on what issues will be addressed at negotiations, which will present the U.S. with its next big challenge.",
"Palestinians want negotiations to resolve the \"final status\" issues of the conflict, such as borders, Jerusalem and the right of return for Palestinian refugees.",
"Israel wants to begin with talks on a \"provisional\" Palestinian state."
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"NEW: Israel agrees to some limits on West Bank settlement growth .",
"\"It is past time to talk about starting negotiations,\" President Obama says .",
"Obama meets separately, then jointly, with Netanyahu and Abbas .",
"Meetings come as hopes for renewed Israeli-Palestinian talks have dimmed ."
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"(CNN) -- Who would open one of the world's biggest casinos in the depths of a global recession?",
"Big city dreams: Lawrence Ho's business portfolio in Hong Kong and Macau is growing.",
"Answer: Lawrence Ho, the scion of a casino business mogul who has clearly inherited his father's love of a calculated risk.",
"Ho's father Stanley is a man synonymous with the creation of Macau as the world's biggest gambling destination.",
"\"Over the past 40 years he has put his thumbprints all over Macau.",
"I think if you look at the major infrastructure projects, whether it's the airport, the ferry terminals, he was involved in building up a lot of those,\" Lawrence Ho told CNN.",
"But in opening City of Dreams in Macau earlier this year, Ho is trying to carve his own niche and continue to build up his own business empire.",
"\"I think gone are the days when you can open a property and 'Bang!'",
"you would steal significant market share from others,\" he told CNN.",
"\"Before we opened we were, like the rest of the world, a little bit wary of the timing, but I think in hindsight the world economies are doing a lot better and Macau has seen its first year-on-year increase in July and August was a booming month.",
"So I think all in all we couldn't be happier.\"",
"Ho's company, Melco-Crown Entertainment, is independent from his father's huge portfolio of businesses and the multibillion dollar City of Dreams project is a partnership with Australian James Packer, himself the son of a media tycoon.",
"Ho is respectful of his ailing father's achievements and the advantages that the family name has given him, but also the desire it fostered to forge his own success.",
"\"The bigger the shadow the more we can feel the underdog syndrome.",
"... being his son opened many doors, but at the same time I grew up in a very big family with our own issues, but all in all certainly being his son has helped a great deal,\" he said.",
"There are no worries about interference from the mainland -- \"I suspect that China definitely wants [Macau and Hong Kong] to do well\" -- and Ho remains positive that Asia will see the quickest recovery from the downturn.",
"\"A lot of the Asian countries and economies have handled the [economic] crisis this time a lot better than the Asian financial crisis 10 years ago,\" he said.",
"\"So I think, all in all, Asia has managed to come out of this much quicker than the rest of the world.",
"And really when people are feeling better they travel and they spend more, and you know we are in the business of providing leisure and entertainment.\""
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"Son of Stanley Ho, business tycoon who built up former-Portuguese colony of Macau .",
"Lawrence Ho recently open multi-billion dollar City of Dreams complex in Macau .",
"Believes he can carve a slice of action from the Asian gambling city ."
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"New York (CNN) -- The teen who mysteriously turned up in New York with apparent amnesia emptied her bank account and left behind \"everything\" before she left her home in Washington, police told CNN.",
"The woman, now identified as Kacie Aleece Peterson, 18, of Hansville, Washington, withdrew about $400 from her Bank of America account, said Scott Wilson, spokesman for the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office in Washington.",
"But Peterson \"left everything,\" including her wallet, identification, cell phone, clothes and even her bike, which was secured outside a Wal-Mart, Wilson said.",
"Police still do not know how Peterson traveled cross-country to New York City.",
"The woman mysteriously turned up in Manhattan two weeks ago, claiming to have no memory of her family, her home -- or even her own name.",
"There's no indication that she's feigning her memory loss, said Paul Browne, deputy commissioner of the New York Police Department.",
"At the same time, because Peterson is an adult, authorities have not ruled out the theory that she left home to re-establish herself elsewhere, Wilson said.",
"The teen's father, Henry Peterson of Colville, Washington, told Kitsap County authorities his daughter had occasional memory lapses, Wilson said.",
"In May, Kacie Peterson was found lying on the ground next to a creek at the family farm, Wilson said.",
"She had blacked out and did not remember who she was, he said.",
"Kacie Peterson was briefly hospitalized after the incident, he said.",
"Her father also told investigators that in another incident his daughter was found unconscious on her bedroom floor, Wilson said.",
"Henry Peterson reported his daughter missing on October 2, Wilson said, after the family friend she lived with told him that the last time she saw Kacie Peterson was September 30.",
"Kacie Peterson moved in June from eastern Washington with her father to western Washington to live with a friend of her mother, who died when she was 7, Wilson said.",
"Henry Peterson told police he agreed to the transition, Wilson said.",
"The teen's father described their relationship as \"difficult\" and \"that he had put too much pressure on his daughter to do well and get good grades,\" Wilson said.",
"Kacie Peterson, a high school senior, started anew at Kingston High School in Kingston, Washington, but only attended for three weeks, said Chris Case, director of community relations for North Kitsap school district.",
"Enrolled in the Running Start program there, Kacie Peterson had two advanced placement classes at the school and also classes at Olympic College in Poulsbo, about 10 miles away, Case said.",
"Kingston high school officials said Kacie Peterson was quiet, shy and that \"she had no friends,\" Wilson said.",
"The last time she showed up for class was on September 29, Case said.",
"The next time some employees of the school saw the student she was sporting a new look.",
"\"The school here is telling me she had long hair past her shoulders,\" Case said.",
"In the photo New York police showed of the teen during their investigation to identify her, Kacie Peterson had hair that looked only about a couple of inches long on top and tapered low on the sides.",
"Police asked for help identifying the teen after she was found in midtown Manhattan around 12:30 a.m. on October 9 outside the Covenant House youth shelter.",
"The organization had said she was not a resident at the time and did not appear as if she intended to seek refuge at the facility.",
"A security guard for the shelter noticed her walking around on the sidewalk near Covenant House and approached her.",
"Finding her unresponsive, he called police.",
"Officers interviewed her, but it became clear that she couldn't provide authorities with any information about herself.",
"A photo of the then-unidentified woman aired on CNN, and a viewer in Maryland who was familiar with Kacie Peterson alerted authorities.",
"Police established a positive identification.",
"Police say they do not know how she lost her memory.",
"She is still in New York and receiving care from the city agency, Browne said.",
"CNN's Susan Candiotti, Khadijah Rentas, Erica Hill and Melanie Whitley contributed to this report."
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"\"Jane Doe\" identified as Kacie Aleece Peterson, 18, of Hansville, Washington .",
"Police tell CNN she got $400 from bank, but left wallet, ID, cell phone, clothes .",
"Police still do not know how Peterson traveled cross-country to New York City .",
"Her father says Kacie has suffered from memory problems before ."
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"(CNN) -- Arsenal and Hull City were charged with failing to control their players by the English Football Association (FA) on Wednesday after their fiery Premier League match on December 19.",
"The match at the Emirates Stadium, won 3-0 by title-chasing Arsenal, became heated just before halftime when Arsenal's Samir Nasri clashed with Hull's Richard Garcia.",
"Stephen Hunt then had a confrontation with Nasri and a mass brawl ensued, with home goalkeeper Manuel Almunia running the length of the field to get involved.",
"Referee Steve Bennett had to battle to get things under control and then showed yellow cards to both Hunt and Nasri.",
"The clubs have until January 13 to launch any appeal.",
"In other Premier League news on Wednesday, Liverpool could give Italian midfielder Alberto Aquilani his full debut for the crucial Boxing Day clash with Wolves.",
"Aquilani, a big summer signing from AS Roma, has yet to start a league game for Liverpool, having battled to recovery from an ankle injury.",
"Manager Rafael Benitez has been criticized for his reluctance to play Aquilani, but with the player recovering from a calf injury which kept him out of last weekend's match all the indicators are that he will take his place at Anfield.",
"Premier League champions Manchester United have been clearance to play Senegal striker Mame Biram Diouf after he was granted a work permit.",
"United signed Diouf from Molde in July before loaning him back to the Norwegian club.",
"He scored 16 goals in 29 games in Norway and with Senegal failing to qualify for the African Cup of Nations, United have pressed to get him the proper clearances."
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"Mass brawl marred clash at the Emirates which Arsenal won 3-0 .",
"Manchester United get work permit clearance for Senegal striker Mame Biram Diouf ."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- It was the U.S. government's version of the ticker in New York's Times Square, blasting Havana's main seaside strip with anti-Cuba slogans in 5-foot high crimson letters.",
"It symbolized the tit-for-tat diplomatic row between Washington and Havana.",
"Cuban flags flutter in front of the U.S. interests section building in Havana in 2007.",
"But the ticker at the top of the U.S. interests section in Cuba has gone blank, yet another signal the past half-century of animosity between the two countries is easing.",
"State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said the ticker was turned off in June because it was not considered \"effective\" as a means of delivering information to the Cuban people.",
"The scrolling electronic sign, fitted across 25 windows of the U.S. interests section, ran quotes from American heroes, such as Martin Luther King's \"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up,\" and Abraham Lincoln's \"No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.\"",
"It also streamed news and political messages that blamed Cuba's everyday problems on the communist regime led by Fidel Castro and the island's socialist economy.",
"The island's transportation woes, for example, were the topics of jabs such as, \"Some go around in Mercedes, some in (Russian-built) Ladas, but the system forces almost everyone to hitch rides.\"",
"The sign -- erected in 2006 by the Bush administration and billed as a way to circumvent censorship and, the administration said, offer hope and freedom to Cubans oppressed by a brutal regime -- fueled a propaganda war with Fidel Castro, who referred to the U.S. interests section as \"the headquarters of the counterrevolution.\"",
"Calling the ticker an assault on Cuba's sovereignty by an imperialist bully, an infuriated Fidel Castro marched 1 million Cubans past the interests section in protest, dug up the U.S. mission's parking lot and blocked the ticker by erecting anti-U.S. billboards and 138 huge black flags to commemorate victims of so-called U.S. aggression.",
"He promised there would be no contact between U.S.-based diplomats in Havana and Cuba's foreign ministry until the sign came down.",
"Fidel's brother Raul Castro, who now rules Cuba, took down the anti-U.S. billboards this year as ties between the two countries improved.",
"In April, President Obama lifted restrictions on Cuban-Americans traveling to the island and sending remittances to relatives there.",
"And this month, U.S. and Cuban diplomats held their first talks since 2003 on Cuban migration to the United States.",
"The State Department's Kelly acknowledged most Cubans couldn't read the ticker because of the counter-propaganda erected by the Cubans.",
"The \"dueling billboards,\" Kelly said, were not promoting a productive U.S.-Cuba relationship.",
"Kelly said measures also announced by Obama in April to allow U.S. cell-phone networks and other telecommunication technology to operate on the island would do more to allow a free flow of information to the Cuban people."
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"Electronic sign was put on U.S. interests section building in Havana in 2006 .",
"Sign ran quotes from U.S. heroes, blasted Cuban government's policies .",
"Cuba erected billboards to block the sign; billboards were taken down this year ."
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"(CNN) -- The city of New Haven, Connecticut, will promote 14 firefighters who were involved in a workplace discrimination case that worked its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.",
"The firefighters were among the New Haven 20 -- one Hispanic and 19 white firefighters -- who fought the city after it threw out the results of a 2003 firefighter promotion exam that left too few minorities qualified for promotions.",
"A U.S. District Court issued a judgment finding the city violated the civil rights of a group of the white firefighters when it threw out the exams in 2004, according to Jessica Mayorga, city spokeswoman.",
"The Tuesday decision follows a court action by seven black New Haven firefighters seeking to delay the promotions.",
"\"Yesterday, the court entered an order that provides the City of New Haven with the legal sanction necessary to move forward and promote the fourteen plaintiffs in the Ricci case entitled to promotions,\" the city said in a statement.",
"\"As a result, we intend to do so as soon as practicable.\"",
"The firefighters will be promoted to either lieutenant or captain.",
"Mayorga said the other six involved in the lawsuit were not eligible for promotions that were available at the time the exams were given.",
"She said the court's order only addresses 14 of the 20 plaintiffs.",
"If the exams had been certified in 2004, the other six plaintiffs would not have been promoted.",
"The case was the center of attention during the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of now-Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who was on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals that backed the city in the case.",
"The U.S. Supreme Court eventually overturned the appeals court ruling 5-4 earlier this year when the justices ruled that the city improperly threw out the results of the promotion exams.",
"Key plaintiff Frank Ricci and others took promotion exams in 2003 for lieutenant and captain positions that had become available in Connecticut's second-largest city.",
"New Haven's personnel department had contracted with a private firm to design the exams.",
"When the results came back, however, city lawyers expressed concern about the results because none of the black firefighters and only one Latino who took the exam scored high enough to be promoted.",
"The city said that under a federal civil rights law known as Title VII, employers must ban actions such as promotion tests that would have a \"disparate impact\" on a protected class, such as a specified race or gender.",
"The group of firefighters, claiming they were wronged by the city's action, then sued, calling themselves the \"New Haven 20.\""
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"(CNN) -- Floyd Mayweather Jr will have to pay Juan Manuel Marquez a reported $600,000 after weighing in two pounds too heavy ahead of Saturday night's welterweight showdown in Las Vegas.",
"Floyd Mayweather Jr, left, faces off with Juan Manuel Marquez ahead of Saturday night's fight.",
"Fight promoters Golden Boy confirmed after Friday's weigh-in that there had been a contractually agreed weight of 144 pounds for Mayweather's comeback bout, and that the American would pay a stipulated -- but undisclosed -- amount for every pound over that amount.",
"As it was, Mayweather tipped the scales at 146 pounds and Mexican Marquez, whose usual weight is around 135 pounds, was weighed at 142 as he stepped up from lightweight for the fight.",
"The maximum for a welterweight is 147 pounds.",
"\"The fight was contracted as a welterweight fight with an agreed upon weight of 144 pounds.",
"However, there were pre-negotiated weight penalties built in,\" Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer told ESPN.com.",
"The website also reported sources who stated that each extra pound would cost Mayweather $300,000, thus giving Marquez an additional $600,000 on top of his $3.2 million guarantee for the fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.",
"The 32-year-old Mayweather, who returns to the boxing ring for the first time since December 2007 when he beat Ricky Hatton to retain his WBC world welterweight championship, has a reported minimum guarantee of $10 million before pay-per-view TV revenues are added.",
"Mayweather is undefeated with a career record of 39-0, while the 36-year-old Marquez, who holds the WBA and WBO world lightweight belts, has 50 victories from 55 fights, 37 by knockout.",
"Meanwhile, Nikolai Valuev will defend his WBA heavyweight title against British boxer David Haye in Germany on November 7.",
"The fight, originally announced in July, had been in doubt as American John Ruiz lodged a legal challenge claiming that he was the giant Russian's mandatory challenger.",
"However, the 36-year-old's promoters have clinched a deal with Ruiz, meaning the bout can go ahead as planned at Nuremberg's Arena Nurnberger Versicherung, where Valuev beat Sergei Liakhovich in February 2008.",
"The 7' 1\" Valuev, the tallest and heaviest boxing champion of all time who has a record of 50 wins from 52 fights, will dwarf the 6' 3\" Haye, the former undisputed cruiserweight champion."
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"Mayweather had agreed to pay the Mexican for every pound over agreed 144 .",
"Reports say that the American will have to stump up an extra $600,000 .",
"Mayweather has $10 million guarantee, Marquez has $3.2 million for fight ."
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"Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Tehran's Revolutionary Court sentenced 11 people to death after convicting them of participating in post-election riots, state media reported Thursday.",
"Two of the sentences have been carried out; the rest are under appeal, the Iranian Students News Agency said, quoting a court official.",
"These are the first executions known to be related to the post-election violence that erupted across Iran in June and has continued since, Amnesty International said in a statement condemning the hangings.",
"But a lawyer for one of the men executed on Thursday disputed a key part of the official report.",
"\"Both of these men were arrested two months before the elections and they were in prison until their sentences were carried out.",
"So how can someone who's in prison take part in protests?\"",
"asked Nasrin Sotoudeh, a Tehran-based human rights lawyer who represented Arash Rahmanipour, one of two men hanged Thursday.",
"Full coverage of the protests in Iran .",
"His father had been scheduled to visit Rahmanipour on the day of the execution, and learned only from a TV report that his son was dead, Sotoudeh said, describing the family as \"extremely upset and shocked.\"",
"\"Arash called his home two nights ago (Tuesday night) -- two nights before the sentence was carried out, and at that point Arash had no idea that his sentence was about to be carried out,\" she said.",
"She said the hanging violated Iranian law.",
"\"The entire process, the investigation, the trial, the handing down of the sentence and the carrying out of the sentence, were done illegally and in secret,\" she told CNN by phone.",
"\"Arash's family and I did not have his case file.",
"A sentence must first be announced to the defendant and his lawyer and only then can it be carried out, but this sentence was never announced to Arash or myself.\"",
"She said he had been forced to confess.",
"\"He told me his pregnant sister had been arrested, too,\" she said.",
"\"In two sessions where he was interrogated, they placed his sister in front of him and told him if he wanted to see her free he had to admit to things he didn't do.\"",
"Rahmanipour's sister was later released from prison but lost the baby due to stress, Sotoudeh said.",
"Rahmanipour, 20, was charged with being a mohareb, or enemy of God, and being a member of Anjoman-e Padeshahi-e Iran (API), a banned anti-regime monarchist group, his lawyer said.",
"Amnesty International condemned the execution of Rahmanipour and the other man executed Thursday, Mohammad Reza Ali-Zamani.",
"\"These men were first unfairly convicted and now they have been unjustly killed.",
"It is not even clear they had links to this group, as their 'confessions' appear to have been made under duress,\" said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa deputy director.",
"The court said the defendants were convicted of \"waging war against God, trying to overthrow the Islamic government\" and membership in armed and anti-revolutionary groups.",
"Anti-government demonstrations began after the disputed June 12 presidential vote, which re-elected hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over main opposition candidate Mir Hossein Moussavi.",
"Late December marked the deadliest clashes in Iran since initial protests broke out in the summer.",
"At least seven people were killed and hundreds were arrested, witnesses said, as they took to the streets on Ashura, which occurred on December 27.",
"The Iranian government has denied that its security forces killed anyone and has blamed reformists for the violence."
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"Two of the sentences have been carried out; the rest are under appeal, ISNA said .",
"Anti-government demonstrations began after the disputed June 12 presidential vote .",
"Witnesses said hundreds of protesters were arrested on the Ashura holy day on December 27 ."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Four U.S. soldiers have been charged with cruelty and maltreatment of four subordinates in Iraq after a suicide investigation brought to light alleged wrongdoing, the military said Friday.",
"There is no confirmed evidence that the suicide, which involved a fifth subordinate in the unit, was a result of any mistreatment, said Lt. Col. Kevin Olson, a spokesman for Multi-National Division-South, who said the military is looking into that possibility.",
"Charges were brought Wednesday against three sergeants and a specialist with the 13th Cavalry Regiment out of Fort Bliss, Texas, accusing them of engaging in \"verbal abuse, physical punishment and ridicule of subordinates,\" according to Olson.",
"He described the physical punishment as falling into the category of \"undue calisthenics.\"",
"\"Accusations of cruelty and maltreatment are taken very seriously, and we will investigate this isolated incident thoroughly,\" said Brig.",
"Gen. David Elicerio, deputy commanding general for Multi-National Division-South.",
"Olson said the Army does not believe the maltreatment of subordinates went beyond the soldiers' unit.",
"The four were identified as: .",
"All four soldiers have been removed from their unit.",
"Olson said Army officials have spoken to the four subordinate soldiers and are offering them any help they need.",
"The suicide investigation began on August 4, Olson said.",
"On that day, a Defense Department news release said that Pvt.",
"Keiffer P. Wilhelm, 19, of Plymouth, Ohio, died in Iraq of injuries sustained from a noncombat-related incident.",
"He was assigned to a unit from the 1st Armored Division at Fort Bliss, the release said."
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"(CNN) -- On February 12, 2009, Christopher Savoie received an e-mail from his ex-wife that he had feared would come.",
"Christopher Savoie is in jail in Japan after trying to get back his son, Isaac, and daughter, Rebecca.",
"About a month after their bitter divorce, in which Noriko Savoie promised as part of the agreement she wouldn't return to Japan with their children to live, she threatened to do just that.",
"\"It's very difficult to watch kids becoming American and losing Japanese identity,'' Noriko Savoie wrote her ex-husband in the e-mail, according to Tennessee court documents.",
"\"I am at the edge of the cliff.",
"I cannot hold it anymore if you keep bothering me.''",
"Now she is in Japan with the children.",
"Christopher Savoie sits in a Japanese jail accused of trying to kidnap them.",
"He practically predicted it would end this way.",
"The couple, citizens of the United States and Japan, were married for 14 years and lived in Japan.",
"But they came to the United States with 8-year-old Isaac and 6-year-old Rebecca.",
"They divorced in January 2009 after Christopher Savoie was unfaithful.",
"Noriko Savoie was given custody of the children and agreed to remain in the United States.",
"During the divorce, Christopher Savoie was concerned that his ex-wife would move to Japan with the children.",
"After receiving the threatening e-mail, he went to court to try to prevent that.",
"He pleaded with a judge in March to stop Noriko Savoie from being able to travel to Japan for summer vacation.",
"He knew if she took the children to Japan to live the deck would be stacked against him.",
"Japanese law would recognize Noriko Savoie as the primary custodian and he might never see his children again.",
"Noriko Savoie told a judge the words in her e-mail were in the heat of the moment; she was angry that her ex-husband had just married the woman who caused their marriage to end.",
"\"I was very, very -- at the peak of my frustration ...\" Noriko Savoie told a judge, according to court transcripts.",
"\"He actually married three days before that e-mail.",
"He remarried the person -- a woman whom he was having affair [with], so I was very depressed and -- but also angry.\"",
"Noriko Savoie was asked repeatedly in court if she would try to take the children and flee to Japan.",
"Her answer was always no.",
"\"I have never thought about taking children away from their father, never,\" she told the judge.",
"Christopher Savoie didn't believe her.",
"Their divorce had been rocky, both of them said.",
"The court documents reveal bitter fights and mediations during the divorce.",
"The two accused each other of sending harassing e-mails.",
"They also fought over sending the kids to baseball, Scouts and other activities.",
"Noriko Savoie accused him of not giving her enough money to take English language lessons or go to school so she could get a job.",
"He accused her of not trying hard enough to enroll or find a place to live.",
"Dad paid ex-wife $800K in divorce » .",
"Despite those issues, Christopher Savoie said his only concern was making sure he wouldn't be separated from his children.",
"He knew trying to get the kids back would be \"a futile effort\" if Noriko Savoie did flee with the children, according to court documents.",
"He laid out in court a scenario similar to what he is facing.",
"\"If she were to go to Japan with the children and with primary custodial rights, there's pretty much no doubt that I would have a very difficult time enforcing my rights to visitation should Noriko decide not to let the children see me,\" he said.",
"He said he'd have a hard time paying expensive legal fees because most of his money was tied up in his house, car and 401(k) after he gave Noriko Savoie more than $700,000 as part of the divorce settlement.",
"With that money, he feared she'd be able to move and hide the children from him.",
"When appointed parental coordinators asked her if she planned to take the children to Japan, she hesitated and simply answered \"I think the kids will be happy if I'm happy.\"",
"The judge asked Noriko Savoie rhetorically whether she would be willing to put up money, essentially a bond, to ensure she'd return from Japan.",
"She agreed, but was never asked to do so.",
"Judge James G. Martin III warned Noriko Savoie she would lose her alimony, education funds and other money if she fled with the children, before ruling that he believed she wouldn't abscond with them and allowed her to travel to Japan.",
"Noriko Savoie followed the court's rules and took the children on vacation and returned during the required time to the United States.",
"But days later, she took the children back to Japan.",
"The court in the United States granted Christopher Savoie full custody after Noriko Savoie fled the country.",
"But that court order means nothing in Japan, where courts generally favor mothers in custody disputes.",
"The couple is also still considered married in Japan, because they never divorced there, Japanese police said Wednesday.",
"And, police said, the children are Japanese and have Japanese passports.",
"A 1980 Hague Convention standardized laws on international child abduction, but Japan is not a party to that agreement.",
"Christopher Savoie knew all this when he decided this week to go to Japan to get his children back.",
"He took the children as Noriko Savoie walked them to school Monday in Yanagawa, a rural town in southern Japan.",
"He headed for the nearest U.S. consulate, in the city of Fukuoka on the Southern island of Kyushu, to try to obtain passports for the children, screaming at the guards to let him in the compound.",
"He was steps away from the front gate but still standing on Japanese soil when he was arrested.",
"Christopher Savoie, who will be in jail for the next 10 days while Japanese officials sort out the situation, told CNN's Kyung Lah that he was scared and just wanted to see his children.",
"\"I love you, Isaac, Rebecca,\" he said.",
"\"Your daddy loves you forever.",
"I'll be patient and strong until the day comes that I can see you both again.",
"I am very sorry that I can't be with you.\" Though he had warned everyone this was going to happen, this time he could speak in certainties.",
"He said that though he knows it might be a tough battle, it's one he will continue to vocalize.",
"\"I want Americans to know what's happening to me,\" Christopher Savoie said in Japanese.",
"\"I didn't do anything wrong.\""
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"Dad pleaded with judge not to allow ex-wife to go to Japan, fearing she might stay .",
"Noriko Savoie said repeatedly in court she wouldn't take kids away from dad .",
"Christopher Savoie now in jail in Japan after trying to get kids back from mother ."
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"(CNN) -- Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson hailed his side's rollercoaster 4-3 victory over neighbors Manchester City at Old Trafford as the \"best derby of all time.\"",
"Ferguson and substitute Gary Neville celebrate Owen's late winner.",
"Ferguson made the claim while ruing his side's sloppy defensive play which allowed City to claim three equalizing goals before Michael Owen's clinical winner deep into injury time on Sunday.",
"\"It could have been an embarrassment, 6-0 or 7-0, if we defended our proper way,\" claimed the legendary Scot.",
"\"We could have won by a big score but by making mistakes, which was the essence of the game, we probably were in the best derby game of all time.",
"\"What do you choose? Win the best derby game of all time or win 6-0?",
"I'd probably pick 6-0.\"",
"Was this the greatest derby ever?",
"The build-up to the match had been marked by a war of words between Ferguson and City manager Mark Hughes, who has been handed a massive transfer budget by his side's Abu Dhabi owners.",
"Ferguson had branded them \"cocky\" and did little to dampen down the rivalry with his post match comments.",
"Blog:Should referees also keep time?",
"\"Sometimes you have a noisy neighbor.",
"You cannot do anything about that. They will always be noisy,\" he said.",
"\"You just have to get on with your life, put your television on and turn it up a bit louder.",
"\"Today the players showed their form.",
"That is the best answer of all.\"",
"By contrast, City manager Mark Hughes was furious with referee Martin Atkinson for the amount of added time played, with Owen scoring in the 96th minute.",
"\"We need an explanation because I don't know why the referee has added that amount of time on,\" said Hughes.",
"\"We just feel a little bit aggrieved that they were given that time.\"",
"It was a heartbreaking finale for his team with Bellamy's magnificent second goal after a mistake by Rio Ferdinand appearing to give his up and coming side a share of the spoils.",
"\"We're disappointed, we put in a hell of a shift today,\" said Hughes.",
"\"Craig Bellamy scored two magnificent goals.",
"He didn't deserve to be on the losing side,\" added Hughes.",
"Ferguson, who has used free transfer signing Owen sparingly this season, said the England striker showed his true quality.",
"\"His positional play, first touch and finish were absolutely superb.",
"World class.\"",
"The victory took United to second place in the English Premier League behind pacesetting Chelsea with City suffering their first defeat of the season."
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"(CNN) -- I think it's fair to say that most of us have been absolutely horrified by the plight of tens of thousands of Haitians this month.",
"A massive earthquake is always devastating, but for such carnage and misery to be wrought upon a people who already had nothing seems especially cruel.",
"It was 0100 GMT when I went on air, the aftershocks were both frequent and significant, and from the Tweets I read there was a sense of utter panic and fear on the streets.",
"The pictures have been absolutely heartbreaking, and the stories our crews have reported from all over the country have been terribly moving.",
"I wanted to do something to help.",
"For some reason I was especially moved when Anderson Cooper dragged that bleeding boy out of the street - a young boy who was stunned and panicked and terribly vulnerable - and I realized that I had something I could contribute.",
"Click here to place a bid on the Open flag .",
"(Item number: 250569560734) Years ago, when I was the Living Golf anchor, I was looking to collect something unusual for a charity auction.",
"As it happens, the auction was cancelled and since then I had largely forgotten that I had something of value and unique at the back of my wardrobe.",
"The British Open, one of golf's most illustrious competitions, is never more special than when held at St Andrews, the so-called \"home of golf.\"",
"Every professional wants to be \"Open Champion\" and of the last seven tournaments to be played up there, many of the champions have been legends of the sport.",
"Jack Nicklaus won it twice, as did Tiger Woods.",
"Seve Ballesteros and Nick Faldo complete the roll-call of champions who have already made it into the pantheon of greats.",
"It struck me that to get all four to autograph a replica flag from the 2005 Open would be pretty special.",
"Seve (1984 winner) obliged me in Tenerife later that year, with a signature as flamboyant as many of his shots.",
"Tiger (2000 and 2005 winner) added his name when we met in Dubai the next year.",
"Faldo (1990 winner) and I live in the same town but our paths never seemed to cross when they needed to and so I posted the flag to his management company and from somewhere on his global travels he obliged.",
"My colleague Justin Armsden interviewed Nicklaus (1970 and 1978 winner) at The Old Course and, though Jack hadn't bargained on signing any autographs that day, Justin's producer Andrea Mortensen bagged the all important tag.",
"So, just to recap, some of the greatest names in golf have signed this unique memento.",
"Also up for auction are the Xeroxed scorecards of all four players when they last all played the St Andrews Open in 2000.",
"They are perfectly reproduced.",
"You'll see Tiger's winning round, counter-signed by another Open Champion David Duval and another card is counter-signed by a man who wasn't yet a major winner, Angel Cabrera.",
"You'll note the meticulous nature of Faldo's game, every hole is neatly ticked off and appropriately, there's even a squiggle and a correction on the card of American John Daly, the only Open champion at St Andrews since 1970 that I was unable to persuade to sign the flag.",
"But maybe his autograph absence and messy scorecard are in keeping with the erratic character we have come to know and love!",
"This year just so happens to be the 150th anniversary of The Open at St Andrews and so it's appropriate to auction the flag and the cards in 2010.",
"But Haiti is the true motivation for the sale.",
"It is right because they desperately need help.",
"All proceeds of the sale will go to a charity called Plan International, who have been working in Haiti for over thirty years.",
"The donation will support their emergency relief and recovery work there with children and their communities; helping the most vulnerable and the very people who are the country's future.",
"I hope you will bid on the flag, and if not please help spread the word of the sale so that we can get a really good price for it.",
"It deserves a good home, and the auction will help ensure a brighter future for many children in their darkest hour."
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"CNN's Don Riddell persuaded the greats of golf to sign a replica flag from the St. Andrews British Open of 2005 .",
"The flag, signed by Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Seve Ballesteros and Nick Faldo, is to be auctioned on eBay .",
"Register your bid to help raise money for those in need in earthquake-hit Haiti ."
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"(OPRAH.com) -- Four years ago, when Oprah managed to get down to a trim and fit 160 pounds, she thought she'd hit on a foolproof formula for permanent weight loss.",
"Then life --in the form of a thyroid problem and a killer schedule-- intervened.",
"Last year she was back up to the 200-pound mark and knew something had to change.",
"After a desperately needed time-out to reflect and recharge, here's what she's learned, what she's doing differently, and what's next.",
"Oprah Winfrey attends a gala on December 3, 2008 in New York City.",
"You know how bad you feel when you have a special event, a reunion, a wedding, a bar mitzvah, and you wanted to lose that extra 10 to 40 pounds, and you didn't do it?",
"So the day comes and now you've got to try to find something to wear that makes you feel halfway decent, and you have to figure out how to hold in your stomach all night and walk backward out of the room so no one sees that your butt keeps moving even when you stop.",
"Multiply that feeling by a million -- make that more than 2.4 million for every O reader -- and you'll know how I've felt over the past year every time I had to shoot a cover for O.",
"If you're a regular subscriber, you'll notice you've not seen a head-to-toe shot all year.",
"Why? Because I didn't want to be seen. \" In 1992 I reached my heaviest, 237 pounds.",
"I was 38. Then, four years ago, I made it a goal to lose weight, and I appeared on the January 2005 cover at a toned 160 pounds.",
"I thought I was finished with the weight battle.",
"I was done. I'd conquered it. I was so sure, I was even cocky.",
"I had the nerve to say to friends who were struggling, \"All you have to do is work out harder and eat less!",
"Get your 10,000 steps in!",
"None of that starchy stuff!\"",
"Bam! Karma is a bear of a thing.",
"So here I stand, 40 pounds heavier than I was in 2006.",
"(Yes, you're adding correctly; that means the dreaded 2-0-0.)",
"I'm mad at myself. I'm embarrassed. I can't believe that after all these years, all the things I know how to do, I'm still talking about my weight.",
"I look at my thinner self and think, \"How did I let this happen again?\"",
"Oprah.com: How to prevent weight gain relapse .",
"It happened slowly.",
"In February 2007, at 53, I started to have some health issues.",
"At first I was unable to sleep for days.",
"My legs started swelling.",
"My weight started creeping up, first 5 pounds, then 10 pounds.",
"I was lethargic and irritable.",
"My internal clock seemed totally out of whack.",
"I began having rushing heart palpitations every time I worked out.",
"Okay, I've never loved daily exercise, but this was different.",
"I actually developed a fear of working out.",
"I was scared that I would pass out.",
"Or worse. I felt as if I didn't know my own body anymore.",
"After many trips to various doctors, I received a diagnosis.",
"I had hyperthyroidism (an overactive thyroid that can speed up metabolism and cause weight loss -- but of course didn't make me lose a single pound) and then gradually started moving into hypothyroidism (a sluggish metabolism that can cause fatigue and weight gain).",
"My doctor prescribed medication and warned me that I must \"learn to embrace hunger\" or I would immediately gain weight.",
"Believe me, no part of me was prepared to embrace hunger.",
"It seemed as if the struggle I'd had with weight my entire adult life was now officially over.",
"I felt completely defeated.",
"I thought, \"I give up.",
"I give up. Fat wins.\" All these years I'd had only myself to blame for lack of willpower.",
"Now I had an official, documented excuse.",
"The thyroid diagnosis felt like some kind of prison sentence.",
"I was so frustrated that I started eating whatever I wanted -- and that's never good.",
"My drug of choice is food.",
"I use food for the same reasons an addict uses drugs: to comfort, to soothe, to ease stress.",
"I switched doctors and still gained weight.",
"At one point I was on three medications: one for heart palpitations, another for high blood pressure, another to moderate my thyroid.",
"Who knew this tiny butterfly gland at the base of the throat had so much power?",
"When it's off, your whole body feels the effects.",
"I followed my doctor's orders to the letter (except for the part about working out).",
"I took the prescribed medication religiously at the same time each day.",
"Oprah.com: The truth about your thyroid .",
"Being medicated, though necessary, made me feel as if I were viewing life through a veil.",
"I felt like an invalid.",
"Everything was duller.",
"I felt like the volume on life got turned down.",
"I realized this to some extent, but I wasn't fully aware of the effect of the medication until I had a conversation with my friend Bob Greene.",
"He'd given up lecturing me about working out and eating well, but we were walking together one day and he said, \"I think something's wrong.",
"You're listless. Your movements are slower, even when you're just doing normal stuff.",
"Twice I've told you something and you don't remember it.",
"There's no sparkle in your eyes.",
"I think you're in some sort of depression.\"",
"Greene talks about Oprah's struggle » .",
"Me -- depressed? I hadn't thought I was, but definitely something was off.",
"I felt like the life force was being sucked out of me.",
"I always had an excuse for being tired.",
"It took extra effort to do everything.",
"I didn't want to go anywhere, and I didn't want to be seen any more than I had to.",
"I could oversee a show and a magazine that tell people how to live their best lives, but I definitely wasn't setting an example.",
"I was talking the talk, but I wasn't walking the walk.",
"And that was very disappointing to me. Immediately after that conversation with Bob, I called my doctor.",
"\"All this medicine is making my life feel like a flat line,\" I said.",
"So my doctor slowly weaned me off it, except for one aspirin a day.",
"(By the way, never suddenly stop taking prescribed medication, especially heart and blood pressure medication, without checking with your physician.)",
"That choice was the beginning of my road back to health -- and back to myself.",
"Oprah.com: Oprah's Best Life Week begins January 5 .",
"By Oprah Winfrey from \"O, The Oprah Magazine\", January 2009 .",
"Subscribe to O, The Oprah Magazine for up to 75% off the newsstand price.",
"That's like getting 18 issues FREE.",
"Subscribe now! TM & © 2009 Harpo Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved."
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"A thyroid problem lead to a weight gain and other health problems, she writes .",
"She says her stress and frustration led to more eating .",
"After a friend pointed out her depression, she took positive steps ."
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"(CNN) -- There's something lurking in the depths of Loch Ness, Scotland and it has nothing to do with monsters.",
"Footage from the Loch Ness submarine search showing two golf balls submerged in silt.",
"On a recent expedition to try and find evidence of the Loch Ness monster, U.S. research teams came across something quite unexpected -- not a prehistoric creature of the deep but thousands of plastic covered golf balls.",
"Mike O'Brien of SeaTrepid explains: \"At first we thought they were mushrooms, there were so many.",
"But when we lowered the camera, we were surprised to see that they were in fact, golf balls.\"",
"The smattering of balls were found roughly 300 yards from the beach and 100 yards from the shore where it is thought locals and visitors have been using the loch to practice their driving skills for quite some time.",
"One witness, conservationist Adrian Shine, told CNN he had seen locals launching balls almost 300 feet into the waters.",
"Watch a video of balls being found at the bottom of Loch Ness. ...",
"However, Shine doesn't believe this to be an environmental threat: \"Certainly it's undesirable, but I don't think it will have a significant environmental impact on the loch.\"",
"It seems missing and discarded golf balls may not be bad news for all concerned.",
"David Roston has built a career out of wading through rivers and diving in lakes to collect and re-sell discarded golf balls.",
"His online company www.lakeballs.co.uk have been retailing \"lake balls\" for almost 10 years, but even his powers of retrieval would be challenged by the monstrous task of recovering balls from the bottom of the loch.",
"\"I've dived in various lakes and found 10 to 15 thousand golf balls at a time, it's incredible -- but we've never attempted to clear a loch!\"",
"Bobbing along at a depth of 754 feet, it is unlikely these balls of Loch Ness will ever see the light of day again.",
"To watch the remarkable footage shot by the SeaTrepid underwater robotics team, click on the link to see the \"Outland 1000\" in action."
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"(CNN) -- American Lindsey Vonn suffered a pre-Olympic scare after taking a crashing fall in the World Cup giant slalom in Lienz on Monday.",
"Vonn, who is a medal favorite in several disciplines for February's Winter Games in Vancouver, damaged her left arm after sliding out on the first run, losing her balance on a bump after a sharp left turn before thumping into a gate.",
"She received lengthy medical treatment on the slope with initial fears that she had broken the arm.",
"But scans at a local hospital showed only severe bruising and the 25-year-old may even compete in Tuesday's slalom at the same venue, U.S. team medical director Richard Quincy told reporters.",
"Vonn's arm has been placed in a splint to speed recovery and she was said to have been in considerable pain.",
"\"Hurting my arm is way better than hurting one of my legs,\" Vonn was quoted on her personal Web site www.lindseyvonn.com.",
"Her crash overshadowed a fine victory for Kathrin Hoelzl of Germany, who led after the first run and posted a combined time of two minutes, 16.61 seconds with Manuela Moelgg of Italy just 0.05 seconds back in second.",
"Taina Barioz of France occupied the final podium position.",
"Vonn retains her lead in the overall standings with 581 points ahead of second-placed Maria Reisch, who appeared distracted by her friend's crash and also skied out first time down.",
"The German is 50 points adrift as Vonn looks to defend her overall crown.",
"Vonn suffered an unusual injury setback at the world championships in Val d'Isere, France earlier this year.",
"Celebrating a medal success, she sliced her thumb open on a champagne bottle and competed for the rest of the season with heavy strapping.",
"Vonn's appearance in Vancouver is being heavily plugged by sponsors and television rights holders, but she is still seeking her first Olympic medal after missing out in Salt Lake City and Turin.",
"Austria's Kathrin Zettel, who led the GS standings going into the race but was overtaken by Hoelzl, was 0.95 seconds behind the German after skiing off-course in her first run and finished fifth.",
"Hoelzl takes the lead in the giant slalom discipline standings, leapfrogging Kathrin Zettel of Austria, who finished fifth."
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"World Cup overall leader Lindsey Vonn crashes out of giant slalom in Lienz .",
"Vonn severely bruises her left arm as MRI scan reveals no break .",
"She retains lead in the overall World Cup standings as nearest rival Maria Riesch also went out ."
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"(CNN) -- Justine Henin booked her place in the third round of the Australian Open after she claimed a 7-5 7-6 (8-6) victory over fifth seed Elena Dementieva in Melbourne on Wednesday.",
"The Belgian, who won the tournament in 2004, came through an enthralling clash which lasted two hours 50 minutes at the Rod Laver Arena.",
"Henin, who is playing in her first Grand Slam event since she ended her 20-month retirement from tennis, took the first set but Russian Dementieva hit back in an enthralling second set to take a 4-2 advantage.",
"Wildcard Henin then broke back to take the next three games and the match went to tie-break but Dementieva was unable to take the match into a third set as Henin clinched victory with a fierce volley.",
"After the match Henin admitted it was exactly the kind of match which vindicated her decision to return to competitive tennis.",
"\"It's great feeling.",
"It's magical to win this kind of match in this kind of atmosphere,\" Henin told reporters in the post-match press conference.",
"\"It was a great match.",
"It was very emotional for me on the court at the end because there was so much intensity.",
"To play this kind of match in the second round, for me, after two years off in a Grand Slam, it's just the kind of situation that I needed, .",
"\"The crowd gave me so much.",
"So respectful at the end.",
"It was a special night tonight.",
"That's why I probably came back on the tour, was to live this kind of matches.\"",
"Blog: Belgians lead the way in Melbourne .",
"Henin will now play another Russian in 27th seed Alisa Kleybanova with a potential quarterfinal on the horizon against compatriot Kim Clijsters who came through in straight sets - 6-3, 6-3 - against Thai veteran Tamarine Tanasugarn.",
"Fellow Belgian Wickmayer continued her recent good form by knocking out Italian 12th seed Flavia Pennetta 7-6 (7-2) 6-1.",
"Elsewhere, third seed Svetlana Kuznetsova recorded a 6-2 6-2 victory over fellow Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova while Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki overcome a nervy first set against Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak to win 6-4 6-2.",
"Seventh seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus cruised to a routine 6-2 6-0 victory over France's Stephanie Cohen-Aloro while Russian Vera Zvonareva eased past Slovakian Kristina Kucova by the same margin."
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"Justine Henin booked her place in the third round of the Australian Open after she claimed a 7-5 7-6 (8-6) victory over fifth seed Elena Dementieva.",
"Fellow Belgian Kim Clijsters came through in straight sets - 6-3, 6-3 - in her clash with Thai veteran Tamarine Tanasugarn.",
"Third seed Svetlana Kuznetsova recorded a 6-2 6-2 victory over fellow Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova."
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"Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Five people arrested after street disturbances erupted in Tehran during the recent Ashura holy day could face the death penalty, an Iranian semi-official news agency reported Thursday.",
"The Iran Labor News Agency reported that the five will be tried for Moharebe, or waging war against God -- a charge that could be punishable by execution.",
"ILNA attributed the information in its report to the Iranian judiciary.",
"The case will be tried \"soon\" with defense lawyers and a prosecutor-general representative present at proceedings.",
"\"Confessions of the accused and the investigations of the authorities\" will be considered, ILNA said.",
"Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi, prosecutor for the Public and Revolution Courts, had stressed that people who created disturbances on the Shiite Muslim holy day of Ashura \"by setting fire to public property and other similar crimes\" were engaging in acts \"tantamount to Moharebe,\" ILNA said.",
"In-depth coverage of the protests in Iran .",
"\"The judiciary will severely confront those people based on the law,\" the report said.",
"Anti-government demonstrations began after the disputed June 12 presidential vote, which re-elected hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over main opposition candidate Mir Hossein Moussavi.",
"But late December marked the deadliest clashes since the initial protests broke out this summer.",
"At least seven people were killed and hundreds arrested, witnesses said, as they took to the streets on Ashura, which occurred on December 27.",
"The Iranian government has denied that its security forces killed anyone and has blamed reformists for the violence.",
"At times, video has shown protesters apparently turning on security forces."
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"ILNA reports five protesters will be tried for waging war against God .",
"The charge, called \"Moharebe\" carries possible death penalty .",
"The case will be tried \"soon,\" according to Iranian press .",
"Witnesses said at least seven people were killed and hundreds arrested during protests on December 27 ."
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"Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Nearly 90 professors at Iran's oldest and largest university signed a letter to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, criticizing the government's violent handling of student protesters.",
"\"The issue that has left a bitter taste in the mouths of the devout Muslim and patriots of this land is the violent and above the law [illegal] encounters, particularly with University students and faculty members of this land,\" says the letter, which was posted on the reformist Web site \"Rahesabz,\" or \"Green Path.\"",
"\"In fact, the nightly attacks on the dormitories and living quarters of innocent students and daily assaults on them ... are not testaments to the power of the system, just as the violent beatings and imprisonments are not testament to its faith and piety.\"",
"The professors ask Khamenei to order revolutionary guards, government-sanctioned militiamen and others who have engaged in campus violence to vacate the university.",
"The letter also calls for official apologies for beatings of university members and the unconditional release of detained students and faculty.",
"There was no immediate government response to the letter.",
"The 88 professors -- all of whom are considered employees of the Islamic republic -- who signed the letter are \"risking their jobs and God knows what else,\" said Ali Alfoneh, a research fellow at the Washington-based American Enterprise Institute who has researched the relationship between Iranian civilians and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard.",
"\"Some of them may end up arrested,\" he added.",
"The letter, posted on a reformist Web site Monday, is a rare and significant showing of discontent among Tehran University's academics.",
"Student unrest has only increased since thousands of protesters turned out on the streets of Iran to oppose the country's disputed presidential election, in which hardline incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the overwhelming winner.",
"\"Unfortunately and sadly; all of this takes place under the veil of safeguarding Islam and the representation of the supreme leadership and, even more sadly, no institution or organization accepts responsibility for this savagery!\"",
"The anti-government demonstrations began following the disputed June 12 presidential vote, which re-elected hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over main opposition candidate Mir Hossein Moussavi.",
"Last month marked the deadliest clashes since the initial protests broke out this summer.",
"At least seven people were killed and hundreds arrested as they took to the streets on Ashura, a Shiite Muslim holy day.",
"One university researcher told CNN he was one of many beaten by police, struck with a baton 11 times.",
"Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa-Mohammad Najjar warned Saturday that the government will not show leniency to protesters in the future.",
"\"It doesn't surprise me that professors wrote this letter, because universities have been one of the first victims of increased government pressure,\" Alfoneh said.",
"In the aftermath of the election, Tehran University and other institutions quickly became hotbeds of violence, with members of the government's Basij militia attacking young protesters on campus, including dormitories.",
"In August, Khamenei addressed a group of university professors from all over, noting that academics would be held to a higher standard of accountability -- especially after the elections.",
"\"Naturally, the expectations that we have of the professors and faculty is much greater than what we expect from the students,\" Khamenei was quoted by Iranian media as saying on August 30.",
"\"The students are the young officers on the front lines of this war and the professors are the commanders [against] this 'soft war' -- the professors who can fulfill this role will be worthy of the Islamic republic.\"",
"The Iranian government has denied that its security forces killed anyone and has blamed reformists for the violence.",
"At times, video has shown protesters apparently turning on security forces.",
"Still, the letter serves as another blow to Iran's Islamic leadership, which reformists say has lost credibility in its handling of the post-election unrest.",
"Several critics, including cleric and former presidential candidate Mehdi Karrubi have compared the tactics of the current government to those of the Shah of Iran, who was overthrown by the same fervent followers of Islam more than 30 years ago.",
"Alfoneh noted that numerous petitions were drafted and published in the days leading up to the overthrow of the Shah, who was also slammed with allegations of injustice and human rights violations under his watch.",
"He said it's no surprise that academics today are taking a similar approach as it becomes increasingly harder to teach amid the violence.",
"\"The opposition and even ordinary citizen are trying to duplicate the events of 30 years ago -- they're trying to play to the memory of the public,\" Alfoneh said.",
"CNN's Samira Simone contributed to this report."
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"(Real Simple) -- Visit a bathroom in a home in the Netherlands and you might find a good idea staring you in the face: a list of birthdays important to your host posted opposite the toilet.",
"Why in that spot? To assure that it's viewed regularly.",
"While you may not want to sacrifice your bathroom aesthetics for the sake of remembering key birthdays, the more often you see the dates, the more likely it is you'll remember them.",
"As founder and \"Exalted Queen Mother\" of the Red Hat Society, an international network of women over 50, Sue Ellen Cooper chooses to keep her long list of reminders in the kitchen.",
"\"I have a list of every significant birthday taped to the inside of my pantry door,\" she says.",
"\"It's impossible not to see those dates every time I open the pantry.\"",
"Whether it's inside a cabinet, on the refrigerator, or bookmarking a page in the novel you're reading, place your list in a spot where you are likely to view it every day and you'll always be aware of an impending birthday.",
"Real Simple: How to handle a milestone birthday .",
"Use a perpetual calendar to remember birthdays .",
"Traditional calendars are less than ideal for keeping track of birthdays, as they require you to pencil in all your important dates each year.",
"A perpetual calendar solves that problem by charting the months without naming the day of the week for each date.",
"Find 5-by-14-inch calendars for $10 at www.galison.com.",
"You can also download a printable perpetual birthday-reminder calendar (for free) at Hallmark.com, or use the Real Simple: Birthday reminder worksheet.",
"Similar to a perpetual calendar but used exclusively for birthdays, a birthday book allows you to jot down birthdays without having to rewrite each date yearly.",
"Keep it somewhere visible, though, such as on top of a coffee table or on your desk, as opposed to placing it on a bookshelf, where it may get lost amid your Steinbecks and Angelous.",
"The 2 3/4-by-4 1/4-inch pocket birthday organizer from Fred Flare ($8) will fit in your handbag, so you can commit dates to memory as you wait for your latte.",
"Track birthdays in your day planner .",
"For some, a day planner or a Filofax is preferable to a wall calendar because it's portable.",
"Erica Ecker, a.k.a.",
"\"The Specialist,\" is a New York City-based organizational specialist who recommends writing birthdays in a day planner with a colored marker.",
"\"Pick a unique color,\" she says, \"so that when you go to rewrite the dates for the next year, the birthdays stand out.\"",
"Ecker also inserts mini Post-it notes as \"birthday alarms.\"",
"Insert one in the planner a few days ahead of the first birthday for which you would like to send a card.",
"This way, you'll get the card in the mail on time.",
"Once you've done that, move the Post-it ahead in the book to a few days before the next important birthday.",
"If rewriting birthdays feels like too much of a chore, jot down birthdays on the tabbed section dividers before each month in your day planner.",
"Then you can simply pull out the dividers the following year and place them before each month in your new planner.",
"Real Simple: Look great in your birthday photos .",
"Remember birthdays with computer reminders .",
"With a free membership at Yahoo!, you can take advantage of the site's calendar feature, which allows you to schedule all kinds of appointments with alarms sent to your Yahoo!",
"Messenger account, mobile device, or e-mail address.",
"If you choose to share your calendar with friends and family, they can view your dates and add their own.",
"Cost: Free. BirthdayAlarm.com .",
"This service features an easy interface, e-mail or text-message reminders, a selection of e-cards, and an option to send flowers.",
"BigDates.com .",
"BigDates will remind you of a birthday via a cell-phone text message or an e-mail with suggestions for cards and gifts.",
"You can even sign up for a service that will send a paper card to someone through the U.S.",
"Postal Service ($3, plus postage).",
"The downside is that it's slightly impersonal; you don't get to compose the message in your own handwriting.",
"HappyBirthday.com .",
"Boasting a tasteful, simple, and thoughtful interface, this site assigns each member her own Web page so she can direct friends and family there to input their birthdays, rather than having to collect the information herself.",
"BirthdayPal.com .",
"Birthday Pal keeps track of as many birthdays as you like and will send up to four different reminders per birthday.",
"It also automates the process of birthday collection by sending an e-mail to friends requesting their dates.",
"Get a FREE TRIAL issue of Real Simple - CLICK HERE!",
"Copyright © 2009 Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"A specialist recommends writing birthdays in a day planner in bright colors .",
"BirthdayAlarm.com, BigDates.com and BirthdayPal.com are other helpful sites .",
"Remember birthdays on your computer calendar for easy changes ."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Inauguration revelry began Sunday afternoon as thousands of people packed the National Mall in Washington for a free concert featuring big stars.",
"Thousands gather Sunday afternoon on the National Mall in Washington.",
"President-elect Barack Obama addressed a roaring crowd after 90 minutes of high-energy acts such as U2, Mary J. Blige, Usher and Beyonce.",
"\"Welcome to this celebration of American renewal,\" he said.",
"\"In the course of our history, only a handful of generations have been asked to confront challenges as serious as the ones we face right now.\"",
"\"I stand here today as hopeful as ever that the United States of America will endure,\" Obama said.",
"\"That it will prevail; that the dream of our founders will live on in our time.\"",
"Watch Obama address the crowd » .",
"Obama spent the morning visiting Arlington National Cemetery and attending church before heading to the \"We are One: Opening Inaugural Celebration\" at the Lincoln Memorial.",
"It was nothing but good vibes -- a brief respite for an incoming president who will face huge problems after he takes office Tuesday.",
"Bruce Springsteen opened the concert with his song \"The Rising,\" singing, \"How far I've gone/How high I've climbed/On my back's a 60 pound stone/On my shoulder a half mile line.\"",
"Along the National Mall, between the Capitol and the Washington Monument, people watched the concert on massive screens and sang along with \"America the Beautiful\" and \"This Land is Your Land.\"",
"During U2's performance of \"Pride (In the Name of Love),\" a tribute to the Rev.",
"Martin Luther King Jr., frontman Bono referenced the civil rights leader's \"I Have a Dream\" speech, saying that it was also, \"an Irish dream, a European dream, and African dream, an Israeli dream, and a Palestinian dream.\"",
"Watch performances from the concert » .",
"Obama mentioned the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial, and also referred to King's \"I Have a Dream\" speech, which took place in the same spot where he was standing.",
"\"Directly in front of us is a pool that still reflects the dream of a King and the glory of a people who marched and bled so that their children might be judged by their character's content,\" he said.",
"Obama said what gives him \"the greatest hope of all is not the stone and marble that surrounds us, but what fills the spaces in between.",
"It is you -- Americans of every race and region and station who came here because you believe in what this country can be and because you want to help us get there.\"",
"Vice President-elect Joe Biden also spoke, pointing to those \"marble domes\" and towers of Washington surrounding the crowd which represent the \"majesty of a great nation -- all built stone by stone by American men and women.\"",
"Work is about \"dignity\" and \"respect,\" he said, praising the ethic of hard-working Americans.",
"\"We owe them the chance to go to work each day knowing they have the thanks of a grateful nation.\"",
"Comedians and actors such as Steve Carell and Jamie Foxx brought some comic levity to the inauguration of a president who will face some serious problems in just a few days.",
"Foxx, always the showman, urged \"Chi-town\" to \"stand up!\"",
"Joined by his wife Michelle and their children, the President-elect stood up, laughing and clapping.",
"Foxx did an impression of Obama's speech election night, as Obama laughed.",
"Stevie Wonder belted out \"Higher Ground\" with Shakira and Usher.",
"Herbie Hancock backed Sheryl Crow and will i. am.",
"as they sang Bob Marley's \"One Love.\"",
"Garth Brooks sang the 1971 folk rock classic \"American Pie\" followed by a choir-backed version of \"We shall be free.\"",
"Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Jack Black and Rosario Dawson also addressed the crowd.",
"The celebration caps Obama's shortened version of President Abraham Lincoln's 1861 rail trip to Washington.",
"Obama will be inaugurated as the 44th president in Washington on Tuesday.",
"A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Sunday morning suggests most Americans see Obama's inauguration as a chance for a divided America to unify.",
"\"You know the country is in the middle of a honeymoon when 6 in 10 Republicans have a positive view of Obama,\" said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.",
"CNN's John King interviewed Obama this week in Ohio.",
"King noted that Obama will take the oath of office on the steps of a Capitol built on the backs of slaves and live in a house built on the backs of slaves.",
"\"This has to be incredibly overwhelming,\" King said.",
"Watch Obama's interview with King » .",
"Obama replied, \"The notion that I will be standing there and sworn in as the 44th president, I think, is something that hopefully our children take for granted.",
"But our grandparents are still stung by it and it's a remarkable moment.\""
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"President-elect Barack Obama speaks at inaugural concert .",
"Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden visit Tomb of Unknowns .",
"The concert is being streamed live for free on HBO.com ."
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"(CNN) -- The Wisconsin man accused of poisoning his wife with antifreeze and convicted of murdering her was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with no chance of parole.",
"Mark Jensen's chin quivers as a letter from his sons is read in court Wednesday before his sentencing.",
"Mark Jensen, 48, was found guilty Thursday in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, of killing his wife, Julie Jensen, in 1998.",
"The prosecution said the murder culminated years of torment.",
"\"Your crime is so enormous, so monstrous, so unspeakably cruel that it overcomes all other considerations,\" Kenosha County Judge Bruce Schroeder said before pronouncing the sentence.",
"Watch the judge lower the boom » .",
"Prosecutors contended that Jensen poisoned his 40-year-old wife with antifreeze and then suffocated her in 1998, but the defense argued that Julie Jensen was a depressed woman who killed herself and framed her husband.",
"Julie Jensen had given a neighbor a letter pointing an accusing finger at her husband should anything happen to her.",
"She also made foreboding comments to police and to her son's teacher, saying she suspected her husband was trying to kill her.",
"Her letter, read aloud in court, said in part: \"I pray I'm wrong + nothing happens ... but I am suspicious of Mark's suspicious behaviors + fear for my early demise.\"",
"Read the letter » .",
"The case turned on the admissibility of the letter, which would have been considered unusable \"hearsay\" evidence if Schroeder had not ruled that it was a \"dying declaration.\"",
"In such cases, the defendant has no opportunity to face his accuser.",
"After the verdict, jurors told reporters that the letter gave them \"a clear road map\" to conviction, as one female juror phrased it.",
"Another female juror said he believed Mark Jensen was trying to push his wife over the edge.",
"\"He tortured Julie hoping she could be classically diagnosed as a nutcase,\" she said.",
"Several of the jurors were in the court gallery for the sentencing hearing Wednesday.",
"Jensen, dressed in blue jail fatigues, sat stoically while Julie Jensen's four brothers asked for the harshest possible sentence.",
"\"I hope the court shows the same mercy and compassion that the defendant showed our sister,\" Patrick Griffin, the victim's youngest brother, said.",
"Watch brothers demand justice » .",
"But Jensen's chin quivered and his eyes watered when his attorney read a letter from Jensen's two sons, David and Douglas.",
"\"He never failed to support us throughout this ordeal,\" the sons wrote in requesting mercy for their father. ...",
"If anyone in this world is the epitome of loyalty, it is our dad.\"",
"E-mail to a friend .",
"CNN's Jim Kavanagh contributed to this report."
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"Victim's posthumous letter led jurors to verdict .",
"Defense portrayed victim as depressed wife who committed suicide ."
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"BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNN) -- When Susana Trimarco's daughter Marita Veron was 23, she vanished from their hometown in Argentina, a suspected victim of a human trafficking and prostitution ring with links throughout Latin America and Europe.",
"Marita Veron, who is missing, hugs her daughter Micaela.",
"Police believe Marita was forced into sexual slavery.",
"Trimarco, 54, has spent the past 6½ years searching for her daughter, often putting herself at risk.",
"While chasing down leads on Marita's whereabouts, she's entered dark and dangerous brothels and confronted pimps and politicians who, she says, are complicit in her daughter's disappearance.",
"She has won accolades throughout Latin America, Europe and the United States for her work.",
"But Marita is nowhere to be found.",
"\"Marita is a wonderful and caring girl.",
"My life will be completely absorbed with this fight until she is back and safe,\" Trimarco said.",
"On April 3, 2002, Veron left her house in the northern Argentine province of Tucuman early for a doctor's appointment.",
"She was wearing a turquoise shirt, blue jeans and old white sneakers.",
"As she left the house, she told her mother, \"Don't worry.",
"I'll be back soon.\" Those were the last words the two exchanged.",
"The investigation that has followed has led police and Trimarco to believe that she was kidnapped and forced into prostitution, either in rural Argentina or Spain.",
"So far, a series of random clues has failed to provide any concrete information on Marita's whereabouts.",
"Now, art is imitating life on Argentina's airwaves.",
"Trimarco's story has become the basis of one of Argentina's most popular nighttime soap operas, \"Vidas Robadas,\" or \"Stolen Lives.\"",
"Watch art imitate activism » .",
"The program premiered in March on Telefe, one of Argentina's largest television networks, to a lukewarm response.",
"But as the storyline and characters evolved and word started to spread, the audience grew, and it became water-cooler television.",
"\"Stolen Lives\" attracts more than 2 million viewers nightly, a considerable feat considering Argentina's population is only 40 million.",
"The show's plot centers on widowed anthropologist Bautista Amaya (played by Facundo Arana) and Rosario Soler (Soledad Silveyra) -- the mother of a young kidnapped girl, based on Trimarco -- who team up to unravel an underground prostitution ring.",
"\"With every performance, I try to display the inner feelings of this woman who is suffering, to transmit her grief,\" Silveyra said.",
"\"As an actress, I feel an enormous responsibility.\"",
"The usual telenovela themes of love, passion and revenge are ever present in \"Stolen Lives,\" but the show strives to expose an issue that has remained in the dark in Argentina until recently.",
"Human rights groups in Argentina estimate that 800 women have gone missing at the hands of human traffickers since 2007.",
"Worldwide, about 800,000 people are trafficked across borders annually, according to the U.S. State Department.",
"\"I am delighted that the show has been able to bring this topic to light, because no one ever talked about human trafficking in Argentina before,\" Trimarco said.",
"\"Stolen Lives\" is the latest in a series of recent Argentine telenovelas that dissect important social issues while also aiming to entertain.",
"One of the most important was the 2006 hit \"Montecristo,\" which examined crimes against humanity committed by Argentina's military during the 1970s and 1980s.",
"Local versions of \"Montecristo\" are produced in nine countries around the globe, including Turkey, Portugal, Mexico and Russia.",
"\"With these types of telenovelas, we are able to bring something entirely new to the public debate.",
"And because we take a fictional and not a journalistic approach, we are able to attract and keep more viewers,\" Telefe programming director Claudio Villarruel said.",
"\"Montecristo\" helped reunite children of Argentina's Dirty War who \"disappeared\" with lost family members.",
"The Dirty War happened from 1976-83, when the government carried out a secret campaign to purge the country of those it considered to be dissidents.",
"\"Stolen Lives\" is making a similarly strong impact.",
"Trimarco established a foundation in her daughter's honor, Fundacion Maria de los Angeles, last year in Tucuman.",
"It counts U.S. Ambassador to Argentina Earl Wayne and Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner among its supporters.",
"According to Trimarco, the foundation has rescued 360 women and children from trafficking networks, and leads on missing people continue to pour in.",
"Argentina passed its first national law against human trafficking this year, a law that Trimarco lobbied hard to get passed.",
"Meanwhile, praise rings from home and abroad.",
"In May, \"Stolen Lives\" was declared a show of \"social interest\" by the Buenos Aires City legislature.",
"In 2007, Trimarco received the U.S. State Department's \"International Women of Courage Award\" from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at a ceremony in Washington.",
"Later this year, Trimarco will travel to Spain to speak about human trafficking with lawmakers from the European Union.",
"\"It's just like Condoleezza Rice told me: My screams are being heard all over the world,\" she said.",
"Trimarco travels around Argentina constantly, educating people about human trafficking, and following up on clues about Marita.",
"She is also raising Marita's daughter, Micaela, 9.",
"With all the publicity surrounding the case and the success of \"Stolen Lives,\" Trimarco has herself become a target.",
"Her accusations of political and police involvement have led to death threats, she says.",
"Still, she remains committed to the cause and says that collaborating with the producers of \"Stolen Lives\" to tell her story has helped give her the strength to continue searching for her daughter.",
"\"I'm content, because my pain is now serving a purpose,\" she said."
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"MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- A team of experts gathered Friday on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula to decide how to deal with marauding bears that reportedly have killed two people recently.",
"As many as 12,000 bears live on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.",
"The bears are blamed for the deaths of two guards at a geological station near a platinum mine on the peninsula in far eastern Russia.",
"Russian media reports cite local law enforcement officials as saying the remains of the two men had been \"gnawed on.\"",
"Groups of bears have been reported in the region since the deaths, and many people have refused to work at the mine, saying they are afraid.",
"Three hunters and a representative of Koryakgeoldobycha, employer of around 400 people at the mine, will evaluate the danger and decide whether killing a few animals is necessary, said Vladimir Rudeyev of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry in Kamchatka.",
"\"All decisions are made locally,\" he told CNN.",
"\"No licenses [for shooting bears] have been issued yet.",
"Reports came out that they were, but that's incorrect.\"",
"Hunters might need to kill only the most aggressive bears, he said.",
"Generally, bears are timid animals and need only to be scared off.",
"Exterminating wild bears that are not afraid of humans is relatively common in Canada and the United States.",
"Trouble in northeastern Kamchatka began when the two unarmed geological station guards were found dead July 17.",
"More than 93 miles (150 kilometers) away, about 20 bears came into another station several days later.",
"Then, dozens more wild bears were seen 25 to 50 miles (40 to 80 kilometers) away, around various stations and villages in the area.",
"\"Bears came out to where they used to live before,\" Rudeyev said.",
"\"It constantly happens on the Kamchatka Peninsula, on various rivers, places where people work.\"",
"Humans are to blame because they attract the animals by leaving out trash or they frighten bear cubs, turning them into aggressive grown-ups, he said.",
"Laura Williams, senior adviser for the World Wildlife Fund in Russia, also said it's the search for food that probably drives bears close to human camps.",
"Kamchatka bears are used to feeding on salmon in the summer, but there have been fewer of the fish in local rivers this year because of overfishing, contamination or natural causes.",
"\"When [bears] don't have salmon, they go into some of the settlements, creating bad situations both for themselves and people,\" Williams said.",
"\"When you're in bear country, it's important to know how to act when you meet a bear.\"",
"The Kamchatka Peninsula has long been known for its brown bear population, estimated at 8,000 to 12,000.",
"In some areas of the peninsula, the population density is the greatest in the world.",
"Human deaths from bears are rare, and Williams said it would be an overstatement to say the situation this year is out of hand.",
"CNN's Mike Sefanov contributed to this report."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The 2009 presidential inauguration is looking to be historic and, frankly, headache-inducing for the throngs of people descending on the nation's capital to watch Barack Obama sworn in as the 44th president.",
"Workers are putting the finishing touches on the innaugural stage on the steps of U.S. Capitol.",
"CNN has compiled a list of frequently asked questions and answers.",
"Q: How crowded will Washington be, and how will I get around?",
"A: Think Times Square on New Year's Eve.",
"Throw in tight security, then multiply that by 12.",
"At least, that's how it will most likely feel.",
"Nearly 2 million people are expected to hit the streets of the nation's capital January 20.",
"Police will be shutting bridges across the Potomac River into Washington, along with a huge chunk of the downtown area.",
"Two of the major routes coming into the city -- Interstates 395 and 66 -- will be closed to inbound traffic, at least for private vehicles.",
"And for those coming from Virginia, all of the bridges between the state and Washington are going to be shut.",
"In order to get in: walk or take public transport, such as the metro area's subway system.",
"Amtrak says that it has increased the number -- and length -- of trains running to Washington on Inauguration Day and that tickets are still available but are going fast.",
"iReport.com: Are you going to the inauguration?",
"Security officials also say charter buses, taxis and car services will be another option for those attending.",
"Q: What can't I bring? A: There are several obvious items that are prohibited, according to the U.S. Secret Service, including: .",
"\"Firearms, ammunition, explosives, weapons of any kind, aerosols, supports for signs and placards, packages, coolers, thermal or glass containers, backpacks, bags exceeding size restrictions, laser pointers, animals other than helper/guide dogs, structures, bicycles and any other items determined to be a potential safety hazard.\"",
"Items surrendered to security officials will not be returned.",
"Other items that are being banned include baby strollers and umbrellas.",
"Read more about Secret Service traffic, security plans (PDF) Q: When do the festivities start?",
"A: Saturday, January 17.",
"Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden will begin their whistlestop-like train tour, stopping in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Wilmington, Delaware; and then making a stop for an event in Baltimore, Maryland, before pulling into Washington.",
"That evening, Michelle Obama, Jill Biden and their families will hold a free \"Kids' Inaugural\" concert to honor military families.",
"Sunday, January 18 .",
"Obama will kick off the schedule of official inaugural activities in Washington, D.C., with a welcome event on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.",
"The event will be free and open to the public.",
"HBO will exclusively broadcast the event from 7 to 9 p.m.",
"ET. The event will be televised by HBO on an open signal accessible to all U.S. viewers with access to cable, telcos or satellite television.",
"It will also be a star-studded affair, with Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige, Bono, Garth Brooks, Sheryl Crow, Renee Fleming, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Heather Headley, John Legend, Jennifer Nettles, John Mellencamp, Usher Raymond IV, Shakira, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, will.i.am and Stevie Wonder -- among many others.",
"The Rev. Gene Robinson, an openly gay Episcopal bishop, will deliver the invocation.",
"Monday, January 19 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) Obama and Biden will honor King's legacy by urging supporters to participate in activities dedicated to serving others in communities across Washington, according to the Obama transition Web site, Change.gov.",
"On Monday night, Jazz at Lincoln Center and The Rockefeller Foundation will present \"A Celebration of America\" at the Kennedy Center in Washington.",
"The event -- marking King's legacy and the 56th inauguration -- will be broadcast live on CNN.",
"Special guest stars will be announced shortly.",
"Tuesday, January 20: Inauguration Day .",
"The order of events, according to the Presidential Inauguration Committee, include: .",
"• Musical selections: The United States Marine Band, followed by the San Francisco Boys Chorus and the San Francisco Girls Chorus .",
"• Call to order and welcoming remarks: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California .",
"• Invocation: Dr. Rick Warren, pastor of the Saddleback megachurch in Orange County, California .",
"• Musical selection: Aretha Franklin .",
"• Vice President-elect Biden will be sworn into office by John Paul Stevens, associate justice of the Supreme Court .",
"• Musical selection: John Williams, composer/arranger, with Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Gabriela Montero and Anthony McGill .",
"• Obama will then take the oath of office, using President Abraham Lincoln's inaugural Bible, administered by John G. Roberts Jr., chief justice of the United States .",
"• Inaugural address .",
"• Poem: Elizabeth Alexander .",
"• Benediction: The Rev.",
"Joseph E. Lowery .",
"• The national anthem: The United States Navy Band \"Sea Chanters\" According to Change.gov, after President Obama gives the inaugural address, he will escort outgoing President George Bush to a departure ceremony before attending a luncheon in the Capitol's Statuary Hall.",
"The 56th Inaugural Parade will then make its way down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House, with groups traveling from all over the country to participate.",
"iReport.com: Sneak peek of inauguration parade stand .",
"Wednesday, January 21 .",
"Obama -- as the new president -- will take part in a prayer at the National Cathedral in northwest Washington.",
"The Rev. Sharon Watkins, the general minister and president of the 700,000-member Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), will be the first woman to deliver the sermon at the traditional inaugural event.",
"Q: What's the dish on the inaugural balls?",
"A: There will be 10 balls throughout Washington on Tuesday night.",
"They include: . • Commander-in-Chief Ball, which is dedicated to military personnel and their families.",
"• Five regional balls dedicated to each section of the United States.",
"Only those invited may attend.",
"• Neighborhood Ball, which will be open for Washington, D.C., residents who paid for tickets in advance.",
"Both Obamas will attend the ball, which will be broadcast live on ABC and over the Internet.",
"• Youth Inaugural Ball at the Washington Hilton.",
"It is reserved for those between the ages of 18 and 35.",
"Tickets are relatively cheap: $75 a pop.",
"MTV will broadcast the event live.",
"• Obama Home States Inaugural Ball at the Washington Convention Center, includes invited guests from Illinois and Hawaii.",
"• Biden Home States Inaugural Ball also at the Washington Convention Center, includes invited guests from Delaware and Pennsylvania.",
"For a full listing of the balls, log on to Pic2009.org.",
"CNN's Mike M. Ahlers contributed to this report."
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"MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Hurricane Omar became a major Category 3 storm Wednesday night as it barreled toward the Virgin and Leeward Islands in the West Indies, the National Hurricane Center said.",
"A man watches waves crash into the shore Tuesday at Club Nautico in Falcon state, Venezuela.",
"Omar is expected to continue gathering strength as it passes east of the Virgin Islands in the next few hours and makes its way to the northern Leeward Islands Thursday morning, the hurricane center said.",
"At 11 p.m., Omar was moving northeast at about 20 mph with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph.",
"The hurricane's center was about 30 miles (45 km) southwest of St. Croix and about 105 miles (165 km) southwest of St. Martin.",
"A hurricane warning --meaning winds of 74 mph and higher are expected within a day -- is in effect for the U.S. Virgin Islands, the islands of Vieques, Culebra, St. Martin, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Barthelemy, the British Virgin Islands and Anguilla.",
"See where Omar is headed » .",
"Puerto Rico is under a tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch, as are St. Kitts and Nevis, the hurricane center said.",
"As Omar approached, Hovensa, a 500,000-barrel-a-day oil refinery on St. Croix, began shutting down all processing and auxiliary equipment \"except those necessary to maintain power supply in the complex,\" refinery spokesman Alex Moorhead said in a statement.",
"Watch Venezuelans try to save homes, dogs » .",
"The move was to ensure the safety of employees and the operation of the refinery, which is jointly owned by Hess Corp. and Venezuela's state oil company.",
"The U.S. Coast Guard closed the Christiansted Harbor, where the refinery is located, on Tuesday, and it will remain closed until the order is lifted, Moorhead said.",
"\"Once Hurricane Omar has passed, we will conduct an inspection of our facilities as soon as it is safe to do so.",
"If no damage is found that would impact safe operation of the refinery, the start-up of processing units will begin in sequential order,\" Moorhead said.",
"Puerto Rico and some portions of the northern Leeward Islands, which includes the Virgin Islands, could get up to 20 inches of rain, according to the forecast.",
"\"These rains could produce life-threatening flash floods and mudslides,\" the hurricane center warned.",
"Also, the storm could produce large swells affecting the western and southern coasts of the Lesser Antilles, the Caribbean islands that stretch from the Virgin Islands southward to the islands off Venezuela's coast.",
"The swells could cause beach erosion and damage coastal structures, the hurricane center said.",
"Antigua, Barbuda and Montserrat are under a tropical storm warning, meaning they could experience tropical storm conditions over the coming 24 hours.",
"A tropical storm watch is in effect for Guadeloupe.",
"The storm's forecast track shows it heading into the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean after crossing over the Virgin Islands and sweeping past Puerto Rico, but hurricane tracks are subject to variation, and such long-range predictions can change.",
"Omar formed Tuesday in the eastern Caribbean.",
"It is the 15th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which began June 1 and ends November 30."
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"U.S. Coast Guard shuts down Christiansted Harbor, where refinery is .",
"Parts of Puerto Rico could see 20 inches of rain, mudslides, flash floods .",
"Omar is 15th named storm of hurricane season, which ends November 30 ."
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"NEW YORK (CNN) -- A long line of hospital staff wraps around the corridor outside a small conference room in New York to catch a glimpse of the precious cargo.",
"A worker looks at the mummified skull of King Tut in November 2007.",
"Inside are the three frail bodies in open wooden crates causing all the commotion.",
"Another body -- a prince no less -- is a few rooms down in a computer tomography scanner.",
"The bodies are part of the Brooklyn Museum's collection of 11 Egyptian mummies, transported to the North Shore University Hospital to be scanned.",
"The goal: Find out who they are, how they might have died and establish a chronology of advances in ancient Egypt's mummification techniques.",
"The process is not necessarily new.",
"Egyptian mummies have been exposed to radiographic study since 1896 and CT scans, which conducts imaging by sections, for more than two decades.",
"Perhaps the most famous of them, King Tutankhamun (c. 1355-346 B.C.",
"), was scanned in 2005 right outside the vault that holds his sarcophagus.",
"The scan resulted in more than 17,000 images that were analyzed by an international team of radiologists, pathologists and anatomists, led by the world-renowned Zahi Hawass, the secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.",
"The scope and ability of CT scan technology are proving invaluable in learning more about the funeral rituals of ancient Egyptians and the mummies themselves.",
"Whereas conventional X-rays cannot clearly distinguish soft tissue from bone and can see only two planes, CT scanning can differentiate among the various types of bone and soft tissue, and reconstruct three-dimensional images that \"show fine detail inside coronary arteries down to 0.6 millimeters\" said Amgad Makaryus, director of cardiac CT and magnetic resonance imaging at North Shore, providing a better chance at diagnosis and differentiation among diseases.",
"\"CT has proved to be exceptionally well-suited for studying the fragile, wrapped figures of Egyptian mummies, especially those still contained within their decorated plasterlike shells, or cartonnages,\" according to an article by a team of eight researchers, led by Derek N.H. Notman, published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.",
"CT scanning is fast and non-invasive, Makaryus agrees.",
"A scan of one of the four bodies brought to North Shore quickly revealed that the mummy named Lady Hor was actually a man.",
"The body never had to leave its cartonnage for the procedure.",
"In the case of King Tut, initial X-rays of his mummy decades ago showed fragments of bone inside his skull, causing speculation that he might have been killed by a blow to the back of the head.",
"The scan immediately revealed that his skull was intact; and the team found no other indication of foul play, according to its report.",
"\"King Tut is the icon of Egyptian history, but he is only one of thousands of mummies we can study.",
"Through CT scans, we can, in a way, bring the dead back to life,\" Hawass told National Geographic magazine.",
"In another famous case, a CT scan helped identify the mummy of the Pharaoh Ramses I (1293-1291 B.C.)",
"in 2000. It had been bought from a Canadian museum by the Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta, Georgia.",
"Dr. Heidi Hoffman, a former radiology resident at Emory now practicing in Chicago, Illinois, and part of the team of scientists who analyzed the pharaoh's body, was able to observe a type of bone erosion, and \"coalescence of air cells can be seen in cases of chronic mastoiditis,\" an inflammatory condition usually due to chronic ear infections.",
"Though easily treatable with antibiotics today, the pharaoh's untreated ear infection could have spread and caused his death.",
"At North Shore, Jesse Chusid, director of Imaging Informatics at the Department of Radiology, said the 64-slice CT scanner takes 0.6 mm-thick sectional scans and combines and magnifies them to provide extraordinary detail.",
"Curators of the Brooklyn Museum reached out to North Shore for the first time in 2007, to scan Demetrios, a 2,000-year-old mummy, before he was to join a traveling exhibit called \"To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures From the Brooklyn Museum,\" opening at the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, Virginia, in October.",
"Demetrios is called a \"red shroud mummy\" because of unusual red pigment in his linen shroud.",
"Another red shroud mummy is in the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California.",
"There, CT scans revealed the remains of a mummified ibis, a bird sacred to Egyptians, wrapped inside.",
"Curators of the Brooklyn Museum wanted to find out whether Demetrios had his own ibis, thought to be a sacrifice to the god Toth, whose head was an ibis.",
"Demetrios did not have one.",
"Still, Dr. Lawrence Boxt of North Shore University Hospital told The New York Times in 2007 that Demetrios either \"had an easy life or was carried around a lot.",
"He certainly didn't do much heavy lifting during his lifetime.\"",
"The same was true for the mummy of the royal prince Count of Thebes, Pa-seba-khai-en-ipet.",
"Edward Bleiberg, curator of Egyptian, classical and ancient Middle Eastern art at the Brooklyn Museum, said initial findings of his scan reaffirmed his high status: A small incision to the side of the abdomen to remove the organs, while carefully leaving the heart in place, then filling the body with embalming liquids -- all indicated a high-quality mummification process.",
"Why the heart? In ancient Egypt, the heart was considered the thinking organ -- the center of the soul and the source of knowledge, Bleiberg said.",
"\"The heart knows what a person thinks and feels,\" he said.",
"\"It is supposed to be left in place during mummification so that it could be weighed against the feather of truth in the final judgment.\"",
"The images produced on the latest mummies at North Shore will have to be studied for months before researchers gain new insight into ancient Egyptian funeral practices.",
"In the meantime, some revelations brought to light by the scans beg more questions yet: Pa-seba-khai-en-ipet seems to have a tube lodged inside him, running from his mouth through his esophagus and into the top of his chest.",
"Bleiberg said he and Makaryus are pretty certain that was not the cause of death, and that it was inserted post-mortem.",
"Purpose? That might be lost to the ages."
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"New York (CNN) -- Authorities on Sunday released the name of a woman who turned up in New York this month saying she had no memory of her name or family.",
"She is Kacie Aleece Peterson, 18, of Hansville, Washington, according to Paul Browne, deputy commissioner of the New York Police Department.",
"Police a day earlier said a CNN viewer in Maryland identified the woman, who was found in Midtown Manhattan on October 9 outside a youth shelter.",
"A photo of Peterson, who had been referred to as Jane Doe, was circulated by police and aired on CNN this week.",
"Authorities didn't release Peterson's name until Sunday.",
"Browne said Peterson's mother is dead and that her father is heading to New York.",
"CNN affiliate KOMO-TV in Seattle, Washington, reported that her father went to New York on Sunday to bring her home.",
"The family said it's not the first time she disappeared and then later was found with apparent memory loss, the station reported.",
"Peterson is from Colville in eastern Washington, KOMO reported.",
"She had been living with a friend in Hansville and attending Kingston High School.",
"The father said the daughter had gone to live temporarily with a friend of her late mother, the station reported.",
"Scott Wilson, spokesman for the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office, said Peterson was reported missing by her father on October 1, KOMO reported.",
"Detectives later discovered bank activity and other evidence that she was alive, he said.",
"The woman was found outside Manhattan's Covenant House youth shelter around 12:30 a.m. October 9.",
"The organization said that she was not a resident at the time and did not appear as if she intended to seek refuge at the facility.",
"A security guard for the shelter noticed the woman walking on the sidewalk near Covenant House and approached her.",
"Finding her unresponsive, he called the New York City Police Department.",
"Police officers interviewed the woman, but it became clear that she couldn't provide authorities with any information about herself.",
"Police said she was wearing military green camouflage pants, a black shirt and a pair of black sneakers when she was discovered.",
"The CNN viewer who identified her was familiar with her situation and knew she had been missing this month, police said.",
"Police said they do not know how she lost her memory.",
"\"I just want to know who I am and what happened to me,\" the young woman said in a statement previously released by the New York City Administration of Children's Services.",
"Evan Buxbaum, Susan Candiotti and Vanessa Juarez contributed to the report."
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"(LifeWire) -- Nancy Dunetz, who teaches English as a second language in New York City, sat down in the school staff room to check her e-mail.",
"One of the messages in her inbox was from an acquaintance she'd been corresponding with since their 50th high school reunion last year.",
"In a survey of 4,000 people, about a third said they had accidentally sent an e-mail to the wrong person.",
"But this e-mail last June didn't contain chummy banter or reminiscences.",
"It simply included a lewd photo of a partly unclothed young man.",
"The file name of the picture was \"Mid East Hottie.\"",
"\"I was shocked!\" says Dunetz, 68.",
"She hastily closed the e-mail and tried to erase the image from her mind.",
"Later that day, the sender e-mailed an apology to her and two dozen others who had received the e-mail.",
"He explained he'd been experimenting with his new computer and was trying to figure out how to add attachments to an e-mail, Dunetz says.",
"In doing so, he attached an image from his desktop and tried to send it to himself.",
"Instead, the e-mail program automatically filled in an entire group from his address book -- something he apparently didn't realize until after he hit the \"send\" button.",
"\"I felt terrible for him,\" Dunetz says.",
"\"I could imagine just how mortified he must have been.\"",
"With some 55 billion e-mails being sent daily (not including spam), according to e-mail archiving company The Radicati Group, misdirected e-mails have become the online equivalent of a wrong number.",
"They're unavoidable, annoying -- and often embarrassing.",
"The 'uh-oh' e-mail .",
"In a recent online survey conducted by AOL, 32 percent of the 4,000 respondents have at one time or another mistakenly forwarded an e-mail to an unintended recipient.",
"And often, it's something not so nice.",
"Karla Comer, an account executive at an ad agency in Greensboro, North Carolina, knows just how embarrassing that can be.",
"In 2004, Comer met a guy at a concert and went out with him a few times, but ultimately realized she wasn't interested.",
"\"He was just awkward and clumsy.",
"And sometimes I'd catch him staring at me, which really creeped me out,\" she says.",
"She tried to end the relationship by simply not returning his phone calls.",
"\"But then he e-mailed and casually said that he had not heard from me in a while and he hoped everything was fine but just assumed I was busy,\" says Comer, 31.",
"\"Before I returned his e-mail, I sent the message to a close girlfriend with a blurb about what an idiot I thought he was and that dating him was a bad idea because he had no understanding of social cues.\"",
"She thought she sent the \"he's an idiot\" e-mail only to her girlfriend.",
"To her horror, Comer says, the spurned beau replied a few minutes later, calling her some not-so-sweet names and suggesting that she \"share THIS e-mail with your friends.\"",
"\"I was speechless,\" says Comer, who chose to not respond.",
"\"But eventually I was able to laugh at it.\"",
"When errant e-mails are sent at work, however, there's often much more at stake than personal embarrassment.",
"Three years ago, Jamie Diamond, 33, e-mailed his then-boss to ask about a client at the public relations firm where he was working.",
"His boss wrote back, criticizing the client as incompetent and urging Diamond to \"go around him if you want to get anything done.\"",
"Unfortunately, Diamond says, she also sent the e-mail to the client -- oops, make that ex-client.",
"\"One click, and suddenly we'd lost a $5 million account,\" says Diamond, who is now self-employed as a publicist in Williams, Oregon.",
"Can you turn back time?",
"Short of erasing someone's memory, there is no surefire way to retrieve a missent e-mail.",
"Microsoft Outlook has a \"recall\" function that can erase unread e-mails from the in-box of the recipient -- as long as the recipient is using the same mail client or server as the sender -- as does AOL, but only for messages between AOL users.",
"(Both AOL and CNN are divisions of Time Warner.)",
"Then there's BigString.com, an e-mail service which lets you tinker with (or even erase) messages that have already been sent by having the sender write e-mails that are created, stored and viewed on a remote server, where they can be edited or revoked at any time; recipients are actually accessing the e-mail on the remote server when they read the message, even though it looks like a regular e-mail.",
"But old-fashioned vigilance is probably the best way to avert these snafus in the first place.",
"Roger Matus, CEO of e-mail archiving company InBoxer Inc. and keeper of the blog Death By Email, believes the easiest way to avoid these mistakes is to forget that the \"reply all\" button even exists.",
"\"Simply put, there is rarely a real reason to use it,\" he says.",
"\"Often, when you hit it, you end up e-mailing people who were blind carbon copied without realizing.\"",
"Matus offers the following tips on avoiding e-mail embarrassment: .",
"• Type out the person's full name when addressing your e-mail.",
"If you type just the first few letters and let your e-mail program fill out the rest based on your address book, it could easily misroute your message without your realizing it.",
"• Double-check the addresses of your intended recipients before you hit \"send.\"",
"Do you really want all the people to get this particular message?",
"• Be sure to notify your company's legal department if there is any chance that governance, compliance or privacy regulations were violated as a result of something you sent by mistake.",
"• Immediately notify the person who received the e-mail that it was a mistake and, if possible, ask them not to read the message -- or at least to delete it right away.",
"LifeWire provides original and syndicated content to Web publishers.",
"Anna Jane Grossman is a freelance writer in New York City."
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"\"One click, and suddenly we'd lost a $5 million account,\" says publicist .",
"Service called BigString.com lets e-mailers tinker with or erase messages .",
"Expert's advice: Type recipient's full name and never use reply-all ."
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"(Entertainment Weekly) -- \"Amelia\" is a frustratingly old-school, Hollywood-style, inspirational biopic about Amelia Earhart that doesn't trust a viewer's independent assessment of the famous woman pictured on the screen.",
"Hilary Swank plays Amelia Earhart and Richard Gere plays husband George Putnam in \"Amelia.\"",
"The mystery we ought to be paying attention to is: What really happened on the legendary American aviator's final, fatal flight in 1937?",
"But the question audiences are left with is this: How could so tradition-busting a role model have resulted in so square, stiff, and earthbound a movie?",
"Why present such a modern woman in such a fusty format?",
"Dressed for the title role in a wardrobe of jumpsuits, leather jackets, scarves, and slinky evening wear dashing enough to stop air traffic, Hilary Swank's Earhart doesn't so much talk as make stump speeches -- even when she's at her own breakfast table.",
"And director Mira Nair (\"The Namesake\"), working from an overexplanatory script by Ron Bass and Anna Hamilton Phelan (based on dual biographies by Susan Butler and Mary S. Lovell), overloads the picture with a cargo of messages, so much so that she deadens her subject's spirit.",
"Some of these talking points are aimed at today's teenage girls who might admire the subject's highly personal fashion sense; others go out to older women who cherish her feminist cred.",
"All of them add up to banners that might as well be flown from an aircraft tail over a beach: Amelia Earhart lived free in life and love!",
"And Fly! She! Must! Of course, she did, setting records as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic in 1928 (she was a passenger, but still, ladies of the day generally didn't wear leather helmets and zoom through the air).",
"Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1932.",
"She went on to launch her own brand-name fashion line.",
"In 1935, she became the first pilot to fly solo from Hawaii to California.",
"Sometimes the press dubbed her Lady Lindy, linking her fame to that of pioneering pilot Charles Lindbergh.",
"Most famously, she vanished (along with her navigator, Fred Noonan) in the middle of the Pacific while on an around-the-world flight in 1937; her plane was never found, and she was declared legally dead in 1939.",
"Along the way, the celebrity married George Putnam, the publisher and tireless promoter who shaped her public image.",
"(Richard Gere does the honors as Putnam with all the dated, silver-head-in-hands poses required of him as a worried businessman/spouse whose wife is also his client.)",
"For a time, the freethinking woman also conducted a love affair with aeronautics pioneer Gene Vidal (Ewan McGregor), now best known as the father of writer Gore Vidal.",
"Swank delivers long, carefully composed explications of Earhart's unorthodox attitude toward marriage and feminine autonomy, taken from her journal entries, in studied accents somewhere between those of the Kansas plains of Earhart's birth and those of Katharine Hepburn in her most famous trouser-wearing, gumption-gal roles.",
"iReport.com: Share your movie reviews .",
"\"Amelia\" dutifully conveys the salient biographical info with a trusty cinematic device: As Earhart and Noonan embark on their doomed flight, flashbacks catch the audience up on the events that got her there.",
"(Christopher Eccleston, as Noonan, is the one understated player in this endeavor.)",
"Those last 10 minutes or so of radio-communications loss, concurrent instrument failure, and dawning awareness of disaster are honestly gripping.",
"But just in case the point isn't clear enough (She!",
"Must! Fly! ), throughout the drama composer Gabriel Yared lays on blasts of musical exclamations that are as distracting as sirens.",
"Sometimes that music says, \"It's great to be in the sky and surfing the clouds!\"",
"Sometimes it says, \"Look how pretty the landscape looks below -- kind of makes you miss the music in 'Out of Africa,' right?\"",
"Sometimes the rumble of violins and horns hints, \"Uh-oh, we're getting to the tragic part of the story!\"",
"Mostly, the busy orchestra backs up the starry cinematography to remind us, \"This slim, androgynous beauty, with her unusual love life and her driving need to take to the skies, sure was something, huh?!\"",
"Whatever the message, there's no navigating around such intrusive messengers.",
"EW Grade: C+ .",
"CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly .",
"Copyright 2009 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"\"Amelia\" hits viewers over the head with its themes, says EW .",
"Film stars Hilary Swank as aviator Amelia Earhart .",
"\"Amelia\" is flat and dull when it should be exciting .",
"Some of the dialogue is delivered as speeches: yawn ."
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"(CNN) -- Friends and strangers across the country gathered on the streets and in schools, churches, bars and auditoriums to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama as the first African-American president of the United States.",
"A diverse crowd in Los Angeles, California, cheers as Barack Obama takes the oath of office Tuesday.",
"\"It's a great day to be an American,\" iReporter Roger Germann said at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, where revelers watched the inauguration on television monitors among exhibits of sharks and otters.",
"Tuesday's inauguration brought together Americans from different walks of life, united in their hope that Obama will deliver on his promise to change the nation's course.",
"Click the links to read views on President Obama's inauguration from people across the country.",
"Reaction to speech What Obama means to Americans Hopes for Obama .",
"Reaction to speech .",
"Public inauguration-viewing parties were held in auditoriums, schools and arenas across the country, where the atmosphere mirrored the excitement in Washington.",
"Watch people react at viewing parties » .",
"\"People are cheering here as if they were there,\" Irene Koehler of Fremont, California, said of the atmosphere in Oakland's Oracle Arena.",
"More than 200 parishioners from the First AME Church, the largest African-American Church in Los Angeles, gathered in the recreation hall to pray together and share in the excitement of an historic moment .",
"Dressed in Obama shirts and hats, the level of audience participation had the effect of transporting the crowd to Washington.",
"They stood when Sen. Dianne Feinstein asked the crowd to \"please stand\" and bowed their heads in prayer.",
"They sang along with Aretha Franklin and even took pictures of the screen when Obama appeared.",
"A handful of viewers had tears in their eyes, but most were filled with \"pure joy.\"",
"\"On Election Night, I was full of tears.",
"I am all cried out -- it is all about joy now,\" said 72-year-old Shirley Turner-Haymer, the granddaughter of a former slave.",
"Even young parishioners derived some significance from the event.",
"\"It's really inspirational that we have a black president now ... because now I could see I can do whatever I want,\" said David Colvin, 10.",
"Lynn Gabriel Thomas, far right, says she is watching the inauguration in honor of her father.",
"Lynn Gabriel Thomas, daughter of Tuskegee Airman Daniel Moore, was one of about 300 people who crammed into the Jackie Robinson Center in Pasadena, California, to watch the inauguration.",
"\"My father would be so thrilled to see this, Barack Obama being sworn in.\"",
"Thomas said.",
"\"He loved parades, and he hated crowds.",
"I'm here for him.\" Across the country in New York's Bronx borough, students huddled in the halls of a school to watch the ceremony on a projection screen.",
"\"They were cheering; they were clapping; they were in awe because everything we had talked about they were able to see,\" teacher Marta Rendon said.",
"\"When they heard Obama's speech, they were right there clapping and screaming with the rest of us.",
"It was really something.",
"It was really amazing.",
"Watch Obama promise hope over fear » .",
"More than 100 people gathered at the central library in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, to watch the ceremony.",
"\"It was really exciting to see people being excited about the country and really happy about there being a new president.",
"And it was great to see such a collective sense of community ... hope and happiness,\" said Jessica Namakkal, a 29-year-old graduate student from Minneapolis.",
"\"I think Obama's speech was great and that he really addressed the past eight years in a diplomatic and fair way, while also sort of pushing forward in a good way.\"",
"The unusually bitter cold affected the turnout at Daytona Beach, Florida's, outdoor inauguration celebration, forcing people to take shelter at a local bar.",
"Sean Mingo and his mother, Joan, watched the inauguration in Daytona Beach, Florida.",
"More than 50 people packed into Mai Tai to watch the inauguration on television.",
"Among them were Joan Mingo and her 13-year-old son, Sean, who stayed home from school to watch Obama take the oath of office.",
"\"This is very historical,\" said Sean, who followed Obama's campaign and watched every debate.",
"\"Obama is inspiring.",
"I want to work in politics.\"",
"Sean said his favorite line of Obama's speech was \"we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.\"",
"As Obama was sworn in, the coffee-drinking bar patrons laughed, applauded and wiped tears from their eyes.",
"\"Obama gives us hope, son, that you can be whatever you want,\" Joan Mingo said to her son.",
"What Obama means to Americans .",
"Obama's rise holds special meaning for Solas B. Lalgee, who was in New York's Times Square for the inauguration.",
"View images from the inauguration » .",
"\"I'm ecstatic,\" said Lalgee, 30, whose father is from the West Indies.",
"\"It's the first time in my life I've ever had someone to look up to.",
"I'm a mixed, multi-ethnic, multinational person, and I've never had someone I could look up to politically and say, 'That's somebody who can represent me.",
"That's somebody who I can relate to.",
"That's somebody that my family can relate to,' and the fact that he actually made it into office is just ... it gives me hope that I can do whatever I want to do in my life and not have a glass ceiling above me.\"",
"\"To me, as an immigrant, it really means a lot to see a son of immigrants -- not only an African American but a son of immigrants -- come to the highest office in the land,\" she added.",
"\"There's hope. And I hope to transmit that to my children.\"",
"Chinoise Noble and her mother, Yolanda Lee-Singleton, watched the inauguration in Los Angeles' Nokia Plaza.",
"In California at downtown Los Angeles' Nokia Plaza, 23-year-old Chinoise Noble clutched a photograph of her grandmother as tears streamed down her face.",
"She said she brought the photo so her late grandmother could be with her on a day though that her grandmother never believed would come.",
"She \"would never in a million years have thought there'd be a black president!\"",
"Noble said.",
"In Birmingham, Alabama, the site of racial turmoil during the Civil Rights era, Fred Jemison had high hopes for the Obama administration.",
"\"The biggest thing that I look forward to, that I anticipate from this, is unity throughout the country, racially and politically,\" Jemison told CNN affiliate WBMA at Birmingham's Boutwell Auditorium.",
"At the Jewish Home, a senior living facility in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley, about 70 residents and staff members watched the inauguration.",
"\"This is wonderful and exciting,\" said 92-year-old Sylvia Segal, wearing a Barack Obama T-shirt.",
"\"There's never been an inauguration like this one, with so many millions giving respect to the United States and an extraordinary man.\"",
"Shelly Balzac, 81, said that he voted for Obama and that when he was a teenager, his father took him to Chicago's Soldier Field to witness Franklin Delano Roosevelt campaigning.",
"\"It's momentous when you look at the conglomeration of all citizens of all colors and all creeds,\" said Balzac, a World War II veteran who said he witnessed the \"dehumanizing of blacks\" during those years and fought against it within the U.S. military.",
"\"It is an emotional day for me,\" Balzac said.",
"\"I realize the tremendous stride in making this a more unified country.\"",
"Stan Keller and his daughter, Nancy, watch the inauguration at the Jewish Home in Los Angeles.",
"\"I was crying inside all day,\" said Stan Keller, 88.",
"He said Obama has inspired him to try to make a difference in the world.",
"\"I came on Earth to make it a better place to live.",
"I get that inspiration from this man,\" he said.",
"iReporter Lee Ann Schmidt of Danbury, Connecticut, watched at home with her husband and two dogs.",
"\"Just to be alive in this time to witness this, it means more to me than anything,\" she said.",
"\"I'm 35. My generation has never really seen the entire country come together in a positive way like this.",
"It really does give me hope for our country.\"",
"In Raleigh, North Carolina, iReporter Sam Shaber watched the events with his parents at their house.",
"\"We are all snowed in and have a bottle of champagne ready,\" he said.",
"\"I am gay, and to have just any minority be elected is such a milestone in so many ways.\"",
"Hopes for Obama .",
"Jeff Teasley, a 49 year-old Navy veteran from Cheyenne, Wyoming, has been disabled since he hurt his back in 1990.",
"Jeff Teasley, in his home in Cheyenne, Wyoming, hopes Obama is \"the best thing since running water.\"",
"Teasley, a Republican who did not vote for Obama, was less enthusiastic over Obama's inauguration.",
"Like many here in Wyoming, he fears that President Obama will expand the government and pass the cost onto people like him.",
"\"With bigger government comes bigger taxes and with bigger taxes comes more strain on everybody's households.\"",
"But Teasley said he is still rooting for the new president.",
"\"I hope he pulls it off.",
"I hope he's the best thing since running water because we need a leader, we need someone to direct these people in Washington.\"",
"Others were more optimistic.",
"In downtown Atlanta, Georgia, hundreds of people huddled together in freezing weather in Centennial Olympic Park to watch on two screens.",
"Watch kids from Atlanta sing for Obama » .",
"\"There's hope for a change,\" said Sonita Horn, a homemaker whose husband lost his job as an electrician in Atlanta and now travels three weeks out of four to Virginia for work.",
"She said she hoped not only that Republicans and Democrats would find a way to work together but that the races would, too.",
"\"Everyone will be treated equally,\" she predicted.",
"\"We're now a United States of America, not a black America or a white America.\"",
"CNN's Chris Welch, Michael Cary, Paul Vercammen, Lindy Hall and Jim Spellman contributed to this report."
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"\"It's a brand new day for the country,\" man in New York says ."
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"(WIRED) -- With rumors piling up about a forthcoming Apple tablet, it appears more and more likely that such a device will emerge soon.",
"This illustration imagines what an Apple tablet device might look like.",
"But what's still unclear is how this gadget will set itself apart from Apple's multimedia-savvy product line, including the iPhone and iPod Touch, as well as the scores of failed tablet PCs that have come and gone.",
"Judging from the company's past moves, we're betting that Apple's tablet will be a media-centric device, focused -- at least in part -- on shaking up the publishing industry.",
"Apple is already prepared to blow Amazon and other e-book makers out of the water with one key weapon: iTunes.",
"Having served more than 6 billion songs to date, the iTunes Store has flipped the music industry on its head.",
"It also turned mobile software into a lucrative industry, as proven by the booming success of the iPhone's App Store, which recently surpassed 1.5 billion downloads.",
"Apple has yet to enter the e-book market, and making books as easy to download as music and iPhone apps is the logical next step.",
"What can Apple do better with e-books?",
"For textbooks or anthologies, Apple can give iTunes users the ability to download individual chapters, priced between a few cents to a few bucks each.",
"It would be similar to how you can currently download individual song tracks from an album.",
"It might even have the same earthshaking potential to transform an entire industry by refocusing it on the content people actually want instead of the bundles that publishers want them to buy.",
"(Of course, Apple would likely offer the à-la-carte purchase model in addition to the option to purchase the entire book as one download -- a more attractive option for shorter works such as novels.)",
"College students would love this: Teachers rarely assign an entire textbook, so they would save hundreds of dollars by downloading only a few chapters of each textbook.",
"Apple is already popular in the education sector, so here's even more money to milk from students, with the textbook industry worth an estimated $9.8 billion.",
"Sci-fi fans might only want one story from an anthology, or a historical researcher might target certain subjects.",
"All Apple has to do to secure the book publishers' enthusiastic cooperation is to offer them a generous cut of the revenues, like the 70 percent it currently offers app developers.",
"Other than having the upper hand with digital distribution, an Apple tablet can compensate for other e-book readers' shortcomings.",
"In a previous story, Wired.com polled students on their interest in Amazon's large-format Kindle DX reader.",
"Several of them said they couldn't imagine ditching textbooks for a Kindle DX, foreseeing challenges with tasks such as notetaking, highlighting and switching between books while writing essays.",
"Assuming its computing powers and interface design are anything like the iPhone's, a touchscreen tablet would make these student-oriented tasks as easy as a few swipes and taps -- far more pleasant than clunking around with the Kindle's cheap buttons and sluggish interface.",
"Plus, we would imagine students would be able to type their papers on the tablet.",
"Then there's the obvious: An Apple tablet would have color, making it better for displaying magazine pages, which could also be purchased through the iTunes Store.",
"It wouldn't be saddled with a slow e-ink screen, so it could display video and browse the web with aplomb.",
"Let's not forget to mention the multitude of other tasks an Apple tablet will likely be able to perform if developers decide to code applications for it.",
"Think along the lines of an interactive remote control to enhance the movie-viewing experience on your TV, or a music video player to accompany the tunes blasting from your stereo.",
"Or, heck, even an album-cover display screen for you to gaze at while listening to music.",
"(For more on an Apple tablet's advantages versus current e-book readers, see Dylan Tweney's story \"Large-Screen Kindle Won't Mean Squat if Apple Tablet Arrives.\")",
"There's huge potential in a tablet if Apple can pull this off.",
"The challenge lies in establishing the right partnerships.",
"If Apple weaves e-books into the iTunes Store, will book publishers hop on board?",
"Given Apple's success in numbers, we think so.",
"As for a data provider, it would be even better if Apple could work with a carrier such as Verizon to subsidize the tablet, bringing it closer to $500 -- a more attractive price point for students.",
"Because the device presumably would not feature a phone, the monthly plans could be priced significantly lower than an iPhone -- $30 to $40, perhaps, for an unlimited 3-G Internet connection.",
"Subscribe to WIRED magazine for less than $1 an issue and get a FREE GIFT!",
"Click here! Copyright 2009 Wired.com."
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"It appears more and more likely that an Apple tablet will emerge soon .",
"iTunes could make device a potent rival to Amazon's Kindle and other e-books .",
"Users could have the ability to download individual chapters, not entire books .",
"An Apple tablet would have color, making it better for displaying magazine pages ."
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"(CNN) -- Tropical Storm Ana threatened the Caribbean on Saturday, but it was too early to know how much trouble the first named storm of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season might cause.",
"Forecasters expect Tropical Storm Ana to hit the Leeward Islands on Monday.",
"Ana formed overnight and was expected to gain strength as it moved west toward the Leeward Islands, where forecasters expect it to hit on Monday.",
"The Dutch Antilles issued a storm watch for St. Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius, meaning tropical storm conditions are expected in the islands within 36 hours, according to the Miami, Florida-based National Hurricane Center.",
"For now, the center has advised the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico to monitor the storm's progress.",
"As of 8 p.m. ET, Ana was about 730 miles (1,180 km) east-southeast of the Leeward Islands, according to the hurricane center.",
"Ana, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph), was moving west at about 17 mph (28 kph), the center reported.",
"The storm is expected to turn west-northwest over the next few days, the center said.",
"Ana may eventually hit Haiti and the Dominican Republic, but forecasters can't say whether Ana will strike the continental U.S. Further east in the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Bill has developed and is expected to become a hurricane Wednesday.",
"Forecasters say Bill could evolve into a Category 3 hurricane as it approaches the Leeward Islands by Wednesday or Thursday.",
"Bill was about 820 miles (1,320 km) west-southwest of the Cape Verde islands at 5 p.m. ET."
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"(CNN) -- Months after her father's prolonged campaign against President Obama's national security policies, Liz Cheney is spearheading a new organization aimed at organizing conservative opposition to the new administration's foreign policy approach.",
"Liz Cheney formed Keep America Safe with William Kristol and Debra Burlingame.",
"The new group, Keep America Safe, says its aim is to provide a cogent and organized rebuttal to a series of recent moves that expressly divert from the more muscular policies of the Bush administration.",
"The group plans to tackle hot-button issues like the way forward in Iraq and Afghanistan, defense spending, CIA interrogation techniques, and the planned closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.",
"\"We have watched with concern and dismay as the Obama administration has cut defense spending, wavered on the war in Afghanistan, and launched investigations into Americans serving on the front lines of the war on terror, while at the same time expanding legal protections for the terrorists that plot to attack this country,\" Cheney, along with the group's two other founders, wrote on its Web site.",
"\"These policies, along with President Obama's abandonment of America's allies and attempts to appease our adversaries are weakening the nation.\"",
"Weekly Standard Editor William Kristol and Debra Burlingame, the sister of the pilot of American Airlines Flight 77 -- the flight that crashed into the Pentagon on 9/11 -- are also heading up the new effort.",
"The new group says its goal is to focus media attention on continuing and emerging national security threats, and marshal grassroots opposition to the president's policies.",
"\"Too often, significant events and thoughtful analysis in the war on terror are glossed over or ignored on nightly national newscasts,\" the group writes.",
"\"Keep America Safe will highlight this information on our website and encourage dialogue between American citizens and their elected representatives in order to produce the legislative and executive action that will keep this country safe and strong. \"",
"A spokesman for the Democratic National Committee responded forcefully to the creation of the new group, saying the Cheneys' foreign policy approach \"was deemed a failure.\"",
"\"Last fall, the American people overwhelmingly rejected a radical foreign policy authored by Dick Cheney that alienated our allies, emboldened our enemies, depleted our resources, distracted our focus and made the nation less secure,\" DNC Press Secretary Hari Sevugan said.",
"\"The Cheneys can continue to focus on securing their sullied legacy if they want to.",
"But, the president will continue to focus on securing the country.\"",
"Incorporated as a non-profit 501(c) 4, the organization is not subject to contribution limits, and is not required to disclose a list of its contributors to the Federal Elections Commission.",
"However, it cannot engage in efforts directly aimed at influencing the outcome of an election.",
"Kicking off a fund-raising drive Tuesday, Keep America Safe launched a one-minute, 30-second Web video that portrays Obama as a wavering politician whose ambitious foreign policy promises as a candidate have not matched his actions.",
"\"Not enough time for a decision, but plenty of time for Letterman, golf, a beer summit, more golf, vacation, and a visit to Copenhagen,\" the video states.",
"Cheney has been no stranger to the media spotlight since the Bush administration left office nine months ago.",
"Regularly appearing on a series of cable news shows, the eldest daughter of former vice president has criticized Obama on a host of moves, once concluding that he has \"sid[ed] with the terrorists.\"",
"The former vice president has also been a vocal critic of Obama, declaring earlier this year that the president's decision to cease the CIA's practice of aggressive interrogation practices has left the country more vulnerable to a terrorist attack."
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"Group's founders say it has watched administration with \"concern and dismay\"\nNEW: Democratic Party calls Cheney foreign policy a \"sullied legacy\"\nKeeping focus on national security threats is one of group's goals ."
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"MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- Chess legends Garry Kasparov and Anatoli Karpov faced off again in Spain on Tuesday, 25 years after their epic first world championship battle in Moscow, in what organizers are calling a \"historic revenge match.\"",
"Garry Kasparov, right, and Anatoli Karpov play chess at the Arts Palau in Valencia, on Tuesday.",
"Revenge or not, the past chess champs will receive undisclosed sums for playing the three-day, 12-game match in the eastern port city of Valencia.",
"There will be no additional cash prize for the winner of the exhibition event, which the regional Valencia government is organizing under the title \"Valencia, cradle of modern chess,\" event spokesman Rafa Carretero told CNN.",
"But bragging rights, yes, and perhaps with more on the line for Kasparov, who dominated the chess world for 20 years.",
"Kasparov carried on that legacy on Tuesday, winning the first two games in this rematch, Spain's state new agency EFE reported.",
"Karpov was world champion when they began their initial five-month match in 1984 in Moscow.",
"That match was controversially stopped by chess authorities, citing concerns about the health of the contestants after 48 grueling games.",
"But the next year in Moscow, Kasparov beat Karpov in a rematch and went on to hold the number-one world chess ranking almost without interruption until his retirement in 2005.",
"The two last met, in their fifth match, in 1990, with games played in New York and Lyon, France.",
"Kasparov won. In a total of five world championship matches, Kasparov has the edge with 21 wins, 19 losses and 104 ties in a total of 144 games.",
"Karpov, now 58, and Kasparov, 46, told Spanish newspaper El Pais they hoped the rematch in Valencia would put chess in the spotlight again.",
"Karpov came from Russia to Valencia more than a week ago, with a team of elite trainers, organizers said.",
"Kasparov arrived last Sunday from his home in Croatia, where he had been training.",
"The match, at Valencia's Palace of Arts, has attracted interest from ticket buyers on five continents, organizers said.",
"One of the highest-profile fans on hand is Sulaiman Al-Fahim, president of the chess federation of the United Arab Emirates and owner of England's Portsmouth football team.",
"Dutchman Geurt Gijssen, who was referee for the last two matches between Karpov and Kasparov, will referee this match as well, the organizers said.",
"Kasparov is now an opposition politician in Russia, running unsuccessfully against then-President Vladimir Putin in 2007.",
"During their first match, in 1984, Kasparov was just 21 and Karpov was 33."
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"Garry Kasparov and Anatoli Karpov face off again, in Valencia, Spain .",
"Match comes 25 years after their epic first world championship battle in Moscow .",
"Kasparov wins first two games in the 12-game rematch .",
"Their 48-game Moscow match was controversially stopped citing health concerns ."
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"TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Typhoon Melor roared into central Japan on Thursday, leaving two people dead and lashing the region with heavy rain and gusty winds.",
"Utility poles lie buckled in the wake of Typhoon Melor.",
"The storm stayed west of Tokyo, but still caused enough trouble to shut down trains for a time and snarl commuter traffic.",
"Numerous flights were canceled and delayed at the city's two major airports.",
"In western and northern Japan, Melor tore roofs off homes, downed power lines and flooded roads.",
"The storm contributed to the deaths of a 54-year-old newspaper delivery man in Wakayama, who ran into a fallen tree, and a 69-year-old man from Saitama, who was crushed by a tree.",
"By late Thursday, Melor had weakened to a tropical storm and was heading out to sea.",
"-- CNN's Kyung Lah contributed to this report."
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"NEW YORK (CNN) -- Police in Connecticut say they have arrested a woman suspected of robbing at least six banks in the past week.",
"Police released photos of a suspect in the robberies of six New England banks.",
"Detectives from the Major Crimes division of the Connecticut State Police took Heather Brown into custody at about 3:15 p.m.",
"The 34-year-old resident of Norwich, Connecticut, will be formally charged with robbery in the first degree, police said.",
"Investigators believe Brown robbed the banks, often while claiming to have a bomb.",
"\"When she goes into the banks, she gives the teller information through a note or verbally that she has a bomb,\" said Sgt.",
"Jim Keeney of the Connecticut State Police.",
"\"However, there haven't been any reports of an actual bomb.\"",
"Authorities say they believe the woman has held up banks in the Connecticut towns of Middletown, Montville, East Hartford and Windsor, as well as banks in West Springfield, Massachusetts and Westerly, Rhode Island.",
"Women commit 6.2 percent of bank robberies nationwide, up from 4.9 percent in 2002, according to recent FBI figures.",
"The one-woman crime wave in New England apparently began September 21 at the Citizens Bank in Montville, Connecticut.",
"State police said \"a lone white female ... entered the bank with a bag in her possession.",
"The suspect approached the teller indicated she was in possession of a bomb and demanded cash.\"",
"The woman left the bag on a counter and bolted, police said.",
"Four days later, a woman entered a branch of the New Alliance Bank in East Hartford, Connecticut.",
"Investigators with the East Hartford Police Department said she \"left a note indicating that she had a bomb and demanded $1,000.",
"She fled the bank with an undisclosed amount of money.\"",
"Police suspect she struck again the next day in Windsor, Connecticut."
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"Police say they have Heather Brown, 34, in custody .",
"Investigators say she held up at least six banks in the past week .",
"She informs teller she has a bomb, but no actual bomb has been seen, police say .",
"Police: Suspect lives in Norwich, Connecticut, has served time for bank robbery ."
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"(CNN) -- A superb second half goal from substitute Zlatan Ibrahimovic gave Barcelona a 1-0 win over arch-rivals Real Madrid to go back to the top of the Spanish La Liga on Sunday.",
"Both teams ended with 10 men after Barca's Sergio Busquets went just after the hour mark for a second yellow card, with Real losing Lassana Diarra in the dying moments for two yellows.",
"Ibrahimovic's goal was truly worthy of settling 'El Clasico' as the Swedish striker met a Daniel Alves ball from the right on the volley to leave Iker Casillas with no chance.",
"The 55th minute strike in the Camp Nou came shortly after he replaced the ineffective Thierry Henry and followed an opening half in which visitors Real were the more threatening.",
"Real had gone into the game with a one point lead in the standings over the defending Spanish and European champions and showed their quality on the break.",
"Cristiano Ronaldo, making his first start in two months, might have put the visitors ahead in the 20th minute but was denied by home keeper Victor Valdes, who knocked his shot wide with his legs.",
"Barcelona central defender Carlos Puyol also came to their rescue with two last-ditch challenges on Marcelo and Gonzalo Higuain from similar Real attacks.",
"But the Catalans made the breakthrough as Ibrahimovic went some of the way to justifying his massive transfer fee and soon afterwards midfielder Xavi came within a whisker of a second from long-range.",
"Further chances fell to Eric Abidal, who shot wide, and Argentine ace Lionel Messi, who was superbly denied by Casillas from close range.",
"A tiring Ronaldo was substituted and his replacement, Karim Benzema, fired over the top in the 80th minute as Real pressed in vain for an equalizer.",
"\"This was a very good test,\" Barca coach Pep Guardiola told gathered reporters.",
"\"It's always difficult against Madrid but even more so when you go in as favorite and them as a big underdog.",
"That's when Madrid is most dangerous.\"",
"The three points leave Barcelona on top with 30 points from 12 games, two ahead of Real on 28.",
"Sevilla, who drew on Saturday, have 26.",
"In other action on Sunday, Deportivo La Coruna had a hard-fought 1-0 win at Racing Santander to move level on points with fourth-placed Valencia.",
"Albert Lopo struck in the 76th minute to give the Galicians their eighth league success in 12 matches."
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"Barcelona beat arch-rivals Real Madrid 1-0 in El Clasico on Sunday .",
"Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores only goal of the game in the Camp Nou .",
"Victory leaves Barcelona two points clear of Real in La Liga .",
"Cristiano Ronaldo wastes best chance of the match for visitors ."
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